Chapter 291 Eight Banners Attack
Zhao Ming nodded, "Yes, that's what it means!"
Zhu Yihai asked, "What will Bo'an be fighting?"
Zhao Ming straightened up, glanced at everyone, and then said in a deep voice: "Whether Duo wants to make a desperate bet, hit us hard first, or want to cut off his arms to survive. Our ultimate goal is to prevent Duoduo from retreating to Fuzhou. Therefore, the key is whether Zheng Hongkui can withstand Duoduo's breakthrough. I am going to let Yuan Bo take a boat and detour behind the Qing army to reinforce Zheng Hongkui while Duoduo has not moved."
Zhu Yihai pondered for a while when he heard the words, he couldn't help but nodded, and then looked at Li Yuanyin in silver armor and white robe, "Brother Yuan, are you willing to take on this great task!"
Li Yuanyin clasped his fists solemnly, "Your Highness, if I don't die, Duoduo will not suddenly come to Fuzhou."
"Okay!" Zhu Yihai Zhuang said with great praise.
As he was talking, a horn sound came from outside the camp.
Everyone couldn't help but turn their heads. It was the Qing army's horn drum. At this moment, Ding Weiyue picked up the tent and said anxiously: "Your Highness, Governor, Qing Dog is going to attack."
Zhu Yihai raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhao Ming and said, "It's really like Bo'an's words. Duoduo really wants to attack."
Zhao Ming sneered and picked up the whip on the table, "The Zheng army attacked us for many days and failed to break through our defense line. Even if Duoduo concentrates all his strength, it will be difficult for him to defeat us. In this battle, Duoduo will win a small victory, and if he loses, he will also escape. We must be energetic. Don't let Duoduo run away. We must teach him a good lesson!"
Zhu Yihai also took the golden helmet from the guards. The generals took the helmets, sorted out the armor, and urged Zhu Yihai to leave the tent.
At this time, everyone came to the top of the hills, and the Qing soldiers were gathering out of the camp. Zhao Ming immediately turned his head and looked at Li Yuanyin. The latter bowed and clasped his fists solemnly, then turned and left.
Amid the continuous sound of trumpets, the Qing soldiers from various battalions walked out of the camp tent and formed an army formation according to their duties.
Duoduo naturally did not inform the entire army of the war in the Minjiangkou, and only a few generals of the Eight Banners knew the current situation of the Qing army.
At this time, the Zheng soldiers lined up and were surprised to find that the Eight Banners soldiers who used to watch the show behind them had 6,000 people arranged in front of them this time.
Duoduo did not send out the Green Camp troops, but only sent Shen Yongzhong to lead 6,000 elite flag soldiers from the Zhengbai Banner of the Han army, ready to attack the Ming army.
At the moment, Duoduo knew that he could not escape unscathed, so it would be best to defeat Zhao Manzi. If he didn't, he would beat the Ming army to prevent Zhao Manzi from chasing him like a mad dog.
The direct retreat made the Ming army cover and kill him, and Duoduo could not afford to lose this person. Once the army retreated, the unreliable Zheng army was not without the possibility of turning against him at the last minute, so Duoduo decided to attack him fiercely.
Duoduo has always wanted to defeat Zhao Ming head-on and retreat directly. He is indeed unwilling to accept it. If he can defeat the Ming army ahead, the current crisis will be resolved immediately.
Under the banner of Daqi, Duoduo looked gloomy. Seeing that the army was neatly arranged, he did not speak nonsense, he immediately waved his hand and called, "Attack!"
A horn sounded, and the six thousand Zhengbai Banners in front of him raised the flag and responded to the central army.
At this time, Shen Yongzhong, wearing double armor and iron helmet, stared at the gaze with a serious expression. The soldier holding a shield behind him glanced at him and suddenly pulled out his knife and pointed forward, "Run up and defeat the barbarian!"
After a military order, more than 6,000 white-armored Qing soldiers scattered like flood discharge, and attacked upward along the ridge of the field.
Due to the limitations of the terrain, the Qing soldiers were unable to advance in a formation and could only scatter the troops. However, the Zheng army's attacks for many days also allowed them to find out the way of the Ming army.
The Ming army's defense methods were actually very limited. They only had three axes, bombarded with artillery from afar, and used muskets and bows when approaching, and then threw a wave of javelins, then went out of the trenches and carried out counterattacks.
Among them, the artillery bombardment was the most useless, but it was the most useful. When the solid bullets hit the paddy fields, sometimes they would not form a jump, but they would splash some mud and water. The Qing army was scattered and the probability of soldiers being hit by artillery shells was not high.
The biggest threat to the Qing army was the fire of muskets and bows and arrows, which posed a threat to the Qing army.
The Ming army's flintlock musket can hurt people within one or two hundred steps, and can break armor for more than seventy steps. If it charges flat, the Qing army can take up at most three or four shots and fight, but the terraced terrain seriously limits the speed of the Qing army.
If you charge along the ridge of the field and go around, you may have to take more than 140 steps in a straight line distance of more than 70 steps. But what's so bad is that these more than 100 steps are actually within the armor-breaking range of the Ming army's muskets. The Qing army may have to take seven or eight rounds of musket bombardment before rushing to the front line, which is terrifying.
If you don't walk on the ridge of the field and go directly to the field to charge, the distance is close. However, the soldiers will naturally not charge quickly in the paddy fields full of mud. They will also have to eat more mud guns and charge on the mud. When they rush to the front of the Ming army, most of the soldiers will lose their strength and are naturally not opponents of the Ming army who are waiting for their hard work.
As for, the Ming army finally threw the javelin and then carried out counterattacks. The Qing army could also throw shuttle flags and fight back, which was not the most critical threat.
Therefore, during the attack, the most headache for the Qing army was the threat they faced after entering the range of the Ming munitions.
The Qing army did not have much preparations for this, and it was difficult to attack back and attack. They could not wear too thick armor. They could only cover the shield with a layer of cowhide or cotton armor to improve their defense. The rest was the only way to rely on the blood and courage of the Eight Banners soldiers.
At this time, on the hill, Zhao Ming lowered his head and saw the white-armored soldiers lined up. With the sound of the horn, he charged towards the Ming army and looked at everyone.
Zhu Yihai said with a calm face: "Duoduo finally sent the Eight Banners soldiers. Bo'an, can you withstand it?"
It was very easy to resist the attacks of the Zheng family these days, but now it is the Eight Banners soldiers, and Li Yuanyin will take away more than 10,000 elite soldiers, which makes Zhu Yihai a little worried.
Zhao Ming smiled and said, "It must be called Duoduo and he was bleeding."
With the current defense line of the Ming army, Zhao Ming thought he could withstand at least three to four times the attack of the Qing army. Moreover, he had secret weapons that had not been used, so he was quite confident in blocking Duoduo's attack.
"Boom!" As he spoke, the armored soldiers of the Zhengbai Banner had already entered the range of the Ming army artillery.
Suddenly, the Ming army artillery behind the earthen wall retreated, and a ball of gunpowder rose from the mud at the mouth of the mud. The shells shot out rapidly, landing in the Qing army that was rising up in the fields, splashing mud columns in the paddy fields, splashing mud and water splashing on all sides, pouring all the Qing soldiers.
Under the Qing army's flag, Duoduo saw artillery roaring from halfway through the Ming army's front, and smoke rose up. In the Qing army's attack formation, mud pillars splashed. The soldiers of the Zhengbai Banner charged forward among the mud pillars, and the scene was particularly spectacular.
Duoduo rode on the war horse, tightened the reins, gritted his teeth, "Master White Flag, give me a sigh of relief!"
Chapter completed!