Chapter 213 Liu Fangliang was killed after a long chase
On April 25, the 17th year of Chongzhen, outside Guguan City, the Fourth Division of the New Army and the two newly arrived brigades all came out of the pass and set up their formation, preparing to give the invading army a hard blow.
Watching the Ming army coming out of the pass, Hao Yaoqi and Liu Fangliang quickly rode out of the camp to inspect the situation. When they saw about 20,000 Ming troops coming out of the pass, they both turned around.
He glanced at the other person.
They all saw a solemn feeling in each other's eyes. With more than 20,000 officers and soldiers, in their military careers, except for Zuo Liangyu's tribe, under other circumstances, they encountered so many officers and soldiers.
It's a headache.
"General Liu, why did the official dogs gather so many soldiers at Guguan? Don't they guard other passes?" Hao Yaoqi told Liu Fangliang his question with a solemn expression.
"I heard that Emperor Ming has trained tens of thousands of pro-troops in the past two years. This time he probably sent all of these pro-troops to these passes on the Western Front."
"I don't know if these official dogs who came out of the city have the same fighting strength as those who came out before. If they are as difficult as before, we will be in big trouble. Mother, please, should we ask the camp to retreat?" Hao
Waving the Flag suffered a loss a few days ago. When I saw the new army leaving the city this time, I instinctively wanted to run away quickly.
"It doesn't matter, let's fight for a while first. Your Majesty asked us to get out of the gate as soon as possible to cooperate with the army to conquer the world. There is no way for us to hold back here. This time all the official dogs are out of the gate. This is an opportunity to beat the official dogs hard."
"But if the official dogs defeated us? It would be difficult to explain to His Majesty."
"Most of the officers who came out were infantry. Even if they were defeated, it would be no problem for the old camp to evacuate safely. Without a fight, my subordinates would see the real chapter. Who knows what the officer's situation would be like."
"Donkey Qiu, we'll just have to fight somewhere else. Send the order for the kids to line up. Let's try the official dog's formation again."
There is nothing else to mention about the rebels, but the two points of being able to fight and being able to run are really worth mentioning. Being able to run means that they cannot usually get hurt, and being able to fight means that they always have a chance to try their luck.
As long as you meet with luck once, you will be able to change into a dragon. In history, luck accounted for most of Li Zicheng's successful attack on Beijing.
"The intruders did not withdraw from the camp but went out to form a formation. Everyone, success or failure depends on this, the whole army attacks the formation." When Xiong Daheng led a large group of troops and arrived more than three miles away from the intruders' camp, he saw that the intruders also
After forming a formation and waiting for him, the big stone in his heart was relieved. The situation he was most afraid of was that the intruders would break camp and run away when they saw the army coming from his side.
As Xiong Daheng's combat order was issued, the brigades of the New Army that had left the border began to prepare individually, and then rushed straight towards the formation of the Chuang Army.
The terrain in the west of Guguan is very narrow. Even the place where Hao Yaoqi and others set up their camp is not too spacious. It is a small valley. Not to mention the deployment of 80,000 to 90,000 troops, even the 20,000 troops of the New Army are difficult to deploy.
The real number at the front of both sides was only three to four thousand men each.
This kind of terrain is more favorable to the New Army, which has fewer troops and sharp firearms. As soon as the two sides joined forces, the New Army's firearms hit them head-on. Faced with such an intensity of firearms attack, the sparse intruders naturally responded.
Unable to hold up, it collapsed quickly.
Seeing that the invading army was in disarray, the 1st Brigade of the Fourth Division at the front did not hesitate and quickly used the new army's tactical characteristics of rushing, fighting and attacking, regardless of the situation, they just charged forward to kill.
After charging for a while, the soldiers in front were exhausted. According to the pre-arranged tactical arrangement, they moved out of the way and allowed the other brigades of new troops following behind to continue charging.
"Retreat, retreat quickly! Everyone, retreat to Pingding!" Hao Yaoqi, who was riding a horse, saw that the army was defeated, so he gave the order to withdraw without hesitation.
After shouting, Hao Yaoqi turned around the dock and fled westward without hesitation.
"The cavalry pursues with all their strength. When encountering the broken troops of the Chuang Army, ignore them and leave them to the infantry behind them. Just rush forward." Seeing the large-scale collapse of the Chuang Army's camp, Xiong Daheng quickly ordered the troops to follow him. The two cavalry regiments in the team began to pursue.
The new army was well-trained. When the signal was given for the cavalry to start the pursuit, the generals of the brigades and companies on the front line immediately ordered the soldiers to get out of the way for the cavalry to charge.
The charging cavalry rushed forward like arrows, and after a while they reached the front of the team. They didn't pay any attention to the running infantry of the intruders. They just followed the intruders on mules and horses while shooting and charging forward. .
After Hao Yaoqi, Liu Fangliang and other senior generals of the Chuang Army rode their horses for more than ten miles, they originally thought of stopping to observe the situation. As soon as they turned their horses, they saw a Ming Army cavalry approaching them.
It was too late, but it was too soon. Hao Yaoqi and others moved the horse's head beautifully, then leaned down, climbed on the horse's back and continued to escape.
After running for more than ten miles, the galloping horses were tired and couldn't run anymore. Hao Yaoqi and the others stopped running and thought of resting their horses. This time they didn't think the Ming army would continue to chase them because of the horses' endurance. They are almost the same. I can't run here anymore, and the situation on the Ming army's side should be similar.
"Don't leave, the intruder. Your grandpa Ren hasn't met you yet."
In a small valley not far from where Hao Yaoqi and others stayed, Ren Shuangyou led the New Army Cavalry Assault Regiment and rushed over, shouting and firing.
"Is there an ambush for the official dog?" After hearing the shouting and gunshots, Hao Yaoqi quickly looked at the source of the sound and couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Brother Hao! You ask the others to retreat first. I will take one or two thousand people to hold off the official dog first. The situation shouldn't be that bad. The official dog ambushed less than a thousand people." Liu Fangliang saw the ambush and hurriedly He gave Hao Yaoqi an idea. In this situation, if there was no one behind him, it would be difficult for the destitute people to escape. Liu Fangliang stood up and took the initiative to take on this task.
"Old Liu, you have an idea. I will lead you to retreat first. After a while of fighting, you can lead the people to retreat." At this time, Hao Yaoqi did not even say goodbye to Liu Fangliang, but directly agreed to his proposal. .
"My sons, follow me to kill the official dog." After saying this, Liu Fangliang led his men to kill Ren Shuangyou and the others who were rushing over.
"Bang", "bang", the gunshots of the bent-back gun came to mind densely!
In about a quarter of an hour, Liu Fangliang discovered that of the more than a thousand people following him, there were only three to four hundred left.
"My sons, we may not be able to escape. Each of us should quickly find a way to escape from here." Liu Fangliang was full of despair when he said this. He knew that it would be difficult for people like him to escape today. The war horses were exhausted. How else could they run?
With a "bang", Liu Fangliang was hit by a bullet in the chest, and immediately he fell off his horse. Liu Fangliang, an important general of the invading army, was killed on the spot on the battlefield of the Guguan pursuit battle.