The bright sword penetrated the ground, shocking the fleeing rebels. [Website..] The people in front instinctively stopped and looked at each other, while the people behind kept pushing forward, and there was chaos. Finally, there was chaos.
On the other side, there is the sound of crying for father and calling for mother.
The rebel general who commanded these three thousand infantry, Li Zhongfu, the former garrison of the Dengzhou artillery battalion, angrily squeezed out of the crowd with a few trusted officers, pointed at Geng Zhongyi, and shouted angrily: "You surnamed Geng, what are you doing?"
What you mean! Are you going to kill my brother and me too!"
"Li Zhongfu, you are a damn man, and you have the nerve to retreat with so many people! Let me tell you, I have an order from the commander-in-chief. In today's battle, I will kill anyone who dares to run back!" Geng Zhongyi said a little more.
He showed no mercy to Li Zhongfu and looked at him coldly, not thinking about the friendship between Dongjiang colleagues at all. He was determined, no one could beat him in front of him today!
"You bastard! Brothers, ignore him and retreat with me!"
Li Zhongfu was furious. Geng Zhongyi had gone too far to bully others. His brother Geng Zhongming was looking back at him. Why the hell did you dare to yell at him and even kill him? Do you really think I'm scared? [
With a wave of his hand, he took the lead and rushed forward.
"preparation!"
The Liao soldiers in the front row on the opposite side raised their muskets and pointed them directly at Li Zhongfu and his party.
Seeing this, Li Zhongfu was excited and looked up at Geng Zhongyi. His tone suddenly softened and said, "Geng Zhongyi, if you have the ability, you can lead people up there. What are you doing to stop me!"
"Those who run away from battle will die!"
Geng Zhongyi said the next sentence coldly, no longer paying attention to Li Zhongfu, and suddenly jumped two steps forward on his horse, then raised his arm and pointed forward, shouting: "Come in!"
"Come in! Come in! Come in!"
Three thousand Dongjiang Liao soldiers suddenly pressed forward with neat steps. The dense formation made the defeated soldiers breathless.
Li Zhongfu and others were also frightened and instinctively retreated.
After three loud shouts, the five hundred Liao soldiers at the front suddenly stopped and began to aim at the defeated troops with their flat-ended blunderbuss.
"Li Zhongfu, we follow the commander-in-chief and start the uprising with our heads tied to our belts. We must not be soft at all in this fight. We must be softer. Our brothers in Dongjiang will not save their lives and want to exterminate the clan! I
I will tell you one last time, bring people up immediately to hold the Ming army back, otherwise, I will not recognize this soldier!" Geng Zhongyi's face was livid, and he slowly raised his hand, he didn't
He threatened that as long as Li Zhongfu dared to say no, he would immediately order to shoot him with a cannon.
"Geng Zhongyi, if you are cruel, I will never be done with you!"
Li Zhongfu knew that Geng Zhongyi was not trying to scare him. His eyes clearly meant killing someone! There were three thousand guns pointed at him, and Geng Zhongyi had Geng Zhongming as his backer. If he really killed himself, no one would be able to make the decision for him.
I'm going to die, so it's better to fight with the Ming army! If I win, I'll come back to settle the score with you Geng Zhongyi! Damn it, I'm a fugitive too!
Thinking of this, Li Zhongfu became worried and shouted at his officers: "Anyone who doesn't want to die should be killed by me!"
Officers, you looked at me and I looked at you, but no one moved. The Ming army's cavalry was powerful, and their own cavalry was beaten to a pulp. This ragtag group of people couldn't withstand it. If they go back, they will definitely die.
Seeing that they didn't move, Li Zhongfu was so anxious that he slapped an officer who was close to him and cursed: "Don't you have any fucking eggs? Go back!" Then he suddenly rushed towards the two defeated soldiers.
When he didn't react, he slashed with his knife, and with two "Gulu" sounds, the two good heads fell to the ground inexplicably.
