Volume 8 Chapter 129 After the Fall of the Golden Iron Cavalry
Outside the city of Liaoyang, more than 40,000 Houjin cavalry were surrounded by 50,000 Guanning iron cavalry and more than 20,000 Tianxiong army, Qijia army and Sichuan army's foot soldiers, chariot soldiers, and musket corps, and could not get out.
At this time, he finally understood that chariots and firearms are the nemesis of cavalry, and once the Ming army sacrifices these two sharp weapons, no matter how strong the cavalry is, it will be a floating cloud!
In fact, this kind of thing is not without precedent, during the Wanli Dynasty, Dong Fox of Mengyuan Duoyan and Chang Bald of Wuliang Ha led tens of thousands of cavalry to attack the Ming Dynasty, but they were all wiped out by Qi Jiguang's car formation and firearms combination.
Huang Taiji is too superstitious about the strength of his iron cavalry, he thinks that even if the sneak attack fails, there will be no problem in escaping back, but as a result, he just got into the trap set by Zhang Bin, and he couldn't escape.
What to do, what to do?
He was so anxious that he almost jumped from the city gate, if it weren't for the dense trenches outside the city, he would really lead the foot soldiers to rescue, but unfortunately, the trenches not only blocked the Ming army, but also blocked him.
Dolgon is more anxious than Huang Taiji at this time, although he has been pitted by Huang Taiji for so many years, almost every time he performs dangerous tasks, but, there has never been such a danger, this time, he simply plunged into the pit dug by the Ming army, and it is almost impossible to climb out.
He hid behind the guards and looked around anxiously, trying in vain to find a way to escape, but unfortunately, there was none.
Don't think about it in the south, the black pressure is full of Guanning iron horses, and you can't rush through it at all.
There is no need to think about it in the east, it is densely packed with Ming army chariots, and I don't know how many Ming troops there are behind the chariots.
At the beginning, there was still hope of escaping in the west, but at this time he was also blocked by the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and he waved his army several times, and as a result, the more he rushed the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the more he could only retreat helplessly.
The north doesn't seem to have to think about it, because there are all trenches over there, if there are no trenches, he can just lead the army to the north, as long as he runs to the city wall, it will be safe, and there will be no Ming army over there at all.
He glanced at the trench to the north, and was about to look elsewhere, but his heart suddenly moved.
This ditch is about two zhang wide, and it is basically difficult for people to step over, but it is very easy for horses to cross over, that is, they must control the war horse well, otherwise, one will rush over the head and rush into the trench in front.
He was still very confident in his horseback riding skills, and it was not difficult for him to cross these trenches, and it seemed that this was the only way to survive.
He looked at the southeast and west again, the black pressure was all the Ming army, and there was no hope of rushing out at all, and the generals of the Ming army were extremely strong, they were leading the army to rush left and right in the middle of the cavalry under their command, and no one could stop it at all!
If this continues, sooner or later, the whole army will be wiped out, only by jumping out of the trench can you escape, even if some people can't jump over, fall into the trench, there is also hope of survival, stay here and fight hard with the Ming army, either be killed, or be captured, there is no hope at all, fight!
He raised his hand directly and pointed to the north, and shouted, "Run over there, jump over the trench, and run under the city wall." ”
With that, he directly pulled the reins, took his personal guards, and rode his horse north.
He was originally near the trench, this run, almost in the blink of an eye came to the trench, he skillfully lay on the horse's back, his legs clamped, "whoosh" across the first trench, and then, he rode his horse and ran a few steps, and then his legs were clamped, and he crossed the second trench with a "whoosh".
At this time, he couldn't control the others, because the trench was too dense, and he had to concentrate on crossing it constantly, and he had to be slightly distracted to look at the one behind it, which would definitely fall into the ditch.
He took the lead, and almost all the cavalry behind followed, and they also knew that they would definitely not be able to kill, so they had to jump into the trench and fight.
