Chapter 570: The three armies work together to reverse the situation
The cavalrymen of the Manchurian Red Banner drew the tiger spears hanging from the saddle, stimulated the horse's belly with the spurs on their boots, and the horses rushed forward, constantly slashing with their swords with their peak horsepower.
It was the first time Tian Jianxiu had seen a pigtail soldier, and he was shot off the horse directly with the fierce-looking Eyi, and when he got up, he only felt that his whole body hurt badly.
Looking down, his hands were actually shattered by the other party.
At that moment, Tian Jianxiu didn't have any resistance left, and felt that this battle would be lost, so he got on his horse in a panic and fled backwards, and the words he shouted out were all forgotten at once, and he just turned around and ran away regardless of it.
The rest of the cavalry of the old battalion of the Dashun Army had been fighting with the Guanning Army outside the Shanhai Pass for a long time, and they were exhausted, and the main general ran away without looking back, and the morale of the army was also scattered, and for a time they were constantly falling off their horses by the Manchurian cavalry, with severed limbs and stumps, and flesh and blood flying.
The will of a very small number of people began to completely collapse, and they saw that an abnormal total rout was about to begin, but at this time, suddenly a shouting voice came from behind.
"Kill the Toko!"
Many cavalrymen of the old Dashun battalion looked back, and it turned out that it was the general of the firearms battalion of the Qi army who drew his saber and charged forward with the firearms soldiers, and many people were subconsciously stunned.
For a unit like the Chuang Army, which has not undergone formal training, the failure of the charge in one go, and the rout of the main general, means that the battle has actually been lost, and a complete collapse is nothing more than the difference between early and late.
The Qi army is different, the soldiers usually eat and sleep together, sweat together during drills, and bleed together during battles, and every soldier is familiar with the people around him and trusts the officers above.
For officers, familiarizing themselves with their subordinate soldiers is a compulsory course, and only in this way can they maintain a part-time job in the basic battalion formation in a highly complex combat environment.
When the Dashun army's horse team was about to collapse, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Qi army's firearms battalion knew that they could not sit still, even if the bottomless abyss was waiting in front of them, they still did not hesitate to draw their sabers and start charging when they heard the general's order.
It's just that firearms, as a long-range unit, are not outstanding in close combat, and charging at the Manchurian cavalry is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and in a sense, it is equivalent to a decisive charge.
Soon, the Qi firearms who rushed in discovered an embarrassing fact that the simple swords in their hands were actually difficult to effectively damage the heavily armored Manchurian cavalry.
The other party has an absolute advantage, and under the order of the commander of the capital, he only made a slight adjustment, and then turned around and caused huge damage to the firearms.
More than 2,000 firearms soldiers were slashed by the other side in almost a few quarters of an hour, and the general who ordered the charge at first was different from the general Tian Mihide of Dashun, who fled in battle, and he died at the forefront, and after falling to the ground, he still held the saber tightly in his hand.
These Manchurian cavalrymen, all of whom sat on tall horses, were dressed in full body armor, showing only a pair of sharp eyes, and they were tall and rushed into the firearms, as if they were unstoppable as killing gods.
The battle in the rear was one-sided, and Yi led the 500 cavalry of the Manchurian Red Banner, which not only defeated more than 600 elite cavalry of the Dashun army, but also killed the firearms battalion that left the Qi army behind.
The remaining hundreds of remnants scattered in a hurry, and they could no longer raise any intention of resisting, and even if they were gathered, it would be difficult to inflict any large-scale salvo on the Tartars.
"Hmph, without firearms, see what other way these Han dogs can resist my Daqing Iron Horse!"
E Yi snorted coldly, at this time, the Qi army firearms who died in his hands, as well as the Dashun cavalry, there were already more than thirty people, looking at the battlefield where the general trend was over, he was just a little relaxed.
But at this moment, a deafening sound suddenly sounded on the sea level in the distance, and immediately after, countless black iron balls and lead bullets appeared in the sky, whistling and leaning into the battlefield where they were fighting.
"Qiang~"
"Poofโโ!
As soon as Eyi finished saying this, he was hit by a lead bullet right in the helmet.
This invincible Red Flag Commander on the battlefield was actually still laughing at the moment he was hit, but his head cracked like a watermelon falling to the ground.
The tall and strong body fell to the ground weakly, red and white sprinkled all over the body, and the tiger's head knife in his hand fell into the dust.
The Manchurian cavalry around them suddenly turned into headless flies, and before they could react, there was a rumbling of footsteps from behind.
"Kill the Toko!"
