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

Chapter 889
"Ah, poor Nikan."

Such insults made those sentry cavalry of the Qing army tremble with anger. Except for the Jingbian army, they have been invincible throughout the Ming Dynasty over the years.

The thieves in front of them don't say anything braggingly, and they regard them as lowly barbarians, scolding them face to face, like scolding slaves, how can they bear it?

Maybe some of these people can't understand Chinese, but the expressions and movements of those old battalion soldiers can be seen at a glance. The disdain, the contempt, the condescending, the angry eyes make them all go crazy, wow Straight call.

A Ba Yala roared loudly, with the step bow on the saddle in his hand and a heavy arrow in his quiver, he drew the bow all at once, and the twelve-strength big bow was rattled by him. There was a sound, and his iron armor clanged accordingly.

Naba Yala immediately drew away the 150-pound [-]-strength strong bow. When he loosened the bowstring, amidst the sharp whistling sound of the arrow, the heavy arrow shot through the throat of the whistle chief. It was made of fine iron. A huge arrowhead with a steel tip pierced out from the back of his neck.

The old battalion chief had surprise and disbelief in his eyes, and he fell off his horse due to the huge force of the arrow. His horse was startled by this, neighed, kicked its hind legs on the ground, and raised its front hooves high. .

The whistle always rolled down the dust, and the tip of the arrowhead passing through the neck shone with a sharp and gloomy light.

A drop of blood slowly dripped from the tip of the arrowhead, and the two-foot-long birch shaft was still quivering in his throat.

The old battalion soldiers in the front battalion were startled. Before they could react, the arrows from the opposite side had already swished over. Amidst the screams, the old battalion soldiers were hit by arrows one after another. After being hit by the arrows, they were all numb all over, and then lost blood rapidly. A sense of powerlessness welled up in my heart.

The arrows of the Qing army were large and heavy, with blood grooves, and their lethality was astonishing.

Moreover, from a distance of more than ten steps, they shot very accurately and fiercely. Amidst the howling sound of sharp arrows, the old battalion soldiers in the front battalion were either shot in the face or in the throat. No armor or light armor can't stop the shooting of heavy arrows at all.

Once hit by an arrow, he just fell to the ground with a muffled hum. Even if he didn't die on the spot, he would lose his combat effectiveness due to excessive blood loss.

Of course, these old soldiers from the front battalion are also elite. After they reacted, they immediately drew out their horn bows to fight back. Especially they mostly use small bows. The bows are narrow and short, and the rate of fire is very amazing. Arrow, just shot an arrow from the other side.

Small bows are famous for their speed of fire. Skilled archers can even shoot two or three arrows in one second. However, the Qing army mostly used large bows, which were not short like horse bows used for riding and archery. It was not easy to shoot bows immediately, but they The bow strength is strong, even the horse bow usually has seven or eight strengths.

Moreover, the sentinel cavalry of the Qing army are well armored, and the most common of the twenty or so cavalry are vest soldiers, each of whom has at least double armor, iron armor, cotton armor, chain mail, etc., with amazing protection, so the old battalion soldiers After reacting, although the rain of arrows passed by, it had little lethality.

Unless the horse was hit by an arrow, many Qing cavalry were still safe and sound with three or four arrows stuck in their bodies, and the old battalion was almost done with one arrow.

Seeing that their weapons had no threat to the opponent, some of them were even hit by four or five arrows, but their own troops kept falling, these old battalion soldiers finally panicked.

Because the leader of the post was killed at the beginning, the old battalion had no leader. They yelled, some wanted to leave, others wanted to dismount and fight on foot, and they became a mess.

At this time, the sentry cavalry of the Qing army shouted an order, took back their bows and arrows, drew out their weapons, and rushed towards this side on horseback.

Those old battalion soldiers were even more chaotic. One of the soldiers in the middle saw a horse rushing towards him. His face covered with scars was grim. He opened his mouth and roared, showing his yellow teeth and drooling. beast.

He was wearing thick and shiny iron armor, with a small flag on his back, and he was holding a long and heavy spear in his hand. What are the two cuts, sharp and fierce, it is chilling to watch.

Seeing that cavalry rushing towards him, the old battalion yelled, his superb archery skills were displayed to the fullest, the small bow string in his hand was ringing, and the arrows whizzed at the rushing strange knight , In this short time and short distance, he shot at least six or seven arrows.

Hearing the sound of ding ding, the arrows shot by the old battalion continued to bounce off the ground. Naba Yala was wearing an extremely thick and fine iron armor, how could this kind of horse bow and arrows be able to pierce it easily?Many arrows couldn't stand up at all, and they were inserted barely, and they were also superficial, hanging on them weakly.

Naba Yala roared, and rushed towards him like a whirlwind. With a tiger gun in his hand, a cloud of blood rose up, piercing the old battalion soldier's heart, until it reached the antlers of the gun holster, with a hissing sound, The blade of the tiger gun came out through the body.

The horses intersected, and the old battalion soldier was also stabbed off the horse. At the same time, Naba Yala dexterously turned his wrist, and at the same time as he rode the horse past, he pulled out the tiger spear from the old battalion soldier with his backhand.

