Chapter 968 The Battle of Chengdu (2)
There were only fifty steps left between the two sides, and Li Dingguo shouted: "Let's fire!"
"Bang bang bang" In the formation of the Western Army, bird guns and turtle dove-footed guns spewed out flames. A large area of the Qing army rushing over fell down, but the Qing army behind was still charging.
It has to be said that the Qing army, which surrendered to the Ming army, has significantly improved its combat effectiveness and its ability to resist strikes. The original Ming army was bombarded with bird guns at close range, and its morale was almost complete. However, after they shaved their hair and braids, they became invincible and braved the ravine of the Western Army and rushed forward desperately.
Of course, in addition to the increase in the treatment of the Qing army and the failure to deduct military pay, there is another very important reason that the Eight Banners Supervisors behind them are behind them, and once they escape, they will be beheaded.
The fearless Qing army continued to rush up with shouts and approached the formation of the Western Army.
The bird gun fires slowly, so you can only use the method of six to seven rounds of round shooting to maintain the sustainability of the firepower. However, the round shooting of six to seven rounds also brings a serious problem, that is, the firepower intensity of a single round of shooting is insufficient, and there are not many Qing soldiers who can knock down each round of shooting. Such a firepower density will definitely not prevent the Qing army from approaching the Western Army.
"Kill!" A burst of shouts came from the formation of refugees, bandits and prisoners. Wooden spears and bamboo spears were stinging out neatly, like a complete whole, stabbing out and retracting, and sucking in an orderly manner.
Bamboo spears are easily cut off, and even if they are cut off, they are fine. The head is still sharp and can still be stabbed; wooden spears are not easily cut off. These cannon fodders use weapons that are much longer than their opponents to block the enemy, and stabbed them out again and again. Regardless of whether they can pierce the Qing soldiers on the opposite side, they only know how to assassinate forward again and again.
The real firepower output is still based on the firearm soldiers and crossbow soldiers behind. The cannon fodder team in front blocked the Qing soldiers, the bird gunners, turtledove-legged gunners and crossbow soldiers behind continued to output attacks, killing the Qing soldiers down one by one.
Of course, there were also many cannon fodder soldiers who fell under the swords and guns of the Qing sergeants.
Seeing his soldiers falling down, although both sides suffered equal losses, Zhao Liangdong still felt heartbroken, because those who fell on his side were elite soldiers of the Ganzhou Green Camp, and the opponents fell only a group of refugees, bandits and prisoners, and the real main force was unscathed. Of course, such an exchange was not cost-effective.
"I see that there are not many thieves and cavalry, so we can make our cavalry attack from the two wings of the thieves! We can break the enemy's formation in one fell swoop!" said Murima.
Zhao Liangdong nodded and ordered the Ganzhou Green Camp Horse Team to attack.
More than 10,000 cavalrymen from Ganzhou and Shaanxi Green Camp went out and launched a roundabout attack on the two wings of the Daxi Army.
"The spearmen on the right side attack! Form a formation!" Li Dingguo shouted, "On the left side, the self-generated musketeers attack and form a formation. The cavalry protects the two wings of the infantry!"
Li Dingguo, who discovered the intention of the Qing army, immediately let the spearmen and flintlock spearmen fight, and the cavalry of the Daxi Army protect the two wings of the infantry. The opposite Ganzhou Green Camp cavalry was a real cavalry. Ganzhou Green Camp was the main force of the Qing Dynasty. In real history, Kang Mazi pacified Galdan mainly because of the Ganzhou Green Camp. Ganzhou Green Camp infantry, firearms and cavalry were all complete. In the early Qing Dynasty, the combat effectiveness of this strong army was no longer inferior to that of the Eight Banners soldiers. By the Kangxi period, the Eight Banners soldiers degenerated, and the main force was Ganzhou Green Camp.
Seeing that the left wing of the Daxi Army had only a thin three-layer formation, and all were musketeers, no spearmen, and only the two wings were protected by cavalrymen, Wang Jinbao, the general led by the Qing army's Ganzhou Green Camp Cavalry Team, laughed: "The bandits only ignited musketeers like that, and they wanted to stop my Qing cavalry?"
"Kill!" The speed of the Ganzhou Green Camp horse team has increased to the fastest, and they are heading towards the thin formation of the flintlock spearmen of the Daxi Army.
