Chapter 171: Looking North End
As early as when the Bayala soldiers from Tuhai arrived at the battlefield, Chen Wen had already discovered this Qing army. Tianlai Novel | 2 The reason is that, in terms of terrain, as long as you think from Jiergalang's perspective, the main attack direction of the Qing army must be the right wing of the Ming army, and naturally, there will be Chen Wen's extra attention.
However, this Bayala soldiers were indeed a rare elite in the Qing Dynasty. In the system of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, ordinary infantry built with industrial assembly lines only replaced some of the elites by relying on combat formations. Until they entered the field as elite grenadiers in the army, the Bayala soldiers wearing heavy armor were beaten by these Ming army without armor.
Chen Wen has always been studying the equipment of grenades. He was wearing heavy armor on the battlefield in Jiangxi, armed his teeth, and used grenades to destroy the enemy formation, causing a large amount of damage, and then used swords and shields to break the formation. The effect was indeed good at that time. However, today when iron armor became popular, since grenades can provide considerable damage, whether for personnel or morale, he can rely on ordinary hand-to-hand infantry to tear the enemy formation in the future. After all, Chen Wen did not intend to learn from the Russian grenades, and often rushed forward without even throwing grenades.
Just now, the grenadiers used grenades to open the way and used muskets to further kill the Qing army, and then put on a sleeve-type bayonet to rush forward to fight. The powerful lethality of grenades and muskets in the early stage caused too much damage to these Bayala soldiers, so what the grenadiers needed to do when entering the field with bayonets turned into a final blow to the injured and undead Qing army.
The four divisions originally planned to have a grenade brigade of 100 people in each battalion, but in the end, because the equipment could not keep up, they had to change to a grenade infantry of 200 people in each division. The number was half reduced, but there were 800 people here. These elite Chen Wen was always in his hands until he confirmed that Jiergalang's main attack direction was correct.
Half of the grenadiers were used as reinforcements to reinforce the Nantangying camp on the right wing, and the other half followed the Jinhua Division as the reserve. Since Jiergalang's Bayala soldiers were unable to destroy the formation of the Ming army and achieved the goal of snowballing with the defeated soldiers, Jiergalang had no choice but to send the Eight Banners Army as the winner. So for Chen Wen, what is left was how to kill and injure the Eight Banners Army as much as possible.
After all, this is likely to be the last battle between him and the Qing Dynasty Eight Banners Army in Jiangnan. If one more Eight Banners Army is killed in Jiangnan today, the less pressure the cavalry will face during the Northern Expedition in the future!
"You guys, you have two famous kings, it's just that time!"
Chen Wen drew his sword in his hand and rode his horse to the northeast. The cavalry battalions of the four divisions followed closely, and finally the two riding infantry battalions, Feixiong and Feather Snake.
The direction pointed by the army, east of the right wing of the Ming army, the Eight Banners Army infantry of Jiergalang had already collided with the teachers and students of Jinhua.
In just a moment, four hundred grenadiers were pioneering the way, and the Ming army lined up in a neat and dense queue, strode forward like bulldozers, and ran over the survivors. Faced with such fierce tactics, the Eight Banners Army, which was called the strongest barbarian tribe of the human world in the 17th century, did not have the ability to parry, let alone fight back.
Jiergalang's commanding flag had moved to the Eight Banners Army's formation, and Prince Heshuo Zheng was behind him, especially before the war, who had been inculcated that if the master had made mistakes, even if the slave had committed crimes and made meritorious service, he would only be as dead as Liu Liangzuo. With this, the Eight Banners Army was at a disadvantage as soon as they met, but they had a tenacity that was far better than the Green Camp.
The Eight Banners Army fought desperately, and the progress of the Jinhua Division slowed down. Jiergalang had personally visited the Eight Banners Army to take charge. Lan Bai, Aljin, and Yild also led the Eight Banners Army in their hands to supplement the battle formation. But at the same time, the left wing, central army and right wing Ming army Yuanyang Formation drove away the defeated soldiers of the Green Camp and stabbed into the Qing army's battle formation like fangs.
On the battlefield, people fell down almost every minute and every second, and they could no longer stand up after falling down. The battle entered a white heat. Even if the sun had not yet fallen to the point where it could be called dull, the entire battlefield had already entered the Shura field, especially in Nantangying on the edge of the right wing of the Ming army. Blood could no longer seep into the soil, but flowed to a lower area under the trampling of pairs of big feet.
Chen Wen's army came, and Jirgalang was not uncovered. He still had less than 6,000 cavalry from the Eight Mongolian Banners in his hand, but many of them participated in the previous harassment operations against the Ming army's flanks. The Jinhua Division only restrained its losses when it went out. Although the casualties were not large, the system was not complete and the horsepower was consumed a lot.
Now that Chen Wen has led 4,000 cavalry to come, Jirgalang clearly remembers that Liu Cheng once commented that Chen Wen was in good condition in command of the battle, but he was very good at seizing the opportunity to take a fatal blow. At this moment, the Ming army only gained the upper hand on the battle on the main battlefield. Before he could completely determine the victory, Chen Wen took the lead in giving the victory and loss. His purpose was Jirgalang could almost figure it out with his knees.