Wielding a blood-stained sword, Li Zhongfu shouted at the defeated soldiers with a ferocious face: "Those who retreat without permission will suffer the same fate as them!" [
The officers also woke up and rushed forward to order the defeated soldiers to go back immediately. Upon seeing this, Geng Zhongyi raised his hand again, and the Liao soldiers immediately took five steps forward.
The defeated soldiers were frightened by the posture of the officers and Liao soldiers. They knew that these murderous Liao soldiers were not trying to scare people, but that they really knew how to fire guns, so they began to retreat slowly.
Li Zhongfu also led the officers and began to gather the team, preparing to go back to block the Ming army's cavalry. However, the team of three thousand people broke back in a noisy manner, and it was impossible to gather them for a while. Fortunately, there are advantages to having more people, and the Ming army's cavalry also
There was no way to overwhelm the team at once, so at least it gave Li Zhongfu some time, and he finally gathered a thousand people and started to line up in a panic.
In the distance, after seeing the defeated troops turning back through the telescope, Li Jiucheng couldn't help but say to the people next to him: "Geng Zhongyi has the style of a famous general. Like his brother Geng Zhongming, he is a hero of our Dongjiang Army. With him here
, we can’t lose today’s battle!”
After driving the defeated soldiers back, Geng Zhongyi also breathed a sigh of relief. He did not take Li Zhongfu seriously. He only cared about whether he could win the battle. If he won, everything would be easy. If he lost, nothing would happen.
Seeing that the defeated soldiers had gone back, the officers under his command hurriedly asked for instructions: "General, when will we go up?"
"What are we going to do?" Geng Zhongyi rolled his eyes at him angrily, pointed towards the chaotic battlefield ahead, and said in a low voice: "It seems that the Ming army only has a few cavalry, but they are heavily armored and can break formations very well, but they can't last long.
, it’s not worthwhile for us to go up now, we might have to lose some old brothers. Before the Western Expedition, my eldest brother and Deputy Commander Kong repeatedly confessed that it doesn’t matter how many cannon fodders die, but our old brothers in Dongjiang cannot be sacrificed too much.
Too much, otherwise, we will lose our vitality, bones, muscles, and capital and continue to work with the court, you know? "
"You keep an eye on me and hold these trash for a while. After the Ming army loses their strength, we can go up and deal with them!" After saying that, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The officer was convinced after hearing this: "Yes, yes, our old brother is important, our old brother is important."
The wolf cavalry army crushed them all the way and was unstoppable. Even if they encountered a small counterattack by the rebels, the wolf cavalry soldiers and horses were protected by heavy armor. The rebels' spears and swords could not penetrate or harm them at all, so they remained unscathed all the way.
The forward momentum was overwhelming. However, the corpses of those men and horses affected the speed of the Wolf Cavalry and forced the Wolf Cavalry to turn to attack twice in a row. Otherwise, they might be tripped by the piled up human and horse corpses.
The two turns also seriously consumed the physical strength of the war horse. Shi Dayong now feels like he is riding a tiger and is unable to dismount. On the one hand, he must keep attacking, otherwise the entire army will be annihilated; on the other hand, the huge strength of the rebels makes it difficult for him to digest. But
No matter what, as long as he has breath left, he will fight to the end.
Either he dies or the rebels retreat, there is no other way!
The battlefield of more than three miles was full of rebels running for their lives. The sudden appearance of the Ming army's heavy armored cavalry caused chaos to the rebels on the battlefield. Many infantry were not killed by the Ming army's guns, but were killed by their own soldiers.
He was trampled to death by his horse team.
Li Yingyuan was lucky enough to save his life and hurriedly fled to the main formation with more than a hundred cavalry. However, after discovering that Geng Zhongyi led the Liao soldiers up, he decisively turned eastward and gathered more than 300 cavalry along the way. He could not catch up with the Ming army's heavy armor.
To leave the battlefield, leave the rest of the battle to the infantry.
A group of more than 300 rebel infantry broke away from the brigade in a rout. The rebel officer leading the group was shocked and found that another Ming army cavalry was coming towards them. They hurriedly screamed: "Formation, formation
!”
