Chapter 533: The Ming Army Counterattacks

Jiannu still made a mistake after all, but it wasn't actually a mistake.

No matter how strong Dolgon's learning ability is, it is not easy to learn from the Battle of Guting Town to the fur of queuing up to be shot, but if you want to comprehend the essence of infantry and artillery coordination without a teacher, it is difficult for some strong people.

Not only did Dorgon lack a concept of infantry coordination in the offensive,

There is even less concept of how to defend against enemy infantry coordination.

Therefore, in the attack just now, Dolgon did not think of letting the Tiger Squat Cannon of the Green Battalion advance at the same time with the Eight Banners Han Army and the Eight Banners Manchuria, otherwise at this time, at least the Tiger Squat Cannon could be bombarded.

However, Jiannu still missed this only opportunity to turn the tables after all.

Otherwise, with the numerical advantage of the tiger squat cannon, Jiannu might really turn the tables.

Jiannu's tiger squat cannon may not be as good as the Ming army in terms of performance, but it can't stand the number of them.

This time he came to Liaodong, and Jiannu carried 600 tiger squat cannons and 400 camel whirling cannons.

However, at this moment, these 1,000 guns were watching from the wall with the Green Battalion on the periphery of the battlefield.

"All the ......" accompanied by the dense sound of cannons, countless lead particles poured down on the heads of the Jiannu infantry like violent raindrops, and the Jiannu who were lined up fell in an instant.

By the way, the Tiger Squat Cannon of the Ming Army has been improved.

The improved Tiger Squat Gun not only realized the standardization of the shape, but also added a screw adjustment mechanism, which can adjust the pitch angle of the muzzle through the knob, for example, at this moment, the inclination angle of the muzzle is extremely small, almost flat fire.

Due to the proximity of the distance, more than a hundred Tiger squat guns were almost flat-fired.

The Tiger Squat Cannon can be loaded with 200 lead if it is not loaded with closing shells.

The 120 Tiger Squat Cannons are added together, which is a full 24,000 leads, which is equivalent to 24,000 musketeers firing guns at Jiannu at the same time, even if the accuracy is poor, the lethality is extremely terrifying.

So just one round of shelling, more than half of the remaining Eight Banners Manchuria were killed or wounded.

At a distance of thirty to forty paces, the flat fire of the Tiger Squat Cannon can only be described as ferocious.

The essence of Qi Jiguang's army is "sufficient food and salary, guns and lake faces", in which the guns and lakes face, the guns refer to the birds, and the guns refer to the close-range horizontal and direct fire of the tiger squat cannons.

Jiannu was really squatted by the tiger this time.

After being squatted by the tiger and cannon the lake face, the surviving Jiannu finally collapsed.

Jiannu is indeed brave and good at fighting, and is indeed not afraid of death, but there must be a premise for this, that is, to be able to win the battle.

If Jiannu's confidence is shaken and he feels that he can no longer achieve victory, Jiannu will be afraid and flee the same.

For example, at this moment, Jiannu was extremely desperate to find that with only their remaining more than 2,000 people, as well as more than 2,000 self-generated firearms in their hands, they had no chance to enter the Ming army's position.

Realizing this, Jiannu finally collapsed.

"Into the thief, this battle can't be fought anymore, retreat quickly."

In the chaos, I don't know which solid mountain really roared,

In the next moment, more than 2,000 Jiannu who had survived the battle turned around and fled.

In this attack, Jiannu really died a miserable death, and the more than 16,000 Han troops of the Eight Banners who invested in the attack were killed and wounded at least 3,000.

The entire 18,000 Banner Manchuria only fled back to just over 2,000, and the remaining 7,000 or more were either killed on the spot or were shot and gunned, and were seriously wounded and lay on the ground.

……

Jiannu rear formation.

Seeing that the Ming army was only covered by a wave of artillery fire, it inflicted unprecedented heavy losses on the Eight Banners Manchuria that was put into the attack, and the remaining more than 2,000 Eight Banner Manchuria still turned around and fled in embarrassment, Dolgon's face instantly turned from black to red, then from red to white, and finally from white to iron blue, like a blue-faced beast.

Hong Chengchou and the others next to him also looked sluggish.

Such a result was something they never expected.

For a while, a huge question mark floated in front of everyone?

Why? Why is it like this? In the previous situation, it was obvious that the Qing soldiers had the advantage, but how could the battle situation be reversed in the blink of an eye, and it turned into a miserable defeat for the Qing soldiers?

Defeat is enough, and with such heavy casualties?

Dolgon, Hong Chengchou and others were completely stunned.

Such a war made them feel extremely strange.

The war in front of them is no longer the war they are familiar with.

……

Seeing Jiannu turn around and flee, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted.

However, the Ming army was highly disciplined, whether it was a soldier like Gu Yanwu or an ordinary recruit under his command, he did not dare to rashly pursue without receiving an order.

So when he saw Jiannu fleeing, he just roared excitedly.

"Jiannu is broken! Jiannu is broken! Jiannu has broken ......"

"Daming Wansheng! Daming Wansheng! Daming Wansheng ......"

Not only the ordinary soldiers below, but also Gu Yanwu and other soldiers shouted with red faces and thick necks.

Until a herald ran up to him and shouted: "Brigade Marshal Gu, Xu has an order, the whole brigade is in a hollow phalanx, and it is advancing towards the Jiannu main formation!" ”

"What do you say? Attack forward? ”

Gu Yanwu felt a little confused, what is the situation?

