Buyan'e Prince-in-law and Jueluo Shuo'erkun led fifty Baya warriors and set out from the hillock where Huang Taiji was. They originally planned to make a big circle and try to intercept Lin Fangping's troops at the small ravine to the north.
Ming army.
But he had only taken more than 200 steps here when he discovered that the Ming army had actually changed its direction, taking advantage of the emptiness where Huang Taiji was, and rushed straight in that direction.
Buyan's concubine was startled and shouted: "Shuo'erkun, quickly... return to protect the emperor!"
After Buyan's reminder, Jueluo Shuoerkun was also frightened. He shouted loudly and called on the Bajala knights to gallop back on their horses, fearing that Huang Taiji would be disturbed.
In particular, Buyan's brother-in-law was even more anxious. When he was ordered to intercept the Ming army, he was very worried about Huang Taiji's safety, but Huang Taiji didn't care. After all, it was hard to disobey the emperor's order, so he had no choice but to follow the order and set off.
But the Ming army was really cunning and hateful. They actually wanted to launch a sneak attack while Huang Taiji's bodyguards were empty.
Buyan's forehead consort shouted loudly to Jueluo Shuerkun: "Shuerkun, divide your troops and advance. You return to protect the emperor, and I will attack Ming Gou directly."
After he finished speaking, without waiting for Jueluo Shuo'erkun to express his stance, he summoned the twenty-five Baya soldiers and galloped straight towards Lin Fangping.
Only then did Jueluo Shuerkun's cry come out: "Prince-in-law Buyan, you go back to protect the emperor, and I will go..."
Before he could finish speaking, Buyan's consort had already led his Baya soldiers and galloped away. Jueluo Shuo'erkun had no choice but to gallop back to protect Huang Taiji.
He shouted loudly from the horse: "Take the bow, shoot Nikan, shoot them to death."
All the Tatar Baya soldiers took out their bows and arrows in their hands one by one. Although the arrows they shot when galloping on horseback were not as accurate as when they were dismounted and fighting on foot, they still had strong damage power. If they were shot by them,
Hitting a vital point is equally life-threatening.
At this moment, everyone on Huang Taiji's side also saw the Ming army rushing over, and Huang Taiji was only escorted by more than ten Bajala warriors.
Xihan, who was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, couldn't help but feel a little panicked. He said urgently: "Your Majesty, the Southern Army is strong. I dare to ask your Majesty to move."
Because of Huang Taiji's fat body, it would be very uncomfortable to ride a horse for a long time, so he had already dismounted and was standing on a hilltop holding a telescope to observe the battlefield ahead.
At this time, he put down the telescope in his hand and said to Xihan with a slightly sullen look on his face: "Shut up. The Ming army is no match for me. How can I be afraid of it?"
Xihan's strong body trembled and he said hurriedly: "Hey, your majesty is so powerful, how can you be afraid of a mere Nikki? I know my mistake."
Huang Taiji stopped paying attention to him, and turned to the Bagaras who were on guard around the mountain and shouted: "My warriors, the Confederate Army is attacking from the front, are you going to ignore it?
Mount your horse and follow me to kill the enemy!"
"嗻……"
Including Xihan, there were eleven Tatars in total. After hearing this, they immediately got on their horses. They gathered around Huang Taiji and closely guarded his safety.
Even though the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was a fat man, his mounting action was unambiguous. He stepped on one of the stirrups, reached out to grasp the reins, and climbed onto the horse with just a push.
But the sturdy war horse couldn't help but tremble before it could stand firm. It can be seen that Huang Taiji's obesity is not something that ordinary war horses can bear.
However, Huang Taiji did not care about the physical strength of the war horse. He rode on the horse and suddenly drew out the sword from his waist, shouting: "Warriors, kill Nikan!"
"Kill...kill Nikan...kill..."
Even though there were only twelve cavalry including Huang Taiji, they did not feel the slightest fear when facing the hundreds of cavalry soldiers from the Huwei Camp.
Like savages in the mountains, they charged head-on towards the direction of the Tiger Guard camp with wild shouts and screams. This momentum was no less powerful than the charge of more than a hundred Ming troops on the opposite side!
It is truly worthy of being the Qing cavalry who traveled across Liaodong for more than ten years, conquered various tribes in Mongolia, surrendered the Korean Kingdom, and regarded the mainland of the Ming Dynasty as its own back garden.
In fact, based on the current prestige of the Qing army's Qing cavalry, no one among the dozens of town commanders in the Ming Dynasty dared to fight with them face to face.
