467 Flank Emergency
The battlefield changed rapidly. After seeing Dorgon sending a cart formation, Lu Haoshan immediately made changes and sent Gesang to lead 3,000 cavalrymen to attack. The foreigners were nomadic people, and they grew up on horseback. They were extremely skilled in riding. The wielding swords and archery on horseback was part of his life.
The Sichuan Army is now in charge of firearms, so Pubu came with 30,000 elite soldiers and had no chance to perform. It felt like being a coolie and taking action. The foreign soldiers thought that Lu Haoshan wanted to use them as cannon fodder, but they didn't expect that they would rarely go out and treated them as idle people. They were all held back and finally equal opportunities for performance, so they were not willing to miss it. They all rushed into the enemy group like tigers going down the mountain.
Gesang took the lead and headed straight for the enemy group. When a Qingming saw Gesang rushing over, he reacted quickly. He immediately set his bow and shot him at Gesang. He said it was slow and he was fast. He saw Gesang lie on the horse's back and flipped the blade of the scimitar with his right hand. The dark horse under his crotch rushed past the Qing soldier like a wind. At the moment when the two met, a head soared into the sky.
Just after just a meeting, Gesang dealt with the Qing soldier. The whole process was as smooth as the flowing clouds and water. Not only did Pubu nod secretly, but Lu Haoshan praised him when he saw it.
As soon as the foreign soldiers attacked, the soldiers on the cart were killed like lambs in front of such elite infantry. Those vehicles were easily destroyed by scimitars. Some large and sturdy carts directly placed a grenade on them to explode. In just a short while, the battlefield was in a mess, and the Sichuan Army took the initiative back in a blink of an eye.
"Run up and entangle them." Seeing that his cart array was destroyed, Dorgon immediately ordered the First Reserve Team to support it quickly.
The first reserve team was the general Xia Guo-Gui under Wu Sangui. He heard this and immediately shouted "Running" and led his subordinates to rush out like arrows, preparing to compete with the Sichuan cavalry and meet the slaughtered Qing soldiers.
"Run"
"kill!"
Xia Guoping was also a general with both civil and military skills, and was well versed in war. His military command level was also relatively high. With a command, his subordinates rushed forward in an arrow-shaped formation, and they all tried their best to destroy their horses. They knew that the sooner they rushed into the enemy formation, the better. The Sichuan Army's firearms were not vegetarians.
As a general, Xia Guoshang's military talent was recognized by everyone. He had high talent but bad luck. When he drew the lottery last night, he drew the first echelon. He made meritorious service and took the lead, but he died first. Especially when he encountered a team like the Sichuan Army, drawing such a lottery would be a bad year, but Xia Guoshang had no choice.
"Sir, the Qing army has been dispatched." Tang Qiang immediately reported the report when he saw the Xia Prime Minister's charge.
"Who is leading the team?"
"Superior Xia."
Lu Haoshan stepped on his feet and built the city wall with cement, and said confidently: "I have spent so much manpower and material resources. I just want to kill the enemy. I can look far and see the distance. I can also aim far and fight for me. I must not let my rider get close."
"Yes, sir." Tang Qiang said to himself after hearing this: "You are going to run off the cliff slope. This time I see where you are running."
Lu Haoshan spent a lot of effort to surround Wujiawan with his sentry and walls. It became a suburban city. Wujiawan was backed by Dingjun Mountain, and there were mountains on both sides. In this way, only the east side was suitable for attack and defense. Standing at a high place to set fire to a musket, and not afraid of being blocked by the fighting soldiers.
"Bang bang..."
"Bang bang bang..."
"boom......"
As soon as the Prime Minister of Xia entered the range of the muskets and cannons, they were first bombarded by a round of cannons, and then the muskets of the pole fired. The iron bullets used by the new fire system were fired by a striker. The shooting speed was fast and the sight was accurate. People were constantly caught and dropped by the gunshots. The generals of Xia Kingdom fell down. They were either lying on the back of the horse or sticking to the belly of the horse. Avoiding bullets did not affect the speed. It can be seen that all he brought were experienced battlefield veterans.
"Shoot the horse first, aim at the horse to hit it." Tang Qiang immediately ordered.
Capture the king first, and shoot the man first. The horse is large in size and easier to hit. After transferring the target, the horses neighed and fell to the ground. The chariot convoys of the foreign soldiers and Qing soldiers fought fiercely about one hundred steps away from the city wall. The cavalry of the Prime Minister of Xia was strongly sniped by the Sichuan Army's musket team at about 200 steps. No matter how hard the Prime Minister of Xia tried, he could not rush. Seeing that the enemy was just one hundred steps away, he could rush over with a few breaths, but he just couldn't break through.
The Sichuan Army used impeccable facts to show that it occupied an absolute dominant position in the output of firepower. The musket of that pole seemed to wove into an invisible wall, creating an invisible protection net for the foreign soldiers who massacred the Qing army under the city wall. Xia Guoxiang and others could only watch the foreign soldiers kill all the people like lightning, destroy all the siege equipment, and another gust of wind returned to Wujiawan.
When Dorgon saw that the situation was wrong, the team of cavalry had already suffered seven or eight out of ten casualties. Xia Guo Prime Minister followed behind to supervise the battle, and another personal guard sacrificed his life to rescue him. He was shot on his right shoulder, and the blood dyed his sleeves red, but he had no worries about his life.
