Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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Almost cheering, they quickly adjusted their formation, did not set up a horizontal line for shooting, but formed eight battalion-level columns that were convenient for marching.

They had just finished forming their team when the preparations for artillery fire came to an abrupt end.

Then the marching drums sounded on the battlefield, and it was very rhythmic.

Accompanied by this rather rhythmic drumbeat, the eight Ming army infantry battalion-level columns took rather neat steps, so as to walk at the speed of walking towards the Qing army's position that had just suffered heavy shelling.

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On the mountain city of Xingzhou, Kangxi's pockmarked face was a little livid again... The performance of the Ming army this time was not too unexpected.It's just a little stronger than the strongest state he originally imagined!

This "sugar freedom" is really amazing!

After getting enough tung oil supply, the shells of the Ming army rockets have become iron, and the cost has been greatly reduced. The only relatively expensive product is sugar medicine.But Daming has plenty of sugar, and can use it in an almost profligate way.

"Your Majesty, the firepower of the traitor..."

Gabra, who was guarding Kangxi's side, looked worried, and quietly approached him, as if he wanted to say something, but stopped when he reached his mouth.

Kangxi looked back at him and said with a smile: "Gabula, just watch... I have already laid a trap for the rebels, and I am waiting for the rebels to get in by themselves. When you see the eight rebels Is the infantry in column formation? This is to send them to their deaths, and when they rush through our front line, they will fall into a trap, and I will wipe them all out in one fell swoop!"

Chapter 556 Take a sudden turn!Kangxi's progress is a bit big!

Because the troops of the first assault wave of the Ming army formed a vertical formation that was convenient for marching, they advanced very fast. The distance of three miles to less than four miles was almost completed in a blink of an eye.The gunpowder smoke on the Qing army's position had just dispersed, and the eight columns of the Ming army were already approaching.

Moreover, the previous rocket bombardment has destroyed a considerable part of the obstacles in front of the Qing army's position... There were not many of these obstacles in the first place. After four quarters of an hour of violent bombardment, most of them have already fallen to this side, unable to stop the Ming army. moving forward...

However, contrary to the expectations of these high-moralized infantrymen of the Ming army, the Qing army behind the earth wall that had been blown up and was full of gaps everywhere, and in some places looked like it was about to collapse, was not dead yet!

Not only is there no death light, but it can also rely on the remaining earth wall to fight back.One by one the muskets were set up and began to shoot.However, they should have suffered heavy losses from the shelling of the previous four quarters of an hour, and maybe a group of them ran away, so their firepower was not too intensive. Ten paces away it opened fire.

On the other hand, the Ming army did not fight back, but continued to advance with their heads covered.Although the soldiers walking in the front row kept falling down, someone took their place immediately.

The eight columns are still advancing at a relatively fast speed!

However, Zhu Heqi didn't want his subordinates to learn from the lobster soldiers to fire guns at close range...it wasn't necessary, and it wasn't feasible.Because it's "the age of sugar"!

Even if the Qing army is just a "low sugar" opponent, they can still throw some sugar grenades!

And the method used by the Ming army to deal with the Qing army who relied on the low wall to fire and shoot was of course "sugar". Only those grenadiers who "crawled" forward have now climbed to less than fifteen steps away from the Qing army's position. The distance is up.

For a well-trained grenadier, it is not too difficult to throw a grenade behind the low wall of the Qing army at this distance!

Just after the Qing army finished firing a volley of guns, there was a burst of shouting from above the battlefield: "Grenadiers... throw away your mother!"

Then I saw two or three hundred people suddenly climbed up from the mud in front of the Qing army's formation, and they didn't stand up, but put on a kneeling posture for throwing bombs, and then a wave of lasso grenades were thrown out, and then It's the second wave, the third wave, the fourth wave... This is terrible, it's raining grenades!

Of course the Qing army guarding behind that dilapidated low wall knew what was falling from the sky?

That's not someone throwing stones, but life-threatening thunder... There are so many!

