The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 59 Pig Teammates

In an era without telephones and radios, if the combat deployment was suddenly changed, it would take more than ten minutes for thousands of soldiers to understand the commander's intentions, and this required well-trained troops.

But the Dragon Guards did not have this process.

The contingency plan had been conveyed to every officer long ago, so as soon as the word B was implemented, the entire army started to move at the same time.

"A battalion of infantry, in a file formation!"

"Independence [-]st Company and Independent [-]nd Company remove the horses!"

"Artillery company, switch to marching state!"

"..."

In just five or six minutes, the three infantry columns of the Dragon Guards began to run forward with the dense drumbeat.

The cavalry supported the infantry on both wings.The artillery with the slowest preparation speed followed closely behind, covered by dragoons.

……

Wanji's men and horses rushed towards Feng Junrui's army with shouts, and only when they got closer did they see a series of neat rattan plaques in front of them, with spears protruding from the gaps between the rattan plaques.

When the distance between the two sides was about seventy steps, the Qing army began to fire guns.In an instant, the smoke from the gunpowder burning filled the air, and the flames flickered.

Feng Junrui's musketeer used a three-stage shooting method.The gunners in the first row go around to the back row to reload after releasing their guns, the gunners in the second row go forward to fire, then go around to the back to reload, and the third row goes up again, and the cycle repeats.

These people are all Gao Jinku's direct line troops, some he brought from the north, and some regular battalion troops from Nanjing, most of them are veterans who have gone through the battle, so they fought quite well.

On Wanji's side, most of them were recruits who had not been recruited for a long time. After listening to the officer's order to charge, they rushed towards the enemy with a burst of vigor.

After rushing to a distance of sixty or seventy steps, someone began to be shot, and blood and flesh were sprayed in all directions. The people next to him were dumbfounded in fright, and then turned around and ran away.Thousands of people rushed up, but in fact, less than a hundred people died, and the whole team began to flee backwards.

The officer hastily beheaded several deserters before he managed to stabilize the situation, but no matter how urged, no one dared to continue to charge forward.

Zhu Youmao's people arrived later, but Wanji was hesitating on the spot.He didn't know, so he rushed in with his own soldiers first, and saw that the spears and rattan plates on the opposite side were in order, so he knew that the Qing army had not been ambushed and defeated.

After he was shot by an arrow in the chest, he hurriedly sent an order to retreat. Fortunately, he was in good armor and was not injured.

Seeing that Feng Junrui had stabilized his position, he just looked around and felt bad at once——to his left was the Shuangchen River, and to his right was a mound more than three miles away, and he couldn't see what was going on behind——so If the narrow area is flanked by the Ming army, he will undoubtedly die.

Feng Junrui was considered aggressive, and immediately ordered the cavalry to assemble, shouting loudly: "The main force of the Ming army has been defeated by General Gao, follow me to drive away the two thousand Ming troops, Jinxi County is ahead, let's let go today!"

Then he took the lead, shrunk his body into the armor, and rushed towards Wanjibu, turning his saber.

The Qing army clearly stipulated that [-]% of the things that soldiers robbed should be kept by themselves.Grab more and get more.

These Qing and Han Eight Banners don't have much salary on weekdays, they rely on looting.Therefore, when Feng Junrui's nearly a thousand cavalry heard that they could plunder the county seat, their eyes lit up with excitement, and they rushed out after them.

Gao Jinku heard the fierce exchange of fire from afar, and someone came to report that Feng Junrui's forward was ambushed by the Ming army, and the situation was critical.

Gao Jinku became impatient. Those 5000 troops were his direct troops, and many of them were elite cavalry brought from the north. If these people were lost, what weight would he have in the eyes of his master in the future?
He immediately ordered that the whole army abandon all their supplies and march quickly to rescue Feng Junrui's troops!

Wanji's side was already shrouded in smoke due to the massive firing of firecrackers, making it impossible to see the enemy's situation clearly.At this time, when he heard the sound of rumbling horseshoes, he knew that the Qing army had taken the initiative to attack, so he hurriedly ordered to form an array to meet the enemy.

His new recruits only said that this time they were ambushing the Qing army, and that they could just kill the enemy quickly, but they still haven't figured out the situation until now.The musketeers and crossbowmen in the front row were shooting vigorously, but the rattan players and spearmen were all blocked behind, anxious not to be able to squeeze in front, and the scene was chaotic.

Only Zhu Yumaki's troops barely formed a defensive position, but the Qing cavalry arrived in no time.

Hundreds of cavalry in the first row were barely stopped by the Ming army. In fact, they basically used corpses to block the momentum of the cavalry's impact.

Feng Junrui turned his horse's head and led his men to gallop to one side. The second wave of hundreds of cavalry followed closely behind him, and Wanji's formation was instantly sunken.

It took Su Guansheng a long time to react. Seeing that the Wandutang army had rushed out while his own people were still standing still, he quickly waved his sword and shouted: "Soldiers, follow me to kill the prisoners!"

There was no formation, so they led people to swarm up.After getting into the thick gunpowder, he saw that the Wanji tribe suffered heavy casualties under the impact of the Qing cavalry.

At this time, Feng Junrui had already turned around, and for the second time he led someone into the formation of the Ming army. The saber in his hand passed over the Ming army, and the blood flew seven or eight meters away, splashing Dashi Su's face and body.

Su Guansheng stared blankly at the soldier in front of him who fell to the ground, his internal organs rumbled out from the wound, and his body twitched violently like a fish thrown ashore.

He only felt that his hands and feet were cold, and the sword could no longer hold on to the ground, and then he vomited out all the food in his stomach with a wow.

University scholar Su has always been pampered, and he has never seen such a scene.His mind was blank, he just wanted to get rid of the Shura field as soon as possible, and immediately took a few steps back, and then his legs ran uncontrollably—running backwards.

The soldiers of the Xinwei Army just saw the enemy's figure, but suddenly saw their Master Su throwing away their weapons and running away.

They looked at each other in blank dismay, could it be that the Ming army had already been defeated?Not daring to think too much at the moment, he also dropped his weapon and shouted,

"Defeat, lose!"

"Run for your life!" They all turned around and fled.

Originally, Zhu Youmao's troops had stabilized their position, repelled the Qing cavalry several times, and were about to rescue Wanji's troops, when they heard the Ming army shouting "defeated" and "fleeing".

The situation of Wandutang could not be clearly seen in the smoke, and the morale of the army suddenly fluctuated. The officers who were still directing the battle stopped one after another, looked at Zhu Youmao, and waited for him to make up his mind.

Wanji's side couldn't hold it anymore, but when they heard the shout from Su Guansheng's department, they collapsed in an instant.So more people joined the ranks of fleeing.

For a time, nearly ten thousand troops were chased by one thousand cavalry and fled desperately.Seeing that the main force was already like this, Zhu Youmao stomped his feet angrily, so he ordered to retreat northward slowly, but fortunately there was no collapse.

"My lord, we are still about five hundred steps away from the enemy." Shi Lin put down his binoculars and reported to Zhu Linming.In fact, the entire battlefield is shrouded in gunpowder smoke, and it is difficult to see the specific situation of the enemy. The distance of [-] steps is only an estimate.

Zhu Linmei immediately ordered: "The infantry spread out in a row, ready to meet the enemy. The hussars scouted eastward, and beware of the enemy's sneak attack on the flank."

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, more than 2000 infantrymen from the four battalions shouted "change rows" at the same time, and quickly formed a dense three-row row.

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