Ma Bao wore an iron mask unique to Chu Chuang's three-wall cavalry on his face. He pulled the reins of his horse. Behind him were thousands of three-wall elite cavalry from the Sixth Division of the Dianqian Army. They all held their horses in silence and silence.
After this army received the emergency military information that the front line of Dongchang Prefecture was attacked, Gu Kecheng mobilized it from the front line of Jinan Prefecture. Originally, Dang Shousu strongly requested that he lead the army to Liaocheng first, but Gu Kecheng did not respond.
From a military perspective, Ma Bao's new cavalry had a higher success rate in rescuing Liaocheng.
Moreover, Ma Bao had previous fighting experience in Shandong, and his relationship with the local rebel armed forces was much closer than that of Dang Shousu. Therefore, from a military perspective, Gu Kecheng asked Ma Bao to lead some cavalry to Dongchang Prefecture for reinforcements.
This is also a psychological tactic. Gu Kecheng, who is also an old man in the middle camp, certainly knows what Dang Shousu and Ren Jirong are thinking. Prioritize Ma Bao to send troops, and put Dang Shousu and other old men in the middle camp second.
The reason why the echelons went out to fight was also to stimulate their competitiveness and ambition, and to encourage the old troops of the Zhongying camp whose morale had been declining due to the defeat of Yanmen, the battle of harvesting deer, and the Tianniu incident.
The Three Wall Elite Cavalry was deployed by Ma Bao to the north of Yushan. The military formation of the Chu Chuang Knights had been tempered by several battles and appeared more solemn and solemn. Except for the hoofbeats of a few war horses, the huge military column was silent, and everyone was silent.
After putting down the mask attached to the helmet, it was like an iron wall, airtight, just waiting to crush the Manchurians.
Jiao Da rushed back from the front with several rangers. He was very excited and tried his best to lower his voice until he rushed to Ma Bao's side and said:
"Jie Shuai! Liaocheng is still there, Liaocheng is still there!"
Ma Bao wore an iron mask, so it was hard to see his expression: "Is the city intact?"
"The city is blazing with flames and the sound of killing is loud. The defenders are still holding on in the city! Half of the Qing army has entered the city!"
Ma Bao took the reins and began to command the cavalry to form an attack formation. In fact, he was also a general who was demoted from the first level of defense when the invasion army captured Luoyang, but Ma Bao's military talent was indeed superior to that of Ren Jirong. Now he is
He has considerable general bearing, calmness and calmness, which is indeed not comparable to ordinary people.
"Ren Jirong is very capable." Ma Bao stood in front of the army and pointed in the direction of Liaocheng, "The Qing army is attacking Liaocheng with all its strength. They are just a partial army. In fact, they have become a lonely army and are going deep. The whole army is annihilated.
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Ma Bao drew his sword again and said:
"The ants from the East gathered to attack the city, and the entire army was focused on Liaocheng. There were not even a few soldiers and horses on guard outside, and their power was completely overturned. All the brave knights on the three walls were personally taught by the King of Jin to the dead soldiers of Enyang.
, We wear the clothes of the King of Jin, eat the food of the King of Jin, and the Sangzi family enjoys peace in troubled times because of the benevolent government of the King of Jin.
Today, the Manchu cavalry are marching south to cross the Yellow River. Once they cross the river, they will surely burn and plunder the villages of Huguang, destroy their farmland, and enslave the local people. They will make our Central Plains full of stench, and the years of benevolent rule of the Jin Dynasty will be wiped out.
All the knights and soldiers, my family members in Henan and Jingchu all have some fields. The Chu people have enjoyed a peaceful life for several years. The Manchurian barbarians slaughtered all the way from Yanjing to Qilu, and they were shaved and killed.
It's unspeakable.
We don’t defeat the Manchus here. Once the Hu cavalry crosses the Yellow River and gallops into the Central Plains, even if we win, the Central Plains will be devastated. We don’t know how many relatives, wives and children of the soldiers will be killed or injured!
The enemy is right in front, all we can do now is raise our arms and gallop to kill the enemy!"
Because the situation was urgent, Ma Bao led his army to rush here quickly, running much faster than Dang Shousu, who was also an old man from the Zhongying camp. Therefore, there were only about a thousand Three Wall Knights who arrived near Liaocheng first.
The more than a thousand cavalrymen remained silent. Everyone just raised their spears and sabers in front of them, and a dense forest of swords and guns shone brightly in the firelight.
The hooves of a thousand war horses moved forward at the same time. The knights moved in unison, lifted their cloaks, drew their sabers, and stood in front of them. They did it in one go, and the thousands of people formed an army, as if they were one person. The majesty was so solemn that Ma Bao was very satisfied.
"Let's move forward..."
