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

Chapter 258 Daling River Elegy 6
Feathered arrows fell like torrential rain, and the muffled sound of arrowheads tearing flesh and blood was terrifying. Death swept across the entire right-wing front like a storm.The soldiers in the front row are better, they are protected by shields, but the ones in the back row are miserable. They almost only have a single shirt, and the carefully crafted light arrows in the back can easily penetrate their bodies. , the only thing they can do is to look up at the densely flying feather arrows in the sky in a daze, and then they fall down after being hit by the arrows.

Under the cover of the shield chariot, the Houjin archers calmly shot ten rounds of arrows, pouring [-] sharp arrows on the Ming army's heads, and then retreated.After ten rounds of arrow rain, the right wing of the Ming army was already covered with corpses. Fortunately, the Ming army who did not fall down looked around in horror. All he saw were piles of corpses and wounded struggling and screaming. The right wing was almost shot. collapsed!However, their nightmare was not over yet. The golden archers retreated, but the war drums were beating loudly, beast-like howls sounded, and thousands of heavily armored infantry had bloodshot eyes. , holding a tiger gun and rushing towards them!The wounded soldiers who fell on the ground became the first batch of victims. Pairs of iron shoes were lifted up and fell down. The sound of bones breaking and the screams of the wounded soldiers dying continued one after another. They were trampled to death, but these hoplites didn't even look at them, they stepped over the bloody bodies and rushed towards the trembling survivors!Some Ming soldiers recognized the origin of these heavy infantry from the terrifying tiger guns in their hands, and they were horrified: "Sauron's dead soldiers! It's Sauron's dead soldiers!"

The so-called Sauron dead soldiers are actually the Sauron tribe—don’t think about it, there is no Sauron tribe in the Northeast. The general name of the Ewenki, Oroqen and Daur people in the area is the indigenous tribal group in the middle and upper reaches of Heilongjiang.These ethnic minorities live in the dark forest, enduring the attack of blizzard, the attack of beasts, the torment of hunger, and survive tenaciously.The bitter cold and barren land tempered their tenacity and tenacity, and the blizzard and ferocious beasts polished their inhuman bones, making these fishing and hunting peoples extremely tough. Jiu went up the mountain to chase bears and tigers, and staying in the forest where the trees were cracked and cracked by the cold for ten days and half a month was nothing more than nothing for them.Houjin suffers from the fact that its population is too small. Every time it rules a place, it must recruit a large number of local young people to work for itself, such as Mongols, Xibes, Saurons and even Koreans.Because of their bravery and great strength, the young men of Sauron's tribe soon became an important combat force in the Eight Banners Army. The Lun soldiers will go into battle, and they can always easily tear apart the defense line of the Ming army and crush the Ming army.The Ming army called these heavy armored infantry "dead soldiers", not because of contempt for them, but because of fear, to the bone!Whenever these invulnerable monsters rush to their position and break their formation, what awaits them is bound to be a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood!
Now, the Sauron Death Soldier is coming again...

Zhang Hongmo watched these Sauron's dead soldiers rampage in his own position, knocking over the shield soldiers, trampling the wounded soldiers to death, and felt a chill go straight to his forehead.Jian Nu really thought highly of him, and used so many Sauron's dead soldiers in one go!He looked back towards the direction of the Chinese army, only to see that the battle flag embroidered with a big "Zhang" was still in place, fluttering against the cold wind.The muscles on his face twitched slightly, and he roared angrily, "Follow me!" and rushed up, brandishing a long knife.The servants behind Zhang Hongmo didn't hesitate, let out a cry, rushed up, raised their knives and guns, and slashed and chopped at those Sauron dead soldiers who were like iron cans!Sauron's dead soldiers did not dodge or dodge. The long knives slashed at them, and the long spears stabbed them.While grinning, the tiger spear in the hands of Sauron's dead soldier pierced the Ming army servant's throat or chest like lightning. It was fast and accurate. Opening their armor, the full handle pierced the throat or chest, and a large section protruded bloody from the back.Blood spattered from the wounds of the stabbed Ming soldiers, and they died before they fell to the ground.The equipment of these servants is much better than that of ordinary soldiers of the Ming army, but the quality of their armor is still not flattering, and Sauron's dead soldiers are famous for their tiger spear armor-piercing ability. Lun is almost like a dead soldier in hand-to-hand combat!Sauron's dead soldiers pressed up like an iron wall, and the tiger spears stabbed out continuously. Almost every shot pierced into the vitals of a Ming army servant, taking a life away.Almost in the effort of a cup of tea, the servants around Zhang Hongmo were all killed and injured.Some soldiers of the Ming army plucked up their courage and rushed forward, resisting tenaciously. However, their equipment and training were far from those of Sauron's dead soldiers, and they could only die if they went up.Sauron's dead soldiers kept advancing, and the Ming army was stabbed down by them one after another. The already crumbling front was quickly torn apart, and more post-gold infantry poured in from the gap opened by Sauron's dead soldiers. More and more people were involved in hand-to-hand combat, and the right wing was bleeding like a river!
On the left wing, Wang Zhiku was also in big trouble. Frangji's blunderbusses were running low. As for the bird blunderbuss and the three-eyed blunderbuss, even the Ming army themselves didn't think much of them.Hundreds of gold and iron armored heavy cavalry rushed towards their defense line rumblingly. The ground shook and the sound was like thunder. Wang Zhiku changed his face in shock and shouted sharply: "Shoot the arrow!"

