Southern Ming Rebel Army

Chapter 307 Battle of Tianping Mountain (6)

The Green Camp soldiers' charge horns sounded, and the "woo...woo" sound made the Green Camp soldiers feel numb in their hearts. Wu Sangui took the opportunity to come in front of Duoduo and whispered, "Prince Yu, the enemy's firepower is strong, we must not underestimate the enemy!"

Duoduo glanced at Wu Sangui sideways and did not answer. Wu Sangui felt embarrassed, touched the corner of his mouth, stepped aside and looked at the battlefield.

The charge of the Green Camp soldiers seemed like a replay of Liu Sanchong's troops. First, the cannons fired in turns, followed by the buckshot from the tiger squat cannon, and then the five-stage fire from the musket. The shields prepared before the battle were as fragile as paper in front of the cannons.

The only difference was that the Green Camp soldiers collapsed much faster than Liu Sanchong's troops. It might also be that the corpses on the ground served as a warning to these Green Camp soldiers.

The Green Camp of the Qing army was defeated. Ningwu Town and Wusheng Town on both sides sent troops to cross the thick smoke and launch a counterattack against the defeated and retreating Green Camp.

There were still more than 3,000 defeated Green Camp soldiers. They collapsed as soon as they came into contact with the fire line of the Po Lu Army. Under the pursuit of Wusheng and Ningwu towns on both sides, they fled backwards frantically.

The defeated Green Camp soldiers retreated to the rear of the Qing army, only to see Duoduo remain calm and wave his hand indifferently. Then the Eight Banners Supervisory Team shot round after round of arrows at the defeated soldiers.

Duoduo motioned to Goshaha beside him to come over and whispered a few words. Then Goshaha mounted his warhorse and galloped towards the front.

Soon, in front of the Han army's flag array, Xushun Gong Shen Yongzhong shouted: "Anyone who retreats will die, break the enemy's array, and all who survive will raise their flags!"

Seeing that retreating would mean death and that rushing forward might give them a chance of survival, the Green Camp soldiers had no choice but to turn around again and fight with the pursuers from the two towns in the center of the battlefield.

At this time, the Po Lu Army reorganized its formation, checked its firearms, loaded gunpowder, and tried to meet the enemy in perfect condition.

Some Green Camp soldiers rushed towards the pursuers crying and howling. The pursuers from Ningwu and Wusheng towns hurriedly reorganized their lines to prevent themselves from being disrupted by these desperate Green Camp soldiers.

Bolo whispered to Duoduo, "Prince Yu, the Meng bandits have strong firepower in the front. We can only go around them from behind or charge with cavalry. Otherwise, we can't break this formation by forming an infantry formation and advancing slowly."

Hearing this, Duoduo snorted coldly: "The Meng bandits have strong firepower, we have plenty of cannon fodder!"

Then, looking at the battlefield ahead, Duoduo gave another order: "Order the Green Camp to press forward, the Han Army Flag to use the cavalry to attack the enemy's fire gun formation, and order the Supervisory Team to follow. Anyone who dares to look back will be killed immediately!"

Although the Green Camp cannon fodder had already dispersed once under severe circumstances and was forced to return, even ants are greedy for life, let alone humans. Therefore, many Green Camp soldiers fled even though they knew that fleeing to the two wings would give them a chance of death, because if they did not run, it would not be a chance of death, but a total of no chance of survival.

But as the Green Camp fled, Shen Yongzhong's Han cavalry began to slowly accelerate on the front battlefield, which shocked Lin Shiqi. He quickly gave orders, and the artillery in the rear opened fire immediately. At the same time, he urgently dispatched a battalion of soldiers from Ningwu Town to try to intercept them.

Shen Yongzhong took advantage of the disintegration of the Green Camp to break through the enemy's formation so suddenly. A trace of cold sweat appeared on Chen Changgong's forehead. He had no time to wipe it off and shouted loudly: "Keep in line! Keep in line!"

Amid the noise, Chen Changgong's shouts did not travel far, and the messenger could not quickly inform the entire army. The drum beats in front of the battle began to sound, which was the signal for the officers at the front of the line to shoot.

The rain of arrows from the Han army flags shot into the formation of the Bulu army along a parabola, and at the same time, the first round of barrage from the Bulu army's muskets also hit the Han army flag formation.

The reaction of the tiger squat cannon operators in the array was not slow. They had already loaded the shotgun shells while the barrels were cooling down. When the musketeers fired the first round, the tiger squat cannons were ignited and fired. This round of artillery fire made the second round of arrows fired by the Qing army archers, who were severely damaged, become much sparse.

