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Chapter 852 Li Zicheng vs. Dorgon (Part [-])

Bending bow and archery, sturdy body, ferocious and cruel, coming and going like the wind, this is probably the characteristic of nomads, the strength of nomads is precisely the weakness of farming peoples, in the era of cold weapons, the vast grasslands, endless wilderness, let them Galloping, and thus created their iron cavalry, the myth of being invincible in the world.

Especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was the Mongolian Tartars or the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the Ming army generally did not dare to start field battles with them.The only way to fight them is to rely on powerful firearms and the method of defending against danger.

Even Guan Ning cavalry, the most powerful army in the late Ming Dynasty, tried to avoid fighting with the Tartars in the wild.For this reason, Yuan Chonghuan, the leader of Guanning Iron Cavalry, and his master Sun Chengzong, Wang Zaijin, Sun Yuanhua, etc., had a heated debate on how to build cities and forts to guard against the Tartars during the period of the Jiliao.

It can be seen how powerful the Tartars were at that time, and the Central Plains army had reached the point of "fearing them like tigers".

These Tartars have also intensified from this, becoming more arrogant and arrogant.Repeatedly invaded the Central Plains, massacred creatures, even the Great Wall could not stop their rolling iron flow.

But it was different in front of him. Dorgon's iron cavalry was hit head-on by the Ming Expeditionary Army as soon as it came up.

Dorgon was furious, and personally led 8 iron streams rolling in. These 8 horses were all cavalry, including green battalion soldiers, and eight cavalry heavy cavalry.

Two rounds have already been fought, and the more than 1 expeditionary army, which is already exhausted, has no fear in the face of several times stronger enemies. Under the leadership of the main generals Liu Wenxiu and Ma Wannian, their morale is greatly boosted, and they shout to the enemy. Tie Liu from the Qing Dynasty greeted him.

Although the more than 1 expeditionary troops have exhausted their strength, after the two battles just now, they realized that the Qing Army's Green Camp and Tartar Eight Banners are nothing special.White knives go in, red knives come out the same way, and the barrel of a gun is pulled to the head, and they still fall off the horse. As long as they are killed, they will still be lifeless.Therefore, their confidence increased greatly, especially not long after they charged, Li Zicheng led an expedition of [-] cavalry, and rushed over like an overwhelming mountain.

With a strong backing, reinforcements, full confidence, and the fighting spirit of the expeditionary force to win the first battle, the morale of the [-] to [-] expeditionary force was unprecedentedly high.

"Fire arrows!"

Tartars are good at horseback riding and archery.At this time, Dorgon also saw Li Zicheng's main force attacking, and he was very happy, because this was exactly what he wanted, and he wanted to wipe out the cavalry of this expeditionary army at any cost.

When Dorgon gave an order, countless bowstrings rang, and the rain of arrows covered the expeditionary army.

Bows and arrows are the most powerful weapons in the era of cold weapons. Generals are not afraid of thousands of troops, but only an inch of iron.Although by the end of the Ming Dynasty, a large number of muskets and cannons were used on the battlefield, they still could not replace the unique status of bows and arrows.This thing is not only cheap to make, but also light, pervasive, and amazingly powerful.

However, Zhu Yousong's expeditionary force had already studied bows and arrows during training.

According to the idea of ​​"practice for war", we know that to deal with the Tartars, we must overcome their strengths. To overcome their strengths, there are two ways. One is to catch up with them and make their strengths disappear.Of course, tens of thousands of people are difficult to achieve in a short period of time, just like fish and shrimps are born to swim in water, and it is impossible for creatures on the shore to compete with fish and shrimps in a short period of time to win.

The other is to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses.In addition to thousands of good seedlings selected as archers in the special warfare barracks, Zhu Yousong asked Zhang Huan to train them to be snipers in bows and arrows, the rest of the horse army and infantry, the 10,000+ troops, are mainly to defend against Tartars This is an important training item in the training of the expeditionary force.

Of course, this kind of defense does not use shields. Zhu Yousong's expeditionary force, whether it is a horse army or an infantry army, pays attention to advancing lightly and quickly.In addition to armor and the necessary swords, guns, bows and arrows, one more thing is an extra burden and burden.This large shield is not used much in actual combat, and it is very heavy, so it is not convenient to carry it when going out to fight in expeditions.

Therefore, in the process of training, Zhu Yousong instructed them to abandon their shields and use a new training method to deal with bows and arrows. The main training is to use the weapons in their hands to avoid them. martial arts.

Fortunately, the expedition army seedlings they selected this time are not recruits, but all elites from various armies, and they all have a certain foundation in martial arts.When training them, let some archers shoot arrows at them. Of course, this kind of arrows are arrows with no arrows, but special treatment has been done on the arrows. As long as they are shot, white spots will be left.

After training in this way, after a meal of bow and arrow, of course, the fewer white spots on these soldiers, the better, and they are often assessed during training.Anyone who is shot at a vital part by random arrows will be fined the military salary of the month.Those who are not shot at non-critical parts will not be rewarded or punished, and those who have no white spots on their bodies will be rewarded with military pay.Therefore, after several months of training, the cavalry and infantry of the expeditionary army were very effective in defending against the random arrows. They did not need to use shields, and the casualties were almost minimal in a short period of random arrow attacks.

Therefore, when the specially trained expeditionary army saw the Tartars firing arrows, they didn't care at all. Facing the arrows that covered the sky and covered the sun like raindrops, they charged on horseback while holding knives and guns. The swords and halberds danced like flying, the arrows were blocked one after another, and the iron hoof charge was still as fast as the wind. Only a few people who were not skilled in martial arts, or they performed abnormally and fell off the horse with arrows.

The distance between the two sides was several hundred meters, and they rushed together in the blink of an eye, and the bows and arrows of the Qing army lost their effect.

The Green Battalion and the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Army were also well-trained. They skillfully put away their bows and arrows, replaced them with swords and spears, and slashed and stabbed at the soldiers of the Ming Army.

But the dense rain of bows and arrows can't hurt these expeditionary troops, let alone the hacking and stabbing knives and guns?
Amidst the tinkling of gold and iron, the sharp blades of the Qing army were swung away, and the swords, guns, swords and halberds in the hands of the Ming army danced like flying, and greeted the Qing army.

During the scuffle, an iron cavalry of the Ming Expeditionary Army chopped down two Green Battalion soldiers and an Eight Banners soldier one after another with a saber in his hand.Unexpectedly, he was surrounded by four Qing troops.

The four Qing soldiers attacked back and forth, the spear in front pierced the expeditionary soldier's abdomen, and the saber of a Qing soldier in the back also slashed his back.

The expeditionary soldier was crumbling on his horse, and his facial features were all moved, but he endured the severe pain and exhausted his last strength, his legs were covered with armored horses, and while the horses rushed forward, he straightened his sword forward , as a result, the spear that pierced his belly pierced him, but the man who stabbed him in front of the horse, his neck was pierced by his sharp blade, and he screamed twice. Both the expeditionary army and the man sacked.

Liu Wenxiu and Ma Wannian swung their swords and beheaded the Qing army approaching. At this time, the bravest of the Ming army was Li Zicheng.His horse is fast and the sword is heavy, and the king's sword is dancing like flying. No matter the Green Battalion soldiers or the Eight Banners Army, wherever the king's sword and horse pass, they will leave a lot of casualties. However, he is now aiming at Dorgon, the chief general of the Qing army.

(End of this chapter)