Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 432 Muddy Waters ([-])

The sun gradually passed overhead.

General Yang Mingyang led nearly [-] cavalrymen slowly following in front of the convoy full of logistical supplies. On both sides of the convoy, there were a total of five squadrons standing upright. Guarding the safety of the convoy.After the battle just now, their self-confidence has risen a lot again. Now I believe that when they face Li Soltai's cavalry unit again, everyone will be more calm.

The main force led by Mo Ming is bombarding the broken Qing infantry with artillery.At this time, they had already chased to the camp not far from the hastily built camp by the Qing army last night, and Li Shitai's infantry who retreated first did not plan to stay in the camp at all. They packed up some dry food under Li Shitai's order. After that, they hurried through the village, as if they would eat a few more shells every time they stayed there.

More than 200 people from the Zhang Ruxing Department of the Qing army were once again on the verge of collapse under the bombardment of the East Coast people.In order to maintain their line and buy time for his infantry to retreat, Li Sutai sent about [-] cavalry to supervise the battle. At this moment, they were also disgraced by the artillery bombardment and suffered heavy casualties.

The soldiers of the two battalions of the Eight Banners New Army began to slowly level their spears under the command of Liu Zhong, the standard commander, and lined up in a neat horizontal formation to rush towards Zhang Ruxing's main formation, which was still struggling to maintain.When the sharp spear points pierced the flesh of these Qing troops, and their counter-attacking spears slipped away from the opponent's solid breastplate, these Qing troops finally collapsed.Coupled with the fact that half of the squadron below the spear jungle was standing up and stabbing with sharp knives, the Qing army with a total of about 700 people finally fell into a major collapse irretrievably.

Zhang Ruxing was really on the verge of crying at this time, his troops had already been dispersed once today, and at this time, under the oppression of the supervising team, he started to do the hard work after the breakup again.Under the rapid attack of the yellow-clothed thief, these old books of his collapsed for the second time today, and the loss caused by this collapse was much greater than the first time. After all, this time was a face-to-face physical fight. One-sided carnage.

Under the guard of more than a dozen loyal soldiers, Zhang Ruxing struggled to separate from the crowd, ready to take his way.In front of him were the Han Banner soldiers of the Supervisory Team who were hastily getting on their horses.Zhang Ruxing secretly scolded this group of shaved-haired guys who have forgotten their ancestors. When he was about to join their ranks and escape, there was a gust of wind behind him, and then he felt a tearing pain, and then a black man in front of him fell unconscious. up.

"Who did it? It's beautiful!" Mo Ming, who was riding on a horse, looked at Zhang Ruxing, who was knocked off his horse by a harpoon, and said happily, "It must have been done by someone from Shandan! Only they know how to use it." Harpoon! Staff officer, write it down, and reward this soldier with two hundred yuan in cash after the battle."

At this time, the Qing army of Zhang Ruxing's department had been defeated like a mountain. His soldiers threw away their weapons and ran everywhere.Of course, there were also many people who simply dropped their weapons and surrendered on their knees, but the people on the east bank had no time to pay attention to them at the moment.The large formation of infantry still maintaining a certain formation slowly passed over the corpses of the Qing army who had fallen to the ground, and then moved forward firmly.At this time, someone from the artillery unit accompanying them had already fired shells into the simple camp of the Qing army ahead, which exacerbated the panic of the retreating Qing army.The quality of those enlisted followers was not good, and they were running away in a hurry at this time, but this lack of order retreat caused even greater chaos.

Li Shitai saw that this was not going to work, and if the people from the east bank chased him down so recklessly, he might lose a considerable part of his team.Therefore, in order to cover the retreat of the infantry, he took the remaining [-] cavalry to bypass the infantry of the East Bank far away, and began to accelerate towards the rear convoy.This is his idea of ​​besieging Wei and saving Zhao, and intends to slow down the pursuit of the Dongan people by attacking the Dongan people's logistics convoy.

The cavalry officer Yang Mingyang looked at it from a distance and immediately organized the soldiers to connect the carts end to end. At the same time, the infantry of the standing team raised their spears on the periphery to prevent the enemy cavalry from approaching.At the same time, he himself mounted a tall Andalusian horse, and then led nearly [-] cavalrymen under his command to meet him, preparing to delay the enemy's attack.His cavalry unit is also relatively well-organized. The Polish mercenaries are roughly in the front row. Although they ride short Mongolian horses and are not heavy enough, the simple version of the cavalry breastplate provided by the people on the east bank is not heavy.Before they set off, they put such a simple cavalry breastplate on the leather armor, and then took out the long cavalry spears, but they could barely charge.

