Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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It was also fortunate that these shield soldiers had not gone far just now, otherwise, it would not be so easy to form a tortoise shell formation in a short period of time.

There were originally more than 4 people in the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty. Although they died under the city of Zunhua, there are still more than [-] people.

These 3 people were several times the number of He Kegang's men, and He Kegang had to be cautious.

"Form a tortoise shell formation, quickly form a tortoise shell formation."

He Kegang looked at the Han Eight Banners soldiers who were getting closer, and shouted hissingly.

The tortoise shell formation is a defensive formation, with shield soldiers placed on the outermost side, then pike soldiers, followed by sword soldiers, and finally archers.

The biggest advantage of this formation is that its defense is extremely high and it is not easy to be overwhelmed.But also, the disadvantage is also great, that is, it is inconvenient to move, and can only stay in place and passively defend.

If the tortoise armor formation is not formed, it is estimated that the Han Eight Banners can directly disperse He Kegang's team with a single charge.

"Archers covered!"

Gu Shanezhen of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, such as Li Platform, looked at the Ming army forming a tortoise armor formation, and shouted directly.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

As soon as the words fell, thousands of arrows shot towards He Kegang's army formation.

The guards around He Kegang hurriedly raised their shields to block He Kegang's head, blocking the flying arrows.

Those shield soldiers also hurriedly lowered their heads to avoid the arrows falling from the sky.

The pikemen behind the shield soldiers stick their bodies tightly to the shield soldiers to reduce the probability of being hit by arrows.

But even so, many people were shot by arrows.

Although the accuracy of the projectile is relatively poor, it can't stand up to the large number.

Although the power of the projectile is not very great, the armor on the Ming army is too thin, and the armor that can block the arrows is almost only available to He Kegang's elite servants. As for these ordinary soldiers, they don't have it at all.

"Counterattack!"

After the first wave of arrows from the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty passed, He Kegang looked at many soldiers who had fallen in the army formation and shouted loudly.

The archers at the back of the tortoise shell formation hastily raised their bows and arrows, and shot towards the Eight Banners of Han.

But there are still too few archers. Arrows of this level are like scratching an itch for the soldiers of the [-] Han and Eight Banners.

"Go up and break through their formation!" Li Platform rode on a war horse, looking coldly at the tortoise formation in front of him.

"kill!!!"

The Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty burst into powerful shouts, and they took their weapons and headed towards He Kegang's tortoise shell array.

At the moment of rushing up, He Kegang's tortoise shell array was directly surrounded tightly.

More than 3 horses, surrounded by a tortoise shell formation with only a few thousand people, it is not too simple.

"No, He Kegang was directly surrounded."

Man Gui, who was preparing to launch an attack on the flank, looked at He Kegang who was directly engulfed by the Eight Banners of Han, his expression changed, and he hurriedly led his cavalry towards the Eight Banners of Han.

At the same time, Lu Daliang also led his men and horses towards He Kegang.

"kill!"

Man Gui took the lead, as if possessed by a god, he directly controlled the horse and knocked a Han Eight Banners soldier rushing towards him into the air. across.

In an instant, the neck of the Han Eight Banners soldier was bleeding profusely, and he fell backwards, and was directly trampled into a meat paste by the cavalry behind Mangui.

Although the Mangui cavalry joined, He Kegang's pressure did not decrease because of this.Even under the impact of the Manchu cavalry, the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Han rushed directly towards He Kegang's tortoise armor formation.

In an instant, He Kegang's tortoise shell array was on the verge of collapse.

He Kegang looked at the Han Eight Banners soldiers who looked like ants in front of him, feeling extremely bitter in his heart.

Even if he wants to withdraw now, he can't withdraw, because once he withdraws at this time, the retreat is likely to become a rout.

The rout is not terrible, what is terrible is the impact on the army behind.

Once the rout hits the rear army formation, the defeat of the rear army formation is a certainty.

The rear army was defeated, and the only defense line left was the one where Yuan Chonghuan was.

