Win the Ding 1617

The East has just revealed a fish belly. It is the coldest time in the early winter of Liaodong, and the atmosphere of the Ming army camp has begun to be noisy and lively. ...≦top...≦point...≦small...≦say,

More than 1 soldiers, boundless.Although the three soldiers and horses did not reach the scale of [-] people, but including mules, horses, supplies, vehicles, artillery, etc., it really covers a large area, and its momentum is slightly better.The flags and lanterns of various colors can't be seen at a glance, and the continuous camps are spread all over the land.

Looking at the Ming army's camp in the dim morning light, each camp looks like a town's lanes and alleys, with tents rising one after another, looking from a distance, they look like mushrooms emerging from the wasteland after the rain.

From these camps, from time to time, some capable servants with small flags on their backs rushed out.They rode horses and galloped along the edge of the camp until they reached the hill where the remnants of the red flag were guarding. They carefully observed the Qing army who had been tensely preparing for the night on the hill, and pointed their whips at the remnants of the Qing army on the top of the hill and shouted. After a bit of insulting, he rode his horse away again, sentry along the edge of the battlefield, and ran back to the camp in a majestic manner after almost sweating from the horse's body.

These sentinels came in waves one after another.The battlefield where the war is about to break out is being monitored and covered.To prevent the Qing army from taking the opportunity to escape, or when the Qing army came to help, it was never noticed.

Inside and outside the camp, the flow of people shuttled back and forth like ants, coming in and out, filled with a dignified atmosphere of an imminent battle.

When a round of red sun jumped out from the horizon with great difficulty, the sound of horns and golden drums rang out in the camp of the Ming army, which shocked the Qing army who was resting on the hill and could no longer be at peace. Know that the battle is coming.Yue Le was no exception. He silently came to the side of the earthen wall repaired overnight, took a binoculars given to him by Nikan, and carefully observed the Ming army camp at the foot of the mountain.

In the sound of whining horns and clanging golden drums.The various troops of the Ming army poured out of the camp slowly like a tide, and gradually formed formations according to their respective organizational systems.In terms of organization, the three towns of Xuanda are basically the same, with one battalion and one Chinese army.There are two generals, each with a few generals under his command, and then the management team and the chief armor, each with a flag of recognition, which is clear at a glance.Among the 12 people in the most basic team of each team, the leader of the armor is wearing a flag on his back and holding a scimitar, and the four behind him are archers.The next four are hook gunners, the next two are palladium handmen, and finally a fireman, holding a big stick, is used to hit the enemy's horse's head.They set up according to their respective battalions, towns, and flags, forming a clear line of sight, and finally merged into a fiery sea.The morning wind blew past, blowing the flag loudly.

Today's battle.Datong Town was considered the main force, and almost all of them were dispatched. However, this battle was regarded as a mountainous attack, and the cavalry was useless.In order to beware of the rebels in Liaodong, reinforcements came to rescue.Wu Biao, Wang Pu, and Li Fuming agreed that the Model Brigade would send out Lin Changgen's cavalry battalion, and Li Fuming would also send out all the cavalry under his command to patrol the left and right.In this battle, the Ming army dispatched nearly 6000 troops, and the rest were all generals.Lead the troops to stay in the camp.

Unlike the grassroots background of the Model Brigade, Wu Biao’s experience as a farmer in the dynasty and his experience of ascending the Tianzitang in the evening is completely different. Datong Town and its commander Wang Pu have a profound background, not to mention the identity of one of the nine border military towns of Datong Town. Even if Wang Pu was born in a family, Wu Biao, who is not a farmer in eastern Guangdong, can hold a candle to him.

Existence determines consciousness, and the background and background of Wang Pu and Datong Town determine their combat methods and formation actions.

Unlike the Model Brigade, which doesn't pay much attention to the external image of its soldiers, Datong Town has done a lot of work on the image of its soldiers.All the strong men with big arms and round waists in the town were placed in front of the queue and on the two wings to strengthen their momentum. (This trick is the same as selling fruit!)

Datong Commander-in-Chief Wang Pu rode out, first glanced contemptuously at the opposite mountain, and then vigorously shook his bright red cloak with his right hand.Let it flutter in the wind, shake the red tassels on his helmet smartly, and shout loudly: "The sons of Datong are going to battle today, you must kill the generals and capture the flag, and take the head of the enemy chief to report the good news!"

