Chapter 32: Detachment

When the flag waved and the sound of gold sounded, a large number of Tartar soldiers seemed to have lost their souls and began to flee backwards one by one, all these years of honor they had accumulated in dealing with the Ming army, in today's day, were all defeated by this group of Xingtian Army, at this time they can no longer care about pride, only the fear in their hearts is left, just want to quickly escape from this place that they will never forget, never come back, these Xingtian Army are not people, they are all some devils, this battle can not be fought!

But their escape does not mean that their nightmare is over, because they have entered the range of the artillery of the Xingtian Army too much, even if they turn around and flee from this place, it will take some time, and this time is enough for the artillery of the Xingtian Army to fire another salvo, dozens of various field guns roared again, the hot cannonballs out of the barrel, and smashed heavily in the crowd of Tartars, even if the Tartars escaped, there were constantly people who were knocked to the ground by the jumping shells, and even torn apart on the spot, And the Hexi, where the Xingtian army was based, suddenly let out an irrepressible cheer, all the soldiers looked at the Tartar soldiers who fled in the desert and cheered, celebrating their victory, and on the east bank of the Xiaozhang River, there were corpses of Tartars all over the ground and the wounded, and the wounded were crying helplessly in a pool of blood, but where could the Tartar soldiers who were beaten badly still take care of them, they couldn't take care of any excellent traditions, they just ran for their lives as if they had lost their souls, As a result, a large number of dead and wounded robes were left next to the riverbank.

Yue Tuo ordered the Bayala soldiers to go down to collect their rout, the pain was a little indescribable, he lost this battle, and the defeat was very bad, the small Xiaozhang River became his nightmare, now he only hopes that the cavalry on both wings will cross the river as soon as possible, can win back a game, and seize the car camp of the thief army on the other side, so that he can save some face, otherwise, he will not be able to explain this matter to the current Qing Emperor Huang Taiji after he goes back.

At this time, the Tartar cavalry swimming towards the two wings finally found the frozen solid river, under the command of their respective generals, these Tartar cavalry rushed down the river one after another, and stepped on the frozen solid river, the sound of cannons and shouts and screams in the direction of the stone bridge came into their ears far away, so that they were shocked to hear one by one, and they didn't know how fierce their infantry robes were fighting on the stone bridge at this time, they just wanted to cross the river quickly, From the flank, you can quickly flank the thieves on the other side of the river, seize the carts of the thieves, and then scatter them, slaughter them, and rob them of all the terrible guns and cannons in their hands.

But few people noticed the wooden barrels embedded in the ice, which had been covered with a thin layer of snow, and at this moment there were several pairs of eyes on the other side of the river, and through the grass staring at the river, a man with a cold smile shook the fire and lit the fuses that had been pulled together, and then the group turned around and ran, turned over into a small wood, and spurred the horses in the direction of the camp.

And the Tartar soldiers who were riding their horses on the ice also found these scouts of the Xingtian Army, some wanted to speed up and rush across the river to chase them, but the ice was very slippery, and the war horses did not dare to spread their legs and run wildly on the ice, they could only take their bows and arrows far away and shoot arrows at the scouts of the Xingtian Army on the other side of the river, but when they sent arrows, these people had already run away, only the last two scouts were unfortunately hit by arrows on their backs, but they did not hurt the vital point, or staggered to the woods and climbed on the war horse, and fled from this section of the riverbank.

Before these Tartar cavalry understood, the wooden barrels on the river exploded one after another, raising the flames and smoke of the boss, and in an instant the ice on the river began to crack, some Tartar soldiers were closer to the barrels, and they were blown out on the spot, and more Tartar soldiers fell into the broken ice with men and horses, and the icy river water suddenly disappeared over their bodies, so that these Tartar cavalry all screamed in shock, and quickly turned around with the reins of their horses and wanted to return to the river bank. But even if they were lucky enough to climb back to the east bank, they were frozen to purple lips, shivering in the cold wind and hurriedly wanted to take off their wet clothes and armor, but the result was clear to everyone, naked and drenched, they were soon frozen, some Tartars were unlucky, wearing two layers of armor, originally wanted to save their lives, but after falling into the glacier, they immediately sank to the bottom of the river like a scale, even if the Xiaozhang River was not deep because of the dry period, some Tartar soldiers could not struggle out, As a result, they were either drowned alive in the river, or frozen in the water, and the broken surface of the river was filled with Tartars and pieces of broken ice.

