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

Chapter 995

The fleeing army suddenly made a loud noise, angry and frightened. The huge sound interrupted Huang Taiji's thoughts.He raised his head to escape the sound and saw nothing.He frowned and asked: "What happened? Why are the soldiers making such a noise?"

The generals also looked at each other, not knowing what happened.

Wu Sanfu ran back in a daze——this guy ran the fastest when he was fleeing, and he kept running in the front. He took the lead, and no one could keep pace with him. This ability really made Huang Taiji admire.Of course, it would be even better if Wu Sanfu could use this skill in war.This guy ran in front of Huang Taiji and shouted in horror: "Your Majesty, Ming army, Ming army!"

Huang Taiji's heart sank suddenly, and he grabbed the collar of this guy who couldn't even speak clearly, and shouted angrily: "While I still have a little patience, speak clearly to me, or I will kill you!"

Wu Sanfu was startled, but he spoke eloquently: "Ming Army! A Ming Army blocked our army's way, let them kill all our soldiers!"

Wu Xiang lost her voice and asked, "How many people are there in this Ming army?"

Wu Sanfu swallowed hard and said: "There are more than 1 people..."

Wu Xiang's vision went dark, he staggered, and was about to fall off the horse.Unfortunately, Huang Taiji tried his best to mobilize an army of 2 people to fight Yang Menglong in a bloody battle. However, he was defeated by Yang Menglong with less than [-] people and suffered heavy losses!Now that the Qing army has been severely weakened, another legion has emerged from the Ming army, and they are not letting anyone survive!
Seeing that his father was about to pass out, Wu Sanfu quickly added: "It's not the Heluo New Army! They mainly use long-spike bows and crossbows. They don't have cannons, and they don't have many muskets. They are not the Heluo New Army!"

Wu Xiang stopped shaking immediately, and all the generals of the Qing army breathed a long sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't the Heluo New Army... As long as it wasn't the Heluo New Army, they would have some leeway to fight back!
Huang Taiji's expression was gloomy.It is gratifying to not run into the Heluo New Army, but just the news of "not the Heluo New Army" relieved the generals, which means that his generals have completely lost the courage to face the Heluo New Army In the future, when facing the new Heluo army, I am afraid that there will only be one escape character left, just like the Ming army had only one escape character left when facing them.The Qing army has come to the present with a fierce and daring spirit, and lost the confidence and courage to fight to the death with the Heluo new army. Do they have a future?But it's too early to think about the future now. There is a whole legion of the Ming army standing in front of them, and the Heluo new army is chasing them at full speed. This level cannot be passed. This plain is the burial of him and his army. If they are all dead, there will be no future.He told the generals to calm down, and he led a group of personal soldiers to check the enemy's situation.

A huge infantry phalanx lay in front of the fleeing Qing army.

The flag of this army looks quite weird, very different from the Ming army standard, but the armor on its body is the new army standard. The helmet, shoulder armor, breastplate, and greaves are all stamped from large steel plates at one time. , The defensive ability is extremely amazing, I don't know if the musket can penetrate it, at least the bow and arrow can't penetrate it.In front were three rows of tall, heavy-backed crossbowmen, holding in their hands an array-breaking crossbow that made the cavalry of the Qing army change their colors. Presumably at this time, the arrow box was already full of the most lethal three-edged armor-piercing cone. Pin the horizontal knife made of fine steel on the back. This thing has a strong ability to penetrate armor, and a full thrust is enough to pierce the armor of the Qing army.Behind the crossbowmen are six rows of pikemen, holding four-meter-long lances, and the iron mask integrated with the helmet has been put down, leaving only a pair of cold eyes all over the body. Those indifferent and bloodthirsty eyes, coupled with the ferocious iron mask like a ghost The mask really makes people shudder.The long lances are densely packed, and I believe that any cavalry will face such a dense spear phalanx with one head and two big.You can't see clearly from behind, probably super heavy infantry with huge axes. These guys are out-and-out humanoid tanks. Although they move slowly, when hundreds of thousands of giant axes are chopped down at the same time, No one can remain calm.

This is a cold weapon standard Heluo New Army Corps!
It was this legion that came from the sea with hundreds of warships, captured Tianjin and Tangshan with lightning speed, and cut off the return of the Qing army!

