A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 492
Wang Dou was overjoyed. In fact, it was difficult for him to judge. He wondered whether Qingqi would bring reinforcements or even artillery from other places because of his participation in the battle.

For example, to attack Ma Ke on the west side of Songshan Fort, the Tang Tong Department's Han Army's gun artillery troops were transferred, but they moved slowly and would always reach the battlefield.

With the Shenji Battalion accompanying him, he was even more confident. In their army, there were now 25 Shenwei General Cannons, fifty large-caliber mortars, and nearly a hundred small-caliber mortars.There are also [-] rocket cars, [-] Frang locomotives, and nearly a thousand rockets such as the Shenhuo Flying Crow.

Their sergeants, the more uniform flintlock Lumi guns, are very ornately equipped.

In addition to the 35 Hongyi cannons of his own artillery battalion, 55 general Frang machine guns, and [-] small and medium Frang machine guns.As long as these artillery are used properly, it is impossible not to deal a heavy blow to the Qing army.

Wang Dou happily agreed to Fu Yingchong's request.

Fu Yingchong was overjoyed, and gave Wang Dou a thumbs up: "Uncle Zhongyong is a friend, I, Fu Daya, have written it down!"

He hurriedly took his personal guards, ran back to the artillery formation not far away, and recruited soldiers.

Hong Chengchou hesitated to speak, but finally said nothing.

At this time, the smoke and dust billowed, and a group of cavalry came from the foot of the Huangtu Ridge under the artillery fire of the Qing army on the Zhuling Ridge. The leader was Guo Yingxian, a general of Yang Guozhu's army.

As soon as he saw Wang Dou, he yelled: "Brother Wang, Yang Shuai heard that you are going to fight the Tartars, let me lead a thousand fine horses to help you, brother, is it not too late?"

Wang Dou felt warm in his heart, he knew that Yang Guozhu was just purely kind, without the slightest utilitarianism, but he was afraid that he would not have enough cavalry, so he asked his relatives to come to help.

He said: "You led a thousand fine horses out, and Yang Shuai attacked Huangtu Ridge, is there not enough troops?"

Guo Yingxian shouted: "Don't worry, right now my Xuanfu army only has the front battalion of the new army to fight. There are two battalions of infantry in reserve, and two battalions of chariots from the friendly army. Thousands of cavalry don't move. Enough troops!"

Only then did Wang Dou feel relieved, and at this moment, he saw smoke rising from the northwest direction of the Chinese army formation.

It turned out that it was Wang Pu and Li Fuming. When they heard that Wang Dou was going to help, they each sent [-] fine cavalry, and led them to come out to help with their confidant generals.

No matter what their thoughts were, Wang Dou thanked them for their kindness and asked them to gather their soldiers and horses beside his army formation.

Zhang Ruoqi rode beside Wang Dou, also very happy, he said with emotion: "The soldiers are so diligent in serving the country, why worry about slaves and thieves not being destroyed?"

The battle ahead was urgent, Wang Dou didn't care to say much, he clasped his fist at Hong Chengchou, rode his horse and ran back to his army, Zhang Ruoqi and others hurriedly followed.

At this time, tens of thousands of Jing frontier troops were waiting in formation. Cavalry, infantry, artillery, Chinese troops, and chariots were lined up in neat square formations one after another.Even in the scorching sun and hot weather, no one moved a little bit, and the posture of a strong army was undoubtedly displayed.

As the breeze blew, the waves, the sun and the moon flags in each of the headquarters rolled endlessly, especially the blood-red big banner at the position of the Chinese army, which was boiling and boiling with passion like fire.

Wang Dou paid attention to his army formation, and everyone in the formation, from generals to soldiers, also looked at him. Their eyes were full of reverence and trust.

With a choking dragon chant, Wang Dou drew out his sharp sword, and shouted loudly, "I am the Jingbian Army!"

The whistling sound like waves spread around the front, back, left, and right sides of the formation: "Mighty!"

"I'm Jingbian Army!"

Another louder whistling sound: "Mighty!"

"mighty!"

In the army formation, whether it was the generals Zhong Xiancai, Han Chao, the officers Yin Yijin, Tian Qiming, or the soldiers Chen Sheng and Zhao Rongsheng, they all shouted with all their strength.

Hearing the majestic cheers, everyone's blood boiled with enthusiasm, even the soldiers of the second-class army were no longer afraid, they would not be afraid, they wished to kill the thief immediately.

Guo Yingxian and the others laughed openly and said, "It's exciting to fight with the Jingbian army!"

Wang Dou returned to the main part of the Jingbian army, rode his horse and stood in front of his banner, and issued an order: "Go to the southeast, the whole army is ready!"

"The whole army is ready!"

From each battalion, each department, and each headquarters, officers wearing eight-petal caps, iron pointed helmets, short body armor, leg skirts, riding on healthy horses, all shiny and exposed armor leaves, passed down the orders of the Chinese army one after another.

The Jingbian army was located on the right side of Hong Chengchou's central army formation. Hearing the order at this time, the entire army formation immediately turned to the right.Every soldier in the formation checks his weapons and equipment, armor, spears, matchlocks, etc. for the last time.

