Dashun Yongchang

Azige said disapprovingly: "This is the wilderness, and the Shun army was caught up by us on the way to retreat. Even if there is any trap, it must be very simple. It is nothing more than setting up an ambush in Henan. It's just like this." A trap can only be called a trap if they can defeat us in the field, if they can't defeat our army, what kind of trap is it?"

Duoduo nodded in agreement and said, "That's what I guessed. I think the number of Shun troops in front of the formation is at most less than half of what Wu Sangui said. So we may not be able to go around the south of the river to attack the Shun troops guarding the bridge. The ambush set up by the army should be near the bridge.

If our army had too many troops crossing the river, the Shun army would probably attack us from the front.If there were fewer people crossing the river, then their ambush in Henan would surround and kill us.Therefore, we go around from the downstream, cross the river upstream and attack the southern side of the Shun Army, the number of people does not need to be large, and if there are too many, we will not be able to spread out. More than a thousand riders are enough. The formation can be broken. "

Azige thought for a while and said: "Tomorrow morning, we can first feign an attack from the front. Our army will attack the north and center formations, let Wu Sangui's army attack the south formation, and you will be behind. The soldiers of the Shun Army were almost exhausted. Even if the speed of the cavalry slowed down after crossing the river, it was not something the tired infantry could resist.

The only question is, if Wu Sangui's men are used as surprise soldiers, can they do their best?If we can't break down the infantry formation in the first time, this surprise soldier will be meaningless. If the surprise soldier can't be effective, it will hurt the morale of our army, and it will be difficult to fight later. "

Doduo pointed at the part of the roast sheep he wanted with a branch, and said casually: "Then let E Shuo take three hundred riders and cross the river with Wu Sangui's servants. With our army in the line, they must dare not refuse." Work hard."

Azig took the roasted leg of lamb from the guard, looked at the golden-colored roasted leg of lamb exuding an attractive aroma, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then do it this way."

On the other side, Li Zicheng in Huangtu Village, facing the unpredictable tomorrow, couldn't fall asleep for a while, so he simply went to the yard to look at the stars.After all, he is not the Li Zicheng who has fought for more than ten years, and he is still very nervous in the face of a real war.

He didn't know in his heart whether he expected the Qing army and Wu Sangui to fight tomorrow, or whether the two armies would continue to confront each other.The confrontation between the two armies is actually more dangerous to the Shun army. From the moment Shanhaiguan retreated, the rear of the Shun army became unreliable. Treat the retreat as a defeat, and then prepare to defect to the new master, then the Shun army will lose its rear.

Thinking about it this way, looking at the bright moon above his head, someone couldn't help praying silently: "Let the storm come more violently."

Chapter 39 War in the 17th Century

Standing on the high platform built on the roof, after watching a morning war in the 17th century, someone's excitement about the war gradually calmed down.

The fighting style based on cold weapons is not as exciting and passionate as what he saw in later war movies, and it is quite boring in general.He didn't see the scene where the Qing cavalry rushed into the infantry phalanx regardless of life and death, nor did he see the scene where the infantry of the Qing army did not move like a mountain when they charged against the cavalry.

The cavalry of the Qing army and Wu Sangui's cavalry formed a horizontal line of more than a hundred people, charging towards the infantry formation of the Dashun Army from less than a mile away. Li Zicheng, who was watching from a distance, also instinctively felt nervous.However, when these cavalry were about to reach the front of the Shun army array, they withdrew to both sides, which looked like a demonstration.

Someone had to admit in his heart that the performance of these cavalrymen was similar to the scenes he remembered of gangsters gathering in the streets, frightening away good citizens or competitors by performing their own ferocity.Of course, this kind of cavalry performance was not ineffective. Every time a small cavalry charge charged, the frontal infantry would retreat unconsciously, which caused the deformation of the front line of the infantry of the Dashun Army.

The impact of the infantry phalanx against the cavalry depends on the uniformity of the spears in the front row. After all, it is impossible for a horse to directly hit the spears unless you put a blindfold on it first.But this is not a decisive battle between the two armies, and the Qing army did not come to this kind of time to fight with their lives. They went south to plunder wealth, not to die, so naturally they would not use armored heavy cavalry to charge directly into the infantry phalanx A life-threatening move.