The Western Army had only 3,000 flintlock gunmen, and could only be arranged into three rows of formations. However, for this new weapon, Li Dingguo also knew that this kind of musket without flint was powerful, with a range that was farther than a bird gun, with greater power, and much faster loading speed. With three rows of formations, it could complete three rounds of continuous shooting.
"Two hundred steps away!" Ainengqi shouted.
Under the orders of grassroots officers at all levels, the flintlocked rifles raised their muskets and aimed at the Green Camp cavalry rushing towards them. At the same time, the already loaded scattered soldiers picked up rifled rifles on both wings, fighting on their own, shooting at will. Only one gunshot after another was heard, and almost every gunshot sounded, a Qing cavalry was dismissed.
At the same time, only a row of roaring cannons were heard, and the twelve-pound howitzers of the Daxi Army opened fire, and the shotgun pierced into the formation of the Qing cavalry. The blood mist was soaring, and people were on their backs and horses were overturned, and the Qing cavalry fell in large numbers.
"One hundred and fifty steps, prepare!"
"One hundred steps! Eighty steps, let it go!" Ainengqi ordered.
The thousand flintlocked rifles in the front row pulled the trigger, and only a roar of gunfire was heard. White smoke rose from the formation, and a thousand projectiles shot towards the Ganzhou-Shaanxi Green Camp Cavalry. The projectiles penetrated into the formation of the Qing cavalry, and only a burst of screams of people were heard, the neighing of war horses, and hundreds of Qing cavalry were sprayed with blood mist, and people were on their backs and horses were overturned.
"Prepare to charge!" Bai Wenxuan, who was commanding the cavalry, shouted.
A thousand cavalrymen of the Western Army picked up their cavalry spears and began to accelerate slowly.
"Boom boom boom" Another row of flintlock rifles roars. The second row of flintlock rifles pulled the trigger, and the Qing army fell down again. Then the third row of flintlock rifles opened fire, knocking down another Qing cavalry again.
The first row of flintlock gunmen who fired fire had already loaded the load. They loaded very quickly, but in just about ten seconds, they completed the loading. The reloaded flintlock gunmen pulled the trigger, fired a row of bullets, and then inserted the bayonets.
The roaring gunshots of "Boom Boom Boom" sounded less than ten steps away from the Qing cavalry. The fire flashed and the smoke filled the gunpowder. The Qing cavalry that was so close to him fell down.
"Run in! Kill!" Qing general Wang Jinbao shouted. He didn't expect that the thin three-row musketeer formation would be so powerful. Before the Qing cavalry rushed to the front, they were beaten for four consecutive rounds, killing and injured more than a thousand people. But now it seems that's the case. One tenth of the troops was lost, and the Qing cavalry was about to break through the formation.
But it was strange that when the Qing cavalry collided with the Daxi Army musketeers, they heard a row of people screaming. The Qing cavalry in the front fell one after another, and many Daxi Army musketeers were knocked away by war horses. Then another row of guns sounded, and the Qing cavalry that were about to break into the formation were dropped one after another.
Before Wang Jinbao could react, another row of gunfire sounded, and fire was sprayed in the white smoke. Wang Jinbao only felt a pain in his body. Several places were bombed, and blood splashed everywhere. He fell from the horse's backwards.
Wang Jinbao, one of the four generals of Hejian in the early Qing Dynasty, had fought with Li Dingguo for many years. After the destruction of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he later made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty in the battle to pacify Wu Sangui. He was killed by several small projectiles, and there was no heroic deeds of Wang Jinbao again.
"Boom Boom Boom" The twelve-pound howitzer that had just been loaded shot out a row of shotguns at the rear of the Qing cavalry, which made waves of blood mist rise from the Qing army's horses.
"Kill!" Bai Wenxuan took the opportunity to run over from both wings and counterattacked the two wings of the Qing cavalry.
The Daxi cavalry with a cavalry spear collided with the Qing cavalry formation, and a large number of Qing cavalry fell from the horses. Then the Daxi cavalry selected by Bai Wenxuan directly penetrated the Qing cavalry formation, leaving behind the ground with corpses of humans and horses.
At this time, the flintlock spearmen of the Daxi Army had all turned into short spearmen. Holding a flintlock spear with a bayonet in hand, he desperately assassinated the Qing cavalry who broke into the formation. The Qing cavalry's rear formation was bombarded by gunfire for a round, and was then drilled through by the Daxi Army's cavalry. The formation was already in chaos and could not keep up with the subsequent charge, so the cavalry in front slowed down again.
Chapter completed!