Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 949 Decisive Battle 2
People outside Juyong Pass were neighing, and a large number of red-clothed knights galloped across the wilderness covered by dark clouds against the cold wind, like a stream of fire passing over the wilderness and hills. The momentum was really frightening.Since Juyongguan is still firmly in the hands of the Tianxiong Army, and a large number of rangers have opened up a powerful enough warning screen to drive away possible hidden Qing army spies, this frightening fire is unscrupulous. Rush forward, rolling forward, the goal: civil castle!

Lei Shisheng was leading this powerful army.After learning that Dorgon's troops had been wiped out in the Taiyuan Basin, Lei Shisheng's army stayed in Dingxiang for a short period of time. After Zu Dabi's troops were rebuilt, they immediately moved northward, gathered in Zhangjiakou, and passed through Zhangjiakou. Pass Juyongguan, go straight to Huaihua, and smash down the Qing army's Tianling cover like a hammer!The battle plan formulated by the Heluo New Army Headquarters was: Lei Shisheng's army crossed Juyongguan and entered Huaihua, annihilated the Qing army in Huaihua, and then attacked Changping, nailing the main force of the Qing army to Beijing; The main force of the army and the Huaisi cavalry were divided into five groups from Hengshui and Baoding to go northward, piled up in a line, and after destroying Mangurtai's troops, they went all the way north and went straight to Beijing!The Denglai new army set out from Denglai again, deployed along the line of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and cut off the return route of Abatai's troops. way back.Of course, Yang Menglong is a businessman, and businessmen are best at making the most of every penny of capital, so the Zheng Group is also entrusted with a heavy responsibility. Their elite troops, the Jinmen Army and the Yingxia Army, will advance along the Yangtze River by water and land, directly Nanjing, put Abate to death!
This is a typical Yang Menglong style. There are no tricks or superfluous movements. As soon as he starts, he goes all out, with thunderous thunder, crushing the enemy to pieces like a steamroller, completely destroying the enemy's courage and will in the shortest time. End the battle once and for all!Nearly 20 troops spread out across multiple battlefields across the country and launched attacks at the same time. One can imagine the difficulty, and he was probably the only one who dared to do this.

According to the plan, Lei Shisheng's army was the first to attack. Their task was to crucify the main force of the Qing army.Destroying the Eight Banners of Meng and completely controlling the Hetao Plain brought huge benefits to the Tianxiong Army. This was first reflected in the horses. The Tianxiong Army going north, even the infantry rode with one man and two riders, let alone the cavalry. In addition, 6000 or [-] Mongolian elite soldiers were attached, and after a fierce battle for a winter, the combat effectiveness of Lei Shisheng's army was not weakened, but increased greatly, with a total force of [-]!

Juyongguan is just around the corner.

Lei Shisheng galloped past on his horse, Guo Lei, the guard of Juyong Pass, greeted him, and bowed his hands in salute: "General, I hope you are here!"

Lei Shisheng felt a little distressed when he saw that this dear man had black eyes, unkempt beard, haggard appearance, and was extremely thin. He said, "Lao Guo, you have worked hard during this time!"

Guo Lei smiled faintly: "What do you mean, regiment commander, you commanded the army thousands of miles to fight, and you never left your horse or saddle for days and nights. You have never complained. What is it for me to squat here and watch the scenery?" That being said, anyone who knows the inside story knows how difficult it is for him.During the Northern Expedition of Li Chongshi's army, except for the troops in the Tumu Fortress, almost all the soldiers capable of fighting were mobilized. Being able to organize [-] field soldiers to guard Juyongguan Pass and other passes on the Great Wall was a lot of pressure. It is conceivable that after a few months of suffering, they were skinny and skinny.

Lei Shisheng said: "One family doesn't talk about two families. I can see how hard you are guarding Juyongguan. When you defeat Jiannu and reward you for your merits, I will definitely ask for credit for you! By the way, now How is it going?"

Guo Lei said: "Jiannu has been attacking Tumu Fort for a month, and they haven't even bitten off a hair... With their little ability, they won't be able to defeat them for another half a year! They also divided their forces to attack the front line of Juyong Pass. I beat back all the passes. By the way, according to reports from scouts, Jiannu sent an additional [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to the front line of Tumubao. The cavalry was led by Zu Dacheng and had already arrived at Tumu. Fort."