Through continuous small cavalry simulated charges, and shooting arrows to disrupt the infantry phalanx, the morale of the infantry in the front line will be crushed a little bit, and the entire front will be distorted, and then supplemented with one or two real charge to open up the infantry. The gap in the formation drove the infantry in the front row to turn around and flee, thus destroying the infantry formation behind them. Then the cavalry continued to chase and disperse the deserters, bringing chaos to the entire formation. This is the basic combat method of cavalry in this era.

This kind of constant and repeated temptation seems boring to the bystanders, but for the infantry who are facing the cavalry head-on, it is probably similar to the psychological changes of consciously and constantly bungee jumping.Soldiers with good psychological quality will become numb and unresponsive, while soldiers with poor psychological quality will either have stiff limbs and deformed, or directly collapse.

After watching the battle all morning, someone probably understood why the Spanish phalanx and the modern military system were so admired in Mao's online novels. These two things are not used to directly increase the combat effectiveness of the infantry, but to ensure that the infantry can survive in battle. Can't run away.

The phalanx makes it difficult for the first row of infantry to turn around and flee, and the rear row of infantry will try their best to prevent the first row of infantry from giving up the battle in order not to let themselves become the first row.The grassroots non-commissioned officers in the modern military system are to prevent soldiers from mutiny and supervise soldiers to keep their positions during wartime.Under such an organizational system, the role of servants or veterans in the original army is greatly weakened. In local battles, the organized majority is obviously better than one or two elites.

And when the amount of thermal weapons and equipment in the army increases, the organized majority in local battles can organize more violent firepower, which will naturally overwhelm the organization and force output of the classical army.It's not that someone has never seen a street fight. It's hard to kill people with machetes, but it's easy to kill people with fruit knives. If you bring a soil gun, you can say that you are invincible.

That is to say, the power of the current Dashun army's firearms is seriously insufficient. The range of the three-eyed gun is too short, and the power of the shotgun and thunder gun is too small. The power of the tiger squatting gun is good, but the tiger squatting gun with a fixed angle cannot be used by non-expert gunners. Turn, and gunpowder is too expensive.This is also the reason why the Dashun Army once abandoned the firearms troops. The unstable quality of gunpowder greatly hurt the enthusiasm of the frontline troops to use firearms.

But now that these firearms units have been incorporated into the two wings of the spear phalanx, they have played a good role.The smoke from the burning gunpowder obscured the infantry's vision, making them more dependent on their comrades around them. In close range shooting, the Qing army's archers without the protection of the chariot were obviously not as powerful as their firearms. The army also adopted burst arrays, which greatly maintained the continuous output of firepower.

In this morning's battle between the Wu-Qing Allied Forces and the Dashun Army, the casualties on both sides were actually not large. The Allied Forces lost about 100 people, and the Dashun Army also suffered a similar number of casualties.But this result made Azig feel dissatisfied at first. Since the bloody battle of Hunhe, the Ming army has no troops who dare to fight against the Jin army.

In the morning's battle with the Dashun Army, although Azig fought as a feint, the performance of the Dashun Army was somewhat beyond his imagination.In his opinion, even if it was just a feint attack, at least the Dashun army should have panic and chaos in some troops when facing the Manchurian cavalry.This is his inherent impression of the enemy since he fought.

However, the Dashun Army in front of them was relying on a simple camp. Compared with the fortress that the Liaodong Ming Army relied on, the Dashun Army's camp made of simple trenches and loess was really quite simple.And there were no cannons at all. After the Battle of Dalinghe, the Qing army seized as many as 3500 cannons of all sizes from the forts of the Ming army, but the Dashun army in front of them only had a few tiger squatting cannons.

But when this Dashun army faced the charge of the Qing cavalry, there was no confusion.Even if it was just a bluff, the cavalry of the Qing army did not make the last charge. The procedures for other charges were generally the same. If the infantry of the Dashun Army were in chaos, the bluff charge could also be transformed into a real charge.

Facing the charge of cavalry who didn't know the reality, such as the Liaodong Ming army who had been confronting the Qing army for a long time, they would be in a daze and restless, and they dared to hide in the fortress.But these soldiers of the Dashun Army were able to keep their ranks in order. Although they were slightly deformed, they were quickly repaired. This made Azig feel angry. Even in death, the Ming army was still in good order.

