Nikan was one of the best among the young generation of the Qing Dynasty in his bravery and proficiency in fighting, but he was far inferior to his predecessors in terms of scheming. In short, he was too young.
In his eyes, they were vulnerable, not even as good as Li Zicheng's thieves. Of course, in fact, the Ming army was really just like this during this period. Over time, it also formed a fixed image in his mind, even if it was kidnapped outside the pass not long ago. The eunuch was beaten into a pig's head, but he still thought that it was just the Ming army's return to glory and luck, relying on conspiracy and tricks to succeed. After all, in terms of strength, he was still a piece of paper!
Therefore, in the face of nearly 20,000 Ming army reinforcements, although Nikan dared to attack with only more than 2,000 cavalry and was sure of victory, in his eyes, these Ming troops were nothing more than a group of ants!
You are really too young, and youth comes with a price!
Everything is special, and the Ming army in this period is really not worth mentioning. There are very few soldiers and horses in the entire Ming Dynasty who can fight. Wu Sangui outside the pass, Zhou Yuji and Huang Degong inland, Qin Liangyu in Sichuan, other than that, they are all unworthy.
However, after the little eunuch was born, he spent several months of hard work. Although he failed to train an invincible army, as long as the soldiers who obeyed his command were swept away from the decadence of the past, they dared to Dare to fight!
Regardless of your fighting power, half the battle is won if you dare to fight and fight hard!
Among them were Jinwu Guards and Tengxiang Guards, two of the emperor's twenty-six personal guards.
The Tengxiang Guards are the most powerful veteran combat guards. The Jinwu Guards have traveled thousands of miles to participate in the Taiyuan Defense War in the past few months. Not long ago, they also participated in the Baoding Bandit Suppression War. They have also developed courage after seeing blood. Regardless of their combat strength and combat experience, they have already Not as good as any conventional army.
At this time, the two guards came for reinforcements. The scouts reported that there was a fierce battle in the east, fearing that Li Yan would be lost, so he ordered a rush to cross the river for rescue. Halfway through the troops, they saw a Qing army of about 2,000 people coming to kill them. The Tengxiang Guards who were the first to cross the river were led by Cheng. Ming was extremely angry and laughed: "How dare the Tatars humiliate me like this!"
The personal guards are the emperor's personal guards. They always have a higher eye than the top. Even if their combat power is average, they are still very arrogant. This is related to their origins, the royal guards!
This is the highest honor and the driving force to move forward. Therefore, every time they participate in a battle, the guards and soldiers will silently recite, it is related to the honor of the guards, only victory is allowed and no failure is allowed! Therefore, they worked hard every time they participated in the battle, fearing that Chang Yu's sarcastic words to inspire them would come true: You guys are not even as good as eunuchs!
How is it possible, we are the personal guards of the Ming Emperor! Taking the protection of the Zhu family dynasty as his own duty, he will kill the thieves and drive out the Tatars to defend his family and the country, and he will not hesitate to die even if he is shrouded in horse leather!
This is the brilliance of Chang Yu, he will encourage all the people to build their own sense of team honor! The stronger this sense of honor, the more unified the hearts of the people and the stronger their fighting power!
However, at this time, facing the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Ming Dynasty's personal guards, the Dog Tatars actually looked down upon us and only sent more than 2,000 soldiers and horses to fight. Several of the commanders of the personal guards felt too humiliated!
kill! Killing all these dog Tatars, there was almost no hesitation. Cheng Ming and other commanders personally led their troops to fight immediately. Although they had heard for a long time that the Tatars were strong and their personal guards had never fought against them, they were not timid at all. Thanks to Chang Yu’s various motivations over the past few months, and also due to these months of polishing, and more importantly, the pride in their hearts, Li Yan’s thieves were able to resist to this point undefeated. I, the Ming Dynasty’s personal guard Is it possible that it's not as good as him?
Nikan, who regarded the Ming army as weak ants, did not know that the people facing him were the Ming Emperor's personal guards. He did not know that these personal guards felt the humiliation and were about to tear him into pieces!
But he soon realized that he had underestimated the enemy and had made a mistake!
When Nikan led 2,000 cavalrymen and struck most of the Ming army across the river like a sharp axe, there was a clang. The Ming army did not fall apart like a dead tree as expected. Instead, it was as solid as a rock, and the fire almost broke the ax blade. Damn it!
So hard!
