Chapter 56: The Qing Army Counterattacks
The scorching sun fumigated the earth, and the city tower of Chengdu City, because of the smoke of artillery fire, became more and more stuffy, and many Taiping soldiers were sweating profusely and panting just by rushing to the city tower.
Blood splattered, corpses piled up, the wails of the Qing soldiers came and went, and several would-be corpses torn by shells instinctively crawled towards the north, trying to escape the end of annihilation, but after climbing a few steps and dragging out a river of blood, they no longer had the strength.
Brutal battles were underway, with the Qing army defeated, and the remnants of the defeated army retreating to the north, while the Taiping army pursued bravely.
Luo Yang did not continue to advance north, he was too tired, and the initial tactical results made him very happy, he only felt that he was a lucky general, too lucky.
However, something unfortunate happened in an instant.
"King Rui! Demons, demons,"
"Huh? The demons are coming! ”
The soldiers of the Taiping Army who had just entered Chengdu City were exclaimed.
The iron hooves of the war horse crushed the hustle and bustle and glory of Chengdu, and 2,000 Qing cavalry swept in like a storm. The momentum of the charge, the vigorous and passionate spirit, the waving of the saber that kept shaking, flashed with the brilliance of the sun, and made the soldiers of the Taiping Army dizzy.
The cavalry of the Qing army, which opened the interval between formations, couldn't see how many there could be at all, let alone count the number, even if you looked at it, you would be shocked by its mighty scale and lose the will to fight.
The follow-up troops of the Taiping Army were holding on to the part of the formation, and when they looked back at it, they were shocked and shouted again and again.
"Run, the cavalry of the Qing Demon has arrived!"
"Hurry up, brothers, hide first!"
You can't blame these people, but you have to thank these people, because, these are often veterans, well aware of the assault power of the cavalry, the general infantry is simply unable to compete with it, in the later period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing Army's Eight Banners and Green Battalion troops, also achieved brilliant results, such as Duolonga's troops, often win more with less, defeat the main force of the Taiping Army, the key is that the mobility of the cavalry is far superior to the Taiping Army.
In the Taiping Army, there were more than 5,000 new recruits along the way, and there were even good people who had never seen a battle.
Shi Dakai was under the city, commanding the troops to enter the city and reinforce the vanguard troops, in his opinion, once the city was broken and the victory had been laid, many of the things he was still worried about were no longer considered.
Based on his and Luo Bingzhang's years of combat experience, he knew that Luo's personality and talent were quite nervous at the beginning.
The sound of the Qing army's iron hooves boiled, and the rain hit the earth, like the thunder of the mountain rain, which had already woken up Shi Dakai, and he could hear the familiar sound of the Qing cavalry with his ears, and immediately turned back and commanded the troops to counterattack.
Only half of the troops entered the city of Chengdu and could rely on the city walls to fight against the cavalry of the Qing army, but what about that half?
Shi Dakai's face changed greatly, and he shouted wildly, and ordered the flag officer of the army's cronies to wave the flag, and asked most of the officers and soldiers and their families to enter the city quickly, and the rear guard troops turned to hold on, facing the side and the rear.
There was nothing wrong with Shi Dakai's idea, he had to sacrifice part of his troops to resist the Qing army and cover the majority of the people entering the city. However, when he began to command, the troops were already in a lot of chaos, and many people were crowded towards the city gate hole like a tide, and the narrow city gate hole was suddenly blocked by all kinds of people.
The main force of the Taiping army was crushed by the cavalry of the Qing army and fled in a swarm, which greatly shocked Luo Yang who saw it on the city wall.
"Kill! The rearguard is back at once and is ready to fight! Against! Shi Dakai shouted loudly, hoping to use his prestige to save the crisis.
The flag officer waved the flag on one side, and the other voice was like a bell: "The Wing King has an order, and the armies will return to meet the battle!" ”
Many of Shi Dakai's own soldiers also shouted along with him, and at the same time, he resolutely went upstream, urging the troops to return to battle while rushing towards the rear of the troops.
