Chapter 453: Soldiers Coming to the City III

"Commander, Commander Yan of the 8th Division has been ordered to come for reinforcements."

Although Yang Lian Maha's men were reinforced, most of the soldiers under his command were the soldiers and horses of the Shandong Metropolitan Division of that year, and their combat effectiveness was incomparable.

The recruits turned around and fled, but fortunately, Yang Lian Zhengong and the original veterans cooperated with the chariot to block it, otherwise they would not be able to keep the military formation that hit them for the first time.

"The cavalry of the Tartars is really powerful, go and let Commander Yan's people come up."

After Yan Chun saw that Yang Lian's Maha's formation was rushed away by the Qing cavalry, he immediately arranged for the men and horses of the two regiments to outflank the left and right flanks of the formation.

The infantry phalanx must not be chaotic, once it is chaotic, it will become the target of slaughter by the cavalry of the Qing army, and at that time, it will be the real nightmare of the Yang Lian brothers.

This is also something that Yang Lian Maha and Yang Lian Zhengong are trying to avoid, but there are too many recruits, so he is overwhelmed when dealing with them.

Until the moment when the gunfire rang out, it was embarrassing to stop the fleeing foot soldiers, Yang Lian Maha drew his knife and stood in front of the battle and scolded sharply: "You wait for the Ming soldiers, at this moment to protect the family and defend the country, it is death, and you have to pull a tartar to back your back, if you dare to step behind the general, you will not be forgiven." ”

The soldiers of the 8th Division, who had just suppressed the rout and outflanked from the left and right flanks, were suddenly attacked by the cavalry, and although they effectively established a blocking position, they were also severely damaged at the same moment.

Yan Chun waved his hand and asked his subordinates to use all the tiger squat cannons before going into battle to help Yang Lian Maha hold his position.

"Qing warriors, rush over and kill Ming Dog..."

"3 companies take cover on the spot, and the rest, get on the bayonets..."

"There is an order for the regimental seat, put on the bayonet, and prepare for a white-knuckle battle..."

"Kill these dogs..."

The battle on the right flank broke out completely at the moment when the Qing cavalry left the city, and the 8th Division and Yang Lian's infantry jointly fought against the enemy, and the battle was in full swing for a while.

As soon as Chen Cao finished talking to Li Ruzhen's people, the artillery on the side of Yongding Gate extended to his position, and the battle in front became more and more intense, under the command of Song Che, the two brigade-level troops in front launched a charge towards Yongding Gate, and marched towards the city gate step by step under the cover of Wuhan Iron and Steel Vehicle.

The battle became more and more anxious, and after Chen Cao scolded Li Wan'er and the two back to the camp, before he arrived at the previous command post, he heard a violent explosion, and the subsequent shock wave knocked him off his horse.

"Protect Your Majesty..."

"Protect the Emperor..."

He was not the only one who fell off the horse, but as the emperor, the rescuers kept running towards him.

"Ahem, cough, cough..."The dust was all over the sky, and when Chen Cao raised his head and opened his eyes, the entire front of the battlefield had been completely covered by smoke and dust, and the visibility was very low: "Quickly check what happened?" ”

The explosion brought the battle to a halt for a moment, and then the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing sounded again, and Zhao Xin also hurriedly ran to Chen Cao's horse: "Emperor, Yongding Gate is gone, it's blown up..."

"Your Majesty, Marshal Song ordered me to report that none of the soldiers of the two brigades of the 9th Division who attacked Yongdingmen survived."

"Whew..."

Chen Cao let out a sigh of relief, and a big explosion wiped out more than 10,000 people in the two brigades, and this explosion could only think of the explosion of Wang Gongchang back then.

"Your Majesty... I am a herald of the Longwu Army, and our army has been ambushed by a large number of Tartars, numbering no less than 100,000 people. ”

Chen Cao stood up: "How many people did Huang Taiji leave outside the city?" ”

"Kill... Capture Chen Cao alive..."

"Capture Chen Cao alive..."

The smoke and dust have not yet dissipated, but the trembling of the earth can indicate that the cavalry of the Qing army has left the city in large numbers, and the number is at least more than 10,000 people, otherwise there would be no such big movement.

Fierce gunfire followed, followed by wailing.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggested that Your Majesty return to the camp to command first."

Li Yan frowned and said: "The Tartars have some means, we didn't wait for the arrival of the Shence army, and the minister thought that it was the best policy to besiege the capital first." ”

This is not Xuzhou, Chen Cao also knew that the victory and defeat at that time in Xuzhou was because Wang Xiaojie brought the revolver machine gun at the critical moment, and the machine gun position was in front of him at this moment.

"The battlefield is unclear now, and going to the camp rashly will make the soldiers below feel suspicious, I am here, Huang Degong, your opportunity to make meritorious service has come."

Huang Degong couldn't wait for a long time, as a confidant army, Lou Xingye and the prince went to do the work of recovering the lost land, it was simply to pick up credit, and he was purely meaningless here: "Your Majesty, rest assured, as many Tartars come, the ministers will kill him as many as they want, so that they will have no return." ”

After Huang Degong finished speaking, he saluted and left to arrange in front, and Chen Cao was also confident that he could finish off all the cavalry behind the machine gun position.

