The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 678

The plate armor on the remaining 530 heavy cavalrymen was covered with thick blood stains, and there was no trace of gleam. They were like the gods of death who came out of the underworld.

At the same time, more than 500 Dragon Guard infantry quietly rushed to the front of the Jianlu formation, took off the steel shovel behind them, and swiftly shoveled off the wooden axle of the chariot.

The surrounding Qing army was killed by heavy cavalry and hunters, howling like hell, no one cared about the chariot.

In a short while, the two hundred or so carts in the front row were all slanted on the ground.Then these infantrymen fired their guns at the chaotic Jianlu formation on the spot, and they had passed the addiction of hunting soldiers.

Duoduo couldn't hold back any longer, and in less than a quarter of an hour, his front army was in chaos.With a livid face, he said to Shuo Sai: "Lingzu Runze took three thousand elite riders to drive away this group of southerners!"

"Whoo!"

When Zu Runze led Guan Ning's cavalry through He Luohui and Cao Gongcheng to the forefront, Xu Erxian's troops had completely collapsed.

Zu Runze held the three-eyed blunderbuss, lowered his head and rushed straight at Zhu Jiadi and the others. Along the way, he couldn't avoid the broken soldiers running around, and he trampled to death many times.

Seeing this, Zhu Jiadi immediately ordered to retreat, but his horses were almost exhausted, and Zu Runze caught up with him after running half a mile.

Thousands of three-eyed guns roared one after another. The power of these guns was extremely weak, and they couldn't hurt the heavy cavalry at all.But these Guan Ning soldiers then rotated their heavy iron guns and smashed them at Zhu Jiadi like a giant hammer. Even more than a hundred cavalry were knocked off their horses by the huge impact of the "hammer".

Jiao Lian hurriedly led [-] cavalrymen out of the formation to meet them, and passed by Guanning's cavalry quickly. First they fired a volley of spring wheel guns, and then stabbed obliquely with long spears. Dozens of cavalry on the west side were killed in response.

Zu Runze was taken aback by the unexpected blow from the side, and it was difficult to see how many enemy troops there were under the smoke of gunpowder—although the power of the three-eyed blunderbuss was poor, its ability to create smoke was very strong.

Just as he was hesitating for a while, the pressure on the heavy cavalry of Zhu Jiadi was greatly reduced, and they ran for a while, and all the 370 heavy cavalry alive finally entered the range of the infantry of the Dragon Guards.

Zu Runze had no choice but to turn around and return, eating several rounds of cannons on the way.

On the other side, the [-] infantry and the Jaeger Battalion, who were in charge of destroying the chariots, retreated back to the front line early in the morning. At this time, the former army of Jianlu was in a mess.Corpses were everywhere, and the wrecked wagons lay across the road, all of which greatly hindered Cao Gongcheng's troops from moving forward—after all, people could simply step over obstacles, but heavy wagons couldn't.

After Cao Gongcheng restrained Xu Erxian's rout with the cannons of the Ming army, cleaned up the corpses, the broken axle carts, etc., and reorganized the formation by himself, more than an hour had passed.

This is the case with more than 300 Dragon Guard heavy cavalry, using their lives to win precious nearly an hour and a half!

It was already daylight.

Although Jianlu lost 500 people, he didn't care about the [-] army at all.Under Duoduo's urging, Cao Gongcheng turned into the front team and continued to attack Ximing Mountain.

Brother Zhu watched the enemy's situation from afar, and patted Jiao Lian on the shoulder with determination, "Brother Jiao, now we have to fight together."

In the case of insufficient artillery firepower, the most effective way to deal with the chariots is cavalry harassment.The chariot has no maneuverability at all, as long as the cavalry finds a gap and breaks into the chariot, most of them can stir up the infantry pushing the chariot.

When Guan Ning's iron cavalry was still loyal to Daming, they were often able to cooperate with the infantry to destroy the Jianlu chariot formation.However, as Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui surrendered successively, Ming no longer had cavalry troops who dared to charge across the enemy's line, so the Qing army's chariots showed their prowess, and the Ming army's infantry were almost powerless to fight back.

Jiao Lian nodded and said with a smile: "I went to die with Brother Zhu. But it seems that your heavy cavalry killed more enemies, or my Lancers are more powerful!"

