Chapter 344: The battle continues
With the direction of Dolgon's finger, everyone saw that countless Yingzhou army sergeants had stepped on the pile of corpses outside the wall, and ran down the city wall, many people began to clean up the corpses outside the wall, the corpses were pulled aside, and those who were not dead were thrown aside by them after mending their knives, and from time to time there were wails and screams, and many Yingzhou soldiers had begun to clean up the gate blocked by the corpses.
Listening to the miserable cries that sounded from time to time, the faces of the Qing generals in the big array were very bad, and many Mongolian princes and banner owners were even more defeated, and Engetu, the leader of the Red Banner of the Mongolian Eight Banners who had withdrawn, looked at the soldiers of the clan who were lying on the ground and were mended with knives. He struggled and ran to Dolgon, hugged his legs, and prayed, "Lord, save the warriors of our people!" Now they are lying there being slaughtered by the Ming army! ”
Dolgon stood aside with a pale face and did not speak, at this time, Bu Yandai, the owner of the Red Flag of the Eight Banners of Meng, also spoke, and she said with a calm face: "Prince Heshuo, the blood of our Mongolian warriors has been shed enough these days, we don't want to make this kind of senseless sacrifice anymore, and now the Ming army inside is about to be killed, what do you say?" ”
"You bastard, what are you talking about? You repeat! As soon as Buyandai's words were finished, Duoduo, who had just retired with Engetu, quit, he stepped forward and grabbed Buyandai's collar and said in a cruel voice: "How can there be immortals in war, and if you don't want to die and want to reap benefits, where can you find this kind of thing?" I sue you, either honestly and Minggou will work hard, or you will implement a military law today! ”
Buyandai trembled with anger, and he glared at Dorgon for a moment before turning to Dorgon and asking, "Prince Heshuo, is that what you mean?" ”
There was silence all around, Dai Shan, Yue Tuo and his son looked at Duoduo, and couldn't help but scold this guy who had not achieved enough things and had more than enough failures, originally the deaths and injuries of the Mongolian tribes were heavy enough these days, and you didn't want to comfort them, but now they are even pulling out their swords. How much do you think you're not in trouble enough? Don't you see that the faces of the princes and leaders of the surrounding Mongolian tribes have begun to change, and you still stimulate them like this.
It's just that although Dordor's brain is missing a string, Dolgon is a smart man. He immediately realized that things were going to be bad, and quickly stood up to play a round, grabbed Engetu's arm and helped him up, and then said: "Engetu, I can understand that you feel sorry for the warriors in the clan, but you also have to see, can we still save them now, the Ming army has been killed." ”
With Dolgon's words. Only then did everyone realize that the three gates of the village had been opened at this time, and a team of Ming army gunners had run out, and they were lining up in front of the camp gate at this time.
At this time, Dolgon did not care to be angry, he glared at the crowd and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, things have come to such a point that we have to fight, and this king will not believe it." Can't our army of more than 100,000 people beat them with just 10,000 or 20,000 horses? Everyone, win or lose in this battle, work hard, Immortal God bless us! ”
After speaking. Dolgon turned his gaze to Dai Shan, at this time Huang Taiji was seriously ill, and the people who could talk here were Dai Shan and Dolgon.
I saw Dolgon looking at Dai Shan and said in a deep voice: "Big Belle, you also know what happened now. Right or wrong is in this move, you don't have an opinion on the little brother doing this extraordinary thing. ”
Daishan sighed, "Okay. I know, you let it go, I will order Yue Tuo to lead the red inlay and red flags to support you! ”
"Thank you, Big Baylor!"
Yue Yang was overjoyed in his heart, the original strength was the three flags of Zhenghuang, inlaid yellow and Zhenglan, but after Huang Taiji was unconscious, these three flags were already leaderless, so now the most powerful person in the Qing Kingdom belongs to himself and Dai Shan, as long as Dai Shan stands up to support him, then even if others want to oppose it, there is no way.
