Chapter 664: Send troops to tempt
Since a big war is already being prepared, then there is little point in those who call for formation in front. However, Dolgon saw that they were having a good time, so he was ready to give these people more time to perform, at least to make the morale of the Qing army higher.
And the cavalry of the Qing army who called the formation became more and more crazy, their movements became more and more fancy, and they were getting closer and closer to the main formation of the Runing army, like a group of beasts in estrus performing courtship.
So the Runing Army shot, unceremoniously. Seeing that the Qing cavalry had advanced a hundred paces, a commander of the Runing Army did not hesitate to order a volley of musketeers. That is, at the limit of the range, there are not many firearms in the salvo, so this salvo only knocked the three horsemen of the Qing army off their horses.
One of the Qing riders was not injured, he quickly got up from the ground, jumped on the horse of the cavalry who came to meet him, and immediately fled. The other rider was visibly out of breath and lay motionless on the ground. Another rider was wounded, screaming for his companions to come to the rescue.
It was true that several cavalry of the Qing army stepped forward, but at this time, the second row of volleys fired again, and knocked a horse to the ground, fortunately, this time it was only hit on the horse's body, and the Qing cavalry who fell to the ground was immediately rescued by his companions, and quickly retreated far away from the fire of the Runing army.
But in this way, the Qing army who fell to the ground and screamed was abandoned, and with the scream, the Qing army was still scolding angrily, and the sound was so loud that the Qing soldiers who were originally cheering in this formation were like the stereo that pulled out the wires, and suddenly became dumb. On the contrary, the encouraged Runing Army, seeing the unlucky appearance of the Qing soldier, couldn't help but hahadaxiao regardless of military discipline.
This morale rose and fell, which made the Qing generals who were watching the battle from behind quite angry. Tuberi spat out a barrage of foul language, yelling at the Qing army in front of him to save the wounded cavalryman at all costs.
Dorgon didn't care about the horseman's life or death, and it wasn't his boss's turn to worry about this trivial matter. Dolgon just frowned, and secretly judged: "It turns out that the range of this Ming army is a hundred paces!" ”
In the strangulation battle, the Qing army also captured some gunguns of the Runing army, but these guns were medium-sized guns for cavalry, not the standard weapons of the infantry of the Runing army - heavy guns.
However, it turned out that the Qing army did not know this, and they also shiyan those captured firecrackers, although they were also surprised by the power of these firecrackers, but they originally thought. The range of the Runing Munitions is about fifty paces. But the performance of Runing's arms just now surprised Dolgon.
In this case, some of the pre-war arrangements need to be changed, and the first thing is to test the firepower of the Runing army, otherwise. Dorgon's heart will not be settled.
Seeing that the Qing army in front had rescued the wounded cavalry, Dolgon ordered: "Let them withdraw first!" ”
"But the prince! Naming dog is too arrogant......" Tubery still felt a little angry. He wanted the Qing army to do something to save his face.
"But what?" Dorgon was suddenly furious. He yelled, "It's still early today, what are you all anxious about?" All withdrawd. ”
Seeing that Dolgon suddenly launched a nameless fire, the Qing generals were immediately silent. They didn't know: Dorgon was feeling bad, out of his grasp.
The fighting Qing soldiers returned to their own team, and Dolgon pointed at the Runing army with his horsewhip. But he suddenly laughed: "Hahaha-! Ladies and gentlemen! The soldiers and horses in front of him are the elite of the Ming Kingdom, and this king thought that we wouldn't be able to meet this time, but he didn't expect them to send themselves to the door. That's good! As long as this army of soldiers and horses is defeated, it is estimated that the Ming Kingdom will have no soldiers and horses available! Meritorious service, glorious lintel. It's today. ”
Dolgon's words drew an immediate cheer.
When the cheers subsided, Dorgon immediately ordered: "Half of the North Korean musketeers are drawn to the right flank." The new battalion of the Mongolian Red Banner, the square on the far right of the Chongming Army, rushed! Half a future, washed away! A future! ”
Dorgon's order has been taken to the extreme. When the average general arranges troops, he always arranges stronger troops on his right side, which is also a habit of right-handers! Then the attack on the right side is to attack the enemy's weaker left side relative to the opposing two sides.
And Dolgon no longer thinks of any strange tricks, what surprises to use, he is to rush into battle with the new battalion of the Mongolian Zhenghong Banner as the vanguard, and then use the firepower of the Korean musketeers to strengthen, in a vain attempt to tear apart the right flank of the Runing Army, and strive to break the formation of the Runing Army at one time.
The Mongolian Eight Banners are directly under the jurisdiction of Huang Taiji, but this new battalion is organized by those herdsmen from Mongolian tribes on the grassland, and to put it bluntly, it is cannon fodder, but this reward is indeed worth letting them go hard, in addition to the hope of promotion, this military merit can also take a big advantage in the distribution of spoils in the future. In fact, Dolgon wanted this new battalion to test the firepower and tactics of the Runing Army.
Dolgon's order made even the Qing generals around him look envious. However, they also knew Dorgon's intentions, so no one objected to giving those cannon fodder such a high reward. The heralds immediately rode their horses to the side, and in a short time there was a howl of cheer, and it was evident that the Mongol cannon fodder was excited by the reward, and soon six or seven hundred Mongol light horsemen had gathered into a procession.
Under the loud command of one of the staff commanders, these six or seven hundred Mongol light cavalry immediately swarmed out, bent to the far right of the Qing army, formed several lines of linear arrays, and then charged towards the left side of the Runing army with shouts.
In fact, these Mongolian light cavalry, said to be cavalry, are actually herdsmen, some of them don't even have armor on their bodies, but they have a few layers of leather robes, and some of them wear mandarin duck robes that were taken off from the Ming army. At first glance, I thought it was the Mongol-Han coalition army, but the weapons in their hands were not bad, the scimitars and wooden guns when entering the customs were replaced with the standard weapons of the Ming army, for the Qing army, the Ming army is really a qualified logistics force!
But after a few steps, the array of Mongolian light horsemen was chaotic. Their horses were fast and slow, and in a moment everyone was huddled together in a chaotic manner, and became a swarm of charges.
Such a charge simply could not inflict a continuous onslaught on the heavily defended infantry array, and it gave these light cavalry room to escape, leaving them without the determination to fight to the death.
So looking at this situation, a Qing army general beside Dolgon whispered disdainfully: "A group of horse bandits! (To be continued......)