Chapter 755: Mongolian Fan (7)
Seeing the heavy losses suffered by the Dzungar cavalry who had thrown themselves into the attack, Chechnya's face immediately collapsed.
"Damn it." Chechen said with a dark face, "I didn't expect these Ming dogs to react so quickly, and they could still set up tiger squatting cannons in such a short period of time under the premise of being ambushed." ”
The monk asked, "Abga, what should we do next?" ”
Chechnya said: "Since the sneak attack fails, then the only way to launch a strong attack is to launch a strong attack." ”
After a pause, Chechen continued: "Fortunately, our Dzungars still have camel artillery, even if they attack head-on, they will definitely be able to defeat the Ming army." ”
"Abaga, the Ming army has Hongyi cannons." Seng Ge pointed to the Ming artillerymen who were assembling cannons in the river valley ahead, and said with some concern, "I remember Abu once said that the Hongyi cannon has a larger caliber, longer range and much greater lethality than our camel cannon, can we really defeat the Ming army?" ”
"But we have more camel guns." The monk said hideously.
"The Ming army only has more than 100 Hongyi cannons, but we have more than 500 camel cannons! Even if half of it is knocked out by the Hongyi cannon of the Ming army, the remaining half of the camel cannon can beat the Ming army into scum! ”
After saying this, the monk shouted again: "Order, infantry and camel artillery attack!" ”
At the sound of an order, the Dzungar infantry and camel artillery hidden on both sides of the river valley attacked one after another.
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"Telescopes." As soon as Chongzhen stretched out his hand, Lu Jiude hurriedly handed over the telescope.
Through the telescope, Chongzhen clearly saw that about two-thirds of the Dzungar infantry who came out of the dense forests on both sides of the valley were holding spears in their hands, and the remaining one-third of the infantry were holding muskets.
And looking at the appearance of muskets, they should all be arquebuses, not flintlock guns.
Almost at the same time, Jiang Tianyi also saw the spears and arquebuses of the Dzungar infantry.
"Holy Lord, the Junggar rifle is an era behind our Ming rifle." Jiang Tianyi said abruptly, "There won't be any suspense in the next battle. ”
Li Yan said worriedly: "But the Dzungar army has at least 500 camel cannons. ”
"It's useless." Chongzhen said with a smile, "If our mountain artillery is still loaded with solid shells, even if we can win this battle, I am afraid it will be a miserable victory, but now our mountain artillery is loaded with flowering shells, then it is a different matter." ”
Jiang Tianyi smiled and said: "If the Junggar rifle is one era behind our Ming rifle, then the Junggar cannon is two eras behind our Ming cannon." ”
For artillery, it is an era to evolve from black powder to smokeless sparks, and it is another era to evolve from solid shells to flowering shells, and the camel artillery of Dzungaria is indeed two eras behind the mountain artillery of the Ming army.
At this time, the six mountain artillery regiments belonging to the two cavalry divisions of the Ming army, 162 2.5-inch mountain artillery pieces were ready, and the Dzungar infantry and even camel soldiers had also entered within a thousand steps.
There were originally 12 mountain artillery regiments, another 6 had already passed through the river valley.
As the commander, Li Yan gave the order to open fire without hesitation.
Immediately afterwards, the two mountain artillery groups of the Ming army began their first test firing.
With two sounds, most of the six shells fell behind the Dzungar cavalry.
The Dzungar infantry on the opposite side let out unbridled mockery, and not a single Dzungar from top to bottom, including the Sangha, realized that disaster was coming.
The Dzungars did not realize that the Ming army did not shoot solid shells, so the shells did not plow grooves in the grass one by one, but blew up one large crater after another that was smoking.
After the completion of the first test shot, the Ming army quickly adjusted the shooting parameters.
Immediately after, the first row of shells landed accurately in the array of Dzungar infantry.
Now the fun is great, because the Dzungar army is still just a traditional infantry, and it will still advance in a dense and thick formation when fighting.
At this time, the flowering shells of the Ming artillery fell in the queue, and the result can be imagined.
The 182 mountain guns of the Ming army, divided into six artillery groups, fired a full 180 rounds of flowering shells at the Dzungar infantry on both sides of the river valley, and the other 2 were duds!
More than half of the 180 rounds of flowering shells fell in the dense ranks of the Dzungar infantry.
In an instant, hundreds of regiments of dazzling red light bloomed in the ranks of the Dzungar infantry.
With the dazzling red light, more than 5,000 Dzungar infantry were tossed to the ground by the air wave generated by the explosion, and at least 1,000 Dzungar infantry were torn apart, and countless severed limbs and stumps were instantly covered in the sky above the position.
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"What? How can it be? ”
Seeing this, the brains of Chechen and Sang's uncle and nephew instantly shut down.
I saw that the infantry formation, which had been neat just now, suddenly became chaotic, and the hundreds of circular gaps that suddenly appeared were like scars on the head of a leper, ugly and hideous.
"No, it's not."
"That's not the case with the Hongyi Cannon!"
Chechnya roared incompetently, this was not the Hongyi cannon he was familiar with.
