On the south bank of the Wei River, from Dagukou City to the Hailu Pier and then to the Wei River Floating Bridge, the sound of gunfire roared and the sound of killings shook the sky!
Manchuria's Zhenghuang Banner Han Army's Majia Guantang was born in Pi Dao, and had served with many generals. However, he had no official luck, so he just wandered around as a big-headed soldier, and his life was always very difficult. After following Geng Zhongming and defecting to Manchuria as a fake Tatar, there was some improvement. He participated in several entrance battles, gained a lot of spoils, was allocated land in Liaodong, married a wife, and gave birth to children. Although his life was not comparable to that of the big traitors, it was still enjoyable.
This time I have another great opportunity to enter the pass from the dragon! He heard what the prince said, this time he entered the pass no longer to grab one and return, but to take control of the Central Plains, wipe out the bandits and the remaining Ming Dynasty, and from now on the Qing Dynasty would rule the world!
From now on, these traitors who followed the Zhenghuang Banner will be the founding heroes of the country and can retire with the Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, like other officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners Han Army, he entered Shanhaiguan with high morale. After Yi Yishi defeated the old camp of rogue bandits who "destroyed the Ming Dynasty", he had an exciting feeling that his great work was finally accomplished and good days were about to come.
It was like living in a dream all day long!
He has already planned that he will not live in Liaodong when he becomes the founding hero of the People's Republic of China. It is too cold and desolate, and there is nothing good to eat or do. He was going to Jiangnan to be an official... It would be best to settle down by the Qinhuai River in Nanjing, get a Qinhuai prostitute as a concubine, and live a good life like a master for a few days.
But now this sweet dream suddenly turned into a nightmare, and it was a hellish nightmare!
Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been dead for more than two hundred years, was actually reincarnated... The originally vulnerable Ming army did not know what magic was cast by this reincarnated Zhu Yuanzhang, but he was able to beat the real Tatars!
All the real Tatars in Manchuria were dead. How could he, a fake Tatar from the Han army, still live?
He pinched his cheek hard...it really hurt!
Why haven't you woke up from this nightmare?
"The prince has an order, anyone who takes a step back will be killed!"
The cow in front of him was already jumping to his feet and screaming.
The military law of the Eight Banners Soldiers is no child's play. If you say you want to kill them, you will definitely be killed! Not to mention one of his vests, Urok Zhangkyo’s head must be cut off even if it needs to be cut off!
So now he could only look forward to waking up from the nightmare soon, while gritting his teeth, he took out the arrows from the quiver and put it on the bow.
One or two hundred steps in front of him, the infantry of the right division of the new army that had just come out of Dagukou City were forming formation.
Because Zhu Cihong concentrated all the cavalry and artillery soldiers in the new army to overcome difficulties into the middle division, the left and right divisions were mainly infantry, with a small amount of cavalry, and no artillery or artillery.
The infantry of the new army to overcome difficulties is mainly composed of pikemen. There are as many as 40 pikemen in the 80-person flag team. Wu Guoyong pulled out three alliances in one breath. Nearly 2,000 spears formed three square formations, surrounded by sword soldiers and archers for support. It was really like a forest of spears, a wall of swords, and a rain of arrows!
As soon as the three phalanx formations composed of more than 4,000 Ming troops appeared, the fake Tatars under Geng Zhongming's legs weakened. There are few of them! Geng Zhongming brought five Niulu, one of whom drowned most of them in the Battle of the Floating Bridge, leaving four Niulu capable of fighting. He used two to hold down Duolong's formation, and the remaining two guarded the direction of Dagukou City.
It was enough... Eight hundred Tatars couldn't scare six or seven thousand Ming troops?
But now the Ming army in Dagukou City has seen through that they are fake Tatars, and they are coming out to cut off their heads to repay their merits - their Tatars are fake, but it takes a long time to shave their heads, and the heads of the real Tatars are different from those of real Tatars. There's no difference, it's already valuable!
Seeing the four to five thousand Ming troops leaving the city with great momentum, Guantangguan's vest almost cried: Don't come over here, we are Tatars! Aren't you afraid of the very ferocious Tatars...
Wu Guoyong didn’t believe it! How could you be real Tatars? How can a real Tatar be so cowardly? Let a group of fire rifle soldiers adapted from rogue bandits beat you violently? If they were so cowardly, the Qing Dynasty would have died long ago!
Thinking of this, Wu Guoyong suddenly had more courage than he could use up, and he loudly ordered: "I am sending an order, the Crown Prince will personally supervise the battle today. Only the Tatars will be killed and their heads will not be cut off!
