The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 167 Destroying Shifu
Shi Fuwen hurriedly drove his horse to the front of the formation and climbed a height to look far away. He saw a row of dark green human walls at the narrowest point between Huanghua Mountain and Nanpu River. It stretched for more than two miles and was probably thousands of people.

Seeing this, he felt a little more at ease. The team in front of him should be the Ming army who besieged Jian'an. They blocked him here, and the pressure on Jian'an City would be greatly reduced.

He glanced behind him again, and asked Lieutenant General Xie Peng, "How far is the enemy behind?"

"Return to the general, Li Jie's troops at the rear of the palace just engaged in battle with the Ming army an hour ago, and they are still eight or nine miles away at this moment."

Shi Fu frowned, if he waited for the thousands of Ming troops chasing behind him to approach, he would definitely fall into the unfavorable situation of being attacked from behind.For the current plan, we must first break through the enemy blocking the front.

In this way, even if the Ming army behind him catches up and he has no time to turn back to meet the enemy, he can also go directly to Jian'an City and join Dahasu.At that time, whether to wait for the opportunity to go out of the city to attack the enemy, or wait for the return of General Boluo to help, at least Jian'an can be safe.

He looked again at the extremely thin long snake formation in front of him. It seemed that the Ming army was worried that he would bypass their defense line and return to the city, so they formed such a long and narrow formation.

However, although such a long formation has a large defensive area, the strength of each place is insufficient, so it is extremely easy to be breached, and I am not without a chance.

Thinking of this section, he immediately cheered up and ordered the whole army to gather in the middle, with the cavalry in front and the infantry following closely behind, and concentrated all the troops to attack a point on the Ming army's defense line.

He still has [-] cavalry in his hand, so it is not difficult to break through the thin formation of long snakes.Afterwards, the infantry rushed up to cover the gap and kill, and the enemy's formation would be broken immediately!

"My lord, the Qing army is shrinking and forming a formation, and it seems that they are preparing to charge our army." Zhang Jiayu put away the binoculars, turned and reported to Zhu Lin.

"It's finally here." Zhu Linmei nodded, not surprised at all.According to the established strategy, Zhen Zhen should lead his troops to chase after Shi Fu at this time. If Shi Fu does not attack by force, he can only wait to be double-teamed.

But the marching speed of the Dragon Guards was a bit faster, and Shi Fu walked too slowly, making him wait here for two days, he just felt very bored.

"Send more hussars to scout on the two wings, and beware of the enemy's secret stealth." He looked at the Shifu army formation through the binoculars, and told Zhang Jiayu, "It seems that the captive army is planning to charge intensively in the middle. Order the artillery battalion to gather in the middle to All the firepower to bombard the enemy head-on!
"The heavy cavalry battalion was formed on the left side. When the enemy's attack momentum was blocked, it immediately cut in from the enemy's right wing and divided it into two sections. The infantry line on the two wings then surrounded the middle and wiped out the enemy with cross-fire."

"Yes!"

Zhu Linmei thought for a while, and continued: "To be on the safe side, let the dragoons stand by behind the infantry in the middle, and once the enemy breaks through the infantry defense line, the dragoons will immediately form a formation to block the gap.

"In addition, send someone to get in touch with General Zhen's headquarters and inform her of the battle situation here."

"Yes!"

Under Shi Fu's constant urging, his [-] cavalry hurriedly gathered into a dense formation of four rows in front and back, led by deputy general Xie Peng himself, and slowly pressed towards the Ming army's defense line on the south side.

Xie Peng knew that his charge this time was the key to whether the army could break through the siege, so he put on another layer of armor in addition to the cotton armor he usually wears, and also declared his determination to die, and drove his horse to the front.

When he was still nearly [-] steps away from the enemy line, he pulled out his saber from his waist and ordered the whole team to speed up.

But as soon as the war horse under his crotch walked less than ten feet away with small steps, he saw a flame shining in the Ming army's position, and as the thick black smoke rolled, a thunderous roar rushed towards him, and then a group of people turned their backs on Xie Peng's side .

More than a dozen iron balls slammed into the dense cavalry formation, and 50 or [-] people were turned into a pile of minced meat in an instant, and there was almost no time to scream.The entire assault formation suddenly panicked.

Shi Fu, who was skimming in the distance, was shocked when he heard the sound of the cannons. Now why does everyone in the Ming army have cannons? !A few days ago, I was bombarded in Pucheng, and it was the same in Jian'an at this time.Why have I been a famous general for so many years, but I haven't even seen a cannon hair? !

Xie Peng in front of the battle couldn't help scolding his mother in his heart. He knew that the attack on the Ming army's defense line was extremely dangerous, but he didn't expect that there would be cannons, and judging by the density of the shelling, there might be at least a dozen of them!
But at this time, he could not tolerate any other plans, so he had to order the cavalry to disperse a little, and continue to charge forward.

Immediately afterwards, two rounds of artillery roared, and the cavalry of the Qing army fell dead in response.To say that Xie Peng was also lucky, although he rushed to the front, he happened to pass between a few shells, and he was unharmed.

Seeing that there were more than a hundred steps left from the Ming army, although it is usually difficult for a horse to sprint for more than sixty or seventy steps, under the threat of cannons, he didn't care about so much, and immediately raised his knife and turned his head to order: "Follow me... ..."

The second half of the sentence was stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter it. When he turned his head, he saw that the seven hundred cavalrymen were already in a mess, and there were only a few hundred cavalry behind him.

But the other men and horses had already turned their horses and fled frantically. The supervisor team that was following behind was violently overturned to the ground, trampled repeatedly by hundreds of horseshoes, and disappeared long ago.

Shifu's troops were exhausted all the way from Pucheng, and they were constantly harassed by the Polu camp behind them, day and night, which made them always worried and almost didn't sleep much, and lost more than a thousand people along the way.So everyone is depressed and morale is low.

Therefore, when Xie Peng's cavalry team heard the sound of the cannon this time, most of their energy was lost.After hundreds of people were bombarded to death by the cannon, some people immediately pulled their horses and fled. The other cavalry followed suit, and soon the number of people rushing backwards exceeded those who rushed forward.

Xie Peng cursed loudly, but he had no choice but to lose the morale of the soldiers. Even if the more than a hundred people beside him rushed to the front of the Ming army, they would just give away their heads for nothing.

In the end, he had to take the remaining hundred people with him, oh no, the row of cannons was bombarded a moment ago, and now there were only about seventy people left, and he turned around and fled to the main formation.

The defeated cavalry soon encountered the infantry who were following behind them, and a burst of confusion arose immediately. Some cavalry pulled their horses and separated to both sides of the infantry formation, and even more frightened, they plunged into the crowd among.

Disturbing the formation of infantry in this way was also a big mess, and the morale was low. Seeing the cavalry retreating at this time, some people exclaimed, "It's a defeat, it's a defeat!" They turned and fled.

Immediately, some people in Shi Fu's army fled backwards, some continued to move forward, and some secretly escaped from both sides. It was a mess for a while, and no one paid attention to Shi Fu's military orders.

After Shi Fu personally led the bodyguards to cut down no less than 50 or [-] people, he managed to restore order to the soldiers, but he saw the soldiers beside him pointing to the south and shouting loudly: "General, there are Ming troops behind!"

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