Chapter 86 The whole world wants to know where Li Laiheng is
The cavalry of Guan Ning Army still remained fierce and stubborn. Facing the fierce offensive of Dashun Suwei's cavalry, they became more and more fierce in the war. The northern flank of the Huolu battlefield had completely heated up and was completely stalemate, even if Zhang Pixuan repeatedly Leading the Chu Chuang cavalry, they launched a wall charge in an attempt to create a gap in the front line of the Guan Ning cavalry. However, due to their limited strength, they were unable to achieve significant results.
Guns and artillery fired suddenly in the distance, thousands of arrows were fired, and a rain of artillery shells and arrows came from the rear of the Guan Ning Army's front line. Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army was not equipped with as many artillery pieces as the Dashun Army, but one The gates were all Hongyi heavy artillery, which was much more powerful than the small light artillery of Dashun Army.
Liu Zeqing's Shandong Town cannot compare with the Eight Banners Army and Guan Ning Army in terms of military strength and equipment, but they also have a very large number of light artillery. The number of anti-captive artillery pieces such as one car and three guns in Shandong Town is Just a lot.
Ironically, at this time, under the command of Donglu, the Luo-destroying artillery opened fire on the Han army.
Zhang Nai was so furious with the killing that Dang Shousu took a look at the situation and advised: "Brother Shuangxi, the current situation is that we can no longer attack by force! The cavalry on the northern flank are all elite troops of Dashun, and they cannot be wasted in a positional battle. We must wait until the critical moment of the battle to achieve the decisive effect."
Zhang Nai was so angry that he was completely immersed in the battle. Even Dang Shousu, who had the best relationship and deepest feelings with him, directly cursed:
"Fuck you! We are at the top of Mount Tai. If we charge for a while, we will definitely be able to overwhelm the Tatars. I told Banzai that we must win with a clear start. How can we retain our strength at this time?"
Dang Shousu was speechless. He knew that what Zhang Nai did was completely wrong, but he could not find a way to persuade his good brother.
The situation on the battlefield became more urgent. Although Wu Sangui was immoral and shameless, he was worthy of being the last and largest powerful warlord in the Ming Dynasty army. Whether it was the combat effectiveness of the army in his hands or his personal bravery and command level, they all showed It is more than one step ahead of Zhang Nai.
Zhang Nai ignored it and continued to charge forward with his banner. Dang Shousu sighed deeply and had no choice but to shout to the knights from the northwest frontier around him:
"Life or death depends on this battle. Brothers, we must unite as one and go all out to follow the Yihou and kill them. Everyone will win one of the founding Marquises of Ten Thousand Households!
The whole army, up and down, should follow the Yihou to attack the enemy formation without making any mistakes. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
The Guan Ning army on the opposite side is still well-organized and well prepared. Wu Sangui's most effective assistant, deputy general Yang Kun, has not yet become the Gushan Ezhen of the Qing army, but this general later defeated Liu Wenxiu in the Battle of Baoning. , the level of commanding the battle is indeed strong.
Under the supervision of Yang Kun's fire line, Guan Ning's army maintained a stable battle line and withstood the sweep of ten thousand cavalry led by Zhang Nai several times.
It's just that now is the time when the two armies are fighting to the death, and Zhang Nai's men are all elite soldiers of Dashun Army. The two sides are at loggerheads. Zhang Nai is certainly furious, Dang Shousu is also extremely anxious, but Guan Ning's army also suffers heavy casualties. Very shaken.
Yang Kun wielded his sword and led his servants to kill several deserters who fled from the front of the formation, and then barely maintained the integrity of the Guan Ning army's front line. He was also anxious, with the rampage of the cavalry and these stray soldiers. The thief was extremely ferocious, and he could be said to be such a powerful enemy that Yang Kun had never seen in his life.
Even Wu Sangui, who was in the main formation of the Chinese army, sighed to Gao Di, Liu Zeqing, Li Jiantai, Gao Qiqian and others who were surrounding him: "I have never seen such a powerful enemy in my life. I owe you an ear. Otherwise our generation will be destroyed."
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On the battlefield, broadswords whistled with the sound of wind, and spears formed a bright line in the sunlight. The cavalry of the Shun army fought with the infantry of Guan Ning's army. The cavalry fought desperately everywhere, and the sound of killing was loud. The two armies did not know who was winning or losing.
Soon even Yang Kun was unable to maintain the integrity of Guan Ning's army's front line, and could only rely on red cannons and thousands of muskets to fire continuously, weakening the charge power of the Shun army's elite cavalry.
