Chapter Twenty-Three: Breakthrough
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It is said that after the cavalry of the 3,000 Flying Tiger Battalion was ambushed, they also experienced a short panic, but then they were not in a hurry to counterattack, but just broke through to the south along the road they came. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the order of the generals and soldiers was immediately issued, and almost none of the soldiers hesitated. Even though the bullets from the eastern woods rained down, even though their own casualties continued to rise, they were still in good order, and the queue was orderly, so that they were panicked but not chaotic.
To the north, on the top of the gentle slope that had been completely guarded by the Qing army, a large flag floated out, and a Qing general with a helmet and armor quietly looked at the Flying Tiger Camp that was in a hurry to the south amid the starry moon of his subordinates.
"The generals are calm and calm, the soldiers obey orders, and even if they are attacked, they can work together as one person. This thief rules the army, but it is also worthy of its name! The person who spoke was the current supreme commander of the Qing army in Jingzhou, Shen Zhixiang, the Duke of Xushun, "But this thief Shi Youliang has always been a fierce and flying character, his heart is arrogant, and his temperament is so hot!" After encountering an ambush, he was able to swallow his anger like this, which was beyond the expectations of his father. ”
In fact, Shen Zhixiang's move did not surprise Shi Youliang and others? Before experiencing it himself, Shi Youliang, Lu Qiwu, and even some other generals in Huguang Town did not believe that the Qing army in Jingzhou, which only had more than 7,000 people, could do anything. It may be barely enough to hold on to the city, but as for going out of the city to meet the attack, I'm afraid they don't have the guts.
But Shen Zhixiang did the opposite, and this time it was the whole army pouring out, striving to succeed in one blow. For this battle, he had been planning for a long time. Collect the information of the generals of the Ming army and choose the terrain. The newly captured strong man pretended to be the Jingzhou Green Battalion...... Until today's feint and lure the enemy deeper, he has put a lot of effort into every step. Fortunately, the result was roughly as he wished. The Ming cavalry was really fooled and pursued closely until they fell headlong into the encirclement.
But things seem to have gone a little unexpectedly. According to Shen Zhixiang's previous analysis of various intelligence, Shi Youliang, the Ming general who led the troops, was a fierce and impatient figure with a fierce and impatient temperament, and he had always been superstitious about his own force, especially in the past few months, because of his few defeats, he has become more and more arrogant and domineering.
It stands to reason. Such a character will definitely pursue when the enemy is defeated and flee, and when he is first ambushed, he will inevitably be furious and as if he has been greatly insulted. And so it goes. The most likely response would be to fight back desperately, either directly into the woods or rushing straight through. If this is the case, it is naturally what Shen Zhixiang likes to see. Behind the woods to the east and the gentle slopes to the north, he had already prepared several back-ups. It is no problem not to say that the Ming army was completely annihilated, at least it suffered heavy losses.
It's a pity that Shen Zhixiang's prediction was only half right. Although Shi Youliang plunged into the encirclement, he did not support it, and when the Qing army ambushed all the troops, he did not hesitate to lead the army to the south to break through.
"Don't worry about Duke Shun, since the puppet Ming army has entered the encirclement of our army, how can it be so easy to get out? No matter which direction you go, it's a dead end! A general said confidently.
Shen Zhixiang was noncommittal on the surface, but he thought deeply in his heart. He didn't plan the ambush in a hurry. Why don't you have multiple sets of countermeasures? To the south, to the south, will you be able to escape?
In the twinkling of an eye. There was another cannon shot in the south, and the earth-shattering shouts that followed were like thunder on the ground.
Hearing such movements, Shen Zhixiang was relieved and ordered left and right: "Tell Xu Tianpet and tell him to guard the south for his father." Bengong then sent his troops and horses to support. ”
"Huh!"
The Flying Tiger Battalion had not traveled far to the south, and the Qing army ambush soldiers in the woods in front of them were also killed. The Qing army here has more complete weapons, not only bows, crossbows, firearms, and even tiger squat cannons.
