Section 18 Terror (I)

The Knight of the Three Walls crossed the army from the rightmost flank of the Praetorian Guard to the left flank in a matter of minutes, during which time Deng Ming only once assumed the role of the main attacker, and assisted his comrades on both sides as many as five times.

When the Ming army stopped, the formation of the three walls inevitably began to disperse, and Deng Ming ordered his horse and turned to face the battlefield again. While waiting for the guards to rearrange their formation, Deng Ming took the opportunity to observe the enemy troops on the opposite side, and the more he observed, the more convinced he was that Shunzhi was hiding in this Praetorian Guard.

"There are more than 400 enemy soldiers here, right?" Deng Ming looked ahead and said to Ren Tang beside him.

"Almost." Ren Tang gasped for breath, and the continuous attacks made him breathe a little short. On the road swept by the three walls, nearly two hundred Janissaries lay down, and the sudden flank attack dealt a devastating blow to the unprepared Praetorian Guards. Few people are able to resist effectively. When the Ming army's attack was nearing the end, although some Janissaries tried to speed up the hedge, each Praetorian Guard fell without suspense when facing three weapons alone, and their only role was to slightly disrupt some of the Ming army's lineup - although the Janissary mounts would turn around to avoid the wall when they saw no gaps, but it would still cause some interference - the Ming army did not raise the speed of the horses to the highest, just to give the opponent's war horses a chance to dodge, and not to block the passage of the Ming army. However, there were still some Ming knights who had to slow down and leave the team to prevent a violent collision with the enemy horses that had lost their owners.

"Who do you say is the Tartar Emperor?" Deng Ming quickly glanced at the remnants of the Praetorian Guard, and he thought that the Emperor should not be among the Praetorian Guards who had already dismounted and fought on foot.

"I can't see it either." Ren Tang replied quickly.

The Praetorian Guards who were still on their horses had been split in two by the Ming army, and their expressions were in a hurry. Just now, the incident happened suddenly, and these Praetorian Guards on the edge of the Ming army's impact trajectory only had time to dodge the sweep of the three walls, and no one had time to pay attention to the emperor's whereabouts in the chaos. Originally, the emperor was located in the center of the heavily guarded formation, and the thickest part of the Praetorian Guard lineup was also the key target of the Ming army, so the emperor's position just now was almost on the center line of the Ming army's assault queue, and those Praetorian Guards who had the opportunity to see the emperor's figure were all cut off without exception.

Ren Tang had also been looking for suspicious targets, but he had not noticed that the remaining Praetorian Guards were closing around anyone, or consciously stopping in front of someone to block the Ming army.

"We'll find out sooner or later." At this time, the three walls had been rearranged into a double-layered strict shock formation, Deng Ming pointed his saber forward again, and with Deng Ming's action, all the cavalry of the three walls pointed their sabers diagonally in front of him.

The long horse sword brought out from Kunming was firmly tied to Deng Ming's saddle at this time, and there were also some long weapons on the saddles of the knights of the other three walls that had not been removed, and these weapons were only considered to be used against the enemy's infantry, and only for consideration; The Yangtze River Admiral's Guard now only uses sabers when hedging against enemy forces, and this weapon of moderate length is not only flexible and suitable for coordination, but also does not interfere with the attacks of nearby allies. This morning, when the three walls were dealing with Gaoyou Zhixian, they also chose a saber instead of a long weapon. Although there is a voice among the Knights of the Three Walls who believe that the use of long weapons should be studied in groups, there has not yet been a tactical breakthrough, and they are far from being proficient in using swords.

"Kill!"

With Deng Ming's shouting, the three walls began to slowly speed up again. At present, the scale of the Yangtze River Admiral's Guard is not very large, and there is no need for horns or horns, and the requirements of the command can be met only by passwords. The knights of the three walls accelerated while looking at their companions on either side of the wall to maintain a formation that was moving in unison......

At the camp gate, the bow and arrow in Suo Etu's hand fell weakly to the ground, and the Praetorian Guard officers and soldiers around him were all glazed over, watching the Ming army wantonly slaughter the defeated Praetorian Guard horse team. After the first assault of the Ming army, the officers and soldiers of the Praetorian Guard on the camp gate never found the emperor's figure, and after the second assault, few of the Janissaries were still on horseback, and now the cavalry of the Ming army has turned around and attacked the infantry warriors of the Praetorian Guard who are still fighting with the Ming infantry.

Several Janissary soldiers on the walls of the camp fell limply to the ground, kneeling or lying on the ground and howling loudly. Suo Etu also felt that his body was shaking, his knees were shaking vigorously, and he could fall down at any time. The commander of the Praetorian Guard had twenty years of experience in cavalry warfare, and those who knew him well knew that he had at least dozens of cavalry hedging experiences outside the pass, and not only survived, but also won almost every battle. In addition to the commander, there were also some senior officers who had also hedged against the Ming cavalry, and their agility and ability to react quickly were beyond doubt. However, such a group of experienced and highly skilled Janissaries were vulnerable in the horse battle they were most proud of, and were defeated by the Ming army without any suspense. Both the commander of the Praetorian Guard and all the senior officers, like the emperor, disappeared without a trace after the first blow of the Ming army.