Riding his horse and standing in front of the army formation, looking left and right, there are all capable soldiers under his command. The phalanx is as neat as cutting with knives and axes. Helmet, and the banner of swords and guns like ears of wheat and firewood.

"To defeat the enemy with this, how can the enemy not be defeated?! To seek merit with this, why not take it?!"

Wang Pu felt a force in his chest rushing against him.

This force inspired him to ride his horse and gallop ahead of the army formation, holding the reins with one hand and holding the horse lance with the other. The horse lance pointed obliquely in the air, and a few personal guards behind him carried his identification flag and the military flag of Datong Town tightly. Following, in the cold wind, the fluttering battle flag and the bright red cloaks of several people who were rolled up by the strong wind reflected each other.

Wang Pu rode his horse and galloped in front of his formation, raised his gun and shouted: "I am in the same army!"

"mighty!"

"I am in the same army!"

"mighty!"

"Mighty! Mighty! Mighty!"

All the guns protruded densely, and the morale of the soldiers in Datong Town was greatly encouraged by Wang Pu.

The morale had reached the burning value, so Wang Pu simply poured a ladle of kerosene on the smoldering pyre.

A burst of heavy footsteps, followed by Wang Pu's shout, sounded from behind the Datong formation, and dozens of soldiers appeared in front of the formation carrying more than a dozen heavy boxes.

"Open!"

Wang Pu pointed at the box with Ma Lixu in his hand, and as the soldiers opened the lid of the box, accompanied by the rising sun, the lovely light of silver dollars almost dazzled the soldiers' eyes.

"Those who dare to be a frontrunner will be rewarded with 50 yuan in silver per person! This is what I rewarded to the frontrunner! I will talk about the rewards afterwards! I don't believe it. A few remnant soldiers and defeated generals on a small hill in the district, my Datong Town Officers and soldiers will not be able to rush down!"

"Whoever is willing to be a striker will be rewarded!"

Wang Zheng and others led a group of personal soldiers and followed Wang Pu's loud roar, which immediately made the brave and courageous people in Datong Town burst out.

There is a saying that under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. The ancients were sincere and did not deceive me.In the blink of an eye, a selection of four to five hundred soldiers was formed among the thousands of sergeants in Datong Town.

Wang Pu nodded in satisfaction, and swung the horse in his hand, which was regarded as a substitute for the military order. The brigade started slowly, and the army formation slowly moved forward in the ground, heading towards the destination.Heavy footsteps shook the ground.

"The morale of Datong Town is available. It seems that the army is going to be ordered to reward food and drink." Wu Biao, who was watching the enemy from the back of Datong Town, nodded slightly, admiring Wang Pu's actions.

"Brother Wu, don't be too happy too early. We'll talk about it after the battle with the Tartars." Li Fuming was not very optimistic about Wang Pu's prospects, and reminded Wu Biao not to be too happy too early.

On the top of the mountain, Yue Le leaned on the earth wall and looked down the mountain calmly.The fortifications were repaired overnight.Naturally, it cannot be compared with the long ditch that besieged Jinzhou. It is just a chest-length low wall and three ditches.In front of the earth wall, there was a lot of earth excavated from the trenches. Unable to find the many bags and bamboo baskets in a hurry, they had to pile up outside the earth wall, using the floating earth to prevent the artillery of the Ming army.

Behind him, Yue Le gathered more than a thousand archers in an array, using his blind spot to ambush behind the low wall on the top of the hill.Just wait for the attacking Ming army to enter the range, and greet them with a rain of arrows!

The archers lined up in two rows each took out their huge step bows from their quiver and twisted their bowstrings tightly. When the master gave an order, they let the Nikans at the foot of the mountain have a good taste of these things. The benefits of well-crafted arrows!

Compared with the crudely made weapons of the various ministries of the Ming army, the Liaodong rebels strictly implemented the quality standards of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, although compared to the bows and arrows of the Ming army.The bow strength of the rebels in Liaodong is relatively weak, no more than seven buckets.The effective shooting range is only [-] steps, but within [-] steps, it has absolute lethality, and in order to achieve the armor-piercing effect, it takes about [-] or [-] steps to draw the bow and release the arrow to target the opponent. The leather armor, cotton armor, iron armor to start.

but.The bow is not strong enough, and the arrows come to help.Their arrows are all big and heavy, with blood grooves and triangular edges, and are extremely capable of piercing armor and bleeding.If hit by an arrow, he would bleed to death soon.In order to increase the lethality, these Liao thieves, who were on the verge of life and death, used horse dung and human feces to soak their arrows, in order to achieve the effect of poisoning and death after the Ming army was hit by an arrow. .

