Win the Ding 1617

Wu Jingsi passed the news of the victory to Hongluo Mountain on flying horses. Soldiers and horses in various camps along the way were slowly mobilizing. Squads of soldiers and horses were gathering, or rectifying their weapons and fastening their armor. The quartermasters of each battalion shouted After that, boxes of medicines were carried down from the luggage cart and distributed to the firecrackers at each post.

The steed galloped by, and Wu Jingsi and a few servants who followed could see what was written in black ink on the white wooden box from a glimpse. "Ah! The fixed ammunition of the firecrackers!" Wu Jingsi looked greedily at the ammunition of at least twenty rounds for each of the firecrackers.Although he is the team officer of Wu Sangui's trusted servant Dinglang Cavalry, he can be considered to have seen big scenes, and the capital has also followed Wu Zongbing a few times, so he is not the kind of bumpkin who has never seen the world.Both Wu Jingsi and his master Wu Sangui were quite proud of their own army's elite ability to fight.But since the start of the war in Liaodong, I have to ask myself, whether it is the model brigade who fought side by side some time ago, or the Southern Guangdong Army, which is the backbone of the entire army and has a strong backing, everything from tactics to ordnance, munitions, and discipline has made the Liaodong Army's eyes wide open. open,

"It's not in vain for the commander-in-chief to condescend to be a godson at the princess's knees!"

In private, Wu Sangui had already revealed his thoughts to these cronies. Once the battle situation in Liaodong changed slightly, the battle became clear, and everyone had a gap, the matter of training the new army would start.The cavalry should be drilled according to the method of the model brigade, and at least 1 people should be trained!Anyway, there are a lot of people in Liaodong who can ride horses, any one of them ⊕,...all of them can ride better than the model brigade cavalry!As for the firecrackers and artillery units among the infantry, Wu Sangui coveted them even more.

"Many soldiers, great generals!" This is Wu Sangui's truest experience in this troubled world.As long as there are tens of thousands of elites in hand, for the imperial court, that is whatever they want.

In order to be able to realize his grand and somewhat arrogant military expansion plan: train [-] cavalry, at least [-] infantry, [-] musketeers among them, and at least [-] large and small artillery.Even the rest of the [-] spearmen and sword and shield soldiers should be equipped with Nanzhong equipment.Wu Sangui has already handed over all his belongings to his "uncle" Li Peiting.

And this uncle also agreed to his grandson's request very righteously, and returned most of the money to Wu Sangui: "Uncle, we don't need these imaginary numbers. The money is useful for you to lead the army, and you can use it in the future." Use various native products of Liaodong to offset the payment."

In private, Li Peiting also supported Wu Sangui's plan to swallow the Liaodong Army horse in one gulp.For this reason, a sum of 50 silver dollars has been given to this good grandson, so that he can do anything to the Liaodong army horses in Tashan and other places at this time.

"Others support us so much, if we can't support Ah Dou, then we can't blame others!" At the private meeting in Ningyuan Town, Wu Sangui handed over his cards to his cronies with a serious face.If you want to become the third representative of Liaodong generals after Li Chengliang and Zu Dashou, you have to have a solid record to speak.Otherwise, Wu Sangui is not the only godson of Li Huamei, so why support him so much?

This is why Wu Sangui desperately stormed Tashan with all his strength.

Another reason and purpose.That is, he can use Li Huamei to grant his former enemy the power to command improvised decisions to cleanse the non-directed and miscellaneous troops in the battalions of Ningyuan Town and the ministries of Shanhai Town, and annex these troops on the grounds of being weak in combat and timid.Completely turn Ningyuan Town and Shanhai Town into the Wu family's uniform!

What Wu Jingsi saw along the way was surprised to find that in addition to the troops of the Guards Brigade, the four land battalions of the Navy were also assembled in the Hongluo Mountain area. The huge battalion formation spread the Hongluo Mountain almost invisible ground.

"It seems that the Princess Princess is determined to win today!"

Wu Jingsi was also extremely excited to see the artillery teams of the Guards Brigade and the Navy line up the heavy cannons with shouts of cattle and horses.I am quite proud that the commander-in-chief can send him to report the victory at this time.At this juncture, the news of a victory in the first battle affects the determination of the coach and the morale of the entire army.The impact is undoubtedly huge.God knows what benefits this sloppy princess will reward him?

