498 Rather finish my treacherous schemes
They were all battle-hardened people, so they naturally knew how many archers it would take to shoot such a dense number of arrows. However, as far as they saw before, the number of Ming archers behind the defense line of the van was definitely not that much!
All of a sudden, almost all of them couldn't figure out what was going on?
This is also because Dodor has never fought against this Royal Forest Army, otherwise he would not have been so surprised, and he would not have suffered a big loss by surprise.
The pikemen and other troops to which the chariot battalion belonged trained by Emperor Chongzhen were all equipped with bows and arrows in accordance with the requirements of the "New Book of Ji Xiao" to achieve the advantage of long-range attacks against the enemy. The purpose of the usual training, for these part-time archers, is not to say how accurate they should shoot, but to require their bows and arrows to cover a wide area.
In fact, there are not many opportunities for this car battalion to fight, and the previous time was when attacking Gaizhou. At that time, however, what impressed Jian Yu was the constant bombardment of artillery, covered by pikemen's bows and arrows, just one of those powerful attacks. Now this time, it has finally become the focus of the battlefield, and the Duoduo Department is more fortunate to become the subject of a very expensive but proven effective experiment in the car battalion.
I have to say that the army smashed out with money is really effective. If there was not enough money, it would not have been possible to equip so many bows and arrows and other ordnance. There can't be that cost to train.
After being harvested by such a wave of Ming archers, the entire battlefield was almost quiet. Jianyu's side was stunned by such a fierce long-range attack by the Ming army. How a loser this must be if it costs so much!
After such a blow, Jianyu's attack was interrupted, the momentum of the charge was gone, not to mention the morale. Who can block an attack of this density? Bows and arrows can be attacked in a parabola, and even if it is a chariot, it cannot completely block the rain of arrows. Of course, there is no way to crack it, but when Jianyu faced this situation for the first time, he was caught off guard and had no way to deal with it.
If Jianyu wants to forcibly attack again, I don't know if he can continue to muster up the previous momentum, but if he wants to attack the Ming army's defense line, it is basically impossible. Duoduo still has this vision, and he has no choice but to withdraw his troops.
When the Jianyu soldiers on the battlefield heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief and retreated one after another. In contrast, those Mongol soldiers were even faster and wanted to withdraw as soon as possible.
However, at this moment, on the side of the Ming army's front, several side vans were suddenly moved away by the Ming soldiers, and the Ming cavalry who had been waiting there was like a flood that had burst the embankment, pouring out, and in a very short distance, the speed of the horses was raised, and it was not for the old soldiers who retreated in formation, but for the Mongolian soldiers who wanted to escape back early.
The charge of the cavalry, especially the cavalry that raised the speed of the horse, unless the infantry formed a formation to deal with it, not only had to deal with the high-speed charging horses, but also had to guard against the slashing of the knights on the horses, and it was basically impossible to be an opponent. This is common knowledge in the military.
When the Mongolian soldiers saw it, they immediately panicked. However, in this case, panic is useless. In the blink of an eye, the Ming cavalry swept over, and everywhere they passed, there were only the corpses of the Jianyu soldiers.
The sudden attack of the Ming cavalry was unexpected by Jianyu.
All along, it was the Jianyu attack, and the Ming army defended. Even this Yaozhouyi battle is no exception. The main attack of the Jianyu outside the city, and the main defense of the Ming army in the city, this rhythm is still the same as before.
But just when Jianyu withdrew his army, the Ming cavalry launched a counter-charge. For these Jianyu, they have never experienced anything, and they suddenly suffered a big loss.
In fact, this cavalry army is the Dongjiang cavalry led by Li Dingguo, and their main force is the old thieves in the past, who are used to taking advantage of the time, so that you can't catch up; If there is a time to take advantage of, it is bound to rush up and take a bite.
When Jianyu was defeated and retreated, how could they not see the flaws exposed by the Mongolian soldiers, naturally they did not take advantage of it, so they did not take advantage of it.
This Ming cavalry army is full of experience, not only as simple as slashing and killing the fugitives, but even deliberately driving away those defeated soldiers, allowing them to flee to the side of the Jianyu soldiers who retreated in formation, breaking up the formation, and carrying another wave of harvest.
When Duoduo saw this scene, he was immediately furious, and immediately ordered his cavalry to charge the Ming cavalry. If you can take this opportunity to entangle this Ming cavalry army, maybe a bad thing will turn into a good thing.
