Win the Ding 1617

Amidst the sound of drums and horns, Wu Sangui's cavalry Ding rushed out of the Ming army's camp first, and sealed off the two wings leading to the battlefield of Rufeng Mountain, opening an extremely wide front for the troops of the Model Brigade.Vertex Fiction

Hundreds of veterans from Guangdong proudly guarded a flag that was more than two feet high and crashed out of the camp gate. They wore eight-petal hats of the same color and iron pointed helmets, and they wore breastplates. Summer military uniforms sewn from good cotton.

Accompanying this group of veterans were thousands of recruits recruited in Sichuan. When fighting Zhang Xianzhong and the local leopards of the Yaohuang Shisan family, these recruits also became veterans.Although the combat experience and battlefield discipline are not as good as those of the veterans from Guangdong, they are slightly better than the family members of the Ming army on the Liaodong front.

Immediately after the Cantonese veterans rushed out of the camp, they quickly extended to the left and right sides, and then opened the formation, walking forward slowly, while walking, adjusting the formation amidst the officers' passwords.

This small action impressed Wu Sangui, who provided guards and cover for the Model Brigade on both sides.No wonder he was arrogant, as far as he knew, no one could make such an army formation if he searched all over Liaodong.

As the drummers beat the drums, the troops moved forward slowly amidst the sound of the drums. Troops kept rushing out of the camp gate, then quickly trotted up from the flanks, opening an extremely wide platoon.

Amidst the thundering drums, the troops pressed towards Rufeng Mountain on the west side.

Outside the gate of the camp, Hong Chengchou, under the guard of many personal soldiers, led his civil and military officials to watch how the model brigade fought.

The banner of the Model Brigade in the Wind was unfurled by the northwest wind, and the three big golden characters were like three burning flames emitting heat in people's vision.

"Model Brigade!"

The Manchu and Mongolian relatives standing in front of Huang Taiji's command post on Rufeng Mountain.I also saw this team pressing towards Kong Youde's firecracker team with an extremely arrogant attitude.

The three words burned Du Du's eyes sorely. The familiar formation made him not know whether it was excitement, anger, timidity, or a mixture of various emotions, and his body trembled slightly.

"Du Du, look at this model brigade, but that Southern barbarian army you fought against in Jinan back then?"

Huang Taiji didn't even turn his head to Du Du's side, but just asked questions in the direction where Du Du was standing in an emotionless tone.

"Returning to the emperor, it was the southern army that fought against the slaves that day. It is said that they were left behind by the emperor of the Southern Dynasty and served as the army of the Beijing camp. "

"Pass the decree to King Gongsun and let him fight hard! I want to see how good the so-called model brigade of this Ming army is!"

Kong Youde, who had received Huang Taiji's imperial edict, naturally did not dare to neglect, and knew that this was a great opportunity for him to make a name for himself, so he raised his spirits immediately.The governor leads the trilogy.They also slowly walked towards the way of the model brigade.

Although regarded as a rebellious traitor by the Southern Guangdong Army.However, the troops of the model brigade still adopted the establishment of the Southern Guangdong Army. Except for the artillery team, guard battalion and a cavalry team composed of about seven or eight hundred cavalry, most of the brigade subordinates were in several teams.

Right now the regiments and battalions are led by their respective flags.In the eyes of Wu Sangui, Huang Taiji and others, there was no depth but a very wide row. In the middle of the row, Wu Biao's handsome flag was leading in front, guarded by more than a hundred veterans. A group of flags is also guarded by more than a hundred elite soldiers, followed by battalion flags, which are held high by strong flag bearers, leading the soldiers of the unit to march, followed closely by a thick drummer, with With a step drum, the drumsticks in his hands kept rising and falling, beating the step drum vigorously, and adjusting the pace with passionate drum beats.

The soldiers of the two regiments, one on the left and one on the right, formed a total of four layers, forming an extremely long array on the left and right and an extremely short depth. During the march, the army array spread to both sides for several miles. to the edge.People only saw dozens of fiery red battle flags of different sizes and shapes fluttering non-stop.

