Chapter 33: Cavalry Hedging
"It's really annoying, I have more than 30,000 soldiers under my command, and I dare to come and raid the battle. Don't know how to write a dead word? Liu Zongmin was annoyed and led his three thousand cavalry to meet Liu Zhen and kill him.
Liu Zongmin was angry in his heart, his brain was not carried away by anger, he led his soldiers to kill him, but Gu Kecheng and Wu Ruyi protected them left and right, and led the foot soldiers to run to kill.
These 20,000 soldiers rushed forward left and right, and of course it was impossible for them to swarm on the battlefield. Therefore, under Liu Zongmin's order, Gu Kecheng faced Hu Dawei of the first regiment and cooperated with the offensive of Liu Xiyao of the right battalion.
However, there was another general, Wu Ruyi, in this chaotic situation, the soldiers turned around, slipped to the right side of Liu Zhen's cavalry battalion, and flanked away.
Liu Zhen didn't even look at Shunjun's ruthless thoughts, and killed Liu Zongmin with the glaive knife in his hand.
The two waves of cavalry, one from the east and the other to the west, were much faster than the slow foot soldiers. With the sound of rolling iron hooves, the iron cavalry of the Shun army and the official army slowly approached, murderous.
Compared with the cavalry battalion of the official army, the cavalry of the Shun army appeared to be more sophisticated and proficient. Liu Zongmin is the first general under Li Zicheng, and after taking charge of the Zhongying pro-army, he looted the elite officers and troops of the Shaanxi Tripartite. These are the foundation of veterans, and they are skilled in riding and shooting, but the border army of the Ming Dynasty has declined, and the decline in the control and financial resources of the court cannot allow these veterans to maintain their combat effectiveness and determination.
Now, in the hands of the Shun army, these veteran cavalry soldiers have a new look. Fighting with the new dynasty, the soldiers' salaries were timely and promising, so they invested full strength. Like a group of hungry wolves with thirst and physical strength, the pavement is full of bad spirits.
The cavalry of the official army on the other hand was imposing, very different from all the officers and soldiers that the cavalry of the Shun army had seen along the way. In fact, except for the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the Shun army has hardly ever faced the real cavalry brigade of the official army.
It was their first encounter.
Liu Zhen thought in his heart that he wanted to turn this first encounter into the last: "After today, I won't let the thieves run rampant!" ”
The iron hooves were rolling, and the approaching cavalry could already see each other's faces.
Looking at Liu Zhen's confident and high-spirited expression, Liu Zongmin was confused: "These fools in the court, don't you know that you have been surrounded?" Even if that person hasn't arrived yet, you should know that Lao Tzu is surrounding you! ”
"Rush me!" Liu Zongmin shouted and added: "Whoever kills one person will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver, and if this battle is won, everyone will be rewarded with ten taels of silver." Those who get the head of the generals of the official army will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver! ”
The bold reward stimulated the cavalrymen of the Shun army, who kicked the belly of their horses, squeezed all the strength of their mounts under their crotches, increased their speed, and fiercely and skillfully raised their spears in their hands and prepared to stab at the enemy in front of them.
And at this moment, the laughter from Wu Ruyi came: "General Quan, our department has bypassed!" Brothers, rush up for me and capture the general. General Quan issued a reward, and those who got the head of the general will be rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver! ”
"Roar!" On the flank, another soldier and horse of the middle battalion stood out in the crowd and rushed to the flank of Li Zhen's cavalry battalion.
In this regard, Li Zhen's expression was unwavering: "It's our turn!" ”
Behind him, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion picked up a pole and a three-eyed gun. The explosion rate of the three-eyed gun, which has been improved and manufactured by the Jingshi Ordnance Workshop, has been greatly reduced, and it has reached the point where it is enough for the soldiers to use it with peace of mind, and at the same time, the range and firepower have been greatly improved.
Seeing that the distance had reached a range of about twenty paces, the cavalry battalions of the Shun army already had skilled horsemen with longbows and began to shoot round by round.
The rain of arrows fell sparsely on the ground, and each time it brought a series of screams from the official and military formations.
The battle formation of the cavalry battalion was not chaotic, and not a single person retreated. More than 3,000 people galloped to kill, Li Zhen picked up the three-eyed gun in his hand, raised his hand and shot at the enemy ten paces away, and threw it violently after finishing.
The knights of the Shun army who were engaged in the battle were concentrated by this gun, and immediately saw a cloud of sparks explode, and three lead pellets shot out. He reacted quickly, dodged sideways when the situation was not good, two missed, and one hit him in the shoulder. Before he could pick up the spear in his hand and try to fight back, he saw the three-eyed gun thrown at him violently, and hit him in the chest again.
There was a faintness in front of him, and before the knights of the Shun army could fight back, they saw a silver light slashing and piercing the world in front of them. After a burst of light, it was pitch black, and the knights of the Shun army fell under their horses and were expelled from the yang world.