The grenadiers of the Ming army actually sneaked up under their noses. This damn is already the highest level of not talking about martial arts.

How to deal with this kind of enemy who doesn't talk about martial arts?

"Tianlei... run!"

I don't know who took the lead in shouting so loudly, the Qing army who was stunned by the thunder immediately reacted.

run!

Guarding this section are five infantry soldiers from the Qing army, one of which is full of 1000 soldiers, but 4000 of them are cavalry, who have been transferred away by Kangxi.So there were only 2000 of these five leaders before they were bombed.After being bombarded for half an hour, a group died, a group ran away, a group was injured... and a group pretended to be fainted, and finally stood up to fight back with flintlock guns and matchlock guns. There are only more than 7000 people left, and the eight Ming army columns rushing across have at least [-] people!

The disparity in strength is already so great, and they didn't honestly "line up and shoot", but actually sent grenadiers to sneak up and throw grenades... What else is there to fight?

After a cry, the Qing army finally collapsed. Those who were still standing all turned around and ran, pretending to be dizzy and quickly got up and ran, while those who were injured rolled and crawled.

But before they could take a few steps, the grenade exploded, and the flames, shrapnel, and shock waves swept across the Qing army's position, blowing up a large area of ​​the fleeing Qing army, and the rest of the Qing soldiers who were killed were killed. It was a complete breakdown, crying and running to the back of the battle.

And the eight Ming army columns almost won without a fight, cheering and rushing towards the abandoned positions of the Qing army.

While the first formation of the Ming army successfully made a breakthrough, the officers and soldiers of the second formation also shouted loudly, and they also crossed the "earth trench line" of the first line of the Ming army. Eight of the eleven battalions in the second row were formed. When the eight battalions in the first line of the Ming army started to form a team, they had already moved forward!

According to the plan of the Army Division, the first assault wave of the Ming army was used to tear through the defense line of the Qing army, while the second assault wave would rush in through the gap made by the first assault wave, and use the flintlock guns and The grenade repulsed the counterattack of the Qing army and established the victory in one fell swoop!

However, the first-line defense of the Qing army was weaker than imagined, so the first assault wave of the Ming army achieved a breakthrough almost unscathed.

That being the case, Liu Yan, who personally commanded eight battalions and broke through the front line of the Qing army, of course will not let these young men with high morale under him rest... and he cannot let go of those who are running away. Qing soldiers!They all look easy to kill!

So Liu Yan couldn't wait for the eight battalions commanded by Ling Zongjun to come up, so he led his eight battalions in hot pursuit all the way!And while advancing, he also gave orders to the grenadiers who attacked the Qing army and the other four infantry battalions who did not join the attack...to let them cooperate with the artillery to seize the frontline positions of the Qing army.

The bayonet rolled forward, crossed the earthen wall of the Qing army, and followed the fleeing Qing army all the way forward.

I don't know how far I rushed, but suddenly there was a thunderous hoofbeat on the battlefield, and the ground trembled slightly for it.

Liu Yan immediately knew something was wrong... This is the cavalry of the Qing army launching a counterattack!

But he didn't panic, because those cavalry were still a little far away, so he still had time to adjust their deployment.So he immediately gave an order to the trumpeters beside him: "Blow the suona... the big hollow square!"

The so-called large hollow phalanx is four battalions pieced together to form a large formation, with one battalion in charge of one side.Because the Ming army originally had a battalion-based combat unit, this kind of phalanx has the strongest defense capability.Even if the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Qing army launched a series of attacks, Liu Yan was confident that he could hold it.

As long as he can hold on, and when the follow-up troops come to the top, he, Liu Yan, will be the number one hero in today's battle!

With the sound of suona, the eight Ming army infantry battalions on the battlefield immediately stopped advancing.Then a group of four battalions quickly formed two large square formations on the battlefield.

