Chapter 22: Mountain Pass Blockade
Although attacked, the cavalry that rushed over did not stop, and still galloped quickly, without thinking about attacking from the mountain at all.
Because behind them are the wolf-like Jurchens.
In the rear, many soldiers panicked and shouted, "The pigtail soldiers are coming!" ”
When the soldiers in the front team heard this, they had no intention of confrontation, but just waved their horsewhips with all their might. The army of 50,000 quickly collapsed, and the Emperor Dashun took the lead in escaping, and they longed to give birth to a pair of wings!
Not far behind them, the Jianyu army, which had already slaughtered all the invading infantry, hurried after them.
They had rested for two days, and now was the time to be energetic and strong. It was easy to pursue these intruders who had been fighting for two days.
When they arrived at this mountain pass, Jianyu had already caught up, and the forward cavalry began to fire arrows one after another, and some of the cavalry had already rushed to the sides of the intruding army and began to slash.
Xiong Wei stood and watched it sincerely, and praised Chongzhen again in his heart, there were really Jurchens chasing him, "Hahaha, being able to follow the emperor is the greatest blessing in my life!" ”
Xiong Wei ordered the men to beat the war drums, and there were also war drums on the other side of the mountain pass in response.
With the sound of war drums, countless boulders rolled down from both sides of the pass, blocking the intruders who had just rushed into the pass.
Jianyu was overjoyed when he saw it, thinking that Wu Sangui had ambushed the men and horses in advance, so he scattered and rushed to the mountain pass to surround the invading army.
The way of the army was blocked, and the rear prisoners chased after them, one by one panicked, scurrying around, and there were very few people who really had the courage to turn back and kill the enemy.
Jianyu galloped on horseback, without slashing, stretching out the saber, and easily harvesting human lives with the speed of the horse.
"Boom......"
Just as he was building a captive to kill, countless sharp arrows poured down from the sky, and there were 10,000 of them.
For a time, there were countless casualties.
At first, they thought it was the work of the intruders, but gradually they discovered the anomaly.
In just one cup of tea, forty or fifty thousand sharp arrows poured down like that storm!
Even if the intruding army in front of them is archery, they don't have this scale, not to mention that they are already frightened birds, and their only goal is to run faster than their comrades.
Moreover, not only the Jianyu cavalry suffered heavy losses, but the invading soldiers and horses were also killed and wounded.
Duoduo watched as most of the cavalry around him died, and he was furious.
He clearly sensed that there was a third wave of centaurs, and the target of the attack was everyone in the mountain pass.
Duoduo looked around as he dodged the stray arrows, but the arrows seemed to fall from the sky, and there were no other enemies within two hundred paces.
As the eldest son of Huang Taiji, Hauge joined the army since he was a child, and both Nurhachi and Huang Taiji taught him systematically.
Combat ability and battlefield sense of smell are slightly stronger than those of Dodor.
At this time, he had already found the crossbow position on the north side of the mountain pass, and immediately led his headquarters to rush up.
The sun gradually set, hanging in the western sky, exuding bright red sunlight, illuminating the clouds and bewitching, and the blood-red earth echoed each other.
Hauge led a large group of men and horses, reflecting the red sun, and quickly assaulted the mountain, and found that the hillside was covered with the corpses of the invading soldiers.
It turned out that in the melee just now, some intruders found that the mountain pass was impassable, so they had to flee to the top of the mountain, hoping to climb over the mountain and escape.
It's a pity that they were blocked by the Flying Dragon Army, which had been ambushed for a long time, and they were all shot to death under Chongzhen's five-arrow crossbow.
Hauge stepped on the bright red earth, staring at the bright red sunset, his eyes full of anger staring at the crossbow arrow position in front of him.
He never imagined that one day, the warriors of the Great Qing Dynasty would die on the battlefield in such vain.
In the past, no warrior could fight to the death of a dozen Ming soldiers!
The Jurchens are less than 10,000, and they are invincible. This is the strongest belief in Hauge's heart.
Now their army of 30,000 is blocked in this small mountain pass.
In just one stick of incense, he lost more than half, which he couldn't accept.
Seeing Hauge charging, many Jianyu soldiers reacted and joined the charging team one after another. For a time, thousands of people rushed towards the crossbow positions on the north side.