He looked back, and saw that old battalion soldier rolling on the ground, with blood gushing from his chest, his eyes were wide open, with a terrified expression on his face.

Twenty-odd Qing troops rushed forward, and in a blink of an eye blood spattered everywhere, screaming everywhere, and the remaining old battalion soldiers counterattacked passively, the more they fought, the more disappointed they were, where did these so-called Great Qing cavalry come from? Brave and sharp?
The hand-to-hand combat was bloody and cruel. In the blink of an eye, there were only a dozen old battalion soldiers left in the field, and all of them were heartbroken, completely different from the previous arrogance.

As an old battalion, in fact, their life and death fights have always been rare, and most of the wars they have experienced are low-intensity wars. How many cruel battles have they experienced?It is inevitable to show up when you meet the real elite.In particular, the opponent's armor is still very good, and one's own saber and other weapons cannot break the defense at all.

Because they are used to running, especially after spending another month in the capital, their determination to fight is not as good.

Looking at the short time before and after this, there were more than 50 casualties on our side and only a dozen people were killed. On the other side, no one died, only a few people were slightly injured, and a few horses were killed or injured.

How can I fight this?They looked at each other, they were all terrified, feeling like they were out of their wits, where there were strange soldiers, it was better to run far away.

With a shout, they rode away. At this time, their light armor and unarmored equipment showed an advantage. In particular, they were all skilled in horsemanship. Needless to say, they all ran away quickly, and there was only a trail of smoke and dust in the wilderness. , can't catch up at all.

Seeing their running speed, all the Qingqi in the field were terrified. At this speed, even the Mongols from all banners could not run against them.

No wonder Nanman has been unable to wipe out the thieves, they run so fast, how can they chase them?
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By the [-]th, more battalions of the Shun Army had gathered on the Qinghe River. The densely packed tents spread from the west mountain to the east side of the Qinghe River. The huge flow of people also brought strong logistical pressure. Set up camp and everything is messy.

The special army has no fighting spirit, and when many battalions arrive, they have big bags and small bags. They don't seem to be fighting, but like going to a market.

With constant disputes and a lot of bullshit, Li Zicheng felt devastated, and everything could only be described as a mess.

Distraught, another panic and worry floated in his heart. It seemed that a huge and dangerous hidden danger was approaching. It seemed that an unknown force different from Wang Dou, but equally powerful, was lurking around to spy.

It seems that news from the east of the capital, Shanhaiguan and other places has been cut off for a long time, and the sentry cavalry who went to the Qinghe River in the past two days have been missing one after another. It is stationed on the edge of Shunyi.

The number of them is unknown, but their combat strength is quite strong, and some of them even surpassed the old battalion soldiers of their own side, which made some sentries panic and brought some rumors among the battalions.

Earlier, Taoyuan Bo Liu Liangzuo and others were stationed in Shunyi, Huairou, and Changping. After they were taken away, he preached that they should not act rashly for the time being. Only when the army attacked in battle, they also attacked from the flanks.

All this made Li Zicheng feel bad, as if he was ignoring something, so that afternoon, he summoned all the generals of the old camp, especially Qihou Yang Shaofan, who seemed to have told him about the Qing Dynasty. general.

Liu Zongmin and others came late. Although the old camp camped around Qinghedian and Dongshengling, Liu Zongmin and others were impatient and ran to the beautiful scenery of Fuhai and other places.In particular, Liu Zongmin himself led some personal guards to occupy the Tsinghua Garden, which is known as the "No. 1 Garden in Beijing".

Yang Shaofan came here very actively, his fame and wealth, and his future ambitions are all on Dashun, so he has been doing his best when practicing the fire gun camp.

"Great Qing Dynasty?"

Liu Zongmin and the others were ignorant, but the Mongol Tartars knew what the Qing Dynasty was, and it was really inexplicable.

Of course, it's not that Liu Fangliang and others have never heard of the name of the Qing army. It was when the Qing army entered the customs that they could be brought back to life under the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army.

Speaking of which, these Tartars outside the Great Wall are still benefactors.

Gao Yigong gathered the information again, in short, under the city of Shunyi, dozens of miles away, on the edge of the Shahe River, a large army from outside the Great Wall indeed came, but the number is unknown.They claimed to have come to help Dashun, and they also said that they had fought against the Ming Kingdom for decades and had deep old grievances. This time they entered the customs to find the bad luck of Wang Dou and other Ming generals.

Li Zicheng murmured: "Unlucky? The Ming Dynasty is dead, and all old grievances have vanished. I, Dashun, did not interfere with them, so why did I enter the customs? And Wu Sangui, Tang Tong, Yang Guozhu and others from Shanhaiguan and Jizhen ?”

Yang Shaofan was listening, and was very surprised. After entering Beijing, Yang Shaofan didn't hear King Chuang and others talk about the Qing Dynasty. He thought they were confident and dismissed the Hulu outside the Great Wall.

He turned his mind, thought for a while, and reminded Li Zicheng and others that these Tartars outside the Great Wall should not be underestimated.

