Eight hundred and eighty-fourth chapter Yutian fierce battle
"Hahaha——!" Li Zicheng laughed immediately, "Why should I steal this command? It's better for you, Old Liu! Send someone to the front of the formation to shout. If Wu Sangui surrenders, I will grant him a count.
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"Ah?" Liu Zongmin immediately exclaimed exaggeratedly, "If Wu Xiaoer surrenders, won't he lose his military exploits?"
"No matter how successful you are in war, you won't be promoted." Li Zicheng, who was in a good mood, also joked, "When we get back, we will first destroy the officers and soldiers in the outer city, and then we will go south to fight against Butcher Wu! What are you so anxious about, Liu?"
Huh? Are you afraid that you won’t have any merit in battle?”
"Prince Chuang! Oh! No! Your Majesty!" A spy observing from the front suddenly turned around and reported, "Then why are the Liao troops so weird? They all have a braid on the back of their heads."
"Braids!?" Li Zicheng and the others were a little confused, but then he said proudly: "If they style their hair like a big girl, will we be soft on them?"
"Hahaha——!" The laughter from Dashun Army's Central Military Office suddenly resounded through the sky...
The Guan Ning cavalry were in mourning today, but there was no hope of victory in sight. On the contrary, they were dressed in such a way that they did not look like humans or ghosts, which made Wu Sangui and the others even more discouraged.
There were nearly 40,000 people in the army having their heads shaved, and it was impossible to have a group of barbers in the army, so the tail of the money rat was shaved nondescript, and many of them had their braids tied randomly.
But if it was just a bad image, that would be fine. The most important thing was that many soldiers refused to shave their heads. In order to convince them, Wu Sangui and the others spent half the night.
Many people in the Guan Ning cavalry had a bloody feud with the Qing army. Now they were asked to surrender to the Qing army and even dress up as Manchus. This really made these people confused. Many people even cried incessantly and refused to shave their heads.
But Wu Sangui and the others cannot beat or scold these people, or even say harsh words. Because most of these people are the core of Guan Ning's cavalry, and they are the capital that Wu Sangui and the others rely on for their survival.
In the end, Wu Sangui and the others could only offer some words of comfort and explain it with a story about how they suffered hardships. In addition, Wu Sangui's prestige in the army was indeed very high, and they finally guaranteed that the entire army would be shaved before dawn.
However, as a result, they didn't get much rest last night. Wu Sangui and others' eyes were almost bloodshot. But as daybreak, Guan Ning's cavalry had to leave the city again, because they had to hold on no matter what. The Qing army
The arrival of reinforcements.
It is also helpless. Yutian County is indeed too small. With more than 30,000 horses and horses squeezed inside, it is impossible to move. Moreover, Li Zicheng's Dashun Army also carries heavy artillery. These heavy artillery may have difficulty hitting the walls of Beijing, but hitting Yutian
The county wall is effortless. If the wall is broken and the Dashun army, which has an absolute advantage in strength, swarms in through the gap, then the Guan Ning cavalry will be wiped out. It is better to stay outside the city first.
What about urban warfare?
"Commander! You are rebelling and sending people to persuade you to surrender!" one of Wu Sangui's soldiers reminded.
In fact, this reminder was not necessary at all. All the soldiers in the two armies saw a group of Dashun soldiers shouting in the formation, and they were saying those words to persuade them to surrender. But the soldier still reminded him. Many soldiers even secretly
He looked at Wu Sangui carefully, just waiting for his decision, which made Wu Sangui smile bitterly in his heart: The morale of the army is really broken!
"Shoot arrows at them! Drive them back!" Wu Sangui ordered categorically. Having already embarked on this path, is there any way to turn back? Just endure it until the Qing army arrives. I hope they can really come!
Wu Sangui licked his dry lips and felt a bitter taste in his mouth.
A long row of sparse arrows were shot out. They drew arcs in the air, and then stabbed feebly in front of the Dashun Army soldiers who were shouting. Facing these messengers, there was usually some incense left, so
Not very good at using desperate measures, Guan Ning's cavalry also shot arrows from outside the range, which was a warning. However, as the arrows were shot, it also meant that Wu Sangui and others refused to surrender.
Seeing the shouting cavalry returning from fighting, Li Zicheng smiled faintly, and then ordered: "Tell General Liu to fight!"
In today's battle, neither army conducted any tests, nor did they use cavalry to charge into the formation. They just arranged the infantry to approach in formation, and first engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
The Guan Ning cavalry put their precious cavalry to use in the most critical places. The Dashun Army had such a huge force to consume, so how could they waste the precious old battalion soldiers and horses? After all, Li Zicheng still had to prepare to go south to fight against the Runing Army.
Fighting.
At the beginning, the Dashun Army mounted a team of 20,000 people. When they approached the Liao Army infantry, they were immediately shot by bows, arrows, muskets and artillery mounted on the head of Yutian County. When they saw the Dashun Army's
The men and horses were beaten by long-range weapons and were knocked upside down. The infantry of the Liao Army immediately stepped forward to kill them, hoping to take advantage of the situation to defeat the Dashun Army's attack.
