Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 674: Southern troops are not as strong as Northern troops (Part )
"Emperor Zhuan took the first month of Mengchun as the Yuan Dynasty, which was the spring of the New Year's Day." This is the record of New Year's Day in the "Book of Jin". "The year is the first day of the year, and the yin and yang are the rules of the ages." New Year's Day in the 1659th year of Qianyuan () should have been a day of joy for the whole family, but the soldiers of the Qing and Wei armies could only welcome the New Year with bloody battles. Fate.

On a temporary high platform on the Qingqing grassland of Tumochuan, a large dragon and lion banner fluttered in the cold hunting wind, perfectly combining the hegemony of imperial power with the compassion of Buddhism.

Under the banner, the middle-aged Lotus Khan looked warmly at his two sons kneeling in front of him, with deep love in his eyes. How brave, my son! It looks like me when I was young!
"As a vanguard, my son failed to kill the generals and flags and clear the way for the entire army. Instead, he was blocked by the enemy. I ask my father to blame me." King Melas of Qi was the first to apologize.

"Please ask my father to punish me," King Ergalang of Jin also said.

Sultan waved his hand and showed a kind smile, "No, you have done a good job. Knowing that the enemy has sharp weapons and has set up killing arrays, but still want to attack by force is what a fool and a fool do! Our army has the strength We have an absolute advantage, but the enemy left the city to fight in the field, just in time to eat them up in one go. You used harassment tactics to hold off the enemy, creating a good opportunity for me to annihilate them. You are not reckless, calm in situations, brave and resourceful, and you are worthy of being mine. Good son!"

Instead of taking advantage, he was praised so loudly by his father that the two kings were so embarrassed that they didn't even dare to shout.

Suletan picked up his telescope and observed carefully for a long time, then suddenly smiled, "They say that the Manchurian cavalry is tough and the Monan soldiers and horses are good at fighting. When I saw it today, except for a few soldiers and horses in the center of the enemy's formation who were closely formed and considered strong soldiers, the others The formation of soldiers and horses is loose, and I look at it like a chicken with tiles and a dog's ears. What the enemy is fighting is just that the formation has been formed and the firearms are sharp. When our army sets up the cannons and all the cannons are fired, they will inevitably collapse."

"What your Majesty is saying is that I heard that the Qing Dynasty only had a few thousand Eight Banners in Guihua City, and the rest were soldiers and horses recruited from various tribes in Monan. Although the troops from Monan often fought with the Qing army, their combat effectiveness was still not as good as that of the Eight Banners." Hu Lianqi explanation.

"Hmph, although the soldiers in Monan are better equipped than the soldiers in Mobei, they only follow the Qing army to fight with the wind, and lack of blood. In my opinion, the soldiers in the south are not as numerous as the soldiers in the north!"

"The Chronicles of Taizu of Wei": "The emperor conquered Monan and told Hu Lianqi that 'the soldiers from the south are not as powerful as the soldiers from the north'".

"Your Highness, we have fallen into a trap! Looking at the formation, there are at least 100,000 Guardsmen. Please retreat as soon as possible." Looking at the overwhelming Guards formation, Bachelor Zhan Ba's voice trembled as he spoke.

Prince An Yue Le's face was pale, and he wished he could kill all his sentries and knights. Didn't you say that the total number of guardsmen was only more than 30,000? Why did a hundred thousand troops come? But this is not the time to hold people responsible, a decision must be made early. He forced himself to calm down and said: "It is not yet dark. If we retreat at this time, our entire army will be wiped out. Hold on for another two hours and retreat when it gets dark."

"The cavalry on both wings return to the formation. All the cavalry dismount, and the shield bearers and spearmen all arrange their formations with bucklers and replace their rifles with bows," he ordered with a roar.

This tactic of cavalry dismounting as infantry, deploying with round shields, and using heavy bows and muskets to snipe at the enemy is a defensive tactic that can destroy both enemies and enemies. Although it can cause a lot of damage to the enemy, it reduces one's own mobility and makes it difficult to escape. . Yue Le became furious when he saw that the number of guardsmen was far greater than his own. However, he did not want to die together with the Guards, but wanted to kill a large number of Guards first and hold on until dark before escaping.

