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

Chapter 904 Riding the Sea
"Cavalry battalion, advance!"

The horse in Li Guangheng's hand pointed forward, he was rolling and galloping, the horse under his crotch kept snorting, shaking his head, in a state of high excitement.

And behind him, there is a sea of ​​horses. The horses in front of them have small golden and red triangular flags, guiding the direction of the procession, and the horses behind them are tied with scorpions. Merging with the bright red mane to form the Red Sea.

Three thousand and five hundred horsemen and cavalry rushed across the land like a stream of iron.

After Li Guangheng's cavalry came the feathered cavalry of Qinglong Army Jia and other battalions led by Yin Yijin.

They carried their spears and muskets on their backs, or rested on the hooks of victory, with thick-backed sabers in their hands, they rushed after the cavalry, with sabers in their hands, hats and helmets on their heads, and arms on both sides, Pieces of dazzling metallic cold light shone.

After they got the order, they immediately turned to attack from the flank. They first attacked from the right flank of the Rogue. The rout of the Rogue's central army had affected their right flank, but now nearly ten thousand cavalry rushed in aggressively, like an unstoppable huge wave. It even broke down and fled crying.

The scene of that kind of rout can be described as horrible, the shouts of "lost!" It was a foreign battalion surrendering the army, and the will to fight was even worse. This collapse and such scenes were unheard of.

Li Guangheng and the others didn't stop, they rushed over like a whirlwind, trampling and killing many rogues along the way, leaving the mess left by the infantry, they directly smashed through the entire right wing of the rogues, and appeared on the left flank of the rogues. outside.

A few miles away is the large left-wing formation of the Qing Dynasty in the battle of Duoduo, which includes the Eight Banners of Japan, half of the Eight Banners of Xian, and the Zhenghong Banner led by Gushan Ezhen Tong Tulai, Bayan, Li Guohan, and Wang Shixuan of the Han Eight Banners. The Han army with four banners, including the red flag, the red flag, the white flag, and the white flag.

After the Battle of Songshan, Dorgon rebuilt the Eight Banners Han Army and set up eight new Gushan Ezhen, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Ma Guangyuan, Jin Li, Tong Tulai, Bayan, Li Guohan, and Wang Shixuan, half of which are here now.

As for the remaining Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Ma Guangyuan, and Jin Li, they led the Zhenghuang, Xianghuang, Zhenglan, and Xianglan banners of the Han Eight Banners to follow along the way to Jierhalangna.

Even the Manchu Eight Banners who participated in the supervisory battle, they were almost 4 people, and they attacked the Jingbian army of about 1 people on the opposite side. However, they were almost collapsed by the artillery on the opposite side. Duoduo struggled to suppress them, and finally made it to Huilongguan. .

However, surrounding the village, the Jingbian army had already built a large number of low walls and other defense lines here, and the shield cars and bamboo bundles accompanying the Japanese Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners were almost destroyed by artillery. The platoon guns and firearms caused heavy casualties in each banner.

They were already on the verge of collapse, and the sudden defeat of the bandits affected them even more deeply.At this time, the two thieves were considered an invisible alliance. The two sides joined forces to attack the Jingbian army. The collapse of the "allies" hit them extremely hard.

In particular, the cavalry of the Jingbian Army suddenly appeared from the flanks again, and many of the Japanese on the farthest sides began to scream and run away.

Because of the name of the Japanese Iron Cannon, they have been hit hard all the time, and they stood up to Huilongguan and suffered bursts of volleyball. They have already fallen to the brink of collapse. The appearance of the Jingbian Army can be said to be the last straw that overwhelms the camel.

Li Guangheng and the others did not launch an attack immediately, but formed a team for a while, firing rockets for a while.

The rocket battalion of the Jingbian army has mules, which are very mobile and can follow closely behind the cavalry. After Li Guangheng and others stopped, the two light rocket battalions and one heavy rocket battalion that were originally deployed in the Qinglong Army's position also immediately moved forward. on the front.

They quickly placed the rockets, then took aim, and without any explanation, they fired a large number of rockets at the slave's left wing.

The firing of the rocket caused the overall collapse of their left wing. It is not that they did not see the Jingbian army firing rockets towards the Chinese army's position, but the feeling of watching others being bombed is completely different from being bombed by themselves. Yes, it is many times more terrifying than "National Collapse".

Finally, they also completely collapsed. After the two light rocket battalions and one heavy rocket battalion each fired one or two rockets, the tidal wave of collapse first started from the Japanese Eight Banners, then spread to the Han Eight Banners, and spread to the Fresh Eight Banners , and then the swarm of people swept towards Duduo and the others behind.

"Hold on, hold on..."

