Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 666 Siege

On January 1648, 1, the Beisha River was cleared after snow.Yang Mingyang returned from the front line with more than 14 cavalry. They had just fought with Gaudí's cavalry for a while, forcing them back to the center of the battlefield.

This is the north of Teng County. After making a plan to eliminate Gaodi's troops, the army on the east bank quickly stopped advancing, then adjusted and mobilized troops on the spot, and turned back to Gaodi, the Qing army who had been stalking far behind. The first part killed the past.

Gao Yi was a little unsure at the beginning, why the yellow-clothed thief who was so anxious to rush on his way before suddenly turned around and wanted to fight him to the death—shouldn’t the yellow-clothed thief who has robbed a lot of money be in a hurry to go back and divide the spoils? They should all have no fighting spirit, right?But the facts surprised Gaodi. The bandits in yellow have deployed [-] to [-] soldiers in the north of Teng County—and the number has been increasing rapidly. I believe that when their troops are fully deployed, the number of soldiers and horses may reach a high level. More than twice as many soldiers and horses as the first one brought.

Facing these numbers of yellow-clothed thieves, even if Gaodi boasted that his subordinates could fight, he would not dare to take the risk easily.

To be honest, Gaudi didn't really want to fight in the face of the yellow-clothed thieves' aggressive attack, because his strength was not dominant.Reluctantly, Meilezhang Jinglai, who was rushing from Yanzhou Mansion, ordered himself to drag the Yellow Clothes Brigade and not let them escape from the sea, so that the Qing Army Brigade behind could come to reinforce and surround the main force of the Yellow Clothes Thieves. .Gao Di has been using his cavalry to harass the yellow-clothed thieves along the way in the past few days, in order to slow down their marching speed as much as possible, and this tactic seems to have played a certain role.

It's a pity that Tong Yangliang, Yi Yonggui, Kong Xigui, Niu Chenghu and others who came to reinforce them from the rear moved too slowly, and they still don't know where they are going.The day before yesterday, Lai An's envoy came here once, and brought with him the latest instructions from Luck Dehun, who is in charge of Jinan City, on how to deal with the bandit in yellow: "Stop the bandit's way back, so that it cannot go east."

Gao Di was really scratching his head at this order. According to the previous information, there are "3 to [-]" bandits in yellow clothes, and his subordinates are only in the early [-]s. It is too difficult to intercept the opponent.Fortunately, there were no traces of the cavalry in the yellow-clothed thieves' formation, and he won several small-scale confrontations before and after, and one of them beheaded more than a thousand ranks, which gave him a lot of confidence - he is famous in three provinces The thief in yellow is nothing more than that.In addition, Kong Xigui had only communicated with him two days ago, and the governor led his soldiers and horses to come all the way, so it must not be far away now.

In this way, out of confidence in the combat effectiveness of his old troops and the fact that the 2-odd army of the Yellow Clothes Thieves had already deployed—Gaudi was not sure that he could successfully retreat in front of the enemy, so he decided to fight against the Yellow Clothes Thieves. After a battle here, maybe I can take this opportunity to hold off the yellow-clothed thieves, so that the reinforcements from the rear can catch up and surround them, and then I will make a great contribution.However, at the moment when Gaodi was worrying about gains and losses and preparing to fight, a news from the rear suddenly surprised him: Li Huajing's soldiers surrounded Caozhou, and the large amount of military resources stored by the Qing army was at stake, and Kong Xigui had been ordered to suppress it; and until today In the morning, another news came that plunged him into the bottomless abyss: "more than [-] people" from the Yellow Clothes Bandit Division reoccupied Jining Prefecture and burned a large amount of military supplies and food.

At this time, Gao Di only needs to make a little gesture on the map to know the dangerous situation of his troops: the retreat is dead, and there is no hope of getting through in the short term.He didn't expect the more than 5000 old and weak soldiers and horses he left in Hexi to defeat tens of thousands of yellow-clothed thieves. If Kong Xigui's more than 1 people are added, there is some hope, but it will definitely not work now; on the right is Dushan Lake , the lake was covered with a thin layer of ice, which made it impossible to sail boats or pass through the brigade of soldiers and horses.On the left is Yimeng Mountain, which has always been barren. My more than [-] soldiers and horses rushing over may starve to death in the mountain; as for the front, it goes without saying. Defeat them!

Say a thousand words and ten thousand, now Gao Di has to fight even if he fights, and he has to fight if he doesn't fight!After realizing this, he immediately took advantage of the precious time when the people on the east bank mobilized their troops and arranged troops, and began to frantically organize manpower to cut down trees and build simple camps, preparing for the last stubborn resistance—in case they persisted to the rear If the main force comes to help, then Gao Di will make a great contribution to turning Xianyu over!

Gaudy brought more than [-] soldiers and horses across the river this time—[-] more than the intelligence he had inquired a few days ago. This surprised the people on the east bank, but it didn't seem to be a big problem.Isn't it just that there are five thousand more green battalions? Now that the main force of the east coast army is concentrated here, the ammunition on the car seems to be inexhaustible.

