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Chapter 628 Killing Wu Sanfeng(1/2)

A dozen Guan Ning troops who rushed towards the Qin army's formation were immediately beaten into pieces by lead bullets. They were splashed with blood mist and fell off their horses with various difficult moves.

But more than twenty people rushed behind them. The leading general was a general. Seeing that his servant was killed by the Qin army, he pointed his silver gun at the Qin army's guerrilla general Lu Qian and cursed angrily:

"You blind bitch, do you know who you killed? That was my elite servant of the Wu family..."

Lu Qian was a confidant trained by Li Shouting in Shaanxi. He didn't care about a few servants of the Wu family. Even if Wu Sangui dared to lead people to attack the Qin army's formation, Lu Qian would kill them.

He pointed the flag in his hand at the general of the Wu family and cursed:

"Quickly evacuate from the aisles on both sides. If you dare to attack the phalanx, you will be killed without mercy!"

General Wu's family looked at the crowded passage. If he queued up and passed, he would definitely be overtaken by the Tatars. He slapped his horse's butt and led a dozen of his servants to rush towards the Qin army's formation.

Lu Qian was furious, and the Tatars were chasing after him. If the square formation was broken up by the Wu family's servants, the Tatar cavalry would easily enter the Qin army's formation, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

With a wave of the flag in his hand, Lu Qian gave him a final warning:

"Stop, take another step forward and you will be killed without mercy!"

But the other party didn't take his warning seriously at all, and even provoked Lu Qian:

"I am a member of the Wu family and a general. You, a little guerrilla, dare to kill someone..."

During the shouting, General Wu was already more than ten steps away from the Qin army's formation. His horse would be able to hit the Qin army's three rows of firecrackers and spears at the speed of his horse. By then, he would surely be overturned, and the Tatar cavalry would be close at hand.

No longer able to bear it anymore, Lu Qian waved the flag in his hand and shouted loudly:

"Those who attack the phalanx will be killed without mercy and shot..."

Lu Qian gave an order, and nearly a hundred flintlock guns in the phalanx fired at the Wu family servants and the so-called general who were attacking the phalanx:

"Bang bang bang..."

A burst of gunfire rang out, and nearly a hundred flintlock guns sprayed out with fury. A dozen servants of the Wu family and the general surnamed Wu were instantly beaten into pieces...

Just after killing these blind dogs, Tatar and Aha had already caught up with the Qin army about 80 steps in front of the formation.

At a distance of about eighty paces, they had already entered the range of the flintlock. The two square formations of the Qin army had long been prepared to meet these barbarians with lead bullets, and were only waiting for the order from the superior officer to open fire.

Wu Sangui had just entered the Qin army's formation from the rear. Seeing the Tatar army coming overwhelmingly, it was difficult for him to imagine how the Qin army's two square formations of firecrackers could resist it.

As a general who has experienced hundreds of battles, Wu Sangui has never seen any fighting style. Their Guan Ning Army also had a fire gun camp before.

The Ming Dynasty's fire cannons were famous for their frequent exploding chambers. During battles, tragedies often occurred, killing one thousand enemies and damaging eight hundred. This kind of fire cannons cast a shadow on the psychology of Liaodong soldiers.

Even if some high-quality firecrackers do not explode, when fighting against Jiannu and Tatars, the cavalry can easily defeat the firecrackers with a single charge.

The firecrackers who were approached by Jiannu were almost like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. They had no power to fight back. Later, the Liaodong soldiers basically gave up the firecrackers and chose to fight with cold weapons.

Today I saw that the Qin Army's two phalanxes were very mighty and murderous. Wu Sangui was waiting to see whether the Qin Army relied on firearms to fight against the Tatars and Aha.

"Bang bang bang..."

When the Tatars and Akhas entered about eighty steps, the two square formations of the Qin army immediately began to fire three rows of volleys.

