In the early morning of December 23, the noise in the camp under the night sky gradually increased, and the Ming army got up to bury the stove and cook, and in two hours, it was the time when the attack was launched. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When the meal arrived, the fireheads opened the steaming steamer and lifted the lid of the steaming pot. The soldiers waiting in line outside rushed in, each holding an iron bowl in their hands, lining up in an orderly manner to make porridge and receive food.

No one spoke, everyone ate silently, and the breakfast before the decisive battle was quite rich, with a bowl of rice porridge per person, two steaming meat buns, and an egg. On the stone slab used to serve as a dining table are small plates containing pickles, tofu, dried salted fish, and meat floss.

Only when they are full can they have the strength to fight, Wang Xinyu has never been stingy with the food of the soldiers, and the current Qiongzhou army has long been rich, and only by giving the soldiers a good diet can they give full play to their combat effectiveness.

Before dawn, trumpets and drums sounded, and the soldiers checked their weapons, put on their armor, and prepared for their departure. As the small flags of the sum and the chiefs waved, the army marched out of the village and advanced towards the camp of the Qing army.

Outside the camp of the Qing army, Li Shutai was wearing a well-made blue armor, riding his favorite dark clouds and stepping on the snow, and the blue armor on his body was close to the color of the black war horse, which looked majestic. Li Shutai looked at the infantry formation of the Ming army that was advancing step by step, and was full of emotion in his heart: The decisive battle is coming! This is the battle of national fortune of the Qing Dynasty!

Life in the world, isn't it for glory and wealth? At that time, Li Yongfang was prescient and took refuge in the old slave, and since then, he has been on the rise, from a small guerrilla to a big man, and his descendants have gained glory and wealth.

But today, the Ming army not only wants to take more of Li Shutai's glory and wealth, but also his life! In this battle, Li Shutai can only win, if he loses, he knows very well what the consequences will be.

Someone advised him that it was better to defend Zhangzhou, and if he was defeated, he should retreat to Guangzhou. But Li Shutai refused: "I, Li Shutai, have been favored by the emperor, and I can only repay my master by fighting to the death!" ”

A while ago, Li Shutai's henchman Ma Degong died of illness, which made Li Shutai feel a little bad. However, later Shang Kexi sent a large army into Fujian, and more than a dozen famous generals arrived, which made Li Shutai full of confidence in winning this battle.

"Minggou is here!" Someone shouted.

Li Shutai picked up the clairvoyant mirror, and saw the Ming army surging all over the mountains and fields like a wave, and the red tassels of the red military uniform and the bright helmet formed a sea of red, as if red waves were surging.

"Ming Dog has finally come out of their turtle shell! Get ready to get the cavalry on! Li Shutai swallowed hard.

When it comes to the camp of the Ming army, Li Shutai can be said to hate it so much. After the Ming army went ashore, it took defense as an attack, step by step, steadily advancing, every step forward, was to dig trenches, build camps, repair soil cities, and build a large number of fortifications on the plain, so that the Qing army had nowhere to bite the hedgehog.

The fortifications were an insurmountable obstacle for the cavalry, and the trenches limited the mobility of the cavalry. What's even more hateful is that the Ming army actually pulled up countless tripwires made of wire, and there were iron thorns on the tripwires made of wires, and the cavalry crashed into them, and the horses immediately fell to the ground. No matter how many horses collide with it, they can't break the wire. If the cavalry dismounted to chop the wire, the bows, arrows, firearms, and artillery in the Ming army's camp were fired in a volley, and the cavalry suffered heavy losses.

Li Shutai also wanted to attack the Ming army's grain transportation team, but the Ming army was very cunning, and the grain transportation road behind the camp was full of trenches on both sides, and it was a heavy trench, and the grain transportation road led to the riverside, and the Qing army had no chance to attack at all.

Seeing that he could not break through the Ming military fortifications, Li Shutai could only endure it.

"No matter how powerful the barbarian fortifications are, they can only defend them. Unless they don't want to attack, as long as they attack, leave the fortifications. Li Shutai chose to wait.

Since the Ming army was going to attack, they had to leave the camp. Li Shutai believed that once he entered the field, his Eight Banners cavalry and the brave Han Eight Banners would definitely be able to crush the Ming army's formation.

It is obvious that the Ming army was in front of heavy infantry with shields, followed by rows of pikemen, and then behind were firecrackers. Behind the infantry formation, the artillery slowly pushed the artillery forward. However, Li Shutai couldn't understand that there were still some horse-drawn carts on the rear line of the two wings of the Ming army, and he didn't know what those carts were for.

The Qing army formed a formation, advancing in the middle with infantry, and cavalry on both flanks, advancing up against the formation of the Ming army.

"Fire!" Shang Zhixin yelled.

The Qing army's Hongyi cannon, general cannon, Franc machine, Shenwei general cannon and other artillery pieces roared, and the shells roared into the Ming army's formation. Due to the distance, there were not many shells that fell into the formation of the Ming army, but the shells that landed smashed the shields, and the Ming soldiers who were shot flew out upside down, and some people were directly smashed into pieces by the shells.

Shelled by the Qing army, the Ming infantry formation suffered certain losses, but the vacancy in the formation was immediately filled, and the death of his companions did not affect the pace of the Ming army's advance at all, and the Ming army in formation advanced step by step.

"These pirates are indeed a strong army, and they are not chaotic when they are shelled!" Li Shutai sighed.

