Chapter 360: Annihilation of Azig
Sure enough, it was the cavalry battalion of the Shandong Army that had been recuperating for a long time that rushed out.
Under the leadership of the main general Quan Zhuo, they suddenly launched an attack on the rear of the Qing army, and at the same time, the formation of the Shandong army in front of them was slowly converging and shrinking towards the crescent, intending to surround the Qing army.
The difference in the number of people between the two sides was too large, and the Shandong army counted the cavalry battalion of nearly 20,000 people, but Azig only led 5,000 cavalry to go deep alone, and I don't know how many were killed by traps and firearms in advance, and the battle has been heavy to the present.
When the initial madness dissipated, even Azig began to think about retreat.
But soon, the Red Banner cavalry will be unified? Frightened, they found that they were surrounded by the banners of the Ming army, and they had been surrounded by the Shandong Legion and could no longer escape.
A slight hint of sweat appeared on Azig's forehead, but because he was wearing a helmet, Yi? All you could see was his eyes, which were still red.
"Warriors, kill the Ming Dog with this king!"
This kind of situation of being attacked by the enemy on the back was not what Azig wanted to see, he didn't think about it, he opened his mouth and ordered the cavalry to shoot the Ming army's musketeers, and those Zhenghongqi Qing soldiers who were still unable to move in the center took out their back bows and arrows and began to draw their bows and arrows.
Soon, the sky was filled with the sound of arrows bursting through the air.
"Whoosh~"
But in this situation, the cavalry of the Qing army is crowded together, it is difficult to exert their due maneuver, and they cannot neatly launch a rain of arrows with high efficiency and great lethality.
Both sides are huddled together to fight, this kind of shooting within fifty paces in order to avoid hurting their own people, the Qing soldiers of the red flag can only choose to shoot on their backs, this way is also a helpless move, because there is no accuracy at all, even the person who fired it does not know whose head the arrow cluster will fly to.
Most of the Qing army's quivers were only equipped with a dozen feather arrows, and after quickly shooting eight or nine, many people realized that this was just a sudden waste, and the Ming army on the opposite side was also well-defended, as long as it was slightly spread out, it could make the soft arrow clusters slide off the armor.
Moreover, the bows and arrows used by the Qing army are different from those in the Central Plains, they are all force bows, and it is not easy to open the bow and arrows, which can make the strength consumed faster.
Hear Yi? In the end, Azig could only order the retraction of his bow and arrows.
This release was originally a very subtle situation, but Wang Zheng, who was fighting in front of the battle, still keenly noticed that the Qing army's formation was a little scattered.
Wang Zheng wiped the blood splashed on his face, and he knew that for the Qing soldiers who had been fighting for a long time, although this kind of mistake would not last long, it was still fatal!
The next moment, Wang Zheng flew directly over an empty horse, raised his knife and shouted:
"The Shandong army listens to the order and kills the enemy!"
But the battlefield was very noisy, and few people heard and saw it, and Wang Zheng stood directly on the back of the horse in a hurry, pulling his neck and shouting loudly again:
"Shandong Army, break the formation, kill the enemy!!"
The soldiers with axes and guns in front noticed the person in mid-air, only paused slightly, and the next moment they tried their best to fight forward, and Quan Zhuo, Huang Yang, Dong Youyin, Gao Liang and others also ordered at the same time.
Under this sudden all-out offensive, the outermost red flag vests screamed and were knocked off their horses, and before they could jump up and continue fighting, they were nailed to the ground by the soldiers in the back row who came up to mend their swords.
On the battlefield, the situation was changing rapidly, and Wang Zheng firmly grasped a mistake in Azig's command of the operation, and directly destroyed the front of the Qing army's Red Banner Cavalry.
Although the Shandong army said that there were more than 10,000 people, but they advanced and retreated freely, Wang Zheng ordered, almost at the same moment was already in a full-scale attack, Azig had no time to react, and did not have time to give an order calmly, seeing that his vest fell off his horse and was killed, he could only be depressed and angry.
The Qing army is not a weak brigade, but this slight scattering was scattered by a fierce son of the Shandong army, and the remaining cavalry was like a hen that had been blown up in the nest.
In fact, it is said that it is a breakthrough, but it is better to say that this is the beginning of the comprehensive rout of the Qing cavalry.
