Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 713
Tong Tulai didn't pay much attention to the actions of the Wuzhong Army on the side, and he can't be blamed for this, because he didn't know what trump card Wang Yan had.

The only battle that the Iron Man Army participated in was in eastern Sichuan, and it was also crossing the river to grab a beach. The Qing Sichuan governor Wang Zuntan who had seen this army had already fallen into the water and drowned, and another general Li Guoying was also killed outside Wanxian County, so Tong Tu Lai didn't know that Wang Yan had such a leading army.

On the frontal position, the two armies were in a bloody battle. At this time, a thousand iron soldiers on the side had already crossed the center of the river in a flat-bottomed boat.

Tong Tulai looked at it but was not in a hurry, he sat on the horse calmly, and he wanted to wait for the five loyalists to land on the shore before letting the cavalry make a surprise attack.

A blue-armored Qing general stood beside him, looking at the Iron Man Army who was about to go ashore in the distance, but frowned, and quickly waved for the soldiers around him to fetch a pair of binoculars.

He saw the soldiers on the ship wearing iron helmets and iron clothes, with ghost masks on their faces, and only a pair of eyes leaking from their bodies, their expressions changed suddenly.

"No, Gu Shan, it's a heavy step!" The general shouted hastily.

Tong Tulai was startled when he heard the sound, he never thought that there would be heavy steps in the Ming army.

This is also his habitual thinking. Before the Ming Dynasty, he was defeated all the way, and his family was already ruined. If the soldiers can have a piece of armor, a knife will be good. How can they have money to fix these things.

Who would have thought that now that the Ming Dynasty's finances were improving, it would come up with such a set of things.

Heavy steps are no better than light soldiers, the armor must be excellent, and the food should also be good. It costs a lot, so it is basically impossible to support it without money.

The cost of a heavy step is almost as high as that of cavalry, so it is naturally difficult to deal with. There are thousands of double armored heavy steps in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, all of which are strong and powerful.

Tong Tulai frowned, and hurriedly snatched the binoculars from the general's hand. Although he didn't see it very clearly, it was undoubtedly a heavy step.

"Quick, you immediately lead the cavalry to raid, don't let them gain a foothold."

Heavy steps are no better than light soldiers. Once formed, it is a wall. Without heavy cavalry, it cannot be broken at all.

Only then did Tong Yanglai attract attention, and he quickly waved his hand to order.

The general responded immediately, with a solemn face, not daring to neglect, immediately pulled the rein, and patted the horse away.

A moment later, [-] cavalrymen from the right wing of the Qing army broke out with a roar.

In the Qing army, the cavalry was regarded as the elite. Most of the Mengman Eight Banners were proficient in bowing and horses, and their martial arts were outstanding.

The cavalry of the Ming army were far behind in terms of personal bravery, riding and shooting, and this cannot be changed.

After all, he is a barbarian who kills chickens and shoots birds. He is blood-stained all day long. He will play this kind of thing since he was a child. Killing people is like killing chickens. Shooting you is like shooting birds.

But the farming nation is not helpless. In addition to training cavalry, there is another important reason why Han can defeat the Xiongnu. It is because the technology is higher than that of the Xiongnu. The Han has iron armor and iron arrows. The Huns are mostly bone arrows. It can shoot, but it can't penetrate iron armor, it has a hair.

At this time, the three thousand blue armors, as soon as they received the order to attack, they urged their horses to rush out of the formation like an arrow leaving the string.

At the same time, nearly a hundred flat-bottomed boats rushed up the river beach, and Lu Shikui immediately shouted, "Go ashore and quickly form an array."

Thousands of iron soldiers, holding modified horse-cutting swords, jumped out of the flat-bottomed boat one after another, and at this moment, a rain of arrows hit the sky, covering the sky and covering the earth.

But the thousand iron men did not dodge or dodge. The thousand sets of iron armor had been tested before, and the bows and arrows were basically ineffective, especially the weaker riding bows, which could not penetrate the armor at all. Only firearms were shot within fifty steps. to break through.

The Iron Man Army wears a piece of silk inside and heavy armor on the outside. The soldiers are wrapped in heavy armor from head to toe, with ghost masks on their faces, and their necks, arms, and ankles are not exposed, but are connected by chain mail, which is said to be swords. It is difficult to hurt, the arrow will not break, it will never be too much.

At this time, the arrows of the Qing army fell like flying locusts, jingling and shooting at the Iron Man Army. Many arrows were directly bounced off, and some were nailed to the armor. Nearly a thousand Iron Man Army, none of them fell down.

The Iron Man Army disembarked quickly began to line up. The formation of the Ming army was that ten people set up a small banner, and five banners set up a general banner.Ordinary soldiers have a one-foot red feather on their heads, while small flags and general flags have a helmet flag on their heads, with the battalion number and affiliation written on it, which is very easy for soldiers to identify and can quickly find their affiliation.

Officers with more than a hundred households are more conspicuous. The style of armor is completely different from that of soldiers, and the length of the red feathers on the head is also paid attention to according to grade.

The Iron Man army jumped off the ship in the rain of arrows, causing chaos when they landed, but the soldiers identified their officers according to the helmet flags and other signs, and quickly found their officers.

