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Chapter 896 Besieging the city and fighting for aid (5) (two more)

Zhu Yousong's siege to fight for aid, the biggest highlight of this battle is to win more with less.For the two support troops from the Qing army, with a total of 6 horses, Zhu Yousong did not mobilize a single soldier for the 10,000+ expeditionary army that was besieged in Shengjing. He only asked Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to lead the expeditionary army to trap the city and prevent them from breaking out. That's it.

The three special warfare battalions of the Expeditionary Army had a total of more than 1 troops. In just over an hour, they wiped out the 3 cavalry of the Qing Army's reinforcements northeast of Shengjing, and they were defeated. It can be called domineering.

However, the most domineering one is the northwest battlefield outside Shengjing City.

Here Zhu Yousong's new army from the Imperial Battalion joined the battle, and the two battalions had a total of 4000 men and horses to deal with [-] Mongolian cavalry.

Zhu Yousong really despised them strategically. These 3 horses were the elite of Mongolian cavalry, but Zhu Yousong did not despise them tactically, but had absolute certainty.

The 3000 Royal Battalion Iron Cavalry is one of his trump card divisions, once as famous as the white soldiers, plus the [-] Musketeers Battalion, this battle is foolproof.

It was also the third watch, and the battle here started.

Mongolian king Aole led 3 Mongolian cavalry to attack the camp of the Ming army from the northwest.

Similar to the fate of the reinforcements of the Qing army in the northeast, they did not rush far before being blocked by the One Thousand Musketeers Battalion.

This Thousand Musketeers Battalion is Zhu Yousong's personal guard, responsible for protecting the emperor, their combat effectiveness can be imagined.

The leader of the army is Huimei, one of Zhu Yousong's concubines. She was once the goddaughter adopted by Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying. the leader.

This time, according to Zhu Yousong's order, she was specially responsible for training the musket battalion in the imperial camp. After training into an army, she became the commander of this army.This time, Zhu Yousong gave her a difficult task, asking her to lead 1000 men and horses to fight in the first battle and stop the 3 Mongolian cavalry.

"Snapped!"

Huimei fired a shot first, and rushed to the front. A Mongolian general was headshot. His head was like a watermelon that had been leaked. Red flowers and green sprayed in the air, and the dead body was planted under the horse.

Huimei's shot was of course a signal to order her subordinates to shoot.

The thousand musketeers automatically formed a battle formation with a whoosh, that is to say, they lined up in two rows. The thousand musketeers were all cavalry, charging forward with their horses and shooting with their guns at the same time.

Unlike the infantry musket battalion, they do not shoot at fixed points, nor do they need to crouch.They formed two rows. According to the dislocation method, the second row was looking for a gap in the first row. A thousand cavalry lined up in two rows and charged forward. During the charge, a thousand guns fired together.

Immediately, like setting off 1 red firecrackers, white smoke drifted in the night sky, and the Mongolian cavalry rushing in front fell off their horses one after another. Just this burst of musketry caused countless casualties to the Mongolians.

But this Mongolian iron cavalry is worthy of being the elite of the Mongolian iron cavalry, well-trained, and did not fall into chaos due to this burst of musket attacks.

Instead, they dispersed. The supreme commander, Aole, also knew that the Han people's muskets were powerful, but he had also dealt with the Ming army many times. The big knife shot into the air and shouted: "Rush forward, shoot the arrow!"

The bravery of the Mongolian iron cavalry is notorious. Regardless of the tragic death of their companions, it seems that the blood and life of their companions have inspired their fighting spirit even more. They turned a blind eye to the tragic death of their companions. charge.

"Withdraw!" After the first round of musketry from Huimei's Thousand Musketeers Battalion fired, the Mongolian army suffered countless casualties, but they did not break up. Huimei could no longer charge forward.

She directed the troops to reload when they retreated, so as to facilitate the next round of shooting. Otherwise, the two sides would rush together before they loaded the ammunition, and then they would be chopped into flesh by the other side.

Huimei and her 1000 horsemen turned their heads and ran back. While running, they were skillfully reloading ammunition on their horses, because they had been trained no matter whether they were going forward or backward, so they were not scattered.

It's just that these Mongolian cavalry rushed forward while shooting arrows at the back of Huimeihui's team.

Arrows rained down in the night sky, and from time to time some cavalrymen of the Musket Battalion were shot and fell off their horses.

At this moment, an armored cavalry lined up under the leadership of a female general.They let Huimei's 1000 horsemen ride forward and shoot arrows at the same time.

This special army is covered in armor from men to horses. It is Zhu Yousong's [-] imperial cavalry, and the leader of the army is Li Zicheng's wife Gao Guiying.

This army is well-equipped and well-trained, all with dual weapons, and launched a hedge and confrontation with the Mongolian iron cavalry. At this time, it can only be described as mutual casualties.

However, this situation did not last for 2 minutes, and the two sides rushed together. The bows and arrows of both sides were useless, and the rest was to slash.

The Mongolian iron cavalry put away their bows and arrows, and slashed at the soldiers of the Ming army with the crescent knife in their hands. At this time, the Ming army also put away their bows and arrows, and replaced them with all spears.

Their formation was not chaotic at all, and they urged their horses to stab forward with their spears. The one-foot-long spears in each person's hands and the impact of the horses formed a forest of spears, and this forest moved quickly and was invincible. of.

In addition, the scimitars of the Mongolian soldiers were much shorter than the spears, so it became their nightmare. The Mongolian generals were pierced with toads one after another. A spear can penetrate two or even three Mongol Tartars.

This time they were completely overwhelmed, and within half an hour, they fell into chaos. Aole's voice was broken, but he couldn't command well. These Mongolian cavalry were like headless flies, rushing and running, trampling and squeezing each other pressure, countless casualties.

Gao Guiying brandished the velvet knife like chopping melons and vegetables.

Just at this moment, Huimei's 1000 men and horses finished loading their ammunition and turned around to the rear of the Mongolian cavalry. Behind the Mongolian cavalry, there was another messy gunshot, and countless Mongolian cavalry fell from their horses. The Mongolian iron cavalry was completely caught in the corner of death.

Aole saw that the general situation was over, not to mention rushing in to clear the siege, the whole army would be wiped out if he continued to fight, and now he had no choice but to run for his life. He started to break through with more than 100 personal guards, but the number of people around him continued to decrease. He was the only one left, and a tall horse blocked his way, and a group of female generals slashed at him with big swords.

Aole had no choice but to fight with the Mongolian scimitar in his hand.

"Snapped!"

There was a gunshot behind him, and Aole's body shook. The knife raised high in the air stopped, and then the knife was slowly lowered. He tilted his body and fell off the horse, like an iron tower falling down.

(End of this chapter)