The charge of Chu's cavalry across the three walls was so fierce that they were no longer just like waves or collapsing mountains, but more like an invisible, irresistible force. In words that people can understand, they were more like a force.
A "mandate of destiny", symbolizing the "mandate of heaven" of victory.
Most of Guan Ning's soldiers had experienced a real mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. The intensity of the Songjin Battle was second to none even in the world.
Even if the mercenaries from Sweden, Czechs and Germany were placed in the flesh and blood mills of Songshan and Jinzhou, no one would be able to achieve a much better record than Guan Ning's army.
Li Fuming once personally experienced the Battle of Rufeng Mountain with the most intense firepower, the largest number of artillery, and the largest artillery in the world in the 17th century. At that time, Guan Ning's soldiers used fierce cavalry combined with explosive artillery firepower to defeat Dorgon.
The main force of the Eight Banners under his command was defeated steadily.
The disastrous defeat of the Guan Ning Army during the Songjin Battle was not due to their incompetence and weakness. It was because they unfortunately encountered the Qing Army Corps, one of the best in the world in this era. And in the final decisive stage, they encountered
In the East Asian world, or in a broader perspective and scope, Huang Taiji can be called one of the most brilliant military strategists.
Therefore, it is not without reason that Li Fuming despises the bandits.
Once upon a time, there were many difficulties, but after the brutal Songjin battle, Li Fuming truly felt that everything on the battlefield inside the pass was just child's play.
But the facts slapped Li Fuming hard.
The three walls of Zuoying under Liu Fangliang and Ma Shiyao have proven their strength in fierce melees. They are not as good as the well-equipped Guan Ning cavalry in terms of firepower, but they are not inferior in terms of martial arts and courage in hand-to-hand combat. Not only
Not only was he not inferior in the slightest, but in many cases, he was even better than the officers and soldiers of Qiantun Town.
And when Ma Bao gave the charge order, trumpets from the underworld rang out everywhere on the battlefield. Behind these sharp charge trumpets, there was a wall charge that was even more terrifying than the harsh trumpets.
The impact formation of the Chu Chuang cavalry was no longer as airtight as it was during the Battle of Dangshan. However, after the adjustment of the new formation gave the knights space and leeway to reorganize their impact posture, this team was
With a more terrifying and persistent combat effectiveness.
"Three Walls"
"If you advance, never retreat, if you destroy the formation, never move forward!"
The cavalry soldiers shouted in unison, roaring, trumpeting, and the clanging sounds of swords and guns, all mixed together. From the perspective of Guan Ningbing, these rogue cavalry still seemed to be shoulder to shoulder, holding hands.
The enemy is not an individual, but a whole, even more irresistible than the legendary Iron Buddha of the Jin people.
"Hold them off"
Li Fuming shouted, and he hurriedly ordered a group of Yi and Ding cavalry to launch a short counterattack towards the Chu Chuang cavalry that was charging towards them.
However, no matter how superb the martial arts of the Yi Ding cavalry were, no matter how amazing the Mongolian horseback skills were. When the wall-charging cavalry team crashed into the enemy's array, all martial arts, equestrian skills, and shooting skills were all reduced to nothing.
All that's left is the same flesh-and-blood confrontation with the infantry!
The dense wall-like queue prevented the knights from displaying their personal martial arts. Farmers from northern Shaanxi, Heluoyang and Suizhou could only follow strict discipline, perform their duties, take their positions, hold onto their weapons, and wait.
The verdict of "Destiny".
But the Mongolians are still lucky. They are all the most capable warriors in the world, and they will never regard their own value as low as that of an ordinary infantryman.
The Yi and Ding cavalry used their special skills and continuously fired arrows to block the charge of the Chu Chuang cavalry. They shot accurately and hard, almost hitting the target with every shot. However, the distance between the two sides was too short, and the speed of the horse's sprint was too fast.
So fast, before a few people were killed by bows and arrows, the soldiers of the invading army were already in front of the Mongols.
A brave and skilled Mongolian cavalryman drew out his saber in a hurry, but before he could withstand the slashing attack of the enemy in front of him, three sabers came at him from his oblique side, left front and side. The martial arts of the Mongolian soldiers are
He was so skillful that at the critical moment, he lowered his body and hid beside the saddle, then immediately counterattacked with a sword, slashing an enemy with a bang.
