Chapter 68: The Battle Begins
Shandong has had many brave warriors since ancient times, but the real warriors are no longer in the Ming army but in various mountain villages. The bottom hates the ruler, how can a true warrior die for this court. If it weren't for the barbaric and indiscriminate killing of the Tartars, the vast number of poor peasants would have been glad that the Tartars had wiped out the government. Class hatred has accumulated for a long time, and even overshadowed national grievances. For example, after World War II, the Great Su Goose Empire used class grievances to unify a large number of countries and nations.
Shandong people dare to fight, and the Han people dare to fight, but the Ming army is already a decadent class, and these people have been softened by glory and wealth, and there is no longer the iron blood of the Han people.
Although the three rear armies of the Han army were all farmers who lacked training, their strength, endurance, and courage were not comparable to those of the Ming army. When the peasants raised the steel and plucked up their courage, no matter how elite the Ming border army was, it would be wiped out.
The Ming army ruled Shandong for hundreds of years, and the people did not dare to disagree, and they naturally had their own pride. Tens of thousands of Ming soldiers are also sharpening their knives, waiting for 30,000 mud legs to send them to death.
The Han army not only solved their worries, but also awakened their courage and the iron blood of the Han people. The Han people have developed from a tribe to the present day for thousands of years, relying on the iron blood of being good at fighting and daring to fight. The Han people not only rely on knowledge and tolerance, but also rely on courage and tolerance to inherit to the present day. The original Han ancestors were not just a tribe and a nation, but in the end they were all called Han people.
Before nightfall, the Han army also came to Zhaoyuan ten miles away to set up camp.
The time of this night, under the attention of 80,000 people or even hundreds of thousands of people, quickly came to a new dawn.
"It's dawn, and it's finally going to begin."
"Boy, are you afraid of the Ming army?"
"I'm a little scared, but I can't wait to kill them."
"What are you afraid of, it's a big deal to die, the monarch's headquarters won't let the family starve."
Most of the Han soldiers looked forward to this battle, and the Han people in Liaodong wanted to wash away the shame left on them by the Tartars with the blood of the enemy. Most Shandong men are not afraid, and if they are really afraid of death, they will not want to join the Han army. There are many Han people in Dengzhou, but there are still a small number of people who join the Han army. The rest of the farmers are in various remote fields and hills, and they are reluctant to leave after a small life. Ten or twenty years ago, it was only northern Shaanxi that was hit by the disaster, and then the peasant households rioted, and the wandering poor ghosts looted everywhere, so that more peasant households could not survive and were forced to join the rebel army. There were only millions of poor peasants before and after, but in the end, it almost plagued the entire Ming Dynasty.
"Hurry, hurry up, we can't let the five armies and six armies take the lead." Zhang Shou urged back and forth that he could accept the three pro-armies that were inferior to the lord, but he would never be inferior to the Han Five Han and Six Armies.
Knock knock~~
The Ming army was also preparing early, and they were also looking forward to a battle, to defeat these mud legs that threatened their status and reputation as soon as possible, and to go home for the winter as soon as possible.
"These Han soldiers are only 30,000 and dare to come to die, it is really Lao Tzu's knife rusty."
"Haha, you wait and see me defeat them with one shot." The artillerymen laughed, their artillery was several times larger than the enemy.
Five miles away from Zhaoyuan City, this vast and dry field is just right for 80,000 people to fight.
Frame~~
The rangers of the two armies were looking around, and they both spied on each other. The Ming cavalry slyly advanced and then retreated, and the Han commanders ignored them and let the cavalry wander towards the Ming army.
The two armies faced each other at a distance of one kilometer, after all, the deterrent power of artillery was still very large.
The Ming army was jointly commanded by the five deputy general generals of Jinan, Liu Liu, and the five deputy general generals, and the Han army was also jointly commanded by Lin Huyu and the three army commanders.
Chen Xiong led 3,000 men to watch the battle on a hill to the south. The battle flag flutters in the wind, with the word Chen on one side and the word Lingnan on the other. The main force of the Han army in the future must be wolf soldiers, so before the counteroffensive, Lingnan should be the most important. If he is a Shu person, he will definitely go to Sichuan, after all, it has always been the tradition of the Sichuan army to never go back. The Sichuan people are really outsiders in the civil war and insiders in the foreign war, if it weren't for Zhang Xianzhong's crippled Sichuan people, the Manchu Qing Dynasty might not be able to stabilize the world so quickly. It can be said that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the representatives of the two poor peasants and robbers, both harmed the Han people at the same time. Li Zicheng is a waste material, and he is powerful in fighting the Ming army, but in the face of the Manchu iron cavalry, he is even more garbage than the Ming army. If it weren't for Li Zicheng's defeat of the Ming army in the north and the destruction of the Taoist system, how could the Manchu Qing Dynasty enter the customs smoothly.
