Chapter 500: The Great War
When the Qing army under Belebolo burned, killed and looted in Anping Town, Zheng Zhilong's old nest, the main Qing army of Prince Azig and the Chongming army confronted the mountains north of Yanping Mansion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The two armies faced each other in a space of more than three miles, and the north wind of hunting and hunting made the flags on the flagpole crack.
Snowflakes fell from the nine heavens, drifting through the wilderness, and the earth gradually became white.
Azig raised his head and looked hard at the battle formation of the Ming army several miles away, and the snowflakes in his face made him very uncomfortable.
"Lord Wang, the north wind is blowing snowflakes, and the soldiers can hardly open their eyes, the situation is not good for us!" Gongshun Wang Kong Youde looked at the snowflakes fluttering in the sky, and said to Azig worriedly.
"What's this! We Manchurians are born between white mountains and black waters, this bit of snow is a fart! Azig glanced at Kong Youde contemptuously, and was very disdainful of his worries, Nikan is Nikan, even if he raises the flag, he can't change his cowardly nature.
Accustomed to the contempt in Azig's eyes, Kong Youde didn't care, just looked at the snowflakes that were getting bigger and bigger with concern, and continued: "Although our Eight Banners are used to heavy snow, our army is not only Eight Banner soldiers, most of them are Green Battalion soldiers, most of them are southerners, and they can't adapt to fighting in the snow. Lord Wang, you can't wait any longer, let's attack! ā
Looking around, looking at the green battalion soldiers shivering in the wind and snow in the distance, Azig nodded and agreed to Kong Youde's suggestion. It really can't wait any longer, if the snow is too big, the war horse is not suitable for galloping in the thick snow, and it will be a little difficult to annihilate the Ming army.
With Azig's order, Jin Shenghuan and Ke Yongsheng, the two green battalion soldiers, slowly pressed towards the Ming army opposite.
On a gentle slope, Ren Siqi stood on a boulder and held a clairvoyant mirror to watch the situation several miles away through the wind and snow, and the fluttering snowflakes hindered his vision, and he could only see the general movement of the Qing army in a shadow.
The 15,000 Chongming army was divided into three divisions. The left and right wings are the two towns of Chen Mingyang and Jin Yufei, and in the middle are the newly joined Bu Congshan and Liu Zeyong's subordinates adapted from the Green Battalion. Xiong Er took 1,500 soldiers of the ironclad battalion as the Chinese army to line up behind Ren Siqi.
Although the number of Qing troops on the opposite side was three times that of his own, looking at the sharp soldiers with bright armor on his side and armed to the teeth, Ren Siqi's heart was still full of confidence in victory. For more than a year, he did not pay attention to the training of the army and the production of equipment and weapons at all times, as far as the army under his command is concerned, although the real elite is only more than 40,000 people in eight towns, these 40,000 people can be said to be the most elite soldiers in the world. Perhaps their combat strength and combat skills are not as good as the Eight Banners on the other side, but in terms of the neatness of the array, the obedience to military discipline, and the use of advanced firearms, no one in the army of this era can compare with them.
Therefore, although there are only more than 10,000 elites in two towns under his command now, Ren Siqi still has the confidence to wrestle his wrists with the Eight Banners soldiers on the opposite side to test the effect of training for more than a year.
In the clairvoyant mirror, the Qing army slowly pressed up, and the two Qing soldiers attacked the left and right flanks. Several sentry spies rode over one after another to report to Ren Siqi the movements of the Qing army. Ren Siqi nodded and motioned for them to go down, their own array had been placed completely, just waiting for the Qing army to attack. At this moment, there is no need for Ren Siqi to command more, and the generals of each phalanx will follow the established strategy.
Defensive counterattack, this is the strategy formulated by Ren Siqi in this battle.
