Section 22 Breakthrough (Part 1)
When the two horses were in the stirrup, Deng Ming slashed his horse sword with all his strength. He did not see the weapon hitting any part of the enemy. The resistance from his hand told him that he must have hit something. The next enemy came in front of him instantly. Deng Ming's long sword was still behind him and could not take it back. The Qing cavalry stared at him, as if he was frightened and did not make any moves.
It’s like when Deng Mingtou went to the battlefield once or twice, his body became stiff due to high tension. This kind of insensitivity was still looming until he went to the battlefield for the third time. At that time, Zhou Kaihuang and others told Deng Ming that when he had more and more experience in the battlefield, he would start to perform better and better. Deng Ming also vaguely remembered that he had watched TV in his previous life that it seemed to be the effect of hormones. At the critical moment of life and death, the large amount of hormones released will make people who are not used to lose control of their bodies.
There was another person in front of him. At this time, Deng Ming had already raised his sword above his head again. Although he had no companions around him, he could swing it flatly, but the long-term queue training made him accustomed to this vertical sword swing. The enemy soldier screamed and raised the long-handled three-eyed musket horizontally and upwards, trying to block the horse sword that Deng Ming cut down vertically.
When he saw the opponent raise his weapon, Deng Ming stretched his arm backwards and did not slash straight down the enemy's head, but turned to the side. The sword body rather than the blade touched the enemy's musket handle, and there was not much power and there was no violent collision. At this time, the two mounts had already intertwined their heads, and Deng Ming exposed the sword blade forward. When he passed by, he scratched the opponent's arm. This move may not have any effect, and it may also cut the opponent's arm, and the temporarily changed sword did not use its full strength.
When fighting in Dongchuan Prefecture, Deng Ming would never change the direction of chopping according to the changes in the enemy's weapons. At that time, after he swung his sword, he would only instinctively add more strength to the weapon. If he could not cut the opponent's block, he would shock his tiger's mouth to hurt. Until he entered Huguang, Deng Ming could control his weapons well in battle, instead of simply chopping with brute force as he did at the beginning.
Some new recruits from the Three Walls and Rangers are currently unable to skillfully use their sabers in war. All Deng Ming can do is to let them conduct more training in daily life. According to Deng Ming's experience, the standing cavalry of the Sichuan Army must conduct at least half a year of chopping exercises, and then undergo more than three practical exercises to correctly use their skills on the training ground. However, this is much better than Deng Ming. The fully trained Western Sichuan cavalry after three practical combat levels are similar to Deng Ming's performance when Zhong Xiang and He Zhen fought against the Chu army. At that time, Deng Ming had already had more than a dozen practical experiences - Deng Ming could not give each Western Sichuan cavalry so many training opportunities, so he could only rely on more training time to help them pass the adaptation period as soon as possible.
Another enemy appeared in front of him. Deng Ming was about to swing his sword when suddenly he saw something swinging towards him. He subconsciously bent over and dodged, and a heavy three-eyed gun passed by him. Before entering Huguang, Deng Ming adapted to the great explosion of adrenal hormones. Every time he fought with his life, he no longer felt out of control. Instead, he felt that he was full of vitality, his muscles were full of strength, and his reaction was very sharp.
During the Battle of Gaoyou Lake, Deng Ming noticed that more than one young Qing cavalry suddenly stiffened when they were swords and his body was in trouble, and he seemed to be stunned. Deng Ming knew very well what it would be like, and he also knew that it was because the other party had not adapted to the feeling of death passing by - but they had no chance to adapt anymore, and death came because of the slowness of that moment.
Some enemies in front of him reacted, but some did not. However, the weapons waving back and forth interfered with Deng Ming's attack. He kept blocking the weapons that threatened him. The only thing he didn't need to be distracted was to keep the horses accelerated. As early as the first time he fought against Li Guoying's battalion, this was a natural action. High-speed movement was the best shield for the charge cavalry, which made the enemy's large number of attacks failed or the angle was wrong, and could not exert their strength.
It has been a long time since Sichuan conducted wall-based charge training, Deng Ming has been fighting in the queue, and today's battle seems to have pulled him back a few years ago. Now Deng Ming can only sprint down. He doesn't know where the guards behind him are and whether they are closely behind him. However, as long as there are enemies in front of him, Deng Ming will not have the chance to stop and observe.
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When the first row of Shandong Supervisors opened fire, the Ming army was at least a hundred meters away. They quickly fired all their three shots. Even Zu Zepu, who was watching the battle in the rear, did not expect in advance that the enemy cavalry coming from the sea were so amazing. Although it was located behind a safe formation, if Zu Zepu had a musket in his hand, he might not be able to control himself and fired.
The Qing army in the first row may have the intention of aiming when firing the first shot, and then both shots were bowed and ignited the fire in a hurry, and shot out at Bai Wu. After gasping for several breaths at Bai Wu, he saw the enemy rushing out of the fog, which means that the Qing soldiers must have not waited for the enemy to rush within ten feet as required before firing the gun. Ten feet were just a blink of an eye for the sprinting cavalry.