Jiao Da also pulled out his sword. He looked at Ma Bao and asked, "Jie Shuai, how do you do?"
Ma Bao waved his sword and said decisively: "Go forward! The three walls can advance but not retreat. They are indestructible. According to the previous instructions, each team divided into two teams to attack Liaocheng, leaving two teams behind. One team isolated the Qing troops inside and outside the city.
Horses, a team will follow me directly to the Donglu camp."
Under the leadership of cavalry sergeants, the knights of each team formed a compact and strict phalanx. The phalanx charge tactics of the Shunjun cavalry were also tested and tempered by several battles. During the charge, formation maintenance and reorganization, they also
In terms of withdrawing from the battlefield, there has been a qualitative leap compared to the beginning.
Dashun's wall charge tactics were fully mature by this time and were sufficient to cope with most battle situations.
Therefore, Ma Bao was full of confidence. Although the Qing army was large in number, it was completely exhausted after a fierce siege at any cost. What's more, this was a partial division that came from afar and went deep alone. It lacked back-up force and lacked sufficient support for the surrounding areas of Liaocheng.
With proper reconnaissance and vigilance, and a loose formation, it is not difficult to defeat them.
Ma Bao finally calculated the time. He looked up and judged the time through the moon and night. Then he confirmed the enemy's position based on the large torch lights inside and outside Liaocheng, and finally issued the general attack order:
"It can be hit!"
The Shun Army cavalry team moved quietly in the darkness, like a giant dragon that made no sound. The crowd quickly divided into several teams and rushed towards the Qing army's vital points.
The night concealed this surprise attack, and Ma Bao's choice of attack opportunity was also very appropriate. His sense of smell on the battlefield was indeed very sensitive. This was not the first time that Ma Bao relied on his extraordinary sense of battlefield sense to seize an absolute opportunity.
"Kill all the braided soldiers——"
"Kill all the braided soldiers——"
Although both the offensive and defensive armies held a large number of torches, and many large lamps were lit near the government office and the training ground, it was night after all, and the night was thick, so it was difficult for the knights of the army to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. Therefore, Ma Bao directly ordered to identify them by their hairstyles
When enemies encounter braided soldiers, they will be killed directly regardless of whether they surrender or not.
Although in the dark, it is not easy to identify the hairstyle on the head. However, it is much easier than identifying the style of armor. Some of the Three Walls cavalry who rushed into the city to rescue them simply identified the enemy's braided hair.
He immediately drew out his short-handed musket and opened fire. Then he chopped off any pigtails and killed them whenever he saw pigtails. Jiao Da took the lead and shouted "Kill all the pigtail slaves". Liaocheng immediately turned into a bloody hell.
Ma Bao was outside the city. He left a group of cavalry, about a hundred of them, to harass the city gate and prevent the Qing army's internal and external forces from converging. Then he personally led two hundred cavalry to attack the enemy's central formation.
Dahai had already arrived in Liaocheng to command the battle at this time, and those remaining outside the city were some of the Manchurian guards guarding Duanzhong County Prince Boluo.
The guard camp is the most elite army among the Eight Banners of Manchuria. However, after a whole day of fierce fighting, they were extremely tired and completely unprepared. They even left their horses aside. By the time they discovered that the enemy was coming, it was already too late to ride.
Riding a war horse, he could only fight on foot, which looked very embarrassing.
Bolo had been shot by the defenders and was seriously injured. He was unable to fight at this time. He was lying in a simple military tent and suddenly panicked when he heard the sound of horses neighing and people roaring to kill outside.
God, Bolo knew that reinforcements from the Shun Army must have arrived!
He didn't know how many reinforcements there were in the Shun army, but thinking that he was the king of the Qing Dynasty and could not fall into the hands of the traitors in disgrace, he immediately took out the waist knife of the guard beside him, put it on his neck and said:
"Chuang Ni has already attacked here! I don't have time to escape, but as a member of the national clan, I cannot insult the power of the Eight Banners Army. After my death, you must rush to destroy my body before the traitors, and you must not let the traitors
The thief gets it!"
The guard guarding the military tent dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, I will risk my life to save you."
"I killed the intruder Li Zicheng. If the thieves get my head, it will definitely boost the morale of the thieves. You must not let them succeed."
Bolo snorted coldly, and without saying a word, he slashed his sword across his neck and cut off his own neck. He did it very simply, and blood spurted out from his throat, spraying all over the guard's face.
The guard gritted his teeth, endured the grief and took off Bolo's royal clothes, and hurriedly smashed his head with a shield. After a while, the military tent was broken by the cavalry of the shun army. Ma Bao led several cavalry
While shooting with a short-handed gun and waving his saber, he rushed over. Two cavalrymen rushed past at high speed, and the guards were killed before they could make any resistance.