Chapter 290: Flanking and Outflanking
Nikan, who was watching the battle in the rear, was annoyed, Manchuria was fighting in the blue flag for a long time, and now he was already sleepy, and he wanted to replace him, who knew that it would be such an ending.
If you don't send troops to support, the blue flag of Manchuria mixed with the green battalion will be difficult to withdraw, and even the front will be broken through by the other side.
Looking at the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner Commander Ma Lashi behind him, and the Red Banner Gushan Ezhen Haningge people, Nikan said: "Tunqita is a bastard, our iron cavalry advantage lies in rapid maneuvering, outflanking on the flank, not only can he not even take an infantry association from the other side, but when he retreats, he actually hit a counter-charge by the other side along with the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses that responded, which is simply embarrassing." ”
Ma Lashi smiled and said, "Lord Belle, the volunteers in the hills and mountains are unstoppable, and we were also defeated at the beginning of the year, but now in the plains, we don't have to be afraid of each other. ”
Haningge also admonished: "Lord Belle, since the Battle of Salhu, my Qing Dynasty has won a hundred battles, and I have not tasted defeat in a field battle?
Although I suffered a defeat in Shunqing City last year, it was because of the division of troops, and it was because that kind of ghost place was good for infantry and not good for my cavalry. ”
Feeling a burst of warmth, Nikan nodded and said, "What the two of them said is exactly what the great grandfather (Nikan is Nurhachi's grandson) finally established a great reputation, how can it be lost in the hands of you and me."
The Volunteers' frontal charge is unstoppable, but the two wings are greatly inferior, you two can lead your troops and horses to outflank each other, if you can defeat the opponent, if you can't win, you can also retreat. ”
Everyone laughed when they heard it, and in the eyes of everyone, the cavalry was moving quickly, and it was like the wind in this Hanzhong plain, how could it be compared with ordinary soldiers and horses?
Ma Lashi and Haninger returned to their headquarters and led their troops to take the lead in the charge, and as soon as their troops acted, they were discovered by the observation soldiers of the watchtower car, and the horn continued to blow, and the whole battlefield was once again filled with a tense atmosphere.
Seeing that the Tartar cavalry had been dispatched and outflanked on both flanks, Yang Bingyi, who was in charge of covering the left flank, of course knew the seriousness of the problem, and said to Wang Zhibang, the deputy general of the 10th Association: "The two sides have been fighting for an hour and a half, and the Tartar Manchurian Zhenglan Banner has long been sleepy and lacking, and Nikan is eager to withdraw it from the battlefield, and now even the last reserve has been dispatched.
Our troops form a hollow phalanx on the left flank to block the opponent, and you can lead your troops to kill from the left flank and approach the opponent's central army. ”
Looking at the Tartar cavalry that was assembling in the distance, Wang Zhibang said with a worried face: "General, the Tartar cavalry comes and goes like the wind, can your 5th Association withstand it?" ”
Yang Bingyi laughed, pointed to the No. 3 cannon that was pushing to the top of the mountain, and said: "If you can't stand it, you have to top it, now that a decisive battle situation has been formed, if we share a little more, the threat of the Tartars will be smaller."
Dragon Frame can last that long, I don't believe that our 5th Association is much worse? In addition to the 5th Association, the adults can be equipped with an artillery battalion, and this time it is a really powerful guy. ”
Wang Zhibang nodded, turned to leave, and led his troops to kill the opponent's formation.
Seeing the other party leave, Yang Bingyi was busy, in addition to personally selecting the 3-pound artillery position, he also beat the horses to patrol back and forth, one to boost morale, and then let the battalions below support each other, and face the Tartar iron cavalry sprint each other's horns.
Obviously, there is not much time left for Yang Bingyi, and before he has finished inspecting several hollow phalanxes of this association, the Tartar cavalry has already lined up, and the black pressure is pressing.
Yang Bingyi hit his horse and returned to the 3-catty artillery position, and when he saw the Tartar cavalry approaching, Yang Bingyi said to the commander of the artillery battalion on his side: "Mr. Liu, the effective range of the 3-catty cannon is 300 meters, and we will play with the danger, tell the brothers, the Tatars will shoot within 300 meters." ”
General Liu shook his head and said: "General, the artillery camp is in the middle, within three hundred meters, the Tartar iron cavalry rushed over from the left, and it was basically enough to reach the edge of my hollow phalanx." ”
Yang Bingyi laughed and said, "Mr. Liu, why is your head a fish papaya?" As you saw just now, the farther away the target, the more inaccurate the hit, and this time in the face of the enemy horse, we have to hit it accurately and hard. ”
When General Liu heard this, he nodded and left, and asked everyone to adjust the angle through the angle, just waiting for the Tartar cavalry to enter the effective range and set fire.
