Chapter 916: Standing still

Judging that the Manchu people were going to evacuate from Shanhaiguan, the task now naturally became to chase and kill, leaving as many Manchu people as possible.

For the Ming Dynasty, killing and injuring some more Manchu people, the strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty will lose a little more, and it will be much easier to attack Guanwai Jianzhou in the future.

Chen Yue decided to leave the fleet and advance lightly, he personally led 50,000 main forces to carry ten days of dry rations to Shanhaiguan, and the remaining 20,000 troops with heavy materials and then slowly chased after them.

Yu Feng led 3,000 cavalry as the vanguard, and the cavalry battalion went forward and spread out a ten-mile sentinel distance on both wings to prevent the Eight Banners cavalry from attacking and disturbing the marching brigade.

Leaving behind his baggage, the march suddenly became much faster. In May, the night was very cool, and there was no more troublesome camping, and they set out at dawn every day, camped on the spot when dark, and marched almost twice as fast as usual, reaching more than sixty miles! That is, the strictly trained army under Chen Yue, if it were replaced by any Ming army, could not adapt to such an intense march at all.

Of course, with such a march, the formation naturally could not be maintained, and Chen Yue had to be careful to guard against a possible attack by the Qing cavalry.

The change in the direction of the Ming army's march immediately attracted the attention of Luckedhun, who was shocked when he received the report of his cavalry. The Ming army suddenly changed the direction of its march and headed east, which meant something that Luck Dehun naturally knew in his heart. The Ming army must have discovered the retreat of the Qing people, so they marched to Shanhaiguan to try to intercept the Qing people.

"Lord Belle, we must have a decisive battle with the Ming army, and we can't let them pass easily." Meler Ezhen Dege was stunned and said to Lekdehun, these days Lekdehun did not dare to fight with the Ming army, and kept retreating, and Dege was already very dissatisfied.

Luck Dehun nodded, he knew that he had no choice now, if he couldn't stop the Ming army, it would be very difficult for hundreds of thousands of people to escape the Shanhaiguan.

"Someone, go and send a letter to Prince Li, tell him that the Ming army has noticed, and ask him to speed up the evacuation of the people." Luckedhun commanded, and one of the horsemen immediately took the order and rode away.

"Sons, Ming Gou is too pressing, and wants to cut off the retreat of our wives and children's families, can we agree?" Luckard shouted loudly.

"If you don't agree, kill the dog!"

"Kill the dog!"

The Eight Banner generals around Luck Dehun turned red one by one and howled loudly.

"Let's go, give them a little color!" Luckedhun jumped on his horse and rushed out first. Thousands of cavalry followed, galloping across the field.

Five miles away from the main formation, Yu Feng walked on the field with the cavalry battalion, and his task was to open the way for the army and cover the main formation of the army behind him.

Half of the three thousand cavalry were scattered, probing the movement within a radius of twenty miles, and there were only 1,500 cavalry left around Yu Feng, half of which were the original cavalry battalion, and the other half were Guanning iron cavalry led by Pingxibo Wu Sangui himself. Wu Sangui had 2,000 cavalrymen, most of whom were sent out as sentry scouts because they were familiar with the nearby terrain.

In order not to be too far away from the main formation, pressing the speed of progress along the way, in order to maintain the physical strength of the war horse, half of the time the cavalry will choose to lead the war horse on foot, even if Yu Feng, who is the main general.

More than a dozen horsemen galloped back from a distance, and from the flags planted behind them, it could be seen that it was the sentry horses sent by their own side, and the sound of hooves was faintly heard in the distance, and a large cloud of smoke and dust was rapidly approaching.

The Manchu Tartar cavalry is coming! Without the order of the main general, all the soldiers stepped on the war horses one after another.

Yu Feng rode forward, and the cavalry lined up behind him.

The sentinels had already run to the front, and almost every cavalryman had arrows hanging from their horses and buttocks, and as soon as they ran to the front of the formation, two sentry horses fell off their horses.

"General Yu, Leke Dehun led the main force of the Eight Banners to kill it!" The little flag officer of the sentry sat on his war horse and panted and reported.

He didn't need to say more, everyone could see that countless cavalry had reached three miles away, and were sweeping towards this side like waves in the sea.

"The whole army is gathered and ready to fight!" Yu Feng raised his arm and coldly ordered.

"General Yu, the Qing army's strength is far above ours, don't fight hard!" Looking at the Eight Banners cavalry rushing in the distance, Wu Sangui was frightened and couldn't help but persuade.

