"One, two, three, four......"

When the Qing army's Hongyi small cannon was pulled to a mile and a half in front of the Ming army's vehicle formation, the great Confucian Shi Kefa on Turtle Mountain began to count.

Of course, you have to know math!

"Thirty-five, thirty-six...... Dulwich, you're not wrong about being a father, right? Soon, Shi Daru had already finished counting, and he was worried that he was not counting carefully, so he turned around and asked.

"Your Excellency, you are not mistaken, it is thirty-six."

"It's all Hongyi cannons?" Shi Kefa asked again.

"Yes, it's all Tartar's Hongyi cannon, let's call it a three-pounder regimental cannon."

"How many cannons do they have in a Hongyi small cannon cow?" Shi Kefa asked again.

"It should be six." Stilwell replied, "It looks like Dorgon is going to use all of the Red Cannons to bombard our front center...... Adults, you can pile up the pouch with rice noodles and dried sweet potatoes, and you can resist it for a while. ”

While observing the situation on the front line, Shi Kefa nodded lightly: "It's also a way...... Go ahead and arrange it. ”

Dolgon now used the tactic of concentrating firepower to bombard a little bit, concentrating 36 small Hongyi cannons to bombard the central section of Scofa's car directly south, almost a mile wide.

The rate of fire of the Hongyi small cannon is not slow, even if the level of the Qing army's gunners is sparse, one cannon can shoot more than 70 shells in an hour, and 36 guns are more than 2,500 shells. If they are all hit on a 500-meter-wide front, the density of fire can be imagined.

And because the distance is very close, there is no problem of deviation - even if it is missed, it can cause some damage to the Ming army, because the Ming army is in close formation in order to resist the cavalry of the Qing army. As long as the shells fall in the Ming army's large array, they can cause damage.

On the contrary, it was difficult for the Ming army's artillery counterattack to inflict too much damage on the Qing army. Because the Qing army was loosely arrayed and spread out a wide front for more than 20 miles, the cavalry and mounted infantry were placed in groups, and they were not fixed.

Therefore, the artillery counterattack of the Ming army could only be carried out against the artillery position of the Qing army, but the artillery of the Qing army also used a bag full of flour to set up a bunker for none of the small Hongyi cannons, making it difficult for the artillery counterattack of the Ming army to achieve good results.

As for the infantry cavalry to storm the artillery positions of the Qing army...... Dolgon was also prepared, and more than 20 Niu Lu's Eight Banners were deployed 200 paces behind the Qing army's artillery array, ready to attack at any time.

In addition, Dolgon also transferred six old Eight Banners Han Army's firearms and oxen to spread out in his own artillery array (placed in the gap between the cannons) to cover the artillery.

Seeing the artillery, infantry, and cavalry of the Qing army unfold and arrange their formations in an orderly manner, Shi Kefa knew that it was not possible for his car formation to stand up and be beaten. The 36 Hongyi small cannons will bombard a section of the vehicle formation in a concentrated manner, and it will definitely be able to open the gap in two or three hours at most...... Even if Shi Kefa's people used the food bags as sandbags, they would not be able to carry them.

Then the infantry and cavalry of the Qing army will storm the gap......

Shi Kefa finally put down the binoculars, and whispered left and right: "Go and invite Gao Futai, Zuo Tuanlian, Huang Zongrong and the two Li Zongrong." ”

Gao Hongtu, Zuo Maodi, Huang Degong, Li Chengdong and Li Shiyuan were soon invited to Shi Kefa, followed by a pre-battle military discussion.

"It seems that the Donglu has gathered all the cannons and placed them in front of us......" Shi Kefa said, "we can't just be beaten, we must fight back!" ”

"Supervisor," Huang Degong also agreed with Shi Kefa's opinion, "the formation of the last general is loose, the front is too wide, and their right flank, the forces around Li Zhuang and Niujiazhuang are a bit thin. If we can dispatch more than 10,000 cavalry elites, tow artillery, and quickly detour to Niujiazhuang to repel the Dongyu there, this battle will be promising. ”

Taking the initiative to attack when unable to withstand artillery bombardment is a very common style of play in the phalanx era, and this situation has appeared in many battles.

