Chapter 418 Cutting off the retreat(1/2)
Seeing Shen Shikui covered in blood and the two guards who supported him also turned into bloody men, Huang Degong still admired Shen Shikui very much at this time.
Without knowing that there were reinforcements, he led the entire island's army and civilians to fight to the death against Jiannu. If his knees had been a little softer, he would have surrendered to Jiannu long ago.
After explaining a few words to the two presidents, Huang Degong quickly walked out of the square and came to Shen Shikui and said
"My Majesty Huang Degong, the commander of the Huben Army, Mr. Shen, please take a short rest and discuss it in detail after we kill Jian Nu."
After Huang Degong finished speaking, he waved his hand to the Huben Army medical team and said:
"Come here, quickly treat the injuries of the Commander-in-Chief and the wounded on the island!"
"Here!"
Dozens of members of the Huben Army's medical team immediately picked up their medicine boxes and walked out of the square, stepping forward to check Shen Shikui's injury (all branches of the National Guard Army have assigned medical teams)
Hearing that the person who came turned out to be the famous Viscount Huang Degong, commander of the Tiger Army, Shen Shikui hurriedly bowed and saluted:
"The last general is wearing armor and cannot be polite. Please forgive me, Sir. Thank you Sir for coming to the rescue. Fierce fighting is going on in the northwest and east of Phi Island. It may be more dangerous. Please Sir, send troops to support immediately!"
Seeing Shen Shikui's miserable situation, Huang Degong knew that the other two places must be very dangerous, and hurriedly shouted to Cao Bianjiao, who had just led his men to gather:
"General Xiao Cao, the rear of Pidao is being attacked by Jian Nu. Please send the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in two groups to quickly support us!"
Cao Bianjiao was shocked when he heard this and immediately urged his horse to come to Huang Degong:
"General, send two people to lead the way. The general will go to support them immediately!"
Hearing that the person who came was actually Cao Bianjiao, Shen Shikui's eyes lit up again. There were many famous generals gathering on Pi Island at this time, so he hurriedly handed over his hands and thanked him:
"Thank you, General Cao. I will ask someone to lead the way for General Cao immediately!"
After Shen Shikui finished speaking, he hurriedly waved to the two servants:
"You two will lead the way for General Cao to support the other two battlefields!"
"Here!"
As soon as the two people received the order, Cao Bianjiao reached out and grabbed one of them and put one of them on the horse's back. Then he shouted loudly to Mr. Qian:
"Marin, take a thousand of your men to another dangerous area for support quickly, without making any mistakes..."
Before he finished speaking, Cao Bianjiao had already galloped away with a thousand cavalry.
Ma Lin, the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Qian, hurriedly asked someone to bring a war horse to Shen Shikui's servant, and the thousand cavalrymen also left quickly...
At this time, two thousand Longteng troops led by Sun Yingyuan also quickly formed formations on the side. Soon the two phalanxes firmly protected the retreating soldiers and civilians of Pidao behind the formations, and the medical teams of the two armies began to urgently treat the wounded.
Seeing the two cavalrymen leaving quickly from the side, Duduo guessed that they were going to support the other two battlefields.
However, seeing that there were not many people, he believed that Shuotuo and Obai could handle it.
Duduo believed that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army's cavalry was completely negligible, and they were all sent to kill Obai and Shuotuo.
What Duduo was most worried about at this time was the explosive shells of the Ming army.
I set up a pergola and carefully looked at the military formations. I saw that each square formation only had about two thousand Ming Army musketeers, and the explosive artillery was nowhere to be seen.
Thinking of the explosive artillery that frightened him, Duduo's mood immediately sank again.
I hurriedly searched carefully, but I didn't find those artillery pieces. Could it be that Mingguo has run out of shells?
If Ming Gou really had no artillery shells, the Qing warriors would definitely be able to easily defeat the musket array in front of them.
"Warriors, twelve thousand versus four thousand, the Qing Dynasty will win. Kill the bright dogs and attack!"
Duduo, Prince of Jiannu Yu, gave an order, and more than two thousand Mongolian Eight Banners in front urged their horses to attack the Huben army's formation.
When the war horse speeded up slightly, the Mongolian man had already reached out to take off the bow and arrow.
Cavalry archery is the trump card of the Mongols. Before they can disperse the Ming army, they must first show off their archery skills to speed up the attack.
For the cavalry, the distance of more than 400 steps only takes about ten breaths to complete in a blink of an eye.
When they entered about 200 steps, the Mongolian war horses began to speed up and rush forward. The Mongolian arrows on the horses were already on their bows.
They were ready to start shooting at the Ming army without shields at about seventy paces.
To be honest, they had fought against the Ming army for many years with almost no defeat, and they knew the Ming army's combat capabilities better than the incompetent officials of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, do not take the two square formations in front of you seriously at all.
The person who was in command of the Huben army was Huang Degong. Of course, he would not take the Mongolian army seriously.
