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Chapter 412 Dorgon's Defeat

The Manchu and Qing Tartars fought countless times with the Ming army.Basically the same routine, for the Ming army's running fire and bow and arrow defensive positions, as long as their cavalry rushed through the effective range and rushed to the front of the position, the Ming army would definitely not fight and chaos, throwing away the bows and arrows, abandoning the cannons, and scattered flight.

However, today was an exception. When hundreds of thousands of Tartars braved the artillery fire of the Ming army and rushed to the artillery camp, none of the artillerymen lost their cannons and escaped.

The commander of the artillery battalion headed by Li Zhushi led the whole battalion to take up their knives and guns and charged at the Tartars.

Although the Tartars were a little surprised, they didn't take this few artillery in their eyes.In this way, the hand-to-hand combat began again.

The artillery battalion was also trained by Liu Zhaoji. This is an important branch of the imperial battalion. Zhu Yousong set up the artillery battalion in the imperial battalion in order to be able to fight the Tartars in the open field.

Therefore, like the imperial cavalry, the soldiers of the imperial battalion were selected from the old Ming army and underwent a second training. Liu Zhaoji also trained the imperial battalion very strictly, and they also had the same iron discipline. In addition, their physique , Although the ability of individual combat is far inferior to that of the imperial cavalry and white soldiers, it is much stronger than the old Ming army.

It's just that their number is too small, only 1000 people, and they have no horses, which is equivalent to infantry versus cavalry, and they suffer a lot.

Therefore, when Li Zhushi chopped down the two Tartars, his 1000 men were surrounded by the Tartar cavalry.

At this moment, the loud shouts sounded from behind, and the overwhelming Ming army came rolling in like a raging sea.

There were two teams rushing to the front, the imperial cavalry led by Liu Zhaoji in the front left rolled in two neat rows.

Because Zhu Yousong adopted a roundabout tactic, the Ming army retreated, the Tartars pursued, and the artillery battalion opened fire, leaving the Ming army with an opportunity to charge in a roundabout way.

All the cavalry of the Imperial Battalion have dual weapons, and now their bows and arrows have begun to play a role. Like the Tartars, they shoot arrows at the Tartars while charging on horseback.

In the front right is the loyalty battalion led by the one-eyed general Ma Wannian. Three thousand brave men, all armed with white spears, descended from the mountain like fierce tigers, and charged at the Tartars.

The Tartars never expected that the defeated Ming army would come back to counterattack in a blink of an eye.For a time, there were countless people who fell from the horse with the arrow and ghosts under the white gun.

After the imperial cavalry rushed into the Tartar team, they put away their bows and arrows, and replaced them with uniform two-foot-long spears. The spears were like a forest, and the two neat rows moved forward like a giant chariot.

The 20 Ming troops cheered and mobilized behind, mopping up the fish that slipped through the net. The momentum was huge and unstoppable.

This time it was time for the Tartars to retreat. The reason why they retreated instead of being defeated was completely two concepts.Because Dorgon personally supervised the battle behind him, this God of War-level figure is the backbone of the Tartars.

Li Zhushi's artillery battalion was saved, but they did not retreat and continued to charge.

At this time, Dorgon, who was immediately commanding on the high slope behind, could see clearly that the false emperor is really cunning, and you will detour me and so will you!
The Tartars have never conceded defeat in field battles with the Ming army. Today, Dorgon insisted on seeing whether the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry is stronger or Zhu Yousong's Ming army is better.

"Jierhalang is in the front, avoiding his sharp edge, and Sony led his troops to surround the Ming army's iron cavalry and white-armed soldiers to the rear."

Dorgon didn't rub the sand with his eyes, he had already seen the clues, Zhu Yousong's troops won by relying on the two ace divisions, if these two camps were disrupted, most of the remaining Ming army would be mobs, so , he decisively issued such an order.

Roundabout charging is the strong point of the Tartars. Relying on their proficiency in riding and shooting, these Tartars charged, gathering and separating, joining and dispersing.

