Chapter 959: The Death of the Prairie (5)

When Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi led 4,000 soldiers to rush into the station of the central banner of the right wing of Chahar, He Renlong's heart began to hang, and the worst outcome must not occur, from the combat effectiveness of the officers and men of the Jiangning battalion, the 5,000 soldiers attacked, if it were not for special circumstances, or if it was a mistake in arranging the deployment, they would be able to complete the combat mission. As the vanguard commander, He Renlong also has his own helplessness, Chahar right wing central banner may have made all the preparations, this is the expected situation, before the offensive begins, He Renlong can only hope that Li Dingguo can be lucky, quickly complete the task, unexpectedly the truth is not as imagined.

Liu Wenxiu and Ainengqi led 4,000 soldiers to rush into the central banner of Chahar's right wing for a short time, but this time, in He Renlong's opinion, was particularly long, and he couldn't help it after commanding the battle and charging for a long time.

The heralds finally reported the good news, and the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion had rushed out of the garrison of the central banner of the right wing of Chahar and retreated in the predetermined direction, and a large number of Mongol Tatars were pursuing behind them.

This news means that the lure mission has been successful.

He Renlong wiped his forehead, and it was covered with dense beads of sweat.

"Pass the order, all the soldiers are ready, and the retreating soldiers must be ensured to ensure the safe retreat of all the soldiers."

The seduction plan was successful, but it did not mean that all the tasks were completed, how to let Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Li Dingguo and the soldiers retreat with their bodies, this is also something that needs to be grasped well.

He Renlong became much calmer, the five thousand soldiers were ready, the flintlock pistols were fully loaded, and once Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and Li Dingguo led the soldiers to withdraw, they would shoot to stop the pursuing Mongol Tartars from behind.

In the military tent.

Su Tiancheng's expression was still calm. The heralds came several times to report the news.

More than half an hour has passed, and according to the plan, it should be the time for the artillery battalion to act, and there have been some small deviations in the previous arrangement, but it has not affected the overall situation. Su Tiancheng felt that through the first battle in the grassland, the Jiangning battalion had learned experience, that is, the Mongolian tribes were ready, and the Jiangning battalion had come to the Mongolian grassland and was going to launch a conquest on the grassland, so that the next battle would have a more complete deployment.

That's not a bad thing. Although it is said that the losses of the Jiangning battalion may be larger.

At that time, Liu Tiehan personally came to report that the Mongolian Tatars had entered the location of the artillery battalion's accurate strike, and the vanguard team led by He Renlong had basically withdrawn.

Su Tiancheng quickly issued an order.

The deafening sound of artillery was heard.

A hundred general cannons began to roar, and countless shells smashed into the Mongol Tatars.

It was already dark, and the surroundings were still covered with snow. And there are still snowflakes in the sky, and I see that the snowflakes are getting bigger and bigger. It looks like another heavy snowstorm is coming.

Su Tiancheng raised the telescope and couldn't see anything, only the denser and denser snowflakes.

He had already left the Zhongjun tent, and from the moment the artillery began to fire, he continued to wait for news in the Zhongjun tent, which was not in line with Su Tiancheng's thoughts. Although he has always seemed very calm.

Thinking of continuing to move forward, he could see the situation on the battlefield, but Qu Qingze stopped him, including Wu Rong and other guards, and he was not allowed. Wang Dazhi left Su Tiancheng's side and specially told Wu Rong and other guards not to put Su Tiancheng in danger.

Su Tiancheng also has no good way, the Jiangning battalion has developed to the present, with an army of more than 100,000, it is no longer the situation of the past, there is no need for Su Tiancheng to charge at the forefront, Su Tiancheng's greatest responsibility is to formulate and decide on the deployment and planning of the operation, and the specific combat tasks are implemented by someone.

The power of the artillery, He Renlong saw it very clearly.

The flintlock pistol played a role, and the Mongolian Tatars who pursued Liu Wenxiu and others tasted the power of the flintlock pistol, and when the large-scale gunfire rang out, they were also very attentive, slowing down the speed of the pursuit slightly, mainly relying on the power of the bow and arrow, and shooting in the direction of the gunshot.

He Renlong's purpose was not to use the flintlock pistol to cause lethality to the Mongolian Tatars, but to let Liu Wenxiu and others evacuate safely, so the firing distance was very long, and the flintlock pistol could not form a lethal force at all, but only had a deterrent effect.

Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, and Li Dingguo, including many officers and men, all understood this arrangement, and they had to evacuate as quickly as possible, and then it was time for the artillery to be fired, and if they could not withdraw in time, it would have a huge impact on the overall operational deployment.

The process of getting rid of the Mongolian Tatars is not very complicated, taking advantage of the time when the Mongolian Tatars hesitate and slow down, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion suddenly exerted their strength and evacuated as quickly as possible, but such an evacuation, in the eyes of the Mongolian Tatars, is an escape.

This is not far from the station of the Mongolian Tatars, and there are even Mongolian Tatars, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled, thinking that the famous Jiangning Battalion is nothing more than that, and it is so embarrassing to escape.

It's a pity that the arrogance of the Mongolian Tartars soon turned into a catastrophe.