When Li Zicheng and others asked about it, he explained everything he knew beyond the Great Wall in more detail, but seeing the expressions of Liu Zongmin and others, everyone disagreed.

How many times have you entered the customs, and all the fortified cities you pass will go down?I also went all the way down the city, especially when the capital went down in two days, and how long and how many times did those so-called Qing soldiers besiege the capital?After listening to the number of Dingkou in their middle school, Liu Zongmin and others were even less concerned about it compared to their own Dashun.

Yang Shaofan didn't know what to say, he felt like he was playing the piano against a cow, he finally said: "Slaves have always been strong enemies, although they said they came to help me, but be careful when sailing for thousands of years, please be careful, Your Majesty."

Li Yan also said: "The people of Yi and Di have a beast's heart. They said they came here to help me, but why didn't they come to congratulate me openly, but sneaked around and lurked around? How did they enter the customs? Where are Wu Sangui and others now? It will be even more terrifying if Wu Sangui and others join these thieves. Your Majesty, these thieves have ulterior motives and evil intentions. Beware of their snipe and clam fighting, the fisherman will benefit, and we must avoid causing disasters in the Wei River."

Li Yan doesn't know much about the Qing Dynasty outside the Great Wall, but he has read history books and knows that the Hulu outside the Great Wall have always been powerful enemies in the Central Plains. easy to deal with.

Li Zicheng also read some history books when he was free. He knew about the disaster of the Wei River mentioned by Li Yan, but it was the beginning of the Tang Dynasty.

He nodded to express his understanding, but he had other thoughts in his heart. The more soldiers and horses gathered in Qinghe, but the army's morale was weakened, and the strength of Wang Dou on the opposite side was unknown, so he was quite worried.

The Qing Dynasty said that it came to help Dashun, maybe it can use this generation to increase its chances of winning, and after defeating Wang Dou, it will deal with them.

But before that, it's better to know more, especially to let the Qing Dynasty send an envoy to congratulate him, and he will be justified by himself.

Now he asked Li Yan to write an imperial edict, reprimanding the Qing Dynasty for killing his own soldiers?Without giving an explanation, Dashun decides to launch a crusade and let them have a taste of color.At the same time, he also said that the new emperor is in power, why not send envoys to congratulate him and so on.

At this time, all civil servants were staying in the capital, and there was only one scholar like Li Yan. After he wrote the letter, Li Zicheng was quite satisfied. Riding escort went.

On the [-]th, the courier came back and brought a reply letter from the lord of the Qing Dynasty. When he asked about the information he had seen, he didn’t know anything. It turned out that before the courier arrived at the Shahe River, he encountered a large number of sentry horses from the Qing Dynasty, and then the group of people were killed. cover eyes.

In the end, they were brought into a big tent. They saw very few people, and they couldn't really see anything. When they got out of the tent, they were also blindfolded.

Although Liu Zongmin and others were furious, this so-called act of the Qing Dynasty really insulted the prestige of Dashun, and it is time to send troops to crusade and show them some color.

However, Li Zicheng was relatively calm. He opened the letter to read, and the letter was written very politely, saying that he lived in Liaodong in the Qing Dynasty, and he did not interfere with the well water of Dashun. , so I vowed to send troops to destroy the king.

They lead [-] troops into the pass, and they heard that Dashun sent troops to destroy Wang Dou, so it seems that they can work together to eliminate this thief.To show their sincerity, Jieshi can threaten the Jingbian army on the flanks, and at the same time wait for an opportunity to attack their rear.

As for King Dashun's inquiries about Wu Sangui and others, they didn't know anything about it, because they entered the customs through Xifengkou and other places.

Uncle Liu Liangzuo of Taoyuan in Dashun Kingdom and the others didn't know either, because they only passed by the city of Shunyi.

The reason for being sneaky was also to avoid misunderstanding the incident. No, as soon as the sentry cavalry of the two sides came into contact, there was a dispute and a fight. However, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were also defending themselves, which was purely helpless.

Li Zicheng felt even more suspicious after watching it. This so-called Qing Dynasty was still shrouded in a fog.But the battle is imminent, and the arrow is on the string, so it has to be launched.

He decided to ignore the so-called Qing Dynasty for now. It would be better for them to threaten the Jingbian army on the flanks. It doesn't matter if they don't come, and it doesn't matter if they are malicious.

Anyway, I have a lot of soldiers and horses, and the available troops are extremely abundant, and I usually deploy troops on the right wing. If those Qing soldiers have good intentions, they will attack the weak point of the Jingbian army with them.If it is malicious, the soldiers and horses arranged are just on guard against them.

After defeating Wang Dou, he Dashun will come to clean up this so-called Qing Dynasty.

……

On April [-]th, the Shahe River and Qinghe River were covered with battle clouds, and the army like a tide continued to gather. From the sky, it seemed that the densely packed tents of various colors could stretch to the end of the world, the flags were like a sea, and the sound of golden spears resounded.

People shouted and horses neighed, and I don't know how many soldiers sharpened their knives, ready to fight.

The three parties have already gathered in place, and the curtain of the battle is slowly opened.

(End of this chapter)