Lei Shisheng's eyes became cold, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Zu Dacheng, I will definitely kill him! The Zu family in Liaoxi eats everything, except for the second and third ancestors, none of them can survive!" He raised his right palm and swung forward heavily: "Go ahead! Get to the Tumu Fort before dark today!"

Guo Lei was surprised: "Commander of the Army, you have traveled hundreds of miles, and you are already exhausted. Please stop for a drink before continuing. The earthen fortress is indestructible, and the slaves cannot chew it. There is no rush." !"

Lei Shisheng shook his head: "This is not a matter of urgency... Jiannu still doesn't know that our army has arrived at Juyongguan, and there is no precaution. This is a perfect opportunity to defeat the enemy. In case they take precautions, they can go to Jundu Mountain If you shrink back, the battle will be difficult to fight! Save your cup of wind-receiving wine for me first, and I will come back to drink it after the battle!" After saying this, he clamped the horse's belly and crossed the pass, with a huge army following behind him. Rolling and rolling, like flowing magma, pouring away in the direction of Huaihua.

After passing Juyong Pass, Lei Shisheng suddenly felt something in his heart, and turned to ask Timur: "I heard that your cavalry unit is very good at fighting at night. Last winter, it used night attacks to defeat ten times the enemy many times?"

Tie Mu'er laughed and said, "There is no way to attack at night. If the strength is strong enough, ghosts are willing to take risks to play some kind of night attack. Why, general, you plan to attack the enemy camp at night?"

Lei Shisheng said: "I have this plan. The enemy army doesn't know we're coming yet, and they are negligent in guarding against it. If they choose an elite cavalry to rush over suddenly, they will definitely defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."

Tie Muer cupped his hands and said, "Leave this task to me!"

Lei Shisheng said to Qi Polu who was eager to try: "You also bring your cavalry brigade and follow him!"

Qi Polu didn't waste any time. He gave a military salute and galloped away with his cavalry brigade.

Over at Tumubao, the Qing army had ceased its activities.There was no way. This damn fortress was too strong. They tried their best, but they couldn't shake it. Every time they attacked, they couldn't get anything except dead bodies. What else could they do if they didn't stop the attack?Continue to give away heads?After understanding the actual situation from the generals, Zu Dacheng also had a headache. He summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures. The generals all had bitter looks on their faces and complained to him. They all said that the earthen fortress was too strong and the sky was too strong. The firepower of the heroic army is too fierce. Unless the city wall can be blown open with heavy artillery, it will be difficult to take it down in a short time even if a hundred thousand troops are mobilized.Zu Dacheng's face became gloomy after spitting out bitter water. The Qing army had heavy artillery. After defeating the Northern Expedition army led by Chongzhen, the Qing army made a fortune and captured hundreds of howitzers and torpedo cannons, including 160mm light ones. Twenty thunder cannons were captured, which are powerful weapons used to attack small but strong fortresses such as Tumu Fort. In addition, there are more than a dozen 130mm front-loading smoothbore cannons, which are extremely powerful when firing high-explosive bombs, no matter how thick they are. The walls of the city can be blown down.But the problem is that these weapons are directly controlled by the Eight Banners Army. The Guan Ning Army can get very few. In addition, each weapon is heavy and heavy. How can it be so easy to transfer them all at once? !The discussion lasted until late at night, but no one could come up with any ideas. Finally, Zu Dacheng became angry and said: "I will write to Commander Zu right now and ask Commander Zu to write to the emperor and send a group of heavy artillery over! I don't believe it can't be bombarded." Collapse the walls of Tumu Fortress!”

As soon as this remark came out, all the generals cheered unanimously. Obviously, they had suffered enough from the civil fortress. When they heard that the heavy artillery could be dispatched, their morale was greatly boosted!
Suddenly there was a piercing whistling sound in the distance, which was continuous and extremely sharp, and immediately overwhelmed the cheers of the generals.All the generals looked at each other, but Zu Dacheng's face changed drastically, he jumped up suddenly, and rushed out of the tent of the Chinese army with a stride, looking away from the prestige, he saw——