The Ming army fired ten thousand arrows, and the feathered arrows were like sand, hitting the armored cavalry of Houjin, and sparks flew everywhere.It is certainly spectacular to fire ten thousand arrows, but the post-gold and iron armored cavalry are all wearing heavy armor. Unless they use armor-piercing heavy arrows or use a strong crossbow to launch armor-piercing cones, they will not be able to shoot through them at all.It is obviously impossible for the archers of the Ming army to have armor-piercing heavy arrows, which consume too much iron and man-hours, and are extremely expensive arrows. Arrows rained round after round, and shot at the post-gold iron armored cavalry. Except for cavalry, it's useless.There were only twenty steps left, and the armored cavalry each raised their javelins and threw them at the archers of the Ming army who were shooting wildly. The body of the Ming soldier who was hit was pierced through, and screams continued one after another.After throwing a round of javelins, these armored cavalry drew out their sabers, and they could rush into the Ming army's chariots a dozen steps forward. They could already foresee the bloody scene of the saber splitting the bodies of Ming soldiers and splashing blood everywhere. up.

Boom boom boom boom!
A series of violent roars shattered the dream of these armored cavalry, and a dozen cannons suddenly rang!This is a large Francophone, which weighs a thousand catties. It is all made of grape bullets. It is extremely powerful. It is equipped with a large number of modern Western armies at the same time, and it can often destroy a squadron of the enemy with one shot.The Ming army was also equipped with this kind of artillery, and they were deployed at the front of the car formation, just because they could not hit far, so they never fired.Now these armored cavalry thought that all the artillery of the Ming army was overheated and could not fire, so they went straight to the muzzle of the guns. How could Wang Zhiku be so polite?More than a dozen long-prepared Franco cannons fired at the same time, and thousands of iron bullets and lead bullets swept out, hitting the armored cavalry who were close at hand... The fate of being attacked by grape bullets at close range is very serious. Miserably, the post-gold armored cavalry, no matter whether they were men or horses, were covered with blood mist, and the shattered leaf armor flew around, exposing bloody wounds. Rolled into a ball, and was beaten into a sieve in a short while, and even if the people behind escaped, the horse could not escape... If Yang Menglong was present, he would definitely doubt whether these unlucky children were shot by the Maxim heavy machine gun The strafing!

More than a dozen large Francophones fired a volley, and the front rows of heavy armored cavalry were almost wiped out, and even pierced through the thick formation of heavy armored cavalry. .The severely wounded heavy armored cavalry had red eyes, gritted their teeth, and jumped over the dead bodies and wounded soldiers and horses wriggling in a pool of blood, and crashed into the Ming army formation!Although the grape bullets are powerful, there is only one chance at this distance. The sabers and spears of these heavy armored cavalry will not give the Ming army a second chance to fire. Several chariots were ruthlessly knocked over. The archers of the army were exposed. These panicked archers saw the blood-stained cavalry rushing towards them in horror. Overturned.The archers and musketeers of the Ming army did not have melee weapons. Facing the fast-moving heavy armored cavalry, they could only be slaughtered. Like plowing a field, they plowed a bloody path in the infantry ranks, and went straight to the camp of the Chinese army!Surprised and angry, Wang Zhiku commanded a group of servants in iron armor and armed with long knives and spears to meet them. They chopped off the horse's legs with long knives and stabbed the armored cavalry on horseback with long spears.The crossbowmen also approached these terrifying heavy armored cavalry with their strong crossbows, and shot furiously at their faces.After smashing away the archers, musketeers and infantry phalanx, the speed of the heavy armored cavalry also slowed down, but they were still very fierce. pierced by spears, or cut off in the neck by sabers, and fell convulsively, bloodied.The Houjin infantry also rushed in. With the cooperation of infantry and cavalry, their power was greatly increased, and the Ming army retreated steadily.The Ming army also went all out, the front row fell, and the rear row rushed up. At this point in the battle, there were no tricks. Everyone was crowded in such a narrow battlefield, let alone retreat, and there was no room to dodge. Only a knife can be exchanged for a gun, and a life can be exchanged for a life. The battle at this breakthrough soon became fierce, and the casualties on both sides were extremely heavy.

