"It seems this Manchu army has finished their battle and plunder and is returning." On the hillside, Wang Han reined in his horse and stopped, watching the Manchu army returning in the distance. Behind this army were various kinds of supplies and plundered slaves. Most of these slaves were artisans and women.
"Is he a Ming scout? Capture him." Within the advancing Manchu army, several scout cavalrymen on the flank spotted the black-armored general riding on horseback, watching the main force from afar on a hillside. The scouts exchanged a few words, then split up and galloped towards Wang Han.
“Firearms were already in use on a certain scale during the Ming Dynasty, but ordinary firearms weren’t very powerful, and couldn’t even penetrate heavy armor, so their lethality was limited. However, it wouldn’t be surprising to use some modern weapons in the future. It seems that Maxim machine guns existed during World War I, which was during the Qing Dynasty. In that case, we could use Maxims to deal with these tens of thousands of Qing troops.” Wang Han naturally noticed the several Qing cavalrymen surrounding him, but he didn’t take them seriously. With a flick of his wrist, a Maxim heavy machine gun without a bipod and a large box of chained machine gun ammunition appeared in his hand. Wang Han hung the ammunition on the side of his horse, then fastened the ammunition belt into the machine gun and pulled the bolt.
At this moment, several Manchu scout cavalrymen rushed up from the hillsides surrounding Wang Han and surrounded him.
"Bang bang bang..." Before they could even speak, the distinctive, rapid gunfire of the Maxim machine gun rang out. Wang Han gripped the firing handle of the Maxim machine gun with one hand, and raised the barrel with the other. At a rate of fire of six hundred rounds per minute, the powerful bullets spewed out like a relentless torrent towards the reconnaissance cavalry, moving with the movement of Wang Han's arm. Only Wang Han could pull off such a maneuver.
As Wang Han swept his guns around, the cavalrymen who surrounded him were instantly riddled with holes, blood splattering everywhere. Those who were lucky enough managed to keep their bodies intact, while those who were unlucky were shot in two.
"That feels good. No wonder Rambo likes to carry a heavy machine gun and mow down the enemy." The gunfire stopped, and Wang Han let out a long breath. He looked at the Manchu army in the distance again and revealed a bloodthirsty smile.
"Giddy up..." Wang Han lightly kicked the horse's belly with his legs, and the warhorse, which had already been tamed by Wang Han with illusion magic, immediately carried Wang Han, who was holding a Maxim heavy machine gun, down the hillside and rushed towards the Manchu army in the distance.
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What was that sound?
Among the Manchu troops, Daishan, the banner chief of the Plain Red Banner, asked with a frown.
"It sounds like a barrage of gunfire, but it doesn't quite."
Daishan's eldest son, Yuetuo, the banner chief of the Bordered Red Banner, also frowned.
"Have the soldiers prepare for battle. Send cavalry to scout the situation immediately," Daishan said. Whatever the situation, encountering such a predicament during a march is always a cause for concern. Although they had defeated the Ming army, the possibility of an ambush could not be ruled out.
As soon as Dai Shan finished speaking, a messenger cavalryman immediately spurred his horse and galloped off. Soon after, dozens of cavalrymen broke out of the marching column and headed towards the direction from which the gunfire had come.
"Clatter, clatter, clatter..." The cavalry had only charged out for a few minutes when a dense, strange noise rang out again. At the same time, the neighing of warhorses and the screams of soldiers dying could also be heard.
"As expected, there was an ambush."
Daishan and Yuetuo exchanged a glance, their expressions immediately turning grave. Daishan then ordered the messenger, "Prepare the entire army for battle."
"Prepare for battle!" Several messengers received the order, holding up small flags in one hand as they galloped quickly through the ranks, shouting the command loudly.
Upon receiving the order, the Manchu army quickly began to shorten its column length and simultaneously adopted a defensive posture from the outside, with shield bearers and spearmen advancing. Archers also removed their bows from their backs, arrows already nocked, ready to be released at any moment. The cavalry also picked up their longswords and lances, preparing for a charge.
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Let's go back in time.
Wang Han had barely charged down the hillside when he saw a cavalry force of several dozen men galloping towards him. When they were about two hundred meters apart, the cavalrymen spotted Wang Han and drew their short bows from their sides, preparing to shoot from horseback. (Cavalry use short bows, and shooting from horseback is more difficult, with shorter range and poorer accuracy.)
They planned to attack from a distance, as did Wang Han, but how could their bows and arrows compare to the Maxim machine gun in Wang Han's hands?
"Tap tap tap..." When Wang Han was still more than twice their firing range, he directly aimed his Maxim machine gun at them and pulled the trigger. Crimson bullets shot out of the muzzle continuously, like an unstable beam of light, shooting towards the charging cavalry and instantly splashing blood among them.
"Pfft, pfft, pfft..." Blood splattered on the cavalrymen and their horses. The leading cavalrymen kept falling from their horses, some even being torn in two by bullets. The horses themselves kept collapsing. The charging cavalry behind them were blocked by the corpses and had to stop. However, facing heavy machine guns, stopping meant becoming standing targets, waiting to be mowed down like grass.
"Tap tap tap..." The Maxim machine gun trembled slightly in Wang Han's hand. He moved his arm slightly to fire, the crimson bullets continuously taking the lives of the cavalrymen in front of him. Wang Han's horse stopped, maintaining a certain distance from the cavalrymen.
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