Chapter 122: Lao Tzu passed through the middle
When Abatai and others came to the front of the camp, they saw a Ming army striding under a big banner, although this Ming army was almost all foot soldiers, but the armor was distinct, they also lined up in battle formations between the march, about 2,000 soldiers in front and behind, and hundreds of carts were firmly protected in the middle, so they strode from the front of the Qing soldiers to the city of Texas.
"These southern barbarians are really too deceitful!"
Seeing this, Abatai and the generals behind him trembled with anger.
These Ming soldiers knew that less than a mile away from them was the barracks of the Qing soldiers, where more than 10,000 elite Eight Banners elite soldiers were stationed, but they came over with a swagger, treating tens of thousands of troops as nothing, and they really didn't take the Qing warriors seriously.
Abatai raised his hand that was trembling with anger, suppressed his anger and asked, "Everyone, now who of you is going to wipe out the arrogant Ming army in front?" Benbel must be rewarded! ”
"My lord, let the minions go, the minions must cut off the head of the general of the Ming army and give it to you first!" As soon as Abatai's words were finished, one of them jumped out and asked for battle.
Abatai glanced at him slowly, but did not agree immediately, but asked, "Duo Siyan, are you sure that you will completely annihilate that Ming army?" ”
This Jia Lazhangjing said proudly: "Don't worry, my lord, if the minions can't let this Ming army slip through the net, it won't be considered a success!" ”
Abatai looked at the Ming army that was approaching the gate of Texas and nodded slowly: "Then you go, if you can completely annihilate this Ming army, and after returning to Shengjing, I will be the master and share more of the population and wealth captured this time." ”
"Minions, thank you Lord Belle for your grace!" After a while, he personally led more than 700 elite horsemen to rush towards the Ming army, but this Jialazhangjing, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, did not see the gloating look in the eyes of Amur, who was beaten to pieces.
At this time, Yi Jiang and Ji Ruxing on the city wall of Dezhou were closely watching the reinforcements coming from the southeast, but they were stunned when they saw that this army was about to enter the city from the south gate with such a swagger.
"Bastard, who is the commander of this Ming army, doesn't he know that the Tartars are stationed at the south gate?" Seeing such a scene, Yi Jiang's already dark face became even darker.
"Arrogance, who is the general of this commanding army, who dares to enter the city through the south gate like this, doesn't he know that the Tartar will not let go of the meat that is brought to his mouth? This idiot, he must join him in the future! Ji Ruxing, who was on the side, saw that the only support army in the past few days had walked in front of the Tartar camp with such a big support, and his heart was suddenly angry, but he didn't expect that if this Ming army was annihilated by the Qing soldiers, what else would he take.
Sure enough, after a while, a group of cavalry rushed out of the camp of the Qing soldiers, and they rushed towards the Ming army that was heading towards the south gate. Although Ji Ruxing was a civilian official, he also knew what would happen if the foot soldiers who had been marching met the cavalry who had been rushing towards them.
But the development of events has surprised both sides! As soon as the Qing soldiers rushed out of the camp, the night guard, who had been patrolling beside this team, immediately sounded the alarm. At this time, the distance between this Ming army and the Qing soldiers and the Dezhou City Gate was 900 steps and 600 respectively, if the Ming army hurriedly ran to the Dezhou City Gate at this time, it would definitely be too late, after all, everyone knew that it was stupid to race with two legs and four legs.
When everyone had already made up their minds about the fate of this Ming army, something surprising happened to everyone, this Ming army actually stopped and formed a square formation in place. The baggage soldiers immediately lined up all the carts in two semi-circular arcs, and then a thousand birdmen came to the back of the carts and lined up along the arc, the sword and shield men ran to their side and protected their heads with their shields, and the pikemen were at the end. The formation was completed in a very short time, and when the formation was completed, all the soldiers stood still on the spot. The bird soldiers were divided into five platoons, and under the order of the officers, they began to load gunpowder and lead bullets, and soon the five rows of bird soldiers shouted in unison, "Protection!" Immediately after that, all the soldiers resolutely did not move.
"Hiss" Yi Jiang at the head of the city gasped, "What are they going to do, do they want to use these fire guns to defend against the Tartar cavalry?" How is this possible? ”
Just when the two sides arrived to be surprised, Duo Siyan, who led seven hundred elite horsemen galloping, didn't think so much, he was wearing cotton armor, holding a long-handled axe in his hand, and rushed to the rear of the team on a war horse, next to him were dozens of elite white-armored soldiers on the side, and two guards holding high blue flags followed.