"Chen Wen, you think you must have won before this has arrived?!"
With a thick big hand holding the telescope, Chen Wen wanted to kill as many as possible on the Eight Banners Army, and even did not give Jiergalang a chance to retreat, and his purpose was self-evident. Seeing this, Jiergalang immediately issued an order to the officer who had just commanded the harassment of the right wing of the Ming army.
"Ming Andali, with his cavalry, entangled the cavalry of Zhejiang bandits, and bought time for me!"
The war horse under Jiergalang's crotch is indeed a rare good horse, but if the Qing army was defeated, the chance of escaping from the chaos was far less than that of leading a large group of cavalry.
Although Liu Liangzuo is a Han army flag, the Ming Andali asked himself that a Mongolian Gushan Ezhen could not bear the former regent. If Prince Heshuo Zheng is now in trouble, he saw Jierharang order him to lead the cavalry to attack, and he quickly spoke to Jierharang: "Prince, let me take charge of the slave here. I will definitely buy time for the prince to kill Chen Ni!"
Minanda fell to the ground on his way to the ground, but Jirgalang stuffed him back with one sentence: "You are not qualified yet."
Standing here and stabilizing the Eight Banners Army, the Ming Andali, a Mongolian Gushan E, is really not qualified. Not to mention the Eight Banners of Manchuria, even if the Eight Banners of the Han army is at a disadvantage, if there is any disturbance, there will be no psychological burden if the feet are put on oil and sold him.
But Jirgalang is completely different. His status is only higher than Yue Le. Even if the Eight Banners of Manchuria escapes back, they will only die, let alone the Eight Banners of Mongolia, which are fighting with the Eight Banners of Manchuria on the battlefield and the Eight Banners of the Cavalry that are about to fight against Chen Wen.
The Ming Andali was a long-time general with rich combat experience. He was clear about the tricks here. It was only because of the inertial thinking that the slave had to ensure the safety of his master. At this moment, Jierhalang's cold words immediately seemed like a basin of cold water poured on his head. He knew what to do next.
"Slave obeys the order!"
Ming Andali knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, rolled over the horse. The sound of conch roar sounded, and the brigade of cavalry behind the formation shouted and followed Ming Andali to kill in the direction of Ming cavalry.
The Mongolian Eight Banners Army attacked, Chen Wen's troops had the advantage, but the number of cavalry was at a disadvantage. But even so, he still led the four thousand iron cavalry to rush forward.
The cavalry of both sides confronted on the easternmost side of the battlefield, galloping and arching with their horses, and the arrows were flying in the sky. The Ming army, which was advancing side by side according to the weapons, was wearing cavalry-style iron armor. The cavalry suffered very little damage, but the armorless war horses were repeatedly shot by arrows. On the Qing army, facing the Ming army's cavalry, which was slightly inferior to their own precision, while pulling the bow and fighting back, the cavalry of the Qing army was constantly moving away on the war horses, wielding the riding skills of the nomadic people to the fullest.
When it was near, the formation of the Qing army had loosened. Cavalry needed more space to wield weapons than infantry to facilitate the advantages of cavalry, martial arts and experience. The Ming army was always underestimated by the Qing army. Even Chen Wen never intended to use cavalry as the main force of the battle, but he still lined up columns to meet the enemy in teams.
Tens of thousands of cavalry intersected in this area and soon formed a group of people. The Ming army had the cooperation of formations, while the Qing army won the experience of cavalry and other aspects. Both sides went back and forth, and Chen Wen in the battle group entered a state of melee with the nearby Qing army under the protection of the guards.
"kill!"
The guard captain Chen Fugui went down with an iron mace. A Qing army in front of Chen Wen was slapped on the back, and he was directly loaded from the war horse. It looked soft and his backbone had been completely broken.
At that time, not far away, a Qing army officer who had just killed a Ming cavalry was seeing Chen Fugui wielding his iron mace and killing several people in succession. Although he didn't know that this person was Chen Wen's guard captain, he saw that he was an extremely brave officer at first sight. However, he still took the opportunity to pick up a bow, picked up a bow and arrow, aimed at the human-shaped road roller and shot it.
But at this moment, as the Qing army, whose backbone was broken, fell off his horse, Chen Wen immediately noticed the Qing army who was about to secretly use a cold arrow. He raised his hand and didn't even look. With a gunshot, the red and white splashed out. The Qing army officer immediately raised his head and took off his horse. Compared to the Qing army, who had just broken the backbone by Chen Fugui, this unlucky guy was even more dead than he could die.
The battle between the Central Committee of the War Chapter was like this. Li Huanxiang saw the Qing army soldier who killed several people before the battle and even injured one of his subordinates. He became angry from his heart, and evilly aroused his courage. He picked up the sabre and rode his horse and rushed up.
However, this time, the horse-mounted charge was quickly stopped by several other Qing troops. When Li returned home, he broke through the encirclement. When he looked at him, the Qing army soldier had long disappeared.
