"Jiannu divided its army into eight, along the Taihang Mountain, the canal, from Jingxi to Shanxi to loot everywhere, the troops will inevitably be scattered, it is difficult to echo."

Sun Chuanting didn't look at the eyes cast by Cao Wenzhao, all his attention was focused on the field in the eastern suburbs of Zhending not far away at this time.

The horses were returned, and within a radius of thirty miles, the rest of the army was nowhere to be seen, and they were reconnoitring farther away.

There is only one Qing army outside Zhending City, and it is the Qing army that is now in front of him.

At first, Sun Chuanting only wanted to expel this Qing army, lift their siege of Zhending, and drive it out of the Zhending region.

Sun Chuanting, the combat strength of the Qing army, knew very well that in May of the eighth year of Chongzhen, he led his family and a small group of Qing troops to fight in the field.

Although Jiannu Zhenyi can ride and shoot, the cavalry skills of ordinary soldiers are slightly inferior to the cavalry of the border army, and it is even more difficult to beat the horses than the Mongolian cavalry.

Cavalry warfare can only be said to be decent, not brilliant, and can only be said to not become a short board.

Jiannu is strong in foot combat, bears strong armor, has strong bows, excellent archery, and is extremely brave in hand-to-hand combat.

Among them, the white-armored soldiers are even more brave, not only in foot combat, but also extremely skilled in cavalry combat, and the idle soldiers are not their opponents at all.

In that confrontation with the Qing army, the number of the Qing army was not large, only more than 20 people, and there were two white armor.

At that time, they were retreating to the north with the mule and horse people who had come from the surrounding area.

Sun Chuanting led the troops to ambush the Qing army on the road that must pass, waited for it to reach the halfway point, and intercepted and killed.

At that time, he brought a total of more than 200 family members and militiamen, which was almost ten times the number of the Qing army.

However, the outcome of the war did not appear to be one-sided, and the first reaction of the Qing army in the face of an attack was not to panic and flee, but to find out where the ambush was in the first place.

Then no one gave any military orders, and they began to launch a counter-charge against them.

The colonels in the Jiannu army, that is, the officers, generally carried the order flag on their backs, which was not much different from the situation within the Ming army, but there were certain differences in the size and shape of the flag.

At the first moment of attack, they quickly completed the assembly, and then immediately made countermeasures.

There are melee squads that stay close to counter charges, and archers who ride their horses to find cover and vantage heights, then dismount and fire their bows to provide long-range support.

More than 200 people beat 20 people, with mental calculation or unintentional, or ambush.

But in that battle, they only killed five Qing soldiers, and the rest of the Qing army chose to retreat after the fierce battle, and they took the corpses with them when they left.

However, there were more than 20 people killed by them, and there were even more wounded, nearly 50 people.

Nearly half of the casualties were killed or wounded by the two white-armored soldiers.

The captured people, property, and livestock were quite a bit recovered, and they could barely be regarded as war exploits.

The Qing army was brave and strong, and the shortcomings of the original cavalry were also made up for because of the submission of the Mongol tribes in southern China.

"Jiannu fought bravely on foot, and the cavalry was slightly worse, in order to retreat, they left the Mongol cavalry behind, but now the Mongol cavalry suffered heavy casualties and demoralized......"

"This is our chance!"

A glint flashed in Sun Chuanting's eyes, he clenched the horsewhip in his hand and looked at Cao Wenzhao.

His voice was very low, he was speaking to Cao Wenzhao, but it seemed to be saying it to himself alone.

Lin Dan Khan died of illness in Qinghai, which became the last straw that overwhelmed southern Mongolia.

Huang Taiji seized this golden opportunity, and with the help of the momentum of subduing southern Mongolia, he founded the country and became the emperor, and unified the north.

Huang Taiji stole the alleged emperor, and it has been an incident for nearly three years.

In the past three years, Jiannu has continued to grow and develop, and it is more than a star and a half stronger than when it was eight years old.

Therefore, Sun Chuanting has always been extremely cautious before picking up the station.

Even the words used when giving military orders to Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong were considered for a long time, so that they could preserve their strength as much as possible.

It's just that the situation in front of us is changing too fast.

The Mongolian cavalry guarding the two wings of the Qing army was mostly scattered under the attack of Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong.

After a short period of thought and weighing each other's strength, Sun Chuanting issued a bold military order.

"Order, Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong lead the headquarters to ride and cut off the way for Jiannu to retreat!"

"Order, supervise the standard camp to cross the river, look at the array from afar, and guard against the ...... of Jiannu"

On the battlefield, the sound of horses' hooves was endless, and under Sun Chuanting's order, the cavalry of the brigade galloped away from both wings bypassing the large array of the Qing army.

Sun Chuanting came to the front in person, and together with Cao Wenzhao, he commanded the troops in the front.

The cavalry of the headquarters and the cavalry of the fourth battalion of the superintendent set up a large array, facing the Qing army, and the two armies were only five miles apart.

Sun Chuanting looked ahead, his expression was cold, there was no wave in his eyes, it seemed that everything was confident, and nothing could make his mind fluctuate.

But this is just everything in the eyes of outsiders, Sun Chuanting tightly grasped the horsewhip in his hand.

He could clearly hear his own heartbeat.

The Qing army had nearly 5,000 people, with a large number of armor soldiers and complete armaments.

The soldiers of the three Jiala, this is already a large force, and it is also the blue flag, the line of the descendants of the eight banners.

Soldiers are dangerous, not a simple comparison of strength and numbers, the slightest carelessness may lead to defeat and death, and a chess game is missing, it is possible to lose the whole game.

The reason why Sun Chuanting did not approve of the decisive battle between Lu Xiangsheng and the Qing army was precisely because he felt that Lu Xiangsheng's plan was too risky.

