Nanming Engineer

Chapter 291 The Loyalty Battalion Arrives

Liu Yun led two thousand cavalry and suddenly appeared from behind Li Maozu. He beat the Qing army by surprise like a ghost. Because of the defense against the Ming army in the front, the Qing army's phalanx was dominated by long weapons in the front, while those behind them were basically Archer.

The sprint speed of the cavalry was astonishingly fast, and it was already too late to re-arrange.

"Lanceman! The spearman and the shield hand turn in half!" Li Maozu was in a hurry. He urged his horse to turn around, looking at both sides, and shouted desperately: "Archer shoots arrows! Shoots arrows!"

The archers were at a loss, not knowing which way to shoot with their bows and arrows. In a hurry, some sparse wolf-fang arrows flew out, with little accuracy, and how could they stop the charge of the elite cavalry of the Kuizhou Army.

Facing the cavalry at close range, feeling the earth-shaking impact and shocking visual effect is not something ordinary people can resist. Although the Qing soldiers have strict military discipline, the bad nature of the original Ming army is still clearly revealed at the critical moment of life and death.

I don't know who was the first to drop the weapon in his hand, left the army formation without looking back, and fled desperately towards the wilderness on both sides, and immediately led the second and third people to follow. The frightened sheep attacked by the wolves, more people began to break up and run away,

"Hold on, hold on!" Li Maozu yelled loudly: "If you disperse, you will die faster, and if you gather together, you will survive! Military judge! Military judge! Enforce military law!"

He yelled for a long time before the soldiers around him hurriedly answered him: "My lord, the military judge has escaped!"

Li Maozu heard the reputation and looked over, and saw his trusted military judge, who was indeed riding on a horse, with his head shrunk and running in front of the fleeing soldiers.

And his own phalanx, like a sand tower washed by running water, keeps shrinking and collapsing, except for a small group of soldiers closely surrounding him, it has no shape.

The Ming army rushing from the city of Xinhua had already arrived in front of the Qing army. Li Dingguo, who was in the shape of a "person", held a round shield for body protection in his left hand, a spear in his right hand, and controlled the horse with both legs. He chose a gap in the military formation that was exposed by the fleeing soldiers, and rode his horse into it.

Some of the Qing troops here have fled and some are turning back. They are in chaos and are the weakest point in the entire phalanx.

The long spear is the standard hook and sickle spear of the Kuizhou Army. The tip of the spear is extremely sharp. Quickly passed between the necks of a Qing soldier on the right, a cloud of blood sprayed up, and the horse under his crotch was like a battering hammer, knocking the two Qing soldiers away head-on, and the two vomited blood. is not alive.

The cavalry behind them followed closely, like a torrent overflowing the river beach. The white-armored soldiers cut through the waves among a group of Qing soldiers in cyan armor, opening a gap in the crumbling phalanx and splitting it into two parts.

At the same time, Liu Yun on the other side led a thousand cavalry, chose to brush along the edge of the Qing army's formation, flattened the mountain-destroying crossbow in his hand, and fired a pile of arrows at a distance of ten steps. Diffuse away.

Most of the arrows shot hit the sky, not many people were shot down, but it caused great chaos among the Qing army.

The Qing army's rear formation, which was already in chaos, completely collapsed and disintegrated under the impact of two cavalry groups, one in front and one behind. Li Maozu screamed his throat and was unable to save himself.

Two thousand cavalry attacked two thousand infantry, and there was no suspense. The Qing soldiers scattered in the wilderness, only hating their parents for missing two legs, like ants with their nests destroyed, everywhere.

Li Dingguo and Liu Yun coincidentally came out of the formation, led the cavalry around a corner in the field, and then came back. Like two powerful iron pliers, they struck hard at the scattered Qing soldiers.

One-sided carnage.

The white-armored Ming soldiers chased after them wantonly, and even leisurely caught up from behind, stabbing the Qing soldiers in the back with their spears. Those who dared to turn around to resist were often passed by by several mounted Ming soldiers like monkeys, and took turns using their spears. Accumulating thorns, ended up in a pile of blood holes.

Surrounded by more than ten soldiers, Li Maozu desperately hit his horse and ran away. He was a little dazed, and he realized how familiar the scene in front of him was. Isn't this the scene where the Ming army was often chased and killed by the Qing army?Why did they change the court, but still the same scene happened.

When the Ming army came, the Qing army came, and I was chased almost to death. I survived by surrendering, and I was blessed by misfortune. It is unreasonable to be hunted down by the Ming army!
The most infuriating thing is that this battle was lost inexplicably. Those explosive packages popped out of the ground, which I had never seen before. It was clear that I had left out everything and there was no way I could lose the battle, but I lost in such a muddle.

"My lord, be careful! Go this way!"

With a hasty cry, Li Maozu was pulled back to the battlefield. He looked up in shock, and saw a group of white armored cavalry circling in a circle, chasing and killing the Qing soldiers who fled like wild dogs, while attacking him. Rushed over here.

The soldiers hurriedly turned around and ran towards Li Maozu, but because there were many Qing infantry running in front of them, blocking the way, the horses could not run fast. The soldiers anxiously beat them with weapons to drive them away, shouting and cursing loudly: "Get out of the way! Let the adults go first!"

