If Wu Zheng arrived a moment late, Jing Jiangwei was afraid that there would really be no one standing.

Of course, Jingjiangwei will not be completely annihilated, and the hundreds of wounded soldiers who broke their arms and legs on the road have already moved to the rear.

said this sentence because Wu Zheng did arrive in time.

This made Jiang Quanyi a charge to the death, and it really became a battlefield counterattack.

Wu Zhengsuo's department did not enter the south gate.

Go ashore from the direction of Jingjiang, in order to hurry, take a short road, in the direction of Taixing East City Gate.

When Wu Zheng arrived, the east gate was being attacked by the Qing army.

And Jiang Quanyi's troops were going out of the north gate and charging at the Chinese army in Khalchuhun.

Blazing flames erupted from the dense barrels, which stood out in the dark.

After easily defeating the Qing army outside the gate of the eastern city from behind, Wu Zheng immediately divided the team into two, one went straight to the eastern city interspersed, and he led the other directly north from outside the city to reinforce Jiang Quanyi's department.

The Qing army was stunned by the sudden arrival of reinforcements.

When the musketeer approaches the target, he throws a bomb, then crouches down to shoot, and then trots forward while reloading.

It seems that the formation is chaotic, but it is clearly hierarchical, often one team shoots, the other team throws bombs, the two teams are interspersed, and then rotated.

The Qing flank infantry launched a counterattack against the musketeers, but could not get close to the musketeers within fifty paces.

They were knocked down by a dense stream of projectiles and explosive fragments.

Karchuhun immediately organized a Chinese cavalry of more than 500 men to attack the musketeers.

Unfortunately, the distance at this time was only about 300 steps, probably less than a mile.

And the range of the flintlock pistol was one hundred and fifty paces away, that is, the Qing cavalry was already within the range of the musket before it accelerated, plus the concentrated fire of four thousand musketeers, I am afraid that it was not something that these light cavalry wearing only leather armor could withstand.

After two rounds of firing, none of the cavalry stood except for the neighing of wounded horses on the ground.

Seeing this, Kharchuhun's eyes were also red.

He immediately ordered the left phalanx of the Chinese army to pounce on the Wu Zheng musket battalion.

A whole phalanx, a Chinese army of 10,000 people, pressed with overwhelming momentum.

Wu Zheng shouted: "Order, retreat and shoot crosswise." ”

Backward cross-firing is a phalanx, based on a horizontal row, with odd numbers as one team and even numbers as another team.

That is, after the first row of singular shots, quickly run back, and the even-numbered team shoots at the same time as cover, and after shooting, also runs backwards, runs to the end of the queue, and then loads.

Then it was the turn of the second row to shoot in odds, followed by the even...... How to cycle.

This tactic was ineffective against cavalry, but it was very effective against the approach of enemy infantry at a distance of 100 paces.

Basically, each platoon is firing non-stop and is also retreating non-stop.

During training, it was calculated that the distance of 100 paces would allow the enemy to run for about 20 seconds, and with this tactic, your own formation could be nearly 60 steps backwards.

That is, on the premise of maintaining the effective range, this 100-step distance can be extended to 160 steps.

The extra sixty paces were enough for the musketeers to fire two more rounds.

And that's not counting the time that the enemy is sluggish or even stops when he is hit by a non-stop blow.

Thus, the battle is no longer a battle, but a one-sided slaughter.

Whenever the gunshots rang out, rows of Qing soldiers fell down like broken sacks, which caused a huge shadow in the hearts of the follow-up Qing soldiers.

When people fight face to face, even if they fall into the disadvantage, it is tolerable, but for the enemy who is out of reach, in addition to suffocation, there is only fear.

After paying thousands of lives, the Qing army began to stop and began to retreat.

Khalchuhun ordered the killing of several retreating soldiers before stabilizing the formation.

Immediately, Kharchuhun gave a death order and continued the attack.

Khalchuhun knew very well that no matter what the current musket improved, there was one thing that could not be refused, and that was that the barrel was hot.

Arquebuses were not uncommon in the Qing army, but they were not liked by soldiers because of their short range, poor accuracy, and easy to explode.

The black powder burned too fast, and the gas that expanded instantaneously made the poor-quality slit tube unbearable, especially after seven or eight shots.

In addition, the black powder is burning, and there will be residues in the combustion, and if there is too much residue, it will agglomerate, which is the reason why the arquebus is easy to explode.

Karchuhun was already furious, and he would rather pile up with his life than avenge today's arrow.

He had already learned from Shen Zhiyuan's mouth that the flintlock pistol only had twelve or three shots, and the limit was fifteen or six times.

Therefore, Khalchuhun would rather pay thousands more lives than crush the other party into powder.

As long as the muskets of the Ming army could not continue to shoot, then the other party was a pile of meat to be slaughtered by themselves.

Kharchuhun's right center army is also moving eastward, which is the intention of making up his mind, even if the left flank is completely destroyed, it will attack to the end.

Soldiers jump or sway from side to side while running, in order to reduce the chance of being shot.

It's not that the "zigzag" of later generations advances, but that some smart people spontaneously take it for granted, and then more and more people follow suit.

Therefore, the battlefield is always the fastest place to learn things.

Unfortunately, although their trick was useful, it was not very effective, because it was not aimed at it, but a salvo.

The salvo itself has no goal, it is to win by quantity.

At the same time, in this way, to avoid being shot, it invisibly slows down the speed of progress, which makes the distance even longer.

The distance, which was originally nearly 100 paces, has been stretched to 200 steps.

There will be two more rounds of shooting.

However, it is true that as Khalchuhun expected, the Ming army did not have the fourteenth round after thirteen rounds of shooting.

As a matter of fact, in the regulations formulated by Wu Zheng at the military academy, only 12 rounds could not be fired again, and today it is already one more round.

After a slight hesitation, Khalchuhun gave the order for the right flank of the central army to make a detour to the north and flank the Ming army.

The pressure on Jiang Quanyi's department was completely reduced, but the pressure on Wu Zheng's department increased several times in an instant.

The musketeers began to wear gloves because the barrel was hot, and then attached bayonets to the barrel.

The look on Karchuhun's face began to have some brilliance, and he ordered loudly: "Rush!" Take advantage of the fact that the enemy is temporarily unable to shoot...... Rush! ”

……。

Inside the city of Taixing.

Song An led another musketeer to encounter the Qing soldiers who broke through the West Gate in the center of the city.

The leader of the Qing army was Beizi Aixin Jueluo Shangshan, and his father was Aixin Jueluo Fei Yangwu, the eighth son of Shuerhaqi, the prince of Heshuozhuang.

In other words, Shang Shan's grandfather is Nurhachi's half-brother.

This man was originally twenty-nine years old this year, but he did not have much experience on the battlefield, and although he was brave, he had no strategy.

In the early years, he followed Duoduo to conquer Li Zicheng's army, and the only battle achievement was that Li Zicheng's army was defeated at that time, leaving more than 300 cavalry to block the Qing army's pursuers, and was defeated by Shang Shan's army. There is no more record that can be won.

But because he is a clan relative, he came this time to fight for military merits, so that he can be ranked in the court in the future.

Therefore, courage is bravery, and there is less battlefield experience and the ability to weigh the pros and cons necessary for generals.