There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty
Chapter 289 Datong Border War
After suffering harassment, Manta finally arrived at the border of Datong. Huang Taiji immediately ordered the entire army to attack. The Tatar army also held back their anger and launched a thunderous attack.
The Han army banner led by Kong Youde carried hundreds of artillery pieces, which were fired at the side wall with a straight line.
The border gates of the Ming Dynasty were in disrepair for a long time. The Zhenming Army occupied Da Ming for a short period of time and had not yet begun to organize renovations. The defense of the border walls was very poor.
Under the fierce bombardment of artillery fired by Kong Youde and the Han Army Flag, several sections of the city wall quickly collapsed. Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming broke through the barriers with Han military flags respectively.
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng had integrated the northern line forces of the Zhenming Army and arrived at Zhenchuan Fort and Hongyang Fort at the border to set up defenses.
The Han army flags led by the three traitors rushed towards the Zhenchuan Fort behind the Guan wall. When they tried to capture it in one fell swoop, they were fired by two volleys of shotguns from the Zhenming Army deployed on the fort wall. The blood flowed from the Han army flags. The traitor troops retreated crying like ghosts and wolves.
But this time the Tatars broke through the wall in more than one place. Mengger led the Mongolian cavalry to bypass Zhenchuan Fort and go south, preparing to go deep into Datong Prefecture to plunder.
Lu Xiangsheng immediately arranged for his deputy commander Wu Rentuya to lead the First Cavalry Division to intercept. The two armies soon collided and began a fierce fight.
The first cavalry division has a total strength of 12,000. Chahar's Mongolian cavalry originally numbered 20,000, but about 3,000 were killed by snipers on the grassland. Now there are 17,000 left, which still has a clear advantage in terms of strength.
However, the Chahar tribe is very poor, and the cavalry has less than half of its armor. The officers and soldiers of the first cavalry division all wear plate armor or leather armor, and their weapons are more advanced.
Urentuya turned out to be the female personal guard captain of Wuyunna. She was tall and thick, and she was also very brave in combat. Taking advantage of the equipment advantage of the 1st Cavalry Division, she personally led a brigade of cavalry, like a sharp scissor cutting straight into the central army of the Chahar tribe.
Two or three miles away from the enemy, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division first raised their Type 2 electric muskets and fired a salvo.
The latest breech-loading rifles produced by Zhenming Ordnance Factory are currently in limited production, and are only equipped with Lin Feng's Snapdragon Guards Brigade. Other troops can only envy them.
The rate of fire of the Type II Fire Gun was not slow either. With a charge distance of two to three miles, everyone generally fired two or three shots and shot down thousands of Chahar cavalry.
After the First Cavalry Division fired a shot, the distance between the two sides was close to within the range of the Tatar's bow and arrow.
Chahar's cavalry bent their bows and nocked arrows, aiming in the air and launching them. The rain of arrows fell quickly, making a "puff, plop" sound. The first cavalry division also suffered a lot of casualties.
But it has to be seen that everyone in the 1st Cavalry Division wears armor, and the lethality of bows and arrows is not as good as the Type 2 Fire Gun. The casualties of the Chahar Cavalry Division are much greater than those of the 1st Cavalry Division.
After the two sides exchanged shots for two or three rounds, the two armies collided like the earth colliding with Mars. Of course, the First Cavalry Division fired three rounds, and the Chahar Division fired two rounds. However, the range of their bows and arrows was shorter. In the first round, they were just beaten.
Although Urentuya is a female general, she is extremely powerful. She wields a pair of meteor hammers and rushes in front, cutting through a block of butter like a heated blade, and quickly pierces Chahar's central army.
The rear army of the 1st Cavalry Division followed up. Urentuya led the front army to turn their horses and began to attack the Chahar tribe cavalry from both front and rear.
The Chahar tribe clearly had more troops, but became the weaker party under siege.
At the same time, the Han army flag commanded by Kong Youde had moved in the cannons outside the pass and began to coordinate the second wave of attacks.
Considering that Zhenchuan Fort was small and difficult to hold on under Tatar artillery attacks, Lu Xiangsheng took the initiative to lead the defenders to withdraw from Zhenchuan Fort in order to reduce casualties.
After four or five rounds of shelling, Kong Youde and Han Banner turned the barrels of the artillery red before ordering a full-scale attack.
This time, the army under the Han banner was his foundation in the Qing Dynasty, so he would rather waste more ammunition than kill more people.
Kong Jun took advantage of the smoke that had not dissipated after the bombardment and quickly approached Zhenchuan Fort. Seeing that no one was blocking him, he immediately rushed into the fort and occupied the empty Zhenchuan Fort. He was the first to enter the customs. a foothold.
"Immediately report to the emperor that we have captured the Zhenchuan Fort. Please allow the emperor's Chinese army to enter the customs with peace of mind." Kong Youde said proudly. He was the first to capture the fort this time after entering the customs. Although the Zhenming Army gave up on its own initiative. Yes, but the battle report will naturally state that the Zhenming Army was driven away with all its strength, and the first victory in entering the pass was achieved. Sure enough, Huang Taiji, who was dozens of miles behind, received Kong Youde's report. He was immediately overjoyed, issued an order to commend him, and immediately ordered the troops to move into the pass.
