Chapter 250 Cavalry vs. Cavalry, Iron-Blooded Hedging (Please subscribe!)

When Huang Qing saw this scene, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Zhao Liangdong is not stupid. He knows that the Ming artillery poses a great threat to Kunming City, so he does not hesitate to send elite cavalry out of the city to fight and destroy our artillery."

Indeed, without destroying the Ming Dynasty's artillery, the fall of Kunming City would be just a matter of time.

On the Ming side, officers such as Huang Qing and Chen Mengwei had no fear at all, and were not worried that the Qing cavalry would cause harm to the Ming artillery.

Because the Ming Dynasty artillery cannot be left alone outside, the artillery must be protected by a large number of infantry.

Huang Qing deployed infantry guards on both sides and rear of the artillery. Not far from the artillery position, he also sent cavalry to guard its flanks from a distance.

The artillery of the Guards responded immediately. The artillery men and horses had already packed up and turned around. However, when the Qing cavalry left the city to fight, the artillery immediately turned back and deployed the mortars, and adjusted the muzzle elevation to aim at the rushing cavalry.

Continue firing explosive shells.

The training of the Guards artillery is very good. Even when they retreat, they are always ready to continue fighting.

In this case, even if the shot is not accurate, it will still cause damage to the Qing cavalry. Unless it is ridiculously crooked, after all, the shell itself is considered a range attack.

The artillery fire roared, and a large number of explosive shells were fired, directly knocking down a group of Qing cavalry who were charging forward. The Qing cavalry continued to charge, but the speed had slowed down and became hesitant.

The artillery fired a round of explosive shells and then stopped firing. This was because the Guards cavalry on both sides of them, who were responsible for protecting their work, also appeared.

At this point, even though Zhao Liangdong was extremely distressed, he absolutely did not dare to open the city gate. The enemy's cavalry on the opposite side was too fierce. If they rushed into the city, they might really be able to break out of the situation!

Because as long as they occupy this city gate, the Ming army, which still has superior strength, will continue to enter the city. Then the city of Kunming cannot be saved, and it is hard to say whether they will live or die.

Seeing that the friendly forces were refusing to save them, the defeated Qing cavalry did not dare to turn back and deal with the Guards again, so they fled in all directions. Some were smart enough to throw away their weapons, dismount and surrender.

As a result, that night, Huang Qing sent artillery to the foot of Kunming City to continue bombarding the city wall, and all the efforts of the Qing army to repair the city wall were in vain.

There are no banner men under Zhao Liangdong, they are all green soldiers. Many of the cavalry in this battalion are veterans from Zhao Liangdong's journey from Shaanxi to today. They can be considered elite cavalry, but they face various ideas.

The Ming Guards armed with spectacle buffs and advanced military training.

What faced them was an all-round gap. The infantry was not as good as others, the artillery was not as good as others, and the most proud cavalry was not as good as others. This is a shame.

When Zhao Liangdong saw that the abominable Ming army on the opposite side stopped shelling, he immediately asked his men to start repairing the city wall.

Even if there are no ideas and wonders, this team has been trained in a new way and received the ideological education of the imperial trainers. Coupled with various spiritual inspirations and calls for interests, the soldiers of the Ming Guards are not much different from the old ones.

The combat effectiveness of the troops is completely different!

This is a true tiger and wolf force.

Although Zhao Liangdong's elite cavalry had become accustomed to fighting over the years, they could only be defeated steadily against the Guards cavalry, which had higher morale and was more organized.

After the Guards had tidied up the situation, more than 500 of Zhao Liangdong's elite cavalry were killed, more than 400 surrendered, and another 500 simply fled.

After clearing the battlefield, Huang Qing also announced that the army began to rest and wait for orders before continuing to attack the city.

On the first day when Kunming was besieged, the entire city was shrouded in gloom and gloom.

The fighting between the two cavalry only lasted ten minutes, and the Qing cavalry was completely defeated. They cried and howled and wanted to retreat into Kunming City.

All the Qing soldiers on the city wall watching this scene felt like they were mourning for their heirs!

When it prospers, the people suffer; when it dies, the people suffer.

Even in Kunming City, because of the activities of the Jin Yiwei, many people knew that it was the comeback of the Ming Dynasty that came to attack Kunming City!

But even if they are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, most ordinary people value their own wealth and life. Maybe they may be inclined to the Ming Dynasty to rule them, but no one wants to face war. If the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty is corrupted, in the end

It is they who are suffering.

The artillery of the Guards no longer fires to prevent accidental damage to friendly forces.

The cavalry in the fifth town are basically cuirassiers. They are equipped with flintlock pistols, wear relatively simple but protective breastplates, and fight with sabers or spears. They pay special attention to the team's strength during charge and maneuver.

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The whole city was in a panic, as if they were sitting on pins and needles.

They had never seen such a terrifying cavalry. Even the elites of the Eight Banners had a sense of bravery, but they did not have the chilling and unshakable power that made people feel like hundreds of thousands of people were connected into one.

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Even the ordinary people in Kunming are worried. After all, the outbreak of war is a trauma for them. They and their relatives may die in the war, or lose all their property and become refugees.

"Is such an army still human?" Many people who witnessed this battle couldn't help but ask this question.

Zhao Liangdong's cavalry saw it most clearly!

They clearly saw the calm perseverance and desperate murderous look on the faces of the Ming army cavalry charging over from the opposite side.

However, the Qing troops guarding the city had already closed the city gates. These cavalrymen wanted to enter the city, but were driven back by the Qing troops on the city with bows and arrows.

"Many of them are brothers who have followed me since Shaanxi!" Zhao Liangdong said heartbrokenly, but he still closed the city gate tightly and did not do any rescue.

The Guards cavalry smashed into the Qing cavalry formation like a sledgehammer, or the Qing army was like an egg hitting a hard stone!

The cavalry of the Ming Guards waved their swords and guns, constantly killing the Qing cavalry.

The cavalry from the Fifth Guards Town rushed up like a whirlwind and collided directly with the Qing army's cavalry.

After that, Huang Qing ordered the artillery to bombard the Kunming city wall from time to time every day, sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon, and even at night.

After several days in a row, Kunming's city wall had been bombarded to tatters. The defenders of Kunming City were even very reluctant to go up to the city wall to defend the city, because they never knew when the enemy on the opposite side would start shelling. Once the shelling started,

They may be about to suffer.

Therefore, every time they go to the city for duty, it is a lottery for Qing soldiers. If they are lucky, the weather will be calm during the period, but if they are not lucky, they will be shot.

Everyone in the city knew that it was only a matter of time before the city was destroyed.
Chapter completed!