The Chuang army had already committed nearly 40,000 troops to the battlefield at Baigouhe, while the Ming army also attacked across the board, dispatching 35,000 troops.
In addition, Abatai controlled an artillery position on the northeastern bank of the Baigou River with very favorable terrain. He used the terrain and the cover of the snow to tilt heavy artillery fire towards the intruders on the ice.
After listening to Chen Yongfu's analysis, Li Laiheng also felt that he was concerned about the reserve forces of the Ming Army and that there was no good opportunity to attack on all fronts. However, because the artillery units of the Chuang Army had not been in place for a long time, the melee on the ice was now under attack from the enemy's artillery fire.
A unilateral attack is very detrimental to both the specific battlefield situation and the impact on morale.
After Hao Yaoqi killed Wu Guozhu, the melee on the ice began to develop in favor of the Chuang army. In order to cover the Ming army's attack, Abatai also stepped up the artillery bombardment, and the Qing army's dispatch and attack were also intensively prepared.
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After a bloody fight, Liu Fangliang led Zuoying's cavalry to withdraw from the center of the whirlpool where the army was fighting. In this fierce battle, nearly 600 of Zuoying's capable Three Walls cavalry were killed.
There were thousands of casualties. The toughness and strength of Guan Ning's soldiers were indeed higher than those of the Qin army. Although Liu Fangliang had been mentally prepared for Guan Ning's soldiers to be difficult to deal with, the heavy casualties were beyond his expectation.
When the cavalry unit retreated to the vicinity of the Chinese army, Li Laiheng hurriedly galloped over. He led a group of personal soldiers to meet Liu Fangliang. The small number of artillery deployed by the Chinese army opened fire together, and immediately shut down the small group that had bitten Liu Fangliang's tail.
Ning Bing was defeated.
"master!"
Liu Fangliang was on the icy battlefield of Baigou River. He took the lead and broke into the formation repeatedly, so he was naturally honored a lot. The blood on his back even penetrated the armor, leaving a layer of deep red traces on his blouse, and even his helmet was dented several times.
At a glance, you can see how intense the war has been.
Liu Fangliang gasped and asked Li Laiheng: "Has the artillery of the Chu army arrived? The artillery of the Ming army is too powerful! I think even Bai Guangen's train battalion is not so powerful!"
The generals of the Chuang army were not aware of the presence of the Qing army. Even Li Laiheng only thought that Sun Chuanting was staying on the northeast bank of the Baigou River with Biaoying to fire artillery. He replied:
"Sun Baigu is so slow to move, I wonder what his calculations are? The Guan Ning Army is a group of arrogant and powerful generals. If Sun Chuanting wants to waste the strength of the Guan Ning Army to support the Qin Army, I'm afraid Wu Sangui and the others will immediately
Will run away."
Chen Yongfu also nodded and said: "Guan Ning's army will not take chestnuts from the fire for Sun Chuanting. If we continue to fight like this, it won't be long before Guan Ning's generals will be like Zuo Liangyu during the Battle of Zhuxian Town, abandoning his own troops."
escape."
Liu Fangliang said anxiously: "We can't just sit back and watch Sun Chuanting bombard our soldiers!"
Li Laiheng looked at the group of cavalry that Liu Fangliang pulled out from the ice battlefield, and then looked at his side. Unfortunately, most of the pro-military cavalry were taken away by Zhang Pizhu and thrown into the battlefield. Now that the number of Chinese cavalry is limited, he also
It was difficult to support Liu Fangliang's development to the northeast bank of the Baigou River and compete with the Ming army for artillery positions.
"Li Shiwei's delay in arriving is really worrying." Li Laiheng held his forehead and sighed, then gritted his teeth and said, "Master, you are the number one expert in using cavalry in the army. I can still raise a few hundred cavalry here, so I'll hand them over."
It’s for your command and use. Now we’ll make a detour to the east. Even if we can’t capture the artillery positions, we can harass them and force them to retreat, right?”
"Okay! There's no problem! I'll attack right away."
Liu Fangliang had just pulled out the troops and had only done some simple treatment on his injuries. He immediately agreed to Li Laiheng's request and immediately led his troops to attack again. He is a man with a fiery personality, strong execution ability and sharpness.
Very quickly, regardless of the consumption of physical strength and horsepower of the cavalry troops, they rushed eastward.
The Ming army deployed almost no troops to block Liu Fangliang's actions. This was because Wu Sangui was eager to drag the Qing army into the water. General Guan Ning was extremely dissatisfied with Abatai who only shelled a safe position and did not invest capital to participate in the battle.
