The rate of fire of the Tiger Squat Cannon is not fast, the firing range is limited, and the power is also very average, so it cannot be called a field weapon. Now the Han Eight Banners did not observe that the Ming army had cavalry, and bullied the Ming army without long-range weapons worth mentioning, so they pulled the tiger squat cannon to shoot at close range. There is Wang Mingde's armor around the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and there are strong troops, so there is no need to worry about the Ming army's counter-charge, but the power of the tiger squat cannon has been improved. But despite this, the power of these small artillery pieces is equivalent to that of large shotguns, if the Han Eight Banners used a bit of weapons are field guns in the era of platoon guns, then this kind of close-range artillery can wantonly ravage the battle formations of the Ming army, and scatter the positions of hundreds of Ming troops in the blink of an eye.

But the Ming army was still hit by Yan zhòng, and most of the soldiers of the Ming army were recruited by Yuan Zongdi in Kuidong. Seeing the Qing army coming with a cannon, the comrades who were hit were immediately seriously injured and fell to the ground, and the armor on their bodies was completely ineffective, and these soldiers who stayed behind were shocked. What had a greater impact on the Ming army was the sound of artillery, the rumbling of tiger squat cannons firing at close range, and the explosion they emitted was the most terrible sound these Ming troops had ever heard in their lives.

Only a few other officers were somewhat prepared for the loud sound of gunpowder because they had participated in the Huguang sweep, but they were in a different mood at that time, and now they stood opposite the gunpowder weapon instead of behind it; The rest of the officers were panicked and didn't know what to do with this never-before-seen weapon.

The officers were like this, and the soldiers' appearance was even more unbearable, and after seeing that their companions were constantly being knocked down, the soldiers instinctively lowered their bodies, and suddenly the position of the entire Ming army was shorter. The auxiliaries behind the soldiers were originally strong and strong, and when necessary, they helped to carry wounded soldiers on their backs and capture prisoners, and the roar of the tiger squat cannon made them feel as if they had encountered a monster. No one knew how to deal with such an attack, and fear quickly spread among the Ming army.

"Let the artillery stop for a moment, shall you?"

Seeing that the Ming army was scattered after a few shots, both the front and back rows squatted down or even lay down in panic, and were so shocked by the sound of artillery that they had lost the will to resist, and the green battalion was suddenly eager to try, intending to rush up and defeat the Ming army. The Qing army did not carry out infantry and artillery coordination training, and the basic tactic was that the artillery bombarded first, and the cavalry and infantry watched; Then the armor charged, and the artillerymen watched. Seeing that the Han Eight Banners were still shouting to reload the tiger squat cannon, the officers of the Green Battalion built the Han Eight Banners to stop shooting.

"Wait a minute, we haven't killed enough!" The Eight Banners soldier who commanded the artillery group said with a cruel smile that the central troops of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had not been on the front line for many years, and they only occasionally set off to accompany them as surveillance troops. Today, the Ming army on the opposite side had no power to fight back, and these artillery could bombard the opponent with impunity, which made the faces of every Eight Banners soldier full of excitement.

The officers of the Green Battalion could not command the Eight Banners troops, and could only watch from the sidelines, after all, they did not want to lead the charge and were hit by friendly shells on their backs. Seeing that a few rounds of shelling made the Ming army unable to raise their heads, the officers of the green battalion on the front line were very envious in their hearts, and many people secretly thought: "If only we could have all kinds of artillery." ”

It was not until the barrel of the gun began to get hot that the Eight Banners soldiers stopped unsatisfied, and the Eight Banners pointed to the Ming army on the opposite side, which had become a mess, and shouted proudly: "The cleaning work will be handed over to you." ”

After confirming that the Eight Banners were almost enjoyable and would not fire again, the green battalion also lit the cannon, and with a running sound, a large number of green battalions rushed forward with a shout, and the Ming army on the opposite side was on the verge of collapse, and anyone could see that this was the time to take advantage and take credit.

In fact, the losses caused by the tiger squat artillery to the Ming army were very limited, and after such a long period of indiscriminate bombardment, only a dozen Ming troops were killed, but the blow to morale was irreparable. When the green battalion rushed up, the Ming soldiers in the back row did not say a word, stood up and ran - the shelling that could not be defended and counterattacked was finally stopped, and they did not want to suffer another round.

The Ming army in front of it is almost the same, the shelling just now made most of the Ming soldiers have their hearts beating wildly, and there is a feeling of walking back and forth a few times in front of the ghost gate, where do these frightened Ming soldiers still have fighting spirit? When the Green Battalion rushed to the Ming army's position, only a few particularly brave Ming troops still tried to resist, but this sporadic heroic act was meaningless, and in the blink of an eye, they were all drowned in the tide of the Green Battalion soldiers.

After hearing the sound of artillery just now, Yuan Zongdi immediately sent two hundred soldiers back to reinforce the Western Front, hoping to make the other front hold out a little longer. But these armoured soldiers did not reach the front line at all, and in front of them were a large number of fleeing auxiliaries, most of whom did not know what had happened to the fallen ground, and when they saw their companions from the west screaming and fleeing, they also ran with them. These auxiliaries blocked the way of the reinforcements, and they shouted whenever they met, saying that the Qing troops killed from the west were overwhelming, and the artillery was like rain, and they would die if they were touched. In the midst of these rumors, which spread more and more, the entire Ming army on the Western Front was bombed into the sky by the artillery of the Qing army, and even the hills they used to hold on were flattened.

