Chapter 759 Jiang Xiang's defeat
The Jin army lined up with a 100,000 troops, and put on a coat of li.
Under the Daqian Banner, Jiang Xiang was ambitious and wanted to fight Wu Sangui with one another. However, when he saw the cavalry running from the south, Jiang Xiang was still shocked.
When I first saw it, I didn't feel anything. When the Zhou cavalry ran closer, the soldiers of the Jin army felt the trembling of the earth and found that the enemy cavalry was coming from the wilderness, they felt that the momentum was a bit terrifying.
Unexpectedly, the fewer Manchurian cavalry were fighting, but the fewer Guanning cavalry were seen. Wu Sangui's family was so strong.
The thirty thousand iron cavalry and the roar of horse hooves shocked the soldiers of the Jin army.
Fortunately, Jiang Xiang knew that the cavalry was not as good as the Guanning Iron Cavalry, so he chose to line up the mountain.
"Send the order!" Jiang Xiang was about to speak, and in the opposite Zhou army, the black flag of the central army was raised and the drums were beaten urgently. The front army of Zhou army raised the flag, and nearly 10,000 infantry troops stepped together to press towards the Jin army.
This made Jiang Xiang's mouth twitch, and he swallowed it again when he said that he was about to his mouth.
"Mustrator, come and fight!" Jiang Xiang shouted with a calm face.
Wu Sangui was too crazy and just formed a formation and launched an attack directly.
For a moment, on the mountainside, the Jin army's artillery roared, and smoke rose up in the mountains and forests.
The Jin army's artillery shells rushed out of the white smoke and roared towards the Zhou army, advancing like a wall.
The shells hit the ground, splashing a bunch of soil. The soldiers of Zhou rushed forward like a wall with muskets in their hands.
At this time, the Zhou army's artillery appeared behind the infantry and fired artillery. The Jin army at the foot of Mount Li, and the cannons rumbling on the battlefield and screamed everywhere.
Wu Sangui fought with the Ming and Western Army all year round and was one of the main forces that the Qing Dynasty relied on. Jiang Xiang's Datong Army was too close to Beijing and was regarded as a threat by the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, in terms of equipment, the Zhou army was far superior to Jiang Xiang's Jin army.
At this time, the Zhou army's flintlocked spearmen were constantly shot through the shelling, but immediately there were soldiers who filled the gap and continued to move forward with muskets.
Musketeers who were advancing like a wall walked by, leaving craters on the ground and dead bodies.
The Zhou army's artillery smashed like the Jin army's formation, smashed the shield, and shot the front directly through.
"Bang bang bang" the Jin army musketeers in front of the formation took the lead in firing.
There were nearly a hundred soldiers in the first row of Zhou soldiers in front immediately, with blood mist rising on their bodies and falling to the ground, but the military formation continued to move forward.
Under the banner of Daqi, Jiang Xiang frowned and had to admit that the Zhou army was more elite than the Jin army.
"Send orders! The central army infantry is ready!" Jiang Xiang shouted in a deep voice.
"Bang bang bang bang~" The smoke filled the gunpowder. Zhou army advanced thirty steps in front of the formation, raised the muskets and pulled the trigger.
The white smoke spreads from the middle to the wings in an instant, forming a white smoke belt.
On the five-mile front, the soldiers of the Jin army fell into pieces like mowing grass, and the bodies formed a black line on the ground.
"Master, no, the musketeer can't hold it back." Jiang Youguang exclaimed.
Jiang Xiang had long seen that most of his musketeers were bird guns, with less than a thousand flintlock guns, and they were shot at two rounds, and they were shot down by Zhou's army 30%.
The musketeers of the Jin army on the front line instantly retreated backwards.
"Blade and shield, spearmen, and intercept them!" Jiang Xiang roared angrily.
The Jin army infantry, wearing heavy armor, held swords and shields in the front row and spears in the back row. Finally, the archers were archers, and they rushed forward.
Seeing this, Wu Sangui snorted coldly and immediately ordered, "Send Zu Zerun, let's see them!"
At this time, the Zhou army's flintlock spearmen who were pursuing the Jin army's musketeers faced the Zhou army's heavy invasion facing the front, fired a round of muskets, and stopped pursuing.
Following the musket, nearly 10,000 Banners surrendered troops suddenly roared, waved their weapons, rushed through the gap between musket soldiers, and collided with heavy insurgency in the Jin army.
