Chapter 809: Great Array
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Early in the morning of the 19th, Gao Gui, the general of the left battalion of the White Tiger Army, and Zhuang Xuzu, the left battalion of the cavalry of the Chinese army, led 30,000 people to set off, and finally Wang Dou agreed to the amendment of the Han Dynasty, so that the soldiers and horses of the big side to attack the thieves set off early, and increased the number of troops by 10,000.
After they arrived at the West Mountain, they would lurk at the foot of Cuifeng Mountain near the mountains, and then at the appointed hour on the 20th, they immediately rushed straight to the capital thirty miles away, and quickly entered the inner and outer cities from Fuchengmen and Guang'anmen, exterminated the thieves in the city, and captured the Jingshi.
The nobles and others bid farewell to Wang Dou and went firmly, and the soldiers they led the army, from cavalry to infantry, from the second class army to the third class army, all of them also went away with a firm expression.
Their faces were solemn, convinced that they would succeed in the trip.
At the same time, at dawn, the 20,000 troops of the big flank attack Tartar also hid in the capital of the Changping army, compared to the flank attack of the thieves, they have more elite soldiers, even the first battalion of the C-class army in the middle of the country is also everyone has horses. The soldiers and horses of the big side thieves set off early, and the requirements for mobility were reduced, and the horses and mules they vacated were just enough to replenish this side.
However, they will set out at a certain moment in the battle on the 20th, and the Tartars are no better than the thieves, they are densely packed with sentry horses, and it is impossible to hide from them when such a large force of men and horses marches, and this army is the time difference between the Tartars' reactions.
Therefore, at this time, General Bao Tao and Gao Shiyin, the main general of the big flank, were still by Wang Dou's side, and accompanied him to inspect the possible battlefield positions in Bao'erling, Huilongguan and other places.
They went up to the Barrier Ridge to look, ten miles away the Shunjun camp was endless, spreading more than 20 miles from east to west, and many miles in depth, and all kinds of fluttering flags were dense like a forest. In between, teams of cavalry tore each other apart, snooped on each other's camps, and covered their own defensive lines.
The sound of guns in the field was heard from time to time, and the eye-catching white smoke rose in bursts, and the current sentinel battle was not only the horse team of Shaanxi and Gansu, but also the Jingbian army invested a large number of elite night non-harvests, as well as the hussars and chassars of various armies.
Obviously, their own sentinels have the upper hand, and the thieves have a large victory, and it is not an official war, so the two sides maintain a situation of fighting but not breaking.
Wang Dou looked through the clairvoyant mirror, and saw what the dense Shun army was busy working in front of their camp for several miles, as if they were building an earthen platform, and counted, this earthen platform seemed to be ten.
"The thieves are building the barricades."
Wen Fangliang said: "According to the Ministry of Intelligence, after the thieves entered Beijing, they built a huge artillery battalion because they captured a lot. There are 150 ordinary Hongyi cannons, 50 Hongyi heavy cannons with four-wheel grinding plates, 300 machine guns of the general Franc, and a total of 500 cannons. There are also a number of car battalions, using small cannons in the Wolf machine. ”
He said: "The four-wheel grinding disc cannon is the Qing State cannon captured that year, and the door can be fired three or four miles away, and the cannon is still more than ten catties. The thieves built a fortification in the formation, obviously fighting the idea of bombarding our army's large array. ”
Wang Dou nodded slightly, the thieves are indeed getting smarter and smarter in the use of artillery, and at this time, the two sides are facing each other, and it is impossible to be too far apart, generally about two miles, and three or four miles are very rare. I think that when he didn't have a red artillery, he was one mile or even two hundred steps away from the enemy.
If you don't have sharp arrows, or even understand the enemy's situation, and you are caught off guard, you are indeed very likely to suffer a big loss.
Xie Yike said: "General, the brothers of the sentry battalion have already made it clear that the thief's artillery fortress is divided into three layers, and the top is a four-wheel grinding disc cannon, and each artillery fortress has five heavy cannons. The second layer is an ordinary Hongyi cannon, with fifteen guns per fort. The third layer is the general cannons, with thirty guns each. Then in front of the fort, a car battalion and a gun battalion will be arranged to guard it. ”
Gao Shiyin scolded, and then said with a smile: "The thieves are becoming more and more cunning, fortunately, our army has heavy artillery rockets, and they are four or five miles away, so they will all pack up their artillery arrays, vehicle arrays, and gun arrays." ”
Everyone around Wang Dou smiled knowingly, and the thieves thought that their artillery was invincible for three or four miles, but they did not think that they had sharper weapons than them.
