Chapter 339 Reversal of Situation II
Those who can stay awake all night must have good eyesight and no night blindness. Furthermore, anyone who is not blind can see the continuous torches clearly.
"This is?"
The scout was a little panicked, so he galloped towards Amin.
"What?"
Amin was shocked: "You say it again?"
The scout said: "Go back to Baylor, there will be at least five thousand people..."
There will not be more than 5,000 opponents on the battlefield for nothing. If they are from the Bald Mountain side, Dudu and Jierhalang, who are left behind, cannot help but send someone to inform them. Moreover, this is the most critical moment of the battle. superior.
"What are those people shouting about again?"
Amin heard the shouts of his opponents on the front battlefield. Not long after, a charging cavalry returned with a look of horror on his face: "Baylor, Mingren said in front of the formation that they burned down our troops in Fenshuiyuan and Fengrichuanchang. forage."
"Nonsense, how did Ming people know the location of our army's food and fodder?" Airli cursed: "If Ming Gou deliberately damaged the morale of our army, go and kill the person who spread the news."
A Min's heart moved, and then thinking about the thousands of enemy troops who suddenly rushed out from the west, he shook his head and frowned: "It's broken, it's impossible... It's absolutely impossible..."
"Ama, Ama..."
Amin ignored Airli's shouting, and then said to himself: "It is impossible for Mingren to know the location of our army's food and grass hoarding. It is absolutely impossible. Even if he knew, it was said by Korean prisoners of war. Not long after this battle started, they Not that fast, but this sudden enemy force..."
"Elli..." Amin's eyes turned red: "Hurry up and take your cavalry north to Fenshuiyuan to investigate the situation. If Shuo Tuo is unscathed, let him lead his troops south."
Airli had never seen his own Ama in this situation before. He was stunned for a moment, then nodded blankly, and called the cavalry of Niulu from his headquarters to leave the battlefield on the right wing.
"Go, let the people from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty divide their troops and block the reinforcements from the west."
Call...
Mang Gurtai kicked away the bayonet that was about to be inserted into his horse, then turned back and mounted: "His smart dog can't be beaten head-on, so he just uses some dirty tricks."
Here, Mang Gurtai was calling Gerile's cavalry to turn back, preparing to save their power to meet again. Chen Cao grabbed a scout who came to report the news: "Are you sure it's Mang Gurtai?"
"The small confirmation is that it was confessed by a captured Tatar before."
"I'll go meet him personally."
"Prince..." Feng Zhongping stood in front of Chen Cao: "It's just Mang Gurtai, why should the prince go? The general will go and get his head."
Chen Cao felt that Feng Zhongping was deceiving him. Among the generals of the new army, except for Li Xianyun who had died in the battle, the only remaining ones were Huang Degong and Lou Xingye who were really capable. Needless to say, the one in front of him Feng Zhongping used to be just a Baihu official in Nanjing's right guard. In a real fight with real swords and guns, he might not be a match for Mang Gurtai, a ruthless man.
Chen Cao took the long sword from Xin Zhao, and then said: "Everyone goes to prepare, surround and kill Mang Gurtai, everyone has done a great job."
"Baylor, the Mongols have retreated again."
When Mang Gurtai saw the Green cavalry in front of his left wing who was turning his horse, he suddenly felt that his head was big. The two sides were already close. Even if the opponent had firearms, with the absolute advantage of the horse's speed, no one could resist the horse's gallop. The huge beasts that came in their way were all shattered into pieces.
"When I go back, I will definitely kill Geril's fellow."
Naturally, only the Jurchens heard that Mang Gurtai wanted to kill Gerile, but he was in a lot of trouble. After the forward's horse speed was blocked, he could only fight with the Dingwu army. The opponent was carrying a long The bayonet stabbed, but his side could only chop. In addition, after the speed of the war horse was reduced, what he was fighting for now was armor and endurance.
Obviously, in the face of the bayonet with absolute armor-piercing power, the cavalry wearing heavy cloth armor was no match for the flexible Dingwu Army.
"Go and ask Amin to send reinforcements."
"Mang Gurtai, my king, Chen Cao, come quickly to die."
Chen Cao's shouts were immediately drowned in this chaotic battlefield like waves in the sea, but the groups of fierce and fearless firearms soldiers suddenly ran towards him in groups, obviously trying to surround him. .
Mang Gurtai was furious at this moment. Regardless of the dissuasion of his soldiers, he took his soldiers Niu Lu and galloped wildly. In front of him, the group of people holding muskets but not firing them were just sheep for him to slaughter. Even though The location here is not conducive, but he is still confident in attacking this wave of troops with less than a thousand people.
More than four hundred cavalry can't break through the infantry that can't reach a thousand people. If word spread, wouldn't it make people laugh?
However...
The torches in the night illuminated the shadows of both sides, and the battle lasted longer. Chen Cao rode his horse like a night owl and galloped towards Mang Gurtai. The Yanling steel knife in his hand shone with sharp marks in the dim light of the fire.
Mang Gurtai also saw the knight running towards him not far away, and sneered in his heart. After the most fierce battle between Shenyang and Sarhu since Hetuala's army, Mang Gurtai fell into disgrace among the Jurchens. There is no more opponent, no one dares to challenge him in a head-on riding battle.
Not to mention the powerless Ming Guardsmen or the self-proclaimed elite border troops.
