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These Poles had not yet come to their senses, and the light cavalry on the outskirts of the Ming army had already rushed over. However, they did not rush into battle, but specifically grabbed the infantry phalanx that had not yet been assembled to attack and harass, bows and arrows, muskets and so on, whistling in, and before the infantry could react, they roared away.

As a result, the Polish infantry was already panicked by the rout of the hussars, and if they were held back in this way, the speed of the build-up was even slower. Or rather, under tremendous pressure, it's a bit of a mess.

An infantry army without cavalry cover is basically a lamb to the slaughter. People who have been in battle for a long time basically understand this.

The people around Władysław IV anxiously said to him: "Your Highness, run, otherwise it will be too late!" ”

But Władysław IV looked at the assembled infantry and was very unwilling. If he runs away, it will definitely be a heavy blow to the morale of the infantry army, and it will really be ten deaths. And if he leaves behind his loyal army and runs away, then his dreams will be just dreams.

Thinking like this, he hesitated a little. If you don't run, what if you are captured by the Ming army, or die here?

Just when he hesitated, the offensive of the Ming army, like a cloud of water flowing with his peers, spread unhindered. Among them, the light cavalry was still outflanking, and the heavy cavalry had already carved through the hussar formation, rolled forward, and rushed straight towards the army's main formation.

"Your Highness, if you don't run, it's really too late!" One of the guards was in a hurry and shouted loudly to his king.

Władysław IV heard the sound and looked at the offensive of the Ming army, and then looked at his own infantry camp, among the seven or eight phalanxes, the phalanxes on the periphery, because of the interference of the Ming light cavalry, could not be effectively assembled at all, and in the face of the cavalry offensive like a mountain, there were already signs of soldiers fleeing.

The cavalry arms of the Ming army are too tacit, and the infantry army is afraid that it will be over! Władysław IV thought sadly in his heart, so he no longer hesitated, turned his horse's head and fled!

When he ran out of the way, he crouched on his horse and turned his head to look, but saw that his infantry army, whether or not it was attacked by the galloping Ming army, had already broken up after he fled.

These Polish infantry soldiers knew that under the charge of the cavalry, they could only survive if they gathered to respond, but at this time, they had already scattered and fled for their lives, and the king had fled, and they could not face the pressure of the mountain of cavalry charging.

Seeing this, Władysław IV closed his eyes in agony. If I had known that I would lose so badly, I should not have agreed to Tsarist Russia's request to send troops. Even if you want to send troops, you should bring enough troops and horses! Now, not only are the troops brought out by these direct subordinates about to run out, but even the reputation of the land that he had so hard to obtain before will be wiped out with this defeat!

Władysław IV was thinking in annoyance, when suddenly out of the corner of his eye saw one of the guards beside him turn over and fall off his horse, and he was startled, and quickly came back to his senses and looked sideways. Not far from them, I saw that there were more than a hundred cavalry soldiers biting at them, and from time to time bows and arrows and muskets were shooting.

Isn't the Ming army still attacking the infantry army, why did it bite it? Władysław IV's mind flashed through this doubt, but when he looked closely, he recognized it as the Ming cavalry who had been chasing his scouts before. No wonder! I had been ignoring them before.

Thinking about this, Władysław IV still had no choice but to speed up and escape. For on his side, there were only about twenty horsemen, and the pursuers had about a hundred.

However, those Ming troops did not collect at night, but the elite of the cavalry, and they all knew that it was the big fish in the Polish army that was fleeing in front, and under the stimulation of military exploits, how could this big fish escape.

As a result, one side fled desperately, and the other side chased hard, each showing their magical powers, and it didn't take long for them to run away.

On the other side, the soldiers of the Ming army were already chasing and killing the Polish soldiers who were scattered everywhere. Except for a very small number of hussars who fled, the others were all in the encirclement of the Ming army, and it was impossible for even the birds to escape, let alone these Polish soldiers.

After killing more than half of them, there were about 1,000 Polish soldiers who were dejected, and they were escorted to the commander's flag by the Ming soldiers on horses.

Although Li Dingguo was young, he was very decisive, and after he just looked at these soldiers, he immediately judged that these were the standing troops in Xiyi. Therefore, he did not hesitate to order: "Execute on the spot, base Jingguan, warn Xiyi, dare to be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, this is the end!" ”

Although these Polish soldiers could not understand the official words of the Ming Dynasty, when they saw the Ming soldiers around them raising their muskets and starting to aim at them, they knew that they could not escape death, and immediately they rioted.