"Haha, good! Have fun!"

The heavy cavalry who had only rested for an hour immediately changed their horses and went into battle again. The scarlet blood all over their bodies made them look extremely hideous.

Three hundred Lancers followed closely behind and rushed towards the enemy again.

This time, Duoduo didn't dare to push him any further, and immediately dispatched Xiaoqi to cover, and the entire Qing army formation separated to both sides, and the advancing speed was greatly slowed down.

As soon as Zhu Jiadi and Jiao Lian entered Cao Gongcheng's formation, there was the sound of rumbling horseshoes from the south. This time it was Zu Runze and Zhang Hongmo who attacked together, and more than [-] captives came rushing forward.

However, the cavalry of the Dragon Guards seemed to turn a blind eye, and still tried their best to charge and kill the Jianlu infantry.The Dragon Guard infantry who cooperated with destroying the chariot also ran quickly.

Five thousand Guanning cavalry raided the less than seven hundred Ming cavalry from two directions.No matter how strong the steel armor of the heavy cavalry was, even if the spears of the cavalry had the advantage, they were quickly dispersed by the enemy when they were outnumbered.

Even so, the cavalry of the Dragon Guards still gathered into small groups as much as possible, and rushed towards the place where the Jianlu infantry was densely populated, attracting a large number of Guanning cavalry behind them to trample the captive soldiers pushing the carts.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the cavalry of the Ming army who attacked the enemy's position were almost wiped out.But under their desperate charge, Cao Gongcheng's troops fell into chaos, with countless casualties, although most of them were trampled to death by their own people.

Most of the chariots in front of the battle were also destroyed. If Zhang Hongmo hadn't sent out a thousand cavalry to protect the chariots, even the last less than a hundred chariots would hardly be left.

Zhu Jiadi was seriously injured and was surrounded by five guards before rushing out of the enemy line desperately.

Duduo's face was so gloomy that he could drip water. He didn't expect these southerners to be so desperate. A thousand cavalrymen went to their deaths brazenly, and they firmly held back the progress of his army for nearly three hours!
"I see what you are going to use to fight!" He had a fierce look in his eyes, "When our army reaches the front of the formation, we will slaughter all the barbarian infantry!"

He shouted to Shuosai: "The order is to hand over the yellow flag car to the front army, and quickly break through the enemy's formation!"

"Whoo!"

Yu Xin ordered the medical soldiers to settle the seriously injured Zhu Jiadi and Jiao Lian, and looked calmly at the densely packed Jianlu army who were moving soil to fill the first trench.

He knew very well that in the face of the tightly arranged formation of chariots, the firecrackers would not be able to exert their power at all.Just now he has ordered the whole army, all infantry and hunters are equipped with bayonets, and when the captives rush to the front, they will fight to the death with their blades!
Although the dozen or so cannons in the Ming army's formation were constantly trying to vent their anger, it was useless. After another half an hour, Cao Gongcheng's former army had arrived near the iron rope net.

Jianlu had never seen this thing before, and it took a long time to cut off the tangled ropes, but found that the car still couldn't get over the damage of the ropes.

Cao Gongcheng had no choice but to have someone pick up the thorny iron rope bit by bit and throw it to the sides.When the road was finally cleared, it was already past noon, and he was anxious in his heart. He waved his knife and shouted at the soldiers: "Give me all! After defeating the enemy, everyone will be rewarded with five taels of silver!"

The Qing army burst into ecstasy immediately, and pushed the last nearly [-] chariots to approach the Dragon Guard Army more than a hundred steps away.

"Get ready to meet the enemy!" Yu Xin also shouted loudly.

"kill!"

Just as the infantrymen of the Dragon Guards were waiting in line, ready to fight Jianlu short-handed, they suddenly heard a thunder-like artillery boom on the east side of the battle formation.

The sound is so dense that at least eighty or ninety cannons can do it!

As a large cloud of gunpowder smoke rose into the sky, iron balls slammed into Cao Gongcheng's formation like a hailstorm.The shattering sound of the car was heard endlessly, and the broken pieces of wood from the shells instantly took away the lives of three or four hundred captive soldiers hiding behind, and then heart-piercing wailing filled the air!
The Qing army, who had been aggressive just now, stopped for a moment and looked towards the east side at the same time. At some point, there were nearly a hundred cannons of different sizes lined up there, and a strange iron plate was erected on the cannons.

