Liu Yan was worried that Lu Xiangsheng would die in the Battle of Julu like in history, so he ordered Miao Shao to lead people to protect Lu Xiangsheng and stay by his side, and then ordered Wang Bo to lead his 100 generals to support Yang Guozhu. On the left wing, Shen Tuo was ordered to lead a hundred generals under his command to support Hu Dawei's right wing, and all other soldiers except the cavalry general were ordered to support the frontal defense line.
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng was only surrounded by more than 200 remnants of the Tianwei Army from Supervisory Biao Camp. Lu Xiangsheng was already making final preparations. His general Chen An carefully put on his armor, and he was still wearing linen mourning clothes. To prevent any mistakes, Lu Xiangsheng also tied his governor's seal behind his elbow.
Regarding Liu Yan's forced arrangement, Lu Xiangsheng had nothing to say at this time. Even if Liu Yan's move was regarded as the following offense, at this critical moment, Lu Xiangsheng could only accept it and repel the Qing army's attack first.
Liu Yan was also making final preparations, putting on his helmet, stainless steel armor on his body, iron gloves on his hands, and a heavy leather shield in his left hand. He holds a fine iron spear in his right hand and throws aside the cloak that might hinder his ability to kill the enemy.
It had been a long time since Liu Yan had fought in person. At this time, Liu Yan was not afraid at all, and instead felt his blood boiling all over his body.
Lu Xiangsheng held his fine iron sword weighing several dozen kilograms in his hand. Hearing the shouts of killing from three sides getting closer and closer, he smiled at Liu Yan and said, "Liu Yan, today you and I will kill the enemy side by side and fight together."
Liu Yan said seriously: "It is Liu Yan's luck to be able to kill thieves together with the governor."
Lu Xiangsheng laughed loudly, and everyone around him laughed as well.
Ahead, the loud roar of the platoon sounded again, and dozens of heavy armored men wearing blue armor with red edges rolled to the ground. At the same time, a wave of heavy arrows shot from outside the wall, and the new army gunmen of Xiahe Village retreated with a muffled sound.
Yang Guozhu's left defense line, a large number of blue-banner sergeants from Jilhalang, and several Eight Banner Mongolian troops following behind, have already poured in intensively. Dense layers of shield vehicles were pushed in through each channel of the first earth wall. Following each shield's body on both sides, there are a large number of heavy armor of each flag holding heavy shields, and archers of each flag holding bows and arrows.
Yang Guozhu's Xuanfu Zhenzheng Barracks had retreated to the second earth wall to defend it, and a large wave of arrows from the Qing army came. The bird gunmen and three-eyed gunmen in Yang Guozhu's army suffered heavy casualties. The Firearmsmen of the Supervisory Camp who came to support yesterday also kept falling down. Most of the soldiers in the two battalions have iron masks. He was wearing either iron armor, leather armor, or iron-inlaid cotton armor, but at such a close distance, everything was useless.
Many heavy armored Qing troops also attacked from four passages. Yang Guozhu and the Chinese general Guo Yingxian led their servants to fight the enemy bloodyly at the passages.
The passages of the second earth wall were crowded with people, both the enemy and ourselves, and the artillery had long since lost its effect. All the killer teams in Yang Guozhu's main camp lined up behind the passage and fought fiercely with the enemy with their waist knives, hooks and sickles, sticks and guns, and barrel handles.
At this time, the auxiliary soldiers from the main barracks also came forward in groups, waving their weapons, and Yang Guozhu personally led the few remaining servants to support them everywhere. The two sides are fighting for their blood to see who can consume more support.
Yang Guozhu no longer knew the number of casualties in his army. Perhaps there were thousands or hundreds of casualties in the entire army. The soldiers had exerted their strength and could no longer support it. It was all Yang Guozhu who led his servants to block the deadly battle. The defense line was already in danger.
At this moment, Wang Bo led the army and arrived. Hundreds of bird gun soldiers under his command stepped forward and fired fiercely. Three rows of bird guns hit the Qing army in front. The Qing army in front was caught off guard. Two Qing soldiers were killed and injured in the densely packed earth wall. More than a hundred people. They rolled and crawled back, suffocated by the fierce attack.
The spear soldiers and sword and shield soldiers under Wang Bo also quickly took over the defense of each passage. Their sword and shield soldiers threw a piece of javelin and nailed a group of Qing army shield soldiers and spear soldiers who came in to the ground. Several spearmen rushed over with their spears drawn, and immediately drove out the heavy armor of the Qing army that had poured into each passage.
Yang Guozhu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Liu Yan's soldiers came to support him, otherwise his left wing would have collapsed.
