Chapter 266: The First Battle of the Cavalry (Part II)

"Kill—"

On the battlefield, the men and horses of the two sides fought in the dark. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Li Xiuwen rushed to the small encirclement that surrounded Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng's personal soldiers happened to all fall at this time, and the enemy was waving his knife to look at Lu Xiangsheng, who was lying on the ground and had no power to resist.

"Dare to ?!!"

Li Xiuwen shouted violently, the long sword in his hand overturned several enemies who were swinging his knife around him, and pulled Lu Xiangsheng up from the ground, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

He put Lu Xiangshengping on the back of the horse in front of him, and before he had time to check it, he rushed straight to his infantry camp, and the Shenji battalion was already under the command of the two lieutenant generals at this time, lined up in a neat military formation.

Li Xiuwen was in front, his own soldiers followed, and then behind was his own cavalry battalion, as well as the cavalry of the Guanning army. In the end, it was the Qing cavalry that was in hot pursuit.

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

"Boom-"

At this time, the sound of artillery was everywhere, and the Qing army camp in the distance turned on their backs, and the sound of wailing and screaming was endless.

Li Xiuwen glanced back, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a meaningful smile.

This was a strategy he had discussed with Zhang Luoyan and He Kuan before he set off. With the Franco-machine cannon, shell the Tartars.

These few Franc machine cannons were originally owned by the Shenji Battalion, as the firearms special forces of the Ming Dynasty, how could they not have their own cannons?

The Shenji Battalion did not use this cannon during the military exercise in the mountains behind the camp. After a year of training, the cannon was truly mastered by the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion.

At this time, the status of the Ming Dynasty's artillery technology in the world was also one of the best.

In addition to the improved Franc cannon, the Shenji Battalion also has several Hongyi cannons, but the cannon body is bulky and not easy to carry. Moreover, although the Hongyi cannon has a long range and great power, the speed of the launch is not fast, so it was not brought over in this operation.

On the battlefield in the field, in the face of the Manchu cavalry, the slow-firing artillery has no advantage at all, and you haven't fired a few shots, and the iron cavalry of the people has already rushed to the front, how can you shell the enemy?

As for the problem of easy exploding, Li Xiuwen has no good way to solve it, but in the face of the iron cavalry, he can't explode the bore, because time simply does not allow his side to fire a few more shells.

After a burst of artillery bombardment, the enemy's cavalry had already rushed up, Li Xiuwen asked two of his own soldiers to take Lu Xiangsheng, and he turned his horse back again and led the soldiers to kill him.

At this time, the follow-up troops of the Guanning Army also rushed to the battlefield and joined the battle group.

There was no way, Sun Mingwen used the name of Gao Qiqian to convey the order to them: "Quickly rescue Inspector Lu, those who delay the fighters will be killed, and those who are cowardly will be killed!" ”

Sun Mingwen didn't come over himself, because he had to guard the high dive in case of accidents. This is also what Li Xiuwen specially explained when he left.

This sinister eunuch, if he doesn't control him, he will have to temporarily transfer Guan Ningjun back.

Li Xiuwen's 15,000 men and horses, plus more than 20,000 Guan Ning troops, add up to a total of nearly 40,000 men and horses. Although the Qing army was slightly insufficient in numbers, this time it was a sudden attack, and it also caught the other side off guard.

Lu Xiangsheng's army actually had artillery, but they had long been stopped supplying gunpowder, and they could not use artillery to attack the enemy.

Not to mention gunpowder, the Tianxiong Army has even been out of food for several days.

On the Qing army's side, at first they only saw Lu Xiangsheng's thousands of men and horses, and the battlefield was in the field rather than besieging the city, so they did not plan to use the artillery looted from the Ming Dynasty army at all, but chose cavalry and infantry to fight.

"Hahaha-"

Li Xiuwen had already abandoned his sword at this time, and replaced it with a long-handled saber that was more convenient for cavalry charging on the battlefield. While slashing the enemy with the sword in his hand, he laughed wildly, and shouted loudly: "The Tartars will be defeated, and we still have 50,000 troops about to arrive, so as to completely destroy the enemy army!" ”

Flicker, flicker!

