Chapter 953: The coalition forces retreated

The heavy cavalry burst out of the line, slowly slowed down from the gallop, regrouped, and then continued to charge, breaking through the formation again.

The place where it was run over by the cavalry was a mess, and there were corpses of the Ming army everywhere, which was shocking.

Xie Qian watched the Qing cavalry leave the camp, and immediately shouted urgently: "Push out the shield cart and knife cart, and the soldiers will reorganize the formation." ”

Soon the heavy cavalry stopped in the distance, turned around slowly, and charged at the Ming army again, and a cavalry of nearly 10,000 behind them also launched at the same time.

"Governor, the east has also begun!" Ruan Mei heard a shout of killing from the direction of the North Korean military camp, turned her head and saw countless Qing army ants clinging to climb the hillside, and loudly reminded Xie Qian.

On the hillside, the North Korean army was shooting down on the Qing army, and countless arrows fell like locusts.

Xie Qian glanced at it when he heard the sound, he no longer had the energy to pay attention to the Korean army, he turned his head, "The Qing army is mainly attacking us, don't worry about the flanks for the time being." ”

At this time, in the formation of the Ming army, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Qing army's heavy cavalry to turn and reorganize the formation, the Ming soldiers immediately launched some vehicles and placed them in front of the formation.

Soon, the impact of the heavy cavalry of the Qing army came again, and the cavalry in front of it once again crashed into the gun, and then hit the shield cart, and the planks were smashed by the huge impact force of the heavy cavalry, and the cavalry on the heavy knife cart was much more miserable, and even the men and horses were pierced by the sharp knives on the knife cart.

The ability of the heavy cavalry to break the formation, the general infantry formation is difficult to resist, the Ming army was knocked open a gap again, and this time nearly 10,000 Qing army light cavalry followed the road of the heavy cavalry and rushed into the Ming army camp.

For a time, the Qing cavalry in the camp galloped, but because there were many obstacles in the camp, the Qing cavalry did not exert a particularly huge power, and the two sides began to fall into a melee.

At this time, the Korean army in the east had been in close contact with the Qing army, and a large part of the Qing army's foot soldiers were people who were supplemented from the mountains and forests outside the Guan, with the courage of the fishing and hunting people between the white mountains and black waters.

They lived in the mountains and forests, fighting with wild beasts, and seeing blood was a very common thing, and in melee combat, they were much stronger than the Koreans who farmed, and as soon as the two armies fought in close combat, the Korean army immediately fell behind.

The Qing army of 10,000 and the Korean army of 30,000 still rely on the stockade to guard, which is a great advantage, but as soon as the Qing army approaches the wall, the gap is revealed.

For a time, I saw only these brave hunters, jumping over the fence and jumping into the camp, some of the Qing soldiers were stabbed to death with spears, but some jumped down and immediately entered the flock.

Most of the Qing soldiers wore cotton armor, some of them were in better condition, and they would be covered with a piece of chain mail, which made it difficult for the North Korean army to kill them, and the North Korean army was so poor that less than a third of the armored soldiers were killed, and the Qing army could kill one person with a single sword.

On the flat ground, the Ming army camp, there was a sound of killing, Xie Qian asked people to block the pulled down fence with a knife cart to prevent the Qing army from continuing to rush in, and on the other hand, he organized spearmen to besiege and kill the Qing cavalry in the camp, and when the battle was going on, Ruan Mei hurriedly ran over, "Dudu, it's not good!" Lin Qingye couldn't stand it! ”

Xie Qian was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly looked at the North Korean military camp, just in time to see nearly 100 Qing troops working together to knock down a section of the wall, and the Qing army poured into the North Korean military camp, and his face suddenly showed horror.

The Ming army has now been completely pinned down by the Qing cavalry that rushed into the camp, and it is impossible to send troops to support the Korean military camp, but depending on the situation, if there are no soldiers and horses to help Lin Qingye stabilize his position, the Korean army will definitely be defeated.