Xiong Wei looked at Jianyu, who was getting closer and closer, and remembered Chongzhen's order, and his heart ached.
But he was unwilling to just give up his position and Chongzhen's crossbow, and temporarily disobeyed the military order, ordering all soldiers to hold five-arrow crossbows for the last resistance.
After receiving the order, the 1,000 soldiers quickly adjusted their positions, took out Chongzhen's five-repeater crossbow, and fired them at the fastest speed.
This crossbow has a maximum range of 200 paces, and within 150 steps can ensure lethality, so after the first round of arrows, the Jianyu army was already very close to Xiong Weibu.
The Jianyu cavalry was very fast, and after carrying the first round of 5,000 crossbow arrows, they lost about 1,000 people, and continued to charge rapidly.
At a distance of 100 paces, it was attacked by a second round of crossbow arrows, and again lost more than 1,000 people.
Hauge was unfortunately hit by an arrow in the shoulder and almost fell off his horse, but the white armor guards were shocked and escorted him down the mountain. Some of the Jianyu also retreated.
Xiong Wei's hanging heart had just let go, but then he frowned again.
It turned out that without waiting for Hauge to retreat far, Duoduo led all the cavalry to rush over.
"Hey! Unlucky! Didn't you see that there were people on the mountain in the south, so you had to catch me and bite me? Xiong Wei scolded.
In nearly half an hour, 30,000 Jianyu were killed by the two thousand teams of the Flying Dragon Army, and there were still 10,000 left, and the combat power was greatly reduced, but rushing over in such a concentrated manner was not something that his thousand people could stop at all.
This time, he didn't dare to risk the lives of the soldiers anymore, so he hurriedly ordered everyone to get on their horses and retreat to the top of the mountain according to the plan set by Chongzhen before.
It's just a pity that these 200 repeaters. I don't know how long it will take to recreate it.
Seeing a large number of enemy troops fleeing on the mountainside, Dordor ordered a full charge.
After a while, the Jianyu forward rushed to the front of the repeater position, and in the middle of the excitement, suddenly a piece of horses lost their front hooves, and one after another people turned on their backs.
"Tripping horses! And the stumbling hole! Jianyu shouted, and then slowed down.
When Xiong Wei saw it, he hurriedly took out a special wolf smoke and lit it with a fire breaker, releasing black smoke.
On the crossbow position on the south side, Qian Zong Huanghai had been waiting for Xiong Wei's signal for a long time, and immediately ordered to adjust the direction and fire the crossbow arrows with all his might.
It turned out that when they chose the crossbow position, they took into account the possibility of the enemy breaking into the position, and although all two positions were separated from two hills, the distance was controlled at about 500 paces.
If one position is captured, the other can deliver a saturation strike.
At the same time, they planted a lot of special grenades under the position, and this time the crossbow arrows fired were mixed with some rockets.
Once the rocket ignites the weeds, touches a shit luck, and detonates a few, it will definitely have a strong shock effect.
Duoduo was shocked when he led the men into the repeater position, and he thought that at least 5,000 to 10,000 archers were in ambush here.
Who would have thought that there would be no one to see, but it was some clumsy wooden boxes, and a delicate scarecrow.
Each scarecrow was affixed with a yellow talisman with the Manchu inscription: "The shaman god is under the command of archers." ”
The Jurchens believed in shamanism, and many Jianyu saw that there were no thieves here, only the scarecrow was already very suspicious.
Most of the people stopped, and Dordor was furious, and ordered to continue the march in search of the enemy.
Before the military order could be issued, nearly 10,000 sharp arrows fell from the sky again, causing a large number of casualties on the spot.
There were a lot of rockets mixed in the sharp arrows, and it happened to ignite three or five grenades, and there were a few shocking bangs.
I don't know who took the lead, and the Jianyu soldiers began to rush down the mountain one after another, and even Duoduo couldn't stop them.
The scarecrows, the staggering number of crossbow arrows, and the sudden explosion are all suspicious, and many Jianyu think that the enemy is a shaman, so naturally they have no fighting spirit.
Fortunately, Hauge returned to the hillside with an arrow wound and beheaded a dozen panicked minions in a row before he stopped his retreat.
As soon as the remnants of the army were stabilized, the sound of thousands of horses galloping heard in his ears.
Hauge looked back to the east, where a cavalry of 30,000 men was galloping in this direction.