Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 208 The Arrogant Eight Banners Cavalry

After all, the Henan defenders of the Ming Dynasty suffered a lot from the red cannons of the Qing army along the way, and even the assistant Gao Hongtu was almost hit by the red cannons every time.

So now Liu Fangliang is also desperate to order the artillery troops to shoot shells into the rushing camp of the Qing army cavalry.

These shells fell into the camp of the Qing cavalry like plowshares plowing the field, directly hitting the Qing cavalry on their backs, and quickly exploded directly due to the impact.

Countless shrapnel pierced directly into the chests and abdomens of these cavalrymen or the abdomens of war horses like celestial maidens scattered flowers.

In an instant, the entire Qing army's iron cavalry was a little chaotic, especially Kong Youde's Han Eight Banners cavalry camp, which was directly disrupted!
Moreover, the artillery of the Ming Guards is a sub-cannon, and the sub-cannon with pre-loaded ammunition can be directly placed on the mother cannon, so that the artillery fire can carry out continuous strikes.

Coupled with the improvement of the quality of the gun body, the gun body is not deformed due to high temperature, and even if it is deformed, it is cooled by the pre-prepared air-conditioning water.

Because a artillery team has a clear division of labor, the process of changing sub-cannons, aiming and firing, and cooling down is very fast.

In an instant, nearly a thousand shells exploded in the cavalry camp of the Qing army.

It forced the Qing cavalry to disperse their formation at first, and then had to simply retreat.

Seeing that the Qing army had shown signs of retreating, Liu Fangliang immediately ordered the signal soldiers to blow their horns.

Immediately, the first battalion and the second battalion of the cavalry were organized into two sharp arrows and stuck towards the retreating cavalry of the Qing army like a tide.

As a junior officer of the first cavalry battalion, Mao Jukui rushed to the front right now, slashing at the head of a man with the tail of a mouse with a scimitar in his hand.

But this Tartar also skillfully dodged sideways, with his calf clinging to the horse's belly, leaning his body, he took out the hard bow with one hand and pulled it away directly, about to shoot Mao Jukui's abdomen.

Seeing this, Mao Jukui immediately rode his horse and ran out, and at the same time threw a thunderbolt with his backhand.

This kind of thunder exploded immediately when it touched the ground. In an instant, the tartar sat down on the horse and was shot in the abdomen. Blood flowed, and he fell to the ground within a few strokes.

The tartar on the horse flew out due to inertia, and Mao Jukui immediately chased after him, and slashed into the waist of the tartar with a knife. Because of the huge inertia, the tartar was directly split in half.

And Mao Jukui himself also burst into blood, but he couldn't help but muster up his courage at this time, and continued to hack and kill regardless of the blood on his hands.

The rest of the guards also desperately pursued and hacked.

However, there were also many cavalrymen of the Guards who were not as lucky as Mao Jukui, and were shot down with bows and arrows by the Tartar cavalry on horseback.

There were also those who were no more skilled and stronger than the Tartars, and were directly beheaded by the Tartars.

However, despite this, the two cavalry battalions of tens of thousands of cavalry guards still forced the cavalry of the Qing army to evacuate faster, and did not dare to fight anymore.

It wasn't until after running for several miles that the cavalry of the guards withdrew and the cavalry of the Qing army stopped.

After the first round of fighting between the two sides, the Qing army cavalry did not take advantage of the slightest advantage.

The Eight Banners of the Manchu Army left more than [-] dead bodies and seriously injured people, while the Eight Banners of the Han Army also left more than [-] dead bodies and seriously injured people.

The cavalry of the two battalions of the Guards themselves also lost more than [-] cavalry. Even though the artillery had already carried out a round of strikes and the cavalry of the Qing army had no intention of fighting, they still lost more than [-] cavalry. There is too little time and participation in actual combat, and there is still a big gap in the confrontation with the Eight Banners cavalry.

Liu Fangliang couldn't help being furious. He didn't expect that his cavalry battalion was just a pursuit, and there were more than [-] cavalry casualties.

As the commander-in-chief, he felt that this was a great insult to him.

As the general of the invading army in the past, he has never experienced fighting the Tartars in this life, so he has no fear of the Tartars, so he thought that his cavalry battalion could be like the one he led the intruder cavalry to torture the left army cavalry The same casually hacked and killed the Tartar cavalry who had fled.

But he didn't expect that these Manchu iron cavalry would be able to be orderly and even kill even when they retreated.

Liu Fangliang got on the horse directly, and wanted to personally lead the cavalry to charge him once.

As a man who has been fighting for many years since the early years of Chongzhen, he really wanted to experience how powerful these Tartars are at close quarters.

Liu Fangliang was furious, and the Qing army's deputy capital, E'nan, and King Kong Youde, the respectful king, were not in a good mood.

The armored cavalry lost more than [-] people. For Hubei, this was a loss he had never encountered since entering the customs.

However, this was only the first time to charge, and it caused such a big loss. He even felt a little terrified when he thought of the shell that could explode directly. He couldn't help but look at his bloody hand. Can't stop being normal.

Kong Youde was also very sad about the loss of more than [-] horses.

These days, the cavalry are the treasures of the generals. The five thousand cavalry is also the wealth he has accumulated since he followed Mao Wenlong. As far as he is concerned, his cavalry is almost on the verge of collapse.

E'nan and Kong Youde did not give up their attack on Mengcheng.

However, this time, E'nan and Kong Youde had learned their lesson, and led their five thousand cavalry, composed of Manchus and Hans, towards the infantry battalion in the center of the Guards.

A regiment of the Guards has three battalions of the first type of infantry and three battalions of the second type of infantry.

Now the six infantry battalions of the First Corps of the Third Army of the Guards are arranged in a triangle, facing the Qing cavalry head-on.

However, at the same time, the two artillery battalions have also been adjusted to both sides of the infantry battalion formation and began to alternately attack the Qing cavalry in front of them.

But this time, both E'nan and Kong Youde learned a little better, and dispersed the cavalry charging camp a little, so the killing effect of the Ming field artillery shells decreased.

But it can still create a huge explosion sound, which in turn delays the charging speed of the Qing army's iron cavalry, making it impossible for the Qing army's iron cavalry and their sitting horses to concentrate on charging.

E Nan personally led the Eight Banners armored soldiers to rush to the front, and these Tartars were all very arrogant. While galloping on horses, they directly bent their bows and set arrows, and wantonly opened their strong bows and heavy arrows to harass the infantry camp of the Guards.

The Eight Banners Iron Cavalry of the Manchu Army did this not only to scare the courage of the infantry camp, but also to force the soldiers in the infantry camp to fire their firearms in advance because of nervousness, and these experienced Tartar cavalry could also take advantage of this to find out the truth and know where to break through Better. ,

Kong Youde's Eight Banners of the Han Army followed behind, and the scholars in front of them also screamed like the Eight Banners of the Han Army, extremely arrogant!
They seemed to have completely forgotten the previous losses, and the sound of artillery that still exploded in their ears at this moment, and their eyes were like jackal eyes staring at the brothers in the infantry battalion of the Ming Guards.

(End of this chapter)