Chapter 44: The Battle of Dadonggou II
The main force of the central battlefield was the Ming army. X
The general problem of the Ming army now is that not many people dare to go out of the city or go out to fight with the Jianzhou stragglers, and this phenomenon exists in the cavalry and infantry. Not daring to engage in outpost warfare, skirmishers, or reluctant to attack is also defeated, so that the army is equivalent to being interrupted by the outstretched tentacles.
Shou Xuan knew that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was limited to their front, and if the Ming army collapsed, this battle would be difficult to win. Therefore, whether it was carrying cavalry or fighting in sentinels, he used what little strength he had. Help them maintain their formation, so that the border army can give full play to its combat effectiveness.
At the same time as the Jianzhou cavalry charged, their infantry also made contact with the light arquebusiers in the center. The Jianzhou soldiers were in groups of several people, using bows and arrows and muskets to shoot at the skirmishers. The center of the battle line was filled with gunsmoke, and the iron gunners of the Chezhi Dan were good at developing their firepower, and the archers of Jianzhou had to stop and fire their bows and arrows. The combat effectiveness of an army is made up of the energy it has accumulated, and in a nutshell, the energy of a musketeer is the chemical energy of gunpowder and a small amount of physical strength. Whereas, archers rely entirely on physical strength. The confrontation on the central battlefield allowed each of the archers in Jianzhou to shoot more than 10 arrows, and compared with the casualties, the results were few.
As the Jurchen heavy infantry got closer and closer, the light arquebusiers gradually retreated in the cross-fire, and the Jianzhou soldiers followed. The stragglers of the Jincheng Army retreated from the gaps and flanks of the Ming army's array to the rear of the formation, and regrouped on the left flank.
The first two rows of the Ming army were shields and spears, and then there were three rows of birds, and Wang Zongyun of Liaozhen commanded all the Ming troops in a unified manner. Entering a range of seventy or eighty paces, Jianzhou continued their tactics and threw light arrows at the Ming army. The Ming army also returned fire with shotguns, and the two sides fought very lively, and the casualties were not large. The remaining physical strength of the Jianzhou soldiers was not enough for them to continue to harass as before, and after a few rounds of light arrow throwing, they were replaced with heavy arrows.
The Qing bow and heavy arrow was another weapon specially designed to adapt to the battle with the mixed cold and hot weapons of the Ming army. The bow is heavy, and the heavy arrow is regulated like a light spear, which is very powerful, and the advantage compared to throwing a spear is that it can be aimed. The disadvantage is that it is too heavy, inconvenient to carry, and has poor firepower continuity.
Dozens of heavy arrows pierced into the Ming army column, immediately causing significant casualties, and the heavy armored soldiers of the birth girl really used heavy arrows to cover close to the Ming army column.
Wang Zongyun blew the military horn, and the four tiger squatting cannons were fired, and the fan formed by the shotgun knocked down nearly half of the dead Jurchen soldiers. These heavy armored infantry were raised by Jianzhou to stir up the Ming army's formation. Up to now, they are all familiar routines of the Ming army. Although the Ming army's formation was a little chaotic, it was able to withstand it.
Jianzhou's armor soldiers and archers who had slightly recovered their strength also pressed up at this time, and spears began to pierce each other in some areas of the battle line. If it was an ordinary Ming army, it would basically be defeated at this time, and Jianzhou was about to enter the moment of slaughter.
The former commander of the Chechi Dan Iron Gunners and some of the Pirate Arquebusiers regrouped on the left flank, and adjusted the position of the Franc Machine's gyroscope guns.
The Iron Gunners dispersed the few remaining Jianju archers on the right flank of Jianju with a group salvo. Because of the fire of the iron artillery, the right flank of Jianzhou was under more pressure, and they advanced more slowly.
4 Franc planes fired diagonally at the right flank of the Jianzhou armor soldiers, 5 rounds of solid bullets, 1 round of shotguns, and the outermost Jianzhou armor soldiers were almost swept away. Some of the Kirichi Dan dropped their arquebuses and drew their swords, and together with the Ming army on the left flank, they swept into the center.
