Chapter 542: The Price of Arrogance (6)

Almost at the same moment, Zheng Xunrui, Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Liu Zeqing, Hong Xintao and others all discovered a problem, that is, in a short period of time, the soldiers of the Zheng family army could not clean up the battlefield at all, and no one thought that Du Du would actually divide his troops and send the vanguard to meet the battle. Although the battle lasted for a very short time and the results of victory were dizzying, the chaotic battlefield was by no means something that could be cleaned up in a short period of time, and this was a change in the battle.

There are endless problems faced in battles, and lessons need to be learned through each battle.

The battle lasted less than half an hour, and it was strange that the brigade led by Du Du did not rush over, and it was said that it was so close to Qiliping that even if it was Houjin Tartar walking, he should have arrived a long time ago.

Zheng Xunrui has long noticed this problem, as a battlefield, the Qiliping place is not very large, the large army wants to fight, the possibility is not very large, plus there are some houses and shops in Pingba, it is even more unfavorable for the cavalry to gallop and fight, the scouts sent by Du Du should be a detailed description of the terrain of Qiliping, as a commander, Du Du will definitely consider that once the large army pours into Qiliping to fight, the formation may not be able to spread out, but may make a mistake, so that the opponent can take advantage of the chaos to escape.

To be able to achieve such a brilliant record in half an hour, with zero casualties to exterminate the vanguard of the Houjin Tartars, this seems a little incredible, in fact, it is also implied to be inevitable, Du Yuan's relaxed Ming army, arrogant, thinking that the Ming army does not have the slightest combat effectiveness, the Houjin Tartars do not know the existence of the Mauser gun, let alone know the power of the Mauser gun, and did not even release the arrow when charging, such arrogance, has long buried the bitter fruit of its own destruction.

The secrecy measures that Zheng Xunrui has always emphasized have been reflected to the greatest extent in the short fight at this moment, and it is precisely because of the strict secrecy measures that the arrogant Houjin Tartar directly hit the muzzle.

But all this will have to wait until the war is completely over to judge, and it is a thing that needs to be done immediately. It is to adjust the deployment of the Shenji Battalion and the Cavalry Battalion, move the position forward, or even directly launch a charge to destroy the Houjin Tartars.

The position of the artillery battalion has been fixed. It's a shame that you can't move in a short period of time.

Zheng Xunrui's order was quickly issued, and the positions of the Shenji Battalion and the Cavalry Battalion were all moved forward by 500 meters, and at the same time, some sergeants were dispatched to clean up the battlefield as quickly as possible. The main thing is to prevent war horses and corpses blocking the road.

As for the small amount of captured Houjin Tartars, they were temporarily taken to a place and waited for disposal after the battle.

Zheng Xunrui's analysis is good, Du Du is actually waiting, the 23,000 army he led is waiting at a place three miles away from Qiliping, half an hour's time should be nothing, the Ming army that is waiting for the report is close to 10,000 people, and it will take a certain amount of time to completely kill these Ming troops. It should be possible that the battle will end in less than an hour.

The place of Qiliping is not very big, there are some houses and so on, if all 20,000 soldiers rush over, they can't be used, and they use cattle knives to kill chickens, but they are just some Ming troops armed with arquebuses, where the whole army needs to be dispatched.

But as time passed, especially after hearing the faint sound of gunfire in front of him, Du Du was a little anxious. He sent scouts to investigate, but there was no news from the scouts he sent, which was strange, and the scouts were also involved in the fight. Besides, arquebuses can't be fired in rain and snow, so how can there be gunshots.

The Meler Zhangjing who was sent to fight was the Melle Zhangjing who led the team that Du Du had reprimanded before, and Du Du, who always couldn't get battlefield information, even had a trace of doubt, whether this Meler Zhangjing was still angry in his heart. Taking advantage of the time to kill the Ming army, he led two thousand Eight Banners warriors to attack Baoding City.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy Du Du became, and decided to lead the army to Qiliping.

According to the calculation of time, perhaps the 2,000 soldiers have really defeated the Ming army and headed towards the city of Baoding.

Du Du fully believes in the bravery of the soldiers of the Eight Banners, this kind of situation of acting without reporting has also occurred in the past, but as long as the final victory of the battle is obtained, he will not suffer too much punishment under normal circumstances.

After the order was given, 23,000 soldiers marched.

At this moment, Du Du is still full of confidence, he thinks that it is very simple to exterminate the Ming army and take the city of Baoding, as for where these Ming troops came from, why they appeared in Qiliping, when the time comes, ask the prisoners of the Ming army, and all the problems are solved.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the snowflakes are becoming large and large.

The road ahead was not very clear, but the general shape was still there, and the snow had begun to appear on the ground, and the sky was still blue-gray, which was probably a rare heavy snowfall.