If Huang Taiji had pressed his troops up at that time, it would only be a matter of time before Yuan Chonghuan's troops would be defeated.

Once Yuan Chonghuan's soldiers and horses are defeated, the capital will be at stake.

"Rush in for me, why can just open a way out, let them break out from the side."

Man Gui looked at the tortoise shell array wrapped in front of him, and thought of a lot in an instant.

"kill!"

Man Gui let out an angry roar, then clamped his horse's belly tightly, brandished a long knife, and headed towards the tortoise shell formation surrounded by the Han Eight Banners.

But before he could get in, Dorgon rushed forward with Zhengbaiqi's troops.

"Shoot this group of Ming dogs out for me, and don't let them get close to the Ming army's camp!"

Dorgon pointed at Man Gui, roared angrily, and then led the vest soldiers with the white flag to rush forward.

"Ming dog, take your life!"

Dorgon yelled angrily, and the knife in his hand went directly towards the neck of a galloping Ming army cavalryman.

"Pfft!"

The blade slashed across the neck of the Ming army cavalryman, directly cutting a huge hole, and the cavalryman tilted his head and fell directly from the horse.

When the vest soldiers of Zhengbai Banner rushed directly to Man Gui's cavalry, Man Gui hurriedly led the soldiers and horses to meet them.

Zhang Zhiji on the top of the city looked at the tortoise formation surrounded by the Han Eight Banners on the first line of defense, and said in a low voice to the adjutant next to him: "Let the gunners on the top of the city fire and bombard the group that besieged the Ming army!" Build slaves."

Zhang Zhiji gave an order, and the gunners on the top of the city moved immediately.

Clean the barrel, load the shells, load the gunpowder, and the effort of a cup of tea, the artillery on the city head is all loaded.

There are a total of eight red cannons on the city wall of Guangqumen, all of which are newly cast and made of high-quality bronze.

"fire!"

A Baihu commanding the gunner roared, and then blew the bamboo whistle hanging on his chest.

A shrill sound sounded, and the gunner directly ignited the fuze on the cannon with the torch in his hand.

"Chucky!"

When the fuze was burned out, the artillery let out a roar, and the entire cannon body retreated suddenly, and a huge flame shot out from the muzzle.

Driven by the energy released by the violent combustion of the black powder, the solid iron ball weighing several tens of kilograms moved towards the Han Eight Banners army formation in front of the tortoise shell formation.

When the shell fell into the crowd, it directly took the lives of more than a dozen Han Eight Banner soldiers.

The cannonball didn't stop because of this. After smashing those unlucky guys into meatloaf on the spot, the cannonball collided with the ground, and then bounced directly from the ground, bouncing towards the rear.

The speed of the cannonball looks slow, but its real speed is very fast.

Those Han Eight Banners soldiers looked at the incoming artillery shells and tried their best to control their bodies to avoid them, but just as their heads issued the order to avoid them, before their bodies could accept it, they were hit directly by the incoming artillery shells.

The whole person was smashed into a fleshy paste, which directly touched the ground.

The cannonballs kept rolling on the ground, and anyone who touched them was torn to pieces by the rapidly spinning cannonballs.

"Bang bang bang!"

It was another round of artillery salvo, but it was a pity that only two or three shells in this round of salvo fell to the army of the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty.

There is a distance of about three miles from the city head to here. Although the distance of three miles is within the range of the red-clothed cannon, for smoothbore guns like the red-clothed cannon, the hit rate of more than two miles depends entirely on luck. It's just too normal.

Although the artillery on the top of the city kept firing, He Kegang faced too many Han Banner soldiers.

At this time, Mangui's cavalry was defeated by the Zhengbai Banner vest soldiers and fled towards the rear.

After defeating Man Gui, Dorgon turned around and headed towards He Kegang's tortoise shell formation.

With the addition of Zhengbaiqi, He Kegang's tortoise shell formation finally couldn't hold up anymore.

