Chapter 18 The Great Victory
A few miles ahead, among the wormwood.
Ebilong was shocked by the sudden violent noise and asked in surprise: "What's going on? What do these Nanming barbarians want to do?"
Ta Zhan looked up at the sky and said in a deep voice: "Ebilong, you can't wait any longer!"
"Okay." Ebilong nodded and said in a deep voice, "I will lead a thousand cavalry to attack from the front, and first destroy the Nanming barbarians. You will take the remaining thousand cavalry to go around from both wings. This time, you must wipe out all the Ming army!"
"Okay." Ta Zhan said in a deep voice, "That's it."
Two thousand Mongolian cavalry emerged from the dense weeds like ghosts and swept towards the Ming army who was waiting for battle.
Although Tazhan and Ebilong were through many battles, their long-term victory made them extremely despise the Ming army. This contempt prompted them to make the decision to divide the troops into three groups, and only one thousand cavalry launched an assault from the front!
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"Look at General!" A sharp-eyed servant suddenly shouted, "Caval! Jiannu Cavalry!"
"Um?"
Wang Pu looked in the direction of the servant's finger and saw that the dark horizon had already emitted the flames. Under the fire, a large group of Jiannu cavalry had already covered and killed like a tide. In less than a moment, the sound of horse hooves sounded between the world, just like rolling thunder from the horizon, which made people frightened!
Although Wang Pu's servants were all elite soldiers in a hundred battles, their faces changed one after another.
Wang Pu's face also changed. Jiannu is really amazing!
Zhen Youcai's voice and series of poisonous tricks were unable to deceive Jiannu, and Jiannu had designed a trick by him! If Wang Pu had not had an extraordinary keen sense of danger on the battlefield, these nearly a thousand servants would have already penetrated into Jiannu's ambush circle. In this way, wouldn't it end up with the destruction of the entire army?
"Oh my god, Jiannu wasn't fooled."
Zhen Youcai, who was originally standing behind Wang Pu, escaped into the circular defense formation like a rabbit, bent down and hid under the horse's belly.
Scarface licked his lips, and the scar that ran across his face became particularly hideous and terrifying under the light of the fire. Scarface snatched the first two steps and said to Wang Pu: "General, there are at least two thousand Jiannu cavalry, more than a thousand cavalry on the front, and four or five hundred cavalry on both wings. Judging from this posture, Jiannu wants to take us in one fell swoop."
"Stop it in one go?" Wang Pu sneered, "Jiannu has such a big appetite, and he is not afraid of breaking his teeth!"
Scarface said in a deep voice: "General, the villain brings two hundred brothers to entangle the Jiannu cavalry in front of you, and you can take the remaining brothers and run away quickly."
Wang Pu said in a deep voice: "Run? Can you run than Jiannu?"
Scarface said: "That's better than waiting to die."
"Waiting for death?" Wang Pu said with a grim smile, "It's not certain who will die, hum!"
Scarface said anxiously: "General!"
Wang Pu was unmoved at all, strode to the queue of 600 clans and shouted sternly: "All brothers listen, Jiannu cavalry has come to kill, it is too late to escape now, if you want to survive, you have to fight to the death! Remember what the general said just now, keep calm, be sure to keep calm, this Jiannu is nothing!"
Thousands of Jiannu cavalry came over like a wind and clouds. The fire was flying and the hooves were sounding like thunder. Wang Pu turned his back to the Jiannu cavalry with a solemn expression and stood like a mountain. Whether modern or ancient, the laws of survival on the battlefield are always the same. As the saying goes, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. The more you fear death, the faster you will die. If you want to survive, you will have to fight your life!
"First team, prepare..."
Amid Wang Pu's shrill roar, the first team of servants raised their firearms and aimed at the Jiannu cavalry sweeping in front of them.
Officers are always the best role models for soldiers. Wang Pu's actions to stand in front of the battlefield completely inspired these big-headed soldiers. Even the generals were not afraid of death. What else could they be afraid of?
Amid the deafening sound of iron hooves, the ferocious figures of the Jiannu cavalry were already vaguely visible. Some Jiannu cavalry holding strong bows had begun to shoot into the sky, and sharp arrows kept falling from the sky. A branch even flew across Wang Pu's cheek, just a little bit before shooting through Wang Pu's head.