And unlike the thieves, although they also built fortifications on the plains, they were several extended batteries at different distances, four miles from their forts, then three miles, and two miles at the closest.
The distance of four miles is just right, and the rogue's artillery is known to fight three or four miles, but their poor gunners and shooting standards, this distance is actually very safe.
Rockets and heavy artillery can calmly bombard their artillery formations, especially heavy rockets, which are even more comprehensive.
With the range of the heavy rockets of the Jingbian Army, in fact, they can be installed on the Bao'er Ridge, but the closer the distance and the more accurate the hit, these artillery forts can also be placed with heavy rockets.
Then, after their artillery wagon battalion was beaten, the rockets and heavy artillery pushed closer to the fort two or three miles away from them, and calmly bombarded their large formation.
Of course, the above refers to rocket heavy artillery, ordinary artillery Hongyi artillery, etc., all of which are accompanied by the infantry formation, slowly advancing.
Han Chao pondered: "Looking at the thieves arranged like this, the main force of their old battalion is in this frontal Chinese army." When they are strategic, it should also be to attack on both wings, defend in the middle, see the right time, and then the main force thunder pounces. ”
Wen Fangliang said with a smile: "It's just right, our division is defending on both wings, and the main force is directly attacking their Chinese army, as long as their old camp is destroyed, the remaining thieves will be defeated immediately, and it will be useless to come another million." ”
Everyone nodded, the two sides played similar calculations, both of them were placed in the center of the main force, but the offensive and defensive ideas were different.
And this battle is mainly to eliminate the old battalion of thieves, and it has always been proved that no matter how many miscellaneous soldiers fight, it is useless, and it is still necessary to eliminate their old battalion soldiers.
They looked at the defensive positions on the flanks, and then turned to the east side of the Fen'er Ridge, which was facing the defensive position of the Qing army, and in this place, the core of the southeast end was Huilongguan, which could be attacked by both Tartars and thieves.
However, the defensive conditions here are also quite favorable, with Xuanfu Palace as the center, surrounded by the villages formed by the horse herding soldiers in the early Ming Dynasty, for the Jingbian army who are good at defense, regardless of the thieves and Tartars, it is difficult to conquer the defense line here.
In the central part and the Shahe River, in fact, there are villages, especially in the central part of the village, called Zhu Xinzhuang, there is a mountain range in the south, the mountain is not high, the altitude is only more than ten meters, but it is quite wide, the vertical and horizontal is about two miles, and the top is very gentle, very suitable for placing rockets and artillery.
According to the information that was not collected at night, the Qing army that entered the customs carried artillery, but it was a four-wheel grinding disc heavy cannon pulled from Shanhaiguan and other places, about forty or fifty pieces.
It is estimated that they will also set up a formation outside three or four at that time, and they will suffer the same tragedy as the thieves.
They climbed the mountains of Zhuxinzhuang, and saw the Qing army sentry galloping in the distance, from the past sneaky to the present undisguised, Wang Dou Qianlijing watched, remembering that yesterday Dolgon also let the sentry shoot a letter, saying that this entry is to avenge Erjun's father, and express his willingness to cooperate and eliminate the thieves together.
Talking about this, Wang Dou smiled and said, "Dolgon thinks I'm as stupid as Li Zicheng. ”
The generals laughed, and their disdainful laughter spread far and wide, echoing over the land.
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"It doesn't matter if you can deceive the thieves, anyway, Wang Dou will definitely fight the thieves, and it is impossible for them to unite, and my Daqing is the most advantageous party."
The banks of the Sand River are full of dense tents, all kinds of Qing army flags flying, in a gilded tent, Dolgon looked at the map on the case, and said to the Qing monarch beside him.
