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Volume One Songjiang Mansion Chapter 348 Chaos

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    There was heavy snow falling in the sky, and at night you could hear the howling wind, with snowflakes as big as half a hand falling down. All the tents turned white, but inside the largest tent, there were bright lights.

    "Rodman, now that we have wiped out the Qing army, it is really cold here, do you think we should lead the army back to the court?" Li Zicheng asked, he now understood why the Qing army dreamed of  Going south, the environment in the northern grasslands is really harsh. When it's cold, your hands will freeze if you stand outside for a while. It's not as comfortable as the Central Plains.

    Rodman naturally disagreed, because Zhang Lei had a bigger plan. He said: "There is no rush to go home. Although we have eliminated a large Tatar army, in fact we have the foundation of the Tatars."  They haven't wavered yet. If we go back now and give them some time, then these Tatar forces will once again return to their original state, and even become stronger. Then you think this battle we are fighting is not  Is the fight in vain? What Mr. Zhang often said to me is that if we cut the grass without eradicating the roots, the spring breeze will bring new growth. We can only destroy all the forces of the Qing Dynasty so that they have no chance to recover. Then we  Only then can we achieve the real final victory.¡±

    "But if we don't go back now, will hundreds of thousands of troops stay here? Recently, many soldiers have fallen ill because they can't adapt to the too cold climate here. There are almost no doctors left with the army.  If we don't go back, we don't need the Qing army to fight us again. We will be defeated first. It's better to go back first and wait until the weather warms up before we fight again. Wouldn't it be much better," Li Zicheng said.

    Rodman said: "This is what Mr. Zhang ordered. We can't retreat. He wants us to wait for his arrival. That's it, so we still have to stay here."

    "What? Zhang Leiis coming here too?" Li Zicheng was a little surprised. The weather was already like this. Why would Zhang Lei choose this time to come to the front line?

    Rodman said: "Yes, this is what is written in a document he gave me not long ago. Let us wait where we are. Besides, according to what you just said, we are all hiding in the tent.  There are so many people sick, so if we brave the snow to go home, won¡¯t there be even more sick people on the way?¡±

    Hearing that Zhang Lei was coming, Li Zicheng immediately stopped talking, and if he was asked to leave alone with the army now, he would never agree. If he met the Qing army on the way, he would have to be killed.  Now his military strength is pitifully small.

    It¡¯s the New Year, it¡¯s January and February.  The weather began to warm up. Although it was still snowy outside, at least it no longer increased in thickness. The soldiers had spent a whole month in the tent, and now they could finally come out to stretch their muscles. The long-lost sun appeared in the sky, and those  The sick soldiers also began to recover.  But less than three days after such a happy time, scouts came to report that a large number of Manchu and Qing Tatar troops were coming this way, with a total number of no less than 200,000.

    After learning the news, Rodman immediately informed all the troops of the news. He ordered all the troops to choose to hold on, because this weather was not suitable for southerners to march to fight, so it was better to set up their battle formations here.  Waiting for the arrival of the Qing army.  This formation method was approved by Li Zicheng. He wanted to be able to fight as soon as he marched, so that he could stay in his tent and not go out.

    On the fourth day after receiving the news, in the vast white snow, a huge team was coming here. It was obvious that they were Qing troops. The dark blue official uniforms looked so bright in the white sky.  Dazzling.

    "There are really a lot of people coming." Zhang Leijun, who had been prepared for a long time, was waiting for the arrival of these Qing troops. Seeing the lineup, Rodman couldn't help but sigh, he really didn't know that the Qing troops  The Tatars actually have so many troops.  Without Zhang Lei, without these advanced weapons, the Ming Dynasty would never have been an opponent of the Tatars, at least not in terms of military strength, because the Manchus only had one enemy, the Ming army, and the Ming army besides the Manchus  , and have to fight countless rebels.

    After a while, the Qing army had arrived not far ahead. Rodman was naturally not polite. Zhang Lei told him that strike first and be controlled later. For the enemy, attack before the opponent is ready.  Only in this way can we better expand the results and achieve victory more easily.  In fact, Zhang Lei's men always do this, always strike preemptively. No matter what others say, at least Zhang Lei thinks this is right, and this tactic has not gone wrong so far, so this is right.

