The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 383 Undercurrent
“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!!”

The deafening sound of war drums echoed across the plains, and the thunderous roar rang in everyone's ears.

On the south bank of the Huai River, the boundless black tide and the surging red tide mixed together.

"kill!!!"

The Wanmin Army's army formations and the Ming Army's army formations had been engaged in a long and fierce battle, and their army formations had long been completely entangled with each other.

The infantrymen of both sides formed a military formation with spears in their hands. They stood shoulder to shoulder, chest to back, and pressed tightly together.

Long spears with cold and shining tips stretched out from between the two armies. Soldiers on both sides grasped their weapons tightly and stabbed forward frantically.

Every moment, someone fell down wailing, and every moment, someone groaned in pain.

The sounds of war drums, bugles, shouts, wails, and groans lingered among the armies of both sides.

The blood flowed on the ground, and as time passed, it gradually formed pools of blood, and then gradually solidified, turned purple, and then turned black.

The armies of both sides kept advancing and retreating, and the soldiers of both sides rushed back and forth in pools of blood.

Soldiers from both armies waved their weapons wildly in the pool of blood, fighting for their lives on the battlefield!

The excitement of blood and the fear of death made everyone's heart on the verge of collapse.

In a grand battle formation, hundreds and thousands of men line up to march forward. The brave cannot go ahead, and the timid cannot go behind.

Once the formation is in place, there is no room for advancement or retreat.

The guns were stabbing at him, the guns were stabbing at him, the knives were slashing at him, and he was killed indiscriminately.

He watched helplessly as the spear was stabbing at him, but he couldn't even dodge it. All he could do was to try his best to block it with the spear in his hand.

Or...

Stab the spear in your hand fiercely into the enemy's body...

All this will not stop until one side's morale hits rock bottom and collapses completely.

"Ugh——"

Suddenly, a loud horn sounded in the distance.

The soldiers on both sides who were fighting for their lives suddenly stopped when they heard the horn.

In the Ming army formation, all the exhausted soldiers looked cheered up.

All the soldiers in the Ten Thousand People's Army showed expressions of fear.

"here we go again……"

Someone was trembling all over and wailing in despair.

"I don't want to die, I don't want to die!"

Some people cried bitterly and complained in pain.

Some people subconsciously looked around and even wanted to escape.

"Hold the spears tightly and stabilize the formation!!"

In the formation of the Ten Thousand People's Army, officers at all levels waved their weapons and shouted loudly, trying to stabilize the formation.

But if someone observed carefully at this time, they could see that the hands of those military officers holding their weapons were shaking.

The earth trembled like a heartbeat, and the thunderous sound was as terrible as a death knell.

And in a sense, that sound was the knell of death.

On the right wing of the Wanmin Army's formation, the Wanmin Army's right wing cavalry responsible for blocking the enemy were fleeing in all directions.

Chen Wang was wearing a red robe, holding a lance, and riding a horse in front.

Behind him, thousands of armored cavalrymen, also wearing red robes, followed closely forward.

Accompanied by the rumbling sound of horse hooves, a group of armored cavalrymen of the Hanzhong Army spread across the earth like mercury spilling on the ground.

Wherever they passed, the cavalrymen of the Wanmin Army, wearing black armor, fled to both sides like waves splitting.

Arrows flew out from the Hanzhong Army's armored cavalry formation from time to time, and many of the fleeing Wanmin Army cavalry were shot off their horses.

Those cavalrymen of the Wanmin Army who were unable to escape were, without exception, knocked off their horses by the armored cavalry of the Hanzhong Army who were charging straight at them.

Thousands of horses' hooves kicked up mud, snow and water that flew everywhere and slammed heavily onto the grass.

The vibrations caused by the galloping of the war horses even caused the earth to resonate.

"mighty!!"

All the soldiers in the Ming army formation were excited, and all their attention was focused on the front line, the fiery red flag fluttering in the strong wind.

"Raise your shields, raise your guns!!!"

The army of the people is in formation, a general is waving his sword
He clenched his teeth, his eyes were red, and he tried his best to suppress the fear in his heart, organizing his soldiers to form a battle formation.

"Gunners, stand still, wait until the soldiers are forty steps away before firing!"

The commander of the Wanmin Army tightly grasped the sword in his hand. As he spoke, he subconsciously turned his head to look behind the formation.

Not far behind the formation, countless military flags were surging. He knew that the elite armored soldiers in the formation were rushing to support, but they had to withstand this first wave of attack!

