Chapter 844: Fiasco (2)
Zu Dale's old problem still appeared, once on the battlefield, he always charged at the front, and fought face-to-face with the Houjin Tartar, only in this way did he feel refreshed, plus this expedition, following Chen Xinjia, all the steps were arranged well, no need to worry, no need to make any decisions, it was better to fight happily on the battlefield.
The scout found a small share of Houjin Tartar, Zu Dale did not hesitate at all, the prancing horse rushed to the front, and the soldiers around him rushed up in a hurry, and when he started a fight with the opponent, Zu Dale found that the other party was a real Tartar, and this time, his fighting spirit immediately came up.
Zu Dale's fighting spirit, to a certain extent, is also fierce a lot of border troops, when attacking the city of Montenegro and Yizhou City, the border army is mainly attacking the city, and the Houjin Tartar did not really start a field battle, suddenly met the Houjin Tartar, some of the border troops still feel fear, these border troops, are many years in the army, have experienced the courage of the Golden Tartar, but when they saw Zu Dale rushing up, they did not have too much fear, followed and rushed up.
Suddenly, the flintlock pistol began to fire, confronting the rain of arrows shot by the Houjin Tartar, the advantage of firearms, after all, is stronger than the bow and arrow, and the two sides just started fighting, and the advantage was biased in favor of the border army.
Haoge led the sergeants of the Zhenglan Banner and the Han Eight Banner, and he had been waiting for the border army for a long time.
Hauge also fought with the border army, and his opinion of the border army was not very good, thinking that the border army of the Ming Dynasty was just a rabble, cowardly and afraid of death, commanding and guarding the city, and could not fight in the field at all, so after accepting the task, Hauge took a lot of effort, this kind of battle that can only fail and cannot be won, in Hauge's view. It's just too difficult.
However, after communicating with Fan Wencheng for a period of time, Haoge also began to think a lot, in the battle, there is no doubt that it is necessary to take into account the overall situation, and the overall situation cannot be delayed because of the momentary bravery. In such a situation, my father will never spare him.
After encountering the border army scouts, Hao Geqiang held back, did not ask the sergeants to charge, kill these border scouts, and when arranging the fight, he also asked the sergeants to retreat in an all-round way after a little resistance.
But Hauge didn't expect it. The combat effectiveness of the border army is completely different from what he had previously understood.
The border army, which was dominated by cavalry, did not hesitate when charging, did not see a look of fear, and when fighting, it was not weaker than the sergeants of the Zhenglan Banner and the Han Eight Banner. When the two sides fought together, the momentum of the border army was also very strong. Because of the idea of retreating, the sergeants of the Blue Banner and the Han Eight Banner entered the overall weakness.
Casualties soon began to take place, and the situation was beyond Hauge's expectations.
Hauge and Zu Dale's tempers are somewhat similar, and they saw the scene of the fight. He couldn't help it, pulled out the steel knife, stepped forward, and joined the battle group, inside his heart. still refuses to admit defeat, even if they want to retreat, they must let these Ming border troops know the strength of the warriors of the Great Qing Kingdom.
Hauge sent out to fight, to the blue flag and Han Baqi sergeants were very surprised, although Hauge had given an order, asking them to resist a little, retreat immediately, but the boss rushed up, they must absolutely protect the safety of the boss, if the boss has a problem, they, the sergeants, do not think about being able to live.
The sergeants of the Blue Banner and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty were instantly inspired with great fighting spirit.
The scene of the fight began to become tragic.
The sergeants led by Hauge were only 1,000 people, and at a distance of five miles from them, the 1,000 sergeants led by Azig were also waiting, and the main duty of these 2,000 men was to lure the Ming border army into the ambush circle.
The front army led by Zu Dale had a total of 5,000 people, and in terms of numbers, it had an absolute advantage.
The advantage in numbers, coupled with the fighting spirit of the border army, from the beginning of the fight, the border army occupied the initiative, and there were constantly golden tartars being cut down from horseback, and all the smart border troops, using flintlock pistols, fired at close range, the effect was very good.
Zu Dale personally cut down the three Houjin Tartars, shouted excitedly, and when he raised the steel knife again, he saw Haoge, he didn't know Haoge, and naturally he didn't know what Haoge's identity was, but Haoge was surrounded by a lot of Houjin Tartars, all of whom were fighting hard to prevent the border army from approaching, and several border soldiers who were ready to want Haoge to shoot were accurately shot by the Houjin Tartar's bow and arrow, and fell to the ground screaming.
"Tartar is looking for death, and your grandfather will ...... to come"
Zudale Prancing Horse rushed towards Hauge.
Joined the fighting group, saw the surrounding sergeants have fallen, Hauge began to wake up, he remembered his own duties, he led a thousand sergeants, mainly to lure the Ming border army, in terms of numbers, the Ming army occupies an absolute advantage, and the fighting spirit is strong, if he takes the sergeant to resist desperately, it is impossible to succeed, the longer the fight, the greater the loss, he also found that from the perspective of the competition of individual sergeants, the warriors of the Qing Kingdom still occupy a certain advantage, It's just that the flintlock pistol in the hands of the Ming army is too powerful, this kind of flintlock pistol does not need to be ignited, it can be fired at any time, and it will be hit by the cold, once it is hit by the flintlock pistol, basically don't think about life.
