Chapter 205: Fighting for the City Gate
"Doodoo Doo"
A sharp whistle sounded, and the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen who were waiting on the defensive line quickly withdrew from the battlefield under the command of their respective hundred households and general banners after hearing the whistle.
This strange situation was soon discovered by Amin, who was closely following the battle situation, as a commander general, the most basic point is to have a quick sense of reaction, as soon as the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers withdrew into the city gate, Amin immediately realized the intentions of the Ming army.
"It's not good, the Ming army wants to retreat, and they must not be allowed to retreat into the city easily." Amin's face changed and he turned around and asked a herald beside him: "Order, the cavalry will resolutely attack at any cost, and they must drag this Ming army to the death, and then order the infantry behind to also participate in the battle, in short, they must not be allowed to enter the city!" ”
"Scum!"
Seeing the herald gone, Amin's heart was irritable, like all the Qing generals who fought Pang Gang for the first time, Amin's heart was first incredulous, and then a deep horror and fear rose in his heart. He subverted the image of the Ming army in the hearts of the Qing army in the past, such as cowardice and incompetence, greed for life and fear of death.
The scene of the battle just now made Amin have to admit that this is an unprecedentedly powerful enemy, and his strength is beyond his imagination.
The crisp gunfire subverted the image of the bulky and useless firearms in Amin's mind, the firearms in the hands of the Ming army have a long range and power beyond Amin's imagination, as a nomadic general who advocates bravery and violence, Amin really can't imagine that if all the Ming army of the Ming Dynasty, not even one-third of the Ming army is equipped with this kind of weapon, then there is a way to live in the Qing Kingdom?
"We must not let this Ming army live, never!" The iron-faced Amin Pu's fan-like hands clenched tightly, in the intuition of a soldier, he knew very well that once this Ming army entered Nanshan Hancheng, with the advantage of the city, the role they could play would increase exponentially, explaining that the Qing army wanted to capture this small city and did not know how much Manchurian warriors would have to pay.
Thinking of this, Amin pulled out a huge axe hanging in the center of the horse and shouted, "All attack!" Warriors of Manchuria, rush! ”
"Rush!"
With the earth-shattering shout, a thousand Qing troops wearing white armor and white helmets who were still watching the battle also entered the battlefield.
Once the Qing army increased the intensity of the attack, the Ming army in front of the immediate rush to the pressure was greater, the dense Qing army is the best target, but the shooting speed of the Mini rifle is limited after all, for the overwhelming Qing army surrounded on three sides, only 2,000 riflemen to resist the firepower is still a little insufficient, and in the end, Wang Zhi led a thousand cavalry to desperately attack for a while to see how to block the first round of onslaught of the Qing army.
"Bastard, these Qing soldiers are crazy!" Pang Gang stood in the middle, he was already gritting his teeth with hatred for these Qing soldiers, and in less than a meal just now, he had lost nearly two hundred sergeants, including dozens of riflemen, more than a hundred cavalrymen, and seventy or eighty pikemen.
For so many casualties, Pang Gang was distressed and extremely worried, this was different from the last time he fought in the capital, although he dared to take more than 3,000 soldiers last time, he dared to swagger with the 50,000 Qing army led by Azig not because of how brave he was, but because he knew that behind him there were 80,000 of the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, and with the 80,000 elite Ming troops as the backing, he would not worry about his safety no matter what. But this time it was a cross-sea battle in a foreign country, and there was no supply of soldiers or anything, and a careless outcome was the annihilation of the whole army, and he had to fight with 120,000 points.
Looking back at the sword and shield soldiers and riflemen who had already retreated behind him, Pang Gang slowly ordered: "Shrink the defensive circle and slowly retreat into the city!" ”
"Hold it all for me, hold it down, don't panic!" Pang Gang knew that when an army retreated, it was also the most dangerous time, because at this time there was hope for life, and retreating in the case of no one wanting to die would easily turn into a defeat, and then everything would be over, and many prominent and powerful armies would go to Maicheng on this inconspicuous retreat.
"Rifleman, increase the firepower and rate of fire! The cavalry maneuvered to cover and slowly narrow the defensive circle! ”
Under the command of Pang Gang, everyone covered one after another and slowly retreated towards the city gate, still the cavalry was covering in front, and the riflemen were supporting with fire inside, but because the cavalry on both sides were mixed together at this time, the riflemen who were afraid of hurting their own people threw their weapons, and the firepower weakened all of a sudden.
