Chapter 99: Defeat
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
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The first to fire was the Hongyi Cannon. $(). (23) (w) (x).)
The firing range of the Hongyi cannon is definitely the longest effective range among all the artillery, not to mention that Lu Yan chose the cannon among them.
One after another, the shells fell into the array of the Ming army, and all the Ming soldiers were smashed to death.
Then the shells continued to roll backwards, all the way out of a bloody path.
After a salvo, nearly 100 Ming troops were killed and wounded by these cannons.
Seeing this, those Ming troops were all terrified, and then retreated one after another.
Cui Tianxi and He Rubin's faces turned pale, and they didn't stop them.
"It takes a long time for such artillery firing from enemy troops."
He Rubin said unconsciously.
Cui Tianxi did not speak with a cold face.
Seeing the enemy retreating, those Qi family troops began to slowly press forward.
The vehicle-mounted Franc machines and the general's cannon also kept moving forward, and the enemy's retreat kept them from firing.
At this time, the cavalry of the Beiwei Army behind the Qi family army began to move.
They mounted their horses and rushed forward from the left.
"Everyone stopped retreating and prepared to meet the charge of the enemy cavalry."
He Rubin couldn't help but say loudly.
Cui Tianxi frowned, but didn't say anything.
Although the more than 4,000 cavalry only accelerated slowly, it seemed to be boundless at a glance, which made many soldiers feel very frightened, and they did not obey He Rubin's order to stop, but kept retreating.
Finally, after being beaten and scolded by some of the military attachΓ©s, the soldiers stopped, and then raised their muskets and pointed them at the cavalry.
Those cavalry did not charge at the position of the Ming army, but rushed to the direction of the Ming army's flank and stopped far away.
All the Ming troops looked at these cavalry nervously, and the pressure brought by thousands of cavalry would only be understood by those who had really faced it.
Thousands of cavalry are like thousands of tanks, once they charge, they will definitely destroy everything in front of them, otherwise they will never turn back.
Cui Tianxi and He Rubin both had heavy faces, and these cavalry completely restrained the Ming army, so that the Ming army did not dare to move.
Not a single infantry corps dared to retreat in front of the cavalry, and failure to retreat was likely to turn into a rout.
Yang Zaixing has been observing the Ming army just now, whether an army is strong or not, sometimes it can be seen from the appearance.
Yang Zaixing chose the flank and rear of the Ming army, which was Cui Tianxi's troops.
Cui Tianxi came late and wanted to preserve his strength, so his troops have always been in the flank and rear.
Soon the cavalry brigade divided into a cavalry team of 900 people, and they were seen cautiously approaching the Ming army.
These cavalry were somewhat different from other cavalry in that they were armed only with crossbows and sabers, and were not equipped with spears.
Seeing this, He Rubin hurriedly shouted loudly: "Everyone is not allowed to fire without an order, and those who dare to fire without permission will be beheaded for public display." β
He had heard a lot of Jurchen tricks, so he didn't want his soldiers to make the same mistake.
Cui Tianxi's face was a little pale, and his face no longer had a calm look.
He glanced at He Rubin and did not interfere with his orders.
Soon a soldier passed on his order.
The Zhejiang soldiers all held the firearms in their hands tightly, their expressions were nervous, their throats were dry, and their faces showed a look of fear.
The Ming army of those Shenji battalions is far behind, and they are often captured by those wealthy and powerful to be domestic slaves and help those powerful people do some chores.
They rarely participate in the army's drills, and it's okay for them to bully some ordinary people, but it is really difficult for them to suddenly face such a big battle.
Many of them were pale, their legs were shaking, and they couldn't even hold the fire gun in their hands.
Some 150 cavalry were again divided into the cavalry, and their formation was very scattered, and then they slowly marched forward.
I saw that they took out their crossbows, and after aiming a little, they shot towards the array of the Ming army.
The Bearers' style of play was to fire a few rounds with their bows and crossbows before letting the cavalry charge, and this time was no exception.
They also knew all about the power of the Ming army's muskets, so they all shot arrows outside the effective range of the Ming army.
"Ahh
"Ahh
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A scream rang out when the Ming army's military formation was neutral.
These crossbows easily pierced their kaigar and then shot into their bodies.
"Bang!"
'Bang! β
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The physical injuries made those Ming soldiers extremely frightened, and many of them began to fire in terror.
Some didn't even aim at all, but shot indiscriminately upwards, and only God knows where the lead shot hit.
Others fired at the cavalry, but they were all out of effective range and did not take much damage at all.
The cavalrymen retreated after firing and continued to load their arrows.
Another 150 soldiers stepped forward, and they continued to fire arrows into the Ming army.
After such rounds of arrow raindown, more and more Ming troops began to be hit by arrows.
The Ming army who was hit by the arrow let out a terrible scream, as if it was a dead father and mother.
Those who were not hit by the arrow squeezed back desperately, fearing that they would be shot by the enemy.
The musketeers desperately cast the muskets in their hands, as if this was the only way to give them a sense of security.
