043 First Battle (2)
Jiao Lian bravely advanced at the bottom of the city, and with five hundred personal cavalry straight like arrows, the enclave flew across the moat, the outer trenches, and rushed straight into the Qing army formation across the river.???? �
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The Qing army had already set up a horse-resisting horse in front of the formation to guard against the Ming cavalry, but under the repeated bombing of new Western artillery, the formation suddenly became chaotic, and the horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting horse-resisting cavalry were in a hurry to retreat without even relocating it.
When Jiao Lian's cavalry rushed to the scene, the sword spearmen who had no longer formed a formation in the front row became ghosts under the sword.
Li Chengdong didn't expect that the Ming army would have the courage to go out of the city to raid. After a brief panic, he quickly transferred a team of thousands of cavalry teams from the headquarters to encircle and annihilate the cavalry that went out of the city to raid.
Looking down from the city, the Qing army was crowded with people, and it was impossible to tell whether it was the enemy or me. I only saw a flag holding the "Tiger Ben" battle flag, always holding it high, constantly rushing left and right, and invincible.
After rushing for a while, the Qing army had slowly calmed down from the initial panic. Under the command of officers at all levels with rich experience in the battle formation, the Qing army slowly surrounded Jiao Lian's troops.
The five hundred Ming army knights felt the pressure increased greatly, and the horse gradually slowed down. Jiao Lian tightly clamped his horse's belly with his legs tightly, waved his long sword, slashed left and right, and was extremely brave, constantly sweeping away the Qing soldiers surrounding him, and the other knights also fought with spears. The first wave of Qing soldiers surrounding him was immediately killed and dispersed.? �
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However, the number of Qing soldiers was too large. After killing and scattering one wave, another wave surrounded him. After killing several waves of Qing soldiers, the five hundred knights gradually felt difficult. During this period, more than a dozen cavalry were picked off the war horses by the Qing soldiers with spears and killed them by random swords.
They were almost rushing to the central position of the Qing army without knowing it. At this time, they were almost four or five miles away from the moat. The sound of war drums on the top of the city was still constant, but they did become high and dull. They were sent to send 500 knights to withdraw their troops and return to the city.
Jiao Lian also knew that the purpose of the emperor sending him out of the city to raid the Qing army was not to kill many Qing army, but mainly to boost the morale of the military and civilians in Wuzhou. Now the Qing army's military formation has been damaged by them, and the army is in a mess, which has greatly boosted morale. Their goal has finally been achieved, and there is no need to take risks again.
If the horses are fighting again, the horses will become slower and the advantage of cavalry maneuver will be gone. At that time, once they are surrounded by heavy troops, even if they can break out, they will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Moreover, the Qing army also had cavalry, and under the pursuit of cavalry, the exhausted soldiers who lost their horses will be even more in danger.
Almost at the same time, the Qing army's central position suddenly remembered a drum sound. Jiao Lian looked at the source of the drum sound. The three thousand cavalry that were originally standing behind Li Chengdong's chariot had divided a thousand people, and were rushing towards their location.?
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The Qing general was going to send the main force to encircle them. Jiao Lian no longer hesitated and made a quick decision. He smiled at the sky and said, "It's so satisfying! But your Master Jiao is tired! When the Master finishes rest, come back and kill them again! Second Tartars, keep your heads on your head for the time being, and I'll come to pick them up later!"
After saying that, he turned around and greeted the more than 400 cavalry behind him, and ordered: "My sons, go back to the city!"
The so-called strong generals had no weak soldiers, and more than 400 personal cavalry were excited to kill each other, and shouted in unison: "Go back to the city!"
Everyone stepped up their horse's belly and rushed forward, rushing forward with a storm, and cutting the infantry surrounding them along the way so that they could turn over the horse. More than 400 knights finally successfully passed the moat before Li Chengdong's main cavalry team surrounded him and returned to the city smoothly.
After entering the city, the knights felt exhausted and finally retreated in time, secretly calling for luck. When they left the city, five hundred cavalry, and after returning to the city, there were still 473 cavalry left. This time, they rushed to the battlefield and killed more than 400 Qing soldiers, and lost more than 20 cavalry themselves. The exchange ratio was nearly 20 to 1, and the results were quite good.
Zhu Youlang surrendered to the nobles and brought Zhai Shizu, Wu Jisi and others to the city to welcome the triumphant army.
Nearly a thousand troops were lost before the war started. Since then, Li Chengdong dared not underestimate the Ming army in the city, and the marching array was more cautious. On the second day, the Ming army could no longer find the loopholes in the military formation and had to start passive defense.
Amid the sound of the Qing army's horns, the vigorous offensive and defensive battle in Wuzhou began.
Driven by the Qing soldiers, more than fifty trench filling vehicles slowly approached the city wall from east, west and south. There were hard guard plates on the top of the trench filling vehicles. The guard plates were already wet with water, which could withstand the attack of rockets and prevent fire from ignition. The trench carriages were loaded with sacks filled with dirt to fill the moat and outer trenches.
Behind the trench cart were tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, and rattan players formed a wall of cards, archers and musketeers were behind, shooting at the city!
Most of the Ming army on the top of the city were leaning against the female wall, blocking the arrows. There were constant sounds around them, and tens of thousands of feathered arrows shot towards the city like locusts. Many Ming army fell to the ground and wailed.
Under the cover of archers, the Qing soldiers yelled while dragging the trench-filling chariot.
Five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps...
Seeing that the outer trench was getting closer and closer, Zhai Shihu, the defender and cabinet assistant, finally shouted loudly: "Gunner, get ready!"
The Ming army gunner, who had been unable to bear it, immediately loaded the shotgun, stone bullets, and aimed at the city. Seeing that the Qing army had arrived at the outer trench with a trench with a trench, Zhai Shizuo shouted loudly: "Start the cannon!" The gunner got the order, and the cannons fired together, and a large scattered shots poured out towards the Qing soldiers under the city.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!" Screams rang out in the outer trench. Many Qing soldiers who were commanding the trench filling trench vans were killed on the spot. Several other trench filling trench were directly hit by stone bullets. They immediately scattered and wood chips flew everywhere. The Qing soldiers in the trench trench were pressed into meat pies, which was extremely tragic.
Seeing this, the Qing army crossbowmen who were responsible for covering the trench chariots, the musket team once again set off a rain of arrows and lead rain, and shot wildly at the Ming army who fired fire on the top of the city.
The Ming army crossbowmen who had already been waiting for the city were not to be outdone, and immediately shot arrows and fired their guns to return their colors.
For a moment, arrows rained down the city on Wuzhou City, and leads roared and flew everywhere.
The Ming army was condescending and had a superior geographical advantage. The arrow rain was more lethal than the Qing army, but there were more Qing soldiers, thousands of archers and musketeers shooting together, and the lethality was no longer under the Ming army on the city. Even if there was victory, many Ming army archers were nailed to the top of the city as soon as they shot an arrow...
Chapter completed!