Chapter 484: The Battle of the Eight Mile Bridge (4)
Under the firmament, a magnificent picture is being written on the white earth, only to see tens of thousands of cavalry are maintaining a unified formation and galloping, and the gathered cavalry formation is like waves rushing towards the shore, almost everyone who sees this scene will be silently amazed in their hearts.
Jin Ge Iron Horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger. If it weren't for such verses, it would never be possible to describe the magnificence of half of the battlefield.
However, just as everyone was paying attention to the charging cavalry, countless stars suddenly lit up in the open space opposite them, and those starlight spots rose from the ground, gradually turning into some black spots, drawing beautiful arcs in the sky, and then falling into the cavalry formation.
"Boom—"
When the heavy rocket with a charge of up to twenty catties fell in the cavalry camp that was charging, the result was almost devastating, accompanied by a violent roar, dense thousands of iron gravel burst out from the bursting rocket, these high-speed moving iron gravel, almost everything in the entire space was sieve, including those war horses and soldiers.
More than 300 rockets like this fell into the array of the Qing army's horse team, and the smoke from the explosion brought pieces of death filled with blood mist.......
Seng Bao kept squinting, it was not that he didn't see the rockets that fell, nor did he fail to see the soldiers of the Fu Han army waiting on the opposite side, but these were meaningless, because the moment his spear was pointed at the artillery position of the Fu Han army, they had no choice to retreat.
Either step on it and conquer everything, or it will be knocked down and the whole army will be destroyed.
As a member of the Eight Banners vest, almost everyone understands this truth, everyone can choose to retreat, but the cavalry rushing in front can't retreat.
Rockets exploded around him, taking away the guards around the monk one by one, their faces were a little relieved, looking at the monk who had been in the center of the queue, maybe only he was alive, and the horse team had not lost.
At the same time as the rockets continued to roar, the artillery in the direction of the Fu Han army finally began to exert its might, and dozens of mortar cannons, under the operation of the gunners, began to spit out a large number of pieces of broken iron, which continued to cause death in the Qing army's horse team, and also ruthlessly continued to take more people away, they lay on the ground, screaming helplessly.
A roar sounded, the Eight Banners carrying the banner beside Seng Bao was unfortunately hit, the horse he sat on fell almost directly to the front, and the big flag in his hand seemed to fall, just about to fall down, Seng Bao sat down and galloped by, and his hand also caught the banner steadily.
The surrounding Eight Banners soldiers saw this scene, and they began to work hard to lean in front of Seng Bao, the purpose was nothing more than one thing, that is, to use their bodies to block the broken iron pieces that might splash into Seng Bao, miserable and heroic.
All the soldiers of the Eight Banners have only one purpose, that is, to keep the flag from falling, as long as it has not fallen, others will follow the flag and rush forward.
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Xie Qingchun looked at this scene expressionlessly, and from his field of vision, he could see that although the Qing army's horse team was still in a state of high-speed charge, under the high-density firepower of the Fu Han army, it seemed that a large number of cavalry fell to the ground like Tang Woxue.
But even so, there are still a large number of cavalry wielding spears, holding bows and arrows, shouting to the sky, beyond the infantry of the Han army rushed over, although they fell nearly two thousand cavalry before this, but there are still eighty percent of the cavalry rushed to the front of the horizontal formation a hundred paces, from a distance to see in an instant, the spear in the hand of the cavalry will stab over.
"Fire!"
The soldiers of the 23rd Division of the Fuhan Army formed a three-row array of battle infantry lines, in which the front row squatted on the ground, the middle row was slightly crouched, and the last row stood on the ground.
As rows of projectiles were shot out, a large number of Qing cavalry fell to the ground, and more horse teams fell directly into chaos on the spot, and the nearly 100 paces in front of them almost fell another seven or eight hundred cavalry, and they barely rushed over, but the formation had fallen into chaos.
Just after the soldiers of the Fu Han Army finished firing their guns, they unhurriedly re-changed the formation, and this formation made the other Eight Banner generals stunned, it was a square traditional infantry phalanx, and the soldiers on the front were all erected bayonets, flashing in the sun.
