Chapter 1390: The Wu army was defeated
On the battlefield, He Chengzhi waved his sword and commanded, shouting loudly, "Rush up, hack the Ming army to death, don't let them go!" ”
A Jin sergeant followed behind the officer, and a gun shot hit in front of him, and the officer fell directly on his back, and his whole face was half smashed, and the soldier just wanted to help, but when he saw his face covered with blood plasma, and an eyeball was beaten to the point of bursting out of the tragic scene, he immediately retched, and then covered his mouth with his hand, and retreated directly.
He retreated, and it happened to fall in He Chengzhi's eyes, and without saying a word, he directly stabbed the soldier to death at his feet.
There is only one rule for any army or country that escapes, and that is to put them to death.
"Steady, you can rush up!" He Chengzhi slashed the soldier to death with a knife, and then swung his knife and shouted, "Those who escape from the battle, die!" ”
In the Jin army's array, the generals kept chanting, commanding the soldiers to rush forward, but in the face of the Ming army's platoon, the Jin army that could rush to the front of the front line can be said to be very few, and the soldiers who rushed to the front sporadically were also stabbed to death by the Ming army.
In front of the front line of the Ming army, under the mouth of the platoon gun, the corpses of the Jin soldiers were densely pounced, and the Jin soldiers fell to the ground one after another in the sound of the guns, and the generals under the command also died under the guns.
The huge casualties finally made the Jin army frightened, and like the fire team in front, the Jin soldiers who rushed forward were in an uproar, and suddenly turned around and ran.
The Ming army raised a row of neat guns on the front, and the retreating Jin soldiers were shot one after another, and they all fell to the ground, leaving corpses in one place.
He Chengzhi slashed several people with a knife, roaring angrily, trying to stop the Jin army from retreating, but the Jin army, which was like a tide, fled from both sides of him, like a school of fish in the ocean, rushing south.
At this time, as long as the Ming army front presses forward, it will be able to catch the Jin army all the way, and the southern front of the entire Dajin Kingdom will completely collapse.
He Chengzhi was in a hurry, but the situation was irreparable, watching his subordinates flee in the wild, his eyes were red, and he wanted to die of shame.
At this moment, in the rear of the Jin army, a horn sounded, and the cavalry of the Wu army, which had been waiting for the opportunity behind, was forced to move forward, and the 30,000 cavalry hooves rolled around the retreating infantry army and pounced on the Ming army line.
If the Wu army and the horse army can force the Ming army to stop the large formation and make the Ming army unable to pursue, then the more than 10,000 gold soldiers and soldiers, as well as the fire gun team that was defeated first, will be able to escape the fate of being chased and killed, and even have the opportunity to collect the defeated army in the back and regain their footing.
He Chengzhi felt the vibration of ten thousand hooves trampling the earth, and his heart was overjoyed, and he immediately pulled the reins of his horse and retreated.
The cavalry of the Jin army was divided into two groups, and after bypassing the fleeing Jin soldiers, each share was divided into two and became four golden cavalry.
The cavalry of the Jin Army was about 7,000 people, two of which pounced on the left and right flanks, and the other two were diagonally aimed directly at the Ming formation and rushed to the front.
Wu Sangui wanted to force the entire Ming army front to stop and let this behemoth stop the car.
In the Ming army's array, the inspiring war drums sounded, and the two cavalry nested behind, after hearing the order, Tan Tai and others roared loudly, "Rampage the horse army, rush!" After finishing speaking, the Ming soldiers raised their firearms and urged their horses out.
On the vast battlefield, thousands of horses galloped for a time, and the cavalry of the Wu army was more than 7,000 on each wing, and there were 15,000 cavalry on the front.
Wu Sangui was jealous of the phalanx on both flanks of the Ming army, and obviously placed the direction of the main attack in the middle, where the Ming army's guns were in hand, and there was no depth.
At present, the Jin Army's infantry army has not completed the task of disrupting the Ming army's front, and it is not suitable for charging into battle, but in order to stop the defeat and stabilize the front, Wu Sangui can rush hard.
On the battlefield, thousands of hooves trampled on the earth, and the Jin army and horse army rushed to the Ming army line like a torrent, and the Ming army artillery on both wings quickly retreated into the phalanx under the drag of the war horses.
The gunner quickly set up the gun, and immediately after loading, a shot was fired, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air, and the sound of the cannon retreated sharply.
The golden cavalry that rushed to the two wings, like two long snakes, galloped forward.
They were first bombarded by artillery fire, and immediately their horses turned on their backs, but the firepower of the phalanx soldiers was not strong, and the artillery could not stop the charge of the Jin cavalry.
Soon the Jin cavalry on both wings approached the Ming army phalanx, and at this moment, a group of Ming army rangers suddenly rushed out of the phalanx.