"Go back and tell your general Xia Chengde that as long as he leads his troops out of Songshanbao City to harass the slave chief Dorgon and the defense of Duoduo's troops to the south, after the Tashan incident is over, the princess will report to his father and commander, and protect him." Play his military exploits! Don't dare to say anything else, a lieutenant is still easy to catch!"

In the big tent.Hearing Li Huamei's cold and arrogant voice, Wu Jingsi was very friendly and nodded to the officers of the Guards Brigade and the head of the female battalion who were familiar with him, and tied up the horses properly. , waiting for Li Huamei's summons.

Songshan ginseng hurried Xia Chengde's messenger out of the big tent.Flying away with dozens of servants, Cheng Qiguan brought Wu Jingsi into the account.

"Grandson Wu Jingsi, I have met my grandmother! May my grandmother be blessed and safe!"

"In today's first battle, our first division in Ningyuan Town encountered thousands of slave bandits Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner, and the rebel bandits had excellent equipment and many firearms. The emperor was blessed by the court, and Grandma Lai commanded them as determinedly, and the soldiers used their lives. Fighting hand to hand, the enemy was defeated in the end, the first line of defense of the bandits and slaves has been conquered, the slaves were dead and wounded, there were more than [-] corpses left on the battlefield, and the artillery fire destroyed the stumps without counting!..."

This kind of news is naturally great news for the civil and military officials in the big tent, especially Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, suddenly became elated. Although he has nearly ten thousand elite troops in Songshan Fort, after all, those They were all put together by the Xuanda Army, the Model Brigade, and the various units of the Liaodong Army, and there were no generals who could fight in the castle, so, by commanding the general attack on Tashan with Li Huamei, they justifiably left the dangerous land of Songshan and arrived at Hongluo Mountain Camp.In his view, the Liaodong Army commanded by Wu Sangui is in a sense his subordinates, and it is not impossible to fight.As long as the imperial court pays a generous amount of food and supplies, it is possible to take Shengjing directly, not to mention taking down Tashan, which is guarded by the slave chief Dorgon and Duoduo!

"Tell your home town, be sure to fight steadily to prevent the slave chiefs from counterattacking with elites."

Although in the eyes of Qiu Minyang, Li Huamei is just a woman who relies on the shadow of her father, but her battlefield experience is far better than that of the one who was captured by Huang Taiji in Songshan along with Hong Dushi in history, but died in Shenyang There are several times as many Master Qiu in the city.

Qiu Minyang was born as a royal censor. Affected by his profession, he is more serious and rigid, and his personality is more indifferent.But Li Huamei's deployment arrangement suits him very much.

"The princess was not happy about the victory, but instead told his subordinates to beware of the slave chiefs and counterattack with elites. It really is everyone's demeanor, which makes the students admire."

Li Huamei still respects this somewhat pedantic old master.He nodded with a smile at the moment, as a courtesy to Mr. Qiu's praise, and ordered Fathead Yu to fetch a double-barreled fine firecracker and hand it to Wu Jingsi, as a reward for his victory.

On the battlefield of Tashan, it was already a pot of hot porridge!Hot porridge made with human flesh and blood!

The battle to break through the second line of defense of the Qing army was more tragic than that of the first line of defense.

According to Dorgon's deployment, the second line of defense has far more troops than the first line of defense, and compared with the first line of defense, the space for firearms is much shorter.In this small space, people had to give up the support of artillery fire, relying on short firearms, horsetail grenades and the most traditional cold weapons in their hands!

Here, the Qing army had a complete advantage in military strength, and the officers and soldiers of the Ming army who rushed forward were not able to gain a firm foothold, and were caught off guard by the arrows shot at them head-on.Within an average distance of less than [-] steps, it was the best range for the archers inlaid with red flags to kill. The Ming army who rushed in roared and fell down in a blink of an eye.

but.Like Cheng Yaojin, Wu Sangui is in addition to his three tricks.Also left a backhand.That is, in addition to the order that the Ming army in each wave should only charge for a quarter of an hour, the soldiers can be withdrawn, and the chief officers of each battalion must stay to provide experience and advice for the chief officers of the next assault team.Of course, the benefits of having military merits are also divided between the two families.

