The Ming army and the Han army of the Eight Banners opened fire almost simultaneously.

The dozens of Ming troops who rushed to the front and the dozens of Eight Banners Han troops who were guarding the front fell almost at the same time, and firing at this distance, there was not much difference between the self-generated firearms of the two sides.

Only a row of guns was placed, and the two sides were close to each other.

At this time, the standardization that Chongzhen fully promoted began to exert its power.

After the Ming army released the guns, they could use the flintlock pistol with a good bayonet directly as a long spear, while the Eight Banners Han army had to carry the flintlock pistol back to the shoulder or throw it away and then pull out the waist knife.

Of course, you can also use a flintlock pistol as a stick.

However, neither a waist knife nor a stick can beat a spear.

Hundreds of Ming troops were stabbed with bayonets, and the remaining 400 or so Eight Banners Han troops collapsed at once.

With the increase in the number of battles, the Ming New Army is really getting more and more comfortable fighting the Eight Banners Han Army, and the Eight Banners Han Army is gradually shadowing in the face of the Ming New Army, and it is easy to lose the will to resist.

I don't know who took the lead, but the frightened more than 400 Eight Banners Han troops turned around and ran, and the Eight Banners Manchuria, which followed behind, slashed with sabers and shot with a big bow, but they couldn't stop it.

Then, the Eight Banners Manchuria soon did not care about the rout of the Han army of the Eight Banners.

Because the Ming army had bitten the ass of the Han army and killed it to the front of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

This Niu Lu's Eight Banners Manchuria did not use flintlock pistols, but exchanged for more handy horse chopping knives and large bows.

The use of bows and arrows in the Eight Banners Manchuria is indeed more advantageous than the use of flintlock pistols, especially in this kind of close-range combat, and the large bow can show the advantage of the rate of fire.

Although the Eight Banners Manchuria was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, but with the rate of fire of the big bow, it was comparable to the Ming army, and I saw that the Eight Banners soldiers in the rear team poured waves of arrow rain onto the Ming army, where the arrow rain passed, the Ming army fell to the ground in rows, but the Ming army did not sit still.

The Ming army held its own firearms and launched a fierce counterattack.

The Eight Banners and the Ming army in front of the battle even launched a brutal hand-to-hand combat.

As a result, an unbelievable scene was presented in the field of vision of Dolgon and Hong Chengchou.

The Ming army actually fought on a par with the Eight Banners, and the Ming army suffered heavy casualties under the big bow, but the Eight Banners also fell to the ground one after another under the Ming army's self-generated fire.

And to Dorgon's disbelief,

In the face of such brutal hand-to-hand combat, the Ming army did not collapse for a long time.

No, the Ming army not only did not collapse, but became more courageous.

In the blink of an eye, most of the four or five hundred Ming troops who had been engaged in the counterattack had been killed or wounded, and only about a hundred remained.

But the Eight Banners on the opposite side did not take advantage of it, and there were only a few dozen of the three hundred people left.

At this time, the second team of Ming troops also joined the battle, and the last dozens of remaining Eight Banner soldiers finally collapsed, turned around and fled back along the trench.

Seeing this, Dorgon fell silent for a long time.

Regardless of whether Dolgon admits it or not, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is indeed not lost to the Qing army.

Hong Chengchou was also silent for a long time, and the attack on which he had high hopes failed again.

Facts have proved that counting on this offensive method to break through the defense line of the Ming army and seize Gaizhou City is pure wishful thinking, the Ming army has already fought bloody, and has played more confidently, so unless the Ming army falls into a desperate situation of running out of ammunition and food, otherwise according to this tactic, the Qing army is dead outside Gaizhou City, and millions of people will not be able to take Gaizhou City.

After a long time, Hong Chengchou said, "Master, I don't know if you can see it......"

Halfway through his words, Hong Chengchou suddenly hesitated a little, hesitating whether to tell the truth to Dolgon, because telling the truth was likely to anger Dolgon and ruin his future and even his life.

Dolgon asked with a dark face, "Hengjiu, what do you want to say?" ”

Hong Chengchou gritted his teeth and said: "Master, the slave thinks that the tactics of my Qing soldiers must be innovated, if not, I am afraid that they will never be able to capture Gaizhouwei, no matter how many people die." ”

Dorgon didn't squeak for a long time, and then asked, "How to innovate?" ”

"Shallow Attack and Build!" Hong Chengchou said with a straight face, "Advance step by step!" ”

"Shallow attack?" Dolgon said thoughtfully, "Fan Zhongyan's tactics against Western Xia?" ”

"Yes." Hong Chengchou analyzed Dolgon one by one, "Master, through the battles in Xuzhou, Dagukou and Liaodong, we can find that the proportion of firearms in the Ming army has been greatly improved, and it has almost become a pure firearms army, and its combat tactics have also undergone earth-shaking changes. ”

"That's right." "It's like a different army." ”

The Manchurian generals such as Tazhan, Baiyintu and He Luohui next to him also had a deep understanding that since the Qing soldiers entered the pass, the Ming army suddenly became unfamiliar, and it was not the same thing as the familiar Ming army before.

Their Qing soldiers fought the previous Ming army, which was like chopping melons and vegetables.

But the current Ming army can fight with the Eight Banners in close combat, who would dare to believe it?

