The tragic battlefield and the constant sounds of fighting made the faces of Chongzhen and all the civil and military officials begin to turn pale. The broken limbs and broken arms flying everywhere and the battlefield littered with corpses also made many people's stomachs begin to churn.
, they couldn't care less about their lack of etiquette and their usual demeanor and vomited aside.
The pale Chongzhen looked at the two teams of cavalry who were fighting desperately in front of him and murmured to himself: "Is this the two armies fighting against each other? How could it be so tragic!"
In the past, Chongzhen just sat in the palace and listened to the reports of the officials below. There was a battle here. How many casualties did our army have, how many enemies were wiped out, and what results were achieved. To him, the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty, those results were just
It's just a number. When those officials who were well-read in poetry and gentle in reporting the war situation reported to him, they never described what the battlefield looked like, because they had never seen such a scene. But today, Chongzhen finally witnessed the real battlefield with his own eyes.
Fighting, although this scene was displayed in front of him in a way that surprised him, he never thought that the real battlefield would be so tragic. Now when the living lives disappeared in front of him, the Ming Dynasty
The supreme ruler of the dynasty had a new understanding of what he had known in the past.
In order to cover up the discomfort in his stomach, Chongzhen, who felt a little nauseous, slowly turned back to look at the civil and military officials around him, only to find that most of the officials surrounding him had vomited all over the floor, so that the ground was covered with
There was colorful vomit, and there was a sour smell in the air. At this moment, the officials were either bending down, holding on to the city wall, or looking at the battlefield in front of them with the help of others. On weekdays, one person
The personable image is gone.
Seeing the ugly behavior of the Taoist officials, Chongzhen showed a trace of disgust on his face. These officials who usually spoke the words of either the Confucius or the Sage behaved so badly, which made Chongzhen extremely disappointed with them.
At this time, Yang Sichang, who had been paying attention to Chongzhen from the side, hurriedly came to him and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you are not feeling well. Do you need to go back to the palace to rest first?"
Chongzhen looked at Yang Sichang and found that although the Minister of the Ministry of War's face was a little pale, he still had a good heart and did not spit it out on the spot. At last, he was not embarrassed. Otherwise, the Minister of the Ministry of War who nominally commanded millions of soldiers and horses in the entire Ming Dynasty
When watching the battle between the two armies, I was so frightened that I vomited. How unbecoming was this?
Chongzhen waved his hand weakly but resolutely and said: "No, those who are fighting to the death with the Tatars in front are our loyal and brave soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. I promised to cheer for them on the city wall, so I must do it, otherwise it will not be a shame to the soldiers.
Their hearts? You tell those who are vomiting all over the floor to raise their heads one by one. The soldiers are using their lives to protect the Ming Dynasty and protect their safety. Is this how they treat the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty? And
You will pass on my decree later. All the officials present today are not allowed to leave until the battle is over. Regardless of today's victory or defeat, everyone must hand me a memorial about today's battle in the morning tomorrow.
Remember it’s everyone!”
Yang Sichang was shaken and said in a low voice: "Yes, I obey your order!"
As the two torrents of red and white collided with each other and continued to fight, about two moments later, the red torrent gradually became weak. Lu Xiangsheng in the Ming army camp looked at the situation in front of him and frowned and said to Shandong Commander Liu Zeqing: "
General Dong can no longer hold on, and I estimate that he will be defeated soon. General Liu, please immediately lead your troops to assist General Dong and his party."
"yes!"
Liu Zeqing clasped his fists and immediately returned to the formation. He led more than 7,000 infantrymen to a place 200 steps away from the formation and took up a defensive posture. Nearly 2,000 archers lined up under the cover of the soldiers holding shields.
Two rows, with arrowheads drawn out, waited quietly to meet the friendly forces. Behind these archers were nearly 4,000 Ming troops to respond. In terms of organization, Liu Zeqing's soldiers were very different from the Lingshan Guard's troops. Liu Zeqing and
Although Pang Gang's team was mostly infantry, Liu Zeqing commanded regular soldiers after all. They had one battalion, one mid-level army, two thousand commanders, several generals under their command, and then they were in charge of the team and the armor commander.
Recognizing the flag seems to be clear at a glance. The most basic one in each team is twelve people. The leader carries a flag on his back and holds a scimitar. The four behind him are archers, the next four are hookers, and the next two are sickles.
hand, and finally followed by a fire gun soldier holding a big stick, which was used to knock the enemy's horse head. From this point alone, Pang Gang's army was simply divided into small flags, general flags, and hundred generals.
It's a lot more complicated.
Lu Xiangsheng's vision was indeed very vicious. When Liu Zeqing's troops set up their positions, Dong Wen's troops were defeated and their number was reduced from 7,000 to more than 5,000. When Dong Wen's troops retreated, they no longer had the same strength as before.
In the formation of the attack, thousands of people rushed back in a hive. Fortunately, Dong Wenyong's cavalry was not completely defeated. After seeing the formation of Liu Zeqing's troops behind them, they did not come straight to attack.