If not, how could it be possible that every time they invaded the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, they could break into several state capitals, or even dozens of state capitals, and it was as if they were entering an uninhabited country, allowing the people of the Ming Dynasty to plunder their property and silk at will?
If we go by past experience, even though Huang Taiji's side has fewer troops and is even nearly ten times smaller than the Ming army on the opposite side, under such a fierce charge, the Ming army often flees.
But today they made a mistake because they encountered the "iron bones" troops of the Ming army!
The Xuanfu Army has always been famous for being "iron-headed". The word fear has never been in their dictionary, and the idea of retreat has never been in their minds.
But although Huang Taiji was very interested in this Ming army that dared to ambush him at the moment, and even vaguely guessed that they must be under the command of the evil thief Zhang Cheng of Xuan Mansion, he did not have too deep knowledge of them at this time.
know.
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Lin Fangping also sighed in his heart at this moment. He was indeed an elite warrior among the Tatars. The white-armored Qing army that fought today was indeed difficult to deal with.
Not only were they very powerful in battle, but their reaction and maneuverability in the face of battle were also very good. Even with their own sharp muskets, they were unable to completely penetrate their cavalry formation defense line.
Even during close combat, the Tatar white-armored soldiers, who were weaker than his own, once suppressed him. This was the unbearable pain point for him.
It seems that "the fighting skills of our own soldiers are still inferior to those of the Tatar elites. Once the handguns are fired and the hand-to-hand bloody battle begins, although our own courage is commendable, in actual combat we are still slightly inferior to the Tatars."
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This is Lin Fangping's very pertinent and comprehensive evaluation of the performance of the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Camp in this battle.
But now, he no longer thinks about killing the slave chief Huang Taiji. He only thinks about how to bring the brothers from the Huwei camp who went to battle today back to the west bank of Xiaoling River alive.
At this moment, Lin Fangping chose to charge towards the place where Huang Taiji was. His purpose was just to attract several other Tatars to come here, so as to reduce the pressure on Su Laohu's side.
In fact, what he wished for was true. Buyan's son-in-law, fifty Tatars, who were running to the north, quickly changed direction and rushed back to rescue Huang Taiji.
Even the fifty Tatars in Tazhan who were fighting with Su Laohu and the others had mostly left the battlefield and hurried back here.
Lin Fangping stood on his horse and shouted loudly to the left and right: "Who has never fired a handgun?"
"I'll give you one more shot."
"I...I'll take one too."
"And I..."
As the soldiers reported their numbers one by one, Lin Fangping roughly estimated that there were more than a hundred riders on their side, and there were still twenty-three short-handed muskets that had not been fired. He repeatedly ordered the soldiers who still had muskets to rush to the front row.
Be by your side.
Then he loudly ordered the soldiers to turn their horses' heads to the left again, and actually turned around to meet the Tatar cavalry of Tazhan who was running towards this direction.
His voice was hoarse, but he still shouted loudly: "Prepare your gun, blow off the heads of the Tatars in front of me, penetrate them, and join up with Su Laohu."
The soldiers also roared loudly, like ferocious tigers rushing towards their prey, whipped their horses and galloped away.
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Here, Buyan's son-in-law led twenty-five Tatars to charge towards Lin Fangping's central army. However, when there were more than 200 steps left, he discovered that the cunning Ming army had changed the assault route again.
At this moment, he had no choice but to lead his troops to continue to pursue the Ming army in front of him. Otherwise, he temporarily changed the emperor's order and assigned half of the troops to be led by Jueluo Shuoerkun without authorization. He would not be able to escape the responsibility of rescuing Huang Taiji.
Although Buyan's son-in-law made such a decision because he was worried about Huang Taiji's safety, he still changed the military order that Huang Taiji had given him without permission. You must know that the military order was the most important in the Qing army, and the punishment for disobeying the order was extremely heavy. There was no humaneness in this.
It makes sense.
Now he could only order the Tatars to turn their horses' heads and continue to pursue the Ming army led by Lin Fangping in front. They beat the horses hard on their crotches, eager to catch up and kill them immediately.
On the other side, Jueluo Shuoerkun had the same idea as Buyan's consort. When he saw that even the emperor personally went into battle to fight, he was even more frightened. He knew that if anything went wrong today, the guard would be derelict in his duty.
Can't escape.
He also led his team to turn their horses' heads and continue to rush in the direction Lin Fangping was running, raising smoke and dust all over the sky behind them.
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The Minister of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty, Chaoping Gongtazhan, led Wayinbu's group of fifty Tatars, and when they galloped there, they caught up with Su Laohu, the commander-in-chief of Qian, who was on the right side of the Ming army's Huwei camp, retreating this way.
