Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 665
Jiannu was able to enter the customs with a mere [-] troops, and immediately won the world. It really is not a vain reputation. Tens of thousands of Eight Banners cavalry are running wildly with the roar of the storm from the north. The old Qihuo troops felt a little overwhelmed, even though they were several miles away, the Qihuo divisions guarding the front line had already become nervous.

The difference between [-] cavalry and [-] cavalry is not just as simple as multiplying by ten. Several groups of cavalry marched together, almost filling up the small plain at the foot of Ningzhen Mountain. Then roared with teeth and claws, Mongolia Eight Banners in the north, Man Eight Banners in the middle, and Han Eight Banners in the south. The three-way outflanking went hand in hand, as if to completely swallow the Ming army down the mountain in one go.

"Marshal, are you still fighting Jian slave gunners?"

Cannons are the lifeblood of life, and even the city will not be attacked. Under the city of Changzhou, tens of thousands of Liu Liangzuo's green battalion were whipped, and they turned around and dragged thousands of kilograms of Hongyi cannons to disperse. At the end, the effect was surprisingly good. At least a dozen Jiannu cannons were scrapped, killing no less than 300 people. But in front of him, the Jiannu cavalry was really aggressive. Listening to Xiaobao's inquiry, Song Qingshu hesitated for seven or eight seconds , just gritted his teeth with great difficulty.

"Continue to bombard the Jiannu infantry formation! Give Zhou Yuji an order to block Jiannu from the foot of the mountain!"

"promise!"

The beggars came in a hurry, and the beggars had no time to dig trenches. Fortunately, the terrain of Ningzhen Mountain was rugged and narrow. The beggars followed Song Qingshu's copy of Napoleon's column formation and lined up on the mountainside. The first line at the foot of the mountain was the beggars led by Zhou Yuji. Live one, two, three and four divisions, more than [-] people, not the traditional three-stage shooting and three rows, but a slightly thick five-row horizontal team, which firmly blocked the upper mountain pass.

"Array!"

Every point of physical strength on the battlefield is precious. In order to save physical strength, after arriving at the position, each battalion sat on the ground, and the cavalry galloped at full speed for six miles. It only took three to five minutes, from the vibration of the horseshoes to the After receiving the order, by the time the battalions lined up, they could almost see the hideous face of Jiannu on the opposite side.

"Ping Gun!"

With a swipe, the beggars in the front row half-kneeled, holding their one-meter-long flintlock guns neatly in front of them, while the soldiers behind raised their guns to the top of the soldiers in the front row. In addition, some stragglers quickly assembled In the gaps between the battalions, they crouched down, with grape-like bombs hanging from their waists.

In the past, when the Ming army fought against Jiannu, at least there was a chariot to stop them. This time, they really used their flesh and blood to shake so many Jiannu cavalry. With the command saber held high, Zhou Yuji's cheeks were not only twitched, but stared at Jiannu, who was getting closer and closer, did not dare to relax for a moment.

Before the start of the battle, the scouts of the Qihuo army had already measured the distance in front of the army with their steps, and quickly sprinkled white ash down the line. The commanders of each battalion were also dripping with sweat on their foreheads. It is one thing not to be afraid of death. Nervousness is another aspect. Hearing the rapid sound of horseshoes, everyone's heart was beating violently.

150 meters!

120 meters!

100 meters!

"Fire!"

Zhou Yuji swung his saber thunderously, and immediately the first two rows pulled the trigger fiercely as if they were being pardoned, and the flint hit the fender with brilliant sparks, and the row passed by, thick white smoke In an instant, it covered the foot of Ningzhen Mountain.

The Jiannu on the opposite side also seemed to be punched hard by an invisible fist. In an instant, the hundreds of cavalry running in the front immediately turned their backs, some cavalry directly fell back on the horse, and some The horse's legs softened, and the man and the horse rolled forward suddenly, and the originally neat formation suddenly became chaotic.

However, he is worthy of being a fierce Jiannu, with his excellent equestrian skills, except for a few who were too close to be affected, those behind directly swung the whip and passed the wrong horse, or bypassed the side, or simply let the horse's hoof slam. He stepped on it fiercely. In such a large-scale impact, falling off the horse was tantamount to death. Within twenty or thirty steps, the horse's hooves trampled on the ground, creating blood nests one after another.