The cavalry of the Qing army was very fast, and the long-suppressed anger of the cavalry finally broke out, the interception of the Dadu River failed, and many relatives of the main force of the Qing army were killed in the Songlin River section, and more than 3,000 Hunan troops were implicated in tens of thousands of Hunan officers and soldiers. Coupled with the arrogance accumulated from the long-term battle, the arrogance of the eagerness to retaliate, made the Qing army's attack very fierce.
Shi Dakai's command played a very important role, many Taiping soldiers saw that the city gate was narrow and could not enter the city quickly, they also changed their minds, and when they saw Shi Dakai returning to meet the battle, they also cheered up, shouted wildly, and joined the trend of counterattack.
"Kill, kill all the demons!"
"Give the brothers time to go into the city!"
"Brothers, fight with the Qing Demon Dog Day!"
The yellow-red tide of the Taiping Army troops suddenly returned and took the initiative to attack the south, and the cavalry tide of the Qing army's blue-gray and small red tops also quickly rolled over.
Rumble!
Luo Yang could hear a huge roar and impact in his mind!
The two crowds collided together!
In an instant, the cavalry of the Qing army, which was divided into countless sharp edges, slashed into the formation of the Taiping army as sharp as a blade, and the veterans of the Qing army wielded their sabers, slashing skillfully, and shouting while slashing: "Kill!" ”
The shouts of slaughter merge into a single stream of sounds, endlessly, boiling and tumbling, obscuring all other sounds on the battlefield, whether it is the iron hooves crushing the head, the saber slashing through the head and neck, the spear piercing the horse's belly, or the screams of exclamation before death.
The sun shone on the wilderness south of Chengdu, and the sabers of the Qing army converged into a silver shining world, while the troops of the Taiping army, the crowd of people like clouds, were cut into fragmented meadows in an instant.
When the two armies collided, it was also the time when the casualties were the greatest, and the Qing cavalry was the most effective, almost in an instant, the Qing army scattered the Taiping troops, and in just three or five minutes, every soldier of the Qing army engaged in the battle, as long as he was not tripped and fell off, often wielded a butcher's knife and slashed more than a dozen enemies.
Blood splattered, splattered, smearing the faces of the Qing cavalry into terrifying grimaces.
"Kill! Hairy thief! ”
"Slaughter this scum!"
Those who fight for their lives naturally do not have the least respect and mercy, only the carnival of wild beasts is noisy.
Shi Dakai led the troops of his cronies to meet the battle decisively, and fought with the vanguard soldiers of the Qing army rushing in.
Luo Yang was dumbfounded, and all the Taiping soldiers on the city wall were also dumbfounded, and everyone didn't know what to do.
Under the city walls, thousands of people were tearing and killing, shouting, wailing, and bleeding, especially when the crowds of cavalry and infantry with huge impact were mixed together, and the Taiping army suffered heavy casualties!
The Taiping army inside the city could not reinforce the outside, and the city gate was still blocked.
However, Luo Yang soon woke up, and he immediately ordered that all the flying thunder cannons and foreign cannons that entered the city should be turned around and aimed at the battlefield in the south of the city, and at the same time, urgently commanded the troops to observe and find the foreign cannons and shells lost by the Qing army in the city, because the Qing artillery that was quite well prepared, under the artillery attack of the Luo Yang army, the personnel were killed and wounded, and the weapons and ammunition were still there.
The Taiping army took advantage of the height of the city wall of two to three zhang to immediately fire artillery at the most dense place of the Qing cavalry, and several Qing army iron cavalry, which had already penetrated the Taiping army's formation, became the key target of the Luoyang army's flying thunder artillery.
Fortunately, the Qing army abandoned a lot of foreign cannons on the city, and there were also many shells, which became a favorable weapon for the Luoyang army to fight back against the enemy's cavalry counterattack.