Chapter 32 The defeat is like a mountain
With the sound of artillery, tens of thousands of cavalry on both wings of the Jiang family army also flew out immediately under the personal leadership of Di Qing and Shanjia, and killed the Dashun army from both wings, their goal was very clear, that is, to break through the enemy formation, kill or capture Li Zicheng alive.
Bai Shan led a large array of infantry to cover the artillery, and once the Dashun army came within range of bows and muskets, the infantry would launch a strong counterattack.
And Jiang Chuan personally sat in charge of the Chinese army and commanded in the center.
More than 200 field guns roared in unison, and after each roar, thousands of soldiers of the Dashun Army screamed and fell in all directions.
Under the leadership of Di Qing and Shanjia, the two brave champions of the three armies, directly entered from the two wings of the Dashun army, like two sharp knives that were extremely sharp and almost unhindered into the Dashun army formation, and the Dashun army encountered head-on was all instantly collapsed and fled, and there was no enemy in front of them.
Soon, the iron cavalry of the Jiang family army had already broken through the array of the Dashun army on the periphery, and joined the Imperial Forest Army led by Li Zicheng in close combat.
Li Zicheng's Imperial Forest Army is also mostly cavalry, and the war horses and weapons including armor are excellent, plus these people are loyal to Li Zicheng, and they have experienced a hundred battles, and they have the heart to fight to the death, so their morale and fighting spirit are extremely strong, and the characteristics of being fast and brave in battle are greatly displayed, and they are entangled with the iron cavalry of the Jiang family army for a while.
Moreover, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Zongmin, Li Yan and others nearby saw that Li Zicheng's Chinese army was surrounded, and they all rushed over with their own personal soldiers and escorts.
This made Li Zicheng's Imperial Forest Army even more morale-winning, and it was even comparable to the Jiang Family's Iron Cavalry for a while.
However, Di Qing and Shanjia were still not afraid, one of them swept with a big gun in his hand, and the other slashed with a long knife in his hand, and the iron cavalry of the Jiang family army behind him followed, chopping the waves, and the tide of the Dashun army was pushed away wave by wave, and they were still in a comfortable situation.
Di Qing shot away a cavalry of the Dashun Army in front of him, but when he saw him, he drove Pegasus over, holding a big knife and roaring: "Liu Zongmin is here, eat Lao Tzu's knife." The long knife slashed down at Di Qing's face.
Di Qing's face did not change, and he sneered coldly: "No name dares to come to seek death, give you a ride!" With a light bow, Liu Zongmin's big knife swept over his head.
Before the big knife was withdrawn, Liu Zongmin felt a chill in his chest, looked down, and the armor on his chest was broken, and there was a blood hole in his chest.
Di Qing withdrew the big gun, didn't look at Liu Zongmin's body, and continued to rush forward to kill.
Shanjia's side is against Tian Jianxiu, but Tian Jianxiu's long weapon is a big gun.
In today's era, the personal martial arts of military generals are no longer that important, and the most important thing is the ability to lead troops.
These generals under Li Zicheng are basically from the same mud legs as him, and the reason why many people can become generals is because of their courageous spirit, to put it bluntly, the spirit of not wanting to die.
As for their individual martial arts, they are uneven.
Moreover, the Dashun army either relied on a large number of people or by deception, so the martial arts of these generals were not very useful.
Among them, the most powerful individual martial arts is actually Hao Shaoqi, but he has already hung up in the first battle with the Jiang family.
On the other hand, looking at the Jiang family's army, Di Qing needless to say, the famous generals of the Northern Song Dynasty invited from the Panthéon are unbeatable with a big gun.
The mountain armor is also the most powerful all-round warrior in the fortress base, and the knight is known for his personal strength.
Li Zicheng, these generals were surprised when they got good against these two people.
Moreover, the cavalry combat of the Jiang family army has always focused on formation, and the overall offensive formation is the front arrow formation, and the big front arrow contains these countless small front arrows, that is to say, no matter how many enemies are faced at any time, at least three iron cavalry cover each other and cooperate with each other.
And the cavalry of the Dashun Army has always fought fiercely and rushed violently, and they don't care about any formation or not.
They are now relying on the large number of people and the desire to fight to the death, and they can still temporarily entangle with the Jiang family's army, but after a little time, they will show their defeat.
The mountain armor dodged Tian Jianxiu's chest stabbing shot, and when the two horses staggered, the long knife in his hand had already slashed through Tian Jianxiu's throat.
A line of blood in Tian Jianxiu's throat instantly cracked, blood spurted wildly, and after the war horse ran forward a few steps, the person fell headlong.
At this time, the infantry of the Dashun Army, which was rushing forward, was also ruthlessly hit by the fierce artillery fire of the Jiang Army, and began to collapse from the momentum at the beginning.
Bai Shan seized the opportunity and commanded the infantry formation to begin to move forward.
In an instant, countless arrows were emptied and landed in the formation of the Great Shun army. Thousands of small bombs were also thrown into the ranks of the Dashun army by the grenadiers.
The musketeers marched slowly in a neat line, firing as they went, and with each round of gunfire, a large number of Dashun soldiers fell.
At this time, there was no need to form a large formation, and the melee arms such as halberd soldiers, spearmen, and sword and shield men were all mixed up with the Dashun army in the form of a squad assault.
After the infantry of the Jiang family army joined the battle, the collapse of the Dashun army became faster and faster, and finally, the infantry in front of the Dashun army completely collapsed, and many people began to turn around and run backwards.
The infantry of the Jiang family army began to pursue the rout in the rear.
The defeat of the infantry quickly spread, like a domino effect, and soon affected Li Zicheng's Imperial Forest Army, which was still entangled with the Jiang family's iron cavalry.
Li Yan, who led people to kill near Li Zicheng, saw that Li Zicheng's Imperial Forest Army would soon fall into the encirclement of the infantry and cavalry of the Jiang Army, and immediately led his own soldiers and horses to escort Li Zicheng to break through to the death.
Li Zicheng saw that there was no hope of victory, and knew that the general trend had gone, so he immediately shouted: "Break through to the west and join the Western Route Army!" ”
Di Qing saw that Li Zicheng was about to break through, and hurriedly led the iron cavalry to rush over, wanting to intercept it, but unexpectedly, those Li Zicheng's royal forest army were even more crazy and entangled, and they were stopped for a while.
The same is true on Shanjia's side, who was entangled by those crazy Li Zicheng Imperial Forest Army.
Seeing that Li Yan was about to break through with Li Zicheng escorting him, Jiang Chuan, who had been watching the battlefield situation with a clairvoyant mirror on top of the Chinese army's large array of cloud vehicles, immediately ordered Bai Mu, the captain of the personal guard battalion, to lead three thousand personal guard iron cavalry to chase and kill Li Zicheng, and it was necessary to kill or capture Li Zicheng.
If Li Zicheng is allowed to run away again in this battle, with this person's unbeatable Xiaoqiang spirit, there will definitely be trouble in the future.
Bai Mu got the order, three thousand silver-armored iron guards, and a white war horse, in the whistling sound of Bai Mu, like a white dragon chasing and killing to the west.