Hong Chengchou stopped the noisy crowd, and Liu Yan didn't say much. After all, the soldiers were urgent at this time, so he hurriedly clasped his fists to Hong Chengchou, then called Zhang Ruoqi and rode back to the New Army Guards Camp in Qinglai Town. Here is Liu Yan Yan's Chinese army is located.
At this time, the battalions of the New Army have already launched the Ming Army's central army, and the formation has been completed in the northeast. Sixty thousand soldiers of the New Army in Qinglai Town are waiting in strict formation. Behind them, the soldiers of the rear battalion of the New Army led by Wang Yue have also entered the Central Army to deploy.
In the military formation, the cavalry, infantry, artillery, and chariots of the new army battalions in Qinglai Town were arranged in an orderly manner, forming neat square formations one after another. Even though the sun was shining brightly and the weather was hot and dry, no one made any move, and the posture of a strong army was unmistakable.
A breeze blew, and the battle flags of each military formation were tumbling endlessly. Liu Yan looked at his military formation. In the formation, from the commanders of each battalion to the ordinary soldiers, they all looked at him. Their eyes were full of reverence. and trust.
With a roar of a dragon, Liu Yan pulled out his Yanling Saber and shouted: "We are the new army of the Ming Dynasty!"
A whistling sound like waves spread throughout the formation: "Mighty!"
"We are the new army of the Ming Dynasty!"
There was another loud roar: "Mighty!"
"mighty!"
In the military formation, whether they are commanders such as Xu Ming, Miao Shao, Shen Tuo, Zhang Yi, Wang Bo, etc., commanders such as Qian Qian, or soldiers at all levels such as Shen Wen, Lao Bai, Xu Mingde, Xiao Dongzi, etc. , all shouting with all their strength.
Listening to the majestic cheers, everyone's blood boiled with excitement. The morale of more than 60,000 New Army officers and soldiers was greatly boosted, and the sound shook the world.
Liu Yan returned to the main part of the New Army in Qinglai Town, rode his horse and stood in front of his banner, and issued an order: "Send aid to the southeast, and prepare the entire army!"
"The whole army is ready!"
All the soldiers in each battalion, each department, and each headquarters are wearing full-body armor of fine iron, with all kinds of sophisticated weapons in their hands uniformly on their upper shoulders. The messengers of each department ride their horses through the military formation, quickly passing down the orders of the Chinese army. .
The new army in Qinglai Town was located on the right side of Hong Chengchou's central army formation. Upon hearing the order, the entire army formation turned to the right. Every soldier in the formation checked his weapons and equipment, armor, spears, muskets, fixed ammunition, etc. for the last time.
The gunners in the artillery camp located in the Chinese army's position urgently hitched their mules and horses to their own artillery and ammunition trucks. Medical officers and heavy duty soldiers from each battalion also began to check the status of stretchers, medicines, etc.
Xun Jingyun, the governor of the town, also led a large number of his subordinates and began to patrol the various military formations separately, making final preparations before the expedition, and kept shouting loudly to boost the morale of the soldiers in each battalion.
At this time, Liu Yan was sitting on his horse, holding a telescope and looking at the broken troops in the southeast. Those broken troops were only more than one mile away from the Chinese army's formation, especially the cavalry in the broken army, which was less than one mile away from the army's formation. .
So Liu Yan ordered: "All chariots move forward to protect the infantry battalions. The defeated troops are not allowed to attack the chariots. Anyone who violates the rules will not be punished!"
"Order the cavalry battalions to be divided into two wings, and together they will disperse the mass of defeated soldiers. The defeated soldiers must disarm their weapons and horses before they can be gathered into the formation. Anyone who dares to disobey the order will be killed on the spot! In addition, the slaves and thieves should cover up behind the defeated soldiers and cover the two wings. The cavalry can wait for an opportunity to outflank, divide and destroy them!"
Under Liu Yan's series of orders, there was a rumbling sound, and smoke and dust rose up in front. More than 200 Qinglai Town New Army tanks began to move, each driven by several supply soldiers, and rushed to the infantry battle formation. the front.
Behind those chariots, many soldiers of the New Army of Qinglai Town were waiting in formation, with spears and blunderbuss standing like a forest.
Liu Yan saw that the battalions had quickly completed their deployment, so he pointed his riding whip forward and shouted loudly: "The whole army moves forward, move forward!"
The drummers who accompanied the army in the guard camp began to blow the horns, and accompanied by the marching drums, more than 60,000 new troops from Qinglai Town, whether infantry, cavalry or artillery, marched in order.
The drums of the Chinese army beat loudly, and as the army marched forward, hunting flags fluttered like blood. In particular, Liu Yan's large banner of the Chinese army could be seen from many miles away. Following the position of the Chinese army, there were numerous civilian vehicles, following closely.
Seeing Liu Yan's troops dispatched, Hong Chengchou took a breath and prayed in his heart: "I hope everything goes well for General Liu and the decline can be restored!"
To the east of the Ming army's central army, two huge crowds of people were approaching each other. On one side was a huge military formation advancing in an orderly manner, and on the other side were the fleeing Ming troops all over the mountains and plains. Between them were many civilians who were screaming endlessly. The so-called defeat is like a mountain.
Since a large number of Qing army cavalry were mixed in with the crowd, and they deliberately intercepted and blocked the crowds, it gave the defeated soldiers and civilians the illusion that they were surrounded by enemies, and it seemed that there were only a few ways to escape.
The collapsed cavalry, infantry, and fleeing civilians were mixed together, which greatly slowed down the running speed of everyone. Almost everyone was huddled together in a mess. As long as someone fell, he would be stepped on by countless people. Amidst a burst of howling, he was trampled alive into a pulp.