"Pass down the order! Who dares to shoot arrows when the Ming army crosses the first ditch, it will be decisive!" Yue Le narrowed his eyes, looked at the spreading Ming army brigade, and issued a military order in a low voice.

The first trench was about twenty steps away from the earth wall, which happened to be within the strongest killing range of the archers.

For these archers drawn from various records, Yue Le is still very sure, not only are there a large number of them, but they are all good at archery.Not to mention those bannermen who were originally archers, but Yu Ding, the auxiliary soldiers, and the coated Ahha who accompanied the army. Although they were not qualified to wear armor, they also practiced bow and horse since childhood, and their combat ability is not bad.

Last night, Yue Le had already promised in front of the whole army that as long as he stood firm until the reinforcements arrived and defeated the Ming army in front of him, he and Nikan Beizi would ask the emperor to raise all the wrapped Ahha flags, The original Yu Ding was compiled as an armored soldier!For a while, it also made these defeated troops with low morale suddenly burn with the desire to fight.

There were shouts of killing from the hillside, and the soldiers of Datong Town, who were wearing eight-petal caps and iron pointed helmets, began to attack the hillside slowly like a rising tide.

The hills guarded by Yue Le and the others were not too high and relatively gentle. For the use of artillery, it was difficult for those gunners who were accustomed to direct aiming not to hit the cannons into their brother's team, so Wang Pu simply refused. In the face of artillery fire, only the courage of soldiers and swords and guns can solve the enemy in front of them.

"Master, the Ming dogs are starting to cross the ditch!" The loyal Ba Ya La Tiao Zhangjing held a tiger tooth knife in his hand, and whispered to Yue Le about the progress of the Ming army.

"Boys, get ready to charge up! Cut off the heads of the Tartars and get the silver!" At the foot of the mountain, there were officers in the ranks constantly encouraging their subordinates loudly.

"The Tartars dug three trenches and built low walls. This battle is not easy!" Wu Biao and others who were watching from the mountain also expressed concern about Wang Pu's prospects for this battle.

Just in case, Wu Biao quietly ordered the two battalions to be transferred to the rear of Datong Town as a support and reserve team.

The two battalion officers had just taken orders to leave, but unexpectedly, there was a long roar on the top of the mountain, followed by the sound of drums, and dense rain of arrows shot down their heads and faces.

Poor soldiers of Datong Town, the leading pickers are climbing the second ditch, the brigade of men and horses gathers between the first ditch and the second ditch, there is no defense against the rain of arrows falling head-on, and there is no formation. There was no cover, and he was shot through by a sharp arrow.

The sound of the bowstring kept ringing, as if the screams from the soldiers of the Ming army had beaten the blood of the Qing soldiers on the wall of the village.A more powerful arrow shot down.

Big and heavy arrows came whizzing, and in the blink of an eye, people from the Ming army in this wave kept screaming and hitting the arrows.Those who were hit by the arrows only felt cold for a while, and then quickly became weak and weak.From the perspective of others, the soldiers who were hit by the arrows were all bleeding profusely.Extremely scary.

In the follow-up, the Ming army didn't care about treating the wounded, and just took up shields as a cover to resist the strong bows and arrows of the Qing army. In this short distance of ten or twenty steps, the bows and arrows of the Qing army had an extremely high hit rate. High, almost every shot must hit.Although the arrows shot by the step bow have a short range, they are extremely capable of piercing armor and bleeding.Yue Le once again set up ditches within the optimal range as obstacles to slow progress.Prolonging the stay of soldiers in Datong Town increased the casualties of the Ming army.Those sergeants who were hit by arrows felt weak and weak in the blink of an eye as they lost a lot of blood, and lost their combat effectiveness.

Before the short drum was beaten, the archers of the Qing army on the mountain each shot four or five arrows. Within a distance of less than twenty steps from the earth wall, white arrow feathers were everywhere, like arrows born on the ground. Many reeds in general.but.Under these arrow feathers are mostly Datong Town soldiers moaning and bleeding continuously, this round of blows.Almost all the frontrunners and more than a hundred soldiers who followed up have been lost.

In front of the parapet, in the ditch, there are wounded soldiers and corpses of the Ming army lying horizontally and vertically everywhere, just like the scene of yesterday's battlefield reappeared.The flowing blood shone with strange and coquettish colors under the rising sun, emitting bursts of strong fishy-sweet smell.Blood-stained weapons, flags, helmets, and scattered silver dollars rolled everywhere on the hillside and trail.

