Chapter 90: The Qing Dynasty has been defeated, and return to Yanyan Capital
After Zhumala and Tan Tai led troops to reinforce the southern battlefield, they regained support for the overall situation. However, on the central front where the main forces of the Shun and Qing armies fought decisively, the situation became increasingly unfavorable to Duduo.
A lot of elite troops were mobilized to support the southern wing, but even so, Duduo estimated that Huang Taiji still had tens of thousands of elite troops in the Chinese army. Why was he still reluctant to join the battlefield?
Prince Yu more or less knew Huang Taiji's military intention, but when he saw Li Zicheng charging forward with a yellow umbrella, and the Dashun Army's soldiers and horses hitting the Qing army's position like wild waves, he still felt a strong feeling in his heart.
feeling of worry.
The Eight Banners soldiers set up their guns and fired rows of rapid bullets. King Sanshun's troops also set up their guns and fired many rumbling shells. Some Dashun army cavalry fell off their horses and some were injured, but
Still they rushed forward tenaciously, and the infantry fought face to face with the Qing army with swords and guns.
Shang Kexi was eager to intercept the enemy at the gap in the battle line, and even dispatched some gunners to follow his servants and guards to block the battlefield.
Suddenly, rows of three walls of cavalry flew towards them. Liu Tichun took the fine cavalry from the right battalion that Yuan Zongdi had entrusted him to command and charged into the Qing army with swords. Li You and Zuo Guangxian followed closely.
The rest of the Shun Army infantry tore open the Qing army's defense line and pushed forward in a big way. The Shun Army infantry and cavalry rolled into the formation and rolled over layer by layer. However, the Chinese reinforcements that Duduo was looking forward to were nowhere to be seen.
The prince was so flustered that he finally became timid and lost his previous arrogant and ferocious appearance. He actually jumped back from the front of the formation and returned to the central army, hoping to beg Huang Taiji to throw in his reserve troops to save the situation.
As soon as King Yu's banner moved, the central front of the Qing army suddenly became unstable. At this time, not to mention Liu Tichun, Li You and other elite soldiers from the direct line of the Dashun army were strong, including Lian Zuo Guangxian and other Ming troops who had surrendered to Dashun shortly.
The generals, all feeling that victory was in sight, attacked the enemy formation with all their strength, trying to penetrate directly to the center where the flag of Huang Taiji's imperial tent was.
Smoke was everywhere on the battlefield, and Li Zicheng's yellow umbrella flag was also stained with a lot of cannon fodder. Emperor Yongchang clenched the sword in his hand, pointed at the Qing army's position not far ahead that was already being breached, and said with great joy:
"Our army is victorious!"
Niu Jinxing, Song Qijiao and other civil servants, regardless of their factions, all looked surprised. Only Song Xiance remained solemn and murmured:
"There are more than 100,000 captured soldiers, and there are still tens of thousands of soldiers who have not been deployed on the front line. What are Huang Taiji waiting for!?"
Li Zicheng was about to lead the imperial guards and throw them all into the line of fire. However, Song Xiance took Li Zicheng's arm and urged him: "The holy driver must not move lightly yet! Why not first ask Jinghou's troops to outflank the enemy troops from the north?"
Let’s see if Huang Taiji has anything left to offer? After forcing out all his best soldiers, there’s no problem in throwing in the imperial guards for a fight to the death!”
The situation of the battle of Huolu was extremely critical. Li Zicheng was already eager to try, and he could hardly help but want to gallop into the enemy's formation. But after all, he had experienced many battles, and his Qi-building skills were not as good as before, so he actually restrained his attack.
Desire, reining in the horse's reins, nodded and said:
"Okay! Contact us quickly to make up for it, use the right combination, and use the unexpected victory to win! Hurry up and fire!"
Li Guo's roundabout troops were located to the north of the entire Huolu battlefield, slightly north of the northern flank battlefield where Zhang Nai, Dang Shousu, Zhang Pilu and Wu Sangui were fighting.
To the north of the battlefield, the terrain is slightly lower, with some mounds and reeds interspersed in the middle, and green gauze tents blocking the enemy's sight. There are sorghums, also known as sorghums, everywhere in North Zhili. Every summer, it is the season when they grow luxuriantly.
, it is enough to hide people and block the view, which is even easier.
Li Guo was a solemn man, and he was extremely strict in running the army. Nearly ten thousand elite soldiers were ambushing one side of the battlefield. There was no neighing of horses, no whispering of soldiers, no clash of gold and metal swords, only birds flying over and occasionally chirping.