At this time, it happened to be the most fierce moment when the battle between the hollow phalanx and the cavalry on the side of the order was at its fiercest, and Wang Huizhi saw that the middle was stable, so he led all the pirates to rush to the right flank, drowning the remaining cavalry in Jianzhou.
The battlefield is not big, and Wang Zongyun's position is clear at a glance. Seeing that the Jianzhou infantry was in chaos and his own victory was in sight, a burst of blood surged into his head, he had never been so close to the victory over Jianzhou in such a comparison of forces. Wang Zongyun grabbed a big knife, shouted to fight, and led his five family members to kill the people of the Jianzhou soldiers.
At this time, Jianzhou had used up all its impulses and retreated step by step under the attack of the coalition forces.
Ban Zhifu's two minions desperately dragged their master out of the crowd. Ban Zhifu glanced at the cavalry, and his heart was cold. Half a life, he knew that this battle was irreparable. Take off your armor as quickly as possible, take the cotton clothes in your hand and immediately open the way. The veterans of the Shang clan are very good at retreating, although they have rarely done such things in recent years, but running away is engraved in their bones like instinct. Seeing that the deputy commander of the clan was slipping away, he also left the front line one after another, threw away his armor and weapons in his way, and fled to the rear.
This time the armor soldiers with blue flags were sold, and this group of Jianzhou soldiers adhered to the consistent tenacious style. Despite being surrounded, they are still fighting hard. Yuan Changxin is not stupid, many opponents have iron armor, there is no need to fight hard at this time. The infantry covered the swing cannon in position, and after dodging the space, 4 shotguns smashed through, and flesh flew sideways. Yuan Changxin saw that there were still 4 shotgun guns, so he simply finished all of them. Then everyone poured into the pile of corpses, scrambling to cut off the enemy's head.
Ban Zhifu bypassed the city without looking back, ignoring the clothes and slaves in the village, and ran towards the upper reaches of the Yalu River without looking back. The people of the Shang Domain gathered from different directions, and after Ban Zhifu ran out of the battlefield to count the number of people, there were still more than 100 Shang Domain's armor soldiers and bannermen.
Ban Zhifu breathed a long sigh of relief, "The brothers are doing a good job, it's good to be here." "These armor soldiers are the lifeblood of Shang Fan's foothold in Jianzhou, and it is good to live one more.
A soldier grinned heartlessly, "My lord, I'm the best at running away, I've been running for more than ten years." ”
Ban Zhifu patted him on the head, "Brothers, be careful, let's go to Jiulian City." ”
No matter what Chief Jian and the prince would do with him after he returned, all Ban Zhifu could think about now was how to bring home these brothers who had lived together since Dongjiang Town. The old Dongjiang soldiers were very familiar with the terrain of the Yalu River area, and disappeared into the woods with three feet and two feet.
Manchuria with the blue banner Mel Zhangjing Lanbai lost all his cavalry, and only one Bayala escort was left by his side. The infantry with blue flags made cushions for the people of Shang Fan and also gave them to the battlefield.
Lan Bai was full of sadness, turned his horse's head and ran into the village, most of the coats belonged to the blue flag, and he also wanted to bring more people back.
After entering the village, Lan Bai shouted a few times, but no one came out.
The Bayala Protector took Rambai's horse by the head, "Master, Nikan's soldiers are about to chase after him." ”
Lan Bai was a little reluctant, and he liked the two coats in the village.
"Master, the minions have long since run away. We'll have to walk quickly, we might run into them on the way. ”
Lan Bai nodded, led the horse and was about to leave.
A figure leaps from the roof and pounces on his armor. Rambai was caught off guard as the Ahanikan stabbed his sword into Bayala's faceplate, slicing the throat of the protector, blood pouring out of his twitching armor. Rambai was furious, drew his saber and jumped off his horse, he wanted to end this daring Nikan.