Generally speaking, when the cavalry is attacking, the spear phalanx in front of it often suffers very serious losses, and it is difficult to achieve a breakthrough, so usually in the field, it will choose to detour the flank for a surprise attack, and anyone knows that the infantry phalanx without flank cover cannot defend under the surprise attack of the cavalry.
Therefore, when Seng Bao saw the phalanx soldiers who were erecting bayonets, he instinctively chose the tactic of breaking through from the flank, opened an arc at the foot of the infantry phalanx of the Fu Han army, and led his cavalry to break through to the flank of the infantry phalanx of the Fu Han army, intending to completely defeat the Fu Han army phalanx from the flank.
But the problem is that when Seng Bao broke through to the side, he realized that the problem was wrong, because of the previous sight, he did not see that the infantry phalanx of the Fu Han army was not a traditional phalanx, but a boxy hollow phalanx, and his side was also several rows of bayonets.
"Bang bang bang-"
As the gunshots of the soldiers of the Fu Han Army on the side rang out, Seng Bao felt a sharp pain in his body, and the big flag in his hand slid down, and the whole person fell to the ground along with the horses, only to see that their bodies were covered with blood holes, and blood was constantly draining from the wounds......
After the gunfire continued to sound, the mortar artillery at the foot of the Fu Han army also began to exert its might, and they continued to shoot out iron fragments through a large number of mortar cannons, and the casualties caused by such firepower were extremely serious, at least a large number of cavalry were directly knocked down in front of the formation.......
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When the army of Seng Bao launched a surprise attack, the Qing troops stationed in the area of the defense line of Bali Bridge also began to move, such as the 8,000 Mongolian horse team led by the Yellow Banner Mongolian Commander Duo Ji stationed at the Bali Bridge, as well as the 5,000 horse team of the Blue Banner Manchurian Commander Deliji, and the Blue Banner Manchurian Commander Fu Ning'an, who also led a horse team of more than 10,000 people, and also began to move in the direction of the Fu Han Army. 3800
Behind them, there were 60,000 new troops in the direction of Tongzhou, and they also began to move in the direction of Zhangjiawan, and they already belonged to all the armies in the direction of Tongzhou, so the aftermath caused by the battle in Zhangjiawan directly affected all the Qing troops, and at the same time, the divisions of the Fuhan Army were also mobilized.
As time passed, the battle gradually became fierce, and the artillery on both sides began to explode, and even the artillery of the Fu Han army began to turn red at the muzzle, forcing the soldiers of the Fu Han army to pee directly to cool it down, so as to ensure that it could continue to be fired in the future.
As for the original artillery quality of the Qing army, the quality was not very good, and in addition to a part of the artillery of the new army, the other artillery was generally old, and even a large number of them belonged to the early casting of Kangxi, so after repeated launches, there were repeated explosions, and even the explosions of a few guns directly ignited the surrounding shells, causing a lot of casualties.
The battle entered a white-hot stage, the Fu Han army and the Qing army launched a battle of all divisions, from the Zhangjiawan line to the Bali Bridge, the two sides began to use muskets to shoot at each other, and in the afternoon, it was already the result of bayonets to bayonets, a large number of casualties, so that the Qing army gradually became a little unbearable.
In the afternoon, the Qing army basically appeared in the front of the Han army, more than 60,000 new troops of the eight banners lined up into a phalanx and horizontal formation, slowly advancing in the sound of heavy drums, as for the horse team of more than 35,000 people, also appeared on the side of the battlefield at this time, which is the last horse army unit of the Qing army.
The Eight Banners New Army is organized according to the Eight Towns, removing the Eight Banners inlaid with white flags originally stationed in Zhangjiawan, as well as the Zhenghuang Banner and Zhengbai Flag Towns stationed at Xifengkou, and there are also five banner recruits such as yellow, blue, blue, red, and red, which are the main essence of the Qing army today.
In the midst of the heavy encirclement of the Qing army, a huge yellow regimental dragon flag appeared in front of everyone, which only represented one thing, that is, Emperor Yongzheng had personally arrived at the front of the battlefield, and there were only a few miles left with the Fu Han army on the opposite side, which was a very dangerous and bold decision.
