The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 441
The huge explosion of Zhentianlei resounded around the hollow phalanx.

The Jianlu cavalry galloped close to the hollow phalanx, and there was no way to avoid it under the crowded front and back. Even if thirty or forty cavalry were blown over by the "grenade", they tripped over dozens of horses that followed one after another.

With the sound of the explosion and the screams of the injured horse, even the most psychologically qualified war horse could not control it at this time.

Immediately, the captive cavalry that had passed by the sides of the Ming army just now were led by their mounts, and ran around like headless flies, and the pressure on the hollow square was instantly relaxed.

Zhang Guoxuan, who commanded the defense of the cavalry, was overjoyed when he saw this, and said in his heart that he did not expect that this thunderbolt would have a miraculous effect on the cavalry!When you go back, you must report to His Royal Highness the Assistant King.

In fact, the practice of using grenades to scare war horses is also practiced in Europe. Napoleon's army had grenadiers.Of course, its main weapon is not a grenade, but this elite unit throws grenades at the enemy, which can often greatly disrupt the enemy's formation.

This time, it was Li Xian who was in a hurry to save the troops in the middle, and seeing that the number of people in the hollow phalanx was very small, he felt contemptuous, so he didn't bother to suppress it with cavalry and shooting, so that the soldiers inside the phalanx could throw smoothly. Shocking thunder.

Zhang Guoxuan took advantage of the chaos of the cavalry of the Qing army, and risked ordering, "The front row keeps bayonets away from the enemy, and the others quickly reload!"

Li Xian turned his head and saw that the Ming army put away the firecrackers under the eyes of the cavalry in the brigade and began to refill it. He was so angry, but no matter how hard he pulled the reins, the mounts under his crotch struggled to run away from the Ming army. .

Soon, dense flames erupted in the hollow phalanx, and hundreds of lead bullets shot at the horses from the side or behind, which immediately pushed the chaos of the Jianlu cavalry to a new peak.

After a long while, the mount barely calmed down until Li Xian ran out of the range of the Ming army's artillery.He turned his head to look again, and there were at least 200 riders running in the opposite direction to him, and they were scattered all over the place at this moment, and it would be extremely difficult to gather them back in a while.

And there were only one hundred thirty and forty horses left around him, and those horses were snorting non-stop, obviously running wildly in fright just now, and their physical strength was running out at this time.

"My lord, look!"

Li Xian looked in the direction pointed by the guards, and saw that his side had been routed in the middle, and Lou Guangxian's banner had fallen.

He was hesitating whether to rescue Lou Zongbing, but suddenly he saw hundreds of people lined up in a neat horizontal formation, coming towards him from the middle of the battlefield.

With a twitch of his eyelids, he immediately turned the horse's head and shouted: "Withdraw!"

The most embarrassing person at this time was undoubtedly Hu Anmao.When he led [-] infantry to outflank the right flank, the battlefield was already a "busy scene". Xian's Xiaoqi and hundreds of Ming troops were "cleaning the battlefield" everywhere.

As for Lou Zongbing, Li Xian and others, they have long disappeared.

If he ordered a strong attack at this time, the Ming army might really suffer a bit due to the disordered formation, but before he could figure out where to attack first, the green battalion soldiers behind him broke out, "Defeated! Run away!" ..."

"Master Lou's flags are all down, I'm afraid it's more ominous..."

"There must be an ambush in the Ming army, so why fight?!"

"Even Xiaoqi is gone, let's run..."

"You guys..." Hu Anmao turned his head and was about to reprimand angrily, but saw that the hundreds of green battalion soldiers did what they said, and fled to various places.

Morale is the most easily affected by people. Although the Han army with white flags under him did not follow, it was obvious that they had no fighting spirit.

After he ordered the officers to restrain his men and recovered some of the deserters, the Ming army had basically ended the battle in the middle, and 500 people re-formed a horizontal formation one mile away...

Beijing Forbidden City.

In the Hall of Martial Arts, all Manchu and Han civil and military officials lowered their heads and did not dare to make a sound.

Zhang Gaowen couldn't wait to tuck his head into his neckline during the engineering department.

He went through many ways and spent a lot of money to get into the current position with great difficulty. Naturally, he has to perform his best.

It was the morning before yesterday, when he heard that Dagu had been attacked by the Ming army at night, he immediately impeached Lou Guangxian and asked the imperial court to transfer troops from the south of the Yangtze River to occupy the southern army.

Unexpectedly, at noon that day, His Royal Highness the Regent issued an edict saying that only Japanese pirates landed in Dagu, ordering all courtiers not to arbitrarily point out that they were the Ming army.

Zhang Gaowen was sweating from shock at that time, and hastily impeached himself, saying that some thieves and bandits were not a problem, and that as soon as the imperial army arrived, they would be wiped out immediately.

Unexpectedly, a day later, there was an urgent report from Zhigu that the 3000 defenders were wiped out in the first battle, the general Lou Guangxian died for his country, and Belle Batuhai was captured.The Ming army has passed through Zhigu and is rushing to Beijing.

Now even the regent had no choice but to say that Lou Guangxian had lied to the imperial court and reported the Ming army as Japanese pirates in order to cover up the fall of Dagu.

In fact, Dorgon is also extremely helpless. You can't say that Baylor, the dignified clan, was captured by Japanese pirates, right?What's more, as far as Beijing Yimapingchuan, the Ming army will soon arrive near Beijing. At that time, someone will see it, and if they insist on being Japanese pirates, they will definitely be exposed.

Zhang Gaowen glanced at the other courtiers again, and saw that many people looked embarrassed, so he felt a little relieved. It seems that there must be a lot of people who slapped themselves on the table before, and now they have to think about how to win back the city.

Before he could figure it out, Liu Zhengzong, the editor of the Imperial Academy, came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty the Regent, the southerners drove straight in with more than a thousand soldiers and horses, and there must be internal support. The bandit army is based in the south of the Yangtze River. Many wealthy families in China, Fujian, Zhejiang and other places have contacts with them..."

Before Liu Zhengzong finished speaking, Feng Quan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, immediately took over: "The minister seconded the proposal. Many of my courtiers have contacts with people from the south of the Yangtze River, so we must investigate."

Zhang Gaowen's heart moved, this is the Northern Party's opportunity to attack the Southern Party!

After the Manchus entered the customs, a large number of ministers of the Ming Dynasty were appointed, and the operation of the court was almost the same as that of the Chongzhen Dynasty.As a result, one of the biggest ills in the late Ming Dynasty, party struggle, was also brought to the court of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The north-south party struggle in the early Qing Dynasty was actually a continuation of the party struggle between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty.

Feng Quan had a close relationship with Wei Zhongxian in his early years. After he was dismissed from office, he defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and widely recruited party members, which was called the Northern Party at that time.After the surrender of the Qing Dynasty, the Donglin Party reunited with Chen Mingxia as the leader, known as the Southern Party.

The "resentment" between the two parties began in the late Ming Dynasty and has been fighting until now, and they are still fighting each other. In essence, the Jiangbei gentry and the Jiangnan gentry are fighting for the interests of their respective groups.

Censor Wu Da immediately stood up and said: "Master Feng, instead of suspecting the courtiers without evidence, we should discuss Lou Guangxian's crime." Lou Guangxian is a member of the Northern Party.

"He led 3000 troops, including nearly half of the Han army with white flags, but was defeated by more than a thousand southern troops. It must have been a misstep..."

Dorgon saw that the enemy army was about to arrive in Beijing, but the two factions were still attacking each other, and he couldn't help saying angrily: "Do you really believe that the Ming army only has more than a thousand people?!"

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