Chapter 336 Fatal Strike
"Let the Qin army see the power of our Guanning army!"
At this time, amid the rumbling cannons and the siege of killing, another sound rang out on the edge of the battlefield. At first, this sound was not clear, even very slow, like a huge cowhide drum pounding.
Then the sound became louder and clearer, becoming a dense and heavy sound of war drums, and gradually the sound of war drums turned into dull thunder again.
A group of cavalry appeared.
This Qing army, the four-flag cavalry battalion of Han Han under the banner of the Qin army, formed a wedge-shaped formation under the leadership of Shi Tingzhu, with a total of three thousand cavalry.
There was a red flag fluttering in front of them, and the soldiers were wearing red war robes and cotton armor, but they were still wearing white cloth belts on their helmets and cotton armor arms. Their war horses were all covered with armor, and each cavalry had a piece of iron armor.
They roared and galloped, completely ignoring the command of the Ningyuan soldiers who were coming to greet them. Several Ningyuan officers came to guide this under the order of Wu Sangui. Some Qin brothers went to the other side to rest, but the cavalry turned a blind eye and began to accelerate.
Their war horses became faster and faster, from jogging to galloping, and were as fast as the tigers.
Shi Tingzhu held up his sword and rushed straight towards the Ningyuan artillery position, which was constantly spraying shells.
The soldiers from Ningjin towns stared blankly at the cavalry that was rushing faster and faster. They didn't understand why these Qin soldiers ran so happily. Do they want to rush into Yizhou City and grab the first prize?
The vast majority of Ning Jin soldiers who were guarding the battlefield could not have imagined that this cavalry wearing Ming army uniforms would be the enemy under the banner of Ming army Qin soldiers. They could not believe that General Wu had already surrounded Yizhou for dozens of miles, and the dozens of fortresses on the periphery were their soldiers. Even if the Qing army came, it would be impossible to go around.
It is impossible for them to pretend that the Ming army is coming here like this, it is impossible.
When Ning Jinjun thought it was impossible, the most impossible thing happened. Shi Tingzhu led the three thousand light cavalry along the way, wearing the Ming army's uniforms, to the city of Yizhou under the banner of the Ming army.
Just like when Huang Taiji surrounded Daling River, he did this once, in order to make the Ming army such as Zu Dashou in the city despair. Huang Taiji besieged the city and attacked reinforcements, and also pretended to be reinforcements that lured Zu Dashou out of the city to respond to the attack. However, he was defeated by Huang Taiji's fake Ming army and ambush and suffered heavy losses.
Ten years later, the Qing army once again used this trick, and many Jinzhou soldiers under Yizhou who had been fooled back then were deceived again.
Shi Tingzhu's target was the artillery position of Ningyuan Army, which was also the most threatening to Yizhou City.
Hundreds of artillery of various sizes have already made Yizhou City crumbling. The Qing army in Yizhou City has no choice but to the artillery position that is only 300 steps outside the city. In front of the southern Yizhou City and the Ming army's artillery formation, there are three thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry blocking there, and they can intercept any of their troops that rushed out of the city at any time. As long as they are delayed for a moment, more Ming troops will come from the two wings.
On the surface, it is impossible to kill this artillery position. In the words of Ningyuan's staff officers, the Qing army would never be able to attack this artillery formation, whether they attacked from the city or from outside. It would never be possible to break through to the artillery formation, and they would not even think of touching the artillery.
This is indeed the case in theory.
However, these young staff members at that time could not have imagined that Shi Tingzhu would bring an elite cavalry of the Han army flag wearing Ming army uniforms under the Ming army's flag, and approach the battlefield from the south along the Daling River, pretending to be Sun Chuanting's troops.
When Shi Tingzhu led his troops to charge towards the artillery formation, they were less than a thousand steps away from the artillery formation.
It seems very far away, but it is actually very close. It only takes a moment to charge the cavalry.
As the cavalry group charged and ran, the vibration of the iron hooves hitting the ground became louder and louder, and spears and sabers lit up. One by one, the cavalry bows pointed at them. At this time, Ning Jin's troops finally realized that even if the cavalry in front of them was under the banner of the Ming army and wearing the Ming army's clothes, they would definitely not be the Ming army.
However, before this fake Ming army and artillery formation, there was no soldier that could be intercepted. The recent thousands of infantry and cavalry were between the artillery formation and Yizhou City.
Shi Tingzhu and his subordinates roared towards the cannon group, getting closer and closer.
A military academy rode his horse and ran to the Central Army Commander and reported the mutation to Wu Sangui in panic.
"The Grand Marshal, the cavalry under the banner of the Qin army, does not seem to be an imperial official army, but a Tartar soldiers pretending to be. They did not obey our arrangements, and they also showed their swords and rushed towards the artillery formation straight!"
