Chapter 250: Liaodong Cavalry Comes to Help
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After discovering that the cavalry of the Ming army turned to pounce on Du Shuai, Geng Zhongyi was startled, but quickly calmed down, and ordered the Liao soldiers to intercept the Ming infantry who rushed over while waving the flag, and ordered his brother Geng Zhongxi to lead people to surround the Ming cavalry.
In Geng Zhongyi's opinion, it is a sure thing to defeat those Ming army foot soldiers, because the other party is about to be surrounded by him.
After the encirclement, these Ming troops can't fly off even if they have wings!
At this time, the Jinzhou army has suffered heavy losses, half of the sergeants who rushed up with Shi Dayong were killed or wounded, if it were not for Wang Tiande's five hundred soldiers to arrive and carry out a salvo at the critical juncture, I am afraid that the Jinzhou army has already been wiped out, and he Shi Dayong also fulfilled his responsibility to Emperor Chongzhen - died on the battlefield, and the horse leather shrouded was returned.
There was no queue to speak of, and the soldiers who were still holding the guns instinctively shot their guns at the rebels, and some of the sergeants had no time to charge, so they could only draw their long knives and jump into hand-to-hand combat.
Under the encirclement of nearly 2,000 Dongjiang Liao soldiers and more than 1,000 rabble, the Jinzhou army had less than 800 people left, and the Changping army had fought to less than 200.
There is no time for Shi Dayong to make the most heroic declaration, and there is not too much heroic feelings.
Every minute and second is spent in battle, blood and fire.
The fierce fighting even caused the only sound of shouting and killing in people's mouths, and there were no other superfluous words.
Every cut is a contest between life and death; Every time the sound of the gun sounded, it was a hesitation at the ghost gate.
The rebels, who saw that the Ming army was dying, began to get excited, and they pounced on their opponents again and again like wolf dogs.
Geng Zhongyi was even thinking about whether to persuade this Ming army to surrender, after all, the other party was too capable of fighting, and if he could recruit his subordinates, it would undoubtedly be a big help. But when he saw the dead and wounded all over the place, his anger suddenly ignited, and he wanted to kill all the Ming troops, leaving no one behind!
"Put!"
Just when the rebels thought that the Ming army was about to be wiped out, they heard a loud shout, followed by a loud bang, and then a shaking of the mountains.
The sound of the explosion frightened the cavalry horses of both sides at the same time, and no matter how much the knights on the horses were controlled, they could not calm the horses. Li Yingyuan, who was lucky enough to pick up a life from the knife of the Ming army, almost fell from his horse, but one of his father's old guards grabbed him, otherwise he would definitely be stepped on by a startled horse.
When the dust and smoke cleared, the rebels who were not killed by the explosion were stunned, because a large hole appeared in front of them that was more than ten zhang long and seven or eight zhang wide, and there was hardly a living person in this hole, and the hole was full of human corpses.
Some of the corpses were blown to pieces, and a few feet away, wounded soldiers and stumps were scattered everywhere, blood was pouring all over the ground, and terrible screams were heard one after another.
The internal organs of the people are also thrown everywhere, and the blood is sticky, making people want to vomit when they look at it.
There seemed to be a sudden silence between heaven and earth, and the rebels looked at the hellish scene in horror, and no one dared to take a single step forward.
The explosion was even more terrifying than the sound of the Hongyi cannon, and the eardrums were still buzzing and trembling.
The scene of flesh and blood in front of them made the rebels even more frightened, and the rabble had retreated in fright. They don't want to fight these desperate Ming troops anymore, they want to go home
"Rush, rush over, kill those official dogs!"
Geng Zhongyi realized that the situation was not good after hearing the loud noise, the dust and smoke dissipated, he was furious, this explosion took the lives of at least a few hundred Dongjiang Liao soldiers, which made him suddenly out of control, felt unacceptable, and roared hysterically.
"Kill, kill all those official dogs!"
The Liao soldiers who woke up recovered quickly, and unlike the rabble, they knew too much about gunpowder, and they knew that the explosion was caused by the concentrated explosion of the Ming army's medicine. While shocked by the astonishing power of this explosive explosion, they all thought that the Ming army had no medicine!
Under the urging of the officers, the Liao soldiers began to press up again, they shot from a distance, and the rabble that ran back was also pressed by the bullets, forcing the fear in their hearts, and rushing forward with the Liao soldiers in fear.
The sound of "bang bang bang" fire guns rang out from time to time, and there was the sound of big poles in the middle, and in the sound of guns, you could vaguely hear the screams of the Ming army on the opposite side
The fighting did not stop because of the explosion, and the rebels who were sure to win would not give the Jinzhou army a way out.
The shouts of kill rang out again, crazier than before.
The wolf cavalry, Li Jiucheng's personal guards, and Li Yingyuan's horse team fought tightly together, and the knives rose and fell, or human heads, limbs, or internal organs, constantly falling to the ground.
Cao Bianjiao was extremely powerful, the rebels couldn't get close to him at all, and Li Yingyuan was almost cut in half by him.
