Chapter 818: The Decisive Battle on the Bala Plain (2)
Because they carried more than 200 bulky cannons, the Ottoman army did not move quickly, and it was not until two hours later that the advance of the Ottoman army reached the Bara Plain, where the main force of the Qing army was located, such as Dolgon.
Although the Barra Plain is not a particularly large plain, it is also nearly ten miles in size, and it is suitable as a battlefield for two armies to fight.
The Ottoman army had 300,000 men, but nearly 20,000 were killed or wounded in the attack on Urumiya.
Although generally speaking, the casualties of the besieging side will always be much higher than that of the defending side, but it is not surprising that the Ottoman army, with more than 200 cannons to help, coupled with the superb command of Gatyvich, spent a lot of artillery shells to casualties under the Qing army of the defending city.
If it weren't for the fact that Getjevic wanted to capture Urumiyah before the main force of the Qing army arrived and hit the morale of the Qing army, he could have collapsed the city wall and then attacked, so that the casualties would be less, but it would take a certain amount of time to collapse the city wall, and the cost of shells was not a few, the Ottoman craftsmanship was not as good as that of European countries, and each shell was very expensive compared to the Ottoman Empire.
All in all, the Ottoman army at this moment is only a little more than 280,000, but that is a full 100,000 more than the Qing army such as Dolgon, and the siege of the city is killed and wounded by ordinary Ottoman soldiers, the real elite strength of the Ottoman army is not less at all, in the face of Dolgon and other 180,000 Qing troops, they still occupy an absolute advantage.
The 280,000 Ottoman army slowly entered the Bara Plain, and from a distance, the black pressure seemed to be endless, coupled with the cold glow of armor, weapons and shields flickering in the sun, adding a lot of momentum to the Ottoman army.
On the side of the Qing army, the horses of some servant cavalry neighed, and the Persian banner soldiers were also slightly confused, presumably the momentum of the Ottoman army did make many servant cavalry and Persian banner infantry frightened.
However, in terms of the cavalry of the Eight Banners, they are still calm and calm, without fear, and the Eight Banners have experienced a hundred battles, and they have a certain evil spirit, and under the backdrop of the Ottoman army, the evil spirit and calm performance of the Eight Banners have also formed a not weak confrontational momentum.
Wars are sometimes fought with momentum, and if one side can be frightened before the battle, it is also ninety percent able to win the war.
"Humph!" Seeing that his servant cavalry and Persian banner were actually frightened by the momentum of the Ottoman army, Dolgon's face turned cold and snorted: "A bunch of useless things! Unable to say boo to a goose! ”
"Eight Banners!" Dorgon let out a sudden shout.
"Eight Flags! Eight Flags! Eight Flags ------"
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More than 70,000 people around shouted loudly, exuding a thick killing intention!
The eyes of the servant cavalry and the soldiers of the Persian banner looked over at once, and when they saw the momentum and murderous intent exuded by the Eight Banners, their hearts suddenly settled down a lot, they had seen the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners, and Dolgon was the god in their eyes, even if the Ottoman army was numerous, as long as the Eight Banners had not been defeated, the spiritual pillar in the hearts of the servant cavalry and the Persian Banner had not fallen.
"The Qing Dynasty will win! The Lord Regent will win! The servant cavalry and some of the generals of the Persian banner also took the lead in shouting.
"The Qing Dynasty will win! The Lord Regent will win! The ordinary soldiers also shouted, and their morale suddenly returned.
Only then did Dorgon nod in satisfaction.
Opposite, on the side of the Ottoman army.
The shouts of hundreds of thousands of Qing troops also reached the ears of the Ottoman commander Getyivic, who immediately frowned, and said in his heart, Dolgon really can't be underestimated, and the next big battle must not be careless!
"Marshal, even a hundred thousand Manchu troops dare to fight a decisive battle with my Ottoman army of nearly 300,000 on such a plain, I can't think of any possibility for them to win!" One of the Ottoman generals beside Gatęivich also frowned, but he immediately sneered.
Hearing this person's words, Gatyivich also smiled, but then said with a straight face: "Don't be careless, Dolgon's talent may be even more powerful than that of the Persian Empire back then, even if we have an absolute advantage, we must give our best!" ”
"Yes, Marshal! However, Marshal, Kgridd has not been defeated by the Marshal many times, the Marshal is my top Ottoman general, even if Dolgon is no worse than the Marshal, but the Marshal holds the elite of the Empire after all, and the balance of victory is still on the Marshal's side. The Ottoman general said with a firm face.
This time Gatjevic didn't say anything, just nodded, presumably he actually thought so in his heart, it was one thing not to be careless, but as a general, he also had to be confident to defeat his opponent.
Soon, most of the Ottoman army gathered opposite the Qing army on the Bala Plain, forming a strict attack and defense formation.
On the side of the Qing army, Dolgon, dressed in white armor, rode on a war horse, constantly scanning the Ottoman army opposite with a telescope, as if looking for something.
This telescope was picked up on the battlefield when it was fighting with the Ming army, and it has to be said that it was of great use.
"It's a pity that I can't find a place for Getjevic, otherwise I can let him end up like Kgrid!" After searching for a while but not finding it, Dolgon sighed with pity.
In addition to the 180,000 troops, Dolgon naturally also brought one of his killer weapons, 300 imitation Shenwu field cannons.
At the beginning, he only had dozens of such cannons, and later got dozens from the Ming army when he exchanged Dingwang with the Ming army, and he has been producing uh results in recent years, three hundred Shenwu field cannons, because of the speed of s, at least equivalent to the power of nine hundred red-coated cannons.
To talk about Dolgon's self-confidence, in addition to the 70,000 Manchu Eight Banners, there are also 20,000 Dragon Breaker Army flintlock pistols, as well as these 300 Shenwu field cannons.
Otherwise, no matter how arrogant Dolgon was, in the face of the Ottoman army of nearly 300,000 elites, he would not dare to say that he was confident that he could win.
Through the glance just now, Dorgon also had a general understanding of the composition of the Ottoman army.
40,000 elite Ottoman cavalry, 40,000 heavily armored iron shield legions, 150 million musket teams, and the rest are nearly 200,000 ordinary Ottoman legions, but even ordinary Ottoman legions are all equipped with armor, and they are all elite.
With such a large army, even the coalition forces of European countries had to deal with it with all their might.
Dolgon put down his binoculars, his expression suddenly determined, even if he couldn't plot against Gatjevic first, he was sure of winning this battle, he had to win!
Dolgon was not a Song Xianggong, and it was impossible to wait for the Ottoman army to be fully prepared before starting the battle.
"All the cannons, all the cannons!" Dorgon ordered.
"Boom, boom, boom----" The three hundred Shenwu field cannons that the Qing army had already prepared roared in an instant, pouring shells at the Ottoman army that had not yet been prepared.
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