These more than 300 rebels also possessed a lot of muskets, and many of them were not under the command of the officer. But when the officer called out, they immediately had a backbone, and they gathered around and hurriedly loaded up the muskets.
But they soon discovered that what was charging at them was not the heavy armored cavalry of the Ming Army just now, but the light cavalry, which was extremely fast. After there were only more than forty rebels who had just packed the medicine, the light cavalry of the Ming Army rushed towards them.
Come up.
After a burst of slashing and clashing, the rebels were exhausted. Most of them were knocked down and trampled to death by war horses, but very few died directly from being stabbed with swords and spears. The rebel officers who shouted for resistance were directly killed by Jiang Wanli.
Half of his body was gone, and the state of death was extremely horrific.
Jiang Wanli originally wanted to take the two hundred and fifty light cavalry with the wolf cavalry, but soon found that it would be more effective if they chased and killed the defeated troops, because their speed was far faster than the wolf cavalry, but they had to rush directly to the wolf cavalry.
However, it was impossible to form a large formation of soldiers, and there was nothing much that could be accomplished by following the wolf cavalry. Therefore, after a brief period of dominance, Jiang Wanli led his troops to pursue and kill the broken troops who had separated from the group.
However, after charging for a while, Jiang Wanli found that the gains outweighed the losses, because most of the two hundred and fifty light cavalry were not skilled in equestrian skills, and many fell off their horses because their horses ran too fast, making the number of people who could follow behind more and more difficult.
The less. By the time he realized something was wrong, there were only a hundred or so light cavalry following him.
Jiang Wanli made a decisive decision and abandoned his horse to fight on foot![
"Dismount, take the gun, and join the second battalion of the infantry. Quick, quick!"
After hearing the order, the light cavalry jumped off their horses. Many people's thighs became bloody due to the intense friction. Holding back the huge pain, the soldiers took out their firecrackers and began to form small teams under the leadership of the officers.
, gathered together the light cavalry who had fallen from their horses, and moved towards the remnants of the infantry camp.
The Jinzhou Army did not carry enough gunpowder and lead when they went south, but in the battle of Shahe, they captured a lot. Each man carried five kilograms of medicine, so there was no danger of running out of food.
On the way to the infantry camp, they encountered dozens of rebel cavalry. After a round of gunfire, the knights fell off their horses. Among the dozen or so fallen military horses, they also kept screaming. There were dozens more.
The rebel infantry wisely threw down their weapons and knelt there to surrender, but no one paid them any attention.
The dead and alive were all piled on the ground. At this time, no one was cutting off the heads, and no one was going to touch up the wounds. The injured soldiers who were still alive were left to cry out.
The Ming army counted their military merits based on their heads. However, in order to prevent soldiers from cutting off their heads on the battlefield and affecting the war, Shi Dayong issued a military order when he was in Jinzhou not to cut off his heads during war. All military merits were reported after the war.
Prepare detailed inspections and implement a unified distribution system of military merit to the greatest extent to encourage soldiers to share the same hatred of the enemy and increase team cooperation and cohesion. Whether this system is appropriate remains to be tested.
The rebel cavalry that besieged Li Dashan and Shao Wu's troops had long since escaped, but Li Shao's remnants only had more than seventy people left, half of them wounded, and could not pursue them. At this time, they were busy treating the wounded and could no longer participate in the war.
When Jiang Wanli gathered his soldiers all the way and met with Li Shao's troops, in addition to his two hundred light cavalry, there were also more than two hundred infantry soldiers who had fled earlier. Many of them were lying on the ground when the rebel cavalry caught up.
He pretended to be dead, originally thinking that if the rebels won, they would surrender directly, which would be regarded as returning the organization. Later, when he saw that the rebels suddenly collapsed and the government army gained the upper hand, he got up from the ground and returned to the army.
