Chapter One Thousand and Fifty: The Sound of Horses' Hoofs

On the battlefield, it's more often about teamwork and the art of commanding generals, and no matter how brave you are, trying to defeat an entire army with one person can often be quite ugly. And compared to Yu Qixia, who used the terrain to kill the Quartet on Sawtooth Mountain, Ao Bai was obviously not so lucky. He faced the shield array of the Ming army and the three-dimensional strike network above and below the city, and the entanglement of Gao Bizheng, the fourth fierce general in the Ming army. Although Gao Bizheng also suffered a loss, he was almost able to use it as a rain sprinkler, but Ao Bai also almost died in his hands.

At that time, on the southeast coast, facing Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck array, the warriors of the Wa Kingdom who had practiced martial arts all their lives did not know how many thousands of people died in front of the Qi family army composed of 3,000 Yiwu miners. Zhang Xianzhong was also brave and brave, fighting with the Qing army shirtless, wasn't he killed by a cold arrow from Aobai?

Aobai was defeated and retreated, and was replaced by Wakda leading 7,000 elite soldiers to continue the onslaught. Because the strength of the Qing army suddenly increased, the Ming army suffered too heavy casualties, so that the Ming army's shield array counterattacked several times, but failed to stop the Qing army's advance; The archers at the head of the city were also suppressed by the archers of the Qing army; Even the Wangbian Gate has been lost, and the drawbridge has been lowered. After that, Shuosai's 20,000 cavalry began to charge, and the life and death test of the Ming army came.

The sound of the hooves of the Qing cavalry was already heard outside the city. Jiang Jianxun and Gao Bizheng failed to counterattack, so they had to retreat to the city to organize street battles. In the midst of great difficulty, Jiang Jianxun said to Gao Bizheng: "Big brother, you lead the archers to the roof, and I organize the infantry to resist the cavalry of the Qing army!" Gao Bizheng said: "You go and take people to the house, you are better at shooting black guns than your brother, and I will lead the infantry to block the enemy." Quick, here's the order! ”

Jiang Jianxun didn't have time to argue with Gao Bizheng, he just said: "Big brother be careful." Then summon the archers and start climbing the rooftops everywhere, ready to ambush the enemy. And almost none of the Ming archers who were on the city wall just now were able to withdraw alive, and Wakda had already led the Qing army's infantry to attack the city. The drawbridge was lowered, the city gate was opened, and Shuosai's cavalry had already rumbled into the city, and began to rush towards the cross street in the center of the city, and some Ming troops who had not had time to organize resistance were immediately drowned in the smoke and dust raised by the Qing cavalry.

The cross-flower street is wide, which is conducive to the dense queue organized by the Ming army, and it is also conducive to the cavalry of the Qing army to gallop back and forth. But when the Qing army broke through the city wall and rushed into the city, the Ming army was crowded like sardines waiting for the whipping of the Qing cavalry. The advantages and disadvantages on the battlefield are often reversed in an instant as key points are broken, for example, the numerical superiority of the 62,200 Ming army in the city cannot be quickly concentrated to one point in a crowded city. They failed to form a fist, but instead became five fingers apart because the defensive area was too spread. The Qing army's 10,000-foot armor attack instead achieved an advantage, and the Ming army could only slowly converge to the center of the city, and could only retreat step by step.

But Zhu Si's Ming army put much more effort into military training than the previous Ming army, and this Ming army also proved that they were a well-trained and powerful team. Dare to die is only the temperament of a soldier, and not being chaotic in battle is the quality. Except for a small number of scattered soldiers who were instantly cut down by the large forces of the Qing army, most of the organized Ming troops were able to protect themselves for the time being. Hot search

Shuosai's cavalry was carrying out a centripetal assault on the center of the cross street, but Wakda's infantry had been sweeping away the Ming army from the city along the city walls, and it seemed that Wakda's progress was also very fast. An hour later, the South Gate and the East Gate Dongyang Gate were controlled by Wakda. The four gates have all been lost, and more than 60,000 Ming troops have just saved their lives because of the city walls and the tube river in this county, but now they can only sit in the city.

More Qing cavalry began to rush in from the south and east gates, a full 20,000. After repeated struggles and great sacrifices, the Ming army, which had been attacked on three sides, finally began to show signs of collapse. Their infantry formations began to be overwhelmed one by one, and there were fewer and fewer archers on the high grounds. The horse bows of the Qing cavalry inflicted great casualties on the Ming archers on the houses and the infantry on the streets.

After about two hours, most of the whole city has been cleared, the Ming army is basically surrounded within two miles of the center of the city's cross street, and the whole army of the right front army of the imperial camp adds up to only more than 20,000 people. Gao Bizheng and Jiang Jianxun have both been wounded, and more than half of the senior generals with more than 1,000 households have died in the battle.

Gao Bizheng was holding Jiang Jianxun's shaking body, the two looked at each other with a wry smile, Jiang Jianxun endured the severe pain and said to Gao Bizheng: "The younger brother came to Nanjing from Shaanxi, and met the eldest brother, you and I have recovered Nanjing City together since then, and fought most of Henan all the way, and future generations should remember our name." ”

Gao Bizheng smiled silently, his expression still disdainful. But he gently spit out two words in his mouth: "It's worth it". Then he shouted to all the soldiers: "Brothers, what Brother Jianxun said is right, our life is worth it!" Many soldiers shouted: "Dashuai, we are too good today, what kind of special Manchurian warrior, didn't you almost die at your hands?" The words of the soldiers were still passionate, and it sounded as if they should be the ones who were about to win, and their emotions were still passionate.

Gao Bizheng patted Jiang Jianxun's shoulder with that big hand, but this action hurt Jiang Jianxun's heart. "Well done, brethren! You're all good! It's my blessing to die with you! The enemy has not attacked us at this time, and they must still want to persuade us to surrender, grandma! Although my old Gao has surrendered several times in his life, he has surrendered to our Ming Dynasty and our own country! Back then, because I was hungry, and in order to no longer be poor and be able to live as a person, I followed King Chuang to resist the Ming Dynasty and my own country. But when Daming, our own country, really doesn't exist, I know what it means to live with dignity! What is the meaning of the country, how do you say it, what can't you put in a fart? ”

Jiang Jianxun hurriedly added: "Are you talking about the skin without hair?" "Count your kid guessed right, if the skin doesn't exist, there's no special use for anything attached, Lao Gao said something from his heart, the Ming Army could let us go a few times, and trust me Lao Gao to go home and be an honest citizen." But the Qing army has been chasing and killing us from Shanhaiguan to Huguang, treating us all like pigs and dogs, and they have to kill none of us. After the Qing army entered the customs, all the troops of the Han family retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, and it was the last moment of the country's survival. So there are Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo, and Li Jin and my boss. Oh, by the way, there are also Hao Yongzhong, Hao Daring, Liu Tichun, and Liu Erhu, right? Our brothers have fought against the Qing army for so many years, hehe, do you have to wait until today if you want to surrender and pay back your mother? How about it, brothers, do you dare to rush into the enemy battle with our boss Gao again? As long as I think about the big drama in Nanjing City again, my old Gao feels happy all over my body, are you special mothers happy? All the soldiers shouted, "Rejoice! Tete's mother's pleasure! ”