Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 179 The First Line of Defense Collapses

As soon as He Ke gave an order, more than 300 archers came from the rear.

They stood behind the pikemen, directly drew their bows and set up arrows, and shot forward.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

The arrows headed towards the Han Eight Banners in front of them like a downpour.

The arrows used by Guan Ningjun are triangular armor-penetrating arrows. The arrowheads are made of fine steel with blood grooves and barbs.

As long as you are shot by this kind of arrow, not only the bleeding speed is fast, but it is also difficult to remove. If you use brute force, it is easy to bring out the flesh and blood.

"Puff puff!"

The sound of arrows piercing the flesh kept ringing, and many soldiers of the Han Xianglan Banner were shot to death for a while.

The soldiers of the Han Xianglan Banner wore only one layer of armor. With this layer of armor alone, how could they be able to block armor-piercing arrows made of fine steel?
"Scatter, scatter quickly!"

Li Platform jumped off the horse, waving the long knife in his hand and shouting non-stop.

The most effective way to deal with dense projectile arrows is to look for cover. If there is no cover, then the only way is to spread out the formation as much as possible.

Looking at the overwhelming arrows in front of him, Li Platform hurriedly shouted: "Bowmen, suppress them for me!"

As soon as Li Platform's words fell, more than 300 archers appeared behind the Han Xianglan Banner.

Under the protection of the sword and shield soldiers, these more than 300 archers rushed forward against the arrow rain of the Ming army, until they finally stopped at a distance of [-] steps from the Ming army.

"Throw!"

A Niu Lu Zhang Jing looked at the archers with their bows and arrows, waved the knife in his hand, and shouted at them sharply.

"shoot!"

As soon as the words fell, the arrow of the Han Xianglan flag flew forward.

Dozens of spearmen at the forefront were shot by bows and arrows in an instant and fell to the ground.

Those relatively concentrated pikemen hurried to the sides, trying to avoid the flying arrows.

And the soldiers of the Han Xianglan Banner also avoided to the two sides.

For a while, a vacuum zone was formed between the two armies.

He Kegang looked at the flying arrow and shouted loudly: "Shield soldier, block it for me!"

"on!"

A hundred households held a wooden shield as tall as a person, and led more than 300 shield soldiers of strong stature towards the front.

Behind the [-] shield soldiers closely followed hundreds of pike soldiers, they stretched out their long spears from the gaps in their shields, and slowly moved towards the Han Xianglan flag ahead.

"Give it to me!"

At this moment, Hanzheng Hongqi rushed forward.Gu Shan Ezhen Zhang Yu commanded his men to rush forward.

In an instant, the number of people on the Han Eight Banners side increased a lot, and the morale increased a lot.

When these shield soldiers rushed up, the Han Xianglan Banner archers also stopped shooting.

After all, shooting bows and arrows on those large shields has little effect other than wasting arrows.

When the Hanzheng Red Flag rushed up, other teams of the Han Eight Banners also surrounded them.

They formed a wild goose formation, just like a wild goose with its wings spread, and headed towards He Kegang's formation.

He Kegang looked at the Han Eight Banners rushing forward, and hurriedly said: "Let those shield soldiers come back and form a tortoise armor formation. Be sure to block them."

As soon as He Kegang finished speaking, the herald beside him waved the flag rapidly.

When Baihu, who was leading the shield soldiers walking forward slowly, saw it, he hurriedly led the shield soldiers and the pike soldiers behind him back to the back.

It was also fortunate that these shield soldiers had not gone far just now, otherwise, it would not be so easy to form a tortoise shell formation in a short period of time.

There were originally more than 4 people in the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty. Although they died under the city of Zunhua, there are still more than [-] people.

These 3 people were several times the number of He Kegang's men, and He Kegang had to be cautious.

"Form a tortoise shell formation, quickly form a tortoise shell formation."

He Kegang looked at the Han Eight Banners soldiers who were getting closer, and shouted hissingly.

The tortoise shell formation is a defensive formation, with shield soldiers placed on the outermost side, then pike soldiers, followed by sword soldiers, and finally archers.

The biggest advantage of this formation is that its defense is extremely high and it is not easy to be overwhelmed.But also, the disadvantage is also great, that is, it is inconvenient to move, and can only stay in place and passively defend.

If the tortoise armor formation is not formed, it is estimated that the Han Eight Banners can directly disperse He Kegang's team with a single charge.

"Archers covered!"

Gu Shanezhen of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, such as Li Platform, looked at the Ming army forming a tortoise armor formation, and shouted directly.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

As soon as the words fell, thousands of arrows shot towards He Kegang's army formation.

