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

Chapter 277

After a lot of hard persuasion, Sun Chengzong finally persuaded Zu Dale and Zu Dabi to join forces with the Tianxiong Army to reinforce Dalinghe City.After all, Guan Ningjun was still unwilling to admit defeat. If Zu Dashou surrendered like this, Guan Ningjun would not be able to hold his head up.These two used the fastest speed to mobilize a large number of carriages, mules and horses, and mobilized the Guanning Army in the Jinzhou area, so the last batch of cavalry they mobilized gathered 6000 troops. Cao Bianjiao also volunteered to bring his own troops—— —About 800 people, patched together, beat up more than 4000 cavalry troops.This force can't break the siege of Daling River, but it is enough to escort more than 2 people with enough food for half a month and enough coal to rush into Daling River City.

There was still no response from the imperial court, and it was not known whether they agreed to transfer the Sichuan Army.On the contrary, Qin Yiming, the commander of the Guanmen Sichuan Army, replied very readily to Sun Chengzong: "At any time to be dispatched by Ge Lao!" Qin Yiming's reply gave the Ming army a little bit of confidence.On the other side of Dalinghe City, Zu Dashou and Hou Jin had more and more contacts, and there was a tendency to surrender the city immediately. The Ming army really couldn't wait for the court's approval. On October [-], the gate of Jinzhou City slowly opened. A stream of iron rolled out of the city and headed towards Dalinghe City.Leading this army were Lu Xiangsheng and Zu Dabi—thankfully, it wasn't Wu Xiang, the transferred master.

The [-] soldiers of the Tianxiong Army all participated in the battle. The Guan Ning Army can also be said to have squeezed out the last bit of blood. Among the [-] cavalry, [-] were elite cavalry who followed Yuan Chonghuan after defeating Jin in Ningyuan.This is already the most luxurious lineup that the Ming army can produce now.Wuyangwei stayed in Jinzhou City to continue resting, waiting for the Sichuan army to go north.

Thousands of people in Jinzhou City came to see the army out of the city.The first to leave the city was the Tianxiong Army, more than 7000 people, all of them were red robes, red flags and red armors. The sight was like fire, and the queue was dense. None of the thousands of people made a sound. There was a strong sense of oppression in the silence. A sense of oppression, but it made Jinzhou soldiers and civilians feel at ease.Then came the Guan Ning Army, six thousand cavalrymen screaming, majestic and majestic, and every soldier had a tragic and determined face.Some veterans nodded again and again, saying that this reinforcement, the military capacity is unprecedented, and there should be some chances of winning!

Sun Chengzong pulled Lu Xiangsheng, and said worriedly: "Jiandou, don't force it. If the situation is not good, you should retreat quickly. Don't force it!"

Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Ge, I know what I know!" He clasped his fists at the generals who were staying in Jinzhou and said loudly: "Generals, Lu has gone, don't let Lu and Commander Zu be in the Daling River. It’s been too long to wait in town!”

All the generals were infected by his magnanimous and unrepentant aura, and they returned the salute solemnly, and shouted in unison: "I wish you a victory, and when the Sichuan army arrives, we will all come out of the cave and meet you under the Dalinghe city. Kill Jiannu without leaving a piece of armor!"

Lu Xiangsheng laughed: "Okay, Lu, wait, see you later!" He saluted Sun Chengzong's flag again, jumped on his horse, and disappeared into the surging fire.

Yang Menglong shouted at his back: "You must protect yourself! I'm still waiting to buy you a drink!"

Lu Xiangsheng didn't look back, the red stream of fire quickly moved northward amidst the beating of the drums, going farther and farther, no one looked back.

Qi Hu did not fight with Tianxiong Army.Although he was the de facto chief of staff of the Tianxiong Army, he was unable to ride a horse due to physical discomfort, so he could only stay in the city with Yang Menglong to wait for the Sichuan Army.The wrinkles on the old man's forehead became deeper. He held the city wall and watched Tianxiong's army go away, with deep worry hidden under his eyes.

After half an hour.

A fast horse rushed into Houjin's camp, and a white-armored soldier jumped off the horse. He rushed into the king's tent like a gust of wind, fell to the ground, and shouted: "Report to King Khan, the Ming army...the Ming army has left the city again." !"

