Chapter 479: Armageddon's ultimatum
For the Qing army, their real housekeeping ability is not the horse team, but the heavy infantry who are not afraid of death, and the real elite horse team has to look at the Mongols.
But at the moment, against the Fu Han army, the Manchurian horse team can also be pulled out to have a good time, after all, the other side has no horse team at all, only muskets, artillery and bayonets.
The cavalry of the Qing army was very confident in this point, and more than 2,700 cavalrymen wore cotton armor, spears in their hands, and bows and arrows on their backs.
I don't know who gave the whistle, but I saw two groups of cavalry charging forward, and they still had hook locks in their hands, as if they had already prepared.
For the Fu Han army in the distance, they did not take the so-called cavalry into account, and it was true that the trench could be filled, but most of the wooden stakes that fixed the barbed wire were in the soil, how could it be that some cavalry could pull it?
Sure enough, under the continuous pouring of firepower, many Qing cavalry were directly hit by the flying bullets and landed under their horses, while the few remaining cavalrymen had hooked and locked the barbed wire, and they had fixed themselves on their horses with ropes and began to run behind them.
However, when more than a dozen horses ran to the place where the rope was completely straightened, they could not pull the barbed wire behind them at all, causing the horses' front hooves to raise high and let out a neighing sound, and then they were drowned out by the bullets and flowering bullets of the Fu Han army.......
After seeing that the cavalry could not work, Ruilin knew in his heart that he had to pull out the barbed wire no matter what today, otherwise this battle would be lost no matter how much he fought........
"Rush up, rush up, break the barbed wire!"
The soldiers of the Eight Banners ignored the baptism of bullets and rained down, rushing towards the barbed wire, they looked at the wooden stakes that were deeply rooted in the soil, and then looked at the barbed wire fence coiled on it, and couldn't help but take a deep breath of cold air, there is such a thing in front of them, no wonder they can't rush over!
Some of the Eight Banners soldiers immediately pulled out their knives and slashed at the barbed wire, but found that there was no destructive effect at all, and they were a little dumbfounded at the moment, there were still a large number of barbs on these barbed wires, and a little carelessness was a bloody mouth, and there was no effect on the knife at the moment.......
When the soldiers of the Eight Banners were stunned, the Fu Han Army did not stop their guns, they didn't need to continue to aim at the moment, as long as they shot in the direction of the barbed wire, the gunfire was loud for a while, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners were overwhelmed by this row of guns, and many people fell directly on the barbed wire.
At that moment, someone was in a hurry and slashed with his waist knife, and after finding that the waist knife did not work, he grabbed the wire and began to pull, but he didn't find that just as soon as he pulled, the palm of the whole person was already dripping with blood.......
After a few more moments, it became clear that the ineffectiveness of the cavalry was due to the stakes buried in the ground, but not the barbed wire itself, and they shouted: "Cut the stakes!" Chop the stakes! β
This time it really worked, although the Qing soldiers' waist knives cut the barbed wire was useless, but there was no problem in cutting the stakes, after spending a certain amount of effort and casualties, finally cut off several of the main stakes, and then the cavalry continued to drag the barbed wire, began to drag the outside, and without the stake of the shackles, the cavalry quickly broke the barbed wire.
After the barbed wire was finally dragged away by the cavalry of the Eight Banners, the soldiers of the Eight Banners who fell on the battlefield had been spread all over the ground, perhaps for the illusory victory in their hearts, or they were unwilling to be completely destroyed, so that the last bloody courage broke out.
"Rush!"
With a hint of fanaticism on his face, Shengjing's deputy capital Fude clamped his legs between the horse's belly, knocked lightly, and the spear in his hand was flat, charging into the distance.
Behind Fude, a horse team of more than 2,000 people also launched an attack, only a mile or so away is not far away, with their speed only needs dozens of breaths, with the thin formation of the Fu Han army in front of them, it is difficult to resist the charge of the horse team.
Just when the Qing army's horse team launched a charge, the mortar cannon in the camp of the Fu Han army finally began to fire, like in this era, the mortar itself is the most common artillery, like the Qing army's Weiyuan General Cannon, which is a kind of mortar cannon, with a short body and a thick muzzle, so the firing range is very limited.
