After the central army led by Huang Degong arrived at the battlefield, the Ming troops on the left and right wings immediately began to change their formations.
The three square formations on the left, middle and right changed into a large rectangular formation.
The pressure on Weng Zhiqi and Qiu Yue who had attacked earlier was suddenly reduced.
As the Ming army completed its formation change, the Eight Banners cavalry also had to change its formation.
They abandoned Weng Zhiqi's left wing and Qiu Yue's right wing, and instead concentrated their forces to attack the two wings of the Ming army's rectangular formation.
After a brief stalemate, the entire formation began to move forward.
But soon.
The Ming army stopped its offensive.
Because the two wings were pinned down by the Jiannu cavalry, continued attack would leave gaps on the two wings.
Huang Degong sent out two small square formations of 200 men in succession, intending to relieve the pressure on the two wings. However, as soon as they stepped out of the formation, they were disrupted by the Jiannu heavy cavalry and slaughtered with swords and arrows by the light cavalry that arrived later.
Those who are lucky can run back to the army, but those who are unlucky will be killed without an intact body.
that's all.
The infantry phalanx of 35,000 men was firmly pinned down by 15,000 cavalrymen.
I want to attack, but I can't.
I want to withdraw, but I can't.
As the Ming army suffered more and more casualties, the morale and courage of the soldiers were slowly exhausted.
If the situation is not reversed, the morale of the army will be shaken, leading to defeat.
Ma Dai, who was watching the battle from behind, was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but before he received the signal from Huang Degong, he could not attack rashly no matter how anxious he was.
This battle is the decisive battle!
If you win, you win; if you lose, you lose!
Inside the Juyongguan city gate, Wang Yongji and Bakyong, who were watching the battle through the crack in the door, were sweating profusely.
They had a bad feeling.
We are going to lose this decisive battle today!
Bakyong couldn't help it and said to Wang Yongji: "Governor, does Huang Degong know how to fight? Why doesn't he send us to fight? Dorgon has only 20,000 soldiers. Although our cavalry is less than 10,000, it is more than enough to cooperate with more than 30,000 infantry."
"Even if we don't win, we won't lose. At most it will be a draw. But...why doesn't Huang Degong let us play?"
Wang Yongji blinked his shrewd eyes and frowned in thought.
After a moment, Wang Yongji seemed to have figured something out, and patted Bakyong on the shoulder: "Don't worry, Huang Degong is definitely not the kind of stubborn person. If he fails, it will not be good for him or for us."
"He hasn't reached his limit yet."
"Limit?" Bakyong was confused by Wang Yongji's words. He shook his head and continued to look out through the crack in the door with his clairvoyance.
at the same time.
Dorgon, who was watching the battle from a distance, felt more and more that something was wrong.
Not only him, even Fan Wencheng, who was not very good at leading troops in battle, noticed something.
Under the repeated attacks of the Eight Banners cavalry, Huang Degong's army formation was already on the verge of collapse.
He made a rough calculation and found that since the start of the war, Huang Degong's troops had suffered more than a thousand casualties!
No, at least fifteen hundred.
If this trend continues, Huang Degong will be defeated in another half an hour due to heavy casualties.
But even so, there was no sign of the Ming cavalry moving out.
What exactly does he want to do?
Fan Wencheng couldn't help it and asked Dorgon: "I have something I don't understand and I would like to ask Prince Rui for advice."
"Mr. Fan, please speak."
"Was Huang Degong... bribed by Prince Rui?"
"Ah?" Dorgon was stunned by Fan Wencheng's words. He turned around in surprise and asked, "Mr. Fan, what do you mean by this?"
Fan Wencheng pointed at the Ming army formation on the battlefield in the distance and said, "Although I don't know much about commanding on the battlefield, there are big problems with Huang Degong's command."
"First, Huang Degong had been hiding his cavalry from the battle. This made his infantry sitting ducks on the battlefield. When they attacked, their infantry could not catch up with our cavalry; when they retreated, their infantry ran slower than our cavalry."
"If we had sent cavalry to join the battle, with the cooperation of infantry and cavalry, the situation would definitely not be what it is now."
"Secondly, even if he doesn't send cavalry to participate in the battle, he can still mobilize the main force of the central army to bypass the two sides. As long as he keeps steady and maintains the formation, he can provide support and relieve the pressure on the infantry on both wings."
"But he didn't make any move. I have to doubt his loyalty!"
Dorgon did not answer Fan Wencheng's question, but just shook his head slowly.
He also didn't know what Huang Degong was up to.
Less than a quarter of an hour passed.
When the Ming army was about to be defeated, Huang Degong shook his flag violently left and right three times, and then pointed forward.
When Ma Dai saw the flag signal, he immediately shouted: "Brothers, the opportunity to make achievements has come, kill!"
"kill!"
More than a thousand cavalrymen rushed to the battlefield, rolling up dust, at a speed that was jaw-dropping.
Wang Yongji and Bakyong, who were behind the city gate, were stunned at first, and then shouted at the same time: "Open the gate! Open the city gate quickly!"
The soldiers on both sides, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately opened the half-open city gate, and Wang Yongji and Bakyong rushed out side by side.
After rushing out of the city gate, the two of them rushed towards Huang Degong's left and right wings without any pause.
The cavalrymen behind jumped out, saw the commander's flag and chased after him.
"They're finally here!" Dorgon was confident in the strength of the Eight Banners soldiers and showed no fear of the thousands of cavalrymen rushing out.
He first ordered: "Come two people, escort Mr. Fan back to the camp."
"The rest of you, join me in killing the enemy!"
“Kill!”
Dorgon personally led 3,000 cavalry into the battlefield.
These three thousand cavalrymen are the elite among the elite, if we use the 10% casualty data to judge whether a unit is an elite unit.
Then this unit can be described as an elite group of death-defying soldiers.
As long as he doesn't die, these soldiers can resist retreating even if 90% of the casualties are sustained.
This is also his confidence!
When the Ming army's infantry saw their own cavalry joining the battle, their morale was immediately boosted.
"The Ming army is mighty! The Ming army is mighty!"
The soldiers in the front shouted as they fired back at the Jiannu cavalry, while the soldiers behind them clashed their weapons together, using the sound of the collision to increase their momentum.
Ajige and Ebilun were both veterans on the battlefield. When they saw the Ming cavalry joining the battle, they immediately led their cavalry to retreat.
This was not done out of fear of the Ming cavalry.
On the contrary, if the numbers were equal, they were confident of defeating the Ming cavalry.
but.
The Ming army not only had cavalry, but also tens of thousands of infantry.
Once you are entangled by them at the same time, you won't be able to break out even if you transform into the Liaodong Cavalry.
While Ajige and Ebilun were retreating, the Ming cavalry had already reached the two wings of the infantry.
Ma Dai and Wang Yongji are on the left.
Buck Yong is on the right.
They protected the two wings of the Ming army and moved slowly towards the direction where Dorgon was.
Ebilun and Ajige came to Dorgon and panted and said, "Prince Rui, the Ming army's infantry and cavalry are attacking us in formation. How should we fight them?"
Just as Dorgon was about to give the order, he suddenly realized the problem.
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