Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 562 Unlucky Old Gao 2
"King Chuang, the one wearing red leather is the Tianxiong Army!"

Lao Hui pointed back at the Tianxiong army's army and said to Gao Yingxiang.His expression was a bit ferocious, obviously he hadn't forgotten the shame of being completely wiped out by the Tianxiong Army on Daming Road two years ago.

Gao Yingxiang looked at the formation of the Tianxiong Army, and saw that the infantry phalanx was like an iron wall, no matter how cold the wind blows, even if a strong enemy comes from the wild, it would not move at all, while the cavalry wanted to move, but they were firmly held back Don't move.He pondered and said: "It is worthy of being a world-renowned strong army. There is no army comparable to this military discipline alone!"

A big black man beside Gao Yingxiang sneered: "What's the matter? No matter how strict the military discipline is, can it defeat our 30 troops!?" This is Li Zicheng, Chongzhen's destined nemesis.Li Zicheng had not joined the Peasant Army for a long time, but he was brave, resourceful, and made many military exploits. In just a few years, he gained a lot of fame in the Peasant Army and was known as the "breakthrough general".He didn't take Gao Yingxiang's words seriously. Isn't strict discipline a big deal?If you can win battles by relying on strict discipline, what else do you need to train? If you practice discipline every day, you will be fine!
Obviously, this man has not realized the importance of discipline to an army. He has to wait until he has suffered so much and was beaten as a bachelor commander by officers and soldiers several times. Military discipline, and finally captured Beijing and destroyed the Ming Dynasty.Of course, his good military discipline came to an end after he invaded Beijing, and the peasant army turned back into bandits, looting recklessly, causing anger and resentment, and finally completely ruining the hegemony he had built up with great difficulty.

Gao Yingxiang glanced at this confidant and beloved general, and said: "Don't underestimate the enemy!" Then he chuckled: "However, it is not unreasonable, no matter how strict his military discipline is, he will surely be defeated in the face of the impact of our 30 troops. The army was defeated. However, the Tianxiong army dared to leave the city and confront our army in the wild, it is still courageous."

Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Li Zicheng and other generals all laughed loudly.Old Hui couldn't help frowning, these guys have never suffered from the Tianxiong Army, so they don't know how difficult it is to deal with the Tianxiong Army.But he didn't say much, some things he couldn't understand no matter how they said them, they had suffered a lot, so they naturally understood.

The rogues are still coming in large numbers, seemingly endlessly.They looked a little crazy. They were stuck in Jingxing Mountain for more than half a year. They ate up all the food they could eat. Zhending Mansion obtained enough food and clothes without officers and soldiers besieging them. The cold and hunger alone could kill them all!The crazy expressions on the faces of these yellow and hungry rogues couldn't be more true to tell everyone: hungry people are not afraid of death!

The beads of sweat on Lin Guantian's forehead became denser, and he wiped away the sweat in the freezing cold: "This...these bandits have too many troops, can they win?"

Lu Xiangsheng laughed: "A mob is always a mob, no matter how many troops there are, they are still a mob."

Lin Guantian settled down a bit, and asked, "Then do you want to persuade them to surrender?"

Lu Xiangsheng said: "According to their momentum, whoever persuades them to surrender will die. It's not too late to persuade them after the fight." After speaking, he slowly raised his right hand.

On the artillery position, more than 30 cannons had already been loaded, and the artillery commander shouted: "Fire!"

The torch was brought closer, and the fuse at the breech of the gun began to hiss and smoke.For a moment, bang bang bang!A burst of continuous gunfire overwhelmed the neighing of the rogues. More than 30 cannons were fired one after another. Shot balls weighing several kilograms roared out of the muzzles, pulled out a parabola, and smashed hard at the rogues.These gunners are all from the Denglai rebels. They have received very strict artillery training, and their actual combat experience is not bad. In addition, the lethality of the shells was enhanced. The shot ball smashed into the middle of the bandits with powerful kinetic energy. Dozens of bloody alleys were plowed out in the middle of the crowd.