Azig's eyes widened, he threw his helmet on the ground with a yell, even at the moment of defeat he still didn't understand what he had done wrong, why the situation was still stalemate, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into his own defeat!?
Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and all kinds of different situations naturally have completely different arrangements to deal with, but in today's battle, Azig was not only defeated in his own arrogance and contempt for the enemy, but also far inferior to Wang Zheng in response and command.
In the past, the Qing army often defeated the Ming army in an absolutely superior situation, since they saw these completely different Ming troops in ambush, they should retreat regardless of anything and then make plans, but the arrogant Azig held his breath and wanted to have a short and long time with Doer.
When the kind of blind rush had no effect, Azig did not quickly and decisively order a retreat, giving full play to the speed advantage of the Eight Banners cavalry, but was dumped by the Shandong army and the cavalry battalion.
But even at that time, with Dorgon in command, the outcome of today's battlefield may be different.
Azig was reckless and mistakenly ordered to fire arrows at the Shandong Firearms Battalion, causing many Qing soldiers who had the ability to rush out to waste their physical strength and time in vain but gained nothing, and there was no change in the battle situation.
"Hahaha, it's good to kill, it's good to kill!!"
Wang Zheng stood on the horse, looking at the battlefield that was ending, and finally completely relieved himself and laughed happily.
In the past, although Wang Zheng has always won against the rogues and bandits, this is the first time to fight the so-called invincible Qing army head-on, not to mention that the soldiers seem to be pressing a big mountain in their hearts, and he, the commander, is even more afraid of losing his previous achievements.
This victory gave Wang Zheng hope, and the Shandong army would be more confident when it met the Qing army in the future.
Wang Zheng didn't know that the other party was Azig, but he was laughing from the bottom of his heart, he defeated the Qing army in the field, although there were many luck elements in it, but this illustrates a problem:
The Qing army is not invincible, they will be defeated, they will be afraid, and they will even run away!
It's just that this burst of silver bell-like laughter sounded so harsh and arrogant to Azig's ears not far away.
"Prince Ying, withdraw it, the slave will cut it off for you-"
Are the red flags all unified? Hurried over, as if he had just experienced a big battle, but before he could finish his sentence, a steel knife with blood suddenly appeared in his chest.
As the corpse slowly fell, several generals had gloomy faces and said coldly:
"Dog, Tartar, die!"
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"Your Majesty, it's not good for your Majesty, Prince Ying... Prince Ying, he ......"
Early in the morning, in the new dragon tent of Huang Taiji, a group of generals and staff leaders were deliberating, and suddenly a horse with a yellow flag ran back in a panic.
"Prince Ying?"
Dolgon, who was in the tent, thought that there was something big about it, because he had heard a lot of bad news these days, but when he heard these three words, he was relieved.
Prince Heshuoying, isn't that Azig, speaking of which, he took five thousand Zhenghongqi Iron Cavalry to pursue the Ming army horse team with only three thousand people, and it is clear which side will win.
Azig suddenly came with news at this time, saying that it was "not good", and Dolgon sneered in his heart, presumably it should have been that he did not catch up with or completely annihilate the Ming army.
Thinking of this, he glanced at Huang Taiji, who was the first to close his eyes and cultivate carefully, and said warmly:
"Prince Ying is brave and good at fighting, and he leads the Red Banner warriors to be the first in every battle, even if he fails to completely annihilate the Ming army, this time it should be a great achievement."
As he spoke, Dorgon suddenly smiled narrowly:
"Go and stack the heads of the Ming army brought back by Prince Ying, let Wang Xixian take them around Songshan City, and teach those Ming troops who don't know the height of the sky to see the fate of the confrontation with the Qing Dynasty!"
After saying this, all the beylers present laughed, and the laughter in the tent was relaxed, except for Zilharang, who lowered his eyebrows and did not say a word, as if he was ready to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy at any time.
Huang Taiji was obviously a little happy when he heard the first good news in a few days, his brows gradually relaxed, and he raised his hand to say something.
But at this time, the Zhenghuang Banner Qing soldier who reported the news finally couldn't stand up, and his legs were weak and he knelt on the ground, almost crying, and he didn't even dare to raise his head and shouted:
"Your Majesty, Prince Rui, Prince Ying... He, he died in battle! ”