Chapter 946: Bloody Battle of Mengjindu (1)
With the help of five thousand elite green battalion soldiers, the five thousand Manchurian elite cavalry were able to withstand the crazy offensive of the Tianwei army, but it seemed that the front was still shaky, especially the thousand cavalry on both wings were still constantly shooting, and the Manchurian elite cavalry was suppressed by the cavalry of the Tianwei army, and it was impossible to launch a surprise attack on the musketeers, as for the infantry, it was even worse, and it was impossible to get close to the musketeers within two hundred steps. How long Zu Dashou can hold out is really unpredictable.
Zu Dashou's forehead was covered with cold sweat, the combat power configuration of the Tianwei Army was simply seamless, too strong, Bach had no power to fight back under the long-range strike of the musket and the close combat of the cavalry, and he was defeated and retreated, and even the five thousand green battalion soldiers were also suppressed on the battlefield.
In addition to the passive position of the Qing army on the battlefield on land, on the crossing of the Yellow River, there are more and more ships launching assaults on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the nearest is less than two miles away.
Zu Da Shou's forehead jumped straight, now it depends on the power of his artillery, as long as he thinks about launching an artillery bombardment on the Yellow River, these ships, as long as they are hit by cannonballs, there is only one way to sink, and he also pressed down on five thousand archers, some of which used rockets, just to see if he can contain Li Dingguo's offensive, as long as he repels Li Dingguo's offset, at night, he can launch a green battalion and launch a counterattack against the elite cavalry of the Tianwei Army!
It's just that how could Xu Yifan give Zu Dashou the opportunity to calmly block Li Dingguo's soldiers?
Seeing that the Manchurian elite cavalry has been entangled by the cavalry of the Tianwei Army, and the most elite front army of the Green Battalion has also been suppressed to the death, the current artillery position, with only two infantry battalions of the Green Battalion defending, is the best opportunity to attack the artillery position!
"Order, the musketeers are divided into left and right roundabout shots, and the front battalion of the cavalry of the first town and the Chinese army are attacking with all their might, and the artillery of the Tartars is raided!"
Xu Yifan gave an order, the cavalry of the first town of the Tianwei Army hiding in the distance poured out, and more than two thousand elite cavalry rushed straight into the artillery position of the Qing army like a sharp arrow, the two were almost four or five miles apart, and the elite cavalry of the first town had already appeared in Zu Dashou's field of vision in just a blink of an eye.
Another cavalry, another cavalry!
Zu Dashou was so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky, and he was the cavalry of the Tianwei Army, and now the combat power of the Tianwei Army's elite cavalry was not inferior to the elite cavalry of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, although he still had 30,000 green battalion soldiers in his hands, but the 5,000 most elite front army had been sent out, and the 5,000 left wing archers were transferred to the Yellow River to assist in the defense, blocking Li Dingguo's Tianwei Army Fourth Town, and the troops that could be used at hand were only 20,000 people, and 20,000 people sounded like a lot, but these troops were all newly prepared infantry, and their combat power was weak. It's not vulnerable at all, and now the Manchurian elite cavalry and the 5,000 green battalion are already struggling to support the elite cavalry of the mighty army today, and they still need to continue to send troops to support, and now there is another cavalry, which is the most fatal!
"Order, the whole army is ready to fight, mobilize pikemen, and be ready to prevent the Tianwei Army from attacking our position!"
Zu Dashou as a general, especially as the leader of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, is by no means in vain, for how to use the cavalry, how to defend the cavalry, the tactics are naturally handy, such as the arm and finger, 20,000 infantry urgently acted, as long as the position is not disrupted, Zu Dashou still has some confidence in his heart, to repel the cavalry in front of him, after all, it seems that this cavalry is not much, but about 2,000 people, the strength of the force is ten to one, he has the initiative, and now the biggest problem is how to repel the Tianwei army on the basis of the elite cavalry, Stop the fourth town of the Tianwei Army that is forcibly crossing!
However, to Zu Dashou's surprise, this cavalry did not directly launch an assault on the green battalion in front, but launched an assault towards Zu Dashou's flank with a certain arc!
Zu Dashou's heart sank, knowing that he had encountered the opponent, head-on impact on the forward position of the infantry, under the defense of the pikemen, even if he could break through the defense, there would be a lot of casualties, the opponent actually used the powerful mobility and assault ability, lightning attack on his flank, but all the people on the battlefield, the flank of any formation, the defensive ability is definitely not as strong as the front.
However, Zu Dashou is not afraid, the flanks, and his own archers, five thousand archers have been transferred to the top of the river defense, and the remaining two thousand archers are enough to form a certain containment of the cavalry, as long as their attack speed is contained, then there is nothing to be afraid of!
Zu Dashou had a good calculation, but he forgot that the main cavalry just now had musketeers, didn't this cavalry have it?
The two thousand elite horsemen, also armed with 500 flintlock muskets, raised their muskets from both flanks from a distance, and began to attack the green battalion soldiers in front!
Bang bang bang!
Two hundred paces away, even the most powerful archers are difficult to attack the opponent, but the musket can, the range of the flintlock musket can reach up to three hundred steps, the unlucky Zu Dashou's flank position is completely exposed to the fire of the musketeer, just two waves of attack, the archers on the flank position are stunned, shoot so far, and be able to put people to death, it's terrifying!
After all, this is only the newly formed green battalion, not the battle-hardened Eight Banners of the Han Army, let alone the unparalleled Manchurian elite cavalry, in the face of such sharp and dense rifle fire, after the fall of more than two hundred archers, the two thousand archers could no longer maintain their composure, and they all dodged the musket attack on both sides!
Zu Dashou's heart turned over, I wiped it! And muskets! How many muskets did the mighty army equip on this day!
"Order, the infantry attack, be sure to block the cavalry! Archer, shoot, fire arrows! ”
Zu Dashou roared wildly, but at this time, the two thousand elite cavalry were no more than a hundred steps away from Zu Dashou's flank position, a hundred steps away, for the cavalry, that is, a matter of an instant, the green battalion soldiers had not completed the change of formation, and the two thousand elite cavalry had already rushed into the flank position of the green battalion soldiers!
However, even if it was to attack the flank position of the green battalion, the elite cavalry did not go deep, Xu Yifan was extremely sensitive to the changes on the battlefield, and had already locked the artillery position behind the flank position!
Shock, impact! Be sure to take out the Tartar artillery positions!
(End of chapter)