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Chapter 411
At Dorgon's order, Prince Zheng Jierhalang and Assistant Minister Soni commanded [-] Tartars to kill the Ming army.

On a battlefield dominated by cold weapons, cavalry and bows and arrows are undoubtedly the two magic weapons for defeating the enemy.

The cavalry came and went like the wind, especially the collective charge of thousands of horses and thousands of troops, the momentum was overwhelming, and the deterrent effect it brought was huge.

Bows and arrows are the most powerful weapons in the cold weapon era.

The Eight Banners Iron Cavalry of Manchuria had all these two magic weapons, so it became the army with the strongest combat effectiveness in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

There is a saying that the Tartars are invincible.

Now Dorgon's [-] cavalry are charging and shooting arrows, and thousands of horses are galloping like a river pouring down the sky.

The rain of arrows all over the sky covered the Ming army.The first to bear the brunt is of course Zhu Yousong's two ace divisions, because these two armies rushed to the forefront and had already defeated Dorgon's [-] forward troops.

Just at this time they saw that the overwhelming Tartars came rolling in, tearing the ground like a storm, and there was no grass growing in the place they passed.

But even though the Tartars were coming fiercely, although there were only a few thousand soldiers in the imperial battalion of cavalry and white soldiers, they still faced the enemy bravely without hesitation.

People kept falling down with arrows, but no one retreated. This is the team trained by Liu Zhaoji, the commander of the imperial battalion. This is the team trained by the heroine Qin Liangyu. They only know how to obey military orders, like a war machine. Then go forward bravely, life and death victory or defeat is secondary to them.

As long as there is no order to withdraw troops and retreat, they will undoubtedly all die in battle and will not retreat half a step.

Therefore, the contact between the eight cavalry and the two trump cards of Zhu Yousong is a fierce battle.

Numerous actual battles have proved that the Tartar cavalry is no match for these two trump card divisions.

It's just that there are too many Tartars today, and the two trump card divisions add up to only 6000 people, one hundred thousand versus six thousand, the disparity is too great.

However, at this time, Zhu Yousong certainly wouldn't let others watch. He dispatched a total of 20 horses, and it was time to press them all up.

Zhu Yousong gave an order, and all the 20 Ming troops charged forward. The shouts were like mountains and tsunami, resounding through the sky. The scene of the 30 troops fighting was absolutely shocking!

Soon, Zhu Yousong saw that the Tartars were obviously not dominant in terms of the number of troops.

However, Dorgon's army was even more well-trained. Facing the Ming army twice as large as the enemy, none of the Tartars fled. It may be because the regent Dorgon personally supervised the division. A fierce hand-to-hand combat ensued.

One hundred thousand Tartars are undoubtedly the most elite division!

However, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was uneven.In contrast, the strong are too strong, and the weak are too weak.

Zhu Yousong's two trump card divisions were able to resist the Tartars who were twice or even three times the enemy's. In addition to these thousands of trump card divisions, the remaining nearly 20 Ming troops were not opponents at all. In the old army, in terms of combat effectiveness, even ten men can't deal with a Tartar.

Therefore, the result of this melee must have been heavy casualties for the Ming army.

Zhu Yousong saw that he couldn't fight like this, otherwise, let alone take down the Daming Mansion in one go, he wouldn't even be able to handle the Tartars in front of him, so he had to pay attention to his strategy.

It's time to use the artillery battalion, outflank it!
Zhu Yousong immediately sent an order to withdraw the troops and retreat.Liu Zhaoji and Ma Wannian withdrew with their two trump cards, and the remaining 20 troops also retreated.

But the Tartars will not easily withdraw their troops and chase after the Ming army.They thought that Zhu Yousong's men could not hold back, which was a sign of defeat, and they would surely win a complete victory if they chased afterward.

"Communicate my will, order the artillery battalion to fire immediately!" Zhu Yousong saw that the Ming army had retreated, and the Tartars were chasing them, and they had already entered the range of the red cannons, so he delivered the order decisively.

Li Zhushi, the commander of the artillery battalion, was impatient, and the twenty red cannons were already ready.

However, when he received Zhu Yousong's order, he did not order his subordinates to fire immediately, but stared closely at the galloping iron hoofs of the Tartars. He closed his eyes gently and counted silently in his heart. Counted a hundred, and then shouted: "Fire!"

"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom—"

The Great General's cannon fired its power, and the earth-shattering bangs rang out one after another. The shells shot out of the air one after another, accurately landed in the charging team of the Tartars, and exploded.

Many Tartars and their horses were blown to pieces. Some Tartars could blow up several Tartars with one shell. Some Tartars' horses were frightened on the spot and ran rampant among the Tartars' ranks.

The sound of explosions, the neighing of war horses, the screams... all kinds of sounds mixed together, and the camp of hundreds of thousands of Tartars charged was a little chaotic.

But despite this, Dorgon did not give an order to retreat. Perhaps the Tartars headed by Dorgon have become accustomed to the artillery fire of the Ming army.

Dorgon knew that as long as they could persevere and cross the range of the cannon, they would have a chance of winning.

"Keep the offensive formation, disperse!" Dorgon shouted, and the Qingqi of the Tartars moved from left to right, merged and divided, and still quickly pursued the Ming army.

After two rounds of shelling, the ammunition was gone.But the Tartars had already rushed forward. Due to the limited ammunition, the cross-fire network composed of twenty red cannons had limited power, and it was difficult to suppress the charge of [-] Tartar cavalry.

"Brothers, it's time to be loyal to His Majesty! The cannon is here, and the cannon destroys everyone! Kill me—"

The artillery battalion also belongs to the imperial battalion. The imperial battalion has 5000 men and horses, but it is a composite army. There are light firearms battalion, horse infantry battalion, iron cavalry battalion, and heavy equipment battalion, which is the artillery battalion. They are all trained by Liu Zhaoji. Liu Zhaoji's team is as strong as iron The current commander of the artillery battalion, Li Zhushi, was brought out by Liu Zhaoji. On the training ground, Zhu Yousong cared about him personally. He grew up very fast, and he was even more loyal to Zhu Yousong and the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, now that Li Zhushi saw that the artillery shells were finished, the Tartars were not planned to disperse, but rushed over. He did not abandon the artillery camp and escape with his brothers, but pulled out his lancet and took the entire battalion with him. A thousand brothers, rush to the Tartars!
This was unexpected by the Tartars, but they would not take this small artillery in their eyes.

"Kill them all!" Jierhalang and Sony yelled, countless Tartars spurred their horses and swung their sabers at Li Zhushi and the others.

Zhu Yousong saw that he could no longer retreat, and the Tartars were scattered in formation under the shelling. Although the limited artillery fire did not stop the Tartars from charging, the detour was almost done, and now even the brothers from the artillery battalion were on top. .

Zhu Yousong still ordered the two teams of Liu Zhaoji and Ma Wannian to charge to the front, and the rest of the Ming army followed behind and shouted to charge.

The 20 million Ming army was not defeated, but was ordered to retreat. Now they suddenly stopped running and turned around to attack the Tartars again. The shouts were earth-shattering.

(End of this chapter)