Taken by Cao Bianjiao's strength, although the rebels were superior in numbers, they did not have the upper hand for a while.
The hundreds of rebels led by Geng Zhongxi were more like watching a play, they waved their flags and shouted on the periphery of the battle circle, but none of them participated in the battle.
The loud noise was that Shi Dayong gathered all the gunpowder stored by the Jinzhou army in the confusion, tied it to several horses, lit the fuse, and drove it into the crowd of the other party.
The explosion of nearly 4,000 catties of gunpowder was amazing, although the effect was huge, taking the lives of hundreds of rebels, but it was like a bright firework, and like a burst of life, the Jinzhou army had no chance of victory.
The soldiers didn't have much gunpowder on their bodies, and taking advantage of the opportunity for the other party to freeze at the moment of the explosion, Shi Dayong and his generals organized the last firearm salvo.
"Ready to put them all away!"
More than 400 people opened the front of more than 40 zhang in the first row. After shooting, immediately crouch down to clean up the control, charge, load, compact, the second row is in the first row. While shooting, raise the gun, lay it flat, aim, and fire.
The soldiers without firearms were wheezing with swords and spears.
Zhao Xueqi hid behind the crowd, and the Confucian shirt on his body was stained with a lot of blood, but it was not his. He kept looking back, but again and again, there were no reinforcements from the Beijing camp that he thought would definitely appear.
He began to regret it, he began to be afraid, his teeth chattering and creaking.
He kept silently reciting in his heart: The Gao Gong Guild came to save us, the Gao Gong Guild came to save us, he promised me, he promised me
Wang Tiande is not like him, the nickname of "Wang Da Fool" is not called in vain, he is indeed sacrificing his life to fight the rebels, I don't know if he wants to really prove that he is an official or a soldier. Exactly what it is, no one knows.
Many of the captives were already frightened, and more than one of the captives was dripping with urine from under their crotch, and they were trembling and waiting for death.
The tragic casualties made the real outlaws in the Liao soldiers lose their minds, and they even rushed directly towards the Jinzhou army.
The sound of the gun sounded, and more than a hundred outlaws fell on the way to the charge, followed by many more in a pool of blood.
"!"
Geng Zhongyi's face turned pale, and he found that the Liao soldiers were beginning to lose the courage to fight. Many people did not continue to rush forward, but looked at the Ming army in a daze, with fear in their eyes.
"Kill me"
Geng Zhongyi was about to give an order, but a rapid gong sounded behind him
"Withdraw the troops, the commander has an order, withdraw the troops immediately!"
At the moment when the miracle happened, the remnants of the Jinzhou army were all stunned, including Shi Dayong, everyone was clearly aware that as long as the rebels rushed up again, they could easily defeat them without much effort.
But at this most critical moment, the rebels chose to retreat, and compared to the previous frenzied attack, the retreat was so surprising.
"The enemy is back?"
The soldiers still didn't believe that the rebels who were so desperately attacking their side just now would retreat when victory was about to be won!
The officers couldn't believe it, but said that the rebels were going to regroup and charge again with all their might, as they had just done.
"General, they really retreated!"
As everyone was engrossed, clenching their weapons and preparing for another enemy charge, the soldiers in the front row shouted loudly.
Suddenly, including Shi Dayong, everyone stretched their necks and looked ahead, this news was undoubtedly a blessing from heaven for them who were exhausted, but I am afraid it was not true.
"Did you see clearly in front, did the thief really retreat?"
A captive soldier nervously asked his companion in front of him because he couldn't see the situation in front of him. The companion also couldn't see it clearly, and hesitated and whispered, "It seems to be retreating." The captive soldier hurriedly said: "What does it mean to be retreating, retreating is retreating, how can there be anything that seems to be retreating, do you see it clearly?" ”
The companion was about to answer, when he heard the people in front of him already shouting loudly:
"We won, we won!"
"The rebels are really back! Brethren, we have won! ”
After listening to the cheers of the people in front of him, the captive soldier believed that the rebels had really retreated, and his heart fell all the time, and he was trembling and could no longer say a word.
Soon, all the soldiers saw the disappearing rebels, who were retreating faster and more quickly than they had come. Even those who were still wailing did not bother to take them with them, and only hurried back due south.
"Victory, brethren, we have won!"
The roaring cheers that erupted from the Jinzhou army, and the expressions of the soldiers also changed from stunned and disbelief just now to a kind of happiness and joy for the rest of their lives.
The battle was over, and they miraculously won. Some of the soldiers burst into tears with excitement over joy.
"General, we won!"
"Huh?"
Shi Dayong kept staring blankly ahead, and it wasn't until Jiang Wanli and they cheered that he realized that he had won! But how to win him is confused, although the explosion just now killed and injured a lot of rebels, but the other party still has enough strength to attack, but for some reason suddenly withdrew his troops?
Could it be?
Shi Dayong's heart moved, he turned around and looked back, and in his sight, a cavalry under black pressure was rushing towards the battlefield.
The sound of hooves shook the earth and shook people's hearts.
Reinforcements finally came, and it was the Liaodong cavalry led by Jin Guochen, the chief soldier of Jizhen.