Generals at all levels also shouted loudly and organized soldiers to line up, as if the Qing cavalry did not exist.

When this wave of arrows rained down, the Iron Man Army did not see anyone fall down, and the Qing cavalry who came on the surprise attack couldn't help being stunned.

"Damn it, what kind of monster, why is the skin so thick, it won't die from the arrow!" the blue-armored cavalry exclaimed.

"Armor-piercing arrows, shoot again!" Hearing the general's loud shout while galloping, the blue-armored cavalry squeezed out a feathered arrow from the quiver again. He clamped the horse's belly with his legs, put the arrow on the bowstring, Draw the bow into a full circle, and shoot the arrow with a click.

Thousands of sharp arrows pierced through the air and struck at a very fast speed.

At this time, the Iron Man Army had already laid out a simple formation, with black armor and red feathers, their steps changed from scattered to orderly, and they roared angrily towards the cavalry.

The rain of arrows shot by the blue-armored cavalry hit the Iron Man Army's body with a "squeak", because the distance increased, the power of the arrow increased, and the arrow was nailed to the armor, and the advancing Iron Man Army was hit by the arrow. Stagnant, the one in front of him is like a hedgehog.

Most of these arrows still did not cause any harm to the Iron Man Army. Even if the arrows passed through the iron armor by chance, they were extremely easy to pull out because of the special silk inside, and would not bring out any flesh.

Lu Shikui's armor was coquettish, and he was given special attention. He had at least seven or eight arrows stuck in his body, but he looked like a normal person. With a wave of his arm to his chest, he swept off all the arrow shafts inserted in the armor.

The galloping Qing general saw that the arrows did not cause any harm to the Iron Man Army in front of him, nor did he prevent the Iron Man Army from forming an array, his heart shivered.

This infantry is obviously difficult to deal with, but now he has no other choice but to attack.

If the Iron Man Army is completely lined up, it will be even more helpless.

"Rush!" Qing leaned on the horse's back, drew out his saber, and rushed towards the Iron Man Army.

The momentum created by the three thousand Qingqi is very huge, with rolling horseshoes, they are not afraid of the Iron Man Army that has formed a simple formation at all.

The weapons in the hands of the Iron Man Army were originally to be equipped with horizontal knives and mo knives, but the forging technology degraded, and finally chose to chop horses.

The military supervisor added a three-foot-long handle to these sabers, which resembled a Guan knife, but the blade was narrow and long, but it was convenient for chopping.

At this time, Qingqi had rushed fifty steps away, and was about to crash into the Iron Man army in an instant, and it was too late to continue to form.

Lu Shikui immediately stepped forward sideways, took a lunge, held the handle of the knife with both hands, and shouted loudly: "Raise the knife!"

Although the formation of the Iron Man Army was scattered, the soldiers raised their sabers one after another.

Seeing this, the cavalry of the Qing army rushed forward without hesitation. The Qing general spotted Lu Shikui in silver armor, pointed his saber at his neck, and leaned on his side, ready to harvest.

At this time, Tong Tulai had already focused his attention on this confrontation on the side. Seeing that the two waves of arrow rain had no effect, his face had already changed color.

He didn't expect that the heavy steps of the Ming army, the armor is so sophisticated, it is much more particular than the double armor of the Qing army, but he has no time to study the armor of the Iron Man Army now, because the scene in front of him makes him shudder and has no time to think!
Three thousand blue armors collided with the Iron Man army like a flood, and the Qing general leaned over, stretched his arms, and cut off Lu Shikui's head with the saber in his hand.

The saber was scratched between the necks, and there was a piercing sound of jingling. Sparks flew in all directions with the swiping of the saber, but they did not cut through the armor.

Seeing this, the general of the Qing Dynasty felt incredible in his eyes, the heavy steps of the Ming army were even more exaggerated than those of the Qing army. He looked at Lu Shikui with a ghostly face, and suddenly felt fear in his heart.

And at this moment, Lu Shikui swung his saber, the blade swept across, the horse let out a mournful cry, its front hoofs were all cut off, the horse fell down immediately, the Qing general on it was thrown out immediately, and then fell heavily on the ground, He rolled several times, and several armored soldiers immediately stepped forward, slashing wildly with their swords, and chopped them into a pile of meat.

The soldiers of the Iron Man Army waved their sabers again and again, killing the Qing cavalry on their backs. The Qing cavalry was like a flood, but the iron man army separated the Qing cavalry like a boulder in the middle of the torrent, and swung their knives to kill them. The impact of the horses caused damage to the Iron Man Army, or the direct impact of the horses, most of them could only rush through the gaps between the Iron Man Army.

When the Qing army broke through the formation, Lu Shikui immediately raised his sword again, and the somewhat chaotic Iron Man army immediately gathered together and quickly resumed their formation.

The blue armored cavalry left three or four hundred corpses, and even the chief general was hacked to death, but the Iron Man Army only lost more than ten people.After Qingqi rushed out, he turned around from the river and formed a new formation, but several Niu Lu looked at each other, but there was fear in their eyes, and they did not dare to charge again.

