Chapter Seventy-Five: A Win-Win Situation
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The new troops lined up in front, and the original three rows took turns firing, also at a certain distance. This makes the density of the barrage appear a little sparse, coupled with the existence of problems such as the shooting accuracy and recoil of the front-loading smoothbore gun itself, a salvo is not small, but the damage is quite limited, and many of the lead bullets do not know where they are deflected after the gun is released.
But at this moment, the new army has achieved a denser position through the ups and downs and the staggering of left and right. Thousands of muskets fired almost simultaneously, and the decibels of the gunfire multiplied, but it could not hide the roar of the small-caliber guns in the gaps between the battalions.
With that command, lead bullets poured out like a torrential rain, and the cannonballs in the artillery, which the Jesuit monks called grapeshot, broke down into several smaller shells after firing the muzzles, and the dense rain of bullets mixed with hail made of steel covered the battle formation of the Guanning army in an instant.
In just this moment, the Spanish phalanx of the Guanning army was immediately flattened by a row, and the next few rows also suffered many casualties under such a dense fire shot, especially the strafing of grapeshot fire.
With such a thick formation, the casualties of the long stream of water are not conspicuous, and there are robes around them, and it is even more difficult to see the situation when they are densely packed, and the soldiers' ability to tolerate casualties will also increase. But once there were collapsed casualties, and the soldiers in the back row watched the robes in front of them or beside them being killed by the enemy in batches, the fear would also be magnified several times or even dozens of times in an instant, just like Chen Wen used ricochet shots and grenadiers to bombard the southeast meridian mark in Yushan.
After such a round of firing, the fifteen battalions of loyalty, benevolence, and filial piety, who had been marching with firm steps and unstoppable momentum towards the new army, could no longer take a step. There were a large number of casualties in the front row, and the soldiers in the back row saw that they were killed in just a blink of an eye, and the fear in their hearts suddenly rose, not to mention that they had advanced, and even the replenishment of the queue was no longer possible.
The officers at the head of each battalion were mostly startled in the face of such a killing, but just as they reacted one after another, urging, reprimanding, and even whipping the non-commissioned officers to continue to replenish the queue, on the side of the new army, the musketeers put away their guns and stood up, and the second platoon also returned behind the first platoon. Next, the spearmen of the rear team moved forward with their spears, and after a slight adjustment, they formed a dense position, and strode towards the Spanish phalanx of the Guanning army one by one.
At a distance of only thirty paces, the spearmen of the new army strode in, but the central army of the Guanning army and the phalanxes on the right flank were still in chaos after a large number of casualties. The low-level officers were anxious to organize the soldiers to restore the formation, but the casualties were to this extent, and the brave advanced and the cowardly retreated, but it was inevitable that they would not be able to.
In a hurry, most of the phalanx had not yet resumed their front row formation and engaged the spearmen of the new army, and in the face of these Manchurian ironclad spearmen, the Guanning army in cloth armor was immediately suppressed by the new army, which was far less numerous than them. It's a pity that the extra ones never go up, and the depth of the twenty people makes most of them can only wait and see the success or failure in the back, and nothing else can be done.
This is not the case with the newly formed 10th Battalion of Renyong and Xiaoyong, and the Loyal and Yong Battalion can barely hold the line, and even a few battalion leaders have organized infantry archers and bird gunners to conduct a round of close-range shooting at the new army before engaging in battle. But on the whole, the situation was still suppressed by the new army, at least even on the side of the loyal battalion, there was no sign of being able to turn the tables around.
The fifteen battalion leaders of the new army and Wu Sangui were still fighting hard, waiting for the moment when they would completely overwhelm their opponents. But at this moment, in the north of the battlefield, Wu Sangui's left wing of the volunteer battalion and Fu Shou's old-style Eight Banners Army have long been inseparable.
This battle must be won by the Manchus, otherwise, the decline will be exposed in the eyes of those who have a heart, and more and more people will jump out of the Governor Futi Town of the Han Land, and the Mongol tribes of the south and north of the desert.
Fu Shou knew this truth very well, and went to inspect the new army with Shunzhi several times, and he was also convinced of the slogan of the new army. The upward momentum of the early Qing Dynasty is still there, and the degree of corruption of the Eight Banners is also very low, compared to those of the Eight Banners who can only buy and sell officials in later generations and make waves in the court.