Among the fleeing stragglers, Li Maozu and a group of equestrians gathered together were so eye-catching that it was difficult not to attract attention. Li Maozu was also wearing a complete set of mountain armor, which was shining brightly, and what the soldiers called "Master ", which immediately attracted the attention of the chasing Kuizhou soldiers.

"My lord?" Liu Yun became excited, slammed his legs against the horse's belly, and raised his gun and shouted: "Boys, follow me to capture this bandit chieftain!"

Liu Yun's horse is a Xiliang horse brought by Li Dingguo from the Daxi Army. It is much taller than Li Maozu's Huguang horse. It is better at sprinting over short distances. Although it is not as strong as the Huguang horse in terms of endurance and tenacity, it is faster in battle. Fast Xiliang horses are much more beneficial.

With the broken soldiers blocking the way, Liu Yun caught up with Li Maozu in a very short time.

After the mountain-breaking crossbow shot and killed several fierce soldiers who dared to turn around and fight, the soldiers guarding Li Maozu immediately dispersed, leaving the governor of Guangxi alone. Under siege by the white-armored Kuizhou Corps, he faced several soldiers alone. Ten spears.

"Dismount and accept surrender, but I will spare you!" Liu Yun proudly threw himself on his horse, stopped in front of Li Maozu, and pointed his long spear at his throat.

Li Maozu was caught in a heavy siege, there was no hope of breaking through, and he knew that there was no way out, so he calmed down, with a sad expression on his face, holding a sword in his hand, holding it high above his head, and said proudly: "I am the governor of Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty, you must not be rude! "

Liu Yun was stunned for a moment, then looked around in amazement and said, "This man has surrendered to the Tartars, yet he is still so arrogant. Does he really know how to write the word shame?"

Li Maozu dismissed it, and snorted: "Shame? An official can't show his lifelong ambitions, and he is shamed by the bastard court where treacherous eunuchs rule! But the Ming army's chief general?"

Liu Yun frowned and said: "Your mother, you are so arrogant when you have nowhere to go. Grandpa told you that our general is Daming's new general in Sichuan and Shaanxi, Pingliang Uncle Wang Huan. Hearing his old man's prestige, don't hesitate to dismount and arrest him." !? Otherwise, it will be too late to regret it!”

Li Maozu's expression darkened when he heard the sound, and his vigorous and majestic body softened all of a sudden. He looked up to the sky with a wry smile and sighed. With a strategy in mind, you can rule the world. In the Ming Dynasty, no one appreciated it. Unexpectedly, you were defeated by a nobody here today. What a disgrace! What's the use of staying in the world?"

After saying that, he stabbed his sword across his neck and killed himself.

Seeing something bad, Liu Yun drew his gun and tried to shake the sword out of his hand, but he was a step too late and watched helplessly as Li Maozu died in front of his eyes.

After patting the horse and walking around Li Maozu's body, Liu Yun sighed repeatedly, regretting that he had lost the chance to capture the Qing officials alive, so he had no choice but to cut off Li Maozu's head and return to pursue the remaining Qing soldiers.

The pursuit did not last long. After charging back and forth several times, Wang Huan ignored the escaping skirmishers and ordered the entire army to assemble and reorganize to prepare to face the remaining thousands of Qing soldiers.

After returning to Xinhua City, they discovered that Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin had already led their infantry to a high hill two miles away, and built a simple defensive deer rock on top to defend them to death.

The cavalry of the Qing army outside the north gate of Xinhua City, after waiting stupidly for a long time, felt something was wrong when they heard the loud thunderous noise here, and then turned back. At this time, the battle was over. The Ming army was completely wiped out and was so frightened that they fled in another direction regardless of the infantry of Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin.

As a result, Li Maozu's army, which was known as [-] people, was crippled by [-] Kuizhou troops under the city of Xinhua. They dared not go, for fear of being surrounded by cavalry when they retreated.However, because the Kuizhou army was small, it was inconvenient to attack the Qing army defending at a high place, so one of the two sides stared at Xinhua City, and the other was trapped on a high hill, and a stalemate broke out.

Wang Huan didn't care. The purpose of his trip had been achieved. He had collected some food and fodder in Xinhua City. If he could last for a while, he would rest in the city and send some scouts to keep an eye on the Qing troops on the mountain every day to prevent them from taking advantage of the situation. Just don't be prepared to slip away.

Yu Shizhong and Ma Jiaolin were actually very anxious, knowing that it would be of no benefit to them if they kept going on like this, they organized a few breakouts, but infantry battles require a dignified army to face each other, so the Kuizhou army used cavalry and archery As for the harassment, as long as the Qing army is down the mountain, a large group of cavalry will come. Li Dingguo led the cavalry to come and go like the wind, and his riding skills are as superb as the Mongols. , but it also disturbed the Qing army, unable to leave, and could only shrink into a phalanx and dare not move. This was repeated several times, and all ended in failure.

They saw each other like this, and on the tenth day, Wang Yingxiong came back.

The governors of the three provinces brought a personal letter from Du Yinxi, as well as the Ten Thousand Loyalty Battalion led by Gao Yigong.

(End of this chapter)