The guards around He Kegang hurriedly raised their shields to block He Kegang's head, blocking the flying arrows.

Those shield soldiers also hurriedly lowered their heads to avoid the arrows falling from the sky.

The pikemen behind the shield soldiers stick their bodies tightly to the shield soldiers to reduce the probability of being hit by arrows.

But even so, many people were shot by arrows.

Although the accuracy of the projectile is relatively poor, it can't stand up to the large number.

Although the power of the projectile is not very great, the armor on the Ming army is too thin, and the armor that can block the arrows is almost only available to He Kegang's elite servants. As for these ordinary soldiers, they don't have it at all.

"Counterattack!"

After the first wave of arrows from the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty passed, He Kegang looked at many soldiers who had fallen in the army formation and shouted loudly.

The archers at the back of the tortoise shell formation hastily raised their bows and arrows, and shot towards the Eight Banners of Han.

But there are still too few archers. Arrows of this level are like scratching an itch for the soldiers of the [-] Han and Eight Banners.

"Go up and break through their formation!" Li Platform rode on a war horse, looking coldly at the tortoise formation in front of him.

"kill!!!"

The Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty burst into powerful shouts, and they took their weapons and headed towards He Kegang's tortoise shell array.

At the moment of rushing up, He Kegang's tortoise shell array was directly surrounded tightly.

More than 3 horses, surrounded by a tortoise shell formation with only a few thousand people, it is not too simple.

"No, He Kegang was directly surrounded."

Man Gui, who was preparing to launch an attack on the flank, looked at He Kegang who was directly engulfed by the Eight Banners of Han, his expression changed, and he hurriedly led his cavalry towards the Eight Banners of Han.

At the same time, Lu Daliang also led his men and horses towards He Kegang.

"kill!"

Man Gui took the lead, as if possessed by a god, he directly controlled the horse and knocked a Han Eight Banners soldier rushing towards him into the air. across.

In an instant, the neck of the Han Eight Banners soldier was bleeding profusely, and he fell backwards, and was directly trampled into a meat paste by the cavalry behind Mangui.

Although the Mangui cavalry joined, He Kegang's pressure did not decrease because of this.Even under the impact of the Manchu cavalry, the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Han rushed directly towards He Kegang's tortoise armor formation.

In an instant, He Kegang's tortoise shell array was on the verge of collapse.

He Kegang looked at the Han Eight Banners soldiers who looked like ants in front of him, feeling extremely bitter in his heart.

Even if he wants to withdraw now, he can't withdraw, because once he withdraws at this time, the retreat is likely to become a rout.

The rout is not terrible, what is terrible is the impact on the army behind.

Once the rout hits the rear army formation, the defeat of the rear army formation is a certainty.

The rear army was defeated, and the only defense line left was the one where Yuan Chonghuan was.

If Huang Taiji had pressed his troops up at that time, it would only be a matter of time before Yuan Chonghuan's troops would be defeated.

Once Yuan Chonghuan's soldiers and horses are defeated, the capital will be at stake.

"Rush in for me, why can just open a way out, let them break out from the side."

Man Gui looked at the tortoise shell array wrapped in front of him, and thought of a lot in an instant.

"kill!"

Man Gui let out an angry roar, then clamped his horse's belly tightly, brandished a long knife, and headed towards the tortoise shell formation surrounded by the Han Eight Banners.

But before he could get in, Dorgon rushed forward with Zhengbaiqi's troops.

"Shoot this group of Ming dogs out for me, and don't let them get close to the Ming army's camp!"

Dorgon pointed at Man Gui, roared angrily, and then led the vest soldiers with the white flag to rush forward.

"Ming dog, take your life!"

Dorgon yelled angrily, and the knife in his hand went directly towards the neck of a galloping Ming army cavalryman.

"Pfft!"

The blade slashed across the neck of the Ming army cavalryman, directly cutting a huge hole, and the cavalryman tilted his head and fell directly from the horse.

When the vest soldiers of Zhengbai Banner rushed directly to Man Gui's cavalry, Man Gui hurriedly led the soldiers and horses to meet them.

Zhang Zhiji on the top of the city looked at the tortoise formation surrounded by the Han Eight Banners on the first line of defense, and said in a low voice to the adjutant next to him: "Let the gunners on the top of the city fire and bombard the group that besieged the Ming army!" Build slaves."

Zhang Zhiji gave an order, and the gunners on the top of the city moved immediately.

Clean the barrel, load the shells, load the gunpowder, and the effort of a cup of tea, the artillery on the city head is all loaded.