Chen Xiong stood on the hillside with a lot of emotions, looking back on the history of the late Ming Dynasty, all this seemed to be the arrangement of fate. First of all, let Nurhachi open like the protagonist of heaven and earth, and after experiencing the initial sorrow, he crippled the elite of the Ming army like an upgrade stream. His son Huang Taiji is also the protagonist, and he easily conquered the grassland by various means, and even made many traitors worship him. After that, all kinds of divine pig teammates of the Han people were gunned to send heads to the Manchus. Shrewd Han Chinese merchants transfused blood to the Manchus, and elite class scribes collectively drained the blood of the imperial court and the Ming army. Li Zhang, the representative of the poor peasant bottom, also assisted Manqingshen. Wu Sangui took the last elite of the Han people to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, after which most of the warlords surrendered. In the end, the traitor army from all walks of life suddenly exploded, and the anti-Qing Han army such as Nanming was beaten out of. Even the overlord of the East China Sea played with the traitors and had to surrender. The major Confucian celebrities in the south of the Yangtze River also took the initiative to contact the Manchu Qing Dynasty. It can be said that the end was the ruler of the Han people, who dedicated the country to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Looking back on this history, Chen Xiong has been completely disappointed in the Jiangnan of the Central Plains in the north, and only the remote Lingnan in the late Ming Dynasty can make him feel hope.
The Han army was the main attack, and the four major commanders were behind the cavalry.
Three thousand cavalry were at the front, then spearmen and shieldmen, and then sword and shield men. Medium artillery was too few to remain behind the line, and small artillery was distributed on both flanks with six thousand archers.
The Ming army mainly adopted the defensive lead attack, after all, they had more artillery archers, and they were more accustomed to defense.
The headquarters of the Ming army is in the middle, and there is a small high platform of battle flags, and the command platform is surrounded by a mixed guard of swords, shields, firearms, and firearms. Artillery is used as a killer card in the middle and front to prepare for changes in the battle situation. The front of the Ming army was also pikemen, all of whom were ironclad spearmen, with 3,000 men, followed by 10,000 archers, and most of them were sword and shield soldiers and some pikemen. The 6,000 mixed cavalry of the Ming army were all located in the south, just opposite the location of the Han First Army.
The headquarters of the three armies after the Han army.
Lin Hu frowned slightly: "The three thousand iron armor of the Ming army is in front of the archers, and then after the archers, if you want to break the formation, you must be fast and ruthless, otherwise the three thousand iron armor is not a vegetarian." ”
Zhang Shou nodded, looking at the dense Ming army.
"It's really hard to fight!" The young general Wu Li couldn't help but sigh, he was still too tender to know anything.
Chen Chang thought for a moment: "It's better to let the cavalry attack." ”
"No, there are too few cavalry to break through at all. The infantry could not keep up with the pace for a while. Zhang Shou shook his head in disagreement.
Chen Chang nodded and smiled: "The cavalry is just a fake attack, let the Ming archers waste some energy, and then let our armor break through the Ming army." ”
"Well, that's a good idea." Lin Hu said with certainty, at least for the time being, he didn't think of a better way.
Zhang Shou also nodded: "In this way, I will take the cavalry up, the cavalry will repeatedly rush to cover our army, and then the cavalry will return to defend against the enemy's cavalry or seek an opportunity to break through." ”
"Okay, be careful." Chen Chang nodded, and everyone did not object.
Knock~ The war drums were all sounding for a while, but this time the war drums of the Han army began to sound vigorously and intensively.
Knock knock~~
The war drums of the Han army roared, and the Ming army was not to be outdone.
"Okay, the Han army is coming." Liu Zeqing's cousin, Vice General Liu, was full of confidence at this time.
Rack~"Rush with me." The men and horses were all wearing full body armor, and Zhang Shou was not afraid to charge with the cavalry.
Seeing the cavalry charge, Chen Xiong shook his head impatiently, there were too few cavalry, and it was difficult to break through the gun forest in one wave.
Bang~
The cavalry charged, and the ground shook.
Vice General Liu sneered: "Come and disrupt them with a few cannons." ”
Soon the fuse burned to the end, and the gunpowder exploded violently.
Boom~~
Ten fireballs shot out into the sky and instantly hit the head of the Han army.
Zhang Shou hurriedly lay on the horse's back, after all, he didn't know where the fireball would fall.
Boom~ Behind Commander Zhang, the cavalry and horses were torn apart, and there was a smoking pit in the ground.
Ten fireballs brought down dozens of cavalry, and it was difficult for the cavalry who landed under the dense formation to survive.
"Upper Short Spear." Zhang Shou shouted angrily and put the short spear on his horse in his hand, and soon the cavalry took out the short spear. These short spears were not wooden tips, but real iron tips.