The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 90

"Order! The former army strikes!"

As soon as the opponent's cannon fired, Hong Niangzi gave the order to attack without hesitation.

"kill!"

Even if Hong Niangzi didn't give the order, Liu Zeqing would not let the opponent's cannons bombard him, and stood still. Hearing the order, he immediately drew his sword and pointed forward, roaring angrily.

In an instant, the sound of drums and hammers sounded fiercely, almost covering up the sound of the rumbling cannons.

The [-] troops of the former army moved forward quickly.

It wasn't until they approached one mile that they shouted and rushed forward. At one time, 7 horses and horses were crushed like a flood that broke a bank.

The red cannons of the Tartars only fired four rounds of solid ammunition and one round of shot ammunition. Shang Kexi and the other three traitor leaders also drew their swords and ordered the [-] troops to charge.

Otherwise, if you stay in place and defend, you may be scared by the opponent's charging momentum.

Although it only took five rounds, thousands of Ming soldiers were still killed and wounded, but the charge of the Ming army was not affected at all.

This is the difference between veterans and recruits, recruits tend to lose their minds when they see blood, but veterans can keep their minds clear.

Knowing that in this situation, no matter retreating, or going left or right, it is a dead end, and the only way to charge forward is the wisest choice.

As the infantry charging at the front of the two sides collided together, the entire battlefield was filled with fierce shouts of killing, and the sound of metal and iron clashing.

Not long after, the 14 infantry of both sides were completely strangled together, and countless people fell every moment.

The blood stained the earth, and the sun in the sky seemed to lose its luster and become dim.

Immediately, the sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded, and countless cavalry galloped past on the left and right sides of the two warring parties, directly killing the Ming army's central army several miles away.

Dorgon dispatched [-] Mongolian cavalry in one breath, because Hong Niangzi's central army had been isolated at this time, and could be besieged from all sides.

He wanted to submerge the [-] Chinese troops of the Ming army in an instant with overwhelming force.

.........

"Prepare to defend against the cavalry charge!"

In front of the formation of the Ming army's central army, with a shout, simple carts transformed from horse-drawn carts were pushed out, all of which were nailed with long wooden guns.

Behind the carriage are rows of sword and shield soldiers and spearmen waiting in formation, and the archers at the end also bowed their bows and set arrows one after another.

Hong Niangzi gathered almost half of the archers in the army, a total of seven thousand.

Following the cavalry rushing towards them like a tidal wave, even if the Ming army in front were all battle-hardened veterans, all of them showed dignified and nervous expressions at this moment.

"kill!"

"Fire arrows!"

The [-] cavalry first galloped around the formation and fired arrows, but did not charge directly.

Obviously also afraid of those hedgehog-like carriages.

The archers of the Ming army also threw a rain of arrows outward to fight back, and a large number of cavalrymen fell down in waves of arrow rain.

Similarly, even if the Ming army had a large number of soldiers with swords and shields and raised their shields to defend, some people would fall to the ground from time to time with arrows.

But in general, the volley of Ming army archers and the avoidance of shield carriages still gained the upper hand.

After this scene was reported to Dorgon on the high platform, he immediately ordered the cavalry to charge directly.

Because this kind of wandering shot can't kill the opponent, only by rushing into the formation can the opponent be quickly eliminated.

The Eight Banners of Twenty Thousand Mongolians listened to the sound of their own orders, and no longer hesitated, they all dropped their bows and drew their knives, and charged towards the gap between the carriages.

The [-] Mongolian tribal cavalry had no choice but to grit their teeth and follow the charge. At one time, the [-] cavalry formed a team and rushed towards the army formation from all directions.

The central army of the Ming army formed a huge hollow formation. Most of the 5 horses and horses were arranged behind the carriages on the four sides of the periphery. The guard is in the middle, and there is only a circle of modified carriages in front of it.

This made the Tartar cavalry rush in along the gap in the carriage, and there was no Ming army blocking the front, but they were assassinated by the pikemen behind the carriage on the left and right sides.

For a while, there were spears like a forest, and countless galloping cavalrymen and horses were stabbed and fell down, and countless spear heads were broken off.

The gap between the carriages is very wide, almost 40 meters, which caused the cavalry on both sides to suffer, but the cavalry in the middle did not slow down.

