Chapter 550: Boiled Frogs in Warm Water

Ma Xianglin knew that the scouts were for his good, and in such a situation, it was useless for him to go alone, and it was almost like sending him to death in vain, if he wanted to say that he was alone, then how to choose was his own business, but there were still twenty scouts in the group, if there was a problem, these scouts did not move, and they would be reprimanded and punished.

Everyone quickly made a decision, leaving the three scouts to secretly observe the movements, and the rest of the scouts and Ma Xianglin turned back to find Wen Kun and Wang Xiaoer and others, and discussed with them what to do, as for the three scouts who stayed to investigate, they couldn't force themselves to carry out the investigation under the premise of protecting their own safety.

Ma Xianglin can only be obedient, this is Zheng Jiajun's discipline requirements, and any action at any time must focus on the overall situation.

After wiping away his tears, Ma Xianglin quickly returned to normal, but instead urged everyone to go back to find Wen Kun and Wang Xiaoer immediately, maybe at this time, the only thing that can be relied on is Zheng Jiajun, no matter what kind of defeat his mother Qin Liangyu and Bai Pole Bing encountered, as long as Zheng Jiajun can come forward, everything can be recovered.

Dorgon was ready for anything.

The officers and men of the Eight Banners Army have rich experience in fighting in the snow, the source of the Liao River is the birthplace of the Eight Banners Army, where the ice and snow are covered all the year round, and some mountains can even see ice and snow in summer.

The scouts had already figured out the situation of the white pole soldiers, combined with the information detected by the scouts, Dolgon made careful arrangements, and the 40,000 troops were divided into two parts, of which 30,000 were responsible for directly attacking the white pole soldiers, and the other 10,000 were laid around the sky and earth nets to prevent the white pole soldiers from escaping as much as possible.

It can be said that Dorgon made up his mind to destroy all the white pole soldiers who came to reinforce him.

Although the sergeants of the white pole soldiers were able to endure hardships, the trouble brought to them by snow blindness was huge, even if Qin Liangyu asked this part of the sergeants who basically couldn't see the road and didn't dare to open their eyes. They also stumbled through the snow with the large group of men, but the speed of the march was undoubtedly slowed down.

Qin Liangyu was helpless, and ordered the 3,000 troops to be divided into two parts, the front and rear, and 1,000 cavalry to lead the way. Two thousand cavalry were held back to avoid any sergeants being left behind.

The army slowly moved in the direction of Changping Prefecture, and there was no one to be seen along the road, and there were broken walls on both sides of the official road, although most of the traces were covered with snow. But Qin Liangyu could still feel the brutality of the Houjin Tartar.

The fact that you can't see a single person on the march for dozens of miles is the best proof of this.

The time has reached the middle and late winter months, and it is about to be the wax moon, and the Spring Festival is coming, and this time should be the time when all parts of the country slowly begin to be lively, but from the capital, marching dozens of miles, what I saw was a white world, and a place of desolation. The people around the capital have once again suffered a catastrophe.

The army passed through a hilly terrain and re-entered the endless Pingchuan, where the occasional sight of trees on either side of the official road and houses nearly crumbling under the crush of snow.

When there was a faint sound of breaking the sky in the sky, Qin Liangyu was still asking about the sergeant's recovery, and some sergeants whose eyes were pierced by the snow and couldn't open their eyes, after closing their eyes for a while, they could see something when they opened their eyes again.

When the screams and dazzling blood appeared, Qin Liangyu finally saw the rain of arrows speeding in the sky.

The army was ambushed.

This was Qin Liangyu's first reaction, it could not be anyone else who ambushed the white pole soldiers. Definitely a post-gold tartar.

After a brief moment of consternation, some of the white-pole sergeants immediately began to wield their white-pole spears to block the rain of arrows that were rushing in, so as to minimize casualties. However, the rain of arrows in the face was very tricky, and the sergeants continued to fall with arrows.

The foot soldiers began to sacrifice rattan cards, which were specially used by the white pole soldiers to block bows and arrows, and the rattan cards were made of compressed vine branches in the mountains, which were very tough and much lighter than shields. Such a rattan was able not only to block bows and arrows, but also to help the sergeant cross the river.

The tenacious white-pole soldiers soon formed a defensive formation, and all the sergeants took refuge in the rattan cards.

Some of the sergeants who had been hit by the arrows also began to treat themselves, they broke their bows and arrows, tore off the strips of cloth and quickly bandaged their wounds, and everyone knew that the fight was about to begin.

Dolgon, on horseback, watched all this quietly with a telescope in hand.

After a quarter of an hour of rain of arrows, Dorgon gave the order to attack to the heralds beside him.

He doesn't need to go into battle in person for such a fight, he can just sit in command.

The sound of horses' hooves and rumbling drums appeared, and 30,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners attacked at the same time, such a formation was very rare, and if it weren't for the white pole soldiers on the opposite side, Dolgon would not have shown such great courage.

The defensive formation of the white pole sergeant changed again, and part of the cavalry charged to the front, followed by the foot soldiers, and behind the foot soldiers were part of the cavalry.

