Section 611 Prelude to the Great War

The fourth volume of the sharp blade out of the sheath Shenzhou moves

Under the coercion of Dolgon, the Shang Ke Xi Han army banner braved huge casualties and organized troops to pour in from the gap in the city wall, intending to attack quickly.

In their experience, once they tear through the defenses and enter the city, victory is within reach, and slaughter awaits.

The second and third waves of Han army flags shouted and continued to pour into the gap, and then were killed and wounded by the fire of the Dingnan army.

The Huaxia style has a limited firing range, and it is not as good as long-distance attack methods such as stone throwers, rockets, and artillery, and it must wait for the enemy to get closer before fighting.

The catapult and cannon look mighty, but they can kill only a limited number of enemies, and more of a deterrent.

And the lethality of the Huaxia style is stronger than that of long-range weapons.

Such a dense way of charging is just a queue to be shot to the soldiers holding the Huaxia style.

Taking advantage of the Dingnan Army's artillery fire, guns and ammunition replacement and installation, the fourth wave of 5,000 Han army flags swarmed in.

At the same time, more than 20 artillery pieces of the Han military banner of Shang Kexi also began to exert their might.

The Tartars have no culture, let alone the calculation angle, and it is estimated that they can't even do the math, let alone manipulate the cannon. Therefore, the artillery was in the hands of the Han army banner of the king of Sanshun.

However, both longbows and heavy bows are their strong points.

Huang Taiji's henchman Ji'er Harang, commanding three or five thousand archers, divided into four or five phalanxes, and cooperated with the Han army flag in the rear to attack.

And Dolgon, with a murderous face, dressed in bright heavy armor, rode on a horse and personally organized the Zhenghong Banner of Daishan and the Zhenglan Banner of Haoge, and lined up in a column circle.

His positive white flag and Duoduo's inlaid white flag had already suffered heavy losses in previous battles with Qin Haoming, and he would never suffer trauma again.

Jiannu's Eight Banners system is competitive, which is considered a benefit, but the disadvantages must outweigh the benefits.

The banner owners of each banner regard the soldiers and bannermen of their banners as their private property, and do not want to suffer more damage, even if Dolgon's will is firm, he does not want to lose too many subordinates in his heart.

Even if Huang Taiji is a big man and an emperor, he can only coordinate and distribute.

Jiannu's Eight Banners system, not only has a flag owner, but also is divided into a variety of forms such as the public cattle record and its own cattle record, each with its own belonging.

In wartime, they act according to orders, and in peacetime, they do their own thing.

After the battle, the captives and wealth were distributed to the banners and the cattle, and the Great Khan could not deprive the bannermen and nobles of their property at will.

This kind of system, in good times can be profitable, in the slightest adversity, it will be like the present, Dolgon refused to invest his subordinates to charge into battle, but put the Han army flag army in the position of the main attack.

Of course, due to the death of Duoduo and the huge loss of the white flag and the white flag, Huang Taiji still stepped forward and let Dorgon temporarily take charge of the red flag and the blue flag.

Even if Dai Shan and Haoge are unhappy, they can only obey. Because this is not only the meaning of Huang Taiji, but also the reason for the last battle in Liaodong, there is no room for loss!

"Rise!" Dolgon shouted for peace, ignoring the huge casualties of the Shang Ke Xi Han army flag ahead, and pinned all his hopes on the column circle.

Speaking of which, after Jiannu learned from Liao Town in Daming, he carried forward the tactics of war, that is, the column circle.

Small circular formations form long formations on top of each other, and in battle, if they can attack, they will break the enemy on horseback, but most of them charge in infantry formations.

The spear and halberd are speared with warriors as the vanguard, the cavalry cooperates to harass the enemy formation on both flanks, and the infantry array is frontal attack, with the elite of the sharp soldiers, holding the spear and halberd to break the formation.

It can be said that Jiannu's so-called riding and archery won the country, although riding was what Jiannu was good at, but it was far inferior to the Mongolian Tatars, and shooting was indeed the best in the world at that time.

On the premise that the British had already abandoned the longbow troops, the Jiannu archers were indeed the best in the world at that time, not only in East Asia.

