Chapter 169: Breaking the Cauldron and Sinking the Boat
"No! Lao Tzu can't just wait for death! ”
Looking at the people in front of him who were arguing for a long time and still hadn't come up with a result, Li Shutai said ruthlessly in his heart.
He is also a descendant of the Jiangmen family.
His great-grandfather Li Chengliang, thinking how majestic it was back then?
Back then, his grandfather led his 8,000 subordinates to crisscross the entire Liaodong, and all the strong enemies avoided him.
At that time, it was the most beautiful time for the Li family in Liaodong.
It was only later, with the rapid rise of Houjin and the death of his great-grandfather Li Chengliang, that the Li family began to decline.
Later, after even his grandfather Li Rubai died, the Li family was even more depressed.
It wasn't until his son Li Yongfang and Fan Wencheng surrendered to Houjin together, that they were quite passable in Houjin, and gradually recovered some of their vitality.
Fortunately, with the beginning of this year, the Great Khan Emperor Taiji suddenly began to form the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and their family was once again reused.
I, my eldest brother, and my father were all appointed by Huang Taiji as the lord of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and the real scenery is infinite.
However, the opposite must be reversed, and tragedy is about to come.
I have just finished forming, I have just completed the personnel and armament, and the white flag that has not yet been trained has been pulled to the battlefield and used as cannon fodder!
At this time, Li Shutai was very unwilling and quite aggrieved.
He originally thought that in front of the Tartar master, he would perform desperately, and in the future, he would also get a big official such as the founding father to carry forward the Li family!
Indeed, it's not this guy who is cranky.
Historically, this Li Shutai, after replacing the Ming Empire in the Later Jin Dynasty and unifying it, really achieved the position of the governor of a province, which is very awesome.
It was only later, when Emperor Qianlong crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and the Li family was included in the liquidation list, that it completely declined.
At this time, Li Shutai thought about it for a while, and when he saw the people in front of him, he was still clueless and a mess.
In the end, seeing that everyone really can't come up with a good way, then, I can only use the old way.
They sent people to the four corners of this temporary military camp station, wantonly collected logs and vehicles, cut down almost all the trees on the nearby mountains, and hurriedly pieced together some large wooden shields or large shield carts on the spot.
Although today's battles have shown that this level of armor is not capable of blocking enemy shells.
However, if you put these big wooden shields or big shield carts in front of your body, even if you can't stop the cannonballs, you can at least block the shells.
These traitor generals led people to toss for half a night and all night, and took those craftsmen who accompanied the army to make all kinds of big wooden shields, big shield carts and other things all night long.
Fortunately, those skilled craftsmen were all craftsmen of the Ming Empire who were captured by the Tartars, and they were very familiar with this kind of carpentry work, and they did not delay the time for the completion of these tools.
Li Shutai and those generals of the Han army with white flags also made all kinds of tricks.
During the night, in order to exhaust the enemy army, they also constantly sent troops of cavalry to attack the defense line of the firearms brigade of the Ming Royal Guard.
They want to use tactics to exhaust the opponent and make the other party mentally exhausted, and it is better to be listless, and it is easy to make some low-level mistakes.
However, how can the soldiers of the Royal Guard get along well?
As the saying goes: Kou can come, I can also go.
Brigade commander Huang Jingyi immediately dispatched a scout brigade, and the 20 sharpshooters assisted the scout brigade in batches, and launched a night attack and sabotage battle against the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Army.
Overnight, the two sides went back and forth, and they fought happily.
In order to prevent the Tartar army from attacking at night, the soldiers of the Royal Guard lit a bonfire at a distance of about 150 steps outside the defense line, a few dozen paces apart.
As soon as the Tartars dared to appear outside their line at night, they immediately fired a volley of gunfire, killing and wounding them and repelling them.
The Eight Banners of the Han Army and the many clothed slave soldiers, where are the opponents of those sharpshooters and those elite scout soldiers who are armed to the teeth?
After a busy night's work, the losses were heavy.
At dawn, these soldiers of the Han army with white flags launched two or three hundred large wooden shields or large shield carts from the battalion and placed them in front of the two armies.
Then thousands of soldiers with white flags of the Eight Banners of the Han Army were sent to attack the defense line of the Royal Guards Firearms Brigade under the cover of large shield vehicles.
After several fierce battles between the two sides, the brigade commander Huang Jingyi personally led the troops, and easily repelled the Tartar offensive.
In the evening, in front of the two armies, there were piles of scattered large shield carts, as well as a large number of large wooden shield wreckage.
Dealing with these big wooden shields and big shield cars has long become the royal guard's specialty.
Artillerymen can use them as targets, aim directly, and knock them out one by one.
The officers and men of the artillery battalion should be used to practice aiming and shooting.
