Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 224 Melee and Destruction of Qing Army Artillery Battalion (Fourth Change)

Under the fast charge, the cavalry can't make too casual movements, basically they just slash quickly with a knife.

Therefore, once the shield soldiers block, the other soldiers in a group do not have to worry about being attacked by the cavalry again.

At the same time, the spearman pierced directly into the horse's belly, the horse leaned back, and the cavalry flew out directly, and then fell to the ground directly to death.

The cavalry who followed were shot directly by the firearms soldiers, and the men flew out, but the horses continued to charge forward due to inertia.

At this time, a group of infantry needs to avoid quickly and continue to resist the cavalry that arrives along the way.

Some of Xia Yunyi's infantry battalions did well, killing the cavalry one by one as quickly as a lawnmower.

There are also those who did not do well and were directly washed away.

At this time, the battle between the 18 infantry battalion and the Qing cavalry could no longer be distinguished, and the entire war scene can be said to have become a big melee.

Although the 18 infantry battalion formed a three-row formation, it was still difficult to resist at such a short distance and facing such a large-scale [-] Qing cavalry charge.

Alashan and Wakda each rushed towards the collapsed city gate of Yangzhou with more than a hundred riders.

The infantry battalion of the First Corps of the Second Guards Army guarding the gates of Yangzhou has already begun to set up defense lines at the gaps in each gate. With the addition of the moat, it is not easy for the Manchurian cavalry to rush into the city for a while.

The infantry of the First Corps of the Guards and the infantry on the outer city of Yangzhou used their geographical advantages to force the Manchurian cavalry not to get too close.

Alashan waited for the Manchurian iron cavalry to come back, fighting with the guards outside the infantry battalions of the guards.

However, because the order of the infantry battalion near the city wall was not chaotic, and there were too few Manchurian cavalry rushing towards Alashan, they did not take advantage of it.

On Gu Yanwu's side, most of the infantry guards who faced the main force of the Qing army's iron cavalry from the Duoduo Department had already been dispersed, especially after the bombardment of Zhentianlei. Fight independently.

Gu Yanwu and the captain of a team he was in saw a cavalry rushing forward, and quickly went up to them. When the shield soldiers blocked the cavalry's knife, the spearmen immediately stabbed into the horse's buttocks.

The cavalryman sat down on his horse and fell to the side. The spearman quickly pulled out his spear, waiting for the cavalryman to fall to the ground and immediately stabbing him.

At the same time, Gu Yanwu shot and killed the cavalry who tried to kill his team, and one cavalry was directly sent flying.

In this chaotic scene, a team of five or six people cooperated to kill one cavalry after another in such a scene of cavalry.

Of course, there were also those who were scattered and could not form a team, so they simply picked up the flintlock guns themselves, and if the cavalry was in front of them, they pulled out their bayonets and directly stabbed the horse's belly from the side.

If the cavalry is not in sight, shoot.

Of course, some infantry were hacked and shot by cavalry.

However, in general, although the front end of the 18 infantry battalion has become a big melee, because of the rapid movement of the cavalry, it cannot do a lot of damage, and not all infantry can organize large-scale destruction of the Qing army cavalry.

Therefore, in this melee, the casualties on both sides were actually not large, and neither side had yet collapsed.

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During the scuffle between cavalry and infantry, Liu Fangliang had also led a guard army of [-] iron cavalry to attack the artillery camp of the Qing army.

The range of the cannon in red is within two or three miles, so Liu Fangliang can quickly reach the artillery camp of the Qing army within a few minutes when the Qing cavalry and the infantry of the Guards are fighting.

However, at this time, the [-] Manchu cavalry guarding the artillery of the Qing army also rushed up.

The two cavalrymen directly killed each other.

Liu Fangliang had ordered Liu Zhaoji to lead [-] cavalry in advance and not to move.

Therefore, when Liu Fangliang led the [-] guard cavalry and [-] Manchu cavalry to fight in full swing, Liu Zhaoji took a thousand light cavalry to make a big detour, and approached the Qing artillery camp in a short time.

Most of the artillerymen of the Qing army were also Han Chinese, and many of them were frontier soldiers.

However, Liu Zhaoji was not relented because of this, and immediately started hacking and killing. At the same time, Zhentianlei was thrown out, blasting the gunpowder box of the Qing Army Artillery Battalion, making a rumbling sound.

The Manchu cavalry, who were fighting with Liu Fangliang, hurriedly retreated after hearing the sound, but found that they had been entangled by [-] cavalry of the Guards.

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Because of this, the artillery fire under the city of Yangzhou stopped for one of them.

The officials and people in Yangzhou City breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Duoduo, who also bypassed the infantry battalion of the Guards and raided into the vicinity of Yangzhou City from the flank, also heard the explosion from the rear.

Duduo immediately realized that something was wrong and immediately retreated with the main force.

However, at this time Liu Fangliang and Liu Zhaoji also withdrew back with more than [-] guard cavalry.

Zhu Youjian formally ordered Ming Jin to withdraw troops, and the 18 Guards infantry pushed back like a tide.

At this time, the Duoduo tribe also brought more than [-] iron cavalry to the location of their artillery battalion. Seeing the mess of the place and the countless artillerymen who were killed on the scene, they couldn't help but slap Gushan Beizi Shuosai.

Naturally, Shuo Sai couldn't argue with his own words. The Ming army's [-] iron cavalry attacked, and he had to fight, but what he didn't expect was that the Ming army still had a cavalry line.

That was the end of the first day of fighting.

The main force of the Qing army's iron cavalry of the Duduo tribe failed to rush into Yangzhou City, while the Guards achieved their goal of destroying the Qing army's artillery.

However, the guards paid a lot for it. Half of the ten infantry battalions were washed away, and nearly [-] people were killed or injured, while the casualties of the Qing army's iron cavalry were only more than [-] cavalry.

In addition, although Liu Fangliang brought [-] iron cavalry, he also lost more than [-] cavalry in the fight with the Manchurian cavalry in just a few quarters of an hour, while Shuosai's Manchurian cavalry lost no more than a hundred cavalry.

Only the Thousand Qingqi led by Liu Zhaoji successfully achieved the goals of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian and Zhou Yuji, turning hundreds of red cannons of the Qing army into a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron and piled there.

It is now noon.

Whether it is a man or a horse who has been fighting for so long, they all need to recuperate, and Duoduo did not attack again.

The guards also began to return to the organizational system, guarding the city.

The corpses and wounded of the Guards were transported into Yangzhou City, and the wounded and corpses of more than [-] Guards cavalry left in the Qing army camp were all exchanged by the Guards with the wounded and corpses of the Qing army.

Zhu Youjian walked in front of these wounded and corpses, many of them were scholars and talents he knew in the past, and many of them were officers and soldiers who followed him to the south in the past.

But now, in this era without antibiotics, whether they are dead or injured, they have to face the fate of death.

"Do you say Wuyi? The same robe with your son. Wang Yuxing is a teacher, repair my spear. I share the same hatred with my son! Is it said that I have no clothes? Say no clothes? Same clothes with your son. Wang Yuxing, repair my armor. Walk with your son!"

For some reason, Zhu Youjian sang this song that has become popular among the guards. In a short while, there were such voices inside and outside Yangzhou City, and some officers and soldiers of the Guards couldn't help but shed tears.

The fierce battle in the morning made everyone aware of the cruelty of war. The moment when nearly [-] cavalry rushed in left an indelible impression on everyone, and the death of Tongze in the past made them even more emotional. It has become complicated, hatred and desire to live, at this moment, only by turning into tears can we express the bitterness in our heart.

(End of this chapter)