The defensive formation of our own friendly forces automatically divided into two streams and retreated from both sides of the infantry led by Liu Zeqing. At this time, the Qing soldiers behind them also caught up with them. Amidst the rumble of horse hooves, the experienced Qing soldiers used their hands to
The long bows in their hands kept shooting at the Ming soldiers who fell behind, and others used lasso to throw them in front. As long as the Ming cavalry was caught, they would be pulled off their horses immediately. The fallen Ming soldiers were not killed by the Qing soldiers behind them.
Trampled to death by military horses, one becomes a prisoner of the Qing soldiers.
Seeing this scene, Emperor Chongzhen on the city wall was filled with shame and anger. Unexpectedly, as soon as the battle started, the Ming Dynasty's cavalry was defeated and fled by the Qing soldiers. He could clearly see the situation of the battle just now on the city wall.
Afterwards, the Ming army's losses actually reached nearly 2,000 people, while the Qing army's losses were much less. Chongzhen estimated that there were less than 500 people. Such results made him, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, feel his face burning.
The Qing soldiers, who were eager to fight, still refused to give up even after Dong Wen's troops retreated into their own formation. They chased them until they were close to the formation where Liu Zeqing's troops were laying down. They still didn't stop and just rushed towards Liu Zeqing's troops.
line of defense.
Liu Zeqing, who was riding a horse and standing in the center of the formation, saw an angry look on his face when he saw that the Qing soldiers still refused to give up and looked unforgiving. These Tatars are so rampant. Do they want to rely on these thousands of cavalry?
Are you going to break your own defenses?
Liu Zeqing ordered with a stern face: "Archers, prepare to launch!"
After listening to Liu Zeqing's order, the flagman who had been standing beside him kept waving the small flag in his hand and issued the order.
Soon, the roars of the commanders and supervisors came from the front, "Load the arrow and prepare to launch!"
"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."
Before the battle, there were bursts of heart-wrenching sounds as the bowstrings were pulled apart.
Seeing the formation in front of the Ming army, the Qing soldiers rushed forward without fear. However, when they were about 70 steps away from the Ming army's formation, the Qing soldiers immediately bent their bows and arrows and quickly rushed towards the Ming army.
After shooting the arrow, the Qing soldiers did not continue to rush forward, but suddenly divided into two groups, turned to the left and right, and retreated from both sides.
"Fire the arrow!"
"Fire the arrow!"
Since the range of bows and arrows of the Ming and Qing armies were similar, the commanders of both sides issued the order to release arrows at almost the same time.
"Swish swish swish..."
Countless arrowheads from both sides flew past each other in the sky, shooting towards opposite targets at high speed.
Although the shooting range of the bows and arrows of both sides is almost the same, because the Qing soldiers relied on horse power, their arrowheads could shoot farther than the Ming army's infantry. Although the Ming army's bows and arrows had a shooting range of about seventy steps, when the arrowheads hit this
When they were still within a short distance, the Qing army began to turn around and hit their horses and run back. Therefore, at this distance, the arrowheads had basically lost their power. "As the saying goes, a strong crossbow cannot penetrate Lu Jian". The arrowheads fell on the cotton armor of the Qing soldiers and were trapped.
They bounced off one after another and did not cause much damage to the Qing soldiers. On the contrary, the arrowheads used by the Qing soldiers were heavy and long. In addition, remembering the momentum of the horses, the arrowheads fell from mid-air and hit the Ming army.
The archers still possess considerable power.
Although the archers in front were protected by sword and shield soldiers, the archers always had to lean out when shooting arrows, and their upper bodies were exposed. As the arrows shot by the Qing soldiers fell, the Ming army's archers
One after another fell to the ground after receiving arrows, and the archers in the front row let out screams from time to time.
"No, I didn't expect the Tatars to have such a vicious move. Our archers don't have the strength to fight back!" Seeing the casualties of the archers gradually increasing, Liu Zeqing's face suddenly changed.
The training of archers is not easy. It takes two or three years to train a qualified archer. These two thousand archers are the treasures he has trained so hard. He did not expect that they would be lost in a rain of arrows.
Nearly a hundred people. This made Liu Zeqing tremble with pain.
"No, these archers can't let the Tatars use them as targets for nothing. If they continue like this, the archers who have been trained for several rounds will be crippled." Liu Zeqing, who made a decisive decision, immediately ordered the archers to retreat immediately.
, the pikemen, hook gunners, scimitars and infantry with big clubs behind immediately moved forward to prepare to meet the enemy.
The Qing soldiers did not give Liu Zeqing any face. When they saw that the Ming army's archers retreated and no longer had the threat of bows and arrows, they even more unscrupulously rode their horses and rushed to a distance of forty or fifty steps from the front of the Ming army's formation to release arrows one after another.
Shooting out from their hands, the strong bowstrings carried heavy arrowheads and flew towards the Ming army's position. Although the infantry were protected by shields, they still heard screams from the soldiers from time to time. It was the arrowheads of the Qing soldiers that had passed through.
The gap in the shield hit the infantry inside.
For a time, the Ming army fell into a situation of being passively beaten.