Not long after, before the smoke and dust were completely dissipated, thousands of Qing cavalry had arrived in front of the formation, and at the moment when the machine gun position was fired, this group of cavalry rode and fired at Chen Cao's side, and then one by one earthen pots were thrown towards this side.

Chen Cao shouted in his heart that it was not good, although all the cavalry who threw the cans were killed, they still did not completely stop it.

At least hundreds of earthen jars smashed into Huang Degong's military formation, followed by a violent explosion of flames.

"Be careful, the dog tartar is throwing fierce fire oil."

Crude oil is not extinguished in water, can only be covered with soil or sand, hundreds of them exploded together, the power is not small, fortunately, before the start of the war, Chen Cao arranged that each unit can only establish a position in a battalion after the battle, even so, it also affected nearly a thousand people in an instant.

Some were even burned to the ground and scurried around the position.

"Hurry up and save people first, the guard regiment will come forward to stop it..."

Countless arrows flew down, hundreds of people were hit, and then countless spears were thrown.

Hiss...

Chen Cao was also a little heartbroken, although a large range of troops were scattered in battalions, but after all, there were gaps in the defense area of each battalion, which gave the Qing cavalry an opportunity to let them wander in the defensive line, the main reason was also because of the large area of smoke and dust caused by the previous explosion, which blocked people's vision, otherwise the cavalry of the Qing army would not have broken through to the command post in the middle of Chen Cao's position.

It wasn't until soon after the smoke and dust cleared that the troops who finally came to their senses found this wandering cavalry and began to turn around and hit this group of people, these cavalry of the Qing army were like death squads, and they came mainly to kill and injure the command post of the Ming army, and after the battle, they gathered into a force and broke through fiercely in the direction of the left flank.

Under the blows of the battalions, only more than 1,000 cavalry of the nearly 5,000 Qing troops who broke through the defense line successfully broke through, but even so, the proportion of casualties on the Ming army's side was still larger than that of the Qing army.

"Send an order to Ning Guoxing, and the artillery will extend the battlefield and strike at the Tartar cavalry who are running horses."

The rumbling artillery fired, but that was also a part, the city wall of three miles around Yongding Gate no longer exists, but there are still artillery guns firing back on the horse road in the rest of the city wall sections.

Song Che was in front of the command, he was closer than Chen Cao from the previous explosion, the shock wave knocked him directly to the ground, and he felt that his whole body was hit by a fist, and now after looking at the soldiers who had died at the city gate, his fists clenched, and then ordered the 1st Division to gather and continue to rush towards the ruins of Yongding Gate, which had disappeared.

The Tartar cavalry reappeared like ghosts, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides just three hundred paces from the city walls.

Huang Taiji looked at the dilapidated Yongding Gate when the smoke and dust dissipated, and then shook his head: "This kind of play, I also feel that this city can't be defended for long." ”

Manzhu Xili was sweating profusely, his steps were a little flustered, his tall and strong body actually fell down when he stepped over the dismount platform, got up with the support of Goshha, and climbed to the head of Zhengyangmen: "Tian Khan, something is wrong..."

Huang Taiji couldn't help frowning when he saw that it was full of beads: "Kitat defeated?" ”

Manzhu Xili didn't have time to salute, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Tian Khan, not Korqin, it is my Bahrain department, at the moment when the battle just started, the minister found the people from my Bahrain department in Xizhimen, they avoided the pursuit of the Ming army besieging the city, he told the minister a big news, just a month ago, the Ming army of more than 100,000 foot cavalry and the Chahar department fought with my two Mongolians in Xinghebao, our army was defeated, the Ming army took advantage of the situation to pursue, swept the two Mongolians, Horqin and Bahrain, gone..."

Huang Taiji almost couldn't stand on his heels, and stepped forward and grabbed the collar of Manzhu Xili's armor: "Are you sure your people are not talking nonsense?" Why didn't your brother Sebuton come to report the news? ”

Manzhu Xili almost cried: "I don't know, people said that the whole army was wiped out, and the entire area around the king's tent was gone, by the way, Tian Khan, the reinforcements of the Ming army and the Chahar Department are coming soon, and my people say that they have passed everything..."

Huang Taiji was completely panicked in his heart, and Ning Wan frowned and said: "Wanquan is only three hundred miles away from the capital, according to the calculation of the same time, before the Shen time tomorrow, the reinforcements of the Ming army will come from Wanquan.

Your Majesty, there are no less than 100,000 soldiers in the Chahar Department who can fight, and the minister thinks that the number of Chahar's troops this time should be at this number, even if it is not, there are more than 50,000, plus the cavalry of the Ming Army You Shiwei..."

Ning Wan also showed some nervousness: "Your Majesty, make a decision as soon as possible..."

Fighting a war is also a family affair for Huang Taiji, but he was already frightened by the news brought by Manzhu Xili, and turned his head to look at Ning Wan and Fan Wencheng: "Please teach me two gentlemen." ”

Ning Wan looked at Fan Wencheng, and then said: "The plan made earlier to retreat west and unite the two Mongols has completely failed, it seems that Chen Cao knows our plans, and in this case, he can only seek to retreat to Liaodong." ”