Chapter 192 Arranging Guns and Spear Forest
Zhao Ming was stationed under the banner of Dazhe, and ahead of him were two forward lines.
The musket carried by the musketeer in front was carried on his shoulders as the soldiers stepped forward, and the gun bar kept rising and falling, and the scene was spectacular.
The spearman behind the spears, the erected spear forest, was like a strong iron forest.
In the Qing army formation, the Quasi-Tao saw Zhao Ming's musket soldiers coming out and frowned slightly.
A few days ago, the battle at the foot of Siming Mountain made Junta know that Zhao Tiebang had a relatively sharp musket, but the number of muskets was not large. Moreover, the Ming army has always used firearms to defend and retreated after being released from a long distance. It has never been seen before. It is simply unheard of using bird gunners to attack.
Junta's face was puzzled, "What's the point of Zhao Tiebang? Could it be that he is going to die? Isn't he afraid that his generals would rush over and kill his firearm team?"
The firearms in the Ming Dynasty were made in a crude way. The bird guns made had uneven barrels, different widths and narrow widths. The bullets they shot were small and had a short range, and they were also particularly prone to explode and hurt their own people.
This made many Ming soldiers reluctant to use bird guns, and were willing to use bows and arrows and three-eyed guns that were not easy to explode.
When the Qing army saw two or three thousand musketeers of the Ming army walking forward in a formation, they couldn't help but show a look of making fun of themselves. Even many rebel generals on the Ming army shook their heads slightly, wondering why the general pressed the musket up.
Zhao Ming stood under the flag, just staring ahead, watching the Ming army's front slowly moving forward, approaching the Qing army's infantry formation by 150 steps.
"Hold a gun, check the fuse!" A whistle came from the slowly advancing Ming army front. The musketeers all held the musket carried on their shoulders in their hands, holding the guns in their hands diagonally in front of their chests.
The Ming army's movements were neat and uniform, and it fell into the eyes of the Qing army. The Qing army, who originally mocked the Ming army, looked serious.
At this time, someone reminded him: "Well, it is Zhao Zamao's direct descendant Jintang Guard!"
In the Qing army, I felt that calling Zhao Ming a little bit more ambition to destroy his own prestige. It just so happened that Zhao Ming rode a flower-haired horse all year round, so he was also called Zhao Zamao or Zamao Zhao.
The Junta looked at the Ming soldiers holding muskets, with neat steps and guns in both hands, with a huge momentum. He couldn't help but tighten the reins of the horse and said coldly: "Send the order. Once the thief army stops and prepares to shoot, fight immediately! Archers follow up!"
The Ming army's muskets were in front of them, and the quartet would not stand there for the Ming army to shoot. As long as the Ming army stopped, the Qing army would attack immediately, and in the blink of an eye, they could reach the Ming army's muskets and then massacre them.
Within one hundred steps, the Ming army musketeers were still pushing forward with the sound of step and drums.
The heavy infantry in front of the Qing army could already see the faces of a row of Ming soldiers holding muskets, and they couldn't help but be surprised, "Why haven't they stopped yet!"
At seventy steps, the Ming soldiers continued to move forward, causing the Qing soldiers to be a little disturbed.
Junta's face turned ferocious and gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't this a gift? Is the barbarian trying to commit suicide? I want to see where they are going. It's better to walk to the front of the formation and let my general's heavy step kill him directly!"
The generals in the Ming army formation behind were also shocked. When they walked forward, the Qing army rushed up in the blink of an eye.
The advance of the Ming army musketeers saw the Qing army lined up in front of him and felt huge pressure. They were also a little panicked while moving, and the neat front turned into a wavy line.
On the battlefield, all parties held their breath, and at this moment, a whistle sounded in the queue, and the drummer blew around in a hurry. The musketeers holding guns in both hands continued to move forward, and then went to the left with their right foot, and with a bang, they stepped on the ground and stood firmly.
On the battlefield, it was quiet for a moment. The Ming army stopped at about fifty steps away from the Qing army's front.
Because the training time of Jintang Guards is not very long, the closer the front is to the clearing formation, the more panicked the soldiers are. After a long distance of march, the entire front is not straight, but they are all about fifty steps.