The costumes of the Ming border army are different, and when he rushed to the battlefield, Hao Ge had already discovered Zu Dale and concluded that Zu Dale was the leader of this group of Ming border troops.
After seeing Zu Dale beating his horse and charging towards him, Hauge did not meet the battle, turned his horse's head, and began to retreat quickly.
Retreating at this time, Hauge's heart was dripping blood, fighting on the battlefield, this was the first time he took the initiative to retreat.
The rest of the Zhenglan Banner and Han Eight Banner sergeants also began to retreat, and some of the encircled sergeants were no longer able to withdraw from Lu.
The speed of the retreat of the Houjin Tartars was very fast, and the border army was not prepared for a while, and they didn't know whether to pursue or stop, but they saw Zu Dale chasing after him, so they did not hesitate and followed to catch up.
For so many years, the border army met the Houjin Tartars, especially in the field, almost all of them retreated, all fled, this situation, in the Wanli period of the Battle of Salhu began to appear, especially in the battle of the Daling River in the fourth year of Chongzhen, almost no Ming army can take the initiative to charge, defeat the Houjin Tartars.
Now that the Houjin Tartars have taken the initiative to retreat, they can't hold on, and many border soldiers and Zu Dale are in the same mood, so happy that they can't wait to catch up and annihilate all the Tartars of this force.
The battle situation of the former army is constantly fed back to Chen Xinjia.
The front army and the Chinese army are only five miles apart, as a cavalry, this distance is nothing at all, between the two armies, there are heralds, so any information, Chen Xinjia is in control, he will not let the front army too far away, after all, it is deep into the territory occupied by the Houjin Tartars, if you meet a large share of the Houjin Tartars, I am afraid that it will be dangerous.
Knowing that Zu Dashou took the initiative to charge and take the initiative to fight with the Houjin Tartars, Chen Xinjia nodded with satisfaction, the officer was able to charge ahead, and the encouragement to the sergeant was huge, and the border army had an advantage from the beginning of the attack, which made Chen Xinjia even more happy, and the previous worries were temporarily ignored.
The army has been fighting for more than half a month, and there has been no field battle with the Houjin Tartars, and there is no Houjin Tartar who has been formed, Chen Xinjia inevitably feels strange, and after meeting the Houjin Tartar, Chen Xinjia is also worried, I don't know what the field combat ability of the border army of the Lu Dao is, whether it can resist the Houjin Tartars.
From the mouth of the herald, Chen Xinjia knew that the number of Houjin Tartars was also about a thousand, which was not a few, but when he learned that Houjin Tartars were defeated and Zu Dashou led the army to pursue, Chen Xinjia immediately gave an order to stop the pursuit, and the front army waited on the spot, and notified Zu Dale to come to report the battle situation.
The herald rang the golden gong desperately.
The sound of the gong passed all the way, and the border troops who were pursuing heard the gong.
Zu Dale, who rushed to the front, also heard the sound of the gong, muttered in his mouth, and stopped the pursuit.
When he came back from the fight, Zu Dale had a black face, looked at the herald, and couldn't help but be angry.
However, Zu Dale still didn't lose his temper, he knew that the herald soldiers did not dare to withdraw the troops at will, this must be Chen Xinjia's meaning, seeing such a good fighter, it was lost because of the withdrawal of the troops.
Seeing Zu Dale's face, Chen Xinjia smiled.
"Zu Dale, it was the commander who asked to collect the troops, it seems that you feel aggrieved, such a good fighter, why can't you take advantage of the victory to pursue it."
"Marshal, his subordinates really see it this way, and his subordinates also found the head of the Tartars, and when they were pursuing, the marshal asked to collect the troops."
"Hehe, this marshal is worried about the safety of the front army, the front army is only 5,000 people, if you meet a large number of rogues, because the pursuit is too fast, far away from the Chinese army, I am afraid that something will happen, now we go deep into Guangning, which is occupied by the Houjin Tartars, what will happen to the Lu along the way, it is not clear, the scope of scout reconnaissance is limited, it is impossible to fully grasp the traces of the Houjin Tartars, in this case, it is better to be cautious."
Zu Dale lowered his head and didn't speak, anyway, he didn't need to think about these questions.
"Zu Dale, the fight just now, although Ben Shuai didn't see it with his own eyes, he also knew that my Ming border army had won, and you should tell me whether the Houjin Tartar was invincible."
There are quite a few officers in the Chinese military tent, and Chen Xinjia's inquiry is obviously purposeful.
Zu Dale raised his head and spoke loudly.
"Dashuai, the subordinates fought face-to-face with the Houjin Tartars, and the subordinates thought that the Houjin Tartars were like that, not as powerful as they boasted, and the subordinates also cut down three Houjin Tartars with their own hands......"
The smile on Chen Xinjia's face was even more, what he needed was this effect, the border army and the Houjin Tartar field battle had been fought, and the battle situation was good, which also made him more relieved. (To be continued......)