Chapter 106                                                             

The main attackers are naturally the White Lotus Cult.

This is something that Master Xiao can do nothing about.

Of course, there are also reasons why the Tartar cavalry is not suitable for attacking.

In fact, many Ming army formations were broken by the Tartars because of a series of problems such as the lack of quotas, shortage of wages, and other problems within the Ming army. It does not mean that infantry can’t be fought. Now I really encounter hard bones. Cavalry, especially those like them, are used to attack the chariot formation. Of course, most of them are sent to death.

Among the Tartars, the only infantrymen who were more capable of fighting were the White Lotus Cult.

Under the command of Master Xiao, the White Lotus Cultivators raised their shields one by one and moved slowly forward.

It is more like a door panel than a big shield.

Master Xiao discovered that most of the Ming army were muskets. The muskets could not penetrate the door panel at a long distance. Of course, this was Master Xiao's mean impression of the Ming Dynasty muskets, but it could not be miscalculated at this moment. After all, what Zhou Mengchen puts the most effort into transforming the big bright firearm was not the range, the rate of fire, but the reliability.

Then, if the power is smaller and the range is closer, as long as the chamber is not blown up, it is a good weapon. Because this is how people dare to use it. Otherwise, no matter how long the range is and how fast the firing rate is, if you are not careful, you will be killed by your own people. That is all good and cannot be used at all.

If you only build one or two high-quality muskets, you can do it without Zhou Mengchen taking action.

After all, there has never been any problem with the things used by the emperor.

It's just that cost, that price. It's not affordable.

Therefore, Zhou Mengchen has been fighting hard to ensure reliability and has not improved much of the power of the musket itself. Of course, it has not been improved too much, but it is still a little better than before. Sometimes the little performance gap on the battlefield is the difference between heaven and earth.

Just like now.

Master Xiao’s original intention was to use the door panel as a cover to reach the chariot formation about thirty steps. In Master Xiao’s impression, within this distance, the musket could penetrate the door panel. At that time, the brigade of soldiers rushed out from behind the door panel and rushed towards the chariot formation.

Although the car array looks like a city wall, it is much closer than the city wall. For many people, they can be killed without a ladder.

At that time, we only need to make a gap and push the war to hand-to-hand combat. More than 100,000 Mongolian troops, even if the Ming army is all elite, it will not be able to defeat it.

In fact, as far as Master Xiao himself said, he didn't want to use a door panel, he wanted to use a shield car.

But the Tartars were all cavalry, and they were all over the place. How could they bring such heavy and useless weapons like shield chariots? Even before today, Master Xiao himself did not realize that the army needed shield chariots. Even if he arrived at the city of Beijing and needed siege equipment, it was much better to build it now than transported in the past.

Door panels are the second best result. After all, many villages outside Beijing are empty. But the door panels are here and there, and there will be a large number of them immediately.

At this moment, the battlefield was silent and didn't seem to be fighting.

The White Lotus Sect's goalkeeper blocked the door panel in front, but the heavy door panel also affected his speed. He just moved forward at a speed. Qi Jiguang saw that they were still far away. He did not fire the gun, but instead let them attack recently. Both sides were silent.

This silence not only does not have a sense of tranquility, but is extremely depressing.

Many people are breathing rapidly.

Qi Jiguang brought a musket and opened a gun at the door panel in the distance.

The sound of the musket immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Qi Jiguang's original intention was to try the thickness of the door panel to determine the distance to open the fire.

In fact, Qi Jiguang was actually aware of how thick the wood board can be penetrated at what distance the musket could penetrate. It was just that the hardness of the wood was different. When military weapons were tested, there was no special difference between that kind of wood. At this moment, Qi Jiguang wanted to try it for caution.

In Qi Jiguang's opinion, it seems to be a very normal behavior.

But it gives others a different signal.

Nothing else, once a gun fire sounded, it means the beginning of the army's out of control. Because the Ming army's military discipline was not good, usually at this time, as long as one person fired the gun, countless people would follow him. Once the fire was fired, it would be possible to fire again.

