: Heavy Crack

Although nearly a thousand cavalry suffered casualties, the charge of the eight banners of Jiannu continued.

After two more rounds of gunfire, more than half of the second row of Jiannu cavalry had been injured or killed. However, the remaining Jiannu cavalry in the first row finally rushed to the front of the Ming army formation, and the sabre raised high and slashed hard. A Central Army soldier suddenly separated, and the Ming Central Army finally suffered casualties.

However, the Jiannu cavalry did not cause any riots to the Central Army.

Jiannu had good psychological qualities. The psychological qualities of the Central Army of the Ming Dynasty were only stronger than Jiannu. Soon three Central Army soldiers separated from the shooting queue and surrounded the Jiannu cavalry in the shape of a pin. Jiannu cavalry strangled the reins of the horse and turned around on the spot. The raised sabre aimed at the neck of a Central Army soldier and slashed hard again.

The Central Army soldier quickly dodged and dodged. At the same time, two other Central Army soldiers took the opportunity to sprint forward and stabbed Jiannu on the horse. The chain mail on Jiannu could protect the knife from slashing, but it was difficult to protect the bayonet from stabbing. With the crisp sound of the sharp blade cutting through the flesh, Jiannu's abdomen and waist were pierced at the same time.

"Ah..."

Jiannu screamed shrillly, then fell straight from the horse's back. Three Central Army soldiers quickly surrounded him, and the snow-bright bayonets kept poking Jiannu's body, and blood holes were poked one after another in Jiannu's chest until Jiannu died.

Fierce battle continued in front of the two armies.

When half of the third row of cavalry in Jiannu's cavalry was injured and half of the casualties, the subsequent cavalry were finally seriously disturbed. The corpses of the people and horses lying on the ground had formed continuous obstacles. The two rows of cavalry could no longer continue to sprint. Although the Ming army was close at hand, the iron cavalry of Jiannu had to slow down the sprint speed to avoid being tripped by the corpses of his companions.

At this moment, a large number of black dots suddenly flew up from the Ming army formation and smashed on the heads of the fourth row of Jiannu cavalry.

"Dragon King Cannon!"

"Damn it, it's the Dragon King Cannon!"

"Roar over, rush over quickly, kill all these damn Nanming barbarians..."

The leading Jiannu Jialaezhen had already realized the danger and shouted loudly that the Jiannu cavalry rushed forward at any cost to stop the Ming army from continuing to throw the Dragon King cannon. Unfortunately, it was too late. Suddenly, countless black spots with blue smoke had fallen into the Jiannu cavalry formation like raindrops.

"Boom boom boom..."

The next moment, a dense explosion suddenly broke out between the sky and the earth, and rolling flames rose into the air from a distance of dozens of steps in front of the Ming army. In the rolling flames, the Jiannu cavalry could be vaguely seen flying up and over, with flesh and blood flying, and countless broken limbs and bodies flying all over the sky. The scene was extremely ugly.

The eight hundred cavalry and Jiannu cavalry who rushed to the back were completely stunned.

Although these Jiannu cavalry were not afraid of death and were used to the bloody and storm on the battlefield, they had never seen such a terrible scene. The tumbling black smoke had completely covered the entire battlefield. In front of them, there were only the tumbling black smoke flying in the sky, the arms, thighs, and some part of their bodies were flying in the sky, and they were even buzzing in their ears, and they could not hear any other sounds.

No one can survive such a terrible explosion!

The last eight hundred cavalry and Jiannu cavalry charged from the front were dull. They had never felt helpless and desperate as they were now. The fierce gunfire sounds resurfaced. The Ming army musket team was shooting forward through the thick smoke. Dozens of Jiannu cavalry screamed and fell off their horses. The shrill wailing of their companions made the remaining Jiannu cavalry feel more at a loss...

"Ao!"

In the suffocating confusion, there was no idea which cavalry of Jiannu roared first and rode forward again. The remaining Jiannu cavalry made howling like trapped beasts, followed the Jiannu cavalry into the rolling smoke. Because of their blocked vision, more than a hundred Jiannu cavalry were tripped by their companions' bodies.

The remaining more than 600 cavalrymen of Jiannu finally rushed through the rolling smoke zone.

Twenty steps ahead were the formation of the Ming Central Army. An extremely ferocious gaze burst out from the eyes of the Jiannu cavalry. They raised their cold sabre for the last time...

The third row of Ming troops, kneeling in front, two and three rows intertwined, and a total of 2,400 musketeers raised their rifles at the same time. The black muzzle had already aimed at the team of Jiannu Iron Cavalry rushing out of the smoke. Accompanied by a dense gunshot, the more than 600 Jiannu cavalry lying on the ground like cut weeds.

