Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 658 Victory in the First Battle
At this time, the Ming cavalry can have two tactical options.

One is to turn around and retreat, and fire while running, continuously killing and wounding the Mongolian cavalry who are chasing behind them, until the Mongolian cavalry can't bear the casualties and retreat, then turn around and chase back.

The other is to stay still and continue shooting with arrays.

If there are no other restrictions, Zhu Cijiong will definitely choose the first option.

After the first tactic runs, the hit rate will drop sharply, but safety is guaranteed. The horses of the Mongolian cavalry are not good enough, and it is difficult to catch up with the Ming cavalry.

But now only the second tactic can be used.

Because the main force of the Ming army has not yet reached the battlefield.

Jiannu cannot be allowed to control the Bali Bridge prematurely.

So Zhu Cijiong just stood there without moving, just raised the reloaded [-]-style rifle, and the first row of cavalry also raised their reloaded rifles, aiming at the Jiannu cavalry.

"Hit!" Zhu Cijiong squeezed the trigger of his rifle heavily.

"Bah bah bah bah!" Gunshots rang out continuously.

Immediately afterwards, the Mongolian cavalry once again staged a turn on their backs.

Moreover, the number of Mongolian cavalry who fell to the ground this time was obviously more than before.

The reason is also very simple. As the distance reaches a hundred steps, the hit rate of the Ming army cavalry also increases. In this round of salvo, at least [-] cavalry fell to the ground.

The hit rate of this wave has exceeded [-]%.

Then the second row of cavalry came up again and opened fire again.

Intensive gunshots rang out, and more than [-] Mongolian cavalrymen fell to the ground in response.

But the follow-up Mongolian cavalry also became ruthless and continued to charge forward desperately, because at this time the distance between the two sides was less than a hundred steps, which was only ten seconds for the cavalry.

In such a short time, the Ming army had no time to load ammunition.

As a result, the follow-up Mongolian cavalry trampled directly over the fallen companions, recklessly charging towards the Ming army cavalry, and even brought their horse speed to the extreme.

However, the Mongolian cavalry obviously miscalculated this time.

In addition to rifles, Ming army cavalry also had short guns.

After firing the guns, the first row of cavalry quickly put their rifles back on their shoulders, pulled out two short guns from their waists, and aimed one of them at the Mongolian cavalry.

This time it was no longer aimed at war horses.

Instead, it aimed directly at the Mongolian cavalry on horseback.

Although the ammunition used by the short gun is also nitrocellulose, but because the barrel is not long enough, the initial velocity of the bullet is far inferior to that of the [-]-style rifle, and it is not enough to shoot a war horse at a distance of thirty paces.

But it is more than enough to shoot and kill Mongolian cavalry.

And this time, two rows of Ming army cavalry fired at the same time.

Another two rows of gunshots rang out, and the Mongolian cavalry who were standing up from their horses and drawing their bows and shooting arrows fell down in an instant.

By this time, the entire formation of the Mongolian cavalry was in chaos and unsustainable, but there were still many Mongolian cavalry with excellent riding skills who escaped the firepower of the Ming army cavalry and rushed to the Ming army cavalry.

Immediately, a wave of sparse arrows shot over, and Zhu Cijiong was also hit by several arrows.

But it's useless at all, the arrows shot from riding a bow can't penetrate the cotton armor at all.

Instead, it was a row of grenades thrown by the Ming army cavalry that blew up the Mongolian cavalry who rushed forward.

At this point, the offensive of thousands of Mongolian cavalry who attacked westward along the north bank of the Tonghui River was completely disintegrated. After dropping the corpses of more than 3000 people and horses, they fled in a hurry.

However, not so many Mongolian cavalry were killed.

But many Mongolian cavalry had no horses and could only flee back on foot.

Naturally, Zhu Cijiong would not let go of this good opportunity to beat the dog in the water, and immediately led the cavalry to hunt down the fallen Mongolian cavalry one by one on the north bank of the Tonghui River.

But Zhu Cijiong was not too wary.

After hunting down the fallen Mongolian cavalry, he led his army back to Bali Bridge.

At this time, the thousands of Mongolian cavalry on the south bank of the Tonghui River were still blocked by Xu Wuniu's [-] cavalry at the east end of the Bali Bridge. They also quickly retreated. Obviously, the exchange of fire on the north bank just now had left a deep impression on them.

In this battle, the scout cavalry of the Ming army won a complete victory.

At the cost of dozens of casualties, more than [-] enemy cavalry were killed!

……

At this time, it is on the south bank of the Huitong River, which is further east.

Hundreds of thousands of Jiannu troops lined up neatly, marching from east to west along the official road and the fields on both sides of the official road, the smoke and dust almost covered the sky.

Due to too many chariots and horses, the speed of the march was very slow.

Sonny frowned, looking forward from time to time.

Estimated from the time, the army is more than five miles away from Tongzhou City at this time, so it should only be about three miles away from the Bali Bridge. The binoculars can't see the Bali Bridge, nor can they see the Mongolian cavalry sent out in advance to capture the Bali Bridge.

The reason why Sony sent Mongolian cavalry in advance was because they were worried that the Ming army would seize the Bali Bridge.

Because the Bali Bridge is one of the few stone bridges among the many bridges across the Tonghui River, it can be used by the army freely.