If the opponent was an ordinary Ming army with light armor, they rushed over and slashed left and right with their swords, and they would easily reap the lives of the Ming army, but facing these iron bumps, even the mother's knife was broken, and they couldn't kill them.

While the cavalry of the Qing army hesitated, Tong Tulai also realized that the light cavalry had no choice but to change their weapons.

A horn sounded, and Tong Tulai suddenly mobilized a thousand Qing soldiers armed with hatchets, shovels and other weapons from the front, and charged towards the right flank.

Tong Tulai didn't know in advance that the Ming army had such a heavy infantry, so he was unprepared and could only find such a batch of blunt weapons in a hurry.

A thousand Qing soldiers howled and rushed towards the Iron Man Army, the cavalry changed to cruising and harassing, Lu Shikui smiled contemptuously, waved away the arrows, and ordered the soldiers to move forward and expand their positions.

The Qing infantry sprinted with all their strength. The soldiers in the first row held an ax in one hand and a shield in the other. They gathered the shields close to their bodies and rushed towards the Iron Man army.

The two armies approached and slammed into each other. The Iron Man Army was selected, and they were supplied with meat and fish every day. Only by raising a strong body can they support more than 70 kilograms of armor, which is not comparable to ordinary green camps who are not too thin.

The Green Battalion soldiers bumped into the Iron Man Army, and the Iron Man Army remained motionless, while many Green Battalion soldiers were bounced back.

As soon as they met each other, the Qing army at the forefront tasted the power of the Iron Man Army. The Iron Man Army was very particular about attacking. The first row drew back their knives, and the second row stabbed out immediately.

The Qing army bumped into the Iron Man army, only to find that although they had blunt weapons, they couldn't parry them at all.

A group of Qing infantry rushed forward, and several people in front were immediately cut to death with sabers, and blood mist rose in front of the formation, splashing all over the faces of the Qing soldiers behind.

They took advantage of the first row of iron soldiers to put away their knives, and immediately raised their blunt weapons, but before they had time to smash them out, the second row of iron soldiers used their knives as guns and stabbed them from the gap, and the tip of the knife had already pierced their chests .

When the tip of the knife was pulled out, there was a cloud of blood, and at this time the swords in the first row were swung down again, and the coordination was done in one go, and the Qing soldiers screamed again and again.

The infantry of the Green Battalion retreated after being cut down, but the cavalry was like a dog biting a hedgehog, unable to bite, and had no effect.

But at this moment, the second batch of Ming troops were sent ashore, but it was nearly a thousand horsemen, and the third batch of Ming troops had already reached the center of the river.

When Tong Tulai saw this scene, the muscles on his face twitched unnaturally. The Iron Man Army stabilized their position, and the Ming Army behind them could calmly land.

Wang Yan has 7 horses. If he crosses the river, he will not be an opponent at all.

Now that the frontal battle is in urgency, and the Ming army has begun to land in large numbers on the side, one general became anxious. As long as tens of thousands of people come to the side, their situation will be in danger.

"Gushan, if this continues, if our army fails to drive the flanking Ming army into the river, it may be outflanked and cut off the way of retreat!"

Tong Tulai frowned, gritted his teeth for the last time, and made a very wise decision: "Ming Jin, retreat!"

Duoduo failed to attack Wuchang last year, and the army retreated. It was also because of his decisive withdrawal that he escaped from the pursuit of Jin Shenghuan and the Hubei Ming army.

The Qing generals were a little shocked when they heard this, Duke Duanzhong asked them to stop Wang Yan, did they withdraw at the very beginning?What if something goes wrong?
"Gushan, the county king is about to defeat Jin Shenghuan and capture the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, so he ordered our army to stop here. If we retreat at this time, if something happens, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain!"

Tong Tulai squinted his eyes and scanned the battlefield. He had no way to prevent the Ming army from landing on the flank in a short time, unless he used the horse army to fight, but that might not be able to stop the Ming army.

Wang Yan's military strength is far superior to his. The only thing he can rely on is the Qingge River. Now more than 3000 people have been sent up on the flanks.

Tong Tulai glared at the general angrily, "Are you willing to risk your life to the death?"

Hearing the words, all the Qing generals were slightly taken aback, and their expressions darkened.

Now the Ming army has few people crossing the river, and there are not many cavalry, so they can withdraw quickly. If most of the Ming army crosses the river, not only will they not be able to complete the task of blocking, but they will risk their lives, which is really not worthwhile.

It is better to retreat and leave a useful body behind.

Seeing that all the generals were silent, Tong Tulai sighed and said, "Send the order, the whole army retreats!"

When the sound of golden bells sounded, and the frontal battlefield was being fought fiercely, many green battalion soldiers hadn't reacted when they heard it, but the blue armored cavalry on the two wings reacted quickly.

Baqi Erlang has already robbed a lot of money now, his family has a big business, so naturally he has great worries.Before they had time to enjoy it, everyone didn't want to die on the battlefield. When they heard the golden sound and saw the big banner retreating, they immediately pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and left the infantry to quickly retreat from the battlefield.

The fighting Green Battalion soldiers reacted and scolded their mothers in their hearts.

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