Chapter 749: Midnight Battle
"Bastard! Don't mess around! All the cavalry went into battle at once! ”
Seeing that the cavalry that was the first to fight was thrown into chaos, the main general Abatai was furious and roared angrily.
The entire team of the Qing army out of the city, in the continuous shouting and scolding of Abatai, finally eliminated the chaos, the whole team regained order and integrated the formation, and then the cavalry continued to rush towards the Tang army auxiliaries in the distance.
When the fast march approached the north gate, the original drizzle had stopped, the rain had dispersed, and there were sparse stars twinkling in the sky, and the Qing cavalry who rushed all the way had already seen clearly that there were only hundreds of Tang army auxiliaries in light armor and not even weapons at the trebuchets lined up in the woods!
When these Tang army auxiliaries saw the Qing cavalry rushing towards them, everyone's faces suddenly showed a look of horror, and many of them began to subconsciously retreat and flee.
The frightened expressions and cringe of the Tang army auxiliaries further provoked the heavy killing intent of these Qing cavalry, and the cavalry captain who rushed to the front had bloodshot eyes and a greedy murderous look, he waved his knife and pointed forward, and shouted loudly: "Quick! The whole army sped up, and they must slaughter all these bastards. ”
A group of cavalry, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, roared like wild beasts, and rushed towards the retreating Tang army auxiliaries at the north gate.
That's when something they didn't expect happened.
They were astonished to see that from the darkness in the distance, as if by magic, a thin black line seemed to emerge from the protrusion, and as he quickly got closer and closer, he clearly saw that the black line was getting thicker and thicker, and gradually transformed into countless neat soldiers and horses.
These soldiers and horses, dense and imposing, are opposite to the direction of their own travel, and they are also rushing all the way in their own direction.
Seeing the vast Tang army formation in the vast night, which highlighted the vast Tang army formation, the Qing cavalry that was originally running fast suddenly subconsciously restrung the horse's hooves. They reined in their horses' hooves and looked in horror at everything in front of them. Everyone's hearts sank in an instant, and the originally high-spirited formation was full of inexplicable panic.
The cavalry of the Qing army saw that in the dark night, the formation of the Tang army on the opposite side was a long snake formation with a width almost equal to the infantry formation behind them, and there were about 6,000 shield soldiers lined up, which was inlaid with two rows of sharp and sharp shields, like a temporary steel wall.
Behind the shield soldiers, there are dense spearmen, and on the steel wall built by the shield soldiers, above each shield, there is a 4-meter stainless steel spear with a cold light, like a poisonous dragon ready to attack, waiting for the prey that is getting closer and closer on the opposite side.
As the Tang army approached, they saw clearly that in this Tang army's battle formation, there were three layers of spearmen, which could ensure that there were enough troops to fill the losses, and the entire formation was very strict and full of awe-inspiring and murderous aura.
Behind the gunners was a silent procession of musketeers, more than 6,000 musketeers, each armed with flint rifles, already loaded with gunpowder, following the gunners all the way.
Behind the entire Tang Army's gun and shield battle array, there were two cavalry divisions and two heavy armored marching troops, which were used to protect the security of the flanks.
At this time, the cavalry troops did not dare to rush forward, and the Qing infantry battle array behind was already rapidly approaching, and the commander of the Qing army, Abatai, who commanded the Qing army battle array all the way forward, was both surprised and resentful when he saw this change.
"it! I didn't expect the Tang Army's night attack to be prepared for a long time, but now we haven't made it to the fox, but we have made a commotion, it's really hateful! Quickly order the cavalry that rushed forward to withdraw and prepare to fight against the Tang army! Abba Tay grabbed the horse's hooves and ordered loudly through gritted teeth.
"Order!"
Abatai suddenly remembered something, and quickly shouted to another Bakash soldier next to him: "Quick! Quickly pass the order, the Tang army is strong, let the left battalion and the right battalion come to the rescue! ”
"Order!"
What Abatai didn't expect was that the Bakash soldiers he sent were still on the road, and on both sides of the Qing cavalry in front, there was a sudden rumbling sound of horses' hooves.
At this moment, all the people in the cavalry of the Qing army were almost frightened.
It turned out that the Tang army had already premeditated, knowing that these Qing cavalry were likely to flee after seeing the Tang army's battle array, so they divided the army into two parts, one advancing with the team, and the other outflanking both sides, so as to wipe out all these Qing troops and leave no one behind.