Although at that time he was only a bodyguard next to Father Khan, he could still remember the way the Eight Banners heavy generals knelt in front of Father Khan and did not dare to raise their heads, because everyone could not move, trying to persuade Father Khan to let go of this disabled army. military.Father Khan jumped into a rage and wanted to kill someone. At that time, he almost peed in fright.

Azig didn't want to recall himself at that moment, and he hated the Ming army that fought to the last moment even more, but he also avoided the fact in his heart that his fear of his father Khan was also transferred to the death battle On the restless Ming army.

During the truce for lunch, Azig summoned Wakda, Mandahai, Nikan, Shangshan, Aobai and other generals and said: "The battle in the morning really disappointed me. Is this still the elite of the Qing Dynasty?" ?Although it was just a feint attack, the enemy didn't even act impulsively. Wouldn't such a feint attack become a show?

If we continue to fight like this, even if there is chaos on the enemy's right wing, we will not be able to shake the enemy's left wing. As long as the enemy's left wing is still there, the enemy's central army can rely on the village of Huangtuzhuang to regroup. The robbers were defeated across the board?

The intruder's strength is several times that of our vanguard. Once we get into a fight, our army will have no chance of winning. When it gets dark, we will have to give up the victory and retreat. At that time, the intruder will be able to retreat to Henan in the dark.Do you want to see the intruder escape safely back to the city of Beijing, making our expedition futile, and being scolded by the regent? "

Wakda and Mandahai looked angrily, apparently dissatisfied with Azig's accusation, but they finally did not refute.Since the relationship between Beizinikan and Azig was considered harmonious, he couldn't help defending the generals: "After all, the Shun army arrived a few days earlier than us, and it can be regarded as waiting for work. Our army has been chasing continuously, and the men and horses are exhausted. It is difficult to be impulsive when charging. The infantry formation of the Shun Army is also excusable.

However, once the right wing of the Shun Army shakes, our army will not dare to lag behind the friendly army, and must strive to move the left wing of the Shun Army to defeat its infantry formation.At the end of the afternoon, you will be willing to be the vanguard and attack the enemy's left camp. "

Shang Shan and others couldn't help but speak out together, expressing their willingness to be the vanguard.According to the past experience of these generals, once the position of the Ming army is shaken, it will soon affect the entire army.What is really dangerous is actually to attack the enemy's right wing and shake the enemy's right wing.

Naturally, Azig also knew the intentions of his subordinates, so his gaze quickly passed over Aobai in the Zhenghuang Banner, and landed on Beizi Nikan and Shang Shan, saying: "Nikan, Shang Shan, both of you this afternoon Lead the troops of the headquarters to station on the right side of the formation, and when there is an order, they will enter from the northeast corner of the intruder's left wing and exit to the southwest corner.

Wakda and Mandahai, you are on the left side of the formation and continue to contain the intruders in the middle.Oboi, you lead the troops to live in the front, guard against intruders, and the central army sends troops to rescue their left flank.This king will lead the battle for you..."

When Azige decided to teach the Dashun Army a hard lesson, Zhengbai Banner Aungbang Eshuo and Wu Sangui's general Yang Shen had already crossed the Yi River downstream and stationed in an elm forest.

This army consisted of [-] Manchurian elite cavalry and [-] Guanning iron cavalry. E Shuo, who commanded the most elite Baiyala soldiers in the Eight Banners, was naturally a fierce general, and also a confidant of the Nine King Dorgon.This made Yang Shen, the deputy general in command of Guan Ning's cavalry, bow down to E Shuo, and had no intention of disobeying the other party's orders at all.

Although E Shuo looked down on these famous generals who nodded and bowed, he also knew that he still needed to rely on these famous generals in this battle, so he treated them with a pleasant face.After all, these Ming generals are more familiar with geography, and it is easier to communicate with the locals.With these bright generals leading the way, the Manchurians under him would be able to die less, and they would not have to explore those traps by themselves.

After resting and eating in the woods, in order to prevent being discovered by the Dashun army, E Shuo prohibited the Ming army from lighting fires, and only allowed them to use some dry food.Soon Yang Shen came over with the ranger who was out on sentry and reported the situation in Henan to him.

