Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 467: Defeated, defeated! (Please subscribe, please vote)

"Boom, boom, boom."

"Mount bayonets! Advance!"

As a burst of drums urged the attack, the sixteen teams under the No. 20 Ninth Brigade of the Ming Dynasty Army's No. 40 Division were simultaneously issuing "bayonets up" and "advance" orders to the infantry who had already formed three rows of horizontal formations. The command.

Now the left wing of the first line of defense, composed of the four brigades of the No. 19 Division under the Fifth Army, has been partially broken through by the Qing army!
Under the dual effects of the desperate charge of the two Red Flag infantrymen stimulated by "Kangxi's detour behind enemy lines", and the two hundred armored heavy cavalry led by First-Class Pengchun personally, who stepped on the bodies of the infantry of both sides in the melee to launch an iron cavalry attack, Rao relied on The Ming infantry who defended the trenches and breastworks could not stop the Qing army's fierce attack.

The left wing of the Ming Army's No. 19 Division's defense line was stunned by the life-threatening Qing Army's forced opening of a large hole more than a hundred steps wide!Pengchun's two hundred cavalry and thousands of two-red flag infantry have rushed into this breach. Once they roll over to the fourth brigade of the Ming Army's No. 19 Division, this fully equipped elite infantry brigade has more than 5000 people. If not, it will be a devastating blow, and it may even collapse along with the right-wing defense line of the 55th Brigade of the [-]th Division.

The brigade of the No. 20 Division and the cavalry battalions of the No. 19 and No. 20 Divisions under the Fifth Army of the Ming Army are currently fighting 8000 red-flag cavalry on the outside of the right defense line of the Fifth Army.

If the fifth brigade behind them collapses, then they may collapse too!

Faced with such a bad situation, Hu Yiqiang, commander of the Fifth Army of the Ming Army, had no choice but to send people to General Li Zhongshan to request at least one brigade for reinforcements, and at the same time ordered the No. 40 Ninth Brigade, who was responsible for the second line of defense and was also the reserve team, to The brigade attacked and formed four battalion-level horizontal formations. They formed a wide enough front and pressed against the Qing army's [-] to [-] cavalry that had broken in.

This is actually an extremely risky move, because the infantry who form a slender column are weak in resisting the impact of cavalry. Once they are broken by the two hundred cavalry of the Qing army, it will be a one-sided massacre!

By then, both divisions of the Fifth Army may have to be defeated by the Qing army!
Li Zhongshan, who was in the Chinese army, also realized that his right wing was in danger of collapse. He immediately sent a brigade and a team of Shanziying cavalry to support Hu Yiqiang. At the same time, he immediately launched an attack on the four divisions responsible for commanding the center and left wing. Attack to relieve pressure on the right wing.

After issuing the latest order, Li Zhongshan climbed into the van with his binoculars in hand, staring intently at the right wing where a life-and-death duel was about to begin.

On the other side of the battlefield, Emperor Kangxi's attention was also attracted by the outstanding performance of the Two Red Flag New Army.To be honest, he didn't expect Langtan and Pengchun to fight so well. As long as they fought a little better and broke through the long and thin red line, the right wing of the Ming army would collapse!
At this time, the first-class Gong Pengchun did not realize that he had become the focus of this great battle that was related to the survival of the Qing Dynasty!He had now reined in his horse and stopped.It's not that he just wants to stop, but he wants to let the horse under his crotch take a breather, and also let the infantry and cavalry following him unite a little.

Because another desperate assault is about to begin soon!

This was a real fight to the death, and he was probably going to die, but he still had to fight for the Qing Dynasty!
About two miles directly in front of Pengchun, a linear horizontal array of more than one mile in length was advancing to the rhythmic sound of drums. With the rumble of footsteps, rows of bayonets moved up and down in a menacing way. Ups and downs, about [-] infantrymen took several identical steps and moved forward neatly and quickly at a speed of [-] steps per minute.

Pengchun also taught himself the two courses of "Infantry Tactics" and "Cavalry Tactics" at the Ming Army Lecture Hall. Of course, he knew that the Ming Army now adopted the large horizontal force flat push tactic known as the "Thin Red Line".

The red line looks thin, but it has deadly lethality!Because the soldiers who make up the "Thin Red Line" are all equipped with rifled guns or hollow-cavity ammunition that allows the smoothbore guns to kill the enemy in a hundred steps.
Therefore, a charge towards the "thin red line" is likely to be quite fatal!
But... that was also the only chance to break through the Ming army's right-wing defense line!And defeating the right wing of the Ming army is related to the survival of the Qing Dynasty!
If they don't launch an attack on the "thin red line" now, part of it will be broken through when they get closer, but other parts will still be on the front line of the Ming army fighting fiercely.The breakthrough that was finally formed will soon be blocked, and the two red flag infantry who have already been at the end of their crossbow will be defeated. At that time, it will be all over!
Thinking of this, he visually measured the distance again and found that it was almost within three hundred steps.But we can’t get any closer. No matter how close they are, their rifled guns will fire cork bullets. Now the proportion of rifled guns in the Ming army’s infantry is about eight percent, which means that among the four thousand infantry, about Three hundred rifled guns, all held by soldiers with excellent marksmanship.

