Chapter 76 (2) Battle of Tongzhou 4
Hauge closed his eyes painfully, more than two years ago, he had seen this scene, but today this scene was re-staged in front of his eyes, they regarded the proud Jianzhou cavalry, in front of the large and medium military neat formation, there was no power to fight back at all, only far away from being slaughtered, they Jianzhou Jurchen so many years of conquest, the kind of glory that they have accumulated, to this day has almost been stripped of a fine light, and those Jianzhou warriors they are proud of actually began to shamefully turn their horses and run away, This time they are really in trouble!
The artillerymen of the three artillery battalions jumped up and down one by one and kept loading ammunition, constantly firing artillery bombardment at the Jiannu array, while the few guns on the Jiannu side could only faintly occasionally sound weakly, carrying out counterattacks that were better than nothing, and causing some casualties and troubles to the Dazhong Army.
Abatai desperately pressed the soldiers and horses under his command, so that he could not panic, and at the same time ordered the two defeated and retreated Aliha Chaoha battalions to quickly regroup, he originally intended to kill the two battalions of Jialazhangjing, but after they were defeated and retreated, Abatai knew that the Jialazhangjing who led the team on the left wing had been killed on the spot by the Dazhong army, and he couldn't kill if he wanted to, and although the Jialazhangjing on the right wing ran back alive, he was also shot, and his shoulder blade was almost broken. After coming back, he fell off his horse and fainted, and now killing him will not only be useless, but on the contrary, it will be more demoralizing, so Abatai can only give up, and promote people to replace these two Jialazhangjing to command the two Aliha Chaoha battalions.
In just a quarter of an hour or two, the Jiannu army left the corpses of hundreds of people and horses in front of the Dazhong army, some of the Jiannu soldiers were wounded but not dead, lying on the ground screaming loudly, and some of the wounded horses also fell to the ground and hissed, and the battlefield was a bleak scene.
Even the main formation of the Jiannu army was not much better, the shells of the large and medium army repeatedly plowed several times in their large formation, and also killed and injured a lot of Jiannu soldiers, at this time the morale of the Jiannu soldiers had plummeted, and took the initiative to start to disperse some, so that the formation was loosened a little, and the first shot of the province fell, killing and wounding many people.
Abatai saw that the quick battle could not be achieved, but he did not dare to order a retreat easily, so he had to grit his teeth and insist, seeing that they suffered a great loss in the artillery battle, and they could only be beaten by the artillery of the Dazhong Army against them, so he had no choice but to supervise the division to focus on the infantry and continue to attack towards the Dazhong Army.
These Jiannu infantry troops not only had the Han soldiers under the command of the Han army banner Shi Tingzhu, but also the Ge Bush Xian camp of Jiannu, after receiving the order, they erected the big shield one after another, pushed it to the front, and then gathered together under the cover of the big shield and began to attack towards the large formation of the big Chinese army.
Abatai thinks that since the weapons of the Dazhong army are powerful, they can't fight them for the time being, so they will find a way to fight the Dazhong army in close combat! You must know that the reason why their Jiannu army has laid such a big foundation over the years, the most important thing is to rely on them, the Jianzhou warriors, dare to fight hand-to-hand with the Ming army, although the Ming army is large in number and has good weapons, but it seriously lacks the courage to fight with the Jiannu army, often if they can't use artillery and bows and arrows to defeat the Jiannu army that attacked them, once the Jiannu army sticks them and starts hand-to-hand combat, Those soldiers of the Ming army who can't get much military pay all year round will not fight to the end with the Jiannu army with red eyes, including the generals, will immediately disperse, and the Ming army can hardly compete with the Jiannu army in the field, which also makes the Jiannu army so arrogant.
Therefore, Abatai believes that the Dazhong Army is similar to the Ming Army, and it is also better than firearms, but it is more powerful than the Ming Army, since they are better than firearms, then they must be no better at hand-to-hand combat, so it is entirely possible for him to win this battle with the advantage of the Jiannu Army's hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.
Even Haoge, who had suffered the loss of the Xingtian Army, agreed with Abatai's opinion on this point, thinking that they could give it a try, after all, they had no more choices, now their forces are scattered, and under the hasty response to the battle, once they retreat easily, it is likely to be transformed into a rout of the whole army under the cover of the Dazhong Army, neither of them can afford such a consequence, even if the Dazhong Army is strong, they must also work hard, otherwise even if they escape back to the Guanwai, I am afraid they will not be able to explain to Huang Taiji and many elders of the Great Qing Dynasty, So the two immediately supervised the division to focus on the infantry army and continued to attack the Dazhong army.
This attack is a helpless move for Abatai and Hauge, they must be like the previous against the Ming army, with inferior troops and firepower to defeat each other, otherwise they will only be beaten by the Dazhong army, so at this time, Abatai and Hauge did not dare to cherish the Jiannu soldiers in their hands, when the order was given, it can be said that a death order was issued, no matter how big the casualties, they must attack the Dazhong army formation, and the Dazhong army hand-to-hand combat, if anyone dares to retreat without authorization, Then they will never spare these generals who have retreated without permission.
