Chapter 948: Defeat the Ming Army
Hollow phalanxes, which must be distributed in groups, can restrain the cavalry.
The phalanx of the Ming army was divided into three parts, and now the front formation collapsed and retreated, and the rear formation converged forward to reinforce the middle formation, intending to stabilize the front.
The front of the Ming army broke out, passing through the gap between the Chinese army's phalanx, and the six phalanxes behind converged forward to form a horizontal formation, and then raised their guns to shoot.
Gao Yiqi stood in the middle of the formation, and when he saw the Wei army marching forward, he immediately shouted urgently, "Shoot!" ”
The advancing Wei army was immediately shot down in pieces, and the Wei army also raised their guns and fired back as they marched, knocking down the spearmen in the front row of the Ming army.
At this time, the Ming army was numerous, and under the volley of firearms, it immediately stopped the pace of the Wei army, and even knocked the Wei army back, but at this moment, the Ming cavalry on the wilderness, bypassing the fighting infantry army, roundabout from both wings, attacking the Ming army after the change of the line, broke into the Ming army.
In the firearm fire, the Ming spearmen suffered heavy losses, and the military formation changed from a scattered phalanx to a horizontal formation, with strong frontal firepower and weak firepower on both flanks.
The cavalry broke through from both ends of the horizontal formation, and the firecrackers who were shooting at the Wei army's infantry hurriedly turned their guns and shot at the Wei army's horse army.
However, no matter how dense the firecrackers were, they could not stop the charge of the Wei army's horse army, and the war horses inevitably collided with the Ming army.
The thin spearmen were knocked away, the remaining musketeers lost their protection, and the two Wei cavalry were like two giant hammers almost at the same time, smashing the Ming army's front.
More than 20,000 Wei troops, against 6,000 Ming troops, the Ming army has been able to hold out until now, which has surprised the Wei army soldiers.
The swift Wei army and horse army, with the momentum of ten thousand jun, broke into the Ming army formation, constantly crashing into the Ming army in front of them, the cavalry spears pierced, and the swords flew up and down, invincible.
Although the Ming army underwent long-term rigorous training and still held the army line, it was soon smashed to pieces by the Wei army's horse army.
After all, there were only 6,000 people, and once the formation was lost, the situation deteriorated rapidly, and the Wei cavalry continued to strangle the Ming army in a slaughtering posture.
The cavalry penetrated the Ming army, and the horse army made a detour and crashed in again, not giving the Ming army a chance to recover its formation.
Gao Yiqi fought desperately, but there was a huge difference in the strength of the two armies, and there was also a gap in combat strength, and the losses of the Ming army were getting bigger and bigger.
"General, if this continues, our army will be killed by the Wei army!" The ministry will remind loudly.
At this moment, the artillery of the Wei army pushed up and began to bombard the warships in the river.
Gao Yiyan looked around, the situation was already very unfavorable to the Ming army, and he bit it resentfully, "Follow the warship and withdraw!" ”
The Ming warships on the river immediately anchored and controlled the sails, and the warships continued to fire their guns while going down the river, and the Ming soldiers heard the sound of gold, and leaned to the edge of the canal one after another, and followed the warships to the east to break through.
"Kill!" Hu Dawei roared angrily and waved his army to cover the killing, but the ship's artillery bombarded from time to time, and the ship's sergeants continued to release their guns to the shore, but the Wei cavalry did not dare to approach the ship.
At this time, the cavalry chased all the way, the Ming army fought and retreated, and the shouting of killing spread by the canal, and the Ming army wanted to get rid of the Wei army, but the horse army was very fast and could not get rid of it at all.
After chasing for more than 30 miles, Li Jiyu's Zhongyu, who was interspersed to the east in advance, appeared, and the Wei soldiers cut down trees, drove piles in the river, and created obstacles, and the Ming warships were piled on the wooden piles, and the warships were forced to stop.
Seeing this, the Ming troops on the shore immediately scattered and fled, but most of them were surrounded, and only a few sentinels escaped.
Hu Dawei led the cavalry and surrounded Gao Yi, thousands of cavalry galloped around hundreds of Ming troops, the cavalry roared, and the Ming soldiers shrank into a ball with their knives in horror.
The Wei cavalry did not attack, and the horse army circled for a while, and Hu Dawei suddenly reined in the reins of the horse and roared angrily, "Gao Yiyi, you still don't surrender, do you want them all to die?" ”
On the canal, the Wei soldiers were on rafts, piled firewood and grass, sprinkled gunpowder, and claimed to burn the warship and force the Ming army on board to surrender.
Shi Lang saw that the general trend had gone, and did not make fearless resistance, so he ordered the soldiers to surrender, and the trapped Ming soldiers immediately dropped their weapons and surrendered.
In Tianjin, along the Dagu River, a group of cavalry fled in a hurry, and thousands of Wei troops galloped behind to chase after them.
"Catching up! Come on! Yan Yingyuan fled with nearly a hundred people, and when he turned around and saw the Wei cavalry catching up, he immediately shouted.
The fleeing Ming army immediately exclaimed, and the defeated soldiers took their last breath, ran desperately, and boldly looked back, only to see the Wei cavalry coming up again, and their hearts couldn't help despairing.
Behind the Ming army, the Wei army galloped on horseback, chasing the Ming army to the death.
To say that there is no grudge between the Wei army and the Ming army, there is no need to kill them all, but Hu Dawei explained to the Wei army and did not let go of a Ming army.
This battle is a muddled account, after the battle, there must be an explanation, and the Wei army wants to grasp the right to interpret the incident, the best way is to shut up all the Ming troops, capture them, or behead them.
The war horse galloped, seeing that it was about to catch up again, the Wei cavalry clenched the weapons in their hands on the horseback, pressed the horse lance down, and aimed the spear at the prey, ready to launch the final blow!
At this moment, there was a sound of waves in the distance, and when the Wei cavalry heard the sound, they immediately raised their heads and looked eastward, and saw the vast sea in the distance, and a hundred warships were moored on the seaside.
The Ming army had huge sea ships, and except for a few medium-sized oared boats, which could barely swim upstream, the large ships could only be moored in the open sea.
"General, look!" A cavalryman beside General Wei shouted: "It's the fleet of the Ming army!" ”
General Wei was chasing after him, but he didn't hear the warning of his subordinates, and he stepped forward and stabbed a fleeing Ming soldier to fall off his horse, and he set his sights on the next target, and was about to continue the pursuit, but suddenly there was a loud noise on the sea.
"Boom, boom!" The warships anchored on the side of the sea opened fire in unison, and nearly 100 shells were fired from the ship, and the sound was like thunder.
These shells flew at great speed against the sea surface, smashed into the pursuing Wei army, the mud pillars splashed, and suddenly the people turned on their backs, screaming, and the cavalry who were shot fell from their horses one after another.
"General, look!" The soldier shouted urgently, Wei Jiangzhong reacted, he looked up to the east, and couldn't help but change his expression.
On the vast sea, there is a dense and towering mast, and the side guns of nearly 100 large ships roar in unison, which is terrifying.
Seeing this, General Wei immediately made a decision, pulled the reins of the horse violently, and shouted loudly: "Return to the horse!" Remove! ”
The cavalry of the Wei army pulled out their horses and retreated, and more than 1,000 cavalrymen immediately left the seashore, stopped their horses outside the range of shelling, turned back to carefully observe the sea, watched the Ming warships for a while, and made sure that there was no way to take the other party, and then beat the horses and left.
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