"How is this possible?" Wu Sangui was shocked, "Along the way, none of them found something wrong with so many ranger sentry and fortress sentry?"
"Drive troops to intercept them quickly," Zu Dashou was also shocked when he heard the news. "You must never let the Tartars rush into our cannon group."
Unfortunately, it was too late at this time. Although Shi Tingzhu led the Han army, he was the elite Han army flag who had followed him to fight in the east and west for many years. This Alihachao Ha camp was also the elite of the elite Han army flag, equivalent to the five thousand gun cavalry of Wu Sangui. They rushed towards the Ming army's artillery formation unstoppable. Along the way, several small groups of Ning Jinjun found something wrong and wanted to intercept it, but they all rushed and scattered.
The Ningyuan artillery, who was fighting happily, also discovered the cavalry rushing towards him.
They were very happy when they fought against Yizhou City, and they blasted at Yizhou City from afar, watching the Tartars' walls collapsed one after another, and watching the unlucky Tartars being fried into meat sauce, but they were not at all dangerous.
But now, suddenly, a large group of cavalry were about to come to the front, and they were panicked. The artillery soldiers even only wore a waist knife, and their escort infantry and cavalry were arranged on the other side.
Although the cannon was sharp, it could not turn immediately, and the cannon could not be equipped with a spear bayonet.
With dozens of steps left, Shi Tingzhu has taken the lead in firing archers at the artillery positions. These elite cavalrymen can charge and shoot archers on the horse's back. Their ability to ride and shoot is no weaker than that of the real Tartars.
Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou quickly mobilized cavalry to intercept them, but it was too late.
Far water cannot quench near thirst.
Shi Tingzhu didn't care how many soldiers there were under Yizhou City, so he rushed in with an unstoppable momentum.
The sound of artillery in Ningyuan's artillery array had stopped, and panicked soldiers were everywhere. Some gunners were trying to turn the artillery position and bombard the rushing cavalry. Some were running away, and some, under the constraints of the officers, pulled out their equipment waist knives to defend the cannon and fight against the cavalry.
A crazy look appeared on Shi Tingzhu's face, and the riding bows on his hands were fired in succession. One arrow after another was shot towards the cannon formation.
"Rare, cut them to death!"
Three thousand vs one hundred thousand, and move forward bravely.
As soon as the cannons stopped at the top of Yizhou city, Jiergalang immediately felt something was wrong. The Ming army's cannons were regular. Although they were fired and stopped, the time for each cannon and the stop was relatively fixed. But now the cannons have just begun to fire and stopped.
"Has the city wall been blasted out of the gap again?" Jirgalang's first thought was that the city wall was broken again.
At this time, an officer on the city wall ran over excitedly, "Prince, good news, the Ming army has had internal conflicts, and they are fighting with them."
"Internal strife? At this time?" Jirharang didn't believe it at all, for no reason.
The officer saw Jirgalang's face unhappy and hurriedly said, "It's true. A cavalry suddenly rushed into the Ming army's artillery formation and was slashing and slashing everywhere. It's so satisfying. Are the cavalry going crazy?"
Crazy? Impossible, absolutely impossible. Something must have happened. Jirgalang quickly climbed to the top of the city and looked at the cannon formation with a thousand-mile mirror. Sure enough, the cannon formation was in chaos.
Thousands of cavalry had already entered the Ming army artillery formation that was so miserable that he was struck by horses and were slashing around. The Ming army gunners fled everywhere and screamed in succession. There were also many Ming cavalry and infantry soldiers surrounding the artillery formation from all sides.
In the Qianli Mile Mile Mile, the cavalry that killed Ming army gunners was indeed in Ming army uniforms, red flags and red clothes. However, after careful look, he found the difference. The cavalry had white cloth strips tied to their helmets and white cloth strips tied to their arms.
"This is definitely not a Ming army." Jirgalang murmured, and his face began to show an expression of excitement.
"This is our people." Duoduo was also looking down with a thousand-mile mirror. At this time, he saw an old acquaintance, who was riding a horse and slashing wildly.
"The four flags of Han Gushan Ezhen Stone Pillar!"
"It's him, this slave, is really brave enough." Jirgalang also found Shi Tingzhu and praised, "Good slave."
"We have to go out of the city to pick them up!" Duoduo shouted excitedly.
Jiergalang held the Qianli Miles Miles with one arm, nodded repeatedly, "Yes, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we cannot miss it. Duoduo, we not only have to go to pick them up, but also take the opportunity to fight back. We have to destroy the artillery array of the Ming army, send orders, open the south gate, and fight the whole army out and kill the Ming army."
