Chapter 219, Shanhaiguan, Zhengding Mansion, thousands of miles of northern country are full of beacon fires.

A battle between the light horsemen of both sides was very close.

With the coordination of the Ming army's rocket and light cavalry charge.

The light cavalry of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was defeated cleanly.

The plan to harass the Ming army when it had just entered the battlefield and had not yet gained a firm foothold also failed.

Wait for the smoke to clear.

On the battlefield of the Great Plain of North China, which was trampled to a very muddy level.

The armies of both sides have completed the formation, and the distance between the large formations is about ten miles, so as to ensure that the artillery of the other side cannot directly bombard the formation.

On the side of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's large array in the west, a front army and a rear army were placed, and the rear army was centered on the 10,000 musketeers under the command of Liu Zhixie, and then some of the elites of the outer battalion were incorporated into the hand-to-hand combat array.

Equipped with cold weapons such as spears and broadswords.

Liu Zhixie went through the night raids and temptations in the past few days.

I also understood that the infantry array, which was simply equipped with cold weapons, was going to face the musketeers of the Ming army to die.

Therefore, this time he organized the elite of the outer battalion and his subordinate formations together, which was conducive to control on the one hand, and on the other hand, after the front line was successful, he could invest more troops to help expand the results of the battle.

And what the former army deployed was the elite soldiers of the inner battalion and the old battalion that were reluctant to take out during the battle a few days ago.

In addition to Liu Zhixie's subordinates, the soldiers of the Grange were divided, and all the old books in the hands of the princes were also taken out.

A large infantry formation of musketeers and spearmen was formed, numbering 30,000.

In addition, 30,000 elite horsemen were deployed on the two wings.

At the same time, the artillery of the Taiping army was also pulled out and deployed at the front of the infantry formation - this is also a defect of direct firepower, which can only be arranged on the flanks or the front line, and cannot be arranged behind the infantry formation.

"Your Majesty, Liu Zhixie has taken out all his elite!"

Tao Biquan put down the binoculars and said.

"He had to take it out, and his cannon fodder in the outer camp is not a robot, so how can he drive it if he is too coerced." Zhu Daohua said.

"Machine.. Person? Tao Biquan paused for a moment, and felt that the adjective Emperor Zhu was quite appropriate

"There was a small-scale mutiny the day before yesterday, and presumably Liu Zhixie didn't dare to force it too hard, so he could only take out his old book and fight."

"If you don't take the old book, you want to fight for the world, and Liu Tianwang's abacus is too fine." Zhu Daohua turned his head to an officer on the side and said, "We don't need to wait any longer, let's attack directly." ”

"Command!"

It was Wang Dayong, the second commander of the First Brigade of the Army, who spoke.

He is also one of the three hundred old brothers.

The 1st Brigade of the Army was the first army brigade established after the occupation of Batam, and the soldiers under its command were all Chaoshan dock workers from Batam, and many non-commissioned officers of the 1st Brigade were promoted to officers.

Now the number of these "Chaoshan warriors" in the Ming army is also quite large.

Wang Dayong is now the chief officer of Zhu Daohua's Guards Corps, and will be responsible for the operational command of the front line.

Wait for Wang Dayong to move his front-line command post to the rear of the Ming army's large array.

Zhu Daohua put down the binoculars and said: "Luo Dingshan should also move, let him lead the troops on his back and fight with Zhao Si to attack the main force of the Qing Tartars, and Peng Jun on the Shanhaiguan side should also be ready to start attacking Shanhaiguan." ”

The Ming Army only gathered more than 20,000 troops to fight the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, not simply to make it difficult for itself, but to prepare to completely solve the war in the Central Plains this winter.

Shanhaiguan, Zhengdingfu, Daimyofu.

The Ming armies in the three places will launch an offensive in about the same time, and completely defeat the enemy in the Central Plains with a fierce attack!

Liaoning West Corridor, under the Shanhai Pass.

A large number of Ming soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the Red Army moved like red clouds, and the general formation arrived in front of Shanhaiguan, and at the same time, a large number of mortars with short and thick barrels were also installed on huge gun trucks, dragged forward by horses.

"In the general town, the Qing army has all shrunk back to the pass."

Feng Zhaoji, the commander of the 33rd Brigade, rode his horse and made a military salute in front of Peng Jun, the governor of the Liaodong Development Division.

Peng Jun is now regarded as the party that is in charge of the army and the people on the horse.

In Liaodong, on the one hand, he was responsible for opening up to the north and managing the military tun, and on the other hand, he had to command the Liaodong Corps to open the Shanhai Pass militarily, and he also had to keep an eye on the movements on the Monan grassland to prevent the Qing army from attacking Liaodong from the Monan grassland.

It can be said that everything is complicated, but for Peng Jun, who is eager to make meritorious contributions, the more things there are, the greater the merit of Liaodong.

When the war in the Central Plains is over, Peng Jun can almost be said to be the first candidate for the next Zuo Cheng.