Poof.

After the main force of the Praetorian Guards who tried to break through disappeared, Suo Etu finally fell to his knees, supporting the ground with his hands, losing the will to fight, and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty! ”

The Mongol death squad had fled to the side when the Praetorian Guards poured out of the imperial camp, and at this time, the leader of the Mengbaqi who had begged Deng Ming for his life was looking at the battlefield in front of him with his mouth wide open.

In the past hour, this leader of the Eight Banners led his subordinates to attack the gate of the imperial camp with the idea of death, regardless of his injuries. However, the long-range firepower of the Ming army greatly exceeded Zuo Ling's estimate, and the bows and arrows and artillery stones of the Ming army seemed to be endless, almost completely suppressing the firepower of the imperial camp. Although the leader was in distress several times, he was not killed by the imperial guards after all.

After the Praetorian Guards rushed out, the unarmed leader hurriedly retreated to the east with his men, and when the Praetorian Guards rushed over, they fled to the wall of the imperial camp in a hurry. And the Praetorian Guards obviously did not have the slightest attack on them**, roaring past their eyes, and pounced on the Ming defense line opposite. From the Praetorian Guard's attempt to break through to Deng Ming's rush out with the knights of the three walls, the whole battle was seen by these Mongols in earnest.

The Ming army was only a blow and the Praetorian Guard collapsed, and as an experienced rider, Saling knew that he could not resist such an onslaught. If he was Deng Ming's enemy, he would definitely be beheaded. No matter how great a warrior's horsemanship and reflexes may be, he is useless in such an airtight formation and sabers slashed from all directions.

Annihilated the three walls of the Praetorian Guards and left the battle line, leaving the work of cleaning the battlefield to the infantry. As they ran past the leader, Deng Ming glanced at the Mongols hiding under the camp walls. After meeting Deng Ming's gaze, Meng Baqi's burly body began to tremble, and sweat poured out from the 36,000 pores all over his body. Deng Ming and his guards did not show off their strength when they left, and their swords were already in their sheaths, but the Mongol leader did not dare to move his legs as if they were filled with lead, and they were nailed to the ground.

Until Deng Ming and his guards were far away, Zuo Ling and the other Mongols still hung their hands meekly, and the sense of terror was like Mount Tai pressing down, so that Zuo Ling didn't even dare to breathe out of the atmosphere. When begging for his life in front of Deng Ming in the morning, the fear in Zuo Ling's heart was not even as good as what happened now. At that time, he still had grievances and anger in his heart, but he was suppressed with all his might. In the rest of his life, this feeling of horror, although superficially diluted, was only buried deep and never disappeared. Many years later, at a party, Zuo Ling saw a portrait of Deng Ming, and the gaze on that portrait was somewhat similar to what Zuo Ling had just seen, and immediately aroused a sense of horror in his memory—the relatives and friends around Zuo Ling were surprised to see that the old man suddenly shivered, stood unsteadily, and sweated profusely at the portrait...... Neither then nor now, Sato realized that this fear was different from what he had experienced before, and that it was not because the other party was exercising power over his life and death that brought him intellectual surrender and fear—this was exactly what he felt when he begged for his life; It's the instinctive terror that humans have passed down from their ancestral genes when they face a beast that they can't resist at all.

The loss of control of the troops just now made Deng Ming a little annoyed, and he repeatedly ordered several times to prevent the Praetorian Guards from leaving the camp, but the Ming army never responded, and watched a large number of Praetorian Guards pouring out of the imperial camp. The front-line officers were completely immersed in the great joy of the surrender of the Manchu emperor, and the soldiers were even more busy celebrating the victory, throwing aside all vigilance.

The subsequent assault of the four impostor emperors had no effect, and the Ming troops of each team strictly held their positions, and did not pursue themselves because they saw a few people in dragon robes running around in front of them - Deng Ming's troops had not encountered a fraudulent surrender before, but the officers and soldiers had seen their own commanders lure the enemy with their bodies in Anqing, and those senior captains had seen them more than once in Wanxian and other places; When the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Ming army were training soldiers, they also mentioned the examples of Deng Ming's battles against Tan Hong and Tan Yi many times, which had a lot to do with Li Guoying's victory in the first battle and the opponent's chaotic position. The Ming army, which had a deep understanding of deception and luring the enemy, naturally would not be deceived by the tricks of the Praetorian Guard.

As for the fake emperor who directly assaulted Deng Mingjiangqi, he failed to stir up any waves. The Ming army was very confident in their commander from top to bottom, and was accustomed to the scene of Deng Ming's assault, and no one believed that dozens of Qing troops could pose a threat to Deng Ming; In fact, this assault did not cause any damage to Deng Ming's generals, who were stopped by the Ming army at a great distance from them; The Praetorian Guard officer who pretended to be Shunzhi died in battle, and he still didn't know that Deng Ming was not even in the direction of his assault.

"Take the enemy camp now!" There was a hint of annoyance in Deng Ming's order, and he pointed to the wide open gate of the imperial camp and said: "Put out the fire, find out the Tartar Emperor, and see people alive and corpses when you die." ”

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