Doduo screamed at the top of his lungs. He looked at the collapsed scene in front of him in despair. He was already worried about the battle here. When the Jingbian army cavalry suddenly appeared on the flank, he felt even worse. Xianzhang Jing worshiped Yin Dai and led thousands of armored soldiers to suppress and stabilize the panicked Japanese.

Unexpectedly, a burst of rockets roared from the Jingbian army, and the Japanese collapsed completely. They ran in panic and screamed in horror.

Then the entire left wing he supervised the battle collapsed, and countless people shouted frantically. Driven by the cavalry and infantry of the Jingbian army, they rushed backward like a tide, and anyone who dared to stop them was cut to the ground without mercy. .

They even went to untie the carts, and then seized the horses to flee for their lives. They crushed and trampled each other, they stepped over the dead and the living, they screamed, and the despair and fear were beyond description.

Duoduo looked at all this in horror. There were thousands of Manchurian armored soldiers beside him, and most of them came from his direct management Niulu. The wonderful use of the flanks of the Jingbian Army.

But now...

"Master Baylor, let's go, you won't be able to leave when the broken soldiers rush forward."

Ba Ya La Tiao Zhang Jingdurde said anxiously, Doduo's Goshha also tried his best to pull the master's horse, and thousands of Manchurian armored soldiers fled towards the central army in a panic.

"I do not go……"

Doduo shouted unwillingly, his voice spread far away, and then a storm-like rout wave swept over, drowning this side of the front.

……

"Duo Duo is a waste, I can't spare him!"

The Sentinels had just reported that the bandits' central army had been defeated, and their right wing might also be affected. Dorgon was still thinking of a way. After all, if the bandits' right wing collapsed, it would directly affect his left wing.

Moreover, the defeat of the thief not only indicates that his plan to fight between snipe and clam has completely failed, but also that no one will support him to cover his flanks and share nearly half of Wang Dou's troops. to adjust.

However, before Dorgon could make a ugly Yinmao, the right wing of the thief was defeated, and then his own left wing was also defeated. Seeing the rout of soldiers rolling in, Dorgon calmed down while being extremely angry. It was ordered that all those who dared to charge into the battle would be killed without mercy, even Duoduo and others were no exception.

He also saw that the cavalry behind the Jingbian army's infantry were mobilizing, as if they were going to gather together and attack him from the left wing.

He said viciously: "Come on, let's see who can beat who!"

The turbulent rout was like a tide, they screamed hoarsely, trampling and squeezing each other, but under the order of Dorgon, the arrows in the Qing army's formation were also like locusts, and the routs that were crowded The soldiers shot to the ground one by one, and then crowded behind them, and shot again here.

The ground was filled with the corpses of an unknown number of people, all of which were horrifyingly abnormal. They were either pierced with arrows like hedgehogs, or they were trampled incompletely.These corpses included ordinary soldiers of the Eight Banners, mid-to-high-ranking officers, and even figures of Gu Shan Ezhen's level, but now they were all cold and ordinary corpses.

Finally, the fear of the front overwhelmed the fear of the rear. Although they were still shouting, they did not dare to attack the formation of the central army, but ran to the back of the formation by detour.

Dorgon dispatched troops and generals again, continuously shifting his forces to the left flank. Doduo's armored soldiers ran the fastest, and they also knew the rules of wartime. They circled far and came back from the back of the formation. Responsibility, arrange thousands of them around him.

Finally, from the central army to the left flank, Dorgon arranged a large arc-shaped formation, and at this time the rout was completely dispersed, showing the Jingbian army neatly riding the sea two miles away.

……

The sun and moon flags fluttered one after another, and the cavalry formation was vast. Nearly [-] cavalry from the Jing Frontier Army gathered. They formed a sharp formation. Feather cavalry.

Of course, the leaders at this time were Lei Xianbin and Yin Yijin, the generals of their battalion.

Then there are the new attached Mongols on the side of the Xuanwu Army's front, which belong to the Mongols and other cavalry, and the hussars and chasseurs of the Xuanwu Army accompany the rear of the two wings.

After the cavalry, there were infantry formations. It turned out that the Qinglong Army faced the 4 infantry on the right flank of the bandits, and the Xuanwu Army faced the [-] infantry on the left flank of the slaves. Another [-] reserve infantry rushed over, and after the [-] cavalry lined up. .

They formed an extremely magnificent cavalry formation. Fortunately, at this time, regardless of the right wing of the bandits or the left wing of the slaves, they all ran away, and the Jingbian army's tactics of riding the wall were densely packed, and the space they could occupy was as long as ten miles. wide, let them put it down.

At this time, Han Chao and Li Guangheng were gathered together, and Zhao Xuan was standing beside him, with his hands behind his back, full of expert posture.

Han Chao glanced at the side. In front of the cavalry formation, dense light and heavy rockets were spreading over there, and all the light and heavy rockets on the two fronts were concentrated here.

