Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 380
The rain and the snow particles are densely smashed down,

There were gusts of cold wind.

The rising sun that had just appeared had completely disappeared, dark clouds were hanging low, strong winds were blowing, and the sky was full of rain and snow.

At the foot of Maoshan.

Zheng Jiwu rode his horse with two guns to kill, and a group of elite cavalry under his command also released them with gunfire.

Zhuma La was distraught, and at this moment, ignoring the abdominal pain and venting, she picked up a knife and faced Zheng Jiwu with feces and urine all over her crotch and legs. He understood it all at this time.

There was something wrong with the grain and grass that Zheng Jiwu gave them last night. There must have been crotons and other things in the horse feed, and there must have been something in the food and wine that Zheng Jiwu entertained him last night.

"die!"

Zheng Jiwu's family is a generational military attache of Daming Hainingwei. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child. He is very brave, young and full of enthusiasm.

Zhuma La wanted to step aside and chop off the horse's leg, but suddenly there was another sharp pain in his stomach, and then he felt the back door open, which made him unsteady on his feet and lost his mind for a moment.

With such an instant delay, Zheng Jiwu has already rushed forward with the momentum of his horse.

With his lance tightly held by his arm, he stabbed directly at Zhumala at high speed.

Waking up early in the morning, Zhuma La didn’t even wear armor. They have been in a state of exhaustion for the past half month, and they have worked very hard. After meeting with Zheng Jiwu yesterday, there were soldiers from Zhejiang outside guarding the camp, and they had some wine, vegetables, and barbecue. A rare good night's sleep, nail removal and sleep.

How could he have expected that this laxity would directly kill him.

There was no time to dodge, Zhumala swung his saber to block, but his hand didn't have much strength.

The lance failed to swing away.

The sharp lance pierced Zhumala's chest, and then Zheng Jiwu took advantage of the momentum of the fast horse to charge, and directly lifted Zhumala, the servant of the Ministry of War and Hangzhou garrison Melezhangjing, into the air.

Zhuma La wailed desperately in the air, feeling the rapid loss of life.

He was picked up in the air in despair, and saw that the inner camp was already on fire, in chaos, with rain and snow intertwined with fireworks, and groups of cavalrymen had entered the camp.

The soldiers were rushing to fight in a panic. Many of them, like Zhuma La, took off their armor last night to rest. Who knew that the Zhejiang camp, which was regarded as a watchdog, raised the butcher's knife against them.

What's even more hateful about these people is that they didn't choose to attack yesterday, nor did they attack last night. It was after dawn. The Tartars were still on guard at night, but in the morning, it became the most relaxed time.

At this time, they were in trouble, and they were still preparing breakfast.

They wanted to lead the horses to fight, only to find that many of the horses had diarrhea, and most of the officers also had diarrhea. The bannermen were fine, but there were no horses to use, and most of them were just getting up, and they didn't have time to put on their armor.

Although cotton armor and cloth armor are much more convenient to wear than iron armor, they are armor after all, which is much more difficult than wearing clothes. There is no time to put on armor in a hurry, so they can only fight with swords and guns in a hurry.

More and more Zhejiang soldiers rushed in. They rode horses and mules and rushed around. In this small camp, they directly bumped and trampled, which made it difficult for the Tartars to resist the retreat.

After marching and camping in the cold, wind, snow and snow for half a month, and being harassed along the way, the two thousand and eight banners of Zhumala were already exhausted. They had been on high alert, mentally tense, and physically and mentally exhausted.

Last night when Zheng Jiwu met, they were supplying food and grass, and guarding the camp for them, which made them relax and let their vigilance go.

They were too tired, even wearing only dry food for so many days, they were quite weak.

Who would have expected that Zheng Jiwu, the duke of Zhongyong who was conferred by the regent of the Qing Dynasty, the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang, would suddenly rise up to attack when he first entered the border of Jiangning?

Zhuma La couldn't think of it, and the other banner soldiers couldn't even think of it.

Zhu Mala was shot and flew by Zheng Jiwu, killing him with one blow.

Several officers who also had diarrhea were also taken away in a wave.

The death of Zhu Mala and several officers made the Tatar camp even more chaotic.

Losing their command, the Tartars began to fight each other like headless chickens, trying to fight a bloody road to break through.

But with no horses to ride and being surrounded by the Zhejiang camp, how can they break out.

At this time, the horn sounded in the distance, and a black line appeared on the white horizon.

Then it became a black tide.

Rolling.

Zhang Mingbin, the admiral of the imperial guards, Ma Jun, and the commander-in-chief of Jinwu Town, saw the beacon signal from a distance, and led his cavalry to come.

Zhu Mala thought it was just a coincidence that Zheng Jiwu caught up with him here, but he didn't know that all of this was actually carefully calculated and arranged.

Zheng Jiwu's three thousand riders have actually been hanging not far behind Zhuma La. The constant harassment along the way was originally deployed by Zheng Jiwu, in order to constantly harass the exhausted Qing army and at the same time give Jiangning's imperial camp Chinese troops Time to prepare.

The starting position is well chosen.

Just entering Jiangning is not far from the boundary, between Liyang and Lishui, where there are many mountainous areas in the remnants of Maoshan Mountain.

The station last night was between Luobu Mountain and Baima Mountain. There is a sheltered valley between the two hills. Unexpectedly, this place is a good place to ambush.