Of course, it is generally difficult to win an infantry and cavalry attack that is hastily launched in a difficult artillery battle. However, Shi Kefa does not seek victory now, as long as he can drag Dolgon's main force on the battlefield and hold on to the arrival of more than 30,000 people led by Zhu Cihong, then he will be able to win a complete victory.

Oh, and you don't need to win big, just lose both!

Daming can afford to be hurt, but Dongyu doesn't have such a thick capital.

"More than 10,000 paces of elite riding can move to Niujiazhuang under Dongyu's nose?" Gao Hongtu was a little worried.

Niujiazhuang is more than ten miles away from Guishan, and the army of more than 10,000 people can't pass for an hour or two.

"The last general will personally lead the troops!" Huang Degong was full of chests, "The 5,000 elite soldiers of the last general are just needed." ”

His 5,000 elite soldiers are the establishment of the "Morris Formation", a battalion of 500 people, a total of 10 battalions.

Gao Hongtu glanced at Li Chengdong.

Li Chengdong immediately said: "The last general also sent out 2 infantry battalions and 2 cavalry battalions. ”

"That's 7,000 people," Shi Kefa thought for a while, and said, "The Qufu army also has a foot car battalion, plus half an artillery battalion, and 8 3-pounder guns......"

Shi Daru's tone was already calm: "Huang Zongrong, you are the commander-in-chief of this formation, Li Tingzhen, you are the deputy commander." ”

Huang Degong and Li Chengdong hurriedly got up, and both sides bowed to Shi Kefa: "The last general will be ordered!" ”

The counterattack force mobilized by Shi Kefa was originally a reserve, not a part of the vehicle formation, so it was quickly mobilized. Almost at the same time that the Qing artillery was deployed and began to fire, more than 9,000 infantry and 8 cannons, escorted by more than 800 lancers in slatted armor, came out from the rear of Guishan and marched towards Niujiazhuang, which seemed to be weak on the right flank of the Qing army.

"Huang Ama, the southern soldiers have really attacked our right flank...... That's a lot of people! Shang Kexi's eyesight was very good, and he didn't use a telescope to find out that the Ming army was attacking, and he immediately shouted.

Dolgon raised his binoculars and looked at it, and said to Shang Kexi beside him, "It's still quite orderly...... It's a pity that the blind and the deaf! ”

Shang Kexi smiled and said: "It's all Huang Ama Shengming, and every move of the southern army can't get rid of Huang Ama 's clever calculations." ”

Dolgon laughed, waved his hand, and said, "What a clever plan, it's just an ordinary arrangement...... Our cavalry can block the battlefield, so naturally we can hide a little back move and lay a little trap. If they have three or five thousand elite horsemen to use, our ambush soldiers have no place to hide.

Come on, spread my will, let Du Lei shoot the cavalry to stop the Southern Army Brigade! Don't send too much, send three or five hundred horsemen, it's almost enough. ”

"Wow!"

The red-armored soldiers with their own white flags under the watchtower car got the military order from Dolgon, and Pegasus went to the right wing of the Qing army (responsible for Lizhuang and Niujiazhuang) to send an order.

Shang Kexi, who was standing with Dolgon, hurriedly reminded: "Huang Ama, the spear cavalry of the southern army here in Shandong is not weak..... There are seven or eight hundred cavalry guards, and three or five hundred cavalry will suffer if they ride up! ”

The spear and armor cavalry he said refers to Li Chengdong's group of cavalry wearing slatted armor, which are all used as shock cavalry.

Although Shandong is in the north, there have been frequent wars in the past three or two years, and the consumption of cavalry and war horses is very large. The four towns of Shandong, which could not resist the consumption, had to reduce the number of cavalry that did not collect at night and focus on the development of lancer cavalry. That is, well-equipped lancers in slatted iron armor, with shock and hand-to-hand combat as the main means of engagement, and the main task was to cover the infantry and chariots.

Don't look at Li Chengdong's 800 iron cavalry, but when fighting with the "Morris Phalanx", it is still enough to expel the same number or even more Qing cavalry.

Dolgon smiled, "I have to let the southern soldiers get some advantage...... Otherwise, how could they take it lightly? ”

Dolgon had prepared an ambush of 25,000 or 6,000 men for this Ming army that attacked his right flank in a roundabout way! Coupled with the four or five thousand people who were already deployed in Niujia Village, a total of more than 30,000 elites of the Nine Banners have already sharpened their knives.

That's three times the enemy's superior strength!

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