Chapter 144 Shooting the deserter
This can't continue. If this continues, the troops under the city will likely be destroyed here.
"Take out my handsome flag."
This is another move. Last time Duoduo was in a desperate situation, he took out this banner and saved himself very successfully.
This time I don’t know what this guy is doing, but Fang Dayou still hurriedly asked someone to take it. In this state, if there were no new instructions, the tens of thousands of troops outside the city would definitely be helpless.
The prince's banner...
The Eight Banners Iron Cavalry riding under him soon saw Duoduo's banner.
Duoduo is the lord of the Eight Banners, and most of the people below are Duoduo's slaves. Over the years, he has enjoyed a lot of blessings.
So these people did not hesitate at all about Duoduo's orders.
"Brothers, the prince ordered us to rush over. It would be a death to wait here. If we continue to wait here, we will be killed by them in the end. After all, we are also men of the Eight Banners of Manchus. Brothers pulled out their own steel knives, stepped on our war horses, and used the steel knives to kill the Qing enemies."
Duoduo's men were the most elite people in the entire Qing Dynasty. After seeing Duoduo's waving flag, these people understood what it meant.
Combined with the situation on the scene, if you continue to stay here, the Ming soldiers will slowly erode. At that time, even if they wanted to charge, they would not have enough distance for the horse to run.
"The general is right. We are the Eight Banners athletes of the Qing Dynasty. We must not die here in such a coward."
Someone responded soon. They had a life of battle. They fought from Liaodong to Shandong. They were definitely not an ordinary soldier. Even in adversity, they had the fighting spirit.
Under the call of Duoduo, thousands of Qing cavalry quickly gathered.
Such accumulating speed not only scared Huang Degong, but even Zhu Cilang, who was in the back, was shocked.
The Qing cavalry surprised themselves again, and they were all in this way. According to our understanding, there was no hope of turning the tables, but the other party actually formed another square formation.
Huang Degong had already pushed the army to a distance of 150 meters. This was the first time for them to face the Eight Banners Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty at such a close distance.
"The Eight Banners Iron Cavalry is invincible."
With a loud slogan, thousands of cavalry of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty rushed up.
"Those who retreated died."
Huang Degong's voice also appeared in the ears of his soldiers. When the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry began to charge, Huang Degong found that someone of his soldiers was shaken. How could this work?
Now the brave one wins when they meet on a narrow road. If someone has other ideas, even if there are only one or two people, it will drive the entire army.
"shot."
Huang Degong shook his battle robe and shot at the Qing soldiers in front of him.
The first row of soldiers quickly raised the gun in their hands. Although they were a little scared, they also understood very well that the soldiers behind them had already held back.
They heard General Huang's order clearly just now. If anyone dared to take a step back, the soldiers behind could shoot.
The hit rate of the soldiers in the first row was not low, mainly because of the close distance, but at the same time they suffered a lot of casualties. At such a close distance, the bows and arrows of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty pose extremely great threat to them.
About 30% of the soldiers fell down.
This number made Huang Degong feel desperate, but fortunately he didn't give them a chance to shoot arrows just now.
If they had given them a chance just now, their army would have suffered heavy casualties. I had heard that the cavalry of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were invincible in the world, and now I have really seen it.
However, Li Guodong's army can stand by it, so our Lao Huang's army is fine.
"Press up the guard camp and stand in the first row."
When Huang Degong returned to his command knife, his personal guards all rushed to the first row.
Huang Degong himself also stood in the queue. Although this guy doesn't train seriously and doesn't have the constraints on his subordinates, he will definitely work hard when fighting.
"Send the order to make the cavalry step up the assault and the artillery support."
Zhu Cixuan saw it very clearly above. Except for the area where Huang Degong is located, there is already a vague trend of being breached in other places around him, so Zhu Cixuan could not put all his hopes on Huang Degong.
Other troops must be ordered to support him. Once Huang Degong's rank is broken, Duoduo will definitely seize this opportunity, and then there may be danger in the entire battle.
Zhu Cixuan's estimate is not wrong. If Huang Degong's army had not faced a crisis, they would have acted much differently than Li Guodong.
It can be equal to 80% of Li Guodong's army, but if Huang Degong's army suffered 30% casualties, the combat power would not be maintained...
More than 200 Eight Banner Iron Cavalry instantly broke through Huang Degong's queue...
Huang Degong felt dizzy and the thing he feared the most was still happening.
However, this guy didn't blame others here, so he called his personal guards and hurried over to block the gap and did not escape at the last minute. He was still a competent general.
But his soldiers were a little out of their way. Seeing that his comrades next to him were shot by bows and arrows, some of them began to give in.
They turned out to be the old men in Huang Degong's army, and they had no shame about escaping, which was also what Zhu Cilang had always been most worried about.
I have told Huang Degong many times, and Huang Degong has tried to keep these people, mainly because these people don’t know what to do after leaving the army, but these old men will definitely bring some disadvantages to the army.
"No one can take a step back. Anyone who takes a step back will shoot me and shoot me."
Huang Degong and his sixty personal soldiers saw more than a dozen deserters running back.
These sixty personal soldiers fired without hesitation, and they knew very well that if these deserters were not curbed on the battlefield, it would be very deadly for their entire army.
This was also the first time that Zhu Cixuan's army shot and killed a deserter.
After this wave of shooting, the chaotic team stabilized slightly.
Huang Degong also breathed a sigh of relief. If he lost this war because of deserters, he would have no face to face His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. But just now his tone came out, and the whistling of thousands of Qing soldiers from the north came again...
Chapter completed!