The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 677

Duoduo watched his army gradually approaching about [-] steps in front of the enemy's line through the telescope, and he couldn't help showing a look of pride on his face.

The firing rate of the Ming army's artillery was indeed extremely fast, but it only destroyed [-] to [-] chariots. If this trend continued, his army would soon be able to rush into the enemy's formation.No matter how powerful the Ming army's guns are, they will never be able to do anything against the chariot.

You know, this is still the front row of chariots. There are more than [-] chariots behind Cao Gongcheng, Gong Adai and other ministries that are unscathed.

Just wait for the two armies to fight, and I will fight with swords and spears with nearly ten times the superior force, and the southerners will be defeated in one blow!
He seemed to have seen the spectacular scene of a mere [-] Ming troops being submerged in the torrent of Jianzhou Jingjia.

Shuo Sai and other confidant generals were also arrogant and said: "The two red flags and the Zhenglan flag often brag about how powerful the barbarian's firearms are. I can't believe that."

"Hmph, how can those people be compared with the general?!"

"Thousands of people dare to use their arms as carts, and they will be crushed by my army!"

"After rushing out of Ximing Mountain, we can take advantage of the victory and enter Nanjing, and Zhu Linmi will be captured alive in a few days..."

"It's like capturing the barbarian Emperor Hongguang back then, haha!"

When the few people were talking nonsense, they saw a group of cavalry in shining silver armor pouring out from the left wing of the Ming army.This team of cavalry was extremely well drilled, and in less than a cup of tea, they formed a neat three-row wedge formation, and then stabbed obliquely at the front of the Qing army with the sound of military drums.

Duoduo was startled, and was about to order Zu Runze's cavalry to bypass the infantry to fight, but Wen Shuosai said: "The southerners are probably crazy, but with only six or seven hundred cavalry, how dare they charge against my tens of thousands of troops? !"

Duoduo frowned, and thought that Xu Erxian's troops still had [-] people, even if they didn't stop them, Cao Gongcheng was behind him, and six or seven hundred cavalry were not to be feared.However, if the Guanning cavalry on the flanks were to be mobilized, the formation would be disrupted and the infantry would be slowed down.

Weighing the two, he remained calm in the end, just watching Shuo Sai send messengers to remind the former army to meet the enemy.

Before the warning flag bearer rushed to the front army, Brother Zhu spotted a gap in the chariot formation that had been blasted open by the cannon, and shouted, "Draw your sword! Advance in small steps!"

Immediately there was a sound of steel swords and dragons chanting, and hundreds of sharp blades were unsheathed, reflecting the dazzling morning light, pointing directly at the endless Jianlu army formation.

"Fast forward!"

When they were less than fifty steps away from the Qing army, Brother Zhu shouted loudly, "Charge!"

In an instant, the [-] heavy cavalrymen under his command rushed their horses to the fastest speed, and plunged into Xu Erxian's army like a wild beast.

In fact, Xu Erxian had already discovered the attack of the Ming cavalry, but his command efficiency was very low. When the low-level officers saw the flag dancing, before they had time to command the soldiers to form an formation, the steel swords of the heavy cavalry battalion had set off all over the captive soldiers. blood rain.

As Zhu's brother led his troops to deflect slightly in the front of the Jianlu team, he rushed horizontally out of a bloody road paved with corpses, and there was a sudden wailing in all directions. Xu Erxian's people would all separate to both sides in fear as soon as they heard the sound of horseshoes from a distance.The advancing speed of the Qing army immediately slowed down.

Seeing this, Cao Gongcheng, who was behind Xu Erxian's troops, hastily summoned the generals beside him, "Send the order, gather bows and musketeers and shoot the Southern Army cavalry!"

The officer glanced at the heavy cavalry who was mingling with his own front team, and said hesitantly: "General, shooting like this will definitely hurt our army..."

"I can't control so much!" Cao Gongcheng said anxiously, "If Xu Erxian's troops are defeated by these hundreds of cavalry, we will also be implicated!"

He glanced back, and the two white flags were supervising the battle behind him. As long as he rushed here slowly, those flag soldiers would probably start to cut people down!

"The end will obey orders!"

As the officer left, [-] archers and musketeers from Cao Gongcheng's army stepped across the gap between the chariots and came to the front of the formation, shooting towards Zhu Jiadi indiscriminately.

It's just that they are holding three thousand dingling guns, and shooting them at the plate armor of the heavy cavalry from a distance of nearly a hundred steps is no different from scratching it, not to mention bows and arrows, which can hardly leave a trace.

However, lead bullets and arrows flew randomly, killing many soldiers of Xu Erxian's troops, making Xu Erxian's subordinates think that there were still Ming army infantry coming to kill them, and they were even more desperate for a while.

With great difficulty, Xu Erxian organized nearly a thousand sabers and spearmen with the family as the core, and hurriedly arranged a square formation.This formation is a combination of multi-layered horizontal and diagonal formations that support each other. It is the most suitable formation for blocking cavalry in field battles.

Xu Erxian made up his mind, even if he couldn't repel this group of armored cavalry - seeing how invulnerable these people are, most likely they can't stop them - at least he could slow down their speed by formation.As long as the cavalry loses the momentum of the attack, [-]% of their combat effectiveness will be immediately reduced, and at worst it will be left to Cao Gongcheng to finish.

However, Brother Zhu looked at the Fangyuan Formation lying in front of him, but he fought head-on without fear.

He couldn't stop, if he hesitated a little here, the captive army would regroup and continue to attack Yu Xin's main force.And if I can delay here for a little longer, the army will be safer for a while. As long as it can withstand Shen Shi, other armies from all walks of life will surround them, and tens of thousands of captives will undoubtedly die!
At the moment when the front heavy cavalry was about to come into contact with the Qing army's spearmen, there was a burst of gunshots on the north side, and more than 30 officers or standard bearers fell to the ground in Xu Erxian's square formation.

The three hundred hunters who had followed Zhu Jiadi before had quietly reached the front of the formation, and sniped the Qing army blocking the way from the destroyed workshop.

The next moment, the front row of heavy cavalry collided heavily with Jianlu spearmen. Although the flesh and blood were no match for the soldiers wrapped in steel armor, dozens of cavalry were hit by the spears and fell to the ground.They were wearing heavy armor, even though they were not fatally wounded, it was difficult for them to move, which meant that they had lost their combat effectiveness.

But as the first layer of defense in the Fangyuan Formation was breached, the captive soldiers on the next few layers began to panic. Without the command of an officer, they couldn't see the military flag, and most of them stood there in a daze, at a loss.

Immediately afterwards, Gan Xinda commanded another round of sniper killings by the hunters, and more Jianlu were killed, and most of the square circle had fallen into a situation where no one was commanding.

Brother Zhu's vision was vicious, and he only picked the junction of the enemy's formation to charge and kill. After a short time, he penetrated the entire battle formation and came out from the west side.The Fangyuan formation, which lacked command, could no longer hold on. Before the heavy cavalry could turn around and charge again, they broke up with a bang.

However, even though the captive soldiers in this square formation stood still, the Dragon Guards Heavy Cavalry Battalion lost as many as 80 to [-] people after breaking through the layers of formation, and hundreds of people were slightly injured.

Zhu Jiadi glanced at the blood-stained silver armor and was very tired. He gritted his teeth and pointed to the east side of the enemy line, and said loudly: "Soldiers, serve the country loyally, what is the pity of this body? May you follow me to the enemy line again!"

Hundreds of heavy cavalry raised their steel swords together and shouted loudly, "Kill!"

(End of this chapter)