Chongzhen Ming Dynasty: Starting from Meishan Chapter 462 Unprecedented Victory
"Jiannu collapsed!"
"Jiannu collapsed!"
"Jiannu collapsed!"
Seeing the defeat of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the infantry and cavalry of the Ming Army cheered at the same time, and the huge sound almost pierced the sky.
"Everyone mount up! Chase after me!"
"Catch up with Jiannu, kill them all, kill them all!"
Naturally, Hu Guozhu would not let go of such a good opportunity to beat up a drowned dog.
As a member of the Yiding people in western Liaoning, Hu Guozhu had experienced too many beatings.
Sometimes it was the slaves who were beaten by slaves, and sometimes it was the dogs who beat the rebels.
Hu Guozhu knew better that only by beating up the drowned dog could the greatest damage be done to the losing side.
The next moment, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion broke away from the hollow square formation one after another. They first untied the reins of their horses from the garrison posts, then got on their horses one after another, and launched a pursuit with flintlock guns in hand.
The Ming army cavalry swept towards Jiannu like a tide.
Hu Guozhu, holding a short blunderbuss, took the lead and rushed to the front.
Soon, a bannerman with a yellow flag appeared in front of him.
The Eight Banners Manchuria's tactical literacy is indeed good. In this situation, they have not completely lost their will to fight. When they sensed the Ming cavalry approaching behind them, the bannermen drew their large bows and turned back to shoot an arrow.
Hu Guozhu caught a glimpse of Jiannu's action of drawing his bow, and subconsciously ducked out of the way.
Hearing Xiu's cry, a heavy arrow almost grazed his cheek.
Then, before Jiannu could draw his bow and draw an arrow again, Hu Guozhu hurriedly urged his horse to charge forward.
When they were twenty paces away, Hu Guozhu raised the short musket and pulled the trigger. There was a loud "bang" sound, and Jiannu, who was about to draw his bow again, fell off his horse.
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After Jiannu fell from his horse, he twitched twice and then stopped moving.
"Hey!" After firing the gun, Hu Guozhu had to stop and reload the ammunition.
While Hu Guozhu was loading ammunition, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion had already surpassed him, and they were overwhelmingly chasing Jiannu's defeated troops in front. From time to time, there was the sound of gunshots, and from time to time, Jiannu fell from his horse.
Occasionally, the Ming army fell, but the Jiannu still did not completely lose their resistance.
After loading the ammunition as quickly as possible, Hu Guozhu urged his horse to pursue him again.
This pursuit continued for more than ten miles, killing at least several thousand additional slaves.
Hu Guozhu was already in a fighting mood and was ready to pursue him all the way.
Hu Guozhu had even begun to wonder in his heart, could he pursue him all the way to Beijing?
However, his sweet dream was soon shattered, as a group of Yiding quickly chased him from behind.
"Hu Junmen, Hu Junmen, Hu Junmen!" Yi Ding shouted as he chased. "The Holy One has a decree. Be careful of Jiannu and ambushes. No more pursuit! The Holy One has a decree. No more pursuit!"
Hu Guozhu looked back and saw that it was Wu Ba Tan.
"Master Wu?" Hu Guozhu asked with a frown, "Is this really the Holy One's will?"
"This can still be false." Wu Baotan snorted, "Hurry up and blow the trumpet to retreat the troops."
Naturally, Hu Guozhu did not dare to resist the order and immediately ordered the trumpeter to sound the assembly call.
"Dadudududu..." The long and clear sound of the rally call instantly resounded across the sky.
Dozens of trumpeters played the rallying horn together with dozens of suonas. The sound of the horn soon spread throughout the grassland, and the cavalry officers and soldiers who were frantically chasing Jiannu's defeated troops turned their horses and returned to assemble.
The sound of the trumpet is an order. When you hear the rallying horn, you must withdraw immediately even if there are mountains of gold and silver ahead.
This kind of doctrine has already been deeply engraved in the bones of every New Army soldier, so after hearing the rally call, not a single cavalryman hesitated to return.
All the cavalry retreated immediately.
As soon as the Ming cavalry withdrew, the distance between them and Jiannu's defeated troops was suddenly widened.
Seeing the defeated Jiannu troops fleeing across the mountains and plains, Hu Guozhu couldn't help but sigh.
It's a pity this time. If we continue to hunt, we could kill tens of thousands of Jiannu at least.
"Hu Junmen, don't sigh." Wu Bangtan shook his head and said, "I also think that Your Majesty is right. There might be an ambush of Jiannu not far ahead. If your cavalry battalion crashes into it, it will definitely suffer a big blow.
deficit."
"Impossible." Hu Guozhu shook his head firmly and said, "It is impossible for Jiannu to have an ambush."
Wu Batan said: "We will know soon if there is an ambush. I have sent people to the front to inquire."
Daqing Wu Baotan had already sent Yi Ding to spy on the front. If there was really an ambush of Jiannu ahead, it would be impossible to hide from Yi Ding's eyes.
"It's not important anymore."
"It doesn't matter whether there is an ambush of Jian slaves ahead."
Hu Guozhu waved his hand and ordered the soldiers of the cavalry battalion to harvest the heads of the slaves on the road.
The head of a slave is not just a head, but a piece of silver. One head is worth 50 taels. Yes, it has been changed to silver dollars now. One head is worth 50 silver dollars.
The cavalry battalion harvested the heads of the slaves and headed back.
By the time they returned to the battlefield near Guting Town, more than 5,000 heads had been harvested.
