Chapter 960: God of War
Seeing the battle at a stalemate, Dorgon shook his head slightly. Although today's battle was a climax, and both sides tried their best to do their best, but in the end they still fell into the previous situation, and no one could help anyone.
At this time, Dorgon began to calculate. Is it to fight like this for a while, and then Mingjin will withdraw the troops? Then retreat the main force to Liaodong, unite with the Sony Department, and defeat the Han army that came to help first?
But in this way, Shanhaiguan will face a siege. Even if the two cities of Ningyuan and Zhenyuan in Liaodong are breached, it will be difficult for the Qing army to enter the customs through the Shanhai Pass in the future, and it will only maintain a world outside the pass in the future.
Even when Wu's dynasty gained a foothold, they could continuously organize and train new armies, and then the Great Qing Kingdom would gradually fall into a situation of passive beating. In the final analysis, the Central Plains Dynasty is still a large land and a large population!
But then invest in the elite of the Qing army and strive to win today's decisive battle? Not to mention whether you are sure to win. Even if it was a real victory, it would be a pyrrhic victory. If the Qing army is victorious, at most the city of Beijing will be captured, and then there will be no extra troops to control more places.
Therefore, the current Dolgon is full of troubles, and he can't think of a good way out for the Qing Dynasty. It can be seen from this that today's Daping army can be defeated, while the Qing army is defeated if it is drawn. However, this is also the characteristic of the war between the nomads outside the Guanwai and the Central Plains Dynasty, and the war potential of both sides is not an order of magnitude. And those like the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty have been defeated for decades, which can only be said to be days.
But just when Dolgon hesitated, the Daping army suddenly began to turn from defense to attack.
Obviously. Today's Xue Yongli is not satisfied with the result of the draw. So after withstanding the attack of the Qing army, he also decisively changed his deployment.
Xue Yongli transferred a squadron from Yang Rusong and Tiger Roar Town, and concentrated all the regimental artillery of the rear troops into the artillery team. As a result, the artillery team concentrated more than 50 artillery pieces, and then used more than 6,000 cavalry guarded by horses as a cover to form a battle group. It is necessary to forcibly break through the middle lane and attack the middle of the Qing army again.
Therefore, when the phalanx in the middle of the Daping army moved out of the way to both sides, revealing the attacking troops, the officers and men of the Qing army, who were drowsy by the stalemate, were immediately stunned.
And some of the more optimistic Qing generals were overjoyed, and the Han army on the opposite side finally came out of the turtle shell again. There is hope for the victory of the Great Qing Kingdom again. However, some veteran Qing army generals sank in their hearts. In today's first attack of the Daping Army, two troops fought against the water in front of the formation, and this time it was an abnormal attack. So what new tricks do they have?
And seeing the sudden turn of the Daping army from defense to offense, Dolgon was also in good spirits. In any case, this is also to break the deadlock on the battlefield. So Dolgon immediately asked the Qing army in the middle to prepare for defense and resist the attack of this Daping army. And the order was sent to the left and right wings. Let the Qing troops on both flanks wait until this Daping army has rushed deeper. Immediately and quickly cut off the rear route of this Daping army, and strive to surround it.
The battlefield suddenly fell silent, and the attention of all the soldiers on both sides was focused on this battle group. Around this battle group, both sides are also redeploying, and the smell of gunpowder on the battlefield is getting stronger and stronger.
And when this battle group marched seven or eight hundred steps away from the Qing army, they suddenly stopped. The phalanx soldiers lined up in front of the artillery team also crouched down, and the guns, which had already been loaded with ammunition, were fired immediately.
"Boom, boom, boom——!" , more than 50 artillery pieces were all fired at the defensive positions in the middle of the Qing army. Immediately blow up the lug and cart that were covering in front of the formation. Shells ploughed through the Qing army's formation, and the Qing army in the middle was in chaos.
And the gunners of the Daping Army did not care at all to observe the effect of the shots. They moved swiftly and continued to reload their ammunition. The whole reloading process was completed as fast as possible. "Boom, boom, boom——!" , the second round of salvo is fired again. Then came the third round.
After three rounds of artillery fire, the Qing army in the center could no longer hold its ground. The intensive firing of artillery produced the effect of quantitative to qualitative change. Such a shocking "ploughing" suddenly beat the Qing army to the point of losing confidence. The Qing soldiers who were still alive in the middle of the lane all ran out of range with all their lives. No one dared to stay in this shadow zone of death. The artillery cluster fire of the Daping Army began to exert its power again.
In the face of such an artillery threat, the cavalry on both flanks of the Qing army did not hesitate to attack. They lined up six or seven hundred paces away, and began to want to charge again and succeed, completely destroying the artillery of the Daping army.
However, this battle group of the Daping Army had already been prepared. After three volleys, the guns were divided into two groups, and the muzzles were turned to the left and right. Before the Qing troops on both flanks could finish their formations, the artillery began to fire in clusters again. And the cannonballs that covered it knocked the Qing cavalry on the left and right flanks on their backs.
After the sudden loss, the Qing troops on both flanks immediately retreated. They had to withdraw from the range of the artillery and line up again, not daring to do anything in the face of artillery fire. Seeing that the situation was not good, Dolgon also began to concentrate the cavalry of the Qing army in the middle to besiege this battle group on three sides.
While the Qing army's attention was focused on this prominent battle group, the phalanx of the Daping Army in the rear also began to quietly move forward. This time, the phalanx of the Daping Army was not lined up in a straight line, but was cocked on both sides, forming an arc, faintly protecting the prominent battle group.
Xue Yongli attacked again, which was not only an act of fighting for the initiative on the battlefield, but also a "winner and loser". Xue Yongli's tactical intention is very clear, that is, to use this "unreasonable" attack to disrupt the rhythm of the Qing army and attract the Qing army to attack this battle group, so as to disrupt the deployment of the Qing army. And also transferred the main force of the Daping Army to besiege the Qing troops who attacked the battle group. Fighting chaotically against chaotic warfare, and using well-trained troops of the Daping Army to defeat the Qing army with varying combat effectiveness.
To be honest, this shows the strong desire of Xue Yongli and other generals of the Daping Army to attack, and also reflects Xue Yongli's strong adventurous spirit and courage to take risks.
However, for the cluster firing of the artillery team, it would cause such a big result, and the commanders of the two armies still did not expect it. Dolgon, who was not very familiar with the power of artillery, was fine, but Xue Yongli had already commanded an artillery group battle, but he still underestimated the concentrated firing of this weapon. So when he saw such a result, Xue Yongli suddenly became excited.
Of course, it was not only Xue Yongli who was excited, but also the gunners of the Daping Army who were firing artillery, and they finally had the feeling of "God of War". (To be continued......)