Chapter 247: The Clash between the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Jurchen White-Armored Cavalry
More and more Jurchen foot riders flocked to them, and then pounced ferociously like hyenas that pounced on tigers and leopards.
The tiger roared, the jaguar roared, but it still couldn't stop the hyenas from gathering more and more.
Seeing that the slaves under his command regained the dominance and advantage of the battlefield.
A cold smile finally appeared on Mang Gutai's fierce face, and he muttered to himself: "The Ming army like a weak chicken is also trying in vain to learn Genghis Khan's chiseling tactics? It's like painting tiger dogs, and the class has an axe. ”
Seeing that his sons and daughters gradually fell into a bitter battle in the battlefield outside the city, especially the figure of the extremely vigorous young man, it was already in danger.
Zu Dashou was so anxious that he couldn't help but cast his expectant eyes on the northwest corner of the city, and muttered: "The fighter plane has appeared, it's time for you to appear." ”
Boom Boom!
With the sound of three cannons, as if receiving a signal, an unusually vigorous light cavalry rushed out from the northwest corner outside Jinzhou City.
First there was the sound of a two-barreled long firebolt, followed by a burst of flintlock-fired short firearms, and the rear team was covered with a powerful crossbow volley.
In the midst of the roaring war drums and the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the Jurchen foot soldiers who were caught off guard again could no longer be described as being killed and turned over on their backs, but were frightened.
The Jurchen army, which was accustomed to the Ming army's turtle king eight generally shrinking in the city, obviously did not expect that in this small military city that had not been repaired for a long time, there were two cavalry that dared to take the initiative to attack the city.
Therefore, the vibration of the soul is really more torturous than the damage of the body.
This cavalry was all light cavalry, but the Jurchen infantry who bore the brunt of the cavalry felt as if they were facing a torrent of steel that was extremely brave.
Mang Gutai in the distance also felt the same way, and only felt that this cavalry that suddenly appeared was more sharp than the one that ran out of the north gate of the town.
The temporarily assembled Jurchen Niulu was dispersed in the blink of an eye.
The Jurchen Jiala, who was waiting for the battle, was chiseled through in an instant.
Even the Gushan Banner, the most elite with the blue flag, is in danger of collapse.
Mang Gutai was anxious, and hurriedly dispatched urgently, and transferred the Zhenglan Gushan Banner, which had been blocked on the periphery of the north gate of the town from bravely moving forward and becoming a rampaging heavy cavalry, to the northwest corner of Jinzhou City.
However, in this way, the first battalion of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which was commanded by Wu Sangui, felt that the pressure suddenly decreased, and he instantly knew that it must be Chongzhen's guy who finally led the second battalion of the Guanning Iron Cavalry to launch a surprise attack.
As a result, they all rose up bravely, charged bravely, and killed the enemy in bloody battles.
The remaining more than 50 heavy armored cavalry, almost all of whom were wounded, regrouped tightly under his orders, and actually launched a brazen charge in the direction of Manggutai without fear of death.
The remaining 800 or so light armored cavalry also followed.
The arrows of the crossbow have all poured out.
The resilient spear broke, and the two short spears were thrown out heavily, bringing up a rain of blood.
The first battalion of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, finally no longer had a long-range weapon, only the right hand wrapped in a strip of cloth, tightly holding a heavy horse chopping knife, roaring in a hoarse voice, charging fearlessly, and charging again.
Chisel through, chisel through!
What is sought is nothing more than the highest glory on the battlefield - a heroic death, a horse leather shroud, and that's it.
The first battalion of the Guanning Iron Cavalry commanded by Wu Sangui and the second battalion of the Guanning Iron Cavalry commanded by Chongzhen.
Like two extremely sharp swords, they fiercely stabbed into the left and right chests of the Jurchens, and quickly approached the heart of Mang Gutai.
The red-coated cannons at the head of the city were still roaring, and the double-barreled arquebus long firebolts, still under the command of Zu Dabi, were constantly pouring iron sand bullets, and then loading ammunition.
The chamber of the cannon has become very hot, and it seems that it may explode at any moment.
The tube had become so hot that it seemed to be about to be scrapped at any moment.
But no one wants to stop, just trying to kill the enemy as much as possible, contain the enemy army, and reduce the pressure and buy time for the two sharp swords that attack out of the city.
When the almost full strength of 4,500 Zhenglan Gushan Infantry Banner was also in the almost mad charge of the second battalion of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and was about to be defeated.
Mang Gutai finally felt the panic and wanted to urgently dispatch the last reliance in his mind - the white-armored cavalry.
only to find that the remaining four hundred and fifty white-armored cavalry were facing the fearless and sacrificial charge of the first battalion of the Guanning Iron Cavalry.
If you turn around at this time, not to mention whether it will collapse or not, this kind of behavior is tantamount to defeat, and it is definitely not acceptable to Mang Gutai.
Therefore, his rough heart quickly weighed it, and ordered the besieging army to retreat on all fronts, avoiding the unfavorable situation of this three-front battle.
If the Guan Ning infantry in the city dared to go out of the city to pursue, it would be in his arms.
If you don't go out of the city to support, then concentrate your forces and encircle and suppress the two cavalry that go out of the city.
Manggutai's strategy is undoubtedly good, but it is difficult to implement.
