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

Chapter 285 Bloody Fight 2
The fourth hundred cavalry squadron of Guan Ning's army was also completely wiped out.But more cavalry were still coming in a steady stream, rushing towards the arrow array.Mang Gurtai murmured curses and complained that the fat old man was really not thorough in his work. If he wanted to attack the enemy half-crossed, why couldn't he build a set of earth walls in advance so that his archers could have cover.It was such a disadvantage, really such a disadvantage. Although his archers had retreated repeatedly, they were still within the range of the Ming army's muskets and artillery. They were beaten to death and wounded, and most importantly, their morale was destroyed. , as brave as the white-armored soldiers, did not dare to step forward in the face of the rain of bullets to push the Ming army cavalry that rushed ashore back into the river. They relied on archers to kill them. The result was that the pressure on the arrow array was increasing. The archers' arms have become weak due to long-term and high-frequency firing. The accuracy of the arrows they shoot is getting worse and worse, and their strength is getting weaker and weaker. If they continue like this, it will only be a matter of time before they are overwhelmed by Guan Ning's army!

He grabbed a messenger and said sharply: "You go to King Khan and ask him to send me a thousand archers quickly, otherwise the defense line will be overwhelmed! Dad, the dog is crazy! "

The messenger didn't dare to be negligent, he rode his horse up to Huang Taiji and conveyed Mang Gurtai's words.Huang Taiji looked at the Guan Ning Army who was bathing in blood and advancing forward in the bloody river, and then at the immovable mountain of fiery red on the other side, feeling irritated for no reason.

Maybe it was a terrible mistake to line up the three flags along the river bank, because he couldn't tell where the powerful opponent would swing the deadly knife!When the one-word long snake formation was laid out, the Tianxiong Army had three choices:

First, they can choose to follow the Guan Ning cavalry to the other side, smashing the Zhenglan Banner's line of defense in one fell swoop;
Second, they can take advantage of Houjin's attention being attracted by the Guan Ning army's assault to launch a fierce attack on the relatively weaker Xianghuang Banner;
Third, they can wait for the Guan Ning army to break through the defense line of the Zhenglan Banner, and after causing chaos among the Houjin army, they can storm the Zhenghuang Banner and go straight to the Yellow Nest!
All three are in order, which means nothing to say.

So passive...

I have fought with the Ming army for so many years, and I have never tried to be so passive!
"Let Hao Ge adjust the [-]-step archer and [-] heavy cavalry, and then transfer the [-]-step archer from Zhenghuangqi to reinforce Zhenglan Qi. Be sure to block the Ming army!" Huang Taiji issued an order.

Dai Shan asked: "Why not just let Zhengbai Qi and Xiangbai Qi attack and attack the Ming army from a flank?"

Huang Taiji said nothing, but felt very bitter in his heart.It was the two brothers Dorgon and Duoduo who led the Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner, and Dorgon was a strong challenger to the position of Khan.Originally, the soldiers of the two white flags were stronger than the two yellow flags, but after Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, he forcibly took the two white flags, handed the two yellow flags to the Dorgon brothers, then changed the flags, and continued to cut the flags to enrich the upper class. The three flags tossed the two white flags to a great extent.He let the two white flags lie in ambush on the south bank of the Daling River to cut off the retreat of the Ming army. It was originally a clever move that could annihilate the Ming army and weaken the strength of the two white flags. Afterwards, no matter how optimistic he was, he didn't think that if the two white flags were raised at this time and they could successfully encircle the fighting spirit of the Ming army, it would be considered good if they were not beaten by Lu Xiangsheng!

