Chapter 526: The Enigmatic Daurian Tribe
Su Tiancheng's luck is very good, not so much because of his good luck, but because his judgment is accurate.
The leader of the Dauri tribe, after receiving the call for help from the leader of the Xibe tribe, did not immediately send troops, but gathered the sergeants of the tribe and was ready at all times. Since the leader of the Xibe tribe asked for help, it means that the opponent is very strong, in the grassland, no tribe has dared to directly attack the Xibe tribe, the leader of the Dauria tribe after a long time of analysis, did not think of which tribe suddenly rose, suddenly thought of attacking the Xibe tribe.
There is no such thing on the grassland, there is not much of a surprise, the grassland in the Hetao area is too good, even if it encounters a heavy snowstorm, it can still find a suitable grassland, which is almost impossible in other places, which is an indispensable condition for the prosperity of the tribe, it is precisely because of such a temptation of interests, the tribes are eyeing each other, but the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe have formed an alliance, and the rest of the tribes are red-eyed and dare not move.
The leader of the Xibe tribe said that it was the army of the Ming Dynasty, which surprised and amused the leader of the Daurian tribe, the army of the Ming Dynasty, he was clear, he led the army into the pass, those soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, hid far away, did not dare to face the battle head-on, even if it was a few previous encounters, they also won a huge victory, to show that the army is very difficult to hold the pass, where there is the courage to enter the Hetao area, here are all grasslands and deserts.
The leader of the Daurian tribe didn't think of the Jiangning battalion, he didn't fight with the Jiangning battalion, he just heard about it, he wouldn't have a deep impression, besides, when the sergeants he led clashed with the Ming army. They are all absolutely superior, and they will not be hit hard, or they will be taught a lesson in blood, and he will not believe it.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, he received a call for help from the Xibe tribe, and until the ninth day of the first lunar month, the leader of the Daurian tribe. He believed that at this time, the Xibe tribal army and the invading army would definitely lose both, and he would be able to get the greatest benefit by attacking at this time.
Su Tiancheng took 11,000 soldiers and encountered the time of the Daurian tribal army. It was the right time for them to set off to help the Xibe tribe, which had to be said to be a very opportune time.
Su Tiancheng didn't know much about the Mongolian tribal army, he vaguely remembered that he had watched a movie, which reflected the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian tribal army, which was very strong, and basically no one was afraid of death, but the Mongolian tribal army. The disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it is not able to accept new things. In the face of the foreign guns and cannons of the Eight-Nation Alliance, he still ordered the cavalry to charge and attack, which eventually led to the annihilation of the entire army.
Su Tiancheng remembered that after watching the movie, he was so angry, thinking that why would he be so ignorant and backward.
After traveling to the Ming Dynasty. For such a thing, Su Tiancheng still couldn't let go, he felt that the army of the Ming Dynasty and the army of the Later Jin, including the Liukou. They are all afraid of artillery, not reckless to show fearlessness.
Now we are about to start to contact the army of the Mongolian tribe, the army of the Daurian tribe is also one of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, see how strong this army is, whether it can resist artillery and flintlock guns, whether it is facing the bombardment of artillery and the shooting of flintlock guns, and still desperately rush forward.
The officers and men of the artillery battalion have long been gearing up, every time they march, they need to get special care, and other brothers will also help them transport equipment, but these brothers are fighting on the front line, they are all going to fight against the enemy, and they have to pay sacrifices, only the soldiers of their artillery battalion, far away from the enemy, fight the enemy from a long distance, and do not have face-to-face contact with the enemy, this taste is really uncomfortable, but after a long time, everyone also knows the importance of their own responsibility, if they can use artillery, Strike at the enemy to the maximum, and the rest of the brothers, can minimize casualties and sacrifices, so to speak, the officers and men of the artillery battalion have formed a habit, no matter whether the relevant information of the scout battalion is sent or not, every time they go to a place, they will not rest, and immediately start to arrange troops, even if sometimes, the artillery has just been set up, and they have to transfer their positions.
This time, the artillery has long been erected.
After Liu Tiehan sent the scout reconnaissance information, Qin Rui, the commander of the artillery battalion guard who had just taken office, immediately called many officers and began to study the information in detail, determining the front sight of the artillery, as well as the time and range that should be fired.
In the grasslands, artillery can exert great power, here the terrain is flat, relatively speaking, in the mountains, the power of artillery is much lower.
A few minutes later, the artillery battalion was ready, a hundred Tiger squat guns and a hundred Furlong machine guns, all ready.
To say that the artillery battalion has changed the most, the tiger squat cannon, the Fran machine gun, the general cannon and the red-coat cannon, etc., are constantly making improvements, in the past few years, Bi Maokang has devoted himself to the study of artillery, and has been constantly making improvements, and the huge expenses of the Jiangning battalion, a large part of which need to be used in the research of munitions improvement.