"Damn it, you're lucky!"
The two sides were back and forth, and the melee in the middle of the battle group was like this. Outside the battle group, they were still galloping wildly, riding and shooting from far away, and fighting in a staggered manner. It was not like the main battlefield, until the Eight Banners Army entered the field to fight, and they were completely in full swing. They almost had their eyes red when they collided.
Overall, although the Ming army has a cavalry formation that cooperates with cooperation, it is at an absolute disadvantage in quantity. Ming Andali can tolerate such consumption that is almost one-for-one. At least now, he still has great confidence in completely overwhelming the Ming cavalry group by relying on the advantages of quantity and combat power.
However, in the next moment, through the flying smoke and dust, Ming Andali noticed the direction where the Ming army was rushing towards him. A spear shining brightly in the sun was forming a formation here, and his heart was immediately cold.
It was not someone else who was about to enter the battlefield, but the two cavalry infantry battalions of the Ming army. They followed the cavalry, but the degree was very different. When they arrived near, the cavalry groups on both sides had already started a melee and did not notice them at all.
Coming from behind the Ming army, these Ming troops, who could only wear lighter armor due to the need for mobile forces, got off the mule and immediately connected the two specially made spears in the distance, and then formed a formation to advance towards the battle group.
The troops of the two battalions can be heard on the main battlefield, but they quickly move to the flanks of the cavalry and form formations to kill them, but they have the ability to completely change the situation of the battle.
The flying bear is on the left and the Feather Snake Battalion is on the right. The two battalions are advancing in unison. The cavalry of the Qing army has already stood in a group with the Ming army. Facing these two slowly advancing spear forests, the Qing army outside the battle group still has a chance to disperse. However, when the Ming army meets the cavalry outside the battle group and the infantry battalion, the cavalry sways on the flanks, and the infantry slowly presses towards the battle group. The Qing cavalry in the battle group immediately feels like they are trapped in the mud and become unable to extricate themselves.
The exchange ratio turned sharply in the direction that was beneficial to the Ming army the moment the infantry entered the battle group. The Qing cavalry in the battle group drove away and immediately became the target of the Ming infantry. Almost every assassination would cause the Qing army to be caught. The Qing cavalry outside the battle group wanted to rely on maneuver to attack, but they had to face the Ming army's spear forest and side attacks at the same time. Apart from the battle group, there was almost no possibility of being able to fight the Ming army's spear forest and the side attacks.
Soon, groups of Qing troops in the battle group were washed away by the Ming army, and suffered a large number of casualties. The Ming Andali had to lead the remaining troops out of the battlefield.
But at this moment, on the main battlefield, accompanied by a burst of exclamations, the Qing army's Green Camp soldiers were the first to be unable to withstand the pressure of large casualties under the attack of the Yongjia Division of the old camp, and the collapse of the military formation quickly spread from point to surface. Almost instantly, tens of thousands of troops lost their minimum order and were defeated.
At this moment, Chen Wen had already left the melee. Wherever the telescope's sight was, the Green Camp was defeated, and the central army, the left and right wings were still alive Eight Banners troops were also fled in scattering.
The collapse soon spread to the location of the Eight Banners Army led by Jirgalang. It seemed that Jirgalang's appeal was still there, and the Eight Banners Army was greatly affected, but the phenomenon of fleeing was not obvious. They were still fighting around Jirgalang's commanding flag.
"If you pass the order, Yongjia Division and Dalan Division will freely pursue the defeated soldiers, and the Nantang Camp of the Siming Division will join forces with me to encircle Jiergalang!"
Even if the order was not issued, Li Ruixin, Ma Xin and Chen Guobao knew exactly what to do. At the same time, Chen Wen led the cavalry and the cavalry infantry battalion that had entered a walking state to surround Jiergalang's rear. After the Ming army's intention to encircle, the morale of the Eight Banners Army seemed to be crushed on the last straw, and it immediately collapsed like other Qing troops.
The Ming army's encirclement was soon formed. Chen Wen had no interest in surrendering, only the word "kill". The army's encirclement was killed until dusk, and Jiergalang and his only remaining personal soldiers were exposed to the Ming army's sight under the commander's command.
Chen Wen was just a word killing. The infantry in the front row surrounded him, except for Jirgalang, all of them were killed by the Ming army. When Jirgalang's commanding flag was cut off by the Ming army, the myth of the Eight Banners Army's invincible battle came to an end.
Chen Wence stood in the middle of the battlefield, his heart was very stirred. His years of hard work were not in vain. Although he did not have high-tech support, he was not the kind of famous general who could win thousands of miles away in a strategic plan. However, by establishing a semi-feudal and semi-modern professional army and an administrative system that matched it, he finally embarked on the road to completely clearing Hu Chen and reviving China. And this was just the beginning!
He held a rifle and raised Jirgalang's golden helmet high, looked around, and shouted loudly: "Nanjing!"
The soldiers of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang raised their weapons and shouted in unison.
"Nanjing!"
"Nanjing!"
"Nanjing!"
Chapter completed!