He saw that many of his soldiers and horses were overturned by the oncoming arrow rain.He Anguo, the general who participated in the first wave of attack, shouted: "The blunderbuss soldiers shoot in salvo! The killer team comes forward! If Jiannu rushes up, the killer team will go up with Lao Tzu! Go up and fight!"

In addition to cavalry and infantry, Liaodong Army Town is divided into killer teams and firearms teams if it is classified according to the weapons used. Killer teams except for archers.All kinds of cold weapons are complete.At present, the sword and shield soldiers of the killer team held long swords and large shields in their hands, and moved forward intensively, using the shields in their hands to block the rain of arrows, buying time for the gunfire soldiers behind them to line up and shoot.

"Fire!"

The dense bullets blew through the formation of the Qing army like a white-haired wind on the grassland, and rows and rows of people fell down.Then, a situation appeared that even Du Du and his son hadn't thought of.

"Kill Nikan!"

A Zhuang waved the crescent hatchet in his hand, and rushed towards the Ming army more than a dozen steps away, covered in blood, and fell to the ground after a few steps.

"Kill!" Behind him, hundreds of people rushed over, and the two streams of people collided head-on!

Although the dozen or so Niulu with the red flags were not like the two white flags, many of the coated soldiers were equipped with a large number of firecrackers, and they could shoot firecrackers with the attacking Guanning army, but these Niulu It's the real Manchuria with the red flag inlaid!What they have always relied on is their bravery and blood!

Facing the dense bullet rain of the Guanning Army, after paying more than 100 lives and at least double the cost of hanging the lottery, the counterattack troops with red flags mixed with the Guanning Army troops who rushed to the main position of Tashan. one place!

"kill!"

Du Erhu slashed down the epee that weighed several tens of catties, and slashed a Guan Ningjun who stood in front of him obliquely from his left shoulder to his right rib, splashing blood and flesh on his head. face.

The blood and killing made him feel much happier in his heart!

Although this wave of salvo organized by He Anguo dealt a considerable blow to the Qing army, they also lined up in rows, but in the blink of an eye, the Qing army's swords, guns and axes rushed in front of the Ming army.Facing the ferocious-faced Tartars rushing forward, some soldiers with heavy psychological shadows were still subconsciously preparing to turn around and retreat, while some soldiers who were full of silver coins in their minds also charged head-on with their knives and guns!

The two sides are convenient to repeatedly impact in a small space with a distance of only a few dozen steps!

More and more soldiers and horses crowded in from the rear, making the already narrow fighting field even more crowded.On the battlefield with a radius of only a few miles, tens of thousands of people were invested by both sides.People are fighting for life and death in such a space, and they have no tricks. Almost every time a knife is stabbed, every time a spear is stabbed, someone will fall to the ground without humming.

People mechanically waved their weapons non-stop, chopping and stabbing the enemy in front of them to the ground, but in an instant, they were also hacked and stabbed by the enemy with their knives, guns and axes.The two sides repeatedly advanced and retreated on the ground where the bodies and wounds of their respective brothers were lying.The non-stop impact, trampled by countless pairs of big feet wearing iron mesh boots, the wounded soldiers who were still groaning gradually became silent, and their bodies gradually cooled down, turning into corpses.

The blood and lives of the two armies turned the narrow area from Baitai Mountain to Tashan Mountain, which was no more than a dozen miles wide and less than a few miles deep, into a Shura field.Snowflakes falling overhead.The blood, water, and body fluids of the corpses and wounded soldiers mixed together, turning the frozen soil in front of the Tashan formation into a piece of mud.

The brutal hand-to-hand combat on the narrow battlefield is still going on, but most of the hand-to-hand combat is very short, and because the space is too small, the personal skills of both sides cannot be displayed, and it has become a cruel and ruthless one-for-one. Weapons and bodies fight against each other.

However, the advantages of the Ming army gradually emerged.My will to fight may not be as strong as yours.My personal skills may not be as good as yours, but my provisions are much better than yours, I can eat enough and wear warm clothes, my strength is not inferior to yours, and I have more people than you, and I am still growing Stopped crowding in to fill the gap left by the brothers who died in battle!Thus.Even if someone wants to escape, they can't do it, they can only be swept forward.Fight the Qing army with the sword and gun in your hand!

