Chapter 1070 Please ask the prince to die
Wrong! Wrong! You went the wrong way. Why did you go north?
When Nikan saw Doni's army heading north, he was so anxious that he almost fell off the roof of the ruined temple.
Isn't this Dhoni too unreliable? Nowadays, when a brave man meets on a narrow road and wins, he may not win even if he fights with his life. You even escaped from the battle. Do you think you can escape? Do you think the Ming army's cavalry is weak? When the time comes, let people chase them all the way to Shenyang. It would be great if three or four thousand of the thirty or forty thousand troops around us can go back!
Even counting the more than 10,000 cavalry that Obai brought back before, plus the troops and horses left behind in Heilongjiang and Jianzhou, it would be great if the Qing Dynasty still had 20,000 capable of fighting!
This number is much less than the number of troops Huang Marfa had during the Battle of Sarhu. What should we do?
Nikan was completely confused. He didn't even know how he got down from the top of the ruined temple. Anyway, when his lost soul came back, he was already sitting in the temple, surrounded by a group of people who were in constant panic. There were various Zhangjings, and in front of them stood a New Manchu Dadan Zhangjing who had just been released by the Ming army, and he was hesitantly talking about the conditions for the Ming army's recruitment and surrender.
"Big, big, big, the Tomorrow Soldiers said, as long as the prince dies, everyone else can not die, and there is no need to go to the American Mansion, they can go to North Korea."
Qin Mingtao, a ruthless man, sometimes has good intentions! He actually showed mercy to these traitors and Donglu. He no longer had to go to the United States, but could go to North Korea. What a great condition!
Now everyone was moved, except Nikan.
He also read too little and didn't understand what "die" meant for a while, so he asked, "Coax? What are you coaxing? I am such an adult, do I still need to coax?"
Yes, they are already so old and cannot be coaxed.
"Your Majesty, dying is not coaxing." That "black man" Duncan was educated and knew what dying meant. "According to the explanation of "Erya", dying means dying!"
"Erya? Death!" Nikan jumped up immediately. He couldn't agree to this!
Nikan yelled: "What? Why? Why did you let me die! I am the cousin of Ajige and Dongguo, and the cousin of Ming Dynasty!"
Clang
There was a sound of drawing swords, and the group of Zhang Jingdu in the ruined temple pulled out the swords!
Nikan nodded heavily, "That's right! Let's fight out together!"
While he was talking, he wanted to draw the knife, but when he touched it, the knife was gone!
He was still shouting, "Where is the sword? Where is my king's precious sword!"
Duncan, who was standing behind him, responded: "Your Majesty, your sword is here!"
As he spoke, he stabbed Nikan in the back with the sharp blade in his hand. Nikan was not wearing armor, so he was stabbed to the core with a steel knife.
He was still unwilling to give in. He lowered his head and stared at the tip of the knife protruding from his chest. Before he could understand what was going on, he heard someone shouting: "Your Majesty committed suicide. Your Majesty would rather die than surrender." Daming has committed suicide!"
Nikan's body had gone limp, but he was still thinking in his mind: "I committed suicide? But when did I stab my back with a knife?"
The heavy snow is still falling, and it has become heavier and faster than last night. The north wind carries the goose feather-like snow, blowing it on the face in waves, like a knife blowing across it.
Brigades of Qing troops were rolling forward in this snowstorm. The snow on the official road was getting thicker and thicker. The infantrymen walking in front did not have leather boots enough to keep out the cold. After walking in the snow all night, Many people's toes were frozen off and they couldn't walk at all. They had to hold on to their weapons and move forward step by step. Some fell and couldn't get up again!
The cavalry at the back was not much better. The black cavalry and lancers (foreign cavalry) of the Ming army, as well as four to five thousand young soldiers who marched on horseback and mules (they all knew how to ride horses and mules), bitten the Qing army's brave cavalry.
Behind their backs, they would attack with black guns and launch attacks, constantly consuming their troops and morale. At the beginning, some Manchu warriors thought they were very powerful and dared to fight with their horses and guns. However, they were beaten by the Ming army's black guns.