Yue Tuo can be said to have led the troops to evacuate the Xiaozhang River with infinite fear, this time they originally wanted to run to bargain, but the bargain was not begged, and a large number of soldiers who were killed and wounded were also lost, among which the Jiala Zhangjing who led the troops to attack the stone bridge was also beaten into a sieve by the fire hammer of the Xingtian Army, and died on the stone bridge, in this battle, their Tartar soldiers suffered a lot of losses, and even in order to avoid being hit by the back of the Xingtian Army that was about to rush over, Yue Tuo didn't even have time to send people to snatch back the casualties. He ordered his troops to evacuate the Xiaozhang River.

Looking at the Tartar soldiers who had withdrawn from the desert, the generals of the Xingtian Army in Hexi cheered in unison, Huang Shengqiang walked to Li Fusheng, who had just relaxed, and patted Li Fusheng's shoulder, Li Fusheng trembled a little nervously, looked at Huang Shengqiang and said, "Let's win?" ”

"Hey, hey! Won, and a big win! Wake up, Brother Li, congratulations on your great work! Hehe! Don't stand stupidly, quickly send someone to clean the stone bridge and clean up the battlefield, the big man will be back soon! Huang Shengqiang proudly stroked his rat whiskers, shook his head and replied with a smile.

Li Fusheng came to his senses from the ecstasy after the victory, and hurriedly dispatched his soldiers and some sappers to clean the stone bridge, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to go to the river to continue to see the Tartar soldiers who had withdrawn on the other bank.

The corpses of a Tartar soldier were carried off the stone bridge by the Xingtian Army, and those who were injured and did not die were directly stabbed, and the armor and the silver weapons they carried were all stripped off and piled together, and then transported back to the car camp to be loaded, and soon there were a large number of corpses of the Tartar soldiers at the head of the bridge.

At this time, on the horizon in the distance, scarlet banners of the Heavenly Army began to appear, and everyone immediately cheered loudly.

Dolgon used all his tricks to hold Xiao Tianjian back, and almost all the tactics he had used before were used on the Xingtian Army again, but they were dissolved one by one by the Xingtian Army in response to all changes.

Over the years, the problems encountered by the Ming army in front of the Xingtian Army, Dolgon has also tried, but the result is that in addition to losing troops in front of the difficult bones of the Xingtian Army, he still did not block the retreat of the Xingtian Army at all.

And all the efforts he has made, at most, are just a slight delay in the speed of action of the Xingtian Army, because the formation of the Xingtian Army is really impossible to speak, no matter from any direction, they can mobilize a large number of firefighters, with sufficient firepower, far away to knock the attacking Tartars to the ground, before the Tartars attack them, they have been beaten to the ground, even if some Tartars are fierce enough, relying on the lives of others to hold up to rush to the front of the Xingtian Army, But what awaited them immediately was rows of spears, and under the indiscriminate stabbing of the guns, they could not break through to the large array of the Heavenly Army.

And the cavalry of the Xingtian Army is not vegetarian, they are waiting for an opportunity in the formation like a wolf, as long as they see the opportunity, they will surprise it, and bite the Tartar soldiers who are already eating and retreating, and they are not really fighting against the Tartar cavalry at all, and the angry Dolgon wants to tear them apart, but he is helpless against them.

The remaining three phalanxes of the Xingtian Army have always alternated with each other to cover the advance, and the remnants of the soldiers under the command of Lu Xiangsheng have always been tightly protected between them, and from time to time they have sent some stragglers to show off their might, and under the cover of their firearms, they went out to plunder some dead and wounded Tartars' clothes, armor, heads and other things, and it was even more angry that Dolgon ascended to heaven and two Buddhas out of the body.

This method of warfare of the Xingtian Army, don't look at anything fancy, but it is very simple and practical, combining the advantages of long and short weapons, and effectively combining the advantages of long-distance shooting with the spearman, and exerting a great offensive and defensive ability, whether it is offensive or defensive, it seems to be at ease, and what is more valuable is that this tactic can also maintain a certain mobility ability on the battlefield, and fight and go, never be trapped by the Qing soldiers, if Dolgon wants to eat them, it is not without a little way, But Dolgon just can't afford to gamble, and he doesn't dare to put all the troops on hand regardless of the cost, if that's the case, even if Dolgon can eat the thousands of Xingtian Army led by Xiao Tianjian, I'm afraid he will have to pay twice the price of the Xingtian Army, but this is where Jiannu's weakness lies, they Jianzhou Jurchen really don't have many people, one less to die, if Dolgon fights people here, for Jiannu, it will not be able to recover for a long time, and even from then on, there will be no ability to go south and break through, even the land they had occupied outside the gate could not be kept, so Dolgon threw a mouse trap and never dared to fight to the death, so that Xiao Tianjian oversaw the army retreating towards the Xiaozhang River step by step, leaving behind a lot of dead and wounded Tartar soldiers.