Only one of the Jiannu Iron Cavalry struggled and did not fall down. He gasped on the horse's back twice, then raised his sabre and threw it fiercely on the Ming army's formation twenty steps away. The sharp sabre split the air, making a sharp roar, and it pierced into the Ming army formation in a flash. A Central Army infantry could not block it and was penetrated by a steel knife and fell down without saying a word!

The north wind whistled past, blowing away the smoke and sand that spread on the battlefield.

The three thousand Jiannu Iron Cavalry, who launched an attack from the left and right wings, have also retreated.

Wang Pu and Dorgon's eyes fell on the battlefield at the same time. The battlefield that was still noisy just now suddenly fell silent. Only the seriously injured Jiannu cavalry were still lying on the ground and wailing. The endless wailing made all the Jiannu soldiers watching the battle in the distance lower their heads. They couldn't bear to see this miserable scene.

At this point, the 4,000 Jiannu Iron Cavalry raided from the front were completely destroyed, and a thousand people were killed on the spot. Almost all of the remaining 3,000 people were seriously injured. They were unable to move on the battlefield. Even if the Jiannu cavalry occasionally struggled to stand up, they would be shot dead by the Ming army.

The situation of the Three Thousand Jiannu Iron Cavalry who attacked from the left and right wings was slightly better, and about half of the cavalry returned to Dorgon alive.

"call……"

Dorgon breathed a long sigh, and his heart was full of joy.

After losing, he was actually defeated! Seven thousand iron cavalry faced the five thousand Ming troops head-on, and it was a dignified head-on confrontation. The Eight Banners Iron Cavalry was actually defeated, and it was a crushing defeat! The four thousand iron cavalry raided from the front were almost destroyed, and more than half of the three thousand iron cavalry detoured from both wings were injured and killed, while the Ming army... only suffered a few casualties!

Suddenly, Dorgon felt like he had a dream. Such things only happen in dreams, right?

The huge shock made Dorgon no longer feel bitter or despair. At this moment, Dorgon was only confused. He was really confused. Is the era of invincible field fighting in the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry really over? Is the musket team of the Ming Dynasty really going to become the master of this world?

In the distance, in the Ming army formation.

Wang Pu's ten fingers that were tightly clasped behind him finally let go.

No one noticed that Wang Pu's palms were actually wet, and his vest was already wet with cold sweat. Wang Pu seemed calm and confident, but just now, his heart was always hanging! Since its establishment, his musket team has defeated the Tatar cavalry, defeated the former Ming surrendered army, defeated the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of the Korean Banners, but he has never confronted the Iron Cavalry of the Eight Banners head-on.

Although Wang Pu firmly believes in the power of the Musketeers, he will inevitably be nervous before the final victory.

"call……"

Wang Pu also breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling relieved, and at this moment he felt extremely relaxed!

In today's battle, Jiannu suffered a heavy blow. From then on, Jiannu could no longer launch an attack on the Ming army. The only thing Jiannu could do now is to surround the Central Army with its superior strength, and then use endless harassment to exhaust the Central Army. As for the head-on decisive battle, Jiannu probably wouldn't have the courage.

“Woo woo woo woo…”

The low sound of the horns sounded from the horizon in the distance, like crying and complaining. In less than a moment, Dorgon, with tens of thousands of cavalry from the Zhengbai Banner, disappeared from the sight of the Ming army, and tens of thousands of Tartar cavalry confronted the Ming army through the swamp, also disappeared from the distant horizon.

Jiannu and the Tartars retreated, and left more than 3,000 seriously injured soldiers on the battlefield and retreated.

Dorgon was reluctant to throw away these more than 3,000 seriously injured soldiers, but he could not save these wounded soldiers from the guns of the Ming army. What's more, even if he rescued these wounded soldiers back to the camp, he would not be able to save them. In this era, once soldiers were seriously injured on the battlefield, it would basically be equivalent to being killed in battle.

Some barbaric Tartar tribes even brutally kill injured warriors of their tribe, because these injured soldiers were unable to move and needed to send someone to take care of them, which would seriously drag down the entire army.

Dorgon could not save these more than 3,000 wounded soldiers, and Wang Pu could not pity them.

These Jiannu have experienced many battles, and their hands are covered with the blood of the Han people. Let them go? Who should millions of Han people die cry to? Without Wang Pu's order, the soldiers of the Central Army began to clean the battlefield in groups, and stabbed them to death with bayonets when they encounter someone who can breathe.

The hatred between nations can never be tributed with blood, and never requires kindness or warmth.

