Chaohua Taiji was already bleeding from his heart.
Of the 12,000 troops he brought, first more than 4,000 were intercepted by the Ming Navy in the river before they could even get ashore. Now their lives and deaths are unknown - well, this is a self-comfort statement. In fact, it is estimated that most of them are Some of them just feed the bastard.
Then he was harassed back and forth by Ma Dong and Ma Chengen with two cavalrymen. Ma Dong was okay and harassed him, but Ma Chengen was extremely dishonest. Not only did he harass him, he also always had other ideas. The ghost tried to kill more people, but Chaohua, who did not dare to divide his troops, went to all the trouble. When he finally looked at his own army, he found that he had lost eight hundred if not one thousand.
Originally, I thought of concentrating the landing force, but after being busy for nearly an hour, I found that there were only five or six thousand people around me at the beginning. When I decided to give up playing cat and mouse with Ma Dong and Ma Chengen, there were still five or six thousand people around me. It was like seeing a ghost.
Chaohua Taiji had no choice but to give up. There might still be a few hundred people scattered around the beach, but he could no longer care about it and led the five or six thousand people already around him to break through.
However, the breakthrough was not smooth. Although the trees in this small hilly area were not tall, they still hindered the cavalry from running quickly, so they could only choose an area with the gentlest terrain to break through.
This is a long and narrow area similar to a mountain valley. If the mountains on both sides were higher, it would be an excellent place for an ambush. However, it was only surrounded by small hills, so Chaohua was not worried about being ambushed.
However, although he is not afraid of ambush, it does not mean that he can ignore the bombardment.
The mountains and valleys were under bombardment, and there was nowhere to run. Everyone could only gamble their lives, even Chaohua Taiji himself was no exception.
Fortunately, Chaohua Taiji seemed to be alive. In addition, although the first round of cannons hit far enough, because it was autumn, there had just been autumn rains a few days ago, and the ground was not very hard. These shots were fired from a distance. It is difficult for solid shells to ricochet, and their lethality is relatively limited. Those killed are all unlucky ones, and Chaohua Taiji is not one of them.
But when he led his troops through a strange "grassless zone", he found that the artillery fire on the opposite side was much more intense, the speed of the artillery shells falling to the ground increased greatly, and they did not seem to be of the same category as the previous artillery shells.
That means that you are not far from the opponent's main position or line of defense, so the Ming army's old artillery fire with insufficient range can also be effective.
Chaohua Taiji no longer considered saving horsepower at this moment and directly ordered to accelerate.
He wanted to break the encirclement in one fell swoop, and then find a way to withdraw to the Liaohe Hetao territory.
At this moment, the range of the Ming Army's Crouching Tiger Artillery was indeed limited. Chaohua Taiji just went around a bend in a mountain valley and discovered a Ming Army infantry team of about 1,500 people standing in front.
Chaohua Taiji was overjoyed and secretly said: God help me! The Ming army was small in number, so it happened to break through the formation in one fell swoop!
"Warriors of the Chaohua Department!" Chaohua Taiji shouted loudly: "Defeat this Ming army that is seeking death, and we can go home!"
"go home!"
"go home!"
Chaohua Taiji wiped the blood on his face, raised his saber high, and shouted: "Follow me... charge into the battle!"
He pointed his scimitar forward, and his cavalry rolled forward. However, Chaohua Taiji was a lot more cautious this time. He did not rush to the front immediately, but "sited in the middle army" and moved forward with the largest central army.
Zhang Wanbang had already come down from the hill and was standing in the middle of the army to command.
The Ming army was infantry, and of course they would not take the initiative to avoid disrupting the formation. These Gao family infantry and Zhang Wanbang's servants had already formed their formation. According to the requirements in the Wanli One-Style Drill Code, all the first rows inserted their bayonets and rifles. Tuo stood on the ground, the tip of the knife tilted upward and placed in a bayonet formation.
The Wanli Type 1 muskets in the second row were all ready for use. As the cavalry of the Chaohua Department entered one hundred and fifty steps, they raised their guns and began to aim at Zhang Wanbang's order. When they entered the hundred steps, with Zhang Wanbang's shout "Ready-", all the servants' right index fingers were on the trigger.
At eighty paces, Zhang Wanbang shouted angrily: "Let go!"
"Bang bang bang" a series of gunshots rang out, and more than 30 people from the front cavalry of the Chaohua cavalry fell off their horses, which shocked the Chaohua in the rear.
When he fought Ma Dong and Ma Chengen just now, due to the speed of both sides, he didn't have time to pay attention to the efficiency of the wave of free fire before the opponent approached, but now he can experience it.