Gao Yingxiang was a little stunned: "Is this the beginning?" Ordinarily it would not be so fast, the generals of the officers and soldiers should come up to scold him, understand him with reason, and move him with affection, hoping that he will correct his evil and turn to the right, put down the butcher knife, and talk until his tongue is dry It's dry, it's true that you start fighting when you can't be persuaded, there's no reason to fire as soon as you meet!But if you think about it, tens of thousands of people are pouring in like a torrent. If it were him, he would strike first to see if he could catch the opponent by surprise and create chaos. It can only be completely submerged by the rogues using human sea tactics.

Another round of shells hit, and the rogues were killed and injured again.Compared to tens of thousands of people, this casualty is actually not even a drop in the bucket, but being bombarded blindly by artillery in this way is still very damaging to morale. No, looking at the tragic scene of blood and flesh flying everywhere, listening to the terrible With extreme screams, the bandit's forward pace involuntarily slowed down, and the rushing momentum came to an abrupt stop.

Gao Yingxiang yelled: "Old Huihui, Hongji, give it to me! Take those cannons down for me!"

Lao Huihui and Li Zicheng came out in response, and each led two thousand cavalry to rush towards the artillery position.The artillery commander sneered: "Looking for death! Change to high-explosive bombs!"

The gunner opened the shell box and took out a semicircular warhead from inside. A wooden bullet holder was nailed to the back, and a high-explosive shell with a wooden fuse was inserted in the center of the warhead, and he quickly loaded it into the barrel.Soon, the loading was completed, and the Rogue cavalry was already 400 meters away.The commander gave a stern order, and more than thirty high-explosive bombs pierced through the flames and smashed towards the rogue cavalry.There were clusters of frightening flames, loud explosions, shrapnel sawdust and steel balls filled inside the shells splashed out, killing and wounding the menacing rogue cavalry!

I'm going to gnash my teeth all the time.Damn it, where did the Tianxiong Army get so many flower bombs, and the power was unheard of!He raised his saber high and roared loudly: "Rush over! Rush over and kill these damned gunners!"

The rogue cavalry were a little flustered after being bombarded by a round of shelling, but seeing Lao Huihui charging ahead, they calmed down again and rushed behind.They all know that retreating now is definitely not a good idea. Retreating will only give the gunners a chance to reload and aim calmly, and blow up their corpses all over the place.Fortunately, the cannons were reloading slowly, and they didn't know how long it would take before firing a round. Before the gunners reloaded the cannonballs, they were safe, and they roared sharply and charged forward!

The artillery commander called: "Change the shot! Change the shot!"

The gunners were in a hurry, first stuffing a pack of cotton wrapped in silk into the barrel, and then stuffing a pack of steel balls into it.One of the great advantages of using gun cotton as propellant is that there is very little residue, and it is okay to fire several shots in a row without clearing the chamber, which saves a lot of time. The well-trained gunners loaded the bullets as quickly as possible, inserted the fuse, At this time, the arrows shot by the bandit cavalry also fell on the artillery position, so fast!
Boom boom boom!

There was another series of violent cannons, and the steel balls swept over like rain and fog, forming a fiery dead line at the intersection of [-] meters. The cavalry who touched this dead line were instantly beaten into hornet's nests, and even shattered, splashing blood A blood mist condensed in the air, and it was extremely tragic. The rogue cavalry were all terrified, and their positions were in chaos!

Zu Dabi raised his ax and shouted: "Follow me!" He took the lead and rushed towards the bandit cavalry.Those Mongolian cavalrymen were getting impatient for a long time. They shouted and waved their sabers as soon as they got the order, and swept towards the rogue cavalry like a storm on the prairie. The high-carbon steel sabers shone with a chilling light. .The rogue cavalry, who had been knocked out of their bodies by a round of shotgun shells, was shocked, and the Mongolian cavalry swept over. At this moment, they all felt the bone-chilling chill when the cold wave hit, the saber was swung, blood splashed everywhere, and they turned their backs on their backs. , I don’t know how many people were knocked down by the Mongolian cavalry in a face-to-face encounter. Anyway, where these devils swept, there were basically no people who could still ride on horseback!