Dorgon personally helped Prime Minister Xia dismount, expressed his appreciation for his heroic side, and announced a reward for the soldiers. Then the team of terrified soldiers retreated and rested, and now they could not form combat power.
"This firepower is too strong." Wu Sangui said helplessly.
Ajige said unwillingly: "Fourth brother, why not let me lead my troops to rush. The walls of Ningyuan City are so high and thick, but we have all captured this small Wujiawan? I took it down with just one charge."
When it comes to siege cities and territories, the Qing Dynasty was not afraid. I remember Ningyuan and Jinzhou were so impoverished back then, but the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty still launched attacks on it again and again, making the Ming army lose its temper. Huang Taiji personally participated in the attack on Ningyuan and died. From this, we can see the aggressiveness of the Qing people.
When Ma Guangyuan saw that Dorgon did not make any noise, he knew that he was reluctant to push his brother so early to act as cannon fodder. Hearing this, he volunteered: "Prince, the morale of the Sichuan Army is now strong, and they are sticking to one direction, which is not conducive to our attack. It is better for us to attack from the side and take three steps to see how the Sichuan Army responds."
After saying that, he volunteered to say, "I am not talented, and I am the pioneer of the original work, please help me."
Ma Guangyuan is the only one in Shuanggushan Ezhen, Han Zheng Huangqi and Han Yinghuang Huangqi are all under his control. His troops are close to 50,000, and he is a powerful faction. Dorgon praised his volunteer and said happily: "When General Ma takes out his horse, the horse will naturally succeed. However, there are high mountains on the flanks of the two sides, and many outposts have been built on the mountain. General Ma should be more careful."
"The last general will receive the order." Ma Guangyuan said respectfully.
It is an honor and a responsibility to be able to serve as the leader of the two flags. Ma Guangyuan knew that his power came from the Manchu and Qing nobles, so he was extremely loyal to him and often took the initiative to stand up and solve problems for the Manchu and Qing nobles. That is, this kind of caution, he gained higher trust and power than others. A saying circulated in the Manchu and Qing noble circle: There are examples in literature and examples, and Ma Guangyuan in martial arts.
If the brother Duoduo and Ajige are Dorgon's left and right hands, then Fan Wencheng and Ma Guangyuan are Dorgon's left and right legs.
Of course, Wu Sangui is also very capable, but Wu Sangui's ambition is too great and difficult to control. Instead, the loyal Ma Guangyuan is more useful.
After reviving the flag and drums, Dorgon gave the order, and soon, the Qing army divided into three groups, one of which was still pushing a cart to cover the attack, while the other two were directly inserted into the flanks, preparing to dig outposts on both wings and cooperate with the attack.
Compared with the previous second attack, the third frontal attack made some changes. After reaching the attack range of muskets and longbows, the Qing army stopped advancing and fought back against the fierce artillery fire of the Sichuan army, and also dispatched red and barbarian cannons. As soon as the three red and barbarian cannons appeared, the Sichuan army was facing a great enemy and dispatched general cannons to fight back, trying to destroy the three red and barbarian cannons.
At the front of Wujiawan, a roar of cannons was rumbling, and a new round of firearms bombardment began. In terms of artillery, the Qing army naturally could not compare to the Sichuan army, which had an absolute leading advantage. It was in a state of backwardness from the beginning, but now it was just to attract firepower, so it could only grit its teeth and resist.
The frontal attack was once again frustrated, and the side attack was not smooth. Ma Guangyuan led his subordinates to attack the flanks of the Sichuan Army. Unexpectedly, the road up the mountain was covered with traps, and the explosion sounded suddenly. From time to time, soldiers were shot by arrows or accidentally detonated grenades. The casualties were not great, but they were very harmful to morale. Ma Guangyuan was unable to get off the tiger and gritted his teeth to let his soldiers continue to move forward.
Outposts built with iron bars, bricks, stones and cement are naturally not easy to mess with, easy to defend but difficult to attack, with artillery, muskets and grenades in the distance. Lu Haoshan built a total of six solid outposts on both sides of the flanks, three of which were connected in a row to take care of each other. The soldiers of the two Han Huangqi were very injured, but Ma Guangyuan also tried to attack the flanks and threaten Wujiawan. He killed two Niu Lu, who had poor combat, and personally led the team to attack, preparing to use the sea of people to capture the manpower tactics. Fortunately, the manchu nobles were very faced.
The battle was in a very stalemate. In front of each post, it could be said that corpses were piled up in mountains and blood flowed into rivers, but Ma Guangyuan Ning refused to retreat. In anger, he led his personal guards to participate in the attack. He attacked the posts in one fell swoop, and desperately hit the doors of those posts with a knock-on wood, and stuffed some earthen bombs into the posts through the shooting holes.
Seeing that victory was in sight and was about to take down the flank, the Sichuan Army on Dingjun Mountain finally made movement.
"Boom...boom..."
A huge explosion sounded next to the outpost. It turned out that the new general artillery on Dingjun Mountain had fired. The explosives exploded next to the outpost. The Sichuan army hiding inside was not damaged. The Qing army besieged the outpost was in terrible and was blown away by blood. No one expected that Dingjun Mountain would fire at this time. The bombardment site was so coincidental: it would not seriously damage the outpost, and a carpet explosion was carried out on the Qing army surrounding the outpost... (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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