Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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One of Wu Sangui's servants pulled Wu Sangui up, dragged him by the arm, and ran towards the rear.

After only two or three rounds of shelling, the army led by Wu Sangui began to be defeated.

Under the bombardment of artillery fire, these soldiers fled towards the surroundings and the rear.

Although the number of artillery pieces was small, Wu Sangui had relatively dense troops, and soldiers in this era had never seen such artillery fire, so under the bombardment of this kind of firepower, these soldiers quickly began to be defeated.

Hong Chengchou looked at the army formation rushing forward, his face was full of panic.

"What kind of firepower is this, and why is it so powerful?" Although Hong Chengchou had heard that Zhao Wen's firearm was powerful, he had never seen it with his own eyes. Seeing it today was really hard for him to believe.

"Is there really such a weapon in this world? With such a weapon, we are no match at all." Wu Sangui looked at the continuous explosions and flames in the front army formation, his face was full of shock.

"Change incendiary bombs, let these people taste our power."

Zhou Laoliu looked at the army formation that had begun to crumble in front of him, and a ruthless look flashed across his face.

Only when they are completely scared can they know how powerful they are.

"My lord, don't let the artillery fire again. If the artillery is allowed to fire like this, then what credit do we infantry get?

All the credit goes to these artillerymen, if these officers and soldiers are really solved by the artillerymen.Those soldiers under me have to tear me alive. "

A thousand households stood behind Zhou Laoliu, saying with a dissatisfied expression.

Zhou Lao Liu laughed loudly, "Don't be afraid, if you fight this battle, you will definitely have a chance to make meritorious deeds, so don't be afraid."

After hearing Zhou Laoliu's voice of assurance, the Qianhu was relieved a lot.Otherwise, if these artillerymen have been allowed to bombard them all the time, what is the matter with their own infantry?Shouldn't the credit be taken away by them?

It's not easy to meet an opportunity to make meritorious service, but you can't just let it go.

"Change all incendiary bombs!"

The messenger who conveyed the order came to the front of the artillery position, and he ran around the artillery position with a loud voice, conveying Zhou Lao Liu's order.

A few quarters of an hour later, the artillery that was replaced with incendiary bombs roared and flew forward.

The sound of cannon fire was loud, like the fire from heaven falling into the world, falling on Wu Sangui's panicked army formation.

The moment the incendiary bomb touched the ground, the shell was exploded by the explosives inside, blowing out the white phosphorus inside.

The moment the hot white phosphorus came into contact with the air, it began to burn violently.

As long as it is touched by a white phosphorus incendiary bomb, almost everything starts to burn.

"Oh!"

A white phosphorous incendiary bomb fell behind a soldier who was running for his life, and a muffled sound sounded.

Burning white phosphorus splashed on the soldier's back.

The soldier didn't dare to look back, but kept running forward with his head buried.

The white phosphorous that fell on him adhered to his clothes, instantly igniting his clothes.

"boom!"

When he reacted, his whole body was engulfed in flames.

"what!!!"

The soldier screamed as he was burned by the flames, his whole body was on fire, and he kept rolling on the ground.

Several soldiers who knew him saw this scene, hurriedly took off their clothes, and kept waving at the soldier, hoping to extinguish the flames on him.

But no matter how they beat the flame, there was no sign of extinguishing it, instead it burned even more intensely.

The flames even burned their bodies along their clothes.

"Bang bang bang!"

A few more white phosphorus incendiary bombs landed beside them.

The burning white phosphorous instantly enveloped them.

A cloud of white phosphorous splashed on a soldier's face, and his face immediately started to burn.

He covered his burning face and kept screaming.

Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers panicked and hid aside.

"Run, this flame is a will-o'-the-wisp, not only can't be extinguished, it can even burn the flesh, run."

These soldiers became even more flustered all of a sudden, they fled like sheep being chased by wild wolves.

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Chapter 411

"Ah, mother, mother, run, mother, this is a will-o'-the-wisp, this is a will-o'-the-wisp, run!"

Wu Sangui's men and horses who were covered by white phosphorous incendiary bombs fled to the surroundings and rear like a tide.

