Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 314 The defeat in this battle was all because the Ming army had flying swords to help
What humans fear most is often the unknown and the incomprehensible.

At this time, although many of Li Chengdong's personal cavalry saw clearly that the flying bird attacking them was a man-made strange bird that was definitely not human, they were even more frightened.

Some of those who have heard some fairy tales even think of the legendary flying sword.

In addition, this strange bird occasionally shone with strange lights, and under the sunlight, the whole body was almost glowing with metallic luster, which made the cavalry even more misunderstood.

Hearing Huang Degong's roar like thunder, and seeing that Li Chengdong had indeed fallen to death, two or three hundred riders rolled off their horses one after another before they could escape far, abandoning their weapons and surrendering.

Seeing this, Huang Degong asked people to confiscate their weapons and horses.

Then he clasped his fists at the bird-view drone flying in the air and said, "Thank you for saving me!"

Wu Liangchen's voice came from the drone, "Uncle Jingnan, Jianguo urges you not to underestimate the enemy again."

Huang Degong's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said, "Yes."

He saw that the enemy cavalry at Beijiekou were either dead or fleeing. Originally, he planned to gather the rest of his own cavalry to chase down the enemy cavalry or the thousands of infantry Du Yonghe led.

Now, after hearing the message from the drone, and seeing that Du Yonghe and Wu Wenwen's thousands of infantry had fled two or three miles away, they had no choice but to give up.

Then he ordered someone to clean up the battlefield, and he went back to the town to check the battle situation...

When they first entered the customs, the fighting will and quality of the soldiers of the Eight Banners Army were still very good.

Therefore, no more than a quarter of an hour after Li Chengdong left the Eight Banners Army camp, Dorobelenikan and Beiziboluo each led a Mongolian cavalry to set off, bypassing Yangzhou City and heading south.

In order to facilitate the siege of the city, the Qing army camp is now only five or six miles away from Yangzhou City.

The mobilization of [-] to [-] cavalry was massive, and the smoke and dust soared into the sky. The Ming army at the head of Yangzhou city could easily see it.

Although Shi Kefa no longer had any hope of defending Yangzhou, he still patrolled the city walls frequently. The rest of the city guards, such as Liu Zhaoji, Ma Yingkui, Shi Dewei, etc., stayed on each section of the city wall for a long time to guard against sneak attacks by the Qing army.

Because the east of the city is next to the ancient canal, the Mongolian cavalry walked around the west of the city.

In order to prevent the defenders of Yangzhou City from guessing their intentions, the Mongolian cavalry should first go north, out of the view that can be observed from the head of Yangzhou City, and then go around to the south.

Konican and Boluo just don't do this.

Because they just want the Yangzhou defenders to know that they are going to intercept the Ming army from the south.

This is not only looking down on the Ming army in Yangzhou City, but also trying to lure the Yangzhou defenders out of the city.

If the Yangzhou defenders really leave the city, they will definitely be defeated. In this way, Yangzhou City, which is short of major generals, will be easier to fight.

It can be said that the generals of the Qing army were either veterans who followed Nurhachi, or the second and third generations of generals who had grown up in decades of war. The use of various tactics was as common as eating and drinking.

The old and new cities of Yangzhou stand side by side, so the north and south walls are more than twice as large as the east and west walls, which are the focus of defense.

Those defending the northern city wall were Shi Dewei and Liu Zhaoji's troops.

Both of them followed Shi Kefa at this time.

Seeing the soaring smoke and dust coming out of the Qing army's camp and going south around the city, Liu Zhaoji frowned and said: "Master, the Qing army has dispatched at least tens of thousands of cavalry... I am afraid that reinforcements are coming from the south. Intercept!"

Although Shi Dewei was the deputy general and led more than 5000 well-equipped supervising battalion soldiers, but in fact he became the deputy supervising battalion only because he was born as a servant of Shi Kefa and was quite brave. He didn't have much experience in leading troops.

But he is also honest and honest, he knows his own ability and Liu Zhaoji's ability, so he nodded and said: "Yes, yes."

Shi Kefa also frowned tightly, his eyes followed the soaring smoke and dust, and sighed: "What can we do? We can't take the risk of sending troops out of the city to support the south, right?"

Liu Zhaoji actually wanted to gather the best riders in the city to go to the south, but he also knew that this move was quite risky.

He thought for a while and said, "We must send a team of elite sentinel cavalry to try to break through the blockade, contact the reinforcements in the south, and know each other's situation."

For such a trivial matter, Shi Kefa hesitated for a while before saying: "Okay, Ding Wei (Liu Zhaoji's character) you can do it."

Even after learning that reinforcements were coming, Shi Kefa still didn't think Yangzhou City could be held.

After all, the Qing army outside the city now claims to be 20, including more than 7 Eight Banners Army.

Such a powerful enemy, even if Huang Degong came to help, it would only add tens of thousands of soldiers who died in battle to Yangzhou.

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Nikan is the son of Chu Ying.

Chu Ying was originally the eldest son of Nurhachi, but for various reasons, he was first placed under house arrest by Nurhachi, and then sentenced to death.

In this way, Nikan and other Chu Ying's sons didn't even have half a bull record, and they were only asked to lead a certain army every time they went out to battle.

This time Nikan led the Zhenghuang Banner of Mongolia.

The Gushan forehead of the banner is really Engetu. This time, because he knew that he was conquering the south of the Yangtze River, he had heard that Engetu, who was rich in the south of the Yangtze River, conscripted [-] tribal cavalry.

The situation in Boluo is slightly different from that of Nikan. His father, Abatai, was of a lower status among Nurhachi's sons because of his mother's bad background.

