Chapter 164: The general offensive begins

The cavalry on both flanks of the Jiang family army were divided into half, and under the leadership of Di Qing and Ran Wu, they outflanked the two flanks of the scattered Qing army.

The cavalry of the Eight Banners of the Meng, who was ordered to rush towards the two wings of the Jiang Army, was blocked by the cavalry of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, which was scurrying around. The Mongol cavalry, having lost their speed, had no choice but to continue the attack in a roundabout way to the outside, or they had to directly kill the routers who were blocking the way.

This situation has undoubtedly aggravated the chaos on the battlefield.

Di Qing and Ran Wu naturally would not let go of this good opportunity, and each led 5,000 cavalry to rush forward, driving these Han Eight Banner routs to continue to run in the direction of the Qing army's main formation.

Facing the cavalry of the Jiang Army, which had been gathering momentum for a long time and was like a tiger descending from the mountain, the Qing army was powerless to resist at all, as long as the two sides fled in rout, they would be immediately stabbed by the cavalry of the Jiang family army who caught up.

As long as they ran in the direction of the Qing army's main formation, they were safe and sound, and all the routs soon discovered this, so they rushed towards the Qing army's main formation in a noisy manner like a flock of sheep being whipped by a shepherd.

At this time, the drumbeat sounded again, and the infantry formation of the Jiang family army also seized the opportunity to slowly press forward, with a very clear purpose, that is, to cooperate with the cavalry, take advantage of the Qing army's chaos, and strive to expand the battlefield advantage, and continue to expand this chaos, so as to strive for the dominance of the battlefield.

Because the infantry formation has undergone long-term and rigorous queue training, even if it advances collectively at a not too slow speed, the basic formation can still be maintained.

The ranged units behind the infantry also followed the infantry, and the archers and musketeers continued to project fire at the Qing rout during the march, making the Qing rout flee faster.

Jiangchuan's central and rear armies also advanced, maintaining a suitable distance between the armies;

The remaining cavalry on both flanks also followed and advanced at the same time to ensure the safety of the flanks of the large array.

Dolgon, who was in the Qing army's main formation, naturally understood the other party's intentions, but this was an upright and upright tactic, and even if he knew, he might not have a good way to deal with it.

"Order the infantry of the Eight Banners to line up, and release the arrows as soon as the rout breaks through to the place of one arrow. The cavalry on both flanks sent another 10,000 to intercept the enemy cavalry. ”

Dolgon's face was gloomy and he ordered.

Soon, the Qing army quickly lined up in a defensive position in front of the main formation, with a group of spearmen and shield soldiers lined up to block the front, and the archers behind opened their bows and arrows to aim at the rout.

As soon as the vanguard of the rout arrived, looking at the main formation that was waiting for the formation, many people cried loudly and asked for them to enter, but the soldiers with the Eight Banners were indifferent at all.

Some of the routers who rushed through the land of a stone's throw were even immediately covered by a rain of arrows from their own formation.

"Go back! You cowardly soft eggs to Lao Tzu to return! One by one, the generals full of eight banners yelled and cursed at the defeated soldiers.

Faced with this dilemma, some of them broke down and fell into despair, threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground and cried. Some people finally woke up and understood that the Manchus had been using them as cannon fodder, and howled loudly in anger and despair: "Brothers, these Tartars don't treat us as human beings at all. Since both horizontal and vertical are dead, it's better to fight with these dog tartars"!

Someone takes the lead, someone responds. In this moment of despair, the brains of these routs have long lost the ability to think, and only someone takes the lead, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of them, they will follow and break in.

The routs roared and brandished their weapons and rushed towards the Qing army's main formation, and they were naturally greeted only by clusters of arrows and cold, sharp spears and spears.

As the rout continued to suffer casualties, their strength in attacking the Qing army's home position became less and less.

At this moment, those Mongolian cavalry had also broken through the barrier of the rout, and finally faced the cavalry of the Jiang family's army.

Di Qing was disheveled, wearing a hideous and terrifying bronze mask, and took the lead, brandishing a big spear and bursting into the Mongolian cavalry formation, and there was no enemy under the big gun.

The iron cavalry of the Jiang family army in the back followed Di Qing closely, and with him as the vertebrae, they formed a cone-shaped formation that the cavalry was accustomed to rushing in, and rushed towards the Mongolian cavalry array.

