Chapter 117: The Hauge of Tragedy
This time, Jiannu did not take the lead in attacking with the Han army and the Korean army, but sent Jurchen elite cavalry to storm the Ming army's position at the beginning.
Most of the Han and Korean armies had been abandoned under the city of Datong, and in place of the Jurchens and Mongols, there were less than 10,000 Han troops and a pitiful 2,000 Korean troops who followed Dolgon. In addition to the men and horses lost under the city of Datong, most of the Mongolian Eight Banners were taken away.
The Han and Korean armies were already badly wounded and could not take on the mission of attacking fortifications. And the encounter with Cao Bianjiao's department must be won as soon as possible like a quick sword, and if you want to achieve such a result, only the Jurchen Jingqi can complete it. Dorgon knew this, and Hauge knew it too, so Hauge, who was in charge of the front army, ordered the three thousand elite blue flags to attack first.
A bloody battle unfolded in this nameless mountain pass whose name was not even known.
The three thousand Jurchen elites began to play with their lives.
Three thousand war horses raised dust in the sky, and in the smoke and dust, the three thousand warriors of the most elite of the female real blue flag desperately urged the war horses to step down and rushed to the position defended by the Ming army in front. They planned to rush across the Ming army's defense line in one fell swoop to avenge the defeat in the Battle of Datong.
In the Battle of Songshan, Haoge was defeated by Cao Bianjiao's men, and for Haoge, today is almost an enemy meeting, and he is very red-eyed. Hauge ordered that the three thousand Blue Banner warriors who took the lead in the attack should break through the Ming army's defense line at any cost and open the passage for the follow-ups.
Cao Bianjiao personally commanded the shooting of the musket battalion, and he knew that the first battle was very crucial, and if he could withstand the first wave of attack by the Serus, then the next battle would be much easier.
"Ready, shoot!"
With Cao Bianjiao's order, a thousand muskets were raised, and in Cao Bianjiao's shooting order, they shot with a bang. In the rising black smoke, rows of lead bullets flew at high speed towards the Jiannu who rushed to kill, and soon, the Jiannu who rushed to kill fell down.
Then the second round of shooting began, and once again there were pieces of Jiannu falling. The screams and the screams of the war horses were mixed with the bombardment of the muskets, and some of the Jiannu who were not shot were also tripped by their companions or companions' war horses who fell to the ground, and the third round of shooting of the Ming army came again.
Although the Jurchen elite cavalry is brave, they are also human, they do not have invulnerability superpowers, no matter how good they are in riding and shooting, and no matter how brave they are in battle, they have not yet rushed within the range of bows and arrows, and they have no ability to cause damage to their opponents. Many people didn't have time to shoot the arrow of revenge, and before they had a chance to swing the war knife in their hands, they were shot by the high-speed flying buckshot, and there was no way to continue the rest of the journey.
This is like a fragment in the movie "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace", the Qing army faced the rifle shooting of the British and French troops in a good formation, and only passively beaten, no matter how good their riding skills were, no matter how good their shooting skills were, they could not cause damage to the Europeans who were completely inferior to them in these aspects, and the huge power of the musket and the longer range completely erased these advantages, and finally ended up in a fiasco.
Seeing the three thousand elite Zhenglan Banner warriors, just like the battle a few days ago, under the musket fire of the Ming army, falling down like cut straw one after another, Hauge was so angry that he almost breathed fire in his eyes.
At this time, his reason had been completely replaced by impulse, and he didn't think too much about it, Huo Ran took out his war knife and shouted to the other thousands of soldiers on standby: "Follow this king, kill!"
As he spoke, he immediately urged his mount and came out of the crowd.
Hauge's personal guards immediately followed, and dozens of horsemen overtook Hauge at great speed, running at the front.
Haug himself led the army into battle, and no one in his men dared to hesitate, all drew their swords and rushed forward with a howl.
Someone immediately reported the situation to Dolgon, who had already rushed over, Dolgon was shocked, he did not dare to be careless, and when it was too late to order Hauge to stop this risky charge, he could only order the remaining Han army and the Korean army, as well as the Mongolian Eight Banners under the Manzhu Lixi Division, to follow up the attack. He then ordered Dordor and Azig to lead two white flags to reinforce him.
Although it is said that Dolgon and Hauge have always had a gap, and even almost made a big fight for the Manchu throne, but Dolgon has a sense of the overall situation no matter what he says, he knows that if Hauge's front army is defeated, then the battle will be lost, and even the rout of Hauge's department will have a chain reaction, and the whole army may collapse.
After all, the fiasco under the city of Datong has greatly affected morale, especially the Han army, the Korean army and the Mongols, who are a bit centrifugal, and if they don't work together, then things will be very troublesome.
Therefore, we can only concentrate our forces and rush forward regardless of casualties, hoping to open the gap.
It's just that the terrain of the place chosen by Cao Bianjiao for defense is narrow, which is very conducive to defense and not conducive to attack.
Haug's first wave of attack was only 3,000 men, but 3,000 men could not be spread out in a fan-shaped plane. A width distance of a few hundred steps, the impact of a fan, at most only two or three hundred rides. And the muskets of the Ming army have a thousand shots per round, and there are almost no dead ends for shooting, how many people can be lucky not to be shot?
After a few rounds of shooting, Jiannu had fallen at least 2,000 people within a distance of about 200 paces in front of the Ming army's position, and they were either killed or wounded.
Fatally, the fallen casualties and their horses blocked the way for the people behind to watch the charge, and the cavalry, which had been charging at high speed, had to slow down. And Jiannu, who slowed down the speed, of course, became the target of the Ming army's muskets.
When Hauge rushed over from the follow-up men, most of the 3,000 people in the front wave of attacks had fallen under the muskets of the Ming army, and although the people behind were still rushing desperately, most of them were still out of range of bows and arrows under the musket shots of the Ming army. Fortunately, a few of them used their superb riding skills to hide on the side of their horses and avoid the fire of muskets, but their horses were not so lucky, and after being shot, they either lost their front hooves and fell, or they fell on the road with their horses, and many of them were not shot, but were crushed or crushed by their own horses.
However, although the musket shooting of the Ming army was intensive, there were still a few Jiannu with superb riding skills who rushed into the range of bows and arrows, and they did not hesitate, and immediately pulled their bows and arrows and shot at the musket positions of the Ming army. A few unlucky Ming musketeers were unfortunately hit by falling arrows, and although they did not lose their lives immediately, they were wounded and had to withdraw from the battle.
Seeing that the battle was like this, and the elite Blue Banner warriors under his command suffered heavy losses, Haoge was even more furious, he held his sword high, and vigorously ordered the soldiers around him and the following Blue Banner warriors to go forward and kill the Southern Barbarians.
Just as Hauge rushed forward with his sword high, a row of lead bullets flew in front of him, and many of the guards in front of Hauge were hit and fell off their horses, and the camp that was originally densely guarded suddenly revealed a gap. And at this time, the second row of lead bullets flew head-on again, and several scattered bullets hit Hauge's head, and after he threw away the war knife in his hand with a scream, he jumped high and fell down heavily in the mournful roar of the war horse that was also shot!