Chapter 51: Formation
The Ming army, which numbered less than a hundred men, lined up in two rows and began to maneuver to the front.
The cavalry adjusted the war horse straddling the horse into a small jumping pace, and the pace of the horse was neither fast nor slow, and it was light and vertical up and down, leading the cavalry on horseback to move forward up and down.
In the middle of the battlefield is a straight official road, this is the road leading from Dongzhou to Fushun, both sides are abandoned farmland, several forests are not very dense, in the distance are a few hills hidden in the snow, the more mountains are in front of you, here is the branch of the Changbai Mountains, from Fushun Pass to the Jurchen boundary, the more mountains, less flat land, more mountains, more rivers, natural conditions are very difficult.
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Seeing the Ming army lined up in two rows to drive towards his side, Baiyin Tua felt that he was either crazy or had a problem with his eyes, the Ming army has been defeated repeatedly in recent years, and all the major wars Baiyin Tua has participated, the early Ming army is still a little bold, but the troops are chaotic, the equipment is not fine, the army's combat power is very low, almost all of them are a touch of collapse, all the wars, the Houjin side of the casualties are very limited, and then the Ming army almost to the point of fleeing from the wind, the eight banners of light killed by the Ming general soldier there are many. Twenty years ago, all tribes mentioned the Ming Dynasty is all in awe, Baiyin Tua was also full of admiration and yearning for the Ming Dynasty when he was a child, the Ming Dynasty is big, the wealth and strength make the Jurchen five bodies to the ground, the Han people and the Ming army at the border, they are also respectful, although the Ming people are the Nikan barbarians, deep down these Jurchens are full of inferiority complex.
Now the situation is reversed, the Jurchens are already full of contempt for the Ming army, although the Ming State is still a behemoth, they don't feel anything terrible, under the leadership of the old Khan, the Jurchen Eight Banners are invincible, thirty years have not tasted defeat, everyone has a strong self-confidence in their hearts, these Ming troops in front of them do not run but come up to meet the attack, after worshipping Yin Tua, the anger in the heart rises.
"Attack, kill all these Nikans!"
"Kill the dog!"
"Kill the dog!"
The Jurchen armored soldiers were also the same as their main generals, full of contempt for the Ming army, full of anger for the Ming army in front of them, they were burning with anger in their hearts, their bodies were agitated, and they clenched the weapons in their hands with both hands, eager to fight the Ming army immediately.
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The appearance of Baiyin Tua this time is completely because of the strict order of Mang Gurtai, originally because Nurhachi was determined to eliminate Yehe, the soldiers went to the north pass, and implemented a strategic contraction on the Ming Dynasty's side, and only carried out the strategy of patrolling the border of the sentinel cavalry, so along the Fushun Pass to the Jiefan area, the Houjin side shrank the troops, and after being ambushed by Han Xu, the sentinel cavalry was ordered to shrink, at this moment, the old slave did not want to fight with the Ming army, and did not want the outpost to fight frequently, which would lead to unnecessary losses.
At this time, Nurhachi, the grand strategy is very clear, and the implementation is also very decisive, although he is very suspicious and hateful to the Han people in his heart, and has presided over many massacres, but at least on the surface he expressed his willingness to raise the Han people, as long as they surrender and return, they will be treated equally, which also enables the Houjin side to recruit some Han people and make them used by the Houjin.
Mang Gurtai lost a lot of money and materials, although there was a strict order from the old slave, the time was also unfavorable, still ordered Baiyin Tua, this Jia Lae Zhen to take his own Niu Lu soldiers and horses to go out, three Niu Lu dispatched 260 ding, including 110 black flag and red armor soldiers, 17 swinging tooth soldiers, and the rest of the bannermen who did not wear armor, these bannermen are good at riding and shooting, carefully selected from the three Niu Lu, they can act as archers and guerrillas, light cavalry wandering, with light arrows and heavy arrows to shoot in turn, harassing the Ming army's position, Destroy the Ming army's cavalry formation. If the Ming army is defeated and flees, these unarmored bannermen can be pursued by light horses, even if the Ming army is wearing armor, it is also showing its back to be chased and cut, this is still cavalry to cavalry, under normal circumstances, it is the infantry of the Ming Dynasty that is chased by the Eight Banners light cavalry, and the unorganized infantry who lose their armor and abandon their armor have no resistance, even if they are light cavalry, they can easily eliminate a large number of Ming Dynasty defeated troops.
