362 didn't think of it
Yue Tuo, who was hiding in the shadows, never thought that between the Qing army and the Ming army, under the hand-to-hand battle, they would be defeated and retreated. This situation was not in his consideration at all, and when he saw it, he was very surprised.
He has been fighting for many years, and when he looks closely, he finds the problem.
In this case, there is no place for shortcuts at all, and we can only fight for the hard power of war. Because the offensive of the Ming army was smooth, the morale of the Ming army became higher and higher, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became. If this momentum cannot be contained, the Qing Dynasty will probably lose this battle, which he absolutely cannot allow.
Fortunately, at the beginning, Huang Taiji had already expected this plan when he made it. Therefore, among the troops sent to Yue Tuo, there were more white-armored soldiers than other armies, more than a thousand people.
With this trump card, Yue Tuo was not flustered in his heart.
At the sound of an order, the white-armored soldiers, who were in reserve, numbered more than 800 people, and were immediately ordered to fight.
These white-armored soldiers can be regarded as special operations forces in the construction of captives, and on weekdays, they only focus on military training and do not need to do anything else, and they are treated very well. For the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the white-armored soldiers were used as sharp knives.
At this time, the white-armored soldiers wearing leather armor, chain mail and iron armor, that is, the heavy infantry, all of them were strong men with tall and long arms, just a face, and before they rushed to the Ming army, they threw out the throwing axes in their hands. The pikemen of the Dongjiang Army, who were attacking smoothly, were caught off guard and immediately suffered a big loss. The soldiers of the Ming army who rushed to the front immediately fell in large numbers, and several gaps immediately appeared in the offensive formation.
These white-armored soldiers attacked in one go, the flying axe broke through the formation of the Ming army, and then, they walked like a fly holding heavy weapons, such as big axes, long knives, two-handed swords, etc., and killed from the gap with a wide opening and closing, to both sides, to the depth. It's like a fierce wolf pack, tearing open the wound of its prey, and it gets bigger and bigger.
It was only a moment's effort, and the Ming army in front of them couldn't stop these fierce white-armored soldiers at all, and the oncoming Ming soldiers were either killed or wounded. In the face of such a fierce enemy, the soldiers of the Ming army were a little panicked, and many of them even began to retreat.
It's no wonder that they, these white-armored soldiers have extremely strong protection, ordinary knives and guns can't break through their three-layer armor defenses at all, and these white-armored soldiers are amazingly strong, even if they can't kill you, they can also chop the Ming army in front of them can't withstand the force, and they either fall backwards or are chopped to the ground.
Suddenly, when encountering such a strong enemy, it would be really strange for ordinary Ming soldiers to be able to withstand it!
Seeing that as soon as the white-armored soldiers were sent out, the situation on the battlefield was immediately reversed, which made Yue Tuo, who was hiding in the shadows and commanding the battle, relieved at the same time, and began to look forward to it, in this battle, can defeat the Ming army and destroy the Dongjiang army alone?
On the side of the Ming army, the generals in command of the front line were highly meritorious, and they couldn't help but be shocked when they saw this situation. Seeing that his own position was about to be chaotic and the military order could not be passed on, he had to stabilize his position, otherwise the defeat of this battle would start from him, which he could not bear no matter what.
"Kill me!" In a hurry, Gao Yigong immediately roared, led the guards and the reserves around him, and immediately killed the gap.
Gao Yigong himself is a man who fought among the thieves, and he is naturally much more powerful than ordinary soldiers. His personal guards were also selected from the Ming army. Although they did not wear three layers of armor and were inferior in defense, their strength was sufficient. The gap between people is not that big. The strong men in the building are almost the same as the strong men in the Ming army.
Moreover, the white-armored soldiers rushed over to fight like this, and they consumed a lot of strength. If they still deal with the previous Ming army, then they have already started the offensive and kill with the situation, there is no problem. But at this time, as soon as Gao Yigong's new force arrived, the weapons collided, and it was no longer just one-sided, and the offensive of these white-armored soldiers was contained at once. In other words, it will not be able to attack the Ming army like before.
Those soldiers of the Ming army who were killed by the white-armored soldiers were defeated and retreated, and they got a chance to breathe a sigh of relief, and when they saw the high merits of the first-class soldiers, they were killing with the white-armored soldiers. Seeing that he was fighting so desperately, these Ming soldiers also had confidence in their hearts, Shangguan was fighting on the front line, were they embarrassed to retreat?