These three hundred rifled guns were the trump card that allowed the Ming army to dare to put up the "thin red line" formation!If they were allowed to fire freely at a distance of about 250 steps, Tomoharu and his men could be killed in just one stick of incense!

Pengchun raised the blood-stained sword in his hand, pointed forward, and shouted loudly: "Boys of the Eight Banners, sons of Manchuria, the survival of the country depends on our sacrifice. All gentlemen, follow me and charge!"

After shouting these words, the first-class Duke of the Qing Dynasty did not hesitate at all. He took the lead and rushed towards the thin red line in front.

The two hundred vests and more than a thousand infantrymen who followed him also shouted and launched what might be the last charge in their lives.

The "thin red line" formation on the opposite side, which was pressing up at a walking speed, suddenly remembered a suona, and then the "entire line" stood still and stopped moving forward.All the rifled guns in the thin red line were flat-ended, and their black muzzles with bayonets were all aimed at the rapidly approaching Qing army.

There is no unified order, and there is no volley of guns. For the elite veterans who use rifled guns, it is redundant. How to fight, when to fight, and who to fight, they can decide freely!
"Oh!"

The first gunshot was fired when the cavalry led by Pengchun was only 450 steps away from the Ming army's "thin red line" - almost [-] meters away. A shot shot to the head, and an "old gun" who had been in the army for eight years took aim. He shot the head of a sturdy "Wild Jurchen Man" with one shot, and exploded the head of the "Wild Jurchen Man" on the spot.The war horse, which had lost control of its brain, took two more steps forward under the influence of inertia, and then fell to the ground. The man also fell heavily, his face fell to the ground, and there was no sound on the spot.

This is a very bad sign. The accuracy of the Ming army's rifled guns and the marksmanship of the rifled riflemen are probably more powerful than Pengchun expected!
But Tomonharu did not stop charging!Because this is the only thing he can do for the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, fatal gunshots rang out one after another!

Mini bullets accurately flew towards the Qing army's horseback vests, which were running wildly. Several Manchu warriors were shot and fell from their horses, or they fell to the ground together with their horses.

But the remaining Eight Banners cavalry still charged with their heads covered!
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty held up his telescope and watched this desperate charge intently. Every time he saw a vest fall, his heart twitched. The Ming army musketeers who used rifled guns certainly did not care about Kangxi's heart, so their Every bullet was aimed at the horse-armored soldiers who were charging wildly.

Although these vests charged very resolutely, the distance their horses ran wildly for [-] steps was still enough for these riflemen to complete at least three accurate shots.

And because the shooting distance is getting closer, their shooting accuracy will also be getting higher and higher!
When the remaining cavalry rushed within a hundred steps of the "Thin Red Line", Pengchun, who was still alive, saw the first row of the Ming army's "Thin Red Line" suddenly squatting collectively, changing from a standing position to a kneeling position, and The fusiliers in the second and third rows all leveled their fusiliers.

At the same time, all the rifled guns no longer fired freely, but joined in the volley together.

The sharp bayonets and the black muzzles of the guns were all aimed at First Class Gongchun and his Goshiha cavalry. At this time, their number had been reduced from more than 200 to less than 100!
Facing the rain of bullets that was about to be thrown at him, Pengchun closed his eyes and just said silently in his heart: "Ancestor, Pengchun did his best. Your Majesty, Pengchun will be loyal to you in the next life."

As soon as he thought of this, his left chest and right shoulder were hit hard by something unknown. At the same time, the horse under his crotch also sank suddenly, and then he was thrown out from the horse's back, and then hit hard He fell, completely lost consciousness, and fell into endless darkness!

"Defeated?" Kangxi, who was standing high up, could see clearly. When he saw Pengchun and almost all of the cavalry he led falling in front of the "thin red line", his heart almost broke.

Without the cavalry, the more than 1000 infantrymen could only be crushed by the "thin red line" - the "thin red line" consisted of at least 4000 people!

Now the breach on the Ming army's right wing will be blocked, let's continue.
"Your Majesty, look at the south bank of Beisha River, Zabele and the others."

Gao Shiqi's voice suddenly sounded in Kangxi's ears, pulling Kang Mazi's thoughts back from his "heartbroken" heart - his heart was a little broken.
He quickly turned the direction of the telescope and looked towards the south bank of Beisha River. What he saw was another scene that broke his heart. The 17000 Qing cavalry who were supposed to quickly attack towards the Ming army's camp were now fighting with a small force. The Ming army, which was similar to them with a mixture of infantry and cavalry, faced off!
The Ming army put up a formation with the infantry on the left, relying on Beisha River to cover the right wing, and the cavalry brigade on the right.Among them, the infantry did not form a dense vertical formation, but a very ordinary large horizontal formation with two rows at the front and back. There were also twenty or thirty cannons set up in front of the formation, firing at the Qing army's cavalry.

