"Yingzheng, the Tartars are out of the city!"

Yang Zhenqing was suddenly excited: "It's just in time!" The whole army lined up, and the first, second, and third teams stepped forward, holding spears to guard against Hannu's charge. The four teams shot arrows into the open space in front of the formation, scaring the Hannu away. The rest of the sentinels, all of them are raising their guns to fight! ”

The city gate opened, and Dopolo rode out with his team, raising his sword and shouting: "I have seen it with a clairvoyant mirror, and the opposite side has not yet been loaded with a fire rope, so hurry up and rush over!" ”

The flintlock pistols had already been installed in Liaodong, and the dragoons of the three divisions had all been reloaded, and the infantry had also been reloaded with several thousand.

However, they were all skirmishes, and the flintlock pistols had not yet shown their might, and they did not attract the attention of the Eight Banners Army for the time being. They're just old-fashioned flintlocks, and they're frighteningly dumb fire, and they're not as good as arquebuses.

The Eight Banners Army chased after them, and the Han serfs were frightened and ran wildly towards the Datong Army.

"Woohoo!"

There were still dozens of paces to go, and the independent battalion fired sporadic arrows that landed in the open space in front of the formation.

Hannu, who was running at the forefront, saw the independent battalion release arrows, and hurriedly dodged to both sides, not daring to rush to the independent battalion. The Hannu in the rear, prompted by the herd mentality, also ran to the sides.

"Spearman, back to the formation, change the gun!"

The independent battalion has a somewhat similar flavor to special forces, with 200 people using spears and firearms, and 300 people using bows and arrows, waist knives and firearms, and can switch between distance and close combat at any time.

The spearmen in the front row, after throwing away their guns, quickly returned to replace their guns.

"Hollow Array!"

"One team, all of them. Look to the right, turn right, and step away! ”

"Second team, all have ......"

"Get on the bayonet!"

The grassroots commander blew the brass whistle, and the five hundred soldiers quickly lined up in a hollow formation. This is the first time that after Zhao Han proposed the hollow array, it was used in actual combat, specializing in infantry to deal with cavalry.

Fortunately, there are few people, and the small hollow array will form quickly, otherwise the formation will take half a day.

The Manchu cavalry, with the help of the cover of Han slaves, took advantage of the formation of the Datong army, quickly crossed the bridge and dispersed the formation.

When Dopolo saw the loose formation of the Datong army, he immediately burst out laughing. He ordered the cavalry to completely disperse and outflank, lure the Datong army with a small number of cavalry, and then charge directly over, so that the formation would definitely collapse as soon as it rushed.

Although this product is greedy for life and afraid of death, it can be regarded as a battle-hardened and has rich combat experience.

Empiricism kills people!

Although the independent battalion had fewer soldiers, there were fewer Manchurian cavalry in Xiuyan City. After being ambushed last time, more than a hundred war horses were lost, and although there were bannermen to replenish on the spot, the war horses could not be replenished immediately. Today, there are only 200 horsemen, and many are horseback infantrymen.

Dopolo should wait for the infantry to follow, and then the infantry and cavalry cooperate with the attack, but the hollow array of the Datong army is too tempting.

About twenty or thirty horsemen, rushing from several directions, tried to lure the independent battalion to shoot.

Yang Zhenqing shouted: "No order, no guns!" ”

A small army of several hundred people, with a scan of voice, everyone heard it.

Seeing that the Datong army was indifferent, Dopola could only change his tactics. He called all the cavalry back, abandoned the four-sided assault, aimed only in three directions, and carried out a wave echelon charge.

The first wave of charges attracts firepower, and the last two waves will work.

"Bang bang bang!"

The first wave of charging cavalry, rushing to about forty paces (60 meters), ushered in the front row of the independent battalion to fire. Due to the slightly farther distance, the cavalry formation was sparse, and more than two-thirds of the cavalry survived.