The cavalry from both sides approached quickly, and just as these Qing cavalry were about to completely defeat the bandit cavalry in yellow in front of them by virtue of their numerical superiority, they saw the other party charging straight forward with a long spear, which made them essentially The officers and soldiers of the Han army banner who were still cavalry infantry were a little apprehensive.But this is not the most important thing. When the distance was close to about tens of meters, the opponent fired a firecracker with good ammunition in his hand one after another, and the Qing army was caught off guard.The Polish cavalry who had finished shooting the guns chanted incomprehensible slogans, then raised their horse speed to the extreme, and slammed into the oncoming Qing cavalry.

After the vanguards of the two sides collided, the elite scouts of the scout team, who followed the Polish cavalry, bypassed their battle groups and wandered to the right edge of the two battle groups. He took out his good gadgets such as throwing spears and throwing axes, and threw them at many places at the Qing soldiers.The Qing army was not to be outdone, and they all took out their riding bows to fight back. However, the scouts came with better equipment and superb riding skills.The Peasant Army cavalry following behind the Polish cavalry bypassed from the right, and then fired a round of pistol shots at the densely populated area of ​​the Qing army as usual.

Li Shuitai was surrounded by dozens of Qing army regiments. He suffered some minor injuries. He was shot in the left arm by a bear hunting spear that flew over from nowhere. They were extremely alarmed.They are just cavalry infantry, fighting immediately is not something they are good at, originally thought that the opponent was similar to them, so they planned to break up the cavalry in one fell swoop with twice the number of people, and then attack their logistics convoy, forcing the front The yellow-clothed thieves brigade came back to help.

But at the moment, it seems that the cavalry of the bandits in yellow is not simple. Among other things, they are more than 200 color-eyed cavalry rushing to the front.These Semu people held up scary-looking cavalry spears, and when they met their faces, they first shot down nearly a hundred of their own troops who were rushing to the front, and then dented their own cavalry formation with straight spears. Going down, the color-eyed cavalryman who charged the most fiercely was only a few horses away from Li Sutai, which made people frightened.If they were given a tall horse with heavy armor and long spears, they might even dare to charge into the infantry.Moreover, the cavalry who came around from the left and right wings were not simple. It could be seen that they lived on horses all the year round, and their riding skills were extremely superb, and there were endless kinds of hand guns, throwing axes, and spear throwing. There are several streets of people.

Just when Li Shutai was startled by the bravery of the bandit cavalry in yellow clothes, out of the corner of his eye, he saw hundreds of infantry with spears and knives approaching rapidly from the side of the convoy. Come up to pick up a bargain?Li Sutai didn't dare to think any more, the dull pain in his arm reminded him that today's enemy is not good, if he hesitates, he might not be able to leave today.So, under his order, the soldiers set up his general flag, shouted loudly, and then turned around and drove away.

After Li Shutai took the lead in retreating, the other cavalrymen of the Qing army who were fighting with the cavalry on the east coast were afraid that they would be left behind, so they also pulled their horses away one after another.Yang Mingyang, who was also slightly injured on his shoulder, yelled when he saw this, calling his brothers around him to chase after him.After seeing the Qing cavalry retreating in defeat, the infantry on the side of the convoy were also greatly encouraged. At this time, even the timid North Korean gunmen dared to rush out of the chariot formation with their guns to pass by the passing Qing cavalry. Come on, there is no suspense about the outcome of the battlefield.

The infantry and musketeers in front have stopped chasing. First, because they have been wearing heavy armor for so long, people with the best physical strength have reached the critical point. Second, they are also worried about whether the troops in the rear can withstand the battle. The impact of [-] cavalry led by Li Shutai himself.Fortunately, the cavalry brigade at the rear and the soldiers who came forward gave a fairly perfect answer. They not only withstood the fierce attack of the Qing army cavalry, but also took advantage of the opportunity of the Qing army's unwillingness to fight, and chased them back. People watched with blood surging.

The battle ended after an hour.Li Sutai left the battlefield with more than a thousand cavalry, and then joined the infantry.Yang Mingyang's cavalry brigade, which was chasing past, was blocked by the infantry of the Qing army. Seeing that there was no big advantage to take advantage of, they slowly withdrew.At this time, the main force of the infantry led by Mo Ming has occupied the wooden camp abandoned by the Qing army. There are some food, horse materials, carts and some mules and horses scattered everywhere in the camp. I am carefully counting the seizures, but it seems that the number is not very large, and it can only be better than nothing.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners New Army, who had fought for a long time, took off their heavy armor with the help of the soldiers.They were already drenched with sweat, and most of their physical strength had been exhausted. At this time, they were sitting in the shacks built by the Qing army, drinking to drive away the cold, and chatting.At this time, the soldiers of the stand-up team were cleaning the battlefield in small groups, while arresting the scattered Qing army scattered everywhere. It is conservatively estimated that more than 600 prisoners were captured in this battle, most of them were Zhang Ruxing's troops.As for Zhang Ruxing himself, this miserable guy was knocked off his horse by the harpoon and trampled by many war horses, and died on the spot, which can be described as extremely tragic.

(End of this chapter)