There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

On the Tumut grassland northwest of Datong Prefecture, a huge army is marching.

The front army of this army is 20,000 Mongolian cavalry from the Chahar tribe. The left army and the right army are 10,000 Manchu cavalry led by Dorgon and Jierhalang respectively. The central army is composed of three troops led by Huang Taiji. Ten thousand Tartar banners, and the rear army is the thirty thousand Han army banners led by Kong Youde.

A total of 100,000 troops marched in a mighty manner, stretching for several miles. In particular, the Han army was not a cavalry force and carried a lot of artillery, so the march was not very fast and could only cover fifty miles a day.

The Manchu-Tatar army left Shengjing in early September and rested for a few days at the Mongolian Chahar tribe. After walking for nearly a month, they arrived at the grassland northwest of Datong Prefecture.

"Fan Zhangjing, how far are we from Datong Mansion?" Huang Taiji asked Fan Wencheng who was serving at the side.

"Your Majesty, we are less than a hundred miles away from the border wall of Datong Mansion. We can launch an attack within two days."

"Is there any news about Lin Feng Zhenming's army?"

"The spies from Datong Prefecture reported that the Zhenming Army is gathering troops in Datong. They already know that our Qing army is about to attack, and they may be preparing to occupy the city and defend it." Fan Wencheng replied.

After hearing this, Huang Taiji thought for a while and ordered: "Since the Zhenming Army has concentrated all its troops in Datong, then notify the front army and the right army to speed up and bypass Datong, break through the wall from the Fugu area of ​​​​Jiazhou and enter the pass to attack its weak points. . The rest of the army pressed hard against Datong Mansion, attracting the main force of the Zhenming Army so that it could not return to defense."

"Hey! I'm going to deliver the order right now." Fan Wencheng said as he received the order.

"Clap clap clap!"

Before Huang Taiji's order had reached the front army, a burst of gunfire sounded like fried beans, and the Chahar tribe cavalry walking on the periphery fell off their horses one after another.

"Enemy attack!" the leading general shouted loudly.

Mengger, the captain of the Chahar cavalry, immediately ordered the march to stop and the entire army adjusted to a defensive formation.

As soon as the guns of the Guards Brigade fell, the two thousand Ordos cavalry led by Unen rushed over quickly, slashed at the Chahar cavalry who were still in panic under the attack, and then left again.

The Chahar cavalry is also an elite unit that has been fighting for many years. After a brief panic, it quickly stabilized. The large group of people formed a defensive formation to protect everyone's supplies in the team.

Mengger personally led 3,000 cavalrymen to bite the rear group of the Right Banner Cavalry and chased them out, vowing to cut these people into pieces.

Just after chasing for four or five miles, seeing that the distance was closing, and the cavalry could be left behind immediately, intensive gunfire suddenly came from the flank of the team.

Lin Feng personally led a thousand Guards Brigade officers and soldiers and two thousand Ordos cavalry to attack the Manchu Qing's front army.

The raid adopted a pattern of timing and attacking with one strike. After the Manchu-Tatar front troops pursued them, they immediately notified the 2,000 Guards Brigade officers and soldiers led by Deng Hao through the walkie-talkie to rush out of the ambush. They relied on intensive firepower to instantly disperse the pursuing police. Hal Cavalry.

A combined attack came down and killed at least two to three thousand Chahar Mongolian cavalry, forcing them to stop their advance and report to Huang Taiji for his decision.

"What, the front army was attacked? Nearly three thousand people were lost. So the main force of the Zhenming Army has arrived on the grassland, otherwise it would be impossible to have such a strong fighting force. Inform all armies to camp on the spot immediately, strengthen prevention, and then please Dorgon comes here to meet." Although Huang Taiji was wary of Dorgon, he still listened to this cunning younger brother's opinion as he was facing a formidable enemy.

"The former army was attacked by the Zhenming Army and suffered considerable losses. Lin Feng's main force may have arrived on the grassland. How can you two deal with it?" Huang Taiji asked directly.

"The grassland is vast, and it is difficult to find the main force of the Zhenming Army. We can attack the places where they must be rescued, attract the Zhenming Army to attack, and then set up an ambush to encircle and suppress the Zhenming Army." Dorgon replied. "Where to attack?"

