Chapter 120: Pursuit
At this time, another spear stabbed towards Wuhai.
Wu Hai patronized and dodged this spear, and he didn't expect that there would be a sword and shield hand below to cut his calf.
By the time he could react, the high-carbon steel knife on his back in Li Youlai's hand had already cut off his calves.
This black sea was empty, and it fell directly, followed by severe pain, and then the center of gravity was unstable, and when it was planted backwards, it fell to the ground, and he saw that he had a broken leg, and his face was full of pain.
Wu Hai was extremely depressed and angry, he had never seen such a tricky battle in so many years of fighting, spears, firearms, swords and shields attacked in turn, and it was difficult to parry himself for his bravery.
The Jiannu Iron Cavalry that rushed in did not take advantage of the combined arms of the mighty army.
Of course, there were also many Jiannu who rushed into the camp of the first game of the mighty army.
At this time, an Elantai Bayala rushed into the camp of the first game of the mighty army, and with infinite strength, he smashed down with a mace, shattering the shield of a sword and shield hand of the mighty army on the spot, and even the sword and shield hand was killed on the spot, and then directly slammed the spear stabbed by the spearman, and then jumped off the war horse and rushed directly in, causing great chaos to the mighty army.
But when Ilantai was about to disrupt the camp of the mighty army in front of him, the firearms man on the left flank fired a shot directly at him, hitting him in the forehead.
At the same time, Xiong Zhiyuan, who had been promoted to captain in this company, directly took over from one of the spearmen he had killed, holding a spear and stabbing him in the back.
This Elantai fell to the ground, and he found that he had rushed into not a flock of sheep, but a wolf's den, and the mighty field soldiers, who had been trained in the field to know only how not to attack, knew only that if someone rushed into the camp, he should attack at all costs.
Of course.
There were not many Jiannu iron cavalry who rushed in, which was also the reason why the infantry of the first game of the mighty army could still hold on.
The reason why there were not many people rushing in was that the mighty army had artillery attacks at a distance of 250 paces, lined up to fire at a distance of 200 paces, precision strikes with firearms within 100 paces, and a bombardment of tiger squat artillery within 20 or 30 paces.
The disadvantage of the Tiger Squat Cannon is that it has a short firing range, only twenty or thirty steps, but it has the advantage of being powerful and can continuously achieve continuous bombardment by changing the sub-guns, and because of its curved firing, it can shoot in the formation.
As a result, a large number of Jiannu iron horsemen who rushed to twenty or thirty steps were directly bombarded into fragments by the tiger squat.
Man Dahai pulled the reins tightly, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he couldn't believe that the distance of hundreds of steps in front of him, the cavalry charge was only a momentary distance, it was so difficult to cross over and break through the Ming army camp on the opposite side, looking at his own iron cavalry lying on the ground and wailing, he was furious!
The two Jiannu iron cavalry of Niu Lu directly suffered more than 150 casualties, which is not a small number for the Jiannu, which has a small population.
Moreover, these Jiannu Iron Riders themselves are Mandahai's minions, Mandahai is a little distressed, but in order to avenge his son, he absolutely gritted his teeth and let his minions insist on it again.
However.
At this time, the remaining Jiannu Iron Cavalry obviously had the intention of cowardice, for them, once the Jiannu Iron Cavalry that rushed in front did not impact the other party's rout, they rushed over again may only increase casualties.
So some of the Jiannu Iron Riders instinctively stopped their horses.
The second game of the mighty army took advantage of this and began to change formations and advance, forming an encirclement posture against these Jiannu iron cavalry.
Seeing this, Man Dahai hurriedly sent his third Niu Lu's Manchurian Jiannu Iron Cavalry up.
But at this time, Lu Yuan also began to change the order, ordering the first game to retreat and rest, and the second game to face the remaining Manchurian Jiannu iron cavalry.
