Chapter 958: The Qing cavalry rushed into battle

The Qing army's sudden shift from defense to attack did catch the Daping army by surprise. First of all, the artillery of the phalanx was not placed in place, and a complete infantry artillery formation could not be formed. Then there was the cessation of the phalanx and the formation of defense, which was somewhat incomplete in a hurry.

So after only three rounds of shooting, the Qing cavalry rushed to the front. The cavalry at the front was not all knocked out. A dozen or so of them rushed in front of the firecrackers at once, and slammed some of them out of the air.

Although in the following period, these cavalry were basically pierced by the spear array, but they effectively shook the phalanx, and caused the cavalry to charge the formation in the future, and never be hit by the fire again.

One, two, and three rows ......, and the Qing cavalry charged very resolutely. Just now, Dolgon had made up his mind to switch from defense to attack, and he assigned his most elite troops to the left and right flanks. This is also a reflection of Dorgon's resolute and desperate character.

And Azig and Tubery, who commanded the right flank, were also resolute. They don't care about feints or main attacks, as long as they defeat the left flank of the Daping Army first, won't that attract more troops of the Daping Army?

With a "bang", the gunfire array in front of the two phalanxes was finally crushed. The cavalry of the Qing army rushed into the phalanx in rows, although the Qing soldiers who rushed in first were cut down under their horses by axes and guns, but each Qing soldier always took the lives of several soldiers of the Daping Army.

In this way, life was exchanged for a stick of incense, and the rest of the Daping army finally couldn't support it. Although the soldiers of these two phalanxes fought quite bravely, they still fought to the death in an unfavorable situation. But the time will come when the power of manpower will be exhausted. The scattered infantry could not stop the torrent of iron horses. When thousands of cavalry troops continued to charge, the two phalanxes were finally overwhelmed.

However, the Qing army did not stop the charge, when they successfully broke the two phalanxes. These Qing cavalry did not pursue the scattered Daping soldiers, they were still lined up in a linear array, bypassing behind the phalanx, and roaring towards the artillery positions of the Daping Army in the middle.

"Turn the muzzle! Load! The firecrackers are all lined up on the side! The artillery commander who commanded the artillery immediately ordered loudly as soon as he saw that the Qing cavalry was targeting him.

However, the artillery of the Daping army was lined up in the direction of the Qing army, while the Qing cavalry on the left flank rushed over from the flank of the artillery. The muzzle of the gun was not aimed at this Qing army at all. That is, the gun on the very edge can turn the muzzle. Coupled with a few swarms, this is all the firepower to deal with the Qing army.

And the Daping military formation that followed closely behind, and the firecrackers in front of the formation also ran forward. Shoot freely at this Qing army. But the Qing army didn't care about their own fall one after another, just staring at the artillery of the Daping army, and wanted to wipe out all the artillery of the Daping army.

"Whoosh ——!" , a swarm of bees finally ignited. Hundreds of rockets flew away. Immediately punched a gap in the array in the front row of the Qing army. However, the charging Qing army immediately moved closer, tightened the formation again, and still maintained a high-speed sprint.

"Boom ——!" , the shotgun also fired, and the iron sand flew out of the muzzle, immediately smashing the Qing soldiers in the fan. However, the remaining Qing soldiers had already rushed to the front of the artillery, and the guns and knives cut down the artillery, and several Qing soldiers even threw lassoes. Put it on the body of the cannon and overturn the gun. Then. Without a pause, they rushed to the second gun.

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More and more artillery pieces were overturned in the Daping army, but there were also more and more musketeers gathered around. The dense free fire had created a great density, and the constant swarms of bees and shotguns also knocked down a large number of Qing cavalry. It wasn't until the eighth artillery that the remaining Qing soldiers finally couldn't maintain the cavalry array, and they all dispersed, still rushing towards the artillery behind.

The ninth and tenth ......, and it was not until the twelfth was overturned that the musketeers of the escort artillery team gathered on this side, and finally lined up the round-fire array. As the fire began to shoot in turn, the surrounding Daping army surrounded again, and this group of Qing cavalry saw that it was impossible to do anything, so they gave up continuing the attack and killed their own troops.

The cavalry of the Qing army that broke through the phalanx this time was only nearly 2,000 cavalry in total. However, they charged decisively, but inflicted great casualties on the artillery of the Daping Army. Although in the end, the Qing troops who were able to retreat smoothly were less than 500 cavalry, but after losing so many artillery pieces, the Daping army could no longer concentrate a sufficient number of artillery pieces for cluster firing.

suffered such a huge loss, which suddenly made Xue Yongli, who was in command, furious. However, now is not the time to analyze the gains and losses, Xue Yongli immediately ordered the phalanx of the second row to move forward, and transferred the calligraphy and ink department as a reserve to the left flank, to plug the gap in the left flank that had been opened by the Qing army.

Seeing that the two phalanxes on the right flank had been defeated, Azig and Tuberi issued orders one after another: let the follow-up cavalry continue to line up the line array, and continue to charge towards the phalanx in the middle.

But at this time, the Daping Army, which had just suffered a loss, was finally ready. First the long-range regimental artillery fire, then the fire of the gun, and then the swarm of bees and shotguns supplemented, under such dense firepower, without waiting for the gun flower array to come in handy, the cavalry in the first three rows of the Qing army was knocked to the ground one after another.

And seeing the dense firepower of the Daping army, the phalanx behind stepped forward to plug the gap. Azig, Tuberi and other generals immediately withdrew their troops and prevented the Qing army from charging into battle again, so as not to let their troops lose in vain.

Although the second charge was a bit anticlimactic, the Azig did not forget that they were feinting. Now that the attention of the Daping Army has been drawn to their side, Azig and they have completed their task.

At this time, the Qing army's central army resounded with the sound of war drums. With a "bang", the formation of the Qing army's left flank defense spread out again, and Haoge and Wu Sangui's troops launched a real attack.

This time, Haoge and Wu Sangui also made a bloody investment. The 2,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry were in front, and the 3,000 taels of Yellow Banner were behind, and they swooped towards the three phalanxes on the right flank of the Daping Army.

The cavalry moving at high speed withstood the artillery fire of the Daping army, rushed into a hundred paces at once, and entered the range of the Daping army's guns. Seeing the Qing army approaching, the first row of firearms of the Daping army immediately fired a volley, but with this volley, the three-eyed firearms of the Guanning Iron Cavalry also fired.

All along, the Daping army never met any resistance to the enemy's cavalry rotation. Therefore, this shot of Guan Ning Tieqi's fire suddenly made the firearm wheel firing array a little chaotic. But when the Daping army had just ended the chaos and fired another volley, the second shot of the Guanning Iron Cavalry began. Then came the third ....... (To be continued......)