Chapter 179: The Battle of the Blue Hoof Pavilion II

Ma Sanbao wanted to leave, and with his martial bravery, the Qing army couldn't take it for a while.

However, Ma Sanbao is a cavalry after all, with four legs, and the infantry in the back is far less convenient than Ma Sanbao.

The fastest way out of the city is Tian Xiong's department.

Tian Xiongnai was Huang Degong's old department, and after Cao Ying defeated Huang Degong, he also surrendered to Cao Ying, and later incorporated it under Luo Rucai, and he also had quite a lot of military achievements. It was only the Northern Expedition, although he stayed in Jiangbei and did not follow Luo Yulong to Shandong, but after the defeat, he almost surrendered to the Qing court, but also lost his subordinates.

But acceptance is acceptance.

But he has also become a marginal figure.

However, in any case, he is also considered an old qualification.

At this moment, the commander of the army was in front, commanding three battalions of more than 10,000 people as the vanguard.

Tian Xiong, like Ma Sanbao, didn't think of it at all.

As soon as Tian Xiong came over, he was faced with a messy situation. A large number of Korean people were scurrying around, countless Taiping carts, wheelbarrows, and the grain baggage on the vehicles almost occupied the post road that was not wide, so Tian Xiong immediately ordered to gather these baggage and clear the post road.

There are still many plains near Seoul, and it is not impossible to march in the wilderness, but in general, it is the most convenient official road that has been built long ago. And it is also within the scope of the striker to open the way for the army behind, so it is also within Tian Xiong's duty to do this.

In this way, Tian Xiong's department extended along the official road.

Of course, Tian Xiong was not without vigilance at all, and he also arranged manpower to guard the periphery.

But in the face of the Qing army that came in a hurry, there was no time to react.

Almost at the same time that Tian Xiong received the alarm of the Qing army's attack, he saw the smoke and dust billowing left and right, which was the smoke and dust of the cavalry of the brigade.

Tian Xiong immediately ordered the whole team.

However, because the army was too scattered, they couldn't gather together at all, so they could only gather into three phalanxes on the spot along the official road, with the battalion as the formation, and wanted to hold on.

It's just that in the face of the cavalry that is rolling in and can't count the numbers, each phalanx has only about 3,000 formations, which is a little too thin. And this time, Azig learned from the pain, and also developed a new tactic, filling the jar with gunpowder, and then the rider threw it in the phalanx, and then exploded, and the cavalry behind him raised their swords and slashed in.

Once you get into hand-to-hand combat, firearms and anything don't work.

The soldiers of the Xia army suddenly fell into the point of fighting separately.

Of course, this trick is used to imitate Xia Jun's hand-grenade, not without flaws, the biggest flaw is that the ignition device is not very good, it must be ignited in advance, and even after ignition in advance, it will not guarantee that it will be inevitable

Can explode in the Xia Army's formation.

Even one is not careful, it will explode in the hands of Qing soldiers.

But in any case, this move opened a gap in the Xia army's military formation.

Because the number of people was relatively small, and it had to be defended on all sides, the military formation was already a little thin, there were not enough reserves, and there was no way to deal with the sudden explosion. After falling into the melee, the Qing army immediately occupied an absolute advantage.

The soldiers selected by Azig have rich experience in the army, and all of them have blood on their hands. For this kind of fighting, it can almost be said that it is like a fish in water.

But Xia Jun is different.

Zhang Xuan is not unconcerned about fighting, after all, the lethality of firearms in these years cannot be adapted to all environments, and there are still considerable limitations. Therefore, the way of hand-to-hand combat is also the focus of training in the army.

But people have inertia, the Xia army fought in formation, killed the enemy with firearms, and often saw the effect, and the training of hand-to-hand combat, but it was even more harsh, and the soldiers naturally felt that they practiced more firearms and less swords, and the previous training skills were revealed at this moment.

In the face of the murderous martial arts that the Qing army has trained since childhood, even if the Xia army is trained strictly, it is not enough to see.

This is also one of the sequelae of Zhang Xuan's expansion of the army, when Zhang Xuan went down to Changsha, there were only tens of thousands of horses, but a year or two later, the battle of Anqing, there were hundreds of thousands of horses. In order to ensure combat effectiveness, it is natural to use fire guns in military formations.

The formation of the firearm army is easy to achieve, and the way of fighting is difficult to achieve.

