Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 438 The Sacrificial Han Banners
At some point, the sun in the sky was covered by clouds, the sky became dark, and the cold wind blew, making people tremble unconsciously.

The entire battlefield was littered with corpses, and the blood began to solidify and was crushed by footsteps, making the ground red.

lost.

Although his stomach was growling with hunger, Jia Yan waved a long knife with a rolled blade, his cheeks puffed up, his eyes wide open, like a puffer fish: "Kill the enemy, don't let Jianu go—"

The enemy troops all over the mountains and plains, like the river after the ebb tide, receded at an extremely fast speed.

But the Ming army pursued closely, not wanting to let go of the fruits of victory.

He didn't know why he won and why Jiannu lost, but he knew clearly that he survived again, and a rich reward was waiting for him.

And on the city wall, Zhu Yixi, who had witnessed all this, tightly grasped the parapet with both hands, and almost half of his body was poked out.

The generals behind him were taken aback and hurriedly pulled.

"Win, win!"

Zhu Yixi yelled, his face flushed, he turned his head and looked at the generals: "This battle for the establishment of the country is really won."

"Fortunately, Your Majesty is wise and mighty—"

All the generals knelt down one after another, with excitement on their faces.

If this battle was won, Jiannu would never dare to turn his horse south again.

After taking two deep breaths, Zhu Yixi finally calmed down. He turned his head and looked at the messy battlefield, feeling inexplicable.

The battle lasted for more than two hours, from morning to afternoon, both sides were exhausted.

The front army was pressing at every step, the continuous firing of muskets, and the oppression of heavy infantry made the Qing army rarely evade.

Morale is on the verge of collapse.

At this time, Meng Baqi's escape seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Man Baqi began to retreat.

In this way, the cavalry battalion pursued closely, and then broke into the formation of the Qing army, trying to pinch and defeat the Qing army.

At this time, the Qing army immediately sent the Han Eight Banners to support, and a stalemate began.

At this time, Zhu Yixi immediately put all the chips on his hands and ordered all the troops to attack, trying to completely overwhelm the stalemate Qing army.

Ji Erhalang pressed on desperately, trying to save the heavy armored infantry.

The two armies were like being in a millstone, their flesh and blood were constantly being crushed, and they fought extremely fiercely.

In this way, the Ming army has the upper hand in terms of strength, morale, and weapons, and it wears off a little bit.

In this case, it is a struggle of strength.

This is the law of integrity.

Helpless, Ji Erhalang slumped on the chair and murmured: "This is impossible, this is impossible, this is impossible, how could it fail?"

"General, the most urgent task is to preserve our strength."

Hauge stepped forward with a solemn face.

And Luke Dehun, who was one step behind him, showed hatred on his face.

"it is good!"

Jierhalang gritted his teeth and said, "Go and command the cavalry to retreat from the battlefield, Luck Dehun, you lead the Mongolian Eight Banners, after the Han Eight Banners are broken."

"Yes!" Hauge left decisively.

Luck Dehun watched his back, and was about to leave when he was stopped:

"After the break, fight and retreat, don't try to fight back, this is a good opportunity for you to perform."

"This--"

A tinge of surprise appeared on Luke De's face.

Jierhalang said softly: "The defeat of the army requires someone to be responsible..."

Luck Dehun immediately quickened his pace and left.

Undoubtedly, Hauge, who offended the regent, was the best scapegoat.

Although it is said that the Qing army was defeated, it did not reach the point of collapse.

Meng Baqi gritted his teeth and made meritorious deeds, delaying time, while Han Baqi performed desperately, for fear of being blamed for the war.

The heavy infantry, carrying heavy armor, could only stop halfway, but the musketeers lined up were approaching step by step with neat steps.

Therefore, even in the face of a barrage of bullets, under the fearless obstruction of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners, the pace of the musketeers finally slowed down a bit.
Taking advantage of this time, Hauge led the heavy infantry who had suffered heavy casualties to retreat in a hurry, mounted their horses and left.

They were originally mounted infantry.

As soon as the heavy armored infantry escaped, within a moment, the Eight Banners of Han and Eight Banners of Mongolia were in a hurry to retreat.

Luck Dehun killed dozens of people in a row before barely stopping the collapse.

"Listen to my orders and form an army to retreat!"

Then, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield:
The Eight Banners of Han, carrying their shields, kept retreating a hundred steps away from the Ming army.

On the two wings, the cavalry battalion of the Ming army (replenishment and recharged light cavalry) fought with the cavalry of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Man Eight Banners, and it was inextricably separated.

Finally, the central army and the rear army did not hesitate to detour and attack, causing the Qing army's already neat formation to completely collapse.

"withdraw--"

Seeing that there were not many banners, Le Kede immediately waved his whip and issued an order to retreat.

This time, Meng Baqi, who had been fooling around, was the first to leave the battlefield, flying away like an arrow leaving the string.

Han Baqi was a little confused.

Naturally, the cavalry left without hesitation, but the infantry was stopped.

The Eight Banners of Han Dynasty became a victim.

Shang Kexi and the three left without hesitation, sweating profusely.

"The sky is gray, and we have lost again!"

Geng Zhongming shook his head, his body was heaving up and down, he looked sideways, the muddy ground caused many cavalry to stumble from time to time, he immediately became careful.

"Don't talk nonsense."

Shang Kexi's face was solemn: "The cavalry can escape, the loss in this battle is not bad, and they still retain their vitality."

"But our Han Eight Banners suffered heavy losses."

Kong Youde gritted his teeth and said, "I'm afraid I won't survive half of it."

"It's fine if you can escape."

Shang Kexi said helplessly: "Oh! If there are tens of thousands of Wu Sangui's more, they will definitely not be defeated."

[-] against [-], who would have thought that they would lose?This is the elite teacher of the Qing Dynasty!
This Ming army is getting stronger and stronger.

The three of them were inexplicable, but they closed their mouths at the same time and ran away wholeheartedly.

On the other hand, the Ming army, with insufficient cavalry, could only try their best to defeat it, and it was difficult to keep all the Qing army.

It wasn't until late at night that Li Jingwu reported excitedly:
"Your Majesty, this battle was victorious. The Qing army left more than 7000 corpses, and the total number of prisoners was [-] people. Especially the heavy armored infantry you mentioned, their corpses exceeded [-]."

"Since Wanli, the imperial court has seldom achieved a great victory over Jiannu. Long live Your Majesty—"

"Long live Your Majesty, Long live Daming—"

After a day of fighting, the Qing army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, which seems to be very small, but in fact this is the reality.

As long as the cavalry of the Qing army cannot be truly restrained, every battle will only be defeated, not wiped out.

However, the casualties were all the elite Eight Banners, so the meaning is extraordinary.

"In the final analysis, there is still a shortage of cavalry!"

Although the emperor was also very happy, but thinking of the cavalry, his excitement was also reduced a bit.

This had been expected before the war, but it was still difficult for him to accept.

However, this further aroused Zhu Yixi's desire to form a large-scale cavalry.

Although it is said that firearms will be the mainstream of the battlefield in the future, cavalry still occupied a place until World War II.

It is the kingly way to ride against a ride.

"According to the report from the scouts, Jianu has already reached Shanyang City after retreating more than [-] li."

"Then go ahead and keep chasing!"

The emperor waved his hand.

(End of this chapter)