778 private soldiers, rout

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"General, what are you betting on?" The Ming general next to him asked puzzledly.

"Ben will bet that our soldiers can hold out for at least half a day.

Ben will bet that Count Li in the south should soon lead an army to help, and then we can fight the Tartars with Lord Li's men and horses.

We may not be unable to succeed in this battle. ”

Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice.

"General, isn't this too risky?" Still Ariake questioned.

"Adventure? If you don't want to take risks, just stay at home and watch your children like women, and lead the army to fight! ”

Hong Chengchou stared at the general of the Ming army and scolded coldly.

"Yes, the general taught me." The Ming army general lowered his head in shame.

"Don't worry, the general is not completely unprepared, and sent an order to General Tao, asking him to lead 20,000 horses and horses at the entrance of the southern mountain range to block the Qing soldiers.

The rest of the men and horses continued to attack the Qing convoy, and they must have taken away the money and food.

As long as you take this batch of money and food, you will make a great achievement, and there will be a heavy reward from the saints at that time! ”

Hong Chengchou gave the order, and did not forget to motivate his generals.

In fact, Hong Chengchou is fighting a war, why not for himself.

Because of the sponsorship of Lu Xiangsheng and others, Chongzhen's subordinates had no generals available, so Hong Chengchou was reactivated, and Hong Chengchou was also anxious to make achievements and prove his value at this time.

The cold wind mouth is a passage between two mountain ranges, and the mountains on both sides are seven or eight hundred meters high, spreading for hundreds of miles.

Such terrain is also very suitable for the Ming army to ambush, otherwise Hong Chengchou would not have chosen here to ambush the Qing soldiers.

Thundered!

The sound of horses' hooves in the distance was getting louder and louder, and the Tartar cavalry led by Duoduo to help them already rushed into the mountains along the official road.

Bang bang bang!

Listening to only a few muffled sounds, some of the Tartar cavalry who rushed to the front, in the high-speed gallop, the horse stumbled and fell directly, throwing the Tartar cavalry out.

"Ritsu Ritsu! Stop it! ”

Seeing the tragic situation of the Tartar cavalry in front, Duoduo quickly reined in his horse and motioned for the Tartar cavalry behind him to stop.

"Lord Wang, there are a lot of horse traps in front, and several big ditches have been dug, and our cavalry can't get through."

A Tartar cavalryman rushed over and said to Dord.

"It's not good, there is a Ming army!"

Before Dodor could speak, a Tartar cavalry general next to him shouted loudly.

Immediately, Duoduo looked up and saw a large number of Ming archers emerging from the mountains on both sides, shooting at them with bows and arrows.

Whoosh!

A dense rain of arrows was fired at the Tartar cavalry, and many of them were shot off their horses on the spot.

"The Ming army has an ambush, withdraw first!"

Duoduo looked at the large number of Ming archers emerging from the mountains on both sides, and decisively gave the order to retreat.

"Lord Wang, the road ahead is blocked by the Ming army, we can't get through? What to do? ”

A Tartar cow Lu Jingzhang asked Duoduo.

"Send someone to send an order to Prince Rui to tell us about the situation here.

The terrain here is not suitable for our cavalry to charge, and we will wait for Prince Rui and their foot soldiers to catch up, hoping that Tusuo and them can hold out a little longer. ”

Duoduo said with a gloomy face.

It didn't take long for the main force of the Qing army led by Dolgon to also arrive here.

Through the soldiers sent back by Dordor, Dorgon already knew the situation here, and after arriving here, without saying a word, Dorgon sent Qing soldiers to kill them along the mountain.

"General, the Qing army is here."

A Ming sergeant rushed up the mountain in a panic and shouted at a Ming guerrilla general.

"What's the panic, everyone will follow Ben in the future, kill the Tartars!"

The guerrilla general of the Ming army had a cold face, did not panic, drew his long knife, put on a helmet, and led the Ming soldiers to meet the Qing soldiers.

"Kill!"

The guerrilla general of the Ming army was very brave, and personally led more than 5,000 Ming soldiers to fight fiercely with the Qing soldiers who came up on the mountain on one side!

On the side of the Ming Dynasty, not all officials and generals were all wine bags and rice bags, timid and afraid of death, and there were also many generals who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, were not afraid of death, and dared to die for the country.

It can only be said that such Ming generals are rare at this time, especially high-level generals, who are even less pitiful, but there are many middle- and lower-level generals who dare to fight.

"Kill!"

Soon, the main force of more than 30,000 foot soldiers of the returning Qing army went up along the mountains on both sides, but was met with stubborn resistance from the Ming army.

At the same time, while the infantry soldiers on both sides of the mountains were fighting the Ming army, the Qing cavalry also began to fill in the traps and trenches dug in the roads so that their cavalry could pass through.

