Chapter 401: Fighting Dolgon Again (II) Three Watches
The arrows shuttled, dense as rain, and people on both sides kept falling.
However, there is no doubt that the Qing army fell the most, because the Ming army was on the defensive at this time, while the Qing army took the initiative to attack. Coupled with the continuous firing of several rows of muskets of the Ming army just now, the Qing army was already full of dead and wounded.
However, the Qing army was already brave, and today they also went out, Dolgon personally commanded, Bolo, Sonny and other high-level generals of the Qing army personally led the charge, so these Qing troops were not afraid of death, bravely forward, the front row fell, and the back trampled on the blood and corpses in front of the rush to kill, and there was a great momentum of not completely annihilating these Ming troops who swore not to stop.
At this time, the Ming army was only a few thousand people after all, and the Manchu Tartars had more than 20,000 people, and the more than 20,000 parts were of course those Mongolian Tartars who had just retreated and returned.
Although the muskets of the Ming army are powerful, but because of the small number of people, after all, the firepower is limited, if the two sides compare bows and arrows, of course the Ming army can not compare with the Tartars at this time, so the distance between the two sides is approaching.
The Tartars' intentions were obvious, they only needed to break through the Ming army's musket and bow defenses, and then their 20,000 horse corps would be wiped out as soon as they walked by.
"Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan lead the people of the headquarters, rush me-"
However, at this time, Lin Yi issued an order to attack.
"No." After these two generals were ordered, Sensei Tiduo was happy. The second general is aggressive by nature, and this time he risked violating Song Xiance's military order, so he came to charge.
Therefore, the second general rushed over with thousands of men and horses to meet the tartars, and let the arrow wind whine in his ears, and the second general rushed forward with his horses.
When they were still a few feet away from the Tartars, the two generals jumped off their horses according to their previous tactics, because they were not good at charging on horseback. It is okay to ride on horseback, but when they are fighting, they have a feeling of being unable to show off their horses, which they are not as good as the nomads.
After the two generals jumped off the horse, one waved the iron flat in his hand, and the other waved the big shovel in his hand, spread his legs and walked like flying, feeling that it was still like this, flashing and moving, jumping and jumping, feeling and rolling, advancing and retreating freely, much stronger than on the horse.
At this time, the Tartars put away their bows and arrows, because the distance was too close, and replaced them with their short, long-pole machetes, and the next thing was to cut at close quarters.
Swords and swords, screams, dead and wounded, flesh and blood flying.
Not long after the battalion of Gan Bao and Jiang Xingyuan rushed up to engage the Tartars, the second echelon of the Ming army came up, which was the standard battalion and invincible battalion of Song Xiance's commander, and they joined the battle after they arrived.
These two battalions had more than 8,000 men and horses, and the battalion of Gambo was equivalent to more than 10,000 horses.
This time, Lin Yi took the women's battalion and the newly arrived guard battalion instead of charging, but watched the battle from behind.
"Brother Lin, let's also go kill the Tartars." Xiaoying and Zhezhe, seeing that they didn't have their share this time, couldn't wait to ask for help.
Although Xiaoying is tired now, her hatred for Tartar makes her forget everything. Because of the fierce battle just now, she lost several good sisters in the women's camp.
"Not busy." The corners of Lin Yi's mouth curved into an arc.
These Tartars in front of him, his more than 10,000 people and horses are enough, Lin Yi knows in his heart, and he doesn't need to take action from him, the Lord of the Prison Country, and these female battalion soldiers.
Because these 10,000 horses are the standard battalion, the invincible battalion and the musket battalion, this is the strongest combat force cultivated by Lin Yi, and the equipment is also first-class.
Most of the men and horses of the three battalions were equipped with new self-generated flintlock guns, and now they all rode horses and guns, and the horses were fast and straight, pointing and shooting.
These three battalions have fought against the Qing Army's Eight Banners Army more than once, and it cannot be said that they have won all battles, and so far they have only lost once.
Not long ago, in addition to the Qing Dynasty's Beijing Division, he encountered 10,000 Qinwang's divisions from Mobei Mongolia and the Horqin Division, and there was no defeat in addition.
Now these camel artillery teams and ironclad war horses have been paralyzed, and the sniper battle just now is very beautiful, and if you can defeat this team, there is no concern at all about the battle in front of you, and it is foolproof.
Therefore, Lin Linyi didn't need to invest too many troops at all, and he was already sure of victory.
On the battlefield in front of him, the Qing army's eight banners shouted, and the swords and horses raised high came as fast as the wind, but before they rushed to the front of the Ming soldiers, they saw the Ming army raise the musket in their hands and snap a shot, no matter how fierce the Qing army was, it also fell.
After the musket was released, the two sides fought hard, and the Qing army still could not take advantage.
The battlefield was full of footage of the Ming army slashing and killing the Qing army.
Therefore, there was no suspense in this fight, and this battle did not last for half an hour, and the Eight Banners Army turned from a charge to a rout, and could not resist the attack of the Ming army at all.
Bolo, Soni and Sihan repeatedly organized several more charges in an attempt to turn the tide of defeat, but all failed.
But these three generals were not given in vain, and let Bolo and Xihan lead their troops to withstand the attack of the Ming army, and Sonny led a group of men and horses to go around behind enemy lines.
How do you know that as soon as Sony's team rushed out, they were intercepted by Lin Yi's guard battalion, because Lin Yi was watching the battle from behind, not watching the excitement.
He saw Sony's team leave the main force and go around to the side from the high place behind, so he guessed Sony's intentions and decisively ordered Zhang Hua to attack with the guard battalion.
The combat strength of Lin Yi's guard battalion was even more powerful, Zhang Hua rushed to kill the past with a musket and a bow and arrows, and before he had time to start a white-knuckle fight, Sony's team was scattered, leaving dead and wounded in one place, and the rest fled one after another.