He Kegang looked at the Zhengbai Banner vest soldiers who had directly dispersed the shield soldiers of the tortoise formation, and said with gritted teeth: "Retreat, pass my order, all retreat, retreat from both sides of the second line of defense. Anyone who dares to rush into the line of defense, directly Military law!"

If you don't withdraw now, you really can't withdraw.

"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!"

The messenger directly waved the flag to pass on He Kegang's order, and then followed He Kegang to the back.

When He Kegang led his servants towards the rear, the entire tortoise formation collapsed in an instant.

The first line of defense completely collapsed, and for a while, countless routs rushed towards the rear.

When a person suddenly breathes a sigh of relief when he is extremely nervous, what follows is endless fear.The same is true for the Ming army at this time.

Dorgon rode on the horse, looking excitedly at the collapsed cavalry.

"Give me an order to drive the Ming army towards the rear line of defense, and must drive them to attack the second line of defense."

As soon as Dorgon finished speaking, he led the vest soldiers to hide and kill the defeated Ming army.

The Han Eight Banners soldiers who broke through the tortoise armor array looked at the defeated tortoise armor array with scarlet eyes.

At this time, they were like bloodthirsty beasts, waving their weapons and heading towards the Ming army to kill them.

All of a sudden, there was constant shouting and killing on the entire battlefield.

"Go around it, go around it, go around it."

He Kegang rode on the horse and yelled loudly at the retreating soldiers.

Although the broken soldiers threw away their helmets and armor, and they were shitting, they still knew the most basic things. They all followed the sides of the second line of defense one by one, and did not hit the army formation.

Although Dorgon drove the defeated Ming army from the first line of defense to attack the second line of defense, the soldiers of the Han Eight Banners had already rushed up, and there was no place for Dorgon to attack.

Dorgon looked at the Han Eight Banners soldiers who were in extreme excitement, and shouted angrily: "Drive the Ming army to charge, you fools!!!"

But today's Han Eight Banners are all dazzled by the victory, so why do they care about whether the attack will attack the Ming army's defense line?

"Lord Belle, shall we rush in or?"

"Come on? What the hell, don't you see what's in front of the second line of defense?"

Dorgon cursed, then pointed at the things neatly placed in front of the second line of defense and shouted angrily at the guard who asked the question.

Looking in the direction of Dorgon's finger, there are more than 100 swarms neatly arranged in front of the second line of defense.

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Chapter 180 Zhao Wen Arrives

"ignition!"

Zu Dashou looked at the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Han who charged forward, and drew out the long knife at his waist, roaring angrily.

As soon as the words fell, the soldiers standing behind the swarm of more than 100 swarms with torches directly ignited the fuses of the swarm.

When the fuze was burned out, a huge flame and smoke directly enveloped the battlefield ahead.

Arrows as thick as an adult's thumb rushed towards the Han Banners in front of them under the push of gunpowder.

"Chi la, chi la!"

For a while, the screams kept ringing.

Countless arrows shot out from the swarming box at high speed.

The Han Eight Banners soldiers looked at the flying arrows and panicked for a moment.

"Puff puff!"

Driven by the powerful gunpowder, the arrows directly penetrated the chests of the Han Eight Banners soldiers one by one, and even the Han Eight Banners soldiers behind were also pierced by the arrows.

For a moment, the entire battlefield was like purgatory.

The soldiers of the Han Eight Banners fell to the ground like harvested wheat.

A swarm of bees is one of the most lethal firearms in the Ming Dynasty. It has a wide coverage and a fast rate of fire. It can shoot out dozens of thick arrows in just a few breaths.

But at the same time, this weapon also has shortcomings that cannot be ignored.First of all, his accuracy is very poor, and he may deviate from the target by more than ten steps.Another is that the cost is high and cannot be mass-produced on a large scale.

A Han Eight Banners soldier who was charging saw the thick arrows flying towards him, and hurriedly hid behind his teammates.