Acting for the gods

Chapter 142 Hesitation will lead to defeat
Daming and Houjin have fought for many years, and the hatred of the country and the family cannot be explained in one or two sentences.

Both sides hated each other extremely, not to mention the Eight Banners soldiers who burned, killed and looted, even the horses raised by the Bannermen, the Ming army wanted to go up and slap them twice.

Just as Jin Yiwei was recovering the arrows in an orderly manner, the white and red cavalry on the left and right wings and the rear were rapidly approaching.

They hurried on, and they were only a few miles away from where Jiang Fan and the others were.

According to the speed of the horses, if Jiang Fan and the others did not evacuate in time, it would only take ten minutes for the two-flag cavalry to reach the battlefield.

Due to the distance, Dorgon, who was leading the charge in front, did not know that the two thousand red flag elites led by Hauge had been wiped out.

He just saw a large black shadow flying out of the Ming army, followed by dust flying, and then bursts of gunshots, thinking that the 2000 elite army led by Hauge was fighting the Ming army.

"The whole army attacks and annihilates these Ming dogs!"

When Dorgon gave the order, the Zhenghuang Banner and Zhengbai Banner cavalry behind him also issued orders.

With a loud roar, nearly [-] cavalry charged towards Jiang Fan and the others like a tide.

The enemy is outnumbered, looking at the Houjin army that is several times larger than his own, Jiang Fan's face does not change: "Formation, meet the enemy."

The red and white flag cavalry did not carry bulky artillery because they wanted to launch a sneak attack. Although they had an advantage in numbers, Jiang Fan didn't pay attention to them at all.

Soon the soldiers of the three thousand Jinyiwei and the two thousand soldiers of the Shenji Battalion formed a formation, and Jiang Fan shouted: "All soldiers, follow me to kill."

With Jiang Fan's order, more than 5000 horses and horses rushed towards the Zhengbai flag on the left in the direction of the magic knife.

"The situation is wrong, Hauge did not hold back the Ming army!"

As the distance drew closer, Dorgon found that Daming's army formation was intact, as if it didn't seem like it had experienced a brutal fight at all.

Judging from the current situation, Hauge is probably more ill-fortune than good.

For this nephew, Dorgon didn't like it, but Hauge fought with him, but he died in the battle, and it was difficult for him to explain to Huang Taiji when he went back.

It is true that he and Huang Taiji are brothers, but there is a rift in their hearts, and they are afraid of each other.

Now that the deal is done, he can only wipe out this Ming army and make great achievements in battle, so that he may not be liquidated by Huang Taiji.

At the same time, Dorgon felt a little uneasy again, the Ming army in front of him seemed a little too brave.

5000 troops dared to charge against their [-] troops. What gave them confidence?
Are these people really crazy?

But this is no longer what he considered. Seeing the Ming army attacking the left wing, Dorgon immediately ordered: "The whole army goes out, surround them to death, and don't let any one go."

After speaking, he led his subordinates to form a siege.

No matter what the Ming army's plan was, he did not believe that the cavalry of the two flags could not defeat each other.

The cavalry of the red and white flags moved separately, and the horses galloped with great momentum.

The Zhengbai flag on the left had [-] cavalry, and the two sides charged. As time went by, the distance between the two armies was rapidly closing.

Although the [-] square white flag on the right wing and the [-] square red flag at the rear are also coming, it will take some time to arrive because the distance before them is relatively large and the posture is not going in both directions.

And the leader of the Zhengbai flag on the left wing is Azig.

He is the brother of Dorgon, who participated in the battle against the border of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, and he can be regarded as a fierce general.

Seeing the attack of the five thousand Ming army, he immediately ordered the whole army to attack.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, 1000 meters, 800 meters, 600 meters...

"Fire arrows."

Reaching the range of 600 meters, Jiang Fan immediately ordered to release the arrow.

"Whoosh whoosh!!!"

Sanqian Jinyiwei rehearsed hundreds of times, and methodically began to take turns using the Godly Zhuge Crossbow to shoot indiscriminately.