After the first volley, there was no retreat, crouching in place to reload ammunition.

The second row fired a volley of firearms, and after the distance was close, the hit rate increased greatly this time.

The third row of guns immediately opened fire, and after a row of guns, the Manchu cavalry that charged first was left with only a few dozen horsemen alive, and the second group of Manchu cavalry also suffered many casualties.

The Manchu cavalry, who rushed to the finish line, did not collide directly, but slowed down in advance and walked around the formation.

Three rows of bright bayonets stood there, and the war horses were not stupid, and it was impossible to bump into them, unless the horses were blindfolded.

Dopolo used his cavalry to attack the hollow array, not thinking about breaking the hollow array. Rather, the cavalry rushes over, and the musketeers will collapse in fright, as they should under normal circumstances.

However, flintlock muskets could be densely arranged, and bayonets were also added.

It's not the same with the arquebus, it's not the same as the one without the bayonet.

Seeing that the first two groups of cavalry suffered heavy losses, the third group of cavalry stopped when they were halfway through. Because it was useless to rush over, the war horses would automatically go around the formation, and the corpses of the soldiers and war horses in front of them also caused them to not be able to charge at full speed. Then simply shoot arrows, while the Datong army was loading ammunition, and the Manchu cavalry stopped and threw them.

In the eyes of the Manchu cavalry, if two arrows were fired, the formation of the Datong army would be chaotic. Even if there is no chaos, they can calmly leave the battlefield, because the firebolt is very slow to reload.

"Woohoo!"

The third group of Manchu cavalry threw arrows and fell more than a dozen Datong troops on the spot. Because they have been fighting guerrillas in the mountains for a long time, they wear leather armor, and their defense against bows and arrows is not as high as cotton armor.

Just when the Manchu cavalry was about to shoot the second arrow......

"Bang bang bang!"

The Datong Army in the first platoon, about 70% reloaded, re-fired under the command of the officer.

"So fast?" Dopolo was horrified.

Without the command of Dopoluo, the surviving Manchu cavalry automatically withdrew. The effective range of the horse bow is only twenty or thirty meters, how can it be possible to shoot at the firecrackers.

Dopola gathered the cavalry, glanced at it roughly, and suddenly felt a chill in his vest.

When he took him out of the city, there were more than 190 riders, and now there are only about 60 left.

At this moment, the Manchu infantry had also run through the moat, and there were about eight hundred people, and there were still two or three hundred people left to defend the city. Most of them are not the Eight Banners Army, but the bannermen who live around Xiuyan City.

How to fight?

Actually, it's very simple to deal with a hollow array.

One is to bombard with cannons, and if the bombardment is dispersed, it will be over.

The second is that the hollow array can't move, and it's over if you don't care about it.

The third is to use the fierce and well-equipped cavalry, blindfold the war horses, and rush directly away in a dense formation - the cavalry side will definitely die, because the firecrackers can be recruited in batches.

Fourth, the infantry is used to attack, and the width of the battlefield of the hollow array is very small, and it cannot defeat the traditional infantry formation.

Xiuyan City also has artillery, but it is all city defense artillery, how long will it take to demolish it now?

"Phew!"

Before Dopolo could figure out a way, the whistle of the independent battalion had already sounded, and the hollow array slowly turned into a horizontal queue.

He slowly retreated to a place close to the hillside, and did not even want the spears thrown on the ground, nor the war horses used to carry food, and did not give Dopola time to organize an attack.

Seeing more than 3,000 Han slaves fleeing farther and farther, Dopolo was quite anxious, and he ordered: "Leave a hundred people to defend the city, and the rest of the Manchurian warriors will all come over and surround and annihilate these damn southern barbarians!" ”

Yang Zhenqing smiled: "The whole army withdrew to the hillside. ”

This product is a natural general, and in just two years, he was promoted from a small soldier to a battalion commander. And after learning various tactics, you can use them perfectly, the key is that he is still bold and careful, hundreds of soldiers dare to run outside the city to rob people, and he should fight and retreat very soberly.