Before Cao Gongcheng could react, the cannons on the side of the Ming army were shining again, and the front chariot was falling apart again, followed by the howling of ghosts and wolves of the Qing army.

Cao Gongcheng was almost dumbfounded, why the hell is this cannon firing so fast? !A thought flashed through him, and the third round of shelling had already arrived...

However, the distance of a hundred steps is almost like bombarding Jianlu's forehead for the cannon.

The six-shot blunderbuss pre-loaded with one hundred Franc cannons were fired quickly. Cao Gongcheng's formation was already full of mourners. hundreds of people.

A messenger of the Dragon Guards galloped up to Yu Xin and saluted, "Commander, the reinforcements from the Light Artillery Battalion are late."

"Not too late, not too late!" Yu Xin laughed heartily, and said to the adjutant next to him, "Send the order, the infantry line will shoot at the enemy immediately!"

"Yes!"

Yu Xin patted the officer of the Light Artillery Battalion, and said loudly: "Chen Xiongfei, if you come a moment later, I will draw my sword and fight the captives myself!

"Go, let him give me a hard bang! You're welcome!"

"Yes!"

The chariots in front of the Qing army's formation were almost destroyed by the six-round salvo of the Furang cannon, but thousands of people in the Longwei army shouted in shock, "Aim!"

"put!"

With the anger of all the soldiers, more than 4000 Mini bombs spun across the wreckage of the wagon, tearing the heads and bodies of the captive soldiers along the way, bringing out a large amount of blood like a torrential rain.

The Jianlu former army, which was already in chaos, collapsed immediately after being hit by this blow. Nearly 3000 people, under the terrifying oppression of guns and cannons, ran towards the back crying and screaming.

Ah Shan and He Luohui shouted desperately, "No escape!" "The one who backs off!"

The blades of the two white flag soldiers fluttered, killing an unknown number of deserters, but they could not slow down the flow of people coming from the front team at all.In less than a meal, Cao Gongcheng's troops "broke through" the two white flag fronts and headed straight to the main central army of Duoduo.

How could Yu Xin miss a chance, so he immediately ordered the infantry line to move forward, and after several rounds of volleys, the Minnie bombfish landed on the heads of Ah Shan and He Luo clubhouse.

Just now the two white flags were thrown into disarray by the rout. At this time, they couldn't organize an effective counterattack in a hurry. After six or seven hundred people fell, they also let out a bang and retreated.

Gong Adai's nearly [-] yellow flags could kill Cao Gongcheng's green battalion, but he was a little hesitant about the two white flags. After being charged by the rout, he immediately felt a little unstable.

Duoduo could see clearly from behind and saw the duck by his mouth, but was blown away by a hundred cannons that suddenly appeared.

Could it be that the southerners had already ambushed and lured our army to approach by showing weakness before, and then suddenly bombarded us head-on?
But he didn't know that Chen Xiongfei received an emergency call from Xi Mingshan, traveled more than [-] miles from the north side of the mountain, and just arrived after a quick march all the way, which shows the mobility of the light artillery battalion of cavalry artillery!

"General," Shuosai said anxiously, "The Zhenghuang flag has seen chaos! The cavalry must be quickly adjusted to calm the situation, otherwise..."

"Yes!" Duduo was excited, and hurriedly ordered Tiaozu Runze, Zhang Hongmo and Xiaoqi Battalion directly under him to step forward.

Yu Xin heard the sound of the medium-sized guns of the Jianlu formation, looked through the binoculars, and saw the Wan Jianlu cavalry gathering from the two wings, obviously preparing to charge.

He was also unwilling to fight, so he ordered the infantry line to retreat, and ordered people to place new iron rope nets and repel horses, preparing to face the enemy.

On the other side, Chen Xiongfei commanded the Light Artillery Battalion to join Yu Xin's artillery company to reload the guns.

Soon, the rumbling iron cavalry came slowly from both sides of Jianlu, crossed Gong Adai's army formation, beheaded a large number of rout troops first, and then placed a charge in front of the formation.

On the north side, the artillery of the Ming army has begun another round of fierce attack.

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