When he was about to arrive at Qiliping, he looked up at Du Du, who was looking at the sky, and suddenly smelled a faint smell of blood, this familiar smell, after entering the Guannei looting, he didn't know how much he smelled, when he was in Dingxing, Laishui and Yizhou City, almost all of them were surrounded by the smell of blood, compared to this, this faint smell of blood was nothing at all.

It is said that smelling the smell of blood, for the murderous Du Du, it should be more and more excited, and the arrogant Du Du must think that this is the bloody smell from the Eight Banners warriors who killed a large number of Ming troops.

But Du Du suddenly felt that this bloody smell was different, and there were too many familiar flavors in it.

A terrible thought came into his mind, and at this time, a series of questions appeared, where did the scouts find so many Ming troops from, why did these Ming troops hold arquebuses in rainy and snowy weather, could the Ming army, who are proficient in firearms operation, make such a stupid mistake, the battle lasted for about half an hour, why did the scouts not report the battle situation, why did Mel Zhangjing, who led the army to fight, not send someone back to report the battle situation, but the distance of about three miles, The cavalry can report the battle situation by beating the horse, and there is no delay at all.

An inexplicable question instantly appeared in his thoughts, which made Du Du feel very bad.

Du Du slammed the reins, and his face turned a little pale in an instant.

However, reason told him that looking at the Ming Dynasty, no one could have such amazing combat effectiveness, after all, it was two thousand warriors full of eight banners, not to mention nearly 10,000 Ming troops, even in the face of tens of thousands of Ming troops, the eight banners warriors could also fight a bloody way.

But the uneasy mind spreads like a poisonous weed, which is not something that Du Du can control at all, after all, he is the Anping Baylor of the Great Qing Kingdom, after all, he has experienced many battles and battles, and he is still a little sensitive to the battle situation.

"Order the army, front and back, end to end, not allowed to break away from the brigade, not allowed to charge without authorization, violators of military law."

In the midst of the heavy snowfall, a large area of red appeared.

Du Du looked at the red not far ahead, and couldn't believe his eyes, it was actually Ming Jun.

These Ming troops are indeed armed with arquebuses, which is exactly the same as the information reported by the scouts, but they have already sent 2,000 soldiers to fight, why do these Ming troops still exist, so where did the 2,000 soldiers they sent go, did they miss these Ming troops, or were they defeated by the Ming army.

Du Du, whose face was instantly gloomy, spoke viciously.

"Exterminate this Ming army, I don't want to take prisoners."

Du Du's words are very concise, but the meaning is very clear, that is, he asks the Eight Banners warriors under his command to kill all these Ming troops, whether they resist, flee or surrender.

The difference between the two thousand soldiers, led by a Jialazhangjing, was that all the soldiers of the Eight Banners who participated in the charge raised their bows and arrows, and once they entered the range of the bow and arrow, these soldiers had to release bows and arrows that were enough to kill people.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves and crows filled the surroundings.

Strangely, the Ming army not far away on the opposite side did not move, but just raised the arquebus in his hand.

Du Du, who was holding a telescope, thought that he was wrong, although the guns held by these Ming troops were somewhat different from the arquebus, at least they did not see the existence of the arquebus, but it should be similar to the arquebus, in the heavy snow, the arquebus could not be fired, thinking of the gunfire he heard earlier, Du Du's body trembled slightly, he wanted to stop the two thousand soldiers who had begun to charge, but unfortunately the speed of the Eight Banners warriors was too fast, and he didn't have time to stop it.

At this time, the gunshots rang out, and the Eight Banners warriors who rushed in front didn't have time to shoot arrows, and fell off their horses one after another, which made Du Du's expression change dramatically, and he became extremely manic and painful.

Why did the two thousand soldiers sent out before not have any news, maybe the answer lies in the sergeant who charged just now.

Du Du didn't dare to think about it anymore, what he needed to do at this moment was to stop the sergeant from continuing to charge, judging from the intensity of the Ming army's gunfire, even if the Eight Banners warriors rushed to the front of the Ming army, the loss would be huge.

The soldiers around Du Du began to shout desperately, giving the order to retreat immediately.

A scene that Du Du did not expect appeared again, the Ming army actually rode horses and began to attack, and the Ming troops on horseback were not armed with bows and arrows or spears, all they held in their hands were arquebuses.

More gunshots rang out, and the Eight Banners sergeants in front of the team, who had not had time to evacuate quickly, fell down one after another with the gunfire, but most of the sergeants still quickly withdrew and put on a defensive formation.

Du Du breathed a sigh of relief, his face became grim, since these Ming troops were armed with arquebuses and could fire in rain and snow, then he ordered the sergeants to use bows and crossbows to deal with these Ming troops, believing that after a few rounds of bows and crossbows were fired, the Ming army would collapse instantly. (To be continued.) )