Chapter 1077 Probing the attack
Ten thousand local troops surrounded by war elephants and rushed towards the Ming army camp.
However, the Ming soldiers did not even move their eyelids, and the officers did not even need to scold their subordinates. The Ming gunners, musketeers, and grenadiers had already taken their positions.
On the city wall, bronze cannons in the field lined up at the top of the wall, with black muzzles raised high, and the ammunition was filled. The gunner holding the torch stood aside with a cold look, with no fluctuations in his expression.
Behind the earth wall, there are more than 30 heavy artillery on a higher earth bundle. The artillery array can fire flowering bullets, bombard a area in a concentrated manner, and cover fire.
However, facing the Tubang army in front of us, the heavy artillery formation is probably not available. The three-pound cannons on the city wall and the numerous musketeers can repel them.
Zhao Ming stood on the earthen wall and saw these poorly equipped troops, not even prepared a shield car. He launched an attack as soon as he came. He felt that Ah San was a little disrespectful to him, so he waved casually: "Start!"
When Jin Shenghuan heard the order, he turned his head and ordered: "Fire the cannon!"
"Fire the cannon!" The officer on the city wall waved the order flag down and shouted loudly.
The gunners dropped the torch, and each cannon was "booming", a ball of white smoke rose from the muzzle, and the cannon body suddenly retreated, and the iron bullet brought smoke from the muzzle, whistling out from the muzzle!
The Ming army on the earthen wall saw black shells flashing through the air and falling into the enemy group. They splashed a bunch of earth and rocks on the ground, which was so shocked that the battle elephants ran around and stepped on the Tubang soldiers next to them to death.
During Wu Sangui's war to conquer the Mughals, Modibi had seen the artillery of the Zhou army and knew that these shells were quite powerful against the dense and forward infantry, but they had no effect when facing the relatively scattered attacking infantry.
"Roar! Don't be timid, you can win!" Modibi encouraged the soldiers.
The Tubang soldiers scattered their formations and continued to advance in the mud columns splashed by the shells and the black smoke rising, slowly approaching the obstacles all over the horse and the antlers.
Jin Shenghuan waved his hand again, and the officer on the earth wall immediately shouted loudly: "Miltel Team!"
On the earth wall, the Ming army musketeers raised the fire, extended the muzzle through the shooting hole, and then opened the hammer, and a "click" sound came.
"Let it go!" The officer ordered again.
"Bang bang bang" a series of thunderous explosions sounded, and smoke filled the earthen walls, and countless projectiles whistled out, shooting at the enemy's pressing up at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to catch.
The Tubang army rushing in front fell down, and the battle elephant let out a long hiss, throwing away the elephant soldiers above, and there was chaos in front of the earth wall.
At this time, the surging soldiers rushed to the front of the formation, but were blocked by the staked horse stake and deer antlers. The soldiers moved the scattered caltrops, but stepped on the scattered caltrops, and they immediately rolled on the ground in pain.
At this time, a large number of Tumen soldiers who had originally scattered were gathered in front of the obstacle because the troops in front were blocked by the horses and the crowd began to grow in large numbers.
"Shoot!" The shouts of Ming army officers on the earthen walls were heard one after another.
The musketeers raised their muskets and looked for their targets. A sharp light burst out from their half-closed eyes.
"Bang bang bang" Ten thousand bullets fired up smoke and brought about strong waves. The bullets were like a strong wind blowing by. The soldiers gathered in front of the obstacles fell to the ground in large numbers, and there were many people who were shot and killed.
After the Ming army shot one shot, the musketeers stepped back and loaded in a uniform manner, and were calm and unshakable, like a killing machine, repeating their actions and shooting the enemy.
For a moment, the Tubang army, which was crowded in front of the obstacle, became the living target of the Ming army. One after another, blood mist rose in front of their chests and fell to the ground with a scream.
"Turn away the obstacles and rush!" Modibi was commanding behind, not understanding the situation ahead, wondering why the soldiers stopped moving forward and urged them urgently.
Under the banner of Daqi, Wu Sangui's mouth twitched. Before he could give orders, Modibi retreated with his troops.
Seeing this, Wu Sangui had a cold face and took the opportunity to urge him, "Get back!"
A golden sound rang out, and as soon as ten thousand Tumen troops rushed to the front, they left behind thousands of corpses and retreated in the wild.
Under the Daqian, many Chinese generals looked bad.
Although it was a test attack, the purpose was to find out the defense of the Ming army. It did not expect the Tubang army to break through the Ming army camp with just one charge, but it could not be beaten back without even rushing through the first trench.
At this time, Modibi ran back in a embarrassed look and retreated to Wu Sangui first.
"What's going on? Why did the army block the Ming army's defense line and shoot at the Ming army as a target!" Wu Sangui said furiously.
In this round of charge by the Tubang Army, Wu Sangui only looked at the artillery and muskets of the Daoming Army. What other backup weapons did the Ming Army have, and he did not detect them at all.
Muskets and artillery were standard equipment for the Ming army, and Wu Sangui also knew that there was no need to tentative attacks.
This is like a waste of time. No one can figure out any valuable things, which makes Wu Sangui extremely scared.
Modibi didn't know that Indian nobles enjoyed the front and charged behind, and he brags, and he would kill you. He didn't understand why the soldiers in front could not rush to the front of the horse.
"Your Majesty, you must have been blocked by the rejected horse and the deer antlers!" Modierbi guessed.
Wu Sangui's muscles twitched, "Don't you use a shield to cover the horse and the antlers to remove the obstacles?"
At this time, after checking the retreating Tubang army, Xia Guoxiang returned from the horse, presented Wu Sangui with a bloody caltrop and said, "Your Majesty, it should be because of this!"
Wu Sangui took it and said with a ferocious look on his face: "Terrata!"
Many Chinese generals understood that the Ming army scattered caltrops on the ground, and the Tubang army was blocked from the horse and the antlers and became a living target.
Although this thing is small and not high-tech, it is very effective. If the horse is trampled, it will be useless, and if the person is trampled on the footboard, it will cause the soldiers to lose their combat effectiveness.
"It's just because of this thing?" Wu Sangui gritted his teeth in hatred.
Hong Chengchou, on the side, advised: "Your Majesty, it's better to station in the camp first and wait until the artillery and supplies arrive before discussing the attack on the city!"
Zhao Ming used a small thing to make his tentative attack fail, which made Wu Sangui very angry.
However, after all, there are gains. I know that Zhao Ming is still insidious, and at least I know why the Tubang Army did not move forward.
Now Wu Sangui thinks that the three ordinary trenches in front may have other unexpected dangers.
Wu Sangui was silent for a moment and nodded, "Modierbi, I will give you the task of removing caltrops and refusing horses in front of the formation."
After saying that, regardless of whether Modibi agreed or not, he turned around and ordered: "The army retreated five miles away to camp!"
After speaking, Wu Sangui pulled out his horse and retreated. The coalition forces slowly retreated and chose a flat land to camp.
"Regent! Wu Sangui retreated!" Jin Shenghuan smiled.
Chapter completed!