At present, the soldiers of the model brigade are not fully equipped with firecrackers. First, there are not so many flintlocks, and matchlock guns are not enough for use. Second, most of these firecrackers do not have bayonets. Therefore, Wu Biao has to prepare them in the army. At least one-third of the pikemen and sword and shield soldiers are used as guards for the gunfire soldiers.

As the army marched forward, due to the terrain, the rows could not help but bend a bit, or some soldiers were not aligned.

At the very edge of the team, hundreds of small and strong Sichuan horses galloped back and forth. They were the cavalry of the Model Brigade. Their poor riding skills made Wu Sangui's cavalry laugh. Looking at it, several servants curled their lips. Such cavalry, not to mention the Tartars who are good at horseback tactics, even the Ningyuan Army can easily defeat them.

The cavalry of the model brigade, with 50 people as a team, also lined up in horizontal rows, with more than ten steps between each row.In the front row, the cavalry each holds a spear in their hands, while after the second row, the cavalry only has a saber in their hands. Compared with the cavalry of the Ningyuan Army, there are many types of weapons such as spears, sabers, and gun bones. mixed.Compared with infantry, they are more spread out and slightly faster, but they cannot exceed too much to keep the army in order.

Through the lens of the binoculars, Wu Biao also carefully looked at the formation of firecrackers under Kong Youde's troops who were slowly coming up from the opposite side.Behind him, the more than 20 artillery pieces assigned to him by Hong Chengchou were vigorously pushed by the gunners, trying to follow the marching pace of the army.These guns, the smaller ones are six-pound guns, most are eight-pound guns and large Flang machines, all of which are made by Nanzhong.

This battle was regarded by the Ming court as an all-powerful battle for the country. Naturally, the maximum manpower, material and financial resources were mobilized to supply it. The Ming army mobilized more than [-] troops, not to mention all kinds of light and heavy vehicles. There are two thousand vehicles and two thousand cannons.

And in history, Matsuyama Castle was broken.The Qing army captured 150 general cannons from the city, including [-] cannons of the general cannon.There are more than ten gunpowder rooms.When breaking Xingshan and Tashan, more than [-] cannons of generals and generals were captured.Tens of thousands of catties of gunpowder.

Eight-color flags were waved, ox horns sounded, and in Kong Youde's army formation, the voice of passwords also sounded one after another, and then slowly a sea of ​​people greeted the queue of the Model Brigade.

The two armies are getting closer and closer.Finally, the distance is less than a hundred steps!

"Handling! All battalions form a team!"

With the sound of the trombone by the commander of the brigade, the battalions of the model brigade immediately evacuated and became dense, and the soldiers began to approach each other.Shorten the separation distance.And align with the front row.

And this action is also done while walking.

"Sure enough, there are some great things!"

On Rufeng Mountain, Huang Taiji saw clearly the actions of the Model Brigade.

"Er ministries, is it possible to do this?"

Kong Youde's firearms soldiers of the Han army.From south to north at the foot of Rufeng Mountain.Pulled out an equally long row of noodles.Arranged in six columns.In the queue, officers at all levels kicked and dragged and roared to organize the queue, trying to make the queue tighter.

The team has not been organized yet.The sound of drums exploded in my ears like spring thunder, and the queue of the Model Brigade in front of me was less than [-] steps away from me, within the range of the firecrackers!

Amidst the sound of the drums, the soldiers of the Model Brigade shouted in unison. However, most of the people present could not understand the Sichuan and Cantonese accents of these soldiers. They just felt that the bursts of shouts were breathtaking.

"Grandson! Hurry up!" Kong Youde's general Li Jiuzheng swung the scabbard in his hand, and hit the nearby soldiers who were still rectifying the queue without thinking about it.

"Those who dare to face the battle and are timid to fight will be decisive! The whole family will be named Aha!"

An officer gritted his teeth and yelled, "Kill the Guangming dog!"

"Kill the light dog!"

Shouts broke out from the formation of the Han army, and the officers and generals agitated loudly. Amidst the roar, they strode towards the Model Brigade.