Dorgon pointed to the map on the table and said: "You can order Kong Youde's Han army flag to attack the side wall of Datong Mansion. The front army will protect it on one side, and the Chinese army will ambush in the rear and prepare to encircle it. The right army will monitor the battlefield from the outside, and the left army can monitor the battlefield from the outside. Xuanfu entered Datongfu, cut off its retreat, and attacked Zhenming Army from both front and rear."

"Your Majesty, I will contact the Ming court immediately to inform him of this situation. I believe that Chongzhen will not miss the opportunity to destroy the Zhenming Army." Fan Wencheng interjected.

"Okay, let's do it like this. Fan Zhangjing will notify all the troops immediately." Huang Taiji ordered decisively.

The Manchu and Qing army quickly adjusted their formation, and Kong Youde's rear army stepped up their march and rushed to the front. Under the cover of the Mongolian cavalry, they headed for the Datong border pass.

Ji Erhalang led the right army to be on guard ten miles away from the Han army flag, and sent a large number of sentries to explore the position of the Zhenming army to prevent them from making a surprise attack.

Huang Taiji personally led the Chinese army to fall back more than 20 miles, and was ready to go forward to support at any time.

As soon as Lin Feng saw that the Manchu army had changed its strategy, he ordered an all-out strangulation of the sentries sent by the Tatar right army. Taking advantage of the firepower advantage of the breech-loading rifles equipped by the Guards Brigade, individual teams were dispersed to pursue and kill the Tatar sentries.

In one day, they annihilated more than 200 sentries of the Tatar right army, scaring them so much that they no longer dared to act in small groups. Since the whereabouts of the Zhenming Army could not be detected, Manta could only shorten the distance between the various ministries and rely on strength to report to the group to prevent them from being defeated individually.

The reduced Manchu Qing army was divided into two major parts. One consisted of more than 47,000 Mongolian cavalry and Han bannermen, and the other consisted of nearly 40,000 Huang Taiji's central army and right army.

With such a large number of Tatar troops gathered together, they were like hedgehogs with long thorns all over their bodies. It was difficult for the raiding troops led by Lin Feng to find a place to start, and they could only harass them on the outside.

Relying on the advantage of the range of the breech-loading rifle and adopting a piecemeal approach, they shot and killed the Manchu and Qing cavalry, accumulating small victories into big victories.

Although each raid could only kill a few Tatars, over the course of a day, hundreds more were shot. The Tatars were so frightened that they could only ask the peripheral cavalry to hold up their shields to block them. Although the safety was improved, the marching speed could only be slowed down.

When camping at night, Lin Feng led the Guards Brigade to take advantage of the enemy camp's cooking fire and sent out sharpshooters to shoot black guns. "Bang, bang, bang!" Although the gunshots were not intensive, two shots could basically take away one life.

The frightened Manchu-Tatar army did not even dare to cook or light a fire. The entire army implemented a blackout and ate some dry food in the dark and rested.

Even so, Lin Feng's personal guard brigade still touched the edge of the camp from time to time, and still fired a few thunderbolts in, not to kill the Tatars, but to harass the enemy.

Several Tatar generals were furious. When they rushed out of the camp and tried to surround and suppress the Zhenming Army's harassing troops, they often fell into ambushes of the Zhenming Army. They lost a wave of troops in vain. They sent a large army to pursue them, but they could not catch the Zhenming Army's harassing troops. .

These days have been miserable for the Tatars. The Zhenming Army is like a dog-skin plaster that cannot be shaken off. Although the damage caused was considerable, a lot of energy was consumed.

After two days, the officers and soldiers of the Manchu-Tatar army all showed dark circles under their eyes, and everyone was exhausted. Huang Taiji was certainly not a fool. When he saw something was wrong, he immediately ordered one-third of the army to be on alert. The rest of the troops had a good rest and took turns to be on alert to deal with the Zhenming Army's harassment.

Under the effective response of the Tatars, Lin Feng's harassment was able to achieve fewer and fewer results, but it also successfully achieved its goal of blocking the march of the Manchu-Tatar army. It originally took two days to reach the Datong border, but it took four days to arrive.

(End of this chapter)