Chapter 430 Attack Frustrated
The Qing cavalry made the rocket cart shoot, and the vanguard formation was a little scattered, but this did not affect the Qing cavalry's charge.
Geng Jimao was in the smoke and dust, and could see the horse-rejected stakes and the van behind him.
The responsibility of the light cavalry is to disrupt the Ming army's vehicle formation, clear obstacles, and not to directly impact the vehicle formation, so as long as it is not shot by the Ming army's long-range firepower, there is no danger.
On the battlefield, there were rumbling cannons, rockets ran around, and the Qing cavalry kept falling off their horses, which looked very terrifying, but based on the huge base of the Qing army, 14,000 cavalry charged, and less than 200 people were shot down by artillery shells and rockets, and only about two casualties among the 100 cavalry. Geng Jimao's situation was not dangerous.
However, as the distance approached, the smoke was blown away and his vision gradually became clear. Seeing Ming soldiers stabbing sharp spears from the chariots, muskets and Flanger cannons extended from the holes in the wooden wall. Geng Jimao knew that the real danger was coming.
As he shouted loudly and charged, he quietly slowed down and hid behind the surrounding Mercedes-Benz cavalry.
At this time, the cavalry in front was shining with thin smoke and saw the spears stabbed out from the chariot. Rows of muskets stretched out from the shooting hole. The cavalry, who knew that they were about to be hit, immediately screamed and swung the cups in their hands, ready to throw them into the Ming military chariot formation.
Zhao Ming looked at the Qing cavalry who had entered a 100-step range and waved his hand calmly again, "Miltel shooting!"
A whistle sounded, and the officers of each firearm team immediately shouted, "Shoot!"
In an instant, in the wooden wall shot hole composed of chariots, Ming army muskets fired, and during this period there were also Folang aircraft, Tiger Cannon, three-pound field cannons, shot shotgun attacks, countless projectiles and iron sand, sweeping across the Qing cavalry on the front.
"Bang bang bang" The chariot instantly filled the smoke of gunfire, and the chariot was covered by gunfire caused by gunfire and bombardment of cannons. Only in the white smoke, orange-red gun flames kept flashing.
The Qing cavalry that rushed in front suddenly fell off their horses, the horses neighed, and the cavalry screamed in succession.
Geng Jimao was in front of him, and he felt a hurricane blowing by, and the cavalry around him fell like autumn leaves. The war horses that had lost control were surprised and neighed around, and the Qing cavalry was in chaos.
The Ming army's flintlock musket was sharp, with a fast firing speed and great power. It could shoot the Qing army off the horse with a hundred steps away.
Geng Jimao saw that he entered the range of the Ming army's musket and hurriedly lay on the back of the horse. In this round of attack, the casualties of the Qing army suddenly increased, with an estimated casualties of three or four hundred cavalry.
In the van, the Ming army used one-man shooting and two people loading the gun. After firing one shot, the Ming army immediately handed the empty firearm to their comrades, then took a loaded musket, extended the muzzle out of the shooting hole, and aimed at shooting.
With a "click", the hammer hit the reed, Mars flashed, and the sound of the gun chamber "bang", a ball of white smoke rose, and the muzzle shook backwards, and the muzzle sprayed out orange-red gun flames and black rotating and jumping projectiles.
With a "puff", a blood mist rose on the chest of the Qing cavalry, and their bodies flew backwards, falling off their horses.
Under the Qing army's flag, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's eyes widened. As the Ming army platoon shot, in a moment, the Qing army's casualties on the two flags had nearly a thousand cavalry.
This made the two princes of the Qing Dynasty tremble and stunned.
Fortunately, at this time, the Qing cavalry had already rushed to fifty steps in the Ming army's chariot formation and were about to be able to throw fire pots, shoot rockets, and fight back.
At this time, the Qing army's vanguard cavalry had become even more sparse, and the Qing army swung the pot and was about to throw it out.
Geng Jimao roared loudly, "Prepare the fire cup!"
