The Ming Dynasty and Hou Jin Dynasty have been fighting for many years. The hatred between the country and the family cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences.
Both sides hate each other extremely. Not to mention the Eight Banners soldiers who burned, killed and looted, even the horses raised by the bannermen, the Ming army was eager to go up and slap them twice.
Just as the Jin Yiwei was methodically recovering the crossbows, the white and red flag cavalry on the left, right and rear were approaching quickly.
They rushed forward and were only a few miles away from where Jiang Fan and others were.
According to the speed of the horses, if Jiang Fan and others did not evacuate in time, it would only take ten minutes for the two-flag cavalry to reach the battlefield.
Due to the distance, Dorgon, who was leading the charge from the front, did not know that the two thousand elite Zhenghongqi troops led by Hauge had been completely wiped out.
He just saw a large black shadow flying out of the Ming army, followed by flying dust, and then bursts of gunshots. He thought that the two thousand elite troops led by Hauge were fighting with the Ming army.
"The whole army goes out and annihilates these bright dogs for me!"
When Dorgon gave the order, the cavalry teams behind them with the yellow and white flags also issued orders one after another.
With a loud roar, nearly 40,000 cavalry charged like a tide in the direction of Jiang Fan and others.
The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. Looking at Hou Jin's army, which is several times larger than his own, Jiang Fan's expression does not change: "Line up to meet the enemy."
The red and white flag cavalry did not carry heavy artillery because they wanted to carry out a sneak attack. Although they had the advantage in numbers, Jiang Fan did not take them seriously at all.
Soon, three thousand Jin Yiwei and two thousand soldiers from the Shenji Battalion formed a formation. Jiang Fan shouted: "Soldiers, follow me and charge."
Jiang Fan gave an order, and with the thousand blades of the magic sword directed at him, more than 5,000 horses and horses rushed towards the Zhengbai flag on the left.
"The situation is not right, Hauge did not hold back the Ming army!"
As the distance got closer, Dorgon discovered that the Ming Dynasty's army formation was intact, as if they had not experienced a cruel fight at all.
Judging from the current situation, Hauge is probably in trouble.
Dorgon didn't like this nephew, but Hauge went to war with him and ended up dying on the battlefield. It would be difficult for him to explain to Huang Taiji when he returned.
It is true that he and Huang Taiji are brothers, but there is a rift in their hearts and they are both jealous of each other.
Now that everything is done, he can only annihilate this Ming army and make military exploits to avoid being liquidated by Huang Taiji.
At the same time, Dorgon felt a little uneasy. The Ming army in front of him seemed to be a little too brave.
Five thousand men and horses actually dared to charge against their 40,000-strong army. What gave them the confidence?
Are these people really crazy?
But this was no longer a problem for him. Seeing the Ming army attacking the left wing, Dorgon immediately ordered: "Attack the whole army, surround them and kill them all. Don't let anyone go."
After saying that, he led his men to form an encirclement.
No matter what the Ming army planned, he did not believe that the cavalry of the two banners could not defeat each other.
The red and white flag cavalry moved separately, with thousands of horses galloping, and the momentum was huge.
There were 10,000 cavalry on the white flag on the left wing, and both sides launched a charge. As time passed, the distance between the two armies was rapidly closing.
Although the 10,000 true white flags on the right wing and the 20,000 true red flags on the rear are also on their way, they are not rushing in both directions because of the large distance before, so it will take some time to arrive.
The leader of the white flag on the left is Azig.
He is the brother of Dorgon. He participated in the battles against the Ming Dynasty border and North Korea and was considered a fierce general.
Seeing the five thousand Ming army attacking, he immediately ordered the entire army to attack.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, one thousand meters, eight hundred meters, six hundred meters...
"Fire the arrow."
When the shooting range of 600 meters was reached, Jiang Fan immediately ordered the arrow to be released.
“Whoosh whoosh!!!”
The Three Thousand Jin Yiwei rehearsed hundreds of times and methodically began to take turns using the Zhuge Divine Crossbow to shoot without distinction.
