Chapter 472: Game 2: Cavalry!
The relatives and nobles who stood on Rufeng Mountain to watch the battle were frightened one by one.
In less than a quarter of an hour after the two armies engaged, the firearms battalion of King Sanshun was defeated, and the army of nearly 10,000 people was crushed, and was charged by the cavalry of Wu Sangui's army that rushed up from both wings, cutting the retreating army into two sections.
Seeing the timing of the collapse of the Han army flag, Wu Sangui discussed a few words with the liaison officer sent by Wu Biao beside him, and immediately ordered that all the 2,000 cavalry under his command were pressed up, and the retreating Kong Youde's department was cut into two sections from south to north, and after it was divided and surrounded, he made every effort to block the Han army flag in the encirclement from breaking through, and at the same time, blocked the soldiers and horses of the Jiannu Eight Banners who came to the rescue.
"Please tell the sect brother that this group of dog thieves in the encirclement will be handed over to your army, and if any slaves come, our department will deal with it!"
The heroic Wu Sangui threw a handful of bamboo skewers into the air from his boots, "Children, follow me!" ”
Today's battle, there is no defeat, the model brigade has beaten the momentum of the slave cavalry, at this time, how to show their ability in front of everyone, especially in front of several adults? Isn't the limelight taken away by Wu Biao?
At the sound of an order, Wu Sangui's cavalry members let out bursts of whistling and strange screams from their mouths, and each rode their horses to follow the commander to rush to the retreating Han army banner.
Although Wu Sangui led the troops with strict military discipline, he was not unkind, on the contrary, he had a good relationship with his soldiers, so whether it was a family member or an ordinary battalion soldier, Wu Sangui was able to achieve the death force of a soldier.
Today, the effect of raising soldiers is seen!
It's one thing to be good at public relations. It is one thing for His Majesty to be generous, but this does not hide Wu Sangui's pride as a leader among the generals in Liaoxi, and from the bottom of his heart, his arrogance is no worse than that of any child of a family.
When he was in Beijing, he also saw several sons of the Li family on social occasions, and whenever he saw Li Huayu's lively appearance, he felt uncomfortable. Why? Everyone relied on Lao Tzu to be able to enter the house, when he was fifty-three riding his family to save his father and became famous in the world, you Li family boys still don't know where they are! Once the ambition is rampant. It's really unpleasant to look at.
But. When you calm down, you feel a lot calmer. The Li family, like his Wu family and ancestral family, was able to gain a foothold in the court because they had a strong army in their hands and an important or rich territory. So. No matter what. Having an army in hand, an elite soldier who can fight tough battles and win battles according to his own orders is the most important thing! Today. It is to show his majesty in front of the Overseer! Let my colleagues see that in the Liaodong Army, only the Ning Army can fight! In the Guanning army, only I can fight in the Ningyuan army!
His cavalry began to slowly increase in speed, from golden lotus broken steps, to small steps and fast walking, then to jogging, and in the blink of an eye, to galloping. Three miles, two miles, less than two or three hundred steps, in the eyes of the rout, their armor and horses can be seen more and more clearly.
Like a tidal wave, thousands of Ming cavalry, banners like clouds and hooves like thunder, rushed in front of the Qing army's position at the foot of Rufeng Mountain.
In the blink of an eye, the torrent of the two cavalry quickly converged at the foot of Rufeng Mountain, and swooped towards the other party's path, under the iron hooves, full of flesh and brains of the rout.
"Rush over! Don't worry about the head! ”
Wu Sangui waved the horse lance in his hand to quickly stab the rout soldiers blocking the road to death, and at the same time shouted loudly to urge his subordinates not to entangle with a small group of routs, and it was important to quickly complete the encirclement.
Seeing that there was no way to escape and hopelessness in front of them, some of the scattered Han army banner firecrackers simply took off the sleeve bayonet on their waists, twisted them on the guns, turned the firecrackers into a short spear, and turned back with a wild scream, ready to fight with the pursuing Ming cavalry.
However, in the time of Napoleon and Wellington, the tactics of muskets were so well developed that if the infantry wanted to deal with the cavalry on the plains, they had to form a phalanx and rely on collective strength to defend. If the scattered infantry cannot form a military formation, how can it be an opponent of the cavalry?
Besides, when did these firecrackers train to use firearms to fight white-knuckle combat? With a bayonet in your hand against a galloping cavalry? The firecrackers fought against the Wu Sangui cavalry who were eager to win in a scattered state, and what awaited them was only a dead end.
