Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1124 During the Battle of Zhenjiang

Jin Shenghuan and Zheng Chenggong are Tang Wang's right-hand men, one is good at land warfare, and the other has a powerful naval warship.

During the battle between Chu and Jiangxi, Jin Shenghuan was defeated and joined the Jiangxi and Qing army, killed Man Dahai, broke the siege of Wuchang, and forced Duoduo to retreat in a hurry. It can be said that he became famous in the first battle.

During the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the battle commanded by Wang Yan undoubtedly killed the most kings of the Qing Dynasty, followed by Dai Zhifan who killed Azig, and the rest was the North Jiangxi war commanded by Jin Shenghuan. Li Yuanyin cut off the head of Man Dahai .

Although the status of Mandahai is far from being comparable to that of Azig, the impact of the two battles on the Ming Dynasty is completely different.

The battle commanded by Dai Zhifan was only to besiege Azig and plunder Huguang. Even if this battle was lost, it would have little impact on the strength comparison and offensive and defensive momentum between Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The North Jiangxi War commanded by Jin Shenghuan had a huge impact on the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Wang Yan's main force was still in Sichuan and Wu Sangui was fighting in eastern Sichuan. The Qing army launched a massive counterattack against Huguang and Jiangxi, and Wang Yan could not support them at all.

If the battle between Chu and Jiangxi was lost, even if Wang Yan won the battle of Sichuan, the situation of the Ming Dynasty would be extremely passive and at an absolute disadvantage. However, Jin Shenghuan defended Jiangxi and broke the siege of Wuchang, which made the Ming Dynasty completely stand still Heels, from being passively beaten, into a stalemate and even a counterattack stage.

Therefore, Jin Shenghuan's reputation is still very loud, and it is precisely because of this battle that he is a little swollen, and he feels that he can be compared with Wang Yan.

From Jin Shenghuan's point of view, he is at the same level as Wang Yan, as for Zhao Shenkuan, he is just an unknown person, Wang Yan's subordinate general, he is a hero of Middle Earth, how can he take an unknown person in his eyes.

Jin Shenghuan rode his spear and clamped the horse's belly tightly. He shouted, "Boys, go!" After saying that, he led the assembled Wuwei cavalry and charged towards the Hengchong horse army.

The Wuwei cavalry rushing to the front put the three-eyed guns under their armpits one after another. Several of the bodyguard cavalry consciously accelerated their horses, gradually passed Jin Shenghuan, and blocked him behind.

The death rate of the cavalry is extremely high. Jin Shenghuan's identity has long been unable to charge forward. The guards naturally want to protect him. How can he really charge forward? .

It was extremely dangerous for Jin Shenghuan to charge like this, but he had to charge once, the rear army was already in disarray, and the morale of the Wuwei army was already low, only he could boost morale by going into battle in person.

Charged to the side of the horse army, Zhao Shenkuan pointed his long spear, and behind him were more than a thousand cavalry, stalking them all. The cavalry wearing breastplates also held their three-eyed muskets under their armpits, ready to light the matchlock, and several cavalry also rushed forward, Block Zhao Shenkuan behind him.

The two cavalry quickly approached, and the charging cavalry concentrated their attention on Jin Shenghuan, which freed the soldiers of the military guards who were running behind, and ran down the official road one after another, giving way to the battlefield.

The horses were galloping, and the distance between the two sides was shortened to a hundred steps in the blink of an eye. Through the gap between the cavalry in front of him, Jin Shenghuan could already see the faces of the oncoming horsemen and the armor on their bodies.

The same as the military guards, the armor is different. The cavalry who rushed over wore uniform plate armor, and the officers only had different helmets.

"Kill!" With a roar, the side of the rampaging horse army had already ignited the gunpowder line. In the attacking formation, a cloud of gunpowder immediately rose, and the side of the Wuwei army also ignited the medicine line at the same time. ready to go.

Tens of thousands of hoofs trampled the ground, splashing dust. The most precious cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, due to the different positions of the two sides, will carry out a fierce battle between relatives and enemies. No matter which side wins, it is not worth praising.

The cavalry is the most frightening force on the battlefield. The cavalry of both sides slammed into the opponent's attack formation with desperate courage. The ear-piercing howls and the shaking of the horses gathered into a torrent that shook the earth.

In an instant, the two cavalrymen collided like two swords.

"Bang bang bang..." There was a dense sound of gunpowder, and the three-eyed gun fired three rounds at an extremely fast speed. The projectiles hidden in the gun barrel were shot out rapidly by the thrust of the gunpowder, and they were less than fifty steps away. Between the two cavalrymen, the high temperature of the gunpowder explosion, the red-hot projectiles, drew red lines, and the bullets shot by both sides immediately interweaved into a large dense net.

Under this net of intertwined red threads, the horses neighed, the knights wailed, and the cavalry kept falling.

Both sides used the same type of three-eyed gun, Jin Shenghuan was very surprised, but before he had time to investigate further, the two armies had already collided.

The spear pierced, the blunt weapon swung, the two cavalrymen collided fiercely like a torrent of steel, blood bloomed, and the screams and shouts of killing were intertwined, almost maddening.

In an instant, all the personal guards in front of Jin Shenghuan were knocked off their horses. The commander of the military guards was directly exposed in front of the rampaging horse army, but this brave general was not afraid, but roared angrily and stood up. The iron spear pierced, and the long spear immediately stabbed an oncoming cavalry away from the horse.

The spear pierced the cavalry's breastplate, and the cavalry's body was lifted from the saddle. When the point of the spear hit the breastplate, sparks flew out immediately, but it didn't pierce through once!
Jin Shenghuan felt his arm go numb, as if he had stabbed an iron plate, but in fact, what he really stabbed was an iron plate.