All of a sudden, the Ming army's position was filled with muskets, and there was fire and white smoke everywhere.
Seeing this, Cui Tianxi was shocked and angry, and then scolded: "What a bunch of useless waste!" β
He Rubin was also terrified, once the enemy cavalry launched a charge at this time, then the Ming army would be finished.
Sometimes I was really worried about what was coming, and seeing that the formation of the Ming army had become a mess, Yang Zaixing's face showed a look of excitement.
He was a man who was very good at catching fighters, and sometimes the fighters on the battlefield were fleeting.
Therefore he quickly ordered the cavalry to begin the charge, no longer a pinch, but a real charge.
More than 3,000 cavalry accelerated at full strength, and the scene when the cavalry charged was terrifying.
Like a galloping horse, the first thought of the crowd in front of them was to get out of the way.
Cui Tianxi's face turned pale, and then shouted frantically: "Resist! Resist me no matter what! β
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
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The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion opened fire frantically, but because of too little training and too much nervousness.
They were very unskilled in their reloading, and many of them got the reload in the wrong order, and as a result, they could not fire their muskets.
Some of them exploded because they were loaded with too much gunpowder, and as a result, they not only injured themselves, but also injured the surrounding Ming troops.
More were already frightened by the charge of the Ming army, and only knew how to fire.
As for the usual drills, they have long been forgotten.
The current Ming army is chaotic in addition to chaos, scolding mothers, and screaming endlessly.
Of course, this could not do much damage to these Beiwei cavalry, although the Ming army opened fire with a rather alarming momentum, but the damage to the Beiwei army was minimal.
"It's over!"
Cui Tianxi and He Rubin said almost at the same time.
Those cavalry finally collided with the infantry fiercely, they were like warships splitting the waves, and the formation of the Ming army was quickly broken up by them.
The Ming troops on the outside were stabbed to death or knocked to death by those cavalry, whether they resisted or fled, and no one could survive the charge of a large number of cavalry.
Then the torrent of this cavalry only decreased a little, and continued to rush forward.
The terrible condition of the soldiers on the periphery frightened the remaining soldiers, or at the moment of the cavalry charge, they were already frightened.
They fled in all directions with a look of fear, and those Zhejiang soldiers who could barely support were also swept away by them, and finally fled together with them.
As if in response to the great victory of the cavalry, the front of the Ming army sounded with the rumbling of cannons.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
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Those general cannons and Franc machine guns opened fire one after another, and the dense rain of bullets hit them, almost beating the Ming troops in the front row into a sieve.
Those Ming troops had already been fluctuating in their morale and retreated one after another.
In the face of Lu Yan's two-sided attack, the Ming army almost had a tendency to collapse.
The gunners quickly cleared the chamber and loaded the gun inside.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
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Since the gunpowder and projectiles were completely loaded in the sub-guns, the rate of fire of the general's cannon and the Franc machine was very fast.
Another burst of artillery rang out, and the Ming army's position once again set off a bloody storm.
At this time, the firecrackers of the Qi family army began to stride forward, chasing after him, and then the first row knelt down on one knee, the second row squatted, and the third row stood.
Three platoons fired forward almost simultaneously.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
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The dense lead pellets hit the Ming army, which was still resisting in the front.
A large number of lead pellets hit them, and many Ming troops were severely damaged almost at the same time.
At this time, the Ming army in the front row suffered continuous heavy losses from artillery and musketeers, coupled with the rout of the right flank.
They had long lost their morale and fled backwards.
The Qi family army in the back row continued to move forward, and then kept firing.
A large number of firearms continued to fire, and finally the enemy forces in front of them were completely routed.
Cui Tianxi and He Rubin, who knew that something was wrong, had already begun to escape, or they were already ready to escape.
The camp of the Ming army was not far from their position, and as long as they fled into the camp, it would be safe.
At this time, a team of Ming troops stood in front of them.
Seeing this, almost all the Ming troops were scolding.
After being chased by the cavalry, they all hated their parents for giving them two legs, the infantry couldn't outrun the cavalry, and you still came to block Lao Tzu's way.
Without even thinking about it, these routs rushed towards the ranks of the Ming army.
The general of this Ming army motioned for them to bypass from both sides, but who wanted to listen to him in a life-or-death situation.
They rushed into the Ming army's military formation, and then desperately squeezed back.
Some of the Ming troops were very unhappy with their collision, only to be slashed by the defeated troops.
This Ming army was rushed by the rout, and seeing the cavalry rushing from afar, some Ming troops also began to flee under wraps.
The rest of the Ming army did not shoot, nor did they kill, after all, there were friendly troops everywhere.
So those cavalry mixed in the Ming army and rushed into the Ming army's military array.
After a burst of killing, the Ming army was also killed.
A large number of Ming soldiers rushed to the camp crying and shouting, and they all knew that as long as they rushed into the camp, they would be safe.
After Cui Tianxi and He Rubin rushed into the camp, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, they all rode war horses, saw the opportunity early, and were guarded by their own soldiers, plus the obstruction of those defeated armies.