In a bloody battle like this, as long as one is fighting with one's life, the casualty ratio will not be too disparate. This is why Chinese military strategists of all ages tried their best to avoid head-on confrontation with the enemy's well-formed and disciplined troops.

More and more chariots were overturned, and more and more soldiers were involved in hand-to-hand combat. Curses and screams in Mongolian, Manchu, and Chinese resounded through the sky, and blood flowed on the battlefield.

Zhang Chun's general banner remained unmoved. The literati-born general calmly observed the changes on the battlefield, mobilized his troops, and sent them to where they were most needed.Houjin opened several breakthroughs in the defense line of the Ming army, but immediately encountered stubborn resistance from the Ming army, and the progress was slow. Houjin had already taken the initiative, but for a while, there was still no way to turn the initiative into victory. tenacity, which amazed them.

Huang Taiji was also very calm, one by one troops were sent out by him and thrown into the battlefield, batches of soldiers were carried down covered in blood, some of them died before they were carried up in front of him, and he didn't even blink .It's just that his heart is not so calm. The Ming army is too tenacious. If the fight continues like this, even if the [-] Ming army can be wiped out, Houjin will have to pay the price of thousands or even tens of thousands of casualties. Houjin can't afford this kind of battle!If the casualties in this battle are too heavy, what will he use to face the two flying troops that are about to arrive in Jinzhou?What to use to face the continuous reinforcements of the Ming army arriving outside the pass?

Dajin is too small to afford it... The Ming Dynasty could afford to lose. Even if Zhang Chun's 5 army was completely wiped out, even if the two flying troops were completely wiped out, they could still send out the third and fourth troops. The first and fifth support armies, they can still withstand countless defeats of annihilating the entire army of [-] people, and Hou Jin, as long as it is done once, there will be no chance of turning over again!
Mang Gurtai retreated, the whole thing turned into a blood man, and he also hung two colors, panting and shouting: "Old Ba, Ming Gou is crazy, killing one layer and then another layer, If we cut down a piece and come back again, if we play like this, we will die a lot of people!"

Huang Taiji said with a dark face: "No matter how many people die, we have to fight! If we can't wipe out this Ming army, all our painstaking efforts in the past few months will be in vain!"

Mang Gurtai was a little distressed: "I also know this truth, but the casualties are really too great...Can you give me back my white armored soldiers? I lost too much in the blue flag, and I can't move fast! "

Huang Taiji was about to speak when a burst of noise suddenly broke out in the Ming army formation. At first, only a few people were shouting. Soon, all the Ming soldiers roared from the top of their lungs. It was a painful roar that was almost suffocating: "Wu Xiang Escaped! Wu Xiang escaped!"

In the opening deliberately left by Hou Jin, a cavalry with scattered flags fled in a panic, and a big "Wu" character was looming.

At the most critical juncture of the battle, the transfer master Wu Xiang once again abandoned his allies and fled with his own trilogy, completely exposing the flanks of tens of thousands of Ming troops to Houjin.

Mang Gurtai opened his mouth wide and was a little sluggish. A poor man would be so sluggish when he was hit by a gold ingot falling from the sky.Huang Taiji's obese body swayed slightly, but he sat upright immediately, showing a sneer: "Sure enough, it's still the Guan Ning Army I'm familiar with, and it's still the same Wu Xiang I'm familiar with! God bless Dajin!"

Mang Gurtai came back to his senses, put aside the fact that Zhenglan Banner had suffered heavy casualties, let out a roar, and jumped into the battle group with his spear.At this time, the Ming army has collapsed!
(End of this chapter)