The banner lord Wang Ye stood behind the handsome banner, and stood under the big banner to boost morale, this eight-banner army of the old style of warfare was deeply encouraged, and was still encouraging and supporting, but it was just still hanging the last breath.
On the battlefield, the northernmost Guanning Army's left flank was superior, and it had already distorted the overall battle formation of the Qing army, and it was only necessary for time to cause more casualties to completely crush the camel. However, the Guanning Army in the Chinese Army and the right flank were already overwhelmed by the new army, and God knows when it would no longer be able to hold out.
The war has developed to this point, and it is to see that there will collapse first. At first glance, Wu Sangui's army was under pressure on two fronts, and only one line had the advantage, but in fact, in this two-to-one, Wu Sangui's superior left wing advantage was too great, and it was completely a one-sided battle situation, and the two roads under pressure were at least barely supporting, but I don't know how long they could hold on.
The messengers for help came one after another, Jidu looked at the middle army and the left flank of the new army, and then looked at the right flank on Fu Shou's side, the beads of sweat the size of the bean flowed down the inside of the helmet cheek guard to the neck stalk, and even the sweat on his face flowed down the long face that was like his father.
His heart was hot and hot like a fire, and Ji Du, like Wu Sangui on the other side, was eager to hope that his side would occupy an overwhelming position and be able to defeat the enemy in front of him as soon as possible. It's just that compared to Wu Sangui, Jidu is still too tender, because Wu Sangui already wants to try to break this dilemma.
In the direction of Weinan County, the cavalry of the Guanning Army poured out of their nests and rushed towards the south of the battlefield, clearly intending to bypass their own phalanx to attack the left flank of the new army.
Thousands of Guanning iron horses, where the horses' hooves stepped on, stirred up the smoke and dust in the sky, which seemed to be very eye-catching under this clear sky. Jidu quickly noticed this, a trace of panic flashed on his face, and he immediately ordered the cavalry of the new army to go forward to meet the battle, so that the new army on the left flank would not be attacked by the infantry and cavalry of the Guanning army.
The cavalry of the new army rolled away, and Jidu's eyes followed them all the time, lest they make a mistake. Jidu's performance is all in Liu Cheng's eyes. In this regard, Liu Cheng's face was silent, and he did not express the slightest objection to Jidu's mobilization of cavalry as a reserve to meet the Guanning Iron Cavalry. Seeing Ji Du's expression clearly, Liu Cheng refocused his attention on the right flank of the Qing army.
The messenger for help came again, and the Eight Banners cavalry on Fu Shou's side had also lost the upper hand, and the magnitude of the interference had decreased, and the attack of the Guanning Army of the Volunteer Battalion on the Eight Banners Army was even more fierce, and even the Fifth Town of the New Army, which had been assigned to the right flank, had begun to be affected.
Fu Shou's side is obviously on the verge of collapse at the zero point of collapse, but now, the cavalry on Jidu's side is exhausted, and all that remains are those units that accompany the new army, and it is already a fool's dream to send enough reinforcements.
At this moment, Jidu suddenly regretted the act of sending all the cavalry out to support the left flank battlefield in a hurry. But at this moment, Liu Cheng, who had been silent for a long time, said out loud: "Lord Wang, the slave thinks that it is better to let the third and fourth towns prepare early." ā
Liu Cheng suddenly said this, Ji Du was stunned for a moment, then remembered the plan before the war, swallowed his saliva, and then replied: "What about the fifth town?" ā
"Lord Wang, now we have no troops to send, and the right wing is about to collapse, now try to keep the middle army and the left wing, and there is still a possibility of winning this battle......"
"Enough, this prince knows."
There was a gap between the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Army and the New Army, and it was for this reason that they placed them on the right flank when they were arranging their troops before the battle, which was close to Weishui, and the cavalry was not suitable for deployment, which invisibly reduced the intensity of the attack there. I thought that it would be enough to let Fu Shou hold the battle line on the right flank and wait for the new army to break the enemy, but I didn't expect that the Eight Banners Army over there would be so unbearable under the Spanish phalanx, and now it can only be dragged as much as possible until the Chinese army and the left flank are defeated and the opponent has the hope of winning.
The order was given, and the third and fourth towns of the Chinese army began to slow down their offensive, and the musketeers who had burrowed under the spear forest also retreated in their own parts, put away their swords, and picked up the muskets again. It's just that at this moment, the other Eight Banner Army on the right flank has been crushed by the Volunteer Fifth Battalion, and the battle line has already bent, and the difference is only the moment it collapses.
