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Chapter four hundred and forty-seven the snow and the horses neigh the grassland blood like the sea (eighteen)

The battle of the Pou Nu Army fought with the Jurchen army for two hours, and the Pou Nu Army finally began to exert force. The two wings of the military formations were compressed inward, and the black military flag rushed straight to the outer chariot formations of Jurchen on both wings. The Pou Nu Army crossed the guard wall and assembled the military formations outside the guard wall. The first one to set out was the shield players. They quickly lined up with a shield with a gun on their hands, while the musket soldiers quickly lined up behind them. Each hundred and three rows of military formations were arranged neatly, and the leader led the general to quickly attack the Jurchen chariot formation.

At this time, the muskets of the Han flag musket soldiers also began to go crazy. Every Ming genius musket soldier had a musket of their dead and injured companions. During the general attack of the Possess Army, they rotated muskets to fire lead bullets. After several rounds of shooting, the muskets in the Ming genius's hands were already hot. In order to prevent the muskets from exploding, they had to reduce the loading amount, which greatly reduced the power of the Ming genius' muskets. Even so, the lead bullets shot by Ming genius still knocked down a piece of shield hands that attacked the Possess Army. The sound of muskets like a bean-burning musket sounded, and the shield hands of the Possess Army on the opposite side were overturned by the powerful impact of the lead bullets of the muskets.

Seeing this, the musket soldiers behind the shield quickly picked up their companions' shields from the ground to fill the gap in the shields in front of the formation. As the Pou Slave Army approached the enemy's formation with firm steps, the Ming Tsing musket soldiers loading ammunition under the chariot formation could not help but feel a little panicked. Seeing that they were staring at the approaching black army formation of the Pou Slave Army, they were busy loading ammunition. Some were not loading enough and they were fumbled into the ammunition bags they carried with them. Some grabbed a large ball of cloth and pressed them into the musket tube with a strip, and some even poured all the * in the bull horn bucket into the musket.

In order to cover the general attack, the Blade Army's crossbow cannon used blocking shooting tactics after changing the bow rope to cut off the connection between the Jurchen army formation and the chariot formation. A death zone with shrapnel flying across the thirty feet between the chariot formation and the military formation was launched. Even the bravest Ming traitor musket soldiers could not use this explosion zone composed of shock waves and shrapnel. The Jurchen officers who were under the Han army flag drove away their mounts in the face of the huge explosion. They were afraid that the war horses would be frightened and the sterns would be chopped off their heads.

Seeing that the attacking formation of the Pou Nu Army was less than twenty feet away from the chariot formation, the Ming Tseng musket soldiers hiding under the chariot carried out the last round of shooting at the Pou Nu Army. After the sound of the muskets one after another, the officers and soldiers of the Pou Nu Army were surprised to find that the number of brothers who were injured and killed was not as high as thirty feet at such a close distance, and the painful screams actually came from the bottom of the Jurchen chariot formation. The continuous blast of the muskets penetrated the chariot formation. Ming Tseng's act of committing suicide was highly praised by the attacking soldiers of the Pou Nu Army.

Although the officers and soldiers of the Pou Nu Army praised the suicide of Mingzhi, it did not prevent them from occupying the defense line of the Jurchen chariot formation. The soldiers of the Pou Nu Army who occupied the Jurchen chariot formation first pulled out the battle knife and stabbed it in the shooting hole under the chariot, and stirred the sword left and right in the flesh. The Pou Nu Army's sword itself had two blood grooves, and the Pou Nu Army soldiers who had the knife turned the knife handle. After the injured Mingzhi was severely injured, there was almost no possibility of survival. The Pou Nu Army who attacked the two wings of the Jurchen wings basically occupied the defense line of the Jurchen chariot formation on both sides of the Jurchen army at the same time.

The Pou Nu Army's musket soldiers who occupied the enemy's defense line lie on the top of the chariot formation and aim at the front with the muskets. Two loaded muskets were placed beside them. The other brothers began to clean up the living enemy under the chariot formation. The soldiers of the Pou Nu Army drove out the earth bags under the chariot and dragged out the bloody corpses one by one. After chopping off the heads, the two cooperated to throw the headless corpses to the other end of the chariot formation. However, the chariot formation lowered the Ming Zhi warriors, and even if the Bou Nu Army's combat soldiers had good physical fitness, their physical strength would decrease a lot after throwing the three corpses.

More traitors hit the corpses of the musketeers who were shooting happily on the roof of the car. While pushing the enemy's headless corpses forward with their feet, they whispered and scolded brothers who would not use skillfulness behind them. The scolded brothers were not angry. They only worked harder to strengthen the front with the enemy's corpses. Such a happy scene spread across the defense line of the chariots occupied by the Slave Army.

As the commander of the Slave Army, Zhang Ping'an quietly observed every move of the enemy. He used this war as a preview of the Korqin War. The reason why Zhang Ping'an calmed down and fought this battle slowly was to understand the strength of the Jurchen Han army flag musket soldiers. Through this actual battle, Zhang Ping'an discovered that the muskets used by Ming Tseng were not as useless as Wang Ermu imitated. He calculated in his mind the number of times the Ming Tseng used muskets to shoot, at least the Ming Tseng could shoot more than nine times per hour.

