Chapter 224: Prelude to the Great War

"Kill ......"

Wu Chengfeng let out a hoarse roar and lifted the three-meter-long riding spear from the hook of the saddle. Then he held a round shield in his left hand and a gun in his right hand, and the barrel of the gun was clamped under his armpit, and rushed towards the Houjin cavalry in front.

The Houjin cavalry on the opposite side brandished the heavy tiger head gun in his hand and slashed at Wu Chengfeng, even if the two sides were still several meters apart, Wu Chengfeng seemed to be able to hear the whistling sound of the weapon cutting through the air. Wu Chengfeng did not make any dodging movements, but leaned forward, the whole person was almost lying on the horse's back, his left hand raised a round shield to protect his upper body, and his right hand pointed the head of the gun at the opponent's chest.

"Dangchang!"

A deafening sound sounded, followed by a shocking pain from his left hand, and Wu Chengfeng knew that his tiger's mouth must have been shattered by the other party's violent force. However, Wu Chengfeng's original movements did not deform in the slightest, and he still did not hesitate to stab the riding spear sandwiched under his arm into the opponent's lower abdomen.

"Ah......h

The Houjin cavalryman originally wanted to use his advantage to split the opponent off his horse first, but he didn't expect his tiger head spear to hit the opponent's round shield, and he realized the danger. But before he could react, a sharp stabbing pain came from his lower abdomen, and the intense pain made him unable to support his body anymore, and the whole person fell off the horse.

When Wu Chengfeng felt that the head of the spear had pierced into the other party's flesh, he immediately let go of his right hand, and this action had become his instinct. As a veteran, Wu Chengfeng naturally understood the principle that when his own cavalry spear pierced the opponent, he had to release his weapon immediately, otherwise he would even be overturned and dismounted under the reaction of the huge impact.

Ignoring the Houjin cavalry and cavalry spears who were stabbed off their horses, Wu Chengfeng casually pulled out the saber on his waist and continued to rush forward, and another Houjin cavalry was split off his horse in a flash of cold light.

The neighing of horses, the roars and screams of cavalry, the clashing of metal as weapons collide, and the chaotic sound of horses' hooves filled the grassland.

As one of the three banners led by the Great Khan himself, there is no doubt that the elite of the yellow banner are the most outstanding in this era in terms of combat experience and combat will.

If it weren't for Haoge's recklessness just now, and the collision into the pocket town that Yue Yang had already laid out. They would not be so wolfish, but even so, these cavalry who stayed behind still showed amazing combat effectiveness in the face of the siege of superior forces and knowing that they would die, and the cavalry of the Yingzhou army was constantly shot down and dismounted in the battle.

By the time the last cavalryman with a yellow flag was killed, nearly two quarters of an hour had passed. Wu Chengfeng gasped, looking at the dead corpses and war horses all over the ground around him, a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, he roughly estimated, although he completely annihilated the opponent's three hundred deadly cavalry in the battle just now, his side also lost at least nearly a hundred brothers, which can be regarded as killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred.

He looked around. He ordered: "Clean up the battlefield immediately, bring the brothers who died in battle, and remember to cut off the left war horses and Tartar grades by the way." ”

"Yes!"

More than ten minutes later, Wu Chengfeng and the others, who had finished cleaning the battlefield, roared away, leaving only a corpse that had been cut off.

Less than a quarter of an hour after Wu Chengfeng left, there was another sound of horses' hooves from the rear, and Yue Tuo and Dolgon, who were originally lagging behind, finally arrived with their headquarters......

Looking at the corpses all over the ground in front of him, Dolgon's face sank like water, and he turned his head to look at Hauge, whose face was as swollen as pig's liver. He said in a deep voice: "Haoge, didn't you say that you want to capture Yue Yangsheng?" What about others today? ”

At this time, Hauge no longer had the arrogance he had just now, and lowered his head and was silent. Yue Tuo on the side did not say anything to intercede for Haoge, and at this time he was also very angry about what happened just now. It's just that in less than an hour, nearly a thousand elites with yellow flags have been lost in this way.

It's not that the Jurchens can't afford to lose people, but no one can bear to die an unknown death because of a sudden convulsion of someone's brain like today. Even if Hauge is the son of Huang Taiji, this matter will not pass like this. When he returns to Shenyang, he will be liquidated.

At this time, although Dolgon's face showed displeasure, his heart was very happy. Dolgon's hatred for Huang Taiji has never diminished due to the passage of time, as the saying goes, the hatred of killing one's father is not shared. In fact, the revenge of killing the mother is the same.

Since the day when Huang Taiji faked the edict and let his biological mother Abahai be martyred for Nurhachi, Huang Taiji has become the first person in Nurhachi's heart that he wants to get rid of. Over the years, Dorgon and his brother Dorgon have worked hard to amass their strength, and have tried their best to act as a loyal figure in front of the Emperor, so that one day they can avenge the murder of their mother.

