Chapter 679: The two armies are fighting
"Let Tubery lead the whole army of Eight Banners forward! Immediately! Oh no! Wait a minute! Dolgon, who was very excited, was already a little incoherent, "This time let the whole army completely assemble the formation, and it is okay to delay for some time, just to let the rain fall through." God bless me! Haha-! The soldiers all need to use their lives to wipe out the Ming army with one drum! ”
"Wow!"
This heavy rain is simply a long drought and rain for the Qing army. In the heavy rain, all the ranged weapons of both sides will be disabled, especially the firearms in which the Runing army has the upper hand, which are now less than a burning stick.
Although the Qing army's general artillery will also be completely useless, they still have some means of long-range attack after all. The bowstring of the bow and arrow is greatly reduced because of the dampness, but it is still somewhat powerful, not to mention that the soldiers of the Qing army are also equipped with long-range weapons such as javelins and hand axes, and the Runing army has no artillery and firearms, and the whole army can't even find a Xiao Li flying knife.
Of course, the heavy rain also brought some trouble to the next Qing army's charge, the weather was slippery, and the cavalry would easily slip after sprinting at high speed. But the Qing army was not afraid of such a situation. Not to mention that those slips and falls can be tolerated, at most slow down some horses to rush into battle, just to say that there is no need for war horses, and the combat effectiveness of the Qing army's infantry is also quite strong.
What is different from what we imagined is that the nomadic situation of getting on a horse and a dragon and getting off a horse is completely invisible to the Qing army. In the past battles between the Qing army and the Ming army, many of them were won by the Qing army in dismounted foot battles. Therefore, the Qing army is not afraid of infantry hand-to-hand combat, and in terms of weapons and equipment for foot combat, the spears of the Runing army are not flexible, and the individual combat is not comparable to the sword shield and axe shield of the Qing army, and only the axe and gun of the Runing army can be comparable to the weapons of the Qing army.
That's why Dolgon was ecstatic when he saw the heavy rain, and the Qing army was also demoralized by this sudden favorable weather.
Relatively speaking, Wu Shigong's face was pale. Today's big war. If you don't even help yourself, will you really hate the battlefield today?
In an instant, a fierce energy surged into Wu Shigong's heart. He first turned around and ordered: "Huang Ding! You first take 200 people to escort Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhou, and the intelligent master back to the camp, and the rest of the people follow me forward! ”
Zhang Zhiheng on the side immediately said urgently: "My lord, stay in the green mountains!" Let's withdraw first! Zhang Zhiheng means that as long as there is Wu Shigong, with the 50,000 troops he left in Runing, Wu Shigong will not be able to make a comeback. If there is no Wu Shigong, the foundation of the Runing Army will disappear. In the final analysis, Zhang Zhiheng wanted Wu Shigong to escape first.
But Wu Shigong flatly refused: "Our Runing Army has never abandoned our comrades. Then he gestured to Chi Mingyi beside him. Then it's a matter of taking the lead. And Chi Ming and the standard-bearer holding Wu Shigong's handsome flag also followed closely behind.
After walking a few steps, Wu Shigong turned around and saw that Zhizhi was also following him, so he asked strangely, "Little monk, why are you keeping up?" ”
"Subdue demons! It's my Buddhist business. How could the little monk not come? "Smart Nastedo.
"Hahaha-!" Wu Shigong was immediately amused by the intelligence, and he had no choice but to shake his head. Just go with the intelligence.
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Zhang Zhiheng, who was staying behind, had a cloudy and uncertain face. Huang Ding, who was on the side, asked cautiously, "Mr. Zhang." Let's hurry up! ”
"Hey!" Zhang Zhiheng let out a long sigh, then immediately straightened his face and said loudly, "Our Runing Army has never abandoned our comrades. Today's Heng will advance and retreat with adults. ”
"Well said!" Zhou Junwu on the side also applauded, "This little general, let's also step forward with Lord Wu!" ”
Huang Ding touched the back of his head. Feeling quite embarrassed, after thinking for a while, Zuihou he could only refuse: "Then let's watch the battle here first!" If the situation is unfavorable, let's move forward together! ”
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I saw heavy rain falling from the sky. The Runing Army was also shaken by the hearts of the whole army. But when the soldiers saw Wu Shigong's handsome banner and took the initiative to move forward, I don't know who shouted the first shout: "My lord is mighty!" Runing's army wins! ”
Then this sentence: "Your Excellency is mighty! Runing's army wins! The words resounded one after another in the Runing army. Gradually, the shouts became neat.
Wu Shigong walked forward past the phalanx behind, and then strolled to the front of the artillery array and stopped. He raised his hand and waved forward, shouting, "Runing Army forward!" Runing's army wins! ”
The soldiers around Wu Shigong also shouted in unison: "Runing army forward!" Runing's army wins! ”
Then the surrounding soldiers and the whole army gradually shouted this sentence. Li Sanhe, who was at the forefront of the whole army, also shouted while slashing his waist knife forward, saying, "Runing Army forward!" ”
Listening to the shouts of the Runing army, and seeing that the Qing army had basically lined up in formation, Dolgon smiled and said to his side: "It looks like that Ming general dog jumped off the wall in a hurry." ”
Then Dorgon also drew his sword, swung it forward, and said, "All the army forward!" ”
The drums of war on both sides suddenly resounded throughout the battlefield.
