Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 33 Field Battle
In the army at the end of Ming Dynasty, the Ningyuan Army was the first army that dared to fight the Tartars in the field, so it was also the most powerful army in the Ming army.

Although the generals outside Shanhaiguan such as Sun Chengzong, Ma Shilong, Yuan Chonghuan, Mao Wenlong, etc., these generals of the Ningyuan Army outside the pass are still controversial, and the Battle of Saarhu, the Battle of Daling River, and the later Songjin Great Battle The Ming army failed.

However, after all, they achieved major victories such as the Ningyuan Great Victory and the Ningjin Great Victory, leaving a strong mark in the strategic history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The more than 1000 Ningyuan army led by Zu Keyong in front of him dared to start a field battle with the Tartars who were several times his own.

Now Lin Yi has quite a good impression of Zu Keyong's army. Don't look at their various problems, lax discipline, burning, killing, looting, bullying the common people, and ruining women. Instead of surrendering to the Tartars or fleeing like other Ming troops, they dared to fight to the death.

Being able to do this was already very rare in the army at the end of Ming Dynasty.

Of course Lin Yi knew that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were still millions of troops in the Ming Dynasty, many of whom were brave generals and those who defended the city desperately. It's just a fool's dream.

There were many soldiers who rushed to surrender and surrendered, and there were not a few who were unwilling to surrender, but did not dare to fight the Tartars.They had ulterior motives, fought on their own, and even acted independently, coupled with those capricious thieves, finally forced Emperor Chongzhen to the crooked neck tree in Meishan.Then the Ming Dynasty came to an end. In its nearly 300 years of history, the Han people became the targets of killing and enslaving the Tartars and traitors.

Therefore, Lin Yi is still very optimistic about Ning Yuanjun.

In this troubled world, before the invasion of foreign enemies, anyone who can pick up a gun to fight against them cannot be said to be a hero, but at least they are a hundred times better than those cowardly traitors and traitors.

What Ji Dong hated the most were traitors, and what he admired the most were those national heroes who had the responsibility to guard the land and dared to fight to the death. This was true before crossing, and it is still the same after crossing.

Therefore, Ji Dong felt a sense of admiration for Zu Keyong's team, and he was also proud of being a member of it.

The iron hooves of the Tartars came galloping, 500 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters...

"Shoot!" The commander of the Musket Battalion was a hundred-president, seeing that the iron hooves of the Tartars had entered the range of fire, he gave an order and pulled the fuse of the matchlock gun.

Some lit the fuse with a torch, and some pulled the trigger.

"Crack, crack, crack," the gunshot sounded like fried beans, and as puffs of white smoke dissipated, the tartars rushing forward fell off their horses one after another.

Ji Yi saw that these firearms soldiers were still capable of aiming their heads. This round of shooting knocked down dozens of Tartar cavalry, but the firearms were too primitive and their power was too limited.

Reloading, charging, aiming, tossing for a long time, the gunshots and a puff of white smoke is over, and the procedure has to be restarted from the beginning, which is too time-consuming. Tartar’s horse is as fast as a whirlwind. Can I give you this time?

The key point is that these firecrackers and birdcracks cannot be fired in succession!
In addition, Ji Dong also saw with his own eyes that two firearms did not fire, and the other one, which may have been loaded with too much ammunition, or the quality of the barrel was too poor, exploded with a bang. I put myself down.

Ji Dong couldn't help shaking his head, damn it, before I crossed over, those outdated, rusted, and flooded ones were much easier to use than this.If I knew this was the case, I would have had a good time carrying a few AK-47Ks, or carrying a few boxes of grenades across the world!

No wonder Daming's firearms couldn't stop the Tartars' cavalry!

"Rush over! Kill them all!" the Tartars shouted.

These Tartars had also dealt with Ming's army for a long time, and they knew that as long as they could break through their fire defense line, these Ming troops would be at their wit's end.

Therefore, the Tartars in the back, trampling on the blood and corpses of their companions, rushed forward desperately.

Sure enough, after the first round of gunfire, the Ming army's three-eyed blunderbuss all misfired.

After the soldiers of the first echelon fired a shot at each person, of course they couldn't wait to be stabbed. They quickly covered themselves in the ditch, loaded ammunition and prepared to fire again.

But how can the Tartars give them time?It rushed to the front in the blink of an eye.

"Fire arrows!"

The 200 archers in the second echelon had already made preparations. With an order, the bowstring suddenly rang, the arrow wind whistled, and the arrows flowed like rain.

The Tartars rushing forward were shot down again, both men and horses.

Ji Dong discovered that the bows and arrows at this time were more effective than those three-eyed blunderbusses. The archers were well-trained, and they drew the bows and shot arrows quickly. Moreover, they took turns to shoot arrows, which could form a continuous dense firepower.

For a time, these Tazi soldiers suffered countless casualties.People shouted and neighed, and there were casualties everywhere. Some people and horses were shot into hedgehogs on the spot.

