The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 345 Bloody Battle

After annihilating the Hunhe tribe, the army continued to advance.

All the Jurchen tribes, big and small, that they encountered wherever they passed were slaughtered without exception.

After months of bloody massacre, these 7,000 soldiers had already changed their appearance. They became numb and cruel, and they even became excited when they saw the Jurchen tribe again.

In this era, being able to eat enough and having a generous salary is an unimaginable treatment.

The standard of the Beijing Army's soldiers is undoubtedly the best in the world. Not only are they provided with adequate meals every day, but they are also never short of military pay!

What's more, within the Beijing Army, Zhongshan Hou Tang Hao personally created a promotion path with strict and clear class treatment, but with a lot of hope.

Human desires have always been endless.

No matter how good the treatment is, it will become taken for granted sooner or later.

The soldiers of the Beijing Army have become accustomed to their current treatment and will naturally desire better.

For example, being promoted to a general in the army, or being granted a title and appointed as a general like generals Tang Mu and Chang Kuohai!

Therefore, this strict military merit promotion system created by Tang Hao will become the destination desired by the vast majority of Beijing army soldiers.

There are strict classes and clear class treatments, but under Tang Hao's control, a smooth promotion path for the bottom is maintained.

The only criterion for promotion of Beijing Army soldiers is military merit!
The biggest source of military merit is naturally the battlefield!
Everyone is afraid of death!
This is human nature!

But only in war can there be military merit!
Only with military merit can they be granted titles and appointed as generals, and embark on the road to rise and bring honor to their family.

Human life is cheap, and soldiers and generals who have come through hardships know this very well.

But who would want his or her life to be so humble, and for his or her descendants to live the same humble life as themselves?

Not to mention the combat effectiveness of the Beijing army, which was almost overwhelming compared to these Jurchen barbarians.

In other words, they are now easily hunting for military merits and preparing for their own promotion!

As for these Jurchen barbarians, they are nothing but beasts. This is the tacit consensus of all the soldiers of the Beijing Army.

Because every time they massacred a tribe, they would find a large number of slaves!
Among these slaves, there were Han people and Korean people, but the majority were Han people.

They were tortured beyond recognition, and were kept in cow sheds and stables like animals, having completely lost everything.

So, they are all beasts, damn beasts!

woo woo woo...

Along with the desolate sound of the horn, the earth shook, and the stagnant cavalry once again attacked the Beijing army like a tsunami.

If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, it would be hard to imagine what a horrific scene it would be when a large-scale cavalry army came rushing in like an overwhelming force.

To be honest, this is the first time Tang Hao has seen it.

Jurchen cavalry!

There are thousands of them!

panic?
fear?
despair?

nothing!
At this moment, Tang Hao was extremely excited, and it seemed as if every cell in his body was trembling!
These Jurchen cavalrymen in front of us are the last resort of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Because the Ming army suddenly sent out troops to massacre one tribe after another, the Jianzhou Jurchens were not stupid, so they immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. The remaining large tribes united and gathered together under the deliberate driving of the Ming army, trying to resist these Ming army executioners!
In other words, this was the last struggle of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

As long as these thousands of cavalrymen are slaughtered and their lair is destroyed, the Later Jin Kingdom will naturally cease to exist!

“Drum roll!”

At Tang Hao's command, the rumbling sound of war drums suddenly rang out.

The command flags changed, and the military formations of all parties moved accordingly.

The weather was fine, the sun was high in the sky, and had no effect on firearms.

Only this time, the Jianzhou Jurchens showed their full potential.

These charging cavalrymen are obviously better equipped, and there are shield carts in the front for protection.

Close! Getting closer!
The soldiers of the Beijing Army at the front could even clearly see the ferocious faces of the charging Jurchen barbarians, and that... rain of arrows falling from the sky!
shhhhhh!
An endless rain of arrows fell into the Ming army formation, crackling against the shields that had been arranged horizontally for a long time. A few of them penetrated through the gaps and went straight in, causing bursts of blood and screams, and then quickly fell silent.

One has to admit that the Jurchen cavalry's archery skills were really amazing, fast and fierce, and the wild boar skins used heavy arrows. Although the range was not far, they were accurate and tricky. Especially the arrowheads were soaked in feces, which made them like poison. There was no good ending for those who were shot by them, and the wounds would inevitably become infected and rotten.

"Fire guns, fire!"

Xu Tianci shouted loudly again.

Under the command of the flags, the rows of muskets behind the chevaux de frise emitted endless flames!

For the soldiers of the Beijing Army, multi-stage shooting has long been ingrained in their bones. They practice it hundreds of times every day and have become extremely proficient at it!

The muskets fired row after row, continuously, and once again formed a firepower network!

In this situation, you don't even need to aim, because the enemy is right in front of you!
Raise the gun, fire, raise the gun, fire... one action after another, over and over again, without any pause!

