Chapter 85: Do not die from thieves, but die by law
Although Zhang Pizhen was not an artillery expert, he had been surrounded by Li Laiheng and Fang Yiren and had a deep understanding of new artillery. When he saw the power caused by the Dashun Army's artillery fire, he immediately felt that dark clouds were coming over him and the situation was not optimistic.
Zhang Pixiu frowned his thick eyebrows, slapped his still young face hard, and said:
"Damn it! Mr. Donglu only has one head and two hands, right? We all rush over with Yihou!"
The cavalry of the Shun Army brigade charged quickly, passing through the Qing army's artillery, and then ushered in a large row of dense and terrifying volleys of muskets. The rain of muskets was so fierce that it quickly cut away countless Shun Jun like scythes.
The life of a military knight.
However, the Shun army's cavalry attacked from both wings. Although the power of the Qing army's guns and artillery was indeed superior to that of the Dashun army, Duduo and Kong Youde were pleased that they deployed most of the Qing army's guns and artillery in the center of the Qing army's battle line.
Since the defenses on both wings were relatively weak, Zhang Nai was allowed to brave the firepower blockade and break through in one fell swoop.
On the central front of the Shun Army, the main force with Li Zicheng's Royal Camp Huang Umbrella as the core also launched an attack with all its strength after Wu Ruyi and Bai Guangen opened fire.
The airtight rain of arrows quickly shot into the Qing army's battle line. Whether they were spearmen, sword players, or jumping soldiers holding swords, most of Dashun's soldiers were good at archery, and even if they were not professional
Archers and many soldiers in the army also carry bows and arrows.
At this time, thousands of arrows were fired together, and the rain of arrows covering the sky was more than ten thousand!
Zhang Nai led the Shun army cavalry into the Qing army's front line first. On the open ground, the sound of killing was loud. As soon as the horn blew, the Suwei cavalry came like a violent roar. The horns shook the sky, and the smoke and dust billowed, pouring down like a flash flood.
He came down and went straight into the depths of the Qing army's front line, stirring up countless bloody flowers.
The troops on the flank of the Qing army were the Guan Ning soldiers of Wu Sangui, the Ming Dynasty's Ping Xibo. He, Gao Di, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Shandong Town, and Li Jiantai, the supervisor of the Ming army in the nominal battle of Huolu,
The eunuch who was supervising the army stood in one place, silently watching the fierce offensive of the Shun army.
Since the Huailai Incident, Wu Sangui annexed most of the essence of the Qin army's troops under Sun Chuanting's command, and his strength has greatly increased. In addition, Gao Di himself is also a man without many opinions, Liu Zeqing's troops are not very effective in combat, Li Jiantai and Gao Qiqian
With no strength in hand, and no right to speak, the entire Guan Ning Army is now completely controlled by Wu Sangui alone.
By virtue of the Ming Dynasty's imperial court existing in name only, Wu Sangui became the biggest beneficiary after the collapse of the Ming Dynasty edifice, second only to Huang Taiji, and became the number one Han warlord in the Qing army, whose strength was still higher than that of King Sanshun.
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At this moment, Zhang Nai and the Shun Army cavalry had already broken through the Qing army's fire blockade and broke into the forward line of the Guan Ning Army. The Shun Army was approaching fiercely and immediately caused heavy casualties to the uncertain Guan Ning Army. Wu Sangui
Looking at the chaotic battlefield in the distance, his eyes were suddenly filled with tears.
There was no need for him to perform such a shameless performance in front of Gao Di, Liu Zeqing, Li Jiantai, and Gao Qiqian. However, although Guan Ning's army annexed the Qin army, the number of Qin soldiers who were annexed was no less than that of Guan Ning's army. This made
The morale of this mixed army is in a situation that could explode at any time.
Therefore, the closer the war came, the more necessary it was for Wu Sangui to perform such a shameless performance in front of the Han soldiers.
His eyes were filled with tears, and he cried: "The bandits invaded the capital and massacred the northwest. People in this town also heard that after the bandits broke into Xi'an, they slaughtered the whole city, leaving no trace of chickens or dogs alive. Many of our officers and soldiers are from Shaanxi Province. It can be said that they are from Shaanxi Province."
