Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 28 The Battle of Northern Burma

The Rangers led by Li Dingguo attacked the Qing army like a whirlwind. The Qing army had been completely defeated by the Ming army in terms of formation and morale. Even though their troops and horses were several times that of the Ming army, they were still defeated by thousands of cavalry. He was rushed everywhere.

As the Ming army marched, they shouted: "If the Han people surrender without killing them, there will be a reward for beheading the Tatars!"

"The Han people surrender and don't kill them, but there is a reward for beheading the heads of the Tartars!"

Such shouts have already made some soldiers of the Wu army hesitate. Some small officers immediately dropped their weapons, knelt on the ground, raised their hands high, and shouted: "Surrender, surrender!"

What's more, he even went so hard that he cut his knife at those Manchu Eight Banners soldiers who were also about to escape.

"Kill the Tartars and make a contribution!"

Ai Xing'a was shocked. The Han soldiers who were originally led by the Eight Banners actually turned into their enemies.

"Bold!" Ai Xing'an scolded angrily, but it couldn't stop those Han troops who had no real loyalty from defecting at all.

Even if it was the San Francisco Rebellion more than ten years later in history, Wu Sangui joined forces, and Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Hunan were basically taken down without any trouble, and a large number of troops surrendered to him. There is no such thing as the return of the world to one's heart.Not to mention that the Qing army had a lot of murders and people's grievances in various places. The soldiers had no belief or fighting spirit in the Qing army. They were just subordinates and could plunder.

Therefore, when it really came to a critical moment, these Han soldiers were simply unreliable.They turned their swords and guns at the Qing army.

Ai Xing knew that today he had to fight hard, he pulled out his saber, and roared: "Masters of the Eight Banners, follow me to kill the enemy, Ai Xing, kill these dog slaves to the point of death today, let them see how big they are!" The majesty of the warriors!"

The soldiers of the Eight Banners are basically cavalry, wearing cotton armor, some with muskets, and some with knives.They were originally retreating, but at this time they were ordered by Ai Xing'a to move forward, and the whole team was actually very chaotic.In fact, the fighting power of the Eight Banners has been eroded by this time, and it is much worse than when it first entered the customs.

Li Dingguo had just broken through the right-wing formation of the Qing army, and a large part of the Qing army either fled or surrendered on the spot.Under the leadership of Li Dingguo, the four cavalry regiments assembled again, and each cavalry regiment formed a cavalry phalanx on the right side of the Qing army.This was unimaginable before, but the Ming army has undergone a lot of training in the past few months, and finally it was able to form tactics such as regrouping after the impact, and then attacking again. It is commendable.

Seeing that the Eight Banners cavalry was about to attack him, Li Dingguo smiled, and said to his son Li Sixing beside him, "Let's see what His Royal Highness thinks about it."

Sure enough, the messenger came to report, telling Li Dingguo to postpone the collision with the Qing army, but to wait for the line infantry to catch up.

At this time, Bai Mingxiu led the Ming army in person. The first regiment of infantry, the first regiment of spearmen, the second regiment, the first regiment of archers, and the artillery unit all followed Bai Mingxiu's banner to Aixing. In front of the Eight Banners cavalry.

The Eight Banners cavalry killed a group of defected Wu troops. At this time, they found that the Ming army was getting closer and closer to them.Ai Xing'a had five thousand and eight banner soldiers, while the infantry phalanx of the Ming army on the opposite side seemed to be only three or four thousand in size.

Ai Xing'a immediately made a decision: "Guys, follow the commander to kill!"

Ai Xing'a was also really brave, and led the Eight Banners to kill Bai Mingxiu's infantry phalanx.

The infantry on Bai Mingxiu's side was mainly used to cover the artillery drawn by the carriage.The artillerymen have quickly deployed the artillery, replaced it with shotgun shells, and offered their deadly cannons to the attacking Eight Banners troops.

"Boom! Boom!"

Large pieces of shotguns were directly sweeping down a large group of cavalry in the lead. Ai Xing'a had never seen such damage, and the poor cotton armor of the Eight Banners Knights could not resist the power of the shotguns from Napoleon's cannon.

The Eight Banners cavalry could only bite the bullet and charge, but their speed had subconsciously slowed down.

There was another shot, and Bai Mingxiu could almost see the Eight Banners soldiers flying from behind by the shells.

When these cavalry finally entered the range of the rifles, the line infantry immediately opened fire on the Eight Banners cavalry, and there was a lot of gunfire. Ai Xing had never seen such a use of firearms. Many of the Eight Banners cavalry fell off their horses, but the cavalry in the back continued to castrate, bumping into the dead horse and tripping again.

The last group of three rows of infantry of the Ming army made up again, fired another round, and harvested a large number of Eight Banners cavalry again.

Just these two bursts of fire, plus the previous artillery bombardment, actually caused the Eight Banners to lose nearly a thousand in a short period of time, directly knocking out the so-called Eight Banners warriors.Ai Xing'a's Eight Banners warriors finally rushed to the front of the Ming army, but the losses were already very serious.

"Spear formation!" The spearmen, who were the main force of the defense, immediately flattened their spears and formed a formation of spikes like porcupine quills. The Qing cavalry had no way to deal with such an infantry formation.Even if a few Eight Banners cavalrymen were able to knock down a few Ming soldiers with a few shots from their muskets, the spearmen who had been practicing the formation for several months would make up for it, making the entire formation airtight.

And the gunners and archers of the Ming army in the back were still firing bullets at the soldiers of the Eight Banners. Ai Xing's eyes were tearing apart, watching a large number of Tartar soldiers being killed by the Ming army, one by one Pierced by spears, they were driven and slaughtered like pigs. The dense guns turned these wild boar skin warriors into real pork one by one, pork that was slaughtered.

"This is not the Ming army! This is not the Ming army!" Ai Xing'a had already collapsed, he tried his best to struggle, and wanted to gather the last Eight Banners to evacuate quickly, but he didn't have this chance.

A sniper following Bai Mingxiu was holding a Lee Enfield No. [-] rifle.He had already seen Ai Xing clearly and followed her for a long time.When he finally found an opportunity, he raised his rifle and fired a shot at Ai Xing'a.

A blood hole appeared on Ai Xing'a's forehead, and this once mighty Tartar general ended his life like this.

The Eight Banners soldiers completely retreated in front of Bai Mingxiu's infantry phalanx, but they encountered the cavalry led by Li Dingguo who were already preparing to pursue them.Despair haunted all of them, just like the people of the Central Plains they had slaughtered felt.

Bai Mingxiu waved his hand slightly, and said: "Command, Tartar, don't leave any one behind, kill!"

(End of this chapter)