The battle situation in the northern section of the battlefield has reached such a situation, and the Guanning army, which is constantly advancing, stabbing straight forward, and advancing is full of spirit here, but it is not much better in the middle and southern ends of the battlefield.
Fortunately in the middle section, the old battalion leader such as the Zhongyong Fifth Battalion sits here, and Wu Sangui's military formation is centered on the infantry, and it is absolutely impossible to allow the Qing army to achieve a breakthrough in the middle. However, in the southern section, the fifth battalion of Renyong and some of the Xiaoyong battalion were formed for too short a time after all, and at this moment, in the face of Aobai's fierce offensive, it was also at the zero point of collapse.
Spear against stab, the new army has been training for nearly two years, and they have long been as skilled in this weapon as the sword, shield, and spear they have used before. In contrast, the leaders of these battalions of the Guanning army had just rushed to meet the enemy, and the formation had not yet recovered, and under the passive beating, even if they were stabbed, they often had to face two or three spears at the same time, and the casualties were not at all above an order of magnitude.
There are constantly spearmen being stabbed to death by the new army in place, and with such a dense formation, the spearmen behind are often not ready for battle, and have already ushered in frontal or flank attacks after making tactical moves.
Looking down from the sky, it's as if small dominoes are being pushed down. Soon, as the casualties intensified, the Guan Ning army in the back row could no longer suppress the fear of death, and the giant dominoes composed of countless small dominoes were also pushed down by the spears of the new army in an instant, which in turn drove more phalanxes to collapse.
"Defeated!"
A panicked scream rang out at the southernmost end of the battlefield, and the collapse of the army was as unstoppable as the collapse of a mountain, and it was not only the nearby Spanish phalanx that was shaken, but even the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which was fighting with the Eight Banners cavalry, began to crumble after a slight fluctuation.
While the cavalry of the New Army continued to attack the Guanning Iron Cavalry who had not yet had time to escape, they also divided part of the cavalry to cooperate with the infantry of the New Army and began to expel the routs and roll back more phalanxes. One after another the Spanish phalanx collapsed under the attack of the rout and the new army, turning into more routs, Wu Sangui's defeat was decided, but at this moment, at the northernmost end of the battlefield, the fifth battalion of volunteers also completed the defeat of the Eight Banners Army, and began to roll back the formation of the fifth town of the new army.
In an instant, the Fifth Town retreated in the direction of the Chinese army under the attack of the rout and the Spanish phalanx, and the collapse of the army was staged on the right flank of the two armies at the same time, but no matter how you look at it, it seems that Wu Sangui's side will be defeated faster, because the loyal and brave five battalions can only barely support the third and fourth towns of the new army when they face it independently. Although the formation of the new army is thinner, the momentum of the offensive is still there, and the fifth town on the right flank of the side was also trying its best to attack, and by the time the fifth town was reversed, the Guan Ning army in front of it was already a moment too late for the opponent to cooperate with the attack.
With a slight time difference, the new army already has a greater chance of victory, but on the battlefield, even a 99 percent chance of victory is likely to be overturned by that one percent, let alone the current one. However, when the rout on the right flank of the Qing army began to approach the Chinese army, when the row of firecrackers in front of them leveled the Lumi guns and aimed, when the defeated soldiers failed to deviate from the direction of the battle formation, and the rows of firecrackers made a louder and denser shouting sound in unison, the defeat of the Guanning army became a foregone conclusion.
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In order to prevent the rout from crushing the Chinese army, the new army used a volley of fire to induce the rout to turn. At the same time, the left flank of the new army swept through the central army of the Guanning army, Wu Sangui abandoned the army and fled with his cronies and soldiers, and the fifth battalion of the volunteers was broken by other Guanning troops, and after the Chinese army of the new army shot and killed a group of their own defeated soldiers, they were on the bank of Weishui, and they had nowhere to escape, and they soon fell to the same fate as other Guanning troops.
The battle was over, the defenders of Weinan County also abandoned the city and fled, the cavalry of the new army was still pursuing Wu Sangui and the Guanning iron cavalry who had fled, and the commander and co-minister of the left wing, Ao Bai, led the army into the city and began to control the city defense, so that the army could enter the city to rest.
