Chapter 967 The Battle of Chengdu (Part 2)
Zhao Liangdong, the central army, rode a tall horse and looked at the formation of the Daxi Army in front of him. He saw that there were a group of ragged bandits in front of the Daxi Army, including some prisoners wearing Qing army robes, and behind them were the elite of the Daxi Army.
Murima laughed: "The bandits have fought for so many years, but they are still the same way! They put the bandits and prisoners in front and died, and the elites followed behind. They didn't know that once the bandits and prisoners retreated, they would attack their central army, and their elites would also be defeated."
"Kill slaves! Kill slaves!" The crowd of Daxi soldiers roared in unison from time to time, and was not inferior to the Qing army in terms of momentum.
"Line in line and move forward!" Li Dingguo shouted.
A large number of refugees, bandits and prisoners were holding bamboo spears and wooden spears, arranged in not-too-neat formations, and walked forward step by step. The elite troops of the Daxi Army followed closely behind. Archers, bird gunners and flintlock gunners followed behind the cannon fodder team. The bows, bird guns and flintlock guns aimed at them. Once someone retreated, they would immediately open fire without hesitation.
"Fire the cannon!" Zhao Liangdong shouted.
The Qing army in Chengdu was also equipped with a lot of artillery, including imitation three-pound field cannons and six-pound field cannons, as well as small cannons such as Franchise and tiger squat cannons. Among the formations of the musketeers, there are firearms such as turtle dove-legged guns, Lumi guns and bird guns. In fact, the proportion of firearms in the Green Camp Army is quite high, but they don’t know how to use bows and arrows.
The Qing army's six-pound field artillery fired first, twenty six-pound field artillery spit out flames in turn, and three shells roared into the sky. One of them hit the front of the cannon fodder soldiers of the Daxi Army and swept down several soldiers. However, the cannon fodder soldiers still moved forward steadily, as if nothing had happened. Then more than a dozen cannon sounds rang one after another, and more iron bullets swept across the cannon fodder soldiers' front. Zhao Liangdong saw the scene of flesh and blood flying in the formation of the cannon fodder soldiers in the formation of the Daxi Army's cannon fodder soldiers in the front. The power of this cannon fodder soldiers was not withstandable by flesh and blood.
The imitation six-pound field cannon used by the Qing army was a runner-up when he was fighting with Li Guodong before. After taking it back, the imitation was successful. The power and performance would not be inferior to Li Guodong's six-pound cannon. This field cannon bombards the infantry formation, and each shell can knock down a large number of people.
However, the cannon fodder team of the Daxi Army still shouted the slogan "Kill slaves! Kill slaves!" and moved forward step by step, as if turning a blind eye to the casualties of their comrades.
"What's going on with these Han people?" Murima frowned slightly, feeling something was wrong.
In fact, it is very simple. These cannon fodders can withstand about 10% casualties. The Qing army's artillery bombardment looked very spectacular, and the cannon fodder soldiers of the Daxi Army fodder flies everywhere. One round of cannon fodder caused about five or six hundred casualties. However, for the cannon fodder team with 100,000 people, the casualties of five or six hundred were just a drop in the bucket, and it was far from the brink of collapse. What's more, behind the cannon fodder team, there were elite troops of the Daxi Army. As long as someone dared to retreat, the Daxi Army would shoot and kill those guys who turned their heads and fled without hesitation.
"Bang bang bang" The Qing army in the Green Camp opened fire, with bird guns, turtle dove-legged guns, tiger squat cannons, and light Franchises sprayed out flame tongues.
Zhao Liangdong frowned: "A group of idiots, what's the use of firing at such a distance?"
Murima sneered, turned his head and said to Tuhai in Manchu, "These qian men are originally a group of Ming dogs. After joining us, they are still greedy for life and fear of death! It seems that when you fight, you cannot expect these qian men's firearms to fight, and you have to rely on our Manchu warriors to fight."
The Qing army's firearms were frightened by the approaching Daxi Army, so a nervous musketeer pulled the trigger and fired, which caused other Qing troops to fire. The "ping-ping-pong" fire flashed in the Qing army's positions, and the smoke filled the gunpowder. After the projectile firearms were filled with nervous loading.