    Perhaps the Qing army also knew that the Ares-1 had a very long range. After all, the battle was not a one-time battle.Twice, so when they arrived one mile away from Zhang Leijun, their pace suddenly accelerated and even started running. Although they did not have cavalry, there were still many horses in the team, which made Rodman puzzled.  The answer is, if you don¡¯t have cavalry anymore, why do you need so many horses?  But thinking did not slow down his speed of issuing orders to attack. When the Qing army entered the farthest range of the Ares-1, he immediately ordered the attack.

    "Boom" The shells exploded among the Tatars, but the Qing troops seemed to turn a blind eye and continued to rush forward regardless. This made Rodman feel confused again. This is not their style.  , logically speaking, they should be separated, but now they are still standing together and continuing to come here, and the speed seems to be faster.

    Doubts were doubts, but Rodman's absolute confidence in Ares No. 1 did not feel the pressure. More and more shells were poured into the Tatar army. Before the meeting, the Qing army had already suffered several casualties.  Hundreds.

    The Qing army has entered the range of the three-eyed gun. The soldiers have long been accustomed to this way of fighting and consciously stand according to their positions. They can even clearly see who is behind, behind, left, and right, even with their eyes closed.  Wrong place.

    But the Qing army was once again unexpected. They stopped, just outside the attack range of the three-eyed gun.  Having fought so many times, the Qing army finally knew how to calculate the range of the three-eyed gun, thus avoiding the huge casualties caused by rushing forward without thinking.

    Rodman was very helpless. If the Qing army did not enter the range of the three-eyed gun, the three-eyed gun would be purely a decoration and would not play any role. The three-eyed gun soldiers would not move their positions easily. A group of  The power of the three-eyed gun soldiers together may be huge, but the combat effectiveness of a single three-eyed gun soldier will definitely be weakened to an unknown extent. The Qing army saw this clearly, so they were able to do this.

    Although the stopped Qing army was still being bombarded by the Ares No. 1 behind them, they did not disrupt their formation at all. The soldiers at the front were like sculptures and did not move their positions no matter what. The scene could only be heard.  The roar from Ares 1.

    After a while, a loud horn sound was heard from the Qing army. The Qing soldiers sitting in front suddenly ran away to the left and right. Only then did everyone see clearly that those war horses were actually dragging countless soldiers.  Bronze cannon!

    Rodman was shocked. He quickly ordered all the cannons to adjust their distance and replace them with short-range shells. But this took time, and during this time, the Qing army cut off all the reins of the horses, and then  Give the horse a hard chop in the back.  The war horses were in pain, and freed from their restraints, they ran wildly toward Zhang Lei's army.

    There are at least 10,000 war horses. Now that they are charging together, it can really be regarded as "thousands of horses galloping", but there are no cavalry on the war horses.  After entering the shooting range of the three-eyed gun, the soldiers immediately launched an attack. If these war horses rushed into the three-eyed gun team, the formation would be broken up.  function.

    Ten thousand war horses is a very huge number, and killing war horses is different from killing people. If you kill people, you can kill them with one shot. But after a war horse is shot, as long as it is not a vital part, it can still last for a long time.  At that time, because the bullets of the three-eyed gun were very common, Zhang Lei did not specially invent bullets for killing horses.

    The war horses finally charged into the formation of the three-eyed guns. Even though all the three-eyed guns were attacking at the fastest speed, and even though the Ares No. 1 that had already replaced the shells also killed many war horses,  But the result was that the war horses rushed into the three-eyed gun team, and the soldiers ran away. The three-eyed gun formation was destroyed. There were still many soldiers struggling under the feet of these crazy war horses, but they were instantly trampled to pieces.  Meat puree.

    The three-eyed gun teams in chaos fought on their own, working hard to kill these crazy horses.  Not only did it disrupt the formation of the Three-Eyed Guns team, some war horses also came towards the direction of Ares No. 1.

    When the Qing general on the opposite side saw this scene, he finally smiled with satisfaction. This was the most satisfying battle in so many years. He proudly said to his men: "All the cannons, start attacking."

    Now they are very close to Zhang Leijun, close enough for their bronze cannons to cause huge damage to Zhang Leijun.

    "Boom"

    This is a historic shot. This is the first time the Tatar army has fired a shell into Zhang Leijun's team after the emergence of Ares No. 1. Although various efforts have been made before, all of this has failed.  It's still worth it. Today's battle is bound to wash away the previous shame.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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