Chapter 40 Crossing the River

Yang Shen drew a simple map on the mud with a branch, then pointed to the simple map and said to E Shuo and other Manchu generals: "This is where our army is located. Going upstream along the river for six or seven miles is the way to go." There used to be a wooden bridge here, but it was demolished. However, there is another wooden bridge more than three miles along the river. This is also the camp of the Shun army in Henan. Zhang Gui, tell me about you Investigate the situation."

A man brought by Yang Shen stood up and saluted several Manchu generals first. E Shuo looked at his freshly shaved head, but smiled a little and said: "There is no need to be more polite in the army, just come up." Tell me about what you saw along the way."

Zhang Gui agreed, but still kept the posture of kneeling on the ground, lowered his head and said respectfully: "The villain took more than 30 riders in the morning, and was ordered to go along the river to the upstream sentry...

About 1 mile ahead, I saw several trespassers and cavalry patrolling back and forth by the river, and the villain led people forward to kill them.Continuing to go upstream, the cavalry of the intruders began to appear in groups, but fortunately there were woods, reeds, sorghum, etc. by the river to cover the cavalry, so that the villain and others touched the opposite bank where the intruders were in Hebei.

However, from here on, the thieves had cut down all the crops and trees above the human knee near Henan, all the way to the thieves camp upstream, as if to prevent our army from sending a small team of fine cavalry to attack them.There are many cavalry and infantry patrolling the intruders near the Henan camp. The guards are extremely tight, so villains cannot approach.

The villain took a brief look and found that the Hebei coastline from where the thieves were arrayed to the rear for a mile and a half to two miles remained almost unchanged.However, behind the sorghum fields in Hebei, they were leveled and set up as camps for trespassers..."

After listening to Zhang Gui's investigation, several Manchu generals including E Shuo asked him a few more questions, and E Shuo asked someone to reward Zhang Gui with a pot of wine, praised him a few words, and then asked him to He stepped back first.

Manahai, E Shuo's deputy, said: "The intruders were mainly prepared for us to raid the bridge behind them, but they didn't consider that we would go around the river and attack their army formation in Hebei. But after our sentry this time, they Maybe you will notice this, if they send an army to camp in the south of the river, and look across the river from the army on the north bank, then we will lose the opportunity of surprise attack."

E Shuo also nodded and said: "Notify all the ministries to prepare to go, Daola, you take 10 Yala soldiers, and then pick 50 cavalry from the Ming army, and first remove the thieves and police cavalry along the river."

A Manchu man who was not tall but extremely strong agreed, then turned and walked to the resting place of the Ming army, ready to choose suitable subordinates.Although Yang Shen, the commander of the Ming army in name, was still here, but no one asked him, and Yang Shen also had a peaceful face and no dissatisfaction.

E Shuo took a look at Yang Shen, and then ordered: "Vice General Yang, divide your subordinates into three parts, and you lead more than a hundred people to rush to the bridge where the intruders are guarding. As long as you attract the intruders in Henan, Even if you make a contribution. Is there any problem?"

Yang Shen glanced at the surrounding Manchus out of the corner of his eye, and then calmly accepted the fact that E Shuo had deprived him of the command of the army.After Wu Sangui took them to shave their heads, Yang Shen knew that he had no other way to go. Would the Shun army let them go, the Ming army who shaved their heads and sincerely joined the Manchus?That being the case, it would be better to obey the orders of the Manchus honestly. His loyalty to the Wu family and the ancestral family faded away in his heart.

After confirming that Yang Shen had obeyed his military order sincerely, E Shuo said to Manahai: "You take 100 Manchu cavalry and 300 Ming cavalry to attack after Yang Shen, and when you arrive at the bandit formation Cross the river one mile behind.

I will follow you with others. If the intruder has an ambush in Henan, I will block it for you. You can just rush to Hebei. As long as you can rush the intruder's army in Hebei, we will win the battle... "

After arranging the order of dispatching troops, E Shuo sent someone across the river to inform the main formation, his strategy and the approximate time of attack.As this surprise army began to move in Henan, the main force of the coalition forces in Hebei also started fighting in the afternoon.This time, the attack frequency of the coalition forces was faster than in the morning, and several teams even rushed to the front of the southern camp and filled up several shallow trenches.

