Zhu Hengjia's army marched to the vicinity of Boye County in Beizhili. Along the way, there were no defenders in Shenze County and Qizhou.
Zheng Feng rushed to Zhu Hengjia and said, "Your Majesty, this is a plain, which is conducive to the cavalry of the Qing captives, so they must be careful."
Zhu Hengjia nodded and ordered more sentries to investigate the enemy's situation.
Sentinel cavalry reported that Qing army flags were found around two small mounds on the west side of Boye City, led by the Qing Dynasty Minister of State Affairs Ao Bai.
"Obai?"
Zhu Hengjia heard that it was Obai. Before time travel, he had read Jin Yong's "The Deer and the Cauldron" and knew his name, such as Batulu, the number one in Manchuria, the Golden Bell Jar, the Iron Cloth Shirt, etc. His writing was amazing. He immediately became aware of it.
He was shocked. This Ao Bai's personal bravery was second to none. The key was that he had experienced hundreds of battles and had rich combat experience. He immediately occupied Boye's only commanding heights, the two small hills in the west.
This battle is not easy to fight! The Qing captives camped in the west of the city and wanted to attack our army from a high position. What a dream! I can't be fooled by them.
"Call the troops to camp in the south of the city!"
Zhu Hengjia ordered a camp to be set up in the south of the city to prevent the Qing army from being condescending. Deep ditches and barriers were built to strengthen defenses. The Ming and Qing sides faced each other more than a hundred miles apart.
On October 19, the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Ming Dynasty, fierce sparks broke out between the scout teams of both sides, and the Battle of Boye began.
The outpost battle lasted for seven days. Today you kill dozens of my cavalry, and tomorrow I will kill you one or two hundred. It looked lively, but no one was injured.
On the mound in the west of the city, Ao Bai saw that the Ming army refused to come to the west of the city to fight with him, so he couldn't help but frown and said: "This fake Mingguang Emperor is so cunning!"
The war was not only military, but also economic. The Ming army occupied the wealthy south of the Yangtze River, and also captured Huguang, Shandong, Henan and other grain-producing areas. The grain and grass were sufficient and they could afford it. After the Qing army cut off water transportation, the grain and grass
It was difficult to raise funds. When Ao Bai went south from Beijing, he only brought more than three months of food and grass. Now he only has two months of food. He cannot afford it, so he must make a quick decision.
Obai sighed and ordered the camp to be moved to the south of the city to prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming army.
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On October 28, when the red sun rose, the Qing army was dispatched. In the center were 70,000 infantry led by Obai, and on each wing were 25,000 cavalry, led by Gushan Ezhen Mulima and Bahana.
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The 120,000-strong army, with five colors of yellow, white, red, blue and green, and nine styles of military flags, is as colorful as a hundred flowers blooming, covering the mountains and plains, boundless.
"Dong~dong~dong~"
With the dull sound of drums, the Ming army also moved, with thousands of troops and horses coming in overwhelming numbers. In the center was a 46,000-strong Chinese army led by Zhu Hengjia himself, with Hao Yongzhong and Ma Bao each leading 20,000 troops on the left and right wings.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were 86,000 troops. The main color was red. From the armor to the military flag, it was like a maple forest in autumn. It was a bright red. Every step forward was like a prairie fire burning.
The two armies marched to a distance of three miles. The infantry marched in neat steps, beating the drums, shouting "kill" in three steps. Like a strong wind and huge waves, with a huge power, they rumbled forward wave after wave.
Before the Chinese army came into contact, the two wings started fighting first.
Suddenly, the drums and horns of the Qing army sounded, and the cavalry on both wings galloped towards the two wings of the Ming army.
"Ouch~ow~ow~"
The Qing cavalry roared, howled wildly, and rushed towards the Ming army with the sound of hoofbeats.
"Stop! Array!"
On the royal chariot, the dragon was hunting and fluttering. Zhu Hengjia saw the fierceness of the Qing cavalry on both wings and ordered to form a formation to resist.
"Put your spear up", the left wing of the Ming army, Hao Yongzhong issued a military order.
"To form a chariot formation", in the middle of the Ming army, Yuan Zongdi formed a chariot formation calmly. He was facing the slow-moving infantry of the Qing army, so he had time to form a chariot formation.
"Put your spear up, the archer is ready to launch, and the gunman is loading ammunition," Ma Bao, the Ming army's right wing, shouted.
