Chapter 269: The Defeat of Habit
The sound of cannons rumbled, the shouts of killing echoed, and Wu Sangui personally beat the drums and cheered behind.
The play was full of murderous spirit, but Wu Sangui's soldiers did not seem to have a good morale, and after rushing forward for a while, after entering the firing range of the artillery for one and a half miles, the soldiers began to retreat. Soon after, Wu Sangui's soldiers ran out of the range of the artillery, and the sound of artillery in the Ming positions also stopped.
Zhu Dadian was a little hot, and several artillery pieces had already exploded in just a few shellings, and once Jiannu's large army came up, wouldn't these artillery pieces become waste.
Three steps and two steps to run down the watchtower, Zhu Dadian ran directly to the front and began to shout: "It's so unusable, what's the matter with this artillery?" ”
An officer in armor seemed to be the commander of the artillery, and he took two steps forward to salute and replied: "Lord Governor, the artillery of our army has always been like this, especially when our Jiangnan artillery is very easy to rust, and the firearms are stored in the armory when it is not in battle, which is the law of the imperial court."
This is not only a problem of the quality of the artillery, but also a maintenance problem, the Jiangnan area is too humid, and it is difficult to avoid rust of the artillery. The troops of the Ming Dynasty, including the firearms troops, are not lazy, it is a system problem, not only artillery and firearms, but also knives and guns and other weapons have the same problem, there is no special system, when the war comes, the soldiers are on the battlefield to sharpen their guns, who does the maintenance of this artillery?
This situation is terrible! It must be changed, this decadence must be corrected!
It's a pity that it's a little late now, and Zhu Dadian suddenly realized that the difficulty of blocking this time was much greater than he imagined. Zhu Dadian regretted it, he regretted not letting Huang Degong's army come forward, if Huang Degong was also there, there would still be a fight in this battle, and now the combat effectiveness of these patchwork troops is really unpredictable, as for the victory or defeat, it is already clear at a glance.
Half an hour later, the Great Qing Kingdom and the Prince of Shuoying, the general of Jingyuan, Azige, led the army up.
Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, has been waiting for a long time. As soon as Azig arrived, he hurried over.
"Lord Wang, the artillery of the Ming army is too powerful, and now it is Zhu Dadian who is in charge of this defense area, and he will be under this old guy at the end of the past, Zhu Dadian has always been difficult to entangle! The strength of the Ming army is also very strong, you can see if you can let other soldiers cooperate. ”
Azig nodded expressionlessly, although these Ming army generals are driving existences for him, but at the same time, they must also be encompassed, especially a general like Wu Sangui who has tens of thousands of troops, in addition to prevention. Also make gestures.
"This king knows that the king of Pingxi has done his best, so let the soldiers rest and recuperate, and then this king personally commands and lets the sons and daughters go down in a cluster."
Azig was a tough man, and this toughness was not only in combat, but also in experience. Although there are many people, Azig knows the true strength of these armies in front of him, Zuo Mengeng has already made the most real reply to him, and the only army in this vicinity has combat power is Huang Degong. In fact, Huang Degong is not to worry. The more powerful enemy is still in Henan, where he is stupidly waiting, and what Azig needs is to pass here, of course. He didn't mind crushing these incompetent Ming troops as he passed by.
Duoduo's ability Azig knows very well that his ability is not weaker than his own, and Zhou Yuji, who can kill this brother of his own, is not simple. Azig thinks he is not afraid of whom, who was the warrior of Jianzhou afraid of in the field battle? Zhou Yuji is relatively stronger than the ordinary Ming army. There are many firearms, strong troops, and they occupy the right time and place. Defeating Zhou Yuji is not a problem. But this location is not right, and Azig hopes to have a field battle with Zhou Yuji in the future.
Azig has never fought directly with Zhou Yuji, and Zhou Yuji's recent reputation is too loud, as if he has become the god of war of the Ming army. Based on the current unfavorable situation, for Azig, this invincible Zhou Yuji must be avoided for the time being, what Azig needs is to return to the north as quickly as possible, and the northern land is his world. There is no room for loss in the north, and Azig hopes to wait for the coming day with Zhou Yujiyi. At the same time, there was also news from the scouts that they were not happy with Azig, and there was a large army behind them to chase after them, and now it was wisest to return to the north.
Time has become an obstacle, but the immediate obstacle must be solved first.
Half an hour later, the Qing army began to move. It is still the old rule, with Zuo Mengeng and other newly attached Han troops to take the lead, Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi's army followed, and the most combat-effective Eight Banner soldiers pressed behind.
What Azig needed was a swarm of them, and this attack was tantamount to attacking with all their might.
As Azig gave an order, the horn sounded, and groups of infantry soldiers of the Xinfu Han Army began to advance. This kind of offensive and defensive operations need an echelon attack, and the front cannon fodder is the miscellaneous army subdued in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places, which is the cheapest cannon fodder, and behind these cannon fodder is more than 100,000 Zuo Mengeng's miscellaneous army.
Attacking fortifications has always been a crowd tactic, it doesn't matter if these new annexes are consumed, Azig will complete this breakthrough regardless of the cost, as long as the main force of the Eight Banners in his hands does not hurt his muscles and bones, Azig will still have a chance, and the Great Qing Kingdom can still hold the northern land. These new Han armies have no more to recruit in the north again, and there are strong men in the north who can be supplemented, to put it bluntly, the army is not expensive, these flag-waving and shouting armies can pull up tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, and there are many people who work hard for the Qing Dynasty, and Duoduo is not worried that he has no soldiers available at all.