Just as the Qing army's six-pound field artillery gunners began to load shells, a group of cavalry suddenly rushed out of the Daxi army's crowd and rushed towards the two wings of the Qing army.
"Form a formation, don't let the bandit cavalry rush up!" Zhao Liangdong shouted. But he found it strange. The number of cavalrymen in the Daxi Army that rushed out was too small, right? There were only a few hundred people, and there were only a few people, and the formation had to be dispersed. Could it be that the opponent's commander would not fight?
Zhao Liangdong also considered whether the cavalry of the Western Army would be cavalry archers, but he was not worried that the cavalry archers would be cavalry archers because the cavalry archers had a too close range and would be shot into a hedgehog by the Qing army's crossbowmen before they could reach the range. If it were a cavalry of the Western Army, the range was not far, and it would be difficult to hit the target on the bumpy horse's back.
Before the Qing army officer could understand, the cavalry dismounted about one hundred steps away from the Qing army formation. Then they saw them taking off their muskets from their backs one by one and aiming at the Qing army's artillery positions.
"Don't be afraid, the musket is not that far away." Zhao Liangdong said to Murima.
Before he finished speaking, he heard the muskets from the scattered Daxi Army musket soldiers on the opposite side spewed out a series of fire, and white smoke kept rising. Almost every time the sound of the gun sounded, a Qing army gunner sprayed blood mist on his head and fell down screaming.
The Western Army's five hundred rifled rifles shot in one round, knocking down at least 300 Qing army gunners!
Zhao Liangdong was furious and turned around and ordered: "Cabinets rushed out and killed all the poisonous gunmen!"
The three thousand Qing army Ganzhou Green Camp horse team whistled, rushed out immediately, and killed the rifled rifles of the Daxi Army a hundred steps away.
Cavalry defeated scattered soldiers, so whether it was Li Guodong or Li Dingguo, they equipped their scattered soldiers with horses, so that precious scattered soldiers could escape the pursuit of opponents.
The 500 rifled riflemen of the Daxi Army immediately jumped on their horses and left with a whip.
The Ganzhou Green Camp Cavalry Team was chasing her, and was about to hit the formation of the Western Army. Zhao Liangdong shouted anxiously: "Hurry up, let the cavalry come back!"
A golden sound was heard in the Qing army formation, indicating that the cavalry would rush to withdraw the troops.
The Ganzhou Green Camp Cavalry heard the golden sound behind him, and quickly turned around and ran. But it was still a little late. The artillery roared in the formation of the Daxi Army. The mortar cannons, field cannons and howitzers spit out flames, blooming bullets, and shotguns and hail hit the Ganzhou Green Camp Cavalry like hail. At least 400 Qing cavalry were dropped.
After all, gunners are a technical job. After losing more than 300 gunners, the Qing army could no longer guarantee the precise shooting of artillery. The temporary gunners replaced, and the shooting rate of the cannon fodder team of the Daxi Army was very low.
"We can no longer take the defensive stance, we must attack decisively!" Zhao Liangdong said to Murima anxiously, "If they are allowed to rush to us, they can only increase their morale and reduce our army's morale! Only by attacking can we hit their morale!"
"The whole army attacked!" Murima drew out the sword and pointed forward.
The Qing army launched a counterattack. The Qing sabre player shouting players in front killed out of the formation, followed by spearmen, followed by archers and firearms. The Qing cavalry also surrounded the two wings. The Ganzhou Green Camp Cavalry in front was followed by the well-armed Eight Banners Cavalry.
Li Dingguodao: "Jiannu finally couldn't hold back anymore, they started charging! We lined up and waited!"
All the cannon fodder teams stopped moving forward, without any armor protection on their bodies, they just mechanically followed the command of the commander, straightening bamboo spears and wooden spears to the direction of the Qing army's attack. Naturally, these bamboo spears and wooden spears could not break the defense of the Qing sabre players in the Green Camp, but it didn't matter. The formation of the cannon fodder team was dense in front and loose in the back, leaving a passage for bird gunners to come up behind.
With Li Dingguo's order, the bird gunman quickly walked up, stood behind the cannon fodder team, and picked up the bird guns. The fuses of the bird guns had already been lit.
Chapter completed!