Chapter 671: Chenghua Plough Court (3)
After Aixinjue Luo Dongshan deployed a defense in Tashan City, he sent a large team of scouts to investigate the movements of the Ming army, but it was okay not to investigate, this investigation made Aixinjue Luo Dongshan distracted!
At this time, Zhang Xiaojun, the chief general of the Ming army, had already learned of the movements of the Jianzhou Wei army, and the 70,000 or 80,000 Jiannu army was stationed in Tashan City, which had seriously threatened the flank and rear of the middle road army, so that Zhang Xiaojun had to temporarily withdraw his troops to attack.
Zhang Xiaojun is indeed leading the army to kill, and the trapping army and the Praetorian Guard's Fourth Army and the Praetorian Fifth Army are attacking at full speed, and it is only less than two days away from Tashan City.
However, the two armies on the left and right of the Ming army did not come back, and according to the return of the scouts, the two Ming armies were still killing towards the Jianzhou Acropolis.
Among them, the left army of the Ming army spared all the Jianzhou Wei villages along the way, and the army directly took the Jianzhou Acropolis; And the right army of the Ming army is divided into troops to attack the villages and towns of Jianzhou and Weicun everywhere, and it is like a sweep!
As a result, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan's plan suddenly failed, and he led the army to defend Tashan City, not only did not attract all the Ming troops, but made the Jianzhou Acropolis lose its defensive strength, and together with the villages near the left, all of them were exposed to the attack of the Ming army.
"It's over!"
Aixinjue Luo Dongshan sighed, at this time, his heart was like ashes.
Aixinjue Luo Dongshan understands that even if he wins this battle, defeats the Ming army's middle army, or even gathers and annihilates it, the three guards of Jianzhou are finished, and the remaining two Ming armies can still sweep the entire Jianzhou Wei region, and their own troops will all be reduced to the merits of the Ming army.
As the chief of the tribe, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan knew very well in his heart that the Jianzhou Wei without his subordinates was already in name only, and there was no future.
After thinking about it, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan set his sights on the Haizhou Acropolis in the south: since the Jianzhou Acropolis is doomed, it is better to take the opportunity to take the Haizhou Acropolis, which is much more prosperous than the Jianzhou Acropolis.
As for the population of the tribes, as long as they still have an army in their hands, they can continue to plunder those Han people, and they can also plunder the rest of the Jurchen tribes in the surrounding areas.
Thinking of this, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan tightly sealed the news of the Ming army's movements, and was ready to do his best to win a battle in Tashan City, as long as he defeated the Ming army in the middle, he could lead the victorious army south to raid the Haizhou Acropolis, leaving the remaining two Ming armies completely behind!
Seven or eighty thousand Jianzhou guards and horses passed two more days in intense preparations, and in the early morning of the third day, Aixinjue Luo Dongshan was woken up by a rapid sound of bull's horns, and hurriedly came to the city with a team of guards.
Aixinjue Luo Dongshan looked far away, only to see that there was a large army in the north pressing up, that army can be described as a tiger and wolf division, not only the army is neat, the momentum is like a rainbow, and the equipment is very sophisticated, it can even be described as luxurious!
Aixin Jueluo Dongshan's 20,000 heavily armored infantry, 8,000 bird guns, and 10,000 heavy armored iron cavalry that he tried his best to build were already the elite of the world, but compared with the Ming army in front of him, the trump card he originally thought was like an army of beggars, and he couldn't get on the stage at all!
In the distance, the trapped army is in the center, the Fourth Praetorian Army is on the left, and the Fifth Praetorian Army is on the right, and the three armies are in a zigzag formation.
This alone is enough to explain everything, such an army is destined to be unshakeable. Moreover, the golden armor on the soldiers of the Ming army, the black and sophisticated firearms in their hands, the soldiers even wore steel masks and iron net gloves, and even the war horses of the iron cavalry were all equipped with heavy horse armor, and there were protective gear woven of iron mesh on the legs of the war horses, and the Ming army could be said to be armed to the teeth!
How terrifying is such an ironclad army!
At this time, Aixinjue Luo Dongshan no longer had the slightest intention to fight, and knew in his heart that he had no chance of winning this battle, and the next thing he could do was to consider how to lead his troops to escape!
But when Aixinjue Luo Dongshan saw the cannons carried by the Ming army, he suddenly had a feeling of wanting to cry without tears.
Now, after the reorganization of the military department, the proportion of artillery in the Ming army has increased again, and there are 30 new Chenghua 5-year heavy artillery pieces equipped in the trapped army, and 100 light and heavy artillery pieces of various types, in addition to 50 heavy artillery vehicles.
The Fourth Guard Army was equipped with less artillery in the Left and Fifth Guards, but it was also equipped with 20 new Chenghua 5-year heavy guns, 80 other light and heavy artillery pieces, and 30 heavy artillery vehicles.
The Ming army has 330 artillery pieces of all kinds, and 110 artillery vehicles of the god machine, with strong firepower!
In such a comparison, the fifty guns of various types equipped by the Jianzhou guards and horses are a bit insufficient, and they are not opponents at all.
In the face of so many artillery pieces of the Ming army, Aixinjue Luo Dongshan even thought that there was no need to fight this battle, and the Ming army would collapse just by bombarding it with those artillery!
However, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan is also the leader of one party, and at this time, he gritted his teeth, or gathered a trace of bravery, and immediately ordered the whole army to assemble at the foot of the mountain and start a decisive battle with the Ming army on the spot.
At this time, the Ming army carried a large number of artillery, if it continued to stick to Tashan City, the Jianzhou guards and horses could only become the target of the Ming army, and there was no power to fight back at all.
At the same time, Zhang Xiaojun rode his horse and kept getting news from the scouts on the lookout car, and learned that the Jianzhou guards and horses were descending the mountain with the whole army, and couldn't help but smile and said to the general Zuo next to him: "This Dong Shan still has a few brushes, and he can realize his situation at this time." However, it was too late! In this battle, I will let the whole army of Jianzhou Wei be wiped out here! ”
After speaking, Zhang Xiaojun directly ordered the whole army to stop advancing on the spot, and then ordered his subordinates to seize a high ground on the right flank of the army, transport all the artillery of the trapped army, the fourth army of the Praetorian Guard on the left, and the fifth army of the Praetorian Guard, establish an artillery position there, and order the Fourth Guard Army to guard here.
Then, Zhang Xiaojun ordered the Fifth Guard Army to attack from the left flank and attack the flank of the Jianzhou Guards, while he himself led the trapped army to press on the front, preparing to crush the enemy in one go.
Just when the Ming army seized the high ground on the right flank of the battlefield, Aixin Jueluo Dongshan also discovered this, and hurriedly ordered the fifty artillery pieces left in Tashan City to open fire, blocking the high ground with all their might, delaying the establishment of the Ming army's artillery array.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
After a roar, the unnamed heights on the right flank of the battlefield were dusty, and the first batch of soldiers of the Fourth Guard Army who rushed forward suffered many casualties.
Seeing this, the general of the Fourth Guard Army immediately mobilized 70 artillery pieces to set up a temporary artillery position on the spot, and began to fire back at Tashan City; The rest of the large forces continued to occupy the unnamed heights and seized the time to repair the artillery array.
"Let those dog Tartars see what fire coverage is! Fire! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The seventy heavy guns of the Ming army opened fire almost at the same time, and the fierce fire suddenly enveloped the entire Tashan City, and the fifty guns of Jianzhou Wei were still roaring just now, and they were all silent in an instant.
In the dust and wolf smoke, fifty artillery pieces suffered the baptism of hundreds of cannons in a short period of time, and the gunners of the Jianzhou Guard, who were already undertrained and understaffed, were suddenly killed and wounded, and the remaining survivors all fled in all directions.
At the head of the city, the fifty Jianzhou guard artillery pieces were all reimbursed after a while, and they turned into piles of scrap copper and rotten iron under the fierce fire of the Ming army!
More than half an hour later, the Fourth Army of the Praetorian Guards occupied the nameless high ground on the right flank of the battlefield with all the artillery of the Ming army, and the artillery array of the Ming army that was urgently prepared completely overlooked the entire battlefield, and the Jianzhou Wei army suddenly had nothing to hide.
And Tashan City became even more dilapidated under the round of Ming army artillery fire, and almost became a ruin.
At this time, the Ming army and the Jianzhou guards and horses had all been deployed, and the two armies were two miles apart and lined up, like two giants, in the midst of a confrontation.
However, at this time, the number of soldiers and horses of the Jianzhou Guard was relatively large, but it was only a group; The number of the Ming army is small, but the soldiers are divided into three places, showing an encirclement situation, which can be regarded as a scene.
Near noon, after the artillery battle before the big battle and the fierce attack and harassment of the sentry cavalry on both sides, both sides began to gather their forces and prepare for the final showdown.
The difference is that Zhang Xiaojun's mentality is very relaxed at this time, although the Jianzhou guards are equipped with a lot of firearms, but compared to the firepower of the Dutch, it is still a small thing.
Zhang Xiaojun led the army to defeat Batavia and gather and annihilate the Dutch army, and at this time, there was naturally no pressure on the Jianzhou guards and horses.
And Aixinjue Luo Dongshan is different, the enemies he faced before were far weaker than himself, and he had never encountered such a strong opponent as the Great Tomorrow Army and the New Army in front of him, so he was naturally timid in his heart.
The battle is over before it even begins!
At this time, the wind suddenly rose, and the flags of both warring sides began to flutter in the wind.
However, the battle flag of the Ming army was waving in the wind, as if a series of mighty warriors were fighting; And the flag of Jianzhou Wei was blown indiscriminately by the strong wind, as if it was fleeing, which made people very uncomfortable to watch.
Zhang Xiaojun looked up at the sky, and saw that there were no clouds and a strong wind, and it was a battlefield!
"Order: All armies will annihilate the enemy, and there will be no living in this battle, and we must eradicate the Jianzhou Guards and Thieves!"
Zhang Xiaojun's lore order has already pronounced the fate of Aixinjue Luo Dongshan and tens of thousands of troops under his command. After tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ming Army received the order, they immediately began to sing the triumphant song written by Liu Juntao, and at the same time, the weapons in their hands also began to hit the ground violently, and a loud and rhythmic sound came, which immediately made the morale of the Jianzhou guards plummet!
"Wearing iron armor and carrying a long knife. The battle with the son is long. Fight with the enemy, die and live together. Fight with your son, and your heart will not be slack. Step on the swallow and chase the beard. Fight with the son, sing fearlessly! ”