The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 233 Prepare for Field Battle
The Kalaqin Tartars who were suddenly attacked fought on their own. Most of them were awakened by the sound of horseshoes in their sleep.

The Tartars got out of the yurts in a hurry and were shot through by the knights of the "Red Banner Army" who roared before they even had time to put on their armor. As a result, the settlements of those small tribes were destroyed.

Not requiring encirclement and complete annihilation made the "Red Banner Army" cavalry's attack faster and more efficient, killing a hundred or dozens of Tartars without much effort.

Knowing that dozens of Tartars had escaped, the "Red Banner Army" did not pursue them. They once again rescued as many as five or six hundred Han people. Now these Han people and the people they rescued yesterday have taken up arms and captured a man with four A small tribe of more than a dozen yurts are housed in winter camps.

The temporary person in charge was Xiang Chengliang, who had killed a Tartar centurion, and he had cleaned himself up long ago.

At this time, he had already thrown away the hatchet and continued to practice assassination with a white wax pole spear. He had a Mongolian machete pinned to his waist, and he was wearing captured cotton and leather armor.

Not only Xiang Chengliang was armed, but nearly [-] Han Chinese men who were relatively physically fit also wore captured leather armor or cotton armor and took up weapons.

There are more than a dozen of these people who can shoot arrows. Of course, they know how to use the captured Mongolian ox horn bows to improve their combat effectiveness.

These Han people now know that it was a Ming army called the "Red Banner Army" who rescued them. In order to rescue more Han people, this Ming army will attack Qingcheng next.

The Han people who don't want to be slaves again can only take up arms and follow the "Red Banner Army" to fight, striving to win the final victory and return to Daming Pass with glory.

Hundreds of Han people are praying for the "Red Banner Army" to win the Karaqin Tartars, they are too eager to go home.

The Han people encouraged each other, and if any Tartars came to attack their temporary resettlement place, everyone should work together to fight the Tartars to the death.

Xiang Chengliang had already killed someone, and his psychological quality improved a lot. That night, he was received by Huang Han. Not only was he praised, but he was also appointed as the leader of the Han self-defense forces.

Now he leads nearly 400 Han men and women to guard more than [-] Tatar captives and manage more than [-] Tartar women. His camp will be operated as a material transfer station and a support point when the army retreats.

There were too many cattle and sheep in the camp Xiang Chengliang was in charge of. He knew that it was impossible to drive the sheep when the army retreated, so he ordered the Han people and Mongolian women to kill the sheep and divide the mutton.

All the Han people voluntarily participated in the labor. They knew that there must be food to satisfy their hunger on the way home. Now there are ready-made fat sheep to slaughter, and everyone spared no effort.Mongolian women do not resist, but silently obey orders and do things carefully.

In the southwest of Qingcheng, the "Red Banner Army" infantry array is advancing step by step.

The soldiers and the military laborers were very calm, because the Patriarch was by their side, and the young soldiers of the four general banners were all very excited. They were eager to kill the Tartars, so that their mentors could see with their own eyes how they fought the enemy bravely.

Huang Han, who is commanded by the Chinese army, has four followers, Yan Congyou and He Yongqing, as well as infantry guards with swords and shields holding the general banner of the general banner, wielding a battle ax in his right hand and holding a light steel round shield produced by Huang in his left hand.

As the name suggests, the sword and shield hand should be a left-handed shield and a right-handed sword, but the sword-shield hand of the "Red Banner Army" is not so absolute.

The light steel round shield is the standard equipment of the sword and shield hand. Everyone has it. The upper part of this steel shield is deliberately added with steel material to make an angular knife edge. When the sword shield hand swings it, the steel shield can also cut down the enemy. head.

Most of the swords and shields hold ghost-headed swords in their right hands, and some strong men think that ghost-headed swords are too light and choose one-handed battle axes.

Some people think that the ghost head knife needs to be chopped and chopped to be unfavorable to the use of ingenuity. They choose short spears to use steel shields to cover for stabbing.

Fang Liandong was ordered by the seven-member group to be responsible for the safety of the Patriarch wholeheartedly. If the Patriarch made a mistake, even if his sword, shield, and general banner killed Harqin Taiji, it would be useless.

The infantry had advanced twenty or thirty li to the north. The vast grassland had a huge advantage. The infantry formation could be easily deployed, but it also had to meet the conditions, that is, it must be able to resist the harassment of the Tartar cavalry when it was deployed.

The unicycle, which can quickly form an obstacle to block the cavalry's impact, played a huge role. This is not Huang Han's original creation. I think that when the [-] infantry led by Li Ling went deep into the prairie, Han brought many carts full of military supplies.

According to historical records, the Han army used carts as their battalion and deployed them outside the camp. The soldiers in the front line held halberds and shields, and the soldiers in the back line held bows and arrows.Thousands of Hun cavalry saw that the Han army was few, so they attacked the Han army. As a result, they were shot by the Han army with thousands of crossbows and suffered heavy casualties.

In the end, Li Ling, who was on the brink of defeat, lamented regretfully to his generals, "Recovering dozens of arrows is enough to escape."

Li Ling meant that if each infantry had dozens of arrows and crossbows, they would be able to fight and retreat into the territory of the Han Dynasty.

It can be seen that infantry is not afraid of cavalry attacks at all when they have long-range weapons such as infantry bows and crossbows, and when there are carts as cover.

The "Red Banner Army" has more unicycles. Although they don't have strong crossbows, they have infantry bows with longer range, terrifying vehicle-mounted guns, and bird guns that are far more powerful than powerful crossbows. As long as the Tartar cavalry dare to attack such troops For the infantry formation, Huang Han guaranteed to let their corpses lie all over the ground.

Huang Han's troops had an advantage over Li Ling's Han army, because the "Red Banner Army" was not completely passive and could only choose to wait for the enemy's attack.

There are also more than [-] knights in the "Red Banner Army". As long as they find that there are no more than [-] enemy light cavalry not far from the infantry formation, the knights can launch a group charge to hack and chop.

If the enemy is defeated, they will naturally choose to expand the results of the battle. If the enemy cavalry encircle them one after another, the knights of the "Red Banner Army" can completely retreat into the infantry position in an arc.

This new tactic of combining infantry and cavalry and mixing hot and cold weapons made the field troops rooted, and the wounded were treated and supplies were always in progress.

After fighting a fierce battle, they can get rest, treat their wounds in time, drink a few sips of spirits, eat two pieces of roast mutton, and have a bowl of hot gruel.

Seeing that they were getting closer to Qingcheng, the frequency of Tazi's scouting horses was obviously getting higher and higher.

Huang Han hadn't had the chance to charge himself since he left the customs, so he couldn't help itching when he saw the Tartars in twos and threes.

He whistled and rushed forward with four of his entourage. This is an infantry formation, and only officers above the small banner officer have horses.

(End of this chapter)