The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 354 Victory in the First Battle
Zhang Chun is not an ordinary person. He knows how to fight and is not afraid of death, and he can judge the situation.

After analyzing the strength of the two sides, he believed that the Jin army did not have the appetite to eat up his troops in one go, so he took the clumsy method of fighting a dull battle and slowly approached Dalinghe City.

The cavalry of the Jiannu and Tartars killed more than a hundred cavalrymen of the Ming army at a cheap price, and saw that the hundreds of cavalrymen who were defeated fled into the camp formed by the temporary carts of the Ming army. .

Unexpectedly, those simple carts are indeed the natural enemies of the cavalry. After rushing into the battle, the cavalry of the Golden Army was attacked by a row of blunderbuss and dozens of guns and lost more than forty cavalry. The army drew a safe distance.

It can be said that Zhang Chun had won the first battle, and he was overjoyed. He ordered the whole army to continue to advance, ordered the cavalry to follow the chariot formation, and temporarily gave up going forward to scout.

Since the Ming army was arranged as a monolith, the losses during the advance were limited. Jiannu did not attempt to launch a large-scale attack, but prepared to fight the Ming army outside the fortifications of Dalinghe City.

Fighting pays attention to the timing, location, and harmony of people.

The post-Golden army relied on camps, and whether they waited for work or stayed on the battlefield they were familiar with should be one of the elements of war based on the advantage of land.

Local wars are not about peace, but about morale. At present, there is not much difference in morale between the two warring parties. Zhang Chun's Ming army is encouraged by the news of the victory in the southern Liaoning battlefield. At this time, the fighting spirit is full. Entering the encirclement, one by one gearing up.

The purpose of Zhang Chun's coming here is to enter Dalinghe City. He knows very well that the closer the destination is, the more dangerous it will be. Jiannu will not let his troops pass through the fortification area easily. He issued an order that the entire army should rely on chariots. Take turns to attack and move forward.

This method of warfare is balanced and stable, and it is the regular arrangement of the Ming army's large chariots to deal with the light cavalry. It is to take a part of the chariots to stand firm after forming a formation, and then the chariots of the second echelon pass a certain distance before the troops already in formation and stop. Go forward and stand ready to cover the third echelon.

In this way, the car formations advance in turn and alternately cover and help each other. It is basically difficult for the enemy's cavalry to find a position to attack such a camp.

Today, Zhang Chun divided more than [-] troops into two army formations and marched in turn. Later, the Jin army suffered a big loss when they came up. The [-] to [-] Ming army had a thousand chariots, which meant that there were three thousand bird guns inside. For shooting, there are also firearms such as lifting guns, swarming bees, Shenhuo flying crows, thunderbolts and other firearms to assist shooting.

The more than [-] cavalrymen of the Zhenglan Banner and Xianglan Banner, who were trying to charge in vain, couldn't stand the loss of [-] to [-] cavalrymen and retreated in a hurry.

The second army formation of the Ming army took the opportunity to advance to form a three-mile formation, and the first army formation in the battle was already cheering thunderously, because they had obtained nearly [-] pieces, including a general who built slaves at the level of Jiala Ezhen, Niu Luerzhen, Bashiku, and Bayala saw dozens of waist tags.

Fighting again and winning again, the commander of the Ming army, Zhang Chun, was inexplicably excited. Generals such as Wu Xiang, Song Wei, Jiang Xin, etc. were a little carried away. They felt that Jiannu seemed not difficult to deal with.

When the first army marched forward again, they immediately became more courageous. When they crossed the second army that had already formed a defensive formation, they did not encounter any resistance, and the camp of Jiannu was already close at hand.

Zhang Chun personally led the first army, and the flag of the Chinese army was waving. Nearly 3 people understood the language of the flag. The whole army attacked and marched forward. There was a noise and arrows flew.

Trouble arose when they were able to enter the camp of the Houjin army. The large chariot could not move forward, and criss-cross gullies appeared on the ground. The width was just enough for a horse to leap, and it was just enough for the cart to fill in.

There is no intentional water release in the ditch, the depth is more than one foot, and the slope is very steep. If you go down, you will definitely not be able to climb up in a hurry, but it is only aimed at the direction of Daling River City in the east. .

The Ming army suffered a great loss due to the unfamiliarity of the terrain. More than a hundred chariots went down into the ditch and suddenly found that they could not see anything, because the slope in front of them was more than one battle, unless the tall Ming army stood on the top of the chariot. Able to see ahead.

It is a pity that the chariots of the Ming army did not have a man on the roof. This kind of chariot has a simple structure and is relatively thin in order to save cost and weight. The main purpose is to resist Jiannu's bow and arrow shooting.

When the coachman and all the gunners of the chariot hurriedly left the chariot and were about to turn back, thousands of Jiannu with iron shields came rushing out of nowhere. These Jiannu who dismounted and fought on foot just suffered The two blue-banner men and horses, they are all going to fight for their crimes and meritorious deeds at this time.

The southern line of Daling was garrisoned by Manggurtai, one of the four major baylors. He did not expect that the Ming army would choose his defense area for the main attack.

Mang Gurtai, who has a bad temper, has a perverse personality. He was against attacking the city of Dalinghe, which was doomed to lose gold and silver treasures, but he was swayed by the Ming army for more than two months, and he was already on the verge of breaking out.

The north and west should have been most likely to be attacked by the Ming army. For this reason, Hong Jie set up two yellow flags and two white flags with strong combat effectiveness. Received the Ming army's first punch.

Mang Gurtai, who had lost hundreds of elites, finally broke out. He rushed to the Red Army's big account theory, thinking that the two yellow flags and two white flags knew that the Ming army's breakthrough direction was to the south but chose to sit on the sidelines. Hundreds of athletes in Zhenglan Banner lost their lives in vain.

Hong is angry that Zhenglan Qi did not complete the plan to withstand the attack of the Ming army and retreated privately, which almost ruined the overall plan. Seeing Mang Gurtai rushing in, he directly questioned and glared.

He scolded angrily: "Your troops retreated in violation of orders, what should I do?"

Mang Gurtai was not afraid of Hong's evil at all, he said: "Zhenglan Qierlang fought bravely, but the Ming army has more than [-] troops, and the troops led by Ben Beile can win, so there is nothing wrong with avoiding the edge for a while."

Hong Zhe yelled loudly: "I emphasized repeatedly that in order to allow enough time for Wu Zhenchao's arrangement, when the Ming army came to attack, the first troops to fight had to fight for three hours. How long did you last?"

Mang Gurtai had fought battles for a long time and knew how to confuse the public. If the time when the Zhenglan Banner rangers began to attack the Ming army was counted as the time for the battle, it would still be able to meet the three-hour retreat condition, but it should not be too serious.

He quibbled and said: "The headquarters team fought for three hours before retreating. Which bastard framed Ben Baylor?"

Hong Jie sneered and said: "If the accuser falsely accuses you, I will punish the accuser for deceiving the emperor. If it is true, how can the soldiers under you be innocent? You will be more guilty!"

(End of this chapter)