Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 626 Hunting the Eight Banners Mongolia
The cavalry station was completely replaced with rifled guns.

The next step is to hunt the Eight Banners Mongolia.

Before dispatching troops, Hu Guozhu asked Zhu Cijiong for his opinion.

"Prince Ding, what advice do you have on how to hunt and kill the Mongolian Eight Banners?"

Hu Guozhu was very knowledgeable, and Zhu Cijiong did not put on airs as a prince, because Chongzhen often told him that as a king, there is no need to put on airs with his subjects, and everyone is equal in personality.

"Xiao Wang doesn't have any high opinions here, so he can do whatever Hu Zongzhen says."

Hearing Zhu Cijiong's words, Hu Guozhu's heart sank immediately, and he said with a smile: "That's right, the Mongolian riding skills of the Eight Banners are really good, and the horses are not much worse than ours. To catch up with them, this is the case on the way to Dengzhou from the south, and I failed to catch up with them several times."

Zhu Cijiong said in his heart that the more than [-] riders I brought from Liaodong did not have such a thing.

The reason is also very simple, because the horses of the Liaodong cavalry were all the [-] white-armored horses that Oboi brought to North Korea, all of which were good horses that the Mongolian ministries paid tribute to the Qing court.

Therefore, in Liaodong, the cavalry of the Ming army could catch up with the cavalry of the Mongolian army.

In the end, the Ming army cavalry failed to complete the encirclement before the Mongolian cavalry escaped, and still let some Mongolian cavalry protrude from the two gaps.

Naturally, the Ming army cavalry would not let the Mongolian cavalry do what they wanted.

Not only Dutong Bart was killed on the spot, more than 1000 cavalrymen were also killed more than 500.

Bart is drinking a dull wine in front of the wine gourd.

Later, the remaining population was relocated to Denglai by the Ming army.

Unfortunately, a red hurricane appeared on the western horizon not too far away.

……

Bart asked again: "How many Ming infantry guards are there?"

A Ming army convoy consisting of more than 300 civilian men, more than 100 carriages, and more than 200 mules and horses is heading north, accompanied by a hundred or so Ming army infantry.

Shandong in the late Ming Dynasty did not get warmer until the end of March.

Amidst the sound of horseshoes, a hundred cavalry meandered back to the camp.

"Success." Zhu Cijiong said, "That's Qingtuozi Castle."

Not far from Laizhou Bay in Qingzhou, there is a large lake called Qingshuipo.

One is to worry about the supply of military rations and fodder, and the other is to worry about the revenge of the Ming army.

Bart sighed when he heard the words. This was all caused by the war. Most of the population of Jinan Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture and half of Qingzhou Prefecture were taken away by the Qing soldiers, and even the Kong family in Qufu was also taken away.

Having said that, if it is a high-intensity march or battle, the horse must be fed with beans or even wine, otherwise the horse will lose weight or even die.

"I've been fooled, get out!" Bart slammed the horse's head and leaned to one side.

It is not easy to find food and fodder under such circumstances.

Bart smirked and asked again: "How many peasants and how many carriages came out?"

A thousand cavalry team from Eight Banners Mongolia was camping on the south bank of Qingshuibo at this time.

On the coast of Laizhou Bay.

"Agula." Bart asked loudly, "Have you found the Hangou village?"

"Okay, bring the map." Hu Guozhu signaled Guo Zisheng who was accompanying him to open the map, and chose a small stronghold called Qingtuozibao along the Laizhou Bay, "Ding Wang, how about this?"

"What you said is easy." Bart snorted, "Han dogs are hiding in the city. Even if a few big families don't live in the city, most of them have built docks. How do you rob them?"

It was already the eighth day of February at this time, but the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty had not yet passed, so the territory of Qingzhou was still freezing cold, and the ice surface of Qingshuipo showed no sign of melting.

At a certain moment, the ground suddenly trembled slightly.

"This method is very good." Zhu Cijiong said happily, "Then let's do it."

The sound of hooves was rumbling, and the heads of the horses were moving. The Mongolian cavalry quickly approached within a hundred paces.

But it was impossible not to look for it, because the dry food and fodder we brought were almost gone.

"However, after the Eight Banners Mongolia penetrated into Shandong, it must be difficult to supply food and grass."

Eight Banners Mongolia is also Mongolia, after all, it is also a nation on horseback.

Soon, the three-way Ming army cavalry moved closer to the center.

The scout cavalry said: "About a hundred or so."

Accompanied by the sound of "bang bang bang", the Mongolian cavalry instantly turned on their backs.

Soon, the civilian husband saw a large group of black cavalry from the horizon in the southwest direction, sweeping towards the direction of the baggage train.

"According to the original plan." The civilian husband gave an order, and more than 300 civilian husbands "disrupted into a mess", and more than a hundred Ming army infantry ran to the southwest of the baggage train to line up.

What kind of convoy is this? They are all pretended to be Minggou infantry.

"Why don't we storm the camp on Minggouliang Road?"

A burly Mongolian man came to Bart, shook his head and smiled wryly: "We didn't find it. We have searched the area with a radius of a hundred miles, and even found a county town, but there is no one in the city, and everything is deserted."

Not only people, but also war horses suffer because they can't find grass to eat.