"General, Qinggou is crazy, General Tao is about to lose it, ask for support."

In less than half an hour, a blood-stained Ming soldier staggered to Hong Chengchou and knelt down on one knee and shouted loudly.

When Hong Chengchou heard the news, his face changed slightly, and his eyes looked to the north, only to see that at this time, more than 30,000 Ming troops were fighting with thousands of Qing soldiers.

is several times the strength of the other party, but it has been unable to take these Qing soldiers for a long time, and those money and grain convoys are still in the hands of the Qing army.

Surrounded by soldiers on both sides, the wagons loaded with money, food and supplies fought fiercely.

Although the number of Qing soldiers is small, they are elite and good at fighting, and often three or four Ming soldiers surround a Qing soldier to kill, and it can only take half a day to take it.

Among them, there are several elite Qing soldiers composed of Tartar white-armored soldiers, and they are even more on the battlefield, rampage, like entering a no-man's land, no Ming army can stop them.

"Hey!"

Seeing the battle in the north, Hong Chengchou sighed, and then said indifferently to the Ming soldier: "You go back and tell Tao Yuan, if you can't stop it, you have to block it, and you are not allowed to retreat without the order of the general." ”

"Yes, General!" The Ming sergeant gritted his teeth and turned around and left.

"Li Zixiao, Li Zixiao, you should come quickly, if you don't come again, you won't be able to stop it."

At this time, Hong Chengchou was muttering in his heart, his hands trembling slightly, expecting Li Zixiao to lead the White Dragon Army to kill in time.

"Kill!"

Poof!

A group of Qing soldiers roared angrily, like wild wolves, with a fierce light in their eyes, slaughtering the Ming army on the mountain ridge and cutting down a large number of Ming soldiers.

Soon, nearly 20,000 Ming troops on the mountains on the left and right sides were rushed and killed by the Qing soldiers all the way, and they were quickly routed towards the north of the mountain range.

Once the Ming army is defeated, there will be a chain reaction, one Ming soldier will flee, and immediately a second will follow, which will soon lead to a major rout.

"Help, these Tartars are too powerful, they can't be beaten at all, escape!"

The first to be defeated was the Ming army on the eastern ridge, and more than 10,000 Ming troops were chased by the Qing soldiers behind them.

The ruthless killing of the Qing soldiers frightened the courage of those Ming troops, and they no longer dared to stay and fight.

However, the Qing soldiers on the mountain ridge on the east side encountered a stubborn resistance from a group of Ming troops, and they did not kill them for a long time.

"Kill, kill all the dogs with Lao Tzu!"

A guerrilla general of the Ming army wielded a machete in his hand, dancing with great strength and strength, and basically no Qing soldiers could block him a few knives.

At this time, this Ming guerrilla general was leading hundreds of elite Ming troops, rushing all the way to kill, killing many Qing soldiers.

It is precisely because of this Ming army that he has set an example and inspired many Ming soldiers around him, and he is still fighting to the death against the Qing soldiers.

But with bravery alone and not being afraid of death, these Ming soldiers did it and continued to block the attack of the Qing soldiers, but when they fought, their casualties were much higher than those of the Qing soldiers.

Moreover, soon the soldiers of the Ming army, who were still fighting with the Qing soldiers here, saw the defeat of the Ming army on the opposite mountain and were chased and killed by the Qing army all the way, which also greatly affected their morale.

With the strengthening of the Qing army's offensive, some Ming soldiers on this side couldn't hold on anymore and turned around and fled.

"Don't run away, come back!"

The Ming guerrilla general looked at the many Ming soldiers around him, turned around and fled, was furious, and roared angrily.

It's a pity that his roar couldn't stop more Ming soldiers, turning around and fleeing backwards, this trend was unstoppable.

It's just that this guerrilla general of the Ming army did not flee, and there were hundreds of his private soldiers fighting around him.

"Phew, a bunch of cowards."

A private soldier looked at the fleeing Ming soldiers around him, spat on it, and said with disdain in his eyes.

"Leave these cowards alone, without them, we'll do the same with the Tartars!"

"That's it, General, we swear to follow you to the death."

The private soldiers behind the guerrilla general gathered at him one after another, and did not flee like those ordinary Ming soldiers.

In this era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the border army of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers of the guard post in the Ming Dynasty have long been decayed, and their combat effectiveness is unsightly.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, even these Ming border troops were basically useless, and the ones who really had some combat effectiveness were the private soldiers raised by the Ming generals.

"Okay, brothers, today I will kill you together, and I also have a companion in Xiahuangquan, kill!"