The Ming general in red rushed into the Qing army's position first, like a sharp blade splitting the waves and killing towards the hill where Zu Zepu's flag was located. Wherever he passed, the Qing army cavalry was in a panic and avoided the two sides. If it were in the past, Zu Zepu's attention would definitely be completely attracted by this fearless enemy general. However, now more than this person shocked the Qing army commander. Following the enemy general, the irresistible cavalry wall rolled into the Qing army's position.
Although they were also cavalry chargers at high speed, until now, the Ming army still maintained a basically flat front line, and the cavalry wall advancing side by side even gave people the illusion of slow movement. There was no familiar cavalry melee, and the cavalry of Shandong Dubu was lying down like grass blown by the strong wind. Then another layer of black armored cavalry rushed out of the fog, then the third layer and the fourth layer.
The Ming cavalry front line, which was 120 people wide, was about 4 or 50 people wide for the Qing army. When the Ming cavalry jumped out of the white mist and rushed into the Qing army's front line, Zu Zepu saw that the red-clothed enemy general had reached the hillside. However, Deng Ming no longer kept the straight forward route. Because of avoiding attacks and shuttled through the gaps of the Qing cavalry, Deng Ming's route had shifted unconsciously.
Deng Ming looked up at the hills, and he could already see the Qing general riding a horse in front of the general flag, being tightly wrapped in armor. According to the pre-war plan, Deng Ming did not intend to rush directly to the opponent's general flag. After all, the opponent was all cavalry and had the advantage of being condescending. Moreover, Deng Ming knew that when he penetrated the thick formation of the Qing army, the Ming army would suffer great losses in terms of formation and speed.
Therefore, Deng Ming chose to close the left hand of Zu Zepu's general flag, and the Ming army would quickly turn around and reorganize after breaking through the enemy formation. At this time, the Qing army would definitely fall into chaos because the formation was penetrated. The Ming army could continue to attack the main force of the Qing army according to the situation, or charge from close range to attack the already exposed enemy flags.
But when he saw the enemy general who was so close to him, Deng Ming couldn't help but scream: "Zu Zepu!"
This loud shout attracted the eyes of the Qing general immediately. Seeing the most important target, the Qing court's Shandong Governor seemed to be in time. Deng Ming suddenly pulled the reins and tried to find a way to rush up the hills. When he rode his horse towards the enemy, he shouted again: "Give your life!"
However, there were many armored cavalry in front of him. These Shandong Governor's personal guards blocked the way and blocked the hills tightly. They pointed their guns at Deng Ming who wanted to jump onto the hills.
Deng Ming did not bump into him, and his mount also automatically chose a gap and ran quickly through the side of the hills with Deng Ming.
The generals on the hills kept staring at Deng Ming's figure. When Deng Ming walked around the hills, he turned his body and always faced Deng Ming.
"Zhong!" Deng Ming shouted, and threw the long sword in his hand at the target.
The white light rushed towards him. The Biaoying guards were shocked and flew up and stood in front of the Shandong Governor. The other Biaoying guards also raised their nail guns in their hands to dial the sword light.
The sword was hit by a long spear, spinning in the air, and penetrated heavily into the ground. The blood-stained sword body shaking continuously, making a buzzing beep.
"What a thief." Zu Zepu stared at the red-robed general who was leaving quickly. He saw that the opponent had run dozens of feet away in an instant. He turned around and stopped. Many black-armored cavalry were gathering towards him - the Qing army's military formation had been penetrated.
Finally there was time to take a breath. Deng Ming looked back at the east and saw the smoke and dust rolling, the guards were quickly running towards him.
"Where is the enemy's formation still tight?" Deng Ming asked quickly, and stood up from the saddle and observed the Qing army flags around him.
The guards gathered over also observed together. Deng Ming is now in the southwest direction of Zu Zepu's general flag. He saw that the Qing army's flag was still neat and was turning toward him.
If this Qing cavalry was adjusted in time and launched a counter-charge when Deng Ming attacked Zu Zepu, they would just hit the flank of the Ming army; if the Ming army lost speed when it attacked the hills, then even if the Qing cavalry charged in a loose formation, it would cause huge damage to the Ming army.
"The whole army turned around." Deng Ming made a decision, pointing to the east: "The whole army looks east."
With Deng Ming's order, the three walls and the Rangers' flags pointed to the east. After re-arranged at the fastest speed, Deng Ming also lined up the military formation this time, and he drew out his spare saber: "Attack!"
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"Let the Ganzhou Green Camp attack!" Zu Zepu shouted anxiously. The Qing army was torn into two sections. The central part was the thickest place in the Qing army, but it was still penetrated by the Ming army in one fell swoop. Wherever they passed, three or four hundred Shandong governors were either killed or injured. The Qing army troops that were originally facing the east needed 180 degrees to rotate and adjusted to face the west. Zu Zepu's troops in the north had begun to be in chaos; the south was slightly better, and they were trying their best to adjust.
However, the Ming army was much faster, and they arranged that dense formation again, and a new round of charge was imminent. At this time, the Qing army troops that were about to bear the attack had not yet completed the entire army's turn, and it was too late to set up a formation, let alone launch a hedge.
Chapter completed!