Sorry, I wrote the wrong chapter name again. This chapter should be Chapter 139.
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"Guard the people of Xuzhou!"
The waves of refugees are surging in all directions. What Gu Kecheng wants to protect is the people's right to survive. He doesn't care whether these refugees will eventually stay in the area controlled by Dashun Army or flee to Nanming's jurisdiction.
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The same was true when Li Laiheng moved people in Guanzhong last year. The Dashun army did not adopt any coercive policy towards those gentry who were hostile to the rebel army's regime. Instead, they left these people to Dorgon's army according to their own choice.
Issue an order to deal with it.
The wind, sand, and smoke were rolling in front of him, but Gu Kecheng's face, hidden under the iron mask, showed a confident smile.
He looked at the group of refugees running like a flood towards the gate of Xuzhou City beside him, and then looked at the knights of the Shun Army who were accompanying him against the crowd. He already knew the outcome of this decisive battle at Jiahe.
If the people can do it, let them do it; if they can't do it, let them know it.
The power of the people should never be underestimated. A scattered bunch of refugees are not locusts. They just lack a spark to ignite the fire of hope.
Only those who despise the common people as locusts and bandits should figure out whether the principle in this world is "the people can let it go, but they cannot make it known", or "the people can make it go by it, but cannot make it known".
From ancient times to the present, the common people are the most shameless.
The people who should feel ashamed are those who failed to organize and educate the people.
The iron hooves of the Qing army's southern march were like torrents and avalanches rushing down from the top of the mountain. They chased and created a wave of refugees, but they didn't know that these scattered people gave the Dashun army a source of strength to resist and inspired them.
A high morale that is most difficult to resist.
"Guard——Xuzhou——"
The pro-military knights under Gu Kecheng's command have formed a phalanx formation specifically for the Dashun Army's cavalry charge. In the phalanx formations at the front, the knights raised their horses, and there was a gap between the teams.
The gaps are getting tighter and tighter, and the knights in the back row are unsheathing their Yangwu swords.
This kind of sharp sword is specially prepared for cavalry combat, and its purpose is to kill with one blow.
The Dashun Army had only one goal, which was to do their best to eliminate all the Manchus they saw. Therefore, the straight-edged sword that pursued a one-hit kill effect was easier to use, but it could only cause cuts rather than wounds.
The saber with instant death effect is more suitable for the cavalry equipment of the cis army.
Horse hooves galloping, and the Phalanx rushed faster and faster against the crowd of refugees. In the blink of an eye, the distance between them and the Qing army's armored cavalry had shrunk to a few breaths.
Gu Kecheng could already clearly see the appearance of the Qing armored cavalry on the opposite side, as well as their ugly braided hair.
Some long and curly braided hair jumped out from under the pointed helmet of the cloth armor, swaying in the air. Judging from the appearance of some people, the language of killing, and the marks on their scalps, it can be seen that these armored riders have
The number of Han troops was not large.
This made the Shunjun knights feel even more humiliated and angry. What they were angry about was not that the Qing army used Han armored cavalry to attack Gu Kecheng's troops. What they were angry about was how these Han people could attack the people of the Central Plains.
Pick up the butcher knife?
As they got closer, in another breath, the distance between the two cavalry teams quickly narrowed, and the soldiers on both sides could see their own faces clearly from the cold light of the opponent's sword.
The murderous aura froze all the air on the battlefield. The moment before the charge collided, the battlefield seemed to be frozen by a strange atmosphere.
Gu Kecheng suddenly lost hearing in both ears, which was a kind of tinnitus caused by intense emotions. For the time being, he could only hear the sound of tearing air in his ears, and then——
collision!
boom--
The spears of the horsemen in the front row of the Shunjun knights pierced directly into the bodies of the Qing army's armored knights. The huge impact brought by the galloping horses could knock the enemy's entire body off the horse.
Before Ma Shan, all living beings were equal.
