Chapter 515: Sonia's Life
The two armies are close to each other, as Sony expected, although the Ming army has powerful firearms, but this hand-to-hand combat is dozens of miles away, not to mention the long spears held by the Ming army, and the elite armor soldiers of the two white flags are at the forefront of the impact this time, which is by no means comparable to the Han army flag and the Mongolian Eight Banners. Gradually, the spearmen of the Ming army showed a situation of inadequacy, and Sonny urged the horse to carry the knife along a bloody road killed by the infantry armor soldiers, and rushed to kill.
For a while, the Eight Banners seemed to have regained the initiative on the battlefield, and those steel monsters seemed to have lost their vitality, neither advancing nor spitting out daunting tongues of fire. As a result, the Eight Banners armor soldiers became more imposing.
"The whole army assaulted, and captured the main general of the Ming army!"
Sonny almost rushed to the front of the entire Eight Banners armor soldiers, and the distance between him and Zhang Shi's position was only a dozen paces, and he could even clearly see the battle flags of the Ming army flying under the light of the fire. The boss was so violent, and the armored soldiers under his command naturally became bolder, and they burst out with a shocking killing sound.
Finally, with the decline of the Qing army completely reversed, Zhang Shi's grenadier battalion seemed to have reached the limit of what it could bear, and with the retreat of the musketeers, all the army formations were in a hurry. Sonny would not let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, take advantage of the situation to cover up, and chase into the darkness.
During this period, someone reminded Sony, "General, Li Xin, the chief general of the Ming army, is treacherous and cunning, so it is better to stop here......"
Sony ignored it and disdained it: "Jinzhou City ahead, my camp is only three miles away from it, and there is a flat river, even if Li Xin is cunning, how much wind and waves can he toss?" You guys, you were just scared by Li Xin, and you really embarrassed me to be the face of the Qing Dynasty Iron Rider! ”
It was Zhang Jing who persuaded Sony with a white flag, and he was already ashamed after hearing such an unceremonious reprimand. Indeed, they were indeed defeated in the hands of Li Xin, but it was by no means the same as being afraid of the Nanban, and the reason why they spoke out to discourage them was also out of a public heart for the court.
However, prejudice against the Banner Lord, the Dolgon brothers, has already formed in the Eight Banners, so as long as they show the slightest conservative meaning, they will be ridiculed as cowardly. The white flag Zhang Jing was embarrassed and indignant, so he had to obey Sony, after all, he was the boss, and he successfully recovered the decline of the white flag armor soldiers, so he naturally had an unquestionable right to speak.
How can a two-legged person run through a four-legged war horse, according to common sense, as long as the cavalry of the Eight Banners chases and kills all the way with a knife, they can collect all the revelations of the Ming army's rout. But this was not the case, the Ming pikemen on the front line were divided into two groups and withdrew to both sides, while the musketeers had retreated nearly twenty paces before this, and had regrouped to prepare for the attack.
Sonny sneered, the Ming army's will to resist is really good, but it will be in vain to resist together under the rolling torrent of the Eight Banners army.
"Kill!"
Bang bang bang!
The musket rang out again, and the smoke suddenly filled the air, and Sony's vision gradually shrank, and everywhere was foggy. But he could feel that this Ming army obviously did not have the heart to fight for a long time, and after a round of volleys, it seemed to be scattered as birds and beasts. The cavalry of the Qing army slowed down due to this round of musket volleys, and when they accelerated again, they were blocked by the retreating Ming army salvo.
But obviously, the resistance of the Ming army is getting weaker and weaker, Sony knows that the opponent he is facing has reached the end of the strong crossbow, as long as he bites it tightly, these defeated soldiers of the Ming army will be the meat of the sword, and Jinzhou City is hindered by the pursuers following closely behind, and it is categorically afraid to open the city gate and let them enter the city.
Sonny urged the war horse to speed up again, but suddenly he felt that the whole earth was trembling, and his ears were like bursts of thunder and roaring, and these war horses who had been trained to deal with the sound of cannons were completely shocked. Sondy subconsciously thought that the Ming army had launched an artillery bombardment to stop their pursuit, but he soon realized that he was wrong.
Because the left front hoof of his war horse suddenly stepped on a ground and sank deeply, and then he was stunned to find that the ground exploded, and the sand and soil splashed everywhere at any time, hitting his body, face, and hands, like a knife. Then the whole horse fell to the ground, and Sonny rolled on the ground, and the wolf rolled a few steps on the ground, so he was not crushed by the horse, but he lost the horse on which he fought.
"General, General......"
Sonny was surrounded by a group of extremely loyal Goshha, who seemed to go crazy when they saw their master fall off his horse.
"I'm fine, the Ming army has mines in front, and the army is ordered to retreat!"
Sony finally realized that this kind of thing that exploded from the ground, called a landmine, had heard the military use it many times before, but he didn't see it with his own eyes, and he didn't expect to encounter it under the city of Jinzhou. At last, he had amazing concentration, and even so, when he was in danger, he was still very calm and rational, and gave the order for the army to retreat. He had to admit that he underestimated the enemy this time.