Isn't the Hongyi cannon supposed to hit the front line? How is it possible to hit a piece?
Just as Chechnya was roaring incompetently, the Ming artillery in the center of the valley began a second wave of shelling.
With the sound of the roaring explosion, hundreds of red lights instantly bloomed in the Dzungar infantry formation, and where the red light passed, the Dzungar infantry was overturned by thousands, and thousands of people were torn to pieces.
At this time, the infantry formation of Dzungaria was not a scar on the head of a leper, but a wheat field ravaged by a hurricane, and there was no way to look at it anymore, it was extremely tragic!
Moreover, this time not only the infantry formation was shelled by the artillery of the Ming army, but even the camel artillery walking behind the infantry was also affected by the artillery fire of the Ming army, and suffered heavy casualties.
Camels are not as obedient as humans.
After suffering such a fierce shelling, there was a panic all at once.
The array of camel artillery, which had just appeared to be in order, became disorganized.
Before this, the Dzungar infantry had been completely frightened, and when they heard the movement of the camels, they looked back, and then saw the camel artillery in the confusion.
The confusion of the camel artillery intensified the fear in the hearts of the Dzungar infantry.
At this time, a loud military horn suddenly sounded in the Ming army formation in front: all are all ......
Accompanied by the sound of loud military bugles, the Ming infantry launched a charge with rifles with good bayonets, and they were really dragoons, not charging on horseback, but on foot.
The charge of the Ming infantry became the last straw that crushed the psychological defense line of the Dzungar infantry.
The next moment, the Dzungar infantry who were at the forefront did not hesitate to turn around and flee backwards, and then more Dzungar infantry followed suit, and in the blink of an eye, the entire infantry formation completely collapsed.
However, at this moment, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and it was the Ming cavalry in front of them who came back.
The two cavalry divisions that have passed through the valley of the Tera River are based on Li Yan's 30,000 cavalry, and these two cavalry divisions are not dragoons, but cavalry divisions in the true sense.
2 divisions, the soldiers were divided into two routes, one left and one right, along the banks of the Weira River to kill back.
In the blink of an eye, the cavalry of the Ming army of 2 divisions had already rushed into the rout formation of the Junggar infantry.
But I saw that the cold light of the sabers fell one after another, followed by a rain of blood, accompanied by a rain of blood, and the heads of the Dzungar infantry fell to the ground one by one.
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Eli Bari, Khan Court.
Baturhun is drinking wine from a glow-in-the-dark glass.
Azim immediately stopped: "Abu, Abu said that you can't drink anymore. ”
Baturhun's disease is actually hyperuricemia, that is, gout, caused by long-term alcohol abuse and large intake of meat, and then kidney failure caused by pain, that is, uremia.
Batur Hui's uremia has reached an advanced stage, and it can be said that the gods are incurable.
Baturhun sighed and said a little sadly: "Aizim, your Abu is about to pass away, this glass of wine is likely to be the last glass of wine, can you bear to deprive it?" ”
"Abu, as long as you quit drinking, you'll be fine." Two lines of tears immediately flowed from Aizimu's pretty face.
"Child, people will die eventually, and you Abu can watch you grow up, and there are no regrets." Baturhun wiped away the tears from Aizimuqiao's face, and said with a smile, "It would be better if I could see you get married and have children." ”
"Abu, I will listen to you and marry Wu Sizang." With tears in his eyes, Aizmu said, "As long as you can do it well." ”
While the father and daughter were talking, the eight-year-old Galdan suddenly ran in in a hurry and said in a panic: "Abu is not good, our army of Dzungar has been defeated, and the second brother Sangha has also died in battle. ”
"What?" Batur Hun was completely discolored, and the Dzungar army was defeated?
What made Baturhun even more unbelievable was that the second son of the monk, whom he had high hopes for, was also killed in the valley of the Feary River? Now the Dzungar Ministry will be in danger.
However, Baturhun still had a trace of luck in his heart.
Galdan was just a child, and his words could not be trusted.
However, the harsh reality soon gave Baturhun a blow in the face.
Soon, more detailed and precise news reached Elibari.
Not only was the Dzungar army defeated in the Fear River Valley, not only the monks were killed in battle, but even the Dzungar army that followed the monks on the expedition was almost completely annihilated by the Ming army, and only 30,000 of the 150,000 horse infantry troops who went out to fight fled back.
The remaining 120,000 troops were either killed or captured by the Ming army.
"Quick, gather the clansmen and evacuate Elibari urgently." Baturhun knew that Yili Bari could no longer hold it, and it was impossible to hold the Khan's court with the remaining 30,000 Junggar remnants alone.
The immediate priority was to retreat in the direction of the lower reaches of the Yilie River.
The Ming army traveled thousands of miles to the Western Regions, and it was difficult to transport grain and grass, so it was impossible to stay for a long time.
As long as the Ming army withdraws from Yili Bari, their Dzungar troops will still have a chance to occupy the rich water and grassland on both sides of the Yilie River and the Shihe River in Yeer, and they will still have a chance to become strong in the future.
However, the Ming army no longer intended to give the Dzungar Ministry a chance.