Yu Feng didn't reply: "The infantry led by the prince is five miles behind us, if we can't stop the Qing cavalry from attacking, they will directly attack the prince's own formation!" Do you know what the consequences are? ”

Wu Sangui was silent for a moment, he naturally knew the consequences, if his side retreated without a fight, the Manchu cavalry would definitely directly attack the infantry formation, how could the infantry on the march block the cavalry's surprise attack, and the whole army would not be defeated.

"Brothers, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road! In the Linqing War, 50,000 Manchu Tartars were annihilated by us, what does this mean? It shows that the combat power of the full Tartar is nothing more than that! Brothers, follow Lao Tzu to kill the Tartars! ”

Yu Feng shouted and rushed out first.

"Kill the Tartars!" The guards around Yu Feng immediately rode their horses and rushed down.

"Kill the Tartars!" The officers and men of the cavalry battalion shouted and followed.

"General, shall we rush?" A family member beside Wu Sangui asked timidly, seeing that the strength of the Eight Banners cavalry was three times that of his own, and the decisive battle with them was more auspicious.

To rush or not to rush? Is there still a choice? Wu Sangui glanced at him and sighed wordlessly. If it was before, when he encountered this kind of battle that he knew was impossible to win, Wu Sangui would never fight, he would definitely turn around and leave immediately, and the responsibility for the defeat would be the responsibility of the supervising and civil officials who led the army, anyway, in the end, the emperor did not dare to hold the generals accountable, and all the generals of the Guanning army did this when they fought with the Eight Banners again.

However, Wu Sangui dared to do this before, but now he definitely doesn't dare, because he knows that if he dares to escape, Chen Yue, the king of Qi, will definitely not spare him!

"Fight!" Wu Sangui gritted his teeth and rushed out.

The family members around him looked at each other, and they had to follow the charge, for these family members, Wu Sangui was a general, and it was the object of their allegiance, everything they had was given by Wu Sangui, and Wu Sangui was their master.

Fifteen hundred cavalry slowly ran out, their speed getting faster and faster, and met the Eight Banners cavalry who were killing in the distance.

The two teams rushed towards each other, quickly approaching.

When half a mile apart, the cavalry of the Ming army silently raised the three-eyed firearm, pointing forward steadily, the cavalry on both sides continued to approach, and arrows flew from the Qing army array like rain, and from time to time the Ming cavalry fell off the horse with arrows. And once it falls, even if it can't be killed, it will be trampled by the cavalry behind, and there is basically no way to live.

However, the Eight Banners are not Mongols, and their archery skills are very ordinary in high-speed galloping, while the cavalry of the Ming army is wearing armor, and after a round of arrows, they only shoot dozens of people.

The distance between the two sides continued to get closer, and the soldiers at the front were already able to see the face of the enemy.

The "Bang Bang Bang" three-eyed firearm finally fired, and the Eight Banners cavalry continued to fall off their horses one after another.

Yu Feng picked up the long knife on the saddle and slashed at the Eight Banners cavalry, which was already close at hand.

The cavalry fought against each other, both sides were galloping at high speed, and the battle was only a matter of a moment, the saber was swung out, whether it was cut or not, his own and the enemy's war horse had already staggered, and another enemy horse was coming.

A long saber slashed with the wind, Yu Feng's wrist was blocked with the back of the knife, and he slashed downward, the blade cut off one wrist, and the terrible scream came into his ears and quickly went away.

The saber swung left and right, the war horse galloped at high speed, Yu Feng wantonly enjoyed the taste of slashing, countless enemies in front of him rushed head-on, and staggered away, finally, the front was empty, and he had already killed the queue of the Eight Banners.

The war horse came back in a circle, Yu Feng raised his eyes and saw that the team behind him was much thinner, and there were more than 1,300 horsemen following him, and one-third of the cavalry fell in this round of killing.

The horses snorted, the soldiers on the horses were also out of breath, and almost most of the soldiers were stained with blood, not knowing whether it was their own blood or from the enemy.

Wu Sangui's face was pale with a spear, he had been on the battlefield for more than ten years, but he rarely encountered such a fierce battle. He, the main general, had to go into battle in person, facing each other against a powerful enemy, which was too rare before.

Gasping violently, he felt very happy in his heart, and after the fierce battle, the blood all over his body boiled, making Wu Sangui seem to have returned to his youth, and his eyes when he looked at Yu Feng were also full of admiration.

As the respect of the generals, those who dare to personally lead the charge are all real warriors, looking at Yu Feng, Wu Sangui not only remembered the famous brave general Cao Bianjiao of the Ming Army in the past. At that time, Cao Bianjiao was also known for his bravery, the Songjin War, all the armies were defeated, but Cao Bianjiao led the army straight to the Huang Taiji Army, and the arrow shot the Huang Taiji Daxu, which scared the Huang Taiji retreat. Fought bravely and died on the battlefield. And in that battle, Wu Sangui chose to escape with his subordinates......

