Chapter 313: Iron Cavalry Charges
Outside the Chaoyang Gate, more than a dozen bloody Beijing official bases were there, and it was shocking to look down from a distance, and the faces of the pale and solidified Ming army seemed to be endlessly mocking this city gate.
"Break the city!"
"Break the city!"
The morale of the Qing army was high, and the ten thousand mouths converged into two words in unison, like a drum and a heavy hammer, and slammed the ears and hearts of the soldiers in the city again and again.
Rao is people are desperately dissuaded, and Zhu Cihong did not hesitate to order the battle, he shouted: "The palace only brings two thousand brave guard battalions, and will not bring more soldiers and soldiers from the Beijing battalion!" ”
Most of the grain and rice hoarded in the area of Chaoyang Gate are transported by Tongzhou Wharf, so Chaoyang Gate is called the grain gate, Chaoyang Gate is five rooms wide, 31 meters wide, three rooms deep, 20 meters deep, 32 meters high through the building, very majestic.
Under the leadership of Xu Sheng, the two thousand brave guards all got on their horses and assembled in Chaoyangmen Urn City, in order to enhance the courage of the soldiers, Zhu Cihong decided to personally lead the team and lead 2,000 people to battle.
After the rapid arrangement, Zhu Cihong rode his horse and cheered for the soldiers who went out to fight: "My Yongwei battalion has been invincible and invincible since it became an army, as the most elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, you are all one as ten, and there is no match!" ”
The two thousand armor soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion are all veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, and they are the elite of the elite of the Tianwu Army, and as the crown prince's personal guard battalion, each of them has a proud and proud look on their faces.
Looking at the fearless soldiers of the Yongwei Battalion, Zhu Cihong said again: "However, the Eight Banners outside the city are known to be invincible, are you convinced?" ”
"Not convinced!"
"Not convinced!"
Zhu Cihong pulled out his sword violently and said, "Since you are not convinced, then go to battle with this palace and kill those bullshit Eight Banner elites without leaving a piece of armor!" ”
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The two thousand ironclad guards looked up to the sky and roared, and their voices were earth-shattering.
The city gate was opened, and in the shouting and cheering, two thousand iron horsemen of the Yongwei battalion rolled away with Zhu Cihong, like a lion pounced on the Qing army outside the city.
Zhu Cihong's left hand tightly grasped the reins of the horse, and his right hand held a golden gun, taking the lead, rushing to the front, Xu Sheng and the others followed closely beside him.
Encouraged by this, the guards of the Brave Guard Battalion scrambled to follow behind, running faster and faster, and finally merged into a torrent of shock.
The sound of hooves rolled, the dust flew, the earth seemed to tremble under the impact of the iron hooves, the Yongwei battalion rushed intensively, everyone was determined to fight to the death, the power of the battle force could not be underestimated, there was no need for any battle formation, this power alone scared the Qing army attacking the city back a lot.
The violent sound of horses' hooves hit people's hearts, and the two thousand iron horsemen of the Yongwei battalion rushed away from the Qing army brigade besieging the city like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and the men and horses crossed the border, leaving only a place of blood and headless corpses, or severed arms and stumps.
The chaotic Qing army siege team was powerless to resist, and after a few rounds of impact, the Qing army in the front continued to fall, and more people cried and fled for their lives.
Chongzhen and the hundred officials in the city, as well as all the soldiers of the Beijing camp, were stunned, this is simply the army of tigers and wolves!
Xue Guoguan, the first assistant of the cabinet, stroked his beard and sighed: "Angry bullfighting, the mountains can be shaken!" ”
The soldiers of the Beijing camp on the city wall also felt that the fighting spirit was boiling, and they let out one cheer after another, shouting: "Wan Sheng!" ”
"Wan Sheng!"
Zhu Cihong was not affected, he has been calculating the time and paying attention to the artillery of the Qing army, usually only he bombards others, how can he not guard against the enemy's artillery.
When he saw the Qing artillery moving and adjusting the muzzle, he immediately ordered: "Keep in line, attack in the shape of a goose!" ”
Columns of cavalry marched in unison and began to rush towards the Qing position.
A general of the Yongwei Battalion shouted: "Rush! Smash their dogs' heads! ”
In an instant, the Yongwei battalion had rushed into two hundred steps, accelerating more and more, and the majesty of the cavalry impact made the Qing army in front of him feel like a drumbeat, and he panicked.
"Run!"
A sharp shout, several gunners of the Qing artillery array immediately ran away, they were originally Ming artillery stationed in Tongzhou, captured by the Qing army, and used to control the artillery to help the Qing army capture the city.
These artillery soldiers of the Ming army were already lax in military discipline, and when they encountered a strong enemy, they would run first as respect, and they would not be stupid to work for the Qing army, and if they really had the ability, they would not be captured by the Qing army.
The behavior of these artillerymen immediately drove the other surrendered Ming artillery, and for a while, the Qing artillery array was in chaos.
Enraged, Dorgon ordered all the fleeing artillerymen to be killed, and ordered the Babu Sea to meet the Brave Guards.
Babuhai was speechless, not to mention where Dolgon came from, how could he let him do this kind of cannon fodder thing, why didn't he go on the white flag?
Dissatisfied is dissatisfied, Babuhai can only bite the bullet, but he knows very well that this Ming army seems to have few people, but at a glance, he knows that it is very fierce and cannot be sloppy.
The Yongwei battalion was unstoppable, and the appearance of rushing straight into the enemy formation made Zhu Cihong's blood boil, and the cavalry charge in the era of cold weapons was really cool, and it was more powerful than racing at high speed!
Zhu Cihong was dressed in shining golden dragon pattern armor, with a bright red cloak flying behind him, holding a gold-painted spear, and shouting and rushing to the front of the cavalry of the Yongwei Battalion, majestic and unstoppable.
Xu Sheng only dropped half of the horse with him, and followed him closely, lest he stumble and fall off the horse while he was playing, and everyone's future would be over.
The personal guards behind Zhu Cihong were even more cautious, and their eyes were only on Zhu Cihong alone.
As the Yongwei battalion marched like a wall, the cavalry of the Eight Banners Army dodged like a tide along the way, and no one dared to be its edge with that kind of might.
Babuhai quickly ordered to disperse to both flanks, shooting arrows along the two wings of the Yongwei Battalion, striking from the side, trying to harass and disrupt the formation of the Yongwei Battalion.
Although the Brave Guard Battalion did not have the ability to shoot on horseback, they did have firearms, and each of them was equipped with two rotating muskets, each of which could fire six times in a row, and the geese-shaped formation made it easier for them to shoot.
The sound of hooves roared, Zhu Cihong led two thousand brave guard battalion iron cavalry like a mountain, and in a blink of an eye, they all took out their rotating muskets and aimed at the surrounding Qing army.
The Qing cavalry on both wings had just entered fifty paces, and were still aiming at the Yongwei camp with their bows and arrows, when they heard a fire bolt coming out of the fire in front of them.
The gunshots kept ringing out, and for a while people called Mas and fell to the ground, and the Qing army called the muskets the muskets, and they knew the muskets, but they had never seen such a short firecracker, and they still fired continuously.......
This wave of operation of the Yongwei battalion made the Qing army make Babuhai and other Qing cavalry a little stunned for a while, and they hurriedly controlled their horses and ran away.
There are not many other things in the Yongwei battalion, that is, there are many equipment, after a rotating musket is finished, take another one, and waves of continuous gunfire sound, although the rotation of the musket is not good, but it also makes the Qing army miserable.