Chapter 587: The First Battle of Datong

The army trained in the martial arts arena is no longer as elite as the army rolled out in the sea of corpses and blood, which is reassuring to use. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Similarly, without the new weapons that have been tested in actual combat, even if they are recognized by the entire upper echelons of the Eight Banners, Dolgon does not dare to promise them a large amount of equipment to the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners.

He must make the soldiers and horses directly under his hands into a sharp sword, so that the rest of the banner lords and princes can have a kitchen knife in their hands!

Therefore, in line with the purpose of letting the Shenji battalion train on the battlefield and test the quality of the new army's new weapons, Dolgon issued a military order in the name of Emperor Shunzhi and himself a few days later, ordering the left wing of the Shenji battalion to go out of Juyongguan and serve in front of the army of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi. Contribute to the Qing Dynasty's attack on Datong Mansion and open the door to the Three Jin Dynasty.

And Cao Zhenyan's right-wing soldiers and horses were sent to the south of the Beijing Division to serve under Wang Yuele of Anjun. With Cao Zhenyan, he led the army of dozens of Niulu in the headquarters, and together with Cao Jueluo, along the road of Baoding Mansion, Zhending Mansion, and Daimyo's Mansion, he joined the army of Yue Le who was confronting the barbarian army in the southeast of Cangzhou.

It was already the weather at the end of July and the beginning of August, the golden wind was cool, the autumn was high and the horses were fat, and the soldiers were full of physical strength, which was a good season for fighting. Moreover, the autumn grain has been harvested, and the grain and grass are easy to obtain, which is also a great thing to reduce the pressure on the supply of grain and forage in Beijing.

Watching the two armies go west and south, Dolgon also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He learned from the secret report sent by Xizuo that for more than a year, Dashun has implemented the so-called new policy in Shanxi, Xuanfu and Datong areas, forcing local governments to reclaim wasteland, repair water conservancy, and promote the use of iron farm tools.

This is undoubtedly a fat piece of meat in front of Dolgon, who only has Jingshi, Tianjin, Baoding, Zhending, and the narrow area of Daimyo!

Li Huabao in the east occupies Shandong, Denglai and Zhangdefu in Henan Province to the north of the Yellow River, relying on shipping and canal transportation, can get a steady stream of supplies, Shandong ground after his management over the years, not to mention the grain and grass like mountains, at least to ensure that the consumption of his tens of thousands of soldiers and horses is not a problem. Different from the wealth of Li Dagongzi, Li Zicheng in the west occupied Shanxi and Datong, and compared with other places in the Central Plains, the losses suffered in these years of famine and war were not so great, and Wu Xing also got a period of respite in his hands. What's more, there is also this year's summer and autumn grain storage.

They can spend deep ditches, high fortifications, and long trenches with the Qing army, but Dolgon can't afford it!

The more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners, as well as the tens of thousands of people of the Guanning Army under Wu Sangui, swelled sharply to nearly 300,000 people from Shanhaiguan all the way to Beijing from Shanhaiguan! Most of them were stragglers of the Ming army who were recruited along the way, as well as Ming officers and soldiers who surrendered in various places.

The princes of the Eight Banners, Baylor, could rejoice in the large number of soldiers and generals, and smiled from ear to ear. However, Dolgon, the head of the family, has to plan food and grass for these hundreds of thousands of mouths! Therefore, Dolgon had to immediately send Azig, Duoduo, Yue Le, Wu Sangui and others to attack the city after occupying Beijing, in order to relieve the food pressure on Beijing. Otherwise, relying only on the little grain left by Li Zicheng in the warehouses in various warehouses in the city, it would not be able to meet the food needs of these hundreds of thousands of troops and the same number of residents in the city anyway!

What's more, not long after his army entered Beijing, Dai Shan, an old immortal guy, was busy escorting Shunzhi and the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces into Beijing in a hurry. These court officials, palace and family members are all non-combatants, not to mention, they are all good at consuming food and wages!

Looking at the golden dragon silk that gradually disappeared into the twilight of the smoke and dust in the field of vision, Dolgon couldn't help but secretly fold his hands, and prayed in his heart to the spirit of his father Khan in the sky and the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Buddha Kulun Immortal Heaven and the West Heaven, "I hope that I can live up to my expectations, break through Datong Mansion in one fell swoop, and open a way for my Qing Dynasty!" Let Li Chuang retreat westward. ”

To say that the name of the first warrior of Manchuria in Aobai is indeed not in vain. After arriving in Xuanfu Town and joining forces with Wu Sangui, he rested his soldiers and horses for a few days, and then launched an attack on Datong Mansion with 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Shenji Battalion.

