Amin has actually been waiting for the opportunity.
When it got dark, he knew that the opportunity had come.
However, after observing the battle between Turge and Zuorong, he changed his mind on the spot.
Turg didn't know what was happening behind him.
His men finally filled in the trench and charged towards the first brigade howling.
The distance of twenty to thirty meters can be reached in the blink of an eye. No matter how sharp the muskets of the first brigade are, they cannot stop them.
Zuo Rong also knew this and immediately gave the order.
"Fire the bayonet!"
Wow…
The soldiers who were still alive attached bayonets to their muskets, formed a tight queue, and charged towards the enemy.
The battle finally entered the most brutal stage of hand-to-hand combat.
The advantage of Houjin's heavy infantry is that they have armor and high protection; the advantage of the First Battalion is that after adding a bayonet to the musket, it is as long as a long gun and has a distance advantage.
What is an inch short and an inch dangerous is completely useless on the battlefield.
In such a place where people are crowded together and people are close to each other, having a longer weapon is a huge advantage.
No matter how powerful you are, you can't avoid being stabbed from all directions.
In the first wave of fighting, the Houjin soldiers suffered heavy losses, including Turge.
When he saw the bayonet stabbing him, he didn't care and didn't think the thin blade could be of any use.
The idea was to simply carry it with heavy armor, and then chop off the opponent's head with a sword to open a gap.
However, when the bayonet penetrated his heart like tofu, he was stunned.
He was wearing three layers of armor, so why could such a thin knife pierce him?
The heart twitched violently, taking away his heat rapidly, causing Turg to become ferocious before he died. He slashed with a knife, hoping to replace one before he died.
But with the bayonet stuck beside him, his raised arm never fell down and turned into a puddle of mud.
Huang Taiji's brother-in-law, Xiangbaiqi Gushan Ezhen, one of the eight ministers, died in the hands of a few unknown ordinary soldiers.
If it were in the past, if an important minister like him died in battle, the Jin army would definitely collapse. But now that they had no way to retreat, they couldn't care less.
Namutai, Kuertang, and Gao Hongzhong still gritted their teeth and rushed forward, and soon they were strangled with the first brigade.
The heavy armor of the Hou Jin soldiers had no protective effect at all in front of the stainless steel bayonets of the Hou camp. Basically, they would be pierced and killed if they were pierced.
Although the first group had a small number of people, the results of hand-to-hand combat were still unacceptable to the Jurchens.
Namutai could only feel that there was a forest of bayonets all around him. He was stumbling around in a panic and couldn't help shouting: "Where is Big Beile? Where is he?"
It was agreed that their heavy infantry would open the gap, and then the cavalry would charge in and kill them.
Why haven't Shuotuo's cavalry come up yet?
On the east bank of Shahe River, Chakara and Tanggudai also ran into the formation of the fourth brigade.
The first wave of cavalry charge caused heavy casualties to the Fourth Brigade. But then the few remaining cavalry fell into the sea of infantry, and were stabbed off their horses one by one.
When the horse lost its speed, Chakara only hated why he only had the saber in his hand.
The short saber was unable to cut anyone, but the Ming army's bayonets were extremely fierce.
After a while, he was stabbed in multiple places on his chest, back, thighs, and abdomen. He staggered to the ground, and his twitching body was deformed by countless big feet.
Seeing Chakara, when Tang Gudai's troops were about to be completely wiped out, the earth suddenly trembled violently.
This is the foreshadowing of a cavalry charge, and it also represents the most powerful arm of this era launching a crazy attack with no return.
What everyone didn't expect was that the direction of Hou Jin's cavalry attack was not on the west bank of the river where the First Brigade was guarding.
It turns out that Amin had observed it at the beginning of the war.
Although one brigade was deployed in front of the formations on both sides of the river, it was obvious that behind the first brigade, there was a square formation with a similar number of people preparing.
In other words, even if he pressed forward with all his strength and defeated the large group in front of him, the Ming army would still have another unit of the same number of people to fill the gap.
By then the cavalry will be weak and will surely be gradually cannibalized by the infantry.
So taking advantage of the cover of the dusk of night, he quietly led Shuotuo's cavalry across the Shahe River and appeared behind Chakara and Tanggudai.
Taking advantage of Chakara and Tanggudai's opportunity to break into the fourth brigade, Amin finally showed his fangs.
His choice also made the rear camp somewhat underestimated. He never expected that Amin would dare to abandon the official road and choose the rugged east coast as the main attack.
Zuo Yong, who was on the front line, was under great pressure. He casually killed a Hou Jin soldier and immediately ordered: "The 10th Squadron will deal with the remaining enemy. The 11th and 12th Squadrons will form formations."
Just after giving the order, he happened to see the rapidly approaching Houjin headquarters cavalry through the telescope.
It was okay if he didn't look at it, but when he looked at it, he couldn't help but feel anxious and immediately changed his mind.