"Rise the gun, prepare!!!" Li Zhongming issued an order in his greatest voice.
The long whistle sounded in the front line, and the chief flag officers of each flag team repeated the instructions loudly, while lighting the fuse with the first row of soldiers and leveling the musket.
In the Qing Dynasty, the quasi-tower saw nearly a thousand muskets, all of which were flattened. The black muskets pointed at the Qing army in the front row. When the Qing soldiers saw the muskets aimed at them, they felt that they were facing thousands of muskets and suddenly felt a commotion.
The quasi-tower reacted instantly. He pulled out the knife and shouted loudly: "Rise the shield!"
"Rise the shield!" The Qing army heavy infantry in front raised its shield to protect its body almost at the same time.
"Roar over! Kill all the barbarians!" The quasi-tower roared immediately.
The Qing army, who lifted the shield, saw the muskets raised from the opposite side, all looked ferocious, and raised the shield and attacked the Ming army with great strength.
"Run!" Manchu roared loudly and in an instant, the three thousand Qing troops, who were originally still, all ran. They were wearing double armor and strong, like thousands of running wild buffaloes.
"Shoot!" Li Zhongming continued to roar.
Just as the Qing army began to charge, a whistle sounded, and the Ming army soldiers fired together, thousands of guns were roaring, and gun smoke filled with smoke.
"Shoot!" "Shoot!"
After a gun shot, the musketeers immediately raised their guns and retreated to the rear of the second line. The musketeers in the back immediately stepped forward, lifted the musketeers to continue shooting, maintaining the continuity of firepower.
"Bang bang bang!"
The Ming army front instantly filled with smoke, and a scream came from the front.
The musketeers retreated after they finished fighting, and there was no time to observe the results of the battle. In the Ming army formation behind, everyone was shocked when they saw Qing army corpses lying in front of the Ming army front, and there were wounded soldiers who were still wailing.
The more the Qing army rushed forward, the closer they were to the front, the greater the power of the muskets. Three rows of muskets fired volleys, killing and injuring three or four hundred Manchuria's heavy steps.
This shocked the Qunta, not only did this, but even the Ming army in the rear was very surprised when they saw it.
It should be said that the army is an offensive side, but it has a defensive effect, which is much beyond everyone's expectations.
Only fifty steps away, the Qing army arrived in the blink of an eye. Just when the Ming army soldiers were worried about the musket soldiers in the front line, Ruan Mei on the second line waved her sword and roared, "Push up the spear, kill!"
Everyone saw the spear formation behind. The soldiers all brought down the raised spears. The first row of soldiers flattened the spears, the second row thrust the spears, and the third row was angled higher than the second row. The soldiers behind raised the spear heads in turn, forming a fan of sharp spear heads in front of the spear formation, and then advanced forward.
At this time, the last row of musket soldiers retreated, and the spearmen stepped forward, and the two lines passed by. The musket soldiers retreated to the rear, and after completing the loading, they picked up the muskets and followed, covering both sides of the spear formation, preparing to shoot the Qing army in the gap.
The Qing army, whose muskets were so sharp that they were stagnant, roared and threw out the shuttle mark, inserted it into the place where the musket soldiers retreated, then pulled out their waist knife and rushed through the smoke of guns, preparing to massacre the Ming army's muskets. But when they rushed out the smoke, they saw a row of spears like chariots, pushing towards them.
"Kill!" Ruan Mei roared angrily.
The Qing army that collided with heavy sprints, faced the hedgehog-like spear formation, and had no idea how to start. The Qing army behind them did not know the situation and crowded forward, squeezing the Qing army in front onto the spear formation and being stabbed to death by the spear.
The Ming army spearmen in armor pushed forward the spears and pushed the Qing army backwards step by step. The loaded Ming army musketeers opened fire from behind the gap and shot the Qing army in the gap.
Junta was shocked when he saw this. He did not expect that the Qing army's infantry would be killed and retreated. However, Zhao Ming did not give him time to react or breathe, and directly raised his mace and roared forward, "Zhoushan Guards, Zhejiang East Army, kill me!"
"Kill!" More than 20,000 Ming soldiers standing quietly suddenly roared like a tide, and launched a fierce attack on the Qing army like a flood breaking through the dike.
Chapter completed!