The good news is that Wu Sanfu's judgment was correct. This army did not have many muskets and not a single cannon. It was not that the barbarian army was not equipped with cannons. They just left all these heavy cannons behind in order to speed up the march. —They don't have to be bombarded with cannons and beaten to the ground by muskets like they were when they fought against the Heluo New Army.

The bad news is that the Qing army also doesn't have a single cannon now, and the muskets are even more pitiful, and they were all thrown away when they fled.

Now this Ming army was slowly walking towards them, pairs of boots rising and falling at the same time, carrying unparalleled pressure, as if a big mountain was moving.The few Qiang and Tibetan cavalry roared in front of the formation with their bloody heads hanging from their horses' necks, loudly laughing at the Qing army's cowardice and incompetence. The heads of the scouts released by the Qing army were hung on their horses' necks. They had every reason to laugh at the incompetence of the Qing army.Looking at these fierce cavalrymen, Huang Taiji's heart sank.Yiye Zhiqiu, such a small number of cavalry dared to show their teeth and claws at them, which can only show that this army is by no means a kind person. When the Qing army encountered such a group of evil stars during a major rout, it was probably a disaster.

Wang Rui looked at the turmoil of the Qing army, heaved a long sigh of relief, and cursed in a low voice: "You son of a bitch, this trip was not in vain, and finally blocked them!" What he was most worried about was that he arrived At that time, Xue Siming had already sent all the Qing army back to his hometown, and let him go for nothing. Now it seems that although Boss Xue beat the Qing army until he vomited blood, he still gave him some credit anyway. It’s okay, it’s okay!
A group of generals came over and hurriedly shouted:

"My lord, our efforts were not in vain, we blocked them!"

"Stop it, block it!"

"That's a lot of heads! It's enough to exchange for thousands of hectares of fertile land!"

"My lord, please give the warriors of our clan a chance, use us as the vanguard, and my warriors will repay your trust with piles of enemy heads!"

"No, no, you are the vanguard every time, and we have no chance at all. This is so unfair! We must leave the chance to us this time!"

"We want to be pioneers too, we want to be pioneers too!"

Most of these barbarians have never fought against the Qing army. In addition, they have beaten Annan under the command of Wang Rui in the past few years and swept away thousands of troops. They didn't take the Qing army seriously. In their eyes, The Qing army was just a bunch of feats who could run and jump, and they all couldn't wait to clamor to be the vanguard, collect the most heads, and grab the most credit.

Wang Rui snorted: "I have my own concerns, don't make any noise!"

The gang of war madmen immediately quieted down.The noble king likes the warriors who are fighting for the first place, but he doesn't like the kind of people who twitter in front of him and interfere with his command, so it's better for everyone to shut up, or there will be no good fruit to eat.

Over there, the Qing army is also rapidly adjusting, dispatching troops and generals.Whether it is the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners or the Guan Ning army who is acting as the leading party, they all realized that they have already stepped into the gate of hell with one foot. If they can't quickly defeat this Ming army, that lunatic Yang Menglong will soon lead the Heluo new army Catch up and surround them, then they will be completely finished!Brothers Wu Sangui and Wu Sanfu mustered up their last bit of energy, squeezed out the last bit of blood of the Yiding Tuqi, and led less than [-] Yiding Tuqi to launch a counterattack against the Huaisi cavalry. The troops fought against the fierce cavalry to buy time for the infantry.The surviving Guanning Army infantry was once again pushed to the front, shouldering the glorious and arduous task of cannon fodder. Behind them, thousands of Qing cavalry and tens of thousands of infantry were ready to go.Now, the Qing army is really going all out with its roots!

Huang Taiji looked around at the soldiers, pointed at the barbarian army that was still slowly approaching, and said in a sad tone: "Warriors, there is no way out! The Ming army has already retreated our army to the edge of the cliff. As long as we take another half step back, we will be defeated." Fell into the cliff, fell to pieces! God is unfair, has always set up many obstacles for us, pushing our banner people to the brink of destruction time and time again, but we have survived! And this time, it is God who treats us banner people If we cannot survive the final test, we will have no future! Therefore, for the glory of the Qing Dynasty and for the dignity of the banner people, we must fight to the end, even if we die, we must splash the Ming army Sewage!"