Soon it directly crashed into the Wanyu Ming army around the high platform in the middle, and immediately hit people turned their backs, flesh and blood flew, and the carriage was smashed to the ground.

Under the continuous impact from all directions, the Ming army behind the carriage was also hit with casualties, because these 1 people had no way out at all.

However, as the corpses piled up, the cavalry finally couldn't move.

"kill!"

At this time, the Ming troops behind the carriages on the outside also turned around and started the massacre. The sword and shield soldiers and the spearmen cooperated with each other, and the killed cavalry ran around.

The Ming army around the high platform also took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack.

After the cavalry lost their speed advantage, and there were too many rushing in at once, facing the infantry's spears and sword shields was completely a living target.

Seeing that the formation had completely fallen into a melee, the Tartar cavalry outside did not dare to continue charging in, so they had to run around while watching to release arrows at the right time.

After a bloody battle, out of the [-] cavalry that rushed into the hollow formation, only a few thousand cavalry escaped in embarrassment.

The distance was too far, dust was everywhere, and Dorgon couldn't see what happened in the formation, so he could only listen to Tan Ma's reports and descriptions.

Knowing that his [-] cavalry not only failed to wipe out the opponent's central army, but suffered heavy casualties, he screamed angrily, and immediately sent the remaining [-] Mongolian cavalry up.

Hong Chengchou on the side was also secretly shocked.

He didn't expect that the red lady could withstand the impact of [-] Tartar cavalry with [-] infantry, relying on some crude carriages, and still gained the absolute upper hand.

It was immediately clear that the most elite members of the Ming army were not the 7 people in the former army, but the 5 people in the Chinese army.

Dorgon obviously also saw this, so he sent all the Mongolian cavalry out, trying to wipe out the [-] Chinese troops.

really.

When the [-] Mongolian cavalry charged up again and charged continuously, the Ming army in the formation gradually became unsupported.

As the casualties increased, the carriages were broken, and the archers continued to die, it was no longer possible to organize an effective counterattack as the first time.

If it wasn't full of human and horse corpses inside, which restricted the speed of the Tartars, they would have no power to fight back if they were really about to be charged by the cavalry.

"Report!"

"Regent, the left army and the right army of the Ming army dispatched half of their troops to attack in the middle at a very fast speed!"

"Good! Well done!"

Dorgon was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately dispatched [-] elite bannermen, one left and one right, to attack the two Ming armies.

At the same time, the Mongolian cavalry who besieged the Chinese army were ordered to continue their onslaught.

Attract the remaining half of the left and right armies.

At this moment, the red lady on the high platform didn't even care about the fact that more than half of the 5 people in the Chinese army had been killed or injured, and the rest were fighting hard against the high platform relying on the carriage. Seeing that the real Eight Banners finally moved, they were also overjoyed.

"Hurry up, order Li Dakai and Liu Fangliang to go straight to the enemy's camp, and order Wu Sanfu to attack immediately!"

Phew... touch!

At this time, the sound of war drums and trumpets can no longer convey military orders, and the command flag is even more useless, so the sound of arrows and fireworks is used.

In fact, Hong Niangzi never planned to engage in any flank attack, nor did she think about how many enemies she would kill. The defeat of the Tartars was entirely due to Hong Chengchou's own cleverness.

Because she knew that they were almost all infantry, and most of the opponents were cavalry, so they could only be beaten passively in field battles, and it was impossible to beat them.

Regardless of the speed of troop deployment or flexibility, they are far inferior to cavalry. Once entangled for too long, they will undoubtedly lose.

So she aimed at the opponent's camp from the very beginning. This is the strength of the infantry and the only way to repel the Tartars.

As long as Li Dakai and Liu Fangliang could capture the other side's camp, 6 troops would be more than enough to hold them, so even if the remaining soldiers were all killed in battle, and the Tartars had no food, they would definitely retreat immediately.

With more than 6 people in the capital and [-] people from Liu Fangliang and Li Dakai, she believed that with the ability of the little emperor, he would definitely be able to reorganize the country.

As for Tongzhou Daying, Dorgon wants to take it at any time.

There are still tens of thousands of taels of silver and three days of food in the city, so she doesn't believe that Dorgon's camp will be poorer than them.

(End of this chapter)