The hatred of the country and the family gathered together!
The bandits are killing people in the northwest. They have massacred Xi'an and Yulin before, and recently they have massacred Ganzhou and Suzhou. Every time they go through a catastrophe, they must leave no chickens or dogs behind! Now the bandits have invaded the capital again, and they have hit Zhili.
To reincarnate Huang Chao, burn the prosperous city of Beijing into ruins, and burn our hometown of Sangzi into a mass grave of bones.
How can we allow thieves to run rampant? This battle is not for the imperial court, not for my emperor, but to protect our family lineage!"
Wu Sangui stood erect in front of the army, with a heroic figure, as firm as a pine tree and as motionless as a stray rabbit. He had been publicizing the atrocities of the bandits in the Ming army, and now he was fighting with the bandits.
The fighting was definitely not to help the Tatars, nor was it to seek Wu Sangui's personal wealth, but to protect the hometown of all soldiers and comrades.
"Today's plan is to advance rather than retreat. If you don't die to the thieves, you will die to the law. We are all officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and we can never stand together with the thieves!"
Liu Zeqing secretly laughed in his heart: The Qing Dynasty did not know how to employ people, and sitting back and watching Wu Sangui develop such a huge military force would definitely become a trouble in the future.
It's just that Liu Zeqing's troops are limited and he can't do anything for the time being. Gao Di is completely a vassal of Wu Sangui, and he all acts according to Wu Sangui's opinions. As for Li Jiantai and Gao Qiqian, in Wu Sangui's eyes, they are even more puppets and clay sculptures, not worth mentioning.
Li Jiantai was one of the few old officials of the Ming Dynasty who still had a heart. His main purpose of accompanying the army to the battle was to try to see Emperor Chongzhen, who had been under house arrest by Huang Taiji for a long time, and to find out where the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was now.
What kind of situation.
I just didn't expect that at this moment, the battle between the two armies was so fierce, why Emperor Chongzhen still didn't show up!
Without waiting for what others thought, Wu Sangui had already begun arranging his troops. He ordered his subordinate Yang Kun to lead the servants of Guan Ning's cavalry to quickly reinforce the front line.
With the full counterattack of Guan Ning's army, the bloody level of the battlefield on the northern flank suddenly increased dramatically.
Even Zhang Nai, an expert and bold man, had fire in his eyes. He could feel that the thousands of horseshoes of Guan Ning's cavalry were beating at his heart. The enemy's thousands of swords were causing shocking damage to the Shun army.
casualties.
He tried his best to calm down and command the battle. He also ordered his old friend Dang Shousu to lead the northwest frontier army cavalry to attack while shouting, "Brothers, we are all Qin soldiers! The dog Tatars killed Governor Sun, what should we do?"
Can you bend your knees and become a dog to the Tatars? Quickly raise an army and kill the prisoners!"
However, Wu Sangui's troop deployment was to use Guan Ning's army as the vanguard and rear, sandwiching all the Qin soldiers in the middle. The calls of the old Qin soldiers under Dang Shousu's command had no effect, and only a wave of Guan Ning's soldiers were obtained.
of slashing and killing.
The battle became more and more intense, and Guan Ning's army counterattacked with all its strength. Although Wu Sangui was immoral and shameless, he was indeed a rare and brilliant general in the Ming Dynasty army.
Wu Sangui's combat command ability was significantly higher than that of Yihou Zhang Nai, who relied on his bravery to drive the morale of the entire army. Guan Ning's counterattack was very organized. In addition to the counterattack of the cavalry, there were also many musketeers who lit up their matchlocks. A burst of firecrackers and muskets, after a brief smoke filled the air, caused astonishing damage to Dashun's army.
Zhang Pizhu also had to lead the Chu Chuang cavalry deep into the battle. He looked back and saw that the road was littered with the corpses of soldiers from the Shun and Qing armies: those with swords in their chests, those shot in the back, and both sides holding each other's throats with their bare hands. , and each other stabbed their spears into each other's chests.
But upon closer inspection, it seemed that the number of corpses of the Shun army was one to two percent greater than that of the Qing army.