Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 401 Shelling
Although Luck Dehun didn't think much of Wu Sangui, a Han prince who got his official position by surrender, he also knew that Wu Sangui was not a simple person.

Therefore, when Wu Sangui said that he invested [-] troops and was successfully blocked by less than [-] infantry guards, Luck Dehun's first choice was not to believe it.

It's not just Luke Dehun who doesn't believe it.

Hong Chengchou and the other generals of the Qing army were also somewhat disbelieving, but Meng Qiaofang stood up and said, "Perhaps King Pingxi is right. This guard army is indeed incomparable to any soldiers and horses we have seen before."

"What is incomparable? Is it as powerful as my Eight Banners Iron Cavalry? Others don't know about King Pingxi's Liao soldiers, but Ben Bayle is very familiar with it. It's not like 5 people can't defeat even a guard army of less than [-]. "

When Luck Dehun asked, Meng Qiaofang had no choice but to keep silent. He really didn't dare to question the Manchurian cavalry.

"Master Baylor, Zhongtang, Mr. Wu is indeed not lying. Most of Mr. Wu's family members have lost half of their elites. If you don't believe me, you can send someone to investigate!"

Wu Sangui clasped his fist heavily.

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou hurriedly held Wu Sangui's arm and Le Ke Dehun's arm: "You two don't want to fight any more. The important thing now is not the strength of the guards. The most important thing for us now is how to get out of the way." , Hong believes that King Pingxi will not have other thoughts at this time, Lord Belle, what do you think?"

Luckard snorted, waved his sleeves and put his hands behind his back without saying anything.

And Hong Chengchou just smiled lightly, and gave Wu Sangui a meaningful look.

Wu Sangui also knew that now was not the time to fight for these idle moments, so he continued to ask Hong Chengchou: "Zhongtang, Wu thinks that we should retreat to Xuanwuwei as soon as possible. The direction of Sun's Ferry is clearly stated that there is the strongest main force of the Guards. We can't If we succeed in crossing the river, we can only capture Xuanwuwei and He Luohui and return to Beijing from Shaanxi."

In fact, Hong Chengchou didn't really believe Wu Sangui's words in his heart. He also thought that Wu Sangui might secretly want to preserve his strength. Otherwise, why couldn't 5 people break through the defense line of less than 1 people? The key is that he still has [-] troops under his command.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou did not agree with Wu Sangui's proposal. He was still hesitating, hesitating how to make a choice. Although all signs of the Guards showed that the main force was here, Hong Chengchou, who had always been cautious, was determined to try again:
"What King Pingxi said is not unreasonable, but the guards have always been cunning, maybe they are still suspicious tactics, and the main force of my Qing army is nearly 30 troops. No matter how strong his guards are, can he still block my approaching attack?" 30 troops won’t do it, since we’ve come to this ferry area, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t attack with all our strength, as long as we regain the ferry, we can retreat smoothly!”

"Lord Baylor, it's up to you this time." Hong Chengchou smiled at Luke Dehun as he said that. To attack the Sun's Ferry with all its strength, it is natural that Dorobel Lek Dehun will be required to lead the battle.

"Then ask Zhongtang to play drums for Ben Baylor!"

After saying that, Luc Dehun shook his sleeves and left the tent, got on his horse and ordered his soldiers to gather the whole army.

At noon, when the winter sun was shining brightly, the Qing court Dorobel Lek Dehun led [-] cavalry to kill towards the camp of the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards.

Not only these [-] iron cavalry, but also the generals of the Green Battalions of the Han Army under Hong Chengchou's command also led their officers and soldiers from east and west to the camp of the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards.

Except for the temporary rest of Wu Sangui's troops, more than [-] Qing troops were only advancing rapidly in the snow like wild wolves all over the mountains and plains, pressing down on the camp of the First Corps of the Third Guards Army like an overwhelming force.

This time, the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards no longer only let the infantry block it, the artillery battalion was the first to participate in the battle.

150 heavy infantry field guns fired [-]-jin or [-]-jin iron bullets into the Qing army camp frantically, and the dense iron bullets fell on the Qing army camp like a violent storm. The army cavalry was directly smashed upside down, and even the infantry behind them were thrown into the air.

Although Luck Dehun also expected that the guards would have artillery attacks, he did not expect such intensive artillery attacks from the guards.

Although he had spread the cavalry as far as possible to attack, many cavalry were still knocked down, and it also directly caused the Qing infantry in multiple directions to start to appear chaotic.

Fortunately, Hong Chengchou also prepared a supervising team. After beheading some Qing troops who tried to escape, the entire Qing army restored order and continued to maintain the momentum of advancing from all directions.

Luck Dehun continued to charge [-] cavalry crazily from all directions with his [-] cavalry. Although the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards had prepared many traps, it couldn't stop the attack of [-] cavalry. After thousands of cavalry, most of the cavalry still rushed close to the first line of defense of the Guards.

Fortunately, however, the Guards still had more than 300 light infantry field guns that continued to fire shells to block the attack of these tens of thousands of cavalry, and all three infantry battalions of the Guards also joined the battle, with nearly [-] flintlock guns They kept shooting at the cavalry from three sides.

Countless Qing army cavalry fell, but many Qing army cavalry also broke through.

The First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards had to retreat into the second line of defense, and the distance between the second line of defense and the first line of defense was about [-] paces. They galloped over the clearing, but what the Qing army cavalry didn't know was that there were new Ming-style mines buried under the clearing.

This kind of landmine uses nitrocellulose as the fuse, black powder, broken porcelain and iron sheets as the main body. The nitrocellulose will explode when it is shaken, and the black powder that ignites the landmine will explode. It is the best weapon for killing horses.

The vibration caused by the cavalry horses of the Qing army stepping on the ground was naturally enough to detonate the landmines. Therefore, when the infantry of the Guards withdrew to the second line of defense, the cavalry of the Qing army broke through to the open space in front of the second line of defense, and there was an earthquake. The violent explosion shook the ground, and many Qing army cavalry horses and people were blown up, wailing on the ground in pain.

It was also because the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards did not bring too many mines because they were eager to seize the crossing of the river at that time, so they only set up mines between the first line of defense and the second line of defense, in order to prevent large-scale cavalry from breaking through the first line of defense. After the first line of defense, stop the Qing cavalry on the second line of defense.

Seeing this, Lu Kede was so angry that his teeth were about to be gritted, because he was able to avoid the horse pit, and most of them rushed here were his Manchurian cavalry, and at this time it was his Manchurian cavalry that was blown to pieces. , so he was very angry.

The Guards infantry took advantage of this to shoot fiercely at the terrified cavalry, and within a short while the cavalry of the Qing army who rushed into the first line of defense were shot and wounded no less than ten thousand people.

(End of this chapter)