The Qing cavalry seemed to be hesitating, showing signs of detours, wanting to charge again, and maybe wanting to retreat. Anyway, they stayed on the south bank of the Beisha River, right next to the shoal they passed when crossing the river.

Because they are all cavalry, they can't form any formations. They just stand in groups behind their own dozens of 6-pound cannons.These dozen or so cannons were also bombarding, but the effect of the bombardment was obviously not as good as the other side - the Ming army had more cannons, and they were bombarding the cavalry groups with larger targets, and from time to time they fired rows of ricochet bullets that harvested lives!The Qing army had few artillery, and the target of their bombardment was the Ming army's infantry. The Ming army's infantry adopted a squatting position to avoid the artillery, so the effect of the Qing army's artillery was very poor!

But regardless of the effect of the bombardment, the 17000 cavalry commanded by Chaney, Li Guangdi, and Gui Gonggong must have fought a dignified battle with the Ming army. The effect of this surprise attack will definitely be gone!

"I'm so confused!" Seeing this scene, Kangxi murmured, "I should have let Pengchun lead this cavalry."

When Gao Shiqi heard this, he seemed to understand something, and immediately retreated. After walking away for a while, he called a few imperial ministers and eunuchs, and ordered them in a low voice: "Quickly bring the bridge-building team. The floating bridge must be put up again quickly!”

"Whoo!"

"boom boom"

Another wave of artillery shells fell among the Qing cavalry group, knocking over a dozen cavalrymen. Then three or four more solid artillery shells jumped up, and then flew horizontally in different directions.Wherever it passed, no Qing army vests blocking the shells were spared. They were all beaten into gourds of blood. They didn't even have time to scream, and fell down in a bloody mess.

Although the absolute number of casualties was small, the blow to the morale of the Qing army was huge visible to the naked eye!

At the same time, there were bursts of cheers from the Ming army.

"Kill Kangxi and take revenge!"

It seems that the yellow dragon flag not only boosted the morale of the Qing army, but also boosted the morale of the Ming army. Returning the formation killed two birds with one stone!

Chaney, Li Guangdi, and Xiao Guizi all hid relatively far back to avoid the cannon fire, but they could still feel the increase and decrease in the morale of both sides.
"Master Baylor, this can't go on like this!"

"Master Baylor, we can't stand up to the bombardment like this!"

Li Guangdi and Xiao Guizi both realized that something was wrong. After all, Zhani was Duduo's son. He had been leading troops since the war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties. He still had experience, so of course he could tell that something was wrong.

But he has no solution!
It's impossible to charge into the formation. The enemy has an entire division of infantry and can't charge at all.Moreover, there are about 8000 cavalry covering the infantry division. How to charge like this?
It seems impossible to choose to fight the 8000 cavalry. Then their infantry will form a hollow square formation, and the cavalry will be invincible under the cover of the infantry when dealing with the Qing cavalry.

"What should we do? Why are there so many infantry?"

Chaney stood in the stirrups, holding up a telescope, with a livid face, staring blankly at the Ming army's infantry and cavalry formation in front of him.You rack your brains and don’t know how to defeat them?

The shelling from both sides continued, and so did Chani's hesitation. Time passed by, and he didn't know how long it had passed. Suddenly Chani heard a burst of dense gunfire from a distance, and then there was a noisy sound. Shout: "Lost, defeated, defeated."

"Failed? Where did it fail?" Chani asked out loud.

"Two red flags, two red flags failed!"

What answered him was Xiao Guizi's trembling voice.

Chaney quickly turned his telescope to take a look, and then discovered that the battlefield on the north bank of Beisha River, south of Jiehe Town, was already in a state of tragic defeat.The vast battlefield was filled with red human waves of the Ming army, hitting the crumbling infantry defense line of the two red flags of the Qing army.The two red flags were supposed to have more than 1 infantry, but now it seems that they are less than half, and the remaining ones have also lost the battle. Once they were charged by the Ming army, they saw the defeated troops rolling back.

After fighting for a long time with the Ming Army's 2000 cavalry and a brigade of infantry, the cavalry of the two red flags also lost their fighting spirit. Seeing that their infantry was defeated by the overwhelming enemy, they did not dare to fight anymore and began to attack. Retreat in the direction of the boundary river.

"This, how is this possible? What can we do?"

Just as Chaney fell into panic, the attacking drums suddenly sounded from the already high-morale Ming army on the opposite side, followed by earth-shattering cheers: "Kill Kangxi! Kill Kangxi! Kill Kangxi!"

Chaney quickly turned the telescope to look and found that the Ming army's infantry began to attack!

(End of this chapter)