Chapter 120: Charge
Badali was angry, but his mind was still not messed up, Temur, who participated in the battle of the giant deer back then, is now under his command, what kind of opponent is Zhu Ping'an, he has almost been cocooned by Temur's chatter over the years. Li Dingguo is a general under his command, and he has made Liaodong very busy in recent years, and he is obviously not an easy person to match, so he must be careful before he goes into battle.
Although it is only separated by a river from Dingshan Fort, the lush jungle on the opposite side is the best place to set up ambushes, and now the Mongolian banners and departments are also green and yellow.
Therefore, without waiting for Temur to open his mouth to advise, after Badali swung his sword, he took a few steps back, "Great Leader of Delgrad, let this king see the bravery and majesty of the Jurchen warriors!" ”
Delgrad was almost spit blood from Badali's words, and shouted fiercely, but when it was time to charge, he pushed the Haixi Jurchen tribes to the front, but what could be done? Now the Haixi Jurchens have long lost the prestige of the four Haixi tribes, and the elites and rising stars of the Haixi tribes have all been transferred to the southward army by Dolgon, serving as an official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and leading the Eight Banners.
Badali was triumphant, such a very dangerous thing, it is better to leave it to these hairy and blood-drinking raw daughters to do, and when they rush across the river, the Mongolian cavalry will follow closely across the river, what danger there is, let them experience it personally, and the credit behind it is naturally that he Badali laughed.
Delgrad was helpless. had to urge his Jurchen light horsemen to cross the river with all their might. The river was full of wooden boxes and fragments of the so-called "mines" from before, but the Jurchen cavalry didn't care so much. Now it is the season of crisp autumn and abundant rain, although the water level of the grass river has risen a lot, but there is no problem for the cavalry to wade across the river.
At the sound of an order, the Jurchen light rider screamed and rushed into the grass river. All of a sudden, with the trampling of the horse's hooves, the originally crystal clear river suddenly became turbid, the waves splashed, and the people shouted and the horses neighed, which was very spectacular.
Delgrad was not a fool, he ordered the strikers of his men and horses to go ashore early and then went forward to investigate the situation, and after confirming that there was no Ming army ambush in the forest, he ordered his cavalry to recommend it in a big way, but how could it be so easy for nearly 20,000 light horsemen under his command to cross the river for a while. In addition, the Jurchen tribes of Haixi were mixed together, and after a while, the narrow river channel was congested.
"These Jurchen barbarians, in the future, this king will inevitably join you for the crime of delaying the fighter plane!" Badali sniffed the jade snuff in his hand, and his whole body was comfortable, but his mouth was talking to himself.
But he seemed to hear a roaring sound in his ears, and he involuntarily turned his head to look at the upper reaches of the grass river in the north.
The autumn sun is very dazzling, under the light. But it was difficult to see clearly for a while, but I saw that there seemed to be something black coming down the river from the upstream. And the thing floated down the water. There is constant intimate contact with the reef on the shore, and the roar of collision comes from this.
Badali frowned, and noticed the ambush of the Ming army from time to time, and the heart that he had just mentioned suddenly put it back again, beckoned, and his generals came sideways. "Go, take some people to see what it is, find a way to stop it, don't hinder the army from crossing the river, and send a message to Dregler by the way. Let him be careful! ”
The subordinates agreed, and immediately dozens of horses rushed out. But the speed of the water was faster than Badali had expected, and in the blink of an eye, the black things were in plain sight.
The round hardwood was cut into sections, down the river, both ends were sharpened and built, and the impact force can be imagined along the water, and at the moment when the cavalry crossing the river did not react much, they crashed headlong into the team crossing the river.
The cavalry of the Haixi Jurchens was immediately cut into two sections, and the logs that went down the water were so powerful that they rushed into the crowd, whether they were horses or people, and immediately caused a rain of blood. Delgrad, who had just crossed the river, had constricted his pupils and shouted loudly for his men to go ashore to hide, but the various departments were entangled and rushed to the east and west banks, but they blocked each other and could not move at all.
In the blink of an eye, more logs came rushing from upstream, with a whistling sound, crashing into one after another.
"Hit the plan, hit the plan!" The jade snuffbox had long since been thrown away, and Badali's lips trembled, and only then did he realize that the mine that had just been lit was just a signal to report to the upstream. These despicable Han Chinese actually used such a strategy to attack the cavalry crossing the river.
Countless horses and cavalry rushed downstream under the sweep of logs and waves, many of them bleeding and wailing.
But this is not far from over, in an instant, a huge explosion sounded out of thin air on the river, a huge wave suddenly bloomed on the surface of the river, with the sound of the explosion, countless iron, gravel shot in all directions, the cavalry in the river who was lucky enough to avoid the log attack did not even snort, and fell off the horse.
"Withdraw, withdraw!" Badali cried out in tears, but his voice seemed so weak and insignificant in the explosions that followed.