The key to this battle is that Xiao Tianjian seized the best opportunity and sent a cavalry battalion to kill the Hongyi artillery under Dolgon's command first, if it weren't for that, Dolgon only needed to make full use of the advantages of the Hongyi cannon on their hand in this battle to continuously bombard the Xingtian Army from a long distance, even if Xiao Tianjian had great ability, he could not effectively guarantee that the soldiers would not be blown away, and if there were few flaws, they would be taken advantage of by the Tartar cavalry, leading to their rout, and it was this that determined the victory of the Xingtian Army. Fighting Dorgon and his men was miserable.

But Xiao Tianjian was not without a little worry, because he had already seen that Dolgon and Yue Tuo divided their troops, and a Tartar soldier pounced in the direction of the stone bridge of the Xiaozhang River, where Chen stationed the elite artillery that he had worked hard to build over the years, once the stone bridge was captured, he would have no way to retreat, and after night, the Tartar soldiers could also drag down the thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and once Huang Shengqiang's artillery battalion and the artillery of the artillery team directly under each battalion were taken away by the Tartar soldiers, he would be unlucky to bombard him with these horses.

After all, he only left an artillery battalion and a baggage battalion on the west bank of the Xiaozhang River, and his troops were very limited, although he had ordered Huang Shengqiang and Li Fusheng to make full preparations before the war, Xiao Tianjian was still a little worried.

After a while, he heard the sound of a row of guns from the direction of the stone bridge of the Xiaozhang River, and then began to hear the sound of cannons, the rumbling cannons spread far away, and also spread to the battlefield here, all the soldiers of the Xingtian Army showed an anxious look on their faces, for fear that the Xiaozhang River side would not be protected, after all, Li Fusheng only had less than a thousand soldiers and an engineer brigade on hand, and the soldiers had few opportunities to go to the battlefield, and there were many firearms but the melee ability was very poor, not to mention the artillery battalion, they were the master in the distance, and they were vegetables before they came closer, Once the Tartar soldiers crossed the river in large numbers, they could take advantage of the distant battle, but they were not sure of the close combat, so they urged Xiao Tianjian to speed up and return to the Xiaozhang River.

But Xiao Tianjian played the role that his coach should play at this time, his expression was indifferent, as if he was fine, he didn't show the slightest worried look, but indifferently said to the generals under his command that they didn't have to worry, the Tartars couldn't help Huang Shengqiang and Li Fusheng or something, and continued to supervise the troops to advance forward unhurriedly, repelling the Tartar soldiers who tried to stop them and the Tartar soldiers who attacked them again and again, and slowly walked towards the direction of the Xiaozhang River Stone Bridge without any disorder, which was also his calm performance. greatly reassured his subordinates, so that they gradually felt at ease, kept calm, and the soldiers came to block the water and flood, making the Tartar soldiers miserable.

Sure enough, they soon saw that in the area of the Xiaozhang River, there were a large number of Tartar soldiers who withdrew in a panic, just looking at their formation from a distance, they could see their panic, and their morale plummeted, after returning here, they did not join the war group at all, but withdrew from a distance, and began to gather soldiers and horses.

Xiao Tianjian sneered and said, "Huang Shengqiang, they really did a good job, the Tartars are deflated on the side of the stone bridge!" Hum! If I'm not mistaken, it's time for Dorgon to call in! ”

Sure enough, after Yue Tuo led the troops to withdraw, Dolgon immediately ordered to stop the attack on the Xingtian Army, and the Tartar soldiers quickly retreated from the perimeter of the Xingtian Army, and the Tartar soldiers who were blocking the road in front also hurriedly withdrew, giving way for the Xingtian Army to retreat to the Xiaozhang River Stone Bridge, which made the pressure on the Xingtian Army soldiers suddenly decrease.

"The Xingtian Army is mighty!" The Xuan soldiers in the formation didn't know who they suddenly shouted, and then hundreds of Xuan soldiers shouted along, and even the Xingtian Army's own soldiers couldn't help the ecstasy in their hearts and shouted.

Suddenly, the battlefield sounded like a thunderous roar of "Xingtian Army's might", which resounded throughout the land of Julu County.

(I was lazy yesterday, and the number of words was a little less, so I'll make up for this chapter today!) Let's have a 4,000-word story! )