There are more than a thousand musketeers in each row of the two square formations. One volley will blast out more than 2,000 lead bullets. Three rows of volleys can be completed in a very short time.

With such a dense bombardment of lead bullets, a barrage almost formed in front of the barbarian attack.

With such a dense barrage, no matter whether it is a Tatar or a slave, anyone who encounters it will definitely be killed. You must know that it is difficult to remove lead bullets from the body with ancient medical techniques!

Nearly a thousand Mongolian Tatars and Aha who had just rushed into the eighty-step distance were immediately hit by lead bullets. Blood mist suddenly filled the air, and the barbarians fell down one by one with screams...

"How can this be……"

Wu Sangui looked at what was happening in front of him in shock. He once suspected that there was something wrong with his eyes.

When the Qin army's second salvo started, the Tatars rushing in front fell one after another. The plot was almost the same as what he had just seen.

Wu Sangui rubbed his eyes fiercely and looked more than 70 steps in front of the Qin army's formation again, and saw a large group of Tatars falling.

Only then did he believe that everything was real. Why was it so difficult for the fire cannons to work when the Ming army fought against Jiannu? Could it be that there was a problem with the training methods...

Wu Sangui soon fell into deep thought again. He was thinking about how to develop Guan Ningjun's firearms in the future.

Through today's battle, Wu Sangui discovered that fire cannons have great potential. Compared with archery, firing fire cannons is more labor-saving and more lethal.

In the past, fire cannons were lit by match ropes, but the fire cannons in the hands of the Qin army did not use match ropes at all. They could be fired by loading the ammunition and pressing the trigger.

Wu Sangui was born as a military general. He knew how difficult it was to train an excellent archer, but when he used a strong bow to shoot five or six arrows, his arms would become numb. Compared with killing enemies with bows and arrows, it was obviously easier to kill enemies with a fire gun, which could be fired continuously...



Just when Wu Sangui was intoxicated and thinking about how to build a fire gun army, the Qin army's five rounds of volleys had ended, and the Tatars and Aha retreated one after another, leaving corpses on the ground.

"Kill the prisoners..."

Gao Jie, who was good at fighting against the wind, saw the Tatars retreating. He immediately led his men to attack, chasing the panicked Tatars and slashing at them.

At this moment, Wang Tingchen, Liu Zhaoji, Yang Guozhu and other generals from the rear led their troops to attack. Their cavalry did not hesitate and quickly attacked.

Wu Sangui's men did not suffer much losses. How could they give up when they saw the opportunity to kill the enemy? They immediately led Guan Ning's army with Wang Fuchen to attack.

More than 10,000 Mongolian troops, Aha and savage Jurchen armored soldiers were frantically pursued by more than 20,000 Ming troops. They were so frightened that they peeed and fled desperately.

Zhenghuang Banner Mongolian Army Gushan Ezhen Ezhe hardly believed that it was the Ming army that was chasing them. In his impression, the Ming army did not have such strong combat effectiveness and courage.

He Renlong watched the Ming troops chasing and killing the Tatars. He did not order the Qin troops to join in the fun. He had just killed more than two thousand barbarians, so there was no need to compete with Yang Guozhu and others for credit.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Soldiers, go and chop off the heads of the Tatars with two thousand commanders. No one is allowed to take the credit. After the war, the credit will be shared equally among all the Qin army. When the time comes, I will report to Emperor Shenwu for you.

Please take credit!”

"Thank you, Marshal!"

Anyway, the credit is divided equally. The two Qian Generals can lead their men to chop off the heads. The other soldiers continue to stand ready to prevent Jian Nu from sneak attacks from other directions.

At this time, Lu Qian walked up to He Renlong and whispered:

"Commander, Guan Ning's army just attacked our army formation and was ordered to kill them all. I heard that one of the generals is Wu Sangui's brother. In order to get along well with Wu Shuai, I asked the commander to punish him!

