Daming: Start with an Altar of Luck

Chapter 119 Victory requires sacrifice

Time passed slowly, from the dawn of the day to the afterglow of the setting sun.

The two sides did not know how many cavalry fell, and the heavy cavalry of Da Ming did not know how many were killed or injured. Even the armored horses were left. Not supported.

Of Ming's [-] iron cavalry, less than one-twelfth of them are left, and there are probably less than [-] people with healthy limbs.

The Han Banners who took the lead in the Manchu Qing battle were all dead, and the remnants of Guan Ning’s army were all killed and wounded long before noon. At this time, the rest of the Manchu Qing were the Eight Banners cavalry in fur and armor.

The remaining number of the Eight Banners cavalry is not much. If the horses of the heavy cavalry had not been dying due to lack of physical strength in the later stage, I am afraid that the heavy cavalry led by Chang Yuchun would be able to kill all the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty. It is nothing more than a matter of casualties.

"Whoo~"

Chang Yuchun exhaled a foul breath, the heavy armor all over his body had long since disappeared, his whole body was already stained red with blood, even the maroon horse that sat down had already turned into a blood red war horse, and the horse's breathing was extremely rapid , The horse's body is full of wounds caused by swords.

This war horse was also Chang Yuchun's Chollima specially given to Chang Yuchun by Zhu Biao before his departure. The already handsome war horse was fed with pills by Zhu Biao for several months, and its stamina and physique had already far exceeded Ordinary war horse.

If it weren't for this, he would have died in this tragic battle long ago.

Looking behind Chang Yuchun, there were already no heavy armored cavalry, most of them were lightly clothed and unarmored, and they were all heavy cavalry who were in battle and abandoned the heavy armor because of their declining physical strength.

The tens of thousands of light armored cavalry that Xu Da had brought to Funing City had long since disappeared, and most of them died in this battle that determined the ownership of the two worlds.

"Whoo~"

"Brothers, for Daming, for His Majesty, follow me."

Chang Yuchun shouted angrily, and led the rest of the cavalry to charge again.

The Manqing side did not dare to neglect, Dorgon, Duoduo, and Wu Sangui at the front were covered with scars.

Even Duo Duo and Wu Sangui are clearly in their young and middle age, but they already have a lot of white hair on their heads. The same is true for several powerful men standing in front of Man Qing. The only one who is better is Dorgon, but Judging by the sweaty appearance, I'm afraid he is also very tired.

No wonder they look like this, if it wasn't for the fact that after the first round of the two sides' charge and change of formation, Dorgon immediately ordered all the powerhouses above dark strength to take the lead, without the desperate actions of these powerhouses in the past few hours , as long as Daming's heavy cavalry charge back and forth a few times, I am afraid that more than half of the Eight Banners cavalry will be killed or injured.

The power of heavy cavalry was too terrifying before the popularity of firearms.

Their white-haired appearance is also related to the fact that they squeezed their vitality to open the way for the Eight Banners cavalry to resist the heavy cavalry.

In a battle of this scale, personal strength is really inconspicuous. Even if a powerful man like Dorgon can kill ten or a hundred heavy cavalry, but with more people, he can still easily kill Dor Dagon.

If Dorgon and the others hadn't desperately withstood the charge of the heavy cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, the Eight Banners cavalry behind them would have died long ago.

Dorgon tried several times to find an opportunity to kill Chang Yuchun in the chaotic army, but unfortunately he failed. He understood that Chang Yuchun is now the spiritual pillar of Daming's cavalry. Once Chang Yuchun died, Even if this Ming cavalry does not break up immediately, its combat power will drop significantly.

The reason why the rebellious army is called the rebellious army is because there are too many people, and the hand-to-hand combat between the two sides is too chaotic. Even if he is powerful, it is impossible for him to go straight to Chang Yuchun accurately.

In addition, Chang Yuchun was not a fool, even though he took the lead in the charge, he would not give the enemy a chance to directly decapitate him, a general of the army, not to mention, after several previous charges, Chang Yuchun had already Dorgon felt a strong sense of threat. If his mission was not too important at this time, Chang Yuchun really wanted to fight Dorgon and try Dorgon's strength.

