serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 108 Fighting for Life 2
Baptized by the raindrops of lead and projectiles, the Chahars failed to break through the defense of the heavy armored pikemen, just like a wave stirred up in the sea, which was short-lived and soon disappeared.

After winning the first battle, the morale of the Yongwei Battalion soared, and the shouts of "Wan Sheng!" resounded through the grassland.

For the hundreds of Eight Banners soldiers who escaped, Xie Qiong did not order the cavalry to pursue them, but ordered the heavy armored pikemen on the right wing to be transported to the left wing by carriage, replacing the heavy armored pikemen who had just been hit.

The casualty rate in the first row was too high, and thousands of people were carried back, so it can only be said that they tried their best to treat them.

Although the first battle was defeated, Yong Qi and the others gained a lot of useful information during the battle. The self-generated guns of the Han could not penetrate the armor beyond two hundred steps. The only threat was the artillery of the Han. In addition, the heavy armor of the Han The pikemen's formation has only three layers. As long as there are enough people and enough charging distance, they can break through the defense of the heavy armored pikemen.

The most important thing is that Zhou Jun did not dig trenches and traps, so that they can charge with confidence.

Thinking of this, Yong Qi turned her eyes to the several Mongolian princes beside her.

Several Mongolian princes seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and each of them cast their eyes into the distance.

Yongqi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "The Daligangai Ranch will belong to the Chahar people. As for the grasslands of Chahar and Yuantumote, after defeating the Zhou army, the six of you will share equally. There is Khalkha's territory."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was startled, even the guard of Jinzhou couldn't believe his ears, and stared at Yongqi in a daze, forgetting to speak up.

General Uliasutai saw it in his eyes, and his heart was turbulent. There was a piece of news that he didn't tell anyone, including Yongqi.

Two days ago, a spy who rushed back from Uliasutai brought back bad news. The Zhasaktu Khan and the Tuxietu Khan led troops to Uliasutai and lifted the The armed forces of the Sanyin Nuoyan tribe imprisoned Sanyin Nuoyan Khan.

What he was worried about finally happened. These two ambitious guys joined forces and rebelled openly.

The spies said that this incident may have something to do with the Raksha people. He saw a large number of Raksha people in the team of Zasaktu Khan, and the army of Zasaktu Khan was equipped with firecrackers.

Looking at the Zhou army camp in the distance, General Uliasutai seemed to have a lot of thoughts in his mind. He didn't know what to do for a while, maybe he should persuade Yongqi to withdraw his troops?
Just after withdrawing troops?
Do you still want the Wulanchabu League?

It is impossible to win a battle, not to mention the loss of soldiers and generals of the Qing Dynasty, and the loss of so many territories in Uliasutai, Ulanchabu League and Chahar!
It is impossible for the emperor to blame his own son, so he, General Uliasutai, will bear the blame, which is still a great crime for killing the clan.

The guard general of Jinzhou said, "General?"

General Uliasutai came back to his senses: "Huh?" Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he quickly said, "I was just thinking about how to break through the Zhou army's defense."

Yongqi: "Do you have a good idea?"

General Uliasutai closed his eyes, and turned his gaze to several Mongolian princes: "This battle has dragged on for too long, it's time to end it."

Then, he turned his attention to the Zhou army camp, and continued: "Commander Zhou army made a fatal mistake. He stretched the defense line too long, especially those heavy armored pikemen. As long as we suppress all the main forces If you go up, you can tear a gap in the defense line, and then smash the Zhou army's firecrackers, destroy their artillery, and finally harvest."

The guard of Jinzhou nodded: "The general is right. As long as we break through the defense line of the heavy armored pikemen and rush into the formation of the musketeers, we will win this battle."

General Uliasutai: "The grazing here will be at this time next year at the earliest. You can only migrate to the eastern grasslands during this period. Everyone will be closer, and we will come and go frequently in the future."

Although these words were light, several Mongolian princes couldn't help trembling.

Yongqi went on to say: "As long as a few princes help me defeat the Zhou army, I will write a letter to my father to give you [-] Korean slaves for each tribe, and double the food for next year."

A Mongolian prince: "I am willing to go through fire and water for His Majesty the Qing Emperor. As long as Prince Rong needs it, the army will obey the dispatch."

"it is good!"

Yong Qi was overjoyed, and he patted the Mongolian prince on the shoulder: "To express my gratitude, I will give you another fifty thousand silver."

"Thank you, Prince Rong!"

Yong Qi's eyes slowly turned to the other princes.

Several people said in unison: "I am willing to go through fire and water for His Majesty the Qing Emperor."

Yong Qi nodded with a satisfied smile.