Hong Chengchou pointed to the front, and shouted at He Renlong beside him: "Quickly mobilize some troops to go up, don't let these routs attack the army formation, once the army formation is hit, our whole army will be defeated. How do you go to meet the emperor when the time comes?"

Hong Chengchou's face was full of panic. He looked at the rout soldiers fleeing from the front, his legs were trembling.

Once these rout soldiers hit the army formation, it will be a rout on my side at that time, and the 5 horses may be gone all at once.

He Renlong ran back with a solemn face, led 3000 troops to block the front of the army, and began to divert the defeated soldiers.

"Stop the shelling!" Zhou Laoliu held up his binoculars, looked at the defeated soldiers, and gave the order to stop the shelling.

After a few breaths, the shelling stopped.But the fleeing soldiers did not stop because of the cessation of artillery fire.

They yelled and fled towards the surroundings and rear in panic.

When they fled from the battlefield, thousands of corpses fell on the remaining battlefield.

Some of the corpses were still burning, and they looked like they would not give up until they were burned clean.

The air is filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and burning, which is disgusting.

Because of Hong Chengchou's timely arrangement, these routs did not hit the army formation.

Although they did not hit the army formation, the soldiers in the army formation also began to waver at this moment.

These routs were gathered by He Renlong's troops in front as hard as they could, but because of the large number of them and the fact that these routs were already in a state of disarray, they couldn't all be gathered for a while, and He Renlong could only guarantee that these routs would attack Not in the army.

The infantry in Hong Chengchou's army looked at the battlefield like purgatory, and a large part of them began to panic.

Hundreds of households in the army brought their servants to shuttle continuously in the army formation, trying their best to suppress the panicked soldiers in the army formation.

Wu Sangui was dragged back by his servant with a look of embarrassment.

At this time, he was covered in dirt, and there were still some bloodstains on his body.

His helmet didn't know where it flew, and the originally shiny armor on his body became gray and dull.

His hair was also dusty, and his face was covered in dirt.

"My lord, I'm defeated!" Wu Sangui came to Hong Chengchou with a dejected look on his face.

He really didn't expect that his army could be defeated so quickly, so quickly.

Hong Chengchou looked at Wu Sangui in front of him and heaved a sigh of relief. The panic on his face had just disappeared, "A crime not committed by war, a crime not committed by war, this is not General Wu's fault, this is a crime not committed by war."

Hong Chengchou couldn't say anything, even if this kind of scene pulled the most elite soldiers of Ming Dynasty, it would have no effect, let alone Wu Sangui's 1 troops?

Wu Xiang rode a war horse and led his servants to Hong Chengchou's side. He bowed to Hong Chengchou first, then jumped off the horse, and took Wu Sangui's arm, "Are you all right?"

Wu Sangui nodded, "Father, I'm fine. The rebel artillery is so fierce that I can't resist it at all, especially the kind of will-o'-the-wisp they fired. Once it lands on a person, it can't be extinguished at all. Even if you have no clothes on you, you can still burn.

I saw with my own eyes that the will-o'-the-wisp fell on the faces of several soldiers, burning the entire skin, exposing the bones inside, and the flames even attached to the bones and burned. "

When Wu Sangui thought of the scene he had just encountered when he was fleeing for his life, his heart trembled with fear.

That kind of scene was really terrifying. The flames directly burned the human skin, and even burned the bones.

Wu Xiang took Wu Sangui's arm, watched carefully, and felt relieved when she saw that Wu Sangui was really not injured.

"My lord, what should we do now?" Wu Xiang looked at Hong Chengchou and asked in a deep voice.

Hong Chengchou swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said with a bitter face: "Withdraw the troops, retreat another [-] li, let's make plans at that time.

If the fight continues today and the scene just now happens again, I am afraid that all these troops will be lost today.

A big defeat in the first battle is probably not a good sign, and it will have a big impact on morale.After withdrawing later, you must strictly guard your subordinates so that no mistakes are made! "

"It has to be like this!" Wu Xiang sighed.

Although Hong Chengchou is unwilling to accept this fact, he has to accept some things if he does not accept it.

"Order the whole army, follow me and break through the enemy camp!"

