Chapter 1775: Cavalry Duel
However, Ao Bai soon realized that he was wrong, and the musketeer in front of him fired in bursts as always, without reload time, and almost never stopped outputting fire.
Of course, in fact this is impossible, it is just an illusion.
Behind the sand and stone bags of the circular fortifications, there are three layers of firepower, upper, middle and lower, and the firepower continues to output by replacing and replacing the ground.
This cavalry charged, and less than thirty percent of the three thousand Qing cavalry returned alive, and they all confessed their kung fu with a pillar of incense.
If it weren't for the Qing army's attack in multiple directions, I'm afraid there would not be even a single percent left.
Only then did Ao Bai understand that the combat power of the two sides was not at the same level.
As a result, after losing nearly 5,000 people, he finally recognized the situation and changed his methods.
This method is actually very simple, you can't beat it, you can always afford to hide, right?
Aobai, who has always been strong, also bowed his "arrogant" head to reality.
Bypassing the circular fortifications erected by Song An, continue to advance southward.
It's a "cowardly" approach, but it works.
Ao Bai was unconsciously kicked the ball to Song An's feet.
Song An was in pain, his task was to stop the Aobai army from going south, but it was only a day and a half, if the Aobai army arrived in Ziyang in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.
After the main force of the Qing army detoured, Song An had to lead his troops to take the initiative to attack, dividing into two roads, left and right, to block the Qing army from the side.
This is tantamount to being swept away by the Qing army.
It is also in line with Aobai's intentions, Aobai quickly ordered, two cavalry teams of 1,000 people each quickly interspersed from both sides to the middle, and then with the Qing army blocked by Song An on both sides, forming a situation of encirclement in the southeast, northwest and northwest.
The situation was extremely critical, to the point where the lives of three thousand musketeers hung by a thread.
The Qing musketeers could also shoot at the Ruishi battalion with impunity, and they could also use the density to offset the lack of accuracy, which was equivalent to dragging the musketeers of both sides to the same level of technology and tactics.
The Qing cavalry charged the musketeers in all directions with a skirmish line, and the musketeers without fortifications had a completely different psychological endurance, and the guns relied on the fortifications and shot at the end of the hand was completely different.
As the cavalry approached, they began to make contact with the perimeter of the musketeers, and the musketeers were slaughtered one after another, unable to defend themselves at all.
Seeing the annihilation of the whole army is just around the corner.
At this time, the savior finally arrived.
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Qian Qiaogong was indeed late, at least a day late.
Although Song An left earlier than Qian Qiaogong, and it would take at least two days to send an order to Qian Qiaogong from Xuzhou.
But Qian Qiaogong led all cavalry.
It is fast, and it is much closer to the Xiaowen River than Song'an.
It stands to reason that the Wind Thunder Cavalry should have arrived a day earlier, that is, the time when Song An frantically shot the Qing army on the surface of the Xiaowen River and engaged the enemy.
Why was Qian Qiaogong late?
In fact, the reason is very simple, but those who hide sharp weapons always want to take them out to "show off".
In the field battle with the Qing cavalry, although Qian Qiaogong was not afraid, he also knew that the gap in strength between the two sides could not be bridged in a short time.
It has only been more than a year since the formation of the Wind and Thunder Cavalry, although there are veterans from the original spear cavalry battalion like the yellow camel, but the proportion of the number is not much after all, and what is about to be faced is the elite of the full cavalry, real real money.
Therefore, Qian Qiaogong never wants to "cherish himself", he has to bring Xiaolin with him, what's the matter, that is also a veritable king of the battlefield.
Of course, Qian Qiaogong will not admit that the iron armor worn by Xiaolin's cavalry, every piece is taken from the iron armor heavy cavalry that Dolgon has worked so hard on, and even the war horse under the soldier's crotch is also "sent" by Dolgon, no, to be precise, that battle was really not commanded by Dolgon, it was caused by the poor command of the fool of Lan Bai, and now this fool has been taken by Yue Le as a chicken owl for the monkey in Haizhou, and if he wants to see Dolgon underground, he has to be attacked again.
With more than 3,000 wind and thunder riders, plus 800 Xiaolin riders, this lineup is strong enough.
Once it echoes the east and west of the Ruishi battalion, its momentum is enough to destroy any elite.
But Ao Bai does have two brushes, and there is a way to be a no-void person under the fame.
When the Wind and Thunder Rider had just revealed traces from the direction of Turtle Mountain, Ao Bai had already quickly adjusted his tactics.
It stands to reason that when the enemy has reinforcements and cavalry arrive, Ao Bai should transfer cavalry to block the attack, and then solve the battlefield in front of him as soon as possible, and then join forces to solve the reinforcements.
Ke Ao Bai made a very different tactical adjustment.
He ordered the crossbowmen and musketeers in the infantry army to move eastward, in the direction of the wind and thunder horses, forming a "human wall" of about 6,000 people, which was the most dense in this era.
The crossbowman in front and the musketeer in the back, almost with their backs to their chests, and they are intersecting with unevenness.
It is hard to imagine that a Manchu general, in a few years, has mastered the battlefield secret of victory with muskets, that is, the victory of quantity over quality.
In the early days of musket tactics, it was impossible to pay attention to accuracy, even in later generations, in addition to snipers, the output of firepower was as intensive, and it was really difficult for a strong man to win with precision on the battlefield, so how much cost did it take to train a sharpshooter?
It was the order of Ao Bai that really made Qian Qiaogong suffer a small loss and Song An suffered a big loss.
Qian Qiaogong knew that he was more than a day late, and when the scout of the Wind and Thunder Battalion reported that the Ruishi Battalion was fighting fiercely and the situation was not good, he was also anxious.
In this hurry, the existing rules and regulations will be messed up.
It stands to reason that Qian Qiaogong should divide his troops into two ways at this time, from the south and north sides of the battlefield, to divide and encircle the battlefield, which can be done by the wind and thunder cavalry, at this time the two sides on the battlefield are fighting fiercely, and the movement of the wind and thunder cavalry is completely not stopped by the enemy.
In this way, it can not only cut off the possibility of the Qing army continuing to go south to reinforce Ziyang, but at the same time, the frontal assault on the enemy from behind the Ruishi battalion is far more effective than facing the muskets and crossbowmen coming towards them head-on.
It's a pity that Qian Qiaogong's order at that time was to make a frontal assault.
This is just the opposite of Aobai's tactics, just like the two sides changed their camp positions, Qian Qiaogong thinks that Aobai must send cavalry to meet the battle, so attract the cavalry, Song An's pressure will be lighter, and the Rui Shi battalion will fight against the enemy's musketeers, is it not a piece of cake?
As long as Song An solves the enemy's infantry army, then once the east-west flank is formed, it will be the turn of whether the Ao Bailao Shen's own troops will be completely destroyed.
It was very slow to say, but at that time, there was only a split second, and there was not much time to react at all, so that the generals on both sides could make a proper decision after careful consideration.
Therefore, the victory or defeat of a battle often depends on the commander's decision on the spot.
And Aobai's move may be a coincidence, or maybe he really understands the secret of hot weapon combat, and no one can ask the answer from the mouth of the dead man anyway.