Seeing this, Master Xiao was ready to attack.

But he was surprised to find that the entire Ming army formation was as motionless as a mountain, silent as if there was no one there. There were only sporadic sounds of muskets, one after another.

Master Xiao's face suddenly changed. He had an ominous premonition. He knew that the opponent was far beyond his expectations.

But at this moment, he was already on the string and had to fire it.

"Ah" a scream came. Master Xiao saw a door panel being pierced through. A White Lotus Sect was knocked over to the ground. It seemed that the power of the musket was decayed when it passed through the door panel. It would not be fatal to one blow. This person screamed on the ground.

Master Xiao immediately said, "I'll finish him."

Someone immediately led a bow and shot the wounded man to death on the ground.

The reason why Master Xiao did this was because before the attack, it was really hurting morale. The other was because this person was no longer saved.

Yes, this is the viciousness of the musket. The bullets of this era are all lead bullets, and the lead bullets injected into the body with high temperatures will cause the injured to be infected and poisoned. Even if they can't die at the beginning, they will not live long and even become a sick person. In ancient times, such people would rather die on the battlefield.

This is also the viciousness of the musket.

Master Xiao glanced at him and only about eighty steps, which was about one hundred meters away. The distance was a bit far. But Altan was supervising the formation behind him and had no choice. Master Xiao gritted his teeth and said, "Beat the drum."

The drum sounded loudly. In an instant, the White Lotus Cultists put down the door panel in their hands and rushed over with shouts. There were also slogans such as chanting, "Wusheng Lao Mother, Vacuum Hometown" or "Gods are blessed, and they are invulnerable to swords and guns." They rushed forward with great strides. Some archers followed behind, rushing at the same time. After a few arrows, they pulled up the knife and wanted to fight.

It’s a pity that there is no chance for them to fight against each other.

Zhou Mengchen was at the front line to boost morale. Ma Fang and Wang Xiao each held a shield to guard Zhou Mengchen. The cavalry generals had nothing to do at this time, so they came to be Zhou Mengchen's escort.

With a distance of 100 meters, Zhou Mengchen could clearly see the faces of the people opposite without using a thousand-mile mirror. They were all hideous and terrifying, like crazy people, and each of them had a very exaggerated expression. I guess the expressions of these people could be the example of the evil ghosts of hell in later generations.

It's not their fault.

Because on the battlefield, life and death are immediately visible. Everyone does not know what will happen in the next second. Every moment of breathing may be their last time. Especially when performing such extremely risky tasks, everyone's emotions become very extreme. They cannot be regarded as ordinary people.

The battlefield is purgatory.

It's the same for anyone.

However, Zhou Mengchen can still give purgatory to the other party today.

Without Zhou Mengchen's instructions, Qi Jiguang had already ordered the fire to open. In an instant, the smoke of gunpowder filled his nose, which was extremely choking. The visibility was instantly reduced.

The so-called battlefield fog is like a big brush, with a layer of white fog on everyone's eyes.

However, at this time, you can still see clearly.

Zhou Mengchen clearly saw that these fearless White Lotus Cultists had bleeding flowers on their chests. Then they fell on the ground like wood, revealing the White Lotus Cultists behind them. They also followed the people in front and fell on the ground.

This is where muskets are far better than bows and arrows.

The ability to stop bows and arrows is poor. Many soldiers carry a few arrows on their bodies and can rush forward, and many generals are even shot into hedgehogs and can fight. But before the musket, no matter whether you are Guan Zhang Zhiyong or the power of the king, you will fall to the ground immediately after being hit by a small projectile. There is no other choice.

The powerful power of the musket is like drawing a line about fifty steps in front of the formation. No matter how the White Lotus Cultists rushed, they could not cross this line.

Zhou Mengchen only had time to take a few glances. After five or six rounds of shooting, Zhou Mengchen couldn't see it clearly. He seemed to have a cataract, and he could only be blurred and there was a figure, but he couldn't see clearly what the real situation was.
Chapter completed!