Chapter 21 Hot and Cold Weapon Showdown
In the past, they used guns to bombard bandits and Eastern Capitols, but now they have become targets of bombardment by the Ming army. These surrendered soldiers have never had the experience of being bombarded. They suddenly realized when they heard the order.
"Change the formation quickly, and launch an attack with a long snake formation."
Under Tang Tong's command, he immediately changed his formation and advanced, but there were too many people and any formation he used had to bear the baptism of the red-clothed cannon.
After paying the price of tens of thousands of casualties, the bandits and the Ming Dynasty surrendered troops finally rushed to the front of Qi Jiguang and the other two.
Worried about accidental injury, Zhu Youjian immediately ordered the cessation of artillery bombardment.
"Huang Chao, stop shelling and don't hurt your own people by chance."
"As for orders, stop the shelling."
Huang Chao waved the flag in his hand, and the shelling on the top of the city stopped immediately.
Zhu You reported to raise his telescope and looked at the bandits, but he saw that their formation was in a mess and was all disrupted by artillery fire.
But the bodies were left everywhere, and in the end, about 100,000 people rushed to Qi Jiguang and the others with difficulty.
This was Zhu Youjian's first on-site command. Seeing the bandits who fell into the ground under the bombardment of red cannons, he couldn't help but feel excited and burst into laughter.
"These bandits actually want to subvert my Ming Dynasty. Today I want you to taste the taste of being bombarded by various artillery fire, haha..."
Tang Tong originally had 60,000 troops, but when he rushed to the front of the formation, he looked back at his team and found that there were less than 20,000 people. Tang Tong was a little doubtful about his life.
Seeing the neat shield array not far away from the opposite side, the deputy general hurriedly reminded Tang Tong:
"General Tang, look, why are there so many troops opposite? It is impossible for the capital to have so many troops. Reinforcements should have arrived in the Ming Dynasty."
Tang Tong, who was in a hurry, noticed the three square formations on the opposite side with the kick down by the deputy general and was shocked at the time.
"No, when did the Ming army become so determined? The shield formation is so neat and there is no panic at all."
Tang Tong really doesn't want to fight anymore now, and he doesn't dare to fight anymore. He has the idea of leading these people under his command to escape.
However, Liu Zongmin and the people in the supervision team were staring at them fiercely, and if they retreated, they would be almost dead.
Gripping his teeth hard, Tang Tong had no choice but to pull out the battle knife and waved the order in the air:
"Brothers, grit your teeth and persevere. The dawn of victory is coming soon. As long as you can break through the capital, the King of Chuang will be rewarded and will be charged to me."
"Running"
"Kill"
"If you don't fight, you will die. Only by defeating the Ming army can you survive."
Twenty thousand people rushed towards the battle formation of Qi Jiguang and the other two, and Liu Zongmin's new recruit camp also began to act behind him.
Although the artillery bombardment just now caused 40,000 to 50,000 casualties in surrendered troops and the new military camp, the impact was not fatal to these 160,000 vanguard attack troops.
Seeing the bandit army getting closer, the three commanders urged the horse to return to their own formation, and the shield soldiers immediately blocked the vacancy they left.
The gunner immediately began to calculate the distance between the bandits and the tiger squat cannon.
"Three Hundred Steps"
"Two Hundred Steps"
When the bandits saw the Ming army waiting for them stupidly, they all rushed up screaming.
"Run quickly, Minggou was frightened by us."
"Crash, kill, kill, kill and get rewards..."
It’s not that these bandits are stupid, but they are mostly recruits. In the past, they either attacked the city, bombarded the city, or rushed directly to both sides.
But after they joined the bandit army, the Ming army had almost no decent resistance and almost unimpeded the way.
Seeing the Ming army's neat shields facing them without moving, these people thought the Ming army was frightened.
How could they have imagined that the three armies opposite were the top armies in the history of the Ming Dynasty, especially the Qi family army, which had almost never been defeated.
Looking at the almost crazy new recruit, Qi Jiguang showed a sneer on his lips and waved his big hand suddenly:
"Tiger squat cannon, rocket car, ready"
"fire……"
With Qi Jiguang's order, the shield in front of the phalanx retreated, revealing countless tiger squatting cannons, rocket cars, and muzzles facing the bandits.
"Damn there are artillery, no wonder it's motionless. It turns out that we are waiting for us to deliver it."
Seeing the black hole gun aimed at them, the surrendered soldiers under Tang Tong suddenly woke up. Many people paused and dared not step forward. This distance was too fatal.
"Everyone rushes for me. As long as you rush in front of them, the cannons will lose their power. rush quickly."
Tang Tong was so angry that he waved his sword to kill several people, and these Ming surrendered soldiers began to charge.
But as soon as they moved a few steps under their feet, a huge roar of artillery sounded instantly.
"Boom..."
The tiger squat cannon was fired. Although the tiger squat cannon was not as good as the red-clothed cannon, its artillery fire was more dense and was specially made for combating such field battles.
And the fireworks and shotguns are loaded, and the killing area is larger than that of the red-clothed cannon, and it has better effect on dense and array-changing attacks.
The rockets were also ignited at the same time. Each car was equipped with hundreds of arrows. After the fire, thousands of arrows were shot at the bandit soldiers.
"Brothers, hurry up and fight with them in the Mingdog artillery position. This will show the advantages of our Dashun Army..."
"Boom..."
"Puff..."
Before a bandit commander finished speaking, he was suddenly penetrated by dozens of rockets, and then was bombarded by artillery fire, killing him to death.
The Ming army surrendered soldiers rushing in front also fell down instantly, but the tiger squat cannons were still bombarding, and the lead-blasting and flowering bullets exploded on the enemy's body.
The bandits were wailing. Their limbs were flying everywhere, making a mess, and they didn't care about anything, turning around and running.
"Brothers, there is no way to fight this battle. The Ming Dynasty's weapons are too advanced. If we fight like this, it's equivalent to killing us. Run away."
"Everyone goes back, if anyone disobeys, he will behead him."
"Click..."
Liu Zongmin led the commander-in-chief team not far behind them, shouting loudly, swinging his sword and slashing.
Nearly a hundred people were killed, and the remaining soldiers had to turn around and rush towards Qi Jiguang's position.
Liu Zongmin then ordered:
"Those who surround the camp and break through the city gate will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold."
At the same time, the new recruits under Liu Zongmin also surrounded the crowds under his command of reward.
One hundred taels of gold can change your life and destiny for a lifetime, not to mention these bandit recruits who can't even eat enough.
Seeing the bandit camp coming from the side, Sun Chengzong snorted coldly and waved the flag in his hand:
"Now it's time for us to show our skills, turn the gun, and fire the gun."
The use of tiger squat cannons was very convenient. The Ming New Army quickly withdrew its shield and turned the gun mouth, and began to bombard the bandits who were rushing up from the side.
"Boom..."
Chapter completed!