Hu Dawei was staggered by the Qing cavalry of the Dandai tribe. Although a round of three-eyed cannons burst out, from the corner of his eye, he could also see the spears and flying axes thrown by the Qing cavalry on the opposite side.
He didn't know the casualties of the knights under his command, but he knew that his casualties were definitely much less than those of the Qing army. Moreover, as long as the spears and throwing axes did not hit the vital points, they were generally not fatal.
But the three-eyed gun is different. The two sides are about ten steps apart. As long as the three-eyed gun hits the Qing army on the opposite side, not to mention the heavy armor, even if it has three layers of iron armor, it will still break through. The bullets will penetrate the flesh, and nine out of ten will kill.
There was no time to think about this now. Two teams of Mongolian light cavalry appeared in front of him. Hu Dawei shouted loudly: "Charge forward and feed the Tatars with blunderbuss..."
He took the lead and rushed towards the pair of Mongolian light cavalry to the east. There were about 400 Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side. They all controlled the horse with two legs, and their hands were free. They were aiming their bows and arrows at this direction.
Go.
Hu Dawei reminded loudly again: "A Tatar can't kill you with one arrow. If you charge forward, I will win."
More than eight hundred Ming army knights were like a fiery red snake, rolling forward, bringing up a cloud of dust in the winter wilderness.
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Shanxi Town Chief Military Officer Hu Dawei's general guerrilla Zeng Xin's army led a sentry of fine cavalry. When they were a hundred steps away from Dandai's Qing cavalry, they spurred their horses diagonally and rushed north.
From a distance, they saw that there were more than 800 Tatars. They dismounted and formed a formation, intending to use firecrackers to attack Jiang Mingwu's bright cavalry. Zeng Xinjun shouted and urged his more than 200 knights to run wildly.
Then I saw Jiang Mingwu's Mingqi separate and outflank him. Guns were fired continuously. For a moment, people fell on their backs. Zeng Xinjun shouted: "Charge up, don't let anyone go..."
At this moment, He Chenggong also heard the sound of hoofbeats coming from behind him, and the frightened Er Tatars screamed again and again. He turned around and saw that it was too late to change his defense, so he hurriedly ran towards where the horses were.
When the general wanted to escape, the two Tatars immediately became very panicked. They held up the muskets in their hands and fired them randomly. After firing the muskets in a hurry, they turned around and chased He Chenggong away.
Jiang Mingwu saw that the two Tatars who were eighty steps away were already panicking. At the same time, he also saw the friendly troops from the south rushing to support him. He hurriedly howled and led his troops directly to the west to charge towards the two Tatars.
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Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Guozhu and others had already seen a group of nearly a thousand Ming army knights chasing a group of Mongolian light cavalry in the billowing smoke on the opposite side. Not far away, there was a group of 800 Qing army Zhenglan Banner cavalry chasing after them.
That Ming army.
To the west of them, there were more than 400 Mongolian light cavalry who were attacking and harassing the Ming army with mounted fire. The situation had become a melee, which was extremely unfavorable to the Ming army.
Lu Xiangsheng turned around and shouted: "Chen An, drive back those Mongolian Tatars."
Then, he turned back and shouted to Yang Guozhu: "General Yang, follow me to kill the slaves..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped out on his horse and took the lead, rushing towards the battlefield in the northeast. Yang Guozhu was afraid that Lu Xiangsheng would make a mistake, so he hurriedly shouted: "My sons, kill the slaves...kill..."
"Kill...kill..."
The roars of more than a thousand strong men pierced the sky. Hundreds of Mongolian cavalry under the leadership of Dirk fought and retreated. They took advantage of their own cavalry and archery to continuously cause casualties to Hu Dawei's troops.
But he was shocked by the deafening roar. Looking sideways, he saw dust flying like thousands of horses galloping. Just looking at the momentum, it seemed that there were thousands of people and horses.
Although De Kelei was a little frightened, he did not panic. He kept strictly warning the leaders under his command to try his best not to engage in close combat with the Ming army, but to make full use of his own advantages, riding and shooting, until the Ming army was defeated.
Therefore, although there have been more than ten battles since joining the invaders, his subordinates have suffered the least casualties, and the only casualties were almost all caused during the siege.