Jin Shiying struggled to dodge the heavy sword wielded in Lan Bai's hand, his eyes skimmed to the Ming army battle flag raised in the walled city, and he grinned very happily.
Jin Shiying didn't have a weapon in his hand, and even if he had a knife, it would be difficult for him to hurt Lan Bai, who was dressed in heavy armor. Jin Shiying didn't fight with Lan Bai either, so he went around in circles around him. Lan Bai fought for a while and then gasped, the armor and weapons were too heavy, and it was very uncomfortable for him to not be able to hit every time. Jin Shiying saw the opportunity to hit Lan Bai's war horse with a punch, and the war horse ran away in pain.
A small group of Chezhidan found out about the battle here and surrounded them.
Lan Bai's armor was so conspicuous that he knew he would not be lucky. Unbutton your neck, take off your helmet and toss it aside, revealing the money rat tail. Seeing that this Tartar was going to be desperate, a few Chezhi Dan did not talk nonsense and immediately shot him. Lan Bai spat blood from his mouth and fell to his knees. Jin Shiying walked over and picked up the heavy sword that had fallen to the ground, this heavy sword was actually not sharp and difficult to use to cut. Jin Shiying kicked down Lan Bai's body and hammered him in the neck with a heavy sword, sword after sword, sword after sword, until his neck was completely smashed.
In the middle of the battlefield.
Orderly unbuttoned his armor and touched his chest, he felt much better now. I wore a lot of clothes in winter, and my bones were not broken, but only flesh wounds.
Ronald was shot by three arrows and was still smiling at him before being carried down.
Although he won, he was not happy at all. Nearly half of the casualties of the Marines and Guards may be the reason why the fighting has been relatively smooth for the past two years, including the fact that he did not expect to lose so much in the first contact with Jianzhou.
Although Jincheng has many advanced firearms, Jincheng's army has not yet been able to achieve standardization, and the current elite line cannot be replicated. The army itself has no hematopoietic function, and its combat effectiveness depends on these veteran backbones who died today, and there are not many of these backbones, and everyone is precious.
The pirates helped to sort out the corpses, and Orderly stood there silent for a long time.
There were many brothers from the Americas lying on the ground, as well as other soldiers who had joined in Asia.
The Order had promised them that they would let everyone live a noble life. Now they have fallen in the distant white mountains and black waters. Along the way, it was not without fighting a battle with heavier casualties than this one, but it was either a gang robbery of a Spanish merchant ship, or a desperate counterattack forced by a Spanish warship into a corner.
The soldiers had just started their families, and many of them had left behind their widows. Oh no, count the time, the babies over there in Jincheng have already been born.
Endless sorrow crept into the heart of the order, and it was difficult for him to face the orphans and widows, and it was difficult for him to face the senate.
In this chaotic era, the order can only try to take care of the people around him. Today he didn't do it.
In war, word of mouth can be a lot of exaggeration, and the order has always believed that only by fighting can we obtain first-hand information about war.
The state border is the farthest range of delivery that an army can win a battle, and where the boundaries of this range are, no one can know before the battle. Only the results can show the limit.
This engagement let Shou Xuan know how strong Jianzhou is and how difficult it is to fight with Jianzhou.
Now that Orderly has been informed, he can't afford to win a battle like this.
The battleship fired a gun salute, and the fleet held an official burial at sea.
The voyage will continue, and the matters responsible for the battle will be dealt with back home. Gather your mood in order and check how much loot you got at the mouth of the Yalu River.
The 13 ships built in Jianzhou are basically the style of Ming ships, and the pointed bottom sea ships are slightly smaller than the No. 2 Fu ship. The material of the ships is very solid, more than most of the lucky ships.
Jianzhou's shipyard and fleet had enough materials to complete the final construction. Wood and stone, hard sail rope and cable, the craftsmanship of Jianzhou is general, and the materials are solid.
The Ming army dispersed the routs around them, and slaves came over one after another.