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Volume 1: Invasion of the Capital Chapter 953: The first attack that no one is satisfied with

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    Seeing the Daping Army's phalanx getting closer and closer, the Qing Army immediately prepared for battle.  They have been fighting against the Daping Army for so long. No matter what, the Qing Army also learned something from the Daping Army.  So they also lined up the oars and carts in the front row, set up artillery such as the Franco machine gun and the tiger crouching gun, and moved the gunmen and archers to the front row, waiting for the Daping army to attack.  .  And the Qing troops in the front row were all Han troops. They were the former Ming troops who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.  If we talk about field battles, these former Ming troops may not be very good at it.  But when it comes to this kind of positional defensive warfare, these former Ming soldiers are "practice makes perfect".  So in a short while, the Qing army had already deployed layers of troops in front of the formation, waiting for the Daping army to attack.  When the Daping army saw that the Qing army had set up their formation, they hesitated and did not dare to move forward.  Because the officers in the front row issued "stop advancing" orders inconsistently, several phalanxes even took a few steps forward, making the front row of the phalanx a little untidy.  The phalanx attack does have limitations.  If the enemy is determined to defend, it will be difficult to attack.  Especially like the Qing army now, with obstacles placed at the front, it would be impossible for the Daping army to line up in a square formation and climb over the carts!  So the Daping Army officers at the front began to take command separately.  Some officers asked the artillery from behind to come up faster and blast away the obstacles of the Qing army; some officers asked the axe-gunners to come forward and prepare small groups for hand-to-hand combat. Anyway, there was no unified command.  This is a major drawback in ancient wars.  According to the communication conditions at the time, the commander could only command 20,000 to 30,000 troops at most, and this command was just a simple order.  Therefore, in battle, if an emergency occurs, it depends on the officers on the front line to perform freely.  And now the two armies each have more than 100,000 troops.  This makes it even more difficult for the coach to direct.  In particular, the Daping Army had been defending in the past few days, but today it suddenly attacked. Now it suddenly encountered the Qing Army's stubborn defense, which caused some confusion in the command of the front-line officers.  By the same token, some confusion also occurred in the command of the Qing army.  I saw some artillery pieces from the Daping Army pushing up.  Some Qing generals wanted their cavalry to come forward to annihilate the advancing artillery; while some Qing generals ordered "fire" to shoot at the Daping Army's artillery and phalanxes.  At this time, the distance between the two armies was only about 200 steps, so both responses of the Qing army were not wrong.  But no matter how fast the horse runs, it can't beat the speed of the cannonball.  As the Qing army's artillery "rumbling" sounded, the soldiers in the first few rows of the Daping army formation were knocked to the ground one after another.  In a matter of seconds, the Daping Army was at a disadvantage.  Seeing that the situation was not good, the officers on the front line of the Daping Army immediately ordered the phalanx to withdraw beyond the range of the artillery.  Then the phalanx turned back and they all ran back at a trot.  The few artillery pieces that the Daping Army pushed up were also after a burst of bombardment with the Qing Army.  They all retreated.  Seeing the retreat of the Daping Army, a burst of cheers immediately broke out in the Qing army formation.  "What are you doing? Without firearms, there will be no fighting?" Seeing the troops in front of them retreating like this, Xue Yongli was quite dissatisfied with this offensive attack, "Tell the people in front to let them go"  Don't be afraid of casualties when the axe-gunners rush forward! Without the word 'brave', are they still warriors?" Seeing a dozen messengers running forward, Shu Mo on the side suggested: "Master Li!  Is there a signal? Let the troops who surrendered yesterday rebel first, and we can take advantage of the chaos to attack."  Tell Lao Ma that he will be ready to rush into battle whenever there is chaos among the Tatars.  satisfy.  Although this shelling, the Qing army suffered no damage.  The Daping Army suffered some casualties.  But the effect of the shelling was not good after all.  The Qing army did not put the Daping Army within the effective range and fired three-dimensional artillery, muskets, and bows and arrows at the Daping Army.  Therefore, the Qing army's artillery attack was a little premature.  So Dorgon also ordered: "Say to the front, put the Han army within a hundred steps and fight. If the Han army pushes up the artillery, let the cavalry come up. Don't be afraid of the fierceness of the Han army's firearms. Our Qing Dynasty. What we want is  Warrior." Tubeli on the side also suggested: "Sir! The artillery team has come to report, and their artillery is ready. Should they wait until the Han dogs come forward next time?" Dorgon also frowned and thought.  After a while, he shook his head and said, "We'll talk about it later. We must wait for my king's order."  When forming the formation, the artillery team of the Qing army had already followed Dorgon's order and stepped up their efforts to set up long-range and powerful artillery.?'s General Cannon and Great General Cannon.  This is also a trump card that Dorgon has prepared for today's decisive battle. ?¡­ ?The commanders of both armies were somewhat dissatisfied with the setback of the Daping Army¡¯s first attack, and both ordered their troops to take positive action.  But on the other hand, the two coaches were unwilling to reveal their trump cards immediately, showing a calm look.  After receiving Xue Yongli's order, the ten phalanxes at the front of the Daping Army were immediately divided into two teams.  The front phalanx consisted of six hundred axe-gunners, followed by a phalanx of pikemen.  As the drums of the attack sounded again, the ax gun phalanx moved forward again under the cover of the front row of musketeers, while the phalanx composed of spearmen dragged back about fifty steps.  Seeing the Daping Army attacking again, the Qing army also watched nervously as the Daping Army approached, waiting for them to come within a hundred steps.  The cavalry of the Qing army also gathered together to prepare for the sudden advance of the Daping army's artillery.  Five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps, the atmosphere on the battlefield seemed to have solidified.  Two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, when there were still a few steps away from one hundred steps, the deputy commanders leading the ax spear squadron blew the brass whistle in unison, and the ax spear soldiers immediately dispersed and moved at high speed.  Run towards the front line of the Qing army.  This sudden dispersion of formation shocked the Qing cavalry, and they all hesitated whether to charge forward or not.  The Qing army's artillery, muskets and bows and arrows were all fired, which gave the Qing cavalry no choice. Under the hail of bullets from their own troops, they could not just charge like this.  For the Qing army's firecrackers and bows and arrows, the axemen wearing plate armor were not very afraid.  The Qing army's firecrackers were relatively weak and could not penetrate plate armor, let alone the less powerful bows and arrows, which would bounce off plate armor.  The only thing that poses a threat is the artillery.  Since the axe-gunners spread out and ran, the damage from the artillery was not very large.  It wasn¡¯t until they ran thirty steps that the casualties of the Daping Army began to increase.  At this time, the battle began to enter "gaochao".
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