At this moment, he gave up the whole army's food, grass and horses, and prepared to climb the mountain directly, and the soldiers went back hungry together.

"Chase!"

How could Dopolo tolerate the enemy running away, if he didn't inflict heavy damage on the independent battalion, he would have suffered repeated losses and losses, and he would definitely be dismissed.

The remaining more than 60 Manchu cavalry took the lead in chasing and killing. But the closer they got to the mountains, the more rugged the terrain became, the speed was simply not fast, and their cavalry was too small.

After confirming that he would not be surrounded by cavalry, Yang Zhenqing suddenly did not rush to leave, but ordered the whole army to retreat to a hillside.

Dopolo left only 100 men to defend the city, gathered 1,000 infantry, and the cavalry also abandoned their horses and climbed the mountain, intending to leave the independent battalion behind.

It was purely an act of seeking death, they had no artillery, and they did not have the firearms of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, so they actually wanted to fight a mountain battle with the 500 independent regiments.

Of course, in the eyes of Manchurian aristocrats like Dopolo, the Manchurian Eight Banners were the ancestors of mountain warfare.

Seeing that the Manchurian soldiers began to outflank, Yang Zhenqing ordered: "Attack to the left, and the commander will command the battle." ”

With less than 500 people against 1,000, Yang Zhenqing took the initiative to attack.

Anyway, the enemy is outflanked, so attack one side with all your might.

If the enemy does not divide his troops to outflank, Yang Zhenqing can calmly retreat, and it is up to him to fight and stay.

A battle group of 10 people began to kill the enemy on the side and below. This is the experience of mountain warfare summed up by the Datong Army in Guangxi, and it has been reported to the whole army to study it, and after changing it to a flintlock pistol, this method of operation will become more handy.

"Bang bang bang!"

Gunfire erupted in the mountains and forests, and the Manchu soldiers were directly defeated.

Separate battalions were in small groups of ten, often firing together with five people, with occasional free fire. Shoot one or two shots, immediately run up the mountain, condescending, with a range advantage, you can't touch it, and you can't surround it.

And what Yang Zhenqing has to do is to raise the clairvoyant mirror and stand at the top to observe the battle situation. When he found that there was a possibility of being surrounded, he immediately blew the whistle, and the junior officers would slowly move closer in his direction with the soldiers.

After two hours of fighting, more than 80 Manchu soldiers died, but they couldn't even catch the hair of the Datong army.

"All the generals, withdraw!"

The Manchu soldiers were already miserable, the independent battalion wore leather armor, but they wore cotton armor, and the physical exertion was different. Many of them did not have cotton armor, but they walked very lightly, but they were even more worried in their hearts, after all, they had never been on the battlefield, but only practiced martial arts at home.

Dopolo was in a dilemma, and he was 100 percent removed from his post without inflicting heavy losses on the independent battalion. You can continue to pursue, and you will be walked by the independent battalion again.

"Withdraw!"

Dopolo gritted his teeth and said: "Those southern barbarians who are not dead yet, go back and cut them all with a thousand knives!" ”

The independent battalion was captured a few, and when they formed a hollow formation, they were not dead by arrows and could not retreat quickly.

As soon as the Manchu pursuers retreated, Yang Zhenqing bit them again, grabbed the enemy's ass and released his gun.

Dopolo was so angry that he ordered to continue the fight, but the independent battalion fought and retreated.

Really lost his temper, Dopolo quickly descended the mountain with his troops. After leaving the mountains, more than 190 people had been lost in the mountains.

At this moment, the Qing army only had more than 60 cavalry and 800 infantry left, and there were still 100 infantry defending the city in the city.

The main thing is that those temporarily conscripted bannermen can't hold it psychologically. Fighting this kind of battle as soon as you go to the battlefield is easy for new recruits to fall into a state of fear of the enemy.

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