Chapter 571 Wu Datou ascends the throne!
"I want to... I want to win!"
At the third hour of You, when the sky on the northwest battlefield of Seoul had become quite dark, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, who was standing at the height of the mountain city in Xingzhou, was already filled with tears.
Victory is almost within reach!
His large-depth formation, the three-line infantry layout and the interweaving and detouring tactics of cavalry have actually achieved miraculous results!
Although the power of the "high sugar" Ming army in the cooperation of artillery in the battle against positions was still beyond Kangxi's expectations, they were not invincible... The Ming army had more sugar and fewer horses!
Therefore, after breaking through the Qing army's front-line position, the Ming army did not have enough cavalry to enter the gap to pursue and expand the results of the battle, so they could only risk the infantry to pursue and annihilate. If the opponent's formation has enough depth, set up a third- or even fourth-line insurgent formation, and cooperate with a large number of cavalry to launch a counterattack at any time, then the front-line can be used as bait to lure part of the Ming army into its own depth and annihilate it!
The Ming army, which broke into the depths of the enemy, was far away from its artillery, so it could not get strong fire support. Because of the threat of enemy cavalry, it had to set up a hollow square formation without mobility, and even the possibility of evacuation in time was gone. It could only passively wait for the enemy's siege...
"Win! Master, we really want to win!"
"Your Majesty, we are going to win, the national fortune of the Qing Dynasty is back!"
Both Gabula and Duolong both cried with joy. Although the sky was already very dark at this moment, they could still see the general situation on the battlefield.
The eight Ming barracks-level vertical formations that broke through the Qing army just now had formed two hollow square formations next to each other, and were slowly approaching, as if they wanted to embrace each other and form a rectangular large formation. But no matter how they changed the formation, they could not change the fate of being besieged by the Qing heavenly soldiers... because as many as twenty Qing army leaders had already pressed up from three directions!
More than 10,000 cavalry commanded by Ba Hai bypassed the hollow square formations of the two Ming troops and isolated them from the troops that followed.
The follow-up troops of the Ming army, a total of eight battalions columns, were also afraid to face the threat of more than 10,000 Eight Banners Horse Teams, and did not dare to advance. Instead, they relied on the earth wall that originally belonged to the front-line troops of the Qing army to launch defense.
Moreover, the Ming army had not completely seized the earth walls defended by the Qing army, because there were eight or nine infantry soldiers on both wings of the Qing army and resisting the earth walls.
Shuise Cave, Yicun Cave, Shangyan Cave, three villages that each occupy half of the Ming and Qing dynasties are now in full swing.
In addition, on the northeast edge of the battlefield, the battle on the Zudouli Mountain Highland has started now, and from the further south of the Beihan Mountain to the Beiyue Mountain line, there are also vague sounds of cannons and gunshots.
It is obvious that Wang Fuchen's troops are launching a restrained attack on the flanks of the Ming army. Although neither Zudouli Mountain nor Beiyue Mountain can be captured urgently, the gains and losses of these two positions are also related to the overall situation of the entire Seoul Battle. Therefore, the Ming army cannot ignore it... In this way, their already stretched forces will become even more nervous.
When Gabula and Duolong calculated left and right, they felt that this battle was about to be "win", Emperor Kangxi's slightly trembling voice sounded again: "Hurry... Go and go and give orders to Tuhai, Fei Yanggu, Tong Guogang, and let them take down the besieged thieves as soon as possible! Take down these thieves, and the national fortune of the Qing Dynasty will be back!"
"Yeah!"
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"Squat down, squat down, squat down... Qing Yao is about to fire!"
At this time, Liu Yan was patrolling in the hollow square that had just completed the fusion, and shouting that the soldiers below were squatting down to avoid the cannon.
In the era of "queuing and shooting", it is not a good idea to let the flintlock spearmen squat down to avoid cannons. Because it is easy to squat down and difficult to stand up!
