Chapter 204: Grappling
Liu Kecheng is in the middle of the struggle, his martial arts are strong, each hand holds a waist knife made of fine iron, running like flying, constantly stabbing at the tip of his spear to swing away, sometimes a counterattack, can cut the front flag army to the ground.
However, the more than 800 banner troops were entangled and divided by a considerable number of infantry, which was enough to make Liu Kecheng angry, and even feel frightened.
What terrified him even more were the slenders.
There was a rattling sound in my ears, and more than a hundred gunners were using their canes to clear the chamber of the gun, and after the loading was completed, they would put in the propellant, the bullet, and then another round of shooting.
A large number of cavalry and infantry were in one place, but the gunners could calmly line up and aim at the place where the cavalry was numerous.
After another round, the cavalry fell to the ground like autumn wind sweeping away leaves, can these subordinates of his hold on?
What shocked Liu Kecheng even more was the Chinese army and the right flank, where nearly 10,000 infantry were defeated and retreated by more than 2,000 banner troops, the ground was full of corpses, the array of flag soldiers was still neat, and the pikemen in the front row fought bloodily, stepping past many corpses, and kept stabbing forward and moving forward.
Although the difference in numbers was five times, it was the banner army that took the initiative to attack, defeating the guest soldiers, and even there was chaos in many places.
Yao Wenqian's banner kept swinging, and Tangma kept moving forward, strictly ordering those guerrillas, and the generals stepped forward to command the nearest place, and threw Neiding into it, so as to stabilize the battle line.
It had only been about a quarter of an hour since the fighting, and the two sides had already fought like a bloody battle all day, with extremely heavy casualties.
This is completely different from Liu Kecheng's cognition, they are at war with the Liukou, and it may take a long time for the two sides to go to the battlefield separately from the station, and then choose the terrain that is favorable to them as much as possible, and then scold each other, release arrows, harass each other with rangers, and then the forward line of the striker contacts, and the Liukou generally use the newcomers to be coerced to put them in the forefront, and they will generally suffer some losses.
However, if it is seen that the officers and soldiers are not elite enough and the number is not large, a large number of old cavalry soldiers suddenly attack from the two wings, like pincers like sharp pincers, before the 14 years of Chongzhen, the officers and soldiers generally have the advantage, and after 14 years, except for Sun Chuanting who won once, only Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Zuo Liangyu and others barely won the battle, stabilized the situation of the middle and long reaches of the Yangtze River, and kept the stability of the Jiangnan region.
Liu Zeqing's troops did not have any outstanding military exploits, and the contact in front of them was quite intense, and the scene of blood and blood flowing from swords and guns was quite rare, and several generals were quite uncomfortable with this, not to mention those middle- and lower-level generals who were even more inexperienced.
As for the guest soldiers who had never fought at all, and only burned, looted, and oppressed the good ones among the people, they were even more panicked.
"Break to the flank, cut in and kill ......" Liu Kecheng knew that he would lose the battle if he retreated at this time, and he didn't have the courage to face Liu Zeqing's anger.
The loyalty of these generals is still enough, because they were all born in Caozhou and have an inextricable relationship with each other, and their families and relatives are also in Liu Zeqing's hands.
In the first year of Hongguang, Liu Kecheng led his troops north to thousands of miles to do things for Liu Zeqing, and he was also loyal to do his errands very well.
Around the fifth year of Shunzhi, Liu Zeqing felt that many of the Qing state's national policies were absurd, especially the shaving order aroused the resistance of all Han people, and Jiang Ji's rebellion in Datong, asserting that the Qing country had no future, and secretly plotting rebellion.
His henchmen in Beijing and the local area are Liu Zerun, Liu Zhigan, Liu Kecheng, Yao Wenqian, and Li Huajing.
It's just that Li Huajing's rebellion in the local area was instantly sent by the Qing court to Henan, Baoding, Shandong and other six places, and it was instantly quelled.
Liu Zeqing, Liu Zhigan, Liu Kecheng and others were escorted to Caishikou, Ling Chi was executed, and their family property was confiscated.
Judging from these records, Liu Kecheng's loyalty does not need to be doubted, and he also wants to do his best to win at this moment.
The pressure on the flank rear of the eastern part of the right flank immediately increased, and at least more than two hundred horsemen tried their best to break out of the entanglement and rush to the rear.
The banner army is now attacking with all its might, trying to break down the opponent's infantry formation, and if the cavalry cuts in from the flank and rear, and the front and rear are flanked, this battle will be quite difficult to fight.
Xie Xiang was leading the sword and brand pikemen to attack the entangled cavalry, and he was quite dominant.
The cavalry has no formation, and can not assault the premise of being entangled by the infantry is actually quite a loss, on the horse is equivalent to a moving live target, the speed can not get up, it is difficult to fight back, even if the number of people is about the same, once the cavalry is entangled by the infantry with an array, there is almost no chance of victory.
However, there is a part of the cavalry standing out, just like Liu Kecheng's winner and loser in an unfavorable state, these cavalry are enough to involve more than double the energy of the infantry to defend, and even take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to surprise into the enemy formation, once the breakthrough in the infantry formation is formed, the entire banner army array will also be crossed.
Once the array is crossed, whether it is cavalry superiority or numerical superiority, the guest soldiers can crush the remaining banner army.
Victory or defeat is just around the corner, and many of the more than 200 cavalry are Neiding, and Liu Kecheng's gaze is also extremely crazy.