Seeing the Mongolian Eight Banner cavalry rushing towards him, he shouted loudly to Sun Yingyuan who was not far away:
"Xiao Sun, Jiannu is looking down on your Soaring Dragon Army. They are all coming towards me. I will kill all Jiannu in a while and make you unable to make any contribution. Hahaha..."
Sun Yingyuan just smiled at Huang Degong without saying anything. His eyes were fixed on the leader of the slave formation.
Just when Sun Yingyuan was about to think of a way to kill the slave-building prince Duduo, the Mongolian army had already entered 150 steps in front of the Huben army's formation.
"Open fire and kill them for me!"
"Bang bang bang..."
Huang Degong gave an order, and the two hundred rifled guns in the front row of the phalanx instantly spurted out balls of fury.
"Puff puff……"
Even before the bows and arrows were drawn, the Mongolian cavalry rushing in front were killed by mini bullets. They fell off their horses with various difficult moves on their horses!
"Tap tap tap..."
As soon as the charging cavalry in front fell down, the cavalry behind them rushed up quickly. The impact was too fast and there was no time to escape. They were knocked down by the fallen horses one after another, and they were suddenly turned upside down. Many cavalry who were not killed were just trying to get up, but were immediately knocked down from behind.
The iron hooves of the war horse were trampled into flesh...
"Bang bang bang..."
The three rows of musketeers in the Huben military formation kept taking turns shooting. Some Tatars who were not trampled to death by the war horses thought they were lucky to have escaped, but as soon as they stood up, they were sent to see their eternal life by mini bullets.
In about five minutes, the Tiger Army's artillery array caused the Mongolian cavalry to suffer more than 600 casualties.
Meng Ba Banner's Jia La E Zhen Mu Tu's eyes were red. This was not the Ming Army's artillery formation that they saw as a single blow. It was simply a row of killing gods. Killing their cavalry was as easy as chopping melons and vegetables!
In the eyes of the Mongolian cavalry, the range of the Ming army's muskets was only about sixty steps.
Whenever encountering a cavalry charge, they often panic and start firing after a hundred paces or so.
After a round of volleys, there was no time to reload the ammunition, the cavalry had already reached the front of the formation, the Ming army had no choice but to throw away their muskets and flee in rout!
But today there is so much evil, how come the Ming army has changed? The Ming army and the people of Pidao are all very brave as if they have been possessed by evil, and they are fighting to the death against the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty today.
The seemingly ordinary phalanx in front of them turned into a nightmare for the Mongolian army. They lost hundreds of people as soon as they launched the charge. It seemed that the only way to kill them was to get close to the Ming army.
"The warriors are charging once. As long as they get close to the Ming army, they will definitely be defeated. Kill them!"
Mengba Banner's Jia La'e Zhen Mutu did not believe in evil and once again led more than a thousand men under his command to charge forward.
At the same time, they also fired the bows and arrows in their hands. Even if they could not kill the Ming army, they would at least interfere with the Ming army's artillery formation.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
The arrows they fired fell more than twenty steps in front of the Ming army's formation, without causing any harm to the Ming army.
"Bang bang bang..."
The Tigers and Ben troops stepped forward in turn and kept pulling the triggers. Guns were fired one after another. One hundred and twenty steps became an insurmountable gap for the Mongolian cavalry.
A charge caused the Mongolian cavalry to lose more than 500 people again...
For many years of fighting with the Ming army, there had never been such a result. Mutu was so angry that he took the lead in attacking the two wings of the Ming army:
"Attack both wings. Either they will die or we will die today, charge!"
"Bang bang bang..."
There were also musketeers on both sides of the phalanx staring at them, but the number was slightly smaller. There were also two rows of musketeers in the front who immediately turned around to support:
"Bang bang bang..."
As the Huangming rifle spewed out waves of fury, the Mongolian Eight Banners were attacked head-on again, and soon only a few hundred people were left around Mutu!
"Quickly retreat..."
"puff……"
The Mongolian Army Jia La Ezhen Mutu, who did not believe in evil, finally believed in evil and hurriedly ordered his cavalry to retreat. However, before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt something hit his chest.
Mutu hurriedly looked down, only to see a blood hole in his chest spurting out blood. Then he felt his vision began to blur, and his body swayed from side to side on the horse!
But before he could fall off his horse, another mini-bomb hit his head. The Tianling Cap was blown away, his brains flew out, and the dead body fell off the horse...
The panicked Tatars not far away saw their leader's head being blown open with their own eyes. They were so frightened that they no longer dared to charge and hurriedly rushed their horses to escape.
However, the Ming army's rifled guns had a range of more than 300 steps, and they were still chasing them and shooting. In the end, only more than a hundred people escaped from the 350-step range, and all other cavalry were killed!
Zheng Sen has been using binoculars to observe the battle between the National Guard Army and Jiannu.
When he saw the Huben army easily defeating the Jiannu cavalry, his eyes widened in shock.
He was shocked by the range of the National Protector's muskets, and even more shocked by the Huben Army's calm appearance in battle.
The Zheng family also has musketeers, and they are also very powerful Wufan soldiers, that is, an army composed of black people.
To be continued...