As soon as the words were finished, the war horse screamed and stepped on the caltrops on its front hooves. The horse lost its front hooves. The war horse led Geng Jimao out and smashed his face to the ground, with his teeth shattered all over the ground.
In an instant, the Qing cavalry fell into pieces, the pot of fire on their bodies was broken, and the tinder oil spilled all over the floor.
After the van, Yu Guowang jumped onto the chariot, stood on a high place, ignited the rocket, then bent his bow and arrow, pulled it hard, shot it out, nailed it to the ground, and suddenly arose in front of the formation." Several war horses were engulfed in an instant, and several Qing cavalrymen, and their shrill screams soared into the sky.
Geng Jimao stood up with blood, and thick smoke rolled around him, and fires soared into the sky. The Qing cavalry, who had not stepped on the iron caltrop, continued to rush forward, threw a cup of fire at the Ming army, and smashed it in front of the chariot formation. The Qing cavalry shot arrows, and sporadic rockets lit the fire, and the arrows shot into the Ming army formation and inserted into the wooden wall, and were blocked by the van.
At this time, the Ming army musketeers who had fired a shot took the loaded firearm and extended the muzzle from the shooting hole again, preparing to fight back with a volley. Seeing this, the Qing army's light cavalry, regardless of whether the distance was enough, threw out the cup in fear, shot out the arrows, hooked the horse-rejected pile in front of the car formation with a flying hook, and then pulled the horse back in a hurry.
"Bang bang bang" a sound of gunfire, and another Qing cavalry died.
In the blazing fire, Geng Jimao was stunned and riding and shooting. It was originally the Qing army's best and proud method, but at this time it seemed like he was dying.
This is not surprising. In the past, the Ming army's infantry was besieged by cavalry, and the weapons they could use were a small number of cannons, bird guns and bows. Among them, only cannons and bird guns were the advantage of range and could start attacking the cavalry before the cavalry could rush.
However, the number of Ming army artillery was rare and poses little threat to the Qing army cavalry. The bird guns were insufficient, and it was difficult to break the armor and easily exploded. Therefore, even if the Qing army cavalry was galloping around the Ming army's infantry formation and shooting waves of arrows at the Ming army, there was no danger.
In this way, after the Ming army was shot by the cavalry for several waves of arrows, the military formation would be in chaos. Once the Qing army's heavy cavalry rushed, it could be harvested.
But now, three miles away, they were bombarded by heavy artillery of the Ming Navy. There were rockets and field artillery nearby, followed by flintlock muskets and shotguns. The range and power were not the same, and they were stronger than the riding bows in the hands of the Qing army. The riding and shooting attacks naturally became suicide charges.
Geng Jimao didn't care about the light cavalry and had completed the task of attacking the disturbing formation. The passion in his heart had long disappeared. He turned over a bossless war horse and roared anxiously, "Retreat!"
Geng Jimao led his front teeth to break, his speech leaked, and his voice was unclear. However, without his order, the Qing army's light cavalry hurriedly fired an arrow and then pulled their horses to retreat to both sides.
The results of the light cavalry at this time were only the number of vans that were ignited, and then the hook lock opened some horse-rejected piles, which did not have the effect of disturbing the Ming military vehicle formation.
The light cavalry retreated to both sides, revealing heavy cavalry with strong armor. They did not receive orders and followed the path cleared by the light cavalry and charged forward.
The heavy cavalry stepped on the caltrops that were not cleaned up and fell in pieces. The cavalry behind continued to move forward. Under the bombardment of guns and cannons, they suddenly crashed into the chariot formation and were immediately stabbed to death by spears.
Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde were anxious under the Qing army's Daqian. There were many Qing soldiers, but they could not be ruined like this, let alone the people who died were their subordinates.
"Prince, withdraw your troops first!" Kong Youde said anxiously.
Geng Zhongming was also panicked, "Your Majesty is dying! Hurry up and call out the gold!"
Chapter completed!