Finally, the cavalry and the phalanx collided. The rumbling war drums and the sound of fighting resounded across the plain, like wild waves crashing on the rocks. Cannonballs, roaring guns, tomahawks, maces, and steel knives flew, and arrows were overwhelming like locusts passing through.<
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War does not believe in tears, but only obeys the strong. The two armies have no retreat and courtesy, but only the determination to defeat the other side. The ferocious faces, the blood-stained military flags, the fallen bodies, the ferocious howls,
All stimulate the primitive killing instinct of human beings.
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On the right wing, Ezhen Bahana of Qinggu Mountain led the imperial guards Wohe and Yisang'a, leading 5,000 Eight Banners outside the Pass and 20,000 Mongolian cavalry to attack the Ming army.
"Shorten the distance," Ma Bao ordered calmly. Rows of sergeants crowded closely together, with seven or eight rows of spears on each side.
"Shoot!"
The Ming army in the rear began to fire arrows like locusts. The Qing army on the right mainly came from soldiers recruited from various Mongolian alliance banners. Their equipment was far inferior to that of the Eight Banners. Many of them had no armor and only wore thick sheepskin jackets. The arrows rained down.
They caused huge damage, and people and horses fell down constantly.
The cavalry lined up in columns rushed close to the spear points, turned their horses' heads, and chopped off the spear heads while sweeping across the Ming army formation. After passing out, they circled back to the whole team and charged again until all the spears in the front row were cut off.
So far. Those with poor riding skills were directly stabbed to death by the spear heads. Every time they passed a row, they had to withstand the projectiles of the Ming army archers in the rear row and the stabs of the spearmen.
The spears of the last row of Ming troops were broken, more than three thousand Qing troops fell, and their horses also lost speed.
"Everyone moves forward, and those who retreat will be killed," Ma Bao shouted.
"Woo~woo~woo~"
The marching horn of the Ming army sounded, and Li Gui, Jiao Hongcao, He Tianyun, Cao Fude, and Shan Taizheng all attacked the Qing army. The Ming army held swords and axes, chopping down horse legs and chopping up living people.
The fast Qing army riders were cut down one after another.
General He Tianyun spotted a Qing general, saw that he was in the front position, rushed over, cut off the front hooves of the war horse with a knife, turned around deftly, and killed the Qing general who rolled off the horse with a knife. Emperor Shunzhi's Red Man , the first-class knife-wielding guard Yi San'a died.
"Quick, dismount and fight on foot." Bahana saw that the situation was not good and ordered to fight on foot.
"Da~da~da~"
Shan Taizheng, a fierce general of the Ming army and a guerrilla, saw the flag of Bahana. He rode into the Qing formation alone, brandishing a big ax, trying to kill the general and seize the flag. He killed dozens of people in a row, and those who stood in his way were covered with dirt.
"Whoosh~whoosh~whoosh~" Goshiha beside him shot out a hail of arrows, and Shan Taizheng was killed by more than ten arrows. He was only twenty steps away from Bahana when he died.
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Gushan Ezhen Mulima, who commanded the left wing of the Qing army, was Obai's younger brother. His 25,000 cavalry were the main force of the Qing army: the Eight Banners outside the Pass.
Seeing the tight formation of the Ming army on the right, Mulima ordered Ang Bangzhang Jingye Shuke to lead five thousand Eight Banners horses that were good at riding and shooting across the Ming army. While riding the horses with their legs, they fired arrows at the Ming army. Count the rounds.
The long card players in the Ming army raised their long cards one after another to cover the spearmen, and they were a little busy for a while.
Mulima led 20,000 cavalry, and took advantage of the situation to rush over. Instead of skimming the formation, they charged straight in facing the tip of the spear.
The dead soldiers in the front row were stabbed into bloody gourds and their spears were broken at the same time. The dead soldiers in the back continued to make bloody gourds.
Countless people died, and they finally broke through the forest of spears and rushed into the Ming army's formation.
"Brothers, follow me to kill." Seeing that the enemy broke through his spear formation, Hao Yongzhong, the Marquis of Nan'an in the Ming Dynasty, was furious and personally carried the flag to attack the Qing army.
Xintai Hou Hao Shangjiu was shocked and stopped Hao Yongzhong, "You are the left-wing coach, how can you take risks and let the general go?"
"If the commander does not fight to the death, the three armies will not move forward," Hao Yongzhong shouted, carrying the flag and charging towards the Qing army.
Mulima saw the "Hao" flag and said, "This is the left wing general of the Ming army. Rush up and kill him."
At this time, the left wing of the Ming army had been overrun by the Qing army. There were not many troops around Hao Yongzhong. The Qing army surged in like a tide and was outnumbered. Dozens of them were killed by hand.
This chapter has been completed!