The two armies collided, and blood was everywhere. Almost at the same time, Nikan, Cheng Ming and others couldn't help but exclaimed. The opponent was so difficult. Nikan couldn't figure out whose soldiers and horses were these. Cheng Ming The others were secretly shocked. The Tatars were really powerful, incomparable to the thieves!
In Nikan's imagination, he led his cavalry and rushed away. The Ming army would be scattered in all directions, and the soldiers and horses on the other side that had not crossed the river would also be cut off. But when he rushed over, the Ming army not only did not disperse but surrounded them. When he came over, he thought he was a sharp axe, but he became a ball of rice in the eyes of the Ming army. He attracted a swarm of ants to surround him and bite him fiercely. He let him writhe left and right, but he could not get rid of these ants. And more and more!
It’s really hateful! Nikan's eyes were red: "Kill, kill them all!"
"Bite, bite them to death!" Cheng Ming was also roaring, Jie Jie sneered, let alone a rice ball, you are just a dung ball. For the glory of the Ming Dynasty's personal guards, I will turn into a dung beetle and eat you up!
Nikan was bitten by the Tengxiang Guards, and the Jinwu Guards behind him quickly crossed the river. When they got to the shore, they didn't come to help. They glanced at each other, raised their whips, and rushed toward the due east. The most important thing was to save Li Yan. As for this, Two thousand Qing troops were bitten by eight thousand Tengxiang Guards. No matter how fierce they were, they would not cause any trouble. If the Ming troops were afraid of battles, they would naturally be easily routed and defeated. But we are the Ming Emperor's Personal guards, if you dare to fight and kill, even if your fighting power is not as good as yours, there are so many of them!
There is no such thing as being powerful or not. It all comes down to whether you have the guts and whether you dare to do it!
In recent years, the Ming army has always been defeated by thieves and defeated by the Qing Dynasty. Even thousands of people have been killed by dozens or hundreds of others and fled in embarrassment. Is it really impossible to defeat them?
He is afraid of fighting, greedy for life and afraid of death!
Most people are afraid of death, but death is not the most terrifying thing! What's more, there is another way to survive, which is to risk death and survive! This is the case for Li Yanbu at the moment. The only way to survive is to move forward bravely!
But this way of survival is extremely difficult and dangerous. To survive from the Qing cavalry, which is known as the most powerful fighting force in the world, it is easy to negotiate peace! Li Yan's command was originally a bandit army, and the bandit army was very bad at fighting. Except for Li Zicheng and a few other direct line soldiers of the bandit leaders, the rest of the army was mediocre and not even as good as the Ming army. !
Nowadays, they have no advantage in military strength and are at a disadvantage. They have resisted several charges by the powerful Qing cavalry, all relying on their passionate survival instinct.
However, the disparity in strength was an insurmountable gap. Although Li Yan tried his best to fight the Qing army first, it was a pity that his successors were unable to be overwhelmed by the Qing army. When they were about to collapse, reinforcements arrived, and their morale suddenly rose. However, They were already exhausted, and although the Qing army was panicking, they struck harder because both sides knew that it was the most critical moment. If they did not kill the enemy in front of them, they would be in trouble later.
Although the Qing army withdrew two thousand troops, its offensive continued unabated or even became more intense. Li Yan's tribe retreated continuously and was finally defeated. However, in the end, your desire for survival made you defeated but not defeated. You were allowed to be hacked and killed by the Qing army and blood spattered ten steps. But they refused to escape and stared at them as if they were dead, because everyone understood psychologically that if they collapsed, the whole army would be wiped out. Even if they died in battle, their comrades would still have hope of living!
Oh my God! Li Yan, who had always been as stable as Mount Tai, saw his soldiers dying one after another under the sword of the Qing army. He couldn't help but wailed: "Even if I am a ghost, I should be the ghost who kills the Tatars. Brothers, Li Yan will live and die with you." !" After saying that, he will continue to fight with his injuries!
"General!" The soldiers around him grabbed him, looked at Zhengxi with an indescribable look on his face, and said with a smile that sounded like crying: "The reinforcements are here!"
arrive? Li Yan had just participated in the fierce fighting and saw countless of his subordinates killed in the battle. He was mentally and physically traumatized. He was in a daze. He was startled when he heard the words. He raised his eyes and looked to the west, only to see a black cloud rolling in front of him: "What's happening..."
"General, reinforcements are here," the soldiers around him shouted wildly. Li Yan finally came to his senses and couldn't help crying with grief and anger: "Finally, brothers, we survived!"
Survived!
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