"Hey, that's interesting! Who is the enemy general on the opposite side?" On the high platform, the Great Khan of Lotus put down his telescope and asked.

"Great Khan, the enemy general opposite is Yue Le, Prince An of the Manchu clan. It is said that he is only twenty-four years old this year," Bobei reported.

"Yue Le?" Suletan sneered, "He is a tiger general, but it's a pity that he met me. You want to fight me to the death, but I don't want to fight you to the death. Send my military order and fire!"

The Guards' artillery battalion has 80 heavy guns and more than 200 small guns. Unlike the Ming Army's artillery camp, which lacked draft horses and other transportation tools and had poor mobility, the Guards Army had many horses and camels. Heavy artillery was pulled by camels, while small artillery was mostly mounted on camel backs, and a few were pulled by horses.

Upon seeing the military order, Qianhu Tarhun, a veteran of the Guards Army and commander of the artillery battalion, laughed and shouted: "Fire the artillery!"

"Boom~Boom~Boom~" "Boom~Boom~Boom~"

The artillery carts roared one after another, and the thunder god's anger was unleashed on the Qing army's formation.

"The Guards actually have so many cannons!" Zhan Ba ​​muttered in shock. He had always thought that Xifan was a small barbarian country, but he didn't expect that there were so many cannons!

A soldier in the front row was torn into pieces by a cannonball, and half of his arm fell not far from Yue Le. His Royal Highness Prince An turned pale and roared: "Fire back with artillery."

The artillery of the Qing army began to fight back, but they were mostly small artillery. Their power and quantity could not be compared with that of the Guards, and they were suppressed to death.

Artillery shells, especially the solid shells of heavy artillery, quickly cleared most of the antlers and horses in front of the Qing army's formation, and plowed bloody holes in the Qing army's formation. The recently recruited and poorly trained Tumut soldiers could not withstand such casualties, and their formation quickly became disorganized.

"Hmph! The southern army is weak, how can they block my attack?" Suletan looked up to the sky and laughed wildly. He stood on the high platform, pointed his riding whip in front, and said two words: "Attack!"

Babai, holding a big ax, led 2,000 heavy cavalry as the first formation; Aldar, holding a tiger fork, led 2,000 heavy cavalry as the second formation; Melas, Ergalang, Sonomu Celing, Enhe Batu The generals each led their own light cavalry to follow; behind them were the guard infantry led by generals Okchotbu, Burbusch, and Ayush.

The scattered Qing army formation could not withstand such a wild impact and quickly collapsed.

Gu Luge, the commander-in-chief of the left wing of Tumote, the city where the Qing army returned, died in the rebellion; Hang Gao, the commander-in-chief of the right wing, wanted to escape, but was overtaken by the emperor's second son, King Melas of Qi, who stabbed him severely and separated his head; Bachelor Zhan Ba ​​lost the courage to resist and knelt down to ask for surrender, but his head was smashed with a hammer by a red-eyed guard heavy rider.

Prince An Yue Le was tied up with five flowers and sent to Sultan's tent. The four-clawed python robe he wore saved his life. Knowing that he was an important figure in the enemy's army, the guardsmen were reluctant to kill him and captured him alive.

In this battle, more than 20,000 enemy troops were annihilated with less than 2,000 casualties, and Guihua City was easily captured. Suletan was in a very good mood, and asked Yue Le with a smile: "I am Aixinjueluo Yue Le. The grandson of Nurhaci and the son of Abatai?"

"Are you Ikmin'an Suletan, the grandson of Erselebecha and the son of Nomudale?" Yue Le straightened his back and spoke tit for tat.

"Bold!" "Damn it!" "Kill this boy!" Seeing that he dared to call the Great Khan's ancestor and father by his name, the generals of the guard were furious.

Sultan held his breath, waved his hand, and asked again: "Are you willing to submit to the Kingdom of David? I will spare your life."

"Are you willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty? I will spare your life," Yue Le said as usual.

"Hehe, if that's the case, let me use your head to intimidate the other tribes," Suletan sneered, "Drag him out and kill him!"

(End of this chapter)