All the soldiers of the Dashun Army gradually focused their attention on the frontal battlefield. At this time, the guard post of the Shun Army in Henan issued a warning of enemy attack.Teams of coalition cavalry came out of the woods and sorghum fields, and charged towards the bridge in Henan. Dozens of cavalry from the Dashun Army desperately avoided the direction of the coalition cavalry's attack, and ran towards their camp.

When Li Zicheng got the news, he felt relieved. He ran to the built-up spectator point, thinking to himself: finally here.When he picked up the binoculars on the high wooden platform, he saw a part of the coalition cavalry turn around and start crossing the river northward. The Mao River in the dry season is only 60 to [-] meters wide, and the bottom of this section is almost sandy and rocky. The deepest point is the position of the thigh of the person, so it is not difficult for people and horses to ford, but it consumes the speed of the cavalry.

However, this time the cavalry surprise attack was mainly due to a surprise. When the trespassing infantry was unprepared, the cavalry suddenly appeared behind them, even if they lost their speed, they could make these infantry panic.

That's what Zhang Gui, who was ahead of the crowd, thought so.As the leader of the scout team, he was praised by E Shuo, and he was also left as the leader of the Manahai team. After all, only he has personally seen the river here and knows where is more suitable for crossing the river.And E Shuo also promised him that as long as he can successfully lead the team across the river, he will definitely recommend him as a Tuosha Lahafan.

Translating Tuosha Laha into Chinese is half the future. As a low-level general from the Liaodong Army, Zhang Gui certainly knows what the future of the Manchus is.It looks like the contribution of the Ming army, but in fact there is still a big difference inside.

For the military exploits of the Ming Dynasty, a head is 50 taels of silver, and if it is cut too much, there will be rewards such as official titles.Of course, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, this system of rewarding merit was almost finished. The money was embezzled by eunuchs and civil officials, and the official titles fell into the hands of the generals.Therefore, no matter how brave you are in fighting in the Ming army, if you don't get the appreciation from above, you will not be able to get promoted and implement rewards.

As for the military merit system of the Qing Dynasty, first of all, when Nurhachi first started his army, no one would care about his official position, and Nurhachi could not spend so much property to reward the warriors, so he compiled this military merit system.

The core of this military merit system is to ensure the fairness of the distribution of spoils. Nurhachi's army mainly plundered Ming towns and Mongolian ministries, so how to distribute property and population after winning the battle must be distributed according to the size of the effort.At that time, the scale of the Eight Banners was very small, with only 24 cattle records in one banner, so each cattle record was called a future, that is, the spoils of 300 people.

However, with the continuous expansion of Houjin and the attack on private soldiers, this distribution system for tribal spoils has also been transformed into a military reward system for individuals.Of course, compared with a small tribe, it is a bit exaggerated for an individual to take a Niulu's share of spoils every now and then, so there is a division method of half the future, one-third of the future, and two-thirds of the future.

In other words, as long as this battle is won, he will be able to share the spoils of 150 people.This kind of reward certainly stimulated Zhang Gui, and made him bravely rush to cross the river first, trying to prove to the Manchus behind him that his scouting results were real and not fictional.

Zhang Gui's performance won Manahai's approval, and Manahai, who followed him across the river, asked him to follow him, and then commanded the troops behind him to rush towards the Dashun Army formation less than 300 meters to the northeast. past.

The embankment here is no different from other places, a naturally raised earth embankment, and then a slightly lower river bank.Near the river bank are cleared fields or natural forests or waterlogged swales with reeds.From the sight of Manahai, between them and the rear of the Dashun Army's formation, apart from dozens of trees, there is a field of reeds and a field of sorghum that grows a little strangely.

It is a bit strange to say that this sorghum field is because it is the sorghum growing season at this time, and other sorghum fields are densely packed with green gauze tents, but this sorghum field is extremely sparse, and not only can you see through this sorghum field In the opposite scenery, this piece of sorghum is also a bit haphazard.

But Manahai didn't think too much, because he saw that the Shunjun army had already started to move, and he couldn't give the opponent any more time.So he ordered a team of more than 30 cavalry from the Ming army to charge for the first team, and asked his subordinate Enkeyi to take the more than 100 cavalry who had already organized the team as the second team, and then he organized the remaining cavalry as the second team. three teams.