"Don't panic, don't mess! Withdraw! First withdraw out of the range of the Tartars' bows and arrows! Form the team! Form the team!"

Mr. Qian from Datong Town is rather courageous.Shouting loudly in the panic-stricken army, he organized his soldiers to shoot at the Qing army behind the earthen wall. All of a sudden, firecrackers, three-eyed blunderbusses, bows and arrows, all kinds of long-range strike weapons were aimed at the wall. Hit behind.

"This kid is kind! He didn't embarrass me! When the battle is over, I will definitely be promoted!" At the foot of the mountain, Wang Pu could see clearly that the team of Qian Zong was like a mainstay, holding back the rout. The decline of the Qing army began to attack the fortifications of the wall held by the Qing army.

With a loud bang, nearly a thousand sword and shield soldiers of the Qing army flashed out from behind the wall of the village, and first pushed down the rolling logs made of felled trees in the mountains along the mountain, and then followed the impact of the rolling logs, these spears Soldiers, swords and shields pounced heavily from the hillside.

In the eyes of the Ming army who had just completed the formation and was about to launch an attack, hundreds of thick logs rushed head-on.

Amidst the screams one after another, many people were hit with broken bones.Those who hit their bodies spurted blood from their mouths. If they were hit by hands and feet, they would end up with broken hands and feet.Many people showed Bai Sensen's bones on the spot, and hugged the wound, all of them were in pain.

The soldiers in Datong Town were not determined to fight, but they were a little envious after seeing the results of the friendly army battle in Shanxi Town yesterday. But I forgot the words that the trapped beast is still fighting.Seeing the tragic situation of Brother Pao Ze, the mournful howls in his ears, and the courage to fight inspired by the silver coins and military exploits disappeared in a blink of an eye.

At this time, Yue Le sent spearmen and sword and shield soldiers out of the wall to charge and kill, but it was just right!

Although known as the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, the Qing soldiers are better at foot combat, especially this kind of mountain combat.There is a saying in "Qingjian Xinlue" written by the Ming Dynasty: "It is said that the slaves are good at short battles on the mountain. The horse soldiers are weak. Yehe's horse soldiers are the most powerful, but the infantry is weak. Therefore, the slaves are afraid of the north, and the north is afraid of the slaves. Yehe white sheep The bone generation said: "I am afraid of the slave's footsteps, and the slave is afraid of my cavalry. The strength is equal to the opponent, and the skill is equal to the enemy.""

Seeing nearly a thousand fierce and violent Qing troops pounced forward with tiger spears and Eight Banners spears, and behind them were Qing army shield soldiers with soldier knives, hatchets, long-handled pick knives, and tiger-tooth knives. The Ming army, which was already on the verge of collapse, completely lost the courage to fight.

They yelled and ran down the mountain, ignoring the hoarse roar of the superiors.

Wang Pu, who was supervising the battle at the foot of the mountain, was so angry that his beautiful face was bursting with gray and gray. Yesterday Li Fuming showed off his power in front of him, but it was just the result of the first battle.

"Wang Zheng, you bring your servants forward, whoever dares to retreat, cut him off for my father!"

Gritting his teeth, Wang Pu ordered his general, Wang Zheng.

At this time, the situation on the mountain was already one-sided. Amidst the cries and shouts, the officers and soldiers fled desperately in front, not caring about the thorns and grass, and just ran all the way, with dozens of Liao bandit soldiers behind them.

The fleeing officers and soldiers roughly seemed to number nearly a thousand. Due to the division of the terrain, the Tazi soldiers who were chasing and killing each had no more than a few dozen people. However, none of these officers and soldiers dared to turn around and face the battle. Lost in despair, many people shouted desperately: "It's over! It's over! The Tartars are too fierce, and everyone can't stand it!"

Wang Pu was about to explode, but he heard cheers and applause from the hill like a thunderstorm, and countless Tartars stood on the earth wall, waving their knives and guns and cheering endlessly.

In a daze, Lin Changgen, the battalion officer of the Model Brigade Cavalry Battalion, rode to his horse and said, "Shuai Wang, our sentry cavalry found Tartars and horses with blue banners coming to help. My general, please gather your troops quickly and return to defense, and agree on how to resist the incoming reinforcements." Enemy!" (To be continued...)