The Qing army waved their weapons and shouted, "Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"

Huang Taiji drew his strong bow and shot the first arrow at the enemy, roaring loudly: "Fight to the end, never bow your head!"

Amidst the roar, Guan Ningjun's cannon fodder's lips trembled, and he rushed up screaming wildly.Their formation was very chaotic and they didn't have much fighting spirit, but they ran fast one by one, waving their weapons and screaming wildly in their mouths, not like they were going to fight elephants, but like swarms of moths rushing towards the flames.In normal times, Huang Taiji would definitely scold his mother, but now he doesn't care. He wants to use these cannon fodder to consume the crossbow arrows and physical strength of the barbarian army, and create opportunities for his Eight Banners to attack. As long as this effect can be achieved, as for the Guan Ning army Whether the cannon fodder will die or not, he doesn't care at all.

Wang Rui watched Guan Ningjun rushing over in a mess with cold eyes, and sneered: "Do you want to die? Let you all be fulfilled!" He knew what Huang Taiji was planning, but I'm sorry, his army has never relied on long-distance projection to make a living. However, if the Qing army thought that they could break through his phalanx by taking advantage of all the arrows of his crossbowmen and then charging, they would be disappointed.He ordered: "Put them within sixty paces and shoot arrows, and send them back to their hometown!"

The entire army stopped advancing, the cavalry retreated to the two wings, and Wang Tiehammer's two thousand heavy infantry dismounted and formed formation.Three rows of crossbowmen stepped forward, holding the formation-breaking crossbow flatly, but did not shoot arrows.Hundreds of unarmored slingshots rushed out, swinging the sling so loudly that the wind made a whistling noise. Amidst the whizzing sound, lead bullets in the form of spinnerets were thrown out, and fell into the Guanning army formation like raindrops. Suddenly, there was a loud scream, and all the soldiers of the Guanning Army who were hit sprayed blood from their mouths and noses, and fell to the ground in painful convulsions. I can't recognize it either.The lead bullets used by the catapult soldiers weighed half a catty each, and the bullets hit the human body at a speed of more than ten meters per second. The kinetic energy would be fatal, and any armor would be useless. A single hit would break a tendon and fracture a bone. Even the end of visceral rupture!These slingers quickly threw a rain of lead bullets, and the charging Guan Ning army wailed and fell under the muffled sound of the lead bullets hitting the flesh. Once they fell, they seldom stood up again.

After several rounds of lead bullet rain, the catapult soldiers retreated, and the crossbowmen leveled their crossbows. Braving the chaos of sharp arrows, they aimed at the Guan Ning army who had approached sixty paces and buckled their guns.thump thump thump!The metal vibrato was endless, and the whistling sound of sharp arrows piercing through the air was chilling. The charging Guan Ning army fell down piece by piece like a wheat field blown by a strong wind, and the screams resounded through the sky!

After the first row shoots, back off, and the second row shoots again.

The second row is finished, the third row is on.

After the third row has finished shooting, the first row is on.

Three rows of crossbowmen fired in turn, and the rain of arrows was endless. The corpses of the soldiers of the Guanning army who charged were strewn all over the field. Their musketeers and archers couldn't even make a decent shot, posing a little threat to these heavily armored crossbowmen. !
An arrow box was shot empty in the blink of an eye, the crossbowmen retreated into the formation, and Guan Ning's army pounced on them like crazy beasts.

What greeted them was a wall of iron and steel, and rows of extremely sharp spears.

They rushed up row by row.

Row after row were stabbed.

Six rows of spearmen stood in front of these trapped beasts like a chasm, mercilessly using their long spears to crush their attacks time and time again.Less than 5 minutes into the fight, all the officers and soldiers of Guan Ning Army found in despair that they could not pass this natural chasm!
Wu Sangui led Yi Ding Tuqi to rampage. This guy's personality is not very good, but his fighting skills are not bad. Among the Huaisi cavalry, there are not a few warriors who have practiced martial arts since childhood, but no one can stop him.Yi Ding's tu cavalry was so red-eyed that they exchanged their lives for orders, while the Huaisi cavalry were skilled in bow and horse, and valued righteousness over life.Relying on the sudden burst of ferocity, Yi Ding Tu cavalry fought more with less, and they were evenly matched with Huaisi cavalry!
Of course, it's temporary.

(End of this chapter)