Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

There is also a trick to chasing the cavalry. When the enemy army just explodes, the formation of your own cavalry should not be chaotic, otherwise it will immediately become a one-on-one, three hundred rounds of melee. Any advantage will be gone.Therefore, the superior side has to make persistent efforts to rush the enemy into more scattered and more chaotic situations, until the enemy has been charged and killed until the whole army fled, and then they can safely chase and kill the fleeing enemy. There is no risk. Harvest the life one by one.

So after figuring out this trick, the cavalry on the disadvantaged side should desperately give way to both sides when they just exploded, and they must not block the advancing footsteps of the opponent's cavalry formation, so as to increase their survival rate.

However, the military discipline of the Qing army was very strict, and the troops would never dare to retreat without hearing the sound of gold.Otherwise, it is still good to punish Niulu or dismiss him from office, and sometimes even behead the entire Niulu sitting together to enforce the law.

Therefore, none of the Qing army retreated, and they all moved to both sides, but this made the scene even more chaotic.Leaving aside those who couldn’t get out of the way in the middle, those who made way to the side of the phalanx were repeatedly shot down by firecrackers.Even some brave Qing soldiers mustered up the courage to charge towards the phalanx, but because they could not form an array and charge continuously, they were easily wiped out by the gunmen of the phalanx.

As for the Qing soldiers who moved towards the direction of the scull chariot formation, they all squeezed into the middle of the scull chariot, which caused chaos here again, and the chasing Pegasus town immediately followed and rushed in, killing them as well. In the formation of sculls and chariots, all the people here are turned on their backs.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Dorgon, who gave way to the flanks, hurried forward, and Huang Taiji also ordered the Qing soldiers from the Meng Ba Banner, Man Ba ​​Banner, Xiaoqi Battalion, and Qianfeng Battalion to step forward immediately to stop any movement in Pegasus Town. raging.

However, the chaotic Qing army in front also blocked the main reinforcements. Instead, Feima Town drove the fleeing Qing soldiers to the reinforcements, and then took advantage of the situation to chase them in.Taking advantage of the Qing army's inability to let go, they wanted to further expand the victory.

Huang Taiji, who was watching the battle from the rear, couldn't help but shook his head. If the fight continued like this, it would simply become a refueling tactic.Or face it!So he immediately ordered Ming Jin to withdraw the entire army and end today's battle.

And this Mingjin, even the Qing army, which had an advantage in the defense line the next day, had to retreat. This made the Qing army's battle today come to naught, and now the offensive and defensive positions have been reversed.

Of course, the Runing Army will not fail to seize this good opportunity, and they began to concentrate their forces.Attack the scull chariot troops who are inconvenient to retreat.The infantry in Guide Town pressed forward, while the cavalry in Feima Town slashed and killed in the scull cart formation. The phalanx and some cavalry faced off against the reinforcements of the Qing army, protecting their own troops from attacking.

Most of the scull carts and gun carts were discarded in front of the Runing army, for those scull carts.The Runing Army burned it down, as for those artillery vehicles.That was the precious capture of the Runing Army.The Qing army had many hands.It is also quite fast to build some scull carts, but those artillery are not so convenient to replenish.As a result, the Runing Army won a precious victory.

In this battle, the casualties of the Qing army exceeded 400, and the casualties of the Runing army were nearly [-], not to mention that the Ming army in Xuzhou City had less than [-] survivors in the end.It seems that the casualty ratio is not much different.

But the cannon and scull carts are missing.It will be more difficult for the Qing army to attack the Runing Army camp. After all, the captured artillery can greatly enhance the firepower of the Runing Army.

And this defeat also made the Qing army completely awake.They found that it has become impossible to defeat this Ming army in a short time.Therefore, Huang Taiji changed his strategy.Be mentally prepared for a long-term battle.

Then, Huang Taiji took the Eight Banners Ding as the core, coupled with Mongolian herdsmen, formed a dozen teams of 1000 to 2000 people, bypassed the Twin Battalion of the Runing Army, and began to harass the rear of the Runing Army and intercept the Runing Army. The food road of the army.It is necessary to force the Runing Army to retreat to Xuzhou City or retreat.

After that, the Qing army divided another [-] troops and began to plunder in southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu. They wanted to grab more young and strong people and food and grass, so as to persist in the war of attrition with the Runing army.

As a result, the Xuzhou War has entered a new stage.

The Qing army's battle in the Xuzhou area was difficult at every step, but Li Zicheng's Shun army was soaring all the way in the northwest area. The entire battlefield seemed to be like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, completely sweeping away the Ming Dynasty government.

After conquering Xi'an, the Shun army divided into three groups:

The army led by Li Zicheng, Li Guo and Liu Fangliang arrived in Yan'an in March.In addition to the original garrison in northern Shaanxi, there are also officers and soldiers from Gao Jie, the Ming general who fled after the fall of Tongguan.

However, Gao Jie and his men were already terrified by the fierce offensive of the Shun army.In addition, Gao Jie was originally Li Zicheng's former subordinate, who abducted Li Zicheng's wife and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, so if he fell into the hands of the Shun army, there would be absolutely no way out for him.

Therefore, when Li Guo and other troops occupied Yan'an, he led more than 1 troops across the Yellow River and fled into Shanxi. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Shun army entering Shaanxi, he took advantage of the opportunity to cross the border, and then began to flee all the way to the south.

The Shun Army's march into northern Shaanxi was warmly welcomed by the local people, and many states and counties automatically paid money and surrendered.From Yan'an to the north to attack Yulin, passing through Mizhi, which is the hometown of Li Zicheng.At the end of the 14th year of Chongzhen, the Ming government excavated and destroyed the tombs of Li Zicheng's grandfather and father, and burned all the remains.

But when Li Zicheng returned to his hometown this time, he only killed a local evil gentry who participated in planning the tomb-cutting, and he did nothing else.The ancestral tomb was built and sealed with earth, and Jiang Xueyi, the minister of the government, was sent to offer sacrifices.Li Zicheng also visited his clan to donate money and confer titles.Change Yan'an to Tianbao Mansion, Mizhi to Tianbao County, and Qingjian to Tianbo Mansion.

At this time, the Yulin defenders in northern Shaanxi were still loyal to the Ming Dynasty.Yulin was one of the important towns on the nine frontiers of the Ming Dynasty. Most of the residents belonged to the military and took military service as their profession. There were also many descendants of generals.Because they had been in the army for a long time, their hands were stained with the blood of the peasant army when they suppressed the peasant army, and their hostility with the Shun army was difficult to change.

In order to solve the Yulin problem, Li Zicheng adopted the method of courtesy first and soldiers later.On March 5, he sent envoys to bring [-] taels of silver to surrender the generals in Yulin. At the same time, he ordered Li Guo and Liu Fangliang to lead an army of [-] to march later, in order to attack by force if they failed to persuade them to surrender.After making these arrangements, Li Zicheng returned to Xi'an.

Seeing that the general situation was over, Wang Ding, the commander-in-chief of Yulin, fled with dozens of cronies under the pretext of dispatching troops to the Mongolian tribe.Wang Shiqin, Hou Shilu, Hou Gongji, and You Shiwei, the former generals of Yulin Daodu and the former generals, discussed countermeasures in an attempt to occupy the city and resist.The envoys of the Shun army were in the city from the 27th to the [-]th with no results, and began to attack the city on the [-]th.The fighting between the two sides was extremely fierce. On the [-]th, Fang was captured and You Shiwei and others were executed. (To be continued..)