In the face of the powerful army's flintlock pistol plus spear formation and mandarin duck formation, the Jiannu iron cavalry of the classical army seems to be a little poor in donkey skills, and without the cooperation of other arms, they still only know how to rush.
But the effect is still the same, the powerful army's tight array makes Jiannu's iron cavalry less than half cheap.
Man Dahai was anxious, and simply withdrew his Manchurian iron cavalry, and ordered the Han and Mongolian Eight Banners iron cavalry to charge, in order to use the wheel war to defeat the mighty army.
In that year, in the Battle of Sarhu, Nurhachi also used this tactic to defeat Juniper's firearms troops.
But Lu Yuan was not fooled, and immediately ordered to lower the drawbridge, and evacuated into Wengcheng in an orderly manner in the first game, followed by the cavalry and the second game.
In the first game, after evacuating into the urn city, he immediately went to the city wall, using the city wall as a cover, and attacked the cavalry with firearms to cover the evacuation of the second game.
And then.
All the mighty troops withdrew to the city of Wengcheng and did not fight again with Mandahai.
Man Dahai could only look at the moat helplessly.
Man Dahai was very angry and wanted to capture the people again to force Lu Yuan to go out of the city for a decisive battle, but when Man Dahai was about to send troops out to arrest the people, Lu Yuan ordered the mighty army to go out of the city to meet the battle.
This time, Man Dahai simply ordered the Han and Mongolian Eight Banners Iron Cavalry to attack, but the mighty army relied on the city wall of the Beijing Division, relied on advanced firearms, and after sufficient rest, there was also a reserve guard company, which once again repelled these Jiannu Iron Cavalry.
There is no logistics for Jiannu to enter the customs, and basically the way they supplement logistics is to collect food on the spot, that is, to plunder the common people.
Now, after several battles between the two sides, Mandahai's troops had to take the initiative to truce due to insufficient logistics supplies and began to go around to collect food.
The mighty army took advantage of this to attack the city again, so that Mandahai did not dare to send too much food out of the city.
This made Man Dahai extremely angry.
At noon, the Xuan soldiers led by Lu Xiangsheng, who had already arrived at the outskirts of Beijing, also arrived as scheduled and set up camp on the west side of the Yongding Gate.
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen witnessed the scene of the decisive battle between the mighty army led by Lu Yuan and Jiannu in the morning, and saw that the mighty army was not very damaged, but the opposite Jiannu suffered hundreds of casualties under the attack of firearms, and he also had greater self-confidence for a while. I want to see them defeat this Jiannu Iron Rider with my own eyes! ”
Knock knock!
As he spoke, Zhu Youzhen really beat the drum.
Seeing this, Liu Yuliang also had an idea, and ordered: "All the departments of the Beijing camp are gathered at Yongding Gate, raise all the battle flags, and wave them, so as to create an image of our Beijing army gathering for Jiannu!" ”
Time.
Drums beat.
The battle flags fluttered on the city wall of the Beijing Division.
And at this time.
Lu Yuan's department and Lu Xiangsheng's department respectively advanced at two ends, and they entered the law towards the Manda Sea Department.
Lu Xiangsheng dispatched 3,000 iron cavalry first, which was the elite unit of the Tianxiong Army.
The so-called Tianxiong Army is an army composed of Lu Xiangsheng with the clan as the link, so this Tianxiong Army is not afraid of death, just because the comrades-in-arms are all relatives and friends, and one person died in battle, and the whole army has a heart of revenge!
Lu Yuan dispatched the whole army, after all, his soldiers and horses added up to nearly a thousand.
However, Lu Yuan's mighty army was mainly infantry, so its mobility was relatively poor, so when he just crossed the moat, Lu Xiangsheng's cavalry had already fought with Mandahai, and it was Lu Xiangsheng who personally led the troops to fight.
Seeing this, Lu Yuan simply reduced his mighty army to pieces and rushed to the periphery to sweep away the scattered scattered horsemen of Jiannu.