Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

When Yan Xi ordered his army to retreat, he ordered the most elite 3,000 cavalry to explore the way ahead. He led 25,000 people from the front army to escort the carriage carrying the still unconscious Zhang Xianzhong, followed by the Chinese army and the rear army. military.

It is said that there are three thousand cavalry, but in fact, there are only more than a thousand real war horses, and the rest are made up of horsemen pulling goods. However, they still killed the well-equipped officers and soldiers and fled, and they were indeed regarded as the rebels. The best of the best.

During the retreat, the army was suddenly ambushed by the officers and soldiers. The middle and rear armies were cut off, and life and death were uncertain. Fortunately, the front army that retreated first was the most elite force in the rebel army. Even if the middle and rear armies were completely annihilated, it would still be impossible. The vitality of the rebel army was preserved.

In order to avoid being chased by the officers and soldiers, Yan Xi ordered the entire army to speed up the march, but he did not expect that there was a recharged Royal Second Regiment waiting for him ahead.

As soon as the three thousand cavalry entered the range of the artillery, they were subjected to fierce shelling. Even if the rebels were on guard, they were still knocked upside down by the fierce artillery fire. Every time a cannonball fell, stumps and broken arms were thrown away, and the horses neighed sadly. Falling down, the whole team was in chaos.

However, these rebels were all battle-hardened veterans. After the initial panic, they quickly reacted and charged forward on horseback.

They all knew in their hearts that there were pursuers behind them, and they might even follow the white-pole army in Chengdu to kill them. If they retreated, it would be a dead end. Only by breaking out of the encirclement could they have a chance of survival.

Behind the sandbag wall, the soldiers of the second battalion who had already aimed their guns at the officer's command pulled the trigger, then took three steps back and loaded the ammunition. The soldiers who were originally standing in the second and third rows took the command of the officer. He took a step forward, took aim with his gun, pulled the trigger, stepped back, reloaded his ammunition, and the soldiers in the third row stood on top, shooting down the charging rebel cavalry with a continuous rain of bullets.

Thousands of rebel cavalry were shot and fell off their horses. One after another, the horses neighed and fell. Occasionally, a few horsemen rushed closer, but were blocked by rows of horse fences and were unable to advance. Finally, they were stopped by a dense rain of bullets. Shoot.

More than a dozen rounds of volleys, coupled with the fire support provided by artillery, caused heavy casualties to the three thousand cavalry. The remaining few hundred cavalry had to retreat hastily. The official road was filled with the corpses of rebel soldiers and horses, blocking the entire spacious official road. full.

When Yan Ximing arrived in a hurry, the rebel cavalry had already retreated. He sighed helplessly. Although the official road was spacious and could accommodate four carriages running in parallel, the grassland on both sides of the official road could accommodate up to a dozen horsemen charging in parallel. For the cavalry, this still seems very narrow, the troops cannot be deployed, and the power of the charge is greatly reduced, while the muskets of the official army can exert their maximum power.

"Brothers, there are officers and soldiers blocking the front, and there are pursuers behind. The only way to survive is to fight out. Brothers, kill." Yan Ximing shouted loudly to cheer up the infantry who arrived later.

"Kill."

The more than 20,000 rebels who arrived panting also knew that the situation was critical. If they wanted to survive, they had to defeat the government troops blocking the front. They ignored rest, waved their weapons, and charged forward with loud roars.

These rebels were all elite veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles and were very brave. However, in front of the death iron net constructed by bullets and dense artillery fire, their flesh and blood bodies seemed very fragile. Thousands of rebels fell on the charging road.

The official roads and grasslands were filled with the corpses and wounded of the rebels, as well as the corpses of war horses, which blocked the roads. If the rebels wanted to charge, they had to step on the corpses of their companions and the wounded, which delayed the rebels' progress to a certain extent. Charge speed.

The rebels who can break through the death barrage blockade are temporarily lucky, but there are only a few. When they rush to the horse fence, they have to push down or open the horse fence before they can continue to charge, but the second wave of bullets rains. Soon after, their good luck ran out and they collapsed screaming.

Although the rebels suffered heavy casualties, they still fearlessly launched wave after wave of crazy attacks. They rushed to the horse fence several times, but were blown up by several waves of grenades thrown by the second battalion's bombardiers.

As a shell exploded next to the right Prime Minister Yan Ximing, his whole body was blown to pieces. He marched all the way and immediately entered the battle without rest. After a long attack, the morale of the rebels who suffered heavy casualties was depleted and they finally retreated.

"Why didn't you give the order to attack?" Lu Yiming, the commander of the second battalion, saw that the regiment commander Fang Zhengtang had not ordered the entire army to attack. He couldn't help but roar loudly. He looked at the regiment headquarters on the hillside and cursed in his heart.