Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong must not be able to distract his attention at this time to observe the situation of the Ming army on the left and right wings.

What Wu Shigong didn't know was that the left wing of the Ming army led by General Yang Yufan did not collapse immediately after being flanked by [-] cavalry.After suffering a large number of casualties, Yang Yufan actually withdrew the left-wing soldiers of the Ming army who had rushed over the top of the slope.

However, the situation on the left wing of the Ming army did not improve. After they retreated to the top of the slope, they were also entangled by the rebels.Fortunately, in the face of the siege of the superior rebels, the Ming army on the left wing still resisted in an organized manner.This also shows Yang Yufan's tenacious style in battle.

As for the right-wing Liaodong Army, they suffered almost negligible casualties during the charge after the Ming artillery team fired at the beginning.However, after being massacred in a short period of time in front of the chariot formation, the Liaodong Army fell down more than 600 people at once, and more than 100 of them were servants of generals of all levels of the Liaodong Army.This made the generals of the Liaodong Army almost vomit blood with anger.

However, after all, the Liaodong Army had rich experience on the battlefield. Seeing that they had encountered an ambush, and also saw the rebel cavalry behind the rebel chariot line out, the Liaodong Army turned around and fled in an orderly manner without hesitation.They retreated to where they started and formed a defensive formation.

In fact, it can be seen here that every tactical action on the battlefield needs to leave room.For example, during the charge of the Liaodong Army just now, the positions of the soldiers were very particular about the distance between them, and there was room for the soldiers to turn around.

This is actually a kind of battlefield experience.When charging, the Liaodong Army would never have known that there was a rebel chariot ambushing behind the slope.But they reserved this turning position, so that the Liaodong Army, after being ambushed, could turn around smoothly and retreat in an orderly manner.

However, Qiu Lei's Ming army in the middle road did not have such an arrangement.So when they turned around and ran away, they would fall into chaos. Instead, they couldn't run as fast as they wanted, and even killed each other.

However, although the Liaodong Army retreated in time, they couldn't keep retreating, turning the retreat into a rout. If that was the case, then the Liaodong Army would really be doomed.

But in the end, the time was too short, and the Liaodong Army could not fully defend, when the rebel cavalry and the old Liao Army forced them up.In addition, there were more than 1 left-wing soldiers of the rebel army who were scattered, and they immediately formed a semi-encirclement, attacking the Liaodong Army vigorously.

But fortunately, with the threat of the twenty large-caliber artillery of the artillery team, the rebels did not dare to gather together to form a battle group to attack.This makes the offensive power of the rebels much smaller.Therefore, the Liaodong Army barely held its ground.but.The battle is also going on precariously.

But what Wu Shigong sees now.The rebel cavalry and the old Liao army who attacked the Ming army in the middle of the road pressed towards their own Runing camp.However, what Wu Shigong saw also had some illusions.

We already know that in the morning, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing's coalition forces stood behind between the Liaodong Army and the Zhonglu Qiu Leiming Army.In the afternoon, the coalition forces moved behind the Ming army in the middle.But no matter how you move it.It is also impossible to move to the back of the Ming army in the middle road, so the current coalition army is in a position to the right of the middle road.

The rebel cavalry and the old Liao army were chasing the Ming army in the middle, so.The staggering of these two troops resulted in a positional deviation.

The chasing rebels were also blinded by the fleeing Ming army, and they didn't notice the coalition army, which was waiting in full force.So when the fleeing Ming army spread out to both sides, revealing the cart formation in the front row of the Runing Battalion, more than 200 cavalrymen of the rebel army and more than 400 old Liao soldiers also found in horror that they were only seven or seven miles away from the cart formation. Eighty paces away.

But these chasing rebels couldn't stop at all. They rushed to about fifty steps away from the chariot formation before barely stopping their charge.

Similarly, the artillery of the Runing Battalion fired first.Under Liang Hui's command, the ten three-pound cannons loaded with solid shells were not fired, and the artillery team only fired the seven small cannons loaded with shotgun shells.

To be honest, the killing distance of the cannonballs at that time was too short, that is, a distance of about thirty or forty steps. In addition, the propellant of these cannonballs was not enough, so few rebels were not defeated.

But it was enough, at least completely stopped the charge of the rebels in front of them.Then came the firing of the musket.First came the medium-sized firecrackers with short range, followed by the heavy-duty firecrackers with long range.After several rows of shooting, more than 600 of the 300-strong rebels were knocked down, and the rest of the rebels fled far away, not daring to approach again.

This small victory is completely a replica of the chariot formation ambush set up by the rebels.The reason for this victory is also because of the surprise of the opponent.

But after such a small victory, the soldiers of the Runing Battalion suddenly didn't know what to do.This is a bad situation, what should we do?They all looked at Wu Shigong, waiting for him to be the backbone.

"The whole army moves forward!" Wu Shigong made up his mind in an instant.

