Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 286
Li Laiheng's two hundred personal guards were hit by Luck Dehun's cavalry. Not only half of them were killed and injured, but the rest were also smashed into pieces. They couldn't stop the Qing cavalry at all. all gone.

"Withdraw~" Seeing this, Li Laiheng had no choice but to say hello, then turned his horse's head and ran towards Li Guo's troops. Seeing this, the scattered guards also fled back to the main formation immediately.

At this time, Luck Dehun's cavalry had turned to the other side of the Ming army, and there was no cavalry between them and Li Guo. Li Laiheng was the first to rush back into the formation, but the remaining soldiers were not so lucky. Running, but another team of Qing cavalry turned around again, and there was another burst of hacking and smashing. In the end, less than ten of the two hundred elites fled back to the formation.

At this time, under the command of Li Guo, the Ming army formed a circular formation, like a disc, while the two cavalry teams of the Qing army, each with a thousand soldiers, were like two water snakes swimming around the disc, trapping the Ming army in the circle. In the formation.

"Shhhhh~"

A wave of arrow feathers struck, and the Ming army immediately fell to the ground.

Li Laiheng came to Li Guo's side in embarrassment, and hurriedly said: "Father, the cavalry of the Qing army are too cunning, we have no way to fight back, retreat quickly!"

In the Ming army, there are many fire commanders. In Xiang Zhongyong's establishment, the number of firearms is as high as [-]%. Against the turning Qing cavalry, it had little effect.

"Withdraw~" Li Guo saw that he could no longer interfere with the pursuit of Zhou Zebin by the Qing soldiers and cavalry, and he was in danger instead. He immediately agreed with Li Laiheng's words and shouted: "Form the formation and move towards the city gate. Don't disperse the formation. So that the Qing soldiers have an opportunity to take advantage of."

"Nuo~" The galloping cavalry of the Qing army made the soldiers of the Ming army feel a deep sense of crisis, their faces were heavy and solemn, everyone responded in unison, and then they moved closely together, moving small steps, towards The city gate retreated.

Seeing this, Luck Dehun bowed his bow and shot an arrow, and a hundred Ming soldiers were immediately shot in the face and fell to the ground screaming.

At this time, he reined in his horse, separated from the cavalry, looked at the moving Ming army, and couldn't help but let out a sneer and said: "Hmph~ I want to escape, how can I be so lonely."

The drill of infantry formation requires very strict training. Although Li Guo's troops can be regarded as an army that has fought for a long time, they can only be regarded as knowing a little bit about battle formation.

The peasant army has fought against the official army for more than ten years, and they have been familiar with the method of fighting the infantry against the official army, but they have never figured out the way to fight the cavalry. This is also the case of the Dashun Army. The reason why the battle with the Qing army basically failed was that they were inexperienced.

Wang Yan's defeat of Geng Zhongming and Luck Dehun was all due to the fact that the Qing soldiers were too proud and abandoned the usual tactics of the cavalry, and directly attacked the Ming army's infantry, resulting in failures.

At this time, the Ming army was moving, and the formation was a little chaotic. Coupled with the fact that the Qing army cavalry kept throwing arrow feathers, causing damage to the Ming army, the formation of the Ming army became even more unbearable.

Li Guo saw that the head was full of men, he pushed the arrow feathers away with his long spear, and shouted anxiously: "Steady, pay attention to the formation ~ fill up quickly."

After observing the Ming army for a while, Luck Dehun saw that the Ming army's circular formation had turned into an ellipse in motion, and there were loopholes in many places, so he clamped his horse's belly, and together with more than a dozen relatives behind him, returned to the To the circle of cavalry.

"Warriors of the Qing Dynasty, follow my commander to the battle. Those who kill Li Guo will be rewarded with a hundred gold, and they will be promoted to a higher rank!" Luck Dehun returned to the cavalry, shouted, and chiseled towards the middle of the oval.

Luck Dehun was very accurate. With the constant harassment of the Qing cavalry and the movement of the Ming army, the formation of the infantry has become chaotic, and his oval shape is like a boat. It is undoubtedly easier to knock the boat into pieces if it hits it from the side. Two breaks.

At this time, the cavalry of the Qing soldiers listened to Luc Dehun's promise, howled and followed Luc Dehun to turn around suddenly, and immediately inserted into the waist of the Ming army.

The cavalry collided at a high speed, but the spears that should have been lined up tightly against the shield wall and held up were already in disarray. The scattered formation of the Ming army was immediately cut off by the Qing army.

A large number of Ming troops were knocked into the air and hacked to death, while the Bird Commander, who was supposed to be protected, was immediately exposed to the iron hooves of the Qing army, and the Ming army was in chaos.

Seeing this, Li Guo knew that if two teams of Qing cavalry were to attack in turn, the Ming army would be completely folded outside the city, and the Ming army obviously could not recover their formation.

Because once Luke Dehun rushed over, another team of cavalry would rush up again, and it was impossible for him to form another formation under the two teams' alternate attacks.

"Don't panic, while they slow down, stick them up for melee!" Li Guo also made a decisive decision and raised his gun to kill the Qing army passing through the middle of the Ming army.

Hearing this, Li Laiheng immediately understood that Li Guo wanted to take advantage of Lecter's rush to the formation, and his speed slowed down, so that he could quickly stick to it, and let the Ming and Qing cavalry strangle together to form a melee.

At this time, as the cavalry of the Qing army pierced through the waist of the Ming army, the Ming army was afraid of being knocked down by the horses, and instinctively fled to both sides, causing the oval Ming army formation to split into two like a single cell.

Just as the two small formations of the Ming army were about to be pushed further and further apart by the cavalry, Li Guo and Li Laiheng rushed towards the middle at the same time.

"Ah~" screamed from the mouth of a Qing soldier Niu Lu, but Li Guo threw the spear in his hand and shot Niu Lu off the horse.

Seeing this, the Ming army saw that the military academy and the chief general were all heading towards the middle. They couldn't help but stop and retreat, and rushed to the middle. Many soldiers followed suit by throwing their spears and shooting the Qing army in the middle. cavalry.

At this time, there seemed to be lotus roots between the two Ming armies that were separated, and the two Ming armies were pulled together again, but more than 600 Qing soldiers were surrounded by the Ming army.

When Luck Dehun rushed out, he saw that there were still a large number of Qing cavalry intertwined with the Ming army. Another Qing army also discovered this special situation.

For a while, he didn't dare to throw arrow feathers, and he didn't dare to attack directly, for fear of accidentally injuring his own family and horses, the entire Qing army immediately threw their arrows.

At this time, when Luc Dehun saw this, the formation of the Ming army was completely in disarray, so he waved his sword and said, "I am a warrior of the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid of melee, and I will kill with my commander~"

Luck Dehun led the cavalry who rushed out, and immediately rushed into the formation, and another team of Qing cavalry rushed in immediately after seeing this, joining the melee.

This time, Luck Dehun did not act impulsively, but he knew that the infantry of the Qing army in the big camp, as well as the troops that might be drawn from the other three battalions, would come immediately, and the Qing army would occupy an absolute majority in terms of strength. Advantage.

For a moment, two thousand Qing cavalrymen and three thousand Ming troops fought together, fighting inextricably, and in the Qing camp, a large number of Qing soldiers came out of the camp.

"Boom~" A cannon rang.

When the Qing army from the Qing battalion rushed out, the gate of Jiangxia city was opened again, and Chen Youlong also led [-] soldiers out of the city to rescue Li Guo and return to the city.

(End of this chapter)