"Long live the emperor! Long live the Qing Dynasty! ”
In any case, when Yongzheng appeared on the battlefield, it was a great incentive for the remaining Qing soldiers, and the morale that was originally a little depressed quickly recovered at this time, and everyone looked at the figure under the Tuanlong flag with a very reverent gaze.
Yongzheng's face was slightly pale, he held a clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and took a look at the situation of the Fu Han army opposite, although he didn't look very carefully, but he could also find one thing, that is, the formation of the Fu Han army was also changing, and it was the final adjustment before the attack.
Speaking of which, no one expected that the actual decisive battle would come so quickly, even Emperor Yongzheng, who gave the order, did not expect that the Fu Han army would behave so resolutely in the Zhangjiawei position.
Xibao, Tolai, Dozier, Drizi and Funingan and other eight banner generals, they gathered around Emperor Yongzheng, looking at the formation of the Fu Han army opposite, everyone had a dignified look on their faces.
"Your Majesty, now that the Chu Rebellion formation has not been completely listed, coupled with their Zhangjiawan direction, it has already contained a lot of troops of the Fu Han Army, so the minions think that it is better to take this opportunity to press directly and rush with the horse team first."
Xibao's temperament has always been very tough, believing that the first strike is strong, coupled with the power of the firearms of the Fu Han Army before, but it prompted him to make up his mind to use the horse army to stir up the situation first.
Yongzheng was a little hesitant, the heavy losses of the horse army in front of the monk protection office are still vivid, according to estimates, at least more than 5,000 horsemen were lost, and this is not counting the monk Bao himself........ Therefore, the losses can be described as heavy, and the lessons can be described as tragic, so that Yongzheng has to be a little more careful.
"Your Majesty, if you wait for the monk and horse team to be completely wiped out, the Fu Han army will also be free, and then it will be passive to fight again, and you can't miss the opportunity!" Xibao fell to his knees, his face a little anxious.
Yongzheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and finally nodded slowly, "Then let Dorji rush....... In addition, it was ordered that the new army should attack forward to relieve the pressure on Zhangjiawan, and by the way, the Chu rebel army would be involved. ”
"Hey, the minion obeys." Dozier lowered his head slightly, and his face was a little solemn.
Everyone knows that it is a chore to use the horse team to rush the large array of the Han army, after all, more than half of the nearly 10,000 horse teams of the monk insurance have been killed and wounded, and the remaining horse team is still in the strangulation with the Han army, which is in danger, and everyone is worried in their hearts about whether they will become the next monk protection.
The Yellow Banner Mongolian Governor Dorjer was born extraordinary, inherited his cousin Hana out of the Baita Rabul Hafan lineage, since the guard of the previous officials of the Yellow Banner Mongolian Deputy Commander, the capital of the capital, led the army to fight not only very brave, but also not the kind of brave and unscrupulous reckless man, he has read a lot of military books, but also has a certain strategic vision.
At present, there are 8,000 Mongolian horse troops under the command of Dozier, who were originally strong, but he was really afraid of the firearms of the Fu Han army, so after receiving the order, the whole person had a headache.
However, at this time, there was a sound of horses' hooves from outside the camp tent, but it was a leader of the Eight Banners who walked into the battle, knelt in front of the generals, and said loudly: "The sentry report that the Chu Reverse Horse Army has left the camp, and it is suspected that it is going to intercept and kill the horse team of our army in Zhangjiawan, and the number is about thousands. ”
As soon as he heard this, Yongzheng opened his mouth: "Chu is especially good at firearms, and I have never heard of a horse team, how do you look?" ”
When Na Zuo Ling heard the emperor's personal inquiry, he was a little at a loss for what to do, so he had to say nervously: "The sentry looked from afar, but saw that those cavalry were all good horses, no worse than our current healthy horses......
Dorji next to him was brightened at this time, he originally had a headache to rush the opposite formation, but now there was a horse team immediately, and it was a good opportunity to get out.
As for the combat strength of the Fuhan army and horse team, it is not within the scope of Dorji's consideration, in his opinion, they Mongols are just not good at manipulating firearms, but when it comes to horse kung fu, they say second in the world, and no one dares to say first.......
Seeing that Dorji volunteered, Emperor Yongzheng immediately showed a smile on his face.
"Dorji, I know that you have always been brave, and this trip will break the thieves, and I will take credit for you in the camp!"