Although it is still too early to talk about revenge on Huang Taiji, he is still very happy to be able to yin his son and let his son lose thousands of elites with yellow flags and suffer a dumb loss.

In the end, Dolgon said lightly: "Okay, at this time, after returning to Shenyang, let's ask the Great Khan to call the shots, now we still have to meet this Ming army first." Yue Tuo, what do you say? ”

Yue Tuo watched coldly as Dolgon was teaching Hauge a lesson, but he didn't say anything to dissuade him, but Hauge's arrogance just now made him feel too uncomfortable. Now seeing Dolgon's inquiry, he nodded lightly: "Since the fourteenth uncle has spoken, then let's go and see." ”

"Okay, give the order to the army, the sentinel will reconnoiter first, and the army will follow!"

"Wow!"

Two quarters of an hour later, two armies from different countries met in the vast steppe......

"Didi...... Dada...... Woowoo woo ......"

A sharp sound of military trumpets and desolate trumpets continued to intertwine in the sky, and the two armies of different nationalities and beliefs gradually approached.

The neighing of the horses and the heavy breathing of the warriors mingled into the tense atmosphere before the battle. The Yueyang Tong Guò telescope, standing in the center of the phalanx, quietly watched the Jin army slowly approaching in front of him, and finally slowly stopped a mile away from them.

Putting down the binoculars, Yue Yang asked Wu Chengfeng beside him, "Shicai, you fought against the Tartars, how is their combat effectiveness?" ”

Wu Chengfeng said with a solemn expression: "The humble and suitable people led the troops to fight with the Tartars, and the yellow flag of the Tartars is indeed worthy of being one of the three flags. Those Tartars can be described as fierce and brave in battle. From the fact that they knew that they would die, but they could not hesitate to turn around and fight desperately for their colleagues to flee, it can be seen that this is a very elite enemy army! Originally, he thought that with 3,000 troops in his hands, he should be able to easily eat these two enemy forces, but he never thought that he would lose nearly 200 brothers in the end, so we can see the ferocity of the Tartars. ”

Speaking of this, a trace of bitterness also appeared on Wu Chengfeng's face, although he had eaten more than 600 enemy troops today, he had also lost nearly 200 people. Wu Chengfeng estimated that if it weren't for his own excellent armor, sharp weapons in his hands, and several times the superior strength of the enemy, I am afraid that his losses would have increased several times.

"Well, it's a tough enemy force indeed." Yue Yang patted Wu Chengfeng's shoulder and comforted: "You don't have to be sad, the Tartars have been able to dominate Liaodong for many years, and it is not for nothing that they have become my number one confidant of the Ming Dynasty." Their soldiers have been training since they were young, and each of them has been a soldier for at least six or seven years, so how long have we been training, and it's already good that you can fight them like this! ”

Yue Yang didn't care too much about the loss of the cavalry, and it was rare to be able to fight like this with the Houjin cavalry. And Yue Yang knows very well where his advantages are.

During this period, the total population of the Jurchens was only 670,000, and the number of men between the ages of 16 and 40 was only a dozen or 200,000. On the other hand, the Ming Dynasty has a population of hundreds of millions, and compared with the Jurchens, the soldiers can be said to be endless. Even if it is exchanged for one of them with ten people, the Jurchens can be wiped out several times, plus the ability to reproduce the population, if the Ming Dynasty says second, then no country in the world dares to say the first, as long as the Ming Dynasty is given decades of time to recuperate, the population will immediately expand as rapidly as a balloon, otherwise the future generations of China will not list family planning as a basic national policy.

In view of this, Yue Yang was full of confidence in this war with the Jurchens, as long as there was sufficient food and military equipment, he would not lose this war.

Thinking of this, Yue Yang looked at the Houjin army slowly approaching in front of him, and shouted: "Pass my generals, the artillery battalion is ready, as long as the Tartars enter the range of the artillery, they will immediately open fire and kill these sons of bitches!" ”

"Yes!"

With Yue Yang's order, more than thirty breech guns erected behind the infantry phalanx began to slowly raise their muzzles, and the gunners began to load the guns with gunpowder and bullets, and when the enemy entered the firing range, they would give them a thunderous blow.

At this time, the Ming army and the Houjin side had already entered the visual distance. Later, the Jin army stopped, they did not rush to attack, but quietly stopped and slowly made preparations before the battle.

Yue Tuo stood on a high ground, holding a clairtelescope purchased from overseas at a high price, carefully observing the Ming army opposite. He looked at it for a while, and then his last gaze was fixed on the big "Yue" flag on the opposite side for a while, and finally he turned his head and gritted his teeth at Dolgon beside him and said, "It's Yue Yang, that's right." This Ming army, both in terms of banner and armor style, is unique to Yueyang's Yingzhou army, and other Ming armies do not have this kind of well-made armor. ”

Dolgon nodded quietly, he naturally saw the situation on the other side, and now his biggest problem was how to defeat the Ming army on the other side. (To be continued......)

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