The superiority of the Ming army's strength was revealed, and Du Du's inlaid red flag began to retreat slowly and step by step under the huge pressure.

Du Du and Du Erhu's father and son looked at the subordinates who were being suppressed step by step by the Ming army. They could hardly believe that their troops had never been bombarded by the Ming army, but were defeated so quickly by the Ming army relying on head-to-head hand-to-hand combat.

Du Erhu looked at the warriors of his own side who were driven down step by step by the Ming army.Shouted loudly: "What's the matter? What's the matter?"

But his voice was so pale amidst the shouts and groans of thousands of people and the interweaving sounds of countless clashes of knives and guns. Although he and the guards around him continued to launch small-scale counterattacks, they were still unable to reverse the situation. In this declining situation, the entire formation of the Qing army is still crowded and retreating slowly.

but.The gilded armor on Du Erhu's body, and the twenty or so Bala soldiers around him who continued to launch small-scale counterattacks, were as dazzling as lighthouses in the darkness in the eyes of Ming army officers. Who is the guy fighting, but judging from his armor, the loyalty of the slave guards around him, and the excellent Nanman armor on the slave, he can be judged at a glance that this is the big boss among the slaves!Although there were no flags and dragon banners to judge on the chaotic battlefield, the Nanman Jia who was guarded by the slaves around him was enough to show that this person's identity was extraordinary!

He Anguo pulled the grenadier leader beside him, "Did you see that slave leader?!"

"I see!"

"Can your people throw it?"

"Returning to my lord, there is always a [-]% to [-]% certainty!"

"Okay! The people who greet you, let me throw bombs at that guy! Throw a few more! I will reward you later! 30 yuan per person!"

The leader of the grenadiers gathered more than [-] grenadiers under him, and measured the distance to Du Erhu, who was fighting back and forth in the dense battle group, with his eyes. "Less than sixty paces, boss!"

"Brothers, have a good night of wine and meat, come back to Ningyuan girls, I invite you! Throw me a bomb!"

The first round of ponytail grenades was picked up by the bombardiers, passed the crowd, and went straight to Du Erhu!

Seven or eight horsetail grenades exploded at a distance of about seven or eight meters around Du Erhu, and the shrapnel flew in all directions, causing people around to cry and howl, but they did not hurt a single hair of the target Du Erhu, only injured three or five of his guards .

"Damn it! Thief, ye lucky! Cast again!"

"Master, go!"

The leader of the grenadiers and the leader of the Bala soldiers shouted loudly almost at the same time.

More horsetail grenades were ignited by the grenadiers, swung up, and flew towards the densely packed place of the Bala soldiers in the distance!

Like dozens of crows, the horsetail grenade fell around Du Erhu and exploded.

The shrapnel formed after the explosion splattered in all directions like rain, and there were continuous screams all around. Within a few steps around Du Erhu, the Qing army was in a mess, completely turning into a pool of blood. Countless, all of them were too horrible to look at, struggling and crying on the battlefield.

Seeing that the impact of this round of attack was so great, the eyes of He Anguo and the commander of this round of attack, Li Yukuan, the commander of the Shanhai Town Ranger Battalion, completely lit up, and the two couldn't help shouting in unison: "Grenadier, come again!" One shot!"

Unlike the swarming up of the Ming army, the morale of the Qing army was greatly reduced.The soldiers ran around like deflated balls, crying and shouting constantly, and the formation began to become disorganized.

The team inlaid with the red flag began to show the momentum of defeat of losing command and losing confidence!As the third round of horsetail grenades passed over their heads, the morale of the people became even lower, and the blood of fighting with the Ming army was completely lost!

"Old He! What are the slaves shouting?!"

Li Yukuan grabbed He Anguo, and the two of them ignored the chaos around them and listened carefully to the screams and howls from the Qing army.

The battlefield was extremely chaotic. Soldiers from the Ming and Qing armies intertwined and fought in a scuffle. Even if the two carefully identified each other, they could barely hear the Qing army shouting a name.

"Du Erhu! Master Du Erhu died in battle!" (to be continued...)