Chapter 87 Between life and death
The next day, just as the sky was dawn, the strong smell of barbecue began to spread in the air on the Tartar positions.
When the Tartars ate barbecue, ordinary infantry and soldiers were not treated so well. While eating hard dry food, under the command of their master, they adjusted and repaired the catapult and carried stone bullets to prepare for today's attack.
At the position of the Tiger and Leopard Army, the Tartars catapults were at the end of the range, and the soldiers of the White Tiger and Leopard Army were not idle either.
Under the guidance of more than a dozen carpenters, the wooden parts piled up on the battlefield were quickly assembled into a catapult with arms of more than three fights long.
In addition, four hundred explosive packs wrapped in white cloth, gravel and half each were also sent to the position one after another and piled up next to the trencher.
Of course, the dominant Wei Zheng will not be absent from such a moment that can almost be recorded in history.
With revenge against the Tartars, the soldiers assembled forty catapults in just half an hour.
At the same time, the Tartars also began a new round of attacks on the Tiger and Leopard Army.
Tens of thousands of Tartars and infantry soldiers gathered on the front line as if they were watching a show.
With the whistling sound of stone bullets, they kept passing over the head of the Tartars, smashing into the second-line position where the musket camp was held, rolling up pieces of smoke and dust.
The fifteenth Tartars Belle Dorgon, surrounded by his subordinates, focused on the battlefield with expectations and a smile, as if the attack he was about to launch would definitely win.
Looking at the every move on the Tartars' positions, Wei Zheng smiled, and he smiled from the bottom of his heart.
Standing beside Wei Zheng, Wang Feng, who was already a little impatient, shouted excitedly: "General, let's start... He was always beaten by the Tartars' catapult yesterday, and today he finally had the opportunity to take revenge. I, Wang Feng, must let the Tartars taste the taste of being beaten by the catapult."
After a strange smile flashed across Wei Zheng's face, he replied to Wang Feng: "It's not the time yet... I want to give them a fatal blow when the Tartars were most arrogant."
"In addition, what I want for this counterattack is not just about suppressing the Tartars. As long as we grasp the timing well, we can use this counterattack to attack the Tartars against each other, so that Dorgon will come with confidence and go with disappointment."
Hearing this, Wang Feng's face became even stronger, and he asked with a look of eagerness to try: "General, when will we launch a counterattack against the opposite Tartars..."
"When the Tartars attack and the Tartars attack is in full swing, it is the best time for us to counterattack." Wei Zheng answered firmly.
With trust in the catapult, the stone bombs of the Tiger and Leopard Army took just half an hour to attack the Tiger and Leopard Army. The infantry attacking formation composed of thousands of Tartars and infantry followers appeared in everyone's sight.
Under the cover of shields and shield chariots, the Tartar Army had a very difficult time traveling through the battlefield full of barbs, advancing towards the second-line position where the musket battalion was stationed.
At eighty steps, gunshots like beans sounded as promised on the battlefield.
Because the Tartars used the shield cart again, this round of lead bullets did not achieve much success.
However, even so, the musket shooting sound that can deter the Tartars has not stopped at all, or even weakened.
At fifty steps, the Tatars' losses began to gradually increase, but their speed of advancement still did not decrease at all.
With thirty steps and two hundred Tatars and infantry officers lost, the Tatars still had no intention of giving up on attack.
Not only that, as the attack target got closer and closer, the remaining soldiers of the Tartars showed a hint of fanaticism from the heart on their faces. It seemed as if they were already in the grasp of victory, and were suddenly injected with a dose of stimulant, and continued to attack forward with a scream.
At this distance, if the Tartars give up their shields and charge forward desperately with the lead bullet. The musket battalion fires up to five rounds of lead bullets forward, and the remaining Tartars can rush into the musket camp position.
Under such circumstances, Wang Feng's hot facial expression became nervous.
Wei Zheng, who was standing in front of Wang Feng, also changed his expression at this time. However, his expression did not become nervous, but was fanatical and excited...
After taking a deep breath, he ordered in a firm tone: "Cater, immediately launch explosive packs at the Tartar positions."
"Architecturers, fire artillery at the Tartars' attacking troops and defeat them...1"
"Long Gun Battalion, Cavalry Battalion, be prepared for counterattack. As long as the Tartar offensive troops begin to retreat, the counterattack troops will immediately pursue, take advantage of the momentum to enter the Tartar positions, and defeat the main Tartar troops in one fell swoop."
"Yes, General..." Wang Feng's facial expression, which was still nervous just now, was instantly covered by excitement and heat, and he answered loudly.
Then, various commands began to sound in the trench position.
The explosive package wrapped in white cloth was lit by everyone and placed in the basket of the trencher.
"put……"
A sound of thunder sounded at the trench position, and the long arms of forty threnchers were quickly raised under the pull of soldiers. Put it in the basket, with the explosive pack of Mars, it flew quickly into the sky under the action of inertia.
He crossed the battlefield at a speed visible to the naked eye, and accurately smashed into the Tartar positions with a whistling sound.
Thousands of Tartars, including Dorgon, focused their attention on the battlefield.
The white explosive pack that suddenly came from the air not only showed a puzzled expression on the ordinary Tartars' face, but also a puzzled expression on Dorgon, who was surrounded by his subordinates.
Just as he was about to ask questions to his subordinates, an accident happened.
The white explosive pack that fell from the sky exploded.
After white light flashed in front of Dorgon's eyes, the violent explosion sounded like thunder, and it reached Dorgon's ears one after another.
More importantly, when the white light flashed before Dorgon's eyes, Dorgon clearly saw the faces of his subordinates around the white light showing a look of horror. Not only that, these soldiers seemed to have suffered some heavy blows, and all of them fell to the ground inexplicably centered on the white light, angry.
"Iron shells, cannon shells that can explode... There are cannon shells that can explode in the hands of the Tiger and Leopard Army..." Dorgon, who was shocked, said to himself.
As soon as he finished speaking, a scream reached Dorgon's ear.
"Master Beile, be careful..."
Before Dorgon could react, he could see a white explosive pack ripped with sparks in his sight, flying towards him at a speed visible to the naked eye with a whistling sound.
Chapter completed!