He was surrounded by ministers of Manchu, Mongolian, Han, Korean, and Japanese banners, scholars Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan, and Mongolian ministers from other foreign domains, Wu Sangui, Tang Tong, Fan Zhiwan, Li Yutian, Liu Liangzuo and others.
Listening to Dolgon's words, Wu Sangui's face was expressionless, and Fang Guangchen beside him had a blank expression, he didn't know why the situation had become like this.
But obviously, Dolgon didn't care about their mood, and he said with great interest: "The strategy of the Fan Bachelor has been effective, and although the thieves are on guard, they have not made any major moves. It is inevitable that he will fight with the king, and our division will fight with the clam as much as possible, and the fisherman will benefit. ”
Fan Wencheng hurriedly knelt down and said: "This is all the work of Your Majesty's temple, and Weichen does not dare to take credit." ”
Dolgon laughed and kindly asked Fan Wencheng to get up, and he continued to point to the map: "Obviously, the thief and the king will not drag on any longer, and they will fight tomorrow." Therefore, I planned to contain Wang Dou to the death, so that he and the thieves would fight to defeat both sides, and at the same time wait for the opportunity to pick melons and fruits. ”
He said: "Yes, tomorrow's arrangement is to use the general Jingyuan, Prince Zheng Jierharang to lead Manchuria with blue flags to supervise the battle, lead half of the eight banners of the Han Dynasty, the eight banners of Japan, and half of the eight banners of Xian, and Gushan Ezhen Liu Liangzuo, a total of about 60,000 troops, carrying ten heavy artillery, and many shield vehicles, to approach Changping and threaten the rear road of the Jingbian army. ”
The sentry cavalry reported that the defense line of the Jingbian army on the east side of Changping on the two hills, plus dozens of miles of low walls and trenches, is also a giant deer and Changling Mountain.
However, it is okay to let the banners of Han Rixian, plus the newly surrendered Liu Liangzuo, attack, and the Manchurian elite of Jierharang can supervise the battle.
Liu Liangzuo stayed on the side, listened to Dolgon's arrangement and secretly complained, he was indecisive and greedy for life and afraid of death, and he took refuge in the Qing Kingdom in order to preserve his strength, but he didn't expect to gnaw hard bones soon, he complained bitterly in his heart, but he didn't dare to resist.
"And against the battlefield of the Jingbian Army, I am divided into three divisions, the right wing, close to the Shahe River, with the king of Doro Rao Yujun, ordered the general Abatai to supervise the battle, lead the king of Pingxi, Wu Sangui, and the king of Dingxi, Tang Tongbu, a total of more than 30,000 troops, directly approaching the threat, waiting for the order of the Chinese army."
Glancing at Wu Sangui, Dolgon categorically arranged that Wu Sangui and Tang Tong would have work to do tomorrow, and even asked them to make a name for themselves.
Wu Sangui was still expressionless, and Tang Tong's face changed greatly, and he didn't dare to say anything he wanted to say.
Dolgon said: "The left wing, that is, the right wing against the thieves, with Prince Yu and the general of Pingnan, Duoduo supervising the battle, leading the remaining Han Eight Banners, Japanese Eight Banners, and half of the Xian Eight Banners to threaten and persecute, and also wait for the orders of the Chinese army. ”
In the end, Dolgon said: "The remaining Manchurian Eight Banners, Mongolian Eight Banners, Horqin Division, and Mongolian Outer Domains have about 100,000 iron cavalry, led by my relatives, living in the middle army, waiting for the opportunity to move, and must prepare a large number of horses, which will be used to break through the military formation of the Jingbian Army in time!" ”
"Horse charge?"
Duoduo exclaimed: "The Jingbian army has sharp guns, and if you drive the horses into battle, many horses will die." ”
Dolgon said sharply: "Immortal King Dou, my Great Qing Kingdom is even in danger of destroying the country and extinction, what is it if there are only horses?" ”
He looked around at everyone and said coldly: "We all know Wang Dou, if he wins, he will definitely not let us go." When he invaded Liaodong, he would kill all men, women, and children in the Qing Dynasty. If this hidden danger is not eliminated at this time, when will it be? ”
Duoduo was silent, he didn't dare to say anything, he, the emperor's eldest brother, was right, Wang Dou Ruosheng, nothing else was good to say, the Eight Banners would definitely be killed by him.