When they were outside the pass, the Ming army used to use a chariot formation to block the cavalry and heavy infantry of the Jurchen Houjin again and again. Later, it was Li Yongfang who transferred artillery bombardment, which led to the collapse of the Ming army's formation, and then charged with cavalry.

The artillery of the Ming army also began to exert its might, hundreds of cannons fired in turn, magnificent, the ground shook the mountains, rows of shells swept across the sky, fell in the camp of the Qing army, fell in the formation of the Qing army, splashing dazzling blood mist. There were also shells that fell into the artillery formation of the Qing army, and the flesh and blood of the Qing gunners were flying.

"Boom" A powder keg on the artillery position of the Qing army happened to be hit by a shell, and the powder keg exploded immediately, and the general's cannon weighing more than 500 pounds in front flew up in the firelight, and more than 10 Qing gunners were blown out by the air wave.

The artillery of the Qing army did not stop shelling, and still smashed shells at the Ming formation.

"Kill!" Liu Yanming shouted and commanded the Qing army to kill the Ming army formation.

"Sons, follow me and kill all the barbarians!" Jumala yelled.

"Our Manchurian warriors are invincible in the world with archers and horses, as long as one charge, keep it and let the Han dog die! Rush boldly, kill a Han dog soldier, and reward a Han dog woman! The veteran of the Qing army inlaid with yellow flags, Lazhang Jinglu Shihaha, laughed.

The cavalry of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners chose to attack the two wings of the Ming army, and because the Ming army was a battalion step by step, the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners could not find any opportunity to attack at all. Now that the Ming army is out of the camp for a decisive battle, it is just an opportunity for the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners to play. According to the consistent fighting style of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners Cavalry, it is the day of the horse.

In Chinese chess, there is a saying that the rook is open and the horse is dark, that is, the horse walks a diagonal line and attacks the flank. Moreover, the horses of the Manchurian cavalry are also a long-range attack weapon, they can shoot arrows when they dismount, and they can charge when they get on their horses, as long as they do not suppress their long-range weapons, the infantry is very passive in front of the cavalry.

Although the previous Ming army had artillery, the rate of fire of the artillery was too slow, and the cavalry rushed into formation, and as long as they endured a round of artillery bombardment, the cavalry could rush in front of the opponent's infantry.

However, this time, the Eight Banners cavalry did not directly impact the Ming formation, but stayed on both flanks to watch. In the battle of the Eight Banners cavalry, it has always been based on the attack of the Han army's banner infantry or the attack of the Manchurian Eight Banners heavy infantry. The cavalry could not rush into the formation of infantry, but chose to wait and wait for the infantry formation to leak before attacking from the flank.

Frontally, the infantry on both sides had already begun to engage.

The Qing infantry attacked from the front, and before the people arrived, the archers and bird gunners of the Qing army shot a dense number of feather arrow projectiles and shot at the Ming formation. However, the Qing army shot first when it was still far away, and was blocked by the shield of the Ming army, the attack effect of the feather arrows was not good, and the accuracy and penetration of the fire guns were also poor.

The Ming army bombarded with artillery, and the shells fell in the infantry formation of the Qing army, plowing out bloody roads. Some Qing soldiers saw their companions who got along day and night being blown to pieces, and they were so frightened that they turned around to run, and they were immediately beheaded by the warlords behind them.

"Up! Those who retreat without permission will be killed! Yang Guotai yelled.

The artillery bombardment of the Qing army also brought certain losses to the Ming army, and the shells fell into the crowd of the Ming army, hit the shield, the shield was shattered, and dozens of Ming soldiers were broken by the shells.

The Ming army continued to advance steadily, and the archers and musketeers in the Ming formation did not fire, but followed the formation, advancing step by step.

When there were still fifty steps left between the two sides, they only heard a loud shout: "Release!" ”

The musketeers of the Ming army walked out from the rear, rows of guns roared, white smoke rose up, and the muskets fired at close range exerted great power, and the Qing soldiers of the Ming army were falling one by one.

At the same time, the Ming artillery that had been reloaded erupted fire, and the shotguns were scattered at the Qing army. Thousands of projectiles rained down on the dense crowd, and the front row of the Qing army fell in unison.

But neither the musket nor the artillery shelling of the Ming army stopped the advance of the Qing army.

The archers of the Ming army hung and shot in the back, and one by one the feathered arrows flew into the sky, pulled out an arc, and fell behind the Qing army formation. Although the falling light arrows cannot cause great damage to the Qing soldiers with armor on their bodies, they can harass the formation.

"Boom boom" The large bipod firearm in the infantry of the Ming army made a roaring sound, and one or two more than one or two projectiles drilled into the crowd of Qing troops, and the bullets fired by this large firearm could penetrate several Qing soldiers, and rows of gunfire, the Qing army began to fall from the front like a peeled onion.

"Ready, out!" When the two sides approached more than ten steps, Wu Zhudan roared.

The formation of the sword and shield hands spread out to both sides, and a large number of sword hands with Miao knives hanging from their waists, wearing double armor, and no shields in their hands suddenly rushed out from behind the shield array. None of the knife men drew their knives, but they held an iron lump in their right hand.

The feather arrows shot by the Qing soldiers were shot at the swordsmen, but these swordsmen were covered with rattan armor on the outside and cotton armor inlaid with iron on the inside, and the feather arrows were like tickling on the body. And the Qing army's bird gunners had not yet finished loading, and they had no time to shoot.

"Cast!" Someone shouted. (To be continued.) )