Chapter 270: The Battle of Qi'er Sea (2)
The roar of more than a dozen cannons always seemed so short, but it was so magnificent, and the rising gunpowder smoke even condensed into an invisible but ever-changing demon above the Ming military array, with teeth and claws, as if it was seducing the souls of those who had died.
The crisp sound of the muskets, like fried beans, seemed so light, in the noisy hooves and the deafening roar of artillery, there was a lightness, but people couldn't help but feel a little shuddered.
Taishi Xiaolai tightly tightened the reins of the mount on his body, and his eyes, which had narrowed into two thin slits, shrank his pupils, which seemed to be a little gray and black, like the eyes of a needle. In my eyes, this is so cute, such a green and fat turquoise field, but at this moment, it looks so hideous.
From the very beginning, when those brave Hala Shen Iron Cavalry warriors charged, their hearts were so passionate and free, but in less than a short time of tea, on that short sprint distance of only a few miles, there were already more than a thousand Hala Shen warriors, looking at those corpses that were trampled beyond recognition, and the hearts of the people couldn't help but be clouded.
The continuous sound of artillery fire, the severed limbs and stumps left behind after the torrent passed, also shocked the people around him, even the young master A Luo who wished that the soldiers of the Hara Shen Department could suffer heavy casualties, the expression on his face at this moment was also extremely shocked.
"What's going on? Obviously there are not many artillery guns firing, how can it cause such a big damage, the Ming army's Zhankou General Cannon can indeed cause such a large area of damage, but the problem is that the range of the Zhankou General Cannon is not far? Nearby, a coalition leader couldn't help but shout in horror.
"Isn't it that those southern barbarians have come up with some new artillery?" The other coalition general also let out a low cry with an exclamation mark like a noisy eight women.
"Tell Gus'er to let him attack now, no matter what method he uses, he must rush up in the shortest possible time and attack the flank of that Ming army." Taishi's face was as gloomy as water, and his voice was faintly angry and irritable. "What this master wants is a clean victory, understand?!"
Although now, the 10,000 iron cavalry are still charging sharply, but there is a faint worry that if the reinforcements are not sent in time, maybe the 10,000 warriors of the Harashen Department will be greatly damaged by the Ming army that has been firing again and again.
He didn't want the elite led by Chi Na to be embarrassed by the Ming army that couldn't figure it out, and more importantly, every time one more warrior of the Harashen tribe died, the strength gap between himself and other clan leaders would be narrowed by one point.
Soon, Ge Si'er received the military order from the Taishi of the Father, and without saying a word, he gave an order to his own ready, loosened his horse, and roared wildly, and the elite iron cavalry of the five thousand Harashen troops broke away from the huge and slow coalition headquarters again, and rushed towards the battlefield filled with gunsmoke and war in front of him.
Seeing Gus'er's five thousand iron horsemen rushing away lightly and quickly, he slowly exhaled a turbid breath. If the brave China, as well as the ruthless Gus'er, and the fifteen thousand strong and fearless Hala Shen Iron Cavalry, if they don't even have the ** that even attack, they only know that the Ming army that blindly defends can't take it down, then unless these warriors don't even have the ** to fight.
"No matter how sharp the artillery fire of the Ming army is, they only have more than 10,000 after all, this is a steppe without danger to defend, there is no towering city wall, and there is no moat, if the fifteen thousand iron horsemen of the Hara Shen Department rush up, those Ming troops, if they can support the kung fu of the last pillar of incense, unless the heavens no longer bless us Mongolians." A coalition general let out such an exclamation, but everyone present frequently bowed their heads with the same feeling.
Although they had some admiration for the stubborn resistance of some Ming troops and the sharp artillery fire, they could not be the match for the Mongol warriors who rushed through the steppe.
-------------------- at the same moment, in the northwest of the battlefield about twenty miles away from the east side of Ninghaizi, a Ming army with bright armor and a huge number was rushing towards the battlefield with a resolute attitude.