Not to mention anything else, even in the late Qing Dynasty, the Qing army and the British army could still hold on, but as soon as the British army got on the bayonet, the Qing army scattered as birds and beasts.

Killing people face to face, going down with a knife, and blood all over the face, this kind of situation is not something that anyone can adapt to, but it is much easier to let go of the gun from afar, not to see the killing and not to kill.

But in a moment, the three military formations were broken one after another, Tian Xiong fought hard with his own soldiers, if there was a horse, he still had a chance to escape, but the two legs naturally could not run four legs, but in a moment, Tian Xiong was picked up with a spear, and then fell to the ground, and was cut off with a knife, and intimidated the Xia army with a spear. As for the corpse, it was trampled by the hooves of an unknown number of horses, and in a moment, it turned into a mass of flesh.

And Ma Sanbao saw it from a distance, and he didn't dare to approach, so he could only take a detour.

It's just that in the North Korean army, it was commanded by Tian Xiong, which was even more miserable.

Tian Xiong is a veteran no matter what he says, he has been in the Ming and Xia dynasties, and he has experienced a hundred battles, even in adversity, he knows where to start. Therefore, it can resist one or two, but the North Korean army can't.

The guards under the command of King Han are all the elite of the Korean army, and they are based on the imperial soldiers guarding Seoul.

These imperial soldiers can also be regarded as capable of fighting, they directly belong to the king of Han, defend Hancheng, defend Jianghua Island, but there are repeated losses, and the king of Han fills more, but there are more than 10,000 of them

。 In order to appease the people, King Han dispersed and gathered the people together.

Prepare to set up camp nearby, get out of the way, and let the rear team pass.

However, as soon as the Qing army rushed, it was suddenly chaotic like an avalanche, disordered and chaotic.

King Han was shocked for a while, and the two trembled, not knowing what to do. Seeing this, Zhou Chang secretly said in his heart: "No matter what, King Han can't die here." ”

This Joseon king is still quite useful for Bactria to rule Korea, after all, the king of Han is the orthodox of Korea, and the Korean people and gentry are willing to serve the king of Han. If King Han died here, it would also be a great loss for the Xia Dynasty to rule Korea.

So no matter what, King Han must be taken away.

King Han had no idea, Zhou Chang grabbed the reins of King Han's mount and said: "It's urgent, the king can't die here in the mountains and rivers of North Korea, please leave quickly." ”

King Han woke up like a dream, and he didn't think about why the situation suddenly became like this. Immediately said: "Yes, yes, yes." ”

It's just that now it's not easy to leave.

"After the minister's request is broken, the king will go first." Liu Chengye said loudly.

Liu Chengye can be said to be the general raised by King Han, although the situation is chaotic at the moment, Liu Chengye also gathered 3,000 soldiers, including King Han's personal guards, more than 1,000 cavalry.

After all, King Han is the lord of a country in Korea, Zheng Chenggong can't classify King Han's cavalry into the Xia army sequence, it will come in handy at this moment, Liu Chengye didn't go to be the king of Han to agree or not, and ordered straight down, he took two thousand soldiers and used the flag of the king of Korea to attract the attention of the Qing army, and the king of Han led a thousand horsemen to flee in the direction of Hancheng.

Zheng Chenggong's department is not far away.

King Han said: "It's hard work Liu Qing. ”

Liu Chengye said: "I hope that the king can drive out the eastern captives and rebuild Sheji." ”

Time was very tight, King Han didn't say much, and left with the cavalry, and Zhou Chang also rode a horse to follow King Han. Zhou Chang glanced at Liu Chengye, and said secretly in his heart: "Although North Korea is small, it also has loyal ministers. He knew that Liu Chengye would not be able to survive in today's situation.

Sure enough, as soon as King Han left, a large group of cavalry rolled in and surrounded Liu Chengye, and it seemed that Liu Chengye really regarded Liu Chengye as the king of Joseon. It must be the head of the king of Joseon.

However, Zhou Chang didn't have the heart to pay attention to the situation behind, because there were Qing cavalry eyeing them.

The Korean cavalry was much worse than the cavalry of the Xia Dynasty, how could they compete with the Qing Dynasty iron cavalry? These people are just used as a guard of honor for the king of Joseon, and they look very majestic when they are put on the battlefield, but when they get to the battlefield, they don't need to fight to know that they are not in good quality, not to mention that the king of Han himself is not a qualified general.

In this case, Zhou Chang secretly said in his heart: "Is this the place where I am buried?" ”