Hong Chengchou said again: "In the past, the firearms of the Ming army were not as sophisticated as those of my Qing Dynasty, the armor of the Ming army was not as strong as the armor of my Qing Dynasty, and the courage of the Ming army was not as much as that of my Qing soldiers. ”

Dolgon was silent, admitting in his heart that what Hong Chengchou said was right.

Hong Chengchou continued: "The current fact is that the red-clothed cannons of my Great Qing Dynasty are not as sophisticated as the red-coated cannons of the Ming Army, and the self-generated firearms of my Great Qing Dynasty are not as sharp as the self-generated firearms of the Ming Army, and the Ming Army still has Kong Ming lanterns that can go to the sky, and what is even more disturbing is that the courage of the Ming Army is completely out of my Great Qing Army!" ”

John Tang subconsciously wanted to refute, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Because the firearms of the Qing army were inferior to those of the Ming army, this is an indisputable fact, and there is nothing to justify.

He Luohui, Bai Yintu and other Manchu generals also wanted to refute, but their mouths opened but they didn't say anything, in terms of courage alone, the current Ming army is indeed no longer under the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

"Master, the slave knows that you are not happy to say this."

"The Eight Banners Manchuria's Gushan Ezhen and Meler Zhangjing will definitely be very angry."

"But no matter how angry the master and the adults are, the minions have to say it." Hong Chengchou said, "Times have changed, and the strength and weakness between our Qing army and the Ming army have changed, so the tactics have to be changed." ”

Dolgon's face completely collapsed: "So, Hengjiu, do you mean to give up Liaodong?" Retreat to Beijing? ”

"Master Rongyu, the slave doesn't mean that." Hong Chengchou waved his hand and said, "Even if the combat effectiveness of our Qing army is weaker than that of the Ming army, it can still be on the offensive strategically, for example, the Song army is compared to Li Yuanhao's Western Xia army, in terms of combat effectiveness alone, the Song army is not as good as the Western Xia army, but the Song army has always been in a strategic offensive against the Western Xia." ”

"I see." Dolgon now understood, "This is a shallow attack. ”

Fan Wencheng asked: "When it comes to the battle of Liaodong, how to attack shallowly?" And how to build? ”

Hong Chengchou replied: "The so-called shallow attack is to fight less or even not to fight countless battles, reduce field battles, no longer blindly and forcibly attack the city, and even can not forcibly attack the Ming army's fortifications, the best is to dig trenches for a long time to besiege the Ming army's cities or peripheral defense fortifications, and if you really have to attack, you can only dig tunnels and then blow up with gunpowder." ”

Ning Wan asked, "What should be the meaning of the word "Jinzhu?" ”

"It's simpler." Hong Chengchou said solemnly, "We also learned from the Ming army to build a large number of platforms!" ”

"Also learn from the Ming army to build a large number of guns?" Dolgon's eyes lit up, this guy is indeed a smart person, and he caught the key to Hong Chengchou's words at once.

Since the offensive and defensive situation is changed, then let the Ming army attack in turn!

"In the way of others, he will also govern his body!" Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan also said in a lost voice.

Hou Fangyu also said: "This is a famous sentence in Zhu Xi's "Notes on the Mean". ”

The smart people present had already understood what Hong Chengchou meant, but Cao Eryu and the Manchu generals such as He Luohui and Bai Yintu were so confused that they didn't know what Hong Chengchou was talking about.

Dolgon, however, did not explain anything to Holo.

Dolgon immediately asked Hong Chengchou, "Hengjiu, start now?" ”

"Back to the master, it's better to wait until dark." Hong Chengchou replied respectfully.

"Oh, yes, yes." Dolgon nodded abruptly and said, "The red-clothed cannons of the Ming army not only have an extremely long range, but also hit accurately, if you build a platform in broad daylight, you will die." ”

"Then wait until the evening to repair the platform."

"Huh!"

……

At this time, it was on the tower of the north gate of Gaizhou.

Xu Yingwei put down the binoculars and said, "It seems that Jiannu is not going to attack." ”

"Expected." Lu Xiang said, "It's just futile to fight any longer." ”

"What the same brother said is extremely true." Jiang Tianyi also said, "Unless we all die, no matter how many people Jiannu die, don't think about taking Gaizhouwei, never think about it." ”

"We still can't be careless, we need to beware of night slave night attacks."

Xu Yingwei was still very cautious, and he was not complacent or careless because of the victory in the Hunhe River.

"Don't worry, Brother Zhen, we are not blind and deaf." Jiang Tian smiled and said, "I'll hand it over to my junior brother tonight, and you and your brother will go back to rest." ”

"It's okay, then there's Brother Lao Wenshi."

Xu Yingwei was not hypocritical, he waved towards Jiang Tianyi, and followed Lu Xiang down to the city tower.

On the way back, Xu Yingwei said to Lu Xiangtong: "Brother Tongren, I have an idea, isn't King Ding going to deal with the Korean rebels who participated in the mutiny?" It is better to let him transfer the Korean rebels to Gaizhouwei. ”

"What are you going to do by transferring the North Korean army to Gaizhouwei?" Lu Xiangtong frowned and said, "There are tens of thousands of people." ”

"What are tens of thousands of people afraid of, it's not that we don't have food." Xu Yingwei said, "The military rations allocated by the baggage department, plus the wheat we planted, we will still be rich for a year, and there will be no problem with tens of thousands of Korean rebels." ”