The armies of the two sides are getting closer and closer. Viewed from the sky, in the field, two long and narrow streams of people are getting closer and closer. In the central open space, there seem to be some tiny things like ants and insects flying among the crowd. Thousands of people from the two armies A flag was flying in the air.

"Yesterday, Kong Youde defeated Li Fuming with this formation. We almost suffered a loss." Wu Sangui, one of the generals under Wu Sangui, explained the strength of Kong Youde's army to Wu Sangui with lingering fear in his heart.

"Has the ammunition been distributed?"

"It's all sent!"

Wu Biao chatted with a delivery officer next to him, measured it with his eyes, and felt that he had already entered the effective range of the firecracker.

Among Kong Youde's troops on the opposite side, some people couldn't hold back the panic in their hearts and started to pull the trigger. From time to time, short and dense firecrackers sounded, and then the officers leading the team rushed forward, using their sabers, scabbards and The whip was whipped, and he fired without receiving an order to fire, disturbing the morale of the army. Such behavior is enough to kill the head immediately.

These gunners fired their guns without authorization due to psychological pressure, but they also caused some casualties to the Model Brigade. From time to time, someone grunted and was hit by the bullets and fell to the ground. He walked by and quickly filled his empty space.Naturally, the heavy soldiers and auxiliary soldiers behind him came forward to carry him away for treatment.

Kong Youde had already lost to Wu Biao in the contest of will and discipline carried out by the gunfire soldiers before they fired.

"My lord, you can't go on like this, let the servants below meet you!"

Li Jiuzheng yelled at Kong Youde loudly.

"Yes! Let those servants go forward to meet the enemy!"

Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and others shouted loudly at the same time.

The officers woke up like a dream, roared and greeted with fists and kicks, urging their soldiers to step forward.

"The first row goes forward!"

"The gunners step forward! The first row is ready!"

The first column of the Han army flag immediately became agitated, and the soldiers took three steps forward, took off the firecrackers, pulled off the caps of the guns, and rammed them twice with a cleaning rod to combine the bullets with the gunpowder more tightly. , turned on the faucet, checked the flint, and waited for the command to fire from the officers.

However, the action on the opposite side is faster.

"Raise the gun!"

"preparation!"

"Aim for the target!"

"Fire!"

Soldiers of the Model Brigade, who completed the same movements like flowing water, raised the firecrackers in the battalion as a unit, and fired at the Han army flag firecrackers on the opposite side according to the officers' command!

Because of the reason for jumping from the Southern Guangdong Army to the Beijing Camp, the socket bayonet and flintlock guns have become standard equipment in the Southern Guangdong Army.Here in the model brigade, it has become a rarity, a treasure that will be lost if it is broken.Although flintlock guns and bayonets can also be bought in the mainland, they are a minority after all. For Wu Biao, who currently has [-] soldiers, it is a drop in the bucket.In desperation, he had to pick up the matchlock gun again.

The matchlock guns of the model brigade are equipped with battalions. If a certain battalion is equipped with matchlock guns, hundreds of gunners will all be matchlock guns, and if they are equipped with flintlock guns, all of them will be flintlock guns.

The sound of popping beans sounded for a long time.The flintlock and arquebus fired together violently.Gunpowder smoke gushed out of the gun barrel, and there were continuous screams from [-] steps away from the opposite side. Hundreds of Han army gunners fell down in a daze, and then woke up.He fell to the ground and struggled in pain.

Blood poured out of them.stained the ground below.The weeds and wild flowers are rendered more delicate and beautiful.

"Second column, come forward!"

"Fire!"

After the first round of shooting.The gunners of the Han army seemed to be stupefied, and even forgot to fire at the opposite side according to the officers' password, and paused for a few seconds.

However, these few seconds have become the last healthy time in many people's lives.

Taking advantage of this gap, the flintlock guns and arquebus guns in the second row fired another volley, and more howls sounded from the opposite side. Many Han soldiers who were shot rolled all over the ground, making painful movements of dying. .