After years of experiments and improvements, the red-coated cannon owned by the Jiangning battalion is no longer the red-coated cannon in the sense of the year, and the role of the red-coated cannon is decisive in the open area, and it can almost destroy the opposing army without the attack of cavalry and foot soldiers.

Huang Taiji knows the power of the artillery of the Jiangning battalion, so when the Jiangning battalion fights with the Houjin Tartars, because of the vigilance and complete preparation of the Houjin Tartars, sometimes, the artillery can not play a decisive role, and can fight in the grassland, such a situation does not exist, this is not to say that the Mongolian tribes are arrogant, there are also backward reasons, for today's science and technology, there is disapproval, even resistance, always believe that their strength is the most powerful.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten, and this truth is absolutely true.

When the dense shells exploded, the tragic scene soon appeared.

Some of the Mongolian Tartars who were in a daze didn't even know how to escape, the war horses had never heard such a loud sound, and they were frenzied, and some of the war horses and Mongolian Tatars were blown into the air, and the corpses that fell down were mutilated.

The snowflakes that fell from the sky all turned red and yellow-black, the color of blood and the earth.

The commander of the Mongol Tatars, stunned by the sudden artillery fire, did not even know that he ordered the army to retreat.

The shells kept falling and exploding, a large number of Mongolian Tartars fell, and they didn't even have time to dodge, the power of artillery, they had never seen it, and now they finally experienced it in person, but unfortunately it was also the last opportunity to experience it.

He Renlong could see very clearly, he was not far from the ambush site, and he could barely see everything.

The vanguard suffered a lot of losses, the casualties have not had time to be counted, He Renlong, who was originally hated and gritted his teeth, saw the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh, the Mongolian Tartars for what would be so stupid, they didn't know how to disperse and dodge, but more concentrated, thinking that the concentration of men and horses, can resist artillery, isn't this a joke, the more concentrated the personnel, the greater the power of the artillery, this is not a fight between cavalry, people and horses are concentrated, can take care of each other, Concentration at this time means a greater degree of death above.

He Renlong didn't even have any anger, he just felt that the Mongolian Tatars were very pitiful, under artillery fire, they didn't know how to retreat, they didn't know how to evacuate, and they watched their comrades-in-arms around him being blown up, and finally the collapse and destruction of the army.

In this case, there is no need for a fierce fight, after the artillery stops firing, the army launches a general attack, and the sergeants of the central banner of the right wing of Chahar will definitely collapse, and there will be no strength to continue to resist.

The time of artillery firing is half an hour, half an hour later, the army is about to launch a general attack, completely annihilating the sergeants of the middle banner of the right wing of Chahar, Su Tiancheng asked for a clean and neat manner, it is to make dumplings, and no escaped Mongolian Tatars are allowed, just when the artillery began to fire, the soldiers of the 30,000 Jiangning battalion have surrounded the Mongolian Tatar soldiers who were shrouded in artillery fire.

The artillery finally stopped firing.

Half an hour of artillery completely destroyed the fighting spirit of the Mongol Tatars, and some of the Mongol Tatars who escaped the artillery fire rolled off their horses, knelt on the ground, and muttered words in their mouths, forgetting that this was on the battlefield.

The general offensive began.

The rumbling drums rang out, and the steppe began to tremble.

The 30,000 troops, who had already been prepared, rushed to the Mongol Tatars......

In less than a quarter of an hour, the fighting stopped.

The Mongolian Tartars completely lost the ability to resist, except for a few commanders of the Houjin Tartars, who were ready to fight, but were quickly cut off their horses, and the rest of the Mongolian Tartars gave up resistance, and some of the Mongolian Tartars still knelt on the ground, chanting words.

Su Tiancheng appeared on the battlefield.

The guide asked the captives of the Mongolian Tartars, why would someone kneel on the ground, chanting words, and Su Tiancheng, who got the answer, shook his head with a wry smile, it turned out that some Mongolian soldiers had never seen such fierce artillery fire, and there was fire in the artillery fire, they thought that this was the fire of heaven, and God punished the tribe, they lost their fighting spirit and did not dare to resist.

Unexpectedly, the Mongolian Tatars' understanding of artillery, so backward, Su Tiancheng couldn't believe it, faintly, he remembered that the grassland, is very resistant to advanced weapons, hundreds of years later, the Mongolian grassland still has no advanced weapons, the productivity is very backward, there are many places, still rely on primitive farming and hunting life.

Seeing all this with his own eyes, Su Tiancheng believed it, and became more confident, the possibility of the Jiangning battalion sweeping the grassland was completely existent, and when the various tribes in the grassland understood the power of artillery, these tribes would lose the ability to resist.

The sergeants of the central banner of the right wing of Chahar were all wiped out, except for the more than 4,000 people who surrendered, the remaining 16,000 people, all killed, more than eighty percent of them were killed by artillery, the losses of the Jiangning battalion were not very large, and the 5,000 vanguard troops led by Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, and Li Dingguo killed more than 800 people, and the casualties were not counted for the time being.

After the whole battle, the Jiangning battalion lost less than 1,000 soldiers. (To be continued......)