Daming Military Empire

Chapter 286 Artillery Charge Disrupts the Enemy Formation

Zhu Cijiong's method of dealing with Huang Taiji is very simple. According to the provisions of the Ming Dynasty's "Infantry Manual", artillery formations are generally set up about one mile behind the infantry phalanx, and they must be arranged in order of range, just like the formation he is currently deploying.

In other words, even if the Qing army has the [-]-type howitzer with the longest range, it can shoot about two miles in front of the infantry phalanx of the Qing army. Zhu Cijiong wants to use this range difference to do the opposite. Let the artillery charge first, and the [-]-type howitzer rushes to the forefront, and when it rushes to about three miles away from the Qing army, it will bomb!
At this time, the artillery of the Qing army could not reach the artillery formations of the Ming army, but the Type [-] howitzers could blast into the infantry phalanx of the Qing army. After a few rounds of shells, the Qing army would be in chaos. , [-]-type howitzers, and [-]-type howitzers stepped forward in turn, and the guns would explode, and then the infantry would disperse and charge forward.

Of course, there must be a prerequisite for such a rush, that is, the cavalry of the Qing army will not come to make trouble. If the artillery rushes to the front of the formation and the cavalry of the Qing army rushes up before the cannon is set up, it is delivering food to people. Zhu Cijiong, a cavalry soldier of the Qing army, had his own way. He returned to the formation and immediately issued an order to recruit all generals above the artillery battalion level, and all infantry and cavalry regiment-level generals to the front of the dragon chariot.

Soon all the generals came here according to the order, and they knelt down in front of the dragon chariot. Zhu Cijiong stood on the dragon chariot and said loudly: "I tell you now, the Qing army on the opposite side also has flintlock guns and artillery. You are afraid ?"

All the generals naturally roared in unison: "Don't be afraid."

Zhu Cijiong nodded, and continued to speak loudly: "This battle must be difficult, but after this battle, the northern border will be calmed down, there will be no threats around the Ming Dynasty, and the people of the Ming Dynasty will live a stable and happy life. You are willing to sacrifice your lives for this." Hot blooded?"

All the generals shouted in a higher voice: "Yes."

Zhu Cijiong nodded solemnly, and continued to speak loudly: "Very well, the people of Ming Dynasty will not forget you, and I will never forget you. I hereby announce that after this battle, the Liao army will be promoted to the second-class army, and the Qin army will be promoted to the second-class army." As the first-class army, the salary of the First Army of the Imperial Guard is doubled. Those who kill the enemy in this battle will receive double the reward. Those who die for the country in this battle will receive double the pension. The Ministry of Industry will arrange a unified monthly salary for the families of the dead work, so that they will have no worries about food and clothing in the future!"

Hearing the words, the generals below shouted excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

After the morale was stimulated, Zhu Cijiong began to arrange specific tactics, and made detailed arrangements for the order and time of various arms attacks.

After all the arrangements were made and the generals had dispersed, Zhu Cijiong immediately gave an order: "Call Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao to set off immediately and attack the left and right wings of the Qing army with skirmishers. Let them not care about anything, just rush!" "

After giving the order, he immediately sat back down, panting, damn, holding a meeting in this era without microphones is hard work!

Qin Mingyue, who was beside the dragon chariot, was so distressed when she saw this, she immediately took a big teacup from the eunuch serving at the side, poured a bowl of tea that had already been brewed, and flew over the dragon chariot.

Zhu Cijiong took the tea, gulped it down in a few sips, then took Qin Mingyue's chance to take the teacup and grabbed her hand, jokingly said: "Mingyue, are you afraid?"

Qin Mingyue said as if nothing had happened: "What are you afraid of? The emperor will win!"

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong laughed loudly and said: "Okay, then I will lend you a good word. After this battle, I will reward you as a thousand-year-old queen!"

Qin Mingyue was as elegant as a fairy, but she was too shy to hear this. She immediately pulled out her jade hand, grabbed the teacup, spit on Zhu Cijiong, and then fled away like flying.

Zhu Cijiong was actually a little nervous, because he didn't know how many cannons Huang Taiji had prepared. The more cannons, the more casualties the soldiers of the Ming army would suffer. He really couldn't bear to think about it, and the only way to forget it was through this method.

No matter whether he could bear it or not, the battle slowly kicked off. Less than a quarter of an hour after Zhu Cijiong's telegram went down, the Ming army's left and right rear wings heard thunderous hooves. Here comes the ride!

Huang Taiji has been waiting for the Ming army to charge the battle. He believes that the little emperor will not be so exhausted with him. When the Ming army rushes up and is bombarded by the artillery, there will be chaos. If he takes advantage of the chaos to charge, he will win!
To his surprise, the Ming army did not move, just stood there for a quarter of an hour. Just as he was muttering to himself, countless cavalry rushed out from behind the Ming army, charging straight at them. His left and right wings!
Let them rush up, that's okay, as long as a few hundred cavalry rush to the middle of his artillery formation, his artillery formation will be destroyed, he quickly ordered the cavalry on the left and right flanks to rush up to meet, and be sure to kill the Ming army that suddenly appeared. The cavalry blocked them all.

As soon as the cavalry on his side attacked, the Ming army moved on the other side. The Ming army did not charge with infantry in wave formation as he guessed, nor did they charge with cavalry. The infantry on the two wings shrank suddenly, forming a row and a row. Thousands of Ming soldiers suddenly rushed out from the gap between the rows, pushing hundreds of cannons, and lined up in front of the formation, and then ignored them. , Start loading ammunition!
Huang Taiji was dumbfounded. How could there be such a fight? It didn't appear in the Ming Army's "Infantry Exercise Code"!

Let the infantry rush up immediately?Just kidding, the distance between the two sides is still more than three miles. The infantry is not cavalry. Even if their legs are broken, it will take at least a cup of tea to rush up. At that time, the Ming army did not know how many cannons were fired.

If you don’t rush, why don’t you just stand here and suffer the shells? Of course you can’t. There is no time to hesitate, Huang Taiji immediately shouted: “Back, back, all back, hurry up.”

After roaring, he himself turned his horse's head and galloped back.

"Boom boom boom" The [-]-type howitzer of the Ming army roared immediately, and a cloud of scattered bullets covered the Qing army like a dark cloud. Where can people run past the shells? The Qing army is still turning around in a mess. As a result, he was smashed right on the ground, blood spattered all over the place, and screams continued.

The artillery from the Ming army came up row after row, and the artillery set up behind did not need to be commanded. They kept loading, firing, loading and firing, and gradually the entire battlefield was filled with the roar of artillery. Huang Taiji carefully prepared Before the cannon was fired, more than half of his own infantry had been bombarded with casualties!

Finally, the artillery was no longer pouring out of the Ming army's formation, but groups of infantry rushed out from the gaps between the artillery, like a plate of loose sand, scattered everywhere, but they did not enter the range of his artillery.

At this moment, Huang Taiji had already retreated into the middle of the artillery formation in embarrassment. He looked at the infantry soldiers who had been bombarded with heavy casualties, and then at the Ming army still scurrying around there, he was so angry that he spurted out another mouthful of blood!
With the scattered formation of the Ming army, even if he rushed over, he could hit a few more. His hole card was simply a waste of preparation!
(End of this chapter)