Chapter 62: The Battle of Qinghe (Finale)
Not only the battle between the soldiers, but also the cavalry confrontation, Ma Huabao and Wang Hui's cavalry are also difficult to compete with the cavalry of Wang Chaodong and Wu Xingye, which is not only a matter of the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, but also the morale bonus of the main general to take the lead in the charge.
As the saying goes, "if a soldier instigates one, he will instigate a nest", which is exactly what he says.
In the face of the attack of Zhou Shixian's army, Ma Huabao and Wang Hui's army was soon unable to resist and retreated.
In fact, after withstanding several rounds of musket volleys, the rebels, who had killed and wounded hundreds of people, had lost the sharpness and order of the attack, and they only persevered because of the inertia at the beginning, thinking that the Ming army from the Beijing camp was similar to themselves, and did not have the deep-seated fear of the Qing army and the Shun army in their hearts.
And Zhou Shixian also took advantage of this, so he was able to successfully give them a heavy blow with a musket, and then the soldiers took advantage of the situation, and now they are about to defeat this rebel army that was deceived and robbed.
Although Ma Huabao and Wang Hui are both battle-hardened veterans, the Ming army is so strong, it is the first time they have seen it with their own eyes.
Faced with the battle situation in front of them, which was completely unexpected, they had already thrown all their families into the battlefield, so they charged themselves.
And the soldiers and horses under Lu Jiude, who had not yet joined the battlefield, became their last hope.
It's just that what they didn't expect was that the other party was also in danger now.
Although the two armies had not yet engaged, Lu Jiude had already felt a slight tremor on the ground...... He never imagined that such a force of soldiers and horses would suddenly appear behind him—a dozen horses charging forward, dozens of horses following closely behind, and a group of soldiers who were left behind.
But he is the overseer who has led the army for more than ten years, so naturally he will not sit idly by, and after the initial consternation, he immediately ordered the only remaining soldiers and horses around him to immediately attack and intercept.
Lu Jiude didn't know who this Qian was on the other side, but these people who did bad things for him, no matter how brave and fearless they were, they all had to die.
"Stop them all to our family, and when our family destroys the chaotic army under the city, we will send troops to clean them up." Lu Jiude ordered in a shriek.
"Whoa!"
A general on horseback immediately responded, he looked at the menacing enemy in front of him, how could he not know the danger of the situation?
"You bring all the soldiers here, remember, you can't stop them, don't come back." Lu Jiude shouted loudly.
"The last general is ordered to die there, and the last general will never let these rebels hurt his father-in-law at all."
In fact, when the general heard the voice and turned his head to see the large number of enemy troops rushing from the north, he didn't know whether it was instinct or what, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes - there were too many soldiers and horses on the other side.
But when the other party got closer, those soldiers and horses were actually divided into several shares, and there were only a dozen horsemen in the front, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, there were more than 100 cavalry around him, six or seven hundred soldiers, and he couldn't clean up this dozen horses?
As a result, this right-hand man under Lu Jiude immediately led all his soldiers and horses and rushed towards the north.
Lu Jiude watched his soldiers and horses come out, and his original hanging heart was immediately put down, and he couldn't help but say proudly: "Even if you are a heavenly soldier and a general, a dozen horsemen against a hundred horsemen, you can't win." ”
A moment later, on the plains north of the Qing River, the two cavalry immediately collided head-on, Lu Jiude watched the two streams of yellow dust interact together, and then there was a deafening sound of Jin Ge iron horse colliding, shouting of killing, and the rumble of heavy objects falling to the ground......
"Hahaha, let's see how you stand out of the encirclement?" There were only four cavalrymen left with Lu Jiude with him now, but he felt that he was extremely safe.
It's just that he didn't wait for Lu Jiude to be happy for too long, and he suddenly saw a familiar figure again - the tiger with a bear waist and a huge skeleton surnamed Qianzong, who actually held a flag gun and single-handedly killed out of the barrier of more than a hundred cavalry, and the soldiers behind avoided it one after another, and no one dared to stop it.
I saw that Xue Lao Er was wearing triple armor and a silver-white helmet, shining in the sunlight, it was a horse under his crotch, and he was also fully armed, wearing several layers of iron armor, and the flag gun in his hand was constantly dripping blood.
Lu Jiude looked at the person in front of him and resolutely rode towards him, and none of the hundreds of soldiers dared to stop him, so nervous that he kept swallowing his saliva, and he didn't dare to leave his eyes for a moment.
At this moment, Lu Jiude's mind, which was still extremely confident just now, was blank, and he couldn't understand: how could he encounter so many incredible things today, is this still a human being, and how did he rush out?
It can only be said that Lu Jiude has never heard the story of Xue Maniac, one person jumps three Manchu cavalry, and they are all the most elite Bayala among the Eight Banner soldiers, one of them is Baya Lajia Lazhangjing, and the three of them were cut down in a few rounds is just one of the legends he spread in the Beijing camp.
When he was fighting the Mongols in Yulin, Xue Laoer's reputation was even more obvious, and he often rode alone to take the Chinese army, and when it came to horseback archery, the Mongols outside the Guanwai were full of people, but they were not necessarily as good as him.