The Qing army had been planning for a long time to enter the customs this time, moving like thunder, and going all the way south like a bamboo, obviously coming prepared.

But they are passive and defensive, and there are many things to worry about along the way.

The generals of all towns retreated one after another, and they were cowardly before fighting.

Over the years, he has fought with the Qing army in the field, and he has lost more and won less.

Regarding the outcome of the decisive battle, Sun Chuanting is not optimistic.

Moreover, this time, Jiannu entered the Kou, and coordinated a large number of Mongolian light cavalry to go south together.

Even if the decisive battle can really be won, I am afraid that it will not be able to shake the foundation of Jiannu.

It's just that now, an opportunity for a stunt is placed in front of Sun Chuanting.

"The Jiannu army is in a tight formation, and the cavalry cannot be stormed, if you want to break the Jiannu formation, you still need to use infantry to break the formation."

Cao Wenzhao raised the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, frowned, and observed the Qing army formation not far away.

He and the Qing army can be regarded as old rivals, so they naturally know the roots.

The length and width of the large array of the Qing army were about one mile, and it was originally a horizontal formation, but at this time it had become a phalanx.

The shield cart was in front, with artillery in the middle, arrayed on all sides, with the archers behind the shield cart artillery, and the regrouped Mongol cavalry on both flanks.

The scene in front of him was the same as when the battle to recover the four cities of Zunhua was the same, and the Qing army was also in array when facing the encirclement.

"Jiannu is strong with shield cars, the bow and crossbow are difficult to penetrate, the guns are difficult to penetrate, the Jiannu armor soldiers mostly hold hard crossbows and strong bows, and most of our army is Kaiyuan bows, and there are few heavy bows, so we do not have an advantage in shooting......"

Cao Wenzhao glanced sideways slightly, and glanced at Sun Chuanting, who was also observing the Qing army's large array in front of him with a clairglass mirror.

The telescope used by Sun Chuanting is a telescopic three-section telescope, which is elongated to a meter in length and is erected on a high slope with a bracket.

In an emergency, a person's shoulder can also be used as a brace.

The clairfront mirror used by Sun Chuanting is quite gorgeously decorated, and many places are carved with animal patterns.

Naturally, this was not bought by Sun Chuanting from outside, but given to Sun Chuanting by Chen Wang.

Sun Chuanting was upright, at first Chen Wang sent the brocade box containing the clairvoyant mirror and was reprimanded, until he opened the brocade box and Chen Wang presented the clairvoyant mirror, Sun Chuanting's expression turned cloudy to clear.

Chen Wang sent a total of two pairs, the first one was bought from Macao, and the other pair was a clairvoyant mirror made by Bo Jue.

The clairvoyant mirror made by Bo Jue uses two convex mirrors, which are inverted images, and are Kepler-style telescopes.

But this problem has also been solved by Chen Wang, and the knowledge of junior high school physics is not difficult, just like an adjustment.

It turns out that Chen Wang's knowledge of junior high school physics is naturally incomplete, after all, it has not been useful for a long time, but since he arrived in this era.

The things I have seen and understood are all fresh in my memory, as if I have the ability to remember them.

"With only the current strength of our army, I am afraid it will be difficult to defeat the Jiannu ......"

Cao Wenzhao thought about it for a long time, but still chose to advise Sun Chuanting.

The Qing army besieging Zhending had nearly 5,000 people, although Cao Bianjiao and He Renlong had just won and killed a lot of Mongolian cavalry, but the overall impact on the Qing army was not great.

The best way is to open the gap, let the Qing army leave the encirclement network, and then take the opportunity to pursue and kill the Qing army as much as possible.

In this way, the risk is much less than that of a strong attack, and the harvest is also good, and there can be an explanation for the above.

"Nope."

Sun Chuanting didn't turn his head, his eyes were still on the Qing army's large array under the lens of thousands of miles.

"We have a chance, and it's not a small chance."

Cao Wenzhao was a little stunned, he didn't know why Sun Chuanting was so confident, and why he was so sure.

"Didn't you mention the Sea Oath to me before?"

"Sea Oath?"

Cao Wenzhao was slightly stunned, his eyes moved slightly, and after a short period of doubt, he quickly reacted.

The name of the new type of firearm equipped by Chen Wangjun's firecrackers is called the sea oath gun.

It is said to be a bird gun, but it is heavier and longer than ordinary bird guns, and its appearance is extremely strange, and it is carried on the body with a strap.

When he was in Tongguan at that time, when he asked, Chen Wang gave him a detailed explanation about the sea oath.

Later, he asked for a few guns, showed them to Sun Chuanting, and briefly said it, but he didn't expect Sun Chuanting to mention it at this time.

"I've had people try those guns, and they can break three layers of heavy armor in forty steps, and two layers of armor in sixty steps."

"The flint used for firefighting, some time ago, I saw that when Chen Wang was in the array drill, the firecrackers did not fight apart, but fought side by side like ordinary soldiers."

"If you put the bird gun once, you can put it twice, or even three times......"

Sun Chuanting withdrew his gaze and turned his head to look at Cao Wenzhao.

"It's a tough time, it's a rare opportunity, no matter what, give it a try!"

He not only let people try the guns sent by Cao Wenzhao, but also observed Chen Wang training the army when he was in the garrison.

Chen Wang divided his men into four rows, staggered and staggered, and the salvo of the four rows was extremely amazing, and a large area of white fog almost obscured most of the training ground.

And during the round shooting, the four platoons of gunmen took turns firing, round after round, almost continuously.

If this can be done in actual combat, the enemy will only fail to engage in battle, and a large number of people will fall on the way to the charge.

Sun Chuanting slowly raised the horsewhip in his hand, pointing at the large array of the Qing army, he had already made up his mind.

(End of chapter)