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Chapter 201 Suzi River Valley Decisive Battle ([-])

An unnamed soldier of the Eight Banners was at the forefront of the army formation, nervously clutching the cowhide shield and broadsword in his hand.On the opposite side was a phalanx formed by rows of muskets and artillery used by the Fuliao Army, separated by hundreds of meters from them.Because the distance was too far, it was impossible to see the faces of the soldiers on the other side.The atmosphere of the decisive battle suffocated him.

Standing on a relatively high ground, Huang Taiji examined the formation of the Liao Army with a group of Eight Banners generals.In this battle, both sides invested a lot of troops, and there was no end in sight.The valley terrain washed out by the Suzi River lacked towering terrain, so Huang Taiji and the others could not spy on the rear deployment of the Liao army.Similarly, the Fu Liao Army could not observe the deployment of the Eight Banners Army's rear.

"The Fu Liao Army is not in a hurry to attack at all. It seems that our army can't afford to waste time." Huang Taiji saw the Fu Liao Army's musket troops lined up, but had no intention of attacking.

"We Zhenglanqi are willing to attack first to avenge the dead Amin!" One-eyed Baylor Mang Gurtai said through gritted teeth.

"Mang Gurtai, Li Yongfang, you command the Zhenglan Banner and the Hanren Banner, and prepare to attack the left wing of the Liao Army!"

"Daishan, Yuetuo, you command the Zhenghong Banner and Xianghong Banner, and prepare to attack the right wing of the Liao Army!"

"Haoge, Dorgon, you command the Xianghuang Banner and Xiangbai Banner, and break through the Central Army of the Liao Army with me!"

"Zhenghuangqi will use the Tianwei cannon to open the way for you. Success or failure depends on one move. The state of Dajin Kingdom will be handed over to you!"

Huang Taiji assigned combat missions one by one.

"Yes!" The generals of the Eight Banners took the mission and went down to rectify the troops and prepare for battle.

woo-woo-

The low and long sound of ox horns echoed in the river valley, and the seven square formations of Houjin, the left and right flanks of the Chinese army each formed a square formation, and began to attack the formation of the Fuliao army.

boom!boom!boom!
The artillery began to roar!This time, the artillery bombarded the Liao Army's position from Houjin's side, and the sound of the artillery made the river tremble!

The iron ball fell into the line array of the Liao army, and immediately penetrated the first few rows of lines, tearing a few small holes!
Our Dajin Kingdom also has artillery!The soldiers of the Eight Banners, who started to launch the offensive slowly, heard the roar of their own cannons, and their morale was greatly boosted!

"My lord, this is the first time I was hit by someone else's artillery. What is Dong Dawei of the artillery brigade doing? Why isn't our artillery firing!" Mrs. Yang, who was in charge of defending the Chinese army, saw her soldiers complaining about the damage caused by the Houjin artillery. , "When this battle is over, I will definitely give him a good lesson."

At this time, the Dong Dawei that Mrs. Yang was talking about was making people adjust the shooting angle.The artillery brigade has been strengthened. Although the number of artillery pieces has not been greatly increased, the supply of artillery shells has increased, and the artillery shells are even less distressed.But Dong Dawei was not in a hurry to bombard the opponent's infantry phalanx.

"Houjin's artillery has finally revealed its position. Hey, this is the first time we have encountered a decent opponent, let them see what a real artillery is." Dong Dawei said to several officers, "Yes Their artillery destroys."

"Yes!" Several officers responded in unison.

Boom boom boom! ! !

Hundreds of cannons in the Liao army camp roared together, and the loud noise completely overwhelmed Houjin's cannons!If Houjin's artillery is a drizzle, then the artillery of the Liao Army is a heavy rain, crushing one-sidedly!

Solid bullets, blooming bullets, all kinds of ammunition fell around Houjin's artillery unit!

The soil was flying, the artillery was smashed, Houjin's artillery lay on the ground, not daring to get up, even the other infantry around the artillery were implicated by the artillery, and some stray bullets fell into the infantry phalanx, causing serious damage .

After a round of shelling, Hou Jin's artillery went silent, and more than half of it was lost...

Dong Dawei looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction, and was very pleased: "Leave a small team to continue to take care of their artillery, and the rest of the troops will focus on shelling them to attack our left wing troops according to the original plan."

After the first round of roaring was silent for a while, the cannon continued to spew anger!It's just that this time their main target is Mangurtai's Zhenglan Banner, and they want to destroy their infantry phalanx with artillery!
"Your Majesty, the Tianwei Cannon was bombarded by the artillery of the Liao Army, and suffered heavy losses. It can no longer bombard the Liao Army for a while!" The deputy battalion officer of the Houjin Tianwei Battalion came to report to Huang Taiji in a disheveled state.

"I invested 10 taels of silver to build your Tianwei Camp, and you fired for a while, and before you killed a few enemy troops, you were taken away by the Liao army? What use do I want you for! Come on, go to Tianwei battalion, and execute their battalion officers on the spot!" Huang Taiji was furious.

"Our battalion officer was unfortunately hit by artillery fire from the Liao army and died in battle..."

"..." Huang Taiji couldn't help but took a step back before standing still.This time there was not even a scapegoat.

"Since the battalion officer is dead, you are now the battalion officer of the Tianwei Camp. Go back and lead the Tianwei Camp, and attack the Liao army's defense line later. You all will fight to the death with me." Huang Taiji waved his hand.

"Yes, yes..." the deputy battalion officer said submissively.

From a bird's-eye view of the entire battlefield, Hou Jin dispatched almost half of his troops to fully press the Liao army's defense line!In the not-too-spacious river valley and plain area, it is impossible to deploy more troops, while other reserve troops wait for the Fuliao army to break through in any direction, and then deploy the reserve troops to completely destroy the Fuliao army. military.

"Don't be nervous, just shoot when you hear the drumbeat." The musketeer officers in the front row were calming everyone's emotions.

The line musketeers also clenched their muskets nervously.This battle was the largest battle fought by the Liao army. The battle line was two miles long, and these soldiers had no end.

The artillery is still roaring, and each infantry brigade has its own artillery unit, which bombards the Eight Banners soldiers attacking their own line of defense.The Zhenglan Banner of Manggurtai, which attacked the left wing of the Liao army, encountered the most brutal artillery.Not only are the artillery of Archduke Karl's second brigade roaring here, but also the artillery of the more brutal artillery brigade is mainly concentrated here. Hundreds of shells fall on the Zhenglan Banner's charging camp every minute!

"I've been miserable for eight lifetimes!" Mang Gurtai led eight thousand soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner to attack the left wing of the Liao Army. Hundreds fell.Such a disastrous ratio of casualties may cause the soldiers' fragile psychological defenses to collapse at any time!
"Rush over for me, and when we get within the range of our bows and arrows, we can fight back!" Except for rushing all the way, there is no way for Baqi at this time!

When they rushed past the range of the artillery, they entered the death blockade composed of muskets.

(End of this chapter)