Zhenglan Banner's defense line was in danger. The two yellow flags quickly mobilized 300 archers and [-] heavy cavalry to support Zhenglan Banner. They couldn't just watch the Ming army rush ashore, right?Of course, such a large-scale troop mobilization could not be hidden from the Ming army. Lu Xiangsheng could see it clearly. After the supporting army approached the Zhenglan Banner's defense line, he waved the flag and the Hussars battalion stayed to continue to confront the Zhenghuang Banner across the river. The infantry quickly Moving to the left wing, the resonant whistle of the swan whistle rose from the ground, reaching into the night sky. The drummer beat the rapid drum beat. The musketeers lined up in three rows and took turns firing at the position with the yellow flag, making the grass dance wildly.Under the cover of the musketeers, the pikemen held their spears flat, and [-] people walked into the river row by row, marching to the other side in goose steps!

Huang Taiji's face changed, and he shouted sharply: "Haoge, beat them back!"

Hauge panicked for a while. He had just transferred a thousand archers away, his firepower had been greatly weakened, and he was facing fierce suppression from the Ming army's musketeers. It was not easy to block the Tianxiong army!Under his command, the remaining 1000 archers stepped forward, drawing their bows and shooting towards the river.As expected, they were immediately retaliated by the musketeers of the Ming army. The lead bullets pierced through the cotton or leather armor of the archers, smashed the internal organs, blood splattered, and the internal organs leaked out. They died quite ugly.A large number of spearmen of the Ming army were shot down, and the formation was a little chaotic, but no one looked back. The front continued to move forward, and the rear continued to go down the river, rushing to the opposite bank layer by layer.

The archers with yellow flags had to face the firing of two thousand musketeers, and the number of casualties skyrocketed - yes, you read that right, it was indeed two thousand.Those swordsmen picked up the muskets of injured or killed musketeers and transformed into musketeers!In the Wuyang Guard and Tianxiong Army, the crossbowmen are the panacea. When the spearmen die, they pick up the spears and become melee soldiers. When the musketeers or crossbowmen die, they pick up the muskets and crossbows and become ranged soldiers. As for their old profession, it is rarely put to use.The two thousand musketeers were divided into four teams, and they took turns shooting. The bullets rained endlessly, and the archers who had beaten the yellow flags complained endlessly. They had no way to suppress the firepower of the Ming army's musketeers!Hauge cried bitterly: "Ama sent me a thousand-step archer at this juncture, but it hurt me!" Seeing that the first row of pikemen was about to go ashore, Hauge gritted his teeth and ordered the cavalry to launch a countercharge , Press the Ming army back!

Later, the golden cavalry rode their horses down the river and rammed into the pikemen. Wherever they went, water splashed and people turned their backs.This is undoubtedly a very bad decision. The river water and silt greatly affected the speed of those tall and strong horses, and they even got stuck in the silt and couldn't move an inch. I didn't dare to shoot arrows anymore.Of course, the pikemen would not let go of such a good opportunity, and thrust their spears fiercely, knocking over these hard-to-move cavalrymen and horses. This time, it was the turn of the Eight Banners soldiers to stain the Daling River with blood.However, the counterattack launched by these cavalry also had a certain effect-their corpses almost blocked the river, making it difficult for the pikemen to advance.It's just that the cost of such a "blocking" is too expensive. After losing more than two hundred cavalry in a row, Hauge stopped such an attempt in horror.The pikemen struggled to push aside the corpses of men and horses, and waded through the bloody water to advance to the opposite bank. The musketeers continued to shoot volleys to cover them until the barrels of their guns turned red.

The first row of red waves finally reached the opposite bank. At this time, Hou Jin's archers had almost collapsed under the uninterrupted firepower of the Tianxiong Army's musketeers. A group of white armor soldiers roared and led thousands of soldiers. rushed up.Now the musketeers couldn't fire to support, the pikemen roared and rushed towards Hou Jin Zhanbing with their guns, and with a sharp right stab, Hou Jin Zhanbing was stabbed down all over the place.The ferocious white-armored soldiers swung their epee swords and cut off the barrels of the spears, splitting the bodies of the pikemen, smashing the formation of the pikemen, and rushed to the river bank, trying to knock the second row of pikemen back into the river.The second row of pikemen also roared and stabbed at them with their guns. This time they stabbed straight. On average, each person had to face three gleaming spear heads. Even the fierce white armored soldiers could hardly survive such a fierce attack Under the whole body retreat.Puffs of blood spattered out, and at least six white-armored soldiers had big holes in their throats or chests, and they died with their eyes open.The last thing they saw before they fell was more Ming troops jumping out of the river of blood, charging toward the array with yellow flags...