Forward Association, take the lead! Zuo Xie, second team! Right Association, third formation! Beat the drums, march in! "
Only killing the enemy and not cutting off the heads is the rule of the new army in overcoming difficulties. Because the new army to overcome difficulties was not an army under the jurisdiction of the civilian governor, but directly under the jurisdiction of Prince Zhu. Zhu Cixiang is also a prince who can personally visit the front line. He can judge who has merit and who has achieved it. There is no need to count heads - a general cannot count heads before he is in battle!
In addition, there is an independent military legal system in the New Army to overcome difficulties. They are responsible for both law enforcement and merit evaluation.
Therefore, the new army's success in overcoming difficulties does not depend on counting their heads, so that their formation will be easier to maintain.
The drums were rumbling, and the Sanxie spearmen moved forward one after another, pressing towards the defense line composed of the two Niu Lu where Guantang was located.
"Shoot an arrow! Shoot an arrow quickly!"
Niulu Zhangjing's order rang in Guantang's ears. He and the other seven or eight hundred fake Tatars immediately opened their bows and fired arrows. They fired a shower of arrows at the Ming army's spear array, which was roaring to approach, knocking over a dozen or less twenty people. A Ming army.
Now...the Ming army's momentum is even higher! Because they were even more convinced that they had encountered fake Tatars. If the real Tatars were to shoot like that, they would have to shoot down forty or fifty people, right?
You fake Tatars are not good at martial arts, are you waiting to die?
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious! Wan Sheng..."
On the battlefield, there was thunderous cheers!
Seeing the cheering Ming troops coming like a tide, Guantang and other Zhenghuang Banner Han troops were so frightened that their hands and feet became weak and they could no longer shoot arrows.
How could this be the Ming army? They are obviously more ferocious than real Tatars!
Just when they were all frightened, a thunderous noise came from their left rear. This is another salvo fired by the fire gunners of the Central Division's Forward Association of the New Army to overcome difficulties!
These gun soldiers advanced against the arrows fired by two Niulu Han troops under Geng Zhongming's personal command. After paying the price of twenty or thirty casualties, they rushed to a distance of about forty steps away from these Han troops and fired a volley of volleys. Shoot - the reason why they opened fire at a distance of forty steps was not because Hao Yaoqi's gunmen did not dare to approach for fear of bows and arrows, but because Geng Zhongming's men saw five or six thousand Ming troops who were obviously abnormal and shouted "Taizu" Emperor Gao is reincarnated - Wan Sheng!" The slogans came loudly, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he retreated in confusion.
When Hao Yaoqi saw that the "fake Tatars" were about to run away, he had no choice but to ring the gong in advance and let his firecrackers open fire.
Because the firing distance was relatively long, the effect was not ideal, and only seventy or eighty people were knocked down. However, Geng Zhongming's men have completely collapsed. The real Tatars are all dead. They fake Tatars are still in trouble. Hurry up and escape!
Seeing that Geng Zhongming's side was defeated, what else could Guantang and the other fake Tatars hold on to? It's important to escape!
Faced with the collapse of the fake Tatars, Duolong, the first warrior in Manchuria, had no choice. Now there are more than 10,000 crazy Ming troops on the battlefield, and there is also a Ming prince suspected of being the reincarnation of Zhu Yuanzhang. More than 300 of the True Manchus under his command have been killed and wounded (the dead soldiers in the first formation were not all wiped out, and a few came back). The remaining 600 or so people are also frightened and even slapped. !
Retreat quickly!
So he did not stop the collapse of the Zhenghuang Banner Han army. Instead, he led a few hundred soldiers on flying horses to Geng Zhongming and said loudly: "Your Majesty, it's no longer possible. It's better to leave with the general!"
Geng Zhongming had already prepared to flee. At this time, he was already on horseback, surrounded by dozens of soldiers. Hearing Duolong's words, he just sighed deeply, cupped his hands and said, "Zhang Jing, the battle at Dagukou was not fought well, and they all blamed me for my incompetent command. After returning to Yongping, I went to apologize to the regent. ..."
Duolong thought to himself: This old guy is still on the road, but this battle was too miserable. He is really too embarrassed to see the regent!
Just as he was thinking of this, some red-armored Pegasus soldiers suddenly arrived in front of Duolong. Duolong was stunned when he saw them. These red-armored soldiers were sent to guard the battlefield by Duolong, but now they are running here with joy. Could something good have happened?
The war has gone so far, how can anything good happen?
"Zhang Jing, Your Majesty, our reinforcements have arrived!" One of the red-armored soldiers said, "There are about two to three thousand people, all wearing blue clothes and blue flags, they should be from the true blue flag!"
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