Using the improved telescope of Bi Maokang and others, Su Tiancheng clearly saw the army of the Daurian tribe on the march, and Liu Ji beside him carefully looked at the army in front of him with a telescope, it must be the army of the Dauria tribe, and he was still in shock, he couldn't imagine that there was such a magical thing, which could be seen from so far away.
The battle began without warning.
The artillery battalion began to exert its power, and hundreds of shells fell into the army of the Daurian tribe.
Amid the rumbling cannons, Su Tiancheng stood still and looked at the situation of the Dauria tribal army with a telescope.
Suddenly encountering the shelling, the troops of the Daurian tribe, panicked, especially the war horses, were frightened, scattered and ran, the moment the shells fell to the ground and bloomed, groups of sergeants fell off their horses, the wounded war horses lay on the ground and wailed, and the war horses that had lost their masters ran aimlessly.
It is said that in the face of such a situation, the general army is to disperse quickly, so that the distance between each other is far, the power of the shell will naturally be reduced, in the face of hot firearms, casualties can not be avoided, but to avoid more casualties to the greatest extent, it is still possible, besides, today's artillery, can not be compared with hundreds of years later, after all, by the development of science and technology, the number of artillery firing is limited, after the cannon chamber is overheated, it will not dare to continue to fire, if there is a situation of exploding, The damage to oneself is also great.
It's a pity that the army of the Dauria tribe doesn't seem to understand this, they are still trying to form a team, and no one is scattered and fled, as if at this time, they are facing the cavalry that is charging over, and they can't retreat, otherwise it will be a coward's performance.
Looking at all this, Su Tiancheng sighed secretly, he couldn't help but think of the movie he had watched, it seemed that the director was not making it up, but still referring to history.
In this battle, there was no disparity, Su Tiancheng had lost interest in continuing to pay attention, and the next thing was that after the artillery battalion stopped shooting, the soldiers of the Jianrui battalion, the pro-soldier battalion and the scout battalion rushed up and killed the opponent like chopping melons and vegetables, and then the battle ended.
The artillery attack continued, and the situation of the troops of the Daurian tribe was already very miserable.
There were mutilated corpses everywhere, and there were many wounded horses, and the officers who were trying to gather the army were stunned by the rumbling artillery fire, and it was impossible to make an accurate judgment, and the army was still stubbornly advancing, and no one retreated, and no one cared for the wounded sergeants, they could not take care of themselves.
A quarter of an hour later, the artillery battalion received an order to stop shelling.
Qin Rui is very strange, the artillery can continue to fire, for what to stop, this time the fight is very enjoyable, on the huge grassland, two hundred artillery pieces are lined up, firing in batches, there is no interruption, so the lethality to the opponent is huge, it is rare to have such an opportunity.
However, the order was given by Wang Dazhi in person, and he could not be disobeyed.
It was Su Tiancheng who ordered the shelling to stop, he didn't want the army of the Daurian tribe to completely collapse under the blow of artillery, at least the cavalry would attack, besides, in the face of such an ignorant and backward army, the complete use of artillery seemed to have some taste of victory.
Ma Huabiao, who was waiting for his eyes to be green, finally looked forward to the opportunity.
When the drums sounded, Ma Huabiao took the lead and led the soldiers of the Jianrui battalion to rush up, and Sun Yuankun and Liu Tiehan would not lag behind, leading the soldiers to rush out.
Liu Tiehan's duty is still to capture the leader, Liu Ji followed him, just through the telescope, Liu Ji has confirmed that the leader of the Dauria tribe is in the team.
The one-sided slaughter did not last long.
Su Tiancheng once again gave an order not to kill the prisoners.
At this time, Su Tiancheng's heart has a new plan, he can't annihilate the Xibe tribe and the Dauria tribe, what he thought of before, after annihilating the two strongest tribes, let the grassland form a civil strife, it is not very appropriate, the grassland is chaotic, and the border towns will also suffer, why not support the grassland to fight against the Houjin, which is far stronger than annihilation.
With such an idea, Su Tiancheng asked the soldiers not to slaughter the surrendered Mongol Tatars, or the Tatars who lost the ability to resist, and the military orders were like a mountain, and the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, no matter what they thought in their hearts, must strictly implement the order.
At the same time, Su Tiancheng also thought of Hong Chengchou's side, and he must also inform Hong Chengchou of this opinion, otherwise the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion will really slaughter the Xibe tribe, and the situation behind it will not be easy to control.
At the end of the battle, the scouts set off and went to the place where the Xibe tribe was located, as for Su Tiancheng, he still had to reach the location of the Wuer tribe, and he couldn't kill people, and it was still okay to loot money. (To be continued......)