"With 10,000 soldiers and horses, you want to capture Datong Mansion? There is no cavalry to follow, and the real Liaodong Tartars under his subordinates are less than hundreds, all of them are the remnants of the Ming thieves collected all the way from Shanhaiguan, and they really think that he is invincible in the world? ”

The Shun army stationed in Datong unanimously expressed their disdain and welcome for the rash advance of the light enemy in Aobai!

"Rouge Datong Girl in the North, Ten Counties of Yinzi Wowofu", this folk song is enough to show the prosperity and wealth of Datong. Datong Prefecture under the jurisdiction of Datong front, rear guard (two guards to govern Datong), Datong left guard, Yunchuan Wei (two guards to govern Zuoyun County), Datong right guard, Yulin Wei (two guards to govern the right Yu County), Yang and Wei, Gao Shan Wei (two guards to govern Yanggao County), Tiancheng Wei, Zhenyu Wei (two guards to govern Tianzhen County), Pingyu Wei (to govern Pinglu County), Wei Yuanwei (to govern the right Yu County South), Jingping Qianhu (now Pinglu County Jingping Town) and other 13 guards, Hongwu five years (1372) Xu Da still rebuilt Datong City, square, around 13 li, 4 feet high 2 feet, Wrapping bricks, set up four gates, all have urn city, suspension bridge, moat. The four gates are called Heyang in the east, Yongtai in the south, Qingyuan in the west, and Wuding in the north. The four gates are built city towers, there are corner towers at the four corners, and there is an archway in the middle of the city. Not only is the city defense design impregnable, which is a model of China's military town, but also the overall layout is like "a phoenix spreading its wings". The garrison reached 135778 at its peak, with 51,654 horses. From time to time, it is known as "the world of Datongshi vests".

Of course, the beauties of Datong Mansion are also famous, and the original name of "Qinglou Rhyme" was "The Book of Prostitution", or "The Book of Prostitution in the Ming Dynasty". Inside, Datong's aunt, Taishan's sister-in-law, Yangzhou thin horse, and Hangzhou boat mother are juxtaposed. It can be seen that the atmosphere of prostitution to prostitute and prostitution to be "professional" and "dedicated" did not start today, but from the Tang and Song dynasties, and in the Ming Dynasty, this trend intensified. Although there is no Internet, literati can also be proud of modern Internet forums with their own brilliant pens!

Unlike the "Yangzhou Thin Horse" with its thin body shape and the main characteristics of showing the male style, the "Datong Aunt Mother-in-law" in the Ming and Qing dynasties was plump breasts and fat buttocks, and was famous all over the country for her flattery in bed. Like the lean horse breeders in Yangzhou, the bustard mothers of Datongfu County in the Ming and Qing dynasties bought beautiful girls from poor peasants, and in addition to teaching them piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, words and deeds, they also let them sit on the mouth of the wine urn every day from the age of eight or nine to practice women's flattery. After long-term training, their pelvis can swing as they want. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Datong's mother-in-law and aunt could make men effortlessly get sexual satisfaction in **** activities, so "Datong aunt" was deeply favored by middle-aged and elderly men. For this reason, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a proverb in the Datong area that "the three treasures of Datong, aunt, hot pot, fur", came to Hunyuan Prefecture (belonging to Datong), and went home to divorce his wife. In the Ming commentary novel, it is described that the emperor also went to the brothel of Datong Mansion, indicating that Datong's mother-in-law had a great influence at that time. Even experts like Lord Wei, who was born in Yangzhou Lichun Courtyard, when he goes out to prostitute the yard, he asks **** if there is a girl from Datong Mansion when he is hungry? ”

However, the Datong City in Aobai's eyes is not just the harvest of these gold and silver beauties.

After conquering this Datong city, the Qing soldiers could open this side wall, and let tens of thousands of Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers and Mongolian tribal soldiers led by Azig come in to increase the number of troops that could be used.

"Lord Wang, the slave led these 10,000 soldiers and horses to open the way for the prince first, please let the prince lead the elite cavalry of his subordinates to follow, outflank the thieves and horses from both wings, let's fight and take the important town of Datong!"

Ao Bai is full of confidence. In his opinion, with 10,000 firearms troops on the left flank of the Shenji battalion, hundreds of guns, and thousands of firearms, it was enough to defeat Zhang Tianlin's division of the Dashun army stationed in Datong, and Wu Sangui then covered up with elite infantry cavalry, which was enough to decide Datong in a battle.