Half an hour later, General Uliasutai personally led an army composed of [-] Manchu Eight Banners and [-] Mongolian main forces, slowly pressing towards the Yongwei Battalion.

Looking at the cavalry who couldn't see the end of the black pressure, Jia Hu asked Xie Qiong: "Is there any problem?"

Xie Qiong hesitated: "Well, isn't this line of defense too long?"

Jia Hu nodded: "It's a bit long, but it doesn't affect much."

Xie Qiong swallowed, it was too late to adjust at this time.

Wang Ziteng's eyes flashed. He didn't understand where Jia Hu's confidence came from. Although it was supported by artillery, the formation of heavy armored pikemen was too thin and lacked depth. It was easy to be penetrated by large groups of cavalry. Sword and shield soldiers are useless against cavalry, so you can't expect gunfire soldiers to fight against cavalry, right?

The Mongols roared and charged, and the Eight Banners soldiers also launched. The [-] cavalry launched a violent attack on the Yongwei Battalion, and the whole earth trembled.

Eunuch Zhao trembled in shock, hurried over and asked Jia Hu, "Marshal, can you stop it?"

Jia Hu chuckled, suddenly, he raised his head suddenly, and saw a huge goshawk appearing in the sky above the camp, with its wings spread nearly three meters, it suddenly swooped down from the sky at an incredible speed, and instantly When he reached the top of Jia Hu's head, he rushed towards Jia Hu.

Jia Hu didn't have time to think about it, he took out the pistol in his saddle bag and fired directly, and a shrill eagle cry resounded throughout the grassland.

Under Jia Hu's astonished eyes, the goshawk that was hit in the abdomen by a pistol could still flap its wings. Seeing that the beast that attacked him in the air was about to escape, Jia Hu bent his bow and set an arrow, and the arrows shot out with lightning, one arrow after another. Arrows until the fifteen arrows in the quiver are shot in one breath.

The goshawk that was shot into a hedgehog fell from the sky and twitched on the ground for a while before completely becoming silent.

"It's Haidongqing!" Eunuch Zhao was surprised.

Jia Hu was taken aback for a moment: "Haitongqing?"

Eunuch Zhao nodded.

Wang Ziteng stared at it intently, and said, "Haidongqing is a sacred existence in the eyes of the Jurchens, and they regard it as a national totem. This Haidong youth is over three years old and can peck wolves to death."

Jia Hu: "Oh? No wonder you're so arrogant!"

Wang Ziteng: "The commander-in-chief has formed a deadly enmity with the Manchus!"

Jia Hu smiled, looked away, took out the ammunition box from the saddle bag, and reloaded the pistol with ammunition.

At this time, the flag bearer beside Xie Qiong waved the flag vigorously, and then the heavy drum beat, and then the hundred cannons lined up in the middle were fired in unison, five times in a row, shaking the earth trembling.

The drum beat was getting tighter.

Then a row of horns pointed straight at the gray sky, and the whoosh of the trumpet sounded again.
The deafening sound of firecrackers sounded, and a cloud of gunpowder smoke rose. The first row of firecrackers retreated, the second row of firecrackers stepped forward and directly slammed the firecrackers in their hands, followed by the third row, the fourth row, one after another. Violent flames spewed out, and a large amount of smoke filled the front of the army formation.

At this moment, General Uliasutai led [-] Eight Banners soldiers to the front, and when he heard the sound of war drums in the camp of the Zhou army, he shouted loudly: "Accelerate and charge!"

Suddenly, there was an earth-shattering cannon sound. He looked up and saw a cloud of gunpowder smoke rising from the Zhou army's formation, and round iron balls whizzed over, hitting the cavalry formation fiercely. The old soldiers of the Eight Banners, dressed in two layers of armor, were also unable to withstand the shells. They were either directly hit by iron bullets and fell off their horses, or because their horses were hit by shells and rolled off their horses, they were trampled into flesh by the horses behind them.

Wave after wave of shells roared in, smashing into the cavalry formation that was charging at full strength, screaming everywhere, and the personal guard beside General Uliasutai was hit by an iron bullet on his left shoulder, and his left arm directly At once
It was gone, blood sprayed out from the severed arm, and the guard let out a heart-piercing scream, then fell off the horse, and instantly drowned in the horse herd.

General Uliasutai's face was gloomy. The damn White Lotus Sect dared to deceive the Qing Dynasty. The artillery of the Yongwei Battalion can shoot more than 300 paces, not [-] paces.

The cavalry charged, and the hundred steps passed by in an instant, but there was a dense sound of firecrackers on the Zhou army's position.

(End of this chapter)