Chapter 41: I Stand Still

At this time, under the banner of the Qing army, Ke Yongsheng's face was a little ugly, and the muscles at the corners of his mouth were twitching. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info it is no wonder that the scene in the distance and the constant wails of his own officers and soldiers have brought him too many surprises, and they are very bad accidents.

In the face of everything, Ke Yongsheng even yelled at Chaotian a few times, when did he fight such a? When did the Southern Ming Army have such elite soldiers? When he raised his eyes, he saw that the officers and soldiers who had followed him from north to south and had killed the Ming army many times and fled, not only could not break through the formation of the Ming army in front of them, but were easily slaughtered like a herd of cattle and sheep. Although the pikemen of the Ming army also fell from time to time, there would soon be soldiers in the back row, and those Qing soldiers who were lucky enough to rush into the pikemen formation and cause casualties to the Ming army were not stabbed to death by spears stabbed from other directions. Ke Yongsheng even saw with his own eyes that after a brave Qing soldier desperately rushed into the formation and cut down a Ming spearman, two spears immediately pierced his head and neck.

However, after all, Ke Yongsheng is an old oilman who has been on the battlefield for many years, although he has suffered a little setback, he will not lose confidence, and he soon sobered up from the initial panic and began to take countermeasures. Seeing that the infantry in the center could not open the situation, he ordered the cavalry on both flanks to attack, intending to tear the Ming army's formation apart from the flank.

After receiving the order, Gao Jinku and Xu Qiren, who had been waiting for a long time, each led more than 1,000 cavalry to rush to the Ming army from both sides. For a while, the horses' hooves rumbled and the dust was flying, and the cavalry of the Qing army, which had been gathering momentum for a long time, rushed straight to the Ming army with a soaring murderous aura, and it seemed that the next moment would be able to tear the Ming army's defense line to pieces.

After the Qing cavalry was dispatched, the formation of the Ming army also changed rapidly, and the soldiers on both wings of the phalanx and the rear changed their positions in an orderly manner under the dispatch of the officers. The two sides of the originally straight phalanx quickly turned into an arc, like a strong bow full of strings, pointing directly at the galloping Qing cavalry. Immediately afterwards, the soldiers at the front raised their heavy shields one after another, forming a wall of steel shields.

Gao Jinku and Xu Qiren did not pay attention to the actions of the Ming army, and after smiling coldly, they led their cavalry to speed up the charge.

200 steps...... One hundred and fifty steps...... As the Qing cavalry approached, the shaking of the ground became more violent, and the shock was beyond the infantry. In the phalanx, the soldiers of Ganzhou Town inevitably became nervous, and their hearts beat faster with the rumbling sound of horses' hooves.

The Qing soldiers on the horse had hideous faces, raising their swords, and seemed to be already thinking about which direction to start from when they cut off the heads of the Ming soldiers later.

One hundred and twenty steps...... One hundred steps...... The distance was getting closer and closer, and the Ming army still did not move, but quietly stopped in place, but this atmosphere gave the Qing cavalry a bad premonition.

"Smack!" On the right side of the Ming army's large array, an insignificant crisp sound suddenly joined by the rumbling sound of horses' hooves. Originally, this kind of sound was not enough to be taken seriously, but the next scene attracted special attention.

I saw a galloping war horse suddenly kneel forward, and at the same time let out a series of mournful wails. At the same time as the war horse rolled to the ground, the Qing soldiers on its back were also thrown out far away due to inertia. Immediately afterwards, this scene was constantly staged in the entire cavalry queue of the Qing army on the right flank, and the wails of the war horses and the wails of the Qing soldiers were intertwined, one after another. The originally fierce cavalry formation of the Qing army suddenly became panicked and embarrassed.

Gao Jin, the Qing general in charge of the command, pulled the reins in time and escaped by luck. After that, he subconsciously looked at the ground, and found that there were many holes in the ground with the thickness of bowl mouths, but they were not discovered because they were randomly covered by weeds before. This kind of hole looks harmless to humans and animals, but the facts just now fully explain its function: the legs of galloping horses are broken when they step into it! …,

Trapped! Gao Jinku immediately called out the name of this hole. At this moment, there was also a wail of war horses and human wails from the Ming army's array, obviously Xu Qiren's department was also recruited.

After so many years of fighting, Gao Jinku is naturally not an idiot, knowing that since the Ming army has set a trap, there will definitely be a follow-up move, so he ordered to turn around. However, the Ming army didn't seem to want to give him this opportunity.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" …… The firearms who had just retreated from the front row of the phalanx had already reloaded their ammunition and came to the flanks to start another round of firing. A storm of lead bullets shot through the gaps in the shields and towards the Qing cavalry, who had not yet fully recovered from the chaos.