Even in Gao Yang's battle, his knights suffered very few casualties. At this time, Deke Lei whistled, followed by whistles one after another. His subordinate Meng Qi followed him and ran away, trying to get away from the battlefield.
And go.
Here, Hu Dawei has been unable to do anything to these Mongolian Tatars. They are as slippery as loaches. They keep wandering away from the edge of the battlefield. They rush over when they have time. They mount a round of shooting fifty or sixty steps away, and then run away again.
open.
While he was chasing, he could faintly hear the rumble of hoofbeats. Although he was in the middle of a battlefield, surrounded by the rumble of galloping horses, he had been waiting for Lu Xiangsheng's reinforcements to arrive.
He was always paying attention. For someone who had been in battle for a long time, if he listened carefully, he could still distinguish the sound of hoofbeats inside and outside the battlefield. He turned his head sharply and looked south, and saw a cloud of smoke rising into the sky.
Hu Dawei slightly lifted the reins of his horse, slowed down his speed, and shouted loudly: "The governor's reinforcements are coming. Don't be cowardly, follow me and kill the slaves..."
Turning the horse's head, the leader ran to meet the Qing troops from Dandai tribe who were chasing behind him.
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Dan Dai led his troops to chase Hu Dawei's troops. As soon as they met Hu Dawei, they were shot down by the opponent's three-eyed blunderbuss and knocked down more than 30 cavalrymen. In addition, more than ten horses were hit by blunderbuss.
hit.
The formation was immediately in chaos, and finally the whole team came to chase him, but Hu Dawei only chased the Mengqi like Dirk and did not look back to fight him. Suddenly, he saw a puff of smoke rising further south.
While he was doubting, he saw the Ming army knights from Hu Dawei's army charging towards him again. He had no choice but to lead his troops to meet them. They were more than a hundred paces away. In an instant, the two sides were fighting in a melee.
Dan Dai swung his mace stick and knocked over two Ming soldiers one after another. His eyes glanced at a Ming soldier on the right who raised a three-eyed blunderbuss and smashed the stick horizontally, hitting the Ming soldier's horse head.
The knight of the Ming Army, before he had time to set off his three-eyed gun, tilted his body and fell off his horse. He took advantage of the situation and slipped under Dan Dai's horse's belly. He had no time to set off the three-eyed gun, so he could only swing it.
, when the sledgehammer hit the left hind leg of Dandai's horse hard.
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Zhang Cheng and Guo Yingxian led their knights to the west across Wangjuzhuang. They saw smoke rising and dust flying in the wilderness in the distance. He shouted to Guo Yingxian: "Old Guo, let's see who can kill more Tatars."
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At this time, there was already a melee in the wilderness, chasing each other north and south, and the torrent of red and blue armors intertwined, chasing each other, like a flowing oil painting.
Yang Guozhu led five hundred knights to chase the Dirk-type light cavalry, and Chen An also led about five hundred knights to chase another group of Mongolian light cavalry. They were like hunting dogs chasing rabbits, one escaped slippery, and the other pursued closely.
Lu Xiangsheng's and Hu Dawei's troops, with a total of more than 1,500 Ming army elite cavalry, joined forces to fight Dandai's 800 Zhenglan Banner Qing troops. Dandai's troops were one against two, and the pressure suddenly increased, and the formation was already in chaos.
It was divided by the Ming army.
Especially for Dan Dai, the hind legs of his war horse were smashed by a Ming army knight, and he was also thrown off the horse. Fortunately, the Qing cavalry beside him cut down a Ming army soldier and snatched the war horse. He was able to get back on the horse, but he had to fight with more than ten people.
The cavalry subordinates were tightly surrounded by more than thirty Mingqi.
On the other side, He Chenggong, who only had about 400 people under his command, had seized the war horses and was galloping, trying to make a circle and then run back to the main formation. Behind him, Jiang Mingwu led hundreds of Ming troops in hot pursuit.
Hu Dawei's general, Zeng Xinjun, led more than 200 Ming cavalry, and was chasing down the two Tatars who had not captured the horses. They scattered in all directions, shouting wildly, and fled desperately.
At this time, they only regretted that their parents had given them two legs!