"The trumpeter blows the trumpet and orders the cavalry to withdraw first!" Seeing that the cavalry led by Wang Zhi was tightly bitten by the Qing soldiers, Pang Gang immediately knew the Qing soldiers' intentions, and while ordering the cavalry to retreat, he called Li Yuan and said to him: "Now that the Tartars have entangled our cavalry, their purpose is to entangle us to the death and prevent us from retreating into the city, you immediately lead the men and horses of your headquarters to lead the city into the city, and then immediately go to the city wall to cover the retreat of the large army on the city wall, do you understand?" ”
"Obedience!" Li Yuan said hesitantly after bowing his hand: "My lord, you should also retreat into the city with your humble duties, it is too dangerous for you to be the commander of the whole army here." ”
Pang Gang shook his head and said: "No, this is an extraordinary period, if I retreat into the city at this time, it will have too much impact on morale, and if the morale of the soldiers is chaotic, this retreat is likely to turn into a rout, so I must stay here." ”
After receiving the order, Li Yuan immediately led his subordinates to retreat into the city gate, and after Pang Gang saw Li Yuan lead a thousand riflemen to start withdrawing into the city, he also picked up his mace and shouted loudly: "Brothers, you all go out with me to welcome back our brothers!" Come on! ”
"Kill!"
Pang Gang shouted slogans as if rushing out in front, followed by only more than a hundred personal soldiers.
At this time, the battlefield outside was already in chaos, countless Qing cavalry and Ming cavalry were entangled in a battle, Pang Gang led more than a hundred cavalry to rush out, just when he saw more than ten cavalry surrounded by dozens of Qing cavalry. Pang Gang immediately rushed over, picked up the mace and smashed it, the mace made a piercing whistling in the air, the Qing soldier hurriedly raised the shield in his left hand, the mace and the shield just made a loud bang, the Qing soldier with a shield was smashed in two by this mace weighing dozens of pounds. ”
"Wow!"
This stunned all the Qing soldiers around, the power of this stick turned out to be so fierce, but the Qing soldiers were also extremely fierce, and several Qing soldiers saw from the armor on Pang Gang's body that this must be the general in the Ming army, instead of being afraid, they pulled their horses and rushed towards Pang Gang.
"Good time!"
Pang Gang was not surprised, he rushed over as soon as he rode his horse, and the mace in his hand turned around and smashed towards the nearest Qing soldier.
The sound of "bang bang bang" continued to sound, the so-called one force to ten meetings, with brute force, after a while, three or four Qing soldiers were smashed off their horses by him, and the pro-soldiers who followed him were not idle, drew out their handcuffs, and shot at the Qing soldiers in front. With a "bumper" sound, the group of Qing soldiers was quickly knocked to the ground.
Pang Gang yelled: "Quick, all follow behind, don't get separated!" ”
The advantage of the cavalry lies in its mobile surname, the cavalry that lost its speed is also equivalent to being abolished most of the martial arts, Pang Gang led the cavalry to kill left and right, galloping outside the West Gate, and immediately rushed over to rescue the Ming army when he saw that the Ming army was surrounded. Gradually, the people around him gathered more and more, like a snowball, gradually increasing from more than 100 people to more than 700 people. Even Pang Gang, who was known for his great strength, was tired and sweaty, he looked around and asked, "Is there anyone else trapped?" ”
"General, no, the brothers are here!" I don't know whose voice is answering.
Pang Gang wiped the sweat from his forehead, gasped and said, "Okay, let's retreat immediately while the Tartar doesn't react." After speaking, Pang Gang pulled his horse, and ran to the city gate, the cavalry of the Ming army retreated to the city gate like a long dragon, and behind was the dense Qing army chasing, from time to time the backward Ming cavalry was shot to the ground by the Qing soldiers with bows and arrows, and the Ming army running in front did not have time to pay attention to the brothers who fell off the horse, they knew that if they were a little slower, their fate would never be much better than the brothers behind, this has nothing to do with mercy or not, just an iron law on the battlefield.
"Quick, catch up, don't let them into the city! Otherwise, so many warriors will die in vain! Amin shouted frantically among the Qing army, seeing that the meat in his mouth was about to slip away, and no one could stand it!
"Bang Bang Bang"
When the Qing soldiers were frantically chasing after their horses, a sudden burst of dense gunfire rang out, and dozens of Qing soldiers who were also shooting arrows frantically at the front seemed to have been knocked down from their horses by a head-on fist, or even people brought their horses to a fallen green onion and rolled on the ground. It turned out that it was the riflemen who rushed to the city wall in advance to provide emergency support on the city wall.
Because Pang Gang led the team to firmly stop the Qing soldiers outside, at this time, all the riflemen outside the city had entered the city and climbed the city wall, and were providing fire support.
And this time it was very different from the formation just now, when the riflemen hiding behind the battlements were condescending, they could see clearly in the field of vision, and with the cover of the strong city walls, their safety was also greatly guaranteed, and now they could calmly give full play to the accurate name of the Mini rifle.
Although their marksmanship has not yet reached the point of biting flesh with guns and guns, but under this kind of free fire, the accuracy of the riflemen has been greatly improved, and in less than a cup of tea, the Qing soldiers who were originally closely behind Pang Gang's cavalry lost hundreds of people, and the terrifying casualty rate frightened the Qing soldiers.
(To be continued)