A blood hole with a bowl mouth suddenly appeared in the neck of a war horse running at the front, and blood splashed around like a fountain, but after the large-caliber lead bullet shot by the spear passed through the horse's neck, it was still unabated, and it was stained with horse blood and had a close contact with the Qing soldiers on horseback. A large ball of blood immediately appeared on the chest of the Qing soldier, and then the whole person flew out. At the same time, the rest of the men and horses were also shot, and those Qing soldiers who had been thrown off their horses but were not killed on the spot were all killed and completely cut off.

This round of volleys by the Ming army's firearms soldiers dealt a heavier blow to the Qing cavalry that had just been deflated. In addition to the casualties, the deafening rattling of firearms and the pain of being shot made some of the horses almost go crazy, and after breaking free from the control of the Qing soldiers, they scurried around with a wail, causing the whole formation to be even more chaotic.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the firearms of the Ming army once again fired a volley, and a large number of people and horses were shot and fell to the ground on the spot.

The Ming army's unbridled fire and the rising number of casualties on his side greatly angered Gao Jinku, and he issued an order to accelerate the assault with a vengeful heart.

After receiving the order, the cavalry of the Qing army adjusted slightly, bypassed a large pile of corpses in front, and continued to rush towards the Ming army's formation, trying to tear the Ming army's defense line apart, so as to lose its shame. However, due to the fact that it had suffered several rounds of blows before, there were many casualties among the men and horses, and the formation was also disturbed, the momentum of the Qing cavalry had been greatly weakened, and it was only relying on a bloody courage to adhere to the forward trend.

When the Qing cavalry entered the distance of fifty paces, the Ming archers in the formation also joined the attack. The black rain of arrows and the stormy lead shot towards the front with bursts of screams, hitting the people in the ranks of the Qing army on their backs, flesh and blood flying, and the howling of horses and neighing endlessly.

However, due to the limited number and rate of fire of the Ming army's firearms, the Qing cavalry still rushed to the front of the Ming army after paying a certain amount of casualties. At this time, the Ming pikemen in the formation had taken over the positions of archers and firearmsmen, and pointed forward obliquely through the shield wall with nine-foot spears dedicated to dealing with cavalry, and the dense cold light revealed bursts of chill.

The mournful neighing sounded again, and the Qing army horses that rushed to the front were pierced and pierced through the neck, and the Qing soldiers on their backs were also thrown into the Ming army formation by strong inertia, and then they were stabbed into meat skewers by dense spears.

However, for the infantry, it was always a great test to face the cavalry head-on. Although most of the war horses that rushed up were stabbed to death on the spot, its huge impact still hit the shield wall of the Ming army and shook for a while, and the Ming soldiers behind several heavy shields were shocked to the point that their mouths and noses were bleeding. As more and more Qing cavalry rushed up, the situation became more critical, and the entire defense line was smashed into each other's teeth.

"Ganzhou Town! - " The commander of the Ming army in the formation shouted hoarsely.

"Victory!!" There was a tsunami-like echo around them. The Ming soldiers blushed and roared so hard that their throats were itchy, and they relied on their own will and belief to resist the impact of the Qing cavalry. Although people were constantly knocked backwards and even vomited blood on the spot, the follow-up people were still replenished in a steady stream under the dispatch of the officers. The whole formation is like a large fishing net, staggered by the live fish, but it still exudes an unquestionable tenacity. …,

The cavalry of the Qing army looked at the scene in front of them in surprise, they really didn't expect that there were such soldiers who dared to fight in the Ming army! Infantry against cavalry is still so tenacious! Oh my God, is the Ming army evil? Although the Qing soldiers had doubts, the facts could not be denied: the momentum of their forward assault had become weaker and weaker, and the pace of their advance was becoming more and more stagnant.

After the Ming army, Pang Yue was quietly looking at the soldiers of Ganzhou Town who were struggling against the cavalry of the Qing army. Although his face was unfazed, his heart was already surging, and a voice kept echoing in his chest: Who said that Qing Yu was invincible? Who said that the men of the Han family are not martial?! The fledgling town of Ganzhou was really pleased that it could achieve such results. He was deeply moved by the selfless bloody battles of the soldiers, speaking of which, he didn't actually do anything, but just taught them some skills and gave them a hope, so that they could burst out with such combat effectiveness! It seems that the erosion of the Ming army is not in the soldiers themselves, but in the terrible system!

In front of the phalanx, the Ming army and the Qing army were still fighting hard. In the face of the Ming army's gunlike array, the surging Qing army was shattered like a wave hitting the reef, and the lying corpses built up hills, leaving behind blood that stained the soil under their feet red.

On both flanks, the offensive of the Qing cavalry was gradually blocked by the Ming army, and the two sides fell into a more direct and tragic state of fighting......

After observing the battle situation for a while, the corners of Pang Yue's mouth gradually showed a smile, and he turned his head and commanded Wei Yuan beside him.

A moment later, several rattling arrows pierced the sky with their distinctive screech. Suddenly, there was a change in a previously calm and impermanent forest to the west, and the cavalry rushed out of it, quickly forming a formation, and then rushing towards this side with a cloud of smoke and dust.