Isn't the hollow phalanx for defense? Can you still attack and advance?

The herald repeated again: "Xu gave the order, the whole brigade lined up a hollow phalanx, the target was to build a slave formation, and attack and advance!" ”

"Yes!" Hearing it clearly this time, Gu Yanwu suddenly jumped up with excitement and shouted, "All battalions listen to the order, line up the hollow phalanx, and attack the Jiannu main formation!" ”

The next moment, the trumpets rumbled.

Accompanied by the loud and majestic sound of trumpets and drums,

The soldiers of the Ming army walked out of the trenches one after another.

……

When the trumpets and drums of the Ming army sounded in front, Dolgon and the others were still in a state of confusion, looking at the rout soldiers who fled back like wild boars in front of them, and felt incredulous.

Then Dolgon and the others were awakened by the sound of the Ming army's trumpets and drums.

"What is this?" Hearing the sound of the trumpet, Hou Fangyu lost his voice and said, "Is the Ming army going to fight back?" ”

"The Ming army counterattacked?" Cao Eryu looked at Hou Fangyu with idiot-like eyes, "Hou Fangyu, are you stupid or do you think Ming Jun is stupid?" Although our Qing troops were temporarily defeated, the 10,000 iron cavalry of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the more than 20,000 light cavalry of the Ten Banners of Horqin Mongolia were unscathed. ”

"Shut up!" Dorgon roared, "Won't see for yourself? ”

"Huh?" Cao Eryu looked back at the battlefield ahead with some blankness.

In the next moment, Cao Eryu was stunned, did the Ming army really fight back?

Not only Cao Eryu, but also Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and others were also dumbfounded.

For a long time, the Ming army gave them the impression that they could only defend, and lacked the ability and courage to take the initiative to attack.

But now, the Ming army actually went against the norm and took the initiative to attack.

"Hahaha, yes, yes! Very good! Dorgon laughed angrily.

"The cowardly sheep actually wants to take the initiative to attack the beasts of the white mountains and black waters."

"It's messed up, it's all messed up, the whole world is messed up, it's all messed up!"

At this moment, Dolgon really had some sense of impotence and rage, because his mind was still confused, and he had not yet recovered from the defeat just now, let alone how to deal with the counterattack of the Ming army.

Dolgon really didn't know how to deal with the Ming army's counterattack at the moment.

In this expedition to Liaodong, the core combat force is 10,000 Eight Banners Manchuria and 20,000 Eight Banners Han Army, and others such as Eight Banners Mongolia, Green Camp and Horqin Mongolia are only auxiliary forces.

But now, the 10,000 Eight Banners of Manchuria have suffered heavy losses, and only two or three thousand defeated soldiers remain, and these two or three thousand defeated soldiers have been defeated by the Ming army, and they are turning around and fleeing at this moment.

The 20,000 Han army of the Eight Banners also had less than 13,000 people left.

What's worse is that the more than 10,000 Eight Banners Han army has also been beaten to the ground by the Ming army.

On the other hand, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted at this moment, and it was the time when the fighting spirit, fighting spirit and confidence were the highest.

But how could Dolgon accept defeat and flee with his army?

Led 60,000 elite letters to Liaodong, full of thought that he could win a big battle and re-boost the morale and morale of the Qing soldiers, but he was defeated and returned?

Thinking of this, Dolgon's heart swelled with strong unwillingness.

No, no, I Dolgon can't afford to lose to Chongzhen!

Although the Eight Banners of Manchuria were defeated, they could quickly stabilize their positions and turn to a counteroffensive.

Although the Eight Banners Han Army suffered heavy losses, there were still more than 12,000 people.

The more than 30,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners Mongols and the Horqin Mongols were even more unscathed.

And more importantly, the green battalion's more than 350 camel whirlwind cannons and 600 tiger squat cannons are still there, since the Ming army can rely on the tiger squat cannon to hit the Qing army, why can't the green battalion rely on the tiger squat cannon to hit the Ming army?

At that moment, Dorgon gritted his teeth and shouted: "Spread my will, and the Eight Banners of Manchuria will be defended on the spot." ”

"Tell He Luohui to hold off the Ming army for at least a quarter of an hour at all costs."

"The Eight Banners Han Army immediately set up a formation, and also set up a hollow phalanx, and my Qing soldiers also set up a hollow phalanx."

"There is also the Green Battalion, hurry up and set up artillery positions on both flanks of the Eight Banners Han Army, be quick, fast!"

"The Eight Banners Mongolia and the Horqin Mongolian Ten Banners Cavalry, ready to intercept the two wings of the Ming army and behind them, just wait for the Ming army to leave its original position, and cut off its retreat as soon as possible!"

Dorgon still has some ability.

Rightly or not, at least he responded.

Dolgon's will was quickly conveyed, and the Qing troops from all walks of life reacted quickly.

After seeing the Lingqi, the Eight Banners Manchuria, which was originally withdrawing from the Empress Cang, immediately stopped fleeing.

These Jurchens who fought out from the white mountains and black waters, these Eight Banner soldiers who have received the most cruel and rigorous training since childhood, do still have something, at least the transition between offense and defense can really be seamless.

And he is brave enough, even if he knows that he can't stop the Ming army, he still dares to fight.

"Queue, queue! Listen to me, the first team raises the gun, and the second team prepares! ”

With the sound of the big and small foreheads and the passwords of each chapter Jing, the Eight Banners Manchuria quickly set up the array.