Chapter 18 Terror (Part 1)
The three wall knights ran across the army from the far right wing of the Imperial Guard and went straight to the left wing. The whole journey took only a few minutes. During this period, Deng Ming only once played the role of the main attacker, and assisted his comrades on both sides as many as five times.
When the Ming army stopped, the formation of the three walls inevitably began to scatter. Deng Ming tied his horse and turned around to face the battlefield again. While waiting for the guards to re-arrange the formation, Deng Ming took the opportunity to observe the enemy army opposite. The more he observed, the more he was convinced that Shunzhi was hiding in this imperial guard.
"There are more than 400 enemy soldiers here in total, right?" Deng Ming looked ahead and said to Ren Tang beside him.
"Absolutely." Ren Tang gasped heavily, and the continuous attack made him breathe a little rapid. On the way across the three walls, nearly 200 guards were lying. The sudden flanking attacks attacked the caught guards with a devastating blow. Almost few people could resist effectively. When the Ming army's impact was approaching the end, although the guards tried to speed up the hedge, each guard was unsurprisingly facing three weapons alone.
When they fell down, their only role was to slightly disrupt the lineup of some Ming army. Although the mounts of the Imperial Guard would evade when they saw the cliffs without any gaps, they would still cause some interference. The Ming army did not raise the speed of the horse to the highest level, but wanted the opponent's war horses to have a chance to avoid them and not seriously block the passage of the Ming army. However, some Ming army knights still had to slow down and leave the team to prevent violent collisions with the enemy war horses that had lost their masters.
"Who do you think is the Tartar Emperor?" Deng Ming quickly glanced at the remnants of the Imperial Guards. He believed that the emperor should not be among the Imperial Guards who had already dismounted from the stomping battle.
"I can't see it either." Ren Tang replied quickly.
The imperial guards who were still riding on horses had been divided into two by the Ming army, and their expressions were in a hurry. As soon as the incident happened, the imperial guards on the edge of the Ming army's impact trajectory had only time to avoid the sweeping of the three walls, and no one had time to pay attention to the whereabouts of the emperor in a mess. Originally, the emperor was located in the center of the formation of many guards, and the thickest part of the imperial guards lineup was also the key target of the Ming army, so the emperor's position just now was almost on the center line of the Ming army's attack queue. The imperial guards who had the opportunity to see the emperor clearly were beaten down without exception.
Ren Tang was also looking for suspicious targets, but he did not find the remaining imperial guards surrounding anyone, or consciously blocking someone's presence to block the Ming army.
"We will know sooner or later." At this time, the three walls had been re-arranged into double-layered and sternly attacked the formation. Deng Ming pointed the saber forward again. With Deng Ming's action, all the cavalrymen of the three walls pointed the saber in a diagonal manner in front of him.
The long horse sword brought out from Kunming was steadily tied to Deng Ming's saddle at this time. There were also some long weapons that were not taken off on the saddle of the other three walls of the knights. These weapons were only considered when facing enemy infantry, and they were only considered. Now the Yangtze River Admiral Guard only uses sabers when he was heisting against the enemy. This weapon of moderate length is not only flexible but also suitable for cooperation, nor does it interfere with the attacks of nearby companions. When the Three Walls dealt with the magistrate of Gaoyou this morning, they also chose sabers instead of long weapons. Although there was a voice among the three walls of the knights that believed that the group use of long weapons should be studied, but there has not been a tactical breakthrough yet and is far from being skilled in using sabers.
"kill!"
With Deng Ming's shout, the three walls began to slowly speed up again. The scale of the Yangtze River Admiral Guard is not very large now, and there is no need for horns or horns. The command requirements can be met with just a command. The knights of the three walls accelerated while looking at their companions on both sides with their light to maintain the formation that was moving in unison...
At the camp gate, the bow and arrow in Soetu's hand fell to the ground weakly. The officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guards beside him were all dull, watching the Ming army wantonly killing the defeated Imperial Guards. After the first attack of the Ming army, the Imperial Guards at the camp gate never found the emperor again. After the second attack, few people in the Imperial Guards were still riding on horseback. Now the Ming army's cavalry has turned around and attacked the Imperial Guards who are still fighting with the Ming army infantry.
Several soldiers of the Imperial Guards fell softly on the ground, kneeling or lying on the ground and cried loudly. Soetu also felt his body shaking, and his knees were shaking, and he could fall at any time. The Imperial Guards had twenty years of experience in cavalry warfare. Those who knew the Imperial Guards knew that he had at least dozens of cavalry hedging experience outside the pass. Not only could he survive, but he also had some achievements in almost every battle. In addition to the Imperial Guards, there were also some senior officers who had hedged with the Ming cavalry. Their agility and quick reaction ability were unquestionable. However, such a group of experienced and powerful imperial guards were vulnerable in the horse battle that they were most proud of, and were easily defeated by the Ming army without any suspense. Both the Imperial Guards and all the senior officers disappeared without a trace, just like the emperor.
Plop.