Li Xiuwen spared no effort to carry out all kinds of nonsense, hitting the morale of the Qing army, and at the same time, he was also boosting the morale of his own side.

There's no way, who makes people have a lot of kung fu, without a microphone, you can still hear him clearly.

If you have kung fu, you are willful!

Both the enemy and the enemy on the battlefield were bluffed, and no one knew at all that there would be reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty. The morale of the Ming army was great, and they screamed and waved the long-handled horse chopping knife in their hands, slashing at the enemy in front of them. On the other hand, the Qing army has completely collapsed.

The commander of the Qing army saw that the situation was not good in the rear, and after hesitating for a moment, he resolutely decided to withdraw his troops and retreat.

He didn't know whether Li Xiuwen's words were true or false, but at this time, his morale had been lost, and he would not be able to gain any benefit if he continued to fight like this. Besides, they are here to plunder, not to fight to the death, and they don't want to suffer too many casualties.

If what Li Xiuwen said is true, if the Ming Dynasty really has 50,000 reinforcements coming, it is unlikely that they will be completely annihilated, but more than half of the damage is certain.

The Qing army retreated like a tide, and Li Xiuwen immediately led people to chase after him, shouting loudly: "Don't want to escape, do you dare to fight me to the death?!! ”

In fact, he was just talking nonsense, if the Qing army did not retreat, he did not dare to say how much chance he could win.

After "chasing after each other" for a short while, Li Xiuwen turned his horse's head with a smile and laughed.

It was a complete fluke to win this time, but it is also a matter of pride to have such a record.

Before returning to the battle formation of the Shenji Battalion, Li Xiuwen found that everyone's mood was wrong, and he was shocked, and hurriedly called his entourage to inquire, only to know that Lu Xiangsheng was no longer good.

Li Xiuwen turned over and dismounted, and walked forward slowly, his mood began to become heavy.

Unexpectedly, he took the risk to come to the rescue, but he still failed to change this history.

No, history has changed him, but Lu Xiangsheng's life, he couldn't save it after all.

"Inspector Lu—"

Li Xiuwen's eyes were red, and he pounced in front of Lu Xiangsheng on the ground, holding the other party's cold palm. He was very remorseful in his heart, secretly hating why he couldn't arrive earlier, if he could have arrived earlier, Lu Xiangsheng would not have died.

Although, the two of them didn't have much intersection before. But in his heart, Li Xiuwen admires Lu Xiangsheng very much. He really hopes that such a famous general can live, live well, and continue to serve the country.

"Ahem, ahem—"

Lu Xiangsheng coughed weakly a few times in his mouth, blood continued to overflow from the corners of his mouth, but his eyes were full of appreciation, and he smiled with satisfaction: "Master Li's first ...... Beginning...... Lu was very happy to win the first battle, and he will ...... in the future The Ming Dynasty depends on you to guard ...... Guarded, Lu Mouxian...... First...... First ......"

Lu Xiangsheng stared at him steadily, the look in his eyes had disappeared, Li Xiuwen's face changed, and he said in a trembling voice: "Lu Gong......"

Lu Xiangsheng didn't have time to finish his words, but Li Xiuwen could guess what he wanted to say. It's a pity that Li Xiuwen wants to be a loyal minister, but he never wants to be a foolish and loyal person. But despite this, he still admires Lu Xiangsheng from the bottom of his heart.

He stretched out his hand to close Lu Xiangsheng's eyes, then slowly got up, took a few steps back and knelt down, and solemnly kowtowed three times. Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers immediately knelt down one after another and expressed their respect to Lu Xiangsheng.

Thirty-nine-year-old famous generals, Yue Jiawai, Lu Jiayou mourn.

A generation of famous generals, Lu Xiangsheng died on the battlefield at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve nine! (To be continued.) )