Zhou Laoliu put down the binoculars in his hand, grabbed the reins of the horse with his left hand, took out a handful of big black stars from his waist with his right hand, and rushed towards Hong Chengchou's army while speaking.

Although Zhou Laoliu only has 1 horses now, in Zhou Laoliu's view, his 1 horses can completely sweep Hong Chengchou's [-] officers and troops!

"The general has an order, the whole army goes out!"

The orderly next to Zhou Laoliu shouted to convey his order.

The soldiers behind were all excited. Looking at Hong Chengchou's army ahead, they all geared up.

After the two thousand cavalry behind Zhou Laoliu rushed out, the infantry also rushed out.

If it weren't for these cavalry and infantry soldiers to give credit, Zhou Lao Liu would have had people directly bombard Hong Chengchou's army with cannons.

Although the use of cannonballs can solve the opponent in the shortest speed, but the cavalry and infantry cannot be ignored.

Can't just let the artillery make meritorious service, and let the cavalry and infantry watch?

Zhou Lao Liu has 2 troops in Chang'an, including 3000 cavalry. This time he mobilized [-] garrisons and [-] cavalry.

These cavalry were placed in front of the infantry by him.

The sound of horseshoes hitting the ground made a dull sound.

The dust on the ground was trampled by the horseshoes and flew into the air.

When Hong Chengchou heard the sound of horseshoes, he hurriedly looked forward.

I saw a cloud of smoke coming towards me.

"No, I'm afraid the enemy's cavalry is catching up!" Hong Chengchou's heart tightened, and he hurriedly looked at Wu Xiang, "General Wu, please lead the Guanning Iron Cavalry with you and General Zu Dashouzu to block the rebel cavalry. so that our army can retreat!"

If the infantry chooses to retreat under the attack of the cavalry, once the cavalry catches up, the retreat is likely to turn into a rout.

Wu Xiang put her right hand on her forehead, squinted her eyes and looked forward.

After all, Wu Xiang had dealt with cavalry all year round, so he could get a general idea of ​​the number of cavalry Zhou Laoliu had at a glance.

"It is estimated that there are more than 2000 cavalry. To deal with these cavalry, Guan Ning's iron cavalry can also do it!"

As Wu Xiang spoke, he stepped on his horse and headed towards the place where Guan Ning's cavalry was next to him.

In ancient marches and battles, cavalry either opened the way in front, or they were arranged on both sides of the army formation to guard the infantry's flanks.

After a few breaths, Guan Ning's cavalry on both sides of Hong Chengchou's army started to move, and began to rush towards Zhou Laoliu from both sides of the army.

Each of the two thousand cavalry led by Zhou Laoliu was equipped with two big black stars, which were quite powerful in terms of firepower configuration.

On the other hand, most of the Guanning iron cavalry used cold weapons such as waist knives. In addition to these, some soldiers used firearms such as three-eyed firecrackers.

The three-eyed firecracker is a combination of a cold weapon and a firecracker. There are three iron pipes at the front end of the three-eyed firecracker. These three iron pipes are fixed together and filled with gunpowder and iron sand.

Three-eyed firecrackers are divided into two types. The body of the first kind is made of three tubes, forming a character shape. The three tubes are not connected to each other, and each has its own fire door, which is ignited and fired separately, and a wooden handle is installed.

It is also possible to bond the fuzes of the three-eyed firecrackers together and ignite the fuzes at the same time to meet the requirement of launching together.

Another type of gun barrel is a whole, with three gun halls inside, and the gunpowder chambers are connected to each other. After ignition, the three barrels are fired in volley, which is very powerful.

The length of the two types of three-eyed firecrackers is basically about [-] centimeters.

Since the mid-Ming Dynasty, the second type of three-eyed firecrackers has gradually decreased, and the first type has increased.

After all, the first type is more powerful than the second type, that is, it can be single-shot or three-shot salvo.

No matter what kind of three-eyed gun, there will be a socket for installing a wooden stick on the back of it.

You can choose the length of the sleeve according to your own situation.

After the ammunition inside is fired, the three-eyed firecracker will become a weapon similar to a mace.