In the Battle of Songjin, the last elite of the Ming army was lost, the supervisor Hong Chengchou was captured, and Wu Sangui, who escaped from the battle, also completely became a warlord, and escaped the pursuit of the imperial court with the army in his hand.

And now, looking at the heroic and fearless Yu Feng, Wu Sangui seems to have seen Cao Bianjiao back then, and his heart is full of emotion.

More than a thousand cavalrymen lined up behind Yu Feng, and the soldiers silently picked up the three-eyed firearms to reload their ammunition.

With a gloomy face, Luck looked at the tough Ming cavalry in the distance. In a hedge, more than 500 Eight Banners warriors died on the battlefield, which made Luckdhun feel blood dripping from his heart.

"Baylor, this Ming army has been crippled by us, and one more impact can wipe them out!" Derg exclaimed excitedly.

"Shut up!" Luckedhun retorted. Even if he can completely annihilate the Ming cavalry on the opposite side, he will have to pay a huge sacrifice, and after two rounds of obstruction by the Ming cavalry, the main force of the Ming infantry must have been prepared, and this attack will not have any effect.

"Regardless of the cavalry of the Ming army, kill the main formation of the Ming army!" Luck gritted his teeth, slapped his horse faster, and galloped forward.

"What?" Derg was stunned, and when he tried to persuade him, Luckedhun had already run away, and had no choice but to chase after him.

The cavalry of the Qing army did not stop and fight again, which made Wu Sangui feel relieved, if there was another round of killing, he did not dare to guarantee that he would survive.

Yu Feng watched the Qing cavalry go away, his expression suddenly became serious, he knew what the purpose of the Qing army was, it was to attack the prince's Chinese army!

However, after the two sides hedged, the distance between them was already more than a mile, and by the time his cavalry turned around and relined the formation, the Qing cavalry had already run away, and the distance between the two sides was already three miles away.

Yu Feng was very anxious, but he waited patiently for his subordinates to reload the Three-Eyed Firebolt. Although the cavalry under his command has been established for two or three years, the ability to fight immediately is still far inferior to that of the Eight Banners. In the battle just now, he relied on the three-eyed firearm to shoot at close range to kill hundreds of enemies, and if he really had to use a saber to slash, he was definitely not the opponent of the Eight Banners.

More than five miles away from the battlefield, the Ming army was rapidly deploying. The cavalry of the Qing army suddenly attacked, and after receiving the report from the sentinel, Chen Yue immediately ordered to stop the march and start arranging the formation.

More than 20 chariots were pushed forward and placed in the direction of the Qing army's attack, one side of the chariot was equipped with a shield wall, and each vehicle had two cannons, but the artillery did not have time to load the gunpowder projectiles, so they could only desperately put the chariots in place with other soldiers, and then erect the shield wall.

Behind the chariot was a squad of musketeers, and after the musketeers were spearmen. Blocking the enemy's attack with shield vehicles, killing the enemy with artillery fire, and then blocking with spearmen when the enemy attacked in front of the chariot, this was the tactic of the Ming army.

Chen Yue had 100 chariots in his army, but because they were on the march, the chariots lined up for a long time, and in a hurry, they could only mobilize more than 20 chariots to put them in front, which could not cover the entire frontal battlefield at all, and the gap between the chariots was very wide, and the war horses could easily rush in.

The other tanks did not have time to move to the front, and could only be placed on the flanks, just enough to cover attacks from the flanks.

Hurriedly arranging formations cannot be arranged into a complete queue at all. However, the Ming army has a complete range of troops, and there are pikemen, shields, and firecrackers in each small banner. Under the command of officers at all levels, shield-bearers in front and pikemen in the rear, forming a defensive mode, and the musketeers are nervously reloading ammunition.

Just when the Ming army was still adjusting its formation, thousands of Eight Banner cavalry had already rushed to a mile away.

At the critical moment, you can see the quality of an army, if it is replaced by an ordinary Ming army, it will already be panicked at this time, and there is even the possibility of breaking up and fleeing. After all, the impact of the cavalry was too terrible for an ordinary army to withstand.

However, the Northern Expeditionary Army is the most elite army, born out of the Pingnan Army of that year, with the main force of the Pingnan Army as the core, selected and trained from the Jiangxi Army, most of the soldiers in the army have been trained for more than a year, have experienced several major battles. Not long ago, Linqing's victory also laid their strong confidence.

Therefore, although the enemy cavalry rushed with great momentum, and although thousands of enemy cavalry rushed to the earth, they did not move.