Because, whether it was the soldiers who were absentmindedly attacking the city, or the foot cavalry who were desperately resisting the charge of Guanning's iron cavalry, under the only retreat order - Ming Jin to withdraw his troops, they could not fully understand Mang Gutai's combat intentions.
All the soldiers, whether it was the Han serf army who only wanted to survive and steal their lives, or the Jiannu army who only wanted to capture Jinzhou and plunder the Ming Dynasty, all began to retreat back in an instant like the tide of the ebb tide.
It is the Zhenglan Gushan Banner that is bravely resisting the second battalion of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and has already suppressed Huang Chongzhen's unrivaled momentum, and it can be contained.
Seeing that they had assembled again, the blue-lined mountain flags that were helping to intercept them from the side had already faded away.
The banner owner of the Zhenglan Gushan Banner scolded angrily, and decisively ordered the whole army to retreat, and did not even arrange the manpower behind the palace.
Of course, the white-armored cavalry had no reason to retreat.
Because in the proud minds of all the elite of the white armor, as long as they are on the battlefield, as long as there is an enemy in front of them, then even if they take the initiative to retreat, it is tantamount to the humiliation of defeat.
The only glory of the white-armored cavalry, composed of the elite of each banner carefully selected by the Mandate of Heaven, is to destroy all the so-called fortified fortresses in front of them, conquer all the so-called fortified cities in front of them, and destroy all the iron armies in front of them.
However, at this moment, the tide generally "retrograde" from the side, or the Han serf army, made this group of leaders in the Jurchen Eight Banners have no choice.
The leader of Bai Jia Zhen roared angrily, and led the army to kill several Guan Ning heavy cavalry who were blocking in front of him.
Then, the oblique stab into the Guanning light cavalry, a flesh-like slash, then killed through the thin military formation, under the gaze of the defenders on the north wall of the town, just like that, around a big bend under the city, and went away.
During this period, Zhou Ji, Peng Qi, and Luo Li, who had already accumulated rich experience in shelling, fired a round of shells that dealt a slight blow to them.
Wu Sangui, who felt that he was about to run out, was extremely unwilling and quite fortunate to watch this extremely small number of fierce opponents withdraw like a whirlwind, unable to catch up.
He exerted all his strength and pretended to pursue for a hundred meters, then resolutely made a small circle, and led his subordinates, who were also exhausted and about to die, to return to the city through the gate of the north of the town.
The sturdy soldiers in the city pushed the turntable vigorously, the heavy drawbridge roared to its feet, slowly returned to its place, and the two heavy city gates also rumbled back to close, and the valve was closed.
This time he took the initiative to attack, so that Chongzhen once again felt the enthusiasm of the charge.
He enjoyed and enjoyed the feeling, but he was not carried away by the victory in front of him.
He knew very well that the Jurchen army, which had been unrivaled in Liaodong for more than ten years, would never be defeated so easily.
Therefore, Chongzhen led the rank tail to pursue for a while, and then also flicked a shot, and then quickly ran to the northwest corner of the city, intending to return the same way, and return to the city through the Guangshun Gate on the west side.
However, the white-armored cavalry, who realized that he had been tricked, would not let him get his wish so easily, and chased after them angrily, and fully displayed the exquisite horsemanship of the Jurchen cavalry, and soon bit their tails.
The powerful wolf's tooth arrow exceeded the speed of the war horse, roaring, and there was always Guan Ning's light horse behind the palace who was hit by the arrow and fell off the horse.
Fortunately, Chongzhen quickly led the army into the range of the red-coated cannons, and Zhou Ji had already commanded the artillery battalion to estimate and adjust the angle of the artillery attack, so the cover of the shells came immediately.
Round after round of whistling shells, they always smashed into the compact formation of the white-armored cavalry with relative accuracy.
The Guan Ning light cavalry in the front and rear rows no longer conserved arrows and ammunition, and with a slight twist of the body, they could use the pull of the trigger to pour out all the arrows in the strong crossbow or the iron sand bullets in the flintlock short firecracker.
One chase and one escape, just like the Mongolian cavalry once used to sweep through Europe and Asia with the dog-belt tactics.
The Jurchen cavalry, especially their white-armored Baturu, undoubtedly learned this essence long ago.
This time, however, the priorities have been reversed.
The wolf fangs of the white-armored cavalry must exceed the speed of the war horse in order to inflict damage on the Guanning light cavalry.
However, the strong crossbows and firearms of the Guanning Iron Cavalry could easily inflict a head-on blow on the white-armored cavalry.
The white-armored cavalry can be said to be pursuing in the rain of bullets, and the kind of grievance in their hearts can be imagined.
The dog-leash tactics of the Mongolian cavalry in the past were the first to be reproduced by the cavalry of the Ming Kingdom, and the psychological blow was also obvious.
Just when the two sides were rapidly approaching the corner of the west wall and the north wall of Jinzhou in the midst of the battle between you and me, the roar of red-clothed cannons, as well as countless firecrackers and earth-shattering shouts suddenly came from above the city.
This is under Chongzhen's suggestion, the number of suspicious soldiers arranged here by Zu Dashou is actually very limited, but it has a good effect of deterring the enemy.
The last psychological line of defense that the white-armored cavalry was tightly tense was finally shattered.