Chapter 958: The Brave Wins (4)
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In front of Fengzhen Town is a large open space, what Zheng Jinhong never dreamed of is that on this clearing, a thick layer of ice has condensed, and when the war horse stepped on it, it was impossible to stand at all, and the first two hundred soldiers who charged were almost wiped out before they approached the gate of the town.
This was a special arrangement made by Dodor, and it worked wonders.
Zheng Jinhong, Su Manzi and others, who watched the soldiers charge, almost dripped blood from their eyes.
Salt can dissolve ice, but at this time, Zheng Jinhong can't find so much salt.
The only way is to spread cotton armor on the ice, and let the war horse tower charge on the cotton armor, so as to ensure that the war horse does not slip, but in the fierce battle, the cotton armor is equivalent to the life of the soldier, the cotton armor can resist the bow and arrow, and the loss of the cotton armor will expose the soldier's body to the bow and arrow of the Eight Banners Army, which is certain death.
Just when Zheng Jinhong hesitated, a batch of cotton armor was delivered.
These are those soldiers who were seriously wounded, took off their cotton armor and sent it, and some of the soldiers of the reserve team also took off their cotton armor, although the number of cotton armor is not very large, but as long as two roads can be paved, it is enough.
The second round of the offensive began.
This time there were 3,000 soldiers who charged, and the soldiers in front of them carried cotton armor and kept laying it on the ice, and the soldiers behind followed the direction of cotton armor to charge.
Commanding and personally participating in the charge was Su Manzi, a general of the Zheng family's army.
Zheng Jinhong resolutely disagreed, but Su Manzi insisted on personally commanding and participating in the charge.
The sky was covered with arrows, and the blood on the ice had solidified.
None of the soldiers retreated, and those wounded soldiers gritted their teeth and crawled forward, desperately spreading their cotton armor on the ice......
Dord, with a telescope in hand, saw this. His body trembled slightly, and a chill came out of his heart, and for some reason, he suddenly felt the end of his rope, which was a real feeling.
The soldiers of the Eight Banners Army constantly fired bows and arrows, causing a large number of casualties among the Ming army. However, Duoduo knew that the number of bows and arrows was limited, and once they were fired, when the Ming army invaded Fengzhen, it would be the beginning of disaster.
But Dordor could not stop the sergeant from firing his bow and arrows.
It was the first time Duoduo saw such a sergeant who was not afraid of death, this kind of iron will, he always thought that only the Eight Banners Army had it, and it was only the most elite sergeant of the Eight Banners Army, but the Ming Army in front of him. Clearly told him that it was not only the Eighth Banner Army that had such tenacious combat effectiveness.
The blood-paved road slowly stretched in front of the gates of the town of Toyojin.
The Ming army has become very smart, they use cotton armor to resist bows and arrows, and at the same time continue to fire bows and crossbows, so that the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army also have casualties, many sergeants dare not blatantly fire bows and arrows, and the Mauser guns of the Ming Army also fully show their power at this time, all the outcropping Eight Banners Army sergeants. Most of them will be shot by a Mauser and fall screaming.
There was not much expression on Duoduo's face. He knew that the final battle was coming.
Su Manzi led nearly two thousand soldiers to rush into Fengzhen with a roar.
Many soldiers did not have a chance to breathe, and all the white around them rushed over, it was the sergeant of the Eight Banners Army, although it was already dark, but the torches set up everywhere in Fengzhen illuminated the surroundings.
Su Manzi is very clear. He desperately had to resist to buy time for the general attack of a large number of soldiers behind, and then the marshal Zheng Jinhong would lead more than 10,000 soldiers to charge, and at that time the all-out battle began.
The gates of Fengzhen Town must be guarded, even if there is only one person left. You have to hold on desperately.
Su Manzi began to roar, he pounced on the white around him, the steel knife in his hand waved a piece of knife light, and the war horse under his crotch understood what his master meant, and rushed towards the piece of white with his head down.
Dolgon didn't have the slightest reservation at the moment, he saw with his own eyes the tenacity of the Ming army, if he wanted to retain his strength at this time, it would be self-destruction, so nearly eight thousand sergeants all began to rush and kill, leaving only two hundred personal soldiers around Dolgon.
The Eight Banners Army occupies an absolute advantage in numbers, so it also occupies an absolute advantage in the battle situation, Duoduo saw this, but there was no smile on his face, and the heralds rushed back and forth to convey Duoduo's orders, in fact, Duoduo had only one order, that is, it was necessary to recapture the gate of the town and stop the Ming army's all-round charge.
The situation that stunned Duoduo appeared again, nearly two thousand Ming troops desperately held the city gate, no matter how many casualties, they did not take a step back, the sergeant in front fell, and the one behind pounced, everyone had a look of righteousness on their faces.
When the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was heard, Duoduo's face finally changed and turned pale.