These Mongol cavalrymen themselves were good at mounted archery, and for hand-to-hand combat, cavalry hedging was really not their specialty. Their loose formation was simply vulnerable, and they were quickly disrupted by the cavalry of the Jiang family's army.

Di Qing had already discovered the second wave of cavalry that appeared in the Qing army's main formation, and after leading his troops to break through the array of the Mongolian cavalry, he did not like to fight, and continued to rush forward with his own men and horses, and rushed towards the second wave of cavalry of the Qing army.

Ran Wu was the same, with 5,000 cavalry, he quickly broke through the ranks of the Mongol cavalry and then met the second wave of Manchurian cavalry.

Jiang Chuan on the cloud car took in all this through the clairvoyant mirror, he felt that he had entered a mysterious state at the moment, and if there was a change on the battlefield, he would immediately have a way to deal with it in his heart.

In fact, this is the power of concentration, when people are immersed in something, the brain is running rapidly, and the reaction ability will be several times faster than usual.

"The remaining cavalry on both flanks will meet and annihilate the Mongol cavalry."

"The infantry formation is speeding up, and the Shenji Battalion is ready to fire at any time."

"The purpose of the vanguard cavalry is to contain the enemy's cavalry, and it is not allowed to rashly attack the enemy's main formation."

"The middle army and the rear army keep up with each other synchronously, keeping the distance between the armies."

One order after another was finally issued from Jiang Chuan in an orderly manner, and the flag soldiers and drummers behind him quickly conveyed his brightness with the sound of flags and drums.

The remaining cavalry on both flanks struck out and outflanked the Mongol cavalry, which had not had time to regroup after the rout.

The infantry formation picked up speed again with the rapid beat of the drums, and the soldiers went from walking briskly to trotting in unison. The artillery of the Shenji battalion behind also quickly turned around the field guns and quickly moved forward with pack horse traction.

Jiangchuan's central army and rear army are also advancing rapidly and synchronously.

At this time, the cavalry vanguard led by Di Qing and Ran Wu had already engaged the cavalry of the Eight Banners, and the horses of both sides neighed, charging back and forth.

Both sides understood that there was no way out, so the battle was tragic from the beginning.

Of course, the so-called tragedy is only relative. The iron cavalry of the Jiang family army was not the kind of soft persimmon of the cavalry of the Ming army, and the Qing army, which had always been invincible in the field of cavalry, soon felt the huge pressure.

Especially Di Qing and Ran Wu, the two generals of the Jiang family's army, are simply invincible, coupled with the power of the Jiang family's unique three-person small array, the Manbaqi will soon be a little unable to hold on, and it has begun to show signs of collapse and chaos.

Finally, the cavalry of the Eight Banners could not hold on, and some people began to turn around and flee, and then caused a group effect, and the cavalry of the Eight Banners completely collapsed and fled backwards collectively.

Di Qing and Ran Wu continued to chase and kill.

At this time, the infantry formation of the Jiang family army also advanced to the direction of the Qing army's main formation of 300 paces, and the crossbowmen and musketeers behind them also followed closely. A hundred field guns also arrived at the predetermined position under the tow of the pack horses, quickly untied the pack horses, and moved from the state of march to the state of readiness for fire.

Jiangchuan's Chinese army and the rear army also followed, and reached the predetermined position to regroup.

Finally, the rout of the Han Eight Banners was cleared by the Qing army, and only corpses were left between the two armies.

After cleaning up those routs, the Qing army was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but suddenly found that the enemy army that was originally two or three miles away had reached three hundred steps in front of them, and they were stunned one by one.

However, Jiang Chuan didn't plan to give them time to relax, and with an order, a hundred artillery pieces of the Shenji Battalion opened fire at the same time.

The sound of artillery was the signal to launch a general attack, and 5,000 crossbowmen, musketeers, and grenadiers all opened fire on the Qing army at the same time.

For a time, the Jiang army's position was filled with smoke, but the Qing army's infantry array was full of fire, the sound of explosions continued one after another, stumps and broken arms flew all over the sky, and the sound of crying and howling was endless.

In just one stick of incense, the Qing army's large array seemed to be crumbling.