Waves of Qing army cavalry wearing double layers of heavy armor, wielding dense layers of spears, were dazzling with dazzling light under the afternoon sun.
They shouted unscrupulously and formed a formation to rush towards the Ming army's formation.
The Tatars riding at the front, armed with swords, shields and axes, were the most elite Baya La soldiers and Gebusxi soldiers of each banner. They were specialized in dealing with the spears and horses of the Ming army and were capable of breaking through formations. Elite soldiers.
Behind them, there were layers upon layers of heavy Qing troops. They were holding lances about ten feet long, rolling with iron hooves, ready to move.
The fierce battle lasted only a moment. Before the heavy cavalry of the Qing army had time to launch a charge, the Ming army's sword and shield soldiers and spearmen in the sharp formation were forced to retreat.
Even if the Ming army's sword and stick hands and big stick hands came up behind the shield formation, they could not change this situation. It seemed that the Shanhai navy was destined to be defeated today and could no longer change it.
Ma Zhiyong also knew that the infantry had exhausted too much energy just to prevent the retreating troops from charging into the formation. Now, under the pressure of the Qing army's heavy cavalry, they were extremely nervous and timid, and naturally unable to fight anymore.
Just when he got on his horse and wanted to lead his servants to charge forward and kill them for a while, so as to relieve some pressure on the infantry, for some reason there were roars from behind, and then there was a noisy chaos.
Before he could send anyone to check, he saw an infantry rushing towards him and loudly reported: "General Ma, something bad has happened..."
Ma Zhiyong asked in a deep voice: "Why are you so alarmed? Answer me properly."
The infantryman took a few breaths, calmed down a little, and then replied: "Report to General Ma, after... the army camp roared, grabbed the door to escape the camp and... left.
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Ma Zhiyong's heart sank suddenly when he heard this, and asked: "The Tatars just launched the attack, why did the rear camp collapse first?"
"Back to the general, the rear camp was safe and sound, but I don't know which bandit shouted, 'Tatars attacked the camp, Commander Ma has fled, we are defeated, run for your life.'
His shout immediately caused a chaos in the back camp, and everyone rushed out of the door. "
Ma Zhiyong heard this and said secretly: "It's over, it's all over."
Previously, he also knew that his camp would definitely not be able to hold on, but he still had to think more about the soldiers in the army, so he worked hard to organize resistance. He only hoped that he could hold on until the reinforcements arrived, help share some of the pressure, and perhaps save the entire army. The end of collapse.
However, at this moment, the main barracks also suffered the same fate as the left wing camp. Before the slaves, thieves and cavalry could launch a strong attack, they collapsed internally and were defeated.
In fact, Mako's main barracks can still block a block of Tatars. It is not impossible to fight. They also have more than 3,000 or nearly 4,000 soldiers, including hundreds of servants and elite cavalry. The number is two thousand.
Moreover, there are more tanks, artillery, and muskets than He Youren's left-wing battalion. If the military morale is stable and well-organized, even under a strong Tatar attack, they may not be defeated.
Unfortunately, when Ma Ke saw the reinforcements arriving, he was so eager that he went to greet them personally regardless of the safety of the camp. This made the soldiers in the rear thought that the front was defeated, and the general fled in panic.
Of course, Ma Ke may not have any intention of escaping from danger. He heard that Bai Guangen's troops had opened the west stone gate passage and was leading his troops to come for help. He hurried to greet them. The main reason was that he was afraid that his camp would be unsafe.
If the general is like this, how can he blame the soldiers for misunderstanding?
But the rear camp gave up, and the front camp did not know it at this moment. They were still under the threat of Shangguan and persisted in resisting the Tatar attack.
The war horses screamed and were repeatedly knocked to the ground by the spears and spears of the Ming army. The spears and spears of the Ming army were also broken one by one under the pressure of the heavy cavalry.
The infantry of the Ming army who lost their spears and guns were kicked away or trampled by the Tatar horses one after another, or were provoked by their lances, and were finally trampled into pools of blood and flesh by the rolling cavalry. .
Many of the Tatars who came riding on horseback fell off their horses. Although they were heavily armored, it was difficult to be injured by ordinary swords. However, the Ming army also had heavy axes, hammers and other heavy troops in the formation. As long as they were hit, it didn't matter how thick they were. The armor is destined to be difficult to survive.
What's more, the Tatars know their own people, but the horses they ride cannot distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. The beast doesn't care who you are, as long as you are under his feet, you will trample on it without fail. There are not a few Tatars who have been trampled to death by their own horses. .
However, waves of heavily armored Qing cavalry came rushing towards them. Shengsheng broke through several gaps in the shield formation of Mako's main barracks and charged directly into the formation. They were not willing to fight, and wanted to break in quickly and divide the Ming army so that they could defeat them one by one.
