Chapter 31 Flintlock vs. Vulcan
Zhu Youjian also specifically told him not to be impulsive when encountering firearms. Although Li Cunxiao was extremely brave, it was obviously a joke to say that he could deal with two thousand muskets. Although he retreated in time, the steel armor on his back was still rustling by the muskets.
Li Cunxiao felt his back tremble a little numb, and he couldn't help but secretly glad that he was retreating in time just now.
Shortly after Li Cunxiao retreated, other black armored iron cavalry arrived one after another, and Li Cunxiao waved his hand to stop them from attacking.
"The Iron Cavalry suspended the attack. They had firearms. The Ming Dynasty had firearms that were more advanced than the opponent. There was no need to do unnecessary casualties."
"Here"
The Black Armored Iron Cavalry has one less death. If it is too much, the emperor will settle the score with him.
Seeing that the Ming cavalry did not dare to attack, Li Guo showed a smug smile on his face. His soldiers suffered heavy casualties in the face of the Daming Firearm and finally had a chance to counterattack.
"Come on, rush over, rush over and eat guns. It's not only your Ming Dynasty that you have, but we have many firearms."
Li Guo deliberately aroused Li Cunxiao and wanted to anger Li Cunxiao and rushed forward to die. The enemy firearms and soldiers under his command were arrogantly raising their muskets to demonstrate to Li Cunxiao.
Li Cunxiao, who was summoned by the system, has changed a lot from what he has in history. He is very calm and will not violate the emperor's orders.
Zhu Youjian had already told him that he should be calm when encountering firearms and not charge recklessly, so he completely ignored Li Guo's provocation.
Li Cunxiao looked indifferent and led the Xuanjia Army to stand outside the range of the musket, waiting for the arrival of the Qi family army. Qi Jiguang was not far away.
Soon, Zhu Youjian and Qi Jiguang and Sun Chuanting arrived. Zhu Youjian looked at the firearms and soldiers opposite him. After looking at Li Cunxiao's expression, he knew that he was defeated.
If Li Cunxiao ignored the casualties and ordered the cavalry to attack quickly, he would definitely be able to kill Li Guo and other people, but Zhu Youjian was reluctant to let the iron cavalry have unnecessary casualties.
He smiled and patted Li Cunxiao on the shoulder, and Zhu Youjian said with a smile:
"The general has done a good job. We have more advanced weapons than them. There is no need to fight hard. Don't worry, let General Qi vent your anger."
"General Qi is ready to fight and let the enemy firearms see our flintlock rifle."
"Abide by the order"
"The Qi family army is ready."
"yes"
Qi Jiguang agreed and waved his hand to the Qi family army behind him. Then the Qi family's arms and weapons took a few steps forward, quickly lined up, and picked up the flintlock rifle.
Seeing the rows of fire guns in the hands of the bandits on the opposite side, Qi Jiguang couldn't help but sigh secretly, they were all firearms they used before the Ming Dynasty.
Now, in front of the lord's flintlock rifle, he hugged Zhu Youjian and promised:
"Your Majesty, please rest assured that the bandits' muskets are not on the same level as our flintlock rifles. I am striving to wipe out them all."
"Open Fire"
With Qi Jiguang's order, the Qi family's flintlock rifle aimed at the bandits, and the gunshots suddenly rang out.
The muskets in the hands of the bandits were all seized from the Ming army, with an effective range of about 50 steps. Now the Ming army is aiming at them about a hundred steps opposite them.
The enemy firearms and soldiers saw that the Ming army was standing so far and fired, and they all laughed wildly. This firearm from the Ming Dynasty could not hit them.
"Brothers, look, there are a group of silly girls on the opposite side. They want to shoot at such a distance. It's a joke."
"Bang bang"
"Ah...I'll go, this is unreasonable..."
But they didn't know that the flintlock rifles of the Great Firearms were all improved, and they were filled with paper-packed bullets, and their effective range had reached about a hundred steps.
