Volume 11 Chapter 35 The two armies face off against each other
November 11 is a very popular festival in later generations 'Singles' Day', of course, Huang Taiji did not know about this festival, but, on November 11 of the tenth year of Chongzheng, he led 300,000 Manchurian and Mongolian coalition troops very singlely, lined up in formation, and directly blocked the front of the army on the Daming East Road that had just penetrated into Chahar.
His meaning is obvious, that is: Come on, little emperor, let's fight it out!
Of course, Zhu Cijiong knew about Singles' Day, but on the eve of the war, at the moment when the winner was about to be decided, where did he still have the heart to think about an innocuous festival in the future, but when he received the report from the spies, he also led his 250,000 troops straight towards Huang Taiji's 300,000 army.
Of course, both of them have a very dishonorable side, like Huang Taiji, who hid thousands of field howitzers directly behind the big array, while Zhu Cijiong hid 100,000 elite cavalry behind the big array.
I don't know when it started, it snowed heavily in the sky, after nearly half an hour of rapid marching, Zhu Cijiong finally arrived more than ten miles away from the Manchurian and Mongolian coalition forces, here is already the depths of the Chahar grassland, the terrain is flat, as far as the eye can see, in the telescope has been faintly seen in front of the dense black spots, Hengtan is there, more than ten miles wide!
The reason why Huang Taiji chose such a flat terrain was to tell Zhu Cijiong, you see, I am very single, and I have no intention of fighting an ambush at all, come on, let's fight in a dignified manner.
Of course, Zhu Cijiong will not tell Huang Taiji, I ambushed 100,000 elite horsemen, and followed closely more than ten miles behind, as long as a telegram was struck, they would rush up frantically and give you a big surprise!
He was thinking all the way, why is Huang Taiji so bold and dares to face himself head-on, you must know that the current power of the Ming army's muskets and artillery is already very terrifying, even if it is 250,000 against 300,000, it is also crushing, absolute crushing, Huang Taiji does not know how fierce the Ming army's muskets and artillery are, he has already suffered in Liaodong, why does he seem to be not afraid at all at this time?
This time he thought about it for a long time, but in the end he still thought about it, it is very likely that Huang Taiji has secretly learned Daming's technology, and he is already on par with Daming in terms of equipment, otherwise where would he have the courage to face himself head-on!
To determine the equipment of the Qing army is actually very simple, within six miles, you can know it with a telescope, and now the military telescope of the Ming Dynasty can be seen very clearly within six miles, and even if Huang Taiji is equipped with a 620 howitzer, it can hit three or four miles at the farthest, and the distance of six miles is still very safe.
Some people may want to say, why didn't the scouts see people's equipment when they went to investigate, this ancient war is not like modern times, hundreds of thousands of troops are moving forward, and there are scouts within a radius of ten miles, and the enemy's scouts don't even want to check closely, they can only look at the approximate number of people and the direction of the march from a distance, if they really dare to approach, they will definitely be killed in an instant.
At this time, Zhu Cijiong saw that the Qing army did not move at all, and decisively ordered: "The whole army stopped advancing, and ordered all the artillery to pull the artillery to the front of the army one mile to set up a formation, the 317 howitzers were lined up in four rows in the front, the 417 howitzers were then lined up in three rows, the 518 howitzers were then lined up in two rows, and the 620 howitzers were lined up in the last row. “
With Zhu Cijiong's order, the Ming army stopped advancing, and 30,000 artillery men drove war horses and more than 2,000 howitzers to break away from the large army, and quickly lined up in front of them one row after another.
Huang Taiji seems to be going to be a bachelor to the end today, and the Ming army has begun to set up formations under his nose, and he still hasn't moved at all.
There was an artillery array, Zhu Cijiong was not afraid of the Qing army rushing up and attacking, he had already calmly ordered: "Order Qin Gongming to lead the 50,000 elite cavalry of the First Army of the Praetorian Guard Army to the left, Zu Dabi to lead the Qin army to 30,000 elite cavalry to the right, and the rest of the infantry to be in the center, in the standard battle phalanx in the front row of the artillery array." “
With his order, the Ming army scattered in all directions, the two cavalry groups were divided left and right, and the infantry of the three armies passed through the artillery phalanx, and soon lined up in front of the artillery array.
At this time, the distance between the two armies was less than seven miles, and Zhu Cijiong gave a dumbfounded order: "Carry the dragon chariot to the front of the formation!" “
Qin Liangyu, a loyal marquis who was riding a row of horses to accompany him, hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, no!" “
Zhu Cijiong smiled calmly and said, "It's okay, I'll just go up and take a look, let's go." “
Everyone couldn't persuade Qin Liangyu when they saw him, so they had to accompany him to the front of the battle.
As soon as Long Yuan came to the front of the formation, Zhu Cijiong reached out and took the telescope handed by Cao Huachun and looked at the Qing army's array.
Sure enough, the infantry phalanx in the middle of the Qing army had a musket, and it looked like a two-four-type flintlock pistol, but the cavalry on both wings was not equipped with a revolver rifle, but still held a sword, gun, sword and halberd, and it seemed that they had not developed a revolver rifle.
The two-four flintlock pistol can be imitated, and the field howitzer must have been made, although he was mentally prepared, Zhu Cijiong still couldn't help frowning, this is a little troublesome, but fortunately, the Ming army has an absolute advantage in the equipment of the cavalry, and it will definitely win, but the casualties may be very large.
At this time, Huang Taiji also stood in front of the formation and looked at this side, seeing that the military telescope he was holding in his hand was clearly the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but raise his right hand, stretched out his index finger, and clicked him a few times with the action of shooting.
This action Huang Taiji had seen when he was in Liaodong, and at that time he didn't know that there was such a thing as a pistol, so he didn't know what this action meant, but now of course he understood, so he raised his right hand without hesitation and made a traditional throat cutting action to show his respect!
Seeing this, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but sneer contemptuously, and said in his heart: "Hmph, dare to play with me to fight with hot weapons and find death!" “
If it is to command cold weapons combat, Zhu Cijiong may not even be as good as Zu Dabi Zu Er, let alone compared with the experienced and cunning Fox Emperor Taiji, but when it comes to playing hot weapons to fight, no one in this world has his rich experience, not only does he have countless experiences in his previous life as a reference, but he has also commanded several battles since he crossed over, which are all battles of hot weapons, and the Ming army has won a big victory.
On the other hand, on the side of Huang Taiji, even the practice of hot weapons is carried out secretly, and commanding the combat of hot weapons is the first time that the big girl has been on the sedan chair, how powerful can she be!
Judging from his arrangement, Zhu Cijiong estimated that this product may have even learned the "Infantry Drill Code", but it doesn't matter, just give him some tactics that are not on the "Infantry Drill Code", and see how he responds!
What tactics will Zhu Cijiong use? At the end of this chapter, please see the next breakdown.