Seeing that the big formations had been set up, Liu Yan, who was surrounded by one of the big formations in the center, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and began to raise the binoculars to observe the movements of the Qing army.

But to his surprise, the cavalry of the Qing army did not rush forward to die as expected.Instead, it stopped at a distance of two miles away. There was a large area of ​​black and white. There might be a total of [-] riders, but it was as motionless as a mountain.

The cavalry of the Qing army did not move, and Liu Yan did not dare to let his eight battalions move.Because it is difficult to move after forming a hollow phalanx...at least the infantry of the Ming army cannot move in the state of a hollow phalanx.

And disbanding the phalanx, the tens of thousands of Qing cavalry rushing over is no joke.

Just when Liu Yan couldn't advance or retreat, the Qing army suddenly burst into drums, and the eight participating infantry on the two wings of the Qing army's second line, as well as the twelve participating leaders of the Qing army's third line, rushed to Liu Yan. The eight battalions of the department came up.

At the same time, more than ten thousand cavalry of the Qing army also launched again!

However, they did not rush towards the two large square formations of the Ming army, but bypassed them from a distance, and then rushed towards the breach in the front line of the Qing army.Although it failed to regain the gap, it also blocked the advance route of the second wave of the Ming army.

Eight battalions of the Ming army led by Liu Yan were actually surrounded by the Qing army!

The situation on the battlefield has taken a turn for the worse!This Emperor Kangxi's fighting skills seem to have improved a bit!

Chapter 557 Stand up and be the second shift!

"To... to win!"

At three o'clock in the unitary hour, when the sky on the battlefield northwest of Seoul had become quite dark, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, who was standing on the heights of the mountain city of Hangju, overseeing the battle, had tears in his eyes.

Victory is almost within reach!

His tactics of deep formation, three-line arrangement of infantry and interspersed cavalry have really achieved miraculous results!

Although the "high sugar" Ming army's power in the coordination of artillery steps and the battle of fortified positions still exceeded Kangxi's expectations, they were not invincible... The Ming army had "more sugar and less horses"!

Therefore, after the Ming army broke through the front line of the Qing army, there were not enough cavalry to invest in the gap to pursue and expand the results of the battle, so they had to take the risk of investing in infantry to chase and destroy.If the opponent's formation has enough depth, a three-line or even four-line infantry formation, and a large number of cavalry to launch counterattacks at any time...then you can use the first line as a bait to lure a part of the Ming army into your own depth. Annihilation!

However, a part of the Ming army that broke into the enemy's depths could not get strong fire support because it was far away from its own artillery, and because of the threat of enemy cavalry, it had to form a hollow phalanx with no mobility. Probably all gone.We can only passively wait for the enemy to encircle us...

"We won! Your Majesty, we are really going to win!"

"Your Majesty, we are going to win, the fortune of the Qing Dynasty is back!"

Both Gabra and Duolong felt like weeping with joy. Although the sky was very dark at the moment, they could still see the general situation on the battlefield clearly.

The eight Ming battalion-level columns that broke through the front line of the Qing army just now have been arranged into two hollow square formations next to each other, and they are still approaching slowly, as if they want to huddle together to form a large rectangular formation.But no matter how they change their formation, they can't change their fate of being besieged by the heavenly soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.Because as many as twenty Qing troops have already pressed up from three directions to participate in the leading column!

The more than 1 cavalry under the unified command of Bahai bypassed the two hollow phalanxes of the Ming army, isolating them from the follow-up troops.

The Ming army's follow-up troops, a total of eight battalion-level columns, were afraid of the threat of more than 1 Eight Banners cavalry, and did not dare to rush forward. Instead, they relied on the earthen wall that originally belonged to the Qing army's first-line troops to launch a defense.

Moreover, the Ming army has not completely seized the earthen wall defended by the Qing army, because there are still eight or nine participating infantry on the two wings of the Qing army's frontline, relying on the earthen wall to resist desperately.

Shuise Cave, Yicun Cave, and Shangyan Cave, the three villages each occupied by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, are now fighting fiercely.