The gunners of the Artillery Barracks located in the middle army urgently put on mules and horses for their own artillery and ammunition carts.In the battalion headquarters of each battalion, the drivers and fire soldiers also quickly put on harnesses for their own supply carts and cooking carts.

The medical officers of each headquarters also began to check the condition of the stretchers and medical vehicles of the doctors under their command.

The town governors of the various ministries and headquarters, leading the town fu sergeants, began to dispatch.

The general governor Fu Chi Dacheng, and even led the commander-in-chief of the Zhenfu sergeant, the whole army patrolled everywhere.

Wang Dou lent the Yuanrong chariot to Yang Guozhu, and the Chinese army's pole-watching chariot was desperately pulled up and erected.

A fully armed flag bearer jumped into the diaodou with a pole as high as 20 meters, held a telescope, and began to look around.

There are also Jingbian army chariots in the middle army position, and those soldiers who are responsible for pushing, also urgently inserted movable lions and tigers into the holes in the front shafts to play cards.There are also five holes in the front of each cart, each of which is inserted with a ten-foot-long spear.

Immediately, the dense spears in front of each chariot stood up, like hedgehog chariots.

Wang Dou held a binoculars and looked at the rout in the southeast. It was only a mile away from the main formation of the central army, especially the cavalry in the rout was less than a mile away from the formation.

Wang Dou sent an order: "The chariots move forward, protect the infantry, and the routs are not allowed to charge the chariots. Anyone who violates the rules will be killed!"

"The cavalry are on the two wings, Li Guangheng is on the left, Guo Yingxian is waiting on the right, and together we disperse the routs. The routs need to disarm their weapons and horses before they can join the formation. Anyone who dares to disobey orders will be killed on the spot!"

Looking at the flag from the flag bearer of the pole car, Wang Dou's heart moved, and he gave an order: "Multiple bands of slaves cover the rout soldiers tightly, and the cavalry on the two wings wait for the opportunity to outflank, divide and eliminate!"

Under Wang Dou's series of orders, there was a rumbling sound, smoke and dust rose, and two hundred Jingbian Army chariots, each driven by two soldiers, rushed to the front of the infantry battle formation.

Behind the chariot, there were two cavalry battalions of the Jingbian Army standing up like a forest with long spears and firecrackers.

……

Wang Dou put down the binoculars, looked into the distance, and habitually squinted his eyes, which was a problem of myopia in his previous life.

In this era, even if the vision exceeds [-], it still cannot change the habit.

He whipped his whip in the air, pointed forward, and ordered: "The whole army, move forward!"

The drums and music of the Chinese army sounded together, and accompanied by the marching drums, more than ten thousand Jingbian soldiers, no matter on foot or on horseback, marched neatly in formation.

The big drum chariot of the Chinese army was beating loudly, and as the army marched forward, the hunting banners fluttered like blood!

In particular, Wang Dou's large flag of the Chinese army can be seen many miles away.

And behind the position of the Chinese army, there are many civilians' soil vehicles, closely following.

And Fu Yingchong's Shenji Battalion rushed to follow.

Watching Wang Dou's army move out, Hong Chengchou exhaled, and prayed in his heart: "I hope Uncle Zhongyong goes well and restore the decline!"

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Looking at the land, at this time, one side is the marching formation, and the other side is the rout and fleeing Ming army all over the mountains and plains. Among them, there are many screaming civilians.

The so-called defeat like a mountain is exactly what happened.

Because Qingqi deliberately intercepted the congestion back and forth, it created the illusion that there were enemies on all sides, and it seemed that there were only a few escape routes.

Those rout soldiers, cavalry, infantry, and peasants were mixed together, which greatly slowed down everyone's running speed.Many people huddled together in a mess, and as soon as someone fell, they would be trampled on by countless big feet, and amidst howling, they would be trampled into a pulp like that.

No one cared about them, and everyone ran away on their own, especially when the Qing soldiers were constantly covering up and outflanking them.

Behind them, Qing cavalry chased them away from time to time, as long as they escaped a little slower, Bobo Qing rode his horse and rushed over, trampled them to the ground, and stabbed them to death.

Any officer who tried to restore the command system was the key target of the outflanking Qing cavalry.

And amidst all the crying and clamoring, any sound from them was in vain.

Under the fear, countless people only knew how to run as hard as they could. After running for several miles, many people just ran to death like this.Even some of the defeated horses were spitting white foam at the mouth, seeing that they couldn't do it.

Suddenly they saw the army formation ahead, and saw that the banner was Daming's army, they roared with joy and ran towards the army formation.

But they forgot that it is a big taboo for the rout to rush towards the army formation.

According to the common practice, they should go around the military formation on the two wings.

What greeted them was the ruthless sound of firing guns.

Behind the chariot of the Jingbian army, the flames were connected together, and amidst the sound of explosions, thick white smoke rose up, and the soldiers were routed one by one, and were hit by the lead bullets that shot over.Blood sprayed from their bodies and they fell to the ground screaming.

