Chapter 345: Defeat

The battlefield was chaotic, most of the soldiers and horses in Jizhou Town had been defeated by the Qing army, and only Bai Guangen's main barracks were left in a circle and were still holding on.

At this time, the circular formation of the main barracks was able to maintain the situation for the time being, relying on the rejection of horses outside and the hundreds of Bai Guangen's families pressing inside.

It's just that when Bai Guangen looked at the outside of the round array, the routs who fled back like a tide, his heart had already risen to his throat. If those routed troops are not evacuated elsewhere, it will not take long for the circle of the main barracks to be dispersed by them, and the morale of the army will soon collapse, and Bai Guangen and the thousands of soldiers in the main barracks will not survive at that time.

Bai Guangen had already ordered the rout to be shot, and the archers and musketeers in the main barracks were shooting desperately, facing their companions outside, without saying a trace of affection, after hundreds of rout soldiers were shot, most of the rout soldiers scattered in horror and fled elsewhere, and the situation of the impact on the circle was slightly slowed.

However, in the back, there were still large groups of Qing army iron cavalry constantly chasing and killing, and countless routs had to continue to flee. There are also some people who see that there is no way ahead, so they scream and turn back, desperately fighting with the Qing soldiers. However, those routed soldiers no longer had a formation, and in the face of the fierce Qing army's iron cavalry, they could only be slaughtered.

Those Qing army iron cavalry continued to pass by the rout, constantly shooting sharp arrows, throwing javelins, throwing flying swords and broadswords, and those routs who turned over and fought desperately had no power to fight back, and kept falling in pools of blood.

Under the pursuit of the Qing army's iron cavalry, the defeated soldiers desperately fled to the Ming army's central army formation a few miles away, or the Yang Guozhu mountain attack army in the Loess Ridge, as long as they can escape, there is still a glimmer of life.

In the overwhelming crying, Bai Guangen's face was pale, he suddenly looked at the Wu Sangui army not far away, and was angry in his heart: "This little brute, in vain I Bai Guangen treats him as a brother and supports him everywhere, and at this critical juncture, I will not send a single soldier to support me!" ”

Bai Guangen could see clearly that although there were also a large number of Qing troops besieging Wu Sangui's army formation, they were in a large formation and seemed to have a lot of spare strength.

It doesn't take much, just send two or three thousand cavalry to attack the Qing army from the flank, which can greatly relieve the pressure on your own side. But Wu Sangui just refused, holding the camp tightly, and he was unwilling to attack a single soldier.

Afterwards, Bai Guangen looked in the direction of the Chinese army, hoping that Hong Chengchou could send reinforcements as soon as possible. It's just that Bai Guangen forgot that his army in Jizhou Town was defeated too quickly, and Hong Chengchou couldn't get the news so quickly.

At this time, there was not much left of the rout outside, either killed by the Qing army's iron cavalry, or had been driven away by the Qing army and fled elsewhere, leaving Bai Guangen's main barracks on the battlefield. and 10,000 Qing army iron cavalry.

At this time, the Qing soldiers besieging Bai Guangen's barracks, except for the original Eight Banners Manchurian Zheng White Flag, White Flag, Yellow Flag, and Yellow Flag armor soldiers. There were also a lot of cavalrymen wearing blue armor, or blue armor with red edges, and more Eight Banners Mongol troops.

These soldiers and horses of the two blue banners of Manchukuo were originally attacking Wu Sangui's army formation, but when Haoge and Zierharang saw that Wu Sangui's troops were difficult to take for a while, they led a part of the soldiers and horses over to help in the battle, preparing to annihilate Bai Guangen's main barracks first.

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of the Ming army, Hauge laughed and said, "These Nikans are just vulnerable!" ”

Jierharang said cautiously: "Prince Su, this is because I am a Qing Dynasty iron horseman, and I am facing Bai Guangen and others. If you face Liu Yan's new army in Qinglai Town, I'm afraid it won't go so smoothly! I hope that before their reinforcements arrive, our Qing warriors can break through Bai Guangen's military formation. ”

Although Haoge frowned slightly, he was very unimpressed by Zilharang's words, but he also had to admit that the soldiers and horses dispatched by the Ming army this time were indeed much stronger than before, and it was also unexpected that he could successfully defeat Bai Guangen's troops this time, so he did not refute anything.

At this time, thousands of Qing army iron cavalry were circling around Bai Guangen's circle array, they continued to shoot arrow rain, dense arrows continued to fall into Bai Guangen's circle array, only to see that the soldiers of the main barracks also raised a large number of shields, and there were constantly archers from which to release arrows, desperately fighting back.

Soon there were Manchurian iron cavalry, and these Tartar soldiers rode their horses to the front of the circle and threw javelins, throwing knives, throwing axes, iron bones, and other objects. In particular, their javelin and axes are wrapped with ropes, and the moment they are projected, they can destroy the shields of the Ming army.

The shields of the Ming army were constantly destroyed, and the soldiers of the main barracks were exposed to the rain of arrows of the Qing army. From time to time, soldiers screamed and fell, they were either hit by arrows, or javelins, or were hit by iron bones and other objects, the casualties in the main barracks began to increase sharply, Bai Guangen couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw it.

Although the archers of the Ming army fought back desperately, at this time the Qing army had an advantage in numbers, and they were galloping wildly, and it was difficult for the Ming archers to shoot, and they fell into a disadvantage in the shooting.