However, no matter what they do, they will not escape death. Then the head was cut off and built into a Jingguan, which was also the first Jingguan after the Ming army came to the West, with a scale of nearly 10,000 people, which was the first serious warning to Xiyi.

Just as this side was dealing with this, the Ming army that pursued it did not take it back at night.

One of them, patting the horse to the flag of the Chinese army, announced to Li Dingguo with excitement: "Report to the commander, capture the king of Poland alive!" ”

When Li Dingguo heard this, he was a little surprised. In this battle, I didn't expect to be able to capture the king of Poland alive, which is really good, and the intensity of deterring Xiyi is a little greater. How to deal with him, Li Dingguo didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he went to the chat group to ask for instructions.

Yang Sichang was very happy when he saw it, he was the real king of Xiyi country, not the puppet of the tsar, if he was escorted back to Beijing to offer prisoners, he could also let the country know that he had won a big victory in the extreme west.

Thinking so, when he was about to tell Li Dingguo to escort him back, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly bubbled: "It's just a king of Xiyi, a big place, executed on the spot, and it is more useful to directly deter Xiyi." On the Jingshi side, there is no need to use this way to promote the power of the Ming Dynasty! ”

When Yang Sichang heard this, he said in his heart, Da Ming is really different from the past, and now in the Ming Dynasty, everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty has expanded its territory, and no dynasty can compare. This Polish country is not as big as a province of the Ming Dynasty, and it is only a Turkish emperor, so it is really not worth showing off.

In this way, Władysław IV was escorted back in despair, and saw that the heads of his subordinates were built into a Jingguan, and before he could be frightened, he was "clicked" by the Ming army soldiers and fell into the same fate as everyone else.

In this way, this Władysław IV, with the longest title, was the king of Poland, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Masovsche, Samogichia, Livonia, hereditary king of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals, and the elected Grand Duke of Moscow, thus becoming a prominent part of the first capital temple of the Ming Dynasty in Europe.

In this encounter, the 8,000 Ming cavalry against the 3,000 winged cavalry and the 8,000 infantry army wiped out the enemy army with the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, including the king Władysław IV who led the army, and the Ming army, 146 people were killed and 87 people were wounded, which can be described as a great victory! And this was also Li Dingguo's first real battle on the European battlefield. (The war in Moscow, in fact, cannot be considered a war at all!) )

After cleaning up the battlefield, Li Dingguo gave an order, and immediately moved to the northeast.

In the west of Tsarist Russia, under the sun, a town was smoking, and it was not cooking on a fire, but the houses were all burning. Of course, this is not a water walk, but a man-made arson.

In broad daylight, more than 15,000 people, including infantry troops, cavalry troops, and artillerymen, drove out of this town, like locusts, just swept through this town, and many people had looted property in their hands, laughing at each other, but some people did not grab it, and were cursing and scolding as they walked.

"Damn, you're too fast!"

"Hands are fast, hands are slow, haven't you heard?"

"That's right, follow our beloved marshal out, just to get rich, how can you be slow!"

"Remember in the future, as long as we follow the marshal's orders, we still have a chance along the way!"

“……”

And on the outskirts of the town, scattered Tsarist Russian civilians, silently watching this army, their eyes full of hatred. However, this is the army led by the Swedish general, his style has always been like this, notorious, but it was invited by the Tsar, and the tragedy that has already occurred, it is estimated that no one will call the shots for them at all, which makes them all feel hopeless.

In fact, the Swedish army was not like this before, and when Gusta II was still alive, the military discipline was strict and it was the most disciplined unit in the European theater, which also made the Swedish army invincible in the European theater. However, since Gusta II died in battle a few years ago, Lennart Tolstensen, a famous general under his command who also made great achievements in battle, and was hailed as the "father of field artillery" by later generations, has changed this style.

After becoming the Marshal of Sweden, this famous man stopped paying his subordinates and connived at the looting of soldiers, which gradually legalized the robbery, and was almost exactly the same as another notorious general on the European battlefield, Wallenstein, who was "fighting to feed the war".