There are [-] cavalry in Jinwu Town. Last time, [-] were allocated to the Huguang camp and the Fujian camp. At this time, there are still [-] cavalry. This time, the whole town will go south and wait in the Lishui area.

As the most elite imperial cavalry, the [-] soldiers of the Jinwu cavalry all rode northern warhorses instead of mules and horses, and their armor rate was also the highest in the entire army.

Zhu Yihai attached great importance to this cavalry. As the scale of the battle increased, the importance of the cavalry became more and more prominent. Without an elite cavalry, it was impossible, especially when facing the Tartars.

The captured and purchased war horses will be given priority to the Jinwu cavalry. From the beginning of the simple mule and horse transformation to the cavalry momentum now, this journey has not been easy.

Because the number of cavalry is scarce and gold is precious, Zhu Yihai also subdivided this baby cavalry into heavy cavalry and light cavalry.

Then there are more subdivided divisions. Under the heavy cavalry, there are cuirassier battalions, musketeer battalions and dragoon battalions.

The standard configuration of the cuirassier is a polished and shiny breastplate. The breastplate consists of two pieces of iron armor at the front and back, about [-] catties. It is manufactured by the Zhoushan Breastplate Bureau, with belt links and brass rivet buckles.

Because the breastplate is thicker, the cuirassiers are only equipped with an iron helmet in addition to the thick breastplate. Compared with the full-body cotton armor and cloth face armor, the protective area of ​​the cuirassiers is small, but the chest and back The protective power of the armor has been enhanced, and there is no armor on the hands and legs, which is relatively light, and it is also convenient for them to use muskets and sabers.

And the polished breastplate can also enhance their deterrence. Their main tactics are charge-shoot-turn-reload-recharge, and so on.

Compared with the 30-year war in Europe, the cavalry of European countries were still equipped with three-quarters of armor. Zhu Yihai's Jinwu breastplate heavy cavalry was actually much less equipped, and the cost and manufacturing efficiency of the breastplate were far lower than that of cotton armor and cloth armor. A and iron Zhajia are cheap and fast.

The tall cavalrymen in Jinwu Town, wearing shiny bras, are indeed very mighty, especially when matched with the bright red cavalry uniforms.

The other heavy cavalry is called musket cavalry. They got their name because they wear cotton armor and hold muskets. Because the cotton armor equipped is basically similar to the Eight Banners, they are classified as heavy cavalry.

There is also a heavy cavalry called dragoons. This is actually a heavy infantry on horseback. It has the same tactics as many Eight Banners soldiers in the Tartars. They maneuver on horseback and fight on foot when they dismount. Maneuvering and running, outflanking, chasing, blocking and intercepting, etc., are similar to the motorized infantry of later generations.

There are hussars in the light cavalry. The hussars are basically not armored, or equipped with light leather armor. Their main task is to scout, search and cover the flanks of the troops. They will never charge forward when they are not completely sure of victory. Their main equipment is The saber, coming and going like the wind, is a horse-running man who never dismounts to fight.

Their main tactic is to use the speed advantage of the fast horse scimitar like the Mongolian light cavalry to find the enemy's flaws and break through.

Of course, there is also a kind of light cavalry, which is light dragoons, that is, light infantry on horseback. Compared with dragoons, they are light infantry transformed from mules and horses. Certainly not as good as the Heavy Dragoons.

There is also a light cavalry called the Chase Cavalry, which is actually an unarmored musketeer cavalry, with muskets as the main weapon, simple equipment and convenient supplementation.

Dividing Jinwu Town into so many cavalry is actually caused by insufficient equipment such as horses and armor at this stage, as well as insufficient training of excellent cavalry. They can only be subdivided to highlight their respective advantages.

For example, armor is mainly equipped for heavy cavalry.

The number of cavalry is small, but they can't stay with the emperor and just serve as a guard of honor. The richer they are, the more they can create value.

At this time, the cuirassiers among the Jinwu cavalry rushed to the front. They wore two pieces of polished iron armor on their chests and backs, an iron helmet on their heads, and a tall helmet gun with a small red flag on it.

They are not equipped with traditional spears, hammer bones, etc., but mainly muskets, two flintlock lances, and a three-eyed gun.

The flintlock lance is shorter, and compared with the matchlock gun such as the shotgun, it can prevent wind, etc. It is convenient and fast, but it also has problems such as dead fire. , Slap shooting, turn around after shooting, then reload, and then charge and shoot.

Although wearing a dazzling breastplate, he would not rush into the enemy formation easily, let alone bump into the infantry formation, Zhu Yihai was reluctant to waste it like this.

The three-eyed gun is not only a firearm, but also can be used as a blunt weapon like a mace at critical moments. It can be smashed with a swing, and it can be shot three times at close range after being loaded with gunpowder and ignited. It is backward but fierce.

Followed by musket cavalry, they wear cotton armor, equipped with both muskets and lances, this is a traditional heavy cavalry, they can charge and break into the enemy group.

Of course, Zhu Yihai also strictly forbids the cavalry to charge the formation at will, and even forbids them to charge the infantry. The cavalry must be used in conjunction with the infantry and cannot be wasted.

Now the cuirassiers charged ahead, followed by the musketeers, and then the heavy dragoons.

The hussars, chasseurs, archers, and light dragoons began to outflank both sides.

(End of this chapter)