Chapter 19: The Decisive Battle IV

In fact, the Han military flag can be changed to another name, and it is called Guanning Iron Cavalry.

A small part of the generals of the Han army banner were officers from other places, and most of them were Liaodong officers, especially the ancestral family. The ancestral family headed by Zu Dashou and the Liaodong generals fully surrendered to the Qing army after the Battle of Songshan.

Only then did the Han army flag, from just the Han army to the rapid expansion from just an artillery unit to tens of thousands of eight banners. Become a pivotal force in the Qing court.

It can be said that Li Zicheng did not do it in his strategy to collect troops from the nine sides, but the Qing army did.

The elite soldiers in the world are all on the nine sides. This is no lie.

At this moment, Qin Meng took Zhang Xuan's more than 1,000 personal soldiers and collided heavily with the Han Army Banner.

The cavalry on both sides couldn't run very fast, after all, the battlefield was not big, and it was filled with a large group of men and horses at the moment, and the place to accommodate the galloping of both sides was too small, and for the battle of hundreds of thousands of people, this small plain was a little too small.

But such a situation is useful for Qin Meng.

I saw that on the galloping war horse, Qin Meng turned out several firearms and came out.

These firecrackers are all handcuff styles, and they are flintlocked. The range is only a few dozen paces, and it can't be far at all. And it can only be reloaded once before charging into battle. It can even be said that it is a one-time one, there are not many ordinary cavalry units at all, only the officers can share one.

But what kind of unit Qin Meng is in, it is Zhang Xuan's personal soldiers.

Needless to say, the quality of the soldiers, in terms of equipment alone, is the best in the whole army, and even better than Luo Rucai's personal equipment.

The reason is very simple, Zhang Xuan has a good relationship with Zhang Qian, and he can rely on the relationship to ask Zhang Zhen to customize some firearms for him, and Nanjing Firearms Factory is even more expedited supply. These handcuffs are Zhang Xuan's customized things, because they are flintlocked, and the fire rate is actually only seven or eighty percent.

Because it was customized by Zhang Xuan, there were only some of Zhang Xuan's subordinates, and the whole army added up to only a few thousand handles, most of which were in the hands of officers, and the rest were given favors to officers from other departments, and the last thousand or so handles were in the hands of Qin Meng's department.

As soon as the two sides staggered, these firecrackers instantly exerted their power.

In the crackling sound of fire, Liu Wu almost suffered a loss, almost when the two sides were about to hand over the two armies, a row of lead bullets came over, crackling among the Qing army and Han army flags, I don't know how many people fell off their horses.

Liu Wu is also a veteran, whether it is fighting with the Manchu Qing in Liaodong, or after surrendering Liaodong, fighting with the Ming army, fighting with the camp, it can be said that there are hundreds of battles of all sizes.

I have also seen firearms that can be fired immediately, such as three-eyed firearms, but in many cases, because of the inconvenience of aiming immediately, coupled with the lack of firing, there are also problems with the quality of firearms. It was caused, immediately with firearms, merely

It's just a ring.

Those who can get on the horse may not be able to start, those who can be hit may not be able to hit, those who can hit may not be able to break the armor, and those who can break the armor are often in the dilemma of not being able to get on the horse.

However, these firearms are lacking in power, but they are convenient, fast, and although the firing rate is not high, even if they can't fire, they don't blow up the chamber, but just two more fires. Within a few dozen steps, the armor-piercing ability is not bad. Even if you can't break the armor, you can knock people off their horses.

During the cavalry battle, once the horse falls, it is almost dead or alive.

Zhang Xuan's personal soldiers, charging on horseback, releasing guns, throwing guns, and drawing swords. Almost in one go, the Han army flag was beaten back step by step.

For a while, Liu Wu couldn't save the situation.

It was only because the Han Army Banner had the upper hand in terms of numbers that Zhang Xuan's own soldiers were pulled back by the Han Army Banner little by little after the first three axes passed.

No amount of training in the army can compare to fighting a battle. Experience is especially important.

Among Zhang Xuan's own soldiers, they are all elites who have been transferred from below, and after training, they will probably go down to become officers. It is not as good as Cao Cao's tiger and leopard riding a hundred people, but in terms of combat power, it is not weak, and it can even be said to be very strong.