Breaking the silence.
Before the elite soldiers from the rear camp made a detour, Li Guo had already agreed with Li Zicheng to fire artillery as a signal, and the surprise troops attacked the flanks of the Qing army, breaking the deadlock on the battlefield in one fell swoop.
At this time, both the Shun and Qing armies used a large number of artillery, and the battlefield was filled with the roar of artillery fire. Li Guo specially selected a group of "Shunfeng ears" with excellent hearing to listen to the movements on the battlefield, and quietly waited for Li Zicheng's cannon
sound.
Boom, boom, boom!
Several trumpets resounded across the sky, and the flying flags roared loudly! The lights that the Shun army had already prepared also flashed at the same time. Although the lights were not visible during the day, many lights were released into the sky, which was enough for Li Guo to judge
A good time to fight.
"The time has come..."
Li Guo took out his sword from its scabbard, patted his red horse with black mane and tail, showed a rare smile that made the soldiers feel relaxed, and then got on the horse.
With a sound of brushing, the few knights in the rear camp followed their commander and mounted their horses at the same time. In the green gauze tent in Beizhili, among the tall sorghum and reed branches, many high horse heads immediately emerged,
Then more spears and flags were erected, which could be said to be countless.
With the roar of the cannon, Li Guo clamped his horse's belly, raised his sword high, and rushed out of the green gauze tent first. Then the surprise ambush troops from the rear camp who had detoured back to the flanks of the Huolu battlefield were all killed in an instant. In a flash.
Smoke and dust rose into the sky from the green gauze tent, and battle flags fluttered like floating clouds, announcing that the most deadly arrow of the Dashun Army had been shot.
Accompanied by the soldiers' shouts of killing, the ambush troops from the rear battalion rushed into the northern flank of the front from the side, hitting the side and rear of Guan Ning's cavalry. Wu Sangui, who had completely suppressed Zhang Nai, was shocked. Guan Ning's troops pushed back Su.
After Wei Xiaoqi's attack, Wu Sangui launched a fierce counterattack with a large number of Yiding cavalry. He counterattacked all the way and suppressed Zhang Nai, Dang Shousu, and Zhang Pili. He thought he had the upper hand, so he had no control over his flanks.
His indifference exposed a gap that was miles wide.
Guan Ning's army was completely unsuspecting, and the team was scattered and disorganized due to the massive counterattack. After the Shun army's rear camp broke out from the Qingsha tent, Li Guo quickly discovered the gaps in Wu Sangui's troops, and immediately rushed in with a small number of cavalry.
In the enemy formation, Guan Ningbing was caught off guard, leaving Wu Sangui no time to adjust and make up for his mistakes.
Then the infantry of the rear camp followed up one after another, firing with spears and leaping with swords. The Shunjun Suwei cavalry, which had been suppressed by Guan Ning's army, saw the source of Li Guo's side attack, and their morale was greatly boosted. Zhang Nai saw Li Guo
After passing the flag, he was even more delighted and said:
"Brother Guo is here! We are alive!"
Because Wu Sangui could not trust the combat effectiveness of Liu Zeqing's Shandong Town troops, he always placed the Shandong Town troops on the side and rear, only to suppress the formation.
Unexpectedly, Shandong Town would now become the first line of defense against Li Guo's surprise attack. The mixed soldiers under Liu Zeqing had neither the determination to defend the rear for Wu Sangui nor the intention to fight to the death for the Qing Dynasty.
The Shandong soldiers were attacked by surprise, and the battle line immediately loosened. Hundreds of cavalry abandoned their flags, abandoned their formations, and fled. While fleeing, they shouted nonsense such as "The Ming army has been defeated, run away quickly."
Liu Zeqing couldn't restrain the defeat of the Shandong soldiers even by beheading several people. When he saw that the situation was not good, he gritted his teeth and asked his servants to drop the banners, and he turned around and ran away.
Gao Di wanted to stop Liu Zeqing, but at this time Supervisor Li Jiantai had an idea and quickly persuaded Gao Di: "General Gao! What's the point of chasing Shandong Town now? I think the Qing Dynasty has been defeated, let's escape quickly.
Go back to Beijing! Whoever leads the troops back to Beijing first will have the power! With General Gao under control of the capital, there will always be a way out whether it is against Shun or against Qing!"
Gao Di angrily said: "The eldest uncle is fighting hard in front of me, how can I escape before the battle? The supervisor has misjudged my character."