Killing him... is like chopping vegetables.
When the two horses intersect, the knights on the horses wave the steel swords in their hands at the same time, and the sparks are particularly eye-catching at the moment of collision.
Chen Cao's mouth was numb. This feeling was the same as when he killed Mulhaqi ten years ago.
However, Chen Cao did not think that Mang Gurtai was as powerful as You Shiwei, so after breaking through Mang Gurtai, he killed five people in a row, jumped on the horse of a dead Jiannu cavalry, and urged the horse to head straight towards the unstoppable enemy. Mang Gurtai turned around and killed him.
"Good skills..."
Mang Gurtai found that he had missed a single blow, but his opponent actually killed five of his people and still turned around and came back. He was furious and ran towards him brandishing a long knife.
clang...
After a sound of metal colliding, the long knife in Mang Gurtai's hand broke. Although the Yan Ling steel knife in Chen Cao's hand had a chip, it was still strong.
Mang Gurtai was shocked. After losing his long sword, he no longer had the weapon at hand. Seeing his opponent attacking again, he naturally reacted and took off the bow and arrow hanging on the horse's back. He then pointed the bow and arrow at the oncoming enemy. Chen Cao.
An elite Jurchen knight can shoot three arrows in one minute, but Mang Gurtai, a Jurchen warrior, can shoot three arrows in a row within ten breaths.
In this case, even Chen Cao couldn't avoid the second and third arrows.
Especially in the dark night.
"My lord, be careful..."
"Your Majesty..."
"Protect the prince..."
The moment Chen Cao was hit by an arrow and fell off his horse, Mang Gurtai also looked at Chen Cao from his horse with wide eyes, his eyes full of unwillingness.
"Your Majesty..."
Zhao Xin jumped off his horse and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Chen Cao was still shooting but there was no arrow in his body.
"I can't die yet..."
Chen Cao was also frightened. He dodged the first arrow and blocked the second one with his knife. However, he never expected that the third arrow would be fired in succession. Moreover, the distance between the two sides was too close. Once hit by the arrow, there would be no way to save him, so he made up his mind. He took the initiative to throw down his war horse. Although he avoided the fatal attack of the arrow, it was really painful when he fell.
But even so, Chen Cao still pulled out the loaded revolver from his waist. If he hit Mang Gurtai from this distance, he would definitely die.
"kill..."
There was a burst of shouting, and the surrounding Dingwu troops surrounded Mang Gurtai with empty-loaded rifles. At this moment, Mang Gurtai died on his horse because a hole was torn in his back after being shot. superior.
"Mang Gurtai is dead. Soldiers, kill..."
"Kill..."
"What, you didn't block it?"
Amin, who had already withdrawn to take command from the center, was suddenly shocked: "What's going on?"
"Baylor, those people are the same color as the night, they look like Kunlun slaves. The muskets in their hands are extremely powerful. The people from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were defeated in less than a cup of tea. Belle, retreat quickly..."
Frost must be added to the snow, otherwise it will not freeze to death.
"Baylor..." A fast horse came, and the knight fell off his horse: "A large number of Ming troops appeared behind the Bade Pavilion, and they raided the Bade Pavilion camp."
"Where are Dudu and Jilhalang?"
Amin cursed.
"The Ming army in the Bald Valley launched a charge. The camp was broken. Both sides attacked. Our army was defeated. The Korean army was the first to flee. It could no longer be contained."
After Ning Wan, I also panicked, and immediately said: "Baylor, return to the rescue quickly, Bukhan Mountain City is no longer an option."
Even Ning Wan and I have said this, so what reason does Amin have to comfort himself?
The battle situation was already unprecedentedly good, but he really didn't expect Chen Cao to be so good at fighting. This was the first powerful opponent he had encountered in so many years.
"If Fenshuiyuan is really broken and the food and fodder for the hundreds of thousands of troops is cut off, our army will undoubtedly be defeated. In order to prevent the Ming army from making detours, I proposed to withdraw the troops quickly and occupy the defense camp behind Fenshuiyuan. "
Amin looked back at the army formation that had begun to retreat, and shouted loudly, and then angrily ordered the entire army to retreat: "Ming Jin, the people left behind tell Mang Gurtai to cut off the rear."
"嗻..."
When Chen Cao saw that the person who came to see him was actually Zheng Zhilong, he was overjoyed. He pulled Zheng Zhilong and sighed from the bottom of his heart, and then asked about the process while the ministries were cleaning the battlefield.
It turned out that Zheng Zhilong's troops, who had cleared all the roads in southern Korea, encountered deserters from the defeated Korean army as soon as they arrived in Jianghua. He learned about the battle situation in Hanyang, so he made his own decision to provide timely reinforcements.
The warships under his command were unable to enter the inland waterway of the Han River. At this time, they encountered the fleeing fleet of Li Yan, so they conquered the fleet by force and galloped south from the Han River to Hanyang.
"Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life..."
Zheng Zhilong also lamented that if Chen Cao died in North Korea, he might have no choice but to take his fleet back to Fujian and become a pirate.
Chen Cao patted him on the shoulder: "You have contributed a lot to this battle. I will keep it in my heart."
"Your Majesty, this is Mang Gurtai's head."
Xin Zhao held his shiny head with rat tail braid in his hand: "Please give me your instructions..."
