Chapter 450: Asymmetrical Warfare

"Your Majesty, the Tartars are out of the city."

Mang Gurtai set up a command camp not far from the city wall, and when the earth-shattering explosion blew up the city wall, he also realized that the decisive battle was coming, but after thinking about it again, he still decided to fight the Ming army outside the city.

Nearly 1,000 people, under the cover of shields, charged outside the city from the gap that had been blown up, and before they could reach the effective firing range, they exchanged fierce fire with the vanguard of the 1st Division outside the city.

The power of the rifle is naturally not comparable to that of a flintlock pistol, unless it is a Wuhan Iron and Steel car with a particularly thick membrane, and the penetration of the bullet is so great that it overturns all the Han army flag musketeers in the front row.

The fierce fire between the two sides caused the vanguard of the 1st Division to also suffer lead bullets, and the casualties of both sides combined were no less than 500 people.

There was a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and as soon as the three thousand cavalry stepped out of the city wall, the knights on the horses fired their bows and arrows diagonally into the sky, and the parabolic arrows shot the soldiers without armor protection, wailing incessantly.

Mang Gurtai completely scattered a regiment of Dingwu Army with a fierce charge, but during the excitement, he saw infantry in all directions actually detouring: "Minggou also wants to outflank us?" Hahaha, let him see the power of our Manchurian iron cavalry, and order, Arshuha, Qi Mutai, the two of you each lead a thousand people to attack the left and right wings, and we will converge in front..."

"Tsk..."

The long knife pointed at him, and he was majestic: "Manchurian warriors, kill all the southern barbarians..."

"Kill..."

Chen Cao shook his head expressionlessly, he just wanted to end the war in Texas as soon as possible and rushed straight to the river.

Song Che is at the forefront, his banner is unusually eye-catching, the three words 'Dingwu Army' are the location of the headquarters, although Mang Gurtai does not know the establishment of the Ming army, but he also knows that there must be big people under the banner, while Alshuha and Qi Mutai are charging left and right, Mang Gurtai Yu Guang found that the team of the two of them did scatter all the Ming troops that were detouring, and they thought that they were in a hurry, so they gave themselves a chance.

"Hahaha, rush over..."

Song Che stood still behind the machine gun position, and the Dingwu Army also gave priority to the distribution of machine guns, and a total of fifteen machine guns were placed in front of him, including a total of forty-five auxiliary shooters.

Although Mang Gurtai had heard some strange firearms of the Ming army from the defeated Hauge, he only regarded them as an excuse used by Hauge to cover up his defeat.

In front of him was getting closer and closer to this immobile position, and he was confident that he could completely wipe out this group of people in front of him by relying on the superior maneuver of cavalry at a distance of a hundred paces.

"Kill the past.. Kill..."

Song Che estimated the distance, and there were still about two hundred paces: "Each gun position obeys the order, let the enemy enter within a hundred steps, and fire freely." ”

One hundred and fifty steps... One hundred and thirty steps... One hundred and ten steps...

"Shoot..."

'Da ... Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da...'

Fifteen revolver machine guns erupted in unison under the operation of the shooter, the loader, and the deputy shooter, just like the army that killed Abatai in Xuzhou at that time, the first magazine had just been fired, and only a dozen of the more than 1,000 people who charged in front of Mang Gurtai were still on their horses.

All of them stood motionless on their horses.

Mang Gurtai was shot three times in his body, all of them through the wounds, and his upper body was almost bloody, lying on the ground spitting blood, and there were two or three Goshha beside him who wanted to protect him in adversity.

'Da ... Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da...'

The second round of gunfire rang out, and the remaining dozen or so cavalry all fell off their horses and died, even the war horses also fell a lot, and the battlefield in front suddenly became quiet.

Alshuha and Qimutai were taken aback by this scene, and did not expect Manggultai to be gone, and Alshuha ordered the troops to continue the charge, while Qimutai turned his horse's head and tried to break through from the south.

The gunfire rang out again, until the sound was over, and the fate of Arshuha was exactly the same as that of Mang Gurtai, more than 2,000 cavalrymen all died a hundred paces away from the position, and the horses with a breath of air also fell to the ground because they did not hit the vital point, and they were snorting and chirping, and they could die at any time.

This kind of one-sided slaughter, Chen Cao didn't even dare to think about it when he first came here, but now, with the efforts of his own firearms expert, he has finally opened the era of ending cavalry combat.

"Spread my order, recruit that Tartar army."

The battle in Texas took only four hours from the beginning to the end, and when Chen Cao arrived at the city gate, Qi Mutai was leading more than 700 people under his command to kneel in place and wait for the arrival.