Dolgon turned around, looked at the deep voice of the three banners, and said to everyone, "Everyone, did you hear it?" This king is now in charge of the whole army, if anyone does not obey this king's orders, he will blame this king for being ruthless! ”
At this time, the murderous aura on Dorgon's face was seen by everyone, everyone was not a fool, everyone knew that if anyone dared to challenge his majesty at this time, he would really dare to kill, and everyone bowed their heads obediently, and no one dared to disobey him. But at this time, an untimely voice sounded.
"Prince Heshuo, I seem to have seen Zhaisang withdraw with the men and horses of the Horqin tribe, I don't know what to do about this?"
"Zhaisang!"
Hearing Zhai Sang's greetings and fleeing without saying a word, Dolgon's steel teeth were almost bitten off, and a sentence erupted from between his teeth: "When this king ends this battle, he must let you die without a place to be buried!" ”
After saying that, Dorgon turned his head and shouted viciously, "Okay, this matter will be settled later." Now everyone is obeying my orders, and today they will annihilate the Ming army at any cost...... Du Du, you lead the blue banner to attack from the right, Engetu, Buyandai, you lead the Mengba Banner to attack from the left flank, Yue Tuo, you lead the two red and red flags to attack from the front, this king leads the rest of the men and horses as the Chinese army to respond, and swear not to give up if you don't defeat Yueyang today! ”
Led by Dolgon, the morale of the generals also rose, and they all shouted loudly: "If you don't defeat Yue Yang, you won't give up!" ”
"Attack!"
With Dolgon's order, the Qing army began to move, countless Qing troops dressed in various armor under the leadership of their respective generals rushed towards the Yingzhou army that was in a whole formation, and for a time the plain with a radius of more than ten kilometers was densely packed with wriggling figures, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves resounded through the grassland.
The actions of the Qing army were seen by Yue Yang one by one, and Dolgon's wishful thinking naturally couldn't hide it from him. Yue Yang knew that Dolgon wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Yingzhou army had just left the camp and had not yet gained a firm foothold.
Yue Yang calmly gave a new order to the troops with a walkie-talkie, "The firecrackers immediately lined up, all the artillery battalions pushed all the artillery onto the wall, Wu Chengfeng led the cavalry to hurry up the gate to protect the two wings ......of the footmen, and Hu Laosan seized the time to lead the men and horses to replenish ammunition and prepare for reinforcements at any time."
After the orders were issued, tens of thousands of troops immediately began to act, at this time, the strict training of the Yingzhou army on weekdays played a role, under the command of the middle and low-level officers, tens of thousands of musketeers soon formed a phalanx, each phalanx was divided into five rows, each platoon of two hundred people.
A thousand people for a small phalanx. 10,000 people formed a large phalanx, the large phalanx is in a semi-circular shape, and behind the phalanx is the wall, so there is no worries. They lined up in a phalanx against the city walls and immediately began to reload their ammunition, and soon the muzzles of countless black holes were pointed forward.
The movements of the Qing soldiers were very fast, and when the sergeants formed a phalanx, the sound of the horses' hooves of the Qing army had already reached a place less than three hundred paces away from them.
"Beep beep ......"
A sharp whistle sounded, and a large amount of fire and smoke immediately erupted from the front of the phalanx. The cavalry that rushed to the front immediately fell in large numbers.
"The first row is back, and the second row is forward!"
"Fire!"
Bang bang bang......
"Stand back...... Advance! ”
"Bang ......"
In less than two minutes, the five platoons of musketeers in the entire phalanx had all completed their firing maneuvers.
"Spear!"
With a sound of order. The sergeants put up their guns one after another, took out a piece of paper shell ammunition from the ammunition bag, and bit it off one end of the paper shell with their teeth.
"Pour the medicine!"
All the musketeers poured some of the gunpowder from the paper shell ammunition into the fire door, and the other part of the gunpowder from the cartridge ammunition was stuffed into the musket with lead bullets.
"Get through!"
"Huh!" With a bang, the firecrackers pulled out the tongs together, stabbed them three times into the guns, stabbed the gunpowder lead bullets solidly, and then inserted the tongs back.
"Guns!"
