The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 472
The last to arrive on the battlefield were nine battalions of Dragon Guard infantry and thirty rounds of Polu Battalion infantry.

The former has nearly 600 people in each battalion, and the latter has 360 people in a round. In other words, more than 7000 infantry were pressed to the front line in an instant.

At this time, the formation of Zhang Tianlu's troops had been torn apart by artillery and cavalry. The infantry of the Dragon Guards rushed straight to the center of the enemy army, while the Polu battalion was divided into two teams, east and west, to attack both ends of the army with all its strength.

All the infantrymen of the Ming army stepped on the beat of the army drum and quickly moved to about [-] steps away from the enemy. Then they stopped in unison and fired a round of salvo. Suddenly, nearly a thousand soldiers on the southernmost side were shot. kill.

The infantry of the Ming army did not reload after the volley. More than 7000 soldiers roared in unison, "Kill!" Pan rushed towards the captive army, and the blood suddenly shot up into the sky, and the sound of wailing and screams filled the entire night sky.

When formulating the battle plan for the ambush in Jurong, considering that the number of Jianlu was two and a half times that of the Ming army and their strong counterattack capability, Zhu Linmi’s request was to take advantage of the scattered formation of the Qing army when they marched, and in the shortest possible time. Cause the greatest damage to the enemy from within, and use the strongest firepower to defeat them in one go!
Therefore, the Ming army did not leave any leeway as soon as it got started. There were only half a battalion of infantry and personal battalion beside Zhu Linmi as a reserve team, and all other combat forces went up.The artillery bombarded with shotguns at close range, and the cavalry cut directly into the enemy's formation from the flanks at the beginning, which was simply a desperate style of play.

The infantry, in order to prevent Jianlu from distributing part of the cannon fodder and hard-topped bullets, and at the same time organize a counterattack in the back row, so they used hand-to-hand combat at the beginning, rushing into the enemy's brigade quickly and breaking up their formation.

In addition, when the swords were red in hand-to-hand combat, the soldiers of the Ming army slaughtered in front of Jianlu like death, which could greatly damage the morale of the soldiers and cause them to collapse quickly in a short period of time.

This formation of the Ming army was originally intended to deal with the nearly [-] prisoners under Luck Dehun's troops. The intensity of the firepower that erupted in an instant can only be described as "horrific"!

It's just that by mistake, all this was "enjoyed" by the captive army under Zhang Tianlu.

The thunder attack, which was enough to defeat 1 to [-] Qing troops, fell on the more than [-] Qing troops. Most of the soldiers were killed before they could figure out what happened.

From the first charge of the Dragon Guard cavalry to the Ming army's infantry killing the Qing army formation, the entire battle process took about half an hour.Zhang Tianlu's soldiers did not receive effective military orders from beginning to end, let alone organize a counterattack, it was just a one-sided massacre.

Not long after, nearly [-] captive soldiers who were still alive were pressed against bayonets and cavalry swords, and gathered in a large circle. Under the great shock just now, at least three of them had wet crotches, and the stench soaring.

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Luck Dehun was awakened from his sleep by the thunderous roar of artillery in the distance.

He hurriedly put on his armor and went out of the tent, and saw the flames in the west constantly shining in the night, and he could vaguely hear a large number of shouts and screams among the dense cannons. Judging from this movement, there must be an army of tens of thousands are fighting.

He pulled the officer beside him, pointed to the west side and said anxiously: "What happened?!"

"Back, back to the general, the last general is not clear." The officer shook his head helplessly, "An hour ago, he sent a team of brave cavalry to investigate westward, and there was no abnormal report..."

The scouts sent by Luck Dehun were all cavalry with at least 30 men, and it was difficult to wipe them all out at once. Therefore, if the enemy was discovered, at least one or two would report back alive.

However, this team of Xiaoqi had already gone far before Zhang Tianlu's men rushed to Jurong from the riverside, and they never thought that there would be tens of thousands of main forces of the Ming army three miles away in the night, so they continued to explore in the direction of Nanjing without stopping. went.

Luck Dehun anxiously shouted: "Quick! Send someone to investigate again!"

"Whoo!"

The officer trotted away, recruited three teams of brave cavalry, and sent them out.These dozens of riders had just rushed out of the Qing army's camp, but more than 30 people came on horseback, asking loudly along the way: "Where is Lord Baylor?"

Lu Kede heard that the voice seemed to be Yu Yongshou, and asked to bring him closer, "What are you doing here?"

Yu Yongshou looked panicked and forgot to even salute, and said in a hurry: "Lord Baylor, something is wrong! On the way to the last general's place, he saw a fierce army fighting in the direction of Jurong, so he ordered people to go and investigate. He suffered from the nearby guns firing everywhere. Do not approach." He pointed to a bloody captive soldier behind him, "But this person must be rescued."

Luckard frowned and said, "What's going on?"

The captive soldier was held up by Yu Yongshou's guards, and said incoherently: "Ming army! It's the Ming army! Suddenly appeared, like a ghost... The cannons were overwhelming... Cavalry, and cavalry... There are enough Thousands of cavalry..."

Yu Yongshou hurriedly explained to Luck Dehun, "My Lord Belle, this person is Zhang Zongbing's subordinate, and he must have been ambushed by the southerners near Jurong. According to him, there should be tens of thousands of southerners. Zongbing Zhang suffered heavy casualties!"

"Why is Zhang Tianlu in Jurong?!"

"Back to Lord Baylor, Zhang Zongbing was afraid that the Southern Army would flee, so he led his troops to Jiangning overnight to intercept. The final general was afraid that something might be wrong, so he rushed to report. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zongbing had already been ambushed."

To say that Yu Yongshou is very cunning.He figured that if Zhang Tianlu made great contributions this time, it would be fine, but if he didn't make any achievements, Luck Dehun would definitely investigate him for the crime of "violating military orders", and he would be implicated.Around tomorrow, Le Ke Dehun will also know that the right-wing army has left without authorization. He only came to report a few hours earlier, so that he can get rid of the relationship with this matter, but he won't offend Zhang Tianlu too much.

So he brought his guards to report to the Luke Dehun Central Army.Unexpectedly, it was difficult to tell the direction when he was walking at night, he walked a little bit off, and was passing by the east side of Jurong, when he ran into Zhang Tianlu's army being defeated, he turned his head and ran away in fright, but picked up a defeated soldier on the way, and got the some news.

Just as he was talking, Babutai rushed over with a few guards, cupped his hands and said: "Master, I'm afraid there may be changes in the west, and the servant has ordered the army to prepare for battle. I don't know..."

"Tens of thousands of Ming troops? That must be the main force of the southern barbarians!" Lu Kede squinted his eyes, "Zhang Tianlu's troops have tens of thousands of horses, even if they are suddenly ambushed, they will definitely be in chaos for a while.

"It's only seven or eight miles to Jurong. I can take advantage of the chaotic battle between Nanman and Zhang Tianlu, and I will definitely wipe them out!"

He raised his head and glanced at the sky where the morning light had already been revealed, and waved to Babutai, "Here's an order, the whole army will march west immediately! Now that these southern barbarians are here, don't even think about escaping any of them!"

"Whoo!"

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