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

Chapter 950 Decisive Battle 3
The cavalry of the Ming army swept through most of the Qing army's camp like a gust of wind and fire. The Qing army was either blocked in the camp as a pig butcher or was driven out of the camp, rushing mindlessly towards the camp that had not yet been attacked. to seek protection.The Qing army in the camps that had not yet been attacked finally reacted. The crossbowmen and musketeers took their positions, and some bronze cannons were pulled over urgently, aiming at the direction where the Ming army cavalry roared.A total of six camps remain intact. These six camps are horns for each other. There are three to four thousand archers and musketeers inside. The enemy troops who came over were strangled and killed.The Ming army was clearly aware of this, and they did not attack these camps recklessly, but drove the rout of the Qing army over like sheep, trying to disrupt the Qing army's defense line, and then took advantage of the gap to enter.This is a tactic commonly used by the Mongols, and it is amazingly powerful if it is well coordinated, especially in night battles, it can get twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, the Ming army would not pin all their hopes on a set of tactics that had been used for thousands of years. While vigorously driving the Qing army to attack the camp, their artillery units also drove over with their cannons drawn by horses. If the defeated army fails to break through the defense line of the Qing army, then bombard his sister with cannons!
Originally, this tactic could have achieved good results. Now that the Qing army is leaderless and panicked, it will be untenable if it is rushed by the defeated army.However, despite all their calculations, they missed Hu Haichao!This general of the Guan Ning Army wanted to escape subconsciously, but the cavalry of the Ming Army surrounded him in an arc, and thousands of defeated troops were like an avalanche, leaving no room for him to escape. Involuntarily poured into the camp of the Chinese army.Now the general finally came to his senses, and roared: "I am Hu Haichao, the commander-in-chief of Xingshan Mountain! Send me an order to close the gate of the camp immediately and bombard the enemy!"

This guy was born with a loud voice, and he yelled out loudly, overwhelming the noisy human voices. Both the defeated army and the Qing army holding on to the camp made him tremble all over, but he couldn't make a sound when he opened his mouth wide.Hu Haichao grabbed a musket and slammed it into the sky, shocking the audience, roaring: "What are you waiting for? Fire! Block the enemy! If they charge over again, we will all die here!"

Han Qinlong, the deputy general guarding the camp of the Chinese Army, pointed at the swarming rout and shouted, "But, General, if we fire the cannon, we will surely accidentally injure many of our own soldiers!"

Hu Haichao gritted his teeth and said: "I can't care about that anymore, fire me and beat the enemy back!"

At this time, earth-shattering screams came from the camp on the left side of the Chinese army camp, and the sound of sharp arrows piercing through the air merged into a storm and slashed across the battlefield fiercely, making one's scalp numb. Arrows with flames shot out from the trembling bowstring, and after a distance of forty or fifty steps, they fell like a rain of fire. In a large area, the cavalry of the Ming army who were responsible for driving the sheep also fell in clusters.The behavior of this Qing army opened up Pandora's magic. The Qing army, which was still hesitating, had an example, and immediately opened up its firepower. The camp became a sea of ​​flames.Whether it was the Ming army or the Qing army, they were all shrouded in the rain of arrows, twisting their bodies in pain in the terrible metal storm, and uttered shrill screams.Many Qing soldiers cursed desperately: "Don't you have long eyes, and your own people shoot... ah!!!" Before they could finish a sentence, their bodies were filled with arrowheads, like an arrow stack. It can be as ugly as it needs to be.Presumably at this time, the hearts of the Qing troops who were driven by the Ming army to attack their own camp must have collapsed. They fled desperately, nothing more than wanting to hide in a strong camp to escape the enemy's pursuit. Accept them, and kill them...

This account will be settled with you in the next life!

Boom boom boom!