Because of course they were happy to see Liu Fangliang's attack on the Qing army's positions.
Wu Sangui, Gao Di and others had urged Abatai to join the battle immediately through the supervising scholar Li Jiantai and the eunuch Gao Qiqian. However, the Qing army had its own calculations. In addition to the artillery participating in the battle, the elite troops
Thousands of soldiers are always hidden on the north side of Baigou River, hiding and moving.
Abatai claimed to Wu Sangui and others that the Qing army had sent a group of elite troops to bypass the rear of the rebels, and that it was about to achieve miraculous results. This was not a lie. Abatai had indeed sent a considerable number of troops to bypass the rear of the rebels.
But there was no Ming army to stop them, so Liu Fangliang rushed to the vicinity of the Qing artillery position at an extremely fast speed. This astonishing speed also surprised Abatai, who had been leisurely waiting for the Ming and Ming armies to consume each other.
After they are exhausted, they can then invest in the troops and make the final decision.
However, Liu Fangliang's swift and fierce counterattack reached the artillery position before the Qing army could be mobilized to complete the defensive deployment. Even Liu Fangliang himself did not expect that everything would go so smoothly!
The intruder cavalry broke into the Qing army's position like a sickle harvesting rice. Because Abatai was smart, he sent a considerable number of troops to bypass the rear of the intruder army. At this time, he was unable to raise any troops to stop Liu Fangliang!
The Three Walls Cavalry of Zuoying experienced a fierce battle with Li Fuming's Qiantun Town, and their physical strength was extremely exhausted. But now they are facing only some Qing artillery soldiers. Many of the artillerymen don't even have armor, only a handful of them.
It's just self-defense.
The knights quickly rushed into the enemy formation, bumped lightly, and followed behind the enemy like chasing cattle and sheep. Then they raised their sabers high and swung them down with all their strength.
Only Liu Fangliang was deeply shocked by the hairstyle of these artillery soldiers. All the hair on their foreheads had been shaved off, leaving only a small braid on the back of their heads. Although there were many Mongolian soldiers in Guan Ning's army, the hairstyle of these people
They are clearly not Mongolians, but Manchurians.
What's more, the Yiding cavalry are all cavalry. How could Wu Sangui and others use the Yiding to operate the cannon?
"It's a scam!"
Liu Fangliang looked at the Qing soldiers who were chopped down by the Zuoying cavalry, and a strong sense of uneasiness suddenly arose in his heart. After comprehensively analyzing the information about the battle situation obtained by the invading army in his mind, he gradually figured out a terrible conjecture.
Immediately called for the assault troops to retreat.
At this time, Abatai finally mobilized the Qing army's main infantry and cavalry troops. Because the Ming army did not block Liu Fangliang's surprise attack at all, Abatai was caught off guard and spent a lot of time mobilizing the defenders.
In addition to a large army sent by Abatai to bypass the rear of the invading army, the Qing army still retained nearly 5,000 soldiers on the northeastern bank of the Baigou River. Although the number was small, compared with Liu Fangliang's cavalry, the number was still
It has great advantages.
When the Qing army launched a counterattack, Liu Fangliang also immediately withdrew his troops because he discovered the presence of the Qing army. On the other hand, Abatai was also very worried about the casualties of the Qing army's artillery, so he did not immediately bite Liu Fangliang and proceed further.
pursuit.
The first contact between the Chuang army and the Qing army at Baigou River ended in an instant separation.
Liu Fangliang used his amazing sense of smell to realize the huge impact that the presence of the Qing army had on the entire battlefield, and even on the entire northern war situation. That's why he ignored the fight with the Qing army and immediately prepared to withdraw the Chinese army. Unfortunately, although Liu Fangliang killed many Qing troops
The soldiers did not block the cannon fire doors and nail the muzzles, so the Qing army's artillery firepower quickly recovered to some extent.
Liu Fangliang withdrew with 2,000 cavalry, while Abatai, after resting for a while to reorganize the artillery position, finally made a decision and ordered the Qing army to attack across the board and throw all 5,000 infantry and cavalry in his hands into the battlefield.
Wu Sangui was overjoyed when he heard the shouting and killing sounds coming from the rear, especially after hearing those obscure Manchu words. He turned his head and saw the vigorous and brave riding movements, which was shaking behind his head.
The braided hair, the familiar clothes and weapons, the Eastern Division is finally dispatched!