Chapter 1037: The Decisive Battle of Zhending Mansion (1)
The two of them were full of fire in their hearts and asked to fight together.
Xu Yifan looked at the two of them and suddenly smiled.
"Okay, since you two are asking for war, then this time your wishes will be granted!"
Xu Yifan replied: "The withdrawal of the Manchurian elite cavalry from Shunde Mansion is not over, now Duoduo is besieging Zhending Mansion, the purpose of their stay in Shunde Mansion is to block the main force of our Tianwei Army, even if they retreat now, they will not let go of the opportunity to block us in the middle, you two lead all our cavalry, send troops now, don't give the Qing army a chance to breathe, chase all the way, use muskets, be sure to completely defeat the Qing army for me!" This time, we don't have a chance left for the Manchurian Tartars, Duoduo? Want to take Zhending Mansion and escape back to the capital? That's a dream! ”
Xu Yifan's prediction was good, and now Duoduo is frantically attacking Zhending Mansion.
When Ao Bai and Ni Kan and others had just retreated to Shunde Mansion, Duoduo's army rushed to the city of Zhending Mansion.
Li Dingguo led the fourth town of the Tianwei Army and did not dare to withdraw into the city under the threat of the Qing army, for fear that it would be bitten by the Qing army and bring disaster to Zhendingfu, so he had to be stationed under the city and began to confront the main Manchurian force of Duoduo.
Duoduo was not polite at all, and as soon as he came up, he launched a fierce offensive against Li Dingguo's army, and tens of thousands of troops attacked the fourth town of the Tianwei army.
Li Dingguo also showed no weakness, pulled out all the artillery, and launched a sharp counterattack against the Qing army, thirty artillery pieces, constantly bombarded the Qing army, and the three musket battalions also occupied the forefront of the position, constantly blocking the attack.
However, the Qing army in front of him is too strong, Duoduo mobilized thirty or forty thousand cavalry in one breath to launch a fierce attack on the fourth town of the Tianwei Army, three musket battalions, 1,500 people, it seems that there are a lot of people, and the firepower is intensive, but in the face of the continuous attack of 30,000 or 40,000 cavalry, the musket battalion is also unable to parry, the Qing army is very fast, it hit the position not far from the Tianwei army, and one by one the cavalry began to bend their bows and arrows, and launched a crazy shot at the Tianwei army!
For a time, arrows rained down, and in the case of a long distance, the cavalry of the Manchurian cavalry naturally could not threaten the Tianwei army equipped with muskets, but once the cavalry was close, the advantage of Manchuria's bow and arrow was revealed, and tens of thousands of cavalry were shooting at the Tianwei army, which brought a huge threat to the Tianwei army, and the musket battalion could not even maintain a neat shooting lineup.
Li Dingguo's face changed drastically, it is not possible to go on like this, the Qing army's attack is too fierce, even if the Qing army does not attack, just such a crazy arrow, his Tianwei army can't stand it, the casualties brought to himself are too great, once the Qing cavalry rushes up, with the current strong strength advantage of the Qing army, it will encircle itself in an instant, and it will not take a day to defeat the fourth town! 80,000 to 20,000, such a ratio of troops is too great!
At this critical moment, in the city of Zhending Mansion, Sun Chuanting made a move!
Sun Chuanting had already been summoned by Li Dingguo, and Sun Chuanting, who was shocked, had no good way, and in the face of the absolute strength gap, any plan would be useless.
Seeing Li Dingguo's Tianwei army retreat to the city, Sun Chuanting thought that Li Dingguo would definitely withdraw into the city, and he was shocked and ready to defend Zhending Mansion, but he didn't expect that Li Dingguo chose to be stationed outside the city and directly respond to the battle, Sun Chuanting's heart was shaken, Li Dingguo withdrew into the city, although he could protect the fourth town of the Tianwei Army, but it was obvious that he had to take a huge risk, and the Ming army could only be left to defend this Huashan road, stay outside the city, and also add some variables to the Ming army. But this risk is too great, now the Tianwei army has fallen into extreme passivity, if the Ming army in Zhending City does not make a move, Li Dingguo will definitely not be able to hold on!
Sun Chuanting's face was solemn, he clenched his teeth, and shouted: "Someone, give an order, concentrate all the artillery at the head of the city, and launch an artillery bombardment on the Manchurian elite cavalry!" Stop the Manchurian Tartars from continuing to launch a siege on the Tianwei Army, Gao Jie, Gao Jie! Immediately lead the musket battalion out of the city to help in the battle, be sure to repel the Manchurian Tatars, and cover General Ning Yu into the city! ”
Sun Chuanting gave an order, more than ten artillery pieces in Nancheng were all put into the artillery battle, a shell was fired, and it fell on the position of the Qing army one after another, and began to ravage the Qing army with the artillery outside the city, dozens of artillery shots, the Qing cavalry was caught off guard, the casualties increased sharply, and the cavalry retreated, temporarily solving the crisis of the fourth town of the Tianwei Army!
Duoduo was full of hatred in his heart, and shouted: "Order, mobilize our artillery to fight, bombard Zhending City, and suppress their artillery!" Cavalry, assault again! Lao Tzu must defeat the Tianwei Army today! ”
With more than 40 artillery pieces on the Qing army's position put into the battle, the surrounding area of Zhending Mansion fell into a terrifying and tragic battle, and the Manchurian cavalry once again approached the fourth town of the Tianwei army.
Just when the musket battalion of the Tianwei Army could not support it, Gao Jie appeared.
Gao Jie brought out all the musketeers in Nanjing Houzhen and Fengyang Town in one go, and four musket battalions, nearly two thousand musketeers, surged out and appeared on the two wings of the Tianwei Army, starting a new round of strikes towards the Manchurian cavalry!
The musket battalion more than doubled at once, and 1,500 musketeers faced the Manchurian cavalry, to no avail, but suddenly increased by nearly 2,000 men, occupying the two wings of the fourth town, and in an instant, the situation on the field changed, and it was already too difficult for the Manchurian cavalry to easily approach the distance of 100 paces to the fourth town!
More than 3,000 musketeers, plus more than 40 cannons, were enough to suppress the Manchurian cavalry with huge firepower, but the artillery of the Qing army was put into the battle, which also brought a huge threat to the Ming army.
Now the city wall of the south city has long been less solid than when Qin Mufeng was in charge, a cannonball falls, there will be a huge crater, and at the same time there are cracks on the city wall, it is obvious that such a city wall can never withstand the bombardment of the artillery group for a long time, as for the soldiers of the fourth town, under the bombardment of the Qing artillery, there are many casualties, and the Ming army is constantly hit by cannonballs and dies!
Li Dingguo's distressed heart was dripping blood, first waves of arrows, followed by artillery, his fourth town was the first time to encounter such a powerful attack, when he was in Luoyang, he had never been so embarrassed, damn it, it was too unlucky!