Chapter 745: Kaifeng Town's counterattack
Dongchang Mansion fell except for the capital city; Zhendingfu gains and loses; Shunde Mansion is about to fall into the siege of the Qing army, although, as long as Shunde Mansion is not lost for a day, the Qing army will be restless, after all, the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for the Ming Dynasty.
In particular, He Luohui, led the Manchurian elite cavalry is now rampant in the Luxi area, except for Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion can also protect themselves, all the other states and counties are already panicked, and even some prefectures and counties will surrender directly, once the three provinces of Luxi all fall into the hands of the Qing army, even if the passage from the capital to the Daimyo Mansion can not be opened, at least the food and military resources, there will be no shortage of worries.
Of course, things are not as easy as Duoduo and others imagined, Dongchang Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion have no strength to fight back, it does not mean that there are no other places, Caozhou, now Caozhou, has already aimed at He Luohui's Qing army, ready to strike a thunderous blow!
Xu Yifan has always planned to move later, and he had already expected that once Dong Xi led the army north, the Dongchang Mansion would be absolutely difficult to preserve, and even the neighboring Yanzhou Mansion and Tai'an Mansion were not safe from Caozhou Mansion, and they could be attacked by the Qing army at any time, Xu Yifan directly ordered Zhu Shunshui to dispatch the reserve force that he had just formed in Kaifeng Mansion - Kaifeng Town!
Zhu Shunshui is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, although he has never commanded troops to fight, but he is no stranger to military affairs, otherwise he would not have been selected as the first virtuous person in civil and military affairs in the public recommendation of the imperial court that year. Although it was only a short period of three months, Zhu Shunshui still built a force in Kaifeng Mansion, Kaifeng Town, which was wiped out in the process of exterminating Li Zicheng, ten infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion, 15,000 troops, just formed for a short time, the combat power will naturally not be so strong, but Zhu Shunshui is not a mediocre person, and he also knows that there is no way to build this force into a strong force by himself, the commander is important, the generals under the commander are even more important, and his ability is considered good. But if there are no excellent generals, it will be in vain!
Zhu Shunshui asked Li Yan for help, and invited Yuan Zongdi and Liu Fangliang, who were idle at home, to come out, this is one of the best generals in the camp at the beginning, maybe Tao Strategy is not first-class, but charging into battle is definitely first-class, which one is the world's fierce generals!
Liu Fangliang was directly appointed as the chief soldier of Kaifeng Town, Yuan Zongdi was the deputy chief soldier, and the rest of his henchmen and generals were also appointed to their respective positions, Kaifeng Town had just been rectified, Xu Yifan's military order arrived, and he directly mobilized the army to go out of Caozhou Mansion to protect Yanzhou Mansion and Dongchang Mansion, at least to protect Yanzhou Mansion and Caozhou Mansion!
Since Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi have surrendered to the imperial court, they naturally have to serve the imperial court, not to mention that they are fighting with the Tartars, and there is no psychological burden.
At this time, a blue flag elite under the command of He Luohui was also led by Mele Zhangjing Dubil to approach Caozhou, and to take Caozhou off in one breath, I have to say that for several days, the Manchurian elite cavalry swept through the states and counties of Dongchang Mansion and Yanzhou Prefecture, all the way like a bamboo, everywhere he went, invincible, so that Dubil gradually let go of his caution, began to become arrogant and bold, only 3,000 troops, he dared to attack directly towards Caozhou, I have to say, some of them have no one in their eyes.
Dubil led 3,000 troops, surrounded Caozhou, trying to take Caozhou in a short time, however, Dong Lai, the prefect of Caozhou, has received an urgent report from Zhu Shunshui, the governor of Henan, and the troops of 15,000 Kaifeng Town behind him have reached the left near, Dong Lai will naturally not run away or surrender, as long as he holds on for one day, at most two days, the reinforcements will arrive, and there are only 3,000 troops outside the city, and there are no less than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Caozhou City, and they are lined up one by one for the Qing army to kill, and they can't kill them in two days!
Dong Lai gave an order, all the elite garrisons all climbed to the head of the city, and the Qing army besieging the city fought fiercely, Du Bile led the army to attack the whole day, but was not able to take Caozhou City, but lost the army, had to stop the attack, did not wait for the Qing army to come and repair, the army of Kaifeng Town arrived!
More than 10,000 infantry surrounded from three directions, tightly surrounded the Qing army in the middle, and launched an attack on the Qing army!
Dubil was so frightened that he was not possessed, he patronized the attack on Caozhou City, he didn't expect that there would be such a large army to surround himself, look at the strength of the troops in all directions, there are no more than 10,000 people, this is terrible, although the Manchurian elite cavalry has always been strong, and the ordinary 10,000 infantry do not want to encircle and annihilate themselves, but if you want to break through, it is definitely not so easy, since the Ming army has prepared the encirclement, how can you give you a chance to escape easily?
"Order, the whole army should fight, and attack and charge towards the north with all their might!"
A hysterical roar erupted from Dubil's mouth.
However, the Ming army surrounded not only the infantry, but also a lot of artillery! More than a dozen artillery pieces began to fire at the same time, and began to bombard the cavalry in the middle, and one shell after another fell in the cavalry's array, blowing up the Manchurian elite cavalry in a mess and dodging the incoming shells!
"Rush, charge, charge!"
Dubil was even more alarmed, this Ming army was still carrying artillery shells, specially, not with such a bully!
Dubil did not dare to fight, and led the cavalry to launch a fierce assault to the north, opposite, two fierce generals stood side by side, Liu Fangliang held a big iron spear, Yuan Zongdi held a machete, behind him were 1,500 cavalry, in front of them, there were 2,000 infantry!
The Manchurian elite cavalry roared in, Liu Fangliang snorted coldly, the big iron spear was raised, and the two thousand infantry only surrounded it, kill!
The cavalry and the infantry are entangled together, these infantry are too bad compared with the Manchurian cavalry, and the combat power is really not good, but there are two main generals behind him to personally press the formation, and there are elite cavalry behind him ready to assault at any time, and the infantry will naturally strengthen its courage, although it was defeated and retreated by the Manchurian cavalry, however, the powerful inertia of the Manchurian cavalry assault was offset by the infantry!
Drink!
Dubil led the cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the infantry three times, however, a layer of infantry was broken, and a layer of infantry came up from behind, and then a defense line was broken, and there was a defense line behind, which was the tactic that Li Zicheng was best at using back then, first using cannon fodder to consume the opponent's elite morale and sharpness, and then using his own elite strength to crush the opponent in one fell swoop!
Now, the Manchurian elite cavalry has besieged Caozhou for a whole day, it is late, the Qing army is tired and tired, and has broken through three lines of defense in a row, and the breath in his heart has finally been unloaded, and he has been trapped in place by thousands of infantry, at this time, Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi roared at the same time!
Fifteen hundred cavalry launched a surprise attack at the same time! Charge!
(End of chapter)