Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 817 Bloody Battle

The moment the cavalry of the Qing army collided with the gun forest, the originally neat formation immediately deformed and sank inward with the collision of the cavalry.

Although the horse was wearing a cotton armor, it was still pierced countless times. The barrel of the spear pierced the body of the horse, and the boiling blood flowed down the barrel of the gun like a spring. The soldiers' hands wrapped in cotton cloth were immediately dyed scarlet.

A spearman looked at the horse and Qingqi stabbed to death with horror on his face, stared straight at the blood gushing out of the horse's wound, his eyes were a little dazed, his mind was blank, and at this moment A huge force came from the gun shaft, which made him wake up suddenly, and then his face became grim. He wanted to hold the spear tightly, but the mixture of horse blood and human blood flowed down the gun shaft, making the gun shaft a little slippery.

The soldier watched in horror as the barrel of the gun slipped backwards from his hand. The stabbed corpses of horses and corpses of Qing soldiers were pushed forward with great force and hit him hard, knocking him backwards to the ground. On the ground, the spear lost control, and the horse corpse and the human corpse crashed to the ground, pressing heavily on him.

The moment the corpse fell to the ground, the soldiers also saw the source of the thrust. It was the Qingqi behind who had bumped into it, and before he had time to let the horse corpse press on his legs, he let out a scream, and Qingqi behind instantly A gun came in and nailed him to the ground, but this horse also suffered retribution, and was immediately pierced by the spears in the back row, including the man and the horse, and the scene was extremely bloody.

The whole collision process was extremely tragic. Hao Yaoqi stood on the watch car, clasped the wooden railing with both hands, almost scratching the wooden railing, and scratched a few deep marks with his nails.

He saw that the fifteen rows of spearmen arranged in the front row were continuously knocked into the air, and Qingqi was stabbed to death continuously, and the huge impact force caused Qingqi to break through five rows of spearmen in a row, causing the entire formation to sag inward.

"Bows, arrows, firecrackers, don't stop!" Hao Yaoqi roared angrily.

A Qing cavalry crashed into the big formation, and the Qing cavalry in front used their lives to break a path for him. The entire Ming army's gun forest was already a little scattered. He was riding on a tall horse, holding the rein with one hand, and Holding a gun, he was raising it high, intending to assassinate a Ming army gunner in front of him, but there was a burst of gunfire from the Ming army formation, and the bird guns billowed into clouds of gunpowder smoke.

The pikemen in the front row of the Ming army were all squatting on the ground. Even if Qingqi hit them in front of them, they could not change their posture. Gunner killed.

The Qing cavalry who raised his spear to assassinate, after the sound of the gun, his body froze slightly, the spear in his hand slipped from his hand weakly, and fell in front of the soldier of the Ming army he was about to assassinate. , he was killed by the gun, but the gunner behind him saved him.

The soldier of the Ming army looked at the blood hole that suddenly appeared on his chest with an unbelievable expression on Qing Qi's face. The blood gushed out and wet a large piece of armor in an instant. , roared like venting, "Mountain, mountain, mountain..."

"Let go!" The blunderbussmen in the back row raised their blunderbusses and continued to shoot in rounds. The archers of the Ming army bent their bows in unison, pointing their arrows at the sky obliquely. , lobbing the Qingqi who charged into the formation.

Seeing for a moment, Qingqi was blocked by a spear and killed by a firecracker at close range, and he couldn't stand it immediately.

Hao Yaoqi saw it most clearly from the watchtower. When Qingqi broke through the sixth row of spearmen, he was already weak in follow-up.

General Xu Degong of the Qing Dynasty held a long spear in his arm and cut off the spear with a single knife. This fellow started to charge forward to boost morale, but he deliberately slowed down his horse and fell behind as he charged forward, otherwise it doesn't matter whether you are a general or not. , have already been stabbed to death with long guns.

At this time, Xu Degong obviously also found that the cavalry rushing into the formation had lost their impact force. He saw that the gunmen of the Ming army kept raising their guns, knocked down the cavalry, and let the cavalry who lost their speed continue to charge, which was equivalent to letting the gunmen slaughter. Gritting his teeth, he shouted in hatred, "Withdraw!"