Su Laohu's soldiers are all Mongolians. They are best at riding and shooting. Although they agree with the sharpness of short-handed muskets and like them very much, they are not as good at using them as the other two soldiers.
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After all, they have been practicing archery with bows for as long as they can remember. Even after riding on horseback, they never gave up their love for bows and arrows. This almost innate skill has long been ingrained in their bones.
Therefore, although they also recognize and love the short-handed gun, they are still accustomed to using bows and arrows as long-range weapons whenever they face a battle. If no one is around to remind them, they will even naturally use the short-handed gun in the gun bag next to the saddle.
forget.
It is precisely because of this that although they were very brave and were able to smash into pieces the fifty cavalry soldiers led by Afoni, they were delayed a bit in time.
Only then were Tazhan and Wayinbu who arrived in time to intercept them, but they did not suffer much loss during the fight.
Although the Mongols are better at riding and shooting, it does not mean that they are incapable of fighting on horseback. However, when the Tatar heavy armor soldiers dismount and fight on foot, the Mongolian soldiers are no match for them.
Therefore, the cavalry battle here was back and forth. Although Su Laohu and the others were never able to escape, they were not at a disadvantage.
But at this moment, I heard Nata Zhan shout something loudly to Wayinbu and Afeni, and then led dozens of Tatars, Bagala, to rush back.
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Lin Fangping met Ta Zhan's troops who were returning to Huang Taiji's aid. When the two sides were still forty steps away, Ta Zhan fired a spear and headed straight for the key point of Lin Fang Ping's gate.
This was beyond Lin Fangping's expectation. In previous battles, the Tatars almost always used throwing weapons to attack the Ming army when they were within thirty steps.
Who would have thought that this Ta Zhan had amazing arm strength? Not only did he dare to throw the javelin at forty steps, but his strength was not inferior to what others could throw at thirty steps.
In desperation, Lin Fangping swung his shoulders and head to the right, barely avoiding the critical point, but the spear that broke through the wind shattered his left shoulder armor with a "pop" sound.
If it goes deep into the muscle, it is likely to injure the scapula.
He endured the excruciating pain and shouted: "Fire the gun and kill him!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."
There was a roar of cannons, and with the rising smoke, bullets shot out from the mouth of the cannon and flew quickly towards the Tatar soldiers in front.
The minister of the Qing Dynasty, Chaopin Gongtazhan, suddenly spurted out several streams of blood arrows from his chest. The expression on his face froze at this moment. His eyes were full of disbelief and unwillingness, and then his face began to look ferocious.
Get scared.
First, some blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, and then he let out a loud roar. A large mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, and Ta Zhan's huge body suddenly fell off the horse.
A generation of generals who fought for the Tatars for world hegemony and fought for most of their lives died here. Of course, for Tazhan, this may be the best ending for him.
At the same time as Tazhan, there were five Tatar Baya soldiers who fell from their horses. Soldiers from the Ming and Qing Dynasties also intertwined together and started another bloody fight.
At this point in the battle, the soldiers on both sides were already furious. They were roaring and shouting, slashing with swords, axes, and spears. Some even jumped directly onto the opponent's horse, hugging and wrestling with the enemy until they fell off the horse together.
There is no distinction between friend and foe on the battlefield. Everyone is a man-eating devil. They mercilessly devour the lives of their enemies until there is no more enemy on the entire battlefield.
The Xuanfu Army, as the most combat-effective and toughest army in the Ming Empire, has shown its true colors and gained its reputation today. It is they who relied on their courage to create the legend of the "Head Iron" of the Tiger Guard Camp.
After this battle, there was even a rumor among the Ming army that "even the teeth of the Xuanfu Army soldiers were weapons of murder". It was exactly the bravery shown by the soldiers of the Huwei Camp in this battle, which was extremely bloody.
murderous intent!
Niulu Zhangjing Afoni of the Qing Army was also shocked by the life-threatening ferocity of the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Camp. He only felt that his strength was losing rapidly, and even his roars gradually weakened for some unknown reason.
It seemed that the entire battlefield was filled with the shouts of the Xuanfu Army’s Tiger Guard Camp soldiers. Those roars of “mighty”, “tiger, tiger, tiger” and “kill, kill, kill” have since become the battlefield symbol of the Xuanfu Army.
one.
The fear in Afoni's heart surged, and he finally began to retreat. This was the first retreat since he joined the army.
No.
This is not retreat, this is escape, "he" is afraid!