Chapter 698: The Imperial Camp Shows Its Might
Yu Xin's face turned pale and he watched the tragic battle with a telescope, but he saw Li Ying being stabbed in the shoulder by a spear, and then falling on his back with the gushing blood.
He threw down his binoculars, drew his saber, and said to the officer beside him, "All heralds, guards, sappers and medics, all come with me!" ”
"Yes!"
"Gan Xinda! The hunter battalion prepares bayonets and goes to cover the left flank! ”
"Yes!"
In the current situation, you must use your body to resist the momentum of the enemy's continuous advance, and long-range sniping is not so important.
Immediately, Yu Xinqin led more than 240 people, including guards, heralds, and engineers, to kill the right flank of the Ming army.
To say that the training level of the Dragon Guard is indeed extraordinary, even the engineers, doctors and others have basically mastered the line tactics, but they are not equipped with rifled guns, the former is holding a steel shovel, and the latter is holding a spring wheel short gun for self-defense.
Li Ying was a senior general in the infantry battalion, and his fall shook the soldiers beside him, and someone immediately knelt down to help him.
"Lord Battalion!"
"Master Li, how are you?"
"Master Li, get up quickly......"
However, their distraction caused a flaw in the next attack.
One of Kitat's captives spotted the gap and pounced with more than a dozen guards with a sword. The soldiers around Li Ying were caught off guard, and several people were immediately stabbed.
Seeing this, the Qing soldiers in the back hurriedly followed with ecstaty, and the infantry line was instantly squeezed out of a gap of more than two zhang wide by Li Ying.
In fact, because there were too many prisoners, even though the Dragon Guard soldiers on both sides used their bayonets to resist the enemy soldiers regardless of life and death, more and more captives poured in. The soldiers of nearly a battalion to Li Ying's right suddenly fell into the danger of being divided and surrounded.
Just at the last moment, a bang was suddenly heard behind the infantry line, and more than a dozen Qing troops at the gap were immediately swept backwards by the powerful impact of lead bullets.
Yu Xin broke off and shouted, "Kill!" With dozens of guards, he rushed up first. They cooperated skillfully, and between a few ups and downs of bayonets, the captives at Li Ying's position just now were poked over, and the rest were also startled, and they no longer had the previous momentum.
Then more Ming army sappers followed with sharp steel shovels. Although they could only make the simplest two movements, slashing and stabbing, their moves were also uniform, and every time the sappers gave the order, more than a dozen captives would be killed by the sharp edge of the shovel.
The soldiers in the infantry line, who were struggling to support themselves, saw that the enemy troops at the gap began to retreat, and hurriedly looked back, and all exclaimed, "Commander?!" ”
"My lord, it's dangerous ...... here"
"It's the Commander! Brothers, fight the thieves! ”
"Kill one and earn one! Lord Yu is here, what is the pity of Lao Tzu's life! ”
"That's right! I'll put Yuan Kaifu's more than 100 catties here today, come on! ”
The participation of the Supreme Commander in the battle greatly boosted the morale of the Dragon Guard, and everyone let out an earth-shattering roar, as if they could not see the dense swords and spears like a forest in front of them, and they were slashed one by one, and they also had to fight to penetrate the bayonets into the enemy's body.
Under such a desperate battle, the gap in the infantry line gradually closed again. The medics also picked up their weapons on the ground and stood side by side with the infantry, and the hands that had saved countless lives did not hesitate to kill the Tartars.
As soon as Duoduo saw that the enemy formation had loosened, he unexpectedly stabilized again, and immediately jumped to his feet in a hurry.
If the southerners are so difficult, I'm afraid that the Qing Dynasty will never be able to take down this Central Plains Flower World, a chill flashed in his heart, and he looked up at the sky again, and couldn't help frowning, "Although the southerners army formation seems to be crumbling, it can't afford to delay any longer." ”
He pointed to the place where Li Ying fell, and said to the Baya Protector on his side: "Follow me to break the formation!" ”
These 700 Bayalas are all elite soldiers in Beijing, and most of them are Manchu relatives and clan relatives, and they can be described as the most brave Jianzhou soldiers. Duoduo believed that he would lead them to attack the weak points of the Ming army, and he would definitely be able to win the game in one fell swoop.
"Master, I can't help it!"
"Yes, master, you are a royal noble, how can you be in danger......"
"Shut up!" Duoduo shouted, "Get on my horse!" ”
As soon as he grasped the reins, and before he could step on the stirrups, he saw several horses galloping towards him, and the man on the horse shouted in alarm, "Report! There are southerners attacking my rear army! ”
The nineteenth day of the first month of the first year of Hanxing.
Just after the time, the 6,000 Ming troops under Deng Shan, Ma Wenhu and Gan Hui took the lead in rushing to the battlefield of Ximing Mountain after a rapid march.
They arrived with the Great Son of Heaven and his 1,000 Imperial Guards.
The history of the Ming Dynasty, and even the whole world, has completely turned on another track from this moment!
