Text: Volume 10, Chapter 2, Section 13: Heavy Attack on Azig (1)
Just when the 50,000 officers and soldiers of the Ming Army under Li Dingguo were in crisis, Li Laiheng led the 50,000 officers and soldiers of the Ming Army to come to the aid in time, and launched a charge from the east of the battlefield towards the Manchu army with red flags and iron cavalry led by Azig.
Li Laiheng rushed to the front of the army with a war knife in his hand, and roared loudly: "Soldiers! Kill Hu! Kill all these dog mongrels! ”
Tens of thousands of Ming soldiers behind Li Laiheng were also in high morale at this time, and under the leadership of the main general, tens of thousands of Ming soldiers roared loudly and scolded, wantonly venting the resentment in their hearts, eager to rush to the Qing army with one arrow step and kill these despicable Tartars.
In the blink of an eye, the 50,000 fresh army led by Li Laiheng rushed to the battlefield, and instantly formed an encirclement of the iron cavalry army under the Azig department. At this time, because of the desperate entanglement of Li Dingguo's soldiers, the Manchu army with red flag iron cavalry led by Azig could not rush out of the battlefield to reassemble, and the Ming army soldiers who were originally at a disadvantage miraculously dragged the Qing army iron cavalry and successfully persevered until the reinforcements arrived.
Li Dingguo saw that the reinforcements had arrived, and immediately roared wildly, and frantically led his soldiers to rush and fight, rushing towards the Qing army's cavalry formation, and his body was already stained dark red with blood. And the surrounding Ming army soldiers also forgot their lives and forgot about their deaths, and followed the main general to launch a charge one after another, without taking into account the casualties of the army at all. At this time, all the soldiers of the Ming army had only one thought in their hearts, that is, to completely gather and annihilate the Manchurian army with red flags and iron cavalry in front of them at all costs!
Azig led the army to fight for a long time surrounded by nearly 100,000 Ming soldiers, leading the iron cavalry army to rush left and right, but in addition to constantly losing a large number of soldiers, it could not rush out at all. As far as the eye could see, all Azig could see was an endless sea of bright red, and everywhere were Han warriors roaring and rushing up to fight for their lives.
At this time, the soldiers of the Ming army were all crazy, and everyone frantically pounced on the Qing army's iron cavalry. When the swords in the hands of the soldiers were cut off and the spears were broken, they fought with their fists and the Tartars, and they tore with their teeth, and hundreds of thousands of Ming soldiers swarmed up, constantly impacting the Qing army's iron cavalry army like a violent tide, and it was possible to completely devour these Tartars at any time.
Azig looked at these Ming army soldiers who went forward one after another, and a burst of timidity involuntarily rose in his heart, and even showed a look of fear on his face.
"Are all these Nikans crazy? They're all demons! The same demon as the Han Wei Army! ”
Azig sat on his horse and gritted his teeth, beads of sweat dripping down his forehead, soaking Azig's armor.
"The whole army is rushing westward! Kill it at all costs! Charge! ”
Azig roared wildly, and led the remaining 10,000 Manchurian iron cavalry with red flags to rush towards the west of the battlefield, and 10,000 Qing army iron cavalry launched a fierce attack on the west under the leadership of Azig. At this time, most of the soldiers of the Ming army blocking the west of the battlefield were Li Dingguo's subordinates, and the battle was already at the end of the crossbow at this time.
Seeing this, Li Dingguo was anxious, and immediately led the remaining hundreds of officers and men of the Chinese army to rush westward, preparing to do their best to plug the gap. However, at this critical juncture, the Manchu army with red flags led by Azig suddenly exerted force, and Azig hurriedly concentrated hundreds of heavy armored iron cavalry and launched a fierce attack on the weakest point of the Ming army's defense on the western battlefield.
Seeing this, Azig immediately cheered, and led the main army of the Qing army's iron cavalry to rush out, and killed hundreds of heavily armored iron cavalry who followed the road in front, and rushed the gap in the Ming army's encirclement bigger and bigger. In the end, the entire western defense of the Ming army on the battlefield collapsed.
Li Dingguo led hundreds of Chinese soldiers to the west and immediately began to reorganize the army and prepare to regroup in place.
At this time, Azig had already led the main army of the Manchu army with red flags to successfully break out of the encirclement and rushed to a place two miles away from the Ming army to reorganize the army.
Li Dingguo knew very well that the Qing army would not give up after suffering this big loss, and would definitely look for an opportunity to rush forward again. So, Li Dingguo sent people to contact Li Laiheng on the one hand, and on the other hand, he regrouped the army in the same place, preparing to continue fighting.
It didn't take long for Li Dingguo to find that the Manchu army with red flags in the distance had all dismounted, and it seemed that he was hurrying to recover his strength. Li Dingguo, who had learned about the Qing army's combat methods before the war, knew very well that the Qing army was preparing to continue fighting, and it was a desperate battle, otherwise the whole army would not have dismounted to recover its strength.
"Come on! I'd like to see who killed the deer! ”
Just when Li Dingguo was full of fighting spirits, Li Laiheng also led dozens of personal guards to arrive.