A full 50,000 iron cavalry, this is the most powerful elite led by the chief military officers of Gansu, Guyuan, Ningxia, Yansui, and Datong border towns, the cavalry of Yishui, after receiving the will of Zhu Qizhen, up to the general army, down to the ordinary cavalry, each of them only carried three days' rations, starting from the horse drying platform, through Maoerzhuang, along the west side of the Qi'er Sea to the north, and finally, concealed the Junggar department, but also concealed the coalition army of the grassland headquarters, and copied the back road of the coalition army of the grassland headquarters.
Led his own soldiers out of the fast army, and immediately went to the high hill next to Shi Heng squinted at the southeast horizon, Shi Heng, who has always paid attention to his appearance and appearance, was already covered with dust, even if the two thick eyebrows and the long beard under the chin, they were all stained gray and yellow by the dust, these three days of hard marching, finally let them not be late, here, from the east side of the Qi'er Sea, it is only more than twenty miles, at most half an hour, The army would then be able to reach the Dzungar coalition and the battlefield commanded by His Majesty the Emperor.
It's just that I don't know if the coalition forces of the grassland headquarters will rush to the battlefield in advance and launch the battle in advance, but with the shrewdness and calculation of His Majesty the Emperor, it is expected that he should be able to know this, and with the cooperation of the Dzungar Ministry, there should be no problem in supporting it for a few hours.
At this moment, a group of men and horses rushed out from the brigade and rushed to the high post, led by the general with a thick beard and a tiger's back to the bear's waist, and saluted Shi Heng: "General, the generals have been rushing for nearly three hours in a row, and the people are tired and tired, I am afraid that it will be difficult to last, is it not for the soldiers to rest a little......
This person is Yin Tianze, the chief soldier of Gansu Town, this time, he brought 10,000 Gansu cavalry, and the general soldiers of other towns came in person.
Shi Heng clenched his fists in return, and when he heard this, he couldn't help frowning, but thinking that the other party was not his subordinate, but also the general soldier of a town, he was angry, and said lightly: "General Yin understands the hard work of the soldiers, this is a good thing, but this is wartime, and the military order is like a mountain." Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor has decreed that the whole army must rush to the predetermined battlefield on the east side of the Qi'er Sea before noon today. ”
"It's only about an hour before noon now, if it's delayed here, can we decide the grassland in one fell swoop, not to mention that if there is a ...... on His Majesty's side."
Hearing Shi Heng's words, Yin Tianze could only wave the horsewhip in his hand and curse secretly, took off the iron helmet on his head, and said stupidly: "Also, alas, why should His Majesty the Emperor personally take risks?" Could it be that ...... last time" Yin Tianze swallowed back half of his words, after all, the shame of the civil fort is taboo.
Shi Heng smiled and stroked his long gray beard. "No one knows what His Majesty the Emperor thinks, but if it weren't for His Majesty's hard work, how could he have managed the Xuanfu like an iron bucket in just two years, and even made the grassland fall apart, so that my Ming Dynasty had the opportunity to destroy the stubborn enemies of the grassland."
"Your Majesty's pro-army, Ben Hou also heard a little, last year, 3,000 elite cavalry, the great destruction of the king of the journal and the tile spur elite soldiers, is still in the ear, the pro-army now has more than 6,000 people, there are 5,000 Xuanfu elite soldiers Gong Wei, Yang Jun and Shi Biao on the side, and more than 30,000 Junggar troops are also here. As long as we can arrive in time and join forces, those grassland headquarters coalition forces will be encircled. ”
"The general is right, judging from His Majesty's actions and deeds in the past two years, he will definitely make a fearless and risky move. In that case, the general will be one step ahead. Yin Tianze put the helmet on again and said goodbye to Shi Heng with a fist.