But the momentum of running and killing is still only increasing!

70 meters, the second round!
Although there were only about 2000 people shooting in one row this time, the effect was better than the two rows just now. Another two 300 people screamed and rolled off their horses, turning their backs on their backs. But this time, Jiannu, who was also prepared, was even more Quickly overcame the chaos. In Liaodong, the Jiannu Eight Banners were used to rushing forward with the guns of the Ming army. The three-eyed blunderbuss and bird blunderbuss of the Liaodong army were not much stronger than the knife wind in the northeast. The firearms of the guns were countless times more poisonous than that, but they were not beyond their tolerance.

50 meters, in the third round, more Jiannu fell, but the blood seemed to arouse their viciousness even more.

"Grenadier! Go!"

30 meters, resisting the strong fear in the heart, at the same time as the fourth row of guns fired, the grenadiers in the cracks of the battalion also rushed out shouting, and threw grenades a few meters in front of the army. The sound of the explosion suddenly bloomed in the Jiannu riding formation like a lotus flower.

But at this time, it has also entered the range of Jiannu's short cavalry bow. The short and tricky fox shooting arrow fell fiercely in the grenadier team with a whistling sound, and fell in the line of soldiers. An ordinary soldier is not as good as Yuan Chonghuan back then The treatment, the seven-layer armor, many soldiers who were shot on the cracks of the armor, or the soldiers who were not protected by the armor, fell down in rows like wheat that had been swollen by hail, at least one-third or more of the bombs The soldiers were left directly on the battlefield.

In the last two or three meters, the first two rows finally finished loading the first round. They rushed to the front of the queue almost screaming, and shot in the face. Immediately there was no need to reload. It's enough to rush up, and there is another large cloud of smoke and dust. The enemy, I, and I don't know how many people fell one after another in an instant.

But now, they have finally entered the realm of building slaves. Long lances stabbed fiercely into the queue. Even with the double protection of chain mail and paper armor, they still passed through their hearts like a layer of paper. Many beggars The living army was thrown out by Ying.

Relying on the huge impact force of the war horses, even the Eight Banners cavalry broke through the army formation, and the heavy saber bloody slashed across. Wherever it passed, the soldiers of the begging army all fell to the ground screaming with amazing blood. In a few minutes, the defense line formed by the four divisions was already riddled with holes, and the fierce roaring Jiannu cavalry fought against the second row of begging army privates who fired at the back.

His eyes were burning, his fists were rattling, and in the binoculars, dragging the last more than 100 cannons. After paying the price of thousands of people, Jiannu finally scattered, and the formation under his feet was also in jeopardy. Looking down at the distance, looking down at the feet, Song Qingshu finally roared after turning around twice like an ant on a hot pot.

"Muzzle down, hit hard!"

This time, the muzzle of the guns was really lowered. The gunners of the Ming army who were also anxious on the top of the mountain risked hitting their own people. Head-to-head with the roaring artillery shells, this time the shelling effect was called life-saving. The artillery fire interrupted the continuous swarming Jiannu cavalry, and finally gave the Qihuo [-]st to [-]th divisions who had been trapped in the formation finally a chance to breathe.

At this moment, there were bursts of desolate horn horns buzzing again, and the Jiannu cavalry who were brave enough to die just now finally retreated back like a tide as if they had exhausted their last strength, and they would have been submerged. The leading few columns reappear.

"Look, handsome!"

Lu Xiangsheng suddenly pointed to the north, and on the horizon, there were densely packed banners with Ming characters, countless of them running side by side, and Song Qingshu heaved a sigh of relief after reading it.

The Chinese army has arrived!

There is a strong city in the front, and a large army in the back. If you continue to fight, you will undoubtedly ask for trouble. With the cannons gathered, the Jiannu army once again roared and retreated to the south. The siege of Changzhou was relieved, but more than 4 Jiannu cavalry were still circling Behind the army, Song Qingshu did not dare to leave the advantageous terrain easily, and did not order to pursue. This first battle with Jiannu Jiangnan ended in this short and fierce confrontation.