Seeing that the emperor of the Qing Kingdom regarded Wang Dou so highly, Wu Sangui's face finally changed a little, Tang Tong's mouth was wide open, and Fan Zhiwan and Li Yutian, who had been silent, also glanced at each other.
Seeing the awe-inspiring color in the tent, Dolgon slowed down: "Of course, if Wang Dou and the thieves can be eradicated in this battle, there will be no one in the world who is the enemy of our Great Qing Dynasty, and the endless land and wealth of the Southern Dynasty are all at our disposal." ”
Ning Wan suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "Swear to live and die with the Qing Dynasty." ”
Everyone in the tent chanted with a beastly howl.
After the discussion, Wu Sangui came out of the account, he was silent and gloomy, how could things come to this point?
Perhaps, he has no way out, so he can only help the Qing Kingdom win.
Tang Tong and his personal general Tang Zong and others sighed: "Unlucky, how can that Wang Dou be easy to fight, alas." ”
His subordinates were also annoyed, maybe they shouldn't have voted for Dashun at that time, and it was better to go west to join the Marquis of Yongning.
Tang Tong sighed and said, "It's hard to ride a tiger, let's take a look." ”
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Time passed slowly in the budget planning of all parties, and the night gradually fell, and the three parties were all in the Ming camp, and they saw a sea of lights, like a starry sky.
I don't know why, Wang Dou always can't sleep after tossing and turning, he gets up with his clothes, looks at the bright starry night, tomorrow is the battle that determines the fortunes of civilization and country, that is, with his firm will, he feels a little nervous.
After pacing for a long time, he went to see his sons, and saw their sweet sleeping postures, and his heart slowly calmed down.
yes, everything is in place, nothing to worry about.
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Dorgon woke up suddenly, and he sat up with his hair disheveled, just before the dream......
Then he comforted himself, no problem, the snipe and the clam compete, the fisherman profits, and he is the fisherman!
He sighed lightly in his heart, how good would it be if there was no Wang Dou, why would there be a Wang Dou in the Ming Kingdom?
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Li Zicheng turned his side, he was dreaming of a battle, the Jingbian army was defeated, and the Qing Dynasty was also attached to the head of the minister, and then he returned to Beijing surrounded by hundreds of thousands of soldiers, officially called the emperor, and the year name Yongchang.
Wu Sangui also had a sweet dream, in the dream he recovered the capital division, all the people cheered, in the dream, he smiled and gave up, outside the dream, he also showed a smile on his face.
Tang Tong sat in the tent and thought blankly: "Is it okay anyway?" ”
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The snoring sound in the tent was like thunder, Kong San turned over and over, and listened to the old Hu next to him muttering in a dream: "Lady, lady, Xianggong is here, haha, it's big here......"
He shook his head, calmed down, and slowly fell asleep.
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On April 20, the sky was slowly brightening, and the camps were noisy, Zheng Tianmin endured his nervousness, and had a hearty breakfast with his brothers, and Li Zhengjing, the camp general not far away, shouted: "Eat children, only when you are full can you kill thieves for the country, hahaha." ”
Ju Yiwu, Han Kaihui, Chen Sheng, and Mu Dachang, the former battalion commander of the Suzaku Army, are all serious people, and although the battalion general Li Zhengjing has the word serious, he is very improper, but it is also his joke, which calms down the nervous mood of Zheng Tianmin and others a lot.
After everything was prepared, everyone gathered under the banner of the battalion general, Li Zhengjing looked at everyone majestically and solemnly on the horse, and suddenly he opened his mouth: "Hey......"
He sang loudly: "Beautiful prairie, ......"
Ju Yiwu, Han Kaihui, Chen Sheng, and Mu Dachang should sing: "I will come, I will come." ”
Zheng Tianmin and others sang in unison: "Ahh ”
Li Zhengjing sang: "I will make the head of the Tartar into my wine glass." ”
Zheng Tianmin and others sang in unison: "Ahh ”
Li Zhengjing sang: "Their wives are my concubines, and their sons are my servants." ”
Zheng Tianmin and others sang in unison: "Ahh ”
Li Zhengjing sang: "My horsewhip will beat them hard. ”
Zheng Tianmin and others sang in unison: "Ahh ”
Li Zhengjing sang: "Over the mountains, over the plains, over the earth, over the grassland!" ”
Zheng Tianmin and others sang in unison: "Ahh ”
Li Zhengjing sang: "Until the end of the sky, hey...... Hey...... Hey...... Hey, hey, hey, hey......"