"Wow!" A bang. Several rows of firecrackers raised the firecrackers in unison to aim ahead, these actions firecrackers have to do countless times a day, after several years of training, it can be said that such actions have penetrated into the bone marrow of the sergeants. Even with their eyes closed, they can't be mistaken.
"Ready for the front row!"
"Shoot!"
The fire was blazing, the smoke was rising, and the crackling sound was endless.
The five-platoon phalanx could provide constant firepower, despite the efforts of the Qing soldiers. However, with sufficient ammunition, the Yingzhou army told the Qing army that it was like a rain of bullets, what is called a rain of bullets, and what is called insurmountable.
Pieces of terrible screams and screams kept coming. It was the wounded Qing soldiers and the fallen war horses in the wailing, in this battle, whether it was the Manchu Eight Banners or the Mengba Banners were brave, they were under the urging of the officers batch after batch towards the Yingzhou army's phalanx, their purpose was only one, that is, to rush into the phalanx, the phalanx was disrupted, and then the back of the foot soldiers followed, as long as the phalanx was annihilated, the Yingzhou army was not afraid of any more means.
Dolgon thought so, and did so, under his strict orders, there were tens of thousands of cavalry frantically rushing towards the phalanx, they did not care about casualties, frantically rushed towards the phalanx, all of them had only one purpose, that is, to pounce in front of the phalanx, to kill these Ming troops who could only shoot at a distance.
The Qing army's actions like moths to the fire did bring a lot of pressure to the Yingzhou army, the people in front fell in rows, and the people behind still rushed up in rows, even if the firecrackers had hit the firing speed to the extreme, but gradually the rangers approached the phalanx, and soon, a team of about sixteen or seventeen cavalry dodged the fire net and rushed to the phalanx.
"Fight them, beat them down!"
"Shoot...... Shoot! ”
Orders were given, and all the sergeants in the vicinity turned their guns around and pulled the trigger on them.
"Bang ......"
"Bang ......"
Countless gunshots rang out, and most of these cavalry were beaten into a hornet's nest by lead bullets at the last moment, but there were still a few cavalrymen who gritted their teeth when they were shot and rushed into the phalanx with their horses, and these cavalrymen rushed into the phalanx, and immediately knocked the firecrackers in front of them to the ground, and the weight of more than a ton immediately knocked several firecrackers into ribs and spit blood, and the originally neat phalanx appeared in chaos for a moment.
Seeing that there were companions in front of him who set an example, the Qing army behind them had red eyes with excitement, and they rushed over with a crazy roar in a language that they couldn't even understand, and more and more Qing troops rushed towards this side.
And because the phalanx on this side has just been rushed, the firecrackers behind it didn't have time to replenish for a while, and the firepower has weakened a lot at once, and if it is attacked by the Qing army again, the entire phalanx is likely to collapse.
At this critical moment, the artillery on the wall of the wall rang out, and more than a dozen iron pellets with scorching heat and death flew forward, and the twelve-pound projectiles almost smashed into the charging ranks of the Qing army almost on the top of the head of the fire gunner. It turned out that seeing that the phalanx was about to be broken through, Zhao Yongxin couldn't take care of it in a hurry, and ordered the artillery to be fired at the risk of accidentally injuring friendly troops.
"Wave ......"
A twelve-pound iron pellet hit the head of a cavalryman, breaking the head of the cavalry instantly, and then the iron pellet did not slow down at all, and pierced the belly of a war horse behind, and the powerful iron pellet broke the war horse into two as if through a piece of tissue paper, and then the remaining momentum fell to the ground and rolled, and smashed the hooves of the two war horses behind it before slowly stopping.
Fortunately, thanks to the round of artillery fired by Zhao Yongxin, he forcibly stopped a group of Qing cavalry who rushed to the front. It also bought time for the phalanx of firearms.
"Raise the muzzle of the cannon and attack one to two hundred paces in front of the phalanx!"
Seeing that the danger was temporarily lifted, Zhao Yongxin wiped the cold sweat on his head and hurriedly issued a new order, the round of artillery fire just now was indeed very thrilling, if he hit his phalanx, he would have to wipe his neck without Yue Yang looking for him to settle accounts.