At this time, the gap in the armor of the Eight Banners is still very large, until the Apocalypse years, after Nuerhachi hit a big grass valley in Liaoxi, the armor of each banner is gradually completed, and the ordinary banners will also have cotton armor or chain mail to wear, and the horses are also Huang Taiji defeated Lin Dan Khan, and became the lord of the Mongolian tribes before making up for it, and now the Eight Banners are 60,000 Ding, if they go all out, there are two to three percent of the soldiers who can only walk, and there are no horses, and the impression that the people of Houjin are proficient in riding and shooting, and all of them are completely different from the image of cavalry.
"Swing your teeth to the two wings, the armor soldiers are all divided into two teams, the guerrilla bannermen are harassing and releasing arrows in front, and the armor soldiers are behind!"
Baiyin Tua is old in the battle array, and he has already gone out with the old Khan in the thirtieth year of Wanli, from a Yu Ding who was incorporated into the banner of the Wanyan Department to fight all the way, and has been promoted to Jiala Ezhen, he can see at a glance the plan of the Ming general on the opposite side, put the ordinary cavalry in the middle of the formation, used to entangle the main force of his side, and the two wings are obviously the elite of the family, and when they rush into the formation, there is a mess, and the elite Ming army on both wings will attack again, in order to achieve miraculous results.
"It's really a pipe dream, this general." Baiyin Tua is proud of his vision and determination, he knows what should be done most after a long battle, the Jianzhou Department is not without a difficult battle, sometimes the subordinates are not so brave, when the Hada Department and other large departments, the generals are afraid and dare not fight, and it is not without a time when the flag Ding retreats in frustration, in the era of cold weapons, it is likely that a small battlefield change will cause a collapse, since the Ming army general in front of him dares to do this, he is obviously still very confident in his family, Baiyin Tua is determined to be cautious, thick soldiers in battle, Quickly break through the Ming army in front of him, after the battle, and then cooperate with the two wings to flank the Ming army's family, Houjin and the Ming State have been fighting for several years, and the ability of the Ming army generals is still very clear to the generals at all levels.
"Attack!"
The horn sounded, the bannermen picked up their bows and arrows and began to ride forward, the armored armored cavalry followed closely, and a dozen or so swinging tooth soldiers wearing dazzling silver armor were scattered to the two wings under the leadership of a swinging tooth Lama Bashiku.
As for the Ming army in front, Baiyin Tua observed for a long time, and indeed wore iron armor, I don't know if it was a pro-army or a family member, but he firmly believed that these Ming troops were cannon fodder in the middle, and the armor was just to confuse himself, and he also saw the outpost battle just now, the Ming army's family members were very brave, and some of the family members were not even under the tooth swing, and now those Ming army sentry posts were placed on both wings, so he would never be the Ming army general, the two wings were the focus, and the Ming army in the middle was just miscellaneous fish.
More than 260 Eight Banner soldiers began to act, Zhuangda and Bashiku, Bashiku were divided into Bashiku carrying all kinds of small flags, they were responsible for promoting command in the team, maintaining the neatness of the entire cavalry team, the old slave can win a hundred battles is not a fluke, as a good apprentice of Li Chengliang, the army trained by Nuerhachi for so many years is by no means only about individual martial arts, the entire Houjin Eight Banners Army is organized, the tactics have been formed, light cavalry, heavy cavalry, archers, sharp soldiers, dead soldiers, each has its own use, and the position on the battlefield is very appropriate, At this time, under the order of Kala Ezhen, all the cavalry were divided into two neat rows, the two wings slightly protruded, after marching to a predetermined distance, Baiyintua ordered the trumpet to be blown, and the two rows of cavalry let out a roar, and they began to speed up, and the hooves of the horses flew, and the mud and snow were splashed high, and the two rows of cavalry on the snow-white earth were like black dots, and they splashed black and white dust and mist, and the closer they went, the louder the roar became, and the sound shook the sky, and the earth shook under the trampling of the horses' hooves, and the weapons and armor gases flashed with cold light, Everyone looked ahead, and out of the corner of their eyes were the figures of their partners moving forward side by side, and at such a time, even the cowards summoned all their courage, this is the highest honor for men in riding and hedging!