After several waves of volleyball sounds, those rout soldiers came to their senses, howled and fled to both sides, or collapsed on the ground motionless, revealing some chasing Qing cavalry behind them...

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There was a sound of orderly trampling of horseshoes, and Li Guangheng led his own cavalry battalion out to disperse the rout soldiers running towards this side.

His cavalry, one-color first-class army, all have bright red square collars and long body armor, with dark red velvet hemming, red pompoms on both arms, and even the temples of the horses are dyed blood red.On the left arm, there are red round shields, each with an eight-petal cap and an iron pointed helmet, and the armor surface is densely covered with copper nails.

The horse under the crotch is also covered with protective gear at key points.In addition to their sabers, they carried carbine guns and multiple pistols on their saddles. The whole army showed a strong light.

The saber is only effective against targets wearing leather armor or no armor. It has no effect against opponents wearing heavy armor. To kill enemies, firearms and spears are needed.

The hand guns of the Jingbian army are extremely powerful, and can break through multiple layers of heavy armor within [-] or [-] steps.

However, Dongnu's cavalry bow was within range, but it was difficult to pose a threat to the cavalry of the Jingbian Army.In particular, their new armor, around the chest and abdomen, is no worse than the armor of the previous pikemen.

The military factory is still researching straight knives and epees so that the cavalry of the Jingbian Army can stab their opponents.

Seeing them from front to back, left, and right, Zhang Ruoqi couldn't help feeling that the guns of the Jingbian army are already very powerful, even the cavalry are so sharp, and I don't know how Wang Dou trained them.

With the thunderous sound of horseshoes, Li Guangheng's cavalry began to gallop in a neat formation, facing the rout.

Each of them has eight hundred soldiers, divided into four columns.There are two hundred riders in each row, and the distance between each ride is more than one step (almost two meters), and the distance between each row is fifteen steps.And each department is separated by [-] steps. The entire cavalry camp is divided into front, middle, and rear. Among them, there are two thousand soldiers in the rear.

Not far away, the cavalry of the defeated army came rushing. Seeing their wolf-running appearance, every knight of the Jingbian army had a cold light in their eyes.

Hmph, these trash, not enough to succeed, more than to fail, in the face of slaves and thieves, greedy for life and afraid of death, seeing one's own side riding an array, don't know how to dodge, really damn it!

At this time, on the left side of the cavalry formation, there are flags holding the general flag, the chief officer is next to him, and there are several guards.

Looking at the situation ahead, the cavalry in the front row shouted to the general manager: "Get ready for the guns!"

Immediately there was a clattering sound, and every Jingbian army cavalry in the front row pulled out a flintlock pistol from the saddle.

Those who reacted in the same way as them, the knights in the rows behind all pulled out their guns, and they rode at the same speed, rolling towards the rout!

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Ma Fu's name is the former battalion officer of Ji Town's Che Camp. Among the generals of Ji Town, he is famous for his empty salary and blood of soldiers, and he is known as the horse skinner.The soldiers he led were also known for being undisciplined.

Because he had to rely on his servants to save his life, he gave unrestrained preferential treatment and connivance to his subordinates' personal guards, no matter what kind of trouble happened, he would be able to deal with it.In this battle with Qingqi, his car battalion was defeated in the first wave.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ma Fuming led more than 300 Ding Bama and fled without even thinking of gathering the rout.After he led his servants to run for a certain distance, he stayed on the horse to watch the battle, wanting to see how the situation was going.It's just that Ji Zhen's army was defeated all the way so quickly, which was beyond his expectation.

Seeing dozens of Qing cavalry jumping over the rout and directly chasing him, how could Ma Fuming dare to stay?He led his servants and fled, only wanting to flee to Hong Chengchou's Chinese army formation.

Unexpectedly, he fled to the wrong place, and fled to the direction of Wu Sangui's army formation.The Qing cavalry who were besieging Wu Sangui immediately sent out several teams to chase after him. Ma Fuming rushed to kill him, losing more than 100 men, and managed to escape.

However, his men and horses were also wounded many times, and Ma Fuming even lost his helmet, and his hair was untied, his hair was disheveled, his face was covered with blood, and he was in a terrible state of embarrassment.

However, Ma Fuming's escape speed was very fast. After he fled in the opposite direction again, he rushed in front of countless defeated soldiers and civilians.

Seeing the large formation of the Chinese army in front, what makes people even more joyful is that there seems to be a reinforcement army coming in front, as long as they escape to the reinforcement formation, their lives can be saved.

Looking at the banner, it was the reinforcements of the Jingbian army, and Ma Fuming breathed a sigh of relief, his spirits lifted.

At this moment, a personal guard suddenly shouted in horror: "General, there are Tartars chasing after you!"

Ma Fuming turned his head and saw dozens of Ba Yala soldiers from the Tartars. Looking at their armor, they were the soldiers and horses of the Tartars Zhengbai Banner.Ma Fuming couldn't help but lose his mind, a white-armored Tartar soldier could almost beat ten of his servants and dozens of Ba Yala soldiers, how could he be an opponent?
(End of this chapter)