The cavalry desperately retreated to the river beach on the east and west banks, and the war horses, which were originally like siblings, were now thrown west like garbage, and the cavalry dismounted one after another and waded ashore. Countless corpses stained red by the river floated quietly in the direction of the downstream.
Having reached the west bank, Delgrad was busy gathering his men and horses, and without paying any attention, Badali had begun to slowly retreat with his main force towards the road from which he came.
After a stick of incense, the explosion on the river finally came to an end, and Dregler gathered his men in a panic, and found that only 5,000 people had successfully crossed the river.
Looking at the river full of gunsmoke, the logs that have been broken and blown up and the corpses of men and horses are tightly blocked, and if you want to retreat to the east bank, you can only find a suitable place to cross the river downstream. As for the upstream, which was close to the Dingshan Fort, Delgrad was killed and refused to go any further.
But can you just go if you want to? The chaotic cavalry under his command had not yet formed a formation, and along the meadows by the river upstream, and in the jungle not far to the west, countless black cavalry had quietly surrounded Delgrad.
"Is this the cavalry of that Cao Manzi?" Look at the black-armored cavalry that reflects the light. Dregler's heart suddenly fell to the bottom.
There was a peculiar buzzing sound in the ranks of the cavalry, and in an instant, a puff of black clouds rose into the air, drawing a graceful arc towards the ranks of the Hercynian Jurchens.
Seeing that the black clouds were flying closer and closer, but the subordinates around him were already in chaos and panic, Dregler sighed. I closed my eyes helplessly.
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It was when he saw the cavalry surging like a black cloud in the distance that he hurriedly gave the order to withdraw. If he doesn't withdraw at this time, even Changshengtian will scold him for his stupidity.
Half of the Haixi Jurchen's troops have been buried on the banks of the Grass River, but the main force is still there, and Badali will not do a loss-making business on it. The sacrifice of Delgler and the thousands of cavalry under his command was worthwhile, and at least it could be told that there was a trap ahead, and a very trap.
Don't say anything, take it down and talk about it!
Fifty miles behind is the Samaji Fort, which I had just passed by two days ago. The fortifications are quite complete, and if you withdraw there, you will finally have a chance to make a comeback.
Badali was distraught and urged his men and horses to move forward quickly, while Temur looked panicked, and his face, tanned by the sun, actually showed a pale color. The two small eyes opened at this time the size of copper bells, and their fingers trembled and pointed forward, "Lord Wang." Lord, it's not good! ”
Look up. Badali's two hands involuntarily reined in the reins of the horse, and even the cavalry formation of more than 30,000 people stopped in an instant.
On the mountain beam not far away, a team of more than 2,000 Ming army infantry soldiers was tightly stuck on the road ahead. The three rows of Ming musketeers at the front, under the waving of flags behind them, are like statues, even in the cold wind.
Duration. Interspersed with several small round military tents, the white curtains resemble the delicious mushrooms often seen on the grassland, but at this time, they carry a chilling killing atmosphere.
"Panic what!" Badali angrily struck Temur on the back with the hilt of his sword, "It's only one or two thousand dogs. They are all foot soldiers, can they withstand the onslaught of my Mongol cavalry? ”
"Lord Wang, Zhu Ping'an and Li Dingguo are cunning foxes, no, no, no, they are more cunning and ferocious than the hungry wolves on the grassland, let's ......!"
Before he finished speaking, he received another heavy blow on the top of his head.
"It's just some firearms, our Mongolian iron cavalry is light and fast, and you can kill in front of you in an instant, and the formation is looser, besides, are the iron armor and cotton armor that this king has equipped you with are all decorations? Aren't they all equipped to restrain the shooting of the Ming Dog Fire Gun Projectile? Don't you know how much money this king has spent? If you dare to shake the heart of the army, this king will be the first to kill you! ”
Temur immediately closed his mouth, but Badali refused to let him go, "You, leading the team as a striker, can't take these bright dogs, come and see you!" ”
A cold air climbed above Temur's head from the soles of his feet in an instant, but looking at Badali's hand holding the saber, Temur could only ride forward obediently.
Unlike Temur, the vast majority of the Mongol cavalry had never fought against such a Ming army. The attack they had just received, although the momentum was terrifying, it had already aroused the fighting intent and bestiality in their hearts. The combat power of the Ming army has been passed down from generation to generation by father for a lifetime, and in the hearts of most of them, the Ming army is synonymous with being slaughtered. In the Battle of Songshan that year, the elite of more than 100,000 Ming troops were surrounded and annihilated, and the phalanx in front of them was only 2,000, could they withstand the pace of the Mongolian cavalry?
Expressions of excitement welled up on the faces of the Mongol cavalry, as the Manchu and Mongol vassals, the remaining cavalry of the Haixi Jurchens were also formed into the charging queue, and they were also eager to wash away the shame they had just received with the blood of the enemy.
The footsteps of the war horse slowly let go, the charging formation of more than 10,000 people unfolded on the grassland, the dust and smoke rose from under the horse's hooves, and the battle flag and war knife pointed directly at the Ming army on the opposite side. (To be continued......)