On a battlefield where bullets and shells are flying everywhere, who would be willing to stand squat?
But General Liu had no choice now, and his artillery was still not moving! He only had some small mortar cannons of the battalion and iron fists distributed to spearmen. Moreover, the number of ammunition and iron fists of the small mortar cannons is limited, so he has to save some effort.
The Qing army not only had General Weiyuan guns, but also bronze general guns that could fire five kilograms of solid bullets. Although there were not many, this thing had a long range and was not small in power. Its threat to the hollow square array was no less than the flowering bullets fired by Weiyuan guns.
Fortunately, Liu Yan also had some small mortar cannons that could fire caliber ammunition in his hand that could prevent the Qing army from pushing the general cannon to the range of the shotgun.
Sixteen General Weiyuan artillery and eight general artillery have been pulled up by the Qing army!
Sixteen of the General Weiyuan cannons were deployed on both wings, while eight general cannons were placed in the middle. In the afterglow of the setting sun, twenty-four cannons all showed their muzzles. The gunners were busy stuffing bags of gunpowder and shells into the barrel. Then they lit the leads, and each muzzle spit out flames!
These artillery of the Qing army were very close to the position of the Ming army, and the direct firing distance was no more than 300 steps. The opponent's muskets and small mortar can no longer have any threats at this distance. However, the Weiyuan artillery and general artillery of the Qing army were able to fire quite well. Although the shells fired by the general artillery of the Qing army were all swept over the head of the squatting Ming army and did not cause any damage. However, the flowering bullets fired by the sixteen general artillery of the Weiyuan artillery exploded on the Ming army's positions.
Of course, not every one of them is bombed. The bouncing bombs are not that good these days. About half of the bouncing bombs in the Ming army did not explode, while the Qing army had a silence rate of 60 to 2-30%... However, for Liu Yan and his subordinates, more than one-third of the shells exploded, and the damage caused was already great enough.
I only saw balls of smoke rising from the Ming army's positions, and fireballs were constantly blowing out. Although they were not particularly dense, the shells were filled with powerful sugar medicine! As long as they fell on the line of the Ming army's infantry, a gap could be blown out immediately!
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the gap, there are soldiers killed and injured by the bomb!
Fortunately, it was already very dark now. The Qing army was not willing to "queuing up and shoot" at night, so their artillery bombardment took less than two quarters of an hour, and only less than 200 sugar-dreaming bullets were fired, and the shelling came to an abrupt end. The seven infantry leaders had formed three large horizontal teams. Under the supervision of Tong Guogang, Tuhai and Fei Yanggu, they took advantage of the fact that the sky was not completely dark, and launched the first wave of attacks on the Ming army's positions.
In the hollow square formation of the Ming army, General Liu Yan's heart was twitching... It's really hard to get bombarded!
He, a martial arts champion and a long-standing general who was in war formation, was so scared that he was just now, let alone the people below... I really don't know how many people can stand up and fire?
Thinking of this, he immediately struggled to get up from the mud, took a sip of the cold air filled with the smell of gunpowder, and shouted: "Play suona... prepare for shooting!"
With a harsh sound of suona, the sound of Korean-language scolding sounded everywhere in the hollow square formation of the Ming army.
"He's m, stand up...If you want to be a two-squad, stand up!"
"Bastard, why are you still squatting? The king is waiting for our good news! As long as you win, the king will let you be in two classes!"
"Pick up your gun... stand up and be two shifts!"
"Stand up and be two shifts!"
When two shifts...what can more stimulate a 17th-century Korean civilian, slave or middle-aged man than when two shifts?
In the 17th century, North Korea had a very "swer" style. It had no industry, was not well developed, and had a large population. It was even a small ice age. If you can't be a two-shift, you will definitely be hungry!
The desire for two squads finally overcame the fear. As the shouts of "two squads, two squads" sounded in the Ming army formation, the squatting North Korean recruits all stood up!
Chapter completed!