It was only on his side that he could barely line up the remaining cavalry, and the first and second teams that started charging were in trouble.Zhang Gui, who was standing beside him, looked at the scene of people turning their backs on their backs, and said in surprise: "That is not a sorghum field, but also a part of a reed marsh. Those intruders cut down the reeds, and then tied the sorghum to the grass row made of reeds." Come on, this is a trap..."

Manahai looked at his subordinates in the distance with a livid face. Most of the more than 100 cavalry were trapped in the quagmire at the moment. Although the quagmire was not deep enough to submerge the cavalry, the cavalry trapped in the quagmire had become the last of the thieves and firearms soldiers. A good target to shoot, and a team of burglar spearmen also ran over to prevent the cavalry from breaking through the reeds and going ashore.

Seeing these cavalrymen being slaughtered one by one, although they were mainly from the Ming army, Manahai was also full of anger, and he immediately shouted to the cavalry lined up behind: "Follow me, follow me, through the sorghum field here , let's go around and hack these southern barbarians..."

At the same time, E Shuo, who stopped and watched on the other side of the river, was watching the direction of Yang Shen's attack, and was thinking about where the intruder's ambush would be placed, when the Yala next to him suddenly shouted at him : "South, my lord, south..."

E Shuo turned his head to take a look, and suddenly lost his color. About 2 or 3 miles to the south, there was a piece of dust, and a cavalry unit was rushing towards them.At this distance, there is no difference between their stopped cavalry and infantry, they are all beaten wooden stakes.

A thought suddenly flashed in E Shuo's mind, did the intruder deliberately expose this flaw so that we could attack the North Shore?What exactly are they trying to do?However, he shouted to his subordinates without any hesitation: "Cross the river, cross the river, as long as the army formation on the north bank is destroyed, they will flee..."

Chapter 41 But that's all

For cavalry, a charge of more than 2 miles is about 150 to 200 heartbeats.Therefore, when E Shuo had just arrived on the north bank of the Yihe River, the sound of fighting had already been heard from the south bank.

E Shuo, who rode his horse onto the embankment, looked back and saw more than 2 Ming army cavalry who had not yet crossed the river, under the impact of the Dashun army cavalry, either fell off their horses one after another, or fled to both sides.At this time, he had already realized something in his heart, it seemed that the Shun army's ambush was aimed at targeting them as a surprise soldier, rather than taking the bait for any volunteers.

Even E Shuo, who was in the Jiuli army, was sweating constantly at this moment, and his heartbeat began to speed up.When he turned his head to look at the situation on the north bank, he realized that this place was also in a miserable state. The cavalry who rushed directly to the northeast Shunjun army formation were being surrounded by Shunjun soldiers and strangled in a quagmire. The cavalry who lost their speed in the quagmire had almost nothing to do with the infantry. ability to resist.

Another group of cavalry wanted to bypass the sorghum field, but they turned their backs on their backs inside the sorghum field. Only a few dozen cavalry remained outside the sorghum field unharmed, but these cavalry had become confused and stayed there in a daze, not knowing what to do.

E Shuo was furious immediately, and he shouted: "What is this bastard Manahai doing? Mang Guo, go down and look for this bastard, is he dead? If not, let him organize troops to continue charging. Eha, you go Organize those cavalry, quickly rescue the people in the sorghum field, and then find out where you can go..."

However, when E Shuo shouted, the firearms of the Ming army in the north of the sorghum field rang out, and the Manchu and Han cavalry trapped in the sorghum field became fixed targets for firearms.Looking at the Manchus falling down below, E Shuo felt like a knife was piercing his heart. No matter how many Han people died, he didn't feel sorry for them, but these Manchu heroes had to be raised for at least 20 years before they could go into battle.

Soon, Eha, who ran down, ran back again, grabbed Eshuo's horse's head and shouted in panic: "My lord, there are traps below, and the ground is full of barbed wires. We cut them with knives and went around. The wire stakes are buried too deep and cannot be pulled out at once. The entire sorghum field is covered with barbed wire, and there is no passage at all..."