The knights who followed were already familiar with this discussion, and after a rush to kill, they actually killed the menacing Shunjun cavalry and turned over on their backs, stabbing all the way through, looking at the posture, they actually wanted to take the appearance of the thief chieftain.
Liu Zongmin, who wanted to show off his martial arts, saw this scene, and immediately pulled the deputy general beside him, and then shouted that he wanted to rush forward and kill. The guards on both sides immediately rushed over and grabbed Liu Zongmin.
Seeing the resolute attitude of the guards, Liu Zongmin shouted: "Where is Gu Kecheng!" I took care of this guy first, but I can't hedge, my 30,000 troops take turns to fight, and I'm tired and tired to death! ”
Liu Zongmin's strategy worked.
In the face of the overlapping infantry formation, Liu Zhen, who had only rushed once, was weak. There were people in front and behind, and after one round of charging and killing, the cavalry gate lost its room to charge and kill in the narrow battle formation, and was almost reduced to cavalry infantry.
Behind, Li Zicheng nodded slowly: "Liu Zongmin is still safe after all." ”
Song Xiance said with a smile: "Holy Lord, General Quan has already entangled all the main forces of the official army. The only ones left are those Jingying. These people are not as good as some people. ”
At this moment, Niu Jinxing looked at the generals who were still beside Li Zicheng.
When Li Maochun saw Niu Jinxing's gaze, a surge of excitement suddenly rose in his heart, and he said: "Qi Qi Sheng, this battle, the last general will fight!" May I make another miraculous deed for the Holy One! ”
"Hahaha, Li Aiqing has a heart." Li Zicheng was overjoyed, but he didn't care about the handling of this general: "You are ready to fight." After a while, Li Yan Aiqing's ambush should be there......"
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Ningwu Pass.
The scorching heat of June here is unbearable, and the high temperature lingers in Ningwu Pass, which is already quite high latitude. What makes the defenders suffer more than this is the increasing number of thieves.
Zhou Yuji patrolled the city wall every day and encouraged the soldiers under his command. There are a lot of good things to say, but bad things are all in their own psychology.
He is a veteran and understands how many soldiers he still has on hand, and how many soldiers there are in the city.
Compared with the battle of Ningwuguan in history, which was attacked by the main force in history, it seems that Ningwuguan, which was only killed by partial divisions, is much easier.
However, in history, there was no southern Mongolian southward movement. This is tantamount to severely weakening the strength of the defenders, and at this moment, Li Guo, who crossed the river from northern Shaanxi, also arrived.
Zhou Yuji understood that Li Guo was a general in the Shun army, and he was more capable than the Shun general in front of him. At worst, the siege ability of the Shun army with reinforcements will be greatly increased.
His eyes fell on the city wall, and in the distance, the Shun army began to line up again.
Every time they lined up, they could clearly see that the opponent's strength had increased.
But......
"Where are our reinforcements?" Zhou Yuji's heart was miserable.
Xuanfu Town.
The residence of Wang Jimo, the governor of Xuanda, was located here, and Wang Jimo knew more about the war situation in the whole country than Zhou Yuji, the general soldier of Shanxi.
This is closer to the Beijing Division, and it is more clear that Zhu Cihong in the Beijing Division has already driven the personal expedition and Li Zicheng, who is a thief, to prepare for a decisive battle.
At this juncture, there was bad news that Monan Mongolia was heading south.
"Zhangjiakou, we must send heavy troops to defend it! Otherwise, once the Manchurian and Mongolian Jiannu coalition forces find a gap, they will definitely break through to the Ming Dynasty here. In this way, all of Datong's defensive efforts were shattered. And there is no reason for Xuanfu to survive. "Jin Yiwei calmed Wei Yunshan very seriously.
After hearing this, the governor of Xuanda said even more helplessly: "The border army of Xuanfu still has a battalion of reliable troops. But when I went to Zhangjiakou, this Xuanfu was even more unstable. It's really ...... There is no more energy left. ”
"The Holy Lord will send soldiers and horses!" Wei Yunshan explained.
When the governor of Xuanda heard this, he was terrified and said, "How can this be! Seeing that Jiannu going south is to target the opportunity of the Holy Emperor's personal conquest. Wouldn't it be a repeat of the Battle of Sharsarhu to divide the troops at such a critical juncture? ”
Wei Yunshan just wanted to say that the situation on the southern front was still good, but suddenly saw the two of them rushing together.
The first one said eagerly: "It's not good, it's not good." Jingcheng Pass was lost, and the main force of the thieves entered the Zhending Mansion and fought with the Shengshang. ”
Another person ran in and said beamingly, "Great, great." The Holy Lord sent reinforcements, and Xuanfu and Datong Shanxi were saved! ”
Governor Xuanda and Wei Yunshan glanced at each other, and they all saw the horror in each other's eyes: "Now, something bad is ......."