Attacking from both sides, as fast as the wind, the Tang cavalry this time, these Qing troops who were caught off guard had no way to escape in an instant.
Without waiting for these Qing cavalry to pull out their horses and leave, the two cavalry of the Tang Army, if the wind howling in the dark night, killed almost at the same time.
Under the dim moonlight, two groups of more than 2,000 elite cavalry, like two black sharp arrows, attacked back and forth, quickly breaking the two thousand Qing cavalry into two sections, and recovering the broken Qing cavalry, firmly sandwiched in the middle.
For a time, the cavalry of the Qing army screamed again and again, and the people turned on their backs, and quickly fell into collapse.
Before he could speak, a fierce cavalry knife reached out in the dark night, and immediately slashed his neck with a soft pop.
When the column of blood that soared into the sky immediately erupted from the neck cavity, the head of this Qing cavalry Niu Lu was really connected, and there was only a little flesh and skin connected to the body. Pulled down like a child's toy, the whole person immediately fell upside down from the horse.
The most ferocious vanguard and main general were killed by the Tang army with a single blow, and the remnants of the Qing cavalry no longer had the fighting spirit, like a group of scattered beasts, wailing and fleeing.
It's just that at this time, the Tang cavalry who were flanking in front and back each formed a semi-circle formation, and slashed and killed the Qing cavalry sandwiched in it, and they were already red-eyed and couldn't stop at all. Pity those Qing cavalry who rushed left and right but could not break through, except for hundreds of people who escaped by luck, they were all killed by the Tang army, and there was nothing left.
Seeing the cavalry in the night from a distance, quickly ambushed and defeated by the Tang army, Abatai's heart was almost indescribably angry.
Damn, the Tang army is insidious and vicious, and he can take advantage of the chaos in his own camp to set up an ambush in advance, and now he has defeated all the cavalry in his own middle camp in one fell swoop, which is really hateful.
Abatai's eyes erupted with fire and his teeth gritted loudly, but now that his cavalry had been routed, no matter how angry he was, he could do nothing more.
After killing this cavalry, the two Tang cavalry became one, and did not continue to pursue the Qing cavalry that escaped by chance, but returned to the rear of the main formation and acted together with the entire Tang army battle formation.
The Tang Army auxiliaries, who were originally preparing to retreat and flee for their lives, saw that the 800 Shun cavalry who raided them had been completely wiped out by their own cavalry, and their morale suddenly soared and they were very happy.
They had no worries, and when the Qing cavalry had broken away and its infantry had not yet arrived, they immediately began to reload and project, and the bundles of sky-shaking thunder were projected quickly and fiercely, almost as if they had eyes, and they really rushed to the middle camp of Abatai.
Abatai's camp was in a terrifying situation, with flames and explosions to be heard in the distance.
After the Tang army auxiliaries seized the time to launch several rounds, the fire in the entire middle camp of the Qing army was getting bigger and bigger, and the flames as high as several zhang rose into the sky, and the entire middle camp camp was almost a sea of fire.
Throughout the camp, countless tents were burned, the stumps and fragments of the blown up were everywhere, the screams of the dying and wounded were everywhere, and even the horses at the entrance of the camp were so ablaze that they could no longer be extinguished.
And those Qing army auxiliaries and miscellaneous servants who stayed in the middle camp and were struggling to extinguish the fire, by this time, almost everyone's beard and hair were burned black, and their faces were as black as charcoal, and they looked very embarrassed.
They were sad and helpless to see that the growing fire in the camp had no chance of extinguishing it. He couldn't help but sigh and threw down the bucket under his hand dejectedly, with a look of remorse on his face.
Abatai, who looked back from afar, saw that the camp was already in flames, and his heart, which was extremely angry, was instantly filled with infinite sorrow.
It's over, the middle camp was burned to the ground, the supplies in the camp are estimated to be all destroyed, and their own back roads have been completely cut off.
At this time, Abatai suddenly felt a cold and piercing feeling in his heart.
He knew that the enemy situation on the other side was unknown, and if his own Qing army soldiers and horses could not resist the offensive of the Tang army, then this cool night might really be his last night in the world.
My previous decision was too careless.
Even if Yue Le and Turge arrived in time with the soldiers and horses of the left and right battalions, it was very likely that they would not be the opponents of the Tang army, which had already been fully prepared. In this way, could it be that the more than 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty are all going to be buried here?