Therefore, these big shield cars and big wooden shields do not play much role in the royal guard soldiers at all.
It's just that the soldiers of Jiannu can consume some ammunition and supplies of the Guards artillery battalion, and sometimes they can get a little closer to the line of the Royal Guards Firearms Brigade!
At this time, the Eight Banners of the Han Army of the Tartars left thousands of corpses in front of the military formation of the Guards Firearms Brigade, as well as many light and serious wounded.
In addition to these losses, their biggest gain was to place a few rows of arrows in dense rows towards the line of the Royal Guard.
These attacks have put some pressure on the officers and men of the Guards Firearms Brigade.
However, it doesn't help either.
Because the distance was too far, most of the arrows fell in front of the position of the Royal Guards Firearms Brigade, and they were already crumbling and had no lethality.
Only a few heavy arrows, shot by the strong archers of the Tartars, inflicted wounds on the soldiers of the Guards, causing several wounds.
Of course, these Tartar strongbowmen were immediately furious by the sharpshooters of the Guards, killing them one by one.
Ao Bai and Yue Tuo looked at such a battle situation, their heads were smoking, and they gritted their teeth and swore that they would kill all these damn and immature-looking baby soldiers of the Ming New Army.
But that's it, the two of them were made by these baby soldiers, and they didn't have a temper at all
The soldiers of the Royal Guards Firearms Brigade, although the defensive line built was not too strong, but it effectively restrained the cavalry offensive that the Tartars were best at.
And relying on this rudimentary line of defense, with their sharp firearms, like a fire-breathing hedgehog, the vicious dog of Tartar can only be anxious, but he can't put his mouth down.
"No! If we drag on like this, it won't work at all! ”
Aobai, who is in charge of supervising the war, is now anxious.
His heart is very restless now.
Although they have not yet received reports from those scouts who have been sent out, on the rest of the various fronts, there is no attack by the new army of the Ming Dynasty.
However, he is extremely sensitive to the battlefield situation, but since then, he has been in shock.
And that's not all!
Even my eyelids can't help jumping!
Although he couldn't figure out these enemies on the other side, why didn't he take the initiative to attack?
It's just that the more time passes, the more uneasy he becomes.
There will be intrigues and calculations!
Now I see those soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, busy all night, constantly launching battles, but in vain, Ao Bai is really red-eyed.
"Yueto, Namuthai!"
Ao Bai thought for a while, and suddenly shouted loudly at the two commander-level generals beside him.
"I think, it's better to fight to the death!"
Ao Bai came out with his thoughts, "Contact the Anshan Post in the rear, and transfer the remaining 7,500 clan warriors from Gushan!" ”
"Also, let those coated minions bring enough arrows and carpentry materials to build a large number of big wooden shields and big shield cars, and we will rest and recuperate, and launch a night decisive battle against these damn Ming new troops tomorrow night!"
He knew that in the white hour, the enemy's firepower was too fierce, and it did not look like the cannon was blown up and the ammunition was insufficient.
In this way, if you want to storm the opponent's defense line, as many soldiers as you go, they will all be sent to death.
But the night is different, with the cover of night, the whole army attacked together, and under the crushing of the 100,000 army, the opponent's simple breastwork and trench defense line could not stop the advance of the army at all.
In that case, it should, maybe, perhaps, capture the enemy's positions in one fell swoop.
As long as the defensive position of Lierao is broken, the result will naturally be that the elite cavalry warriors of their own side will launch a one-sided killing of those new Ming troops.
Seeing that it was useless to do anything, he turned to the idea of attacking at night.
At night, for the Tartars and traitors the brigade came, it was a natural protection.
Even if the new army of the Ming Dynasty was outside the defense line and lit a bonfire, it could not reach far from the sight.
This is relatively advantageous for the Tartar side.
"I'll see it!"
Namuthai thought for a moment, and then said he agreed.
Indeed, it is too much pressure to consume each other like this.
If nothing else, just the 100,000 army here, every money and food to be consumed is a huge number.
However, there were many treasures of gold and silver, but food and materials were scarce.
This is their own territory again, even if the soldiers go around to rob it, it is their own people who rob it, and they can't grab much at all, and they can't solve the urgent need at all.
He didn't think about it that much, he just looked at it from the most realistic side.
"Alright! I immediately ordered that all the soldiers in the Anshan Post area be transferred, and even those clothed minions should be increased. ”
"Two, this time there is really no way out, you must succeed in the battle!"
Yue Tuo also didn't care about his own red flag warriors, after this battle, how much loss he would have.
This hurdle must be passed as soon as possible, otherwise, the situation will inevitably get worse and worse.
The decision of the three-person leadership group was decided, so they dispersed separately and got busy.
But will the outcome really be as they expected?