After receiving the order, Jierhalang led his troops to retreat while fighting, while Sony led a troop of Tartar light cavalry to detour and attack the rear of the white-rod soldiers and the imperial cavalry from the slanting stabs.

This trick really worked.Although Zhu Yousong's two ace divisions were backed by 20 Ming troops, these old Ming troops, to the elite Tartars, were indeed, as Dorgon said, a mob.

The Tartars charged on horseback and shot arrows at the same time.

In this way, Zhu Yousong's two ace divisions reaped the lives of the Tartars in the front, while the iron cavalry of the Tartars reaped the lives of the soldiers of the Ming army in the back.

Except for the two ace divisions of Yuying and Zhongzhenying, most of the rest of the Ming army were too weak in combat effectiveness, but because the emperor Zhu Yousong personally supervised the battle at the scene, they did not hesitate, and they died in battle. , Never retreat without an order, it's as simple as that.

The casualties of both sides in such a fierce battle were undoubtedly heavy, but such a confrontation did not last long.The Tartars commanded by Sony disturbed the rear of the imperial cavalry and white soldiers, and they were nailed into the Ming camp like iron prongs.

The camp of the imperial cavalry was disrupted, the spear forest that was advancing and retreating together was destroyed, and the white soldiers were also somewhat scattered due to the attack from the side and rear. The attacking momentum of the two ace divisions suddenly decreased.

At this time, Dorgon showed a smug grin on his face, and immediately ordered Jierhalang's troops to stop retreating and charge with all their strength.

Standing on the high slope behind the Ming army, Zhu Yousong, who was in charge of command, saw that the momentum was wrong, and I had to go out in person again, and I had to use the old trick to capture the thief and the king!
Zhu Yousong had long noticed Dorgon who immediately commanded on the high slope behind the Tartars. At this time, Dorgon had only more than 1000 personal guards around him.

"Target Dorgon, charge with me!" The lantern Zhu Yousong sat on jumped out, and ten generals followed closely, namely Ma Jinhua, Zheng Hongkui, Huang Degong, Zheng Damu, Zhang Huan, Zhao Fu, Lu Xiao, Fang Dongxu, Zu Keyong, Ma Bao.

Six of the ten generals are Wu Jinshi, and they are also Zhu Yousong's senior imperial guards. Zhu Yousong charged into the battle, so of course they had to follow.As for Zheng Hongkui, Huang Degong, Zu Keyong, Ma Baodi and other ministers and warriors on the battlefield, they had to be accompanied by escorts.

Zhu Yousong regarded the Tartars as soldiers of ants. In Sanhe Town, the three of them, the monarch and his ministers, killed several people in and out of the Ten Thousand Horse Army of the Tartars. Today he led ten strong generals, a total of eleven horses, to charge. The team that entered the Tartars was more like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, unstoppable, the horses at eleven o'clock were like arrows hitting Dorgon on the high slope a few miles away.

He rushed under the high slope in the blink of an eye, and Dorgon had a headache when he saw Zhu Yousong. This is a character he hates and fears. He was scared of being beaten in Sanhe Town. How dare he fight against him?
Therefore, Dorgon did not dare to fight, and under the protection of his personal guards, he rushed down the hillside from another direction and fled.

It was Dorgon who was chased by Zhu Yousong again, and the morale of the Tartars was shattered. In contrast to them, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted, because the generals were never more encouraged than the emperor who first entered the battle.

Therefore, the Tartars, who were just about to gain the upper hand, took a sharp turn for the worse and were completely defeated. Then, their regent Dorgon was defeated together, of course, in the direction of Daming Mansion.

At this time, someone came to report that He Zhaoxiong, the Iron-armed Canglong, had succeeded in the city.

Zhu Yousong was overjoyed, seeing that it was almost evening, he immediately delivered an edict: "Take down the Daming Mansion in one go!"

(End of this chapter)