Gao Yingxiang gasped, when did the surname Lu train such a powerful cavalry?Judging by their number, there are at most 2000 people, right?Two thousand beat four thousand, one face to face pierced his four thousand cavalry, and then turned back, there was a tendency to eat all the four thousand cavalry, terrible!Of course, he won't let these Mongolian cavalrymen get what they want. These cavalrymen are all his darlings. If you eat up four thousand at once, how can I play?
The command flag was waved, and Liu Zongmin led [-] heavy cavalry to rush over with one stroke of his spear. First, crush these hateful Mongolian light cavalry to pieces!
The so-called heavy cavalry is of course not the kind of iron cans in Europe where both men and horses are wrapped in thick plate armor. Gao Yingxiang does not have such skills, nor does he have such financial resources.His heavy cavalry is nothing more than cavalry with relatively complete armor and strong defensive capabilities. It is far from the invulnerability level of armored heavy cavalry, but for officers and soldiers who can't even eat enough, such an assault The power is already devastating.No, six thousand heavy cavalry came rolling in, and the ground rumbled like a war drum beating wildly. The momentum was so terrifying that the guards and squad soldiers of Zhending Mansion screamed and dropped their weapons Just run away, even though the target of these thousands of heavy riders is not them!As they ran away, the Tianxiong Army's phalanx was inevitably washed away and their flags were in disarray, so they had to retreat.They are not afraid of opponents who are like wolves, but they are afraid of teammates who are like pigs. Now they are running into such a group of pig teammates. What can they do?
Gao Yingxiang was stunned for a moment again, pointing at the banner of the Tianxiong Army that moved back messily, he laughed loudly: "I thought they were so powerful, but they are just some ostentatious ostentation!"

Tian Jianxiu also laughed loudly: "Don't say it, they really look alike, we were almost bluffed by them!"

Gao Yingxiang looked greedily at the large piece of brightly colored flags that were moving quickly towards Qingfengdian, and said: "Although these officers and soldiers are all ostentatious, their equipment is really good. If they can be captured, it will greatly strengthen the strength of our rebel army." strength."

Tian Jianxiu said: "The last general will go and capture those equipments for King Chuang!"

Gao Yingxiang said: "I will deal with them myself! I heard that the Tianxiong Army is the strongest army in the Ming Dynasty. I want to see how strong the strongest army in the Ming Dynasty is!" Cavalry and a large number of infantry came out in response, and the overwhelming army of the sky overwhelmed them.

At this time, on the other side of the battlefield, there was a mournful cry from among the Mongolian cavalry: "Defeated! Defeated!" With this cry, all the Mongolian cavalry who were fighting fiercely were shocked, and they left the battlefield with a whoosh, and their four horseshoes flew up and down. , fled.Their charge just now killed and wounded five or six hundred bandit cavalry, how could the bandit cavalry let them go easily?The old man was still hesitating, but Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin roared and led their respective cavalry to chase after him!
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Tianxiong Army fired a volley of guns to knock down a group of rogue bandits, and retreated at a faster speed.Now they are in a bit of a hurry, and the army formation is becoming more and more chaotic. At the beginning, some people tried to drag the cannon away, but soon everyone gave up this unrealistic plan, and the gunners were the first to run away. In this way, more than 30 cannons were thrown to the rogues.

Gao Yingxiang took the artillery positions almost effortlessly.He jumped down, turned around in front of each gun position, and even reached out to touch the cold cannon body, um, smooth, too smooth, these cannons are so well made, he has never heard of them, if they are used well, they can It's a pity to resist thousands of troops, but in the hands of those officers and soldiers, even the best equipment is useless.

If he had any doubts about the defeat of the officers and soldiers before, then after capturing so many cannons, the last doubts were dispelled.Officers and soldiers can feign defeat and act, but these dozens of cannons cannot be faked. Just to lure the enemy, throwing down dozens of such excellent cannons, Chongzhen will kill those generals!It seems that the Tianxiong Army is just a show that is not useful. It defends in Jingxing Mountain and still fights decently. It will fail when it comes to the Great Plains!
The Tianxiong army dropped a large number of flags, armor, swords and even rations while retreating. The rogues chased after them while picking up the spoils. Tens of thousands of elites rushed towards Qingfengdian.

There, it was the cemetery that Lu Xiangsheng had prepared for them.

(End of this chapter)