Chapter 702: Can't Fight
Between the two sides, the total distance was only three or five miles, and Hauge's three-way cavalry soon galloped in front of the chest wall of the Ming army camp, some rushed directly through the open passage, and more slowed down their horses before the first chest wall, and some used these chest walls as horse barriers, and jumped directly over their horses.
The vast majority of the musketeers and archers of the Ming army, who had been placed behind the breastwork wall early, escaped the rain of arrows fired by the Jianlu and Mongol cavalry on the charging road with the breastwork wall more than four feet high, and when the enemy approached the breastwork, they suddenly stood up and opened fire on the enemy one after another.
The sound of the bowstring was mixed with the thumping of muskets, and the rain of muskets and arrows from musket projectiles knocked down enemies close to the breastwork.
The few captives and Mongol cavalrymen who had always maintained high speed, jumped over the breastwork more than four feet high, and entered between the breastwork, were stabbed to the ground by pikemen holding spears behind the breastwork.
And those Jianlu and Mongol cavalry, who were lucky enough not to encounter the breastwork, but surged directly along the passage in and out of the Ming army's camp, and soon encountered even more brutal blows.
The huge artillery array that was arranged in the center of the Ming army's camp, when the Jianyu cavalry and the Mongolian cavalry rushed from the west in three ways, 36 Chongzhen rear-loading smoothbore mother guns were aimed at these three passages.
Aiming at Qianmen, Duimen, and Kunmen, there are 12 improved sub-cannons of the Franc machine guns, and each mother cannon is equipped with eight sub-cannons, so that the firepower of the 12 Franc machines can continuously shoot 96 iron projectiles weighing 6 catties in a short period of time.
That is to say, in a very short period of time, the passages within the Qianmen, Duimen and Kunmen that it faces can be turned into flesh and blood alleys.
The gunners of the Ming Army of Jizhen Santun Battalion, Jianchang Battalion and Shanhai Town, who had practiced countless times in similar gossip-type battalions, did not need Sun Chengzong, You Shiwei, Zhao Shujiao and other senior officials to personally command.
When the enemy cavalry rushed into the muzzle of the Franc machine, only a person in the center of the artillery array could be heard shouting "ignition", and the gun commanders, who were waiting in three directions, immediately stretched out their torches to the sub-cannon fire door of the Franc machine gun.
With a roaring roar, thirty-six guns fired red-hot projectiles in the direction of the three enemy troops.
Although it is not a flowering bullet, its power should not be underestimated when hit on a horse and a human body.
The projectiles fired by the first wave of Franc machine guns pierced a string of Jianlu and Mongol cavalry who were charging forward.
The cavalrymen who had managed to dodge one Franc after another of the projectiles rushed into the depths of the passage, and the cavalry, which was about to rush into the vicinity of the central artillery position of the camp, was soon killed by the musketeers who were hiding behind the last concrete breastwork.
And these musketeers quickly found the hang of it.
The cavalry in double-layer cotton armor was very resistant to blows, and as long as they were hit by one or two shots or several arrows in their bodies, they could continue to ride their horses forward as long as they did not hit the vital points of the head and face.
But the horses under the crotch of these cavalrymen were rarely armoured.
Soon, the Ming musketeers, archers, and pikemen targeted the horses mounted by the Jianlu and Horqin cavalry.
For a time, the artillery on the opposite side of the passage roared incessantly, and the muskets and arrows fell like rain from behind the walls on both sides of the passage, and in the end, none of the enemy cavalry that rushed into the passage could rush into the artillery position in the center of the camp.
Haoge rode a horse under the escort of more than 2,000 yellow flag guards led by Ao Bai and others, looked at the Ming army camp not far away, and watched the cavalry of his own army rush towards the low horse retaining wall of the Ming army like a flood that broke the embankment, and his mood was agitated, fantasizing about annihilating the large number of Ming troops in front of him in one fell swoop on this wilderness of Sanbula River, so as to make up for his regret of failing to attack the Ming country.
Of course, if he could be like Sun Chengzong, the elder of the Ming Dynasty and the minister of military aircraft, standing on top of a high watchtower and holding the binoculars produced by the Ming Dynasty to overlook the entire battlefield, he would not think like this.
Because the scene presented in Sun Chengzong's eyes was very different from what Haoge saw behind the army with yellow flags.
The Jianlu and the Mongol cavalry rushed like the waves at high tide, earth-shattering, dense, and overwhelming, and although the momentum was extremely terrifying, most of them stopped outside the breastwork walls more than four feet high.
A small number of cavalrymen with superb horsemanship jumped over the breastwork, but they were soon surrounded and annihilated by the Ming soldiers who were waiting behind the breastwork.
And a large number of Jianyu cavalry and Mongolian cavalry just rode horses on the periphery of his gossip array, constantly galloping on horseback, staring at the muskets of the Ming army, stretching their bows and shooting arrows, while looking for a way to break into the camp.
This time, Sun Chengzong took the Ming army outside the border of Jizhen and brought it to the area of Duolunuoer to defend it, although it was not as elite as Liaodong Town and Yansui Town, but in the sequence of the Ming border army, it was also the team in front.