Those dead soldiers in the Qing army, as well as the Baya soldiers holding swords and shields and wearing two or even three layers of heavy armor, were their nemesis in addition to the firearms of the Ming army shooting at close range.
Otherwise, it would be like an invincible tank, clashing back and forth in the Ming army formation, almost unstoppable!
They either rode on horseback or dismounted and fought on foot. All of them were skilled in swordsmanship and powerful. The infantry in Shanhaiguan's main barracks could hardly resist. The spears and spears in their hands were either cut off or knocked away.
These Tatar heavy armored infantry were rampaging, and the Ming army's shield array was smashed and rushed away. It was twisted and completely useless. The spearmen and spearmen behind them, without the protection of the shield array, were in the Tatar Among the heavily armored figures intertwined, most of them had their limbs flying around and died on the spot.
After they tore open the openings in the Ming army's sword, shield and spear formations, wherever they went, blood splattered, brains gushed out, and limbs flew around. The Ming army retreated one after another, as if they were encountering ghosts.
Behind them, waves of Qing troops rushed towards them, shouting and cavalry. In just a blink of an eye, the sharp formation of Mako's barracks was broken by the Tatars, and the infantry defense line completely collapsed.
His Chinese army general Ma Zhiyong rode on a war horse. Seeing that the main barracks was about to collapse, he felt anxious. He took off his big gun and roared: "Brothers, it is only a few hundred miles from Jinzhou to Shanhaiguan. I If they retreat today, the Tatars will be able to attack Shanhaiguan tomorrow.
At that time, your wives and children will be kidnapped, used as cattle and horses as slaves, and subjected to all kinds of humiliation. How can you endure it? "
"Can't...can't bear it..."
Ma Zhiyong shouted loudly: "How can you tolerate your wife and daughter becoming the playthings of the Tatars, and your son changing his caste to a Tatar caste, with a money rat tail tied to his head?"
"I can't bear it..."
Ma Zhiyong was very satisfied when he saw that the anger of the soldiers had been aroused, but he wanted to light another fire. He continued to roar: "If you don't kill a Tatar today, how can you have the face to see Jiuquanzhi?" The ancestors and ancestors of the descendants?
Which of you doesn't have a bloody feud with the Tatars? The hatred of taking away his wife? Revenge for killing your father? Sign up today! "
"Revenge... revenge..."
The anger of the cavalry was completely ignited. Ma Zhiyong was very satisfied when he saw that the soldiers' morale could be used. He raised his gun and shouted: "Brothers, listen to my order and follow me to kill the slaves!"
"...Kill the slaves...Kill the slaves...Kill the slaves..."
He took the lead and rode out. The soldiers were now determined to fight the Tatars, so they naturally had no scruples. They all roared in unison and rushed towards the Tatars.
Although there were only less than two thousand elite cavalry, everyone was so angry that they galloped wildly, and the momentum was astonishing.
Sure enough, the Tartar knights, who were still invincible, were frightened by the roar. Just as they were stunned, Ma Zhiyong led his knights to rush forward.
The two sides had no time to say hello to each other, so they fought against each other.
There is an ancient saying that "a sad soldier will win", and the elite cavalry of Shanhai Town led by Ma Zhiyong are no different from the sad soldiers now. They are all filled with anger and are ignited. Now everyone is brave and has long forgotten life and death.
With this anger, coupled with the fact that they have been resting in the middle of the army, they have just joined the battle, and their physical strength is at its peak, they are naturally braver than the Tatars who have been fighting for a long time.
Amidst bursts of explosions of three-eyed muskets, the Tatar cavalry also continued to retreat. Their originally fierce offensive was immediately frustrated, and they actually retreated until they were outside the chariot defense line.
Ma Zhiyong's original intention was not to lead the cavalry and really die here. He just wanted to push the Tatars back to give the infantry some breathing space to reorganize the army.
In this way, perhaps more soldiers will survive. After all, the Jizhen reinforcements are right in front of them, and reinforcements can arrive in an instant. At that time, they may be able to resist the Tatar attack.
But he thought wrong. Maybe his idea was correct, but the reality did slap him hard!
The infantry were completely defeated under the attack of the Tatars. They were all dead and wounded crying for their fathers and mothers, and they had no power to fight back.
But when they saw Ma Zhiyong leading the cavalry to charge forward and push back the Tatar cavalry, they did not form a formation to defend themselves under the shouts of the officers, but continued to flee backwards in confusion.
Some of the more daring infantrymen turned around and grabbed the horses left behind by the Tatars, and even worse, they even directly snatched the horses of their own cavalry.