However, how could Li Dingguo let Duoduo get his wish. Almost as soon as the Jianyu cavalry began to move, he led the Ming cavalry around an arc, and after a while, he returned to his defensive line.
When the last Ming cavalry returned, the van moved again, blocking the horse road, and the artillery began to meet the rushing Jianyu cavalry in rhythm, and the flintlock pikemen and archers were also ready to attack.
There was no advantage to take advantage of, and they were also afraid of the power of the Ming army's long-range weapons, so the Jianyu cavalry also withdrew after a circle.
In front of the Ming army, the corpses of the prisoners were left behind. This charge and killing of the Ming cavalry was much more than the previous artillery and musket killings.
In this battle, counting before and after, Jianyu lost more than 1,000 losses.
Seeing this battle situation, seeing the defeat of Jianyu and retreating, the soldiers of the Ming army couldn't help cheering, their morale was high, and the sound shook the four fields.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Daming Wansheng!"
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Seeing that the morale of the Ming army was high, all the prisoners were demoralized. Duoduo was even more angry, and he still wanted to look at the Ming army arrogantly there, turned around, and just saw Ning Wan me, so he thought about it, and couldn't help but have a cold face, and shouted angrily: "The two armies are fighting, what are you doing here, do you want to escape back to the Ming Kingdom, right?" β
As soon as I heard this, Ning Wan came back to his senses and hurriedly replied respectfully: "Xiaguan is ordered by His Royal Highness the Regent to come and spread the word, so that His Highness can deal with it carefully, and pay more attention to the whereabouts of the Emperor Ming. If the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom and his Imperial Forest Army did not appear, it is likely that this is a suspicious soldier, and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent should be careful! β
Hearing that it was Dolgon, Dodor snorted heavily through his nose, ignored him, turned and drove away.
Ning Wan saw his attitude, and sighed in his heart. In fact, he didn't want to come to this errand. It was only when Fan Wencheng suddenly fell ill that the regent sent him over. At this time, he couldn't help but secretly curse Fan Wencheng in his heart, maybe Fan Wencheng knew that Dolgon was going to send Han officials over, so he suddenly pretended to be sick to avoid doing things under Duoduo.
As for the reason why Dolgon sent Han officials over, Ning Wan is also clear in my heart.
The so-called to deal with the Han people is still to use the Han people. The Ming Emperor is cunning, and if there are Han officials watching, it is possible to guess some of the Ming Emperor's intrigues, so that he can avoid being fooled by reminding him of Duoduo's identity.
Thinking of this, Ning Wan turned his head to look at the Yaozhou Post that was still cheering, turned around, and said cautiously to Duoduo: "Your Highness doesn't need to worry, the lower officials think that the Yaozhou Post is not big, and the Ming army not only has to carry grain and grass materials, but also ammunition and other ordnance and utensils, so the total amount is absolutely limited, and it can't be too much." A defense like this one will definitely not last long......"
As he was talking, he saw Duoduo turn his head and stare at him, with a cold look, so that for a moment, he forgot what was behind and couldn't go on.
However, this time Duoduo did not get angry, but said coldly, "Keep talking about your bad idea!" β
It was better than before, which made Ning Wan a little excited, and hurriedly continued to say cautiously: "As long as our army continues to cut off the back road of the Yaozhou Post Ming Army and continues to use soldiers to consume the supplies of the Ming Army, this Yaozhou Post can be taken without much effort!" β
The first thing he did when he came to Yaozhou Station was to see Duoduo leading the army to attack, so he offered this idea.
However, this kind of thing, how can Duoduo fight so many battles, how can he not know. After he first came, he sent 10,000 cavalry troops, divided into two battalions on the left and right, and set up between Yaozhouyi and Gaizhou, which was the measure of the rear road of the Ming army in Yaozhouyi.
Therefore, when he heard it at this time, he couldn't help but get angry again, held the horsewhip in his hand, pointed at Ning Wan and shouted: "Do you think this king is an idiot? This kind of superficial countermeasure, wouldn't this king know, and you idiot still need to remind this king......"
Speaking angrily, his face was a little hideous, and the hand holding the horsewhip was trembling slightly, as if he would swing it over in the next second.
Suddenly, Ning Wan and I immediately felt a lot of pressure, this master is really too difficult to serve.