In addition, on the northeast edge of the battlefield, the battle on the Zudoli Mountain Highland is now starting, and farther away, from the southern foot of Beihan Mountain to Beiyue Mountain, there are faint gunshots and gunshots.

Obviously, Wang Fuchen's troops are launching a diversionary attack on the flanks of the Ming army. Although Zudouli Mountain and Beiyue Mountain cannot be captured in a hurry, the gains and losses of these two positions are also related to the overall situation of the entire Seoul battle. .Therefore, it is impossible for the Ming army to ignore it... In this way, their already stretched strength is even more tense.

When Gabula and Duolong did their calculations and felt that the battle was about to be "won", Emperor Kangxi's slightly trembling voice sounded again: "Quick... Hurry up and give Tuhai and Fei Yanggu , Tong Guogang ordered them to take down the besieged rebels as soon as possible! Take down this group of rebels, and the fortune of my Qing Dynasty will be back!"

"Whoo!"

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"Squat down, squat down, all squat down... Qing Yao is about to fire!"

At this time, Liu Yan was striding around in the hollow phalanx that had just completed the fit, while shouting to the soldiers below to squat down to avoid the artillery.

In the days of "queue to shoot" it was not a good idea to make fusiliers duck to avoid fire.Because squatting is easy and standing up is hard!

On a battlefield where bullets and shells are flying everywhere, who wants to stand when they can squat?

But General Liu has nothing to do now, his artillery is still behind and hasn't moved up yet!There are only some small mortars belonging to the battalion and the iron fists issued to the pikemen on hand, and the ammunition and iron fists for the small mortars are limited, so they must be used sparingly.

The Qing army not only has the Weiyuan General Cannon, but also the Bronze General Cannon that can fire five catties of solid ammunition. Although there are not many of them, this weapon has a long range and is not small, and it is no less a threat to the hollow phalanx. The flowering bomb fired by Weiyuan Cannon.

Fortunately, Liu Yan still had some small mortars that could fire North-caliber ammunition in his hand, which could prevent the Qing army from pushing the general guns to the range of the shotgun.

Sixteen Weiyuan general cannons and eight general cannons have been pulled up by the Qing army!

Among them, sixteen general Weiyuan cannons were deployed on the two wings, and eight general cannons were placed in the middle.In the afterglow of the setting sun, all 24 cannons showed their muzzles, and the gunners were busy stuffing bags of gunpowder and shells into the barrels of the guns.Then the fuses were ignited, and tongues of fire spewed out from each muzzle!

The Qing army's artillery was very close to the Ming army's position, and the direct fire distance did not exceed [-] paces. The opponent's muskets and small mortars were no longer a threat at this distance.However, the Weiyuan Cannon and General Cannon of the Qing Army can achieve quite good accuracy.Although the shells fired by the generals of the Qing army passed over the heads of the squatting Ming army, they did not cause any damage.But the explosive shells fired by the sixteen Weiyuan generals exploded on the Ming army's position.

Of course, not every one was blown up. The fuzes of flower bombs these days are not so good.About half of the flowering bombs in the Ming army failed to explode, and the Qing army had a misfire rate of 60.00% to two-thirds... But for Liu Yan and his subordinates, more than one-third The shell exploded, and the damage done was enough.

I could only see columns of smoke continuously rising from the Ming army's position, and fireballs continuously exploded. Although they were not particularly dense, these shells were filled with powerful sugar medicine!As long as it falls on the line of Ming army infantry, a gap can be blown up immediately!

In the gap, there are all soldiers who were killed and injured by the bombing!

Fortunately, it was quite dark now.The Qing army was also not very willing to "line up and shoot" at night, so their shelling stopped in less than two quarters of an hour, and less than [-] sugar bombs, before the shelling stopped abruptly.The seven participating infantry have formed three large horizontal teams. Under the supervision of Tong Guogang, Tu Hai and Fei Yanggu, they launched the first attack on the Ming army's position while the sky was not completely dark. wave attack.

