Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 402 Suspicion
However, just as the infantry of the Guards shot and killed the cavalry of the Qing army, the infantry of the Qing army rushed up.

And as soon as the 15 Qing infantry rushed up, they formed a dense gun formation and fired at the infantry of the Guards.

Although the infantry of the Guards had sharp firearms, they could not withstand the siege of so many Qing infantry.

Fortunately, at this time, hundreds of light infantry field artillery from the artillery battalion were also brought forward to continue to show off their power, using dense artillery shells to forcibly tear apart these densely packed Qing infantry camps.

The guard cavalry also killed when the shells from the guard artillery battalion disturbed the Qing army camp.

At this time, the mines between the first line of defense and the second line of defense have been trampled and exploded by the cavalry of the Qing army, so the cavalry of the Guards no longer have to worry about being ambushed by landmines, but can approach the gap between the infantry and cavalry of the Qing army without scruple. Fighting between the Qing army camps with sharp alloy steel knives.

The infantry of the Guards was able to relieve some pressure, and quickly retreated to the third line of defense to use the third line of defense to shoot at the infantry and cavalry of the Qing army.

At this time, the second line of defense was full of scuffles inside and outside. Qing army officers and soldiers continued to fall, and some guard cavalry were stabbed under the horse by the Qing army with spears, and some Qing army cavalry were shot down by the guard infantry.

Qin Zuoming was also watching this scene in the third line of defense at this time, and he couldn't help clenching his fists.

"Deputy Marshal, there are too many Qing soldiers, why don't we call the brothers from the north bank of the river to support?"

In the Guards, it is customary to call the commander-in-chief of the group army the commander-in-chief, and the deputy commander-in-chief of the corps as the deputy commander-in-chief. At this time, it was Mao Lifu, the direct battalion commander of the [-]st Corps of the [-]rd Guards Army, who called Qin Zuoming this way.

Qin Zuoming didn't answer, just stared at the front, and suddenly asked Mao Lifu: "Commander Mao, do you think that the Qing army that is fighting with us in front of us is the whole Qing army?"

"The last general dare not confirm, but judging by the scale at present, these Qing troops can't be less than [-]. Our army has consumed too much ammunition and has begun to be unable to support us. Deputy commander, if we don't transfer brothers from the other side to support us Three battalions of infantry and one battalion of cavalry have suffered heavy losses."

Mao Lifu shouted anxiously.

"What are you panicking? It's an honor for a soldier to die in battle. I can't transfer my brothers from the other side now. I heard that Hong Chengchou has always been as cunning as a fox and as careful as a cat. Will the main force of the hundreds of thousands of Qing troops under his command be killed by the guards of my other regiments?" The actions of the army brothers and the preparations to cross the river in advance are also unknown. We have rashly transferred the brothers from the other side of the river. Once the Qing army appears and all our guard brothers are killed, what will happen? Who will guard the ferry on the other side of the river? , who will block the way for the main force of the Qing army to retreat northward!"

After Qin Zuoming asked such a series of questions, Mao Lifu couldn't persuade Qin Zuoming to transfer half of the troops of the First Corps from the opposite bank, so he just asked, "What does the deputy commander mean?"

"Here's an order to command the battalion directly under the Corps, as well as the medical soldiers and logistics soldiers to kill the enemy with the officer! The infantry of the Guards no longer have to hide in the trenches and fight the enemy hand-to-hand! At most, half of the troops on the south bank will be wiped out, and the Qing army will not be able to go ahead. further!"

As Qin Zuoming said that, he personally raised a Chongzhen [-]-style flintlock gun and killed it first.

In an instant, all the [-] main forces of the Guards on the south bank of the river went into battle, and they no longer paid attention to any rules and regulations. They fought thoroughly with more than [-] Qing troops. The medical soldiers and logistics soldiers who were not the main combat soldiers fought indiscriminately with their solitary courage.

Hong Chengchou didn't expect the guards to fight with his more than [-] troops so desperately.

Luc Dehun originally wanted to retreat with his remaining cavalry of the Qing army, but now he could only fight left and right between the infantry and the cavalry.

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At this time, He Gang, the deputy general of the First Corps of the Third Guards Army on the other side of the river and the second in command of the Corps, couldn't help but clenched his fists. He really wanted to order the [-] officers and soldiers on his side to support him, but he didn't dare Easily give up the north bank position.

However, at this moment, Han Peng suddenly appeared with Jin Yiwei.

As soon as He Gang heard that Jin Yiwei had appeared, he naturally rushed to meet Han Peng in person. After all, this represented a new military order from the Generalissimo's Mansion.

"Your Majesty's command is that you must create the appearance of being the main force of the Guards. We brought all the dragon flags this time. You ask your people to raise the dragon flags so that the Qing army on the other side can see them! Our Jinyiwei will also Cooperate!"

After Han Peng said, He Gang naturally followed suit.

Soon, [-] Jinyi guards all wore flying fish uniforms and embroidered spring knives, galloping their horses along the north bank of the Yellow River. At the same time, dozens of dragon flags were fluttering in the wind.

At the same time, He Gang also had an idea, and all the officers and soldiers under his command shouted: "Your Majesty is here, capture Hong Chengchou alive!"

"Your Majesty is here, capture Hong Chengchou alive!"

Yan Yingyuan also continued to attack with the guards directly under the Association to assist the troops on the south bank of the river in the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards.

As soon as the guards on the south bank of the river heard that His Majesty was coming from the other side of the river, their morale was also high, and they continued to rush and kill.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty? Jin Yiwei? There is still the Daming Emperor, really there is the Daming Emperor."

Many of the Green Battalion soldiers on the Qing army's side were civilians who were once members of the Ming Dynasty. Now when they saw Jinyiwei and Longqi appearing on the other side of the river, they also shouted. They were quite shocked and instinctively feared.

At this time, Hong Chengchou also saw the movement on the other side of the river, and he heard people shouting to capture him alive. In addition, the guards in front of him were more fearless than one, and his army of more than [-] soldiers had not taken advantage of it, and had already been killed. About to collapse.

"Hurry up, send an order to King Pingxi to immediately lead troops to respond. It turns out that the main force of the guards is on the north bank of the Yellow River. We must evacuate here immediately!"

Hong Chengchou was now officially convinced that the main force of the Guards was on the north bank of the Yellow River, so he hastily issued a military order, and ordered someone to pass the military order to Henan Admiral Zhou Ze, who immediately led his troops to join forces with his main Qing army to attack Xuanwuwei.

Hong Chengchou reacted quickly, and the Qing army retreated like a tide when they heard that they were going to retreat.

The First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards pursued for a while, but because they were intercepted by Wu Sangui's tens of thousands of soldiers, they had to retreat.

After all, the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards had fought hard for a day, and they were also somewhat weak.

After Qin Zuoming saw that the Qing army retreated in a hurry because of the appearance of the Daming Dragon Banner and a large number of Jinyiwei, thinking that the emperor Zhu Youjian and the main force of the Guards had appeared, he was also relieved. He thought that he, the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards, would Half of the men and horses were lost here, but they didn't expect to save themselves from danger in the end.

Yan Yingyuan also pursued Hong Chengchou and other main forces of the Qing army who had hurriedly retreated all the way, and finally found an opportunity to return to Zhuxian Town to report to Zhu Youjian.

So far, after Hong Chengchou's main force of the Qing army was killed and injured 27 by the guards on the south bank of the Yellow River, only about [-] of the main force of the Qing army retreated to Xuanwuwei in embarrassment.

The main force of the Qing army still did not break out of the encirclement of the guards, but the guards began to narrow the encirclement and began to prepare for a general attack.

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