Chen Cao looked at the people on the ground, and then said: "Find the commanding generals, go and claim those people, I just heard that the commander of Texas is Mang Gurtai, and I must find his body." ”

The strategic position of Texas is very important, and it is also the necessary place for the canal, the transportation is developed, and there are many large households in the city, but now there is only one trouble left for Chen Cao.

Emperor Daming drove his own expedition to recover the north, which is indeed an exciting thing, but as soon as Chen Cao entered the city, he was surrounded by the people who heard the news, and they cried one by one and told one thing about their fathers and mothers.

"Emperor, I have carefully checked, the news that the Dezhou detective has just reported, before leaving Dezhou, the Tartars robbed every household in the city, not only food, but also valuable things, not a single one was left."

Li Yan was next to Chen Cao, and he immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, Tartar is delaying our steps. ”

Chen Cao also reacted, thinking that this plan is indeed a bit ruthless, there are no less than 200,000 people in Texas, these are the main ones who open their mouths to eat, after the official army enters Texas, the first thing to do is to relieve the victims, which can naturally delay the speed of the march.

"Zhao Xin, don't go through the household department, directly inform the Governor's Mansion in my name, mobilize those surrendered troops, and transport grain from Songjiang and Nanjing, Li Yan, first distribute the canned food and grain brought by the army to calm the hearts of the people."

"Long live the Ming Dynasty... Long live Your Majesty..."

"Long live the Ming Dynasty... Long live Your Majesty..."

Wave after wave of shouting, these people are very smart, they are afraid of being beaten by the name of rebellion in the future, after all, this is also a common thing in the early dynasties.

In the evening, all the commanders of all divisions arrived to discuss the military situation in the Dezhou County Ya.

Chen Cao looked and looked in front of the big map, and then turned to look at Li Yan and said, "What do you think?" ”

"Your Majesty has made a plan to divide the troops into two routes, and the minister thinks that it is necessary to follow the plan."

"Don't give me a sloppy eye, you and a few staff officers have said the original thing that you don't need to go to Hejian before, what's the matter, there is a problem with my plan, and your staff officers don't correct it, what's the use of me setting up a staff headquarters?"

Li Yan felt that his idea was wrong, so he apologized, and then said in a deep voice: "From the canal to Tianjin, the distance from Tianjin Wei to Tongzhou is only two hundred miles, and the marching speed of our army can reach Tongzhou in two and a half days at most. ”

Chen Cao nodded: "What do you mean?" ”

Li Yan said again: "The minister thinks that the troops of a division will go to Hejian and sweep the land of the counties between the rivers, so that they can return to the state they were in before Chongzhen four years ago, and second, the main force of our army is still going north along the canal to Tianjin;

The purpose of the ministers and Tartars to raid the counties is to fight a war of attrition with us in the capital, and then break them one by one, because they will definitely set up obstacles for us along the way, judging from this, it doesn't matter if we go to the river or not. ”

"Husband, give me a soldier and horse, and see me go and get the Hejian Mansion."

Chen Cao looked at Li Wan'er who was swearing on the side, shook his head and said: "It's already a great benefit for you and Meixin to come, don't want to do anything unrealistic, just stay by my side honestly." ”

Saying that, Chen Cao seemed to think of something, so he said, "Boss." ”

"Father."

Chen Cao looked at Lou Xingye and said: "You and Lou Xingye's department went north from Hejian Mansion together, and after joining the Longwu Army, you pacified the people of various prefectures and counties along the way, remember, the people are the first major thing." ”

"My son remembered."

"Let's go..."After Chen Cao waved his hand, he turned around and looked at the map again: "Li Yan, do you think Huang Taiji will fight us in the capital?" ”

"As long as the news of the defeat of the two Mongols in Horqin and Bahrain does not come, Huang Taiji will wait for His Majesty in the capital."

Radio is a good thing, but it's a pity that Chen Cao can't, otherwise he can communicate with Hong Chengchou, who is far away in the Mongolian desert, and agree on the time of attack together.

Chen Cao was silent for a while, and then said, "I'm worried that the tartar will break the jar after the defeat in the capital. ”

Li Yan took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty still has a long-term view, and the minister really didn't think of this." ”

Chen Cao's implication is that Huang Taiji will destroy the city of Beijing, after all, it is the national capital.

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to talk nonsense, but since he talked about this, the minister still thinks that he should make preparations."

Chen Cao looked at Li Yan: "Speak." ”

"Once the Shence Army and the Chahar Department arrived in the capital, Huang Taiji lost the support of Mongolia, and after the opportunity to flee to the west was lost, he had no thought of it, and could only return to Liaodong.

"What do you mean, to settle them in Liaodong?"

Li Yan shook his head and said mysteriously: "Although going to Liaodong will not cause fish to enter the sea, it will be difficult to exterminate them in the later stage, and Shanhaiguan is their last place." ”

Chen Cao looked at the map in the direction of Li Yan's finger, and then pondered.