Chapter 439: Defeat
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"Can Xingguobo's soldiers and horses withstand it?"
Li Zhi said: "Such a small scene, of course my tiger master can withstand it. The military gate hurriedly retreated the Chinese army and withdrew to the back of the Tiger Division. β
Wu Sangui had never seen the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Master, and looked at Li Zhi with some disbelief, wanting to say something, but it was difficult to say it. After holding it for a long time, Wu Sangui said: "Junmen, it is better to command on a horse." In the unlikely event that a rout rushes at you, you can immediately dodge it. β
Obviously, Wu Sangui was still worried that Li Zhi's soldiers and horses would be crushed by the rout.
Hong Chengchou did not answer Wu Sangui's words. He looked at Li Zhi, gritted his teeth, waved his hand and said, "The 10,000 Chinese army retreats, let the Tiger Ben Division come up." β
The flag was unfurled, and the 10,000 Chinese army retreated, and the 15,000-strong tiger division was brought to the front of the battle.
The Tiger Ben Division went to the front of the Chinese army, and the trapping regiment was at the front of the Hu Ben Division. The regiment commander Zhong Feng looked at the rout soldiers who were getting closer and closer, and snorted coldly: "The rabble! β
Zhong Feng waved his hand, "Get on the bayonet!" β
The 4,000 soldiers of the Trap Regiment loaded their rifles with bayonets and raised them in their hands. The blade flashed in front of the formation, and the sunlight reflected back on the blade, reflecting a cold light of Qingfeng. The soldiers of the trapped regiment lined up in three rows of bayonets more than a thousand meters from the front, ready to meet the onslaught of the rout.
Under the unhurried pursuit of the five hundred Tartar cavalry, the 30,000 routs rushed towards this side like 30,000 beasts.
The Tartar cavalry knew how to chase down a rout, and could neither push too hard nor get too far away. It is necessary to maintain a certain amount of pressure to make the rout fearful, but not to make the rout feel that they will die and turn back to resist. The Tartar cavalry were veterans of a hundred battles and were skilled in this kind of pursuit.
They were like herdsmen driving sheep, wielding their swords on the periphery of the rout, cutting down those who were running slowly under their horses, and frightened the other routs to flee and rush straight in the direction of the tiger division.
What the Tartars want to do is to expel the routed troops and attack the central army of the Ming army, and crush the entire Ming army.
However, the Tiger Master is not so easy to overcome.
In the midst of the formation, Zhong Feng shouted: "Rusher, slash!" β
Four thousand soldiers shouted in unison: "Rusher, slash!" β
The rout rushed to the front of the trapping group, and when they saw the murderous spirit here, they panicked a little. They looked at the array of bayonets that shone with cold light, and they were a little frightened. Some of the cowards turned around and fled to both sides, trying to bypass the god-like trapping soldiers.
But some Ming soldiers were frightened by the Tartar cavalry, and they were afraid that they would be cut down by the Tartar cavalry if they made a detour on both sides, so they ran straight into the bayonet array of the trapped regiment. They hoped that the trapping regiment would collapse with them, so that they would not be attacked by the trapping regiment, so they rushed and shouted: "Defeated, flee!" β
"The Tartars are here, run away!"
Some Ming troops even brandished weapons at the trapped regiments, trying to frighten the trapped soldiers.
If the ordinary Ming army saw that the soldiers and horses in front of them were defeated, and the defeated soldiers shouted a few words like this, they would immediately lose their fighting spirit. The soldiers will feel that the battle has been lost, and if they do not flee, they will be killed by the enemy, and they will be dragged and flee behind. Even the Qing army, which was good at fighting, was defeated by Li Zhi at Qingshankou at the beginning, and the rear army that did not participate in the battle was also coerced and collapsed for dozens of miles.
But the Tiger Division is different, the Tiger Division simply looks down on other Ming armies, and will not feel defeated because the Ming Army collapsed.
Seeing the collapse of the 30,000 friendly troops in front, the soldiers of the trapped regiment were not affected at all, and their morale was strong and intact. In the eyes of the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Division, the other Ming troops and the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Division are two species. As long as the banner of Xingguo Bo Li Zhi is still standing in front of the battle, the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Division will not collapse and flee.
At a distance of 100 meters, 50 meters, and 20 meters, the rout was about to crash into the bayonet formation of the trapped regiment.
Zhong Feng shouted loudly: "Kill"
The horn of the trap regiment sounded, and more than a thousand soldiers of the trapping regiment in the front row began to kill. Seeing the rout rushing towards them, they took a big step forward, their bayonets stabbing in front of them.
The soldiers of the Tiger Division practiced every day. In addition to target shooting, he also practiced field marching and bayonet fighting. The soldiers of the trapping regiment are all veterans who have been in the camp for more than a year, and they practice their bayonet fighting skills almost every day, and they are very proficient. At this time, thousands of troops stabbed forward in unison, stabbing accurately and ruthlessly, only treating the rout as the enemy, and specifically selecting the vital places to stab.
The effect of daily military training is very different from that of the Ming army that trains every few days. Na Sensen's bayonet stabbed past, and the Ming army that had fallen down couldn't dodge it at all.
Some of the defeated soldiers were wearing cotton armor, and some only had a mandarin duck battle jacket, which could withstand the stabbing of bayonets. A scream was heard, and bayonets pierced the heart, throat, chest and abdomen of the rout.
The soldiers of the trap regiment immediately withdrew their guns and pulled their bayonets out of their wounds.
As soon as the blade was closed, blood rushed out with the blade. Cowardly lives were lost under these simple actions. In the blink of an eye, more than 200 routed soldiers died in front of the bayonet formation of the trapped regiment.
The defeated soldiers were instantly suppressed by this iron-blooded trap group, and the efficiency of this killing was even more powerful than the cannons of the Tartars. Where did the rout soldiers in the back dare to attack the Tiger Division? When the soldiers saw more than 200 corpses on the ground, their faces were bloodless with fright. As if the surging tide had met a solid rock, they panicked and went around in both directions, fleeing in both directions under the pressure of the Tartar cavalry.
Hong Chengchou saw that the rout was separated by Li Zhi's Tiger Division, and knew that the Chinese army was worry-free, and breathed a sigh of relief.
He waved his hand at Li Zhi and said, "To kill the enemy in battle, you really still have to rely on Xingguobo's iron army." If it weren't for Xingguobo's iron army here, the Chinese army would have been completely defeated by now. β
Li Zhi said lightly: "The military gate has passed the award." β
Yang Guozhu saw that the routed army was no longer impacting the Chinese army, so he let go of the hand that was holding the reins of the horse tightly, and said with a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, Lai Xingguobo is here, otherwise I would have to flee in a hurry!" β
Wu Sangui blinked his eyes, looked at Li Zhi, who was light and breezy, and took a breath. For the first time, Wu Sangui knew that the troops could maintain their fighting spirit in the face of a defeated army twice as large as their own, and that military discipline and morale could reach such a strong level. Wu Sangui looked at Li Zhi's Tiger Warrior Soldier, and an eager light flashed in his eyes.
Wu Sangui is also a military attachΓ©, and he never wanted to have such an iron army.
However, although the defeated army did not dare to attack the Chinese army and the Tiger Division, they still fled to the south under the drive of the Tartars. Zhong Feng looked at the Tartar cavalry who drove the rout, snorted coldly, and shouted loudly: "The third row is loaded!" β
The flag was unfurled, and Zhong Feng's order was passed down.