At this time, any command order had a sense of lag. When the Bulu Army was hit by a rain of arrows, the soldiers who fell to the ground were immediately replaced by soldiers in the back row. This was thanks to the Bulu Army's long-term queue training.

It happened in a flash. Shen Yongzhong's troops suffered heavy losses, but they still approached quickly. After several rounds of continuous musket fire, countless horses fell in front of the Pulu Army's formation. But in an instant, the Han army flag still crashed into the Pulu Army's formation.

For a moment, many soldiers were hit and their bones were broken. The disadvantage of the musketeers after being close to them became extremely obvious. Lin Shiqi was horrified and ordered the garrison troops on both sides to intercept them.

Fortunately, Shen Yongzhong only sent out more than 2,000 cavalrymen. Under the repeated firing of artillery, tiger squat cannons, and muskets, only more than 700 cavalrymen rushed into the formation of the Po Lu army. In addition, the reinforcements on both sides attacked frantically. Shen Yongzhong saw that if the battle dragged on, the entire army might be in danger, so he sounded the horn to retreat immediately.

Just as the vanguard was fighting, Meng Jun led the main force to the battlefield.

In addition to the vanguard, Meng Jun also went to the battlefield with soldiers from Changlin Town, Guwu Town, Wuning Town, Pingdu Town, and Wuping Town, including 5,000 heavily armored troops, more than 20,000 loyal troops, and more than 76,000 regular troops from his headquarters.

The army was lined up in an extremely vast scene, like the sea of clouds in the sky, vast and boundless. There was a lake a few miles away to the left of Wusheng Town, and the outermost town of Guwu was already next to the lake.

The battle arrays of both sides were like a vast ocean with no end in sight. Looking down from the sky, there were several colors in the Qing army: the white-armored soldiers with white banners, the gray-armored Mongolian cavalry, and the green camp soldiers in blue uniforms and green flags. Looking from the sky, they looked colorful, but the clothes and armor were clearly distinguished, which was quite spectacular. The Zhou army on the opposite side was much more monotonous. The whole army wore black, black armor and black helmets, just like ink dyeing the ocean.

Nearly 200,000 soldiers from both armies gathered in one place. Even the breathing of the soldiers seemed to rumble. Meng Jun shouted in the battle line: "Drive out the Tartars and restore the country!"

As the soldiers scattered around reciting Meng Jun's words, first thousands of people, then tens of thousands, and finally the entire army shouted, shouting over and over again: "Drive out the Tartars, and restore the country!"

This powerful sound, which is powerful enough to penetrate into the bone marrow, is like a wake-up call to all, no matter friend or foe, and shocks their spirits.

Duoduo listened to the high-spirited roar. He originally had some contempt in his mind, but now he couldn't help but straighten up and look solemnly at the battlefield ahead.

Meng Jun climbed up a small hill, picked up a telescope and looked at the main camp of the Qing army opposite. The red color was so conspicuous under the white-armored guards beside him.

Meng Jun smiled and said to the generals beside him: "The one in the red robe is Duoduo. Do you have a good plan to kill this official? Those who have made contributions, as long as you have a request, I will grant it!"

Hearing this, Qian Biao spoke without hesitation, "Your Majesty, I will personally go into battle, charge straight at Duoduo's flag, and chop off his head."

Bai Yongfu couldn't help but sneered when he heard this, and shook his head and said, "My lord, at this distance, the cannons can't reach him, but if we push the army forward and bring the cannons closer, with dozens of cannons firing at the same time, we may have a chance to kill Duoduo!"

When Wang Deren heard this, he immediately praised: "Bai Tongzhen is indeed mature and prudent. This is a good move. Your Majesty has the mandate of heaven, and he will definitely be able to kill Duoduo."

Hearing Wang Deren bring up the fate, the other generals were speechless for a moment. Meng Jun saw this and laughed and scolded: "Let's talk about business, why do you keep talking about fate? Tell us what other solutions you have."

Only then did Qian Biao retort: "Wait until we fix the cannon. It won't take long. Duoduo won't run away."

"Your Majesty, if my troops advance with heavy armor, we can get close to Duoduo's flag, and then use our rifles and sharpshooters to fire together, perhaps we can kill Duoduo!" Gao Yi said in a deep voice.

Meng Jun had an idea, maybe it is feasible. He could charge forward with elite troops, cover the guns and archers, and kill them with one strike.

However, this idea only flashed through Meng Jun's mind for a moment. This plan was too risky. Not to mention how the heavily armored troops could advance within a hundred steps under the protection of such a huge army, with heads clustered together and people everywhere. Whether it was a gunman or a sharpshooter, the probability of hitting Duoduo was probably not much different from using a cannon to hit a mosquito.

(Meng Jun: "Generate electricity for love, generate electricity for love")