The other one, the main force of the Ming army, is the adaptation of thieves. They all knew each other, and they all joined the Dongjiang Army with a heart of atonement. Therefore, seeing the comrades I know fighting bravely, it is even more difficult for me to paddle.
This point is actually similar to the Tianxiong Army built by Lu Xiangsheng before.
The previous soldiers of the Tianxiong Army were mostly relatives and friends, or even simply brothers or fathers and sons. In this case, it's a bit like hitting one, which will cause a bunch of people to go crazy. Today's Dongjiang Army also has this meaning.
Therefore, after Gao Yigong personally led the guards to stabilize the offensive of Jianyu, the soldiers of the Ming army who were killed by the white-armored soldiers and hurriedly retreated, all gritted their teeth, pounced on the white-armored soldiers again, and together with Gao Yigong, they fought with the white-armored soldiers desperately.
In this way, the numerical disadvantage of the white armor soldiers came out again. Under the siege of the superior Ming army, the white-armored soldiers could not withstand it, and began to suffer casualties, and were killed by the Ming army and slowly retreated.
However, the white armor soldiers are not so easy to defeat. Seeing this situation, Niu Lu Ezhen, one of the white-armored soldiers, immediately knew where the key to the war was, and if they wanted to reverse the unfavorable situation, they all knew what to do.
Therefore, without Yue Tuo commanding such detailed tactics, some white-armored soldiers began to act quietly.
Behind the white-armored soldiers, there was a sharpshooter who quietly picked up his bow and arrows, aimed at Gao Yigong who was fighting, saw the opportunity, and began to release cold arrows.
Jianyu used this kind of trick to kill many Ming generals, and even some general soldiers died in this kind of battlefield sneak attack, so that there was no command, and the blow to the Ming army was great, resulting in a complete defeat.
At this time, Gao Yigong was fighting desperately with the white-armored soldiers in front of him, and the so-called eyes and ears in martial arts did not exist. Therefore, he was defenseless at all.
However, Gao Yigong's personal guard has the responsibility of guarding the commander. When Lu Xiangsheng was training this army, the training of the guards would naturally not be let go.
Therefore, just as Jianyu's cold arrow shot at Gao Yigong, a personal guard took aim and immediately raised a shield to protect Gao Yigong.
However, it is inevitable for the Jianyu Archer to succeed in Gao Yigong, and they have done such a sneak attack more than once or twice. Of course, a cold arrow is unreliable, and under a sneak attack, it is a sneak attack by several Jianyu archers.
The guard's shield blocked two arrows, but at the same time, he and Gao Yigong were also hit by arrows.
Looking at the guards who pounced on him, the arrows stuck in his back, and Gao Yigong, who was hit by an arrow in his arm, couldn't help but shout bitterly: "Three babies! ”
He knew that the guards would definitely not work, because the arrows were very deep. Gao Yigong under the extreme anger, regardless of his injuries, has to fight again. But his personal guards did not allow it, and immediately dragged him and withdrew from the first line.
Gao Yigong, a fierce general, withdrew, and several other brave soldiers of the Ming army were also attacked by Jianyu's cold arrows, and suddenly, the pressure on the Ming army's side was great again. Those white-armored soldiers who were fighting in front of them also knew that this was an opportunity, and immediately increased their attacks.
As a result, the Ming army, which had already stabilized the situation, was a little unable to resist it, and was killed by the white-armored soldiers and retreated.
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng, who had already seen the situation here, had already sent reinforcements over, and the leader was Li Laiheng, with about 50 people.
When he arrived, Gao Yigong let the guards bandage his wounds, and he himself was shouting: "What about the arquebus, give it to Lao Tzu, go up and shoot these sons of bitch." ”
Jianyu has archers who put cold arrows, is there no one on his side!
However, it is not convenient for arquebusiers to shoot at close range, firstly, because it is easy to kill by mistake, and secondly, because the firearm has gunsmoke, which will affect their own vision. But in any case, it is better to have something than nothing, and arquebuses are much more reliable than flintlock pistols at this time. Because flintlock pistols have the possibility of mute fire, at such times, once they are muted, it is fatal.
Hearing Gao Yigong's voice, Li Laiheng immediately shouted loudly: "No musketeers, the Governor sent me over!" ”
When Gao Yigong heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up, hurry up, help Lao Tzu clean up these tartar pieces ruthlessly!" Come to the trick, you can't shoot them! ”
"Wrap it up on me! Rest assured! Li Laiheng immediately agreed, and then led his men to the front.