Looking at the back of Yin Tianze and his people hurrying away, Shi Heng took a deep breath, waved his big hand, led the generals around him, and once again merged into the galloping army, bright as blood, the battle jacket was as bright as blood, on the green field, it looked extremely red and dazzling, 50,000 Ming iron horsemen, gathered into a river of blood, meandering and rushing on the vast and empty grassland, even if it was covered with more dust, but still could not hide the shining eyes of the soldiers, the enemy, is already not far ahead...... "boom boom boom ......" There was another burst of continuous artillery fire, and more than a dozen guns spewed out lead pellets, dense like raindrops, bombarded the cavalry and mounts of the Harashen Department that had rushed to the front of the horse, but a distance of more than 100 steps, this time, the kinetic energy carried by these lead pellets was even more terrifying, and it was easy to tear out one after another hideous bloody eyes on those strong and powerful **, and viciously burrowed into it and rolled, shattering all the obstacles that hindered its progress, and then passed through, Hit the next target again...... At such a close distance, more than a dozen artillery pieces opened fire, and the shotguns sprayed out almost had no chance of falling short, just a few fingers, two rounds of artillery fire, hundreds of Harashen cavalry fell lifelessly in front of those rejection horses, and when those Harashen cavalry continued to struggle to step on the body of their companions who were still alive and struggling, jumped over the rejection of the horse, and wanted to rush over this short distance of more than 100 steps, as soon as the heavy hooves of the war horse landed, they let out a desperate cry. The triangular iron, hidden in the weeds, revealed its most hideous sharpness, easily piercing the horse's hooves and reaching the flesh.
With the sound of shouting and screaming bamboo whistles, the fuse was finally lit by the nearly 100 swarms lined up in front of it, and in an instant, the piercing screaming sound almost covered up all the sound in an instant, and the flying rain arrows pounced out of those small coffin-like launchers, drawing phantoms in the air, and the triangular arrows easily broke through the leather armor on the Tartars' bodies and burrowed into the flesh and blood.
In just a few breaths, the original fat green meadow, as if the gods had used the supreme Dao method, on the green field, on the bodies of those dying tartars, and on the war horses, countless ripe ears of rice were sown, gently swaying and trembling.
-------------------- "Rush over!" Kids, work harder and kill all those Nanbans! The fine iron armor on his body was dyed by the blood of the soldiers who were protecting him in front of him, and he turned it into a blood-red red, and at this moment, his eyes were as red as blood.
His roar was always muffled by the thunderous artillery fire and screams, and every surge-like assault would always be blocked at this distance. Look at the monstrous triangles in the armor of the compatriots who had fallen to the ground, and the bloody holes that had almost been pierced.
Seeing those brave and incomparable soldiers keep falling, but there is no way, causing too much damage to the Ming army that is only more than a hundred steps away, China feels that his heart is like someone holding a sharp knife and stabbing it fiercely, not only dripping blood, but also angry.
The rain arrows that fought back were difficult to cause too much damage to the soldiers of the Ming army who were wrapped in fine iron armor.
And every time dozens, if not hundreds, of the brave and fearless lucky people took advantage of the gap in the artillery fire, rushed through the obstacle about several feet thick, and waved their swords in ecstasy, the crisp gunfire like bursting beans would sound briskly again.
From time to time, from behind those large shields, the swarthy iron balls that flew out like a fist would burst in mid-air, or after falling to the ground, with a flash of fire, and the sharp shrapnel swirled and screamed and scattered, easily cutting through the armor, and even cutting off a small part of the head of some unlucky ghost.
Although in the past, the Ming army was also good at using firearms, but it was not as despicable and shameless as it is now, and it actually used those heinous means to obstruct their way forward, and then used those unimaginably powerful artillery to shoot wildly at the dense cavalry like a sweep. Yes, perhaps only strafing can describe the shock and horror of every time a dozen or so guns are fired at the same time.
"General, we can't rush like this anymore, we have too many dead." A commander with a bloody face and tears of sorrow in his eyes rushed to Nachina's horse, fell on his knees, and cried out with a cry.
"You coward, get out of here, don't forget, behind us, in addition to the Taishi, there are countless tribal leaders and generals who are staring at our Hara Shen Division, do you want me to disgrace the Taishi?" China's eyes were crimson, and the whip in his hand was whipped down fiercely, whipping the commander's helmet aside, and pulling a hideous whip mark on his face.
At this moment, another roar of rolling thunder sounded......
(To be continued)