Chapter 641 Line of Defense
The remaining enemies were still charging one after another, and the sound of muskets and fighting shouts were really earth-shaking.
Remaining enemies kept breaking through the formation, rushing in, and fighting desperately with the soldiers.
The enemy's strength is something these official troops have never encountered before.
They rode on the war horses, and the heavy and shiny big sword, every time they waved it, they would harvest the life of a soldier.
In order to annihilate these enemies who rushed in, almost all the lives of two or three brothers were paid.
The enemy was already very little left, but they still fought desperately.
For these Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, there were only two situations that ended the battle. One was to hear the sound of the commander behind the formation and the other was to die in battle.
But their coach has been killed, and no one will give the trumpet of retreat anymore, so they have only one ending, that is, death in battle.
No one retreated because of this almost desperate battle, and they fought desperately without hesitation.
Half an hour later, with the last gunshot stopping, the entire battlefield finally calmed down.
The three thousand Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were completely annihilated under these layers of attacks, and none of them escaped.
Faced with the enemy's desperate culling, Wang Dazhuang had to admire the courage of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.
"Sweep the battlefield and count the damage."
After a while, the casualties were reported, and Wang Dazhuang couldn't help but frown: "The enemy's courage and combat effectiveness are really unimaginable. Three thousand enemies, under the attack of our long-range and short-range firearms, still caused us to lose two thousand brothers. The Jurchens are less than ten thousand and are invincible, and they are indeed not just a false reputation."
The deputy general wiped the blood from his face and said proudly: "The fart is invincible, and our soldiers are no worse than them. If our team is full of cavalry, we will compete with him."
This is an indisputable fact that the Ming Dynasty lacked war horses.
"If we have cavalry, we will fight with cavalry. If we don't have cavalry, we will fight without cavalry. As long as we have enough courage, will dare to fight, and will not be afraid of death, there will be no enemy in the world."
After Wang Dazhuang said these powerful words, he ordered again: "Stay for half an hour and launch an attack on the mountain pass. No matter what kind of enemy it is or how solid the defense line is, we must break them."
Half an hour later, Wang Dazhuang's army began to march towards the mountain pass that the enemy defended.
Standing on the top of the mountain, Abatai watched the entire war with his clairvoyance.
The courage of his own warriors was as expected.
But the sharpness of the enemy's firearm was beyond his expectations.
What was even more unexpected was the Ming army in front of him, and no longer the Ming army in his memory.
When they had broken through their formation in their team, they never collapsed again. Instead, they just persisted so tenaciously and fought resolutely.
This result made Abatai feel that the Ming army was completely reborn.
"The ambition of Lao Ba's unification of the Central Plains may have stopped here. After this battle, I should go back and talk to Lao Ba and say, don't fight with the Ming Dynasty, the war will be over. If you continue to fight, the idea of occupying the Central Plains is impossible. I'm afraid I will destroy myself."
After putting aside his clairvoyance, Abatai decided that after going back this time, he must persuade Lao Ba, show sincerity, sit down with the Ming court to negotiate, and protect the survival of this emerging nation.
The enemy's formation began to advance towards its own position.
Abatai was glad that he was cautious. Otherwise, he would have pushed all over and rushed over, and defeated the Ming army. Instead, there would be no such line of defense.
"The whole army should pay attention to it and continue to strengthen the fortress defense line, and no matter what, firmly block the enemy."
With his order, the Eight Banners soldiers cut down trees even more crazily and transported stones to strengthen the defense line.
In a blink of an eye, the sound of the enemy's war drums came.
What is louder than the sound of the war drums is the cowhide military boots of the Ming army, rumble of the rumble of the earth.
Stern and powerful.
The enemy pushed out their swarm again.
Abatai had experienced the power of this weapon when he attacked Pi Island.
Faced with such a powerful weapon, he could only be beaten passively and had no way to fight back.
Suddenly, a burst of smoke rose from the enemy's position.
A swarm started.
Projectiles like hail came overwhelmingly.
The Eight Banners soldiers can only be said to be behind the defense line, hoping that the gods and Buddhas in the sky could escape this disaster.
The overwhelming projectile fell down and caused a storm-like blow on the positions of the Eight Banners soldiers.
The smoke and fire of gunpowder and shrapnel of iron sand swept away everything they encountered, whether it was trees, stones or flesh.
Faced with such a blow, Abatai, who was standing on the top of the mountain, closed his eyes in pain.
This round of attacks left him with heavy losses without any strength to fight back.
Such a blow only paused in the middle for less than two quarters of an hour, and the second batch of blows fell head-on again. Once again, the defense line that had been shrouded in the smoke of fire was shrouded in the smoke of fire.
After the second round of attacks, the positions of both sides became quiet.
This is the silence before the war.
Sure enough, with the sound of Cui Zhan drums one after another, the enemy's formation began to move forward.
The Ming army sent at least two thousand people, one thousand were sword and shield soldiers, and one thousand were musketeers.
The sword and shield soldiers are in front and the musketeers are behind, so slowly recommend them to the defense line.
Abatai shook the flag in his hand.
The more than a thousand surviving Eight Banners soldiers immediately stood up behind Fang County, pulled out their bows and arrows, and began to shoot at the enemy.
An Eight Banners soldier can shoot ten arrows in a row between a few breaths.
The overwhelming rain of arrows splashed on the enemy's attack formation.
The sword and shield soldiers held the shield to protect themselves while protecting themselves, and also sheltered the musketeers behind them from the wind and rain.
The enemy's formation walked all the way, and wherever the team passed, they also lay down the wounded soldiers all over the ground.
But their pace kept moving forward.
The enemy's muskets rang out, and after rows of smoke passed, the whistling bullets knocked down batches of Eight Banners soldiers.
The fierce firepower pressed the Eight Banners soldiers tightly under the defense line, making them afraid to show their heads. As soon as they showed up, they would be shot and killed immediately.
It's getting closer, it's getting closer. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty suddenly burst out with a shout and spread to the line of defense.
The Eight Banners soldiers behind Fang County immediately waved their swords and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
The soldiers of both sides engaged in the most primitive hand-to-hand combat.
Knife to swords and guns, almost all soldiers on both sides did not avoid the enemy's weapons, and just fought with bloody eyes.
In real hand-to-hand combat, the Ming army was worse than that. But they were still fearless and did not retreat in this battle.
Just as the two sides were stirring together, the sound of war drums came from the main formation of the Ming army again. Two thousand Ming soldiers began to advance, and they wanted to strengthen their offensive power.
Faced with such a situation, Abatai smiled because he still had a killer weapon, so he was waiting for this opportunity.
As his red flag swayed, the five hundred cavalry hidden in the jungle on both sides launched an assault on the marching Ming army.
Chapter completed!