The two Qing troops stepped on the thin snow, slowly approaching the left and right flanks of the Ming army, when the distance between the two sides was less than a mile, the muskets of the Ming army took the lead in firing, the smoke of gunpowder filled the sky over the Ming army's position, and the snowflakes fluttering in the sky were mixed together without distinguishing each other, and then the sound of "popping and popping" continued like popping beans, and the Qing soldiers who walked in the front fell a large piece.
"Chirp, tweet" The archers in the green battalion formation also began to release arrows, and the arrows were like dark clouds towards the Ming army's position.
Guns and arrows exchanged between the two sides, and the ranged soldiers fired at each other one after another. The muskets of the Chongming army are extremely sharp, as long as they are hit by the muskets, they cannot resist even wearing armor, but the rate of fire of the muskets is not as fast as the bow and arrows, and the density of arrows of the Qing army is much denser than that of the muskets. However, the Chongming soldiers wore thick cotton robes and uniforms, and the military uniforms were covered with armor, and there were shield bearers holding shields to defend, as long as they were not attacked by the throat and other key points, the bows and arrows of the Qing army could not make them lose their combat effectiveness at all.
Compared with the Ming army, the number of casualties among the attacking Green Battalion soldiers was much higher. Although the rate of fire of the musket was not high, with each salvo of the musket, an entire platoon of soldiers fell to the ground screaming. In less than a mile, more than 500 Green Battalion soldiers fell under the muskets.
"Kill it, as long as you kill it, the fire gun will have no effect!" The two general soldiers, Jin Shenghuan and Ke Yongsheng, who led the team, were well aware of the shortcomings of the firecracker, and shouted loudly to let the soldiers under them move forward quickly. In the past, the two armies had such large casualties before they fought, which was enough to make the army collapse, but with the fierce Eight Banners behind him, no one dared to have the intention of escaping.
Following the general's order, the Green Battalion soldiers ran with shouts, and rushed towards the Ming army's array regardless of it, roaring wildly in their mouths to dispel the fear caused by the fire of their comrades from time to time being killed by muskets.
"After surrendering to the Manchus and changing their identity, has the morale become so high?" Ren Siqi looked at the green battalion soldiers who came in the distance regardless of the impact of life and death, these fish belly Ming army, who had been defeated many times not long ago, had now become so daring to fight, which really made him sigh. But so what? In the face of strong strength, these people are just mantis arms blocking cars.
At the cost of almost more than a thousand people, more than 20,000 Qing troops finally rushed to the front of the Ming army's array and fought with the Chongming army on the left and right flanks.
The musketeers in the Chongming army had long since retreated to the rear, and in front were the sharp spears like a forest. The drummers beat the war drums desperately, and with the rhythm of the war drums, the pikemen silently stabbed out their guns, retracted, and with each of their thrusts, the green battalion soldiers fell to the ground screaming, and the armor on their bodies could not withstand the thrusts of the sharp spears.
The green battalion soldiers attacked the Chongming army battle formation like a tide, but they hit their heads again and again in front of the rock. Looking at the layers of corpses lying in a pool of blood in front of the formation, Jin Shenghuan and Ke Yongsheng couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, their own number was more than twice that of the other party, but they couldn't break through the other party's line at all.
"Lord Wang, Jin Shenghuan and they can't resist it." Kong Youde looked at the situation on the battlefield and respectfully said to Azig in front of him.
"The incompetent green battalion, pass the order down, let them continue to attack, even if they die, they will die on the battlefield, and those who dare to escape will be killed, and their families will be enslaved!" Azig said coldly, "Gongshun King, have you found the weakness of the Ming army? ā
Kong Youde raised his head and looked hard at the Ming army battle formation in the distance through the clairvoyant mirror, and said hesitantly after half a sound, "It seems that the armies on both sides of the Ming army are strong, and the ones in the middle are much worse." ā
"Hahaha, what the king said is that Ren Siqi arranged the elite with strong combat power on both wings, but deployed the newly surrendered army in the middle, is it bullying us and not daring to attack his Chinese army? I want to break his Chinese army and kill Ren Siqi! ā