Chapter 233 Defeating Mandahai
Zhao Ming arranged all nine thousand elite troops on the front, and stood in front of more than two thousand rebels, confusing Mandahai, making them think that the two wings were nothing but a mob, and led the Qing army to launch an attack, and then defeated them.
After the attack of the Qing army was frustrated, Zhao Ming immediately ordered the army to suppress the army, intending to destroy the central army in Mandahai in one fell swoop, and this was also the only possibility for Zhao Ming to win.
The Ming army must defeat the central army in Mandahai before the Qing army defeated the other three rebels, before they had a chance to win.
To this end, Zhao Ming prepared a set of combined punches, which came up with a series of attacks, dazed Mandahai and defeated the Qing army.
After the Ming army collided with the Qing army's central army, Zhao Ming did not hesitate and immediately ordered the artillery array hidden on the hillside to bombard the central army in Mandahai.
The eighteen heavy artillery removed from the warship were exhausted and transported to the foot of Daze Mountain and placed in the interlaced cannon pit.
After Chen Yujie and two red-haired ghosts, they had already targeted the Qing army's central army, but they did not fire, but waited for the opportunity.
If heavy artillery fires too early and is exposed in advance, Mandahai will definitely be prepared, and it will be difficult for the Ming army to catch the Qing army off guard.
Now that the Ming army collided with the Qing army, the time was ripe. Chen Yujie held a monocular mirror in one hand, waved his hand with the other, and shouted loudly, "Let it go!"
Those who operate heavy artillery were gunners on ships, as well as Hong Maoyi. They could launch artillery on the warships that were sailing on the moving warships. They had to fight the Qing army that was fixed and formed a tight front, so they were naturally no longer a problem.
"Boom boom boom" the first round of artillery hit the Qing army's flag, killing and injuring several Qing generals.
The Qing army, who was fighting with the Ming army, had a look of horror on their faces. If the flag had not fallen and Mandahai stood up in time, the Qing army would have thought that the main general was killed by the Ming army's artillery and was defeated in an instant.
"Boom!" Other artillery on the hillside made loud noises, and the shells roared again.
Before the Qing army was calm, the iron bullets hit the Qing army's shield. The shield was instantly broken, and the soldiers holding the shield were torn to pieces by artillery shells. Then the shells wrapped around the Qing army's remaining limbs and broke the Qing army's body, and then smashed a string of Qing army behind them.
The Qing army had dense formations, and the shells were like plowing the ground, and they were in a straight line. All the Qing soldiers standing on the line were killed and injured by the shells in an instant. The scene was extremely bloody and tragic.
Mandahai saw the mess all over the ground, the Qing army that was smashed into pieces, the broken flesh on the ground, and the blood lines pouring red with blood. His eyes raised and his face turned into a pig's liver. He immediately roared with a ferocious roar, "Let the cavalry on the left and right wings turn around and kill all the cannon formations and Zhao Zamao on the hillside. Then, the cavalry in the front army assaulted the wings of the bandits and stabilize the front line!"
Before he finished speaking, a shell landed just next to Mandahai and directly hit a Qing general next to him. The body exploded instantly and turned into countless pieces and flew around. A burst of blood mist sprayed and spread out, splashing Mandahai's face.
The artillery roared on the battlefield, and the Qing army's front was shaken and retreated to the rear. Before the Qing cavalry had time to organize the formation, they hurriedly rushed to the two wings of the Ming army again.
At the same time, the Qing cavalry on both sides of the left and right rushed out of the rebels and rushed directly to the Ming army's flag on the hillside.
The Qing cavalry retreated to the rear of the central army first crashed into the two wings of the Ming army. Soon after, two Qing cavalry left and right galloped to the hillside. The cavalry turned over and dismounted, raised their heads and began to climb, and rushed straight to the artillery formation where the Ming army's big flag was located.
At this time, tens of thousands of rebels and people on both sides of the east and west, hesitated a little, and then suddenly ran wildly, rushing towards the Qing army's central army all over the mountains.
The heavy artillery continued to bombard, and the brave Qing army attacked from the back. The Ming army flintlocked rifles on the hillside fired in a row. In the smoke of gunpowders, the Qing soldiers were constantly being shot and rolled down the hillside.
The Qing army rushed through the smoke of gunpowder and rushed to the underworld. The Baifan soldiers wearing armor and holding spears immediately stabbed the Qing army down the hillside. The ghost soldiers waved the Japanese swords and fought with the Eight Banners soldiers.
The heavy artillery is powerful, but the shooting interval is relatively long. After three rounds, the cannon body needs to be cooled, and the two armies launch a fierce battle on the battlefield.
The most violent battle was not between the elite Ming army and the Qing army, but the rebels pressing up from both east and west directions, crazily rushing the Qing army's defense line. The Qing army only felt that they could not kill them, and they felt powerless to fight against the waves of the sea.
"No, the cavalry of the front army was surrounded!" Sun Zhixie saw in the formation that the Qing cavalry of the front army that was attacking the two wings of the Ming army lost the space for detour. After losing the impact, they were constantly stabbed off the horse by Ming soldiers.
Mandahai's expression was tense, and his palms holding the hilt were covered in sweat. He ignored Sun Zhixie, but stared at the five thousand Qing troops in the distance, rushing against the Ming army's artillery formation, gritted his teeth and said, "Eight Banners Warriors, give Ben Beile a sigh of relief!"
The battlefield is now in a stalemate, but Mandahai is full of mania and uneasiness.
At this time, the heavy artillery of the Ming army was cooling down. If the Qing army could not destroy the artillery formation of the Ming army and kill Zhao Zamao before the Ming army was bombarded, once the Ming army fired again, the Qing army, which was compressed into a group, would inevitably collapse.
On the hillside, the Qing army attacked fiercely and rushed to the cannon formation. Zhao Ming stood under the banner of the big crow and could already see the fierce face of the Qing army.
"Chen Chen, are you okay?" Zhao Ming suddenly roared angrily and rushed out with his horse.
On the cannon formation, the Qing army had already reached the front. Chen Yujie trembled his hands and took off the wet blanket that cooled the cannon body, and the gunner hurriedly loaded it up.
At this time, a Qing army raised its sword and rushed towards the cannon, and there was a loud bang. The artillery roared, and the Qing army in front of the cannon suddenly split into pieces and exploded a ball of blood mist.
In the Qing army formation, Mandahai, who was anxious, heard the loud noise from the Ming army artillery formation, and suddenly looked up, his expression dimmed instantly.
The next moment, dense artillery smashed into the squeezed Qing army's central army, and the positions immediately flew around and the soil splashed. The Qing soldiers were killed. Even the flying flags were broken, and the flagpole fell heavily to the ground.
The Qing army infantry, which was struggling to support, suddenly became an uproar. No matter how the Qing generals scolded him, they could not stop the Qing army's defeat.
"Hold on, let Benbeile!" Mandahai was furious, but it was useless.
The central army collapsed, the flag fell, and the command of the entire Qing army was paralyzed, which was a huge impact on the Qing army fighting everywhere.
The 15,000 Qing troops were placed on the vast battlefield, and the actions were all dependent on the command of the Central Army. The Qing troops on the battlefield immediately fled.
Mandahai was surrounded by the defeated army. Seeing his subordinates running around like headless flies, he felt very regretful. But at this time, he had no choice but to follow the defeated army with a look of reluctance and run backwards~~~~~~
Chapter completed!