In order to gather as much combat strength as possible, Duoduo transferred the Chitat Department behind the palace to attack Yu Xin's defense line, resulting in only more than 3,000 Guan Ning troops under Han Daxun.
Zhu Linmiao had already seen the tragic battle situation in Yu Xin with a telescope, and quickly said to Deng Shan: "Order, the main force of the Broken Battalion is to contain the enemy head-on." The cavalry of Ma Wenhu's division cut through the rear of Jianyu as fast as possible, and the dragoon battalion followed the cavalry to the north side to reinforce the Yu Xin defenders. ”
"Yes!"
Deng Shan turned to leave, Gan Hui frowned and said: "Your Majesty, Ma Wenhu's troops are all lancers, and there are only less than four hundred people, so it may not be easy to break through ......."
Zhu Linmiao frowned and nodded, the lancers were extremely sharp against the cavalry, but the cavalry spears they were equipped with could only stab one infantry at a time, and it was very troublesome to collect and stab again, so they were rarely used to impact the infantry battle formation.
He looked at the imperial camp on his side and beckoned to Shi Lin, "Order, the imperial camp will form a formation and break through the left flank of Jianyu!" Make a way for the dragoons. ”
The Imperial Barracks is a standard dragoon equipment, and the Cavalry Sword is perfect for killing and injuring infantry.
Shi Lin was shocked and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the battlefield is full of danger, how can there be no royal escort......
Zhu Linmiao didn't talk much nonsense, turned over and got on the horse, "Then I'll go and break the formation in person." ”
"Absolutely never!" Shi Lin was so frightened that he knelt on the ground on the spot, and said helplessly, "My subordinates will bring five hundred imperial battalions to kill through the enemy formation." Leave 500 men here to protect the Holy One. ”
"Just keep 200 people." Zhu Linmiao said in an unquestionable tone, "Go quickly!" ”
"This ...... Obey! ”
Immediately, Deng Shan led 4,000 infantry battalions to spread out on the south side of Xi Ming Mountain, and the infantry line was not yet arranged, and Han Daxun's department behind the Qing army was already so frightened that it began to shrink towards the Duoduo Chinese army.
At the same time that the infantry of the Broken Battalion fired the first volley, more than 1,000 cavalry of the Ming Imperial Battalion rushed out from the east side, quickly penetrating Han Daxun's left flank like a knife cutting tofu.
Behind them, seven hundred dragoons followed, galloping through the gaps in the enemy formation.
Shi Lin led the team to run out of Erli again, and was encountering the Guan Ning army of the Zu Runze Department that had retreated earlier.
Zu Runze's men and horses were killed and injured a lot by guns and artillery, and it was when the morale collapsed, many people didn't even get on their horses, and when they saw the Ming army attacking from behind, they didn't form a battle formation for a long time in fear.
Shi Lin didn't fight with them either, two rounds of spring wheels shot out, while the Guanning army was still in a panic, it was through again, and the front of the army pointed directly at the main force of the Duoduo Chinese army.
Gong Adai's side had just gained the advantage, and was constantly compressing the defense line of the Ming army in Xi Ming Mountain, when he heard the sound of the alarm horn behind him, and looked back, he saw that under the rolling dust, a group of cavalry rushed straight to his right flank.
He hurriedly mobilized Chitat to lead 2,000 men to deploy on the east side, but the Qing army had exhausted all its strength in the battle with the infantry line in front of him, so where could he draw his troops in a hurry?
Kitat ran back and forth and shouted for a long time, and finally it was easy to gather 1,200 or 300 people, facing the south side and forming a hastily formation.
As soon as they were neatly arranged, Shi Lin had already been killed. But this time, in the face of the elite Jianzhou heavy infantry, he failed to break through immediately, so he had to lead his troops to turn around and reorganize on the south side to prepare to rush again.
The dragoon battalion that followed them had abandoned their horses and walked on foot, and with great speed they lined up in line, pressing north with their guns.
After Shi Lin attacked the Kita special battle formation for the second time, Gan Hui shouted loudly, "Aim! ”
Suddenly, seven hundred rifled guns pointed at the opposite side.
"Put!"
Kitat's men and horses had been fighting with Yu Xinbu for a long time before, and their physical strength was almost at the limit, and they were attacked twice by Shi Lin's imperial camp, and they could barely support it.
At this time, they were hit head-on by Mini's bullets, and after nearly 100 people were killed, they immediately began to tremble and retreat.
Seeing this, Kitat desperately waved his knife and shouted, "Don't retreat!" The Southern Army will be defeated in a moment, give me ......"
In the middle of his sentence, Gan Hui's dragoons fired another volley, and a mini bullet passed through his cheek exactly from a hundred and thirty paces away, and the corpse fell to the ground with a sound.
There was a burst of exclamations in the Qing army's array, "The general is dead!" ”
"The reinforcements of the southerners have arrived, and they can't stop it!"
"Run, it's too late if it's slow......"
These more than 1,000 Zhenghuang Banner captives turned their heads and ran, but they just poured into the Gong Adai army that was fighting fiercely in Yu Xinbu.