Chapter 121: Containment

The scene of more than 10,000 cavalry galloping on the grassland is very shocking, countless bowl-sized horses' hooves are raised high, bringing up the fertile soil on the black earth, and after the horse team, the original green grass suddenly becomes black.

The Ming army camp in the distance was still motionless, and the momentum like a mountain made Temur feel chills in his bones.

Temur subconsciously touched a piece of iron specially placed on his chest, but his mind kept coming up with the head of Buhe back then, and the expression of fear from his heart made Temur unforgettable in his life. There are also meteor shower-like rockets that overwhelmingly come in the dark night, and the earth-shattering "conscienceless cannon", all of which make Temur unforgettable for the rest of his life, and he is often awakened by nightmares until now.

Brave a cold sweat to look at the cavalry leaning forward beside them, they didn't know how terrible the Ming army in front of them was. The golden rings on the ears of the Haixi Jurchen cavalry clanged, and many people had excitedly ripped off their fur hats and iron helmets on their heads, and a layer of oil sweat appeared on their bare heads, shining in the direct sunlight. Temur secretly despised a little in his heart, but his palm gently grabbed the reins of the war horse, and slowed down his pace a few beats intentionally or unintentionally.

When they were six hundred paces apart, the Ming army finally made a move, and from a distance, the formation of the musketeers seemed to have moved a few steps forward, and even such a small movement made Temur's heart jerk. After thinking about it carefully, Temur still felt uneasy, and quietly took off the round shield that he had specially prepared hanging from the saddle and blocked it in front of him.

In the distance, the seven or eight white round tents dotted in the Ming army formation also seemed to have changed, and they were dismantled in the blink of an eye, and several Ming soldiers were among them, and a huge ...... was placed in front of them, which could only be commensurate with "things", and seemed to be sticking out of a long pipe. Straight and straight at the approaching cavalry.

Temur instinctively felt a dangerous aura approaching quickly, and just hurriedly made a few gestures, and the relatives on the left and right beside him casually conveyed the order to disperse the formation.

But the roar of the guns on the opposite side also began, the sound was both familiar and terrifying, and in the blink of an eye, the cavalry at the front had fallen more than a hundred people. But in the end, there was no sound of the palpitating artillery bombardment. This also made Temur secretly relieved. Think about it, from the front line of Lianshan Pass to Dingshan Fort, the Ming army is dominated by cavalry, where there are so many manpower and material resources to pull the artillery to march north, the Ming army in front of him is at best some musket guards, it is estimated that he wants to drag the main force of Badali and give the Ming cavalry brigade from behind the opportunity to encircle and annihilate.

For a while, Temur admired his analytical ability. In that case, why hesitate like that. At the moment, it is right to disperse these Ming army foot soldiers and return to Samaji Fort with a let go of their feet!

The three rounds of fire of the Ming army were dense and compact, so that the charging Mongolian and Haixi cavalry suffered a lot of casualties, but after all, they could not stop the approach of the cavalry, and in a moment, the distance between the two armies was less than two hundred steps.

The cavalry stared at the small hill occupied by the Ming army, and at the speed of the war horses, they could gallop to the left in the blink of an eye. With a charge, the Ming army infantry in front of him will no longer exist. The blood and death of comrades. It also completely aroused the anger of the cavalry, sabers, iron thistles, iron forks, and all kinds of weapons were raised high, and at this moment they only wanted to use sharp blades to take the lives of the Ming soldiers.

At this moment, the soldiers on both sides could already see each other's faces completely and clearly, and the calmness of the Ming army and the madness of the cavalry formed a stark contrast. Originally, the Ming army foot soldier wearing a black eight-petal iron helmet in the round tent. Unhurriedly, the thick cloth inlaid with dense projectiles was carefully stuffed into the magazine behind the thick iron pipe, one of them was already squatting behind it, holding the two aiming handles with both hands, and the other was squatting on the right side, holding the crank tightly with his palm. Slowly accelerating and shaking.

After a few moments, the thick iron pipe began to shake violently, and the soldiers in charge of aiming at the direction were all big shoulders and round waists, and the clothes of the arms were raised high, showing the strong tendons and flesh on the arms, and it obviously took a lot of strength to make the big guy in the palm obediently obey the mercy.

Just as the iron pipe had calmed down, flames suddenly burst out from the muzzle of the gun, and the rhythmic sound of assault was incessant. Subsequently, there were a number of jaw-dropping scenes in the cavalry ranks of the Qing army that stormed on.

The cavalry that followed one after another was like a bush of grass blown down by a strong wind, and it seemed isolated and defenseless in the dense rain of bullets. Among the Haixi cavalry and the Mongol cavalry, there were also subdued tribes, and these people were all used as dead soldiers by the Qing army and the Mongol nobles without exception. For example, the Oroqen people, the Sauron people, the Hezhe people, etc., are among them. In the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, many of these tribes' heavy-armored infantry soldiers were recruited, thinking that they were the vanguard of the siege. To put it bluntly, these people are slave soldiers, they have no freedom, and they must not escape, otherwise they will be condemned to the fate of the whole clan.