Thinking of this, Abatai only felt his heart pounding uncontrollably.
He immediately ordered: "Quickly pass on the order of our army, and the whole army will stop and no longer attack." The whole army tried its best to disperse to avoid the earth-shattering thunder attack of the Tang army, and wait until the left and right battalions had all the soldiers and horses, and then attack together! ”
"Order!"
"In addition, go to the Shunjun camp in the east of the city quickly, report the news of the Tang army's attack at night, and ask them to send troops to help quickly, don't delay!" Abatai's face was agitated.
"Order!"
Next, the Qing army acted according to the order, the whole army stopped attacking, and the whole army dispersed, all waiting for reinforcements to arrive in the same place.
It's just that the Qing army stopped moving, and the well-organized Tang army battle formation was still coming step by step.
At this time, the Tang Army's auxiliaries at the forefront had all withdrawn to their own formation, and the Tang Army's gun and shield array, like a long row of imposing bulldozers, pushed forward flat.
Duan Shidi, the general of the unified army, was scorching, and along the way, he stared closely at the dynamics of the Qing army opposite, and when he saw the Qing army standing still, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but sneer.
Hmph, the cavalry of the Qing army has been routed, and the infantry dare not advance again, they must be waiting for reinforcements, so now they must quickly break their despicable and cowardly calculations.
When the Qing army on the opposite side was only about 200 paces away from his own formation, he gave an order, and a deafening drum beat immediately sounded in the Tang army's formation.
So, as if by magic, above each of the shields of the iron, beside each of the spearmen who were ready to attack, the musketeers behind them, who were armed with flintlocks, marched briskly behind the shields.
They quickly prepared, and the muzzles of the black holes in everyone's hands were immediately aimed at the Qing infantry who had dispersed on the opposite side.
"Ready, fire!"
With the angry shout of the chief of the firecrackers, the six thousand firecrackers fired in unison, and a total of more than 5,500 firecrackers were fired.
"Bang bang bang! ……”
Rows of bright red embers flew together, like a long bright red ribbon, as beautiful as hellfire, with a unique beauty like a death ritual. A large cloud of choking white gunpowder smoke poured up, and more than 5,500 small three-coin heavy lead bullets, like a swarm of death bees flying away in unison, let out a slight and cheerful chirp, and swooped down on the rogue on the opposite side.
The roaring death bee swarm, chirping and smiling, quickly burrowed into the body of the Qing army on the opposite side.
The tiny lead bullets weighing three coins burrowed into the human body, breaking bones, tearing muscles, and the surging bullets churned the internal organs into a pulp, forming a terrible cavity effect.
The Qing army in the front row, many of them immediately bloomed like a trick, and the people who were hit fell on their backs as if they had been struck by a heavy hammer.
The impact of this lead bullet was so great that those Qing soldiers who happened to block the lead bullet with their shields could not resist this huge impact, and they staggered backwards and fell.
Although the first round of shooting was completely impossible to aim in the dark night, and the Qing army had completely dispersed, the distance was very large, but it also caused at least more than 300 Qing soldiers to be killed and wounded on the spot, so that the Qing army's formation immediately appeared in chaos.
When the Qing army's formation was scattered and there were casualties, the second round of fire salvos began again.
"Bang bang bang! ……”
The guns rang out loudly, the embers flew away, and more than 5,500 firebolts were fired, and more than 5,500 lead bullets roared out caused more than 300 casualties among the Qing soldiers.
The formation of the Qing army suddenly became more and more chaotic, and many of the Qing soldiers standing at the front showed terrified expressions, because they didn't know when such a sudden death would befall them.
Abatai, who was monitoring behind the battle, saw that his own soldiers had not had a chance to fight back in the Tang army's two shots, and they began to be confused and shaken, and they couldn't help but be angry again.
Damn it! Two rounds of salvo fire disrupted his own formation, and he wiped out more than 600 of his own soldiers, and the Tang army's firecrackers were really fucking powerful!
No, we can't be beaten like this anymore.
In today's plan, it is no longer possible to wait for reinforcements, and only by taking the initiative can the crisis be reversed.
"Rush! Give it all to Lao Tzu! If anyone doesn't rush, they will be killed! Abatai's face was hideous, and he shouted angrily: "The dog is in! The more afraid you are, the faster you die, all for Lao Tzu! As long as you rush to engage the Tang army in hand-to-hand combat, it is a victory! ”