Chapter 126: Wu Qing's Decisive Battle No. 9
The Qing army did not know that Wu Sangui already had a powerful swarm of bee fire vans in his hands, and as a result, when the Wu army launched the rocket, the Qing army's infantry and cavalry were lining up in a dense formation, attacking the Wu army's seemingly weak center. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
With Hu Guozhu's order, 30 fire vans launched rockets from two directions, forming a crossfire, and in the blink of an eye, 600 rockets were overwhelming, with thick smoke and flames, smashed into the Qing army's formation, and the rockets fired obliquely from the left and right directions spread out in a fan shape, raising a group of blooming flames in the crowd of Qing troops. Continuous pieces of blood mist immediately exploded in the dense Qing formation, and piles of Qing soldiers were crushed in the explosion.
In the violent explosion, whether it was the Qing Army's Eight Banners cavalry or ordinary infantry, whether it was the master or the clothed minions, there was no difference under the air wave and shrapnel, and every rocket that fell in the crowd was to blow up a large number of people and horses. In just one round of shooting, the more than 17,000 Qing troops who attacked had already lost more than a third!
Not only does a swarm of firearms have a much higher rate of fire than ordinary firearms, but they also have a faster reload.
On the Wu army's position, the Wu soldiers picked up the rocket, put the rocket on the slightly hot launch stand, and then twisted the fuse at the tail of the rocket together, and then lit the fuse, and the people ran away on both sides.
Mars quickly shortened into the rocket, and a swarm of bee fire vans shot out an overwhelming fire dragon again, sweeping the Qing army's formation, blowing up a monstrous wave of blood in the crowd, and the Qing army's formation had been blown out of countless vacancies, and even people couldn't fill it.
Wu Sangui, who was standing on a high place, looked at the shooting effect of a swarm of bee cars with a telescope, and shouted excitedly: "Okay! Well played! Hahaha! It's been a long time since I've been so happy! Hum! Lao Tzu has worked hard for Qinggou for so many years, and today he is finally proud! ”
The formation of the Qing army had been completely shattered, and all the infantry turned their heads and fled. The Eight Banners cavalry that was blown up on their backs had a larger target, and few could still stand, and the remaining cavalry also turned around and ran.
Wu Sangui carefully prepared three firepower interception lines and a hand-to-hand combat defense line, only the first firepower interception line worked, the rest did not play a role, the morale of the Qing army has collapsed, and his original plan to annihilate the 17,000 Qing army, especially the Eight Banners, has not been realized.
"It's too powerful! It's a pity, it's a pity! The Tartars are gone! Liu Xuanchu sighed.
Wu Sangui reacted and shouted: "Quick, pass the order down, let Gao Dejie's cavalry pursue!" ”
Wang Shirong reminded: "Lord Wang, left-wing!" ”
"That's right! Left flank! Wu Sangui smiled and nodded, "Let all the firecrackers move to the left flank!" Give me a hard beating! Kill Zhao Liangdong, a clear dog! ”
"No!" The pro-soldiers retreated, ran to the side, waved the flag, and signaled.
Seeing the banner order, the saber in Gao Dejie's hand pointed in the direction of the defeated Qing army's formation: "Kill!" ”
Three thousand Wu cavalry rushed towards the defeated Qing formation, and in front of them were a group of veterans who had fought a hundred battles, holding three-eyed guns and sparks with fire ropes hanging around their necks.
Several Qing cavalry turned their heads and fired a few arrows at the Wu army with their cavalry bows, but in the panic, the originally small cavalry bows did not play much role, and were instead killed by the stragglers mixed with the Wu cavalry with rifled guns. The cavalry of the Wu army rushed to the Qing army in a blink of an eye, and the veterans of the Wu army in the front row picked up the three-eyed gun with one hand, grabbed the fire rope with the other hand, and stabbed it into the fire door of the three-eyed gun.
The sound of "bang, bang, bang" was repeated, and the three-eyed guns fired at close range continuously spewed out firelight, and within only seven to eight steps, the three-eyed guns were still able to exert great power, and in the smoke of gunpowder, a large number of Qing soldiers fell in response.
The veteran of the Wu army threw away the fire rope and grabbed the grip of the three-eyed gun, which turned into a hammer after the bullet. The veteran of the Wu army waved his three-eyed gun and rushed into the crowd of Qing troops. The first cavalryman galloped past one of the Eight Banners, and the three-eyed gun smashed on the Qing soldier's helmet like a hammer, smashing the Eight Banners soldier's helmet and head flattened.
The sound of horses' hooves roared, and groups of Wu cavalry rushed into the crowd of defeated Qing troops, and the three-eyed guns danced quickly in the hands of the veterans, and one after another the Qing soldiers were smashed off their horses.
The cavalry of the Wu army in the back followed, and the horses collided with the defeated Qing infantry, and the people who were knocked into flew out and were trampled into pulp by the horses' hooves. The cavalry of the Wu army held the saber flat and galloped with the help of horsepower, and where the blade passed, the Qing infantry was either in a different place or was cut in two by the waist.
It was also when Gao Dejie's cavalry pursued the defeated Qing army in the middle that another Wu general, Yang Laijia, led the musketeers to press up to the left flank.
Zhao Liangdong, who attacked the left flank of the Wu army, still fought very well, and the Wu army was pressed back step by step by the Qing army. Although the Qing army in the middle had been defeated, Zhao Liangdong did not flinch. Just after the launch of a swarm of bee fire vans, seeing that the Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers were blown to pieces by rockets, Zhao Liangdong's eyes were red, and he roared hoarsely: "Fight to the death and not retreat!" Press it up! Destroy the thief's rocket! Those who retreat without permission will be killed! ”
At this time, Zhao Liangdong was bent on avenging his Eight Banner masters, and only wanted to destroy the fire vans on the left wing of the Wu army, because those fire vans were not far from Zhao Liangdong, only about two hundred steps.
"General, retreat! Wu reinforcing troops are coming! A pro-soldier came up and grabbed Zhao Liangdong, who was almost losing his mind.
Zhao Liangdong is also a man with brains after all, he calmed down, and looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, only to see a large piece of black pressure Wu Jun holding a musket in his hand, pressing up on his side.
"Steady retreat! Don't mess around! Zhao Liangdong yelled. He didn't dare to order Mingjin to withdraw his troops, because he knew that once Mingjin withdrew his troops, his army would also be immediately defeated. At this time, only by stabilizing his foothold, letting his troops face the Wu army, and retreating step by step, can he reduce losses and kill as many Wu troops as possible.
The pro-soldiers waved their flags and signaled that the formation was steadily retreating.
Groups of Qing soldiers resisted indiscriminately with spears, slowly retreating step by step. At this time, someone was desperately squeezing back, trying to hide in the crowd, but was blocked by the people behind and couldn't retract at all.
The Wu army musketeers had already pressed up, and when they were close enough to be only thirty steps away from the Qing army, Yang Laijia, the general of the Wu army, gave an order: "Ready, release!" ”
Seeing the muzzle of the gun pointed at them, the Qing army felt a wave of fear, they knew that as soon as the opponent fired, they would be beaten into a hornet's nest.
The flintlock pistol spewed fire, the white smoke rose up, and the muskets that fired intensively within thirty paces shot rows of bullets, piercing into the crowd of Qing troops, and the Qing soldiers in front fell down at once.
"Let's go!" Someone shouted.
The formation of the Ganshan Green Battalion collapsed at once, and everyone ignored Zhao Liangdong's hoarse roar and the bright broadsword of the supervising team, turned their heads one after another, threw away all kinds of weapons, spread their legs and ran.