Chapter 293: The Loyalty Camp is here
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Liu Yun with 2,000 cavalry, suddenly appeared from behind Li Maozu, like a ghost to catch the Qing army off guard, because of the relationship between the frontal Ming army, the Qing army's phalanx was mainly long weapons in front, and the rear were basically archers.
The speed of the cavalry's charge was amazingly fast, and it was too late to rearrange the formation.
"Pikemen! The pikemen and shield men turn in half! Li Maozu was anxious, urged the horse to turn in circles, looked at both ends, and shouted desperately in his mouth: "Archers shoot arrows!" Archery! ”
The archers were dazed, holding bows and arrows and didn't know which side to shoot, and in a hurry, some sparse wolf tooth arrows flew out, fluttering and flickering, there were not many accurate heads, where could they stop the charge of the elite cavalry of the Kuizhou army.
Facing the cavalry at close range, feeling the impact of the earth and the visual effect of shock, it is not something that ordinary people can resist, although the Qing soldiers have strict military discipline, but at the moment of life and death, the inferiority of the original Ming army is still clearly revealed.
I don't know who was the first to throw away the weapon in his hand, and without looking back, he broke away from the army formation, and fled for his life towards the wilderness on both sides, and immediately led the second and third people to follow, and in just a few breaths, like a frightened sheep attacked by wolves, more people began to scatter and flee,
"Steady, steady!" Li Maozu shouted and scolded: "Scattering will only kill faster, and only when you gather in one place can you live!" Military Judge! Military Judge! Enforce military law! ”
He called for a long time, and the soldiers around him replied to him in a hurry: "My lord, the military judge has fled!" ”
When Li Maozu heard the prestige, he saw the military judge who was close to him, and sure enough, he was on a horse, and ran in front of the fleeing stragglers with his head shrunk.
And his own phalanx, like a sand tower washed by flowing water, is constantly shrinking and collapsing, except for a small group of personal soldiers tightly around him, it has no shape.
The Ming army rushing from under Xinhua City has arrived in front of the Qing army, Li Dingguo, who is at the tip of the "human" shape, holds a protective round shield in his left hand, holds a spear in his right hand, and controls his horse with both legs.
Some of the Qing troops in this place have fled, some are turning back, and they are in chaos, and they are the weakest place in the entire phalanx.
The spear is the standard hook and sickle of the Kuizhou army, the tip of the spear is extremely sharp, Li Dingguo waved the shield with his left hand to open a spear that stabbed from the left, the spear in his right hand turned into a knife, and he pulled it diagonally and gently, and the blade of the gun quickly crossed the neck of a Qing soldier on the right, and a puff of blood mist soared, and the healthy horse under the crotch was like a hammer hitting the city, knocking the two Qing soldiers who had no time to avoid it head-on, and the two vomited blood, and they were not alive.
The cavalry behind him followed closely, like a torrent overflowing the river beach, and the white white-armored soldiers chopped the waves in a group of blue-armored Qing soldiers, breaking open a crack in the crumbling phalanx, and splitting the waist into two sections.
At the same time, Liu Yun on the other side, led a thousand cavalry, chose to pass along the edge of the Qing army's military formation, flattened the end of the mountain-destroying crossbow in his hand, and shot away a puff of arrows from a distance of ten steps.
Most of the arrows shot out of the horse were shot into the sky, and they did not shoot down many people, but they caused great chaos in the Qing army.
The rear of the Qing army, which was already a mess, completely collapsed and collapsed under the impact of the two teams of cavalry, one in front and one in the back, and Li Maozu shouted in his throat, and he was unable to return to the sky.
Two thousand cavalry rushed two thousand foot soldiers, there was no suspense, the Qing soldiers scattered and fled in the wilderness, only hating their parents for missing two legs, like ants whose nests were destroyed, everywhere.
Li Dingguo and Liu Yun, after coming out of the formation, led the cavalry to turn a corner in the field, and then came back, like two powerful iron pincers, and struck at the scattered Qing soldiers.
One-sided slaughter.
The Baijia Ming soldiers chased wantonly, and even caught up from behind some leisurely, stabbing the hearts of the Qing soldiers with spears, and those who dared to turn around and resist were often swept by the Ming army like monkeys, taking turns to stab with spears, and ended up with a pile of blood holes.
Li Maozu was surrounded by more than ten personal soldiers in the middle, desperately beating horses and running away, he was a little in a trance, and was surprised to realize how familiar the scene in front of him was, isn't this the scene where the Ming army is often chased and slashed by the Qing army? How did the courtyard change, but the same scene was staged.
When the Ming army, the Qing army came, he was chased and almost died, he survived by surrendering, and he was blessed by misfortune, and was appreciated by the nobles of the Eight Banners, and was able to occupy a high position, and now he has become a Qing army, why was he chased and killed by the Ming army, this is unreasonable!
The most infuriating thing is that this battle was lost inexplicably, those packages that popped out of the ground and exploded, unprecedented, obviously they had no omissions, and they could not lose the battle, so they lost in such a vague way.
"Be careful, sir! Come this way! ”
A hurried shout pulled Li Maozu back to the battlefield, and he looked up in surprise, only to see a team of white-armored cavalry, which was circling in a circle, chasing and killing the Qing soldiers who fled like wild dogs, and rushed towards his side.