Wang Pu's body remained motionless, and he didn't even blink.
Wang Pu knew that there could not be any wavering or retreating now. If he retreated, his servants would only retreat faster. Then they would be defeated like the Ming army in Songshan and completely became the target of the Jiannu cavalry. Hold on, you must hold on. Although Jiannu's arrows can kill people, the chance of being shot at such a long distance is not high!
"oops!"
"Oh, damn it!"
"Oh my god, my feet..."
The unlucky servants were constantly shot by arrows and fell to the ground and wailed in pain. The timid servants began to feel uneasy, but when they saw Wang Pu who was still moving in front of the formation, they quickly calmed down again.
The Jiannu cavalry rushed forward.
The first team of servants who had already raised their guns to aim were so nervous that they were almost suffocating, but Wang Pu did not order the fire for a long time.
"Boom..."
Amid the deafening sound of horse hooves, the distance between the two armies was closer. At this time, almost all the Jiannu cavalry began to pull their bows and arrows, and they could shoot arrows to kill the enemy by just waiting for a closer distance. At this moment, Wang Pu suddenly shouted: "First team, open fire!"
The servants in the first row were relieved and pressed the hook hard.
"boom!"
A hundred muskets raised in a row at the same time burst out red flames under the night sky. The Jiannu cavalry, who were sprinting at a very fast speed, suddenly fell over the horses. The dozens of cavalry in the front fell into a pool of blood. The subsequent Jiannu cavalry were unmoved at all. With their skillful riding skills, they rode their horses over their fallen companions and continued to advance wildly.
These Jiannu cavalry did not know how powerful they were. They thought that the Ming army in front of them was no different from the other Ming army they had encountered before. In their impression, as long as they survived the first shot of the Ming army, the victory of the war would already belong to them, and the Ming army would completely lose its resistance and become a slaughtered lamb.
Wang Pu was also not frightened by the tide of the Jiannu cavalry charge, and calmly repeated the same order.
"Second team, prepare... to open fire!"
"boom!"
"The third team, prepare... to open fire!"
"boom!"
"Fourth Team, prepare... to open fire!"
"boom!"
Under the dark night sky, red flames kept flashing, followed by huge roars. The sky was trembling and the ground was shaking. The Jiannu cavalry rushing forward fell down in rows. As the distance approached, the power of the Ming munitions gradually increased, the fallen Jiannu increased more and more.
When the sixth team's servants lined up to open fire, most of the 1,000 Jiannu cavalry attacked from the front had been killed or injured. Ebilong, who was rushing in the front, was shot through the front door and fell off his horse. In the face of huge casualties, Jiannu's psychological defense finally collapsed. They lost the courage to continue sprinting forward and fled one after another.
Jiannu is also a human being. They are afraid of death and will run away!
"call……"
Wang Pu breathed a long sigh, and a huge rock in his heart finally landed. These six hundred clans are worthy of being the elite of the Ming army. They did not disappoint Wang Pu. They withstand the cruel test of actual combat.
"General, Jiannu has been beaten back!" Scarface rushed up like crazy and shouted, "Jiannu has been beaten back!"
"Don't be too happy too early!" Wang Pu said coldly, "The Jiannu on the front was defeated, but the Jiannu on both wings was coming around. Scarface, you take the first, second and third teams to the left to block the attack. Have you learned how to shoot just now?"
"Learn." Scarface said impatiently, "Leave it to me on the left, team one, two, and three, come with me!"
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Shengjing.
The fire in the palace and Prince Beile's mansion has not yet been extinguished. Huang Taiji, who was gloomy, came to the front of the Qing Gate by the guards. At this time, the Qing Gate had turned into a broken wall in the flames, and it was no longer as majestic as before. Not far behind the Qing Gate is Chongzheng Hall. At this time, half of the Chongzheng Hall had been burned down, and the remaining half was also shaking in the flames.
It can be imagined that Shengjing will definitely become a ruin after the fire.
Huang Taiji sighed a long time, and how could he not be heartbroken when his father Khan and his decades of hard work turned into ashes? What made Huang Taiji feel heavy was that this time it was not just a Shengjing, but also the great military power accumulated by the Jurchens through hundreds of bloody battles in hundreds of years!
We must not let this Ming army return to the pass alive, especially the head general of this Ming army!
Chapter completed!