In today's charge, Temur also thought so, and lined up all the soldiers in front, using them as a meat shield to cover the Haixi Jurchen and Mongol sharp soldiers approaching the camp of the Ming army. But now it seems that it was a miscalculation, and the more than 1,000 soldiers in front of them were completely lost in the blink of an eye under the blow of seven or eight strange weapons of the Ming army, and the non-stop rain of bullets poured directly on Temur's camp.

"Immortal God bless, I fucking know that the Ming Army will definitely not have such two brushes!" There was only one thought left in Temur's mind, the Ming army under Zhu Ping'an was full of tricks, and every time they met, it would give people an unacceptable sense of freshness, but this freshness would kill people!

Without hesitation, Temur slowed down the speed of his horse, and all that was left and right was a series of muffled grunts, and most of them did not even let out a desperate scream before they fell off their horses.

Countless projectiles kept hitting the horses and people, and some of them were directly on the ground to reclaim rows of splashed dirt, like the trail of death tracking, whoever was within this trajectory had no possibility of escape.

There were two soldiers in the Ming army on the left and right of the iron pipe, with large and small cowhide water bladders in their hands and feet, and during the interval of shooting, they poured clean water on the iron pipe, and the iron pipe immediately steamed up a mist of water, which showed how high the temperature above was.

The musketeers of the three columns of the Ming army also fired non-stop, harvesting fresh lives one by one. The light cavalry of the Qing army was not the first time to go to the battlefield, and after paying more than 3,000 casualties, they immediately dispersed to the left and right flanks in order to avoid the powerful firepower network built by the Ming army.

Badali looked at the scene that happened on the battlefield, and he couldn't control the surprise and fear in his heart, his body seemed to have fallen into the cold ice polar region, and he couldn't stop trembling, and the charging queue of more than 10,000 people lost one-third of them before they rushed to the front of the Ming army, what kind of firearms did the Ming army use.

But at this moment, Badali no longer has the heart to think about these questions, and the key now is how to get rid of the entanglement of the Ming army and withdraw from the battlefield as much as possible. No one is sure how long Delgrad will be able to resist Cao Bianjiao's cavalry on the west bank of the Cao River with 5,000 remnants of the army.

Fortunately, the surrounding terrain was vast, and the Ming army was too small in number to control all the areas of the entire battlefield, plus they were all foot soldiers and moved slowly, which left the Qing army with an opportunity to retreat.

"To the east, to the east!" Seeing that the more than 2,000 Mongol cavalry led by Temur did not say hello, Badali fled towards the woods to the east, and he immediately realized that it was a direction from which he could escape.

The Mongol cavalry of the brigade began to follow Batali in the opposite direction of the jungle, and they were as if they were afraid of ghosts and gods, far away from the Ming army, which was already as calm as a mountain, for fear that they would be contaminated with the breath of death they bringed.

The Ming army still did not move, and after a short time, the eight life-harvesting firearms also stopped firing, and the Ming army quietly watched the Qing army quickly retreat towards the jungle, with indifferent eyes and a sneering smile on the corner of his mouth, just like watching a group of mortal people walk towards the Netherworld Nine Abyss.

The land of eastern Liaodong is rich in water sources and fertile land, and it has long been lush and multiplied by forest resources. It was like the jungle they had retreated into, the trees were green and towering, and once they entered, it was like walking into the twilight time, the sunlight was blocked behind the dense canopy of trees, and even the light that carried the entire space became extremely dim.

Fortunately, the distance in the forest is quite wide, and it can always accommodate the cavalry to gallop in it, but it is unrealistic to move quickly through the grass and legs, so you can only slowly retreat towards the depths of the jungle.

Badali wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and suddenly came to this forest that covered the sky and the sun, as if the temperature had dropped a lot, and a cold air that penetrated into the bone marrow came from all sides.

"This bitch, how can you run so fast! In the blink of an eye, there is no trace! Badali couldn't help but curse Temur in a loud voice. Obviously, I saw him plunge into this jungle with people, and he was only a stick of incense away, so why couldn't he see a figure after chasing him for so long. Although there were thousands of people around, the number of people was still insignificant compared to the woods.

However, after finally getting rid of the entanglement of the Ming army, discerning the direction, and then turning back to the south, it will not be very far from Samaji Fort, and after many years of coming and going in this Liaodong land, Badali and his men will not get lost in this jungle.

The silence in the woods was a little frightening, as if there was no sound except for the heavy breathing of the cavalry and the sound of horses' hooves, and the usually noisy chirping of birds and beasts could not be heard for half a minute at this time, which could not help but make people chill.

Suddenly, Badali only felt a chill on his right cheek, it was raining? Badali touched it, but his hand was red, and Badali looked up blankly.

But he saw Temur's eyes wide open, his face bloodless, tightly strangled by a rope, hanging from a giant tree in the sky, a pair of desperate eyes staring at Badali, lips furled, not knowing what to say. But I couldn't make any sound. (To be continued......)