Inside the hollow phalanx of the Ming army, the commander-in-chief Liu Yan's heart was twitching... The feeling of being bombarded is really hard!

He, a martial arts champion and veteran general who has been in battle for a long time, was terrified to death just now, let alone the people below... I don't know how many people can stand up and fire?

Thinking of this, he immediately struggled to get up from the mud, took a deep breath of cold air filled with gunpowder smoke, and shouted: "Blow the suona... get ready to shoot!"

Along with a piercing suona sound, shouts and cursing in Korean resounded from all over the Ming army's hollow phalanx.

"Damn it, stand up... If you want to be in the second class, stand up!"

"Bastard, what are you still doing squatting? The king is waiting for our good news! As long as we win, the king will let you be in the second class!"

"Pick up your guns...stand up and be two shifts!"

"Stand up and be the second class!"

Being Yangban...what could be more irritating to a 17th century Korean commoner, slave or middleman than being Yangban?

North Korea was very "rolled" in the 17th century. There was no industry, agriculture was not developed, and the population was quite large.

The longing for the two squads finally overcame the fear. As the shouts of "two squads, two squads" sounded in the Ming army's phalanx, all the squatting North Korean recruits stood up!

Although most of them were trembling with fear, their minds were blank except for "two shifts".But two or three months of high-intensity training can still make them habitually raise their rifles and pull the trigger on the enemy in front of them amidst the officer's command.

Chapter 558 Line up to shoot the Wutian Soldiers!

"Two classes, two classes, two classes..."

Amidst the sound like chanting a mantra, the numb North Korean musketeers were holding muskets that had already been loaded, shoulder to shoulder, standing stiffly in the cold wind, watching them getting closer and closer The enemy, waiting for the order to lay down the musket...

This is the scene of the Ming army when the first "queue to shoot" battle occurred in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The actual situation is as simple as that, and the North Korean musketeers can't do too complicated things this time.After all, they only trained for two months, and they could only line up amidst the scolding of officers and non-commissioned officers...then mechanically, stiffly, and subconsciously completed a series of actions such as loading and shooting.

Quite a few of them will also put the breech in the barrel and shoot it out, and then they will not be able to reload, and some will repeatedly reload the barrel and forget to fire.There are probably only half of the fighters who can really fight effectively.

However, just these half of the people who can effectively fight, plus a flintlock gun that is suspected of being crudely made, is enough to form a "modern army" with a very high cost performance.

Compared with the medieval army, the biggest advantage of this modern army is actually its super high cost performance.

The army in the Middle Ages could rely on small but fine "heavenly soldiers", such as the Eight Banners soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, the military general Jia Ding in the late Ming Dynasty, the old battalion soldiers from Chuang and Xian, and the Turkish Guards and Egyptian Mamluks in the west. wait.If this "Heavenly Soldier" meets an ordinary opponent, it is possible to beat ten with one, and usually it can also play a very disparate exchange ratio.

However, in the era of carrying flintlock guns and shooting in line, it is very difficult for such "heavenly soldiers" to appear... At least when two armies that also use flintlock guns meet, it is difficult to achieve the "heavenly soldier effect". In the battle of the Plains of Abraham (the classic battle in which the lobster soldiers fired guns within 18 meters), [-] elite English soldiers fought against [-] French troops (mainly militias, and [-] Indians), against the French The lobster soldiers who were firmly sent to death by random guns were also killed by dozens of six hundred!

If the number of Frenchmen is doubled, the lobster soldiers will undoubtedly lose!

In the "Line up and Shoot" battle that started on the evening of November 7000th in the fourth year of King Jianguo of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army had a total of eight battalions that were not full of size ([-] grenadiers were missing). More than [-] people.

The Qing army invested [-] participants who were dissatisfied with the establishment, with a total of more than [-] people.At first glance, the number of the Qing army has a great advantage!