However, the commander Liu Zongmin had already prepared. These two troops of 10,000 people were actually cannon fodder troops to attract the long-range firepower of Guan Ning's cavalry. He arranged another two troops of 10,000 people behind these two troops of 10,000 people. When the two armies in front were strangled,
Together, the Liao army's firearms were unable to show their power, and the last 20,000 troops immediately threw themselves into the battle.
At the same time, the troops of the Dashun Army began to pretend to attack Yutian County on the north and south sides, preventing the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry troops from going out for reinforcements. And now there is a situation of surrounding three and one missing, which is to make Guan Ning Iron Cavalry abandon the city.
Fleeing from the city, the Dashun army prepared to pursue and completely eliminate the entire Guan Ning cavalry.
Seeing that the battle situation ahead was not good, Wu Sangui immediately ordered: "Xiao Guo! You lead three thousand cavalry to attack the right side of Chuang Ni, and you must use a cone formation." At the beginning of the battle, Guan Ning's cavalry used all their strength.
Today, Wu Sangui and the others have already gone all out with their tactics.
"No!" Guerrilla Guo Yunlong immediately accepted the order.
"The cavalry of the Liao army is coming up. Get the archers and gunmen ready. The old battalion rides on the first team and the second team. Stop them and don't let the cavalry of the Liao army affect the attack of the troops." Seeing Guan Ning.
The cavalry of the iron cavalry was dispatched, and Liu Zongmin, the commander, immediately began to mobilize troops and generals.
"yes!"
The two armies were facing each other tit for tat, and began to form an array about five hundred steps away. The cavalry of the Dashun Army still arranged a common linear array. Because they were more than five hundred steps away, they could also see the cavalry of Guan Ning's cavalry.
In the formation, what specific formation was it? It was a bit blurry. However, the cavalry of the Dashun Army did not pay attention. At the beginning of this battle, which army would use that desperate formation? Not at all.
When the war situation develops and reaches a final conclusion.
However, when the cavalry of the two armies were moving toward each other and getting closer, the cavalry of the Dashun Army suddenly discovered that Guan Ning's cavalry was in a cone formation, so they were immediately frightened, and the leading cavalry officer immediately shouted
Said: "Get out of here! Get out of here! Let them pass."
The thin linear array could not stop the continuous charge of the conical array at all, and it was just a waste of its own strength. As the cavalry of the old battalion of the Dashun Army, they were not willing to make sacrifices themselves. They were willing to lose the infantry like cannon fodder.
Nor did he want his cavalry to collide with Guan Ning's cavalry in a cone formation, sacrificing himself to stop the death charge of Guan Ning's cavalry.
This move immediately caused the cavalry array of the Dashun Army to disperse. Although a few cavalry were overwhelmed by the roaring Guan Ning cavalry, most of the Dashun Army cavalry gave way to the charging path of the Guan Ning cavalry.
Both sides.
However, at this time, the gunmen and archers of the Dashun Army had already been mobilized, and they continued to shoot at the cone-shaped formation from the side. As a result, the Guan Ning cavalry on the edge kept falling off their horses, but the entire cone-shaped formation
But it still remained intact and trampled towards the flank of the Dashun Army.
The soldiers of the Dashun Army suddenly fell into chaos, while the infantry of the Liao Army also had high morale, and they fought hard to kill the enemy troops in front of them. The first 40,000 troops to come forward were immediately on the verge of collapse.
Seeing that the battle situation was not going well, Liu Zongmin immediately pointed at the captain of the soldiers beside him and ordered: "Go up quickly and talk to the bastards from the first team and the second team. I don't blame them for scattering in front of them. Now let them hurry up."
They gathered around and beat the Liao army. Anyone who dares to retreat will have their skins ripped off."
The captain of the soldiers hurriedly saluted and, with a dozen soldiers, rushed towards the front line.
"Lao Yuan! I will give you the third and fourth cavalry teams. You can lead your troops and attack them. The cone formation is useless if the speed is reduced. You must not let these Liao cavalry run away. Try to get rid of them."
They all stay." Liu Zongmin ordered Yuan Zongdi again.
"No problem! Children, follow me!" Yuan Zongdi also immediately accepted the order.
The cone-shaped formation was charging forward in an unstoppable manner, but now it was trapped in the Dashun Army's troops and crowds, as if it was stuck in a quagmire. Liu Zongmin wanted to take advantage of the weakness of Guan Ning's cavalry to reinforce it with his main force.
Go up and try to eliminate these most valuable cavalry among Guan Ning's cavalry.
With the arrival of the Dashun Army's First Cavalry Team, the Second Cavalry Team and Yuan Zongdi's troops, the Guan Ning Cavalry, which had won the battle at the beginning, was gradually reversed. As time went by, one after another Dashun Army troops also
They were thrown into the battle one after another, and Guan Ning's cavalry gradually fell into a bitter battle.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Sangui also put the troops at hand into the battlefield one by one. In the end, he even led his own troops to fight in person. The battle situation had reached the most dangerous moment.
"Struggle to the death!" Seeing that Guan Ning's cavalry was completely trapped in a hard fight, Li Zicheng finally relaxed and said, "Tell the men in front that Wu Xiao'er is indeed brave. It would be good to capture him and surrender him." (To be continued.