Obviously, the Ming army's "supply team" knew that it was too late to withdraw from the Qingtuozi stronghold, and it was too late to go to the forward stronghold, so they could only set up a defensive vehicle formation with their backs against the North Sea, trying to resist stubbornly.

Although there is wine to drink and beef jerky to accompany the wine, Bart is not in a good mood.

"Mother thief!"

Therefore, the life of the Eight Banners Mongolia is also very hard.

Immediately, the man took out a telescope from his pocket, and stood on the shaft of the car to look around.

Bart's heart was moved, but he was worried about the casualties: "Let's see again. It's better to wait for Minggou's supply team to come out of the camp before fighting. It's easier to fight."

The "supply team" of the Ming army also retreated to the seaside, and set up a car formation with their backs to the sea.

Zhu Cijiong put his hands on his forehead and said helplessly: "Hu Guozhu, you are the chief of the cavalry town, and Xiao Wang is just the deputy chief of the town, so you don't need to ask for instructions on everything."

Immediately, two Ming army cavalry swept over like two red hurricane waves.

There are three rows in front and back, each row has about 150 people.

A moment later, the Mongolian cavalry detoured from both sides of the Ming army line, and barely completed the turn before they rushed to the ice of the North Sea, and then ran straight to the north and south along the coastline. They didn't even have the courage to approach the infantry of the Ming army on the flanks, and just wanted to escape quickly.

However, can he still escape at this time?

However, even though they circled obliquely, the distance between the two armies continued to approach.

It's just a pig, and it can be seen that it has been fooled.

"Flee to the west!" The two groups of Mongolian cavalry immediately turned their horses and broke through to the west.

In an instant, the frenzy of cavalry that was originally surging forward seemed to hit a rock, split into two in an instant, and then went around to both sides of the rock.

Another Mongolian general said: "If you build a camp, you will have everything."

The cavalry of the three Ming armies quickly joined together, and Hu Guozhu asked, "Prince Ding, do you want to pursue?"

After waiting for half an hour, it was estimated that the Ming army's heavy equipment team had already walked seven or eight miles away, before Bart got up and said: "The order is issued, everyone mounts their horses, and Qingtuozi hits the grass valley!"

At this moment, after the "civilian" yelled just now, more than 300 civilians who were "panicked" immediately took out flintlock guns from the carriage, and quickly entered behind the more than [-] Ming soldiers who lined up to set them up. Line array, just in the blink of an eye, the line array has been set up.

Before the Mongolian cavalry could escape, smoke and dust billowed from both north and south directions at the same time.

……

"Oh, yes, yes." Agula woke up like a dream, "That's the truth."

But these cavalrymen in the cavalry town obviously don't have such good horses.

……

"Cavalry! There are cavalry! There are cavalry coming this way!"

So the current Qingzhou Mansion has almost turned into a piece of white land.

"That's great." Agula grinned grinningly, "I've snatched this batch of food and grass, enough for us to eat for a month. Let's do it!"

However, there was no trace of fear on the man's face, instead there was a look of joy.

"Dutong, if you can't do it, go to Laizhou Mansion to rob it." Agula said fiercely.

At least Mongolian horses are not so delicate, as long as it is grass, they can digest it, and they will not lose weight and have diarrhea.

A few days ago, there were six or seven thousand cavalrymen of the Ming army heading towards Dengzhou along Laizhou Bay. Bart instinctively felt that the Ming army must be planning a revenge operation, and it would not take too long.

The scout cavalry said: "More than 300 peasants, more than 100 carriages and more than 200 mules and horses."

"Dubao, Qingtuozi's Minggou supply team has come out."

It is said that war horses must eat grass, otherwise they will have diarrhea, that is nonsense.

Seeing this scene, Bart couldn't help being surprised.

Even Bart, the capital of the Eight Banners Mongolia, was shot in the chest and fell headlong.

Just as I was talking, there was a night when I didn’t take it back and report it.

At this time, it is time to compete for the horse speed of the two sides.

Soon, the distance between the two armies was less than fifty paces, and the next moment, the Ming army lined up began to advance again and again, taking turns to fire their guns.

"Finally came out? I thought they could hide forever."

The cavalry in the front row behind Bart also saw this scene, and turned around one after another.

The two groups of Mongolian cavalry fleeing westward immediately changed directions again, one turned to the northwest and the other to the southwest, trying to escape from the two gaps between the three Ming armies.

"Don't worry yet." But Bart shook his head and said, "Minggou's baggage team has just come out. If we pass too quickly, they will definitely retreat again, so we have to let them go as far as possible."

A "folk man" sitting on the shaft of one of the carriages suddenly jumped up.

However, the Mongolian cavalry also paid a heavy price.

Soon, the Mongolian cavalry who came from the southwest approached within a thousand steps.

Hu Guozhu went on to say: "So we can use grain and grass as bait to fish."

"Okay, then don't chase, even if you chase, you won't be able to catch up."

After a pause, Hu Guozhu continued: "However, fishing can only be done once, and it won't work the second time, so we need to change the way of fighting. It's better to divide into eight thousand cavalry teams and hunt them separately." Mongolian cavalry."

"Okay, this is a good idea." Zhu Cijiong said impatiently, "Then let's start quickly."

Zhu Cijiong really couldn't wait, because he didn't enjoy playing just now.

(End of this chapter)