Chapter 114 Horse Battle
The emergence of this new Ming army caused a devastating blow to the morale of the Qing army. Just now, Wu Zhaosheng was confident that as long as Ashan's Manchu cavalry came to join the war, the Ming army in front of him would naturally be dead, even if they received twice or even more than three times the reinforcements.
But the Ming army in front of him has really obtained two or three times the reinforcements. Wu Zhaosheng's Qing army was defeated directly. Although some outlaws fought to the death, all the servants around Wu Zhaosheng had already run away 20 or 30%. Everyone thinks that if they continue to fight like this, the entire army will be lost.
Seeing that the Qing army had already had the intention of retreating, Xing Shengping's offensive became more and more intense. The soldiers who were active in various directions directly killed him. Moreover, the remaining troops of Gao Jie who had surrendered to Wu Zhaosheng before also recognized Mrs. Xing Shengping and Xing Shengping. They all turned their heads to launch an offensive while reporting their own house: "Mrs. Xing, we are also the old subordinates of Xingping Bo. We are here to join you in Yangzhou!"
Wu Zhaosheng's troops were originally at a disadvantage, but now they are besieged by several routes at the same time. They are naturally defeated. There are officers and soldiers everywhere who are chopped over, injured or kneeling down to surrender. This is the first time Wu Zhaosheng has encountered such a scene. But everyone can run away, but he, the main general, cannot run away. Therefore, he shouted loudly: "The Manchu spirit will arrive immediately. As long as the Manchu spirit will arrive, we will win a great victory!"
As he was talking, Niu Luezhen Ashan, who had circled several circles in the southeast, finally heard the shouts and gunshots here. While shocked that the Ming army dared to resist, he immediately led the horse team and the armored soldiers rushed towards this side.
Although there were only two hundred cavalry, Ashan's armored soldiers and elite cavalry had a feeling of galloping thousands of horses. The defeated generals on Wu Zhaosheng's side all came alive when they saw the Manchu elite cavalry rushing over and rushed forward with all their strength, and some deserters even turned around.
However, the same rumbling horse hooves came again with the sound of horse hooves. Liu Yongxi rushed out with two elite cavalry from the battalion. Before Wu Zhaosheng reacted, the horse teams on both sides had already collided, and then they fought fiercely!
Although Linhuai Town has always had a psychological shadow on the Jurchen elite soldiers and felt that "the Jurchens cannot fight" and Yi Fang fought with Zuo Liangyu, Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo to win, but meeting the real Eight Banner elite soldiers may not be the opponent. However, at this moment, all these elite cavalry in Liu Yongxi's hands are full of confidence. After all, Yi Fang has an absolute advantage in military strength and has always had an advantage in the scene.
But when he really fought in front of the formation, he found that the cavalry on the opposite side was definitely not easy. Although cavalry would be knocked down from time to time or were directly killed on the horse, Liu Yongxi obviously had an absolute advantage in military strength, but the losses of both sides were almost equal. The Qing army sometimes even had a slight advantage.
It was the first time that Ashan had encountered such a strong opponent since entering the pass. Although Li Zicheng's horse team has been called for the rest of his life, the horse team in front of him is not only extremely large in number, but also has extremely strong morale and is rushing forward desperately. If the cavalry under his command were not all elites who had experienced countless battles and had an advantage in war horse equipment, he might have suffered a great loss now!
The cavalry of both sides launched a new round of collisions in a narrow range. From time to time, cavalry fell off their horses or were forced to withdraw from the battlefield. The guards around Liu Yongxi had broken two of them, and their armor was stained with half of their bodies of blood. Niu Luezhen Ashan on the opposite side also noticed that this was the main general of the Ming army had already shouted and rushed towards Liu Yongxi with a dozen red armored soldiers!
Liu Yongxi immediately activated the war horse and rushed over, but the athletes around him became more and more anxious. After all, no matter who encountered this situation, they became anxious. While they were anxious, their movements also became stiff. At this moment, a crisp voice was heard: "Husband, I'm here!"
It was not someone else who came, but Mrs. Xing, who was the first to be a cavalry. When she saw Liu Yongxi in a confrontation, she rushed over with more than ten cavalry guards.
On the battlefield, Mrs. Xing’s dozens of horses were just insignificant power, and she was in the initial stage, but the support of these dozen horses broke the balance of the battlefield!
The cavalry who were forced to withdraw from the battlefield were back, and the cavalry from all sides also launched attacks at the same time. Even if they could not charge on horseback, they were shooting with bows. Some cavalry threw away their own horses and replaced them with new horses and came back!
Blood gushed, war horses and cavalry corpses were rising one after another, and more wounded soldiers and horses were struggling on the battlefield. Niu Luezhen Ashan found that his troops had suffered a heavy blow. Under this round of siege of the Ming army, they lost at least twenty or thirty cavalry and the losses were getting bigger and bigger. Now the Ming army is launching a new round of offensive from all directions.
Although Ashan felt that the losses of both sides were still equally divided, the problem was that the Ming cavalry had too great strength and they could continue to be supplemented. However, the Qing army was completely opposite. Not only did the loss of people and horses become increasingly large, but the loss of horsepower was also becoming more and more astonishing. There were even more than a dozen cavalry who could only act as infantry after losing their horses.
If the number of Ming cavalry at the beginning of the battle was at least twice that of Qing cavalry, and the number of Ming army cavalry now was at least three times or even more than that of Qing army. Moreover, this vicious cycle continued. If this continued, the Qing cavalry was completely ruined on the battlefield!
Wu Zhaosheng never expected that the Eight Banners Horse Team, which was invincible and invincible, would suffer such a big loss, and like his side, the fewer and fewer troops would be fought. If this continues, the entire army will be gone!
The Eight Banners Horse Team will be wiped out?
Since entering the pass, the Qing army seemed to have never suffered such a defeat. Wu Zhaosheng couldn't help but be shocked. After the Ming army in front of him had packed up the Eight Banners Horse Team, would he have to deal with him and lead these defeated generals?
Although he knew that the Manchu master had clear rewards and punishments, and now he would definitely be dealt with strictly when he ran away, Wu Zhaosheng turned around and retreated without hesitation: "Run, run quickly, brothers run with us, there are 100,000 soldiers of King Yu behind, and they dare not catch up!"
After Wu Zhaosheng ran like this, the Qing army's infantry, which was already in a defeat, completely collapsed and almost broke up and ran back immediately. The collapse of the Qing army's infantry also attracted a series of reactions. When Niu Luezhen Ashan saw the collapse of the army, he knew that he had to run away, otherwise the next thing would be the ending of being made into dumplings.
Chapter completed!