Chapter 1168 Catching a turtle in an urn
Dolgon was taken aback, and hurriedly reined in his war horse, no wonder the Mandate of Heaven army outside the northern city had already stopped attacking the city, it turned out that they expected that they would abandon the city and leave, and they had already set up a defensive formation outside the city.
Azig patted his horse and arrived, heard the screams of the soldiers in front, and knew that he was ambushed by the Heavenly Mandate Army, so he hurriedly said: "Uncle Regent, what should I do now?" ”
"What should I do?" Luo Ergon smiled coldly, "Shengjing City has been broken, back in the city, has the Heavenly Mandate Army played us back?" ”
"The emperor's uncle, the regent, said ...... right, "The six gods of Azig have no master, and they can only count on Dolgon."
"What are you still doing in a daze, kill out," Dolgon looked outside the city, and said coldly: "The main forces of the Heavenly Mandate Army are all in the south and east of the city, and there are only thousands of infantry here, can they also stop the pace of the Qing cavalry?" ”
"Kill, kill!" The soldiers cheered, and many soldiers also took off their bows and arrows with shoulder wounds, and began to fire back at the formation of the Heavenly Mandate Army outside the city, "Kill, kill the dog!"
Arrows rained down, enveloping the entrance of the city gate, and the number of Qing soldiers who broke through from here was too large, and the casualties were also large.
Dolgon can't care about it, this is the only way to live, there is still Zilharang in the rear, once he is entangled, wait until the main force of the Mandate of Heaven Army catches up, and then get out, but it will be difficult.
In the blink of an eye, the entrance to the city gate was flooded with blood, and the ownerless war horse shook its head uneasily, and even the complete body of the master could not be found.
The Heavenly Mandate Army outside the city is a pure infantry of the Fourth Division, and compared to archery, whether it is strength or accuracy, it cannot be compared with the Qing soldiers, but in front of their ring array, there is a shield wall built by shields, and the casualties are not large.
Azig was frightened for a while, and he was about to rush out, "Uncle Regent, the regent, the warriors with white flags will rush first......"
Dolgon shook his head, stretched out his hand and pointed at Shunji, who had fainted on horseback, "Your Royal Highness, wait until the front is safe before you can rush out." ”
Azig then remembered that there was still Shunzhi on horseback, and if it wasn't for Dolgon's intentions, he wouldn't want to carry this burden......
Seeing that the road was blocked by wounded horses and ownerless horses, Dolgon hurriedly ordered: "Drive the horses and let them crash into the formation of the Mandate Army!" In fact, the entrance of the city gate is still dozens of steps away from the camp of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and whether the war horse can cross the moat from the suspension bridge is not certain, and the right is to open the way.
Suddenly there was a noise behind him, and Azig was anxious, "Uncle Huang's regent, the scum of Zilharang, chased after him from behind......"
Dolgon's heart ached, and Zilharang chased after him, and the hundreds of cavalrymen with white flags were killed in battle, and they did not serve the country, but they died in the hands of the blue flag.
What to do?
There is a blockade in front, and there are chasing soldiers in the back!
What scared Dolgon the most was that he must not let the main force of the Mandate of Heaven Army catch up, with the firearms possessed by the main force of the Mandate of Heaven Army, once they catch up, none of the warriors with the white flag will be able to escape!
The only way is to rush out of the city gate hole, once you enter the flat grassland, it is the world of the Qing cavalry, the Mandate of Heaven army outside the city, but thousands of infantry, if it is not for the urgency of time, can be completely annihilated......
Thinking of this, Dorgon shouted, "Warriors, quickly, fight out of the city gate, as long as we get out of the city, we will be safe!"
Zhengbai, inlaid with white two flags, after paying nearly half of the price, only to highlight the city gate hole, from the front of the Mandate of Heaven Army's large array, a smoke escaped, really fast as the wind.
The ground battle gate of the northern city, Yue Le's blue banner, was also intercepted by a regiment of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and after a large number of corpses and sycophants were left in the city gate hole, only less than a thousand people broke through and joined forces with Dolgon, and hurried eastward.
Dolgon wanted to cry without tears, the Manchu Eight Banners, now there are only three banners left, white, and blue, and the total number of cavalry is less than 5,000......
Seeing the Tatar cavalry break through, the two infantry regiments of the Fourth Division outside the city did not divide their forces to chase after them, although they had war horses, it was impossible to catch up with the Tatar cavalry who were like the wind.
The soldiers packed up their formation, approached the city gate, and stood at the two gates of Fusheng and Dizhan, and even Zilharang was locked in the city.
In order to prevent the Tartars from escaping from these two gates again, after they entered the city, they sealed the city gate and the drawbridge, and then each left a thousand soldiers to guard the city gate, and the rest of the soldiers went to the west city.
The battle for the West Side is not over yet.
Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Tan Tai and Zhun Tower, there will be no good luck of Dolgon.
After they received Dolgon's order to "break out of the city", they opened the two gates of Huaiyuan and Waichang respectively, but at the entrance of the city gate, waiting for them were Li Zicheng's personal soldiers.
Li Zicheng's personal soldiers, not only cavalry, but also gunners, were all equipped with Xining rifles, and outside each city gate, there was a regiment of gunners.
Although the casualties of Tan Tai and Zhun Ta's Zhenghuang Banner were not large, because of the division of troops, there were only more than 3,000 warriors in each person's hands.
The Qing soldiers were crowded in the narrow city gate hole, and once they rushed out of the city gate hole, they would be greeted by bullets from the rifles of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and they would not be able to walk out of the drawbridge.
Indeed, there is a road ahead, the road of death.
Tan Tai and Zhun Ta had the soldiers attack five times, and all the soldiers who left the city were annihilated by the Mandate of Heaven, either from their rifles or from their wounds and drowned in the moat.