Suddenly, the crossbow arrows and guns were fired together, and the Flying Tiger Battalion in the breakthrough was like being poured down by a pouring rain, and many soldiers in the front row lost their lives in a hurry before they could react. The bloody rain and bloody wind came suddenly, and there were almost no corpses of the dead, and that scene was probably comparable to only Shura Hell.
The enemy attacks in the east are continuous, there is no way to go in the west, there is a blockade in the south, and there are pursuers in the north, and this environment must be described as dangerous. If it were an ordinary Ming army, if it suffered such a series of heavy blows, I am afraid that it would have already fallen into a rout, and the next thing would be to let the Qing army slaughter. However, the Flying Tiger Battalion has its own strength and military soul, and it is still struggling to support it with a belief. At this moment, no matter the official, the most important word in his heart is "forward".
The sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, stirring up countless fallen leaves and dead grass. The cavalry of the Flying Tiger Battalion galloped to kill, and the Qing soldiers who had no time to dodge were in different places under the tumbling knife light, and the rest were no longer blocking and quickly dispersed.
But there is more than one line of defense of the Qing army? After breaking through this path, he couldn't go far, and in front of him was a storm of arrows and leads. In the front row of the Flying Tiger Battalion, a series of soldiers fell off their horses.
In the middle of the queue, Shi Youliang's eyes were about to crack, and the green tendons on the hand holding the handle of the knife burst out, almost pinching the handle of the knife. This time, he was ambushed because of carelessness, and the regret in his heart was indescribable with only the words "regret". The previous laughter was nothing more than to stabilize the morale of the army. Now that he saw the soldiers he had worked so hard to train fall one by one, he was both sad and angry. Although he still tried to restrain himself on the surface and never had an attack, he was so angry in his heart that he hated that Jiang planned the ambush and the Qing army generals who planned this ambush were broken into thousands of pieces.
A company rushed through the two lines of defense of the Qing army's ambush, and a horse rejection formation appeared in front of the cavalry of the Flying Tiger Battalion. There were several rows of horses made of rough wood, the tips of the spears were densely pointed upward, and the ground was sprinkled with ironthorn quinoa and other things. After the battle, the archers and gunners of the Qing army were waiting for the battle, and another group of Qing soldiers carried garden trees, sand bags and other materials to continuously reinforce in order to intercept and delay.
Braving the rain of bullets and arrows, listening to the wild shouts and shouts of the Qing army, the cavalry in the front row of the Flying Tiger Battalion rushed twice, but they all increased casualties and returned in vain, and the momentum of the whole battalion was sharply reduced.
However, at this moment, the shouts of killing in the rear were getting closer and closer, and the banners of the Qing army in the woods to the east were also increasing, and it was obvious that the ambush soldiers from the north were also catching up.
After rejecting the horse, on a small dirt slope near the direction of the woods, a bearded Qing general shouted proudly: "Wait for the thief to listen, Xu Tianzhong, a general under the command of Xu Shungong!" A net has been laid here waiting for you! If you continue to resist. This is where you are buried! ”
Hearing this, a general in the front row of the Flying Tiger Battalion was furious: "The generation of chickens, dogs, and livestock dare to pretend to be people and be proud!" Eat me with an arrow! ”
The words just fell. A wolf's tooth heavy arrow had been dragged and screamed straight towards Xu Tianpet, Rao was already prepared, and the soldiers around him were guarded in time, and a big hole was cut on his face, and the blood did not stop. He didn't dare to show his face again, but angrily ordered a retaliation. The arrogance of the Qing army fell, but the Ming army was quite encouraged.
The person who shot this arrow was Yang Jinxin, the president of the Flying Tiger Battalion A team. He was about thirty years old. He has a heroic appearance, a strong body, and a legendary experience. He was originally from Shizhou, Hubei Province, and was born in a family of county officials. Since childhood, he likes to read military books, both civil and military, Chongzhen fifteen years of township examination, a year later to make up for Guangxi Yangshuo County. In the second year of Longwu, Li Chengdong's army invaded Liangguang. Volunteers are surging all over the country. Yang Jinxin also personally formed a village bravery, fought with the enemy several times, and won quite a lot, and then retreated into the mountains because he was outnumbered. Later, Pang Yue led the army to fight Qingyuan and Guangzhou, captured and killed Tong Yangjia and Li Chengdong, and recovered Liangguang. Yang Jinxin was excited, but also admired the courage of the generals and felt the weakness of the literati, so he resigned and went to the Pang Yue army in Guangzhou. Request to abandon the text from Rong.