The battlefield was full of new troops escorting the routed troops, disarming them and driving them to specific areas. In contrast, more auxiliaries were cleaning up the battlefield, carrying away the Qing army's war dead, sending the Qing army's wounded soldiers to the wounded and sick places, and stripping off all the clothes and belongings of the Guanning army's dead, and loading them into trucks together with those captured on the battlefield. As for the wounded of the Guan Ning Army, no one paid any attention to their painful wails.
"Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince, Wu Sangui was a famous marshal in the world when he was in the Ming army, and now the prince wins more with less, and he has won this great victory, which shows that the prince is better than the blue out of the blue, and can be called the first general of our Qing Dynasty."
Hearing this, Ji Du also laughed, and when the ecstasy and excitement subsided slightly, he said to Liu Cheng: "You slave is also doing your best, this prince will return to Beijing, and he will definitely ask the emperor to give you this slave an official and a knight, and it is not impossible to carry the flag of Manchuria, haha." ā
Looking at the battlefield in front of him, the commander of the counterinsurgency army and the general minister of the new army, Prince Jidu of Heshuo Zheng, and his double deputy of the counterinsurgency army and the new army, Liu Cheng, looked at each other and smiled, and then the latter further lined up the former's sycophants.
Liu Cheng talked endlessly, and Ji Du smiled, but before the "No. 1 general" was too enjoyable, an officer who didn't open his eyes hurried to report something that made Ji Du and Liu Chengdu unable to laugh.
"Lord Wang, Prince Xian's side is whipping the officers of the Fourth Town."
"Prince Xian, the king has won a complete victory, but you are whipping meritorious soldiers on this great victory, what are you doing!"
Jidu and Liu Cheng hurried over, but what they saw was that Fu Shou had already whipped several officers of the Fourth Town of the New Army and wounded them all over the place. These officers were from the two banners of Manchuria, the red and the red, and they were not his minions, nor were they the servants of the rich ribbons, but they were his subordinates, and they were also equivalent to half of his minions.
"Prince Zheng, what kind of rule is this for the slave to beat the master. The little nephew gave his uncle face, and he didn't kill them, but if he didn't give them a memory, he would have to go against the sky in the future! ā
When these words came out, Jidu and Liu Chengdeng understood where Fu Shou's resentment came from. The right flank was routed, and the Chinese forced it to deflect with fire from the guns so as not to break the formation. However, Fu Shou was also in the rout at that time, looking at his current appearance, the armor on his body was torn several times, even the helmet was missing, and even the braids were a little scattered.
"Lord Wang, the situation at that time was also a last resort. Moreover, the right flank is not only the prince's men, but the fifth town of the new army is also ......"
Ji Du was stunned and speechless, Liu Cheng persuaded him, but before the words fell, he only heard a snap, and Fu Shou raised his hand and whipped it directly on Liu Cheng's face.
"The master talks to the master, and you have the part of the slave to interject?!"
Liu Cheng is the minister of the new army, Shunzhi's cronies, Jidu's deputy, not to mention the matter of beating the dog, it depends on the master, and the order is also extremely issued, at this moment Liu Cheng spoke for him but was whipped by Fu Shou, Ji Du even shouted to Fu Shou: "Prince Xian, your anger is also vented." ā
Jidu is the commander of the army and is also the uncle of Fu Shou, Ji Du expressed his dissatisfaction, and Fu Shou no longer dares to stand hard. However, Fu Shou's words are right, the master can't interject when he speaks, and he scolded Liu Cheng slightly, and then gave him an errand to count the seizures, and then separated him from here.
Fu Shou is the lord of the banner, but the minions who whip other flags, and there are resentments against the correct decision of the commander, and this matter still has to be handed over to the Council of Ministers of the Council to discuss punishment.
Liu Cheng left here, the whip marks on his face were already swollen, and it was even more painful. However, when he walked into the distance, there was no expression on his face, but Liu Cheng was already happy in his heart, and this pain made him smile better in his heart.
"After a great victory, so many Manchurian Eight Banners died. When the new army is expanded, see how you Tartars can maintain the suppression of the Eight Banners of the Han Army by the Eight Banners of Manchuria. ā
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Written and written.,Adjusted and added to this plot in connection with the plot behind.,The length of the plot is beyond expectations.,I'm really sorry.,The mystery will be revealed tomorrow.,I'm so sorry.ć