In particular, the Qing army's iron cavalry gathered in groups of three or five, they saw where there was a gap in the circle array, so they dismounted one after another to fight, those heavy armor, Bayala and other elites, from dozens of steps away to shoot sharp arrows, they shot the arrows accurately and ruthlessly, specifically shooting the face, eyes, throat and other vital parts. Moreover, their arrows are soaked in horse dung, full of toxins, and if they are shot, they are basically declared dead.

Under the breakthrough of those elite Qing troops, the many small gaps in the circle began to widen, and the casualties also increased sharply.

Arrows rained down on the battlefield, looking at Bai Guangen's round formation, many openings had been torn apart, and the Ming soldiers in the formation all let out desperate howls.

Hauge looked at the fierce battle in front of him, laughed and said: "Prince Zheng, I think it's almost over, you can let the warriors rush in formation, and let the heavy horses rush into battle!" ”

Zierharang also nodded and said, "Prince Su is right, we must wipe out Bai Guangen's troops before the Ming reinforcements arrive. Killing one of their general soldiers in the first battle will definitely greatly damage their military morale and improve the chances of victory in the battle of Jinzhou in the Qing Dynasty. ”

So Hauge immediately ordered to assemble the heavy armor of the banners, and the Qing soldiers wearing double layers of heavy armor quickly converged, and they held up dense layers of spears and halberds, shining dazzlingly in the sun. Then they shouted and rushed to kill, and in front of them were the most elite Baya soldiers of each banner, armed with swords, shields and axes, which were specially used to deal with spears and horses for breaking the formation.

Behind them, there were thousands of heavy cavalry, all armed with cavalry spears, rushing towards Bai Guangen's circle in a dense formation.

At this time, Bai Guangen and the soldiers of the main barracks also knew that at the last moment of the battle, everyone broke out with an amazing fighting spirit and was ready to fight to the death with the Qing army.

Just when the heavy cavalry of the Qing army rushed in, the spearmen, knife and stick hands, big stick hands, and palladium hands of the Ming army in the round formation of the barracks howled and rushed out, and killed the Qing army iron cavalry that collided with them.

Rumble!

In an instant, countless Qing army war horses screamed, and they were constantly poked to the ground by the Ming soldiers, and under the fierce impact of the heavy cavalry, the spears and spears of the Ming army were constantly broken, and countless soldiers in the main barracks were knocked away by the war horses, or were killed by the cavalry guns, and then trampled into meat by the rolling iron horses.

The Qing army's iron cavalry, wearing double heavy armor, broke through a few gaps in Bai Guangen's circular formation, and then the Qing army entered the formation and quickly entered the formation of the Ming army.

Most of the dead soldiers and Bayala soldiers of the Qing army were armed with swords and shields, and almost all of them were wearing three layers of heavy armor. In the chaotic battlefield, in addition to the sophisticated firearms, the general weapons against them are basically powerless, only to be slaughtered.

Those Qing soldiers rushed to the front in heavy armor, slashing down the spears in front of them, knocking over the shields of the Ming army, and between the staggered figures, they saw their limbs flying sideways and blood overflowing. Those Qing army heavy armor instantly tore through several Ming swords, shields, and spear formations, and behind them. The Qing soldiers and horses of the brigade rushed with shouts, but in the blink of an eye, Bai Guangen's circle formation was defeated, and countless people threw off their armor and fled.

In order to escape quickly, they tore each other apart for horses, regardless of whether they were cavalry or not.

At this time, there were routs everywhere, some of the generals were about to flee with Bai Guangen, and a few people also pulled the reins for Bai Guangen, and there were many family members, nervously hugging Bai Guangen, just persuading the boss to leave quickly.

Seeing the enemy soldiers swarming on all sides, there were constantly people who broke through the siege covered in blood, fighting with the Qing army tragically, and then fell.

At this time, thousands of people in the barracks fled in all directions, and they couldn't care about their commander, only a few hundred families remained, and they were still faithfully protecting Bai Guangen.

Although Bai Guangen was unwilling, he didn't think much about it at this time, jumped on his war horse, and under the escort of a group of pro-army families, he desperately went out to kill.

At this time, Bai Guangen's Jizhen soldiers had been defeated on all fronts, and he had deployed nearly 12,000 people, plus more than 10,000 people, at this moment, the mountains and fields were full of people fleeing for their lives, and there were also many Qing army iron cavalry, constantly chasing and driving the crowd.

Not far away, Wu Sangui looked at the fleeing Jizhen army with a blue face, this battle happened right under his nose, from the battle to the rout, the battle over there was so short and cruel.

After witnessing such a rout, Wu Sangui was also shaken in his heart, at this time, his eyes were blood-red, and thick green tendons bloomed on his head, he inhaled deeply, trying to calm himself down, so as not to shake his mind.

Moreover, at this time, the soldiers under Wu Sangui's command were also affected by the defeat of the Jizhen army, and many sergeants showed panic in their eyes, and the army's heart had begun to waver.

Wu Sangui only felt a cold sweat, at this time, the Qing army of the brigade was outside, if the army was in chaos, it would be the end of the second Bai Guangen.

So Wu Sangui immediately sent his family to inspect the various departments, and anyone who found that he shook the morale of the army and retreated from the battle was immediately killed on the spot.

Later, Wu Sangui also personally patrolled the formation, constantly cheering up his subordinates, which temporarily stabilized the morale of the army.

It's just that Wu Sangui also knew that it was not a way to go on like this, and looked back at the direction of Hong Chengchou's Chinese army's large array, hoping that the reinforcements would arrive soon, otherwise his own troops would be under the siege of the Qing army, and sooner or later it would also be Bai Guangen's end.

Some people died, but not completely......