However, when faced with the rain of bullets like a volcanic eruption on the opposite side, many musketeers also pulled the triggers, dropped the faucets and flints, and ignited the gunpowder in the medicine pool.A rain of bullets flew towards the Southern Guangdong Army.

The firecrackers used by the flag firecrackers of the Han army are all flintlocks carefully crafted by Chen Banda and others based on the standard firecrackers of the Southern Guangdong Army. Compared with the equipped arquebus that cannot be equipped with a bayonet, its performance is even worse.

The flintlocks sounded like popping beans, and the soldiers of the Model Brigade standing in the front fell down in large numbers, rolling to the ground and groaning in pain.

At such a distance, the projectile can completely penetrate the formation and fly to the bottom of the formation of the Model Brigade. Dozens of matchlock gunmen and flintlock gunners standing in the last row also fell down.

The sound of the guns followed one after another. In front of the positions of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the sound of the guns, two long and narrow areas of gunpowder smoke slowly rose into the air.

In the flames of the guns, corpses and wounded were thrown down in disorder in the positions of both sides. The withered and yellow weeds under them were now dyed bright red.

This hellish scene frightened the respective friendly forces watching the battle.

"Master Superintendent! The last general was defeated by Kong Youde's tactics the day before yesterday! Only three hundred of the last general's thousand troops came back!"

"Two rounds of shooting, at least three of Niu Lu's men were shot!"

At the gate of the Ming army's camp, Shanxi general Li Fuming complained to Hong Chengchou, while on the top of Rufeng Mountain, Hauge, the leader of the Manchurian Banner of Zhenglan Banner, Prince Su, was also a little surprised.When he saw Kong Youde commanding the firecrackers and Wuzhenchaoha cannons to bombard the Ming army, he never felt this way.

This Jinzhou battle is related to the life and death of the rebels in Liaodong, and Huang Taiji even issued a general mobilization order.All the males over the age of 15 from each banner were brought to the front line of Jinzhou.Almost all the bannermen recorded that all the bannermen went to battle, and many Yuding also followed. There were also a large number of Han Chinese and other slaves who were plundered back then, and the young and strong in the country were wiped out.

According to the establishment of the Eight Banners, the smallest unit is Niulu, and every 200 to 300 people is a Niulu, and the father dies and the son succeeds, and the brother dies.Of course, it does not mean that one Niulu has two or three hundred people, but that each household produces a strong man. According to ancient sayings, a "ding" is an adult man between 300 and 16 years old.

Generally speaking, there are several people in a household, and the number of men in each family varies, sometimes two or three, sometimes five or six, depending on the fertility of the men in each household.Therefore, there are two to three hundred households per cow recorded in the Qing Dynasty, generally ranging from one thousand to two thousand people.

In the Qing Dynasty, those who served as soldiers were called Banner Ding, and they were divided into armored Banner Ding and unarmored Banner Ding.Those who are not in the army temporarily are called "Yu Ding" or "idle", and they can also follow in the battle. As a kind of follower, their status is higher than that of slaves.

Two or three hundred men per cow are soldiers. Whether they can wear armor depends on the ability of each soldier.However, men in the Qing Dynasty have to take the exam every three years from the age of ten. If they meet the standard, they will be guards (infantry armor), enjoy military pay and armor, and then pass the assessment to vest.Ba Yala waited.

In the various records, the proportion of armored soldiers is still very high. After all, as bannermen, they serve as soldiers when they are adults. They are assessed from the age of ten, and they cannot wear armor at the age of 16. It is too embarrassing in the atmosphere of martial arts around them. up.

If this battle is lost.For the Qing Dynasty.It was indeed a catastrophe.

There are also various ministries of Outer Fan Mongolia, such as Gushan Ezhen'ermbu Chuhuer in Tumed Right Banner, Gushan Ezhen Shanba in Tumed Left Banner, Inner and Outer Karaqin, Chahar, Horqin Left and Right Wing Middle Banners , Aohan, and Alu, the princes of the banners, Baylor.

There were even soldiers and horses from various banners or tribes of Outer Zhasak Mongolia (later in the territory of Outer Mongolia) who came to help in the battle.North Korea also sent [-] soldiers and horses to flatter their master.This made the Qing Dynasty's battle of Jinzhou.The momentum is extremely huge.

However, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, in Hauge's view.In just a few breaths, more than a thousand people were lost, and an unknown number of people could no longer engage in farming and warfare, and became disabled. This kind of warfare is simply too cruel.

There are not a few relatives of the Eight Banners who have the same idea as him.They are used to fighting the Ming army, the Ming army will collapse at the touch of a finger, and they chase after each other with their tails behind their buttocks. This way of fighting with firecrackers is unacceptable to them.

However, in the blink of an eye, a scene that surprised them even more appeared.

A few sharp whistles sounded, and the Nanban soldiers who aimed at the Han army's flag firearms in front of the formation quickly retreated back, and the evacuated formation became denser.

"What are these southern barbarians doing?"

Soon, the next action gave the suspicious Haug and others a perfect answer.

The twenty or so cannons at the back of the queue had already been loaded with shells, and the deafening sound of cannons sounded along the road that was quickly gathered and unfolded by the soldiers.

As the cannon spewed out puffs of thick white smoke, lead sprayed out as dense as raindrops, and a large puff of smoke, dust, and blood mist erupted on the ground not far away. The blood mist was mixed with broken meat and bones. Standing nearby The fire gun soldiers with the flag of the Han army suddenly fell down again.

Several layers of gunfire soldiers were almost wiped out.

boom!

There was another loud bang, and a thick puff of smoke rose.

The eight-door Dafo Lang machine placed on the two wings of the firecrackers was covered by the cavalry, and approached the Han army's banner firecrackers who were in chaos and crying pain, and roared at least a hundred thick projectiles towards the opposite side.

The fields covered with wild flowers and weeds on the opposite side were full of smoke and dust, and grass clippings and soil were flying. Hundreds of gunmen of the Han army, and even some spearmen with swords and shields far behind, made indescribable sounds of pain, rolling back and forth on the ground howling Call.

Huge blood holes appeared in the cotton armor of many of them, and some of their heads and faces were beaten to pieces on the spot.

Using shotgun shells requires simpler requirements for the gunner than firing ordinary shells.Shotguns are diffuse, without a clear target, and only hit a range.There is no need to check the angle of the gun barrel, the range target, etc., as long as the muzzle end is facing the front, which makes the technical requirements for the gunner very low.

Wu Biao was worried that the artillery and gunners assigned to him by Governor Hong were not courageous and skilled, and that things might go wrong, so he adjusted them to use the big Frang machine, and under the guard of the cavalry, they faced the Han army's flag gunners on both wings. strike.

After this round of artillery fire, the formation of the Han army flag became completely chaotic.

"Filled!"

"Raise the gun!"

"Fire!"

This time, all the guns of the Model Brigade were raised together, the black muzzles pointing forward.

"put!"

In such a short period of time, all the gunpowder soldiers completed the loading of gunpowder and projectiles. In addition to the strict drills and training on weekdays, and the use of fixed ammunition by the whole army, Wu Biao will go to Beijing Shilong when he leaves the customs. Thousands of new projectiles were put into use.

According to what the businessmen said, this kind of round projectile is completely different from the previous round projectile. It is slightly shaped like a steamed bun. It is newly developed by the military industry department. It has a fast loading speed and a long range.However, only the accuracy has not improved.

"Two of these are enough!"

The fast loading speed makes the matchlock gun comparable to the flintlock gun, and the long range increases the killing range.After Wu Biao inspected these projectiles, he was very satisfied.

"General Wu, how are these projectiles used? Please let us know the result and experience of using them at any time. If they are used smoothly, we can immediately supply them to your army!"

Under another round of blows from the firecrackers, the Han army flag could no longer prevent effective resistance, and the soldiers began to turn around and run back, howling.

"The gunfire soldiers retreat, the sword and shield soldiers guard, the pikemen, attack!"

Wu Biao coldly conveyed his order to the commander beside him.

The sound of horns and horseshoes resounded throughout the battlefield in an instant. (To be continued..)