Volume 11 Chapter 36 The Artillery Charge Disrupted the Enemy's Formation
Zhu Cijiong's method of dealing with Huang Taiji was very simple, according to the provisions of the Ming Dynasty's "Infantry Drill Code", artillery arrays were generally erected about one mile behind the infantry phalanx, and they should be arranged in order according to the distance of the firing range, just like the formation he is now arranged.
That is to say, even if the Qing army has the 620 howitzer with the longest range now, it can shoot about two miles in front of the Qing army's infantry phalanx, Zhu Cijiong wants to take advantage of this range difference to do the opposite, let the artillery rush first, and it is the 620 howitzer that rushes to the front, and it will bombard the artillery about three miles away from the Qing army!
At this time, the artillery of the Qing army was not able to reach the artillery array of the Ming army, but the 620 howitzer could bombard into the infantry phalanx of the Qing army, and the Qing army would be in chaos after a few rounds of shells, and the 518 howitzer, the 417 howitzer, and the 317 howitzer would come forward in turn, and the artillery would be bombarded, and then the infantry would scatter and rush forward.
Of course, there must be a premise for this rush, that is, the cavalry of the Qing army does not come to make trouble, if the artillery rushes to the front of the formation, the artillery has not yet set up the cavalry of the Qing army, and then it is to send food to people, and Zhu Cijiong has his own way to deal with the cavalry of the Qing army.
Soon all the generals were ordered to come, and knelt down in front of the dragon chariot in the dark, Zhu Cijiong stood on the dragon chariot and said loudly: "I tell you now, the Qing army on the opposite side also has flintlock pistols and artillery, are you afraid?" “
The generals naturally shouted in unison: "Don't be afraid." “
Zhu Cijiong nodded, and continued to say aloud: "This battle is bound to be difficult, but after this battle, the northern Xinjiang will be calm, there will be no threat around the Ming Dynasty, and the people of the Ming Dynasty will live a stable and happy life, are you willing to spill your blood for this?" “
The generals shouted in unison in a higher voice, "Yes." “
Zhu Cijiong nodded solemnly, and continued to say loudly: "Very good, the people of the Ming Dynasty will not forget you, and I will not forget you, I hereby announce that after this battle, the Liao Army will be promoted to the second-class legion, the Qin army will be promoted to the first-class legion, the first legion of the Praetorian Guard will double the salary, and those who have made meritorious contributions to the enemy in this battle will have their silver rewards doubled, and those who sacrificed their lives for the country in this battle will have their pensions doubled, and the Ministry of Labor will arrange the rich monthly work for the families of the fallen soldiers, so that they will have no worries about food and clothing in the future!" “
When the generals below heard this, they roared excitedly: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." “
After the morale was boosted, Zhu Cijiong began to arrange specific tactics, and made detailed arrangements for the order and time of the attacks of each troop.
After everything was arranged and the generals dispersed, Zhu Cijiong immediately ordered: "Telegraph Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao to set off immediately, and rush straight to the left and right flanks of the Qing army with a straggler formation, so that they don't care about anything, just rush!" “
After giving the order, he immediately sat back, panting, Nima, it's hard to have a meeting in this era without a microphone!
Qin Mingyue, who was next to the dragon chariot, was so distressed when she saw this, she immediately took a large teacup from the eunuch who was serving on the side, poured a bowl of fragrant tea that had already been brewed, and flew over the dragon chariot.
Zhu Cijiong took the fragrant tea, gulped a few sips and drank it, and then took the opportunity of Qin Mingyue to take the teacup and grabbed her jade hand, and quipped: "Mingyue, are you afraid?" “
Qin Mingyue said casually: "What are you afraid of?" The emperor will win! “
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he laughed and said, "Okay, then I will borrow your auspicious words, and I will reward you with a thousand years of queen after this battle!" “
No matter how elegant Qin Mingyue was, she was as shy as she heard this, she immediately took out her jade hand, snatched the teacup, took a sip of Zhu Cijiong, and then flew away with a little jade foot.
Zhu Cijiong was actually a little nervous, because he didn't know how many artillery pieces Huang Taiji had prepared, and the more artillery pieces there were, the heavier the casualties of the Ming army's officers and soldiers, he really couldn't bear to think about it, and only in this way could he forget it.
Regardless of whether you can't bear it or not, this battle still slowly kicked off, and less than a quarter of an hour after Zhu Cijiong's telegram order, the left and right rear flanks of the Ming army sounded the sound of thunderous horses' hooves, and the elite cavalry led by Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao came!
Huang Taiji has been waiting for the Ming army to rush into battle, he believes that the little emperor will definitely not be consumed with him like this, when the Ming army rushes up and is bombarded by the artillery array, it will be a big chaos, and he will take advantage of the chaos to launch a charge, and he will win!
To his surprise, the Ming army had not moved, just stood there straight, stood there for a full quarter of an hour, just as he was muttering to himself, countless cavalry suddenly rushed out from the rear of the Ming army, rushing straight to his left and right flanks!
Let them rush up, as long as a few hundred cavalry rush to the middle of his artillery array, his artillery array will be destroyed, he hurriedly ordered the cavalry on the left and right flanks to rush up to meet the attack, be sure to block all the Ming cavalry that suddenly appeared.
As soon as the cavalry on his side attacked, the Ming army moved, the Ming army did not charge with the infantry in a wave formation as he guessed, nor did it charge with cavalry, the cavalry rushed out, but it rushed to the two wings, and the infantry suddenly shrunk and became a column, and thousands of Ming troops suddenly rushed out of the gap between the columns, pushing hundreds of cannons, and lined up directly in front of the formation, and then ignored it and began to load ammunition!
Huang Taiji was directly dumbfounded, how could there be such a fight, there is no such thing in the Ming Army's "Infantry Drill Code"!
Immediately let the infantry rush up? Just kidding, now the two sides are still more than three miles apart, and the infantry is not cavalry, even if you break your leg, it will take at least a cup of tea to rush up, and the Ming army doesn't know how many cannons it fired at that time.
If you don't rush, you can't stand here and get shells, of course you can't, you don't have time to hesitate, Huang Taiji immediately shouted: "Retreat, retreat, all retreat, quickly." “
With that, he himself turned his horse's head and galloped backwards.
"Boom boom" The Ming army's 620 howitzer roared next, and a piece of scattered bullets covered the Qing army like a dark cloud.
The artillery of the Ming army poured up row after row, and the artillery erected behind did not need to be commanded, and the whole battlefield was filled with the roar of the artillery, and the artillery carefully prepared by Huang Taiji was not yet released, and his own infantry had already been bombarded with more than half of the casualties!
Finally, the artillery no longer poured out of the Ming army's array, but groups of infantry rushed out of the gap in the artillery, like a plate of scattered sand, scattered everywhere, but did not enter the range of his artillery.
At this moment, Huang Taiji had retreated to the middle of the artillery array in embarrassment, he looked at the infantry who had been bombarded by his own side and suffered heavy casualties, and then looked at the Ming army who were still scurrying around there, and he was angry and spurted out a mouthful of blood!
The scattered formation of the Ming army, even if he rushes over, he can hit a few, and his hole card is simply prepared in vain!