"The soldiers in the army are already rushing over here, hold on, or you'll all die!!"

The rumbling sound of war drums rang in everyone's ears, and the sound of horse hooves like thunder was getting closer and closer, getting louder and louder. Everyone's face was almost pale, and all the soldiers were terrified.

Seeing this situation, the captain of the Wanmin Army made up his mind, threw the sword in his hand to the ground, and strode forward.

He squeezed his way to the front of the battle formation, took the spear from a soldier, and stood with the soldiers in the front row.

In the military, actions speak louder than words.

At the front of the battle formation, the general's flag stood out among all the other flags.

At this moment, the formation of the Ten Thousand People's Army began to become orderly again.

At the same time, the armored cavalry of the Hanzhong army had already approached within seventy steps.

Along with a swan sound, the Hanzhong army's cavalry formation slowly stopped at this moment, and finally stopped at a distance of seventy steps.

Among the cavalry formation of the Hanzhong army, hundreds of cavalrymen dismounted with bows in hand, while the rest were stationed on both wings as cover.

In the formation of the Ten Thousand People's Army, the soldiers still held their weapons tightly in their hands.

This scene has been repeated many times in the past few days.

"Raise your shield!!!"

At the front row, the captain of the Wanmin Army shouted loudly, breaking the silence around him.

Then in the next moment, thousands of dense arrows shot out from the front formation of the Hanzhong Army's armored cavalry, covering the army formation of the Wanmin Army like a huge swarm of bees.

"Raise your shield!"

Continuous screams rang out from the formation of the Ten Thousand People's Army.

Even with the protection of shields, many soldiers of the National Army were shot and fell to the ground.

The protection of the shield only saved them from direct fatal chances.

"Hold steady and wait for them to get closer!!"

The commander of the Ten Thousand People's Army stood in the middle of the army. He held his shield above his head, lowered his head, and roared with all his might.

"Sixty steps!"

Behind the formation, someone was shouting loudly. They were the soldiers who stayed behind to observe the formation.

"Hold on!"

Sixty steps is not enough!
Their guns and rifles were all second-rate guns and rifles captured from the inland camps and garrisons.

At this distance, their muskets couldn't even penetrate the armor on the armored cavalry.

Those armored cavalry of the Hanzhong army wore three layers of heavy armor that could not be cut by swords or pierced by arrows.

Only by waiting until the armored cavalry came within thirty steps, or even twenty steps, and then firing with their muskets, could they possibly cause casualties.

The sound of sand blowing through the forest echoed between heaven and earth.

The next moment, more people fell down.

In the formation of the Ten Thousand People's Army, the captain of the Ten Thousand People's Army snorted coldly. He raised his head in pain and looked at the shield on top.

Several arrows had pierced through the shield he was holding, and one of them had pierced his arm.

"stable……"

The captain of the Wanmin Army held the shield tightly in his hand and was about to speak.

But the next sound made him feel hopeless.

A gunshot was heard from somewhere.

The atmosphere of fear had already permeated the formation of the Ten Thousand People's Army.

The order to fire was not given, but the sound of the gunfire broke everyone's heart.

Like a signal, the rest of the guns opened fire one after another.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang bang!"

Thick white smoke rose from the formation of the Ten Thousand People's Army.

The commander of the Wanmin Army standing in the front had a face as pale as paper and a heart as dead as despair.

"It's over..."

It seemed to confirm what he was thinking.

A loud swan sound suddenly rose into the sky.

The captain of the Ten Thousand People's Army put down his shield and let the blood flow.

The white mist was floating and quickly dissipated along with the biting cold wind.

In the field of vision, those armored soldiers wearing water-polished iron armor, wearing fierce masks on their heads and holding bows and arrows were striding forward. In just a blink of an eye, they had already crossed a distance of twenty steps.

They even fired two more rounds of arrows while running.

These arrows caused more soldiers of the Wanmin Army to fall in the battle formation.

From all directions, there were cries of wounded soldiers, and the formation of the People's Army had already become dilapidated.

The commander of the Wanmin Army stood where he was, tightly gripping his sword.

He felt powerless and endless despair lingered in his heart.

"Thirty steps..."

The sergeant in charge of observation behind the formation reported the distance for the last time.

In the battle formation, the musketeers of the Wanmin Army did not fire their muskets again. They had already triggered their firearms in advance and were still busy loading their muskets.