There was a deafening roar from behind the fence, and twenty or thirty cannons roared. Rows of shells were wrapped in smoke and flames and shot out from the barrels, hitting the Ming army cavalry over the heads of the defeated army.These cannons could not hit the indestructible walls of Tumu Fort, but the bodies of the Ming cavalry were not as strong as the reinforced concrete walls. When the cannonballs fell and bounced back, both men and horses were shattered in the moment the cannonballs swept by. Plasma and minced meat are flying everywhere, it’s disgusting!With just one salvo, hundreds of cavalrymen were torn to pieces by the fierce artillery fire. Of course, the Qing army's defeated troops suffered even more casualties. Many artillery shells fell among them, bouncing all the way, and bones were broken wherever they went. There was a continuous sound, broken limbs and pieces of meat were flying all over the sky, organs were thrown around, and the Qing soldiers whose hands and feet were smashed but not dead yet wailed like dying beasts. The sound made people's hair stand on end.

The fierce artillery fire finally calmed down the broken soldiers. They gritted their teeth, went around the camp and drilled back, not daring to rush straight to the camp that was waiting for battle—the friendly soldiers who stood firm in the camp recognized them, but muskets, bows and crossbows did not recognize them. Cannonball doesn't even know them, rushing over is a death!The rout soldiers regained their composure, but the Mongolian cavalry lost their minds a bit. Many cavalry roared and rushed towards the Qing army barracks with their sabers in disregard of the officer's orders. Qi Polu couldn't drink, so he could only curse: "You Go to die!"

The whistling of bows and crossbows and the firing of muskets drowned out Qi Polu's voice. In front of the airtight firepower net, these fierce and reckless Mongolian cavalry rode three horses, one row, five cavalry, and one cluster, as if they were being strafed by heavy machine guns. Even people and horses rolled into a ball.Dozens of horsemen and horses were covered with arrows, rushed to the fence, swung their sabers and slashed at the fence. This ferocity is really chilling.However, fighting is not just about fierceness. These fences are nailed with trees as thick as bowls. It's not realistic anymore.The light of the knife flashed, and there were deep knife marks on the fence, but the spear pierced from behind the fence stabbed these cavalrymen and horses over, and the battle was completely one-sided.

Hu Haichao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted loudly: "Yes, this is how to fight! They are light cavalry, and they have no other weapons except sabers, bows and arrows. As long as we are calm and calm, they will never be able to move our camp... Fight , hit me hard!"

The courage of the encouraged Qing army doubled, and the sharp arrows they shot were denser than the rainstorm. With such a density of firepower, unless they were equipped with heavy cavalry, they would die as many as they rushed up.The incoming Ming army cavalry, whether it was the Tianxiong army or the vassal cavalry of Tie Mu'er, were all lightly armed. Many of them didn't even wear breastplates, let alone armor. It was no different from being naked, and the cavalry who rushed forward were quickly shot into sea urchins, and none of them came back.Qi Polu rushed to Tie Muer's side and said sharply: "Restrain your troops and stop attacking again, this is sending you to death!"

Tie Mu'er's eyes were bloodshot, and the bleeding Miao Dao pointed at the Qing army's barracks, saying: "What a great opportunity, they are panic-stricken and panic-stricken, as long as we work harder, we can defeat them." They were completely defeated, and then smashed the army and killed the general! Just work harder!"

Qi Polu shouted: "Continuing to charge is death! Let the artillery come over and smash the Jiannu camp, and don't attack until the artillery blasts the Jiannu camp, or as many as you go up, you will die!"

Tie Mu'er was still not reconciled, but seeing the dead bodies lying on the ground in front of the Qing army camp, he could only grit his teeth and give up.Now the Qing army has more crossbowmen than his total strength, and there are such strong camps and twenty or thirty cannons. Such a powerful defense force, how can a light cavalry be able to break it?In desperation, he had no choice but to restrain the troops, let them suspend their attack, and at the same time let the artillery rush over to build a position, and smash the tortoise shells of the Qing army with shells!

The avalanche and tsunami-like offensive of the Ming army came to an abrupt end. Since Hu Haichao fell, all the soldiers of the Qing army breathed a sigh of relief.It seems that although these Ming army cavalry are strong in combat, they are not as strong as they imagined. Facing their concrete defense, they are helpless. Without the cooperation of infantry and artillery, even if these two or three thousand light cavalry are all killed by their There is no way to shake them in front of the camp.As long as it lasts until dawn, everything will be easy to handle. At dawn, the enemy's situation is clear, and it can be deployed calmly whether it is a retreat or a counterattack...

