Dominate the Country

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Hailancha's face was not good. In Feng Sheng'e's strategy, the first stage: Hailancha led the elite troops to break through the defense line of the Fu Han Army on the south road, crossed the Yunyan River, and penetrated to the rear of Jiangyan Town - Hailancha has done it now. The second stage: Hailancha has more than 10,000 elite troops in his hands. He can cooperate with the Qing army to attack Jiangyan Town fiercely, and can also block the Fu Han Army's reinforcement to Jiangyan Town.

In the eyes of Feng Sheng'e, Hailancha and other Qing army generals, the elite force of more than 10,000 people in Hailancha's hands can hold out even in the face of the full-scale attack of the Fu Han Army. What's more, there are Qing army reinforcements and various materials delivered in an endless stream on the Yunyan River.

Hailancha himself is also very confident and firmly believes that he can perfectly complete the first and second stage tasks. As a result, he is now nervous and his heart is pounding.

When the Fu Han army sang the military song, and when the square formations of the Fu Han army marched forward with the military flags, they strode towards the Qing army. The endless red armor, the endless long spears and muskets, and the dense flags, although there were less than 10,000 people, gave him a feeling that the army was as majestic as the sea, and the pillars of the sky were indestructible.

The Fu Han army moved closer and closer, and the heavy sound of horse hooves - dragging the artillery carts, the neat sound of footsteps, and the sound of footsteps on the ground seemed to be heard by the Qing army, shocking the hearts of the Qing army.

Suddenly, Hailancha's eyes focused, and he saw that among the swaying ocean flags, an extremely tall flag was particularly eye-catching. This flag seemed to be the only flag in the entire Fu Han army array that was higher than the ordinary flags, and it was much higher than the other flags, standing out from the crowd. It was just because his eyes were completely fascinated by the red color of Chi Yaya before, and he didn't notice this tall flag.

He stretched out his hand, and a monocular telescope was placed in his hand. Hailancha looked through the telescope and saw clearly that there was only this big flag in the Fu Han army, and that must be where the Fu Han army's main general was.

The big flag was probably three feet high, and it moved forward with the Fu Han army's army. Hailancha's general flag was only more than ten feet high. He knew that if this kind of flag hung in front of the central army tent was to stand safely on the battlefield, the flagpole and base would probably weigh hundreds of pounds, and it would be impossible for manpower to carry it.

"If this big flag can be broken..." The morale of the Fu Han army will definitely be greatly frustrated, and the military will be shaken, and this battle will be won.

Hailancha stared at a huge red tiger flag. The battle flag of the Fu Han army was somewhat different from that of the past dynasties. Their flags were all bright red. At the beginning, they were even called blood flags. Later, they added blue dragons, white tigers, black tortoises, red birds, and soaring snakes little by little, and the sizes of the flags of brigades, camps, and platoons were also divided in detail. The expeditionary army came from the west to the east, and Chen Ming's army was full of tiger flags - blood tiger flags.

The battle flag of the cavalry battalion was a blood tiger with wings; the battle flag of the artillery battalion was a blood tiger roaring; the battle flag of the tank battalion was a blood tiger pouncing on its prey; the battle flags of the other battalions, including the right battalion of the personal guards, were all ordinary blood tiger flags.

Hailancha did not get any intelligence, but from his first feeling, he knew that this was the flag of the commander of the Fu Han Army. Even the person standing under that big flag was the bandit chieftain Chen Ming!

Hailancha's eyes were sharp. The current battle was not only related to his own honor and disgrace, but also directly related to the victory or defeat of the Qing army in this battle, and even to the survival of the entire Qing Dynasty. The old camp of the Fu Han Army in front of him was the biggest and strongest enemy of the Qing Dynasty!

Not only Hailancha, but also the generals behind him slowly fixed their eyes on Huang Jie's big flag, gnashing their teeth and wishing they could eat his flesh alive. They also regarded this ostentatious flag as Chen Ming's flag.

Huang Jie urged the team to advance directly to two miles, and the front line of the Fu Han Army was only five miles away from the Qing Army's position.

Both sides had no time to dig trenches and build breastworks, and at most the Qing Army took advantage of the artillery.

But the artillery of the Fu Han Army was much stronger than that of the Qing Army. The cannons were also moving slowly along with the movement of the army. When Huang Jie's cannons deployed in the front army were completely in place, Hailancha's ugly face became even uglier. The Fu Han Army had more than 60 cannons in front of the formation alone.

In the Qing Army's position, everyone held their breath and concentrated their energy, and there was silence all around. Hailancha took a deep breath and said, "Fire!"

You can't just watch the Fu Han Army's cannons build positions and then bombard your side, right? Although the two armies were five miles apart, even the Qing army's strongest 12-pound cannon and Wucheng Yonggu Dajiangjun cannon could hardly reach the range.

At this time, there was no room for the artillery to refuse, and the military officer leading the artillery team immediately said: "Fire!"

Then he turned around, waved his hand behind him, and said majestically: "Test the cannon!"

