Section 22 Breakthrough (II)
After the Ming army broke through the central position of the Qing army, Fu Shancha naturally saw that when the banners of the Ming army were rearranged neatly, Deng Ming would start a new attack. Although there was dust and smoke everywhere in his field of vision, from Fu Shancha's point of view, he could still vaguely see some of the conscriptions, and now it seemed that Deng Ming was almost ready. At the same time, Fu Shancha also saw the banner of the Chinese army on the hills, which was an order for himself to attack the Ming army.
"Your Excellency the Governor really thinks of us." Even if it is not such an enemy, it is risky to carry out such an order, because the Qing army hastily launched a hedge before it had time to put its formation in order, and it is likely that it will be sent to death; And when facing an enemy like Deng Ming, it was obviously an unmistakable suicide attack.
"The Governor has ordered us to turn." Fu Shancha said lazily, he planned to adjust the formation and take his subordinates to move out to the south for a while, so as to avoid Deng Ming's guards farther away. On the side of Fu Shancha, there were some infantry from the Shandong Green Battalion, including both the infantry soldiers of the Shandong Banner and other Green Battalions who arrived with them, but it didn't matter, just squeeze them out of their original positions.
When the Qing army on both flanks was changing directions, the Ming army began to accelerate, this time they first encountered not three-eyed iron cavalry but knights with all kinds of cold weapons, in addition to Shandong Governor, there are also some horsemen who raised the standard.
Deng Ming was in the second row when the military formation was adjusted just now, and he launched an attack as soon as the formation was arranged, and Deng Ming didn't have time or time to squeeze to the front and back. Passing over the heads of his comrades in the front row, Deng Ming saw that the enemy's flag was getting closer and closer, but it still looked a little messy, and most of them were restored to the ground, only one or two lonely sides began to slowly speed up towards the Ming army.
At the same time, there were also some feathered arrows flying over the heads of the knights in the front row, presumably the enemy with the bow was trying to deter the charging Ming army. The flags on the opposite side were getting closer and closer, and in the rapid approach with the flags of the three walls, they finally collided violently. At this moment, Deng Ming heard the shouts of the Ming soldiers in unison from the front row, and the screams of some people after being hit, as well as the sound of metal colliding.
Most of the cavalry of the Qing army, which was far less dense than the Ming army, was cut down, and only a few people slipped through the net, and these targets that were missed from the gaps in the Ming army's battle line were immediately run over by the second row of Ming troops. Deng Ming did not encounter such a target, and the nearest fish that slipped through the net was also four people away. Therefore, Deng Ming stared at the position in the front row seriously, saying that there was a vacancy in the front row, and the back row would speed up to catch up and fill the queue.
After a few more rounds of slashing, some of the Ming army's mounts inevitably collided with the Qing army's war horses at high speed, or were hit, and these Ming soldiers were also hit by people on their backs. Seeing this, the Ming troops in the second row rushed forward at a faster pace, and the Ming troops in the third row would also be replenished. The cavalry behind will try to avoid the black-clothed companions who have fallen from their horses, but if they see the meaning of the Qing soldiers getting up again, they will make up for the merciless sword.
When breaking through the middle road just now, dozens of Ming cavalry also fell off their horses, half of which had already found the ownerless horses, and the lightly injured ones were chased to the troops, the heavier ones retreated to the friendly troops in Shandong, and some seriously injured people were lying in the corpses of the Qing army waiting for rescue.
As the breakthrough deepened, the cavalry in the front row began to slow down, and from time to time someone was shot down and dismounted by enemy weapons. The Ming army broke through again before the three-eyed iron cavalry of the superintendent, and some Qing troops scattered in the direction of the Ming army rushing over, regardless of whether they could accidentally injure friendly troops.
The war horse of the Ming soldier in front of him fell to the ground suddenly, causing its owner to rush forward and fall to the ground. But almost at the same moment, the Mongolian rangers on Deng Ming's left and right flanks all increased their speed in unison, and both of them were already at least half a horse ahead of Deng Ming, and they suddenly stuck Deng Ming's horse position. Another Ming cavalry rushed out from the diagonal area, swept past the inverted triangular formation of the three men, and rushed into the empty seat.
Seeing that the vacant seats had been filled, the guards on both sides slowed down their horses slightly, exposing Deng Ming's forward vision a little, but they still ran in front of Deng Ming and did not give him the passage to rush forward. And this is the two rangers who are close to each other on the left and right, further sandwiching Deng Ming in the middle.
The charging Ming army used a top-down vertical split, and the first target was the enemy's head, even if the opponent was wearing a helmet, the head was the first target. As long as there is no weapon to block, the saber has a good chance of cutting through the top of the enemy's helmet; Even if it is not cut, the tip of the knife can easily pass through the opponent's face, cutting a terrible wound deep into the gum of teeth on the opponent's face - according to the experience of the Ming army, teeth are very strong defenses, and many attacks with insufficient strength will be blocked by them, so that the owner will not be killed immediately.