The sky suddenly turned dark red, and countless streams of fire rushed out of the woods 1000 meters away, making ear-piercing whistling noises, dragging long flames, criss-crossing, interweaving a dense and fiery flame in the air. The net roared heavily and swept towards the Qing army camp!Most of the Qing army was still in a daze, not knowing why, but Zu Dacheng's complexion changed drastically. Having experienced the battle of Panjin, he recognized it at a glance, it was a rocket launcher!Hundreds of rocket artillery shells poured over the Qing army camp!
What exactly is going on?Didn't it mean that the Tianxiong army was still fighting fiercely with Dorgon in Datong? Why did they suddenly run to Huaihua territory and bombard him unprecedentedly violently as soon as they made a move?
There was no time for him to think about it. During the roar of the mountains and the tsunami, hundreds of rocket shells fell into the Qing army camp like a heavy rain. Open, inflated, soaring into the sky, the shrapnel with flames blasted around at an explosive speed, and wherever it flew, blood sprayed everywhere!The ground shook violently, the air became hot, and the camp was enveloped in flames. The shock wave of the explosion rose from the ground and threw the soldiers of the Qing army into the sky like ants. The shrill screams and bursts of explosions made people feel like they were in hell!It is impossible to count how many casualties this artillery attack caused in a short period of time, but it is not difficult to see how heavy the casualties of the Qing army are from the flying split limbs!

The Qing army is almost going crazy, who is so ruthless!
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Before they could react, hundreds of rocket shells charged obliquely, and flew towards the camp with a creepy whistling sound, followed by thunderous explosions and flashes of flames. The panic-stricken Qing army was blown up in clusters, or swallowed up in large areas by the fire. People were screaming, horses were neighing, and the entire camp fell into extreme chaos in an instant.And this was just the beginning of the disaster. Amidst the raging flames, the Qing army saw in horror that in the direction of the rocket shells, countless cavalrymen were holding sabers and sweeping towards the camp like a tide. , The sabers reflected a terrible cold light, and the figures of the red-clothed knights on horseback became a little hazy in the firelight, like hell ghosts!This horrible scene stunned the Qing army. They watched all this in a daze. They didn't react until the cavalry rushed to them only a stone's throw away, and wailed in despair!
The fat pig wailed like when he saw the butcher walking towards him with a sharp knife!
As usual, Qi Polu took the lead and rushed to the front, and rushed straight towards the sea of ​​flames.His judgment is: the place where the fire is the most intense is the place where the shells fall most densely. The fierce artillery fire is enough to blow up the fence of the Qing army camp, opening a breakthrough for him and saving a lot of trouble.His judgment was very accurate, and when he approached, he found that the fence of the Qing army camp in front had been blasted into a large gap with a width of 20 meters.There was nothing to be polite about. Braving scattered random arrows, he leaped straight into the Qing army camp, trampled over several Qing soldiers who were covered in fire and shouted furiously.Immediately afterwards, a panic-looking Qing army cavalry ran into him head-on, he roared, and stabbed straight with his flat saber!The relative speed of the two reached forty to fifty kilometers per hour. With such a terrifying acceleration, the seedling knife made of high-carbon steel pierced through the cavalry's cotton armor effortlessly. He vomited, the saber was pulled out, and a large amount of dirty blood was brought out. The unlucky cavalryman couldn't even utter a scream, and fell down from the horse's back. After twisting a few times, he became silent.

No sooner had this been dealt with than another enemy came head-on, but this time it was a frightened infantryman.Qi Polu yelled again: "Go to hell!" With a horizontal swing of the bloody saber, like cutting tofu, the armor was flattened, and the small half of the infantryman flew into the air, splashing a shower of blood .Behind Qi Polu, hundreds of saber cavalry were equally fierce, rushing in from the gap opened by the artillery fire, hundreds of sabers formed a cold light curtain, and between the rolls, the blades split the flesh and severed the bones. Terrible muffled noises could be heard, and no grass grew anywhere. The panicked Qing army failed to organize any decent resistance and was mowed down like grass.The more than [-] Oirat cavalry led by Timur also waved their butcher knives honestly, and attacked the three camps of the Qing army in three directions. They broke through the fence with one charge, and then blocked the Qing army in the camp and let them go. Killing, with the saber waved, the blood flew over the heads of the people, and countless Qing soldiers collapsed with mutilated limbs. The blood spurted from their bodies sprayed the blood of these cavalrymen and horses, and they looked even more bloody under the firelight. the terror of...

First there was a round of shelling, and then the cavalry charged, and more than [-] Qing troops began to collapse.Screams and cries resounded through the night sky, and the stunned Zu Dacheng issued his first and last order in this disaster:
escape!
(End of this chapter)