Position warfare like this is different from individual combat. Just aim and shoot. There are more than 3,000 firearms and soldiers coming up just now. Under the cover of bullets, so many bandits will definitely suffer a large number of casualties.
A burst of gunfire sounded, and the soldiers who were pride of the enemy firearms camp fell down in an instant. The enemy was shocked and instantly lost the calmness he had just now.
In a panic, they forgot the kill range of the muskets and raised the muskets to shoot, but the effective range of the muskets was limited and they could not harm the Ming army at all.
Seeing his companions falling down constantly, hundreds of casualties were instantly injured and killed, these usually arrogant and domineering firearms soldiers immediately lost the courage to confront the Ming army.
"This is like killing death."
"How is it possible? Minggou uses what kind of firearm? Their range is farther than ours and the bullets are much more powerful. There is no way to fight this battle, so please withdraw quickly."
He shouted, and some of the bandits began to retreat. Li Guo waved his waist and cut off more than a dozen heads in succession.
"I'll hold back. Whoever dares to retreat again? The supervision team will kill me."
"yes"
The supervisory team agreed and raised their swords and prepared to kill the retreating enemy firearms camp soldiers at any time. Li Guo turned his horse's head and ran quickly towards the hillside where Li Zicheng was.
"The emperor is leaving quickly, the firearm camp cannot stop Minggou's attack at all. It will be too late if he doesn't leave."
Li Zichenglai was very confident in the capture of the capital this time. He almost encountered decent resistance along the way, but since he climbed the hillside, he found something wrong.
The number of troops in his own army far exceeds that of the Ming army, but today's Ming army is too fierce in combat, completely different from those Ming army in the past.
The Dashun Army was like an ant in front of them, with almost no resistance, especially those cavalrymen. After a series of attacks, the Dashun Army suffered numerous casualties.
Seeing that the army was about to be defeated by hundreds of thousands, Li Zicheng couldn't help but be furious. He pulled out his waist knife and was about to go into battle himself. Suddenly, Li Guo rushed up and asked him to leave quickly.
Li Zicheng is also a person who has been through the battlefield for a long time and has experienced countless disasters. He is really not afraid of death. Seeing Li Guo retreating in the face of trouble, he feels very unhappy.
"Li Guo, don't disrupt our morale. Everyone follows me to kill the enemy and will be rewarded to defeat Minggou."
"No, the emperor is leaving quickly, it will be too late."
Li Guofei got off the horse, hugged Li Zicheng and begged. Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and others had a bad experience, so they all came forward to comfort:
"Your Majesty, the situation is really not good now. Let's retreat first, go back and recruit soldiers and horses, buy firearms and then come to fight Minggou to the decisive battle."
"Yes, our failure today is because the firearms are not as good as them, not because our tactics and military forces are not good, and we can make a comeback another day."
With the comfort of everyone, Li Zicheng slowly calmed down. He knew that the situation was hopeless today, with more than 500,000 troops, and now there are only less than 100,000 left, so how can he fight?
"Okay, let's retreat for the time being."
Seeing that Li Zicheng agreed to withdraw, Li Guo hurriedly got up and horses were on his back. He was ready to try his best to protect Li Zicheng from getting out.
"I'll stop the Ming army, you protect the emperor and leave quickly."
"We are willing to fight together with General Li, and you, Prince, retreat quickly."
Other soldiers around Li Zicheng stood beside Li Guo and retreated for Li Zicheng's whole body. They could all compete with each other for death.
Most of the two thousand firearm soldiers on the opposite side were shot and killed by Qi's army, and the remaining people were in a mess. Zhu Youjian waved his sword and ordered:
"General Cunxiao, now he can charge with all his might."
"Abide by the order"
Li Cunxiao agreed and turned around and issued an attack order to the Black Armored Iron Cavalry behind him:
"Children"
"Run me."
Chapter completed!