He knew that the Ming army had launched a general attack, and it was too late to capture the city gate at this time, and there was not much point.
After hearing the sound of horses' hooves, everyone who was guarding the city gate roared angrily and rushed towards the Eight Banners Army, while the two hundred sergeants guarding the city gate stood still like an iron tower.
Duoduo really doesn't understand, why these Ming troops are so brave, not afraid of death, in the face of opponents who are several times more than their own number, they don't retreat when they die, in his impression, most of the Ming troops are experts at escaping, as long as they encounter the slightest danger, they are busy fleeing.
At this time, Duoduo somewhat understood why Zheng Xunrui, the commander of the Zheng family's army, was able to become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, why the Zheng family's army could become the most courageous army in the world, and why the Eight Banners Army was repeatedly defeated under the command of the Zheng family.
Su Manzi has become a bloody man, and the number of wounds on his body is not clear.
His left arm was getting heavier and heavier, and he could barely lift it.
Even so, Su Manzi did not stop fighting, the roar from his mouth was already hoarse, and a trace of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The soldiers who guarded him around him were angrily reprimanded by him to kill the enemy, and the purpose of many soldiers was to protect the gate and let the brigade rush in and kill the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army.
Su Manzi, who was on horseback, suddenly felt the coldness and severe pain behind him.
He didn't look back, he knew very well what the coldness and pain meant.
Su Manzi swung out the steel knife with his backhand, and a miserable scream came, but just as he waved the steel knife with his backhand, the spear in front of him also came, and the feeling of coldness and severe pain came from his chest.
Su Manzi's consciousness instantly blurred, and he felt that he couldn't support it.
He couldn't hear the screams and roars around him, as if someone was calling out to him.
Su Manzi tried his best to stabilize his body, he vaguely saw a big blood hole in his chest, and a large amount of blood came out of this blood hole, even if he couldn't cover it with his hands.
Su Manzi tried his best to control his shaking figure, he didn't care about the blood hole on his chest, but tried to straighten the battle robe on his body, the heat on his body was disappearing rapidly, and his body began to be cold and hard, but he kept trying to stabilize his body......
The 12,000 soldiers led by Zheng Jinhong finally rushed into Fengzhen.
The final fight began.
Zheng Jinhong saw Su Manzi standing on horseback with a stiff body at a glance, and heard the crying voices of the soldiers around Su Manzi, and his mind instantly turned blank.
"Brothers, kill all the Golden Tartars and avenge General Su......"
One roar after another appeared, this roar turned into a huge force, more than a dozen sergeants protected Su Manzi's body, and the rest of the sergeants desperately rushed towards the sergeants of the Eight Banners Army and began to fight desperately......
Duoduo led the most elite cavalry in the Eight Banners Army, but in the face of such a huge force, these sergeants could not support it, and their ranks were slowly disorganized, and they were slowly surrounded into clusters, and the dazzling red almost enveloped the entire Fengzhen.
Duoduo could not have understood that the most elite cavalry of the Eight Banners Army, when the Ming army attacked Fengzhen, their confidence had already begun to collapse, they fought long distances, without any support, they faced an incomparably strong Ming army, they could not see the hope of victory, even if they resisted desperately, they would eventually flee in the direction of Shenyang.
The most critical point is that when they set out from Shenyang, they had the dream of getting a lot of money, they hoped that through this expedition, they could get rich and let their families live a better life, and they hoped to get rewarded by the imperial court through this expedition, but all this burst like a bubble when the Ming army launched its first attack.
The spiritual pillar does not exist, they only rely on their own brave resistance, but it is a pity that fighting on the battlefield, especially in the extremely fierce fighting, morale and spirit are the greatest guarantee.
Duoduo watched as the Eight Banners Army under his command was divided and surrounded by the Ming army, and the casualties were getting bigger and bigger.
At this point in the battle, Duoduo was powerless.
All this came too fast, Duoduo couldn't accept it, in less than a day, the whole 10,000 of the most elite cavalry of the Eight Banners Army disappeared like this, such a harsh climate, when it was the most unlikely that a battle would occur, the Ming army suddenly launched an attack.
Duoduo had thought of all the countermeasures he could think of, and he even saw hope at a certain time, seeing that the Eight Banners could win, but the hope disappeared so quickly.
Duoduo didn't have any color on his face, he didn't participate in the fight from beginning to end, as the prince of the Great Qing Kingdom, he didn't need to fight directly, as long as he commanded well.
But at this time, Duoduo suddenly regretted it very much, why didn't he participate in the fight, was it because he became the prince of the Great Qing Kingdom, he felt that his status was not ordinary, and he couldn't fight like ordinary soldiers, but if he was defeated, wouldn't he, the prince of the Great Qing Kingdom, be killed or reduced to a prisoner.
Without the medicine of regret, Duoduo could only accept such an outcome. (To be continued.) )