Chapter 126: The Decisive Battle
In the camp of Jiannu, the siege of the city today, Abatai did not even go out to supervise the battle.
After all, it was just a routine siege, and in order to put some pressure on the Yellow Cliff Pass, there was no need to pay too much attention to it.
As for the defenders in the Yellow Cliff Pass taking the initiative to attack, Abatai didn't even think about it.
It's not that Abatai is careless, but the gap between the combat power of the two sides is too big.
Abatai felt that the soldiers of the Eight Banners would not be a problem to fight the Ming Army, and it would not be a problem for one to fight two, unless the guards of Huangya Pass had a problem with their brains, they would never dare to confront the main force of their Eight Banners Army.
However, today, listening to the noisy sounds outside the tent and the earth-shattering drums, the battle-hardened Abatai suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Before he could go out to see what was happening, Bolo rushed into his tent in a bit of haste.
"Amma, something happened."
Bolo looked at Abatai and said quickly: "The Ming army is out of the city, there are about fifty or sixty thousand people, almost all the defenders in Huangya Pass. ”
"The people who besieged the city have been scattered by them, and now they are killing in the direction of our camp."
"The Ming army is out of the city?"
Abatai was not surprised to hear this, he looked at Bolo, confirmed again, and said, "Are you sure they are all out of the city?" ”
"I'm sure, Amma!"
Bolo nodded fiercely, he had been fighting with Abatai for so long, and he was not wrong about this, "They came straight to us, and in my opinion, they were planning to fight us." ”
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"Good! Good! Good! ”
Abatai said yes three times in a row, and then let out a burst of wild laughter, "It's better to get out of the city, and it's better to fight a decisive battle!" ”
"Bolo, immediately gather the soldiers and prepare the army for battle."
"Today, let these Ming soldiers have a good look at the bravery of my Eight Banners!"
Abatai thought of a lot of siege methods during this time, such as digging tunnels, burning, night attacks, etc., but the defenders in Huangya Pass were very level, and all his attacks were resolved one by one.
Therefore, he knew that if he wanted to take Huangya Pass, the best way was to lure out the defenders in the city and annihilate them.
But Emperor Chongzhen didn't know what was going on this time, he was very calm, even if he sent someone to loot in the pass, he could not be moved, so it was not easy to lure out the defenders in the city.
As a result, before he could come up with a better way, the defenders in the Yellow Cliff Pass actually came out by themselves, and they didn't kill themselves.
Although in Abatai's opinion, the very high-level general in Huangya Pass should not act so unwisely, Abatai didn't think too much about it at all.
Because of the presence of Emperor "Chongzhen", no matter what kind of stupid decisions the Ming army made, he would not be surprised.
After all, "Chongzhen" has not done this once or twice, there are more generals who have been killed by him, and he doesn't care about the more guards of Huangya Pass.
What's more, even if there is some conspiracy in this matter, what can it be?
On the battlefield, in the end, it is necessary to rely on strength to speak, Abatai is confident, with the bravery of the Eight Banners Army, it is enough to crush all conspiracies.
As a battle-hardened veteran, Abatai's army was very strict, and his lineage of the Eight Banners Army was quickly assembled.
"Array!
! ”
Abatai, who had already changed into a battle armor, let out a loud shout and gave the order directly.
As the greatest reliance of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the conquest of the world, the Eight Banners Army does have its proud capital.
The large army, which had been a little noisy just now, formed a formation against the enemy in an instant, with archers and musketeers standing at the front of the formation, and the Mongol cavalry on both flanks.
Standing on a high place, Abatai glanced at the people who were driven by the Ming army, and said without the slightest hesitation: "Release the arrows, drive these people back, and continue to fight against the Ming army." ”
These people have average combat strength and no armor, and the reason why Abatai wants to drive them back is only because he doesn't want them to break up the army on his side.
After giving the order, Abatai thought about the number of artillery pieces that were a little scary in the Ming army, and continued to order: "Let the Mongolian cavalry attack, and first test the artillery deployment of the Ming army." ”
When the order reached the Mongolian general, the Mongolian general's face was obviously a little unpleasant.
He didn't know that the Ming army had a lot of artillery this time, so he knew very well that Abatai was using them as cannon fodder.
But now that Mongolia is completely under the control of Jiannu, he has no room to refuse, so although he has some resentment in his heart, he can only obey orders.
10,000 Mongolian elite cavalry, straight to the Ming army to kill, just to guard against the Ming artillery, the formation between them is quite loose, but 10,000 cavalry charged, its momentum still has a feeling of covering the sky.
"It's a luxury to use such an elite cavalry as cannon fodder."
Lao Zhu glanced at the Mongolian cavalry and felt a little pity in his heart.
The Ming Dynasty is not without cavalry, whether it is the elite or the number, it is far from being comparable to these nomads on the grassland.
If Daming is put aside and such an elite cavalry is sent to death, I am afraid that no general will be willing to do so.
But Lao Zhu also knew the reason why Abatai was so reluctant, after all, these Mongolian cavalry were not Jiannu's own people, and it was only because of Jiannu's power that they had to succumb.
Therefore, when it comes to fighting, Abatai must first consume the strength of the Mongolian cavalry, as long as he can achieve the goal, even if these Mongolian cavalry die more, Abatai will not feel distressed.
Since Abatai didn't feel sorry for these Mongolian cavalry, Lao Zhu, as an opponent, naturally didn't feel sorry for him.
Lao Zhu knew that Abatai wanted to use these Mongolian cavalry to expose the artillery carriages hidden in the military formation, but Lao Zhu didn't mind exchanging the artillery carriages for these Mongolian cavalry.
The Mongol cavalry was best at gouging tactics, and their tactics were often to use their high mobility to gouge through enemy camps and then divide the battlefield.
And this time, their tactics have also not changed, but because they are afraid of the artillery of the Ming army, their formation is much more dispersed than usual.
However, when they charged to the range of the artillery, the most powerful firearm of the modern era still showed its hideous fangs.
A full 2,000 pieces of artillery, just one salvo, directly melted the Mongol cavalry rushing to the front.
In just a few moments, tens of thousands of cavalry lost nearly a thousand people.
And this is just the beginning, the biggest feature of the Franc cannon is that a mother cannon is equipped with three sub-cannons, which means that it can fire three times in a very short time.
After three artillery scrubs, tens of thousands of cavalry fell directly to more than three thousand.
Looking at the fallen soldiers, the hearts of the Mongolian leaders were dripping blood, and the only thing to be thankful for was that the artillery that could be installed on the carriage was relatively weak, otherwise, their losses at this moment would not be more than 3,000 people.
It's just that the attack is still at the moment, and if it stops, then all the previous sacrifices will be in vain.
So even if he was distressed in his heart, he had to gather his troops and horses at this moment and continue to attack the Ming army.
However, what he didn't expect was that those Ming cavalry on the opposite side actually took advantage of the opportunity when they were broken up by artillery and rushed over directly.