Not to mention the Wulie Battalion in Rehe Town, even the Santun Battalion and Jianchang Battalion, which were vigorously streamlined and reorganized and moved to the Guanwai after You Shiwei's vigorous streamlining, reorganization, and defense, are also significantly different from the past; although there are several thousand fewer in terms of numbers, there are no old, weak, sick and disabled, and there is no large amount of empty water, and the marching combat capability of the 12,000 men at the head of these two battalions has been greatly improved.
As for the 8,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry brought by Zhao Shujiao, the chief soldier of Shanhai Town, a total of 18,000 people, under the training of Zhao Shujiao, a general soldier with both wisdom and bravery, he was even more well-trained, which was not comparable to ordinary inland battalion guards.
With these 30,000 people, plus 5,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry musketeers guarding the town of Rehe, a total of 37,000 people, Sun Chengzong was very confident in holding this labyrinthine camp and inflicting heavy losses on the attacking prisoners.
And so it is.
After storming the three open passages in the west without failing, a large number of captives crowded in front of the formation began to divide their forces to attack the other passages under the leadership of Gushan Ezhen, the left and right flanks of the Yellow Banner.
This giant Bagua Array was due north of the Water Gate, and due south of the Fire Gate, and soon suffered the impact of the captives.
However, the result is the same.
Although there are dangers everywhere, they still save the day.
A large number of captives who rushed into the passage of the camp were either killed by the huge projectiles of the Franco's cannon in front of them, or they were killed by musketeers, archers, and pikemen behind the concrete breastwork of the concrete because the horses fell to the ground.
As soon as the left wing of the Yellow Banner Gushan Ezhen Balai Mountain, which had rushed into the Kanshuimen passage behind a group of cavalry, thought that the horses had been hit in the head by muskets and were thrown off the horses by the horses that had suddenly fallen.
Balai Mountain, who was squatting against the wall to avoid being trampled by the horses behind him, witnessed the cavalry entering the passage being shot by the artillery on the opposite side and the muskets on both sides, and fled from the position with rolling and crawling.
Fortunately, Barai Mountain found a group of horses that had lost their riders outside the Kanshui Gate directly north of the Ming army camp, and then rode back to his own rear where Haoge was.
Balai Shan, who came to the front of the Hauge formation, turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Master! Master! Can't fight anymore! Can't fight anymore!
"This big battalion of the Ming army is not a strong city, but it is better than a strong city! It's a pre-prepared trap! My yellow flag disciple is too badly damaged, too badly damaged! ”
Hauge originally saw that Balaishan was riding back alone, and had lost the arrow and helmet on his head, and looked extremely embarrassed, and his heart was about to get angry, but when he heard what he said, he was immediately furious, and with a horsewhip in his hand, he rode forward and struck Balaishan with his head and face.
Hauge scolded angrily while fighting: "Thanks to you, Balai Mountain was once a Baturu given by the first Khan, and now the army is fighting and the victory is not divided, but you are talking nonsense and messing with the hearts of our army!" Where are your guts?! ”
Hauge was fighting here, still shouting and scolding, but at this time, he saw Jaisangbel, who was leading the yellow flag and the Korqin coalition army in the middle of the road in front, also rode back on horseback, and shouted from a distance of more than a dozen paces:
"Haugbele, can't fight! Can't fight anymore! It's a trap! ”
When Hauge heard this, his heart became even more angry, but before he could say the words of reprimand, he saw that he relied most on the right flank, Gushan Suohai, and rode his horse from a distance, galloping and shouting something.
Not far behind Suohai, almost at the same time, there was also Yang Shu, the minister in charge of the flag who commanded the left flank.
The right wing of the Yellow Banner Gushan Suohai rode his horse to the front, turned over and dismounted, walked a few steps quickly, and in front of Hauge's horse, he knelt on the ground and said loudly:
"Master, Yi Xun, the assistant minister of this banner, fell off his horse and was killed in the Ming army! The Ming army here has sharp firearms and strong fortifications, and our army has no sharp weapons to attack the fortifications, and the strong attack will only increase casualties! Please think twice! ”
Soon, Yang Shu, the minister of the Yellow Banner and the Banner of the Yellow Banner, also rushed to the front, and like Suohai and Balai Mountain, he dismounted and knelt on the ground, and several people asked Hauge at the same time to order the withdrawal of the army and not fight.
At this time, although Haoge, the owner of the Yellow Banner, was arrogant and unruly, and he didn't know what was happening in front of him, he couldn't resist the requests of so many old ministers and fierce generals that Huang Taiji specially arranged for him to assist him.
Soon, Hauge sent out Aobai, led a pair of guards to swing their teeth, and galloped behind his own army with bull horns, conveying the order to withdraw to his own camp to every captive in front of him.
The captives in front of the Ming army camp and in the camp had already been frightened by the muskets, artillery, and thunderbolts in the Ming army's array.
And those who lost their horses crawled to the ground and fled backwards under the rain of bullets.