Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1388 Wu Jun is defeated

On the battlefield, He Chengzhi commanded with a knife and shouted loudly, "Rush up and hack the Ming army to death, don't let them fire their guns!"

A soldier of the Golden Army was following the officer, when a gunball hit him in front of him, the officer fell on his back, half of his face was smashed to pieces, the soldier was just about to help him, when he saw blood on his face, and an eyeball was blown out Seeing the tragic scene, he retched immediately, then covered his mouth with his hand, and retreated directly.

As soon as he retreated, it fell into He Chengzhi's eyes. Without saying a word, he hacked the soldier to death at his feet.

Regarding desertion, no matter which army or country it is, there is only one rule, and that is execution.

"Steady, you can charge up!" He Chengzhi hacked the soldier to death with a knife, and then yelled, "Fleeers, die!"

In the Jin army formation, the generals kept shouting and commanding the soldiers to rush forward, but facing the platoon of the Ming army, it can be said that there were very few Jin troops who could rush to the front of the line, and the sporadic soldiers who rushed to the front were also used by the Ming army. Stabbed to death.

In front of the Ming army's line, under the gun muzzles of the row of guns, there were densely packed bodies of soldiers of the Jin army. The soldiers of the Jin soldiers fell to the ground one after another amid the sound of the guns, and the commanding general also died under the muzzles.

The huge casualties finally made the Jin army terrified. Like the firecracker team in front, the soldiers of the Jin army rushed forward, suddenly there was an uproar, and suddenly turned and ran away.

A neat row of firecrackers was raised on the front line of the Ming army, and the retreating soldiers of the Jin army were shot again and again, and they rushed to the ground one after another, leaving corpses all over the place.

He Chengzhi slashed and killed several people with a knife, roaring again and again, trying to stop the Jin army from retreating, but the tide of Jin army fled from both sides of him one after another, rushing southward like a school of fish in the ocean.

At this time, as long as the Ming army presses forward, it will be able to drive the Jin army all the way, and the southern front of the entire Great Jin Kingdom will completely collapse.

He Chengzhi was anxious, but the situation was irreversible. Seeing his subordinates fleeing wildly, his eyes were red, and he was ashamed and angry.

At this moment, a horn sounded from the rear of the Jin army, and the cavalry of the Wu army who had been waiting for an opportunity were forced to move forward. Thirty thousand cavalrymen rolled around the retreating infantry and rushed towards the Ming army's line.

If the Wu army's horse army can force the Ming army to stop, so that the Ming army cannot pursue them, then the more than 1 soldiers of the Jin army, as well as the fire gun team that was defeated first, will be able to escape and avoid being hunted down. Destiny even has a chance to gather the defeated army behind and stabilize their position again.

He Chengzhi felt the vibration of thousands of hooves trampling the ground, he was overjoyed, he pulled the rein of the horse and backed away.

The Golden Army cavalry was divided into two groups, and after bypassing the fleeing Golden Army soldiers, each group was divided into two again to become four groups of Golden Cavalry.

There are about [-] cavalry in each group of the Golden Army, two of which rushed to the left and right wings, and the other two directly aimed at the bright array diagonally and rushed to the front.

Wu Sangui wanted to force the entire Ming army line to a halt and let this behemoth stop the car.

In the formation of the Ming army, the inspiring battle drums sounded. After the two cavalrymen nestled in the back heard the order, Tan Tai and others shouted loudly, "Clash the horse army, charge!" Gun, urging the horse out.

On the vast battlefield, tens of thousands of horses galloped for a while, Wu Jun's cavalry had more than [-] on each side, and [-] cavalry on the front.

Wu Sangui was apprehensive about the phalanx on the two wings of the Ming army, and obviously placed the main attack direction in the middle, where the Ming army's gunners were, and there was no depth.

Right now, the Golden Army's infantry hadn't completed the task of disrupting the Ming army's front line, so it wasn't suitable for charging. However, in order to stop the defeat and stabilize the front line, Wu Sangui had no choice but to charge hard.

Tens of thousands of hooves trampled the ground on the battlefield, and the Jin army's horse army rushed towards the Ming army's line like a torrent. The Ming army's artillery teams on both wings quickly retreated into the phalanx under the drag of the horses.

The gunner quickly set up the cannon, and fired it immediately after loading.

The cavalry of the Golden Army rushed towards the two wings, galloping like two long snakes.

They were first bombarded by artillery fire, and they were turned on their backs. However, the firepower of the phalanx was not strong, and the artillery could not stop the charge of the golden cavalry.