After the two armies joined together, Shao Wu saw that the rebel group turned around and came back, followed by the rebels' new troops and horses, which were large in number. The general and Xiao Cao led the wolf cavalry to charge left and right, although they disrupted the rebels.
, but heavy armor cannot last long and will be surrounded by rebels at any time. Worried about the general's safety, Shao Wu suggested moving forward immediately to cover the Wolf Cavalry's retreat.
Jiang Wanli and Li Dashan naturally agreed. After leaving the wounded soldiers behind and asking them to retreat immediately and leave the battlefield, the three battalion officers Jiang, Li, and Shao advanced forward with 400 musketry soldiers.
Li Yingyuan led the remnant of the army and just took a few breaths when he discovered that a group of Ming army infantry was about to move towards the cavalry. He immediately realized that an opportunity had come. He could not defeat the Ming army's heavy armored cavalry, but dealing with these infantry was a piece of cake.
"Brothers, if you want to be promoted and make a fortune, come with me!"
After hearing Xiao Dushuai's order, the rebels also saw the infantry of the Ming army. Their hearts, which were already frightened, suddenly became warm, and they became more energetic. They turned their horses and rushed toward the battlefield.
In the distance, he saw his son killing again. Li Jiuzheng was not worried this time. He had already seen that the Ming army's capabilities were limited. No matter how powerful the heavy armored cavalry was, it was only a few hundred cavalry, and there were thousands of Li Zhongfu's cannon fodder in front of them.
, followed by Geng Zhongyi’s three thousand elite troops. Even though his Ming army’s heavy armor had three heads and six arms, they definitely couldn’t escape this time!
Zhuge Liang is really sitting on the Diaoyutai and is sure of victory!
The result of the battle shocked Li Yingyuan. These hundreds of infantrymen of the Ming army, who seemed to be different from the previous soldiers and horses, were actually able to block one of his charges with blunderbuss. Their combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of the servants of the Ming army generals.
Li Yingyuan was heartbroken when he saw that the cavalry team he had worked so hard to build suffered heavy losses. He and his son had high status in Dongjiang, so they did not have a team of their own. Therefore, after the uprising, the father and son wanted to form a team of their own.
Finally, with Li Jiucheng's efforts, Kong Youde agreed to Li Yingyuan's use of the troops and horses in Dengzhou City to form their cavalry.
In other words, this thousand-horse team is the only direct lineage that the Li family and his son can directly command in the rebel army, and it is also the biggest asset of the two of them in the rebel army. But now, after one battle, most of them were lost, how can they not be called
Li Yingyuan's body aches. Pain returns pain. This battle will always have to be fought. We have fought to this point. We must fight to defeat them all, but we must also break down this hard bone of the Ming army. Otherwise, it will not be the battle of the cavalry.
The only issue is whether the father and son still have any dignity in the army!
How could the Jinzhou veterans who had competed with the elite Eight Banners of Jiannu regard the rebel cavalry in their eyes? In the final analysis, these rebel cavalry cannot really be called cavalry. Compared with the Manchu Tatars outside the pass, they
Just like a child just learning to walk. And except for those horse thieves, the Liao soldiers are just cavalry. Their riding skills are half-baked. Like them, they are mounted infantry and cannot be considered cavalry.
Although the rebel cavalry had several actual battles with the Ming army in Denglai and Shandong after they were formed, and they all won great victories and defeated the Ming army, in essence they still cannot be used as cavalry. Once they encounter
Their own disadvantages soon became apparent when they were forced to fight hard. There was no problem at all in fighting a smooth battle, but the desperate attack style made them frightened, especially when half of the men and horses had been killed by the Ming army, and the remaining people were still waiting for them.
When considering getting promoted and making a fortune, you cannot help but consider how hard your life is.
With a blunderbuss eye, even if you are the emperor, I will still beat you to death.
After the two attacks failed and more than a hundred corpses were left behind, Li Yingyuan could no longer urge his men to attack. He was so angry that Li Yingyuan cursed, but he could do nothing to them and had no choice but to turn around and withdraw.