When they looked back, they saw that a large number of the defeated troops were being chased by the cavalry and rushed towards the camp.
Seeing this, they all felt a chill in their hearts.
Cui Tianxi hurriedly shouted: "Close the gate quickly, otherwise the enemy will rush in." β
A group of his men hurriedly tried to close the gate.
But now there was a great crowd of people, and a large number of defeated troops were constantly crowding into the camp, and it was not easy to squeeze through.
Some of the red-eyed soldiers saw them blocking the way, and even took out steel knives and slashed at them.
At this time, a silver-armored general wearing a phoenix-winged helmet had already rushed outside the gate with more than a dozen cavalrymen.
Yang Zaixing is a real fierce general, and his favorite thing is to charge into battle.
In the tenth year of Shaoxing, the Jin soldiers invaded south.
Yang Zaixing once single-handedly entered the Jin army formation, trying to capture Yan Zongbi alive, but finally failed to kill hundreds of enemy soldiers.
Later, in the Battle of Xiaoshang River, Yang Zaihe led 300 cavalry and a large army of the Jin army to encounter, and once again led the army to fight fiercely with the Jin army, killing one of 10,000 households and 2,000 Jin troops of several households.
In the end, he was outnumbered and defeated by countless arrows in his body.
Later, after Jin Jun got his body and burned it, he got as many as two liters of metal arrowheads alone.
It can be seen from this that Yang Zaixing is such a brave general.
He chased and chased more than a dozen of his own soldiers all the way here, and then slashed and killed the Ming soldiers at the gate of the camp and rushed towards the camp.
"Stop them! Otherwise, we're all done. β
He Rubin said loudly.
But even if the defeated soldiers knew that the enemy army was behind them, no one was willing to turn back and slash them.
The only thought in their minds is to run!
You will be safe if you escape from the camp!
Outside the camp, you will definitely be killed by the enemy!
So the dozen or so cavalrymen rushed into the camp along the route, and then began to slash and slaughter in the camp.
After rushing into the camp, many Ming troops reluctantly settled down.
Seeing that these dozen or so cavalrymen dared to rush and kill wantonly in the camp, they killed these cavalrymen under the organization of He Rubin and Cui Tianxi.
But what they don't know is that Yang Zaixing is definitely a person with explosive combat effectiveness.
How could this little scene be put in his eyes, so he led a dozen cavalry to gallop in the camp, and those Ming troops who rushed over were killed by him wave after wave.
And taking advantage of this time, more and more cavalry of the Beiwei Army rushed into the camp.
"It's over!"
Cui Tianxi and He Rubin thought almost at the same time.
It's really defeated, you can't stop it even if you want to!
The two looked at each other, discussed in a whisper, and then fled back with their own soldiers.
Now the situation is already obvious, the Ming army has been defeated, it is impossible to be the enemy's opponent at all, and the only way to survive is to escape.
"Tell the Overseer, my army on the right has been defeated by the enemy, and the enemy has chased and killed in the camp, and is setting fire to people everywhere in the camp."
At this time, a herald ran over and said.
"How can this be?"
Wang Zaijin had already been caught off guard by the bad news coming from everywhere, and he was shocked and angry when he learned the news.
"Cui Tianxi and He Rubin are really waste, hurry up and send Zhou Zongxiang Dusi and Admiral Ji Yuanxian to kill the enemy army."
"Yes, my lord."
The herald said quickly, and left the place with that.
Wang Zaijin looked at the flaming Dazhai on the right like dead ashes, his hands kept shaking, is he going to lose today?
Thinking about how high-spirited he was when he came, I didn't expect this battle to be so difficult.
As soon as he thought of this, he felt extremely regretful, maybe he shouldn't have taken on this important task.
Now the entire battlefield has long been filled with the rumbling of artillery and the sound of killing.
The army on the right was defeated, and the army on the middle and left was also beaten back in front of the enemy's artillery, and kept sending people to ask Wang Zaijin for help.
At this time, the enemy once again dispatched a large number of cavalry to the Ming army in the middle and began to charge, and a large number of cavalry began to continuously attack the Ming army's position.
The already fearful Ming army only resisted for a while in front of the enemy's cavalry and then began to retreat.
The defeated army scattered all over the mountains fled frantically to the rear.
Affected by the defeat of the armies on the right and in the center, it did not take long for the armies on the left to begin to rout on all fronts.
Everywhere there are scenes where the enemy begins to chase and kill the Ming army.
"It's over!"
When Wang Zaijin heard the news, he fell to the ground.
He woke up only after emergency treatment by those pro-soldiers.
"My lord, let's run away, the enemy is coming."
At this time, one of his personal soldiers said.
Wang Zaijin hurriedly looked into the distance and found that a cavalry had rushed into the village and rushed towards it.
There is no way, who made Wang Zaijin's banner too conspicuous.
Seeing this, Wang Zaijin's face turned green.
"Retreat! Cover me and retreat together!! β
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