Because there are so many people in the Zhengbai Banner, there is no need to aim or adjust the position. The Qianjin Yiwei in the first row fired all their arrow clips within five seconds, then slowed down their horses and retreated. The second row stepped forward to shoot, and then retreated.
Then the third batch, shooting alternately in this way.
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In an instant, crossbow arrows were like a black rain, covering the sky and the earth, completely covering the enemy, and immediately aroused a bloody storm.
As dense raindrops of arrows fell, Zhengbai Banner's military formation collapsed instantly, and many people were shot into hedgehogs before they could react.
Some cavalrymen wanted to counterattack and drew their bows and arrows hard, but they could not reach the Ming army's position.
The cavalry led by Jiang Fan always kept a distance of two to three hundred meters from Zhengbai Banner.
At this distance, the Zhuge Divine Crossbow can hit the bannermen, but the arrows shot by the bannermen will be weak and fall halfway, and cannot even touch the corners of Jin Yiwei's clothes.
As for rushing into battle, it is even more delusional.
Within the range of the Zhuge Divine Crossbow, there is a death zone.
Not to mention the cavalry, not even a mouse could hope to survive a distance of two to three hundred meters.
After the second round of arrow rain, more than half of Zhengbaiqi's soldiers were killed or injured, and Azig was shot dead on the spot.
At this time, the two armies were more than 200 meters apart. The soldiers of Zhengbai Banner had completely lost their courage. Seeing the people in front being shot and killed, the cavalry further behind immediately fled in all directions.
"Run quickly!"
"It's so scary. They are not humans, they are devils."
"Get out of the way."
"Quickly retreat."
Zhengbai Banner was in chaos. Many people collided with their own people because of panic, and then died under the hooves of horses. Some even used swords against their comrades in order to survive.
"Chase these people in the direction of the red flag."
Jiang Fan gave the order and the entire army launched a pursuit in an orderly manner.
The purpose is to allow the cavalry of the Zhengbai Banner to scatter the cavalry of the Zhenghong Banner and the Zhengbai Banner on the right.
Some generals knew Jiang Fan's intention, but they did not dare to stop at all, because if they tried to escape from both sides or stopped, they would be greeted by a new round of ruthless arrow rain.
Ten thousand Zhengbai Banner cavalry were unable to resist the crossbows fired by three thousand Jinyi guards. After five or six thousand casualties, the remaining three thousand cavalry were chased like dogs by the Ming army and rushed towards the Zhenghong Banner.
The Zhengbai Banner and the Zhenghong Banner led by Dorgon were just connected end to end. They originally wanted to encircle and annihilate the Ming army, but they were dumbfounded at this time.
"How can this be!"
It has only been a matter of time since the war started. Zhengbai Banner and the Ming army were fighting and they were killed and routed in less than a few puffs of smoke.
On the other hand, the Ming army was actually intact. This was simply a miracle on the battlefield!
When he saw the defeated soldiers of Zhengbai Banner being driven in his direction by the Ming army, Dorgon immediately realized that something was wrong.
The Ming army in front of them had terrifying crossbows, and their shooting range was far beyond that of their own archers, making them difficult to defeat.
Not only Dorgon, but also the other cavalrymen with red and white flags also changed their expressions.
"It's so scary. How did these Ming people's crossbows shoot such a long distance?"
"It looks like he can shoot continuously. It's totally unreasonable."
"Are we still going to rush forward?"
"What the hell, the crossbow arrows are so dense that even mosquitoes can't fly through them."
Seeing with my own eyes the overwhelming rain of arrows that were like locusts crossing the border, and the 30,000 cavalrymen who came after them were all frightened.
Veterans can see that the range of the Ming army's crossbows is four to five hundred steps away, which is a despairing distance.
The most important thing is that if you have a crossbow with a super long range, it can also be used to counterattack. It is simply a harvester on the battlefield.
Many people have the idea of running away.
"withdraw!"
Hesitation will lead to defeat, decisiveness will only be in vain.
Dorgon weighed the pros and cons and immediately led his troops to retreat.