All the Baylors who were discussing military affairs stopped what they were doing and looked at Huang Taiji together.

Huang Taiji asked: "Is that the red-clothed flying army?"

The white-armored soldier said: "I have seen it with my own eyes. The main force of the Ming army who left the city is wearing red clothes, red flags and red robes. Everyone wears helmets and armor. It is the red-clothed flying army!"

Huang Taiji slowly exhaled a sullen breath and said: "It's finally out! Don't be stunned, everyone, act according to the plan, and make sure this red-clothed flying army never comes back!"

Zhong Baylor promised loudly: "The servant obeys!"

Mang Gurtai ran out with the wind on his feet: "I'll go and test the quality of the flying army in red first, and see how capable they are!"

Huang Taiji didn't stop him. In fact, even if Mang Gurtai didn't speak, he would let Mang Gurtai go.It is his consistent strategy to use this battle to weaken the strength of Mang Gurtai and Daishan. If Mang Gurtai, a reckless man, cooperates so well, if he is not allowed to go, wouldn't he be sorry for him?

Not long after the Ming army left the city, the figure of Hou Jinshao cavalry appeared in their sight.Probably seeing that the Ming army was well-organized and powerful, and most importantly there were thousands of cavalry, they didn't dare to rush up to provoke the Ming army, but just hung around from a distance.The cavalry of the Guanning Army immediately opened the security curtain, guarding the front, rear, left and right sides tightly, while the hussar battalion of the Tianxiong Army stood still and only cared about recharging their energy.Zu Kuan and Cao Bianjiao each led a team of rangers to swim on the left and right wings of the army, staring at each other, and when they saw which sentries were not too close to each other, they rushed up and slashed fiercely, causing casualties on both sides.For the Tianxiong Army who had just experienced a large-scale battle involving tens of thousands of people not long ago, such a small scene could not catch their eyes. Ning Jun was a little nervous.Zu Dabi and Zu Dale saw it, and secretly sighed in their hearts: elite soldiers are elite soldiers, with this psychological quality, they beat the Guan Ning army by several blocks!
A few miles further forward, more and more Houjin's rangers began to attack the Ming army's security screen in groups, and they were likely to push back the Ming army's security screen.Zu Kuan and Cao Bianjiao seemed to have been beaten to death, leading their respective servants to rush where there were many people. The sound of the three-eyed blunderbuss and the clang of the compound bow echoed around the army, one after another.These two are well-known warriors, backed by thousands of elite cavalry, they can be said to be confident, and they charged very fiercely. After a few rounds, although there were many casualties, many of the servants' war horses had wounds on their necks. After hanging the bloody head of the Golden Whistle Cavalry, these guys galloped freely with their trophies, triumphantly, the Ming army gave them warm cheers.

Walking along the Daling River Valley for about [-] miles at a stretch, the stones on the ground suddenly vibrated slightly, followed by smoke and dust, and the rumbling sound was like muffled thunder, approaching from far away.Zu Dale's heart tightened and he said to Lu Xiangsheng: "There is a huge smoke and dust, and the sound of hooves and thunder, it must be a large-scale attack by Jiannu!"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "It's just in time!" With a wave of the flag, Tianxiong's army stopped immediately and quickly formed a square formation. A cavalry wall was quickly formed.In just this little time, ugly pigtail-like braids flew up in the smoke and dust, people shouted and horses neighed, sharp arrows pierced through the air, screaming endlessly, and the panic-stricken cavalrymen of the Ming army flew up. Shouted: "Jianu is here! Jianu is here!" The terrified screams were almost drowned out by the sound of horseshoes and screams one after another, and the sharp arrows swept over. The rangers were hit by arrows one after another, screaming and falling off their horses. The security screen that had been maintained with great difficulty was suddenly disrupted, and the golden cavalry swept past like a whirlwind, and went straight to Tianxiong's army After a while, the colorful robes were blown up by the wind, and every time the compound bow was fired, there must be a cavalryman of the Ming army pierced by a sharp arrow, and the blood splashed on the battlefield—it was the damned Xibo Flying Cavalry again!During the Battle of Changshan, these light-clothed flying knights were the nightmare of the Ming army. They followed the collapsed Ming army closely, shot them with arrows, and stabbed them with spears. I don’t know how many Ming soldiers died from their sharp arrows. Under the spear, now these bloodthirsty ghosts are coming again, and they tore the security curtain of the Ming army into rags as soon as they made a move!
Zu Dale shouted: "Stop them!"

