Chapter 667: Approaching the Hill
Dolgon didn't care about the reaction of those generals, he turned his head and said to Zhang Liang, who was smiling at him: "Later, you can go to the quartermaster to get the chariot yourself, and then allocate five hundred Korean musketeers to you, don't let this king down!" ”
"Thank you, Lord Wang! The minions must be ......"
Hearing that Zhang Liang was about to show his loyalty again, Dorgon gently waved his horsewhip outward. Seeing that Dolgon was a little impatient, Zhang Liang and Liu Shuncai hurriedly saluted, and then retreated very familiarly, and they trotted and jumped on their horses again, and immediately returned to their troops to prepare for the attack.
When Zhang Liang and Liu Shun left, Dolgon also put away his smile. For such betrayers, Dolgon was also full of contempt. It's just that he hides it better, making it difficult for others to find out.
And those Qing army generals are not uncommon to have such a generous reward, everyone knows that this is a life of nine deaths. Otherwise, if Zhang Liang and the others easily won it, they could get the future of more than 5,000 people, then the number of people in these two khans would exceed the total number of people in the Eight Banners who had won the future, and fools would know that there would be no such good thing.
Then Dolgon began to point again: "Tan, Mazari, Quangui, you all the Mengbaqi and the new battalion are divided into three teams, spread out from afar, and bandage the Ming army on the opposite side. You don't have to get too close, you don't have to get away from their artillery and guns, but you also have to keep making noise, and if you want to put them in a dilemma, you must leave them where they are. In particular, it is necessary to prevent them from approaching the hill, and absolutely not let them support the Ming army on the mountain. ”
"Wow!"
"The rest of the people are ready behind them with their own banners and oxen to wait for the king's command."
"Wow!"
"Is the Ming army on the opposite side really stupid, thinking that the troops will be lined up in formation and rely on firearms to defend the city in the field? But they don't understand their weaknesses, and the movement of their infantry phalanx is not comparable to the iron cavalry of our Qing Kingdom. ”
"If we really use cavalry to charge into battle, it is exactly a trick of the Ming people. Since they are going to defend the city. Then let's fight according to the method of siege, first blow them up with the general's cannon, and then give them a blow with iron cavalry. Therefore, you must understand that you must not let the Ming army on the opposite side move. As long as they don't move and let them stay within the range of our general artillery, we will win more than half of our battle. ”
The Qing generals immediately became active, because Dolgon's jihua was indeed practical. Dolgon was indeed an excellent commander, and through a short trial, he was able to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the Runing army's battle formation, and immediately came up with corresponding countermeasures. It is indeed a man of great fame.
As for asking two Han armies to attack the small hill occupied by Xia Shumo, it was to clear the way for the cavalry movement on the east side of the Qing army. For the Qing army, which had the advantage of cavalry, the wider the area that could be moved, the better.
Dolgon was willing to sacrifice these two Han armies, but also to increase the certainty of victory for the Qing army, in the final analysis. A good commander is a man who is very cautious in his use of soldiers.
But at this moment, only a rapid drum beat was heard in the Runing army. With the sound of drums. The Runing army immediately prepared with the whole army, and then the drumming slowed down, and a rhythmic drum beat was beaten, and the Runing army immediately stepped on the drum and the whole army moved forward.
This sudden change made the brains of all the Qing generals immediately shut down. Why did the Ming army on the opposite side move? Could it be that they have seen through their own arrangement? Moreover, the movements of the Runing Army's phalanxes are neat and uniform, just like modern large-scale group exercises. It gave people a great visual shock, so in a moment or three, those generals of the Qing army were unexpectedly in place.
Until the Runing army walked forward nearly a hundred steps, and was in a rapid drum beat. All the soldiers of the Runing Army stopped at the same time, which woke up those Qing generals from their sleep. However, when I saw the Runing Army just now, it was Xu Rulin who moved, and when it stopped, it was like a mountain, and those Qing army generals all had a creepy feeling.
"What are you doing standing stupidly? Don't hurry up and get ready! Dorgon shouted suddenly. The Qing generals immediately came to their senses, and they hurriedly whipped their horses and galloped towards their troops.
"Lord Wang! Those bright dogs are demonstrating to us. Seeing Dolgon's face full of anger, Tubery comforted him.
Dolgon nodded, agreeing with Tuberi's opinion, but he thought in his heart: "It turns out that this Ming army will not be chaotic if it moves!" Isn't this a city that can be moved? It's going to be a tough battle. "Dolgon, who had just arranged Jihua and had some confidence in winning, had some things out of his control at this time.