During the Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners of Han were the weakest in Manchu and Mongolian Hanzhong, and were despised as "coward flag" by Manchus and the Manchus. At this time, from generals to soldiers, they shouted like anger, shouting and scolding all over the mountains and fields, and rushed towards the Jin army bravely.
Both armies were heavy soldiers. The soldiers of the Jin and Zhou armies wearing iron armor and cotton armor each carried fifty or sixty kilograms of equipment, and they advanced like a wall!
The two armies were steady and their armor was firm. They were motivated by the horns and war drums, and they strolled from walking together to trotting and charging. In the end, the speed became faster and faster, like two torrents, suddenly colliding together.
There were loud noises, and close forces were connected. The soldiers on both sides hit the shields, their bodies hit the body, and their faces were waving their respective weapons, flying up and down, and blood and flesh splattering, killing the sun and the moon and the wind and clouds changed.
For a moment, the roaring sounds, screams, and weapons attacks sounded on the battlefield!
As soon as the two armies met, elite troops emerged together, and at the foot of Mount Li, they killed the sky and the earth, and the soldiers of both armies were full of blood.
Jiang Xiang has an army of 100,000, but 70,000 of them are all recruited in the past three months. Although the number is large, it is not elite enough.
At this time, both sides were present and each invested 20,000 troops. After a while, the Jin army was attacked by the Eight Banners of Han.
"Go again!" Jiang Xiang ordered in a deep voice.
The horn sounded, and 20,000 Jin troops on the mountainside rushed down the mountain and joined the battlefield.
Wu Sangui also waved his hand and said, "Wu Zhimao, press on!"
Wu Sangui directly suppressed all the remaining 10,000 infantry troops, as if he had made up his mind and made a concerted effort to break through the central army of the Jin army.
There were fierce fighting on the battlefield, and both sides continued to invest their troops, and the fierce offensive of the Eight Banners of Han forced the Jin army to retreat step by step.
In order to have a place in the Xin Dynasty, Zuzerun, Liu Zhiyuan and other rebel generals fought desperately and shook the Jin army's front.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiang couldn't help but feel anxious and roared: "Change 10,000 each on both the left and right wings to stabilize the middle lane!"
The Jin army had 10,000 elite troops on each left and right wings. Once they received the military order, they immediately urged the infantry to go to meet the enemy.
Jin sabers and shields are in front, and archers are behind, followed closely, and entered the battlefield from both sides.
At this time, on the front, the Zhou army invested 30,000 people, while the Jin army invested nearly 60,000 troops.
With the advantage of the number of people, the Jin army rushed forward with heavy steps. The archers hid behind the heavy steps, rolled the strings and raised the angle. With the sound of the strings, countless arrows rose up in the sky, covered the sky, jumped over the Jin army, and fell into the Zhou army formation.
For a moment, the Jin army finally stabilized the front and killed the Zhou army and retreated.
The battle has lasted for two hours, and at the foot of Mount Li, corpses are everywhere and blood flows into a river.
Under the banner of Daqi, Wu Sangui was riding on the war horse, with a pair of hawk eyes staring at the battlefield without letting go of any change.
When he saw the front battlefield, the Zhou army was gradually at a disadvantage. He was not panicked, but instead showed joy on his face, as if he had seen the opportunity to win, and suddenly roared, "The Great Zhou Iron Cavalry, attack!"
The Zhou cavalry, who had been unable to hold on for a long time, finally arrived at the opportunity. Wu Guozhu, Gao Dejie, Wang Pingfan and other generals slapped their guns and led more than 20,000 cavalrymen and rushed out.
They bypassed the heavy infantry army that was fighting head-on, and directly detoured to the rear of the Jin army's heavy infantry, and rushed towards the archers and musketeers behind them.
In the battle just now, the Jin army gradually gained the upper hand with the advantage of the number of people. The Zhou army was pushed back step by step, and the entire battlefield moved south, giving the Zhou cavalry an opportunity to take advantage of.
The war horses advanced rapidly, and Jiang Xiang was shocked, "No, the cavalry will fight."
At more than three miles away, the cavalry arrived in an instant. The Zhou cavalry moved quickly and immediately lifted up their full speed when they left the formation, like two giant pythons, directly crashed into the Jin army formation.
The cavalry broke in with a force of ten thousand pounds, and the huge impact of the war horses kept knocking away the Jin army in front of them.
Chapter completed!