The re-launched attack on the battlefield entered the white-hot stage at the beginning, looking at the battlefield that had been shrouded in gunsmoke, the Qing generals who remained in the formation were all terrified, and the tragic battle in front of them had exceeded the imagination of many people, and the speed of their casualties also made everyone's hearts heavy.
However, where the environment is difficult, the fertility rate and survival rate are much lower than those in the Central Plains. Therefore, both the Mongols and the Manchus cherished the population very much, and now they were forced to use this method to attack, and now they saw their soldiers fall on the way to charge like moths to the fire, and many people's hearts are like knives.
Dolgon's hand gripping the hilt of the knife trembled slightly. In less than two quarters of an hour after the relaunch of the attack, more than half of the 10,000 cavalry responsible for tearing apart the Ming army's defense line were killed or wounded, and at this speed, the 100,000 or so horses in their hands could hold out for half a day.
Holding back the horror in his heart, Dorgon turned to Dorgon and said, "Order the footmen." Hurry up and charge, our cavalry will not be able to support it for long, and we must break through to the Ming army before all the cavalry are killed. Kill them, this is our last chance! ”
"Brother Fourteen, I know!" Dodor also knew the danger of the form, and he nodded and immediately turned to leave.
Soon, a rapid horn sounded, this is an order to speed up the attack, the Qing army foot soldiers who received the order also rushed forward regardless of a qiē, at this time, if someone looks down from the sky, they will see a dense crowd of people like the same tide towards the Ming army's phalanx, countless crowds almost spread the area within a radius of several miles.
"Speed up, launch now!"
"Reload your ammo!"
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
At this time, the wall was full of artillery, Zhao Yongxin moved all the artillery on the wall, and all the artillery of various calibers were firing artillery at the fastest speed. Behind the wall, countless herdsmen of the Chahar tribe carried baskets of gunpowder, projectiles and clean water on the wall, and from time to time someone wiped the cannon with a damp cloth to cool it down, and steam rose from time to time.
"Grass, these Tartars are really desperate!"
Looking at the dense Qing army and the gunners who were so busy that their heels touched their buttocks, even Yue Yang was terrified. He hurriedly said to the communication soldier beside him: "Order Zhao Yongxin, hurry up and drag the catapult out, and never let the Tartar rush into the front of the phalanx within seventy steps." ”
"Yes!"
"Wait!"
The communication soldier turned on the walkie-talkie and was about to deliver the order, but was stopped by Yue Yang.
"You sue Zhao Yongxin and let him use the oil bomb I brought!"
One after another, orders were transmitted to the position, and the combat deployment was adjusted in a timely manner.
When the battle came to this, there was no rule on both sides, and everyone had only one purpose, that is, to destroy the enemy army in front of them.
At this time, almost all the cavalry of the Qing army had been killed, and they used their own death to buy time for the foot soldiers behind them, and countless Qing army foot soldiers rushed over like locusts, and they swarmed with red eyes on the corpses of their fallen comrades.
A Qing soldier shouted as he charged, he rushed to the front, with a red tassel on his head, a square flag on his back, three layers of heavy armor on his body, and a long-handled tiger tooth knife made of iron, nearly six feet long, with a sharp and upturned blade, shining with the cold light of death.
He was followed by five or six white-armored soldiers in heavy armor, the most elite of the Qing soldiers, some of them carrying shields and broadswords, others wielding long-handled broadswords or axes, howling and rushing towards them.
A roar sounded, and in the light of fire and smoke, several firecrackers hit the body of the person who had been assigned to the Pushku at the same time, even if he was wearing three layers of heavy armor, at such a close distance, with the power of the Minnie-style firearms, it still easily broke through his armor and punched several huge blood holes on his body.
The same encounter with him was the four white-armored soldiers beside him, they were all wearing two layers of heavy armor, and two of them were carrying shields, all of them were very brave, but these white-armored soldiers did not have a chance to exert their martial arts, and they were knocked to the ground one by one by the firearms of the Yingzhou army.
The battle continued brutally...... (To be continued......)