On the front, Wu Sangui couldn't see any expression on his face, he was holding a horse lance, galloping in front, and behind him, the seven thousand horse army followed suit.
I have to admit that Wu Sangui has a high prestige in the Wu army and is a well-deserved leader of the Wu army.
At this time, the Wu army was already at an extremely obvious disadvantage, but as soon as Wu Sangui rushed, many Wu soldiers did not hesitate at all, followed his Daxu banner, and galloped out, and the entire horse army had a fierce momentum.
Of course, this kind of ferocity does not come from training alone, although Wu Sangui was defeated in eastern Sichuan, but after that, he has been winning battles.
During the Battle of Sichuan, the main force of the Jin State led by Haoge was defeated, but Wu Sangui did not break his muscles and bones, but fished out Haoge. After the destruction of Yaerqiang, the battle of the Rakshasas, and the horse army of the Wu army all participated, so compared with the infantry army, Wu Sangui's horse army can be said to be extremely elite.
The charge of the cavalry of the Jin army made the Ming army dare not spread out the line and chase the defeated army of the Jin army, and after the cavalry on both wings arrived first, Wu Sangui and the other cavalry had already rushed to the front of the second line of the Ming army.
Seeing the enemy cavalry that appeared in front of the front line like a sea of mountains, the Ming army on the front line couldn't help but be a little flustered, the cavalry was not like the infantry army, more than a hundred steps, and if they couldn't send three guns, they would rush to the front, and the artillery teams on both wings could not support, and the situation of the Ming army's front could be said to be quite grim.
At this time, the Ming army on the front line no longer cared about shooting and chasing the fleeing Jin army's infantry troops, but raised their guns one after another to aim at the rushing enemy cavalry.
The ground trembled, and the iron hooves of the horses trampled the earth, like a monstrous wave, and hit head-on.
The Ming soldiers on the second line, the first row of soldiers all squatted down, stabbed out the fire guns in their hands, the sharp guns were used as spears, and the soldiers in the back row raised the fire guns in unison and aimed them at the oncoming Jin cavalry.
During the gallop, Wu Sangui noticed the changes in the Ming army's front, but the length of the fire gun and the spear was far from being compared with the spear, and the Ming army only had three thin columns. ”
"Put!" The whistle sounded, the Ming army generals raised their arms and roared, the guns rang again and again on the front, and the projectiles whistled out, shooting at the enemy cavalry at a speed that was difficult to catch with the naked eye.
The cavalry of the Jin Army, who rushed to the front, saw a flickering galaxy in front of them, and the cavalry fell down one after another, and the war horses rolled and screamed, and smashed heavily on the ground with the cavalry.
The entire Ming army front was filled with gunsmoke, and the soldiers immediately retreated after shooting, and the back row immediately stepped forward, but at this moment, the galloping Jin cavalry opened fire one after another, and the Ming army suddenly fell down in the sound of guns.
If you still use a cavalry bow with a pitiful range, then the cavalry of the Jin army can only be beaten passively, but Wu Sangui's cavalry, after defeating the Rakshasas, is equipped with thousands of flintlock muskets.
The cavalry in front shot a shot in the gallop, knocking down a few people from the Ming army who were crouching down in front and acting as spearmen, and then immediately pulled the reins of the horse and scattered to the left and right, making way for the cavalry behind.
The Wu army's horse army opened fire again and again in a gallop, and then scattered to the left and right, retreating in a roundabout way, out of the range of the Ming army's gunfire, to reload the projectile.
Under the bombardment of the Wu cavalry, the Ming army's front suddenly loosened, and at this time, the Jin army's cavalry had reached thirty paces away. When the last group of musketeers had fired a round, they retreated to both sides, revealing the cavalry with their horses in their hands.
Wu Sangui divided the cavalry into two parts, the front is armed with a firecracker, the back is armed with a spear, a saber, the function of the cavalry in front is the same as the light cavalry chaotic formation, by equipping the firecracker, to increase the range of the cavalry, and the Western musketeer, rushing to the front of the body to put a shot, and then pulling the horse away, is a road number.
The cavalry in the front row dispersed after continuously releasing the guns, and the fierce charging cavalry was exposed behind, and the thin front of the Ming army was half empty under the bombardment of the firearms.
Wu Sangui pointed at the horse lance, and the cavalry holding the lance behind him, at the moment when the cavalry in front of him dispersed, he picked up the horse and shot it out like a sharp arrow.
At such a close distance, no matter how dense the attack was, it was difficult to resist the impact of the elite horse army, and before the Ming army in the back row could fill the vacancy, the Jin cavalry inevitably collided with the Ming line.
There was no heavy armor, no spearmen, and the two Jin cavalry broke through the Ming army line almost at the same time, and they were like two giant hammers, smashing the second line of the Ming army.