Dorgon saw the change in the formation of the White Pole Soldiers, and a cruel smile appeared on his face.

Sure enough, the soldiers of the Eight Banners began to play to their greatest strengths, speed and bows.

The previous arrow rain was launched collectively, and the dense arrow rain made the opponent nowhere to dodge, but such a rain of arrows, the accuracy is not very large, and the emphasis is on creating an unusual formation, so that the opponent is afraid, and the bow and arrow after the attack begins, it has an extraordinary accuracy, shooting arrows on horseback, shooting arrows in the process of running at high speed, which is an important subject of the daily training of the soldiers of the Eight Banners, and almost every sergeant of the Eight Banners has such an ability.

Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers, only 3,000 cavalry, the rest are foot soldiers, in the face of the bow and arrow of the Houjin Tartar, they have no other way except to use rattan cards to resist, and rely on flexible body to avoid, and the Houjin Tartar is not the imaginary charge to fight, but in the process of charging, constantly releasing arrows, and constantly changing positions, which makes people feel like they are drifting.

This made it impossible for the sergeants of the white pole soldiers to counterattack and attack at all, and they were always in a defensive formation.

Qin Liangyu also discovered this problem.

This long-term defensive formation must be broken, otherwise this battle is like being tied hand and foot, only able to defend passively, you must know that such a close attack, the casualties are not small, always in a defensive posture, it will not be long, the casualties of the white pole soldiers will increase on a large scale.

Qin Liangyu scolded angrily, jumped forward, waved the white-pole spear in his hand, and rushed towards the Houjin Tartar in the front.

Dolgon believed that most of the sergeants of the white pole soldiers were foot soldiers, so they relied on the power of the bow and arrow, coupled with the fast-moving body, to give the white pole soldiers a large number of casualties, so that the white pole soldiers were difficult to defend and when there was a problem with the formation, they all pounced on them to fight, so that they could get the greatest victory with the smallest casualties.

Unexpectedly, a silver-haired woman rushed over with a white-pole spear, and one of the spears in her hand was wielding a drip, blocking the arrows that were fired at her.

A sergeant was caught off guard, and when he saw the silver-haired woman rushing over, he hurriedly threw away the longbow in his hand and grabbed the spear in his right hand, but unfortunately, the hooked blade in front of the white-pole spear slashed through the sergeant's throat, and a stream of blood splattered out.

The white pole cavalry that followed behind Qin Liangyu also launched a counter-charge, and the foot soldiers followed behind the cavalry and charged in one direction.

At this moment, the tenacious momentum of the white pole soldiers began to be revealed.

It's a pity that just having a tenacious momentum is not enough.

In plain combat, strength and speed are the most important, no matter how tenacious you are, if there is a gap between you and your opponent in terms of strength, then no matter how desperate you are, it will be useless, it is like fighting an airplane cannon with your bare hands.

The disadvantages of the white pole soldiers were soon revealed, especially the foot soldiers, although they were very desperate and ran at the fastest speed, but compared with the cavalry, they were like crawling snails, the Eight Banners Army were all cavalry, they moved very fast, surrounded the foot soldiers of the white pole soldiers from all directions, constantly firing bows and arrows, and every time they shot an arrow, they would change places, which made the foot soldiers of the white pole soldiers unable to get close to them at all, let alone start a fight.

The number of cavalry of the white pole soldiers is too small, and it seems so insignificant compared to the overwhelming cavalry of the Eight Banners.

The fighting did not look particularly cruel, but the sergeants of the white pole soldiers suffered more and more casualties.

It's a bit like a boiled frog in warm water.

In less than half an hour, Qin Liangyu discovered the problem, and if he continued to fight like this, the final result would be the annihilation of the white pole soldiers.

Qin Liangyu ordered the cavalry to start breaking through, and at this time, she was still thinking about letting the cavalry escort the foot soldiers rush out, as long as the formation of the team was not chaotic, the white pole soldiers would be able to hold on.

Qin Liangyu Houjin Tatar used to fight and fight, and she was not afraid of Houjin Tatar, this is her psychological advantage, if she were another commander, I am afraid that she would have collapsed at this moment.

However, the course of the battle was not what Qin Liangyu imagined.

The attack of the Houjin Tartars is becoming more and more fierce, the entire encirclement is getting smaller and smaller, the number of casualties among the white pole soldiers is also increasing, the number of cavalry is not much, and it has been divided and surrounded by the Houjin Tartars, and the connection between the infantry and the cavalry has been slowly broken.

Another quarter of an hour passed, Qin Liangyu finally found that the situation was not right, the Houjin Tartar's attack at the beginning was not particularly ferocious, not that its combat effectiveness was not good, but deliberately made her negligent, and organized the sergeants to resist, after all, when the battle had just begun, the white pole soldiers were struggling to kill the enemy, and once the encirclement of the Houjin Tatars was completely completed, they would show their fierce and ferocious side.

Houjin Tartar is thinking of annihilating the white pole soldiers. (To be continued.) )