This is how wars are fought, or to be more precise, most of the wars in the cold weapon era were like this. When the two sides fought, not many people died. The time when large-scale casualties really occurred was after one side was defeated.
And if the chasing side still has a large number of cavalry, the defeated side may even be completely wiped out.
Why were ancient farming civilizations afraid of nomadic civilizations? It was because once they were defeated, they would basically be completely destroyed.
Even if the nomadic civilization is defeated, it can still escape with the speed of its horses, and the infantry cannot catch up with the cavalry.
Before Du Yinxi's infantry battalion arrived, although the cavalry battalion relied on its hollow square formation to withstand Jiannu's many attacks, the total number of enemy kills in several battles may not be as high as in the pursuit.
Although the cavalry battalion had killed many Jiannu cavalry before, most of them were war horses.
At this time, Ye Bushou sent by Yiding came back one after another and reported to Wu Batan that Jiannu ambushes had indeed been discovered near the entrance of the collapse site in the north, and there were tens of thousands of cavalry.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "How? You believe it now." Wu Batan said with a smile.
"Really?" Hu Guozhu couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
"Had it not been for His Majesty's timely decree, victory would have turned into defeat this time!"
"Well now, your cavalry battalion has achieved an unprecedented victory."
Hu Guozhu also laughed when he heard this. This was really an unprecedented victory.
At that moment, Hu Guozhu and his Qin Wang Shizi rode their horses to the Chongzhen Imperial Palace.
Chongzhen and his son looked closely and saw that Hu Guozhu and dozens of Qinwang scholars were carrying a lot of arrow stubble. Although the arrow shafts were cut off, the arrowheads were embedded in the gaps in the armor and stomach and could not be taken out at once.
Among them, Hu Guozhu's body had the most arrow stubble, which was densely packed.
"Hu Qing, don't move." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Let me count how many arrows you have hit."
Hu Guozhu really stood still and did not dare to move. Chongzhen really counted the arrows on Hu Guozhu's armor, and there were as many as thirty-four!
One person was hit by thirty-four light arrows, which shows how fierce the battle was.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Hu Guozhu's mountain armor is too eye-catching.
Several waves of Jiannu cavalry regarded Hu Guozhu as the main target that needed to be shot first.
Du Yinxi was completely shocked by the corpses of men and horses lying dead outside the hollow square formation of the cavalry battalion.
"Your Majesty, how many Jiannu cavalry have been killed?" Du Yinxi asked Chongzhen in disbelief, "Five thousand cavalry? Ten thousand cavalry? Or twenty thousand cavalry?"
Chongzhen then asked Hu Guozhu with a smile: "Hu Qing, Du Qing is asking you."
"If you still have Lord Du back in the Holy Land, you won't have 20,000, but 10,000 will be a lot more. However, most of the ones killed are war horses, and the number of slaves is not large."
"They didn't kill as many as we did when we were chasing them."
Hu Guozhu's tone also revealed unconcealable pride.
After winning such a big victory, it is impossible to be dissatisfied.
Not to mention the present dynasty, even if you look through thousands of years of Chinese history, you probably won’t be able to find a battle comparable to today’s Battle of Guting Town.
In the Battle of Guting Town, how many troops did Jiannu invest in total?
According to Hu Guozhu's estimate, there were at least 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers, and they were all cavalry.
And how many cavalry did the Ming army's cavalry battalion have? It only had 8,000 cavalry, and the Jiannu troops were eight times theirs!
It’s enough that the strength of the Jiannu cavalry was more than eight times that of their cavalry battalion. The key point was that their cavalry battalion was ambushed by Jiannu. It was a hasty battle, while Jiannu’s ambush was carefully designed.
Therefore, based on this battle alone, Hu Guozhu's name is enough to be recorded in the history of China.
Thinking that he could also go down in history, Hu Guozhu couldn't help but get excited. After all, he was only in his early twenties this year, which was the age when he was full of enthusiasm.
"What, your cavalry battalion actually killed more than 10,000 Jiannu cavalry?"
Zhu Cijiong also looked envious at this moment and deeply regretted that he could not participate in this battle.
"Oh my God, more than 10,000 riders were killed?" Du Yinxi also looked shocked.
Chongzhen was also very surprised by this. To be honest, he thought that the cavalry battalion would not suffer losses and could even win the battle, but he really didn't expect that it would actually win a big victory!
It seemed that Dodo was more stubborn than he thought.
Otherwise, the cavalry battalion would never have achieved such great results.
However, Duduo will never know how he lost this time?
The cleaning of the battlefield continued until late that night, and at the beginning of the night, the results of the battle were finally tallied.
Du Yinxi, who was responsible for cleaning the battlefield, could not hide the surprise on his face: "Your Majesty, the number of enemies killed by the cavalry battalion has been calculated. More than 15,700 horses were killed, and Jiannu was killed.
There were more than 4,600 people. Counting the enemies killed by Hu Junmen during the pursuit, a total of 9,000 Jiannu people were killed!"
"Your Majesty, there are at least two thousand people inside who were killed and injured by the cannons and cannons of the infantry and tigers."
Although Hu Guozhu was young, he had been with Hu Xinshui since he was a child, so he knew a little bit about the officialdom, so he did not intend to monopolize the military exploits.
What's more, having achieved such great military exploits this time,
Hu Guozhu also didn't mind sharing a little bit with his colleagues.
But with Du Yinxi’s temperament, how could he possibly compete for the credit that belongs to Hu Guozhu?