Han Chao looked at the opposite side and said: "The slaves are going to do their best. The distance of two miles is not long. The Rocket Battalion needs to deal them the biggest blow in the shortest time, especially destroying their Manchurian core. Brother Zhao is sure of this?"

Zhao Xuan looked at his Rocket Battalion vigorously, thinking that back then, he had only a few cannons under his command, but now he has such a huge firepower.

He said confidently: "No problem, I am the best at shooting cannons, and shooting arrows is the same!"

……

Surrounded by the virtuous soldiers of Kabush and all his ministers, Dorgon looked at the opposite army formation, and he quickly confessed: "There are a lot of rockets on the opposite side, so our Qing soldiers must rush over at the fastest speed, don't be shy about horsepower, rush In the past, with their cavalry melee, their rockets were useless."

"Don't get entangled with their infantry, and only attack their cavalry. If their cavalry is defeated, our Qing Dynasty will remain invincible."

Dorgon was lucky, he didn't have a chance to make a comeback, and he believed that as long as he defeated the cavalry of the Jingbian army on the opposite side, he could retreat calmly if he lost the enemy, after all, the infantry could not catch up with the cavalry.

As long as he defeats or even eliminates the cavalry of the Jingbian Army, even if he retreats outside the pass, Dorgon believes that he has a lot of opportunities.Because at that time it is likely to restore the situation with the Ming army in the past, even if they lose, they will lose a small defeat, because the cavalry can go, but the infantry cannot catch up.

However, if the Ming army is defeated, there will be tens of thousands, 10,000+ casualties, and one defeat is enough.

He galloped in his formation at lightning speed, roaring and shouting: "If they don't die, you will die, your wives, children and family members will all die, for my sake, kill them all!"

The sea of ​​banners beside him shook suddenly, roaring like a huge wave.

"Da Qing, Da Qing!"

"Da Qing, Da Qing!"

The shouts came like a surging wave, and the Jingbian army here was silent. Han Chao said silently in his heart: "Call, this is your last cry in the world!"

"Dorgon is going to die." Wang Dou thought silently.

Everyone on the mountain watched nervously. For most of them, being able to eliminate the bandits was already very satisfying. Of course, it would be best if they could also solve another major problem of Ming Dynasty. I don't know what the final result will be.

"Da Qing, Da Qing!"

"Da Qing, Da Qing!"

The sea of ​​flags and flags on the opposite side roared and echoed as if the sky was falling apart, and the mountains roared and the sea tsunami.

At the moment when their momentum was the highest and thousands of troops were about to rush out, Zhao Xuan shouted hoarsely: "Fire the arrows!"

His own voice seemed to overwhelm the voices of thousands of troops on the opposite side.

With a shrill roar, five hundred rockets soared into the air. They carried bright flames and long trails of thick smoke, and within a few seconds, they fell to the front position of the Qing army, and then there was a violent and shocking explosion that shook the earth. The flames Squalls rose into the sky, blood rained, and men and horses screamed mournfully.

Five hundred rockets exploded one after another, the dense explosion fragments, the small iron bullets scattered like a rainstorm covering the surrounding area, the hammer ball swept across, and some sticky flames splashed after the rockets exploded, instantly let the Qing army horses here ride There were heavy casualties and chaos.

Ashan, the former owner of the Zhenghuang Banner in Manchuria, and Baiyintu, the owner of the Xianghuang Banner, yelled mournfully. Dorgon was desperate. The front and center of the formation were all Manchurians from the Eight Banners, and Ashan and Baiyintu's troops were even more concentrated in the front. They were the first to suffer.

The range of their gold-woven dragon banners is even more important to greet them. Nearly a hundred rockets landed here, many of them were flame bombs. After the rockets exploded, the air waves and impact first knocked them off their horses, and then the violent flames seemed to cover the sky. come.

After the sticky flame swept over, both Ah Shan and Bai Yintu were in flames, and then they became firemen, or firemen who couldn't put out the flame.

The two bannermen screamed bitterly, the burning fire made them miserable, they stumbled and begged for help from others, but at this moment, there were burning men covered in fire all around them, including Ba Yala, vests, and lastly infantry soldiers.

It is not easy for these elite fighters to kill them, but now they died as cheaply as their banner owners.

They had to endure the pain of burning hearts, and they were burned alive all the time.

"Fire arrows!"

Zhao Xuan roared again at the top of his lungs.

As soon as the rockets in front fell, another [-] rockets flew into the sky, and the sky was burned red. Amidst the shrill roar that tore through the air, [-] rockets landed again in the dense cavalry formation of the Qing army.

Small iron bullets exploded like a pouring rain, dense blood mist rose up, the rolling of men and horses continued like the wind blowing ears of wheat, and the sky was covered with black lines and shadows whistling and circling.

(End of this chapter)