These shouts not only led all the auxiliaries to flee, but also the morale of the soldiers sent by Yuan Zongdi to reinforce them was also dealt a heavy blow, and the officers and soldiers did not have the confidence to use their own flesh and blood to block the invincible artillery. In particular, some people have heard that Deng Ming used gunpowder to flatten the Huguang city wall, even if his body is strong, can it still be compared with the city wall? Unlike those on the front line, the more people in the reinforcements knew the power of gunpowder, the more they overestimated the power of the Han Eight Banners artillery that they had not been able to see with their own eyes.

The reinforcements were not moving quickly, but as soon as their morale fell, they were quickly dispersed by the influx of defeated soldiers, and half of the two hundred soldiers were swept away by the chaotic soldiers in the blink of an eye, and the rest also stopped advancing, and soon began to slowly retreat again.

"Isn't it just a tiger squat cannon? As for being scared like this? Yuan Zongdi saw that the auxiliary troops that were originally protected between the two lines of defense had been defeated, his heart was anxious and angry, he had an intuitive understanding of the power of this weapon, and when the frightened herald reported the rumors to Yuan Zongdi seriously, he shouted angrily: "It sounds like ten cannons at most, and thousands of people can't kill them even if they bomb for a month!" ”

However, it was useless to lose his temper, Yuan Zongdi's insight did not help the chaos in front of him, he had to divide his troops again, prevent the rout from attacking his battle line, and order the soldiers to shout to the rout, let them flee to the north on their own, waiting to be retracted or return to Wanxian. Yuan Zongdi, who was busy adjusting the battle line, naturally no longer had the strength to attack Daniel Zhang, and now he could only pray that Daniel Zhang would not take the opportunity to kill and attack him.

To the east of Yuan Zongdi, Daniel Zhang had been carefully observing the movements of the Ming army, and Wang Mingde's offensive was faster than he thought, and Daniel Zhang originally thought that he needed to contact for a while before he could see the main reinforcements dispatched.

"This kid, is he already here?" Daniel Zhang muttered, almost together with the wolf smoke, the sound of cannons followed, and this wolf smoke was almost ignited when Yuan Zongdi launched an attack, this action was inevitably too compact. However, as long as this battle is won, Daniel Zhang has nothing to blame, and Wang Mingde completely claimed that he was trying to make Yuan Zongdi misjudge and transfer the main force from the most important location.

"Eight lambs." Daniel Zhang snorted, although he felt that Wang Mingde was a little bit of a decoy using himself, but he was not very angry, Yuan Zongdi's offensive was quite weak, and he did not pose a big threat to himself at all: "I will press the troops first, and when Wang Mingde and Yuan Zongdi's main forces fight, I will attack again, so that the loss is small, and I can capture more prisoners." ”

In addition to the whole wishful thinking in his heart, Daniel Zhang also understood that the active attack in this weather would cause the soldiers to lose a lot of body, although he was basically not moving in the woods, Daniel Zhang was already sweating profusely. The eastern Sichuan in July was wet and hot, and after putting on a full set of armor, it was more like hugging a set of quilts, and Yuan Zongdi's soldiers had already fought a battle, and now they were moving back and forth, Daniel Zhang estimated that if the Ming army ran around like this for a while, the price he would have to pay for victory would be smaller.

At this time, the noise from the north interrupted Daniel Zhang's contemplation, and he listened for a moment, and cursed in his heart: "Not good! ”

After scolding, Daniel Zhang hurriedly turned around and climbed the hill behind him, and what caught his eyes was the overwhelming rout of his own army. Daniel Zhang, like Yuan Zongdi, protected the unarmored soldiers between the two lines of defense, and now Daniel Zhang's unarmored soldiers have also completely collapsed, and the emperor rushed in the direction of Daniel Zhang's general banner to seek the protection of the commander.

The other half of the pro-battalion defending along the river seemed to be under a lot of pressure, and even worse than them was Daniel Zhang's deployment to cover his troops in the north. One of the Qing army generals who commanded the army ran to the Daniel Zhang with his bare head and crawled to the ground, wailing: "Admiral! Handsome! Collapsed, collapsed! ”

"Bastard!" Daniel Zhang knew that this general also had hundreds of pro-soldiers under him, but he didn't expect that he couldn't withstand three tops for a while, and before Yuan Zongdi collapsed, he fled to himself alone: "Can't you even beat a group of recruits?" ”

"Most of the general's soldiers are recruits," the general's scabbard was also empty, and he even threw his weapon in order to escape for his life just now, and he tried his best to defend himself: "There are a lot of thieves!" It's amazing! It's really amazing! ”

"!" Daniel Zhang didn't want to listen to the other party's nonsense at all, obviously he was careless, and he withstood Yuan Zongdi's guards, but these incompetent people were actually defeated by a group of rabble.

Without waiting for Daniel Zhang to pierce the other party's exaggerated words, the flank red flags flashed, and a large number of Ming troops emerged from around the hills, the armor on their bodies was shining like stars, Daniel Zhang looked at it dumbfounded for a moment, and more Ming soldiers followed the footsteps of the defeated enemy army in the middle and appeared in front of Daniel Zhang's general flag, making the clearing and the forest everywhere shimmer with metallic luster.

"Hundreds, if not thousands." Daniel Zhang muttered that what he saw was the main battalion of Wanxian County that broke through in the center and then rotated south.