The Tianxiong army had been soaking in the knee-deep or even waist-deep river for too long, and it was terribly cold, so as soon as they landed, they charged with bare blades, without a word of nonsense.Rows of pikemen rushed across the river bank like waves, and rushed towards Xianghuangqi. The archers in Xianghuangqi who were still trying to shoot arrows to stop them were trampled into flesh.The two armies met at close quarters, stabbed with long spears, swung heavy swords, the light of the sword was like snow, the shadow of the sword was like a rainbow, and the sound of killing went straight to the sky!
At this time, Guan Ning's army had also broken through the firepower net of Zhenglan Banner archers, and Zu Dabi was the first to rush ashore.At this time, the Guan Ning army had lost nearly 500 people. Such a heavy loss made him furious. He swung his double axes and roared into the formation of Zhenglan flag. Where the ax fell, flesh and blood flew everywhere, as if a killing god had possessed him.Zu Dale followed closely behind, smashing a Zaoyang lance with thorns and thorns. Whoever dares to stand in front of him will die!The general is so brave, of course the soldiers will not be cowards. The two thousand had fought against Huang Taiji at the foot of Ningyuan City, and the Guanning iron cavalry who finally won flooded the Daling River and flocked to the Zhenglan Banner. The powerful position, the impact force is indescribable.The Zhenglan Banner had lost too much blood until now, and retreated steadily under the onslaught of the Guan Ning Army regardless of the cost.Maybe Manggurtai just wants to back off a little bit to gain time to regroup, but this is how the battlefield is, sometimes you take a step back a little bit, and if you fail to parry for a few rounds, the morale of the opponent will immediately rise to the point where it cannot be increased, pressing You fight, now what happened to the Zhenglan Banner fully confirmed this point. After leaving the cover of the cannons in the field, the great pride brought by the Golden Eight Banners after being repulsed head-on made the morale of the Guanning Army like a rainbow, and the offensive surged. A wave, if it hadn't been for the fact that crossing the river consumed too much kinetic energy, and the too narrow breakthrough made it impossible for them to gain room to speed up their horses, Zhenglan Qi would have been in danger at this time.

The left and right wings were in a bitter battle at the same time, especially the yellow flag on the left wing. The performance was disappointing. Hauge's clumsy command gave the Tianxiong army too many opportunities, but the Tianxiong army did not waste any chance, and the bloodbath was unceremonious Hauge personally led the white-armored soldiers into the formation, but failed to push back the infantry charging with long spears.Now Huang Taiji understands Lu Xiangsheng's intention, he wants to break through at the same time with both left and right wings, like a huge iron tongs, clamping Zhenghuangqi!The number of troops that can be accommodated on the battlefield is limited. When the Ming army rushed to Zhenghuangqi, Zhenghuangqi could not exert their powerful combat effectiveness. Moldy!

Lu Jiandou, admire, admire!
He clearly saw through Lu Xiangsheng's intentions, but Huang Taiji didn't dare to move, because the bird hussar battalion had already formed a cavalry wall, ready to charge at any time, and the spearhead was pointed at Zhenghuangqi.After witnessing the terrifying power of charging over the wall, Huang Taiji dared not be careless anymore.The Zhenghuang Banner, like the Xianghuang Banner and the Zhenglan Banner, had a relatively thin defense depth. If the troops were withdrawn to support the left and right wings, it would be even weaker.
In the eyes of the hussar battalion who had severely humiliated the Houjin Eight Banners twice, the so-called "Jurchen is absolutely invincible" is a joke at all!

The hussar battalion of a few hundred riders nailed the Zhenghuang Banner of thousands of people.

You are so majestic, the iron cavalry of the Han family!

(End of this chapter)