Chapter 128: Dolgon's Wanderings
After the elite of 3,000 cavalry attacked, Dorgon did not order the main force to continue to advance. Full of confidence, he directly ordered the troops to camp on the spot and wait for his subordinates to give him the good news of a great victory.
Although the distance of several miles could not allow Dolgon to witness the shocking picture of thousands of cavalry charging together, it could not stop the shocking sound of horses' hooves caused by thousands of horses galloping at the same time.
When the roaring hooves of the horses that Dorgon heard came from near to far, they finally slowly stopped. Dolgon's confident face showed a look full of arrogance. According to the wishful thinking in his heart, he exclaimed excitedly.
"If we win, our cavalry warriors must have defeated the Tiger and Par Army, otherwise, the battle would never have ended so quickly and so quickly."
In the minds of all of Dolgon's own strategists, if his subordinates had lost the battle, or if the Hawpar Army had hidden some conspiracy that they did not know, the sound of horses' hooves on the battlefield would never have disappeared so quickly. Because, no one, including Dorgon, believed that the Haw Par Army could defeat the 3,000 invincible cavalry elite in such a short time.
Just as Dorgon waited for the good news. The sound of the horse's hooves reached Dorgon's ears again.
However, what was surprising was that after the sound of the horse's hooves reached Dolgon's ears, not only did Dolgon not show any smile on his face, but the confident expression that had been hanging over his face began to dissipate somewhat.
Because, Dolgon, who was familiar with cavalry, could tell the number of horsemen galloping from the sound of horses' hooves.
"What's going on? How there was only the sound of hundreds of cavalry charging. ”
"If they defeat the Haw Par Army and send people to report to me, it is impossible to send hundreds of cavalry. If they haven't defeated the Haw Par Army, send hundreds of cavalry to attack the Haw Par Army at a time. In front of the powerful firearms unit of the Haw Par Army, it is a tactic of adding fuel and sending ...... to death."
"Could it be that there is something wrong on the frontline battlefield that we don't know about......" Thinking of this, a trace of bad premonition quickly surged into Dolgon's heart, making Dolgon's face slowly change from self-confidence and arrogance to solemnity.
As the sound of horses' hooves got closer and closer to him, Dolgon, who was holding a telescope in his hand, finally saw the figures of hundreds of cavalry.
However, to Dorgon's despair, he not only did not see the high morale of the victorious cavalry from these cavalrymen, but instead saw some of the dead and demoralized after the defeat.
Hundreds of cavalrymen, as if they had escaped from hell, their armor untidy, and with a frightened face, they frantically rushed towards the location of the barracks.
Seeing this, if Dolgon can't judge the general situation on the front line, then Dolgon's more than ten years of military career will be in vain.
Under the gaze of his subordinates, who were full of differences, Dorgon dropped his monoculars, mounted a war horse, and rushed to the gate of the camp.
When hundreds of defeated Tartars saw Dolgon standing at the gate of the camp, they immediately grabbed their horses, jumped off their horses with a frightened face, knelt down in front of Dolgon, and cried out with a painful face: "Lord Belle, defeated, we have failed...... Three thousand warriors, only us are left, and even the general himself died on the battlefield attacking the Tiger and Leopard Army......"
"Lord Belle, conspiracy, all of this is a complete set of ...... laid down for us by the Haw Par Army."
"Yes, the Haw Par Army is so cunning that they dug a trench in front of the army and covered it with wooden planks to lure us into rushing to the trench......"
"After rushing to a hundred steps in front of the Tiger and Leopard Army's formation, we can't rush through this trench at all, and can only be passively beaten under the blows of various firearms of the Tiger and Leopard Army.
The answers were messy and a bit confusing. But there was one sentence that Dorgon heard clearly.
The elite of the 3,000 cavalry sent by himself is now only a few hundred people left in front of him
At this moment, the expression on Dorgon's face was no longer visible to the confidence he had just had, and from his face, everyone could see that in addition to shock, it was horror and anger from the heart.
After suppressing the resentment that was about to explode in his heart, Dorgon roared loudly, "Shut up for me, one by one." ”
The angry Dolgon pointed to a Niu Lu Zhangjing kneeling in front of him and ordered: "You say, I want to know, how the three thousand invincible cavalry elites were defeated, the Tiger and Leopard Army, what kind of game did the Tiger and Leopard Army take the initiative to attack for Dolgon, so that I can directly lose nearly three thousand cavalry elites in just one hour." ”
"Yes, Lord Belle, the minion must tell everything he knows."
In Niu Lu Zhangjing's methodical report, Dolgon finally knew what a strategic person he was facing against the opponent, Wei Zheng, the commander-in-chief of the Haw Par Army.
It was covered with planks and used specifically to block the trenches of their own attacking troops.
The rate of fire far exceeded the artillery, muskets that they imagined......
A narrow battlefield where you can only allow yourself to attack head-on and crush head-on......
All of them are plots used by the Haw Par Army to tempt themselves and deal a fatal blow to themselves at a critical moment.
After Niu Lu Zhangjing finished his report, Dolgon's mouth was already closed for a long time because of shock and shock.
After taking a deep breath, with the last glimmer of hope in his heart, Dolgon looked directly at Niu Lu Zhangjing in front of him with a pair of murderous eyes, and asked sharply: "What you just said is the truth, you didn't lie about the military situation and exaggerate the enemy's situation, the firearms equipped by the Tiger and Par Army are really as powerful as you said." You must know that in front of me, lying about the military situation is to cut off the head. ”
The expression on Niu Lu Zhangjing's face did not show the slightest flustery, and he replied in a firm tone: "Lord Belle, what the slave just said is not false, please Lord Belle, and the hundreds of soldiers behind me can testify to me." ”
As soon as the words fell, hundreds of Tartars who were still in panic said in unison: "Please bele Lord to see ......."
At this moment, the young Dolgon stood at the gate of the camp with a decadent face, as if he had aged several years in an instant. Because, the defeat in front of him was like a resounding slap in the face, which not only blew Dolgon's face without light, but also wiped out Dolgon's fighting spirit for this attack.
In the face of the increasingly powerful Haw Par Army, Dolgon, who had just experienced a defeat, fell directly into a brief hesitation and uneasiness.
At this moment, Dorgon even doubted in his heart whether he could command his 25,000 men to take Mushroom Yu and destroy the Haw Par Army, which had brought him shame many times.
However, as soon as his hesitation and suspicion arose, he was dispelled by the strategists who dared to come later.
Facing the demoralized Dolgon, the strategist said with a confident face: "Please don't be discouraged, Lord Belle, although the firearms of the Haw Par Army are powerful, but it has a shortcoming. As long as we make good use of this shortcoming, take Mushroom Yu, and eliminate the Tiger and Leopard Army, there will be absolutely no problem. ”