But Sony never expected that starting from the order to withdraw the troops would be nothing more than the beginning of a nightmare. The rear team followed the front line, and suddenly the position of the cavalry and infantry changed, the infantry was in front, and the cavalry was in the rear, and the retreat naturally dragged on. What's even worse is that the road they once traveled exploded one after another under their feet, killing and injuring countless people.
Sonny got on another war horse that Goshha had prepared for him, and stepped on the circuit in shock, but the distance of more than 100 steps seemed to be a long walk, and the explosions came one after another, and the morale accumulated before was like a punctured pig urine bubble, which was drained cleanly.
"The general is not good, the Ming army is chasing back!"
The broken cavalry suddenly had a scout come to report, and when he heard this, Sonny almost turned his back in anger. He really fell for Li Xin's trick, and this guy was defeated by deception, and he laid mines on the way, causing the counterattack to fall short.
Sony suddenly realized a suspicious point, no matter what, he couldn't figure it out, that is, the mines laid on the way to come, which were obviously trampled by the army before, why didn't they explode before, but they actually exploded on the way to retreat?
Having managed to survive the minefield, Sony found that the infantry armor in front of him seemed to be in chaos again.
"General, it's not good, then, those steel monsters are alive again, ......"
Sony was furious, but he was angry with himself, why didn't he let people check those monsters, it turned out that he didn't move just now and he was confusing himself. Tonight's battle is a big one. However, there are tens of thousands of soldiers with white flags, although they have suffered two heavy defeats, and the casualties are only 1,800 at most, and they will not hurt their muscles and bones, and now the most important thing is to regain the control of the wall, he believes that the Ming army is small, and the protracted stalemate will be more and more beneficial to the Eight Banners.
As soon as he thought of this, Sonny suddenly realized that he had sent Goshha to give an order, ordering the other flags to send reinforcements to attack the Ming army, counting the time and should have arrived a long time ago, why did he not move for a long time?
Boom Boom!
I only heard the rumbling sound of artillery in the distance, and judging by listening to the sound, it was also known that it was coming from the direction of Xiying, and Sony couldn't help but feel nervous in his heart, could it be that Xiying was also a bad attack? Thinking of this, I was horrified and inexplicable, how many people were there in the Ming army, and they could actually fight on two fronts? Could it be that the previous information was wrong? Could it be that the actual number of men and horses of the Ming army was far more than 10,000?
The sound of guns on the battlefield gradually intensified again, and suddenly, Sony felt that he had lost the confidence he had before the battle, and he could no longer figure out what the purpose of the Ming army's attack on the camp was. Could it be that he actually wanted to defeat the entire elite of the Eight Banners with more than 10,000 people? Isn't this a big joke in the world? Because of the setback he had just suffered, Sony at this time actually had to admit that he had begun to hesitate in his heart.
Sonny's trance was only an instant, he quickly regained his composure and sanity, and waved his knife and roared: "Rush over, rush over!" There are few soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, and they can stop my Qing Dynasty iron cavalry! ”
Under Sony's repeated urging, the armor soldiers charged forward against the tongue of fire spit out by the gun truck, and soon they found that as Sony said, the steel monster of the Ming army, no matter how powerful it was, was only seven or eight, and the interval between each spit of fire was very long, so they were much more courageous, and they rushed over in one go.
Soon, the cavalry and infantry with white flags hurled past the lonely steel artillery wagons, and gradually returned to the camp.
"Look, the monsters of the Ming army have escaped!"
The sharp-eyed soldier pointed to the slowly moving artillery carriage, Sonny glanced at it and did not order the pursuit, just now he repeatedly wandered between life and death, which gave him a very deep impression and lesson, and naturally he would not give the order to attack again.
And more importantly, although the white flag suffered a lot of losses, it did not hurt the bones, and even successfully thwarted the Ming army's ruse to attack the camp, as long as it insisted on the dawn, waiting for Jinzhou City and the Ming army, it would be a ruthless and angry fire of revenge.
Immediately afterward, Sonny shifted his gaze to the western camp, where the fighting was still going on and it was time for him to go there to put out the fire. Several fast horses came suddenly, and the bloodied white flag scouts rolled off their horses, and shouted loudly: "Where is General Akshan?" Where is General Akshan? ”
Obviously, they came to ask for help, and the generals with white flags fell silent one after another, and someone couldn't help but reply: "Don't shout, General Akshan has been killed and martyred just now, and now it is General Sonny who commands us!" ”
The scout was dressed in Mingguang armor, obviously his status was not low, at least he was also Zhang Jing above Niu Lu, and when he heard Sony's name, he immediately raised his eyebrows.
"Who? You repeat, who's here? ”
"Are you deaf? It's General Sony! ”
This time, it was Goshha, who was under Sony's command, who felt the deep hostility of this person, including Sony.
The scout looked up, and when he saw Sonny sitting upright, he immediately pulled out the steel knife on his waist and shouted: "Sonny old dog, take your life!" ”