The guerrilla general had no intention of withdrawing at all, and led hundreds of private soldiers and retainers behind him to continue to fight against the Qing soldiers, which was extremely heroic and caused great trouble with the Qing soldiers.

But as more Qing soldiers poured in, these people also became fewer and fewer.

Whoosh!

A rain of arrows swept over the last surviving guerrilla general and a few privates, shooting them into a hornet's nest and falling one after another.

The guerrilla general stuck his long knife in his hand on the ground, held the hilt of the knife in one hand, knelt on one knee, bowed his head, blood gushing out of his mouth, and his chest was full of arrows.

"Lao Tzu...... Kill...... Enough to ...... ......"

The guerrilla general whispered, a faint smile on his face, and then lowered his head.

"Report, general, General Tao was killed in battle, and the Qing soldiers killed him."

Soon, Hong Chengchou received this bad news, and his face was gloomy as water.

In fact, he had already seen just now that the Ming army at the entrance of the southern mountain range was defeated, and he knew that it could not be defended.

"General, let's withdraw, if we don't withdraw the Qing soldiers, we will kill them."

A general next to Hong Chengchou stood behind Hong Chengchou at this time and said eagerly.

At this time, Hong Chengchou looked to the north, where the battle was still not over, and the Ming army still failed to defeat the Qing soldiers there.

Although the Ming army relied on a large number of people, and it was still an ambush, it has been pressing the Qing soldiers to kill, and has killed more than 2,000 Qing soldiers, but it still cannot win.

Until now, Dolgon led the main force of the Qing army to kill, and there was no time left for them.

Of course, Hong Chengchou also knew that if he continued to stay here, not only would he have to worry about his life, but the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ming Army under his command would also become meat in the mouths of the Qing soldiers.

"Hey, then withdraw ......"

Bang bang bang!

Just when Hong Chengchou was unwilling and was about to give the order for the Ming army to retreat, suddenly a crisp gunfire came from the south.

Thundered!

Immediately afterwards, there was even an explosion, which made Hong Chengchou, who had already turned around and was about to leave, suddenly stopped, turned around and headed south.

I saw that at the entrance of the mountain range in the south, a large number of men and horses were killed, wearing armor that was different from them and the Ming army, but carrying a 'Ming' flag and a 'Li' handsome flag.

Hong Chengchou's eyes flashed with excitement, and he knew that it was Li Zixiao's men who had killed him.

"Haha, it's Earl Li's men and horses who are here, we don't have to withdraw the troops, pass the order, let the soldiers hold on, our reinforcements have arrived."

Hong Chengchou shouted excitedly, there was no intention of retreating.

"Lord Wang, the White Snake Army is catching up again."

Dolgon's cheeks twitched, and he cursed Li Zixiao countless times in his heart, hating Li Zixiao was always a good thing for him.

"Don't care about the White Snake Army behind, continue to kill the Ming army in front with all your might, and defeat these Ming troops first.

We must protect our convoy, and Li Zixiao's men and horses behind him will be dragged by Prince Zheng for the time being. ”

Dolgon looked at Zilharang next to him and said.

"Okay, no problem."

Zilharan answered.

Then, Dolgon led the main force of the Qing army and continued to chase and kill behind the Ming army.

Originally, when the defeated Ming soldiers received Hong Chengchou's order and knew that reinforcements had arrived and were about to turn around and kill back, they saw the Qing soldiers behind them kill more fiercely.

Poof!

Soon, some of the Ming soldiers who obeyed the order and turned back to kill back did not block the Qing soldiers for a moment, and were directly beheaded and turned into a cold corpse.

Looking at the red-eyed, like killing gods of the Qing soldiers, those Ming soldiers were all frightened, and turned around again and continued to flee.

Soon, Hong Chengchou was very embarrassed to find that he ordered to kill back and flank the Qing soldiers with the White Dragon Army, but he was not executed by his generals at all.

On the contrary, the soldiers of the Ming army in front of them were defeated faster, and they would soon retreat to their side.

"What's going on? Joints, Wantong Hai, why didn't they carry out the order"

Looking at the Ming army that continued to rout, Hong Chengchou shouted coldly, but the guards next to him couldn't give him an answer.

What Hong Chengchou didn't know was that it wasn't that his generals didn't carry out his orders, but that they couldn't execute them at all!

After those Ming soldiers were killed by the Qing soldiers again, they didn't listen to any orders at all at this time, they only wanted to escape and live.

"Don't retreat, stop the Qing troops, our reinforcements have arrived."

Looking at the Ming army that had been defeated to his side, Hong Chengchou personally stood up and shouted loudly at the Ming soldiers who had fled.

As a result, there were no Ming soldiers at all, less veterans in the Ming army, and they rolled their eyes at him, and then abandoned their armor and continued to run away.