The fighting started on the 14th.Due to the snow that has been falling for several days outside, a thick layer has accumulated on the ground. Under such circumstances, the power of the artillery that the army on the east coast used to rely on to stabilize the sea god needle has also been greatly reduced-because part of the kinetic energy of the ricochet Will be absorbed by snow or mud.However, Mo Ming still ordered to attack, without him, Gein's fighter plane had already appeared.Gaudí's troops crossing the river are used to fighting. Most of them are Liao soldiers who have been guarding Shanhaiguan for many years. They are extremely arrogant on weekdays. Now they have drawn a distance from their brother troops. This is an excellent opportunity to beat them hard to deter the Qing army. .

You know, the more than [-] troops under Gao Di's Department are the ace army of the Seventh General Suppression Army of the three provincial capitals of the Qing court. They have rich combat experience, complete equipment, and high morale. They were all beaten up, which shows that their combat power is not bad.If this group of arrogant soldiers is eaten up, then the rest of the Qing army will be shocked!

The battle soon began.The artillery on the east bank first fired some solid bullets from a distance into the simple camp of the Qing army, but later found that the effect was not very good, so they replaced them with explosive bombs.However, the fire rate of this kind of explosive bomb is less than [-]%, which is really painful, and even if it explodes successfully, it may not be able to hit the enemy's head, so it can only be said that it is better than nothing, which makes the enemy slightly shaken psychologically. .

This kind of low-threatening shelling made Gaudi feel a little relieved.Before the battle started, he was worried that the famous yellow-clothed cannon would cause heavy losses to his troops, but now it seems that this is not the case, and the casualties are still within an acceptable range.Among the more than 5000 soldiers and horses under his command, there are 8000 cavalry troops, which are the veterans of the Liao soldiers in Shanhaiguan; The recruits recruited by the second government were mixed with the Liao soldiers brought by him. The proportion of veterans was quite high, and their combat effectiveness was not bad.Besides, although the more than 8000 troops from Henan are not as good as his old Liao soldiers, he has been diligent in training troops in the past two years. These infantry will always be pulled out to practice every now and then. That must be a bit stronger.

The situation on the battlefield also correctly reflected this situation: a troop of yellow-clothed thieves who recognized the flag with the word "Chen" on their faces was counterattacked by the Qing army when they attacked the simple fortress.Under the impact of thousands of soldiers from Kaifeng Mansion, these Chen Zhilong's subordinates began to be somewhat unable to resist the enemy after a short battle. However, they were somewhat disciplined and did not collapse on the spot like the Ming army. Some officers and soldiers were still desperately resisting, and did not give their backs to the enemy.

The bandits in yellow quickly mobilized several light cannons and fired at the Qing troops from a distance from both sides, causing them some confusion.And when the commander of the Qing army mobilized some elites to pull out the yellow-clothed artillery, they dragged the small artillery to another place, and then continued to attack.

After seeing this scene, Gaudi's face darkened even more.He is not an idiot. Although this small cannon with super mobility on the battlefield has nothing to commend it in terms of caliber and barrel-this is only for the caliber of the cannon on the east coast. For the Qing army, These guns are actually not small guns - but light weight and easy movement are their biggest characteristics.If this kind of small cannon moves around on the battlefield, it is conceivable how much trouble it will cause the enemy.

Trouble!Gaudi suddenly regretted it, he should have made up his mind to break out in the direction of Yimeng mountain area at the first time.Although I occasionally heard about the yellow-clothed cannon before, but I couldn't have a deep impression until I saw it with my own eyes. I always felt that with the spirit and fighting power of my subordinates, they should be able to resist for a long time.After all, the thieves in yellow didn't pop out from the cracks in the rocks. Most of them were originally Shandong bandits, thieves and mud legs. These people can be abused by Gao Di as he wants.

But now it seems that he has somewhat underestimated these yellow-clothed thieves. The miscellaneous troops among these yellow-clothed thieves are not as vulnerable as he imagined. Maybe most of his soldiers and horses will be lost in this place today.What's more frightening is that the cavalry team that the yellow-clothed thief had been disappearing before finally appeared. After a fight just now, his [-] old-fashioned cavalry lost to the opponent's cavalry and was severely suppressed. After returning, this made Gaodi feel even worse.

The battlefield situation is changing rapidly.Just when Gao Di was tangled and worried, all the servants of the East Bank army appeared one after another. Dong Xueli started the general attack from the west side, Zhai Cong'er from the north side, and Qin Shangxing from the south side. The more than [-] soldiers and horses of the Gaodi Department guarding the center of the battlefield launched a wave of offensives.

In particular, the Gansu frontier army of Dong Xueli's department has a fierce and bold fighting style, and can spare no effort at critical moments.With the cooperation of the artillery on the east bank, they were the first to break through the formation of Gaodi's Henan soldiers in the afternoon, almost shaking its entire line of defense, and at the same time extinguishing Gaodi's last confidence to stick to it.

(End of this chapter)