The soldiers of the Beijing Army fired mechanically, but what they got in return was the charging Jurchen cavalry, who fell down in droves like wheat being cut!
In fact, as long as a soldier does not lose his mind when facing the threat of cavalry charge, he can easily kill several times more enemies under the cover of his own side.

These 7,000 Beijing soldiers had experienced months of continuous warfare and fighting, and had already become as hard as iron.

Anyway, the Jurchen cavalry is just like that!
It’s just that the arrows are a little more powerful, but that’s all!

They simply can't break through the firepower network constructed by their own army!
The gap between hot weapons and cold weapons is vividly reflected at this moment!

The muskets only fired a few times in succession, and the charging Jurchen cavalry covered a not-so-long distance and crashed into the chevaux de frise, wooden stakes, trenches and the wooden carriage frames that were used as obstacles in front of the formation... and then fell into a pool of blood with screams!
The Jurchen cavalry is now very desperate.

When the leaders of the various tribes saw this scene, they felt dizzy and trembled in their hearts.

But they had no choice but to order their young and strong warriors to attack madly and try to kill all the Ming troops.

Because from the information they learned, the Ming army massacred one Jurchen tribe after another, and killed everyone without leaving any trace, and then burned the entire tribe to the ground with a fire!
In other words, this time the Ming court really wanted to kill the Jurchens to the point of extermination!
At this moment, they have no way out!

Either rise up to resist or wait to be slaughtered by the Ming army!
Several leaders looked at each other, then drew their swords at the same time, roared and led the charge!

The front army madly crashed into the battle formation of the Beijing army soldiers who were ready for battle!
There is no doubt that those seemingly impregnable preparations were extremely fragile and vulnerable under the charge of the Jurchen cavalry that came one after another.

In just a moment, all the defensive facilities in front of the army were completely torn apart!

Next, it’s time for a real hand-to-hand fight!
"kill!"

The soldiers of the Beijing Army who were at the front of the army had no way to retreat. They could only shout wildly and resist the cavalry's charge fiercely.

The sword, the big shield, and the musket, just three simple weapons, formed a cycle of the infantry's first wave of defense in this close combat!
Both sides are advancing one after another, team after team!

The Jurchen cavalry, under the impact of the inertia of the charge, had no way of retreating and could only continue charging without fear of life or death!
The soldiers of the Beijing Army were also unable to retreat due to the inertia of strict discipline!
The soldiers of the Beijing Army could only swing their weapons mechanically, or hold their muskets tightly and fire again and again, each time taking the life of a Jurchen barbarian.

Along with the shouts of charge, sharp arrows whizzed past ears.

Swords and shields clashed, screams rang out, and blood and flesh flew everywhere!
The two sides have been fighting to the point of madness!

A torrential rain of arrows and bullets pierced through the armor and uniforms, blood splattered in the air, the heads of the soldiers rolled to the ground, and pairs of bloodshot eyes flashed with crazy light on their hideous faces!
The bloody smell became thicker and thicker, the sky was filled with gunpowder smoke, and the front line of close combat, after a short moment of stalemate, had completely turned into a bloody purgatory!
The Jurchen cavalry discovered a horrifying fact!

That is, in their memory, the originally weak and cowardly Ming army, which should have been trembling and fleeing in panic under their iron hooves, now seemed to be crazy, with red eyes, refusing to retreat and engaging in a head-on battle with them!

When did the Han people become so brave and courageous?

All Jurchens cannot figure out this problem.

Even though they kept coming forward, they couldn't really make any progress.

Kill one, replenish one, kill a team, replenish another, the Ming soldiers in front of them also kept coming one after another, endless!
The Ming troops before them seemed like a towering mountain, a mountain that the Jurchen cavalry could not cross!
Swords, shields, spears, muskets, and cannons, all these majestic military formations were transformed into bloody slaughterhouses, madly tearing apart the soldiers of both sides and mercilessly reaping their lives!

Just at this moment, a burst of rapid military drum sounds rang out!

Immediately afterwards, two torrents of steel suddenly surged out from both sides of the battlefield and ruthlessly pierced into the Jurchen charge formation without any explanation, causing these previously unstoppable Jurchen cavalry to be cut in half!
Tang Hao, dressed in iron armor and holding a sword, wantonly reaped the lives of the Jurchen barbarians.

The reason why he chose to endure was to wait for the opportunity, waiting for the Jurchen leader to lead the main force to launch a charge!
Of the seven thousand soldiers, there were actually only three thousand on the front battlefield. The remaining four thousand soldiers rode on horses and were divided into two armies, led by Tang Hao and Chang Kuohai respectively, ready to launch a surprise attack at any time.

There is nothing brilliant about this battle plan, but it is very effective.

The Jurchen cavalry, which had been hindered in its charge, was suddenly intercepted by other cavalry and instantly fell into chaos!

For a cavalry unit, the most terrifying thing is that an offensive that should have been unstoppable is completely hindered by delays!

(End of this chapter)