Judging from the results of the battle, the Ming army took advantage. In this round of charge, Jiannu left behind 2000 troops, more than 100 were killed by cannons, and more than [-] artillery pieces were destroyed. Song Qingshu couldn't be happier, the eight divisions of his striker were injured and killed, plus one thousand and five six, the head-on confrontation only lasted for a few minutes.

This is still based on the fact that the Ming army's elite troops occupy high slopes and have favorable terrain. On the plains, the cavalry has indeed shown a great advantage over the infantry. If this is replaced by the newly recruited Beifu volunteers, the consequences will be disastrous.

Wearing a hat painted with red gourds, a medical team of more than 1000 men and women is busy on the battlefield carrying stretchers, carrying the wounded to the field hospital built behind, Yu'er's gentle and pretty little face The face can be regarded as adding a bit of softness to this bloody battlefield.

In the headquarters, the officers gathered one after another were discussing with each other with locked faces.

"Marshal, we also need chariots! Datong, Xuanfu has always used sidecars to block Jiannu cavalry on several sides. It is too risky to deal with Jiannu cavalry in the wilderness with the army alone!"

Former general of Yanmen Pass, Lu Song army commander Qiu Ming pointed at the map with lingering fear and said, but before he finished speaking, Liu Zongmin who was next to him had already spit at him.

"There are paddy fields everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River. How can you use your van? Besides, the Jiannu cavalry has come, and there is no time to swing. With that capacity, it is better to bring a few more cannons, and kill more. Tartars."

"In my opinion, we must find a way to separate the Mongolian Eight Banners from the Manchu Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners!" Lu Xiangsheng pinched his chin again and muttered: "The old man has been in the Xuanfu for more than a year. The Mongols fought wars and used to harass them with light cavalry and archery. We are not afraid of him, but being forced by Jiannu to charge to our death has indeed caused great harm to our army, as long as we separate them, Mongolian Eight Banners is nothing to worry about, Jianu is like cutting off an arm."

"To deal with the cavalry, it is really impossible to use Marshal Qi's wolves and deploy more layers of soldiers. Everyone, the most urgent thing is how to take the next step? Boluo, the Nikan army is the main force for Jiannu to attack me in the south of the Yangtze River. If we let him escape, we will fight against the cavalry." An Sheng is useless! He must be blocked in the south of the Yangtze River!"

"Now our south of the Yangtze River is like a wave of rebels! All over the country are raising rebellious flags. Jiannu's foothold is unstable, and he will definitely try his best to escape back to Jiangbei. The old man thinks that our army should leave a part of our army to guard Changzhou and Wujin. The army will follow the commander and go straight to Wuxi No matter what, block Boluo between Gehu Lake and Taihu Lake! As long as time goes by, the food and grass will be cut off, and the slaves will collapse without fighting!"

It is true that oranges are born in Huainan as oranges, and Huaibei as oranges. Zhou Yanru was cunning and cunning when he was in power. They were all radical, but a large group of generals who heard his words all nodded secretly. This strategy hits the nail on the head.

"But just in case, when Jiannu abandons the north and turns south, and then attacks the King of Lu to supervise the country, Jiannu can store a lot of food in Hangzhou, and there is a large army in Mandahai, sitting in the strong city, Jiannu will at least If we can hold on for a year or so, when Jiangbei changes again, we may be under the enemy, what should we do?"

Suddenly, the words of the staff officer Chen Zilong turned cold in an instant. This is not impossible, but too possible. Thinking of the bad consequences, everyone's face became ugly.

"The commander-in-chief has decided to divide the troops!"

After thinking for two or three minutes, Song Qingshu put his pen on the map with great difficulty, but before he finished speaking, Sun Chuanting, Zhou Yanru, Chen Zilong, Lu Xiangsheng and others hurriedly clasped their fists together and vetoed.

"You must be handsome!"

"Master! Saarhu's defeat is in sight!" Sun Chuanting was the closest person, full of nervousness, he bowed heartily and bowed deeply...

(End of this chapter)