Everyone sang in unison: "Kill, kill, kill, kill!" ”
In the song of "Boy's Walk", the front camp of the Suzaku Army marched forward, the sound of trumpets and drums everywhere came one after another, and a steady stream of troops camped out from everywhere, they gathered into a dense marching column, marching according to their respective goals, the red armor was like an undulating ocean, and the dense bayonets and spears were shining infinitely.
They marched forward, the band opened the way, the drums saluted, the drums rumbled, the trumpets whined, and there was jubilation.
A consolation officer rode up and shouted, "Victory! Victory! ”
He was greeted by cheers like waves.
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The hooves of the horses rumbled, and in the sound of the roar, countless horses stepped across the Qingshui River, Lao Hu looked ahead, the endless horse cavalry, the bright weapons, the dazzling felt hats and red tassels, and the loud shouting, and the rhythmic shouting of the artillery chariot.
The black pressure of the flag is like a dark cloud, and in front of you there is no human head is human head.
Lao Hu took a deep breath: "Whew, I'm going to do a big job today." ”
He snorted in his mouth: "Lady, Township Chief Hu is here." ”
Riding his horse rushed down the clear river in front of him.
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On the Dongsheng Ridge, Li Zicheng rode his horse and stood, fluttering his white tasseled black satin flag high beside him, under the banner, Li Zicheng was proud to look at his big array, stretching for more than ten miles, the flag was like the sea, the sword and spear were like a forest, and he had a strong self-confidence in his heart, such a vast army, who could stop it?
Especially his Chinese army, the old battalion soldiers of Isshi, the car battalion, the gun battalion, the fort, and the three walls that he is proud of, 30,000 horses, 500 horsemen for a horizontal column, 20 columns for 10,000 horsemen for a wall, and 30,000 horses for three.
If each wall is unfolded, according to the width of four or five meters required for a horse fight, the length of the horizontal array will be four or five miles long.
These four or five miles are pushed sideways, or three walls, and few troops can withstand it, which is also the three-wall tactic that he is proud of.
Moreover, his 60,000 old battalions, except for some of them supervising the battle on the left and right flanks, the rest are also concentrated on the two flanks of the Chinese army, and they can move freely at any time.
He looked at his own position, full of confidence, needless to say, the Chinese army is two wings, although many troops can not be placed, but the abundant troops can allow him to use the wheel tactics like siege, one after another, no matter how many people die, but also to capture Wang Dou's two wings, and then his own Chinese army thundered a blow, the overall situation can be determined.
He looked at the Zhu'er Ridge opposite, thinking that for so long, the Jingbian Army had not yet finished arranging the troops, and he couldn't help but have a trace of contempt in his heart.
At this moment, the earth suddenly trembled, and it seemed to be the sound of stepping on the ground neatly, and suddenly a sea of flags appeared on the Barrier Ridge, and then a dazzling red light, as well as a sea of armor and sharp weapons. The spreading army formation slowly descended, and they seemed to spread all over the mountains, and the unfolded army formation was even longer than their own.
Their steps were heavy, the military formation was extremely orderly and neat, and the fluttering flags were like the silent ocean before the storm.
They came down from the mountain, stepping neatly, and the rhythmic sound seemed to be the same, the kind of strictness, the kind of power, the kind of momentum, which made people stunned.
Although they are still far away, the unstoppable momentum, the strong and powerful vision, as if to declare that they are an invincible army.
Dull and solemn, like a thick dark cloud, the evil aura surging in, making the Shun army here lose their voice one by one.
Li Zicheng stared blankly at the sea of armor, they seemed that each soldier had excellent iron armor, what kind of army is this, what kind of financial resources?
Is this Wang Dou's Jingbian Army?
He suddenly remembered something: "Could it be that the 200,000 soldiers that Wang Dou said are not a claim, but a real number?" (To be continued.) )