Xie Qian was immediately annoyed, but in fact, Lin Qingye can't be blamed for this, but the national strength of North Korea is too weak, most of the soldiers are farmers, and they have not been recruited for a long time, the training and equipment are insufficient, and the combat power is really not up to the grade.

"Retreat!" Xie Qianliukou was born, and he was able to stand out and live until now, the most important thing is that he can see the situation clearly, and if he can't fight, he will run, if he has a strong temperament and can only fight hard, he will be finished in Shandong as early as possible.

Wang Yan's decision to transfer him to Korea was to consider the distance between the Ming Dynasty and Korea, and Korea would inevitably be attacked by the Qing army, and the Ming Dynasty could not support it in time.

Looking at the entire Ming army system, the most suitable is only Gao Yuan, who has the title of "Tiger of the Two Huai", waiting for Xie Qian.

At this time, although the Ming army front was broken into by the Qing cavalry, it had not yet shown an obvious defeat, and Ruan Mei and other generals were shocked when they heard Xie Qian's words.

"As soon as the North Korean camp is broken, the Qing army outflanks our back road, and everyone will die here!" Xie Qian didn't talk nonsense, "Ruan Mei, after you come to break off, you will order the troops to retreat immediately, and inform Lin Qingye to retreat immediately." He is the head of the pro-Ming ministers of North Korea, and he can't die here! ”

Xie Qian is the governor, and since he has already decided, the generals cannot oppose it, so they can only obey the order.

At that moment, the sound of the retreat of Mingjin, the main camp of the Ming army, sounded, and Xie Qian escaped from the south gate of the camp first, but how could the cavalry of the Qing army who rushed to kill in the big camp allow him to retreat calmly.

Daishan in the distance still has 20,000 horses and horses that have not moved, he wants to wait for Nikan to defeat the Koreans, outflank and cut off the back road of the Ming army, and then press up in one fell swoop and annihilate the Ming army.

If he pressed it in advance, the Ming army would not be able to withstand it, and he might escape in advance, and he would not be able to achieve the goal of annihilating the Ming army.

Now the other horses have not been pressed, and the Ming army front has not collapsed, but Xie Qian saw that the Koreans could not withstand it, but he ordered a retreat in advance, which made Dai Shan's plan fail.

"Humph! A thief is a thief! Dai Shanshi laughed, pulled out the knife, and immediately shouted: "Order, the whole army will attack!" ”

"Woo..." The sound of the horn sounded, and a low sound echoed across the field.

Xie Qian also maintained the characteristics of a thief, and Dai Shanjian saw that the outflanking could not be annihilated, so he decisively ordered an attack and pursued the defeated army with all his might.

At this time, it was not easy for the Ming army to retreat, but fortunately, there was a camp, Ruan Mei led thousands of people to block the camp gate, the Ming army fled from the camp gate, and the Qing cavalry was surrounded by the fence of the camp in the camp, and if you want to pursue, you must break Ruan Mei.

At this time, the defeat of the coalition army was certain, saying that it was a retreat, but in fact it had become a rout, the fence was quickly pushed down by the Qing army, the cavalry rushed out, and began to cover the Ming army, the coalition army was rout, and rushed to Seoul in a hurry.

In the Joseon Palace in Seoul, countless palace people rushed in the palace in panic, and Xie Qian, who was covered in blood, led a team of people to break into the palace directly, and the palace people avoided it one after another.

Suddenly, Xie Qian grabbed a palace man and asked loudly, "What about the king of Joseon?" ”

"The king is packing up in the harem and preparing to take refuge in Ganghwa Island for the time being!"

Xie Qian pushed the palace people when he heard the sound, and quickly broke into the harem, the king of Joseon, Li Hao, was pacing back and forth in the palace, he saw Xie Qian breaking in, and his face was immediately like ashes, and he asked in surprise: "General Xie, have the Qing soldiers entered the city?" ”

"Not yet, but soon!" Xie Qian said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, quickly break through with us!" ”

Xie Qian was chased and killed by the Qing army, and fled back to Seoul in a hurry, and the coalition forces were unable to stop the Qing army again, and Korea was defeated, but the king of Joseon must not fall into the hands of the Qing army.