On the east side of Zhenchuan Fort, the battle between the First Cavalry Division and the Chahar Tribe Cavalry also reached a critical moment. Relying on Bailitong's instant message, Zhou Rui led the cavalry brigade of the Datong Combat Division to arrive in time and rushed into the Chahar Tribe from the side. Hal's army.
With the addition of Zhou Rui, a new force, the side of the Chahar cavalry was suddenly torn open, and the entire team panicked.
Just when the Chahar cavalry was about to collapse, the Manta Left Banner led by Dorgon bypassed Xuanfu and rushed to the battlefield near Zhenchuan Fort.
The Ming army in Xuanfu had already received a message from the court and allowed Dorgon's cavalry to enter the pass. Even if there was no message from the court and they were given the courage, these Ming troops would not dare to go out of the city to intercept the Manchu Eight Banners soldiers in the field.
Dorgon led the elite of his two white flags, and those leading the charge were all white-armored soldiers wearing two or three layers of armor. They had extremely strong combat effectiveness. As soon as they joined the battlefield, the balance of victory and defeat was reversed.
When Zhou Rui saw that the situation was not right, he immediately covered the Urentuya Cavalry Division, which had been fighting hard for a long time, and retreated while fighting, preparing to retreat to the vicinity of Hongyang Fort controlled by Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Xiong.
During the retreat, the First Cavalry Division was bitten by Dorgon's Eight Banners Army and was about to be overtaken and surrounded. Urentuya led more than a hundred guards and decisively turned their horses around and rushed forward to cut off the rear.
"Urentuya!" Zhou Rui shouted.
"Go back and tell the princess that I will be loyal to the Zhenming Army and I will never be able to accompany her again. Please take care of yourself!" Urentuya shouted back, slapped the horse on the butt and rushed forward quickly.
Zhou Rui looked at Urentuya with blurred eyes as more than a hundred people were instantly surrounded by the Tatar army. Urentuya, wearing a red armor, wielded her double hammers and repeatedly charged into the enemy formation, successfully blocking the Tatars. The pursuit of the army.
"Wunamengqi, you have been surrounded. Why fight to the death for the Han people of the Zhenming Army? Surrender immediately and spare your life!" Dorgon saw Urentuya's bravery and cherished her talent. He went to persuade her to surrender in person. road.
"Our Zhenming Army only has loyal souls who fight to the death, and there are no people who are afraid of death who surrender!" Urentuya shouted, raised the meteor hammer and rushed towards Dorgon.
Dorgon's personal guards raised their bows and fired a volley of arrows. Four or five arrows hit Urentuya at once. Blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. She used her last strength to throw the meteor hammer and hit Dorgon.
On the side of Dorgon's head, the meteor hammer flew over and hit a guard on the side. Urentuya regretfully saw that her last blow missed the target. She looked towards the direction of Fugu. That was the loyal martyr of the Zhenming Army. The temple, which was the holy place in the hearts of all Zhenming soldiers, fell to the ground with a bang.
Relying on Urentuya's decisive decision, Zhou Rui led other cavalry to break away from the siege of the Manchu and Tatar cavalry and retreated to the vicinity of Hongyang Fort.
"Commander, Dorgon of the Qing Dynasty led an elite force to bypass Xuanfu and enter Datong. He just attacked us from the rear, making our plan to encircle and annihilate the Chahar Mongolian cavalry more successful." Zhou Rui said to Lu Xiangsheng.
"What are our losses?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.
"The detailed numbers have not yet been calculated. The losses in this series of battles must be considerable, especially the First Cavalry Division, which lost at least three thousand men and horses. In order to cover the retreat of the army, Deputy Commander Urentuya resolutely led the army to break up and died heroically. .
Although our losses in this battle were heavy, we also killed and wounded a lot of Chahar cavalry. It is estimated that the enemy's losses were more than 5,000. "
"We lost Zhenchuan Fort and more than 3,000 cavalry. Urentuya died. This is the biggest loss I have suffered since I joined the Zhenming Army. I will inform the Marquis of the situation immediately and see what he has there. Order." Lu Xiangsheng ordered while staring at the map and thinking about countermeasures.
After the Tatar Dorgon tribe joined, there were 30,000 Tatar Han troops near Hongyang Fort, more than 10,000 Mongolian Chahar troops, and 10,000 elite Qing troops from the Eight Banners, with a total strength of more than 50,000. In addition, the exact location of the 30,000-strong Chinese army led by Tatar Huang Taiji is unknown, and they are probably nearby.
The Zhenming Army has three divisions and two brigades with nearly 40,000 troops in the pass. Now it has lost one-tenth of its troops, and its total strength is less than half of Manta's. Once surrounded by them, it will be very dangerous.
(End of this chapter)
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