However, Wu Sangui did not dare to be so optimistic. His tens of thousands of troops set out from Xuanfu Town and fought several battles with the Dashun army in Tianzhen, Lingshou and other places, and the two sides suffered mutual damage, but they could not take a step forward in the direction of Datong Town. Now Ao Bai said that he could decide the Great Harmony in a battle, but he was quite unimpressed. However, after all, Ao Bai was famous for his bravery in the era of Huang Taiji, and the two of them also knew each other's prestige quite well on the battlefield. Now Ao Bai is a celebrity in Dolgon's eyes, and Wu Sangui must pay serious attention to his words.

At that moment, the two agreed on how to enter the army and how to fight.

Datong County, melon orchard.

The soldiers and horses on the left wing of the Shenji battalion of Aobai met with the tens of thousands of horses of Zhang Tianlin of the Dashun army, and the two families lined up along the east and west of the road, preparing to fight.

"This group of thieves has gone back more and more!" Under his own flag, Zhang Tianlin had a full view of the formation of Aobai: less than 2,000 people were forwards, and a staggered formation of three or four layers was formed on the road, and each layer was centered on a huge fire gun, in groups of three. There are about 200 guns on each floor.

Behind the formation of the firecrackers, there were thousands of firecrackers, carrying firearms on their shoulders, lined up on the road ready to advance and shoot.

For firearms operations, Zhang Tianlin is not a layman, he has also observed the operations and drills of Zhang Nai and Luo Hu many times, and he is also well aware of the three-plate axe of the firearms unit. Looking at Ao Bai's formation, he couldn't help but sneer.

"The Liao thieves didn't come with artillery, how can they shoot our formation? What's more, it takes a lot of time to reload the gun tube after launch. With such a long pipe, I'm afraid it is more time-consuming and laborious than artillery! Zhang Tianlin pointed at the formation of the Qing army in the distance with the saber in his hand, and pointed at the generals and guerrilla generals of the former Datong Town around him, and his tone was quite disdainful.

"Your horses were a hundred paces away, and when he had finished a round of firearms, they rushed up and slashed and slew his horses, and took away the weight of his horses. General Ben has a lot of rewards! ”

Like many generals of the Dashun Army, Zhang Tianlin is still accustomed to following the tradition of "five layers of thieves in battle, outside the hungry people, second foot soldiers, second horse army, second horse cavalry, and inside the old camp at the entrance of the house", placing his most core elite main force in the core position of his own formation, so that the original Datong Zhenming army descended troops to line up at the front line and the left and right flanks. In this regard, he has the same habits as the generals of the Qing army. When the Qing army fought outside the Guan, the first wave of the pioneer Han Eight Banners fought, the second wave drove the Mongolian tribal soldiers to fight, the third wave drove the northeastern tribal soldiers to fight, and the fourth wave drove the Mongol Eight Banners to fight. In the end, the army of the Eight Banners of Manchuria went into battle. Now in the Guannai, there are more troops, and there is already a green battalion, so there are naturally more cannon fodder.

In Zhang Tianlin's view, it should be those Ming army cannon fodder who are in front of the array, and he might as well use cannon fodder to fight cannon fodder. Wait until you've had a round of firearms, and then I'll swing my army and talk to you with my broadsword and spear!"

Several generals and guerrillas with their own soldiers and horses secretly opened a position in front of the Qing army with dissatisfaction, and advanced until they were a hundred paces away before stopping. In their opinion, this distance was the safest distance in the absence of enemy artillery.

Ao Bai glanced at the Shun army in the camera, and lined up nearly 10,000 troops along the main road, and couldn't help but smile a few times on his oily face, "Since you are in a hurry to send you to death, then Ben Baturu will fulfill you!" ”

"Raise your gun and prepare!"

At the sound of the order, the officers of each team immediately ran around the team, checking and supervising the preparations before the launch. Watching as the pole-carrying gun was placed securely on the shoulders of the soldier who acted as a stand, the loader removed the cap of the gun tucked into the muzzle, representing the reloading of his hands crossed and waving in a gesture.

"Fire!" A trumpet sounded, and several leather drums were beaten. The 200 spears in the front row fired in unison, and a fiery dragon rose up in the smoke.

Two hundred thick and heavy projectiles were pushed out of the long barrel by gunpowder, and went straight to the formation of the Datong army.

Before the sneer on the faces of several generals could be fully formed, they froze in the muscle texture in the blink of an eye. Originally, he thought that the fire gun would not be able to fly at a distance, but his soldiers were hit by the projectiles that swept through the formation like locusts, and their flesh and blood flew all over the place! What is even more lacking in virtue is that those projectiles have not yet penetrated the formation of a column of soldiers, and the remaining momentum is not over, and they took advantage of the situation to penetrate two columns of formations in a row, which is the castration.