The situation was relatively calm for three days after that.

The Central Army of the Ming Dynasty continued north along the right bank of the canal. Jiannu and the Tatar cavalry indeed changed their strategies and did not dare to confront the Central Army head-on. Instead, they continued to send small groups of cavalry to harass the way, trying to use endless harassment wars to drag down the Central Army and delay the Central Army's itinerary.

This cavalry harassment tactic was invented by Temujin, the ancestor of the Tartars. It can be said that it is the master skill of the Tartar cavalry. In the era of cold weapons, this tactic is almost invincible. No matter how firm the willful and well-trained elite soldiers are inevitably mentally collapsed under the endless harassment of Mongolian cavalry.

Because the harassment of Mongolian cavalry is all-round, when you want to eat, when you want to sleep, when you come, when you want to attack you, when you set up your stance and set up your formation, the Mongolian cavalry escaped again. This won’t take long, and even the strongest army will inevitably collapse. At this time, the Mongolian cavalry will pounce on you like a wolf and bit a fatal bite into the enemy’s throat.

But this tactic is to dominate the age of cold weapons, and it will no longer be majestic in the age of fire weapons.

The reason is very simple. The Musketeers are not afraid of harassment at all! If there are fewer cavalry coming to harass, the Musketeers can easily be killed. If there are more cavalry coming to harass, it is not harassment but a frontal raid. It will take some time to organize a brigade of cavalry to raid from the front, and the Musketeers have enough reaction time.

Therefore, the harassment tactics of the Tatar cavalry had little effect. They did not drag down the Central Army, nor did they delay the Central Army's schedule. Instead, they lost hundreds of cavalry in vain! In the three days of harassment battle, the only achievement that the Tatar soldiers could do was that once took advantage of the Ming army's carelessness and snatched more than a hundred mules and horses!

Three days later, the Central Army successfully crossed the Si Shui River and appeared outside the east gate of Jining under the "escort" of the Tatar cavalry.

Duoduo made way for the east gate without any resistance. Wang Pu's main force of the Central Army successfully entered the city. Finally, he had two baggage battalions that arrived early. After the main force of the Central Army entered the city, Duoduo made a comeback, quickly blocked the gap outside the east gate, and closed the blockade line again.

Wang Pu did not stop Duoduo's actions. For the Central Army with sharp firearms, it was too simple to break through the lockdown of Jiannu outside the city. It is no exaggeration to say that the Central Army will leave whenever they want. It is impossible for Jiannu to stay guests. However, the Central Army does not want to leave.

Zhigu, Tianjin Sanwei.

Shi Lang's Zhenhai Navy carried Tang Sheng's Miancheng Camp up the Wei River and went ashore ten miles east of Zhigu, and then launched a sudden attack on Zhigu City with the cover of night.

There were only two hundred Jiannu in Zhigu City, and another two thousand Ming surrendered troops were stationed in the predecessor.

As soon as he heard that the Central Army of the Ming Dynasty arrived, the two thousand Ming surrendered troops were immediately "anyway". Before the Central Army entered the city, the two hundred Jiannu in the city were solved by the two thousand Ming surrendered troops. Tang Sheng's mixed battalion took down Zhigu City without any effort, and a gun was fired and the gate of Beijing was opened.

Tang Sheng had just entered the city with the Central Army. A group of former Ming surrendered generals wearing jackets and shaved with rat tails of money came up in chaos. Along the distance, the group of former Ming surrendered generals fell to the ground and sang loudly: "Slaves waiting... Uh, no, I am so proud to welcome the Central Army to restore the three guards of Tianjin."

Tang Sheng didn't say a word, but a trace of coldness flashed through his eyes.

Tang Sheng hated these traitors who surrendered to the slaves behind their backs. If the Marquis had not repeatedly told him not to cause trouble before leaving, he would have arrested these guys and tried them carefully. Anyone who had done something sorry for the Han people after surrendering to Jiannu would have been rectified on the spot.

Seeing that Tang Sheng did not say anything, these former Ming surrendered generals kept kneeling and did not dare to get up. A few timid people were already trembling all over.

Shi Lang, who was on the other side, came up to remind Tang Shengdao: "General, the marquis must have given us instructions before leaving, so that we will not cause trouble."

"Hu." Tang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, the coldness in his eyes suddenly disappeared, and he said calmly, "All up. Although you have had a disgraceful past, as long as you can change your mind and become a new person in the future, you will still be a member of the Ming Dynasty. I will represent the court Shuer and others without guilt."

"General Thank you!"

"Thank you for your magnanimity and great gratitude to you."
Chapter completed!