Of course, the winning trick that really made them win many battles and defeat strong enemies was to learn from the Ming army in Liaozhen and carry forward the big step formation to defeat the enemy.

In every battle, with the elite in heavy armor in front, holding long soldiers to break the front, the good shooters are behind, and the cavalry charges, invincible.

Since there was a column formation, it was not the Zhejiang soldiers on the bank of the Hunhe River who really threatened the Jiannu infantry formation, even the Zhejiang soldiers fought very bravely, and the resistance was very fierce, giving Jiannu a lot of casualties.

But the Zhejiang soldiers lost Qi Jiguang's training, or the Zhejiang soldiers have never been an army that fights with blood.

The way of fighting the Zhejiang soldiers originated from the genius generals, and they paid attention to the coordination of command and the whole.

Therefore, on the banks of the Hunhe River, the Zhejiang soldiers fought very well, but that's what happened.

What really frightened Jiannu and made him feel uncomfortable when he thought about it was the white pole soldier from Sichuan......

The spears were arrayed, the pace was neat, and the array was tight, and the attack on the Shangjiannu infantry formation was not inferior.

Under the ring attack of several times the Eight Banners of Jiannu, the white pole soldiers did not move like a rock, making Jiannu pay the price of blood.

In the end, it was the artillery bombardment in the city that opened the gap in the formation of the white pole soldiers, and then they swarmed up and annihilated this powerful Sichuan soldier......

The bravery and blood of the Sichuan army are worthy of their true name.

The queue was formed, the drums and horns sounded, the flags were unfurled, and all the Han army flags and Jiannu cavalry were shouting violently, and the momentum of the whole army was immediately raised.

Huang Taiji and Dolgon are also hesitant, no matter how brave the Ming army in front of them is, can they stop the column circle formation of the Qing Dynasty?

"Kill!"

In Wafangdian City, Qin Haoming was also drinking violently, patrolling everywhere and cheering everywhere.

The big war is about to start, even if he is like him, the commander of an army, at this time, there is no need to think about the east and the west, and survival is fundamental.

He was wearing a cotton armor, with iron leaves and copper nails inlaid on most of his chest, and a protective iron mesh skirt on his lower body.

It's just that the boots are not wire mesh boots, but ordinary cloth boots. There are no shin guards on the legs, only leggings wrapped in strips of cloth.

There are no heart goggles or layers of iron armor on his chest, no arm guards on his arms, and an ordinary cool hat on his head with red tassels.

Not only him, most of the Dingnan army was dressed like this, and some people even didn't even have armor, only wearing ordinary arrow robes, with a tight-necked hem and compact sleeves, which was easy to ride horses and shoot arrows.

The Dingnan army did not have special archers, in front of the formation, the people with arrows slowly walked to the front row under the leadership of the officers, about 300 people, plus the Tartar archers on both sides, the number was about 600.

Compared with Jiannu, the Dingnan Army was originally not good at shooting, and only the soldiers who originally belonged to the Tianxiong Army maintained the skills of bows and arrows.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that each hundred households should have at least sixty or seventy archers, and they should be practiced every three or five days.

There are several assessments every year, and if officers want to take up their posts, they must also assess the martial arts of archery and horses, and even the Xiucai exam also has the content of archery and horse archery.

By the time of Emperor Chengzu, Xiucai had long since stopped taking the bow and horse, and Emperor Chengzu was not right, and in order to win the hearts of the people, the rules for the assessment of military attachés were also canceled.

Then there is the corruption of the guards, the sergeants fled, the fields were occupied by the generals, and they couldn't even eat, who still had the heart to prepare their own bows and horses, and practice every few days?

When it came time to recruit soldiers, most of the battalions in the towns were recruited from the guards army, the hooligans who filled the army, and the bankrupt peasants.

There are no ten people here who know how to bow and arrow, and after becoming a soldier, there will naturally be a part of the practice of bows and arrows, but the success is limited, and of course the number will not be many.

Then to Qin Haoming, in addition to the original Tianxiong army soldiers, the newly recruited army did not let the soldiers deliberately practice archery, but changed to marksmanship.