Dolgon didn't know that in fact, this action of the Runing Army was a pre-war adjustment. Although the troops had already been deployed, the Runing army did not adjust the interval between the soldiers, because after the deployment had just begun, the Runing army encountered the charging formation of the Mongol light cavalry. Therefore, taking advantage of the little time before the Qing army launched the general attack, they walked forward nearly a hundred steps, adjusted the intervals, and prepared for the upcoming decisive battle. But this action almost scared the Qing army generals.
It wasn't until Dolgon observed for a while and found that the Runing Army did not make any more moves, that he relieved his heart and affirmed that this was the random action of the Runing Army, and he did not see through his own combat intentions. So Dorgon commanded in a loud voice: "Give the order! If you're ready, do what you want, don't delay any longer! ”
The cavalry of the Qing army began to form a very scattered formation, spreading out and marching forward. And the more they walked, the more they dispersed, and gradually formed a semi-encirclement of the entire Runing Army's formation. However, the distance of the Qing cavalry skirmish line is very far, basically there is a distance of six or seven hundred steps from the Runing army, so that the artillery of the Runing army can barely reach, but after firing, it can't hit the Qing army's few horses, so it is very wasteful to fire artillery, anyway, it is a very sad distance.
Moreover, the cavalry of the Qing army also cruised out of their own skirmish lines from time to time, and those cavalry screamed and shouted on their horses, waved their weapons, and did everything they could to provoke, but they did not charge within the range of the Runing guns.
Moreover, the cavalry straggler line also formed a wall, blocking the view of the Runing army. In this way, the Runing army could not figure out the direction of the Qing army's charge, and such a pending threat was a greater deterrent, although there was still no battle, but the tense atmosphere on the battlefield was extremely strong.
Suddenly, there was a shout of the Qing army from the west side of the battlefield, and the attention of all the soldiers of the Runing Army was immediately attracted to the west side. The gunners prepared the artillery; The firecracker set up the firearm on the bracket; The rest of the soldiers also clung to their weapons. But after waiting for a while, the shouts on the west side gradually died down.
Before the Runing Army could figure out the situation in this direction, suddenly, the same shout came from the junction of the middle road and the east side. So the attention of the officers and men of the Runing Army turned to this direction again, and they thought that the shouts of the Qing army just now were striking the west.
Sure enough, a group of Qing cavalry rushed out of the skirmish line in this direction, and the Runing army prepared again to repel the Qing cavalry here, but those cavalry did not run a few steps, but they all reined in the reins, turned around, and retreated behind the skirmish line.
"So what are the Tartars up to?" An officer beside He Fei was a little baffled.
"Whatever the hell! Summoning the order: keep your eyes open, where to rush over the Tartars are responsible, no matter how fancy the Tartars are, it's nothing more than water to cover up. He Fei replied.
He Fei didn't know that this move of the Qing army was not only to delay time, but also to show a sense of presence at the junction of the middle and west sides. They just wanted to tell the Runing army: If the Runing army sent reinforcements when the Han army banner and the king of Sanshun attacked the small hill, then the support army should always be on guard against the cavalry of the Qing army.
But as soon as He Fei's words fell, there was another shout from the east side of the Qing army, and the straggler line there immediately gave way to a big gap, and one by one the rows were pushed out, and they arranged the queue in front of the formation, and more than two dozen rows of rows were slowly lined up in a row, and then the back of the rows also came out, also in rows of alignment. It was not until the formation of the fifth or sixth platoon that the Qing army began to push slowly and pushed in the direction of the hill occupied by Shumo.
"The Tartars are going to Commander Wu. My lord, are we going to help? An officer asked He Feidao.
He Fei observed for a while, shook his head with a smile, and said, "There are at most five or six thousand Tartars who go to the book turtle, and there is no danger in the book turtle." During the usual exercises, the book turtle made us suffer, and now it's time for the tartar to taste it. He Fei's words immediately caused a burst of laughter.
For the Qing army, the small hill occupied by Shumo was not a small threat, as long as artillery was erected on this small hill, the area near the hill could be covered, making it difficult for the Qing army to pass here.
But from the point of view of defense, in fact, the location of this small hill is not good, it is relatively close to the side of the Qing army, deep into the line of the Qing army, and the direction facing the Qing army is still a gentle slope.
What's even more disadvantageous is that the Runing Army also has many difficulties in rescuing. Not to mention the long distance, just say that if the rescue force is sent, it is very likely that there will be a melee with the Qing army on the mountain, which is not conducive to the advantage of firearms in the Runing army, and it will also fall into a war of attrition, which will definitely suffer for the side of the Runing army with few people, so unless Shumo is in a desperate situation, He Fei will definitely not send reinforcements.
He Fei has absolute confidence in the turtle shell of Shumo, but at this time, Shumo is sweating. Some of the soil collected from the shallow soil layer on the mountain was only enough to cover the artillery, and there was no way to build an earthen wall in front of his own troops, and Shumo could only fight directly with the Qing army attacking the mountain. (To be continued......)