Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 231 The Desperate Azig
"Well, he's a little hero." Zhu Cixiang said without even seeing the soldier's face clearly.

"You just concentrate on fighting. As long as you have military achievements, you can get Qianhu, Commander, Commander, and even Duke, Marquis, and Earl."

Zhu Cihong said this from his heart. As long as he can fight well for him and win more victories for Zhu Cihong, it doesn't matter if Wang Jue is given away.

Anyway, titles began to depreciate during the Chongzhen Dynasty. In the last few years of Chongzhen's life, several earls could be confiscated at one time.

However, compared to the titles of Chiqing and Dashun, the titles of the Ming court are still very valuable.

After all, no matter how powerful Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong were, they would not be able to award several princes with different surnames.

The soldiers of the Ming army who were present, as well as the soldiers under Xu Dingguo's command just now, heard Zhu Cihong's words, and felt that they had caught up with a good time, and finally met a Ming lord.

Let them focus on fighting and gaining military exploits, instead of trying their best to please their superiors, eunuchs, and civil servants.

After Xu Dingguo was defeated and died, and all his soldiers and horses surrendered to Zhu Cihong, Liu Zeqing's subordinates also began to fight back on a large scale.

Firstly, Liu Zeqing and the others had no hope of victory, and secondly, they had no status to fight against the Ming army who had no reason to fight Zhu Cihong.

So after Zhu Cihong's people provoked him a little and promised not to hold him accountable, they all turned their swords on Liu Zeqing.

At the beginning, there were only a small number of people anyway, but soon this phenomenon spread to Liu Zeqing's entire army like cancer cells. The worse the situation was, the more people there were anyway, and the more people there were, the worse the situation was.

It didn't take long for Liu Zeqing to realize that he had no more soldiers to use, because looking around, there were soldiers anyway.

They all moved in the direction of Liu Zeqing with the slogan of killing Liu Zeqing, being promoted to the third level, and being rewarded with a thousand taels of silver.

Liu Zeqing realized that the situation was not good and he had no hope of winning. Just as he was about to turn around and flee, he found that all the soldiers around him had turned around and attacked Liu Zeqing's personal soldiers like crazy.

Just when Liu Zeqing was about to say that he surrendered and wanted to see Zhu Cihong, the soldiers who were anxious to get the great feat of killing Liu Zeqing overwhelmed him.

When the black tide receded, there was another lucky man among the Ming army who soared into the sky, received a large sum of silver reward, and was promoted to an official position like a rocket.

Coincidentally, Azig arrived at this time, just when he was about to contact Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo and ask them to cooperate with him in killing Zhu Cihong.

He was surprised to find that the banners of Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo disappeared out of thin air, and the messenger he sent to contact the two was driven away by a strong bow as soon as he approached the army formation.

"What's the matter with these two guys? I brought the Eight Banners Army here, but why didn't they show up?" Azig was very puzzled why Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo didn't contact him.

He didn't think about the ending of the two being defeated and dying, because the total strength of these two men was as high as [-], and they were able to break through the formation of the Ming army and kill Zhu Cihong without even coming by themselves.

"Could it be that they have killed Zhu Cihong, or controlled Zhu Cihong, and they don't intend to cooperate with me?"

Azig felt that maybe these two guys found that controlling Zhu Cihong would bring them greater benefits, so they decided to sever contact with him.

It's a pity that Azig guessed wrong, a big mistake, Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo have already separated their heads and their bodies have been chopped into meat paste.

Soon, he will also follow in the footsteps of these two people, because he missed the best time to escape, and gradually penetrated into the encirclement of the Ming army.

In fact, Azig had already discovered that the Ming army was dividing its troops to the two wings, and weaved a pocket to surround them.

But he didn't care, he knew that the Han army lacked cavalry and livestock for transportation, and it was impossible to surround them in a short period of time, and this period of time was enough for him to kill seven in and seven out of the Ming army's formation.

The physical strength of Liaodong's horses is incredible. Wearing horse armor and carrying warriors on their backs, the impact distance can be more than twice that of ordinary horses.

This is also one of the reasons why Azige dared to stay away from the Qing army camp to attack Zhu Cihuang. The abundant physical strength of Liaodong horses could ensure that they could easily return to the camp after the battle.

In this way, even if their plan fails, they can still escape safely.

It's a pity that Zhu Cihong will not give them that chance. Although the impact of the Eight Banners Xiaoqi and Guanning Iron Cavalry is strong, there is a limit after all.

Zhu Cihong didn't believe that his tens of thousands of troops could still penetrate his own formation. As long as the cavalry of the Qing army stopped in front of the infantry phalanx of the Ming army and lost their speed, it would be Azig's death.

Soon, the sound of rumbling subway hooves came from a distance, and Zhu Cihong got closer and closer, and the infantry phalanx in front of Zhu Cihong became thicker and thicker.

Zhu Cihong's banner is erected here, and the infantry of the Ming army will continue to support from the rear, and the cavalry of the Qing army will also be firmly attracted.

This will be a contest between elite shock cavalry and ordinary infantry. Whether the collision of the war horses is more powerful or the swords of the infantry is sharper will be revealed soon.

The air on the battlefield was very stagnant. Unlike Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo's rebels just now, the Ming army knew that the Qing army was a formidable enemy.

Although they had fought several battles with the Qing army in northern Henan, this was the first time they had encountered such a large-scale elite Qing army cavalry, and no one was holding their breath without nervousness.

The huge cavalry of the Qing army put tremendous pressure on people, and they were daunting just by looking at them. Facing giants, the first thing people thought of was not curiosity, but fear.

Although these soldiers have received training and experienced bloody fights on the battlefield, they still cannot avoid the fear of giants.

But there are some things that can help them overcome, such as the temptation of fame and fortune, the reward and encouragement of the king.

When Azig's cavalry of the Eight Banners rushed into the infantry phalanx in front of Zhu Cihong, the huge impact carried by the horses immediately knocked the sergeants in the front row holding shields into the sky.

The impact of the horses and the fall in the air caused the internal organs of these shield soldiers to be crushed immediately, and the internal organs bled profusely to death.

The pikemen behind them armed with spears against the cavalry were not much better.

Although spears are very effective when facing cavalry, facing the impact of such a large and high-quality cavalry, unless the spears and lances are inserted airtight, it is impossible to block them.

The spear pierced deeply into the chest of the Qing army horse, but the vitality of the horse far surpassed that of a human being. As soon as the spear pierced into the chest of the horse, it was caught in the ribs.

(End of this chapter)