Standing in the north of the sorghum field, Xie Yinglong, commanding all kinds of firearms, looked at the sorghum field that had been hit by artillery and projectiles, and felt that this was probably the easiest battle he had fought since he was in the army, as if he was in a shooting range It is the same as training soldiers to shoot calmly.At this time, Manchu's preference for heavy armor became their biggest trouble and pain.

The Manchu cavalry, who were plotted against by the barbed wire, thought about getting up and rushing across the sorghum field at first. These Manchu elites in double armor were not afraid of foot combat, which was very different from the Mongols. They lacked armor and drills The Mongolian cavalry is afraid of infantry combat.However, multiple barbed wire hooked their legs, making them unable to run and prone to fall.

Even a soldier with better physical strength and endurance than ordinary soldiers is still a human body after all, and his movements will slow down after continuous falls. If they didn't shoot for a while, another group of Shun soldiers would come up and shoot. Even if they were wearing double armor, they couldn't stop such close-range continuous shooting.

However, behind Xie Yinglong, there are nearly thirty French cannons that have not been fired. Compared with the size and weight of the tiger crouching cannon, these French cannons can be regarded as cannons.Although more than half of them are small Frang machine guns, which can only hold 5 taels of lead bullets, they are enough to exert their maximum power within 300 steps, while the larger Frang machine guns can fire 10 taels of lead bullets , 600-800 steps are enough to kill a horse.

Xie Yinglong didn't let the Frang machine guns fire, just to wait for more enemy cavalry to rush into the sorghum field.His patience was quickly rewarded, and the new enemies who crossed the river did not give up their attack. They quickly stacked the dead horses and horses, chopped sorghum, and reeds on the barbed wire, trying to use these things to build a passage.

This kind of action by the enemy is exactly what Xie Yinglong wanted. The barbed wire fence is about 150-200 steps deep. Given the situation of the opponent, at most a passage can be made, because the spearmen in the south have already begun to gather on the river bank. The river bank was approaching these horsemen.A fixed passage means that the artillery has a fixed target to aim at.

As the spearmen in the south began to contact the enemy, the enemy finally couldn't bear it anymore, and a group of cavalry began to rush over along the passage of corpses. After defeating two groups of cavalry in a row, the third group of cavalry finally Someone jumped out of the range of the barbed wire. Although the cavalry was quickly killed by the nearby firearms soldiers, it gave courage to the enemy cavalry behind.

Watching the large group of cavalrymen on the river embankment start to move, Xie Yinglong immediately said to Mr. Zhang behind him: "According to the direction I just said, launch one round with two doors, one with two doors, and then one with four doors and four doors." , then free fire..."

On the other hand, after determining the range of traps in the sorghum field, E Shuo divided the remaining 400 cavalrymen who were still able to fight into 10 teams. Attention, the remaining seven teams attacked along the channel in turn.

Each team was led by a man. The first three teams immediately dispersed the firearms soldiers on the opposite side after rushing through the sorghum field, and the last four teams were led by E Shuo himself to rush to the army formation of the Shun army.By this time, E Shuo no longer planned to go back alive, and thought that his mission had failed. In fact, the main purpose of the team that attracted the Shun army to the north was to flee back to the army and report the news that the surprise soldiers were finished. The remaining people are the bait to attract Shun Jun's attention.

What E Shuo was most worried about was that his army had not received any news, and was still continuing to attack the Shun army's camp. Before the Shun army's will to fight was shaken, the cavalry without other means to charge the infantry in line was almost tantamount to suicide.However, the Shun army, which obviously has a strong cavalry team, always fights against infantry. It is conceivable that once the cavalry of the army is exhausted from charging, the next step will be a counterattack of the Shun army cavalry in the style of rolling bead curtains.

As one of Dorgon's confidantes, E Shuo naturally couldn't just watch Azig and Duoduo suffer such a defeat. The great defeat of the Eight Banners will inevitably lead to turmoil within the Eight Banners.As the backbone of Zhengbaiqi, he had to think about his family, relatives and friends.

What's more, as long as they can rush through this sorghum field, maybe the Shun army will really panic?That way they might still have a chance.It's just that when E Shuo led the team to rush towards the passage, the artillery fire from the Shunjun army, which was still sparse before, suddenly became dense. He only rushed halfway when he felt that the mount under him lost weight, and then the whole person was captured by the cavalry behind him. He was knocked out, and then E Shuo's eyes darkened and he fell unconscious.

