Chapter 552: Broken but Not Dispersed
This time it was the two yellow flag cavalry that charged, led by Ao Bai and Sonny. Dorgon was not generous at all, and these men threatened him with war, which cost him the emperor's throne. Then the regent, who is now the commander of the army, naturally has to take advantage of his position to push these opponents to the forefront.
Thurai and the others were sent to follow Duoduo and Azig to pursue Li Zicheng. Dolgon has already instructed the two brothers, so naturally he will leave more opportunities for the soldiers of the two yellow flags to make meritorious contributions.
Fortunately, Ao Bai likes to rush to the front, he attaches great importance to the title of "Baturu" given by Huang Taiji, although he is already a participant, but he must personally kill some enemies in every battle before he will give up. Sony, on the other hand, is much more cautious and is in the last row, playing a role of supervision.
Due to the large number of corpses of the heavily armored cavalry in front, and the cavalry of the two yellow flags rushed extremely fast, some of the cavalry tripped over the corpses on the ground. However, they still hit the horse's belly with their feet, allowing the horse to continue to attack at high speed. Li Yan's artillery fire just now made them feel frightened, and they knew that they had to rush to the front of Li Yan's army quickly to avoid being killed and injured by a large number of shells.
And the artillery under Li Yan was also a little panicked by the Qing cavalry that suddenly rushed out. The sounds of explosions, gunsmoke, and smoke seriously interfered with their judgment of the enemy's situation. Even if the lookout post could see it, it was a little slow to get the news to the artillery in front.
Fortunately, the artillerymen were not frightened stupid, and they immediately began to fire shells again. And the cannon that has already been hit is immediately reloaded.
"Double shotgun!" The gunner hissed and shouted with all his might.
The ammunition man ran from behind with a shotgun in one hand, and the loader had already packed the propellant into it. The two of them worked together and loaded two shotgun barrels into the barrel one after the other. At the same time, the gunner had already put the lead into the ignition hole.
The previously adjusted muzzles were also straightened again while waiting for ammunition, and they had to block the enemy cavalry rushing head-on, otherwise their cannons would be in danger. As for the threat on both sides, it can only be left to the infantry to block.
"Boom", "boom", the cannon, which had paused for a while, began to fire again. Several artillery crews were loaded with double shotguns, so the projectiles fired this time were extremely dense, almost knocking down all the Qing cavalry more than ten paces wide facing the muzzle position.
However, the Tiger Squat Cannon continued to fire intensively, and six Tiger Squat Guns were already adjusting their muzzles to make the shells fall closer and inflict more casualties on the Qing army.
However, there were more than 1,000 cavalry in this attack, and they followed up when they were attacked by heavy armored cavalry, so they naturally took advantage of a lot. Moreover, these people are all old in the battle formation, and all the troops are used to attack the top military formation of the Pinzi formation, striving to completely defeat one of Li Yan's military formations.
Although the cavalry of the two yellow banners suffered a lot of losses, they were killed or wounded before they could rush to Li Yan's army formation. However, after all, the cannon was troublesome to load, even if the artillery was fired in rotation, coupled with the help of the tiger squat cannon, it still could not completely block the fast-hitting Qing cavalry.
The crossbow arrows also began to fire in a volley, but the cavalry of the Qing army fell in front, and the rear rushed up immediately, and with each fall, the cavalry behind came closer to the formation.
Finally, the cavalry of the Qing army rushed to the front of Li Yan's army formation, and they controlled the war horse to jump. Although the war horse was still pierced by the spear, the body of the war horse could break the spear, and the corpse could also hold the spearman down. And they took advantage of the war horses to jump, and also jumped with the help of stirrups, and landed directly beside those crossbowmen.
These Qing troops were not only powerful in horsemanship, but also fierce in foot combat. As soon as they fell from the sky, they used their bodies or shields to knock down a few of Li Yan's crossbowmen, and then swung their weapons to their sides, inflicting more damage on the enemy. Once they have landed, they roll on the ground and can get up and continue their attacks on the crossbowmen who have little self-defense.
Li Yan had been prepared for this for a long time, he had already moved the baggage in the army formation back before the battle, and forty paces behind the front array, eight hundred musketeers lined up, ready to deal with the situation of the front row being broken through. The positions of the tiger squat artillery were also arranged at the two corners of the military formation, and they were not greatly affected. They continued to fire debuff bombs to stop the Qing army's follow-up forces.
However, the current situation is somewhat peculiar, those Qing soldiers who rushed into the military formation did not rush towards the banner of the Chinese army, but attacked and killed the nearby crossbowmen on the spot. The Qing army was mixed with their own people, and it was difficult for the musketeers to catch the Qing soldiers who were constantly flickering and moving.
Li Yan immediately ordered: "Transfer a hundred crossbowmen from the back row." Let the best shooters in the musket team shoot, and don't be afraid to hit your own people! ”
And Li Mu had already picked up his own bow and dismounted to shoot feather arrows at the Qing soldiers who had slashed and killed him. However, because the Qing soldiers were constantly moving through the crowd, it was difficult for Li Mu to aim. Three arrows were shot, only one of which hit the Qing soldiers, and the other two hit his own people, so that he did not dare to shoot any more arrows.
"Fuck it!" Li Mu scolded angrily: "Why don't these guys rush over?!" ”
Li Yan looked at the melee in front of him with satisfaction at this time. Even though many Qing soldiers rushed in, his soldiers did not collapse, but continued to fight around the artillery. The crossbowmen, in particular, used their knives or spears to continue fighting.
The Qing soldiers who rushed in were able to kill all sides at first, but they were immediately stabbed to death in the back by the crossbowmen. The follow-up cavalry of the Qing army finally rushed in, and they rushed directly in the direction of Li Yan's banner.
However, these Qing troops were not so lucky. The musketeers began a salvo, and a dense stream of projectiles flew towards the Qing troops. Hundreds of crossbowmen were also sent out in the arrays on both sides, firing crossbow arrows at the Qing troops who rushed in from both sides. The thirty or fifty cavalrymen who rushed in each time, under the fire of two hundred muskets and several hundred crossbow arrows, could not continue the charge at all, and were quickly shot.
Under such dense firepower, nothing was hidden in the stirrups, neither cavalry nor war horses could withstand the shot of lead bullets and crossbow arrows. There was not even a chance to rush to the front of the musket team about ten paces and throw out the short axes and bones in their hands, and twenty paces away, all the horses were killed.
Ao Bai was still slashing Li Yan's infantry at this time, and with his bravery, he dodged several attacks from behind, and was still firmly advancing towards an artillery. Even at such a critical moment, Li Yan's cannons were still firing outwards, continuing to kill and injure the cavalry that was coming after them, so he had to deal with these artillery.
At this time, Li Yan and Li Zhong's personal soldiers bypassed from both sides, and shot at the Qing soldiers who were frantically attacking at close range with their handcuffs.
Ao Bai swept his axe back behind him, trying to push the enemy behind him out of the way. But after the "bang", he was hit the back and lost his center of gravity. At this time, a Li Yan soldier in front of him immediately stabbed the spear hard and plunged it straight into his throat.
"Let's go, there are a few more over there." Li Yan's personal soldiers saw that this Qing army was dead, so they greeted and pounced on the next Qing army.
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