After the main force of the Imperial Guard who was trying to break through disappeared, Soetu finally fell to the ground, supported the ground with both hands, lost all the will to fight, and cried out loudly: "Master!"
The Mongolian suicide squad had already fled to the side when the imperial guards poured out of the camp. At this time, the Mongolian Baqi Zuoreng, who had begged Deng Ming for his life, opened his mouth wide and looked at the battlefield in front of him with an incredible expression.
In the past hour, the Mong Eight Banners Zuo Ling, regardless of the injuries on her body, led her subordinates to attack the camp gate of the Imperial Camp with the idea of dying. However, the long-range firepower of the Ming army far exceeded Zuo Ling's estimates. The Ming army's bows and arrows and artillery stones seemed endless, almost completely suppressing the firepower of the Imperial Camp. Although Zuo Ling was in danger several times, he was not beaten to death by the imperial guards.
After the Imperial Guard rushed out, the unarmed leader quickly led his subordinates to retreat to the east. When the Imperial Guard rushed over, they fled to the wall of the imperial camp in despair. The Imperial Guard obviously did not attack them at all. He whistled past them and rushed to the opposite Ming army defense line. From the Imperial Guard trying to break through, to Deng Ming rushing out with three wall knights, the entire battle was clearly seen by the Mongols.
The Ming army was just a blow, and the Imperial Guard collapsed. As an experienced rider, Zuo Ling knew that he could not resist such an impact. If he was Deng Ming's enemy, he would definitely be killed under the horse. No matter how outstanding a horseman and extraordinary reaction speed a warrior had, he would be useless in such an airtight formation and sabres cut from all directions.
The three walls that annihilated the Imperial Guards left the front line and left the work of cleaning the battlefield to the infantry. When they ran past the Zuo Ling, Deng Ming glanced at the Mongolians hiding under the walls. After they met Deng Ming's eyes, the burly body of the Mongolian Eight Banners Zuo Ling began to tremble, and the sweat surged out of the 36,000 pores all over his body. Deng Ming did not show any power when he left with the guards. Their swords had already been put into the sheath, but the Mongolian Zuo Ling's legs were nailed to the ground and did not dare to move.
Until Deng Ming and his guards left, Zuoling and other Mongolians still drooped their hands gently, feeling terrifying as if Mount Tai was pressing down on the top of the mountain, which made Zuoling dare not even breathe. When he begged for life in front of Deng Ming in the morning, Zuoling's fear was not even as good as it is now. At that time, he still felt uneasy and angry in his heart, but was suppressed by force. In Zuoling's subsequent life, this terrifying feeling faded on the surface, but was buried deep and never disappeared. Many years later, Zuoling saw the portrait of Deng Ming at a party, and the eyes on the portrait
It was somewhat similar to what Zuling had just seen, and then it aroused the terror deep in his memory - the relatives and friends around Zuling were surprised to see that the old man suddenly shivered, stood still, and sweated profusely at the portrait... Whether at that time or now, Zuling did not realize that this fear was different from his previous experience. It was not because the other party was engaging in the power of life and death, which brought rational surrender and fear to his own life and death - this was exactly the emotion he begged for life and life; it was the instinctive horror that was passed down from his ancestors when humans faced a beast that they could not resist.
Deng Ming was a little annoyed by the loss of control of the troops just now. He repeatedly ordered several times to prevent the Imperial Guards from leaving the camp, but the Ming army never responded. He watched a large number of Imperial Guards rush out of the Imperial Camp. The front-line officers were completely immersed in the great joy of the surrender of the Qing emperor, and the soldiers were even more busy celebrating the victory and throwing all their vigilance aside.
The subsequent assault of the four fake emperors did not have any effect. The Ming army of each team strictly guarded its position and did not pursue it on its own just because they saw a few people wearing dragon robes running around in front of them. Deng Ming's troops had never encountered fraudulent surrender before, but the officers and soldiers had seen their commanders in Anqing to lure the enemy with themselves, and those senior captains had seen more than once in Wanxian and other places. When the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Ming army trained soldiers, they also mentioned the battle examples of Deng Ming fighting against Tan Hong and Tan Yi many times, which had a lot to do with Li Guoying's victory in the battle. The Ming army, which had a deep understanding of fraudulent defeat and lure the enemy, would naturally not be deceived by the tricks of the Imperial Guards.
As for the fake emperor who directly attacked Deng Ming General Banner, they failed to cause any waves. The Ming army was very confident in their command from top to bottom. They were used to the scene of Deng Ming General Banner attacking. No one believed that dozens of Qing troops could pose a threat to Deng Ming; in fact, this assault did not cause any harm to Deng Ming's general Banner. They were stopped by the Ming army far away from the general Banner. The officer who pretended to be Shunzhi still did not know when he died in battle, and Deng Ming was not even in the direction of his assault.
"Capture the enemy camp immediately!" Deng Ming's command was filled with anger. He pointed to the wide open imperial camp gate and said, "Extinguish the fire, find the Tartar emperor, and live to see people, and die to see corpses."
Chapter completed!