Chapter 277: Breaking the Game (1)
At that time, the Qing army camp outside Huangshi City was quiet, and it could be seen under the bright firelight, and the patrol soldiers in the camp had also fallen asleep against the barracks.
"Boom~"
In the light trembling of the earth, the sound of horses' hooves faintly sounded in the ears of the sleeping Qing soldiers.
"Hmm! What's going on? β
In the Qing military camp, in the violent noise, Liu Du, the general of the slave army who was on duty, turned over and said in a daze.
"Pedal Pedal ~"
"Oh no! There is an enemy attack! β
As he gradually regained his senses, Liu Du suddenly woke up, stood up and shouted at the top of his throat.
"There's an enemy attack!"
At this time, many people in the camp had been awakened like him, and they ran out of the camp and shouted loudly.
Woohoo!
Ahhh
However, they were soon greeted by a rain of arrows covering the sky, and countless arrows rose into the air, appeared in the sky above the Qing army camp, and landed in the camp, and countless Qing soldiers who had not yet awakened fell directly under the arrow rain.
At this time, outside the camp of the Qing army, countless grassland cavalry under the leadership of Cheriji, Hu Chuquan and others surrounded and killed in the west and south, and the dense grassland cavalry flew towards the Qing army camp while running, and the continuous rain of arrows caused great casualties to the unprepared Qing army, and the screams and moans of the soldiers with arrows sounded everywhere in the camp.
"Kill!"
Approaching the camp, one by one the steppe cavalry put away their bows and arrows, pulled out the scimitars hanging diagonally on their horses, and rushed into the camp of the Qing army on their prancing horses.
The continuous grassland cavalry rushed towards the Qing army camp like waves, and countless grassland cavalry poured into the camp and slaughtered the Qing soldiers.
"Lord Wang, it's not good, there are enemy cavalry attacking the camp!"
In the main tent of the Qing army, Niu Lu Ezhen, a cavalryman of the Eight Banners guarding Haoge, rushed into the camp in a panic and said to Haoge, who had not yet fully woken up.
"What? Sima Yu still dares to launch a night attack on us now? Hurry up and order the slave army in the front camp to resist, and when I have assembled the cavalry, I will arrive later! β
Hauge was startled when he heard this, and then a sinister smile appeared on his face.
After 10 days of siege, although the slave army under his command suffered heavy losses, the infantry of the Chinese army in the city was almost lost, and the available soldiers were less than 30,000 cavalry.
However, if you can eat these raiding cavalry in one fell swoop tonight, Huangshi City can also fight down.
"Lord Wang, I can't stop it!"
Seeing that Haoge hadn't figured out the situation outside the camp yet, this Eight Banners Army Niu Lu really didn't care about the difference between dignity and inferiority, and directly stepped forward and walked outside the camp with Haoge.
"What?"
Hauge was stunned when he heard this, there were still more than 100,000 troops in the big battalion, how could he not withstand it.
"This γγγγγγ"
However, when he was carried out of the camp, he understood the meaning of Niu Lu's true words.
I saw that the entire camp of the Qing army had been ignited everywhere, countless grassland cavalry were rampage in the camp, the large camps in the west and south had been completely dispersed, and a large number of grassland cavalry were pouring towards the center.
As far as the eye can see, in the distant land, the continuous firelight illuminates the entire sky, and in terms of its scale, I am afraid that it is far more than 200,000.
Seeing this scene, Hauge was completely desperate!
"Lord Wang, let's go!"
Hua Guo unknowingly mobilized hundreds of thousands of cavalry to launch a surprise attack on them, such a situation has no chance of winning at all, and now the only way to protect Haoge is to get out of danger first.
"Quick! Gather all the Eight Banners cavalry and assemble here! Retreat north! β
Hauge, who came back to his senses, stabilized his mind and ordered decisively.
At this time, he had to give up the slave army on the periphery, and the 60,000 elite of the Eight Banners in the Chinese army was the last capital in his hands, and if he didn't have it, there would be no comeback.
"Woo woo woo~"
"Quick! Concentrate! Remove! β
The horn sounded, and all the Eight Banners cavalry who heard the order began to move closer to the erected banner.
"Damn, these shitty brutes ran away!"
Looking at the Chinese Army Banner and the Eight Banners Cavalry that were rapidly moving northward, a group of soldiers of the slave army who were still fighting scolded one after another.
"Run!"
"I surrender!"
In the face of the rolling cavalry torrent, a group of slave soldiers fled one after another, surrendered, and many of them were buried directly under the horse's hooves.