After finishing speaking, he pulled the reins of the horse, turned the horse's head and retreated. The remaining more than 1000 cavalry charging into the formation suffered heavy casualties.

Naturally, the Ming army could not let go of such an opportunity. Amidst the sound of gunfire, countless people were shot in the back of Qingqi, and countless people fell off their horses like hitting jujubes.

Qingqi's retreat does not mean that the war is over, but it has just begun.

At this time, in the firecracker team, the suona hand blew a long tone, and the sound of the blunderbuss in the formation stopped immediately, and the archers also stopped shooting arrows.

"Quick! Quick! Restore the formation!" Dong Cunming, the deputy commander in front of the formation, waved his arms and shouted anxiously, appearing very eager.

The pikemen who were squatting immediately stood up, wanting to reorganize the spear array that had been disrupted by the cavalry, but at this moment, a rain of arrows fell from the sky like locusts, shooting many pikemen to death in an instant, causing the pikemen to The soldiers were even more confused.

When Xu Degong led more than 1000 remnant cavalry to retreat, the more than 4000 cavalry who had detoured before had already made a circle and rushed towards the Ming army formation again, which was about to form a second wave of shock. array of opportunities.

These more than 4000 cavalry were also divided into two groups. The 2000 in front carried cavalry lances that were one foot long in their hands. The big formation, and the more than 2000 riders behind, like the first time, after throwing a wave of arrows, they turned around to the left and right, preparing for the third wave of charge.

At this time, the retreating cavalry, seeing the second wave of cavalry rushing, immediately pulled out their horses and divided into two groups to make way for the cavalry who rushed into the formation.

The spearmen in front of the Ming army's line of sight were originally blocked by the backs of the fleeing cavalry, but now the fleeing cavalry gave way to the two wings, like opening a gate, and the second wave of cavalry suddenly appeared in front of them.

Again?The Ming army who had withstood the first wave of shock showed a trace of panic on their faces. They couldn't help looking around and looking at each other. The soldiers saw the same panic as themselves in the eyes of their fellow soldiers.

The cavalry came again overwhelmingly, and some soldiers involuntarily shrank back, and their colleagues followed suit, so that the pikemen who were about to restore their formation did not re-arrange their formation.

At this time, Qingqi arrived in the blink of an eye. Dong Cunming saw his red eyes and roared, "Sit! Sit!"

Hao Yaoqi also sounded the trumpets and drums in the Chinese army. When the soldiers heard the sound of the drums and the military order, they squatted down again in a panic, and stabbed their spears obliquely, preparing for the impact.

And at the moment when all the pikemen squatted down, the gunners of the Ming army immediately fired again amidst the sound of suona, and threw a rain of bullets at the Qing cavalry, which instantly knocked the Qing army off their horses one after another. one slice.

Countless projectiles whizzed past the top of the head. If any brother holding the blunderbuss shakes his hand, the muzzle of the blunderbuss is pressed an inch down, and he might hit himself. This is not a particularly good experience, but watching Qingqi being shot After falling head-on, the spearmen regained some of their courage.

The infantry fight against the cavalry depends on the tight formation and the cooperation of each department. The spearman prevents the Qing cavalry from crashing through the large formation to ensure that the gunners and archers behind will not be massacred by the cavalry. , Shooting projectiles and arrow rain is to relieve the pressure on the spearman and prevent Qingqi from colliding with the spear array.

With a loud "boom", although the Ming army cooperated closely, the second wave of Qing cavalry still collided. The previous scene was eye-catching again. The impact of a collision on the formation was obviously stronger than the first time. .

The pikemen hadn't fully recovered their formation. This time, the Qing cavalry seemed to be plowing the ground, smashing away the Ming army's spear formation, and hundreds of pikemen who were fighting head-on were knocked out. Lin, only the last three rows are left.

"Hold it!" Dong Cunming shouted anxiously, his eyeballs were about to burst.

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