As soon as they rode forward, they all turned into a pile of rotten meat. At this moment, these invincible Manchu warriors realized that their little ability was useless.
The wind and snow are so strong now that arrows shot out by the wind will miss the mark and cannot do anything to the armored enemy. However, the Ming army's flintlock guns are not affected by the wind and snow, and they can still make a killing blow!
The Manchurian warriors' horseback attack was restrained by the Ming army's lancers. It wasn't that their horseback skills were inferior to their opponents, but that their horses were far inferior. Of course, the Manchurian warriors' Mongolian horses also had their advantages, being able to endure hardships and stand hard work. If they could survive in this wind
If they fight against the Ming army in the snow for another ten days and a half, their Mongolian horses may be able to defeat the Arabian and fold-eared horses of the Ming army's lancers.
But now, those Arabian horses and broken-eared horses have not lost their physical strength and can still charge hard!
As for the hand-to-hand combat in which the Manchu warriors were most confident, the young soldiers riding horses are not only fierce and brave, but also good at cooperating. They will work together as a squad to kill one or several Manchu warriors. The warriors may fight alone.
You can win, but against ten flintlock guns that are mostly loaded with bullets and fixed with bayonets, you really have no courage. Hand-to-hand combat requires not only martial arts, but also courage. Once the courage is exhausted, no matter how high your martial arts is, you will not be able to display it.
Well, what's more, the young soldiers of the Ming army are also good at hand-to-hand combat.
So the Manchu warriors suddenly discovered a fact that frightened them. They were far inferior to the Ming army even in hand-to-hand combat.
Their long-range shots are inferior to their opponents, their horse-riding charges are inferior to their opponents, and they are even defeated in hand-to-hand combat. Apart from the best one among the thirty-six strategies, what else can they do?
So what was originally an orderly retreat soon turned into an uncontrollable rout. Driven in turn by the terrifying black spearmen, foreign horse soldiers, and young soldiers of the Ming army, the old Manchus who were marching on horseback had no way to escape, so they had to go
Drive away the infantry in front. Those infantry whose feet were frostbitten could not walk. Large groups crowded together and blocked the official road.
The wheat fields on both sides of the official road were not harvested and were now covered with heavy snow. They were all frozen to death, but they did not freeze into solid ice. They were all rotten in the soil and became muddy and difficult to walk on. Those old Manchu cavalry all knew not to let their horses' legs slip.
They were trapped, so they began to whip their whips to drive away the infantry in front. The New Manchu infantry who had been tamed in the past did not do anything anymore. After being whipped, they angrily fought back with their spears, and the spears pierced the chests of many old Manchus. These old Manchus
They were all used to being arrogant, so how could they let the new Manchus offend? As a result, a fight broke out between the old and new Manchus during their retreat.
Doni and Yue Le had no choice but to come forward, comforting and suppressing them, and reluctantly allowed the troops to move forward.
However, the pursuers were still there, and soon the old Manchu cavalry in the rear were cornered and began to rush into the infantry in front. The result was another period of chaos.
However, the pursuing Ming army is obviously not in a hurry to eat up this Qing army that still has some combat effectiveness. What is there to be anxious about? The current battlefield is more than 100 miles away from Liaoyang and more than 200 miles away from Shenyang. It is so exciting to chase them all the way. ah!
When the army retreated to Halahe Fort, something even more terrifying happened. Someone from the Ming army who followed took a long eight-foot long spear and took the head of Prince Jingjinzhong of the Qing Dynasty to call for battle.
Now the old generals in the Qing Dynasty are withering away. Like Nikan, there are not many left. Nikan was beheaded, and everyone in the Qing army in Halahe Fort was frightened.
This time Donny could no longer care about the more than 10,000 New Manchurian infantry who had retreated to Harahe Fort. He no longer allowed the precious Cavalry Battalion cavalry to cover them, but fled with the cavalry and the Manchurian officers among the New Manchurian infantry.
However, the pursuing Ming army did not let them go and pursued them all the way until they drove Doni to Shenyang Prefecture. They had to give up the pursuers because the weather was too cold and Obai sent troops to respond.
Chapter completed!