"Retreat, everyone, retreat to the mountainsides on both sides."
What did he see?
What he saw was that countless horses were swarming towards them, but there was no one on the horses.
Behind the smoke of the galloping horses, there seemed to be countless people running behind them.
He was not mistaken. In order to achieve this fatal blow, Amin adopted an unconventional tactic.
That is to let all the cavalry dismount, and then urge the horses to charge into the formation on their own. He leads the army to follow the attack behind the horse formation.
The reason why he did this was because Amin had already observed the terrain of the east coast.
After the plains there are mountains, and it is impossible for cavalry to deploy on them. The only way to capture them is to fight on foot.
The most important thing for Hou Jin now is to open a way out of the border. No matter how valuable the war horse is, it doesn't matter at this time.
There are approximately more than 1,700 cavalrymen in the headquarters, which is the last asset of the Hou Jin Army. Only by relying on the infantry fighting of these people to defeat the fourth brigade can they escape.
It was when Zuo Yong saw this scene that he called his men to retreat. Otherwise, not many of them would survive under the trampling of the horses.
But his order was questioned by deputy captain Chen He.
"The artillery brigade is on the hillside. If we withdraw, what will they do?"
Zuo Yong remembered Zuo Mengeng's teachings without hesitation.
"Let the reconnaissance brigade resist it, and it must resist it."
Subsequently, the Fourth Brigade retreated while fighting, retreating to the ridges on both sides.
A large group of horses galloped over, trampling everything living and dead in the open space into mud, and then began to rush towards the artillery brigade's hillside.
In front of the artillery brigade, there is a squadron of reconnaissance brigade serving as temporary escort.
Seeing the horses coming up, the squadron leader immediately shouted: "Grenade, grenades, throw them out!"
More than a hundred soldiers lit clay pot grenades and threw them into the horses.
Amidst the raging roar and fire, the large group of war horses fell to the ground, causing the horses to completely lose control and start running randomly.
When the horses no longer work together to run in one direction, it becomes much less difficult for the various units in the rear camp to deal with it.
But just for a moment, Amin personally led the infantry and cavalry to come closer.
The sky was filled with arrows as soon as they came up, killing more than thirty scouts.
Seeing that the enemy was approaching within thirty meters, the soldiers only fired one round of bullets and threw another round of grenades, but they were unable to stop the enemy.
When some soldiers saw the roaring and rushing enemies, they were so frightened that they retreated and couldn't help but want to escape.
The squadron leader also knew that he could no longer stop the enemy. He was about to order a retreat when he saw a soldier pull out his bayonet and press it against the barrel of his gun.
"Zhao Sanyang, what are you going to do?"
The soldier turned around, and it was Zhao Sanyang.
Both of his eyes were full of blood and tears, filled with determination and madness.
"My brother didn't give in, and I don't give in either! Have you forgotten what Qian Zao said? Think of your mother!"
After roaring, he didn't care about the others, and charged towards the incoming Hou Jin army with a bayonet in his hand.
"kill!"
Zhao Sanyang's madness gave everyone great excitement.
The squadron leader also went crazy and also installed a bayonet on his gun.
"Even if I die here today, I can't let these beasts pass!"
"Avenge all the people who died!"
I don't know who shouted, and in an instant there were shouts of killing. All the scouts completely forgot the doctrines they had learned in the past, and launched a countercharge with bayonets in hand.
The hillside suddenly became a meat grinding ground.
Of course, Kuri Xiangzhu, who was just behind these scouts, saw what was going on.
Previously, Houjin's cavalry was far away and could not be seen in the dark, so the artillery had no way to use it. Now it was right under his nose, and the rushing scouts were all scattered, and he had lost his mind.
Watching a group of golden soldiers rush past the reconnaissance company, he immediately shouted.
"Fire the cannon and shoot down the Tatars!"
A soldier shouted: "If the team is straight, the cannon can't hit!"
Kuri Xiangzhu threw away his hat, ran over and dug out the gun mount from the soil. He just held the gun mount and forced the barrel down. At the same time, he grabbed the torch and lit the fuse.
The soldiers were frightened.
"Team leader..."
Li Xiangzhu is like a mountain and abyss, firm and straight.
boom……
The cannon ejected from the chamber and penetrated into Houjin's array at a distance of twenty meters. In an instant, the explosion swept away all the nearby Tatars.
Kuri Xiangzhu's body flew backwards like a rag, and did not stop until it hit a rock.
His legs were spread apart, and his entire upper body was supported by stones. He opened his mouth, and blood flowed everywhere along with his broken internal organs.
"Fire...fire...fire..."
The leader's fall caused the remaining artillerymen to lose their minds. They used their flesh and blood to lift the cannons, and then bombarded the Jin army with their faces close to their faces.
At this point in the battle, life and death have been forgotten!
Their only belief is to take revenge on Team Zheng!