So these thousands of Jiannu soldiers reluctantly began to move forward, howling with fear, and followed step by step behind the sword player holding the big shield in the sound of war drums, attacking the front of the big Chinese army, hoping to use their relatively strong melee ability to repel this large Chinese army and restore their decline.
In the formation of the Great Zhong Army, Xiao Tianjian looked at these Jiannu soldiers who were wrapped in a group and attacked in his direction, and immediately guessed Abatai's thoughts, and couldn't help but sneer again.
Today is the first time he has faced an enemy who can fight with them since the Northern Expedition, and it is also the first time to face an army of Jiannu. He Jiannu has a reputation for being good at war, so doesn't the Dazhong Army under his command have a reputation for being good at war?
In this era, although firearms have gradually become the main battle weapons on the battlefield, how can Xiao Tianjian not know that before the emergence of sharper hot weapons, it is impossible to dominate the battlefield on the battlefield with muskets and primitive artillery alone, and for a long time in the future, it is impossible for cold weapons to withdraw from the battlefield, and many times the decision on the battlefield is still to rely on swords and guns to determine who is the final winner on the battlefield.
He did not deny that the Jiannu soldiers would be very brave on the battlefield, and they were also very good at hand-to-hand combat, but Xiao Tianjian always insisted that even if it was a cold weapon battle, it was not only based on personal technical combat ability, but more often on the mutual cooperation between soldiers.
And the infantry phalanx he "created" was precisely to carry forward the musket firepower at the same time, but also to carry forward the cooperation between the pikemen and the knife players, and to bring the ability of group combat to the extreme, which has thoroughly tested the power of his infantry phalanx through nearly eight years of conquest.
He does not deny that if one against one catches and kills, those soldiers under him will definitely not be the opponent of the Jiannu generals, but one plus one does not equal two, and he believes that these large and medium-sized generals he has trained will definitely not be weaker than the Jiannu side in combat once they fight collectively.
What's more, at the moment, he still has an absolute advantage in firepower, and the Jiannu army is forced to take the initiative to attack, and these hundreds of steps are enough for him to repair the Jiannu soldiers first.
So he pointed at the Jiannu army that was attacking, and instructed Liu Yaoben: "First give me a good greeting with cannons and muskets, so that even if they approach, they will already be at the end of their crossbows!" I want to see how many catties this Abatai and Hauge have, and let them use whatever they can! Let's defeat them in a field battle today! ”
Liu Yaoben nodded excitedly and said, "The last general will take the order!" Holy rest assured! Please stand back a little for the time being, and see how the end will clean up the Jiannu! ”
Xiao Tianjian sneered: "Don't think that if I become an emperor, this courage is small!" I'm right here, let the soldiers know that I, Xiao Tianjian, am among them watching them! You're going to give me a good fight! ”
Liu Yaoben saw that Xiao Tianjian insisted on refusing to retreat, so he glanced at Tie Tou helplessly, and Tie Tou shook his head helplessly at Liu Yaoben, saying that since Xiao Tianjian refused to retreat, then he, the head of Yu Linwei, had no choice, but he then nodded firmly, which was regarded as a guarantee to Liu Yaoben that with their Yu Linwei presence, Xiao Tianjian's safety would be maintained.
So Liu Yaoben didn't talk nonsense, nodded and then began to lift the horse forward, and went to the front to start arranging.
After the three artillery battalions received the order, they immediately began to adjust the muzzles, aiming the muzzles at the front of the battlefield, and the gun commander or a gunner who was responsible for aiming at each gun immediately began to adjust the muzzles, calibrate the target, and then began to bombard the attacking Jiannu army one after another.
In order to enhance the lethality of the shelling, the heavy artillery was even replaced with a rarely used flowering shell, for a time the cannon on the side of the large Chinese army rumbled, but the Jiannu army was screaming again and again, especially those eight-pounder heavy guns, often a shell, can take a lot of Jiannu's life, hit the Jiannu is a fart and urine, the timid on the spot was frightened crazy, and the flowering bombs also occasionally roared in the Jiannu crowd, often a bomb point, it can set off a group of Jiannu, and the whole Jiannu team formation was sparsely stirred.
Some Jiannu soldiers, especially the Han soldiers of the Han army banner, couldn't stand such a shelling, turned around and tried to escape, the smarter ones ran to both sides, and the stupid ones ran to the back, and the stupid ones who ran to the back were immediately cut down to the ground by the Jiannu soldiers who supervised the war, and the heads were picked up on the spears to show the public, but the people who ran to both sides were better, but they couldn't escape the pursuit of the supervising cavalry, and they were chased by the Jiannu cavalry, and they were killed by a shot on the ground.
In this way, there is no escape from the Jiannu soldiers, and there is a supervising team behind to supervise the battle, only to brave the artillery fire of the Dazhong Army, continue to attack towards the Dazhong Army, and leave a lot of dead and wounded Jiannu soldiers along the way, which looks miserable.
(Today is super depressed, the new book that has exhausted my efforts for more than a month, getting up early and greedy for darkness, writing hundreds of thousands of words, handed over to the editor and was shot down!) Depressed! My fragile heart hurts! Alack! )