A gunner lit a Wucheng Yonggu Dajiangjun cannon. This cannon, which uses ten kilograms of medicine and can fire twenty kilograms of cast iron cannonballs, is the most powerful cannon of the Qing army. After replacing the new gun carriage, this antique from a hundred years ago has regained its vitality. After all, there is no essential difference between the cannons of the 17th century and the 18th century. They are still front-loading smoothbore cannons.

The matchlock was sparking, and everyone looked nervous, staring at the rapidly burning fuse.

When the last inch of the matchlock left outside the fire gate disappeared, the fire gate suddenly flashed, followed by a loud bang, and a large amount of thick gun smoke was sprayed out of the thick muzzle. In the light of the fire, the cannon body shook violently, and a large black iron bullet rushed out of the barrel and flew quickly towards the Fu Han army position in the distance.

For a moment, both sides on the battlefield were looking at the direction and landing point of the cannonball.

Cha Yan had a gloomy face, looking at the Fu Han army in the distance, and kept repeating in his heart: "Hit, hit, hit..." Just as he said this, he suddenly heard a cannon sound from the Fu Han army position, and the cannonball came rumbling. Niu Hulu Qi Ashan beside him screamed: "Chen Ni fired a cannon!" He hurriedly hid his body in the crowd.

Indeed, the artillery of the Fu Han army heard the sound of the cannon on the opposite side, and immediately retaliated, so that the cannonball fired by the Qing army just landed, and the sound of the Fu Han army's cannon came over.

The range of Wucheng Yonggu General's cannon was only a little more than four miles. After the cannonball landed, it rolled for a long distance and penetrated several ridges. You must know that this area is farmland, which is very flat. The place where the cannonball finally stopped was still two or three hundred meters away from the forefront of the Fu Han army.

With a loud bang, the shells fired by the Fu Han Army also fell on the ridges between the paddy fields, stirring up a large piece of soil, and then rolled out a deep ditch on the dry surface, and then crashed through four ridges before stopping completely.

The soldiers on both sides cheered at the same time, cheering for the short range of the shells. Hailancha and Huang Jie turned a blind eye to this call. The former issued an order to the artillery team to increase the firing and ammunition, and the latter's first reaction was to change the square formation of the front-line battalion into a sparse three-row horizontal formation, and then conveyed the order to the artillery to increase the range of the artillery.

The commander of the Eight Banners New Army, Zha Yan, laughed wildly, pointed at the Fu Han Army artillery formation and cursed: "Haha, the artillery of these bandits is pure bullshit!" Then he changed his tone and cursed his own artillery team for being useless.

The exchange of fire between the two sides did not achieve the desired effect. However, it boosted the morale of the infantry on both sides, and all kinds of cheers, laughter and scolding continued. The military songs of the Fu Han Army became even louder.

Just as they were celebrating, the cannons on both sides adjusted their firing speed and increased the gunpowder.

After the thunder and lightning, the more than 30 cannons of the Qing army lined up in front of the battle array roared deafeningly, and thick white smoke gushed out in large quantities, covering half of the front line.

And here in the Fu Han Army, most of the gun positions were still busy building positions, and only twelve five-jin cannons roared at the Qing army. The cannons on both sides added gunpowder, either 20%, 30%, or more. The Qing army gunners looked at the cannons as if they saw a large explosive pack that could explode at any time.

The loud bang made the cheers and songs of the two armies disappear. There was a neighing of cattle and horses in the battle array on both sides. Whether it was the horses of the cavalry or the cattle and horses accompanying the army, they were all frightened by the sudden loud noise. Even the Qing army was in turmoil. Many Qing army military officers felt the power of artillery at close range for the first time, and their hearts began to beat violently. Cannons, so powerful.

The smiles of the soldiers on both sides froze on their faces, watching countless huge shells coming towards them.

"Ah!"

Many people on the Qing army side couldn't help but scream.

The Fu Han army fired twelve shells, but only three actually hit the Qing army formation, but who made the Qing army formation so tight? The three iron shells caused more than 20 casualties to the Qing army.

The shells that had just been ejected from the muzzle were still hot with flames, and they passed through the human body, splashing blood, and the broken limbs flew up. At the same time, a strong burnt smell made the surrounding Qing soldiers vomit.

Zha Yan fell directly to the ground, and heard the sound of "puff puff..." in his ears. The shell that passed over his head was undoubtedly harvesting the lives of his soldiers. These people are all elites who have been trained with great effort, and they are the hope of their Eight Banners.

But now they are so vulnerable in front of the shells.

The shrill screams rang out, and the wounded soldiers with broken arms and legs were all wailing in pain. With the medical conditions and medical standards of the Qing army, few seriously injured soldiers like this could survive.

Cha Yan stood up and looked at the dead and wounded soldiers. He lost a total of nine men, three dead and six disabled. Cha Yan saw an acquaintance at first sight. The man whose whole body was cut off was the kid from the Niuhuru family. At this moment, his helmet fell off, and the yellow flag cotton armor with red edges seemed to be cut by a sharp sword. The man with neat gaps stared with eyes wide open, full of fear and disbelief.

There was still half a palm on Qi Ashan's neck, and it was unknown whether it was his. Anyway, this descendant of the Niuhuru family is now dead and can't die anymore.