However, the strength of the Han military banner was stronger, and the Ming Dynasty raised the property of the world and trained the Guanning Iron Cavalry that could compete with the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty. After repeated defeats, they all surrendered to the East.

And Huang Taiji in order to get these people, it can be said that he is extremely tolerant of Zu Dashou, who has been back and forth between the Ming and Qing dynasties not once. His reliance is the Guanning Iron Cavalry. Counting Wu Sangui's department, it was also part of the Liao army.

Zhang Xuan's personal soldiers are still too immature in the battle array compared to these people, and it can be seen from the age that most of the Han army banners are thirty or forty years old men, both in age and experience, and Zhang Xuan's troops recruit most of the young people, with an average age of under thirty, even in their teens, and there are many soldiers in their early twenties.

After a long time, it naturally can't be maintained.

However, the most dangerous time has passed.

Under Zhang Xuan's control, the Runing army turned and lined up to the south, already on guard, Zhang Xuan was in the Runing army, and there was no danger for a while.

And the Jinhua army, which occupied the peak, also came down from the mountain.

The Jinhua army attacked the mountain and suffered heavy casualties. Almost half of the casualties, coupled with the lack of timely treatment, the death toll is almost more than 3,000.

Three thousand people is almost one-third of the Jinhua army. Even if Xu Du managed the army well, even if he had such casualties, he would not be able to ease his strength for a while.

But the kind of courage that came out of the sea of corpses and blood made people frightened, and many Jinhua soldiers were numb, their eyes looked straight ahead, their eyes were blank, almost like a fool, but with a sharp blade in their hands, they could kill people very skillfully.

There is a kind of indifference that does not take other people's lives in his eyes, nor does he put his own small lives in his eyes.

This kind of courage made the Han army flag dare not move.

"Woohoo." The sound of the horn sounded, and for a while, all the horns of the Qing army seemed to sound together.

After receiving the order, the Qing army retreated one after another and disengaged from the Xia army.

Their retreat is also very regular, retreating in batches, and there are always some people who break the rear behind. Batch after batch.

Zhang Xuan looked at the half-set sun in the west, only to see the golden light flashing wildly, and there was a feeling that the remnant sun was like blood. I knew with a slight relief that today's long day was finally over.

Zhang Xuan also immediately issued an order not to pursue.

In this battle, although Zhang Xuan didn't know how many cavalry casualties there were, he thought that there were a lot of casualties. Infantry chasing cavalry is a ridiculous feeling in itself. All Zhang Xuan could do was to collect his troops.

In this way, both sides seem to have a tacit understanding that they will not hinder each other, and by the time the sun has completely sunk into the mountains on the western side, the two sides have been completely separated.

As time dragged on, the whole world was left in darkness, and the troops were ordered to return to the camp.

As soon as I got back to the camp, the whole camp was busy.

A large number of wounded were treated by military doctors, even though Zhang Xuan began to train military doctors since the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the number of military doctors trained today is still obviously insufficient. Zhang Xuan patrolled everywhere, and could only see countless wounded soldiers moaning everywhere.

It's good to have moans.

In some tents, there was only a strong smell of blood, and there was no sound at all. No, maybe some heavy breathing.

This is the tent for the seriously wounded.

In today's situation, most of these people are just waiting to die.

Standing under these tents, Zhang Xuan even felt that his breathing had become heavy. What he can do, he can't do anything. We can only wait for them to breathe. Or make up for it.

Zhang Xuan left here in a hurry, as if here, his breath was sinful.

He came here to visit the wounded, and more importantly, he saw a person, Qin Meng.

Qin Meng was seriously injured. When Zhang Xuan saw Qin Meng, Qin Meng had already fallen asleep, and gauze was wrapped everywhere on his shoulders, thighs, and arms. Fortunately, he was protected by armor and didn't have too many wounds on his torso.

It's just some flesh wounds.

If he didn't have a piece of armor, Qin Meng would be a dead man when he went to the battlefield.

Zhang Xuan sat in front of Qin Meng's bed, remembering that the young man who followed him in Nanyang had become like this now, and he couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.

"Guogong." Lou Lei was whispering beside Zhang Xuan: "There is movement outside. ”

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