In fact, Wu Shigong didn't know if his decision was correct.But at this time, it is absolutely impossible to retreat and escape.Otherwise, wouldn't Wu Shigong's Runing camp be at the end?And what Wu Shigong just said about escaping in a circle is completely a theoretical statement.It is simply impossible to achieve it on a chaotic battlefield.

So in the face of the cover-up by the rebels, the broken Runing Battalion is likely to be accounted for here, so it's better to go forward and fight for the brave to win.

Hearing Wu Shigong's order, the soldiers of the Runing Battalion in the front row immediately pushed the carts hard and headed towards the top of the slope.And the coalition troops in the back row also moved forward with the Runing Battalion in their respective positions according to the prior arrangement.

At this moment, the communications troops sent by Zhu Dadian rushed to the coalition forces.When the communications soldier found Yan Dingshan, who was broken, Yan Dingshan told the communications soldier: The whole army has moved, and there is no way to find Liu Zeqing again.However, Yan Dingshan also asked the messenger to tell Zhu Dadian that the coalition forces must be attacking forward.Ask Zhu Dadian to immediately arrange other Ming troops to assist the coalition forces in their attack.

But at this time, the advancement of the Runing Battalion encountered problems again.The carts in the front row of the Runing Battalion are now 350 steps away from the top of the slope, and less than 3 steps away from the rebel chariot formation behind the slope, which is a distance of about one mile in total.If a soldier runs at full speed, it will take two to three minutes in modern time.

But this section of the road is uphill, and it takes more effort to push the cart.Also, the road was littered with dead bodies.And these corpses on the ground do not affect people's running, because both people and horses can jump over these corpses.However, these corpses hindered the progress of the car.

Wu Shigong's rolling cart didn't contain anything, it was empty, so if he pushed hard, it was still possible to barely turn over these corpses.But the horse corpse can't help it.

Also, those cannon carts were so heavy that it was impossible to get over any corpses.Therefore, the advancement of the Runing Battalion was blocked by these inconspicuous obstacles.And the rebels who understood it everywhere also began to organize troops to attack the coalition forces.

"What are you doing standing there stupidly? Go out and move the corpses blocking the way!" Zhou Xun, who commanded the infantry of the Mobile Battalion, shouted anxiously.

Immediately a centurion soldier ran out of the cart and began to clean up the corpses, clearing a path for the artillery cart.So the whole team moved forward with difficulty.Although the forward speed dropped a lot, at least the rolling cart and the cannon cart started rolling their wheels again.

But there were more and more rebels gathered around, and they didn't dare to get close to the cart, but they also used the firecrackers and bows in their hands to shoot at the soldiers of the Runing Battalion who were carrying the corpses.

Although it has the protection of beggar armor, it is inevitable that there will be casualties of several soldiers.And the actions of those soldiers to carry the corpses were also somewhat hindered.

So under Zhou Xun's order, another centurion soldier came out.They lined up in four lines holding muskets, and under the command of their centurion, began to shoot at the harassing rebels.The soldiers of the pro-soldier team also stepped forward to help push the cart to increase the speed of the cart.

However, there were too few soldiers in front of them, and only 25 firecrackers were fired in one volley.So in the confrontation, those soldiers also fell down one after another, and soon a dozen people fell down.

The centurion commanding the battle must have been a key target for the rebels.Without much effort, the centurion's captain was killed by arrows and musket fire.

Without thinking too much, the deputy captain immediately took over the command.But when the vice-captain had just drawn out his waist knife, and before he gave the first order, a sharp arrow pierced through his eye socket.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Xun cursed angrily, he got up and thought about going into battle himself.Yu Ji on the side immediately pressed Zhou Xun's shoulders, and said: "You are my deputy, you can't lack your command here, I will go!" Then he led the next hundred people out of the car formation.

The equipment of this centurion is somewhat different from that of the first team.In addition to the fifty who are still gunners, there are fifty sword and shield players who will use their shields to guard the soldiers who carry the corpses.

The supplementary firearms still formed four rows, and Yu Ji continued to issue orders to shoot in the direction of the most threatening rebels.The armor on Yu Ji's body also made a "ping ping" sound, and several arrows were inserted into the armor.

Fortunately, the commanders of the Runing Battalion were all wearing iron armour, which was heavy armor, and it was difficult for the rebels' blunderbuss, bows and arrows to penetrate.However, under the heavy blow of the bullet, Yu Ji still felt his throat was a little fishy.

Yu Jiqiang suppressed his internal injuries, and still gave orders aloud, while those musketeers were like robots, completely ignoring the flying of bullets and arrows, and switching to shooting and loading bullets in an orderly manner.

Seeing the brave performance of his gunner, a soldier of the Runing Battalion pushing the cart was full of blood. While pushing the cart hard, he couldn't help but sing the informal military song of the Runing Battalion—" Katyusha". (To be continued..)