Chapter 279: Bloody Battle

"This is the winged cavalry of the Ming thief, the most elite cavalry of the Ming thief, I heard that the Ming thief probably sent three to five thousand winged cavalry in this battle." Daishan said to Azig.

"Haug was defeated at the hands of this cavalry?" Azig asked.

"Yes." Dai Shan nodded.

"Let me weigh them today, and let them know what the Eight Banners Iron Rider is." Azig said domineeringly.

Dai Shan did not speak, after the last defeat, although Huang Taiji did not severely punish Dai Shan, but Dai Shan's status in the army has plummeted, this time as Azig's deputy to fight, Huang Taiji is to give him a chance to redeem his merits.

Azig saw that Dai Shan didn't speak, and he didn't care too much, he thought that Dai Shan had lost his blood since the last battle, he glanced at Dai Shan with disdain, waved the long knife in his hand, and shouted: "Meet the battle, drive the thief down the river." ”

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Using pontoon bridges to cross the river, the Ming army crossed the river very quickly, and half of the three thousand winged cavalry had already crossed the Liao River.

"Line up, prepare to meet the enemy." Seeing the Houjin army rushing towards this side, the commander of the Ming army shouted loudly.

And the artillery positions on the other side of the river also received an order at this time, "Pass the general's order, prepare heavy artillery, and provide artillery shelter for the hussars." ”

"Jiutai, take care!" Xiong Tingbi admonished.

Lu Xiangsheng nodded, and firmly followed the last group of hussars across the Liao River. Xiong Tingbi originally didn't want Lu Xiangsheng to fight in person, after all, he was the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and he was in a high position, but Lu Xiangsheng insisted on fighting, and he thought that only if he fought in person could he ensure that the winged cavalry would not retreat.

When the cavalry of Houjin was still jogging, the Ming artillery had already opened fire first. At this time, the heavy artillery used solid bullets, which had a certain lethality to the dense formation, and if the enemy was in a loose formation, the lethality would become very limited, of course, the artillery also had a role in disrupting the enemy's formation.

In order to avoid accidental injury to friendly troops, the Ming artillery fire extended a long distance. Seeing this, Azig shouted, "Rush over." ”

The hussar array that crossed the river first was also jogging at this time, and when there was still a distance of one hundred and fifty meters from the Houjin army, the Ming army waved the flag, "Stand a gun!" ”

"Hah!" All the hussars neatly set up their spears, and the hussars began to accelerate.

The Houjin cavalry was also well-trained, although they were disrupted under the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army, but after rushing through the artillery fire of the Ming army, the formation spontaneously became compact again.

"Charge!" With a wave of the Ming army's order flag, the hussars entered the sprint, and now there are about fifty meters away from the Houjin cavalry, but the two sides are hedged, and the actual sprint distance is less than twenty meters, so the hussars should charge in advance.

"Hah!" Hussars shouted neatly again.

As soon as the hussars finished speaking, the two armies collided fiercely, and suddenly the soldiers in the front row of the Jin army turned on their backs, and the Ming army used the advantage of the spears to make the situation much better.

The shouts and neighs also sounded at this time, and the 30,000 cavalry of the hussars faced by the Azig cavalry, it was almost impossible to penetrate the cavalry of the Azig, and the two sides fell into a melee.

At this time, the charge of the second hussars also began......

The hussars led by Lu Xiangsheng were the last to charge. Soon the 3,000 winged cavalry and Lu Xiangsheng also fell into a bitter battle, and the 30,000 Azig army besieged the Ming army's winged cavalry.

The hussars continued to die, many of the hussars present were wounded, and almost all of them had cold arrows from the Houjin army. At this time, the Ming artillery fire also stopped bombing, and the dragoons crossed the river next.

Lu Xiangsheng saw that people around him kept falling, and the situation on the river beach was not clear to him now, and he couldn't help but be secretly anxious. At this time, he saw that Dai Shan was not far in front of him, and he did not hesitate to raise his knife and kill Dai Shan directly.

At this moment, a cold arrow hit Lu Xiangsheng's forehead, causing Lu Xiangsheng to almost fall off the horse.

"General!" The soldier guarding Lu Xiangsheng's side exclaimed.

"I'm fine!" Lu Xiangsheng said loudly. It turned out that the cold arrow hit Lu Xiangsheng's helmet, although it did not cause fatal injury to Lu Xiangsheng, but it also happened to shoot through the helmet and pierced Lu Xiangsheng's forehead.

Lu Xiangsheng stretched out his hand to wipe the blood on his face, and pointed at Dai Shan and shouted: "Kill the enemy!" ”

Dai Shan was really taken aback by Lu Xiangsheng, after Lu Xiangsheng was shot on his forehead, there was not much blood shed, but Lu Xiangsheng's wipe made the whole face look like it was blood, as if it was a rakshasa from hell.

Dai Shan was stunned, and was robbed of the opportunity by Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng had a big lift, once he grabbed the opportunity, he almost only had the power to parry, Haoge suffered this loss, Dai Shan also suffered this loss today, Lu Xiangsheng was as tight as a knife, and Dai Shan was cowardly, only a few knives Dai Shan couldn't resist, and Dai Shan's personal guards were entangled by Lu Xiangsheng's winged cavalry, and it was too late to save Dai Shan, and Dai Shan was not supported until ten rounds and was cut down by Lu Xiangsheng under the horse.

As soon as Dai Shan died, the Houjin cavalry fell into chaos for a short time, but with Azig pressing the formation, they quickly recovered again, and the recovered Houjin cavalry seemed to be even more ferocious, and more and more hussars died in battle.

By this time, the dragoons who had crossed the river had formed formations and began to advance on both sides of the melee. And Huang Taiji also invested more troops at this time to block the Ming army's rescue of the winged cavalry, and at the same time to push the Ming army down the river.

The battle on the river beach has become a veritable meat grinder, and both sides are fighting to the death, with people dying and new forces joining in. On this narrow river beach, the troops invested by both sides in this battle were close to 100,000 by the time they came. The entire river beach seemed to be full of people, and the water of the entire Liao River was dyed red.

The cavalry had completely lost the ability to maneuver, and both sides began to throw in infantry.

"Order, order the heavy artillery to fire." Xiong Tingbi's increase in troops was not as fast as that of the Houjin, and now the Houjin army had the advantage in numbers on the river beach, while the Ming army relied on tiger squat artillery and infantry to stabilize only a few landing ports.

"Now the two sides are in a melee, and it is likely to hurt our army." Zhao Shujiao said.

"I can't care so much, Jianyu occupies a geographical advantage, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid that our army won't be able to hold out in the evening." Xiong Tingbi said.

"The last general suggested that the range of the heavy artillery be extended as much as possible, so as to avoid hurting our troops as much as possible." Zhao Shujiao proposed.

"Yes, from now on the heavy artillery cannot be stopped, and the bombardment will continue until the evening." Xiong Tingbi emphasized.

(End of chapter)