The sound of artillery in the rain was dull, and the ranks of these newly attached Han troops were dense, and the projectiles fell into the crowd
Zuo Mengeng's foot soldiers began to keep up, and there were really a lot of artillery pieces of the Ming army, and the sound of artillery was constantly ringing, but unfortunately, the firing frequency of these artillery pieces was too slow, and the tactics of the surging crowd in the face were only a deterrent.
This was the era of cold weapons, and conventional artillery was good in siege warfare, but limited in the field.
If you want to defeat the enemy, you need to get close, the vanguard of the Qing army has approached the antler area, and in the blink of an eye, the Qing army at close range has lost the role of artillery.
In the breathtaking drum sound, Rulin's antlers have no effect on the foot soldiers, and it is very simple to dismantle them directly, and the rain makes this battle of the Qing army full of luck, because the Ming army cannot use bows and arrows to shoot, let alone use firearms, these Qing army foot soldiers can destroy the defense of the antlers at will.
The sound of the cannon was still the same, and the antlers seemed to be tattered pieces of paper in front of the sea of people, and in a quarter of an hour, the Qing army appeared in front of the trench.
Rulin's spear was erected behind the trench, and the blade of the spear had no cold light to flash in the rain. But this kind of spear barrier needs to be filled with human lives, everyone understands this truth, and the newly attached Han army at the front hesitated.
The Qing army has never lacked a warlord, and this is a tradition, especially after the recent large number of new annexes, this tradition has been enforced more strictly.
Seeing that the new annexed army in front of him was cowering, the supervising team of the Qing army behind raised his sword and began to roar: "Dare to cower and not the first~~ Immediately slash!" ”
When bravery is linked to life and death, people who have never been brave will also make the right choice, and they may die if they come forward, and they will definitely die if they don't come forward. This choice is easy to make. In order not to die immediately, in order to survive, in order to give their lives to their brutal masters, these former Ming soldiers held shields and brandished weapons and rushed towards their compatriots.
Courage depends on the situation, and when forced to be brave, these once cowards become brave warriors. This is the case when the Mongols came into control of the Central Plains, and it is still the case now, that the Optimus Tree always decays inside before it collapses. Historically, it was these moths that hollowed out the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and their bravery created the dark ages of China for hundreds of years, and also created countless humiliations later.
The trench is undoubtedly a very haode barrier. Especially in this field, even if the enemy forces are close, the army behind the trench still has a great advantage. Bows and arrows and muskets were not available, but the condescending stabbing of a row of spears made it impossible for the enemy to get over. This is an absolute advantage. It's a pity that with just a small contact, not many of these newly attached Han soldiers have died. Some of the Ming troops began to look left and right in panic, and the shouts and bravery of the enemy seriously interfered with these soldiers, and the gap in combat experience and discipline was exposed.
There is a saying in history that the southern soldiers are unbearable, but in fact, whether it is history or the glorious achievements of the Ming Dynasty, there are shadows of southern soldiers everywhere, how many southern soldiers have become the strongest of the times in the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the modern Qi Jiguang is also led by the southern soldiers, and the Zhejiang soldiers he led are synonymous with an undefeated era.
Time has passed, and now the soldiers in the south are not unbearable to fight, it is the system and the treatment in the army, it is the fact that they have not participated in many real battles that make them weak, and they no longer know how to fight, such as now.
The flesh and blood fighting, the blood splattered, and the easy death frightened the soldiers who had never seen blood, and the bravery of the enemy made some soldiers begin to fear, and these soldiers began to consciously retreat. The defense line is a whole, and when a soldier cowers it will affect his comrades, and as some of his comrades are killed by the crazy enemy, those soldiers who are afraid of death begin to flee.
The battle was so simple, the breach of the defensive line appeared less than a quarter of an hour before the enemy army came to the trench, and the morale and courage of the Jiannu army played a key role, and the shouts resounded throughout the position, followed by the increase in the breakthrough
There is a habit called looking at the direction of the wind, in this era, ordinary Ming troops dare to say that they are the second to see the direction of the wind, no one dares to say that they are the first, many generals who surrendered to the Qing army in history proved this.
There was a loud bang, and the entire huge defense line collapsed in an instant
Looking upstairs, Zhu Dadian, who has always been ruthless, has a fierce heart, and the situation in front of him makes him cry out sadly: "God"
The faint uneasiness in Zhu Dadian's heart has become a reality, soldiers who have not undergone blood and fire tempering are really unreliable, incompetent generals will have incompetent soldiers, these soldiers who have lived in Jiangnan for a long time and are content to make ends meet are not soldiers at all, they don't know how to fight, in this situation, only fighting bravely is the best choice. In an instant, the soldiers who fled in a hurry were like a flood that flooded Zhu Dadian's watchtower, followed by the high watchtower swaying.
The watchtower staggered and fell in the sea of people, and the Ming Dynasty Military Department Shangshu, Jiujiang and Wuhu Overseer Zhu Dadian was swallowed by the crowd of his own soldiers (to be continued......)
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