Wu Sangui held a long knife in his hand, taking the lead, and behind him were countless black-armored Guanning cavalry, who were waving the big knife in their hands from a distance, and suddenly divided into three strands when they rushed to about five hundred steps.
One of them was rushing to the back of these Manchurian Red Banner cavalry, led by Xia Guoxiang, and there were not many of them, only more than 300 Guanning cavalry,
Although the number of opponents was small, these Manchurian cavalry did not dare to underestimate them.
Over the years, they have fought countless battles with the Guanning cavalry, and although they can always gain the upper hand, the opponent's field combat ability is not much worse than that of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, and they will also cause casualties to their own side.
Coupled with the current situation, many Qing soldiers actually have no desire to fight.
Wu Sangui took the largest group of Guanning cavalry and rushed straight to the butt of the Abatai Zhenglan Banner Manchurian cavalry, this was not over, behind them, dense Dinghai sailors landed ashore, led by Captain Liu Si, they pressed over like red clouds.
The news that King Li Zicheng was fighting in person in the battle spread farther and farther, and Tian Jianxiu, who had already run a distance, didn't know what to think, and came back with dozens of horsemen, as well as the soldiers of the Dashun Army who had been scattered around him, were gradually coming back.
The Qi army, the Chuang army, and Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army were all tacitly at this time, letting go of the old grudges, and the only enemy in their eyes was Qing Yu.
One of the two Taiji of the Qing Army's Blue Banner was pierced by a spear when he had just come into contact with the Qi army's formation, and he fell off his horse, and even his body was already cold at this time.
The remaining Tai Ji was ordered by Abatai to lead his own soldiers to resist Li Zicheng's more than 1,000 elite cavalry, but he was defeated by the combined efforts of the Qi army and the Dashun soldiers, and now he is desperately drilling backwards, not daring to turn back at all.
Although the rear horse infantry army belonged to three factions, it was all surrounded by the Manchu cavalry, coupled with the sound of cannons from time to time on the sea, the mounts of the Manchurian cavalry were completely frightened and could not be restrained at all.
Purely in terms of equestrianism and combat effectiveness, these Manchurians who grew up in the white mountains and black waters are much stronger than the Han people, but in terms of the neatness of the structure, the coordinated operation of all arms, and the integrity of the firearms and land army, they are too far behind.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yongle formulated a series of targeted plans for the advantages of the barbarian cavalry in the field, the most famous of which is the coordinated operation of multiple arms and weapons.
Wang Zheng took advantage of this existing view to build the Qi army under his command into a complete army.
Even if it is Qi Yaowu's lone army, it is equipped with logistics soldiers and horses such as firearms battalions and baggage battalions, and when it comes to fighting, there is even a navy to cooperate in some special times.
The Qi army's military formation is like a hedgehog with blood thorns everywhere, and it sticks you together, and once the Manchurian cavalry touches it, it will be difficult to get out again.
"Rao Yu Baylor, Dorobelle has already led people to evacuate to Beijing, you better withdraw quickly!"
Abatai is known for his bravery in battle, and he has always been invincible, and the Ming army was defeated when he saw it, so in the long run, he developed such a fearless habit.
Now the drawbacks of this habit are revealed, the blue flag cavalry behind is huddled together, Abatai wants to go for a while but can't go, after hearing the report of the red flag cavalry, the anger in his heart has accumulated to the extreme, and he scolded angrily:
"What did you say, how could Turg just run away!?"
Zhang Jing, who came to give the order with a red flag, obviously didn't want to talk nonsense, and shouted directly:
"Rao Yu Baylor, we are sending half of the number of people to meet this time, not for the pursuit! Dorobel also conveyed the meaning of the regent, you can't be in love! โ
The implication is that this Zhenghong Zhangjing is actually blaming Abatai for being ignorant, ignoring Dolgon's orders, and blindly chasing and beating hard, so he has reached this situation of being surrounded on all sides.
"On your own, you are not qualified to speak of Benbel!" Abatai was furious, and without saying a word, he directly waved his knife and beheaded Zhang Jing who was a red flag under the horse, and he could see that several Zhang Jingjing of the blue flag around him was cold.
"Kill me, kill the bright dog, and die to those who retreat!"
Originally, it would take some time for the sailors of the navy in the rear to rush over and form a joint encirclement after landing, and with the mobility of the cavalry, the retreat could still preserve at least half of the existing Dingkou.
However, Abatai was brave and stubborn, wielding his sword to kill Zhang Jing, the Zhenghong Banner who came to give orders, and continued to charge Qi Yaowu's army with his own soldiers.
This disrupted Dolgon's overall deployment, causing the Manchus to suffer heavy casualties that they should not have suffered.