At this time, on the frontal battlefield, Bolo and Xihan could not support it, due to the hard battle just now, the casualties were heavy, the soldiers and horses were sharply reduced, and the men and horses under the second general did not obey the command at all now, and they scattered and fled, and the army was defeated like a mountain.
This battle has been fought so far, and the Qing army has been irretrievably defeated, and the immortals are powerless.
Seeing that the Qing army was retreating, corpses were strewn all over the field, and blood was flowing like a river, Dolgon wanted to charge into battle in person, but was persuaded by Fan Wencheng.
"The prince can't be rash, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood, take a step back and open the sky."
Dolgon calmed down, feeling that this was a good word, because now he clearly knew that he was rushing forward, and even if the whole army was wiped out to the end, it would be difficult to save the defeat.
He also saw that a large number of reinforcements from the Ming army came up, and they didn't play at all.
Now in the field they are not the opponent of the Ming army, and he has long accepted this reality.
In fact, after the defeat of the camel artillery team and the ironclad cavalry, we should admit defeat in time, reorganize the team and leave to preserve our strength.
It's a pity that he was angry just now, and he planned to make a desperate bet, and now it seems that he was too uncalm just now, so he should listen to Fan Wencheng as soon as possible, and it will also reduce some losses of soldiers and horses.
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and fled with the remnants of the defeated army.
The Ming army pursued them for a while, and in the evening they also collected their soldiers and horses.
At this time, two teams came over again, one was Lin Yi's artillery battalion, which came from the place where Song Xiance and them were ambushed just now 5 miles away.
The other was a 150,000-strong Ming army, including the allied Mongol army and the Korean army of the Ming army, with infantry and horses.
These hundreds of thousands of Ming troops came from Haicheng.
Lin Yi is acting as a sniper here, and he is personally commanding and supervising the battle.
Of course, the Ming army in the artillery camp position and Haicheng was not idle, and they sent spies along the way to keep a close eye on the situation on the battlefield.
Wang Qi, the commander of the artillery battalion position, saw that Song Xiance, Gan Bao, Jiang Xingyuan, Zhang Hua and the female battalion soldiers had all rushed out, and only 2,000 of them were left to collect 200 cannons.
Wang Qi also ordered his 2,000 men to be prepared with both hands, if the battle ahead was tight, he would leave a small number of men and horses to guard the fort, and rush over with 2,000 men, and they could quickly arrive by running five miles.
But what they got was the news of the victory of the Ming army, so Wang Qi was very happy and did not move with more than 2,000 people.
But at this time, the men and horses of Haicheng arrived, and hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, including Mongolian troops, as well as Korean troops, were ordered to retreat to Haicheng in order to confuse the Qing army.
But the Lord of the Prison Country is on the battlefield in front, how can they stay in Haicheng and sit back and relax? As early as the start of the sniper battle on Lin Yi's side, they got a report that the 20,000 horses guarding Haicheng had not moved, and these hundreds of thousands of horses had successfully completed the task of confusing the Qing army, so they drove out of the city to come to support, and they must ensure that this battle is foolproof and that their prison lord is safe and sound.
Of course, these were Song Xiance, and they had been arranged in advance.
When the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops were still five miles away from the battlefield, that is, when they arrived at the artillery camp position, Wang Qi told them that the battle ahead was basically over, and the Tartars had been beaten away.
Wang Qi and them came to see Lin Yi together.
Lin Yi ordered to camp on the spot, because it was about to get dark, from last night to now, Lin Yi also felt tired, he decided to rest on the spot to rectify the soldiers and horses, and the battlefield had to be cleaned.
The 167,000 men and horses quickly divided the labor, some were responsible for camping, some were responsible for burying pots and cooking, and some were cleaning the booty, and the medical officers treated the wounded.
By the third day, the results of the battalions were reported, including the number of casualties.
Counting the previous sniper battle, this battle lasted most of the day, annihilated nearly 20,000 Qing troops, and the loot obtained was piled up, the most significant thing is that a large number of camel cannons and metal armor were captured in this battle.
Lin Yi ordered these camel cannons to be repaired, including the injured camels and ironclad war horses, as well as these metal armors, which were taken off from the dead tartars and war horses, scrubbed and registered, and transported (rushed) to Haicheng first, so that they could be kept alive, maybe they could come in handy in the future.
Of course, the Ming army also suffered casualties in this battle, and the women's battalion suffered 8 casualties, which were among the 35 snipers and auxiliaries. In addition, the male battalion soldiers took the other battalions plus a group of more than 1,000 casualties.
Lin Yi told the quartermaster that all the records should be registered, the merits that should be recorded, the rewards and promotions that should be cashed back, and the bereavement pensions that should be paid.
At this time, Gan Bao, Jiang Xingyuan, and Zhezhe came to Song Xiance to ask for guilt.
Song Xiance looked at Lin Yi, and the little black face laughed: "This time you are lucky, you are not guilty but have a meritorious role in saving the driver, but Song Mou is not careful, so he has to ask the Lord of the Prison Country for his guilt, and he almost put the adult in danger, and he is guilty of a certain crime."
Lin Yi said with a smile: "Sir, why do you say this, a wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts." This time, Mr. has made a lot of contributions, and he still remembers the first credit, hehe......"
After these three days of rest, the Ming soldiers and horses were back alive and vigorous, and all the post-war matters were dealt with, and Lin Yi planned to take advantage of the victory to enter Shengjing.
At this time, there was a report from the Malay that Dolgon and the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, with their soldiers, had left Shengjing and went in the direction of Hetuara last night.
Lin Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately sent down an edict: "Soldiers enter Shengjing!"