These seven hundred elite cavalry are already the most elite force in Duo Siyan's armor, and he is also very confident in this operation, seven hundred of the most elite elite cavalry will definitely be able to tear these thousands of Ming army foot soldiers who have no protection in the wilderness to pieces, although these Ming military carts have temporarily pulled up two lines of defense, but in Duo Siyan's opinion, these two lines of defense are purely paper paste and will not pose any threat to him.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves resounded under the city of Texas, and seven hundred knights wearing red and blue-edged armor rushed towards the city of Texas in front, and not far from the city of Texas, thousands of foot soldiers in red armor also clenched their weapons and looked coldly at the cavalry rushing forward.
The distance of nine hundred steps is not a long time for the cavalry who have already entered the state of sprinting, and soon they rushed into the distance of two hundred paces, Pang Gang looked at the speeding cavalry and sneered and said: "Order them to start!" ”
When the standard-bearer next to him heard Pang Gang's words, he immediately raised the order flag in his hand and waved it twice, and then Li Yuan, who was in the front row, immediately shouted: "The first row of bird soldiers is ready!" ”
"Whoa!"
The two hundred bird guns in the front row were immediately picked up by the bird guns, and the muzzle of the black hole hole was aimed at the front.
Seeing that the cavalry had already entered a distance of a hundred paces, Li Yuan immediately shouted: "Release!" ”
"Bang Bang Bang"
A burst of white smoke sounded, and the two hundred bird-gunned soldiers in the first row of the crowd aimed at the cavalry rushing in front and pulled the trigger, and after the shooting, the bird-gunned soldiers didn't bother to check the results of the battle, so they retreated to the back under the officer's order, and the second row immediately followed forward and began to fire!
When the Ming army's bird guns began to shoot, Duo Siyan, who was running behind the team, couldn't help laughing, in his opinion, these Ming soldiers were still as timid as ever, the Ming army's bird guns that could only penetrate the armor of the Qing soldiers within thirty steps could only be shot at a hundred paces in vain, and it seemed that the sharp words of the Ming army's firearms that Amur said just now were just an excuse for his defeat.
In fact, not only Duo Siyan, but even Yi Jiang, who was watching the battle on the city wall, was so angry that he scolded, "Who is the commander of this Ming army, doesn't he know that the lethality of the bird gun is almost zero at a hundred paces?" ”
After seeing such a scene on the battlefield, some people laughed, some scolded, and some people disdained, but only the Ming army in the car formation still fired at the oncoming cavalry in an orderly manner under the command of Pang Gang.
But soon, Yi Jianghe, who was standing on the city wall and watching the battle, began to be surprised by the expression of Duo Siyan, who was urging the Qing army to charge, because they had already seen the knights running at the forefront falling off their horses one by one in the sound of gunfire.
"What the hell is going on, how can the Ming army's firearms hit so far." The incredulous Duo Siyan waited for a pair of bull's eyes to look at everything that was happening in front of him in disbelief.
"Hmph, do these Tartars think that these seven hundred cavalry alone can eat me?" Pang Gang, who was standing in the center of the formation, looked at the Qing soldiers who kept falling off their horses and sneered secretly in his heart: "Although Lu Mi can only penetrate the Qing soldiers wearing double armor within fifty or sixty meters, it is definitely not a problem to kill the light cavalry wearing light armor at a distance of a hundred steps, not to mention that their horses are not dressed in armor like people." ”
In the sound of gunshots like fried beans, the Qing soldiers who were charging fell off their horses like dumplings, and everyone was stunned by this scene.
"Where did this friendly army come from, and how could their firearms be so sharp?" Yi Jiang muttered, and his hands also tightly grasped the wall tiles on the battlement because of excitement.
The gunfire continued to be directed towards them, and when the 700 cavalry rushed to 30 meters in front of Pang Gang's headquarters, they had already fallen more than 200 cavalry on the road, but these cavalrymen were still not afraid of death, and after seeing the range of the bow and arrow, they sat up again from the horse that was close to them, and bent their bows and arrows to shoot towards the Ming army position in front.
"Tuk Tuk Tuk"
A dense rain of arrows fell on the shields of the Ming army, which had been waiting for a long time.
"Bang Bang Bang"
The sound of the bird's guns sounded again, this time because the distance was already very close, the bird's guns could barely aim to hit the huge target in front of them, and in the roar, more and more cavalry fell.
After firing this round of bird guns, Pang Gang ordered the fire guns to immediately retreat to the sides and continue firing, and the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers caught up, and a hand-to-hand combat was about to begin!
(To be continued)