On the battlefield.
Two cavalry units were chasing each other.
No, it's three cavalry units.
The Shun cavalry responsible for encircling and suppressing the Ming army's heavy infantry saw that their bows and arrows could not cause any damage to the enemy, so they turned their horses around and chased the Ming cavalry.
Boom!
Every time a bowstring sounded, a cavalryman fell off his horse.
Both Shun cavalry and Ming cavalry fell off their horses, but the latter suffered far more casualties than the former.
Although they were wearing double armor, the Shun army behind them shot the horses before shooting the men, giving the Ming army no chance to resist.
In a short while, most of the 500 Ming cavalry were killed and wounded by the siege and interception of 2,000 Shun cavalry.
boom!
When the defenders on the city saw that their friendly troops were surrounded, they all used firearms to provide support.
For a time, the Shun cavalry suffered heavy casualties!
Taking advantage of this gap, the Lieutenant General Pang Zijin of the Yongwei Camp stopped.
He looked at the Shun army that was lined up in three layers inside and outside, and then at the more than two hundred brothers behind him who he had been with day and night, and he had no fear in his heart.
"Brave Guard Battalion!"
"kill!"
Under the leadership of Pang Zijin, the Ming cavalry drew their swords and urged their horses to fight with the Shun army.
There were no polite greetings before the battle, nor any fancy moves. Every attack was a kill, and every swing of the knife was accompanied by the determination to die.
No one surrendered and no one retreated.
Under the siege of two thousand Shun cavalry, the Yongwei Battalion cavalry was instantly engulfed in the flash of swords and sabers.
On the top of the city wall, Chongzhen's heart was bleeding.
These people are not only the elite of the Ming Dynasty, but also the emperor's personal troops, representing the highest combat power in the capital.
This battle was a heavy loss for him.
However, he achieved his goal.
Under the harassment of cavalry and heavy infantry, the Shun army that was attacking the city had already given up the siege and formed a battle formation to resist.
The defenders on the city breathed a sigh of relief, and various firearms such as cannons and muskets also had time to cool down.
Looking at the remaining heavy infantry on the battlefield, Li Zicheng gritted his teeth and said, "Send an order to annihilate these Ming troops."
"But Your Majesty..." Advisor Li Yan looked at the slowly moving heavy infantry, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
Without the help of firearms, there are only two ways to break through the army's formation.
One option is to use infantry to fight back, but everyone can see the situation on the battlefield, and those infantrymen dare not rush forward at all.
Another way is to use cavalry to charge...
There is definitely an effect, but the cost is also quite high.
The current situation is no longer under Li Yan's control.
He knows.
Li Zicheng could accept the failure of today's siege, but he would never let the Ming troops who left the city go back alive.
This concerns the reputation of Shunjun!
The messenger did not dare to delay. He quickly mounted his horse and rushed to the battlefield with the news.
A moment later, the Shun cavalry received the news.
The general leading the troops was stunned at first after hearing the military order, and then looked at the heavy infantry with a gloomy expression.
Cold armor-piercing guns, reflective waist knives, and firearms that spew flames.
The artillery couldn't arrive for a while, so if they wanted to charge into the battle, they could only rely on the warhorses under their crotch.
The military order was as heavy as a mountain, so he could only turn his horse around and shout, "The emperor has ordered us to charge the Ming army!"
The soldiers were also stunned after receiving the order and looked at the horses under their crotch.
These war horses accompanied them on their journeys across the country, from east to west, and they achieved great success in battle.
I didn't expect that today, they would be used to attack the infantry formation.
Soon, the Shun cavalry was assembled.
They urged their horses and rushed towards the Ming army's spears.
boom!
The defenders on the city wall fired artillery in support.
Bang!
The Ming army's heavy infantry fired a volley!
Countless Shun soldiers fell off their horses, but they did not stop. The horses and cavalrymen smashed into the Ming army with thousands of pounds of weight.
The seemingly indestructible military formation was instantly shattered.
Not to mention double layers of armor, even ten layers of armor cannot withstand the impact of a warhorse.
Under the crushing numerical advantage, the five hundred heavy infantrymen quickly fell, leaving only broken limbs and corpses on the ground.
"Retreat!" Li Zicheng ordered a retreat after seeing that all the heavy infantry were killed.
The battlefield, which had been noisy for half the night, returned to peace again.
The defenders on the city did not celebrate or shout. They looked at the place where the soldiers of the Brave Guard Camp died and tears flowed down their cheeks.
There are at least 20,000 bandits attacking the city tonight.
One thousand brave guards against twenty thousand! What kind of courage is this?
If it were someone else, they might not have the courage to leave the city.
Tonight's victory was earned at the cost of their lives.
"Your Majesty, please send someone to bury the bodies of the soldiers of the Yongwei Camp!" At the west gate, guard general Wang Guoxing knelt on one knee and pleaded.
"Go, but be careful of enemy attacks!" Chongzhen said sadly.
More than half of the two thousand elite soldiers of the Yongwei Camp were lost overnight!
The Guanning Army did not come, and there was no news from Liu Wenyao.
When the bandits attack the city next time, what should he and the capital do?
After obtaining the emperor's permission, without Wang Guoxing's orders, the defenders on the city volunteered to descend from the top of the city wall along the ropes, and then quickly ran towards the battlefield.
The battlefield was too brutal.
The ground was soaked with blood, and corpses and body parts were everywhere. Even with torches, it was difficult to distinguish in a short period of time which were the bodies of the Shun army and which were the bodies of the Ming army.
The soldiers had no choice but to find all the limbs that were suspected to be from the Ming army.
Then they dug a pit on the spot, put the bodies into the pit and covered them with soil.
The whole process took nearly two hours, and no one spoke during the entire process.
The deaths of these people were like a wall, pressing on everyone's heart and making it hard to breathe.
When the defenders buried the corpse with the last handful of soil, a hint of white appeared in the sky.
"It's time to eat. Rice porridge, steamed buns, and pickles!" The defenders in charge of cooking brought the food to the city wall, shouting and beating the gong in their hands.
Chongzhen opened his red eyes and stood up.
He cannot relax until the bandits retreat.
"My fellow soldiers! The Brave Guards fought against the bandits, and it is an honor to die! From now on, as long as the Ming Dynasty exists, their families are my families, their parents, wives and children are my parents, wives and children, and their names will be engraved in the Martyrs' Shrine for all the people to admire!"
The soldiers who had been guarding the city all night were shocked after hearing this. They raised their weapons and shouted, "Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor!"
After the soldiers finished shouting slogans, the Governor of the Beijing Camp, Fan Jingwen, began to arrange for personnel to change shifts.
The bandits attacked the city all day yesterday and fought again until half the night yesterday.
Although there was no siege in the second half of the night, the defenders repaired the city wall overnight and blocked the gaps on it with wood and sandbags.
Many of the soldiers defending the city are old, weak, sick and disabled. If they are not allowed to get enough rest, it is only a matter of time before the city falls.
Soon after Chongzhen left the city wall, the Shun army began to attack the city again.
The echo of the horn wandered between heaven and earth, representing orders and heralding death.
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