There are a total of eight red cannons on the city wall of Guangqumen, all of which are newly cast and made of high-quality bronze.

"fire!"

A Baihu commanding the gunner roared, and then blew the bamboo whistle hanging on his chest.

A shrill sound sounded, and the gunner directly ignited the fuze on the cannon with the torch in his hand.

"Chucky!"

When the fuze was burned out, the artillery let out a roar, and the entire cannon body retreated suddenly, and a huge flame shot out from the muzzle.

Driven by the energy released by the violent combustion of the black powder, the solid iron ball weighing several tens of kilograms moved towards the Han Eight Banners army formation in front of the tortoise shell formation.

When the shell fell into the crowd, it directly took the lives of more than a dozen Han Eight Banner soldiers.

The cannonball didn't stop because of this. After smashing those unlucky guys into meatloaf on the spot, the cannonball collided with the ground, and then bounced directly from the ground, bouncing towards the rear.

The speed of the cannonball looks slow, but its real speed is very fast.

Those Han Eight Banners soldiers looked at the incoming artillery shells and tried their best to control their bodies to avoid them, but just as their heads issued the order to avoid them, before their bodies could accept it, they were hit directly by the incoming artillery shells.

The whole person was smashed into a fleshy paste, which directly touched the ground.

The cannonballs kept rolling on the ground, and anyone who touched them was torn to pieces by the rapidly spinning cannonballs.

"Bang bang bang!"

It was another round of artillery salvo, but it was a pity that only two or three shells in this round of salvo fell to the army of the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty.

There is a distance of about three miles from the city head to here. Although the distance of three miles is within the range of the red-clothed cannon, for smoothbore guns like the red-clothed cannon, the hit rate of more than two miles depends entirely on luck. It's just too normal.

Although the artillery on the top of the city kept firing, He Kegang faced too many Han Banner soldiers.

At this time, Mangui's cavalry was defeated by the Zhengbai Banner vest soldiers and fled towards the rear.

After defeating Man Gui, Dorgon turned around and headed towards He Kegang's tortoise shell formation.

With the addition of Zhengbaiqi, He Kegang's tortoise shell formation finally couldn't hold up anymore.

He Kegang looked at the Zhengbai Banner vest soldiers who had directly dispersed the shield soldiers of the tortoise formation, and said with gritted teeth: "Retreat, pass my order, all retreat, retreat from both sides of the second line of defense. Anyone who dares to rush into the line of defense, directly Military law!"

If you don't withdraw now, you really can't withdraw.

"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!"

The messenger directly waved the flag to pass on He Kegang's order, and then followed He Kegang to the back.

When He Kegang led his servants towards the rear, the entire tortoise formation collapsed in an instant.

The first line of defense completely collapsed, and for a while, countless routs rushed towards the rear.

When a person suddenly breathes a sigh of relief when he is extremely nervous, what follows is endless fear.The same is true for the Ming army at this time.

Dorgon rode on the horse, looking excitedly at the collapsed cavalry.

"Give me an order to drive the Ming army towards the rear line of defense, and must drive them to attack the second line of defense."

As soon as Dorgon finished speaking, he led the vest soldiers to hide and kill the defeated Ming army.

The Han Eight Banners soldiers who broke through the tortoise armor array looked at the defeated tortoise armor array with scarlet eyes.

At this time, they were like bloodthirsty beasts, waving their weapons and heading towards the Ming army to kill them.

All of a sudden, there was constant shouting and killing on the entire battlefield.

"Go around it, go around it, go around it."

He Kegang rode on the horse and yelled loudly at the retreating soldiers.

Although the broken soldiers threw away their helmets and armor, and they were shitting, they still knew the most basic things. They all followed the sides of the second line of defense one by one, and did not hit the army formation.

Although Dorgon drove the defeated Ming army from the first line of defense to attack the second line of defense, the soldiers of the Han Eight Banners had already rushed up, and there was no place for Dorgon to attack.

Dorgon looked at the Han Eight Banners soldiers who were in extreme excitement, and shouted angrily: "Drive the Ming army to charge, you fools!!!"

But today's Han Eight Banners are all dazzled by the victory, so why do they care about whether the attack will attack the Ming army's defense line?
"Lord Belle, shall we rush in or?"

"Come on? What the hell, don't you see what's in front of the second line of defense?"

Dorgon cursed, then pointed at the things neatly placed in front of the second line of defense and shouted angrily at the guard who asked the question.

Looking in the direction of Dorgon's finger, there are more than 100 swarms neatly arranged in front of the second line of defense.

(End of this chapter)