One by one, the cavalry swept past these routs, constantly throwing javelins, throwing flying swords and broadswords, and occasionally there would be a few fiery sounds, that is, the cavalry using the three-eyed guns lit the medicine pot, and used the three-eyed guns to kill the strongest of the routs.
Wu Sangui rode forward, followed by dozens of loyal soldiers, and a standard-bearer held his Wu character aloft, clashing back and forth among the rout. Then 50 cavalry cavalry rushed towards the Han army, knocked them to the ground, trampled them with their horses' hooves, and stabbed them to death one by one with their sabers and spears.
They went straight past the large rout and got beyond the crowd that might be resisting. Re-enact the scene just now, and use the three-eyed javelin, flying knives, axes, and spears to turn the large group of routs into small units.
"Lord Wang, let's go!"
Kong Youde and others, under the escort of dozens of Bayala soldiers, jumped on their horses and fought hard, and finally escaped from the encirclement of Wu Sangui's cavalry.
The frightened Kong Youde grabbed the horse's head and turned back to look back at the battlefield just now, which had become a paradise for the two Wu generals.
In addition to the cavalry of the Ning Yuan Army, they even dismounted and fought on foot, wielding the mourning guns and desperate knives in their hands, constantly rushing back and forth in the ranks of the Han army banners with only stabs, tearing the crowd apart, dividing them into small pieces, and finally attacking with heavy armored cavalry. As a result, these Han army banners lost hope of escaping to the Rufeng Mountain position to the west, turned their heads and turned into routs again, and crashed into the net of Wu Biao's pikemen to the south or east.
The two Wu generals gradually formed a tacit understanding, and Wu Sangui divided eight or nine hundred heavy armored cavalry, which was responsible for driving the rout troops in groups in the direction of Wu Biao's pikemen.
Along the east to the west, a large net about two or three miles long from north to south was opened. More than 1,000 pikemen of the Model Brigade kept stabbing left and right with mourning guns. The training method of the soldiers and horses of the model brigade was born from the Nanyue Army, and the pikemen only practiced one movement, advancing and stabbing straight, stabbing 500 times each time, and practicing at least four times a day. After practicing two thousand forward stabs a day, these pikemen were already as skilled in this movement as eating, walking, and sleeping. At this time, it is most appropriate to deal with the scattered stragglers.
Three or five pikemen in a group, alternately covering each other, spears and stabs. One punch and one stab. Dedicated to the Han army flag to break the eyes of the soldiers. The throat, heart and mouth and other vital parts are greeted, brave and not afraid of death, facing them. So in terms of momentum, they lost three points.
Fit of their array. It is even more skilled. It is always clever to form a situation of more and less fighting, and the rescue response of teammates is accurate and timely. One by one, they inverted the zigzag, and the queue like a small three-talent formation swept like a hurricane. There was only one fire gun in his hand, and the spurs on it were far inferior to the spear, and many Han army firearms soldiers were stabbed to the ground when they came down one by one, and the pikemen didn't care about cutting off their heads, so they continued to raise their guns and go forward, looking for the next target to be slaughtered.
The matter of cutting off people's heads, stripping off their armor, and collecting the arms of the Han army was carried out by those sword and shield soldiers with hundreds of auxiliary soldiers, most of whom were prisoners when Sichuan exterminated the Thirteen Families of Shaohuang, and selected the best and strongest as auxiliary soldiers in the battalion.
The spear in the pikeman's hand is like a huge broom, sweeping through the narrow battlefield, sweeping away the lives of each one into the garbage heap. More than 1,000 pikemen were in groups of three or five, forming a small formation of more than 200 people, which were both dense and evacuated. Among this crowd, several Cantonese veterans served as captains and served as backbones and role models for their brothers. A Wu commander, who was still bleeding from his shoulder, ignored the pain of his injuries, cursed wildly in his mouth, held his spear, and stabbed forward, and the long sharp spikes pierced out of his throat, nailing a small officer of the Han army flag wearing a strong uniform to the bloody ground.
A Han army flag firecracker thought that it was the strong man, seeing the leader's mouth kept spitting blood foam, he couldn't help but cry again and again, dropped the firearm in his hand and crawled to escape, was the captain of the two pikemen behind him, and then the two quickly caught up, stabbed him in the back of the heart several times, in his terrible howl, kept stabbing him down, the sharp spear was pulled out, and several blood arrows spurted out.