At this time, Jierhalang had entered the earth wall and took command personally. Under his orders, the Qing army quickly came to their senses. They made slight adjustments. There was no trench in front of the second earth wall. A few, twenty steps. When Wang Bo's musketry soldiers fired another round, those light armored archers under the cover of the shield car came over with a heavy rain of arrows.
The two sides fired at each other. Although the cannons of the Xiahezhai New Army were powerful, they could not match the Qing army's bows and arrows in terms of shooting speed. Such a close distance. The sharp arrows of the Qing army could penetrate heavy armor, and their arrows were accurate and fierce. One after another, the new army gunmen of Xiahe Village were shot to the ground by their powerful arrows that broke through the armor.
Some of Xiahe Village's new army gunners had no masks on their faces and were hit by arrows in their faces. Even at such a close distance were the sergeants with iron masks, which also had no protection. After their masks are shot away, they may cause even greater damage.
The Tatars' bows and arrows were fierce, and the firearmsmen of the Zhengbing Camp and the Supervisor Camp who had just breathed a sigh of relief, under Yang Guozhu's order, mustered up their courage and rushed forward one after another.
At this time, both sides were already furious. The left defense line was completely shrouded in thick smoke, and the shouts of killing were loud. There were flying arrows in the middle of the battlefield, the huge roar of the Xiahezhai New Army's flint-haired bird cannons, the earth-shattering sound of the three-eyed cannons, the sounds of Lumi cannons and self-generated fire cannons, and the sound of rockets, all intertwined in the scene. Together, there was a loud noise that shook the world. 33
On the battlefield, Shen Tuo unfurled his bow and nocked an arrow, and with a "whoosh" sound, a powerful arrow shot out. Zhenghongqi Ba Ya La Niu Lu Zhang Jing Hao Bai covered his throat in disbelief and slowly fell to his knees on the ground. He had fine steel armor on his body and protective gear around his neck, but they did not block the sharp arrow shot from the front.
Zhen worship slowly knelt down. In the future, the Manchu ministers of war and personnel repeatedly defeated the Ming army Zhao Guangbiao, Fan Zhiwan, Wu Sangui and Bai Guangen, and annihilated Zhang Xianzhong's troops. Zhen worship died silently like this. When he was dying, he saw the cold-faced and silent Ming general in front of him, still shooting sharp arrows.
Shen Tuo was born in Ye Bu Sua. Not only was he able to reach out, but his archery skills were also amazing. He shot down all the Baya soldiers in the banner to the ground. Beside him, there were many Ming army spearmen, all roaring like thunder, waving their big guns, and each Qing soldier was picked to death or stabbed to the ground.
"I didn't expect that I would die like this!" This was Liang Bai's last thought before he died.
Chen Xun and Miao Shao were also leading their troops to fight desperately. Two teams of bird gun soldiers under Chen Xun assisted in defending the Yi Mu wall on the front line of defense. In addition, there were also half of the bird gun soldiers under Miao Shao, holding bird gun soldiers. Shoot through the wall. The remaining soldiers, armed with spears and swords, fought with the Qing army in various passages.
On the right flank of the defense line, a group of officers led a group of officers to fight bloody battles with the enemy in various passages with great power. However, there were too many troops cleared, so one wave was retreated, and another wave was replaced. At this time, Hu Dawei's whole body was covered in blood, and his general Hu Zichen had been killed in the battle. He finally managed to defeat the wave of Zhenghong Banner Baya soldiers in front of him. He shouted to Xu Ming who had just arrived for support: "Mr. Xu Bai, the slaves and thieves are powerful. Our army is outnumbered. We need to ask the governor for help again!"
Xu Ming shook his head bitterly and said: "The governor and the general can no longer send reinforcements. There are less than 2,000 people on the frontal defense line now. Otherwise, my lord would not let the general lead the cavalry commander." Come and support!”
Hu Dawei was stunned for a moment, then the veteran smiled miserably and said: "Forget it, my Hu family has been loyal to the Ming Dynasty for generations, so let's die here today!"
On the frontal defense line, Liu Yan was already covered in blood. His guards had just brought Lu Xiangsheng, who was injured by an arrow, to the back, while only a large wave of new Xiahe Village troops were left behind him.
At this time, everyone was shouting at the top of their lungs, their eyes were firm, they were not afraid, and their overwhelming shouts rolled across the earth like spring thunder.
On the frontal defense line of the Xiahezhai New Army, a large number of Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner Qing troops also poured in. They used layers of shield vehicles as cover and entered the first earth wall passage. Five or six layers of dense shield vehicles were lined up in front to withstand artillery fire, and then a large number of handymen were driven to collect the mud bags inside the earthen wall. Ignore their heavy casualties and provide a smooth path for the shield vehicle to advance.