At the beginning, Li Sanhe and the Qing army each sent a cavalry to charge the battle, but they didn't run a few steps, and the horses on both sides slipped one after another. The rain on the ground, the melted blood, and the blood on the battlefield made the ground muddy, and the war horses could no longer sprint at high speed. So Li Sanhe and the Qing army restrained the troops at the same time, and they approached so slowly, ready to fight to the death.
When the two sides approached about fifty paces, the double-shot cavalry took the lead and rushed towards each other, and the Qing army first shot a round of arrows with a cavalry bow. But the bowstrings of the horses were weak and weak, and they did no harm at all. When a personal soldier beside Li Sanhe saw this, he smiled and said, "The bows and arrows of the Tartars are probably used by the girls." ”
But as soon as the soldier turned his head, he found an arrow stuck in Li Sanhe's throat. Unexpectedly, a few powerful arrows injured Li Sanhe's vital point. As soon as the battle began, the Runing army lost one of its generals.
"My lord! My lord! The surrounding soldiers shouted Li Sanhe with a crying voice, only to see Li Sanhe clutching his throat and falling towards the horse, they immediately went berserk, "Avenge the adult!" Then the cavalry of the Runing army at the front drove their horses and rushed into the formation of the Qing army.
The Qing army immediately divided its 3,000 cavalry to fight with the 2,000 cavalry of the Runing army, and the rest of the Qing army rushed in front of the two infantry phalanxes. The two infantry phalanxes immediately formed a gun forest, preparing for the Qing cavalry to charge, but the Qing troops dismounted one after another and began to attack the phalanx with bows and arrows, javelins and hand axes.
"Get out!" The commanders of the two infantry regiments shouted separately. The Runing army finally dispersed the phalanx and began to rush forward, engaging in a melee with the Qing army.
"Disperse the formation, form a team, and rush forward!" Seeing the fierce battle unfolding in front of him, Wu Shigong also immediately ordered. At this time, there is no way to pay attention to any tactics, and the victory or defeat depends on the most primitive hand-to-hand combat!
The phalanxes of the Runing Army began to disperse, and they ran towards the battlefield in front of them with small teams as battle groups. The troops of the Qing army were gradually put into the battlefield, and they found that the war horses that could not run fast were not as good as the infantry at all, so they also dismounted, holding all kinds of weapons, and began a melee with the Runing army.
From the beginning of being able to maintain a front, to the dog-tooth staggering later, the two sides of Zuihou were mixed together, and they couldn't distinguish between friend and foe at all, but they just formed a battle group.
On the battlefield, it is often a soldier of the Runing Army who has just stabbed a Qing soldier, and then he is cut down by another Qing soldier in the back. From time to time, someone slipped and fell to the ground, and the scene was chaotic.
Everyone was covered with blood and muddy water, but no one flinched, they were all gritting their teeth and fighting desperately. At the beginning, the sound of shouting and killing on the battlefield was shocking, but with the consumption of physical strength, the sound of shouting and killing gradually became smaller, and the sound of broken bones was "crackling" like hail.
However, the situation on the battlefield gradually tilted towards the Qing army. After all, the weapons of the Runing army were slightly inferior, and the number of the Qing army was also a little larger, and the Runing army began to be beaten back by the Qing army.
"It's our turn!" Zug, who had been waiting for his chance, said. Then, in heavy armor, he jumped into the first chariot and rushed out first.
"Children, follow me Li Ye Chong!" Li Lu, who reinforced the left flank, also rushed to the battlefield with Zug.
As soon as this new force joined, it immediately turned the tide of the battle. Although the speed of the chariots could not run fast due to the mud on the ground, after all, these chariots were able to rampage on the battlefield, completely disrupting the formation of the Qing army and making the Qing army avoid it one after another.
Especially those fully enclosed swarm chariots, they are now the only long-range weapons that can be used in the Runing army, and the density of rockets launched by the swarm is also quite large, which caused a large number of casualties in the Qing army at once.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Dolgon, who had always preserved the strength of the Eight Banners, couldn't sit still, and he ordered loudly: "Give Tuberi an order!" Move forward with the Eight Banners! "The Qing army also threw its own reserves into battle.
The addition of 5,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners immediately blocked the chariots and cavalry units of Zug, and these soldiers of the Eight Banners almost rested all day and did not lose any physical strength at all, so they relied on their flexibility to approach the chariot through the dead end of the chariot and destroy the chariot one after another.
Seeing this, Li Lu also led his troops to protect the chariot around it to prevent the Qing army from destroying the chariot.
So after the soldiers of the Eight Banners were put into the battlefield, the decline of the Qing army was quickly reversed, and under the advance of the Qing army step by step, the Runing army gradually fell to the downside.
At this time, even the artillery and musketeers of the Runing Army also picked up their waist knives and threw them into the battlefield. Seeing that there were no more reserves, Wu Shigong also ordered loudly: "All the pro-soldiers follow me forward." (To be continued......)