But the Tartars are not only good at riding horses, they are also good at archery. On the galloping horses, they can knock down the enemy a hundred meters away, which is simply miraculous.

Encountered the dense bow and arrows, the Tartars began to move forward in a detour.They moved from left to right, advancing in an irregular curve, and they were rushing forward while shooting arrows, and the two sides shot at each other, causing casualties to each other.

Occasionally during this period, some muskets loaded their ammunition and fired a second shot, but it was only the second shot, and they had no chance again.

Because at this time the Tartar cavalry had already jumped into their position.

"kill!"

The 800 Ningyuan Army in the third echelon saw that they were on fire, and the leaders of the hundred chiefs came out shouting and killing them. They waved their knives and guns and rushed towards the Tartars like tigers descending the mountain.

Firearms, bows and arrows were all useless at this time, and hand-to-hand combat began.

The Tartars rode on horses, brandishing machetes in their hands, baring their teeth and claws.The cavalry and infantry of the Ningyuan Army were mixed together, and more than 100 guard soldiers of Wang Jian also rushed up. The warriors responded to the Tartars' swords with swords and spears in their hands.

The killing machine of the battlefield has always produced corpses.

It has not been more than half an hour since the start of the war, and countless fresh lives have already ascended to the sky. The battlefield can only be described as being full of dead and wounded.

But the fierce battle between the two sides was still going on. Lin Yi saw that these guys with pigtails of money were extremely fierce. They were also relying on their large numbers. The hundreds of warriors of the Ming army couldn't resist.Those archers and musketeers had already been killed and scattered, and they fled in all directions after being lucky enough to get their lives.

The Ming army showed a tendency to retreat.

Wang Jian's more than 100 guard soldiers, including dozens of captive soldiers who were later reorganized, rushed over without even smoking a cigarette, and more than half of them were killed or injured.

Holding a big axe, Zu Keyong, who was watching the battle on a nearby high slope, cursed and ordered to retreat.

Lin Yi shook his head and said, "My lord, we can't retreat at this time. The Tartars are all cavalry, coming and going like the wind. If we retreat, they will definitely take advantage of the victory and chase after us. Otherwise, our entire army may be in danger of being wiped out."

"But our defeat is already set. If we continue to fight, the whole army will be wiped out. What can we do if we don't retreat? Waiting for death?"

"To capture the thief and capture the king, I have already locked down their chief general just now, please give me the next team, give it a go, maybe it will work."

"It's too dangerous to put all your eggs in one basket, isn't it?"

"My lord is forced by the situation and has to do so."

"How many people do you want?"

"Fifty riders are enough, and the rest will protect your lord. If you succeed by chance, your lord can lead someone to charge in person to defeat the Tartars. If you fail, your lord will send an order to retreat, and your lord can cover your retreat."

"Okay, this general will give you eighty rides. If you fail, this general will fight like a dog!" Zu Keyong gritted his teeth and gave it up.

Xiaoying also followed, Lin Yi said: "Wang Qi, Dongsheng, you two don't go, watch Xiaoying, and protect the adults with the rest of the brothers."

Since Lin Yi became the captain of Zu Keyong's guard, the guard has also been reorganized. Because Tian Heng and dozens of people were killed, they were supplemented by other horses.Xiaoying, Zhang Hua, He Tao, Erhu, Wang Qi, Dongsheng, and the captive soldiers Dazhu, Wang Fa, etc. Most of these are soldiers from the old Eight Banners, and now they are all transferred to the general's guard by Lin Yi camp.

In view of the homophony of the Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Tartars, the designation of this banner was simply revoked.

After Lin Yi finished speaking, he rushed down Xiaoqiupo with eighty riders. Beside the guerrilla general Zu Keyong, including Lian Xiaoying, Wang Qi, and Dongsheng, there were still about forty people left.

"Get out of the way, both of you!" Xiaoying shouted anxiously.

"Sister Xiaoying, you should listen to Lin Zongqi. If you go to kill a Tartar, you will be a burden instead."

"Damn you two, are you saying that I'm useless..."

Brother Lin, you must be careful... I will wait for you to come back alive..."

Xiaoying shouted at Ji Dong's back, her eyes were moist.

Lin Yi thought he didn't hear it, and without turning his head, he took the lead, Zhang Hua, Erhu, He Tao and other eighty riders followed closely, creating a wave of dust, like a giant dragon soaring into the air.

At this time, the defenses of the three echelons of the Ming army were all destroyed by the Tartar cavalry, and a thousand Ming troops retreated with heavy casualties.The iron hoofs of the Tartars were unstoppable, and they bit the Ming army's buttocks behind them.Countless soldiers of the civilian army overtook and killed the Tartars during the retreat.

At this time, Ji Dong led eighty cavalry and rushed towards the surging Tartars. His target was the chief Tartar general who was waving a big knife and charging to kill the man next to the red flag.

(End of this chapter)