Chapter 1707: Crooked
The Qing army shot a dense rain of arrows, frantically harvesting human lives, and the Hengyang guards who rushed in front of them were constantly planted in a clump and pile of piles, and they were less than 100 steps away from the enemy, which was a miserable situation.
And Liu Fang, who was commanding in the back, saw this tragic situation, not only did not retreat, but was enthusiastic, at this time, he continued to give a wrong order - the whole army charged!
Such an order led to the almost total annihilation of the Hengyang Guard's front army, and it did not even touch the enemy's body.
However, in many cases, the crooked hit will be positive, just like the negative will be positive.
The dense arrows of the Qing soldiers caused huge casualties to the forward of the Hengyang Guard, but it was precisely because of this that the arrows of the Qing army also cleared the "obstacles" in front of the musketeers and cavalry of the Hengyang Guard.
Moreover, the Qing army did not realize that such a rogue and rabble group actually had formed musketeers...... Even, cavalry.
In addition, at this time, the sky had just dawned, and the visual distance was not far, so it was difficult to detect the situation of the Hengyang Guard.
This made the Qing army's crossbowmen basically stay in the front of the formation after they were smooth, and they didn't even have the slightest idea of changing formations and retreating, and the infantry behind did not move forward to replace the crossbowmen who could no longer hold their bows.
In fact, no matter how strong a crossbowman is, there is a limit to the number of times he can pull the bow in a battle, and the strength of a person is so great that it is difficult to hold the bow and shoot continuously.
And the huge casualties of the Hengyang Wei forward, Jane down-to-earth caused the consumption of the Qing army's bow and crossbow arm strength, so to speak, it is indeed a bit cruel, but it is the truth.
When Hengyangwei's musketeers suddenly found themselves empty in front of them, the distance between the enemy and us at this time was already within 100 steps.
This, apparently, is exactly the most suitable distance for musket shooting.
More than a thousand soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army who were left behind by Chi Erhan? A trained fledgling musketeer? With blunt tactical movements, a field formation with three salvos was completed? Immediately began to shoot at the Qing army without hesitation.
The unsuspecting crossbowmen at the forefront of the Qing army? Caught off guard, they were shot and fell down one after another in the midst of gunfire.
This scene has just happened before? It's just that the protagonist has changed? It became a Qing army.
In the field? The position of the crossbowman is very close, because it is necessary to ensure the density of arrows, otherwise? Sparse arrows can't hurt enemies in motion at all.
How lethal are arrows in the field? It is by no means from precision, but from blurring instead of precision, dense coverage.
A volley knocked out the front of the Qing army, which made the follow-up infantry of the Qing army? It is difficult to quickly fill the gap in this front, and at this juncture? The hundreds of cavalry of the Hengyang Guard at the back happened to appear in the most suitable position.
Musketeers volley? It is necessary to stop and set up a formation and shoot.
This inadvertently made the Hengyang Guards Cavalry, who had been following closely, have to make a detour to both sides? Otherwise, you'll crash directly into your own musketeer formation.
And this unconscious action? It fits perfectly with the tactics of cavalry attacking from both flanks.
The Qing army was indeed panicked at this time? How did they know that this was just a cavalry that had just learned to ride a horse?
And the cavalry of the Qing army was crossing the river, and the far water could not solve the close fire.
Facing the king of the battlefield, the appearance of the enemy "cavalry".
An inexplicable rout, appeared.
The Qing army retreated with a momentum of "overwhelming the mountains and the sea".
The "one hand left" in the back was overjoyed when he saw this, and he thought that his command ability was comparable to General Chi, and even comparable to the general.
So, another order came from Liu Fang's mouth - "Drive the Tartars down the Huai River!" ”
The well-trained Qing army of nearly 4,000 people was chased by a rabble of about 5,000 people, which may be the most bizarre scene since the Jiangbei War.
At this time, the rookie cavalry of Hengyang Wei, who had already realized it, suddenly found that they had become the masters of the battlefield, and this kind of aura brought by it made them unable to stop it anymore.
Joy is always short-lived, but the price is severe.
After chasing more than 20 miles, the cavalry of Hengyang Wei came out and collided head-on with the Qing cavalry that was coming.
After a hedge, the whole army is annihilated!
The Qing infantry, who had been chased to the extreme, began to gather on the battlefield, and they angrily slaughtered the Hengyang guards who had not yet died in the battlefield, and even tortured ...... Corpse!
And the Qing cavalry did not stop and continued to attack south.
It was already dark, and the Hengyang Guard infantry and musketeers, who were far behind by the cavalry, had already noticed that something was wrong at this time and stopped in time.
At this time, Liu Fang made the wisest decision since the outbreak of the battle - to retreat and withdraw to the old county seat.
When the Qing cavalry rushed to the old county seat, Hengyang Wei had already entered the city and shot at the approaching Qing cavalry on the city wall.
The Qing cavalry had to retreat, waiting for the follow-up infantry to join them.
In a fierce battle overnight, Hengyangwei paid the price of nearly 4,000 casualties and "held" the old county seat.
The situation was unusually strange and returned to the starting point of the battle, the old county was still in Liu Fang's hands, and the defenders in the city were twice as many as the previous 2,000 men.
This battle, which seems absurd to the extreme, is of great significance to the entire battle situation.
Perhaps Liu Fang didn't realize that Hengyang Wei laid a solid foundation for Xuyi City's final non-loss.
Bai Yintu mobilized heavy troops, determined to exterminate the Liukou and stabilize the rear transportation, thus using his main force, but he didn't want to, this army did not take the Liukou lightly as he planned in advance, but was dragged down by Liu Fang's Hengyang Wei under the old county seat.
This made Baiyintu unable to gather enough troops to launch a round of strong attacks on Xuyi City for at least three days, thus giving Xuyi Chi Erhan a chance to breathe.
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If the battle of Hengyang allowed Wu Zheng to see a breakthrough in the battle situation, then gradually tearing open this opening and causing the enemy's continuous bleeding is what Wu Zheng really wants.
Azig is bleeding, Yue Le is also bleeding, but Dolbo is not, and the Qing court has only injured flesh and skin, far from reaching the point of bleeding non-stop.
There are dates or no dates, let's talk about it, this is the purpose of Wu Zheng not hesitating to expose Shen Wenkui and order him to visit Ji'er Harang.
It's a pity that Zilharang is like a loach, although he sent people to fight for contact with Wu several times, and even pretended to be "loving" and sent Mimi to Qian Qiaogong, but he has always hidden himself very well, only saying, don't do it!
Wu Zheng wanted to use Ledu as a breakthrough to induce and force Jierharang to make a certain degree of concessions, but Zierharang played a beautiful "Tai Chi" and kicked the "ball" back to Wu Zheng's feet, that is, the two armies of Fengyang Azig and Yanzhou Dolbo.