Wu Sangui led the cavalry, with the momentum of ten thousand jun into the formation, the galloping war horse with a huge weight, the Ming army in front of him knocked into the air, the cavalry horse lance into the chest of the Ming soldier, picked up the corpse, took the flight more than ten steps away, and then smashed heavily on the ground.
The cavalry spears stabbed and slashed, invincible, and instantly tore a hole in the second front of the Ming army. The cavalry, armed with a lance, did not stop, and immediately swept towards the third front.
"Good!" Wu Sangui, who was surrounded by cavalry, rushed in through the gap, and couldn't help but cheer in his heart.
The line of the Ming army was horizontal, without depth, and was restrained by cavalry. Li Guo saw the golden cavalry rushing in the middle, and his face couldn't help but sink, but he looked at the left and right wings, where the Jin cavalry had indeed touched the nail.
At this time, although the Jin army tore two openings on the second front, a large number of cavalry poured into the gap between the second front and the third front, and swept to the third front, but the casualties of the Ming army line were not much, but the three rows of Ming troops at the gap were killed by the cavalry, and most of the horizontal formations on the entire frontal line that were several miles long were still in complete form.
Li Guo clenched his fists, Wu Sangui's intention was obvious, he wanted to ensure the defeat of the army and be able to retreat smoothly, but he couldn't let Wu Sangui get his way, "Order the two wings, don't worry about the Chinese army, and advance forward." The second line immediately changed to a phalanx and defended on the spot. ”
The Ming army phalanx on both flanks, with pikes on the periphery, then firearms, and artillery in the middle. As soon as the Jin cavalry entered the formation, they were bombarded by firearms from all directions, and hurriedly retreated, and as soon as they retreated, the 3,000 Ming cavalry rushed out from between the gaps in the hollow phalanx and pursued the Jin army from behind.
At this time, the cavalry of the Jin army, which broke through the second line, quickly swept to the third front, but immediately ushered in the bombardment of the Ming army.
This time, there was no cavalry in front of them to disrupt the Ming army's line, and the cavalry with a lance could only rush forward under the rain of bullets.
The Ming army opened fire again and again, and the Jin cavalry who rushed forward fell off their horses one after another, and the dense projectiles formed an impenetrable rain of bullets, which shrouded them in the threat of death.
This time, there was no fire to bombard the Ming front, the Jin cavalry faced a complete line, the cavalry lay on horseback and charged, leaving behind a place of human corpses and horse corpses, finally, after paying great casualties, the first cavalry crashed into the Ming line.
The Ming soldier who squatted on the ground stabbed the spur obliquely, and the war horse hit the spur, the soldier was knocked back a few steps, and the spur pierced the chest of the entire war horse, and the blood flowed like an infusion, and the blood flowed along the fire and flowed to the soldier's hand, which was warm and very sticky. The soldier was slightly stunned, but then a huge force struck, and he was knocked out in an instant.
The cavalry of the Jin Army stabbed the firecrackers on the front line with their spears, taking the corpses away and tearing through the three horizontal formations in an instant.
Almost as soon as the spear cavalry broke through the third line of defense, the musketeers of the Jin army reloaded and galloped back.
However, at this time, the Ming soldiers on the second and third fronts that were broken through quickly changed their formations with battalions as units.
The Ming army line lined up in a line lined up with the infantry army, the two ends of the whole line started to go back, stopped after walking a distance, and then folded in half, the two ends were connected, and each "one" word was horizontal, and it became a "back" word phalanx after a while.
Of course, not every battalion is going smoothly in the change of formation, leaving the gap far away from the Ming army, calmly changing the formation, but close to the gap and the Ming army that has been disrupted, before the change is completed, it suffered a surprise attack by the Jin army and cavalry, and the soldiers rushed in the change of formation, becoming the target of the Jin army cavalry slaughter.
At this time, the battlefield was already full of gunsmoke, and the cavalry of the Wu army broke through the third line of defense, and then galloped towards the Ming army's Daxu banner, but around Daxu, there were five hollow phalanxes.
Wu Sangui originally thought that the infantry army would disturb the Ming army's front, and the cavalry could calmly break through the line, and then the firearm cavalry would disturb the Ming army's formation, and finally the spear cavalry would charge the formation, directly beheading the general and capturing the flag, and defeating the Ming army, but it should be the first defeat of the infantry army, and it failed to disturb the Ming army's front.
Wu Sangui rode on his horse and glanced back, he was waiting for the loaded firearm cavalry to come over and make a mess for him, but at a glance, he found that the Ming army front that he had broken through was changing its formation, and there were hollow formations all over the field.
"Not good! Lord Wang, the wings are defeated! At this moment, Wu Zhimao, the general beside him, suddenly exclaimed.
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