In order to escape faster, the frightened infantrymen disowned their relatives.
In order to get the horses, they yelled and insulted each other, and even fought with swords. Their own brothers fought, regardless of whether they were cavalry or not.
Ma Zhiyong sat on his horse and watched all this, his whole body was stunned on the spot.
These soldiers he fought to protect to the death were so unbearable that he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "I will die too!"
"General, leave quickly. I'll protect you and fight out. If we find a horse commander, we may not be able to make more achievements!" One of Ma Zhiyong's confidants rode up to him. He grabbed the reins of Ma Zhiyong's war horse and said eagerly Said.
The elite servants and cavalrymen who had just fought back the Tatar cavalry with their bravery all gathered around Ma Zhiyong nervously, and couldn't help but persuade him to go look for Marshal Ma together.
Looking at the Tatar cavalry who had just retreated, they were swarming in from all directions, especially the Mongolian light cavalry on the north and south sides. They were also approaching. They fired waves of arrows from their cavalry, still threatening the infantry who had not fled far. It's very big.
People kept falling to the ground covered in blood, and some foot soldiers panicked and ran to the horses of the Mongolian cavalry. They were chased by them, and finally died tragically under the iron hoofs of the Beibei war horses.
At this time, most of the thousands of men and horses in the main barracks had been defeated. They were running around to escape, but no one dared to turn around and kill the slaves, nor did they care about their Shangguan officers.
Ma Zhiyong still had less than 400 Ma Ke servants and nearly a thousand elite cavalry beside him. There were originally nearly 2,000 elite cavalry, but in the fierce battle just now, although they killed the Tatar cavalry, he also lost more than 200. knight.
He couldn't help but think to himself: "At the critical moment, we still have to rely on these servants Ding Ruiqi. The money and food that the commander usually pays finally paid off today!"
However, Ma Zhiyong then thought again. Since everyone had no fighting spirit and the performance of the infantry had chilled Ma Zhiyong's heart, he helplessly shouted loudly: "My sons, follow me and fight out. Let's go find Ma Shuai." , Tou Ji Town, Bai Zong’s barracks.”
He couldn't think too much at the moment, reined in his horse, looked around, and said to everyone: "You can't go to the east, the Northern captives are about to encircle you. Let's go north first, there are not many Northern captives over there, fight out , let’s rush east again.”
With the joint efforts of a group of servants and elite cavalry, Ma Zhiyong's team of men and horses successfully rushed out. They turned around in the north and ran eastward.
As far as the eye can see from all sides, there are Qing armored cavalry, and they seem to be coming from all over the mountains and plains.
At this point, the strongest main and left wing battalions in Shanhai Town had been completely defeated. Their two battalions accounted for almost half of the troops in Shanhai Town.
The only remaining ones are the commander-in-chief Hu Zhongxin, who has more than a thousand men and horses, who are relatively capable of fighting. And those two battalions of guerrillas are probably really guerrillas. You don’t know where they are when the battle starts, but once the battle is over Appear immediately.
Of course, the most tragic thing was the thousands of civilians and soldiers who followed the two battalions. It seemed that the whole world was still echoing with their cries and howls.
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Wu Sangui was riding on a high ground. His face was ashen as he looked at the Jizhen army and horses fleeing from the west. This battle happened under his eyes.
From the engagement to the defeat of the entire battalion, it was so short and cruel!
Wu Sangui had just broken through the Qing army's defense line in Shimen Mountain, but he did not advance to Pingchuan at the northern foot of Shimen Mountain immediately.
Compared with other generals from various towns, Wu Sangui was considered a man of strategy. He knew clearly that the victory on Shimen Mountain was just the beginning.
On the plains at the northern foot of Shimen Mountain, there must be a more dangerous battle waiting for him, so he was not in a hurry to kill from Shimen Mountain. Instead, he cleared the battlefield on the mountain so that the soldiers could simply use some dry food and recover. About to run out of energy.
After that, each battalion was arranged to move in batches to the plain area at the northern foot of Shimen Mountain. The first priority of each battalion after descending the mountain was to securely set up camp in case of any eventuality.
It was not until all four battalions of soldiers and horses under his command were encamped that he led his elite troops to the west. Until this time, Tang Tong's soldiers and horses, who had captured the East Shimen early, had not yet appeared in everyone's sight.
He had been standing on this high hill, observing the battle between Ji Town soldiers and Tatar bandits in the distance.
The elite soldiers of Ningyuan Town have just formed their formation and are preparing to continue marching westward to join the battle and rescue Bai Guangen's troops in Ji Town.
But at this moment, I saw that for some unknown reason, after a commotion in the Jizhen camp, the entire camp collapsed and fled eastward under the pursuit of the Tatar bandit cavalry.