The pro-soldiers hurriedly turned around and ran with Li Maozu in their arms, but because there were many Qing army foot soldiers running in front of them, blocking the way, the horses could not run fast, and the pro-soldiers hurriedly beat their weapons to drive away, shouting loudly: "Get out of the way!" Let the adults go first! ”
Among the fleeing stragglers, Li Maozu and a group of horseback riders gathered together were so eye-catching, it was difficult not to attract people's attention, Li Maozu was also wearing a complete set of mountain armor, shining brightly, plus the "adult" called by the pro-soldiers, which immediately attracted the attention of the Kuizhou soldiers chasing behind.
"Your Excellency?" Liu Yun became excited, slammed his legs on the horse's belly, raised his gun and shouted: "Sons, follow me to capture this thief chief!" ”
Liu Yun's horse is the Xiliang Jian horse brought by Li Dingguo from the Great Western Army, which is much taller than Li Maozu's Huguang horse, longer than the short-distance sprint, although not as strong as the Huguang horse endurance and tenacity, but in battle, the fast Xiliang horse is much more advantageous.
Coupled with the rout blocking the way, in a short period of time, Liu Yun caught up with Li Maozu.
After the mountain-destroying crossbow shot a few soldiers who dared to turn around to face the battle, the personal soldiers who were protecting Li Maozu immediately dispersed, leaving the governor of Guangxi alone, under the siege of the Baijia Kuizhou Corps, alone with dozens of spears.
"Dismount and surrender, but spare you from death!" Liu Yun proudly stepped sideways and stopped in front of Li Maozu, with the spear in his hand pointed at his throat.
Li Maozu was under siege, there was no hope of breaking through, and he knew that there was no way to live, so he calmed down, showed a sad face, held the sword in his hand, raised his head high, and said proudly: "This official is the governor of Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty, and you must not be rude!" ”
Liu Yun was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "This person has lowered the tartar, and he is still so arrogant, do you really not know how to write the word shame?" ”
Li Maozu was disdainful and snorted: "Shame? If you can't show your ambitions in life as an official, and you can mingle in the court of traitors and eunuchs, that's shame and rudeness! But the chief general of the Ming army? ”
Liu Yun frowned and shouted: "Your mother, you are still so arrogant in desperation, grandpa told you that the main general of our army is the new general of the Ming Dynasty in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and Wang Huan of Pingliang Bo is also, when he hears the prestige of his old man, why don't you get off the horse and capture it quickly!?" Otherwise, the combination of knives and axes will be too late to regret! ”
Li Maozu's expression darkened when he heard this, his body that was still vigorous and majestic just now softened, he looked up to the sky with a miserable smile and sighed, looked at himself with a sword, and laughed at himself: "That's it, I'm Li, I've studied hard for more than 30 years, I am conceited and strategic, and I can dominate the world, but no one appreciates it in the Ming Dynasty, but here and now, I was defeated by a nobody, and I am a great shame!" What's the use of remaining in the world? ”
After that, he put the sword in his neck and killed himself.
Liu Yun saw that something was wrong, and he wanted to swing the sword in his hand with his gun, but he was a step too late and watched Li Maozu die in front of him.
Patting the horse around Li Maozu's corpse, Liu Yun sighed again and again, regretting that he had lost the opportunity to capture the Qing court officials alive, so he had to cut off Li Maozu's head and turn back to continue to pursue the remaining Qing soldiers.
The pursuit did not last long, and after rushing back and forth several times, Wang Huan abandoned the fleeing stragglers and ordered the whole army to assemble and reline to prepare for the remaining thousands of Qing soldiers.
When I returned to Xinhua City, I found that Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin had already led their foot soldiers to a high post two miles away, and .net had planted a simple defense on Luyan to defend it to the death.
The cavalry of the Qing army outside the north gate of Xinhua City, after waiting for a long time in a daze, felt bad after hearing the thunderous noise here, and turned back, at this time the battle had been swept away, seeing that Li Maozu was completely annihilated by the Ming army, he was already frightened, regardless of Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin's footmen, directly from the other direction, slipped away.
As a result, Li Maozu's army, known as 30,000 people, was crippled by 2,000 Kuizhou troops under Xinhua City, and the main general Li Maozu killed himself, and more than 6,000 troops were nailed to the mountain by the Kuizhou army. Because of the small number of people, it was inconvenient for the Kuizhou army to attack the Qing army that was defending at a high place, so one on both sides was eyeing the city in Xinhua, and the other was trapped on the high post, and it became a stalemate.
Wang Huan doesn't care, the purpose of his trip has been achieved, and some grain and forage have been collected in Xinhua City, which can last for a while, and he should recuperate in the city, and send some scouts every day to keep an eye on the Qing army on the mountain, so as to prevent them from slipping away while they are unprepared.
Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin were actually anxious, knowing that it would be no good for them to go on like this, and organized several breakouts, but the infantry combat, paying attention to the dignified army formation, but the Kuizhou army played a set of cavalry harassment, as long as the Qing army went down the mountain, the cavalry came, Li Dingguo took the cavalry to come and go like the wind, the riding skills were as superb as the Mongols, and the rain shot bursts of crossbow arrows when they swept by, although the accuracy was not enough, but it also stirred up the Qing army to not leave, and could only shrink into a phalanx and dare not move, This was repeated several times, and it ended in failure.
In this way, they fought each other, and on the tenth day, Wang Yingxiong returned.
The governors of the three provinces brought a handwritten letter from Gu Yinxi, as well as a 10,000 loyal battalion led by Gao Yigong.