Half of the gun head was submerged in the plate armor, and there were still several dents on the armor, which should be the result of the bullet hit just now.

Jin Shenghuan's spear got stuck on the plate armor at once, and at this moment, a cavalryman waved the three-eyed gun ferociously and threw it at him.Under the trail, he immediately glared and kicked, roared, and swung his spear. He actually picked up the cavalry's corpse and threw it out suddenly. The cavalry with the three-eyed gun suddenly fell off his horse.

Almost all the military guards faced the same problem as Jin Shenghuan. Jin Shenghuan used iron spears, but most of the military guards used wooden cavalry spears. Under the huge impact force, the gun barrels broke off one after another.

Zhao Shenkuan rushed into the formation, stabbed four cavalrymen one after another, he couldn't help letting out a hearty and dripping roar, and then led his troops out through the formation.Ramping the horse army, like a sword made of fine iron, broke the iron sword of the Wuwei army, breaking the Wuwei army like breaking bamboo.

The two armies passed by each other, and the cavalry looked back. Wherever they passed, there were fallen corpses and mourning horses.

In this combination, the Ramping Horse Army lost less than 50 people, but the Wuwei Army lost at least two hundred people, and most of them died in the three-eyed gun shooting.

Zhao Shenkuan led the cavalry out through the formation, the rebel infantry in front had already formed a formation, the pikemen formed a line of spears, and the musketeers and archers were aiming at them.

The rushing horse army who had just come out of the formation did not dare to run into it just like that, Zhao Shenkuan immediately pulled the reins, and made a big turn before hitting the formation.

Jin Shenghuan had just seen the equipment of the rampaging horse army, and knew that the opponent's breastplate was powerful, and the three-eyed blunderbuss, which lacked power, could hardly break through the opponent's plate armor.

Originally, after the cavalry charged, they had to stop, rectify their formation, and reload their ammunition, but he didn't do this. Instead, after a little reorganization, he immediately led the cavalry and rushed towards the charging horse army that was turning around, without giving any attention. Chance for them to reload.

"Boom!", the two teams of cavalry clashed again. This time, the horse army lost more than 30 people in the rampage, and the Wuwei army lost more than 60 people. The gap is still huge.

The two sides passed by each other, Jin Shenghuan rushed straight to the front of the infantry formation, then reined in the horse, then pulled out the horse and turned the horse's head, ready to charge again.

Although he has already realized the huge gap with the rampaging horse army, it will take a certain amount of time for the infantry to form formation. He must entangle this horse army and prevent him from harassing the infantry formation.

"Look, Governor!" Just as the cavalry stopped and turned around, an anxious voice suddenly sounded.

Jin Shenghuan raised his head and looked west, and couldn't help but change his face. On the vast field, there were densely packed enemy cavalry. The spectacular sight of thousands of cavalry galloping immediately made his face shudder.

The cavalry of the Wuwei Army, the rebel infantry in formation, and the King of Lu and others have all seen countless cavalry rolling in the distance. Among the banners, there is a big flag that is particularly eye-catching.

It is surrounded by a group of generals and flags like stars and moons. It is the military flag of the rampaging horse army. The big flag next to it is also very powerful in front of the cavalry. The five big characters on it are impossible for anyone to ignore. "The Governor of the Right Army"!
The main force of Wang Shixiu and Hengchong Majun has arrived!
Seeing this scene, many rebel generals were shocked. They never expected that there would be so many cavalry in the court. They seemed to think that they had met the Eight Banners of the Qing army.

Seeing this, Jin Shenghuan immediately gave up his thoughts of rushing for a while, and opened a hole before setting up the formation, and he immediately led the remaining cavalry to hide in the formation.

Seeing that the main force had arrived, Zhao Shenkuan did not rush to disturb him again, but went up to greet the main force.

Wang Shixiu and the generals led the cavalry forward, and slowly slowed down. He didn't need to check the horses to report, but he also saw a figure in the distance.

"Captain! The rebels are at the front!" Zhao Shenkuan, who came up to welcome him, clasped his fists and reported to Wang Shixiu.

Wang Shixiu looked as far as the eye could see, less than three miles away, there was a crowd of people in darkness.

Although it is not clear, but based on visual inspection, the number of rebels is quite large, estimated to be more than 6.

He immediately raised his right hand and said loudly, "Stop!"

After the military order was conveyed, all the cavalry units behind them stopped immediately, but Wang Shixiu clamped his horse's belly and led more than a hundred cavalry to rush forward. When he reached a mile in front of the rebel formation, he stopped suddenly.

A hundred households continued to gallop forward until they reached the front of the rebel army, then reined in their horses and shouted: "My governor, please speak to His Royal Highness King Lu!"

After speaking, the knight immediately pulled out his horse and ran back. Not long after, a passage was opened in the rebel formation. King Lu, who was in golden armor, led more than a hundred cavalry at a gallop, and stopped when he was fifty steps away from Wang Shixiu.

Wang Shixiu glanced at the golden armored King Lu, immediately cupped his fists, and said sincerely: "His Royal Highness, stop now, and the guilt can still be reduced! Your Highness is a hero in the world, the Prince of Ming Dynasty, Shixiu advises His Highness to turn around!"

King Lu stared at Wang Shixiu, pointed at his horsewhip, and replied angrily: "Since ancient times, thieves and Han are incompatible. The lonely king advises the king's governor to be loyal to the imperial family and not to help the tyrant!"

(Thank you for your monthly tickets, recommendations, and subscriptions. Book friends who have a fixed starting point can click on my avatar at the starting point to receive the Desolate Light. Thank you for your support.)
(End of this chapter)