"What is this used by Qing Bing?"

Several generals and Zhang Tianlin were shocked by the power of the spear on the battlefield for the first time, not to mention that they could reach their own soldiers at a distance of 100 steps, but they could actually penetrate several layers of people in a row? How come we haven't seen such a powerful firearm? Even the Southern Guangdong Army, which has always been known for its good use of firearms, may not have such ruthless firearms, right?

After the first column of guns was fired, they did not move in place, and the two columns of guns in the back stepped forward to fire, and after two rounds of shooting, the soldiers and horses of the former Datong Town, which were in the forward formation, had a tendency to be unable to suppress the bullets. It's no wonder that when the second layer raised the gun and started shooting, the distance was a few steps forward, and the range and power were naturally more vicious and vicious. Just now, he was still talking and laughing beside him in a low voice, discussing the comrades who received the reward money after cutting down the Qing soldiers in front of him, and went back to change how to eat and gamble, and in the blink of an eye, a huge blood hole on his head spurted blood plasma and minced meat, and from time to time a fellow brother snorted and was hit by a bullet in his body, and two blood arrows flew out from both sides of his body, and the person fell backwards and fell to the ground. How can this terrible scene keep these soldiers alive with the courage to fight?

After raising their guns and shooting, thousands of musketeers rushed to the front of the formation and raised their muskets in their hands towards the ranks of the Dashun army.

"Prepare ......"

Looking at the thousands and hundreds of fire guns on the opposite side, the eyes of the remaining soldiers in front of the Dashun army were dark, and their minds were dizzy, and there was a cowardly and weak legs, and a stream of heat came out of the crotch! Just now, we just hit three rows with 200 firearms, and our brothers suffered heavy losses, and now that so many firecrackers are rushing up, is there still a way for us to live?! Suddenly, a heart-rending scream sounded, and the soldiers and horses of Datong Town collectively collapsed.

"Don't quit! No refund! ”

Zhang Tianlin ordered his soldiers and horses to rush to the defeated team and waved his sword to kill several defeated soldiers who rushed in front of him on the spot, but such a suppression was meaningless, the entire forward and the soldiers and horses on the left and right flanks had completely festered, and he was surrounded by the chaotic army, and had to retreat under the protection of the old battalion's own soldiers.

"Wait for Lao Tzu to retreat to Datong Mansion, and then have a good meeting with you dog thieves!" Zhang Tianlin scolded hatefully in her heart.

However, the sound of horses' hooves like thunder suddenly sounded in the wilderness, and his general's face couldn't help but turn pale, "General! You see! You see! It's the soldiers and horses of the Wu thief! ”

On both sides of the official road leading to Datong Mansion, there are two torrent-like teams, and the torrent is coming like a torrent, and the flag is the former Daming Mountain Customs General Army, and now the army of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi of the Qing Dynasty!

"Let's go! Let's talk about it when we enter Datong City! ”

Zhang Tianlin whipped the horse's buttocks fiercely, and led the team of men and horses to retreat in the direction of Datong Fucheng.

However, seeing the city wall of Datong Mansion from a distance, Zhang Tianlin felt that something seemed to be wrong. But in a hurry, he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he had to continue to ride his horse and gallop.

Closer and closer to the city wall, the soldiers in front of them were wailing, only to see the east gate and the yang gate of Datong Mansion tightly closed, the suspension bridge at the head of the city hung high, on the city, more than 1,000 Datong town soldiers who were originally left behind each held a knife and gun to guard the city.

"Rogue! Datong Mansion has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty! ”

At the head of the city, several gorgeously dressed shopkeepers proudly shouted at Zhang Tianlin, who was being chased by soldiers and horses from three roads.

"You money dogs! Lao Tzu should have raided your homes a long time ago! ”

Obviously, these Jin merchants in the city took advantage of Zhang Tianlin to go out of the city with the army to meet Aobai, secretly connected in tandem, bribed the soldiers who defended the city, and surrendered to the Qing army.

"The left wing soldiers of the Shenji Battalion of the slave department, together with the soldiers and horses of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, defeated the thief Zhang Tianlin's department in a battle, and beheaded Zhang Tianlin. The city of Datong was recovered, and countless grains and grasses were seized. and got the help of the businessmen and so-and-so, and the righteous help of so-and-so, to supply the army with grain, grass and beans, and now the servants and the prince of Wu Sangui will go south to Taiyuan in a few days! (To be continued.) )