Chapter 860: The Battle of Ningyang (1)
Song Jiaxing is not a reckless person, although his heart is full of anger, but the current enemy, now Song Jiaxing has calmed down, and he led the main force of more than 20,000 people to come to the decisive battle with Azig, but what is the strength of Azig, but I don't know, this time I am going to be a little reckless, Azig's strength, I am very clear, in Manchuria is second only to Dolgon, and even on the battlefield, Azig's prestige is above Dolgon, The title of the No. 1 warrior in Manchuria was not earned for nothing, it was brought by one killing after another.
Song Jiaxing didn't dare to be careless now, and ordered the cavalry to only protect his two wings, the musketeers to protect the forward, and the two artillery battalions in the back, and move slowly, and soon, the Tianwei army and Azig's elite cavalry encountered in Ningyang.
This time, Azig went south, with a total of 30,000 troops, and Nikan and Mandahai each led an army, Nikan attacked Qingzhou, took away 8,000 troops, and there were more than 20,000 troops around him, and the main force of the army was handed over to the commander of Beizi Mandahai, and he led a fine cavalry, detouring in the direction of due south.
Man Dahai looked at the array of the Tianwei Army from afar, and his heart shook slightly, no wonder Duoduo had been fighting with Zierharang for nearly a year, and he didn't take advantage of it, the Ming army in front of him looked extremely majestic from a distance, compared to the Tianxiong Army under Lu Xiangsheng back then, it was still excessive.
Before leaving, Azig instructed himself to be careful in the battle, to be careful with the muskets and artillery of the Ming army, and not to be careless, otherwise, once he fell into passivity, he would try to turn the situation around, but it would be extremely difficult.
Man Dahai snorted coldly and shouted: "Enqi, lead the elite cavalry under your command to launch a surprise attack, be careful, the firearms of the Ming army are very powerful, don't let people clean you up, once the situation is not right, retreat immediately, don't make a senseless charge!"
Mele Zhangjing Enqi on the side agreed, and led three thousand elite horsemen to launch an assault on the Tianwei army in front of him!
Three thousand elite horsemen roared in, the momentum was violent, but this can actually deter other armies, for the Tianwei Army, even the elite of the two yellow flags have already seen it, what is the foot of the other troops?
The Tianwei army didn't take the 20,000 Manchurian elite cavalry in front of them in their eyes at all, they had muskets and artillery in hand, and cavalry to protect the two wings, and you only took out 3,000 elite cavalry to charge the battle, isn't this looking for death?
"Tell the artillerymen, respond to the battle immediately, and give them a taste of shells first! Don't be in a hurry to shoot the musket battalion, wait for the Manchurian Tatars to enter within 300 steps, prepare to shoot, aim, give Lao Tzu a hard beating, Lao Tzu wants to let these scum have a good long memory! ”
Song Jiaxing shouted loudly.
The three thousand elite cavalry in the distance were still above the distance of two or three hundred zhang, and the artillery in the rear of the Tianwei army had already begun to exert its might, and the thirty artillery pieces were divided into two teams and began to bombard the cavalry in front of them!
Boom Boom Boom ......
One by one, the shells fell on the route of the cavalry, setting off bursts of smoke and dust, but just by virtue of these red-coated cannons, it was impossible to stop the cavalry's attack, after all, the Manchurian elite cavalry had already seen the power of the red-coated artillery, and a solid bullet could only bring substantial damage to the cavalry if it was hit.
However, the solid bullet is not used, it does not mean that the flowering bomb is not used, and now the towns of the Tianwei Army have begun to be equipped with flowering bombs, although the range is not as far as the solid bullet, but this power is far better than the solid bullet, one by one the flowering bullets fell on the road, and exploded instantly, within a radius of two or three zhang, all of them were shrouded in the aftermath of the explosion, and the violent explosion directly tore the cavalry in it to pieces, even if it was a little farther away, it was also stunned by the explosion, and the horses made a terrible neighing, scurrying around, the cavalry of the Qing army began to have a trace of disorder!
"Damn bastard!"
Enqi squeezed out a few words in his mouth, specially, the power of the original red-clothed artillery was enough, but now I didn't expect the Tianwei Army to be equipped with so many flowering bombs, and if a flowering bomb explodes, a large area will become a dead place!
"Order, the cavalry continues to attack!"
Enqi was unceremonious, and gave the order to charge, and the speed of the charge of the three thousand elite cavalry was even faster, the Manchurian elite cavalry has always been known for not being afraid of death, and these artillery pieces alone could not frighten their charging footsteps!
In the blink of an eye, three thousand Manchurian elite horsemen had already arrived in front of the Tianwei Army, and they were already less than three hundred steps away from the Tianwei Army!
A sneer appeared at the corner of Song Jiaxing's mouth, and with a wave of his big hand, he shouted: "Musket battalion, attack!" ”
The 1,000 musketeers in front of the battle were already in full swing, and one by one they raised their flintlock muskets and began to shoot fiercely!
Bang bang bang......
No matter how fast the Manchurian cavalry is, no matter how fierce the combat power of these elite cavalry is, under the fire of intensive rifle fire, they must be in a hurry, a thousand musketeers, the threat to the cavalry is too great, there are bullets fired everywhere, as long as they are hit, blood will be splashed!
The musket battalion only fired three waves, and brought huge casualties to the three thousand elite cavalry, these elite cavalry were brought from Manchuria by Azig, but I heard that the flintlock musket was powerful, but it was the first time to meet it, it was better to hear than to see, and if you meet, you will have to pay the price of blood!
One by one, the cavalry was hit by bullets, knocked down the horses, and was directly trampled into flesh by the cavalry behind them, fortunately, they did not fall off their horses, and they already felt a huge fear, death has never been so close! If it was a face-to-face fight, the Manchurian elite cavalry would never be afraid, but watching the bullets rushing in the face, the next thing was to die in Huangquan, whoever it is, will have a trembling heart!
"Retreat, retreat! The whole army retreats! ”
Enqi finally saw the power of the flintlock musket this time, it was too powerful, in just such a blink of an eye, his elite cavalry had already paid the price of more than 200 casualties, nearly 100 of them had turned into meat paste, too terrifying, too terrifying, no wonder Prince Ying repeatedly told us to be cautious!
The three thousand elite horsemen received Enqi's order and retreated in one go, frightened by the muskets, and all of them were terrified!
Later, at this time, the main army of Mandahai had also rushed up from behind.
"Master Pei! The firearms of the Ming army are too powerful, our army has not yet rushed to the front of the people, it has already paid more than 200 casualties, and if you want to rush into the formation of the Ming army, you will have to pay at least hundreds of casualties, or even more, no one knows if there are other musketeers hidden in the Ming army's formation......"
Enqi's face was ugly, and Man Dahai, who heard the news, was even more ugly, and he was really hit by Azig, the Ming army's firearms are really powerful!
(End of chapter)