More than half of the soldiers were killed or wounded, but they even stepped out.
Tan Tai and Zhun Ta were anxious, and if they delayed, they would die sooner or later, and when the Heavenly Mandate Army that entered the city came to kill, they would suffer from the enemy on their backs.
What to do?
Tan Tai almost cried, when did the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty be so cowardly?
In the city gate hole, thousands of cavalry gathered, but no one dared to rush out, and the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty was no longer a "warrior!"
The Heavenly Mandate Army outside the city, maintaining a neat queue, approaching the drawbridge step by step, He Mi estimated that it had entered the range of the rifle, "Shoot #Inside the City Gate Cave!"
"Bang, bang, bang......"
The Tartars in the cave of the city gate have long been crowded together, and the rear is blocked by their own cavalry, and there is no way to retreat!
The Tartar is like a porcupine in a water pipe, unable to advance or retreat, only waiting to be shot......
He Xiaomi is extremely excited, following the emperor's side, he has always protected the emperor, there are not many opportunities to fight, as happy as today, it is rare to meet once in several years!
Once the Tartars retreat into the city, they will still be annihilated, but it is better to die at their own hands.
He Mi asked the soldiers to maintain a defensive formation and slowly move forward.
In the city gate cave, soldiers and war horses blocked the road, and there was no road in the first place, and the wounded horses and ownerless war horses were frightened and did not dare to rush forward, so they could only turn around and run back.
The heads of the horses collided, the war horses let out a desperate scream, and the cavalry on horseback also fell from their horses one after another, trampled into mud by the four hooves of the war horses......
He Mi approached the moat, lest the Tartar cavalry pour out of the nest and refuse to take a step forward.
The bullets of the rifle have covered the entire city gate hole, and the tartar of the city gate hole has no reason to survive.
The ownerless horses finally broke through the road, knocked over the city's cavalry, and then drove away.
Tan Tai returned to the city, looked at the less than 1,000 people around him, and felt a sharp pain in his heart, and suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood......
"Lord Ezhen, it's not good, the Mandate of Heaven Army is chasing from the rear......"
Tan Tai pushed away the personal soldiers who were holding him, got up and looked, sure enough, there were thousands of infantry of the Heavenly Mandate Army, surrounded from the north under the banner, and he was immediately furious, "The tiger fell in Pingyang, even the infantry of the Heavenly Mandate Army dared to bully the cavalry of the Yellow Banner...... Warriors, shoot them!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......"
The cavalry on horseback drew their bows and arrows and mechanically shot the enemy.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The infantry of the fourth division quickly set up a shield wall in front of them, and most of the arrows fell on the shield wall, and only sporadic arrows drilled through the gaps in the shield wall, but the tail feathers were blocked by the shield, and the strength was unloaded, making it difficult to penetrate the armor of the Mandate of Heaven Army.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......"
The soldiers of the 4th Division returned fire, because in front of them was a tall shield wall, and they could only shoot, and even they did not know how many Tartars they could shoot.
The soldiers of the Fourth Division, in terms of strength, accuracy, and range, were not as good as the Tartar soldiers, but there was a shield wall between the two sides, and they could only shoot and shoot blindly.
The numerical superiority of the Fourth Division was gradually reflected, although it was a war of attrition, Tan Tai could not afford to lose, half of the Zhenghuang Banner, and only this seed remained!
Watching the warriors around him fall from the horse one by one, his heart is like a knife, on the grassland, it has always been a paradise for the strong, the warriors are gone, even if they can break through, they will not be under the fence in the future?
Obviously, you can't get out of the outer gate, so you can only try to go to other city gates!
Tan Tai looked at the shield wall in front of him with a fierce gaze, and suddenly waved his hand, "Withdraw, go to Huaiyuanmen!" Maybe Zhun Ta has opened a way to live in Huaiyuan Gate, if Zhun Ta is also besieged, he really doesn't dare to think about going down......
Tan Tai retreated south along the city wall, and after a while, he rushed to Huaiyuan Gate, and saw that the warriors with the yellow flag were retreating from the city gate cave like the city, and his heart couldn't help but feel cold: Could it be that the Zhun Tower was also trapped at the city gate like himself?
Zhun Ta retreated from the city gate cave in a panic, but he didn't expect to meet Tan Tai here, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Tan Tai, are you sent by the emperor's uncle and regent to pick us up?" ”
"Answer?" Tan Tai's smile was more ugly than crying, "Zhun Tower, the yellow flag is over......"
Zhun Ta was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Tan Tai, are you also trapped and can't advance or retreat?" ”
Tan Tai pointed behind him, his face suddenly gloomy, "Three thousand eight hundred warriors, now less than a thousand!"
Junta turned around and laughed.
"When is it and you're still in the mood to laugh?"
"Why don't you laugh?" Zhun Ta smiled and said: "I finally saw the firearms of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and I also saw Li Zicheng's tactics, I was defeated by Li Zicheng, I am not wronged, I am not Li Zicheng's opponent, and the emperor's uncle and regent are not Li Zicheng's opponents!"
Tan Tai pouted, "Zhun Tower, let's still think about how to escape, the Heavenly Mandate Army will chase after us in a while, and we will all die without a place to be buried!"
"Run?" Zhun Ta looked at this difficult brother and suddenly felt a little pitiful for him, "At this time, you still want to run away?" Where to escape? Huaiyuanmen? Tan Tai, you can't get out of the outside door you guard, right? Will Li Zicheng still leave you a way out? ”
"You ......"
Zhun Ta laughed out of tears, "The Han people have a saying, called 'catching turtles in the urn', Tan Tai, you and I are the king who is slaughtered by others, right?" ”