As a result, there was a strange scene on the battlefield, nearly 30,000 Jiannu cavalry rushed to the trench to the north like a tide, and countless war horses jumped high, hurriedly fell, and then jumped high again, as if performing juggling.
However, not everyone has the ability to ride a horse as good as Dolgon, many people just crossed the first trench, straight into the second trench, and some did not control the war horses, a hand did not jump over, directly fell into the first trench, to the back, many people did not have time to jump was squeezed into the first trench, the first trench near the can be described as people on their backs, lively and extraordinary.
Huang Taiji, who was on the tower of the city gate, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw countless ant-sized cavalry rushing towards the trench, but he soon understood that Dolgon was forced to escape by jumping into the trench.
This method is really a bit strange, but it is also their only choice at the moment, that is, I don't know if the Ming army will chase after them, and how much they can escape back in the end.
Zhang Bin on the lookout was also stunned when he saw this scene, Nima, thousands of calculations, this point was missed!
Everyone knows that this war horse can cross the trench, but no one will be bored to send his cavalry to do this, because even if his cavalry can cross it, it is useless, rush to the city wall, and when people rain down arrows, they will all be shot into hedgehogs!
Therefore, the besieging side will not send cavalry to cross the trench, it is clear that it is to deliver food to others, who would do such a stupid thing.
However, it is different for the side defending the city to cross the ditch, if you can cross it, then cross it, anyway, the city wall is full of your own people, and it is impossible to greet yourself with arrows or something.
Zhang Bin really didn't expect this, looking at the countless Jiannu cavalry who crossed the trench, he couldn't help frowning, chase or not?
He only hesitated a little, and then decided, chase!
Because the Hongyi cannons on the city wall were destroyed at the beginning, and two waves were cleaned up at this time, and there were more than ten left, as long as Qi Yuangong blew up the remaining ten or so guns, in this way, as long as it was not close to the city wall, there would be no danger.
He decisively ordered: "Order, order Cao Wenzhao to lead the Guanning Iron Cavalry to catch up, but do not get close to the city wall within one mile." Ordered Qi Yuangong to continue firing the cannons, and blasted all the remaining Hongyi cannons on the city wall to him! ”
When he gave the order, Qi Yuangong's side quickly opened fire, but as a result, an unexpected effect was obtained.
As soon as this huge roar sounded, the Jiannu cavalry fell into the trench like dumplings, because the roar of the artillery was too loud, and not far behind them, most of the war horses were frightened, and they were not controlled at all!
, there is also this effect, Zhang Bin looked at the Jiannu cavalry who kept falling into the trench, his mouth almost smiled, he looked at the Guanning iron cavalry chasing behind with a telescope, and found that their war horses were also frightened, and hurriedly changed the order: "Order, order the Guanning iron cavalry to stop in front of the first trench first, clean up the Jiannu cavalry in the trench, and wait for the Qi family army to clean up the artillery on the city wall before chasing." ordered Lu Xiangsheng and Ma Xianglin to lead their men to help immediately. ”
"Boom, boom, boom", the roar of artillery continued to sound, the Jiannu cavalry could not control their horses at all, and people kept falling into the trenches, and soon, the first few trenches were almost filled by the Jiannu cavalry, Lu Xiangsheng, Cao Wenzhao and Ma Xianglin took their men to ride in front of the first trench and threw guns and shots, and threw thunder and stones, and it didn't take long for the Jiannu cavalry to be killed without leaving a piece of armor.
Qi Yuangong stopped shelling after five rounds of bombardment, because the Hongyi cannons on the city wall were all blown away.
Cao Wen ordered his men and horses to tidy up the formation a little, and then waved his hand and led the people over the first trench, and then, it was a condescending slaughter, and the Jiannu cavalry in the second trench was quickly cleaned up.
In this way, he took the Guanning Iron Cavalry all the way down to slaughter until about a mile in front of the city wall, and at this time, the Jiannu cavalry who could escape to the city wall was not even a thousand, and the world-famous Houjin Iron Cavalry was over!