His behavior caused the military style and discipline of the Gustav era to disappear. The composition of the army also changed, and the soldiers were no longer simply free peasants in Sweden, but some hooligans, scoundrels, scoundrels, and so on joined him and became soldiers. And the purpose of their enlistment in the army is no longer to pursue honor, defend their homeland and country, defend their beliefs, or whatever, but to rob their homes and homes in the war.

Of course, since he is a famous general, he naturally knows the importance of military discipline. However, his military discipline mainly relied on corporal punishment, beatings, torture, and strangulation to maintain the "seriousness" of "military discipline." He "treated his subordinates equally" and severely punished them no matter how high their military merits were.

This time, when Sweden received a distress messenger from Tsarist Russia, the famous Queen Christina was still young, and the Prime Minister of Sweden, Axel Uksensena, was in charge. Speaking of which, this person is also a celebrity in Europe, known as a virtuous person. Its reputation is similar to Zhuge Liang in Chinese history. Therefore, after receiving the letter asking for help, he immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to get into the territory of Tsarist Russia, and did not hesitate to send Lennart Tolstensen, a mad dog.

After all, Lennart Torstensen can be said to be the most powerful military general in Sweden at this time, and his style is also suitable for the territory of Tsarist Russia. This time, even if there is no chance to defeat the Ming army from afar, it can still greatly damage the vitality of Tsarist Russia.

Of course, Tsarist Russia knew how powerful the Ming army was, but no matter how they described it, Sweden would not realize how powerful the Ming army was. In their opinion, even if the Mongols in the previous Genghis Khan era fought again, their military strength at this time would be able to teach those Mongols how to behave!

This is not an exaggeration, the military reform of the Gusta era made Sweden a military power that shocked Europe, and now it happens to be the Thirty Years' War on the European battlefield, and the Swedish army defeated the Mongols who participated in the war here, without any pressure at all. In Lennart Tolstensen's view, the Mongols had fallen behind in their style of play, and now they were in the world of firearms.

However, at this time, he was listening to the advice of a scout in the Chinese army, and his expression was still very serious.

"What do you say, the Ming army is all cavalry, and suddenly appeared in Moscow?" Tolstensen was a little surprised and asked, "How fast is this Ming army?" It seems that Patriarch Filaret did not anticipate it and was trapped! ”

"Marshal wise, according to the news, Patriarch Filaret was still defending against the Ming army at Samara Fort, but this cavalry army bypassed Samara Fort and suddenly appeared in Moscow. According to those who escaped, Moscow was estimated to be defeated by the Ming army. ”

Tors Fujimori nodded when he heard this, which made his face become a little more serious, and he said a little more seriously: "I didn't expect that the speed of this Ming army is really fast!" ”

"Hehe, that's not as powerful as the marshal!" When the generals around him heard this, they immediately flattered.

However, this is not entirely sycophancy, this famous Swedish general, and another title given by later generations, is the father of "Blitzkrieg". His combat style also emphasizes mobility. In the Thirty Years' War in Europe, he was often unprepared for the enemy, and won many victories as a result.

When Tolstensen heard this, he was struck by the fact that this mobility was his pride. However, he was just surprised by the mobility of the Ming army, after all, the Mongols in the era of Genghis Khan in the past, because they were also cavalry, it was strange if they did not have mobility, so after he sighed a little, he waved his hand and said: "This is still far from Moscow!" Even if we want to encounter the Ming army, I'm afraid it will be impossible. According to the previous news, if the Ming army wants to take the initiative to attack our army, I am afraid that it will have to fight with the Polish army first! ”

"The marshal is wise, the Polish army is led by Władysław IV himself, and he has elite hussars under his command, even if he can't defeat the Ming army, it's enough for the Ming army to drink a pot!"

"If your subordinates say, after the Ming army occupied Moscow, if they knew that the marshal was coming, and then added more or less Polish hussars, it is estimated that they would have fled back to the east in fright!"

"Hahaha......"

Unbridled laughter rang out over the land they had just ravaged.

Among them, too, includes Tolstenmori. Although in the previous time, he also heard that the Ming army had defeated tens of thousands of enemies with 800 men. But he himself was a military expert, and after carefully inquiring about the war, he knew it in his heart.

The battle at that time was not about how strong the Ming army was, but about deceiving the Mongols, who were already frightened.

Thinking like this, Tors Fujimori had an expectation in his heart: when he defeated the invading Ming army, his reputation would definitely be in full swing and would reach a higher level!