Although E Shuo's personal soldiers wanted to rescue him, the dense Shun army artillery fire wiped out the Manchu and Han cavalry concentrated in one line, and soon no one noticed where E Shuo went.Without the support of their follow-up companions, the more than 20 cavalry who slipped through the sorghum field were quickly killed by the Shun army or dismounted and surrendered. Turn around and head north.

Although the Shun army set up a refusal horse near the river bank, there was still a gap between the refusal horse and the shallow water. These cavalry rushed through the gap recklessly, and the Shun army archers standing between the refusal horse Standing at a place less than 20 paces away from them and shooting, none of the cavalry dared to turn around and rush up the riverbank to disperse the archers. They just let the archers shoot themselves and their companions, leaving their lives to the decision of heaven.

Liu Zongmin stood on the Henan embankment and watched the scene on the north bank, and immediately said to the generals around him with contempt: "Jiannu is like this. I really thought they were some kind of heavenly soldiers and generals, fighting against the Liaodong army every day." Those who retreated, it turned out that they were no different from the officers and soldiers in running for their lives. They are still invincible, what a joke..."

E Shuo's army was defeated very quickly. It took only a quarter of an hour from the time when the first part of them crossed the river to when E Shuo's troops collapsed.Here, Wu Sangui had just urged his own troops to compete with the southern wing of the Shun Army for the first camp. When he saw his subordinates fleeing back from the river, he immediately stopped Hu Xinshui and Xia Guoxiang from attacking.

Aixinjueluo Boluo, who was supervising the battle in Wu Sangui's army, rushed over immediately and asked him why he stopped attacking. Wu Sangui pointed to the defeated soldiers who were brought back and said: "Boluobeile, the strange soldiers have been defeated. We can't use cavalry Go and fight the infantry? I suggest that you inform the two princes as soon as possible so that they also stop attacking, so as not to lose their troops in vain.

The soldier sage said: "If you don't invite the banner of integrity, you don't have the formation to attack the dignified formation. This reason will change."The barracks of the thieves is strong, and our surprise soldiers have been lost. It is very unwise to continue to charge now. "

Bo Luo took a look at Wu Sangui, and found that this person suddenly seemed to have gained a bit of confidence. From the corner of his eyes, he also noticed that Wu Zhibu put his hands on his waist knives, looking very unkind to himself and the guards around him.He immediately stopped the people around him from accusing Wu Sangui, but said calmly to Wu Sangui: "I have heard that General Wu is proficient in the art of war. Since you think you can't fight anymore, then I will go and report to Yujun King, but please return." Give these people to me, so that King Yujun can ask for clarification."

Wu Sangui also didn't want to offend Boluo, because his father was Abatai. Although he couldn't be compared with the four great Baylors because he was born as a concubine, but also because he had no hope of inheriting the Khan throne, Abatai was in the fierce battle of Houjin. In the internal struggle, he saved himself.

After Dai Shan retired and the other three Baylors passed away one after another, the Abate clan became the most powerful clan under the Banner Master, but Abate was just a simple warrior who didn't understand court politics, so You can't exert your influence.But Abatai's sons are all adults, and they are not ordinary characters. Naturally, Wu Sangui doesn't want to offend this family.

So, he waved to Boluo to take away the defeated soldiers, and promised that he would not retreat alone, but would wait for the order of the two county kings to retreat together.Looking at the back of Bo Luo leaving, Wu Sangui was silent, but the general beside him couldn't bear it anymore and said: "If we knew that these Manchus would not be able to defeat the intruders, we should have waited..."

Chapter 42 Whose responsibility?

After Aobai returned to the camp with nearly a quarter of his troops missing, he walked angrily to the position of the big tent, and asked Azig who was talking to others: "Your Majesty Wuying, our army is fighting hard, why are you fighting?" Want to call for gold and retreat? Our department killed more than a dozen warriors in order to open the enemy line, but no one behind them had to retreat, and lost more than 30 warriors. Is this a battle or a joke?"

Azig, who was already in a bad mood, immediately jumped up when he heard Aobai's accusation, and scolded: "Oboi, you dare to talk to me like that, do you still have superiority and inferiority? Is it you?"