Pang Yue was surprised by his identity, and sighed at his literary talent and martial arts. Naturally, there was no reason to refuse, and he and the dozens of villagers he led were admitted to the army. After entering the camp, Yang Jinxin was personally nominated by Pang Yue, passed the assessment of the training camp, and was assigned to the General Staff Department, and was initially awarded the title of general. A few months later, the position of the general manager of the Flying Tiger Battalion A team was vacant, and he once again stood out among many candidates with his own strength, and his promotion speed became a legend.
Among all the thousands of generals in Huguang Town, Yang Jinxin has the most knowledge, and his personal force does not let other generals in the slightest, especially the archery skills are the most outstanding, and he is known as the magic arrow Yang. Right now, the Qing general Xu Tianzhong actually spoke wildly in front of him, and he really didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
scared away Xu Tianpet, Yang Jinxin opened his bow one after another, and a string of beaded arrows was released, and many Qing soldiers fell in response. But after all, it is difficult to turn the entire situation on the battlefield. Due to the gradual exhaustion of the momentum and the limited room for maneuver around them, the cavalry of the Flying Tiger Battalion had almost no advantage in the face of the Qing infantry guarding the position, but because of the obvious goal on the horse, it increased its disadvantage to itself.
The battalion officer recognized the order, and Shi Youliang issued a military order, on the one hand, he asked some officers and soldiers to use crossbows and short guns to block the pursuers in the north and counterattack the ambush soldiers in the woods, and on the other hand, he ordered the officers and men of the two divisions in the front row to dismount and fight, so as to break the Qing army's interception as soon as possible.
On the entire battlefield, guns and cannons rang out in unison, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the battle became more and more intense.
After the south rejected the horse formation, the Qing army desperately resisted, and on the east and north sides, the Qing army was also compressing the encirclement step by step, although at first the cavalry of the Flying Tiger Battalion was caught off guard, but then the more fierce it became.
And isn't the Flying Tiger Battalion going all out? This battle was fierce, but it was also too wimpy and aggrieved. If they were facing each other in a dignified array on the plains, these thousands of Qing army foot soldiers would not have entered their eyes, so what would it matter if there were a few more thousand? But now that they have lost their geographical advantages, they have to meet the enemy with the worst style of play.
When the battle was in full swing, to the south of the rejecting horse formation, there was a faint commotion in the rear of the Qing army.
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When Chen Youlong led the army to arrive, the Qing army in the south had already set up a horse rejection formation and completed the encirclement of the Flying Tiger Battalion, but he never thought that another Ming cavalry would come from his rear, and the formation was immediately in chaos.
Chen Youlong took the lead and personally charged forward, and the only thing he wanted in his heart at this moment was to break the encirclement of the Qing army as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Qing troops on the east and north sides pressed over together, wouldn't the main force of the Flying Tiger Battalion, which had lost its mobility, be in danger?
He is short and strong, but he is extremely powerful, and his moves are destined to kill, and he has few enemies under him. Inspired by him, the next four or five hundred cavalry also shouted for a fierce battle, and in a short time rushed into the rear of the Qing army dozens of paces.
"Grandpa is Huguang Wu Yama is also!" Chen Youlong, whose face was covered with blood, shouted wildly while leading his troops to kill left and right, at first glance, he really looked like a Yama. Everywhere he went, the Qing army was terrified.
However, after all, Chen Youlong's troops were relatively small in number, and the Qing army quickly reacted after the initial confusion. The Qing general Xu Tianzhong appointed a powerful general and mobilized some elites to launch a counterattack against Chen Youlong's department. (To be continued.) )