The artillery salvoes of the Xiahezhai New Army could not destroy all these shield vehicles, and there was no place to set up artillery. Their shield vehicles continued to advance and quickly pressed forward.
At the same time, in order to defeat the Ming army's frontal troops as quickly as possible, Dorgon forced the gunners to continue bombarding the Ming army camp despite the fact that the artillery had not yet dissipated heat, and even ignored the lives of his own Aha and the handymen who were fighting on the front line.
Just like the defense lines on both wings, after those shield vehicles were pushed closer to more than ten steps, they fired a salvo of arrows, mixed with the falling artillery shells, causing serious casualties to the Xiahezhai New Army Artillery Soldiers. Even Liu Yan felt the heavy casualties. of despair.
There were many Tatar archers, and they were covered by shield chariots. There were only hundreds of cannons left in the frontal defense line. It can't stop them from moving forward at all. A large number of Qing army shield soldiers poured into each passage. Liu Yan ordered Qian Qian to lead the artillerymen to retreat to protect the precious artillery force.
Then the two sides started a series of hand-to-hand combats and battles in various passages. Qing soldiers kept coming in, and then they were driven out, and then poured in, and then were driven out again. The sound of killing was loud.
"Happy, happy!"
Liu Yan once again stabbed a Qing heavy armor to death and roared loudly. The corpses on the passage in front of him were already densely packed. I don’t know how many were from the Qing army and how many were from the Ming army. Blood was flowing everywhere.
Another wave of Qing troops were killed and retreated, but before Liu Yan had time to take a breath, he saw a large number of Zhengbai Banner heavy armor swarming outside the wall. He shouted loudly and rushed away with his troops.
"kill!"
I don’t know how long they killed and how many waves they killed. Liu Yan’s guards fell one by one. Almost all of Lu Xiangsheng’s soldiers who stayed here died in the battle, and Liu Yan didn’t know how many people he killed.
"kill!"
Liu Yan swept the shield in his hand, sending a white flag on the left side of the flag flying away until he vomited blood. The iron gun in his hand slammed down, smashing a Qing soldier in front of him into a pulp. His long spear thrust out again, stabbing a cow named Zhangjing with a white flag and a vest behind him into meat skewers and hung them on the gun.
In the Qing army's formation a mile away, Duduo's face turned pale. He murmured: "The casualties are too great, the warriors have suffered too many casualties. Do we still have to fight?"
The banner leaders beside him also looked as if they had no color, especially the Mongolian banner leaders of the Eight Banners, whose eyes were straight.
Dorxiang's face was livid. The strength of the Ming army had far exceeded Dorgon's expectations. At this moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "Continue to attack, fill up one armor after another. It is now Shenshi. Before sunset. , we must capture the Ming army’s camp!”
At this time, Dorgon yelled a little crazy: "Instruct all the banners: Send all the Baya soldiers in the camp up. If anyone dares to retreat, kill them all, kill them all!"
At this moment, they suddenly heard an earth-shaking loud noise. Then, Dorgon and others opened their eyes wide. They saw a burst of fire rising from the artillery position in front of the Qing army's formation. They were bombarding the Ming army camp just now. Several artillery pieces exploded one after another!
Over there, dozens of gunners were dead or injured, and the position was in chaos. Even the soldiers of the Qing army who were arrayed around and preparing to attack the Ming army camp were mostly affected. The huge artillery was blown into the air. Then he was torn apart by the fire, and finally swept down a large number of Qing soldiers around him to the ground!
Then Dorgon heard countless Ming army soldiers cheering, and the shouts of "Wan Sheng" resounded through the sky.
The sound of the explosion shook the surrounding areas, and soldiers from both the Ming and Qing Dynasties saw it. The Qing army over there had already exhausted all its strength. When they saw such a tragic explosion in their own formation, they immediately let out a sigh of relief. Everyone ran for their lives in fear.
Dorgon murmured: "Impossible! How could all the artillery explode at this time!"
Duduo on the side said anxiously: "I have been ordered to do so, General! The morale of the Ming army has been greatly boosted, and the morale of all our troops has fluctuated. Please order all the troops to return to the camp and beware of changes!"
Dorgon's expression changed several times, and finally he sighed, gritted his teeth and said, "Retreat!"
A moment later, there was cheering in the Ming army camp, at this most difficult moment. There was a big explosion in front of the Qing army's formation. All the Qing army's artillery went silent instantly, and all the Ming army officers and soldiers were excited. Everyone who was attacking the Qing camp was terrified. When they heard Ming Jin's voice calling back his troops, they immediately retreated like a tide.
Some people died, but not completely...
