Chapter 123: The Battle of Xinfeng (9)
"Kill !!"
With a violent roar in unison, the ironclad army raised the horse chopping knife in his hand above the top, and the sharp cold light made the gray darkness of the sky fade.
A thousand sabers fell!
In the frightened gaze of the Eight Banners cavalry, the cotton armor that the Qing army was proud of was simply a joke.
The steel sword cut through the horse's neck, slicing the chest and abdomen of the Qing soldiers, and brought a rain of blood when it was raised again.
The strong ironclad army is dressed in heavy iron armor, holding a thirty-kilogram horse chopping knife, and every time he roars and swings the sword, there will always be a cavalry or war horse cut off by the big sword in the hands of the ironclad army.
In the blink of an eye, the Ironclad Army had already stepped into the formation of the Qing Army.
One step at a time, no one in ten steps!
The ground was littered with countless corpses that terrified the Qing army, and the ironclad soldiers whose bodies were splashed with blood were like fierce gods and evil spirits climbing out of the deepest sea of blood in hell.
The cavalry of the Eight Banners was frightened by the strength of the ironclad army, and they did not have the courage to continue to rush forward, so they hurriedly turned their horses and fled to both sides.
When the Eight Banners cavalry escaped from the range of the musketeers, the glue merchant sadly found that the 20,000 Eight Banners cavalry now had less than 11,000 left.
When the Manchurians entered the customs, there were 210,000 people in the Eight Banners of the Han Army, but there were only more than 40,000 cavalry in the Eight Banners.
There had never been such a big casualty in the decisive battle with Li Zicheng, and nearly 9,000 children of the Eight Banners were killed in this station.
After going back this time, how can I explain to the regent?
Seeing that even the last Eight Banners cavalry failed to salvage the defeat.
The Zheng Jiajun's tiger army is definitely not something that the Qing army, which has been attacking for eight or nine days and is exhausted, can withstand.
The worst thing is. The Ming army, which was about to collapse, seemed to have regained some fighting spirit.
The Great Qing is defeated!
Tan Tai's right hand trembled slightly, his face was full of pain, and he shouted angrily: "Withdraw the troops!" ”
The trumpeters and flag-bearers immediately passed Tan Tai's order out.
The horn of retreat can be heard. Although the generals of Heluohui, who were still fighting the Ming army in the city, were extremely reluctant, they still carried out the order.
Shang Kexi beckoned soldiers and horses and escorted Tan Tai to flee north.
Geng Jingzhong led his troops and horses to entangle the Zheng family's army to facilitate Tan Tai's retreat.
He Luohui, who had retreated from the city, galloped to Tan Tai's side and asked anxiously and suspiciously, "General, why are you retreating?" One more moment. Our army immediately captured Xinfeng. ”
He Luohui has been fighting in the chaos of the army, and he does not know much about the situation of the incoming enemy, nor does he realize the seriousness of the problem.
Tan Tai said weakly: "Our army is defeated. If you don't leave, the whole army will be buried here! ”
Seeing that the Qing army wanted to escape, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly ordered the Iron Cavalry Town, which had been repaired, to attack.
The five thousand iron horsemen who had been waiting heard the order and immediately spread their horses' hooves. Kill the Qing army.
Wang Qibang rode on horseback and said urgently to Yao Guotai on the side. "Brother Yao, the Qing army's formation is in chaos, and the time has come to break the enemy. If we take advantage of the momentum to attack, we will be able to win a big victory! ”
"Okay, attack it!" Yao Guotai also looked excited, and replied in a loud voice.
Since returning to the country, Zheng Chenggong has relied on the two of them very much. The weapons and horses that Iron Cavalry Town needs are all given what they want.
There was never a shortage of money, food, and military salaries, and the soldiers also let them choose arbitrarily among the Zheng family's army.
The original 3,000 war horses plus the 2,000 war horses presented by Li Chengdong. Together, the Zheng family army also has 5,000 cavalry.
After several months of training, he finally completed the Iron Riding Town. Today is to let the country surnamed Ye see the results of his efforts.
"The Qing army has been defeated, and our army will win today!" Wang raised the big sword in his hand and roared wildly, "All soldiers, follow me to break the enemy and rush into battle!" ”
"Rushing into battle to kill the enemy......" Yao Guotai raised his sword three times in a row.
He shouted three times in his mouth, and then rushed forward first.
Holding the monocular presented by the missionary, Zheng Chenggong shouted to the herald: "Order the artillery battalion, extend the artillery fire back and cover the iron cavalry town." ”
"Order!" The herald hurried to the artillery battalion to deliver the order.
As ordered, the artillery fire extended backwards.
Looking at the ever-expanding artillery fire, "Toot ~ Toot ~!" The horns sounded.
Zheng Jiajun's iron cavalry town charged the Qing army.
Wang Qibang and Yao Guotai were as brave as tigers, leading 5,000 people in Tieqi Town, all of whom were the most elite soldiers carefully selected from the Zheng family.
And before the war, hundreds of households, thousands of households, and Duwei had already told these soldiers that this battle was related to the life and death of the Zheng family's army.
These soldiers also burst out with unprecedented combat power, and the posture rushed into the Qing army formation like a fury, and the stumps and broken arms flew everywhere the horses passed.
"Kill!" Wang Qibang led the iron cavalry to rush directly towards the Qing army, intending to kill the general and completely crush the fighting spirit of the Qing army.
Iron Cavalry Town formed a cone-shaped formation, like chopping waves, fighting a bloody path through the crowd, and everywhere it passed, the dead and wounded, and the screams echoed in the dojo.
Tan Tai's eyes looked at this rapidly approaching soldier and horse unwillingly, this army of soldiers and horses moved quickly, and many cavalry commanded as one.
Based on Tan Tai's many years of experience in warfare, it is clear that this is definitely a well-trained cavalry.
After experiencing the artillery fire in the sky and seeing this cavalry, Tan Taicai realized that he had always underestimated Zheng Chenggong.
No, it should be that the Qing Dynasty despised this Haikou coward.
Zheng Chenggong is the biggest enemy of the Qing Dynasty, if he can survive, he must tell the regent, and before Zheng Chenggong has a momentum, even if he fights for huge casualties, he must be eliminated.
Tan Tai thought fiercely.
The rubber merchant saw that the cavalry of the Zheng family army was killing the Qing army, and knew that if he couldn't block this cavalry, the main general Tan Tai would be in danger.
They hurriedly turned and charged at Iron Knight.
Seeing the Eight Banners cavalry attacking, Wang Qibang knew that he had fewer soldiers and horses, and his equestrian skills were incomparable with Manmeng, who had been riding on horseback since childhood, so he gave an order, and Tieqizhen turned the horse's head, brushed it from the side of the Qing army, and cut off part of the Qing soldiers.
(To be continued.) )