If the Ming army seized the Bali Bridge, although the Qing soldiers could still cross the river, it would take a lot of effort, and the time would be greatly delayed. Maybe it would be dark when they entered the Pingjin Gate , that's troublesome.

However, the more you are afraid of something, the more you will come. Sony is worried that the Ming army will seize the Bali Bridge. As a result, a fast horse will soon come back and report that Tumed Mongolia suffered a big defeat and lost more than [-] horses. Said that he failed to control the Bali Bridge, and the Ming cavalry was able to preemptively occupy it.

"Trash, a bunch of trash!"

Sony was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

With the enemy at hand, it is impossible to behead a few Taijis in Tumed's department.

After getting angry, Sony asked Kong Youde to lead 2 Eight Banners Han troops plus 5 green battalions, and follow the Chahar cavalry to march lightly from the south bank of the Tonghui River to recapture the Bali Bridge at any cost.

……

In the birch forest, the cavalry of the Ming army were having breakfast.

It is impossible to eat hot rice, so I can only eat a few pieces of rice cakes with sake.

However, the soldiers of the Ming army still ate with relish, especially Xu Wuniu, who had to pick up and eat the crumbs of rice cakes that accidentally fell on the ground and were stained with mud.

Nothing else, I was really hungry when I was a child.

At the worst time, I couldn't eat for three full days.

Xu Wuniu especially cherishes food because he has suffered from hunger.

Seeing Xu Wuniu picking up the rice cake crumbs on the ground to eat, Zhu Cijiong threw the leftover half of the rice cake over.

Xu Wuniu was not polite to Zhu Cijiong either, because he knew that no matter whether it was food, drink, clothing or use, the things sent by King Ding would never be taken back after they were sent.

"Hurry up, maybe Jianu will kill him again soon."

After Zhu Cijiong finished speaking, a sharp whistle suddenly came from the birch forest on the east side of the Bali Bridge. This was the warning whistle blown by the scout cavalry swimming on the opposite bank.

"Jianu is here, get on your horse, get on your horse!"

Zhu Cijiong jumped up and rushed to a birch tree to untie the reins of his horse, then got on the horse, and took the Type [-] rifle slung behind the saddle in his hand.

When they got out of the birch forest, they saw several scouts rushing from the opposite side of the Bali Bridge.

"King Ding!" The leading scout cavalry shouted loudly, "The Jiannu army has arrived. In addition to the Mongolian cavalry, there are also musketeers from the Eight Banners Han Army and camel artillery from the Green Camp."

"Camel artillery?" Zhu Cijiong's heart trembled.

The Mongolian cavalry is not worth mentioning, and the Eight Banners Han army is not afraid.

But facing the camel artillery, the cavalry really couldn't beat it.

Looking east across the Bali Bridge, I saw groups of Mongolian cavalry galloping out of the birch forest, followed by groups of Eight Banners Han troops.

The last ones to come out were a large number of camels.

"Prince Ding, we are in big trouble now." Xu Wuniu gasped.

Zhu Cijiong also hesitated, wondering whether he should continue to hold on to the Bali Bridge.

From the point of view of time, it was only Maozheng at this time, and there was still half an hour before Chenshi.

Just when Zhu Cijiong was hesitating, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes behind him, and when he looked back anxiously, it was galloping on a fast horse, it was the communication soldier of the staff department.

"King Ding!" The cavalry shouted through the long-distance communication.

"Military order, scout cavalry mission completed, withdraw immediately!"

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted loudly: "Everyone is there, retreat!"

Zhu Cijiong gave an order, and more than two thousand scout cavalry reined in their horses and turned around, retreating westward along the north bank of the Huitong River, and the Bali Bridge was quickly left behind.

……

Not long after the cavalry of the Ming army withdrew, the Mongolian cavalry appeared at the east end of the Bali Bridge.

Because they suffered losses before, the Mongolian cavalry did not dare to cross the bridge even when they saw that there was no one at the west end of the Bali Bridge.

After crossing the bridge, I realized that there was not even a ghost on the other side.

In the birch groves on both sides of the official road, the Ming army was nowhere to be seen.

Kong Youde didn't dare to be careless, and immediately ordered the Eight Banners Han army to cut down the birch trees on both sides of the official road, because these birch trees would block the shooting range of the Green Battalion artillery and the Eight Banners Han army musketeers.

The birch forests on both sides of the official road are not dense and the number is not large.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the Eight Banners Han army cut down all the birch trees.

When Kong Youde looked up again, the expression on his face tightened suddenly, because billows of smoke and dust had already rolled up in the wilderness on the west side. Looking at this posture, he knew that there was a large army marching towards this side at a fast speed.

Needless to say, the main force of the Ming army must be coming to Baliqiao.

Kong Youde looked back again, and the expression on his face relaxed again.

Because the Eight Banners Han Army, Eight Banners Manchuria, Green Camp and Lianyong have already appeared on the official road to the east of Bali Bridge and the fields on both sides, and they are obviously closer to Bali Bridge than the Ming Army.

If there are no accidents, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty will definitely arrive at Bali Bridge first.

In other words, there is no problem for the Qing soldiers to pass through the Bali Bridge.

It is no longer possible for the Ming army to use the Bali Bridge to stop the Qing soldiers.

[Today, I will post the formation diagram of the Battle of Bali Bridge in advance]

(End of this chapter)