The second target is the arm, where armor is easier to break through and can instantly incapacitate people. However, many cavalrymen were not well mastered, and often let their sabers fall on the shoulders and chests of the opponents, where the armor was very difficult to destroy, and could seriously damage the weapon. The blow inflicted on the enemy is relatively light, sometimes only for a short period of breathlessness. Fortunately, the Ming army's multi-platoon advance would not let the attack go in vain, and not everyone would hit the opponent's breastplate, even if the luck was really bad, the continuous heavy blows would probably break the enemy's chest defense and break his ribs.
Many people's blades are curled by continuous collisions with armor, but even if they are used as iron whips, they are still extremely powerful, and if they are struck head-on, even if they are protected by helmets, Qing soldiers will be smashed off their horses. If the helmet is not of good quality, it may still be cut open and broken, causing its owner to bleed from the head.
This time the charge time was much shorter than the first time, and when the speed of the first platoon of the Ming army was at least two-thirds, Deng Ming saw that there was no trace of the enemy in front of him, and the cavalry of the Ming army also ended the charge. The Qing army formation here was thinner, and there were many enemies who fled, Deng Ming saw a lot of Qing cavalry lying on horseback, fleeing the Ming cavalry at high speed, first rushing towards those Shandong friendly troops, and then a sweep galloped in front of the Ming army, fleeing to the two wings of no one.
"This battle has been won, and the prince no longer needs to be in the front row." When the troops stopped, the guards around Deng Ming explained.
"Hmm." Deng Ming nodded, as his subordinates said, when the whole army is attacking the enemy army that is ready to fight and is four or five times larger than mine, even if the opponent does not move, it still needs the exemplary role of the general to boost morale, but when attacking and slashing the chaotic enemy army, there is no need for the commander to take the lead.
The Ming army once again broke the Qing army and returned to the east of General Zu Zepu's banner, and now the Qing army has become more chaotic, and the troops that have just turned around to half of the troops are about to start spinning again, and the battlefield is already billowing smoke and dust because of these two conflicts, ordinary officers don't know what happened at all, only that things are not good, and the general flag of the governor of Shandong has also become a little difficult to identify because of the smoke and dust.
"This time we are going to cut off Zu Zepu's head." Deng Ming pointed with a saber in the direction of Zu Zepu's general banner, the central front of the Qing army covering in front of the general flag no longer exists, and the right flank of the Qing army, which is closest to the center and has better order, has also collapsed, and the left flank of the Qing army is in chaos, unable to support Zu Zepu or threaten the flank of the Ming army.
And if Zu Zepu is killed, the Qing court will be greatly shaken, and I am afraid that no one will doubt the strength of the Ming army that landed in Shandong. The Qing army did not have ships, and even if it reached the edge of the Yangtze River, it would not be able to catch the Kuidong Army with a naval division, so what else would they do, it was bound to transfer back the Central Army that had penetrated deep into the south of the Yangtze River.
"General Wang is right, Admiral Deng, he is really Lu Bu." Yao Changzun on the other side leisurely commented to the left and right, although the smoke and dust obscured his vision, he could also guess with his battlefield experience that this must be Deng Ming's once again breaking through the Qing army's battle line and running back to the other side of the battlefield. Also based on the experience of fighting the Sichuan army, Yao Changzun knew that these two breakthroughs must be miserable, and the Qing army estimated that few could stand up.
In such a short period of time, Yao Changzun also had respect and admiration for breaking through the Qing army's front twice, and now more than 100 Shaanxi Green Battalions under his command were observing the battlefield for a long time, only those standard-bearers were holding flags and turning around in place, so that the Shandong Governor felt that the Shaanxi Green Battalion was also a mess.
Whether Deng Ming is in front or behind, he will definitely go to fight Zu Zepu first, and it is impossible to come to fight the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi before Governor Zu is eliminated, since he knows this, what is Yao Changzun worried about? Do you use it to follow Deng Mingtuan? And if Governor Zu is eliminated, then the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi should retreat, and flee from the infantry of the Green Battalion in the north, let alone arrange troops to the east and west.
At this time, the Ming army adjusted the formation for the third time, facing the direction of General Zu Zepu's banner, and the Ming cavalry with swords curled blades inserted these knives back into the scabbards, and it was still a good knife to be sharpened after the battle. Then draw a spare saber from behind the saddle, for the cavalry, this kind of saber is a consumable on the battlefield, and each cavalry must carry several knives with them to ensure that they have a weapon at hand at all times.
Although it was only two charges, a particularly unlucky Ming army already needed to borrow a knife from his companions, and when he first charged, the two slashing weapons were hung on the opponent's armor, and when he turned back to attack, he was lined up in the front row, and the third knife smashed a big hammer of a three-eyed iron rider into the air, and as a result, he could only retreat to the back row and run the whole distance behind everyone.
"I'll bring four knives next time." Gripping the borrowed fourth sword, the cavalryman muttered to himself.