Because what he had to face was not just this round of volleys. Fang Ming's army was well-trained far beyond Chaohua Taiji's expectations. After the first round of shooting, he only had a few breaths of time before the third one came. The second row of shooters stepped forward and soon fired another volley.
And then came the third round, the fourth round...
Less than a hundred steps away, the opponent actually fired four rounds of volleys, which caused Chaohua Taiji to directly destroy the most elite group of warriors in the forward group, whose number had exceeded a hundred.
Although the Mongols were all soldiers, there was obviously a difference between elite cavalry and ordinary cavalry. The first batch of elite cavalry actually suffered hundreds of casualties in a single encounter, which shocked the cavalry in the rear and made them feel a little ominous in their hearts.
But Chaohua shouted: "Continue to charge and defeat the Ming army!"
Finally, despite such casualties, they rushed to the front of the formation, which was just over twenty steps away. Of course, they could not retreat at this time, otherwise all their previous efforts would be wasted.
Continuing to charge into the formation is the only way to stir up Taiji at this moment, and it is indeed his choice.
However, the opponent's Ming army not only did not flee, but even the formation did not change. The soldiers in the front row squatted and stood with their swords facing forward. They only held the bayonets firmly and fixed them, while the soldiers in the back row The Ming army didn't know where they got a rectangular wooden shield to protect the first row of soldiers and his own head.
While Chaohua Taiji was wondering what kind of strange behavior this was, the soldiers from the third row of the Ming army suddenly threw a "stone" forward - of course it was not a stone, but two small bowls that were closed with their mouths facing each other. Small and large grenades.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
This time, instead of a round of dozens of casualties, this wave of grenade explosions at close range directly killed and injured at least two to three hundred cavalrymen of the Chaohua Department who rushed not far from the front of the formation. The cavalrymen behind them They were all frightened and either reined in their horses or turned their horses' heads to avoid them.
Suddenly, the flower speculation department was in chaos.
For the charge, a decrease in speed almost means failure, not to mention such a standstill?
Chao Hua Taiji felt as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water from head to toe in the middle of winter. His heart felt cold, but he immediately shouted hysterically and madly: "Come on, rush on, why stop! Come on, I'm here for Taiji." No matter what the cost! Come to me!"
At this moment, he himself was already going crazy. He no longer cared about the danger of the front line. He raised his saber and rushed out first.
The cavalry of the Chaohua Department rushed over when they saw their Taiji. They didn't dare to hesitate, or they didn't even think about it. They rushed over again. Although the distance was too close, it was too late to continue to accelerate, but they still found it. A little bit more aggressive.
Zhang Wanbang sneered in the formation: "You are not even as good as Xin Ai, but you dare to show off your power in front of me? Send an order and give them another..."
"Brother Sanxi!" Ma Chengen's voice suddenly came from the hill in front of Zhang Wanbang's left: "You used a thousand and five infantry to attack five thousand Tatar cavalry without retreating even half a step. This is already a great achievement that is famous all over the world. Well, why not let your brother do this little thing for you?"
Zhang Wanbang looked over there and saw that Ma Chengen's cavalry had taken advantage of going downhill to rush into the formation. Although Ma Chengen himself was talking to him, his eyes were fixed on the fallen Crazy fried flower Taiji.
Zhang Wanbang's heart moved, he swallowed back the unfinished order, and then said: "Just hold on to the bayonet array."
In fact, the war horses of the Chaohua Department were affected by the sound of the river when they first landed, and they fought fiercely for more than an hour. They were frightened by several bursts of artillery fire and grenades, and they did not dare to face the bright bayonet array. The formation's plan will not succeed at all. As long as Zhang Wanbang can stabilize the front and prevent it from collapsing, there will be no danger.
On the other side, Ma Chengen rushed down quickly and slanted into the Chaohua formation, aiming directly at Chaohua Taiji himself: "Chief Chaohualu, don't you want to fight with me? Yuzhou Ma Chengen is here!"
Chaohua Taiji's mind was in confusion. He saw Ma Chengen rushing forward, but he just subconsciously swung the knife, showing no threat at all.
Ma Chengen saw the situation early, and with a thought in his heart, he originally slashed the killing knife towards Chaohua's neck. Suddenly, the blade turned and slapped Chaohua's face with the blade. Chaohua Taiji was almost beaten. His face was full of flowers, his vision went dark, and he fell head over heels.
The servants around Ma Chengen immediately forced back the Mongolian cavalry who came to rescue the fried flowers. Ma Chengen glanced at the unconscious fried flower Taiji, laughed and said: "Bitch thief, did you ever think of it before coming to Liaonan?" Will it happen today? Come here and tie me up!"
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