The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 184
Wang Xian's soldiers had already been exhausted after repeated tossing and fighting. At this time, they heard that the officer ordered to charge the enemy's line by force, and they all hesitated to move forward.

Wang Xian couldn't help being anxious, and led his confidants to kill more than a dozen hesitant people in a row, and then personally led nearly a hundred cavalry to rush towards the Ming army's defense line, and his infantry followed up tremblingly.

Xia Fu looked coldly at the howling cavalry rushing forward, and calmly gave an order, "Concentrate on shooting the enemy cavalry!" The dragoons in the entire line array immediately turned their muzzles and aimed at the oncoming enemy cavalry.

When the enemy army rushed to about [-] steps away, he immediately shouted the order, "Let go!"

More than 500 flintlocks immediately roared simultaneously.Because the line array is very wide, the two wings can also form crossfire against the cavalry who are charging in a group when they are concentrated on shooting.

Wang Xian's cavalry immediately turned on their backs. Those who were directly hit by lead bullets and those who were tripped by their own men lost more than half of them in an instant.

The worst thing was that Wang Xian, who rushed to the front to boost morale, was the first to be shot.The other cavalry rushed halfway, suddenly lost their command, and immediately turned into headless chickens and began to run around.

"Bayonet is ready..." Xia Fuxian originally planned to use the bayonet to kill the remaining enemy cavalry, but just after he ordered halfway, no one rushed up.About [-] cavalrymen of the Qing army ran towards the two sides, while the rest turned around and turned backwards.

Reluctantly, he held back the orderling, and changed his route: "All load ammunition." Then he ordered the company chief of the first company of the dragoons, "Get on the horse and disperse the enemy cavalry."

"Yes!"

Although the dragoons are not the strongest unit, they are definitely the most flexible.Dismounted from horses, they can do infantry formation and shoot, and if necessary, they can immediately become light cavalry.

Soon, more than 60 dragoons wielding steel swords pierced straight in from a group of fleeing Qing cavalry.

The infantry under Wang Xian had just run more than 100 steps away from the Ming army, when he saw his leader charge up aggressively, and was defeated by a round of firecrackers without even hitting a splash.

Immediately afterwards, the cavalry who turned around and fled back shouted loudly, "Master Wang is dead!"

The morale of the hundreds of infantry was already low. When they heard that the main general had been killed, they immediately stopped and looked at the supervising team behind them.The war supervisors were even more straightforward, throwing away the single sword in their hands, turned around and ran away.

Xia Fu first saw that the soldiers under his command loaded the ammunition skillfully, and were waiting for the enemy to charge up with confidence, and then gave them a head-on blow, but suddenly saw the captive army running halfway in the distance and collapsed with a bang.

He just stood there for two seconds before he realized, and hurriedly ordered the second company and the third company to mount their horses and chase down the defeated enemy.

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Zhu Linmei stood on a slope, looking at the light of the torches fleeing around in the night.Just now the hussars reported back, and the thousands of Jian captives have all been defeated.Due to the confusion of the captive army for unknown reasons, the entire engagement process was over in less than half an hour.

He looked in the direction of the Qing army camp, where the tents stretched four or five miles away, and the entire camp was brightly lit.

He knew that although thousands of captive troops had been defeated right now, Boluo still had tens of thousands of horses stationed not far away, so he had to beware of a large group of enemy troops suddenly dispatching.The Dragon Guards are clearing up the remnants of the enemy at this time, if they face the battle suddenly, they may be caught off guard.

"Yuanzi, order the whole army to stop chasing the enemy," he thought for a while, and quickly made a decision, ordering Zhang Jiayu, "Gather here and prepare to return to the camp as a whole team.

"It is still unknown what the main force of Jianlu will be doing, so it's advisable to be cautious."

"My lord's concern is very serious." Zhang Jiayu was about to deliver the order when he saw Zhao Shichao rushing over with a group of hussars.

Zhu Linmi asked suspiciously, "Why did Xuan Qing suddenly return when he was attacking the enemy?"

"My lord, my subordinates have urgent military reports." Zhao Shichao saluted first, and then waved to the soldiers behind him.

Several hussars immediately pulled the two bound men from their horses and threw them at his feet.

"My lord, my subordinates have just captured two thieves and false officials." Zhao Shichao cupped his hands to Zhu Linmi, "These two people begged for information in exchange for their lives, and this subordinate responded in vain. Unexpectedly, they actually revealed something very important. Things."

As he spoke, he kicked the prisoner on the ground, "Say, who are you?"

"Hui, General Hui, the younger one is called Li Jianming." One of them hurriedly replied, "His name is Gao Tong. The two of us were coerced by the captives and served as the commanders in the army."

Zhao Shichao pointed to the Qing army camp and asked, "How many troops are there in this camp?"

"There are 1 Jianzhou soldiers and more than [-] Han troops."

Zhu Linmi squatted down suddenly when she heard the words, grabbed Li Jianming's collar, stared at him and said, "Are you serious?"

Li Jianming raised his voice and said, "Don't dare to lie to the general!"

"Boluo brought [-] captives into Fujian, where are the rest?"

"Returning to the general, Boluo's food and grass are unsustainable, and he is afraid that he will not be able to attack Xianxia Pass. So he designed Azig to lead the main force of the captive army to go west secretly, intending to seize Shanguan and get food from Jiangxi. Boluo feared the Ming army. When they were suspicious, they pretended to negotiate peace and led more than ten thousand Han troops to camp in Yanping to hide their eyes and ears..."

Zhu Linmi looked solemn, let go of Li Jianming, stood up and said to Zhao Shichao: "Immediately order the whole army to interrogate all captured Jianlu officers. Be sure to confirm what this person said as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Zhao Shichao immediately jumped on the horse and led the team to gallop away.

"My lord, there were more than [-] people in Zhang Yingmeng's army that we defeated earlier," Zhang Jiayu said aside, "The captive army in front of us is more than six or seven thousand. If what the prisoner said is true, there should be several people in the Jiancap camp at this moment." No horses."

Zhu Linmei nodded, "Order the Dragon Guards to wipe out the remnants of the enemy as quickly as possible and end the battle. However, we still need to be on guard against fraud. Let the hussars monitor all over the camp, but if there is any change, immediately warn the police."

"Yes!"

"Also," Zhu Linming said again, "send someone to inform the Polu camp, and ask them to come and meet up quickly."

"Yes!"

Not long after, another hussar sent the Jianlu officers captured on the battlefield one after another.After Shi Lin's surprise interrogation, the confessions of these captives were basically the same as Li Jianming's, and they all said that the main force of the Jian captives had gone to Shanguan with Azig.

By dawn, Fan Shaozu and Wang Xian's captive troops had been completely wiped out, and the Polu camp had rushed to the east of the Qing army's camp.

Knowing the urgency of the situation, Zhu Linming immediately ordered all the cannons to be concentrated outside the enemy camp, and the Polu camp would be responsible for the main attack, to break through the Boluo camp as soon as possible, while the Dragon Guards would repair it on the spot.

Boluo listened to the sound of fighting all night in the camp, but he never saw Fan Shaozu, Zhang Yingmeng and others leading their troops back.During this period, he sent more than ten batches of scouts out of the camp to investigate the situation. The report was either a melee among the armies, it is difficult to know the details, or the main force of the Ming army attacked and the army was defeated.

He was in a state of anxiety when Erdenbu ran over in a panic and said urgently, "Lord Baylor, tens of thousands of Ming troops suddenly appeared outside the camp!"

Before he finished speaking, he heard the roar of dense cannons in the distance, shaking Boluo's big tent.

(End of this chapter)