Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

"Don't retreat!" Ayantu drew his bow and shot a retreating infantryman to death. The supervisors behind him also kept shooting arrows, but to no avail.

"You damned Tartars, you won't let me retreat. Why don't you go and die?"

If they rushed forward they would be shot, and if they retreated they would be shot again. These Han soldiers were extremely angry. One soldier with a Shandong accent even cursed loudly, but was soon shot dead.

Perhaps seeing that the formation was in disarray, Yuetuo decisively ordered his men to sound the horn, and Ayantu stopped shooting.

It was just a tentative attack, which lasted less than two quarters of an hour, but they lost more than a thousand men.

Kong Youde's brows were furrowed into knots. This Ming army dared to use muskets as its main force. He had previously thought that the enemy must be relying on the Rumi muskets, but he did not expect the battle losses to be so outrageous.

He felt like his heart was bleeding. These 8,000 men were all his old subordinates who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. They had followed him all the way from Shandong to Liaodong, and were the reason he could gain a foothold in the Qing Dynasty.

First he was defeated by Lu Xiangsheng and then by the soldiers from the Beijing camp. Even though Kong Youde felt bitter, he could only pretend to ignore the sarcastic looks from his Han colleagues.

"Your Highness, I have failed in my mission. Please punish me." He lifted his armor and knelt in front of Yuetuo to apologize.

Yuetuo naturally saw the entire battle process just now. In fact, he was also greatly surprised by the firepower of this Ming army.

"It's not your fault. Your Majesty was the one who suddenly decided to fight against the Pseudo-Ming Dynasty. He didn't prepare shield vehicles, which is why your troops were easily defeated. Go to the rear camp to rest and wait for orders."

Yue Tuo was rarely angry, but instead comforted Kong Youde.

The shield cart he mentioned was a weapon specially used by the Qing Dynasty to counter the Ming army's firearms. This kind of shield cart was about eight feet high, made mainly of hardwood, covered with a layer of cowhide and a layer of iron. It was impervious to water and fire, and could not be broken by bows and arrows or lead bullets, even bricks and stones could not break it.

This invasion of the Ming Dynasty was launched by the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji after he conquered the Khalkha Mongols. Thinking that winter was approaching, he suddenly decided to order him and his fourth uncle Dorgon to enter the pass to plunder winter supplies. The shield carts moved slowly and they were not brought with them at all.

After Kong Youde retreated, Yuetuo looked around at his direct subordinates.

"Tong Gui, order the heavy infantry and heavy cavalry to stand by!" Yuetuo said to the captain Tong Gui in Manchu.

Even though he was reluctant, facing the current situation, Yuetuo had to send his elite troops into battle.

Since the enemy's main force is musketeers, the only way to break this formation is with his shield carts and heavy cavalry. As long as he can break into the enemy's formation, he will have won half the war.

"Slave takes orders!"

On the other hand, after Kong Youde's troops retreated, Zhang Shikang immediately ordered the Beijing camp soldiers to reorganize their formation.

He watched the entire battle just now and was basically satisfied with the performance of the musketeers, especially Wen Bangguo and Niu Gang, who saw that the enemy cavalry was afraid to move forward and temporarily changed their formation, launching attacks on both wings at the same time.

If this had not happened, the outcome of the war would still be unknown, but the casualties of the Beijing camp would probably not be the current figures.

Taking advantage of the break, Xu Wenyuan had a brief meeting with Zheng Chong and Wang Jingduo.

"Wenyuan, I almost peed my pants just now." Wang Jingduo thought of the scene just now and said in a low voice with lingering fear. They are all brothers, and Wang Jingduo did not hide his feelings just now.

"Everyone feels the same. My hands were shaking when I was loading the ammunition. Luckily, Lu Datou next to me helped me, otherwise I would have made a fool of myself." Zheng Chong followed.

"General Sun once said that the first battle for us new recruits is very important. I didn't understand it at that time, but now it seems that General Sun is right.

But our eldest brother is still the best. In the previous battle, the enemy was a sitting duck and didn't even get close to us." Xu Wenyuan said.

"That's right. Big brother said that firearms will be the king of the world in the future. Big brother has never lied to us." Zheng Chong agreed.

"That's right. In my opinion, the Jian Nu is no more than that."

"Just don't be nervous. Don't bring shame to our Second Sons Group."

"Ah."

"Brother is looking towards us, retreat!"

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"Admiral, according to preliminary statistics, two of our soldiers were killed and 56 were injured in the battle just now. Most of them were wounded by arrows. Three of them were seriously injured because they put too much gunpowder in the gun barrel and it exploded."

Since the casualties were small, the battle damage was quickly counted. This news excited everyone present. This battle damage ratio was extremely explosive among the entire Ming army.

"Don't underestimate the enemy. The elite troops of the Jiannu have not been dispatched yet." Sun Weifan reminded his subordinates with a cold face.

In fact, Sun Weifan was not very fond of this kind of military formation based on muskets. The reason was very simple. The musketeers were good at shooting, but the other infantry camps had almost no place to use their skills.

He still liked the feeling of rushing into the enemy camp and killing crazily. In Sun Weifan's view, that was the real battlefield.

However, he was also surprised when the battle results came out. If it was really a melee between the two sides, the results would not be what they are now. In comparison, although the musketeer's shooting was not very entertaining, it is better to avoid casualties if possible.

"Uncle, the big one is coming."

Zhang Shikang looked in the direction of the Jiannu and said.

But one saw teams of cavalry swarming out of the Jiannu camp. These cavalry were wrapped tightly, and even the war horses were covered with armor tailor-made for horses.

"Those are Jiannu's heavily armored cavalry. When the heavily armored cavalry charge, there must be heavily armored infantry and elite archers behind them. The Rumi gun may not be able to penetrate their armor. This battle will be difficult to fight."

Although he said so, Sun Weifan could not hide the excitement on his face. Since the musketeers were useless, he would be the only one left.

"Even so, I won't let them have an easy time." Zhang Shikang showed a sinister smile on his face.

Sun Weifan didn't understand, and frowned:

"Don't do anything reckless, Vice Admiral Wen. You will lead a group of troops to watch him. This is your only mission. If the admiral makes any mistake, you will be beheaded."

"I obey your orders. As long as I am here, I will never let the Jiannu get close to the admiral."

"If the battle goes badly, take him away immediately without hesitation."

Sun Weifan was extremely serious when giving orders, Wen Bangguo was also particularly solemn, and people around him such as Niu Gang and Qi Dazhu also nodded at the same time.

They all understood very well that the Beijing Camp could enjoy its current treatment entirely because of Zhang Shikang. As long as Zhang Shikang was there, everything would be there.

Therefore, there must not be any mistakes on the part of the Admiral.

"There's no need to be like this. It's as if this admiral is afraid of death." Zhang Shikang grinned and said with a hint of dissatisfaction.

He was very familiar with these words because Brother Chongzhen had said so, and his number one lackey Cao Bianjiao had also said so.

Now these generals also said so. Although Zhang Shikang knew that they were worried about him, he still felt very unhappy.

Zhang Shikang complained so much, but Sun Weifan, Wen Bangguo, Qi Dazhu and others all looked up at the sky and turned a deaf ear to Zhang Shikang's complaints.

Zhang Shikang had no choice but to ride Ergou and patrol to the side of the Fire Gun Battalion.

"Brothers, it's time for a big job. You may only have two chances to fire a volley.

Remember, shoot and run!"

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