Then came the appearance of the Yangwu Sword. The cold light was as bright as a star. All the knights in the army raised their arms straightly. The Yangwu Sword faced the sky at a sixty-degree angle. It was not until the moment it approached the enemy that the tip of the sword suddenly stabbed.
go out.
The sharp cold light can take away an enemy with just one stab.
The enemy team, the cavalry of the Qing army, also wielded spears and waist knives, and fought with the Dashun army.
The number of enemies occupies a certain advantage, but the first wave of charge by the knights is always invincible. Gu Kecheng dared to say such a wild statement:
"There is no cavalry in the world that can defeat the three walls of the Dashun Army in the first wave of charge."
After the first wave of charges, the knights of both armies fell into a brief hand-to-hand struggle. This gave the Qing army, which was skilled in martial arts, a certain advantage, but a large number of non-commissioned officers in the Shun army's cavalry team also began to quickly organize their troops, and the Dashun army
The knights quickly broke away from contact with the enemy, and under the organization of the cavalry sergeants, they broke out of the entangled fighting front, rushed to the outer edge of the battlefield, and once again formed a solid and strict Phalanx formation.
The group of armored cavalry used by the Qing army to pursue the refugees was personally commanded by Nikan. Looking at the array of compliant knights, he was shocked in his heart. How could this be possible?
In the midst of a chaotic battle, how could these cavalrymen re-form into charging formation so easily?
According to Nikan's own estimation, the entire team of Shunjun knights is so fast that it is almost twice as fast as the Qing army's cavalry. Even the most powerful Bajala elite in the Qing army can never do this fast.
Team action.
It's hard to imagine how the Shun Army could have so many elite cavalry?
Nikan was once again shocked by the unfathomable depth of the enemy in front of him. This was completely different from the Ming army teams he had fought against many times.
The barriers between the two sides are clear, and the situation on the battlefield continues to evolve and advance.
Smoke and dust rose up, and after a short retreat, each Phalanx continued to launch a new wave of charges in a retrograde manner. The Qing armored cavalry raised their heads in the melee and looked towards the distance.
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One by one, the strict phalanxes rushed towards the side of our army!
The number of Shunjun cavalry was smaller than that of the Qing army, but relying on their ultra-fast team formation capabilities, the Shunjun cavalry could launch many more charges in the same period of time than the Qing army's armored cavalry.
From beginning to end, the power of cavalry must lie in charging, not in hand-to-hand combat.
Nikan finally felt that he should not deal with the compliant cavalry in this way, and he ordered the guards to change their orders. The horns were blown again on the battlefield, and the flags of the Qing army were constantly changing in the wind and sand. Nikan also began to mobilize his troops and ordered his cavalry.
The team distanced itself from Dashun's army and gave up its plan to annihilate the enemy through charge and hand-to-hand combat.
The Qing army began to keep their distance. The cavalrymen set up their bows and fired arrows. They fired arrows from left to right and shot arrows one after another while galloping, killing and injuring the knights in the army.
However, the cavalry of the Shun army did not hesitate to give in. They immediately drew their spring revolvers and counterattacked with short-handed muskets that were far more powerful than the cavalry bows.
The cavalry on both sides are heavily armored. Under the armored cavalry, the shooting effect of bows and arrows is quite limited. However, spring wheel pistols are firearms, and heavy armor cannot withstand the power of bullets. Compared with the enemy and ourselves, Nikan can only feel that he has superior strength.
But he was helpless.
Gu Kecheng's horse had been shot by the enemy, and his arm had been cut by the Qing soldiers' waist knives in the previous waves of charges. Blood flowed across it, soaking and moistening his palms.
"Retreat to Xuzhou City...the Qing army has already pressed forward. There is no need for us to fight with the enemy's small group of cavalry and withdraw."
The shadow of Dorgon's army can already be seen on the horizon. It is a very large army. Compared with Nikan's more than a thousand cavalry, Dorgon's army of 100,000 simply surpassed Gu Kecheng in terms of number.
At the limit of his field of vision, he could only see that the horizon of Xuzhou City was completely covered by the enemy's figure.