Soon the Golden Army cavalry on both wings approached the Ming Army phalanx, and at this moment, groups of Ming Army rangers suddenly rushed out of the phalanx, and they shot the Golden Army cavalry to the ground. , and then retracted into the gap of the phalanx.

On the front, Wu Sangui's dark and prey face showed no expression. He was holding a horse spear and galloping forward. Behind him, the [-] horse army followed suit.

I have to admit that Wu Sangui has a high prestige in the Wu army and is a well-deserved leader of the Wu army.

At this time, the Wu army was already at a very obvious disadvantage. However, when Wu Sangui charged, many Wu army soldiers followed his big banner and galloped out without any hesitation. The entire horse army had a fierce momentum.

Of course, this kind of ferocity did not come from training alone. Although Wu Sangui was defeated in Eastern Sichuan, he has been winning battles since then.

During the Battle of Sichuan, the main force of the Kingdom of Jin led by Hauge suffered a disastrous defeat, but Wu Sangui did not hurt his muscles, but instead rescued Hauge.Afterwards, Wu Jun's horse army participated in the battle against the Yarkand and Raksha people, so compared with the infantry, Wu Sangui's horse army can be said to be exceptionally elite.

The charge of the Jin army's cavalry made the Ming army not dare to spread out and chase the defeated Jin army. After the cavalry on the two wings arrived first, Wu Sangui and another group of cavalry had already rushed to the second line of the Ming army.

Seeing the enemy cavalry appearing in front of the front line like overwhelming mountains, the Ming army musketeers on the front could not help feeling a little flustered. The cavalry is not like the infantry, they will rush to the front if they can't fire three guns at more than 100 steps, and the artillery teams on the two wings can't Support, the situation on the Ming army front can be said to be quite severe.

At this moment, the gunners of the Ming army on the front line no longer cared about shooting and chasing the fleeing Jin army infantry, but raised their guns one after another to aim at the rushing enemy cavalry.

The ground was trembling, and the horse's iron hooves trampled on the ground, hitting head-on like a huge wave.

The soldiers of the Ming army on the second line, all the soldiers in the first row squatted down and stabbed the firecrackers in their hands obliquely. The sharp thorns were used as spears, and the soldiers in the back row raised the firecrackers together Aimed at the oncoming Golden Army cavalry.

During the gallop, Wu Sangui noticed the change in the Ming army's line, but the length of the firecracker and the thorns was far from being comparable to the spear, and the Ming army only had three thin rows. :"rush!"

"Let go!" A whistle sounded, and the generals of the Ming army raised their arms and roared. The guns rang repeatedly on the front line, and the projectiles whizzed out, shooting at the enemy cavalry at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to catch.

The cavalry of the Golden Army who rushed to the front saw a star river of flickering flames in front of them, and the cavalry fell down one after another. The horses rolled and screamed, and they smashed heavily on the ground together with the cavalry.

The entire front of the Ming army was filled with gunpowder smoke. The soldiers retreated immediately after shooting, and those in the last row immediately stepped forward. But at this moment, the galloping cavalry of the Jin army opened fire one after another. With the sound of guns, the Ming army fell down.

If you still use the cavalry bow with a pitifully small range, then the cavalry of the Jin army can only be beaten passively, but Wu Sangui's cavalry, after defeating the Raksha people, was equipped with thousands of flintlock guns.

The cavalry in front shot a blunderbuss while galloping, knocking down the Ming army who squatted down in front and acted as spearmen, and then immediately pulled out the reins and spread out to the left and right to make way for the cavalry behind.

The Wu army's horse army fired repeatedly while galloping, then spread out to the left and right, and retreated in a roundabout way, out of the firing range of the Ming army's firecrackers, to reload the projectiles.

Under the bombardment of the Wu army cavalry, the Ming army's line suddenly loosened, and at this time the Jin army cavalry had already reached thirty paces away.When the last group of gunfire cavalry shot a round, they retreated to both sides, and the charging cavalry with horses were exposed behind them.

Wu Sangui divided the cavalry into two parts, the front is armed with guns, and the back is armed with spears and sabers. The function of the front cavalry is the same as that of the light cavalry. By equipping the cavalry with guns, the range of the cavalry is increased. It is a way to shoot a gun in front of the body, and then pull out the horse and leave.

The cavalry in the front row scattered after firing their guns continuously, and the fierce charging cavalry appeared behind them.
Wu Sangui pointed at the horse lance, and the cavalry holding the lance behind them, at the moment when the firecracker cavalry scattered in front, they clamped their horses to speed up and shot out like sharp arrows.

At such a short distance, no matter how dense the attack was, it would be difficult to withstand the impact of the elite cavalry. Before the Ming army in the back row had time to fill the gap, the Jin army cavalry inevitably ran into the Ming army's line.