The Wanmin Army's formation was in chaos, while the Hanzhong Army's armored soldiers were silent.

The swan sound rang again, and the Hanzhong soldiers who were swarming in stopped at this moment, and then were stared at by the soldiers of the Wanmin Army.

A sound like beating cotton was heard in the battle line of the Hanzhong army's armored soldiers. The next moment, dense feather arrows shot straight towards them.

It’s as powerful as a storm!

At this moment, the army of the people also fell into endless chaos.

The armored soldiers of the Hanzhong Army used the same powerful bows as the Qing Army. At a distance of thirty steps, they were enough to penetrate double or even triple iron armor. How could the flesh and blood of the soldiers of the Wanmin Army resist this?

After three arrows, the entire front line of the People's Army had completely turned into hell.

At this moment, the rear group of Hanzhong army blew the horn, and the Hanzhong soldiers in the front holding bows and arrows began to change bows to swords, while slowly retreating backwards.

And in the back, a group of Hanzhong army armored soldiers holding large shields appeared in the front row.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the sound of drums slowly rang out from the center of the Hanzhong army's armored troops.

A group of Hanzhong soldiers, armed with swords and shields, formed a tight formation and began to march forward to the beat of drums.

The back row had their spears and swords held high, like a moving forest, and the armored cavalry on both wings, riding war horses, had also caught up.

Looking from the flank, the line formed by the Hanzhong army's armored soldiers pressed forward like a solid wall!

The distance of thirty steps was reached in a flash.

Before charging into the Wanmin Army's formation, the armored soldiers of the Hanzhong Army even threw out a wave of iron bone balls.

These iron bones made the already chaotic formation of the Ten Thousand People's Army even more unbearable.

The army formation of the Wanmin Army finally couldn't bear the heavy pressure and completely collapsed at this moment.

At this moment, the war turned into a massacre, and the brutal cold weapon combat reaped lives on the battlefield at an extremely fast speed.

Fear spread rapidly like a plague, spreading in all directions.

On the plain, the formation of the Wanmin Army had collapsed, and the defeated soldiers were fleeing in panic to the rear.

The Ming army's light cavalry roaming on both wings seized the opportunity and pursued the defeated soldiers of the Wanmin Army all the way.

The cavalry of the Wanmin Army, which was responsible for providing cover, was completely unable to stop the light cavalry of the Ming Army under repeated attacks.

The defeated soldiers of the Wanmin Army were in a panic and many of them wanted to escape, even jumping into the freezing cold water of the Yudai River.

"mighty!"

The deafening shouts resounded through the sky, and countless Ming army soldiers cheered.

They raised their weapons high and cheered towards the fiery red general flag not far away.

At the general's flag, Chen Wang stopped and led a group of armored soldiers, observing the entire battlefield indifferently.

The victory before him did not cause any ripples in Chen Wang's heart.

The troops that went out to attack were the most elite guards battalion under Chen Wang's command, and everything they did was aimed at the white-armored soldiers of the Qing army.

The weapons they wear, their daily drills, and their training tactics are all the same as those of the white-armored soldiers.

If we cannot win against the weak Army of the People, then wouldn't all the money we spent be completely wasted?
Chen Wang did not look at the defeated Wanmin Army formation in front of him, but turned to look to the west.

The Wanmin Army occupied most of Fengyang and set up strongholds along the river, blocking the enemy layer by layer, thus stretching the battle line to a very long extent.

Just on the right was his regular battalion, fighting against another army of the people.

However, the war had already come to an end at this time.

In the direction of the barracks’ array, a large amount of white fog almost obscured the entire battle line.

The troops of the Ten Thousand Nations Army were fleeing in all directions.

Such a result was not beyond Chen Wang's expectations.

Today, all the soldiers in the regular battalion under his command are equipped with muskets equipped with bayonets, becoming a new army using new tactics.

However, unlike the thinly dressed line soldiers of later generations, they still wore quite thick armor.

Chen Wang looked into the distance, passed the regular army camp on the right that was chasing after the remnants of the soldiers, and looked towards Fengyang in the distance.

Not far in front of him, on the other side of the Yudai River, was the extremely long city wall of Zhongdu Fengyang, which almost extended all the way to the end of the sky.

Three beams of smoke were rising from the southeast.

That was the signal that Sun Chuanting had agreed upon with him.

The rising beacon smoke indicated that they had recaptured the nearby Linhuai County.

This……

It also means that Sun Chuanting has led his troops into the trap set by Li Yan...