The sweat on his forehead immediately began to flow down, and he didn't dare to say anything, so he hurriedly responded: "The lower officials still have a plan, but they can break the power of the Ming army's firearms!" β
Hearing this, Duoduo, who was scolding, stopped and did not continue to curse. However, after staring at me for a while, he shouted coldly: "Say! β
As soon as I heard it, I was about to speak, but I heard Duoduo shout again: "It's another clichΓ©, this king will reward you with ten lashes to wake up your pig brain!" β
Others will not treat Han officials like this, at least it is impossible to beat them at every turn; However, Duoduo is different, not only can he beat, but also rob his daughter-in-law, whether you are favored or not, as long as you are a Han official, he will dare.
After listening to it, the sweat on his forehead became waterfall sweat, and at this time, he already regretted it a little in his heart, why didn't he pretend to be sick!
Now that it is difficult to ride a tiger, he has no choice but to offer advice quickly. Because he knew that the person in front of him had little patience with the Han official, and if he said that the strategy offered by the misunderstanding was nothing more than that, he would be whipped.
"Your Highness, the artillery and muskets of the Ming army are mostly attacks in a straight line, and the attack distance is farther than our army's bow and arrow, which is the disadvantage of my Qing Dynasty. If the attack range can be shortened, the advantages of the Ming army's artillery and muskets will not be brought into play......"
When I finished saying this, I saw that Duoduo was showing signs of madness, and hurriedly sped up again and said, "Xia Guan just observed the terrain on the west side of the Ming army's defense line, which is suitable for digging and digging roads. Therefore, the lower officials thought that I could dig a trench in the Qing Dynasty, curve forward, and dig to the left and right in front of the Ming army, so as to effectively avoid the power of the Ming army's artillery and muskets. As for the bow and arrow, the trench could be covered with planks, and so ......"
Before he could finish his sentence, he saw the hand holding the leather whip move, and he was immediately frightened, and almost fell off his horse. He couldn't understand why Duoduo wanted to beat him after hearing this plan.
This time, however, he was misunderstood. Duoduo showed a rare smile, and the hand holding the leather whip reached over, just poked him in the shoulder, and then laughed: "The regent values you Han officials, and it is really useful!" Not bad! β
After saying that, Duoduo seemed to be a lot more relaxed, turned around, and quickly returned to the camp with a "driving" sound.
Whether or not my strategy is useful, Duoduo doesn't need to think about it carefully, and he will naturally be able to know. At least he can be sure that this is stronger than the rook offense.
Needless to say, at night, after a lesson, Duoduo strengthened his vigilance at night to avoid being attacked by the Ming army again.
That's it, the night was fine. Early the next morning, Dordor again led the army, but this time, not all of them came, and a considerable number of them lay their bodies in the camp to save food.
"It seems that this Duoduo is still too tender, and he wants to attack again, could it be the idea of consuming my food, grass and armament?" Li Guo saw it and couldn't help but smile and said.
The lonely city cannot be defended, otherwise no matter how strong the city is, it will fall one day.
Yaozhouyi's side, if it was really a lonely city, Li Guo would never be able to laugh. Since he looks relaxed, it means that there is no problem.
Li Dingguo did not answer immediately, but kept watching the array with a telescope. Suddenly, I heard him say solemnly: "Dashuai, it seems that there is something wrong with Jianyu. Not only were there fewer troops than yesterday, but many of the soldiers in front of him were not wearing armor and holding ...... in their hands Hoe and shovel ......"
Speaking of this, he immediately put down the binoculars, turned to Li Guo, and said a little faster: "Jianyu is going to dig a trench to attack!" β
If it is a fortified city like Jinzhou, there is actually not much fear of digging trenches. The moat is a hurdle, and the tall walls are also an effective defense measure. However, this is Yaozhou Station, which was originally a post station, and this city wall can only defend against the attacks of thieves and bandits, not to mention, on the left and right sides of Yaozhou Station, it is just a defensive front composed of side vans, and the defensive ability is much weaker than the city wall built with civil bricks.
I have to say that this move of Jianyu can indeed deal with the Ming army in Yaozhouyi.
Li Guo immediately observed with a telescope for a while, confirmed Li Dingguo's guess, and his expression suddenly became serious. However, there is no absolute spear or absolute shield in the world. He saw clearly, but he was not alarmed.