There was no heavy armor, no spearmen, and the two cavalry of the Golden Army smashed through the Ming army's line almost at the same time. They smashed the Ming army's second line like two giant hammers.

Wu Sangui led the cavalry and rushed into the formation with a mighty momentum. The galloping horses carried huge weight and knocked the Ming army in front of them into the air. More than ten steps away, and then hit the ground heavily.

The cavalry stabbed with spears and slashed with swords, invincible, and instantly tore a hole in the second line of the Ming army.The cavalry, armed with lances, immediately swept towards the third front without stopping.

"Okay!" Surrounded by cavalry, Wu Sangui rushed in through the gap, and couldn't help cheering inwardly.

The Ming army's horizontal formation had no depth and was restrained by the cavalry.Li Guo saw the golden cavalry rushing in from the middle, his face darkened, but he looked to the left and right wings, the golden cavalry there had indeed hit a snag.

At this time, although the Jin army tore two openings on the second front, a large number of cavalry poured into the gap between the second front and the third front, and swept towards the third front, but the Ming army line In fact, the casualties of the gunmen were not too many, but the three rows of Ming soldiers at the gap were killed by the cavalry, and most of the horizontal formations on the entire front line that was several miles long were still in a complete form.

Li Guo clenched his fists tightly. Wu Sangui's intention was obvious. He wanted to ensure that the Jin army was defeated and could retreat smoothly, but he couldn't let Wu Sangui do what he wanted. ground defense."

The Ming army phalanx on the two wings, with long spears on the periphery, then firecrackers, and artillery in the middle.As soon as the Jin army cavalry entered the formation, they were bombarded by firecrackers from all directions, and retreated in a hurry. As soon as they retreated, three thousand Ming army cavalry rushed out from the gap between the hollow phalanx and rushed out from behind. Chase and kill Jin Jun.

At this time, the cavalry of the Golden Army who had broken through the second line quickly swept towards the third front, but they were immediately bombarded by the Ming army's platoon.

This time, there were no gunfire cavalry in front of them to disrupt the Ming army's line, and the cavalry armed with spears could only rush up against the rain of bullets.

The Ming army fired repeatedly, and the cavalry of the Jin army who rushed forward fell off their horses one after another. The dense bullets formed an airtight rain of bullets, shrouding them in the threat of death.

This time, there was no firecrackers bombarding the Ming army's line, and the Jin army's cavalry faced a complete front. After suffering casualties, the No.1 cavalry crashed into the Ming army's line.

The soldiers of the Ming army who were squatting on the ground stabbed the thorn obliquely. The horse hit the thorn, and the soldier was knocked back a few steps. On the hands of the soldiers, it was warm and very sticky.The soldiers were slightly stunned, but then a huge force struck and they were knocked out in an instant.

The cavalry of the Golden Army stabbed the firecrackers on the front line with their spears, flying the corpses far away, tearing apart three rows of horizontal formations in an instant.

Almost when the spear cavalry broke through the third line of defense, the musketeer cavalry of the Golden Army galloped back after reloading.

However, at this time, the soldiers of the Ming army on the second and third fronts that had been broken through quickly changed their formations with battalions as units.

The infantry of the Ming army lined up in a line. The two ends of the entire line started to walk back, stopped after walking a certain distance, and then folded in half, and the two ends joined each other. It becomes a square matrix of "hui" characters one by one.

Of course, not every battalion changed smoothly. The Ming army who was far away from the gap changed calmly, but the Ming army who was close to the gap and had already been disrupted was attacked by the Jin army's gun cavalry before the change was completed. , The soldiers collapsed in the formation and became the targets of the Golden Army cavalry massacre.

At this time, the battlefield was full of gunpowder, and the cavalry of the Wu army broke through the third line of defense, and rushed towards the Ming army's banner, but there were five hollow phalanxes around the banner.

Wu Sangui originally thought that if the infantry disrupted the Ming army's line, the cavalry could break through the line calmly, then the gunfire cavalry disrupted the Ming army's phalanx, and finally the spear cavalry rushed into the formation, directly beheaded the generals and captured the flag, defeating the Ming army. The army was defeated first and failed to disturb the Ming army's line. The firecracker cavalry had already been used and was left behind. Therefore, although Wu Sangui broke through the defense line, he did not dare to directly attack the hollow formation where Li Guo's army was located.

Wu Sangui was riding on the horse, and looked back. He was waiting for the loaded firecracker cavalry to attack him and make a mess for him. hollow array.

"Not good! My lord, the two wings have been defeated!" At this moment, Wu Zhimao, the general beside him, suddenly exclaimed.

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