"Fuck them to death!"
"Reinforcements are coming, leave the city!"
The Qing army, who was beaten by the Ming army, could not raise their heads up so much that they were extremely frustrated, had a long-standing anger erupted completely. They howled one by one, and they quickly brought their war horses and gathered in the south city.
The south gate slowly opened and the suspension bridge was lowered.
Ning Jinjun, who was still sieging the city, was stunned for a moment, and was still wondering why the city gate was opened.
Then, only a few shouts were heard bursting out, rushing towards the clouds. A large number of Qing cavalry were roaring out of the city, with feather arrows flying out, and bright sabers dazzlingly white.
The Ming army siege in front of the southern gate was instantly knocked out by the cavalry led by Duoduo. After breaking through, Duoduo did not stop and led his team to kill the cannon formation three hundred steps away.
There, the thousands of Ming army infantry and cavalry who had originally guarded the cannon formation finally returned and fought with the thousands of troops in Shi Tingzhu.
"Kill them, kill them." Duoduo shouted, shooting down a Ningyuan soldier with one arrow.
At this time, the artillery positions had already been in chaos, and the four Han flags, Ningyuan artillery, Ningjin infantry and cavalry, and the cavalry that came out of Yizhou City were killed in this way.
"Shi Tingzhu, good example, I will ask the emperor for your merits!"
Shi Tingzhu also saw Duoduo and said with a smile, "Thank you, the Ten Kings, I will be satisfied if I don't blame you."
"You came in time, especially with one stab at the Southern Army's life gate. Shi Tingzhu asked your people to explode the cannons, and explode the cannons, artillery trucks, artillery tools and explosives." Duoduo shouted.
"Oh, what a good cannon, it's a pity to explode."
"Anyway, I can't take it away. Let's blow up the cannon first."
The Qing army began to bomb the cannons, but at this time they found that they didn't know how to damage the cannons that were thousands of kilograms. These cannons that could not be cut by a knife or hammered.
Finally, Shi Tingzhu suggested to Duoduo that he would not blow up these cannons, but directly exploded the cannon trucks. Without the cannon trucks, these cannons would not be used for a while.
Duoduo thought about it and was also reluctant to let go of these artillery. Finally, he ordered only the artillery carts to destroy them and the artillery tools.
The Qing army continued to emerge from Yizhou City. The Qing army in Yizhou City basically retreated from outside Jinzhou City, with nearly 30,000 troops. Before, they retreated from Jinzhou to Yizhou and were caught by more than 100,000 troops in Wu Sangui. They did not want to fight the Ming army rashly, but now, these Qing troops are in full swing.
Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou led their troops and came forward without fear. In the south of Yizhou City, two armies of Ming army fought fiercely and rushed to each other.
"The Tartars are in a strong momentum. Don't attack the city first. Transfer the troops of Wang Pu and Mako from both sides of the east and west. Let's suppress these Tartars first." Zu Dashou found that the Qing army's offensive was extremely fierce and hurriedly told Wu Sangui.
"Come here, immediately send our order to Datong General Wang Pu and Shanhaiguan General Ma Ke, so that they can lead their troops to the south of the city to annihilate the Tartars."
After receiving Wu Sangui's military order, Wang Pu, the general of Datong in the east, pondered for a moment, but did not order to go to the south of the city to rescue, but ordered the troops in the headquarters to continue to strengthen their attack on the East City.
"Master, this seems bad, right?" said a general worriedly.
Wang Pu said calmly, "Three thousand cavalry of the Han army disguised the official army and rushed to the south of the city and raided the artillery formation of Wu Junmen. The Tartars in the city left the city to respond. Now the two armies are fighting fiercely. But only three thousand Tartars are only there, so we can't make any waves. Let's take advantage of the Tartars' out of the city to respond to the cavalry. We just captured the East City and rushed into the city."
"But the military order of Wu Junmen?"
Wang Pu shook his hand, "Wu Junmen also transferred Ma Ke to lead his troops there. It is enough to have them. Can the 90,000 troops and horses in the three towns of Guanning Jin, still not even 20,000 to come to the Tartars?"
"Send the order and speed up the attack. We must take this opportunity to attack the city in one fell swoop." Wang Pu looked at the east wall of Yizhou and sneered. As long as he took the lead in breaking the city, that title would be his. As for Wu Sangui's military order, it would be okay to violate it. He is the general of Datong, and Wu Sangui is the admiral of the three towns of Guanning Jin, so he can't take care of him.
Ma Ke, the general general of Shanhaiguan to the west, received Wu Sangui's orders without hesitation. However, he did not take all his troops to the south, but left half of the troops to continue to attack the city. He led 10,000 troops to the south city to reinforce Wu Sangui. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!