Because of the large number of people in Zhengbaiqi, there was no need to aim or adjust the position. The thousand guards in the first row shot empty arrows within five seconds, then lowered their horses and retreated. The second row stepped forward to shoot, and then retreated. Then the third batch, firing alternately in this way.

In an instant, the crossbow arrows covered the sky like black rain, completely covering the enemy, and immediately aroused a bloody storm.

As the dense rain of arrows fell, Zhengbaiqi's army formation collapsed instantly, and many people were shot into hedgehogs before they could react.

Some cavalry wanted to fight back and pulled their bows and arrows hard, but they couldn't shoot at the position of the Ming army.

The cavalry led by Jiang Fan kept a distance of 300 meters from Zhengbai Banner.

At this distance, the Godly Zhuge Crossbow could hit the bannermen, but the arrows shot by the bannermen would fall powerlessly halfway, and couldn't even touch the corner of Jin Yiwei's clothes.

As for rushing, it is even more delusional.

Within the range of the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, there is a death zone.

Not to mention cavalry, even a mouse, don't even think about rushing through a distance of two to 300 meters alive.

After the second round of arrow rain, more than half of Zhengbaiqi was killed and injured, and Azig was shot dead on the spot.

At this time, the distance between the two armies was more than 200 meters. The soldiers of the Zhengbai Banner had completely lost their courage. Seeing the people in front were shot and killed, the cavalry who were relatively behind immediately scattered and fled.

"Run!"

"It's scary, they're not humans, they're devils."

"Get out of the way."

"Get out."

The Zhengbai flag was in chaos. Many people collided with their own people because of panic, and then died under the hooves of the horses. Some even faced their comrades with swords in order to survive.

"Surround these people and chase them in the direction of Zhenghongqi."

Jiang Fan gave the order, and the whole army launched an orderly pursuit.

The purpose is to let the cavalry of the Zhengbai flag disperse the cavalry of the Zhenghong flag and the right-wing Zhengbai flag.

Some generals knew Jiang Fan's intentions, but they didn't dare to stop at all, because if they wanted to escape from both sides or stop, they would be greeted with a new round of merciless arrow rain.

The [-] white-flag cavalry were unable to resist the crossbow arrows of the [-] Jinyiwei. After five or six thousand casualties, the remaining [-] cavalry were chased by the Ming army like dogs and rushed towards the red flag.

The Zhengbai flag and Zhenghong flag led by Dorgon had just been connected end to end. They originally wanted to encircle and wipe out the Ming army, but they were all dumbfounded at this moment.

"how can that be!"

It has only been a stick of incense since the start of the war, Zhengbai Banner and the Ming army were killed and routed in less than a few puffs of smoke.

On the other hand, the Ming army was actually intact. This is simply a miracle on the battlefield!

And when he saw that the defeated remnants of Zhengbai Banner were about to be driven in his direction by the Ming army, Dorgon immediately realized that something was wrong.

The Ming army in front of them has terrifying crossbow arrows, and the shooting distance is far beyond that of their own archers, which is difficult to match.

Not only Dorgon, but also the other cavalrymen with red and white flags changed their expressions drastically.

"It's terrible. How did the crossbow arrows of the Ming people shoot such a long distance?"

"It seems that you can shoot continuously, which is simply unreasonable."

"Should we still rush up?"

"What the hell, there are so many arrows that even mosquitos can't fly through."

Seeing the overwhelming rain of arrows like locusts crossing the border, the [-] cavalry who came after them couldn't help but be terrified.

Veterans can see that the range of Ming army crossbow arrows is four to five hundred paces away, which is a desperate distance.

The most important thing is that if there is a crossbow with a super long range, it can also be fired continuously, which is simply a harvester on the battlefield.

Many people have the idea of ​​running away.

"withdraw!"

Hesitation will lead to defeat, and decisiveness will only give in vain.

Dorgon weighed the pros and cons, and immediately led his troops to retreat.

(End of this chapter)