At this time, everyone was running for their lives, and no one cared about those who fell. Everyone only focused on their own escape, especially when the Qing soldiers continued to cover up and outflank them.
Behind them, the Qing army's cavalry drove them away from time to time. As long as they escaped a little slower, the Qing army's cavalry would rush towards them, trample them to the ground, and stab them to death.
Any Ming army general who tries to restore the command structure will be the key target of the Qing army's cavalry who are outflanking them. And amid all the crying and shouting, any sound they made was in vain.
In fear, countless people just ran as hard as they could, running for several miles. Many people ran to death just like this. Even some of the defeated horses were vomiting white water at the sight.
Suddenly, the defeated soldiers who had been fleeing for their lives saw a military formation appearing in front of them. Seeing that the flag was the Ming Dynasty's army, they roared with joy and ran towards the military formation. But they forgot that it was a taboo for broken troops to charge head-on into the military formation. The common practice is that they should go around the military formation on both wings.
At this moment, Liu Yan looked solemn and did not give the defeated soldiers any chance to approach. He directly ordered the gunmen to open fire and kill all the defeated soldiers who dared to attack the army formation in front of the formation.
The new army's chariots in Qinglai Town were waiting in a tight formation. After receiving the order from the Chinese army, the front of the army's formation suddenly burst into flames. Amidst the violent explosions, thick white smoke rose up, and countless broken troops were killed by flint-haired bird cannons. The lead bullets hit them, blood spurted out from their bodies, and they fell to the ground screaming.
After several waves of musket fire, the defeated soldiers finally woke up and fled to both sides howling, or collapsed on the ground motionless, revealing some of the chasing Qing cavalry behind them.
Looking from a distance, I saw the sound of neat horse hooves hitting the ground, but it was the cavalry battalion commander and guerrilla general Xu Ming. At this moment, Xu Ming personally led the left soldiers to charge from the left wing of the army. The left commander Dong Yunjiu Follow closely behind Xu Ming.
At the same time, the right commander Lu Yuan also led his troops to launch a charge from the right side of the army, while the central commander Du Zhongming led his troops to stay behind and continue to guard the two wings of the army.
The soldiers of the cavalry battalion all wore bright red square collars and long body armor, with dark red velvet trim on the sides, red pom-poms on their arms, and even their horse temples were dyed blood red. There are red round shields on the left arms, and the armor is densely covered with copper nails.
Even the horses under the soldiers were wearing protective gear at key points. In addition to the sabers on their belts, they also had carbines on their saddles, as well as several shorter muskets. The whole army showed a strong light. With such equipment, I am afraid that even the 3,000 battalions among the three major battalions could not compare!
Xu Ming and others led their troops to charge and attacked the thousands of Qing cavalry that appeared in front of them. The two cavalry battalions, with a combined force of more than 7,000 people, already surpassed those Qing troops in terms of military strength and combat power. The cavalry of each army flag.
Even if it is a cavalry battle at this time, if it were not for the Baya Lajia soldiers with two yellow flags and two white flags, the cavalry battalion would be stronger than the enemy.
In the Chinese army, Supervisor Zhang Ruoqi looked at the two cavalry armies that had already clashed together. Looking at the military appearance of the cavalry battalion soldiers, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion. The guns and artillery of the new army in Qinglai Town were already very powerful, and even the cavalry were so sharp. , I don’t know how Liu Yan trained it. Moreover, Zhang Ruoqi never expected that the Ming Dynasty would have such powerful cavalry. What a blessing!
On the battlefield, the thunderous sound of horse hooves sounded. The cavalry soldiers led by Xu Ming and others galloped in a strict formation. The cavalry formation composed of more than 7,000 soldiers was like a wall, sweeping away countless broken soldiers along the way, and then fiercely They collided with thousands of Qing troops, and the two sides launched a fierce fight.
And at the moment when the soldiers of the cavalry battalion collided with the Qing cavalry, more than two thousand soldiers in the front row raised their blunderbuss.
At the forefront of the Qing army's cavalry were dozens of Baya soldiers. Judging from their armor, they were soldiers and horses of the Tatar Zhengbai flag. These dozens of people were the "sharps" of the Qing army's cavalry. In the past, they were Can smash open any enemy cavalry formation.
"put!"
boom!
In an instant, more than two thousand muskets were fired at close range. The fierce and intensive firepower swept through the Qing cavalry formation. Dozens of Baya soldiers with Zhengbai flags, as well as hundreds of Zhengbai flags and bordered white flags followed. , and the Mongolian soldiers of all banners fell off their horses one after another. The Qing army's cavalry formation was stunned, and then the formation was in chaos.
Xu Ming led his troops to rush into the enemy formation. More than 7,000 cavalry battalion soldiers violently attacked the Qing cavalry formation like tigers rushing into a flock of sheep. With just one charge, thousands of Qing cavalry were routed!
This cavalry battle can be described as devastating. Just now, the Qing cavalry, which had been driving countless Ming troops to retreat and civilians to flee, now became the fleeing party, and was destroyed in a very short period of time. More than 2,000 people were killed, and then they were chased away by more than 7,000 cavalry battalion soldiers and fled eastward.
At this time, the supervisor Zhang Ruoqi, who was riding beside Liu Yan, was stunned, as if he was in a dream, and couldn't believe what he saw.
Although everyone knew that the new army in Qinglai Town was powerful, Zhang Ruoqi did not expect that the soldiers of the new army were so powerful. The once invincible cavalry of the Qing army collapsed in front of the new army in Qinglai Town!
Liu Yan didn't have much expression on his face, as if these were all expected things, and then he just said lightly: "Send the order to the entire army: Keep moving forward!"
Some people died, but not completely...