On either side of them, the same small team trotted along an invisible line of attack, dozens of blood-dripping spears poking out like bright red letters spit out from a poisonous snake.
They rushed forward furiously, and the Han troops in front of them had been completely defeated, and all they encountered were screaming and fleeing, whether they were ordinary firecrackers or officers of all ranks.
Under the panic, the chaos intensified, encountering obstacles such as dirt pits, high hills, mud and stones, many people accidentally fell to the ground, and then trampled by countless big feet, they let out loud screams until they were trampled alive into flesh.
The pikemen gave hot pursuit, occasionally stabbing the slow-fleeing Han soldiers to death in the fields, adding to their fear.
"There's a big guy here!" A few pikemen shouted happily, and seven or eight pikemen nearby immediately rushed to reinforcements.
Forced by a few spears, it was Li Jiucheng, who had broken his right arm, thinking that the horse lost its front hooves when it retreated, fell from the horse's back, broke his arm, held a sword in his left hand, and the helmet on his head did not know where it was lost.
A few Goshkha beside him each listened to the sword and gun to protect the main general. Trying to fight the trapped beasts, waiting for reinforcements that might arrive. After all, this is a battle in front of the Qing army's camp, and Huang Taiji is watching the battle on the top of the mountain, if he doesn't show his wife well, the fate of the family in Shengjing at this moment will be extremely tragic.
Several pikemen exchanged glances with each other, judging from the situation and dress of the Jiannu in front of them, it was definitely a big fish, take care of him! Life and death are great achievements,
The pikemen did not hesitate to stab the spear out of their hands, the spear instantly broke through the armor, and pierced Li Jiucheng in half, and then, another shot stabbed him, deeply pierced in his chest, making him let out a muffled snort, and was stabbed by several spears in a row, Li Jiucheng's body twisted for a while, and the sword in his hand no longer knew where to throw it, his hands were desperately scratching in mid-air, and several pikemen worked together in the shouting of the captain. Lifting Li Jiucheng high into the air, he pulled out the spear at the same time, causing him to fall heavily to the ground, followed by another deep stab.
"Leave a brother behind and look at this corpse!"
"Your Majesty! Send someone to pick up King Sanshun, right? If you don't go, you should be killed by the barbarians! ”
On the top of Rufeng Mountain, the owner of the Blue Banner Manchurian Banner, Prince Su Haoge, was the first to wake up from the shock, and this kind of slaughter-style battle usually took place when the Eight Banners fought against the Ming army. Today it was reversed. Although it was those Nikans who died. However, this firecracker soldier was built by Huang Taiji with countless money and thoughts.
Huang Taiji chose this Rufeng Mountain as his temporary command post, except because there is a stone city walled city built against the mountain. It's easy to defend and hard to attack. It is optimistic about the good observation conditions here. Jinzhou can be seen in the north, and Songshan can be seen in the south. Songxing forts, all piers, all in view. Rufeng Mountain is the barrier of Jinzhou City, and the mountain city is the barrier of Rufeng Mountain, and the geographical advantage is extremely important. However, the city has a flaw, if the army attacks from the north of Rufeng Mountain, the fortress is difficult to defend, the Qing people besieged Jinzhou for a long time, the mountain city has long been occupied by the Qing army, but it is used as a key place for them.
And when Huang Taiji, who was extremely experienced in the battlefield, arrived at the Jinzhou battlefield, he immediately decided to use Rufeng Mountain Stone Village as his temporary command post.
When he made Rufeng Mountain his garrison, the Qing army immediately invested a large number of manpower to turn Rufeng Mountain into a fortress. The barren grass and trees on the mountain and below have all been cut down or uprooted and burned. This move is to enhance the vision of the defenders on the mountain, which is conducive to the defense of the army, and the second is also to prevent the Ming army from setting fire to the mountain. The Ming army on the nine sides has the tradition of burning the wasteland every year, setting fire to the mountain, it is very good for them, if the wild grass on the mountain is not removed, they put a fire before attacking the mountain, Huang Taiji does not want to become a rattan armor soldier.
