Chapter 398: Victorious, Persevered.
Feng Quan was restless walking around on the high ground on one side, Kong Youxing, Ma Deli, and the two of them were also restlessly waiting for news on the side, looking at the dilapidated enemy camp in the distance from time to time.
A war horse rushed over, "Victory, victory, let's break the enemy's camp." ”
A cavalryman came to report the victory.
"Where, that camp?" Feng Quan took a few steps up and asked anxiously.
"Yes, that one, a smaller camp." The cavalry pointed to the enemy camp road a few hundred meters away.
"Well, probe again." Feng Quan didn't care about the camp with the banner of the Ming army, because he knew that there were not many Ming troops in that camp, and under such an attack of such intensity, defeat was an inevitable result.
The combat effectiveness of the Ming army, although the Ming army here is very tenacious, he is not optimistic about the Ming army.
In the battle with Li Zicheng's troops, it was not the last Ming army unit that did not fight, and in the battle with the Qing army, there were also such troops.
But what's the use?
The Ming army still lost the great rivers and mountains, and now the key is the Huaxia army, if this army can be completely destroyed, then the Huaxia army will also be finished, this is the result that Feng Quan and the Taixi people want.
Looking over there again, the camp next to it was full of flames, and there was thunder of joy, and many Qing troops poured out from that side, and turned to attack the camp next to it, the camp of the Huaxia army.
After the Huaxia army was under more pressure than Su Zhengqing's camp, it was once again under increased pressure.
There were not many remnants of the Ming army and people left on the wall, and dozens of wounded Ming soldiers and survivors of the people were pressed by the Qing army and the remaining people of the second wave of the previous mercenary cannon fodder troops, and pursued and retreated into the second line of defense.
The Qing army climbed the wall, and the rain of arrows flew to the second line of defense, and the remnants of the Chinese army who blocked the gap also retreated to the second line of defense, participating in the counterattack while drinking the Qing army's bow and arrow.
"It's too much of a loss, let the soldiers of the second line of defense retreat, come up to the four corners of the third line of defense, help stabilize the third and final line of defense, and the musketeers fire with all their might." Zhang Qiang shouted.
Zhang Qiang saw that the enemy's stamina was also insufficient, and the cannon fodder mercenaries who attacked in front were basically beaten and collapsed, and their morale was low, even if there were killings and persecution, they still didn't want to attack the second line of defense.
Now came the Japanese ronin, the Qing army, and the cavalry troops, as well as the gray cattle of the Taisi and the Indian troops, and the two sides fired each other with bows and arrows and muskets.
Governor Javier also came in with the Indian troops, and he climbed up a wall, and observed from afar the troops that terrified the Ming and Qing armies, the Portuguese, the Dutch, and the pirates of Zheng Chenggong on the southeast coast.
In order to defeat this force, the Portuguese sacrificed thousands of the young men of all the Ming people in their territory; In order to defeat this force, the indigenous cannon fodder soldiers collected by the Tessian coalition from all sides, less than 3,000 people can stand up now, and they have collected nearly 30,000 of these worthless free cannon fodder soldiers.
In order to defeat this force, their hired sailors, the organized Taixi militia, the combatable sailors on each ship, can be drawn, even the cooks, are all drawn, and the troops of several thousand men are now attacking this force with those gray cattle Indians.
At the moment, it seems that the losses are heavy, and less than 1,500 of the thousands of people can retreat, depending on the situation, they have collapsed, and maybe they don't want to fight in this life.
Those gray cattle, the Indians, since the battle with the Ming army, have sacrificed more than 10,000 people, in the two days of fighting, they were killed by shells, they died in brawls, they were executed, and there were thousands of people who fought with the Chinese army, and were killed by artillery and musket bullets, and there are not many left, there are probably more than 3,000 people.
The British must have died of pain, and those were all silver coins.
Fortunately, the Spaniards did not employ many people, and they did not spend much money, but they just happened to bring in thousands of Manilan natives and hundreds of hired sailors.
The attacking troops were still very powerful before, with a large number of people, even if ten of them fought for one enemy, they were very successful, consuming thousands of Ming troops, and consuming about seven or eight thousand of the enemy's troops, and the Ming troops seen here were only a few hundred, and the others were all dead or captured.
Now, like eggs on a stone, they can't do anything but die, and they can't do any damage to the enemy.
He was not surprised, this was normal, they Spaniards often fought such battles in Manila, and no matter how many tens of thousands of enemies wielding broadswords and spears could not be fired by hundreds of arquebuses, they would not be able to collapse and not be defeated.
The corpses almost flooded the inner streets, the camps, at a distance of thirty to fifty meters from the camp.
Those who charge behind must carefully bypass or crawl over corpses in order to attack the enemy, there are too many corpses.
The crackling sound of muskets was like an invisible barrier, making it impossible for all attacking enemies to get within a hundred meters of the Huaxia Army.
Looking, watching a chill suddenly rise in his heart, if it goes on like this, after the cannon fodder is finished, won't they have to face Huaxia Army head-on?
The same shot on the opposite side, why did the muskets of the Huaxia army hit the enemy so far away?
It is said that the arquebus has no accuracy at this distance, but now, the cannon fodder who charged is now the Japanese ronin, they are so brave and hideous, why can't they rush within a hundred meters of the enemy?
This force is not too much, it is not so dense, arquebus can inflict such accurate damage and lethality on such a sparse enemy unit, so against the Portuguese or against their own troops, how many people do their own troops have to die before they can advance to a distance of fifty meters and shoot at the enemy?
He had seen the Qing army and the Japanese ronin fall one by one in both directions, but they could not get close to the enemy, and the generals desperately commanded the soldiers to rush forward, only to be turned into corpses or wailing wounded.
Just as he was thinking about this problem, a breech flintlock pistol was aimed at him, and then when he turned his head in confusion and looked at the position of the Huaxia Army in this direction, a gunshot rang out, and Javier, the new governor of Spain, who was still stunned, was hit in the head by a bullet the thickness of his thumb, shook a little, and fell straight down in the surprised eyes of the Spanish officers who were protecting him, and died.
The commander who was commanding the Spanish mercenaries who joined later, as well as the hundreds of Spanish soldiers who were wearing armor and holding spears several meters long, ready to go up to help the cannon fodder fight, the commander, suddenly turned back, but saw all this, in the screams of Javier's guards, his legs trembled, he turned around with difficulty, and after hearing a crisp gunshot, he looked down at his chest that was a little uncomfortable, screamed, and also fell.
The Spaniards' troops immediately dispersed, and then, without a leader, hundreds of Spanish soldiers threw down their weapons and fled.
Their escape caused a panic among the attacking soldiers nearby, like a stone thrown into the water, causing ripples, and this effect spread in all directions, causing the entire battlefield to collapse.
Even if a few thousand Japanese artillery gunners launched a rhythmic attack, they still couldn't stop such an escape.
Tens of thousands of soldiers scattered in a hurry, and they crawled out of the camp held by the Huaxia army with their hands and feet.
(End of chapter)