"Don't care, as long as those white-armored soldiers aim and kill!" Li Laiheng looked at the white-armored soldiers who were killing in all directions, and couldn't help shouting loudly to the subordinates around him.
So, his men immediately scattered among the soldiers of the Ming army, wound their feet, held a hard crossbow, aimed at the white armor soldiers and pressed the trigger.
In other Ming armies, or the hard crossbow has been eliminated by firearms, but in Lu Xiangsheng's army, he is more respected. When he encircled and suppressed the thieves, he didn't have much troops in his hands and didn't have much training in the Ming army, so he supervised the construction of a batch of hard crossbows and killed the thieves and fled.
Lu Xiangsheng's consistent proposition is that there are more soldiers than more soldiers. He once played Emperor Chongzhen and asked for the formation of a special cavalry army for the hurricane raid, and the equipment of the hard crossbow was naturally a natural thing.
This time, Lu Xiangsheng's Dongjiang army had a hundred hard crossbowmen. After seeing the battle situation on Gao Yigong's side, he immediately asked Li Laiheng to lead fifty hard crossbows to help in the battle.
In this kind of hand-to-hand sneak attack, there is no doubt that a hard crossbow is better than a firearm.
So, when the white-armored soldiers were fighting hard, suddenly, something flashed in front of them, and everyone flew backwards. The crossbow arrows fired by hard crossbows have a strong kinetic energy at close range, which is not at all comparable to firearms. Even if the white-armored soldier wears three layers of armor, he can't stop the close-range shot of the hard crossbow.
In just a while, the white-armored soldiers in the face-to-face battle fell thirty or forty. This loss was very large, even the white-armored soldiers could not withstand the counterattack of the Ming army, and they were immediately defeated by the Ming army.
This time, Yue Tuo, who was hiding in the shadows, couldn't help but look stupid again. What is Elite? The Ming army in front of you is the elite!
The so-called elite is either well-equipped or elite. Not only must the soldiers dare to fight, but they must also be able to fight. The elite of the army is especially reflected in the details of the battle ahead. If everything has to be commanded by the commander-in-chief, then this army cannot be an elite army.
The Ming army in front of him not only dared to fight, but also proficient in tactics, under the offensive of the white armor soldiers, several times to stabilize the battle line, and then even began a counteroffensive in a short period of time, which was rare in the Qing army and the Ming army many times in the hands.
Now, even the white-armored soldiers sent out can't resist the offensive of the Ming army, is it just a battle, and they are about to be defeated by the Ming army?
Thinking of this possibility, Yue Tuo finally panicked a little. His task is to hold back the Ming army, wait for the arrival of reinforcements, and encircle and annihilate the Ming army together. However, I really didn't expect that the offensive of the Ming army was so sharp, it can be said that the offensive was like a tide, even if there were many casualties, they were still attacking fiercely, which was really an outlier in the Ming army.
What to do? What to do? Yue Tuo was so anxious that his forehead was sweating: Do you want to continue to send the few white-armored soldiers left? But even so, can it be useful?
In a panic, Yue Tuo scanned the entire battlefield.
Today's camp has been captured by the Ming army about half, if it continues like this, it is estimated that before dark, the Ming army will be able to defeat the entire camp. By that time, he would have to lead the army and withdraw.
Everywhere there were shouts of killing, as well as the sound of firearms, and the smoke of gunfire filled the air. Although they did not have the courage to engage with the Qing army head-on, they hid on both sides of the Ming army and used arquebuses to attack the flanks and rear of the Qing army, causing many casualties to the Qing army.
"These cowards, foxes and fake tigers, are really not fucking things!" Seeing this, Yue Tuo couldn't help but curse angrily.
However, after he scolded, he couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration in his mind, and an idea suddenly came to him, and his heart was suddenly overjoyed.
There's a way!
If he thought of it, he would do it immediately, and Yue Tuo immediately sent an order to the remaining white-armored soldiers, as well as the reserves in his hands, to teach them in person, and then quickly sent them out.
At this time, at the head of Pyongyang City, Jin Shangxian was already looking up to the sky and laughing: "The heavenly soldiers are really powerful, it doesn't take half a day to win the opposite Jianyu, if anyone in the DPRK and China dares to say that Jianyu is invincible in the field, the old man sprayed his face!" ”
Of course, he didn't know that in order to win this battle, Lu Xiangsheng showed all his hole cards, so to speak, he had the determination to win this battle. As for the reason, it is what he has already explained before.
Sometimes, however, the war is not a matter of personal will. This point, not only on the Jianyu side, but also on the Ming army's side!