At this point in the battle, it was time for both sides to compete for willpower. The charging speed of the two sides was not even as fast as the cavalry in normal times. Even from time to time, there were soldiers of their own, because of lack of physical strength or bleeding. More often, the situation of falling directly from the horseback occurs.

Although Chang Yuchun felt distressed, he had no choice but to ruthlessly order to attack, attack and attack again. He could not ruin the lives of the majority because of a few people.

Chang Yuchun brandished the saber in his hand, and slashed fiercely at the Manchu cavalry in front of him. As for the previous spear, it had already been damaged, and the saber in his hand did not know which unlucky person was already dead. The spear in Chang Yuchun's hands had already been replaced many times before, and the reason for the replacement was that it was damaged by beheading people.

"Xu Shuai, don't you want to do it yet?" Mu Ying asked anxiously.

Two hours after Chang Yuchun led the cavalry away, Xu Dacai set off with the [-] infantry stationed in Funing City. You must know that the infantry army was slower than the cavalry, so it was only at this time that the entire battlefield was surrounded. Tang Shengzong, who was escorting the general's cannon, had also come to meet up.

Even the [-] fusiliers that were supposed to be under the command of Chang Yuchun had been arranged by Xu Da to the forefront, in order to keep all the cavalry who entered the customs from the Qing Dynasty behind.

Chang Yuchun didn't know about these things. He only knew that the fusilier team, which should have appeared long ago according to his order, did not appear on time according to his order. Chang Yuchun knew that there must be something wrong, so he could only lead The cavalry swore to fight to the death, even if all the cavalry were dead, they would kill all the invading barbarians.

Even so, Chang Yuchun understood that something must have happened. You must know that the only one who can change his order is Xu Da, so seeing that the fusiliers did not show up, Chang Yuchun knew that Xu Da must have something else. Arrangement, as long as you lead the cavalry.

"No hurry, General Chang can hold on for a while longer, and now is not the best time to encircle and suppress." Xu Da said in a cold voice.

"However, my Ming cavalry has already lost eighty-nine out of ten, and even the fusilier squad that should have surrounded it long ago did not show up because of Xu Shuai's order. Confess." Mu Ying said with her whole face flushed.

"Mu Ying, what is the purpose of the war? It is for victory. If the fusiliers appeared too early, it would have caused great damage to the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty and reduced the damage of our Ming soldiers. As a result, the encirclement circle was not set up properly, allowing the enemy to escape from the battlefield, and the battle could not be completed in one battle, so what should I do with the soldiers who died in the Ming Dynasty? Who will bear the losses caused by the Manchu cavalry who escaped?"

"As for Your Majesty, when this battle is over, I, Xu Da, will go back and plead guilty in person. Even if Your Majesty wants Xu Da's head, I will admit it."

Xu Da's expression didn't change at all, he knew that when the fusiliers didn't show up according to Chang Yuchun's previous order, Chang Yuchun should have figured it out, there were some things he could do, but he couldn't say.

This is a head-on collision, and there is no way to avoid casualties. If the death of hundreds of thousands of cavalry can bring back greater benefits and more population, then let them die. Everything is for the future of Daming!

As for His Majesty, Xu Da is not very worried. Because of the oral order brought by the old Zhu before, and because Xu Da himself wants to reduce his contribution in the late Ming world, after this battle is over, he will definitely go back and plead guilty. Otherwise, his contribution will only make things difficult for Lao Zhu.

As for the difficult result, the answer has been given in history, that is-don't do it! ! !
"As long as Chang Yuchun is not dead, it doesn't matter if all the cavalry are dead." Xu Da muttered to himself, this sentence was the oral order brought by Jin Yiwei not long ago, and Zhu Yuanzhang's own order.

"As a general, you can't care about temporary gains and losses. The sacrifices now are all for the future of Daming. Boy, you still have a long way to go. There are some things, talk less, watch more, and think more." Xu Da's mood faded He patted Mu Ying's shoulder and stopped talking.

(End of this chapter)