The Suwei cavalry in the middle camp, as well as the Chu Chuang cavalry led by Zhang Pizhu, came rushing in like the roaring waves in the river, killing Guan Ning's soldiers like they were cutting grass and wheat.
Yang Kun shouted something bad, and quickly organized more Guan Ning troops to fire muskets, hoping to stop the attack of the Shun army's cavalry. However, Zhang Nai was like a tiger coming out of the valley, and he actually withstood the dense muskets of Guan Ning troops.
Danhuoyu held a big knife in front of the horse and rushed straight in front of Yang Kun.
Zhang Nai's face, body, and even his horse were covered in blood. He fought bloody battles, his shirt and boots were filled with his own, friendly forces', and enemy's blood, and he finally rushed in front of Yang Kun.
Just when Yang Kun was at his wits' end and thought his life was at stake here, Wu Sangui finally rushed out with the Chinese army's servants at the bottom of the box. He and Gao Di led their troops to attack at the same time, running as fast as they could, shooting while galloping, and the rear army's
The Hongyi Cannon was also firing desperately as if it was life-threatening.
A cannonball landed near Zhang Nai, killing several of his bodyguards in an instant. Seeing the Guan Ning cavalry brigade, led by Wu Sangui himself, rushing towards him, Zhang Nai wanted to hold on for a while, but...
They wanted to kill the enemy generals like Yang Kun before retreating, but Dang Shousu knew that time waits for no one, so he slapped Zhang Nai's horse on the buttocks and urged him to retreat quickly.
Zhang Nai looked around the battlefield. There were corpses of the dead everywhere, scattered weapons, humanoid bodies hit by artillery shells, and dead horses lying down like wheat. He suddenly remembered that Niu Jinxing had once
I told him a word:
Flowing with blood!
This was more than just a stream of blood. There were already layers of corpses on the battlefield. There was no doubt that this was an unprecedentedly fierce battle that Zhang Nai had never seen or encountered before.
The brave, hasty and reckless Zhang Nai finally realized at this moment that this decisive battle could not be won by his own efforts...
He had no choice but to turn his attention to the fierce battle on the central front, just like Zhang Pili and Dang Shousu.
Coincidentally, Wu Sangui also thought and did this. However, Wu Sangui's ideas were not exactly the same as Zhang Nai's. He was more unwilling to consume too much of his precious troops. If Huang Taiji could achieve an overwhelming victory on the central front,
victory, then there is no need to exert too much force on the northern flank battlefield.
The smell of blood in the battlefield on the north wing was too strong. Looking at the corpses on the battlefield, Zhang Pikui couldn't help but feel sad in his heart. How had Chu Chuang's elite soldiers ever suffered such tragic casualties without any obvious results!?
He also looked at the center of the Huolu battlefield, King Chuang, King Chuang, can you defeat Donglu?
Can Li Laiheng catch up with this decisive battle?
The skylark chirps, and the sound is naturally more refreshing and direct than the crow's cry. The summer wind rustles the green grass and stirs up layers of glittering waves, as if unaware of the cruelty on the battlefield.
Li Zicheng's yellow umbrella still stood in the center of the battlefield, and many scenes of tragic battles in the past flashed before the eyes of Emperor Yongchang like a revolving lantern.
The strength of the Qing army was far beyond the expectations of the civil and military officials of the Dashun Army. No one could have imagined how an army that had been unable to conquer Zhending City for a long time and whose morale was depressed could still maintain such terrible combat effectiveness.
Niu Jinxing looked a little flustered. He had always been one of the most optimistic figures in the Dashun Army. On the way before the Shun Army left Taiyuan, he had been urging Li Zicheng to speed up the march eastward out of Jingxing Pass in order to catch a battle.
A great victory in annihilating the Donglu.
The current development of the war situation suddenly exceeded Niu Jinxing's imagination. Of course, he was worried that Li Zicheng would be blamed, and he was also afraid that the "Juren Party" among the Dashun civil servants headed by him would lose their long-lived "sacred family", and he was panic-stricken.
Naturally, he looked flustered.
Li Zicheng did not say anything unpleasant to Niu Jinxing. After all, he made the decision himself. What's more, when the two armies just clashed, Zhang Nai's vanguard army did achieve good results, and the Qing army also tried hard to hide it at that time.
Their powerful heavy artillery and numerous firecrackers seemed to have been premeditated to attract the Dashun army into the trap.