Nanming Engineer

Chapter 416 Aftermath
Nikan was different from Boluo in that he was much more flexible and did not show off his bravery. When the Ruishi Battalion was struggling under the captive bombs, he had already retreated with hundreds of guards around him.

All honor and face are nothing in the face of life and death.

Retreating is an elegant way of saying it. To put it bluntly, it means fleeing.

Twenty or thirty thousand people were lost in this battle. How to explain to Azig and Dorgon after going back? We will talk about it when we go back. If we don’t leave now, we really have to explain ourselves here.

However, it is not that easy to run away. The heavy troops in the rear are mainly composed of Nikan Aha. These people are basically soldiers at best, but they are mainly slaves at worst. They can also carry swords and go into battle, but they mainly do Some things like sweeping the battlefield and attacking the west are not acceptable.

When Boluo's sharp warrior battalion was engulfed in smoke and fire, the entire rear formation began to collapse. Seeing the Jurchen warriors who were usually as ferocious as gods were wiped out in front of them, the slaves immediately lost their last bit of luck and confidence .

In the same order as the soldiers fled, the Mongols ran first, then the higher-status Aha, and finally the Han Nikan. They threw away their vehicles and supplies, and panicked to the vast ran among the mountains.

These people numbered in the thousands, and most of them were infantry. They were scattered on the ground in piles here and there, which seriously hindered the running of the Nikan cavalry behind.

On the two wings, two groups of Kuizhou cavalry had already outflanked them. They did not get entangled with the chaotic Qing soldiers.

Nikan's guard battalion is extremely elite, a water of red-armored Bala soldiers, everyone wears three layers of armor, chain mail inside, cotton armor in the middle, iron armor on the outermost layer, and eight-petal iron tassels on their heads. Helmet; the horse is a healthy horse, covered with iron leaf leather armor, armed to the teeth from top to bottom, with a long stainless steel knife in his hand, and the horn bow equipped with it is also high-quality goods. In this era, it is equivalent to a tank on the battlefield.

The two white torrents and the red iron current collided at a certain node, and the first real cold-weapon fight in this battle had just begun.

There are only a few hundred Qing soldiers, but there are eight thousand Kuizhou cavalry. The number is large and the superiors judge. According to common sense, these Qing soldiers should be submerged among the white-armored Kuizhou soldiers.

But the result was unexpected. The Ba Yala soldiers rushed out of the Kuizhou army's encirclement, and they formed a wild goose formation to protect Nikan. The army rushed over head-on, and wherever it went, people were turned on their backs.

No matter whether it was a mountain-destroying crossbow or a riding bow, the arrows shot by the Kuizhou army hit the Qing soldiers, making a tinkling sound as if they were shot on an iron wall. It was inlaid on the nail leaf and could not be penetrated at all. The Qing soldier who hit the most arrows was full of arrows like a hedgehog, but he didn't feel hurt. Instead, the knife in his hand danced even more crazily.

On the contrary, the heavy arrows shot by the Qing army could break through the breastplate of the Mingguang armor of the Kuizhou army at close range, and the thick iron plate could not protect the cavalry wearing it.

The individual martial arts of the Baya La soldiers are exquisite, and they shoot a hundred shots with a hundred shots, and every shot is like a full moon. Every time an arrow is shot, a soldier of the Kuizhou Army turns over and falls off the horse.

But when you get close, when the two sides cross each other, the spears and knives stab back and forth, and it is often the Kuizhou soldiers who suffer the most. Between the immediate dodging skills and the stretching and handing of weapons, there is actually a lot of knowledge in the blink of an eye. With one flower, the weapon falls into the empty space, but the Qing soldiers can cut the knife in from the weak point of their own defense, which is simple and practical, cruel and fast.

Under the command of Nikan, the Qing soldiers did not love to fight. They came out of the Kuizhou cavalry directly, as if an iron cone easily pierced a layer of wood. If you do that, it is very likely that the Tartars will not be bombed, but the friendly army will be injured by mistake.

The horses of the Qing army were faster than the horses of the Kuizhou army. After running for a while, they were chased by the mountain-destroying crossbow and disappeared into the mountains.