Yao Wenqian, who was in the middle of the battle, also saw it, and his general banner was frantically raised, and generals at all levels rushed to the front one after another, releasing their own Neiding pro-army, striving to block the offensive of the banner army in a short time.
More than 10,000 people were defeated and retreated by more than 2,000 frontal attacking banner troops, and they could hardly hold on, and they had to rely on the generals to keep in on within.
But Yao Wenqian and the others still gritted their teeth, and the flag army on the opposite side was indeed extremely elite, which made them almost desperate.
The shortcoming on the opposite side is that the number of people is small, and there are few changes that the military formation can withstand.
At the same time, there was a lack of cavalry response, and a certain number of cavalry must be placed on both wings of the general Ming army or Liukou army formation.
It is to prevent the enemy from flanking, and it can also flank the enemy.
This is the standard array, and any general with a modicum of common sense would do it.
Yao Wenqian was just a little strange at this time, why didn't he see the small group of cavalry that had been attacking? If the cavalry is there at this time, it is estimated that the defeat of his side is already decided.
It is estimated that the other party wants to put the cavalry out to be used as a surprise soldier.
But I don't want to think that if you can't win a frontal battle, you can turn the tide of the battle with a small group of cavalry?
After all, he is still an inexperienced country leopard, Yao Wenqian smiled on his face.
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Min Yuanqi also noticed that the crisis was coming.
More than 200 horsemen are not much, but the power of the cavalry is not comparable to the infantry, and the power of more than 200 horsemen is enough to collapse the rear of the banner army.
In particular, there are not many veterans, and they have not experienced the hard battle of nine deaths and lives, and the tailwind game will play very well, and the headwind game may not have any changes.
He didn't hesitate, and went straight to the flank with his gun.
There was a bureau guard beside him, led by the lieutenant officer Min Yuanzhong, and Min Yuanzhong did not persuade him, and rushed over to the side and rear with the guards.
Many military attachés of the Banner Army saw the changes in the Chinese army, and also saw the movement of Min Yuanqi leading his troops to meet the enemy cavalry.
"Your Excellency has gone to meet the flank cavalry personally!"
"What the hell is Gao Cuncheng doing, why didn't he cover it all?"
"Xie Xiang, this brute, if the adult has any strengths and weaknesses, Lao Tzu will have to skin him alive!"
The shouts and scolding of many military attaches came and went, if it weren't for Yang Zhijin and Han Sen and other generals in the formation, I am afraid that their own array would be confused because they were too excited.
It was that the battle line did not dare to move, and the infantry of more than 20 bureaus became more and more ruthless.
The array is not chaotic, and the attack is more resolute and decisive.
Regardless of life and death, step forward!
The morale of the entire banner army exploded in an instant, and it began to transform from a dog-tooth form to a one-sided rapid attack.
This can be said to be a miracle, the previous flag army was well-trained, the equipment was actually better than the guest soldiers, plus the terrain restrictions, the advantage of more guest soldiers was actually not brought into play, and it limited the play of the cavalry.
Under all kinds of calculations, the flag army and the guest soldiers have a slight advantage in fighting, but in fact, it should not be like this.
The banner army should attack more fiercely, fiercely, and more ruthlessly!
Unconsciously, many of Min Yuanqi's decisions also affected the generals under his command, who were unwilling to waste the lives of his subordinates, unwilling to fight too resolutely, and prevented the death and injury rate from being too high.
But when the opposing general gritted his teeth and released the winning hand, Min Yuanqi knew that he was wrong.
A mediocre general knows how to work hard when it is critical, but he only thinks about those things that are meaningless.
This battle was lost, and all the previous efforts were in vain.
People still have to die a lot, and those who survive are better than dead.
At this time, you have to fight hard!
It is to take out the momentum of no return, put it to death and then live!
At this time, Min Yuanqi also had an awareness, no matter how much he did and how well he prepared, war is always a desperate game, and if you don't have a desperate consciousness, don't participate in such a dangerous game!
The officers and men of the Central Committee of a bureau are almost all in double armor with armor and chain armor.
Everyone was armed with a long soldier or sword made of fine iron, and everyone was unusually tall, strong, and powerful, and had a firm gaze.
These people are veterans who have followed for a long time, and if they are willing to bring new soldiers, they can become officers, Min Yuanqi left them in the Chinese army to form a jumping game with all cold weapons, and the original intention was to use them in the most critical place.
It can be said that after a short period of fighting, both sides can be regarded as releasing the winner and loser.
Liu Kecheng would rather more than half of the cavalry be further surrounded and entangled, and release the cavalry to attack the flank of the banner army array.
Although Min Yuanqi was relatively passive, he still chose the most elite Chinese military bureau at the most critical time to fight against the enemy cavalry.
The two sides came into contact in just a few minutes.
Min Yuanqi felt a little regretful, if there were throwing weapons such as short axes and throwing guns in the jumping game at this time, and a round of salvo fire, the opposing cavalry would be afraid that they would fall a lot.
After all, the horse speed was not raised, and the cavalry's power and attack power were weakened a lot.
There was a jumping game on the flank, and the pikemen were already raising their spears to resist the sudden rush of cavalry.
The two sides soon collided together, the people turned on their horses, the thin gun array was quickly rushed away, and the cavalry fell off their horses, but more cavalry also rushed in.
The breechers and sword players in the rear attacked and began to attack the cavalry flank.
At the most critical moment, Min Yuanqi rushed up with the Chinese army.