As long as it lasts till dawn!
Hu Haichao wiped off his cold sweat, called a few of his cronies, and said, "Scatter to each camp immediately to inquire about Mr. Commander-in-Chief and see if he is injured. Hurry up!" He was very worried about Zu Dacheng. At this critical juncture, the role of Zu Dacheng, the general of the Guanning Army, is irreplaceable. With him, the morale of the troops will not collapse.However, Zu Dacheng has not shown up until now, which is really worrying.

The few trusted followers made a promise, each took a few servants and rode out of the camp to look for Hu Dacheng.At this moment, the sound of hooves shook the sky, and a stream of iron roared out from the cavalry base camp, heading towards Huailai County!When the Qing army came over, they could only see a big flag flying in the evening wind, and a fierce tiger swaying on the flag, which was faintly visible.Hu Haichao was the first to recognize it, it was Zu Dacheng's general flag!He only felt chills all over his body, all the blood rushed to the top of his head, his head almost swelled, his eyes became blood red, and he let out a long wail!The Qing army also recognized it, and remained silent strangely. A few seconds later, thousands of voices simultaneously let out a roar of pain and despair: "Zu Dacheng has escaped!!!"

That's right, Zu Dacheng escaped.When the Ming army's cavalry was on a rampage, the No. [-] figure of the Guanning Army in Jinzhou, the first thing he thought of was not how to lead the troops to defend the line and repel the enemy, but how to save his own life!In the midst of chaos, he led a group of servants to slash wildly with knives, cut a bloody alley from the middle of the defeated army, and came to the cavalry base camp.When Hu Haichao commanded the troops to resist desperately, he had already summoned the two thousand cavalry who had just arrived in Huailai during the day. Seeing that the Ming cavalry's offensive was contained, he ordered a breakout and escape without hesitation.He doesn't want to die in this ghostly place. He has to go back to Beijing. Relying on Zu Dashou's relationship and his strength in the Guanning Army, even if he loses the battle, Huang Taiji won't do anything to him. Award!He still thinks about being a high-ranking official, being rich and rich, and he still has a long way to go in the future, so he doesn't want to die here!
Seeing this stream of iron whizzing away, the abandoned Qing army was all dumbfounded.The nickname of Guan Ning's cavalry is "Bombing Battalion Cavalry". It's hard to say anything else. The ability to bomb the camp in a variety of ways is absolutely unmatched. The Ming Dynasty has suffered enough from them. These soldiers who are also from the Guanning Army are naturally very happy. Be aware of this.It's just that they never dreamed that Zu Dacheng was so shameless, the main force of the army was still desperately resisting, and had initially stabilized the situation, but he abandoned the main force without saying a word, and led his direct descendants to escape!Now they have finally tasted the bitterness and anger when their former allies were abandoned and betrayed by them. I don't know how many people roared together: "Zu Dacheng is shameless! I will never work for your ancestors again!" In the furious roar , Many soldiers threw down their weapons and armor, cut open the gate of the village and rushed out, turning their backs on the Ming army cavalry and fled. At the beginning, there were only three or five soldiers, but soon hundreds of them ran away, because there were too many people fleeing. They blocked the gate of the camp, and they even swung their knives and slashed at the people in front in order to escape.

Qi Polu was dumbfounded and called, "What the hell are they doing?"

Tie Mu'er was also puzzled by Monk Zhang Er: "That's right, the fight was quite organized just now, which caused us to lose a lot of people, why did it get messed up all of a sudden? There shouldn't be a conspiracy here, right?"

Qi Polu took a closer look and said, "It's not like a conspiracy, it seems like they're having internal strife... Never mind, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, just kill it!"

Tie Mu'er smiled: "It's just what I want!" Raising his saber, he pointed at the huddled Qing army deserters and shouted: "Kill me!"

The cavalry of the Ming army roared in unison: "Kill!!!" Once again they mobilized their horses and roared upwards. The rolling iron hooves shook the ground, and the sabers shone chillingly under the firelight. The Qing army who fled the camp Without any power to fight back, they were knocked down and trampled one by one by them. The cavalry of the Ming army rushed into the flock like tigers. Rivers of blood flow outside the city!
(End of this chapter)