While ordering the soldiers on the front line, Zhang Ping'an ordered the captured Mingzhi muskets, and told Gu Xin, the chief of staff who was accompanying the battle, who was watching the battle: "Gu Xin, it seems that the muskets used by Mingzhi are not necessarily bad. You must inform the entire army of today's observation as soon as possible, especially the troops on the Korqin front line, you must not be careless!"

"Okay, Grandmaster! I will send the notice to the entire army tonight. However, Grandmaster, Uncle Wang and others used fine steel to use Jurchens to use musket barrels, and they could not fire ten times in a row. How could they fight so many times on the battlefield today?"

Zhang Ping'an was also confused about Gu Xin's question. When Lu Xiangsheng and Huang Zhi's messengers brought the firearms used by the Jurchens on the battlefield, Zhang Ping'an was shocked and sweated. The firearms used by Ming Tseng were obviously much heavier than those brought back by Lin Qian. In particular, the firearms were 30% thicker than those smuggled back by Lin Qian, which can explain why the firearms used by the Jurchen Ming Tseng could be used for so long. Seeing the thickened firearms, Zhang Ping'an began to worry about Lin Qian and the others' safety.

If the Jurchens handed over the fake musket to Lin Qian in Sanjiang warehouse in Liaodong, it means that Lin Qian's identity has been exposed. If this is true, the safety of the personnel in Sanjiang warehouse in Liaodong warehouse investigation office is the issue that they were preparing to consider later. Thinking of this, Zhang Ping'an immediately turned to Qu Guozheng and signaled to Qu Guozheng. He whispered to Qu Guozheng in a low voice: "Guozheng, I think there is something wrong with this musket. The musket used by the Jurchen traitors is different from the muskets brought back by Lin Qian. Judging from your experience, did Lin Qian and others reveal their identities?"

Qu Guozheng shook his head gently and suggested cautiously: "Master, I have also seen the muskets I took back just now, but the muskets Lu and Huang Zhidu both got them back and were all unexploded muskets. Look...?"

Qu Guozheng's suggestion made Zhang Ping'an laugh. He patted his forehead and said, "It's still Guozheng's carefulness, why did I forget this!"

Zhang Ping'an followed the advice and immediately sent his personal guards to collect the explosive muskets used by Mingzhi, and asked his personal guards to observe how many of the Jurchens had fired the chamber. Soon, hundreds of personal guards collected more than 300 explosive muskets on both wings, and the guard camp reported the military situation. Qian Husheng flew over to the front of General Zhang's horse and reported loudly amid the explosions of gunpowder smoke: "Report to General Manager, more than 300 explosive muskets were collected. The thickened muskets of the Tatars accounted for 30% of the entire Tartars' use of muskets. No such thickened muskets were seen blowing the muskets."

Qian Husheng's concise report dispelled Zhang Ping'an's concerns about Lin Gan and others. In Zhang Ping'an's opinion, the Jurchens must have found that the muskets made by their craftsmen were somewhat unreliable during training, and this thickened musket was just a temporary emergency measure. Zhang Ping'an picked up the thickened musket again. In addition to the thickened musket barrel wall, the aperture and length of the musket did not change at all. This also shows that the Jurchens were not prepared enough for war. When encountering a weapon in war such as a war, emergency measures could only be used to make up for the shortcomings.

Even Zhang Ping'an dared not underestimate the emergency method of the Jurchens. At least this kind of emergency musket can play a good role. As long as it works, the thickened musket can cause casualties to the Po Slave Army. This consequence is what makes Zhang Ping'an feel scared. People will die in war, and even if the weapons of the Po Slave Army are advanced, it cannot guarantee that the Po Slave Army will not die on the battlefield. Therefore, while Zhang Ping'an looked at the thickened musket in his hand, he was silent for a while and then raised his eyes to the battlefield where the cannon fire and the muskets sounded.

The explosion of the Pou Nu Army and the smoke and dust generated by the fire of muskets blocked his sight. Zhang Ping'an's thoughts drifted from the current battlefield to the future Korqin grassland. He, the commander of the Pou Nu Army, must pay attention to the enemy, otherwise he would not know what tricks the Jurchens would do. Since the Jurchen army can use the muskets to fight the Pou Nu Army, he must also find the formation to deal with the Pou Nu Army's large inclined offensive tactics. He had to think about a brand new offensive formation before the War of Korqin began.

Thinking of using a new offensive formation, Zhang Ping'an couldn't help but think of the main chariot in the war. Perhaps in the next war, the chariot will be the main force among the main forces. Zhang Ping'an was a little regretful at this moment, why didn't he use the chariot in this battle? What a good opportunity to do in actual combat is here. Zhang Ping'an was unwilling to accept it, but there was nothing he could do about it. There was no regret in the world that the medicine was delicious. He finished watching what he should have. The Jurchen Tartars in front of him was just this Taoist method. Seeing that it was getting late, Zhang Ping'an issued a military order for the general attack of the entire army.

But at this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded in the Jurchen army opposite. Zhang Ping'an immediately ordered the entire army to be on guard. He did not understand yet whether the two white flag cavalry of the Jurchens wanted to counterattack? Soon, Zhang Ping'an suddenly realized from the sound of horse hooves gradually distant. The Jurchen Taurus cavalry wanted to counterattack, and they were clearly escaping from the chaotic battlefield. Zhang Ping'an was very guilty of his misjudgment. Since the great cause of the slave army, he has had more and more distracting thoughts when fighting, and he has not even judged the enemy's escape accurately.
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