Under the impact of the endless sea of cavalry, the already weak Qing army was unstoppable, and the withdrawal of the main force of the Eight Banners led by Haoge accelerated the collapse of the camp.
"Humph! At this time, it is naΓ―ve to think of evacuating with the main force! Pass the order down, and those who descend will not be killed! Bypass the outer camp of the slave army and block the Eight Banners cavalry with all your might! β
Outside the battlefield, under the banner of the tall handsome, Sima Yu looked at Haoge General Qi, who was still looking forward to leading the main force of the Eight Banners cavalry to break through, and ordered coldly.
"Your Majesty has an order! Those who descend will not be killed! Bypass the outer camp of the slave army and block the Eight Banners cavalry with all your might! β
The loud sound of the order soon resounded throughout the battlefield, and a group of steppe cavalry generals were ordered to give up the pursuit of the slave army, and instead took a detour and began to surround the direction of the moving Hauge General Banner.
A group of sharp-eyed slave soldiers knelt down in groups to ask for surrender, allowing countless steppe cavalry to pass through the camp and surround in the direction of the Eight Banners Cavalry.
"Not good! Lord Wang, the enemy army bypassed the slave army and killed us, Lord Wang, you immediately change your clothes and leave the large army first, if you don't leave, it will be too late! β
Looking at the surging grassland cavalry, a sharp-eyed general of the Eight Banners Army hurriedly and anxiously admonished Haoge.
"No! How did I, Hauge, abandon the army and flee alone, and today I vow to leave safely with everyone! Keep blowing the horn and kill with me! β
Who knew that Hauge, who had already lost his red eyes, ignored it, and still stubbornly ordered to summon soldiers to break through.
"Lord Wang, his subordinates came to protect Lord Wang's breakthrough"
In the midst of the chaotic conflict, the Qing army led Ao Bai and thousands of Eight Banner cavalry to rush over.
"General Ao is really loyal and brave, quickly escort the army to break through!"
Looking at Aobai, who led thousands of elite horsemen, Haoge looked overjoyed, and hurriedly patted his horse to greet him.
With the support of these thousands of elite cavalry, they will be able to quickly stabilize the morale of the army, and then lead the army to break through.
"Poof!"
"Lord Wang!"
Just when Hauge was full of joy, in an exclamation, Ao Bai, who was running towards him, raised his war knife high, the war knife fell, and a great head rose to the sky.
"Hauge has no way, I have killed him, and those who want to live will follow me!"
Holding Haoge's head in one hand, Ao Bai shouted at the stunned Eight Banners cavalry around.
"I'm willing to follow General Ao!"
"I'm willing to follow General Ao!"
After a brief pause, the Eight Banners cavalry swore allegiance one after another, and then retreated towards the east side of the battlefield.
As the strongest force in the Qing army Baturu, Aobai's prestige in the army is extremely high, in a large number of battles after entering Sichuan have made meritorious contributions, this time with the Chinese army, it was belittled by Haoge because of a suggestion has provoked the dissatisfaction of many generals in the army, and now at this critical moment, Aobai decisively killed Haoge to seize military power The action not only did not cause the dissatisfaction of the generals, but was like a life-saving straw by them tightly grasped, followed by Aobai to the east.
"Your Majesty, the general of the Qing army, Ao Bai, has killed Haoge, and has led the remnants of more than 30,000 Eight Banner cavalry to the east, and his subordinates have asked to lead troops to pursue!"
Since the steppe cavalry attacked from the west and south, Aobai decisively led the troops to retreat to the east, so that the Eight Banners cavalry quickly broke away from the pursuit of the grassland cavalry, and when countless grassland cavalry bypassed the slave army, Aobai had already led the army to flee.
"There is no need to worry about the defeat of the remnants, collect the prisoners and clean up the battlefield!"
Looking at the Eight Banners cavalry who fled far to the east, Sima Yu waved his hand to stop Cheriji and Hu Chuquan, who wanted to lead the troops to pursue, and ordered loudly.
"Whoa!"
The unwilling two had to respond.
On July 11 of the second year of the emperor's reign, the emperor Sima Yu of China personally led 400,000 grassland cavalry to raid the Qing army camp outside the city of Huangshi, the commander of the Qing army, Hao Ge, was beheaded by his general Ao Bai in the melee, 70,000 slave troops were killed and wounded 30,000 people, the remaining more than 40,000 people were all captured, 60,000 Eight Banner cavalry were killed and wounded nearly half, only Ao Bai led 30,000 remnants of the army to flee east.