Chapter 743: Capture the small mountain

Seeing that the Tartar's bow and arrow were so vicious, Zu Dale immediately ordered: "The sword and shield soldiers step forward to cover, and the fire soldiers fire!" ”

"The sword and shield soldiers stepped forward to cover the firecrackers!"

"Musketeers...... Come on! ”

Zu Dale's order was quickly carried out, and a sword and shield soldier with a shield in his hand stepped forward to form a row of defensive walls to protect the firecrackers.

The sword and shield soldiers of the Liaodong Army belonged to the heavy infantry, and their shields were generally made of hardwood and cooked cowhide.

This shield is half a man tall and can block all regular arrows except for the bed crossbow.

In addition, they were also equipped with waist knives as self-defense weapons, and before the appearance of the firecrackers, they were the main force used by the Liaodong Army to crush the opponent's infantry defense line and form a breakthrough.

"Aggressive ......"

There was a dull sound of arrows on their shields, and the sword and shield bearers pressed their shoulders against the back of their shields, feeling the arrows of typing keep falling, and many of them had nervous expressions on their faces. Although they had shields for cover, no one knew how long this thing would cover them.

"Musketeers, follow behind the sword and shield soldiers!"

"Hurry up...... If you don't want to die, let Lao Tzu keep up! "There are officers shouting.

The movements of the firecrackers were not slow, and they were divided into two rows and bent down to follow the sword and shield soldiers, and slowly advanced as the sword and shield soldiers advanced!

Seeing that the Liaodong army actually dared to advance against the rain of arrows, Niu Lu on the mountain peak was in a hurry, if the Ming army rushed to form a melee, they would be passive, you must know that there are tens of thousands of Ming troops below who are staring at here.

Seeing that he gave a few loud orders, dozens of infantry soldiers jumped out of the bunker, holding high maces, tiger head guns and other heavy weapons and rushed towards the Liaodong army with a hoarse roar.

This Niu Lu sent these infantry soldiers not to cause much harm to the Ming army, as long as they could break up their formation, the archers on the mountain peak could inflict heavy casualties on them with their bows and arrows.

Zu Dale, who was commanding, saw a group of Tartars jumping out from behind the bunker, and immediately understood the other party's intentions and hurriedly ordered to open fire.

"Musketeers...... Fire and knock those Tartars out! ”

The first row of musketeers popped out from behind their shields and pulled the trigger.

"Bang ......"

As a burst of gunfire rang out, puffs of white smoke slowly rose.

Firing at a distance of less than twenty meters, the accuracy of the hit rate was naturally amazing, and these infantry soldiers who jumped out from behind cover were quickly beaten into a sieve by the dense rain of bullets, and their bodies twisted and fell in a pool of blood.

"Whoosh!"

Another burst of arrows flew, and the three musketeers who had no time to dodge were shot in the head and killed on the spot.

The Tartars' bows and arrows were shot accurately and fiercely, especially thirty to fifty meters was the most powerful distance of their bows and arrows, and many arrows flew past the scalps of the firecrackers.

"Whoosh!"

Seeing their companions go out to attack the opponent's formation, the Tartar archers were anxious and angry, and the speed of the arrows was even more violent.

"Puff puff!"

The arrows kept falling on the shield, and the originally wide shield was shot like a hedgehog, densely packed with arrow shafts.

The target of the Tartars is actually the Musketeers behind their shields, but the Musketeers hide behind their shields and do not show their heads at all except when they shoot, so most of the arrows either fly over their heads or shoot at their shields.

The airtight wall of shields moves slowly.

"Shoot!"

Seeing that the distance between the two sides had been shortened to thirty meters, Zu Dale gave the order to shoot.

"Bang ......"

Two hundred brown shellfish guns were gathered and fired, and the entire mountain peak was filled with gunsmoke, the sound shook the sky, and the smell of gunpowder was choking.

In fact, the Liaodong Army is very afraid of the Tartars' bows and arrows, but on the other hand, the Tartars are not very afraid of the Liaodong Army's firearms.

After several blows by the Jiangning army, the Tatars have long had enough of firearms, not to mention that Nurhachi, the founder of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, died under firearms, so the Manchu Qing Dynasty has long listed firearms as the biggest threat.

"The first row is back and reloaded, and the second row is forward!"

"Aim...... Shoot! ”

Zu Dale roared loudly, and the horizontal flesh on his face looked particularly hideous.

"Whoosh ......"

The Manchu archers again fired ferocious arrows.

However, in the face of the firecrackers with shield protection, their hit rate is not very high, and occasionally the firecrackers are hit by arrows, and someone quickly drags the wounded down, and then someone takes his position.

This is a contest between cold weapons and modern hot weapons, the battle is particularly brutal, people are constantly injured, and scarlet blood can be seen everywhere on the originally white snow.

As time passed, the casualties of the Qing troops stationed on the mountain peaks gradually increased, and soon there were less than a hundred people left in a full Niulu.

With the decrease in the number of people, the arrows of the Qing soldiers counterattack are becoming more and more rare, and what is even worse is that the bows and arrows of the Qing soldiers are powerful, but the power also means that the strength required to open the bow is also great, when more than ten or twenty arrows are shot, even the strongest people will feel weak in their arms.

But there is no such problem on Zu Dale's side, as long as the firecracker can still pull the trigger, the power of the firecracker will not be reduced in any way, which is also the biggest difference between hot weapons and cold weapons.

"Reload!"

"Shoot!"

"Bang ......"

The gunners reloaded, fired, and reloaded.

As the smoke on the battlefield became thicker and thicker, and the Qing army's counterattack became weaker and weaker, two quarters of an hour later, Zu Dale finally led people to the peak.

When Zu Dale stepped on the peak, he found that the entire mountain peak was full of corpses, and blood stained the entire mountain.

Mr. Qian, who led the team, looked around cursoryly, couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and said excitedly to Zu Dale: "General...... We've won, let's kill all these Tartars! ”

"Good...... Good ......."

Zu Dale's face was also full of excitement, as a veteran who had dealt with the Qing army for many years, he had never fought such a hearty battle.

Since the battle of Sarhu, the Ming army encountered the Qing army always lost more than the victory, in the past, if the Qing army encountered a cow in the field, if the Ming army did not have five or six times the strength of the army, they would not dare to fight with them at all, otherwise they could only send food to the other side.

But now it's different, I can wipe out a cow record of the other party with just a thousand people, this is the first time in the world.

"Quick...... Immediately sent someone to inform the commander-in-chief, saying that our army was fortunate not to be dishonored, and completely annihilated the Tartars on the mountain peak, and its own casualties were less than 100. ”

"Whoa!"

"That's right...... Immediately send someone to cut off the heads of these tartars, these are real merits. Also, be careful to put away the armor and other things on the Tartar's body, so you can't miss it! ”