But for the Eight Banners, nothing is bigger than going out with the army.

Besides, the father-son-brother relationship of the Eight Banners is always unknown. Naturally, Boluo will not serve his seriously ill old father like a Han Chinese, but will choose to make contributions.

This time, he took the position of Meile Zhangjing and led more than [-] Mongolian cavalry with white banners.

As for the other [-] cavalrymen of the Mongolian Xiangbai Banner, they stayed in the camp with Han Dai and listened to Duoduo's calls.

A half-flag Mongolian cavalry adds up to about [-], and when they are dispatched, they are naturally sentry cavalry.

Not long after passing the south of Yangzhou City, the sentry cavalry brought Li Chengdong's messenger for help.

After being brought in front of Nikan, Boluo, and Engetu, the messenger didn't know how to address them, so he could only plop on his knees and said, "Generals, my family's general town is intercepting the Ming army in Yangzijin.

However, the Ming army brought in dozens of cannons with fierce firepower. I am afraid that my family's main town will not be able to last for a long time. I also ask a few generals to send troops to rescue quickly! "

Restricted by inertial thinking, Nikan and the others subconsciously excluded the Hongyi cannons that were difficult to transport, thinking that what the messenger was talking about were light artillery such as Franji, Tiger Crouching Cannons, and General Cannons.

Engetu couldn't help sneering, "The Han people are really cowardly and incompetent. They can't stand up to dozens of small cannons."

He spoke Mongolian, which the messenger didn't understand, so he could only continue to cry.

Nikan did not intend to ridicule—if the Han people were not cowardly and incompetent, how could they enter Manchuria and run rampant?

As the commander-in-chief of the division, he first said to the messenger in a somewhat jerky northern Chinese: "Don't worry, we will go to support your home town."

He also said to Engetu, Boluo and other generals: "Let's go over quickly, we can't let Li Chengdong's people really be wiped out.

When they arrived at the place, Engetu's men rushed to disperse the Ming army, and Boluo led Chuobei's men to find their artillery, and killed all those who operated the artillery. "

Boluo and the others responded immediately, and then accelerated their march.

The cavalry ran fast, and soon arrived near Sanwan, just in time to encounter thousands of rout troops led by Du Yonghe and Wu Wenwen.

Du Yonghe and the others had seen the drone from a distance, and learned about Li Chengdong's killing from other fleeing cavalrymen, they were already frightened.

In order to escape as soon as possible, although he hadn't discarded his helmet and armor at this time, he had long since lost the appearance of an army.

When Nikan, Boluo and the others saw this rout, they couldn't help frowning.

He ordered the white armored cavalry around him to bring Du Yonghe and Wu Wenwen over.

Because of his family background, Nikan was afraid of being despised, so he was very strict in the army and had strict military laws.

So when he saw Du Yonghe and Wu Wenwen, he whipped a few times and asked sharply, "What kind of soldiers are you leading? It's like running away pigs and dogs!"

Du Yonghe and Wu Wenwen had whip marks on their faces, but they knelt on the ground and did not dare to lift their heads.

But I have to justify.

Du Yonghe said in a hoarse voice: "General, it's not that we are ineffective in leading the army, but that my family's general town was defeated in Yangzijin.

The Ming army not only has many artillery pieces, but they are also very powerful, and there are also other people who use flying swords to help them, which is beyond our ordinary people's ability to match! "

"Yes, yes, yes," Wu Wenwen followed, "Our headquarter originally surrounded Huang Degong with superior cavalry, and was about to cut him off, but a foreigner flying sword came to help, not only saving Huang Degong, but also killing him." I left my home town..."

　Let me talk about the military system of the Manchu Qing period, lest some readers get confused

　　【Eight Banners Military System ([-])】

　　The lowest official military system is Niulu. A Niulu usually consists of [-] households, and every household is drawn as a soldier. When it is loose, one household will be drawn from three households, and when it is tense, one household will be drawn one.

　　However, the above are all theories. In reality, there are often more than [-] households or less than [-] households per cattle record.

　　In this book, one ox in the army is defined as 300 regular soldiers.

　　However, regular soldiers often carry coats and slaves with the army, so it is possible for a Niu Lu to have 600 or 800 people.

　　Let's talk about the organizational structure of the Eight Banners Army.

　　Wu Niu is recorded as Yijiala, and Wujiala is Yigu Mountain.

　　In the era of the text, the leader of Niulu is called Niuluzhangjing, and the leader of Jiala is called Jialazhangjing.

　　The leader of Gushan is actually the leader of a banner (not necessarily the owner of the banner), called Gushan Ezhen.

　　The above are names in Manchu. After entering the customs, they got a Chinese name in about six years of Shunzhi.

　　Niu Luzhang Jing is the assistant leader, similar to the Ming army Qianzong.

　　Jialazhangjing is the leader, similar to the guerrillas and generals of the Ming army.

　　Meile Zhangjing was the deputy capital commander, similar to the generals and deputy generals of the Ming army.

　　Gu Shan's forehead is really the capital, similar to the commander-in-chief of the Ming army.

　　Among them, Jialazhangjing is also divided into first, second and third grades, and Melezhangjing is also divided into several titles. The highest title is Angbang Zhangjing, which probably means "Daigu Shanerzhen", which means Daizongbing.

　　To sum up, there are more than 7000 soldiers and horses in one banner of the Eight Banners (Manchu, Mongolian and Han).

　　But theory and reality often have discrepancies.

　　Regarding the Battle of Yangzhou in the article, it is more reasonable to assume that there were 8 to 4 people in the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Han, and about [-] in the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)