But then, there was a boom, like a landslide, and the Mongolian soldiers were immediately knocked away by countless enemies. He only remembered that three or four sabers hit him, and maybe a spear?
The remaining Yiding cavalry, except for a very few strong ones, went to die. Seeing the invincible "Destiny" advancing crazily, they no longer had any courage to fight in their hearts, so they turned around and ran away.
They are by no means timid cowards. On the contrary, those who were rushed forward by Li Fuming as a trump card at this moment are all warriors of the world who have fought for the rest of their lives.
However, there are very few people in the world who can actually fall into a flesh-and-blood hand-to-hand combat in a wall charge.
This is true even for the Swedish cavalry carefully trained by Gustavus II.
Facing a wall charge, one side must collapse before the two armies come into contact.
The collision between "wall" and "wall" does not exist.
Even the most elite Mongolian servants were scared out of their wits. How could the remaining Guan Ning soldiers dare to fight? As soon as the Ming army's flag fell, scattered officers and soldiers began to flee backwards, and then fled.
There were more and more people. Even if Li Fuming pulled out his sword and killed three deserters in front of the formation, he could not stop the sudden rout.
Liu Fangliang, who was rich in battlefield combat experience, rushed to the front line at this time. When he saw Ma Bao's assault victory, he immediately seized the opportunity of the officers and soldiers fleeing in panic and commanded the entire army to attack.
Liu Fangliang's Chinese army flag kept waving, and he had a team of trumpeters trained by Liu Tichun. At this time, they also gave out the order to pursue the attack with all their strength. Thousands of cavalry rushed forward in response to the order, and in an instant they
The spacious ice surface is crowded.
The whole army of the Chuang army surged forward like a tide. At the beginning, many of Guan Ning's soldiers used bows and arrows and three-eyed muskets to fight back during the retreat, killing many of the chasing cavalry of the Chuang army.
However, soon after the entire Chu army pressed forward, the pursuers completely overwhelmed the momentum of Guan Ning's army. They picked up their guns and knives, and never gave them a chance to shoot a second arrow. Many Guan Ning's soldiers were killed.
More officers and soldiers panicked, threw their precious bows, arrows and firearms on the ground and tried their best to escape.
The arrogant Li Fuming never expected that the reversal on the battlefield would come so quickly. He panicked for a moment and almost dreamed back to the desperate night when Beacon Hill was attacked by the Qing army. If two generals hadn't hugged him and escaped
, it is very likely that he will be hacked to death by Jiao Da, who is leading the charge.
Ma Bao had already had a reliable estimate of the power of Chu Chuang's cavalry wall charge, but Liu Fangliang did not fully understand the combat effectiveness of Li Laiheng's men. So when he saw such a surprising battle result, Liu Fangliang was certainly overjoyed.
We are more confident in winning the Battle of Baigouhe.
But this forward battle did not end immediately with the defeat of Qingtun Town.
The first point is that there are thousands of troops in Qiantun Town. Although the front troops were completely defeated by the Chuang Army, Li Fuming's middle army and rear troops still retain at least a thousand well-organized troops, which were not defeated by the wall style of the Chuang Army.
The charge is frightening, so there is still the possibility of retreating under cover;
The second point is that Wu Sangui, Gao Di, and even Liu Zeqing will not sit back and let a capable force like Li Fuming be wiped out by the intruders. They will definitely invest more troops to escalate the scale of this forward battle and reverse the balance of victory.
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The third point is that Abate finally took action.
The Qing army's artillery had already found a firing position with good visibility and a wide range of fire on the northeastern bank of the Baigou River. The dark-skinned Hongyi cannons were fully prepared for bombardment.
The soldiers of the Eight Banners held torches and lit the fuses one by one. With the sound of "chi chi chi", the white smoke and orange sparks spread rapidly forward until they touched the fire door.
The little bits of light from the fire illuminated the faces of the Eight Banners soldiers. The soldier who lit the cannon did not look like a Jurchen who grew up in the white mountains and black waters. There was even a bit of livid color on his forehead. He was obviously a Jurchen.
A Han army bannerman who recently shaved his hair.
Seeing the poor performance of the Ming army, Abatai's view of the Ming Dynasty changed slightly. He said coldly: "The Great Khan is right, the Han people are our pigs, sheep and fruit trees, how dare they compete with the warriors?