Haningge led his troops to charge all the way, watching the other party form a small hollow phalanx, not knowing how powerful it was, and said to everyone with a smile: "In the past, the Han people also formed a car formation to defend it, and the car formation often had three layers inside and three layers outside, even this could not stop my heroic Eight Banners athletes.
Now in the face of such a small number of men, the brothers charge me. ”
When everyone heard this, they cheered loudly, and everyone shouted and rushed over.
Haninge felt very comfortable at first, or the opponent's car formation was too weak, unlike in the past when he encountered the Ming army's car formation, he fired guns from a distance, and the momentum was very loud.
Everyone tentatively charged forward, three hundred steps, two hundred and fifty steps, two hundred steps, and the opponent's formation was as calm as death, and there was no intention of firing guns and cannons at all.
Some people went west, many bent down to take off their bows and crossbows, and some straightened up and prepared to charge.
At this moment, a burst of sparks ignited in the opposing formation, and from a distance, hundreds of rockets pierced the sky and slanted overwhelmingly.
Some people desperately clamped the horse's legs and prepared to escape, others dodged in panic, a rocket chariot had four rocket launchers and 160 rockets, ignited and launched together, the momentum was very loud, tens of meters in a radius, dense like raindrops.
From ancient times to the present, the most feared by the Tartar iron cavalry is the Han army's bow and crossbow, three rocket chariots were ignited 480 rockets shot in a short period of time, the Tartar cavalry that was sprinting was seriously wounded, those who were not injured knights were also frightened, everyone tightened the reins of the horse, and became a mess.
Some riders rushed forward one after another, just rushed out of more than 100 steps, only to see the fire in front of them flash again, behind the front car formation, the volunteers lined up in six rows, and when they saw the Tartar cavalry rushing closer, they lit fire salvos under the command of the general.
The Tartars in the front row were killed and wounded, and the Tartar cavalry in the back came one after another, and the atmosphere of the whole battlefield became solidified again.
And at this moment, there was a dull cannon sound in the distance, because the cannon sound was too loud, I felt my ears crack in the distance, and some war horses did not listen to the master's command, and jumped around in panic.
Everyone looked up one after another, and saw one iron ball flying through the sky, and although the hit rate of the iron ball was not high at a distance of 350 steps, the momentum was very amazing.
One of them smashed into a rider's head, immediately smashing a huge bloody hole, but before it was finished, the iron ball flew out of the body and went straight forward, smashing again on the horse, and the whole horse immediately smashed to the ground.
Hearing a loud bang and seeing the soldiers around him fall into a pool of blood, fear struck again, and some knights in front tightened the reins of their horses in panic and did not dare to charge, while the riders behind continued to charge forward by inertia.
The two sides fought together, and because of the cover of the chariot formation, the Tartar cavalry struggled to make a lot of effort, and some of the war horses crashed into the formation, and if the other side had been in the past, they might have already lost their souls and scattered everywhere.
However, the morale of the volunteers was far above that of the other Ming army departments, and under the leadership of the general, everyone quickly formed a military formation to block the sprint of the war horses regardless of the inertia of the war horses.
The frontal charge was blocked, and some war horses rushed to the gaps in the hollow phalanx, but it was often the crossfire area of the two battalions of soldiers and horses.
The two sides fought together, and Haninge slowly realized the threat of the other side, that is, more than ten three-pound cannons on the largest mountain in the middle, not only shot far and powerful, but also each battalion was the only one to look at.
Haninger personally led the forward battalion and the pro-soldier battalion to kill the past, and the side that had just fought felt that the phalanx was far more numerous than the other phalanxes, and in the face of the Tartar iron cavalry charge, a group of infantry often launched a counter-sprint regardless of casualties.
Standing on the hillside in the distance, closely observing the battlefield situation with a telescope, turning his head from time to time to look at the sand table on his side, the staff officer will observe the forces of both sides on the battlefield, and the results of the battle will be presented on the sand table one by one.
Yang Lin looked at the sand table again, closed his eyes for a while, and said with his eyes wide for a long time: "The two sides have been fighting for more than two hours, and the Tartar Manchurian Zhenglan Banner has just withdrawn from the battle formation, and it cannot be put into battle again for an hour."
Now the Tartars put the blue flag of the Han army and the blue flag of the Han army into the front, and the Manchurian red flag and the Mongolian blue flag on the two wings, even if they used the flank outflanking tactics that the cavalry was best at, they were also blocked by the hollow phalanx of our volunteers.
At present, Nikan has no more than a thousand iron horsemen in his hands, and such a good opportunity is the time for us to launch an offensive. ”
An order was immediately issued, ordering Bu Ning and Yao Chonglie to lead a joint attack from the left and right flanks to outflank the Tartar cavalry who were besieging the infantry.
The 10th Association of Wang Zhibang put aside the enemy in front of him and quickly pounced on the blue flag of the Han army in front.
In order to support the various units, Yang Lin also led the Escort Association to advance 200 meters and use the artillery regiment artillery to support the frontline units.