Li Dingguo and Ding Guodong were furious. This was a huge loss of face. Thousands of people were chasing and blocking hundreds of people, and hundreds of people were allowed to come and go freely as if they were in no one's land. If the Tatars were willing, they would probably be able to go around in a circle like this. Dive in and out of their ranks.

So the two of them took their temper out on the Mongols and the Jurchens who were alone on the ground. The Kuizhou army was broken into pieces, and they galloped in units of hundreds, chasing the scattered Qing soldiers until they cried for their fathers and mothers. , killing until rivers of blood flowed.

The Qing soldiers on the plains and wilderness were blocked by the cavalry, so they had to run to the mountains on both sides. The white armored soldiers were like farmers driving ducks, slashing and killing, even Wang Huan himself. Several Qing soldiers.

Until it was dark, the Kuizhou army was still lighting up the mountains to find people. The Qing army who fled on the mountain had no horses and could not go far. Shoot him to death, then cut off his head and go back to ask for credit.

Li Dingguo and Ding Guodong were still not reconciled, they begged Wang Huan to drive the army to chase Nikan who was running away, and they spoke generously to cover up their inner shame.

Wang Huan glanced at the two of them, and blocked them back with a single sentence: "The Tartars were poor just now, and we couldn't stop them. Now that the Tartars have run away, the future is unknown. How can you two be sure?" intercept them?"

The two blushed, silently daring not to speak.

Wang Huan patted the shoulders of the two of them, and said warmly: "It's not because you two are careless about this matter. The Tartars are extremely vicious. They fear death for their lives, and they are united as one. It is difficult to stay. It is already possible to wipe out most of the Tartars in this valley. Very good, the two of you have done more than your faults, so don't complain about yourself."

After hearing this, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief and felt a big stone in their hearts. Li Dingguo recalled the scene of the battle with the Nikan guards just now and couldn't help but said: "Master Marquis, those Tatar guards are all elites in the army. We are covered in layers of armor, wrapped like an iron man. Our arrows cannot penetrate, our knives cannot cut, and we cannot even penetrate with our spears. It is really strenuous. We will definitely encounter them again in the future, so we have to think of a good way to be prepared."

At this time, the battle was over. Except for the occasional shouts and screams from the mountains on both sides, the nearby area has become quiet. There is no cloud tonight, the moon is sparse, and the bright moonlight shines on the surrounding city of Shiling The bodies of all the people were foggy, as if a layer of frost had been wrapped on the white armor.

Wang Huan sat on a rock, with a knife as a stick, and his helmet removed. His long black hair was tied in a bun on the top of his head, and blood was stained everywhere on his chest, which was splashed when he killed the enemy.

He listened to Li Dingguo's words, smiled lightly, and said: "This is just a heavy cavalry. Dingguo veteran must have a method in his mind."

Li Dingguo was told what he was thinking. He didn't even blush, and said shamelessly: "This is not a method. In ancient times, there was a set of techniques for dealing with heavy cavalry, such as kidnapping horses, iron kites, etc. Some were equipped with heavy weapons, such as wolves. They used dental sticks and the like to break their armor, and some were equipped with long knives to cut off the horses' legs, but from the general's point of view, these are not fundamental methods."

He glanced at Wang Huan, and said again: "I'm thinking about it, Lord Hou's firearms are so fierce, so why don't you also get us some three-eyed system? Zu Bian once told me that in Liaodong, when dealing with Jiannu three The eye system is very effective. When you get close, you first fire three shots, even the thick armor can be broken, and some fast ones are killed, and then the three eyes are rounded, and they are used as a mace. Combining distance and near, it is extremely powerful. The slave was afraid and envious, and even robbed Dacheng. The first thing he did was to collect the three eyes."

Wang Huan was stunned for a moment, and kept making guns and cannons, but he didn't pay much attention to the firearms used by cavalry. According to the thinking of later generations, after the development of infantry firearms speeds up, the increase in shooting speed will make cavalry gradually abdicate. Moreover, the status of the cavalry as the king of mobility before the advent of automobiles was irreplaceable. Regardless of outflanking and roundabouts or large-scale mobilization, cavalry was indispensable. Nowadays, the Kuizhou Army cavalry is equipped with cold weapons other than mountain crossbows. They had very little ammunition, so it was really difficult to fight against elite cavalry like the Qing army.

"Three eyes..." Wang Huan rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

(End of this chapter)