If it weren't for the decay of the Ming army, he would have no background, and most of his exploits would have been taken away by the commander, and he would not be just a petty official.
Of course, if he hadn't been summoned into the palace by Chongzhen later, maybe Xue Lao Er would have left more stories.
However, for the Ming court, who has been defeated repeatedly, perhaps he will also fall in a battle out of the customs, and then be forgotten by future generations.
But at this moment, Xue Lao Er had already rushed out, and the four cavalry around Lu Jiude, although they were extremely frightened, but as Lu Jiude's personal guards, they still rushed forward without hesitation - there were still people in this army who were willing to die for Lu Jiude.
However, the four cavalrymen howled and struggled to the north, and just collided head-on with Xue Laoer, two of them were picked off their horses by Du Fang, and the armor on their chests had been deformed by the spear head, and the two cavalrymen were hit by this blow, and fell heavily from their horses, spitting blood directly from their mouths, and passed out.
The other two couldn't see how Xue Lao Er made a move at all, and the other party had already passed by them, and the two of them struggled to stab the spear in their hands at the same time, but they were both dodged by Xue Lao Er.
And Xue Lao Er's body leaned back, but the flag gun in his hand spun and swept over, and the two of them just made a move, and they didn't have time to dodge, so they were already swept off their horses.
Such a single soldier melee combat is the time to test personal martial arts, and Xue Lao Er was born in Yulin, his family has been a soldier for generations, and his martial arts have been boiled since childhood, whether it is speed or strength, where are these four people comparable?
As for being accustomed to seeing the world, thousands of troops and horses have been commanded, but they were still frightened and stayed where they were, and Lu Jiude, who was motionless, was also awakened by the screams of the last two cavalrymen falling to the ground at this time.
But Lu Jiude didn't choose to run away, he knew that he couldn't run, the opponent's war horse was already in a state of galloping at high speed, at such a distance, the horse under his crotch, I am afraid that he had not completed the speed, he had already been stabbed to death.
But Lu Jiude didn't have to think about it at all, and Xue Laoer, who was not far away, had already rushed up.
In a trance, Lu Jiude only felt that the world was spinning, and he was terrified to death, and then he fell directly off the horse, and his eyes suddenly turned black, and he fainted on the ground.
At this time, the remaining cavalry under Xue Lao Er had also rushed up, and the dragons were leaderless, and Lu Jiude's division, which had lost confidence in combat, was directly dispersed.
And Xue Lao Er didn't care about stepping forward and stabbing this bold dead eunuch to death, so he hurriedly led the cavalry to continue to rush south and go to the rescue, and the soldiers under his command had not rushed up at this time, so they could only be used to intercept these chaotic routs.
Not only that, under Qinghe City, without waiting for the soldiers and horses under Lu Jiude to come to support, Wang Chaodong, Wu Xingye, and Li Daxi had already led their troops to defeat Ma Huabao and Wang Hui.
The Ming army has never lacked brave generals, let alone strong soldiers, but because of institutional problems and financial problems, hundreds of thousands of border troops do not have the ability to conduct large-scale field battles.
And these veterans of the Beijing camp who can survive to this day, as long as the money and food are enough, they will definitely not lack courage, this kind of skirmish, it is the Manchu Eight Banners coming, and it is difficult to say whether the winner or loser.
With the defeat of the rebels has been decided, Xue Lao Er came from the north, although the reinforcements sent by Lu Jiude are still complete, and there are many soldiers and horses, but as soon as he saw Lu Jiude fall off his horse and die for a lifetime, he had no heart to fight again, and immediately lost his armor and fled in all directions along with other defeated soldiers.
The rebels were defeated, and there were thousands of remnants, Wang Chaodong, Wu Xingye, Li Daxi, and Xue Lao Er all took advantage of the situation to pursue, each gathered his soldiers and horses, and then led his soldiers and horses to gallop away.
Zhou Shixian also gave an order at the same time, those who surrendered would not be killed, and the four army leaders all smelled the opportunity, one was more enthusiastic than the other, and almost all the soldiers and horses in their hands were sent to "recruit and rebel" to strengthen their strength.
Under Qinghe City, there was a cry, and the Praetorian Guards guarding outside the frame of the emperor and queen cheered, and then the city wall also cheered.
To say that it is really too coincidental, Qinghe Zhixian just woke up at this moment, and then with his head bandaged for a long time, he immediately ordered the people to open the city gate to welcome him, which can be described as a pure heart.
Zhou Shixian didn't have time to deal with him, so he immediately arranged for the Wu/Wei Ying and Jinyi Guards to escort the emperor's car into the city, while he continued to preside over the end of the war outside the city.
Half an hour later, outside Qinghe City, most of Lu Jiude's defeated troops had already surrendered, and a few took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Ma Huabao fled to the west with more than a dozen personal guard cavalry, Wang Hui surrendered, and Lu Jiude was captured by Zhou Shixian and sent to the city for medical treatment.
But just when everything was about to end, in the east of Qinghe County, a group of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared, and there was no banner, I don't know what it was.