Chapter 48
The moment the cavalry rushed in, heads and stumps flew around. The knight in heavy armor directly knocked people into the air. The spear pierced through the human body, and the limbs of the man strung on the barrel of the gun were waved and screamed, and the screams could be heard clearly across the muddy river.
The bloodshed of the cold weapon war spread infinitely at this moment.
Daishan is one of the four great beylers, and Nurhachi's most capable son. Since the big Baylor Chu Ying is no longer there, Daishan is actually the de facto big Baylor. Under his leadership, he is striving to be the first under the red flag. A red armor scorched the Ming army's military formation like a flame.
Amin is also the Great Beyler, the son of Nurhachi's younger brother Shulhaqi. As the owner of the Blue Flag, he also took the lead. He personally led the heavily armored cavalry to charge the formation, and the sea water under the blue flag flooded the Ming army formation on the opposite side.
Azig is relatively young, one of the four little Baylors. The white flag under his command charged less violently, but he kept using bows and arrows to consume the Ming army on the opposite side. The Ming army here is very elite, and the shield array is dense and the crossbow arrows are terrifying, which brings a lot of trouble to Azig. The rangers were constantly wandering, watching like wolves. As long as Amin and Daishan succeed on both sides, as long as one charge can occupy the bridgehead and cut off the retreat of the Ming army.
The forces were moved to the east to resist the attack of the blue and yellow flags. The weak defense line on this side, where can it withstand the impact of the three flags like a wolf and a tiger.
With just one charge, the Ming army's defense line was routed. Except for the Ming army at the bridgehead, which was still holding out, the rest were all retreating eastward.
"Handsome! No, let's retreat to the other side. The soldiers pulled Qin Bangping's armor, wanting Qin Bangping to escape to the military formation of the Qi family army on the other side after getting on the horse.
"No, we're going to nail it here. The brothers' way of life is here, and we must guard this retreat for the brothers. Qin Bangping came to the bridgehead with his own soldiers.
He knew that this was the last retreat of the whole army, and if the bridgehead was occupied, the only thing waiting for the white pole soldiers would be the destruction of the whole army. If it's summer, you can also swim through the Hunhe River. But now it's winter, and the ice and snow are mixed in the Hunhe River. Now when you go into the water, you will freeze to death in the river before you can get ashore.
"Marshal, the left wing is no longer good." The pro-soldier pointed to the left flank.
Qin Bangping saw that the defense line on the left flank had completely collapsed, and the Eight Banners cavalry was galloping wildly, slashing and killing the scattered white pole soldiers. Qin Bangping's personal soldiers could barely maintain a corridor 100 meters wide, which was connected to the main formation of the white pole soldiers. Now the Eight Banners are frantically attacking the defense line of their own soldiers, trying to separate the Ming army from the rest of the Ming army at the bridgehead.
If you cut off this corridor that is 100 meters wide and 40 or 50 meters long. Even if you can't eat the Ming army at the head of the bridge for a while, you can annihilate most of the white pole soldiers.
"Hold on, hold on no matter what. Otherwise, the brothers would have no way to live, so they sent a message to Minping, asking him to lead the brothers to shrink and lean towards the bridge. Qin Bangping roared and gave an order, he knew that the military formation would not last for a while, and it would be difficult to hold out until dark according to the current situation.
But Amin was not prepared to give Qin Bangping any chance, as an excellent cavalry general. He was also keenly aware of the role of this corridor on the battlefield. With a wave of the saber in his hand, one hundred and ten heavily armored cavalry under the banner of Zhenglan followed him and rushed towards this corridor.
Crossbow arrows hit them with a "clanging" sound. No matter how powerful the crossbow arrows were, they all fell to the ground weakly.
The cavalry rushed to the front of the two armies like a wind, and the speed of Amin's mount under his crotch did not decrease. With a "bang", the shield soldier holding the shield and the shield leader flew into the air. No matter how brave Qin Bangping's pro-army was, it was unable to resist the onslaught of the heavily armored cavalry. These guys can't be hurt by knives, and they can't get their spears in. Although it hurts to smash the hammer, as long as it doesn't hit the head, it won't be stoned to death all at once.
The defensive lines of the pro-soldiers were precarious, and they were about to collapse.
"Bang" "Bang" "Bang" ......! The "crackling" sound like firecrackers became one. Behind the Ming troops, a large group of Ming troops wearing red armor appeared. In the hands of these Ming soldiers, they are holding bird guns.
The iron armor on the heavy cavalry is invulnerable to swords and guns, and arrows are not pierced. With a distance of only a dozen meters, how could it be an opponent for a musket. The moment the gunshots rang out, more than 20 Eight Banner Heavy Armorers screamed and fell off their horses. The powerful kinetic energy of the projectile even penetrated their bodies. It pierced directly from behind, but the kinetic energy of the projectile was also released similarly, and it failed to cause secondary damage.
"Lord Belle!" Amin's guards desperately pulled Amin and left. They knew that the armor on their bodies was no match for muskets.
"Marshal Qin, my general said to let you withdraw to the other side. In the rear of our army, Tartar soldiers have already been found. Zhou Dunji found Qin Bangping and repeated Qi Jin's words.
"I've given an order to get Minping closer to me. Now, we're going to nail it to the bridge. Once this place is occupied, no one can go back. ”
"That's good, the last general will help hold the line." Zhou Dunji immediately rushed to the front line and hurriedly arranged the Mandarin Duck Formation to resist the Eight Banners Cavalry.
After Qin Minping broke desperately, he kept shrinking his defensive line. Desperately trying to get closer to his brother, the people kept sending the wounded soldiers back.
Li Xiao stood on the shore and watched the difficult retreat on the other side. The two armies are entangled, and retreating is actually exchanging the lives of some people for the lives of others.
Those who don't have time to retreat will be swallowed up by the red-eyed Eight Banners. Under the chaotic knife, the man who was still alive just now turned into a pile of minced meat in an instant.
The people carried or carried, and threw the wounded soldiers into the position of the Qi army. Some of the fleshy ones will go back and continue to help carry the wounded. Some of the guys had just crossed the bridge and simply found an open space and threw the wounded soldiers on the ground like garbage. Turn around and run!
"These brutes!" Li Xiao's angry brain was congested, and he picked up a knife that he didn't know whom, and went out to give them a knife. I could see the wounded soldiers screaming on the ground, and they could only half-drag and half-lift them into the trench.
Many Qi family soldiers came out to help, otherwise these wounded soldiers would be trampled to death by those who crossed the bridge.
The shouts of killing in front were ringing, and the wounded soldiers in the Qi family's barracks were also increasing. The wounded soldiers on the ground were piled up one after another, and it didn't take long for them to become a piece. There was so much pain that he screamed "whoop" and "whoop", Li Xiao had never heard of anyone making such a miserable movement.
It was finally dark, and the white-pole soldiers had almost withdrawn. It should be said that he is almost dead, and there are more than a dozen arrows stuck in Qin Bangping's armor. If it weren't for the thicker armor, it would have died a long time ago.
Qin Minping was not so lucky, and was shot in the stomach by the javelin of the Eight Banners. There was a big opening in the stomach, and the intestines flowed out. This product is really tough, and the intestines are stuffed back and they won't retreat. In the end, he was brought back by his own soldiers, and as soon as he returned to the military formation of the Qi family's army, he couldn't do it.