Li Laiheng stepped forward with slightly red eyes, grabbed Li Dingguo's hands and said, "General Li! Yongning has worked hard in the first battle! ”
Li Dingguo was also very excited, and said: "Thank you for the general leading the army to help, otherwise, I and the whole army will die here today!" ”
After the two said a few words, Li Dingguo said with a shameful face: "I ...... about Brother Wenxiu."
Li Dingguo's throat was sour when he was halfway through speaking, and he couldn't say any more, and the tears in his eyes also flowed.
Li Laiheng shook his head, his eyes were full of tears, and he said loudly: "Brother Wenxiu died on the battlefield against the Tartars, and he died as he deserved!" This is his glory, and General Lee does not have to take it to heart. ”
Li Dingguo nodded heavily, then looked at the Qing army's iron cavalry army that was resting in the distance and said: "Today, you and I will fight the Tartars here to the end, and use the heads of these Tartars to pay tribute to the Wenxiu brothers and all the soldiers who died in the country!" ”
"Good!"
Li Dingguo and Li Laiheng immediately reorganized the army and divided the 100,000 soldiers into a phalanx of 100,000 people, with five phalanxes in each of the two rows in the front and back. After the 100,000 soldiers finished the formation, they pressed towards the Manchurian army with red flags and iron cavalry in the distance, and the 100,000 soldiers stepped on the bright red blood river on the ground, taking neat steps, their morale was like a rainbow, and they were full of fighting spirit.
Seeing this, Azig did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the whole army to mount, and the 10,000 Manchurian Red Banner Iron Cavalry Army was quickly reorganized, forming a cone-shaped cavalry formation, and launched a charge against 100,000 Ming soldiers.
"Warriors of the Qing Dynasty, charge with this king! Defeat these Nikans, kill! ”
For a time, iron hooves burst and thousands of horses galloped!
The 10,000 Manchurian Red Banner Iron Cavalry raised the speed of the war horse to the limit in a very short period of time, and the power of the 10,000 Iron Cavalry charge was very terrifying, as unstoppable as the mountains and the sea.
In this battle, the Manchu army with the red flag and the iron cavalry army has lost 5,000 soldiers and horses, and the Manchu army with the red flag has been greatly injured, at this time the safest way for Azig to temporarily withdraw the army, use the mobility of the iron cavalry to delay the march speed of the Ming army, and wait for the main army led by Huang Taiji to arrive. However, the huge casualties and deep frustration made Azig lose his judgment of the battle situation, thinking that he could use the remaining 10,000 iron cavalry to kill the 100,000 Ming soldiers in front of him, and use the heads of these 100,000 Ming soldiers to make up for the loss of his own Manchurian army.
Azig's abacus was completely wrong, although the 100,000 Ming soldiers in front of him were not as powerful and elite as the Hanwei Army, but they were not like the ordinary Ming army that was about to collapse at the touch of a button. Under the leadership of Li Dingguo and Li Laiheng, these soldiers of the Ming army can withstand the stormy charge of the Qing army, and they can fight with the Tartars to the end without fear of life and death!
In the blink of an eye, Azig led 10,000 Manchurian troops with red flags and iron cavalry to rush to the front of the Ming army's soldiers. Seeing this, Li Dingguo and Li Laiheng shouted loudly: "Hold steady! ”
100,000 soldiers of the Ming army roared in unison: "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”
A phalanx of 100,000 people stood tightly on the battlefield, and at the front of each phalanx were 2,000 pikemen, all of whom looked determined and looked at death as if they were at home, holding all kinds of spears in both hands, and pointed their sharp spears at the Qing army's iron cavalry army, which was already close at hand.
Azig led the army to rush to a place less than a mile away from the Ming army's main array, and saw that the Ming army's formation was still as solid as a rock, and there was no sign of loosening or dispersing, he couldn't help but feel a storm in his heart, and immediately ordered the whole army to ride around the formation, preparing to completely disrupt the Ming army's formation before charging the formation.
I saw 10,000 Qing army iron horsemen suddenly turn in front of the Ming army array, rush towards the left side of the Ming army array, and then release arrows at a distance of about fifty steps from the Ming army array.
"Raise your shield!"
Li Dingguo and Li Laiheng ordered together, and a large shield with eyebrows was immediately erected at the front of the ten squares of the Ming army, protecting all the soldiers of the Ming army in the phalanx.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
The sharp arrows of the Tartars continued to shoot at the shields of the Ming soldiers, making a muffled sound. There were constantly Ming soldiers who were shot by the rain of arrows from the Tartars and fell in pain in a pool of blood, but the Ming soldiers behind did not hesitate at all, and immediately made up for it.
Seeing this, Li Dingguo hurriedly ordered the archers in each phalanx to fire back, and Li Laiheng also hurriedly mobilized the musketeers and archers in the army to fight back immediately. However, there were few archers left under Li Dingguo's command, and the musketeers and archers under Li Laiheng were relatively scattered and could not concentrate their forces for a while. Therefore, when shooting at the Qing army's iron cavalry, the Ming soldiers were at a disadvantage, and the casualties of the soldiers of the army began to increase.