Traveler Major League

Chapter 277 Ants (Part )

A combat staff officer quickly walked up to Duan Jingzhong, pointed to the overhead map on the tablet and said: "UAV reconnaissance shows that there is a group of nearly 500 slave-building soldiers directly in front of us moving towards our main position. Among them are Three hundred heavy infantry, two hundred cavalry, and two cavalry groups of nearly a hundred people moved from both sides, seemingly trying to cut off our army's retreat. Judging from the flags, they should be one of the Zhenghuang Banner and the Xianglan Banner, as well as a few Mongolian cavalry. "

Duan Jingzhong nodded and asked again: "What's going on with the main force of the Eight Banners in the distance?"

"They are setting up camp ten miles away. They will definitely not be able to catch up tonight. I think we can meet them tomorrow. Captain, look at this video. There are tens of thousands of people and it is boundless. There are more torches than stars. It's really spectacular. ”

"Commander Yang personally led the two main divisions of the First Army to go north. According to the original plan, they should have arrived at Shanhaiguan. We are 130 kilometers away from Shanhaiguan. It will only take a day or two for the leading troops to advance at full speed with light equipment. , As long as we can attract them here and delay them until the day after tomorrow, the account will be settled as soon as the large army arrives!"

"Don't wait until the day after tomorrow. Even defeating them is a piece of cake. You can just use a drone to kill their Huang Taiji and others."

"Don't talk nonsense. The command of the headquarters is to capture as many people as possible alive. They have to go to the Ming Dynasty for public trial, and they may also be sent to the third world. Don't be confused. We only have more than 600 people here. If the other side wants to run away, How many can you catch? Winter is coming soon. Do you really want to go for a spin in the snow with them? "

"I understand, I understand. The chairman of the committee has said that this group of bandits must be solved once and for all, to give a little shock to the Ming Dynasty die-hard elements, and to reduce the internal friction caused by the discord among the people after the unification of the world this year."

Duan Jingzhong turned his head and looked to the south. Out of his sight, the Jiannu cavalry was galloping in the rear. He said secretly: Two days, just two days, to hold them back without scaring them.

Looking up at the sky, the snowflakes falling gradually became denser. Duan Jingzhong let the snowflakes hit his face, looked at the gloomy sky, and said expectantly: "This Little Ice Age is indeed well-deserved. I hope it snows heavily tomorrow, and the team on the opposite side It’s not that easy to withdraw.”

In the evening, the slight setback of the forward's military information quickly reached the hands of the Chinese army Huang Taiji. The main force of the forward did not suffer much loss. It was just that the cavalry sentry was attacked by the defenders on the hill at a distance of 200 paces. The sound of gunfire The sky was shaking, as dense as firecrackers. A total of more than 20 cavalry from the two teams were wiped out. The forward leader, Zhenghuang Banner's concubine Namutai, responded correctly. After the attack, he immediately deployed his team and sent many elite cavalry to explore the border. The plan to attack by force was abandoned because the enemy's firearms were too sharp.

Fire blunderbuss and artillery have extremely long ranges and cannot be spared even from a mile away. Namutai watched the tragic scene of the cavalry entering the fire net running at full speed from two hundred paces away without escaping. This was different from his experience. Compared with the old rival Ming's weapons, they are worlds apart.

Therefore, the only thing Namutai could do was to conduct a reconnaissance tour with a small group of cavalry. After the sentinel had a thorough understanding of the enemy's situation, preparations could be made to take down this strange enemy force at night.

In Namutai's eyes, he took the initiative on the battlefield and controlled the entire periphery of the battlefield. The team of less than a thousand people in front of him only occupied favorable terrain. With the advantage of the range and speed of firearms, they dug trenches to defend themselves. There was no cavalry, and the troops were Scattering without even setting up a military stronghold is simply asking for death.

As long as it falls at night, he will definitely be able to achieve success with one blow.

It was late at night. Two miles north of the hill defense position, a team of only a thousand cavalry was arrayed behind a small piece of high ground. On the hill in front stood a team of more than a hundred cavalry. Although they did not carry a flag, they could take the lead. Several people were clearly dressed as senior Eight Banners officials. This was none other than Huang Taiji. Behind him were several leaders of Houjin, watching the night battle together.

The reason for this solemnity was that the forward cavalry broke through several forts from behind the special forces position and learned a piece of information. It was the people's army that had become famous this year that was blocking the army.

This is the first substantive contact between the Eight Banners and the People's Army. In the past year, the People's Army has brought great deterrence to the world.

"It seems that we are enemies rather than friends." Huang Taiji looked far into the distance with a flash of light in his eyes. In the past few years, the Eight Banners' senior leaders had suffered several setbacks against the Ming Dynasty. Contrary to the people's army, they had not established enough psychological advantages, especially After the Liao army was reorganized and prepared for war, it became more and more difficult to deal with, so Huang Taiji always wanted to find a breakthrough. Originally, the people's army was flourishing in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. Huang Taiji even wanted to send messengers to form an alliance with them to defeat the Ming Dynasty together, so that In the Ming Dynasty, the East and the West could not take care of the two fronts of the war and lose sight of the other.

Nothing is needed now.

This was the case with Li Zicheng and Huang Taiji in the real timeline. Although they did not form an alliance, they had quite a tacit strategic cooperation, making the Ming army unable to care about each other and extremely passive.

But at this time, the people's army obviously far exceeded the psychological expectations of Huang Taiji and others.

In one year, they captured the capital, captured Chongzhen and other Ming court command centers, and occupied most of the territory north of the Yangtze River.

This time, troops were directly sent to stop Huang Taiji. The news brought by the elite cavalry was not just that. It was said that this people's army also brought Chongzhen's surrender edict along the way. Most of the Ming troops along the way had surrendered to the People's Alliance. There were also rumors that The commander of the First Army, Yang Zeming, personally commanded an army of 500,000. Although Huang Taiji knew that the 500,000 was definitely not true, one thing that was certain was that Shanhaiguan must have been taken over by the People's Army.

"Liu Ze's general, General Yang Zeming, has an army of 500,000 people coming out of the border and rushing towards our army. What do you think?" Huang Taiji half-squinted his eyes, obviously he didn't care at all about the civilian army blocking the road in front of him. He was more concerned about it. It is Yang Zeming's army behind.

Most of the Eight Banners nobles present have been to Ningyuan and Jinzhou many times and are quite familiar with the terrain here. Ingurdai has been near Jinzhou for the longest time and knows the situation here best. He looked solemn and pointed the riding whip in his hand at Ningyuan. In the direction of the army, he said: "Great Khan, Ningyuan is the place that Ningjin must pass through. It is only two hundred miles from here to Shanhaiguan. Why not take advantage of the future of the people's army and seize the Ningyuan army to wait for work, and Jinzhou will fall without a fight. This Ningyuan Just as empty."

Fan Wencheng and others all agreed, "My golden horse is good at running, so it is suitable for the plains here, so that our cavalry can come and go freely. The people's army is mainly infantry, and it is inconvenient to move, which makes it easier for our cavalry to find their weaknesses. Defeat them in one fell swoop and gather our forces on the open plain. Even if we suffer a slight defeat, we can rely on the strengths of our cavalry to save our troops and fight again."

Seeing this, Huang Taiji was also a little moved. He nodded and said, "Let me see how this elite civilian army is doing."

(End of this chapter)