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From Shanhaiguan to Jizhen, the Qing army was almost unimpeded all the way. They are not a small city, and the state city is divided into small roads to fight, and the main force arrives all the way, and then arrives at this Gyeonggi battleground: Jizhen.
"Let King Sanshun take turns!" Duoduo gave an order, and added: "Within three days, force Chen Yongfu's troops to go out of the city and fight again." This king doesn't believe it, what kind of guard army of the Ming Kingdom is really an undefeated army? ”
Last time, the Qing army had actually crippled the Ming army.
Of the 6,000 soldiers of Chen Yongfu's army, only more than 2,000 were able to return to the camp with minor injuries in the last short period of time to continue fighting, and the remaining 3,000 or more were either killed or seriously injured. For Duoduo, even the tenacious and tenacious Eight Banners in the Qing army were unimaginable.
Dealing with such a soft persimmon, Duoduo was full of confidence.
Chen Yongfu defended the city for two days, and then saw the Han army that had gone to wreak havoc in the surrounding state cities returned with their booty.
Hundreds of people were gathered, carrying loess on their backs, and marched towards the city walls.
It took a day for the soldiers of the Guards to understand what they were doing.
Under the sword and guns of the alien race, these people were forced to destroy the defenses of Jizhen. One ravine after another was filled, and the sharpshooters on the city wall did not dare to move easily after killing dozens of Jiannu.
They were amazed to find that the Tartars had learned to behave. Every one took the people as shields.
The next day, Chen Yongfu set up troops and horses in the school yard. They didn't say anything stirring, and the blood of the soldiers boiled after a day's viewing.
Although, the outside world is ten times stronger than them.
Chen Yongfu led his troops out of the city to fight.
Wu Sangui regretted that he could not lead his army into battle, and he watched from the sidelines, acting as a reserve in Duoduo's mouth. He understood that Duoduo only felt that this was the time to show off the martial arts of the Qing army. It's not time for Wu Sangui to act as cannon fodder.
The battle begins.
Wu Sangui only glanced at it, and he didn't have much interest.
Kong Youde drove thousands of people in front of his army formation, and Chen Yongfu's troops angrily gave up the advantage of the firearm and picked up the bayonet.
Under the First World War, Kong Youde's troops were quickly defeated, and then Geng Zhongming quickly took his two thousand musketeers to shoot in formation.
When the king of Sanshun went into battle, Duoduo led the cavalry of Jiannu and set off.
The disparity makes the end doomed.
Looking at the situation in front of him, Wu Sangui read softly: "It's June 19 now." Chen Yongfu couldn't hold out for three days, and soon a Han army would lock up Jizhen and continue to attack. Then, at most, half a month, the Qing army will be able to come again...... Gyeonggi Fortress down? ”
On June 19, excluding the time on the road, there was only the last six days left for Zhu Cihong.
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At this moment, in Dongmazhuang, the birds are extinct, and the people are nowhere to be found.
A huge army has appeared here. They marched in the fields of the wilderness, and slew to the west.
There, with the roar of artillery and the sound of killing, a war is taking place to determine the power of this ancient empire.
Li Yan rode on one of his jujube red horses, and the figure of a woman suddenly sounded in his heart.
"Red lady, red lady. You say, why did you take refuge in the official army back then? A place that is doomed to fail...... A decaying dynasty doomed to be defeated by us. It would be nice to be here. It's a pity...... You're doomed to disappointment. Li Yan thought softly, leading more than 10,000 Dashun Imperial Forest Army under his command to quickly march towards the west of Delu Town.
There, there were only 6,000 weak Beijing battalion soldiers in the official army.
On the walls of Deer Town, Xu Yanqi struggled out of his wheelchair.
"General Lang, be careful of your body!" Xia Chen hurriedly went over to assist Xu Yanqi.
Xu Yanqi shook his head slowly, pointed to the battle outside, and said, "Outside, our comrades in arms threw their heads and spilled blood. What is my little injury? It's our turn. ”
Wang Xun and others were pleasantly surprised.
Xia Chen smiled bitterly and said, "Wang Xun, Qian Zhi, let me ask you, how much ammunition do you still have in the hands of the soldiers of each department right now?" ”
"I also have a bullet pouch in my department." Wang Xun said.
"We still have half a ......," Qian Zhi wondered: "Before the war, aren't they all carried by mules and horses from the baggage battalion?" ”
"A bullet pouch is equipped with ten lead pellets and paper-wrapped gunpowder. Therefore, at present, our army only has about five bullets in the hands of each soldier on average. In the fierce fighting of the past few days, the soldiers on the front line have run out of bullets. As for the baggage ......" Xia Chen smiled bitterly: "They were all lost in the war." ”
Everyone understood how cruel the reality was, and looked at Xu Yanqi in unison.
"In this battle, it's time to do your best to fight hard." Xu Yanqi is dark and light. (To be continued.) )