"

He Renlong was stunned. He even dared to kill Wu Sangui's brother. Lu Qian, a guerrilla general, was very courageous, but he broke up and charged into the battle without mercy. It seemed that Lu Qian was not at fault.

He looked at Lu Qian, who Li Shouting had asked him to take care of when he left, and he felt a little embarrassed, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

But it is absolutely impossible for him to deal with Lu Qian and please Wu Sangui. He Renlong does not enforce military discipline. In the past, he often took the lead in violating military discipline.

Although Lu Qian is now just a guerrilla general, his other identity is that of Qianhu, a member of the Imperial Guard and a military judge of the Qin Army.

Now Lu Qian is thinking about the relationship between He Renlong and Wu Sangui. He doesn't want to cause discord within the Ming army because of one general. If the generals of two powerful armies are at odds, future wars may be affected.

He Renlong turned around and asked:

"Did Wu Sanfeng declare her name?"

Lu Qian shook his head:

"I didn't sign up. I just found out from an injured servant of the Wu family. Wu Sangui doesn't know yet that his brother was killed."

He Renlong suddenly slapped his thigh, then he chuckled and said:

"I have an idea. Go and kill the wounded soldiers who know about it. I will send people to chop Wu Sanfeng's body into minced meat. It is normal for Wu Sanfeng to be killed in the rebellion. There is no evidence. What can Wu Sangui do to me? There will be a fuss.

At Emperor Shenwu's side, it was Wu Sangui's brother who broke his troops and charged into the phalanx before he was shot and killed. I believe Emperor Shenwu will make his own decision, so take action immediately!"

"Thank you, Marshal!"

Lu Qian thanked He Renlong and immediately went to silence him. He Renlong led a team of servants to look for Wu Sanfeng's body.

Sure enough, the corpse of a general was found a dozen steps in front of the phalanx, but it had been trampled by the iron hoofs of war horses and was beyond recognition.

He Renlong turned around and said to his servant:

"Tread all the corpses here into pulp and execute it immediately!"

"Here!"

His servant captain didn't know what the commander-in-chief meant, but he didn't know or dare to disobey the order. He immediately led a team of cavalry to trample the corpses of Wu Sanfeng and others into piles of pulp...

He Renlong nodded with satisfaction, already thinking about Wu Sangui's anxious look for his brother.

He Renlong is a big boss. After meeting Wu Sangui, he found that the Liaodong warlord looked down on outsiders like them. Of course, he would not look at Wu Sangui's face...

"Bang bang bang..."

Suddenly bursts of fierce gunfire came from the front, and He Renlong knew that Yang Guozhu and the others must have encountered Jiannu's gunfire soldiers.

"Send the order, the Qin army quickly forms a formation and is on standby!"

Yang Guozhu and others had already led the pursuit up the mountain. He Renlong's army had the only retreat here. He did not dare to advance rashly and decided to wait for the generals to return.

Just as He Renlong guessed, Yang Guozhu, Wang Tingchen, Liu Zhaoji, Wu Sangui, Gao Jie and others all had strong troops under their command. It happened that the battle was going smoothly, so it was almost not difficult to chase down a group of defeated soldiers.

They have been oppressed and beaten by the Jian slaves and Mongols for these years, and today they rarely express their anger. Seeing the Tatars is like a hungry wolf encountering a flock of sheep.

If Shi Tingzhu hadn't ambushed them in front and used firecrackers to cover their retreat, the Zhenghuang Banner Mongolian army under Ezhe and some Aha barbarians might have been wiped out.

Among the pursuing Ming troops, they basically used cold weapons. When encountering the fierce firepower of the Eight Banners Han troops, they could only stop the pursuit and retreat quickly.

As the direct army of Emperor Shenwu, Yang Guozhu's Xuanfu army mainly used firearms and was also equipped with three thousand rifled guns.

After encountering the attack, the Xuanfu cavalry quickly dismounted and formed a formation, and launched a fierce fire battle with Shi Tingzhu's Eight Banners Han Army.
To be continued...
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