A group of Guan Ning's cavalry came forward. Before they could enter the effective shooting range of the cavalry bow, Xibo Fei's cavalry shot so hard that it fell off its horse like a dumpling.The range of their cavalry bows is not as good as that of the Xibo people, their horses are not as good as those of the Xibo people, and the skills and tactics of their cavalry are even worse than those of the Xibo people. If they fight against the Xibo flying cavalry, they will only be used as targets.But Xibo Feiqi could only be satisfied so far.When they broke through the interception of Gan Ning's cavalry as if they were in an uninhabited land, and approached the huge red phalanx, a large steel jungle with a gloomy cold air appeared in front of them————

A steel jungle composed of countless four-meter-long spears!
The ends of these long spears made of fine steel were inserted obliquely into the ground, and the point of the spears was pointed at the horse's neck, just waiting for them to hit it by themselves!

The calmness of the Tianxiong Army was beyond Xibo Feiqi's expectation. According to common sense, seeing so many flying cavalry approaching, the Ming Army infantry should have panicked. Their sharp arrows fell among them?
This amount of cavalry would never be able to rush through the phalanx formed by [-] infantry. If they insisted on rushing over, the only result would be that they would be pierced into meat skewers together with their horses!

The leader of this flying cavalry whistled, and three or four hundred cavalry began to change direction, preparing to pass by.The horse riding spear array is something that those heavy armored cavalry with both horses and horses can do. What they are lightly armed flying knights is best at launching attacks from all directions, bleeding the enemy until the enemy loses too much blood and collapses.He planned to slash across the flank of the phalanx, shoot a few rounds fiercely, peel off several layers of the Ming army like peeling a carrot, and do a few more rounds, not afraid that they will not mess up!There are no archers in the Tianxiong Army. For them, this is good news. He can already foresee the tragic situation of the Ming army falling under the continuous rain of arrows from the Xibo warriors. !

He was only half right.The Tianxiong Army does not have archers, but it has three thousand musketeers!And among the three thousand bows and arrows, one thousand has already formed three teams and lit the matchlock!
50 meters away.

"shooting!"

At the same time as the Xibo Flying Cavalry changed direction, the leader of the Musketeers gave an order viciously. More than 300 musketeers pulled the triggers at the same time, and the front edge of the Tianxiong Army's phalanx sounded like a burst of beans, and a burst of flames flew out, lead bullets whistled, and gunpowder smoke filled the air!Xibo Flying Cavalry, who was shooting arrows one by one, saw a large bright and dazzling fire in front of the Ming army, and instinctively hid in the stirrups, but it was too late. The concave-bottomed lead bullets came at subsonic speed and hit the horse. The horse's body convulsed like an electric shock, gushing out streams of blood, and fell down with a mournful hiss, viciously crushing those invincible flying knights. Lift it down!
The firecrackers of the Ming army were able to hit so hard and accurately!
Before Xibo Feiqi could react, the first row of musketeers retreated, and the second row stepped forward, firing another volley, this time hitting harder and more accurately, and there were thirty or forty cavalry rolling with their horses together. Regiment, flesh and blood fly!Then there was a third volley, and another one was knocked down. The Xibo Flying Cavalry fell into a complete panic. They have been on the battlefield for so long, and they have never encountered such a situation.Isn’t the Ming army’s firecrackers really bad? How could they hit so hard and accurately!What made them feel the most creepy was that although the arrows they shot were shooting down the musketeers one by one, the musketeers turned a blind eye to the comrades who fell beside them, and just reloaded indifferently, and then changed the queue, raising their hands. The gun was aimed, and the soldiers of the Ming army who fell to the ground also gritted their teeth and remained silent. They seemed to be fighting a group of lifeless and unconscious enemies!
Who can afford to offend such an opponent!

(End of this chapter)