In the past, mortars were used to attack fortified positions, but under the development of the Fu Han Army, today's innovative two-year mortars are equipped with shotguns and broken iron pieces, which are specially used to combat melee troops, so they are more inclined to mortars in later generations.
"Boom, boomβ"
Under the fire of the sixteen mortars of the Fu Han army, a large number of shotguns and broken pieces of iron were shot out, creating a death zone in front of the horse team, countless small pieces of iron under the high-speed movement, like a storm swept through the cavalry group, only to see the cavalry rushing to the front as if hitting an invisible wall, one after another fell to the ground, blood gushed out instantly, dyeing the land maroon.
The cavalry in front fell, and the cavalry behind continued to charge, but they were directly tripped by the horse corpse on the ground, and fell down again in an instant, and the cavalry above was directly thrown down, some people just fell and injured their waists, but there were also many people who were directly broken necks.......
Elibu looked at the scene in front of him, a trace of pain flashed across his face, this was no longer a war, but a slaughter!
Fude finally rode his horse and rushed to the front of the Fu Han army dozens of steps, he clenched the spear in his hand, looked at the soldiers of the Fu Han army in front of him, and began to imagine the moment when his spear was plunged into the opponent's chest, that kind of pleasure would be able to wash away all the current grievances......
In the face of the cavalry running at high speed, a group of people came up from the rear of the Fu Han army, they were very tall, they were all wearing iron armor, iron helmets on their heads, and a long chopping knife behind them, which was the elite army grenadier battalion of the Fu Han army.
In the old divisions of the ordinary front-line, there is usually a full grenadier battalion, and there are also some alternate grenadier battalions, as for those newly formed divisions, there is often not even a grenadier battalion of 500 people, the reason is very simple, there are not so many tall soldiers, as for the elite Praetorian Guard division of the whole army, the grenadier battalion has a full 1,000 people.
Thousands of soldiers of the Fu Han Army wearing iron armor, like an iron wall, blocked in front of the Qing army's horse team, facing the cavalry running at high speed, directly threw out a round of grenades, and then untied the horse cutting knife on his body.
A series of explosions came and went before the battle, and the scattered debris carried away a group of Eight Banner cavalry, and the remaining horse team finally crashed into the grenadier battalion soldiers.
"Slash!"
"Slash!"
"Slash!"
With a roar came, pieces of sword light fell like snowflakes, reflected in the eyes of the Qing cavalry, but it was the most terrifying thing in the world, a large number of Qing soldiers and Fu Han soldiers collided together, some Qing soldiers were cut in two by the blade of the Fu Han army, and some Qing soldiers fiercely provoked the Fu Han soldiers, the two sides fell into a complete life and death at this moment, there was no way out.
Fude was lying on the ground, his arm had been cut off by Qi Gen, and it had become empty, half of his body was completely stained red with blood, many severed limbs were scattered aside, and the rich smell of blood filled the spaceβin this wave of attacks, the Qing army's horse team suffered a very heavy blow.
Maybe it's hundreds of people, maybe it's more, they're all lying on this land, but Fude doesn't regret it, maybe their death can open a way for the Qing Dynasty to survive, and it's worth it.......
Just when a smile gradually appeared on Fude's face, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded on the battlefield, which made Fude feel shocked - the sound came from the opposite side, and then I saw the Qing army's horse team, which began to swarm and retreat towards the rear, how quickly they rushed over, how embarrassed the fleeing figure was at this time.......
The drums sounded, and thousands of soldiers of the Fu Han Army began to charge in the opposite direction, their muzzles hung with bayonets, shining in the sun, and the fiery red flag of the Fu Han Army swept all the way, with an incomparably hot red, sweeping the entire battlefield.....
In this red, Fude quietly died, but his smile froze, but his eyes remained round and never closed.
"Withdrawal ......."
Elibu looked at the scene in front of him and gave an order with an expressionless face, but the Qing generals beside him were all shocked and hurriedly knelt in front of Elibu.
In particular, Ruilin, the deputy capital of Jinzhou, cried bitterly and said: "General, let me take someone to rush again....... Guaranteed to take it down this time! β
Elibu kicked it hatefully, kicking Ruilin directly over on the spot, before gritting his teeth and saying astringently, "Take it down?" What do you rely on to take it down? Do you think we don't have enough people dying? β
Ruilin fell into silence, he finally remembered, the Han people now have tens of millions of people, but the Eight Banners are only a few hundred thousand people, even if one life is exchanged for one life, it is a loss that can no longer be lost, not to mention that the casualties of the Eight Banners are much higher than those of the Han people, if they really fight, I am afraid that the Eight Banners will be completely extinct.