In addition to making all parts of the mountain bare and the field of vision and shooting boundary extremely wide, the Qing army also built a large number of buildings, along the mountains and hills, around the main peak, dug countless shallow ditches and deep trenches, and built countless earthen walls and stone walls to prevent the Ming army from attacking the mountain. These earthen walls and ditches are distributed in steep and gentle places at each ridge, and they are generally two ditches and three walls.
It is two trenches in front of a wall, each less than two hundred paces away, so that they can support each other. Many stone walls and earth walls are made of local materials, and various walls are built with stones and clay, and some stone walls even spread for more than ten miles.
Under the painstaking management of the Qing army, the entire Rufeng Mountain has become a war fortress. As far as the eye can see, the flags are all over the place, the fighting is passed on, and the people are called horses neighing. Dense tents, stockades, seem to cover the entire mountain range.
Huang Taiji used this place as his command post, and in addition to the geographical reasons, there are deeper reasons. There is also a name here, which is called Hanwang Dianshan. It is said that when the old slave was just starting out, he was chased and killed everywhere, and he took refuge on the boulder on the top of the mountain, and was blessed by the gods to avoid the pursuers. In fact, this is also a so-called traditional routine of the Holy Son of Heaven helping each other.
Because of the old slave. The Qing Dynasty regarded Rufeng Mountain as a sacred mountain, and regarded the mountaintop boulder as a sacred stone. Huang Taiji set up this place as a command post, and also prayed for the protection of the "sacred mountain", prayed for the protection of the ancestral spirits, and won the victory in the upcoming battle with the Ming army. (Later, 101 and Luo Shuai and others also went up to this mountain during the Battle of Jinzhou.) )
Looking at the killing battlefield at the bottom of the mountain, Huang Taiji's eyes were like two ancient wells, deep and dark, and he couldn't see a drop of emotional color.
Today's confrontation between the Han Army's flag soldiers and the model brigade is a small contact battle in his heart, testing the quality of this Southern Barbarian Army unit that once made the two red flags and two white flags suffer a big loss, and at present, the goal seems to have been achieved. As long as the artillery and firearms of the Qing Dynasty are well used, this elite Ming army, although it is more powerful than other Ming armies, is not invincible.
"Tell me the will! Lingzheng Yellow Banner Baya Laxu Zhangjing Tulai, inlaid with Yellow Banner first-class Melle Zhangjing Aobai, led two Yellow Banner soldiers and horses 5,000 to fight! Be sure to save the Sanshun King's department! ”
The horn sounded on the mountain, and the soldiers and horses galloped under the mountain.
The two up-and-coming second-generation figures of the Guerjia clan, following the son of Fei Yingdong and his nephew Aobai, who were the first to raise troops from the old slaves, rode in from outside the stone city, ran quickly to Huang Taiji, rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, knelt down in front of him, and kowtowed.
"You two brothers are powerful minions under me, and this time you will lead the troops down, and you will take Ao Bai as the main general, and Tulai as the deputy! Well done, Aobai, come back and promote you to be the Baya Laqi Zhangjing with the yellow flag, and the third class Angbang Zhangjing! ”
Aobai, who was given the name "Baturu" because of his great contribution to the conquest of Phi Dao, is around forty years old (the year in which Ao Shaobao was born, historians have not been determined, but it should be about the same at this time), wearing heavy armor and two heavy beards on his lips. On the surrounding cheeks, large chunks of bulging oily horizontal meat, looking forward to it, are full of thick evil qi, which is the strongest state of the Manchurian man.
With two heavy kowtows to Huang Taiji, the brothers turned and rushed down the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, the soldiers and horses of the two yellow flags were lined up.
Ao Bai rushed to the queue of Manchurian soldiers with yellow flags and red border armor, looked at the more than 100 red and yellow flags in the team, and looked at the soldiers and horses with yellow flags in front of him with great satisfaction.
They wore black helmets and red tassels, and their horses were hung with horned bows and arrows, and all kinds of weapons of length and length were hung on their horses, and each knight's face was full of arrogance and arrogance. There are also hundreds of people wearing silver iron armor, which are very elite Baya soldiers in the Qing army.
Over there, the Tourai team was also lined up.
"Kill Nikan!"
Ao Bai took the lead in roaring and led the military horse to rush towards Wu Sangui's cavalry.
"Fourteenth brother, can you also pull those clothed minions of your two white flags up to practice? Let them hold down my Baturu and prevent the model brigade from continuing to use firearms against my elite division. ”
Huang Taiji's words were very polite and soft, but there was no doubt. (To be continued......)