"I can't fight, I really can't fight! If you fight again, the Eight Banners will be gone! β
Elibu sighed slightly, just in front of him, more than 4,000 people have been killed, not counting the people who were hunted down later, if you really count it carefully, the Eight Banners outside the gate can be declared completely gone if they fight two battles like this.
You can't fight anymore, but what about the future?
.......
"You have to fight, and you have to fight hard!"
The city of Tianjin, now the headquarters of the Fu Han Army, where the 100,000 troops of the First Army and the Second Army were assembled, and the remaining divisions occupied Baoding, threatening the flank of the Qing army.
Ning Yu slowly exhaled a breath, and the expression of the whole person became very solemn, he threw down such a sentence categorically, but he blocked Xu Yuanmeng, the envoy of the Qing army who came from the original way.
Xu Yuanmeng's face was a little unpredictable, but he was not in a hurry to refute Ning Yu's words, after all, the current situation was a great advantage for the Fu Han army, but for the Qing army, it was already in danger of overturning, and no matter who it was, it was impossible for anyone to choose to let go at this moment.
In today's world, the hearts of the Qing Dynasty are completely gone, just like Zhili and other Qing court officials in Shanxi, in front of the bayonets of the Fu Han army, they did not show the so-called character and integrity, they not only took the green battalion in their hands anyway, but there were even many people who personally led the army to besiege the Eight Banners in various places.
If it was placed a year ago, I am afraid that no one would have imagined that the Qing Dynasty was full of thieves, and the officials who were verbally loyal and patriotic on weekdays had almost become a wordless irony at this moment.
Even Xu Yuanmeng, he can't be calm about all this at the moment, but the world is unspeakable, and now for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, he can only kneel down and whisper, and say sadly: "Your Majesty has now encompassed the four seas, as long as you are willing to let me go of the Qing Dynasty, the two sides may follow the example of the Liao and Song Dynasties, about the country of brothers, and I am willing to respect the Great Chu as a brother!" β
"Brotherly country? That's a good idea! β
Ning Yu snorted coldly, "Since I Xingyi Shi, no one has ever dared to say such a thing in front of me, my Dachu is for the sake of the original source, for the sake of the people of the world, since the Northern Expedition has been trying his best to avenge the grievances of the people in the world since Jiashen, and it is to ease the grievances of the people in the world!" Where does brotherhood come from? β
Seeing that Ning Yu had already said his words to death, Xu Yuanmeng did not have the slightest intention of giving up, but continued to bargain: "If Your Majesty is dissatisfied, I should go to the emperor in the Qing Dynasty, and I only hope that Your Majesty will allow my Eight Banners to withdraw from the Guanwai, and my Eight Banners are willing to be the ministers of the feudal state under the Great Chu!" β
"A vassal minister? And then continue to secretly recuperate, and re-enter the world in the future? β
Ning Yu snorted coldly, he knew that in the hearts of many people in the Qing court, they still held this unrealistic fantasy, but they didn't want to think about it, what dynasty is there now, is anyone willing to buy their set?
Xu Yuanmeng didn't have the slightest intention of being spied on, so he had to kneel on the ground and kowtow, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty wants to raise a military affair, although my Daqing is at a disadvantage, but now there are still hundreds of thousands of people with armor, I am afraid that even if Your Majesty can defeat my Daqing, he will also throw a piece of meat away!" β
Ning Yu's eyes narrowed, although he didn't want to break the net with the Qing army, but he couldn't help but fight this battle at the moment, because the decades of humiliation suffered since Jiashen back then could not be eliminated in vain, even if the country was resettled in the future, it would still need to be washed with blood!
He wants to unify not only the world, but also the hearts of the people in the world, and as the best way to wash the hearts of the people in the world, it is to completely break the bones of the Eight Banners on the frontal battlefield!
"I said that since you are not willing to surrender unconditionally, then please go back, I will not agree to any conditional surrender!"
"Since you still think that you have some capital, then I might as well tell you that your army of hundreds of thousands is just a chicken and a dog to me, and if you want to live, then see the real chapter on the battlefield!"