"Ah Gui is cautious in using troops, but if he shrinks all the way and doesn't confront me head-on, it is impossible to hold Shanhaiguan."

At this time, what was pulled up was a weapon specially developed to attack the strong fortress in the north.

Large-caliber mortars.

The range is not long, but it can fire shells with a very large charge.

This siege artillery pulled out.

The masonry city walls of Shanhaiguan could not withstand the bombardment of many of these large-caliber siege artillery.

"It's almost time."

Peng Jun took out his pocket watch and looked at it.

"There should have been a big fight on the Central Plains, and our Liaodong Corps should also break through the pass as soon as possible, break into Yanyun, and join forces with the Northern Expeditionary Corps and the Guards Corps to encircle the Qing Tartar army!"

Peng Jun said.

According to the pre-war plan of the General Staff Headquarters of the Generalissimo's Office.

Each corps must complete its own tasks within the specified time period, and the final goal is to encircle the Qing court army on three roads under the city of Beijing, and defeat the last cavalry corps of the Qing court with absolute superiority!

"Which is"

On the front wall of Shanhaiguan.

A Gui, the general of the Qing army who commanded the troops to guard the Shanhaiguan, held up a telescope and saw the Ming army pulling a short and thick cannon up.

"With such a large caliber, what a shell does this have to be fired."

Gui's scalp is numb.

During this time, the defensive fortresses of the Qing army at the front of Shanhaiguan were uprooted one by one, and the Liaodong Corps of the Ming army advanced steadily, and the front had been advanced to the bottom of Shanhaiguan.

However, Ah Gui did not dare to send a large army out of the city to fight the Ming army in the field.

Only dare to rely on the fortress to shrink the defense.

Originally, I thought that with the Shanhaiguan Pass, I could resist the Liaodong Corps of the Ming Army for at least three months.

But now see that exaggerated muzzle.

Ah Gui has no confidence at all now.

He couldn't help but sigh.

In the face of the more and more exaggerated power of the Ming artillery.

The Qing Dynasty is getting less and less of a chance.

The battle is no longer about the skillful hand-to-hand combat skills of archers and horses.

It's a competition to see who can produce more and more powerful muskets, artillery.

At this point.

Whether it's Manchuria or Mongolia.

It is impossible to compare with the Han people.

In the future, the battle is all about production capacity - how long does a musketeer need to train? A farmer who farms the land only needs to train for ten days and half a month to be able to go into battle.

A hundred musketeers are probably no match for a hundred Mongol cavalry.

But a thousand musketeers can definitely fight a thousand Mongol cavalry all over the ground.

Ah Gui was thinking about it.

Woooo

In the rear of the Ming army's large array.

The whistling rocket that swept through the sky took off and flew in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

The rockets of the Ming army have begun to attack again!

"Handsome! It's dangerous here, so you might as well retreat to the rear! ”

Goshha beside him persuaded.

Ah Gui didn't stand up to the bombing here.

He knew that the Ming army only fired rockets to cover those large-caliber mortars, once those mortars were installed on the firing position.

A massive bombardment will begin.

He quickly retreated from the walls and rode his horse along the gates.

This Shanhaiguan is a part of the defense line of the Great Wall.

A large number of troop transport walls were built in the pass to mobilize troops and horses.

However, they were all repaired in the Ming Dynasty more than a hundred years ago, and after Ah Gui led the troops to come, they were simply repaired.

Of course, there was no need to build the Great Wall in the Qing Dynasty, so many parts of the Great Wall were deserted, overgrown with weeds, and a lot of bricks and stones collapsed.

Ah Gui, who had followed the communication line all the way to his Chinese army's big tent, had not yet sat on the hot air when he heard the explosion of a cannonball falling not far from the tent.

"Dashuai, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time!"

Withdraw!

Return!

Gui let out a long sigh.

I can go all the way back.

Where can the Qing Dynasty retreat?

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

The crisp sound of gunfire rang out at the foot of Fenglong Mountain in Zhengding Mansion.

At the same time, dragoons wearing Ming military uniforms rode past, raised their muskets in their hands and shot several Mongolian soldiers who wanted to flee on the spot, and then threw out ropes and dragged the bodies of the Mongolian soldiers to the Qing army in the distance to provoke.

At this time, the army led by Qianlong had been intercepted by the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Army, and the two sides confronted each other near Fenglong Mountain.

At this time, on the side of the Qing army, there was a cavalry corps of all colors, densely packed with cavalry of the Eight Banners wearing various military uniforms, forming a huge military array.

And Zhao Si's Northern Expeditionary Army was under his command.

The number of cavalry was not much.

There were no specialized shock cavalry such as the Guards Corps Cuirassier Brigade.

The role of the light cavalry is a cameo appearance of dragoons under the command of the Northern Expeditionary Corps.

These Ming army mule soldiers, who did not pay much attention to martial virtues, took advantage of such small-scale cavalry and light cavalry encounters.

At least those are armed with scimitars and angular bows.

It seems that the Mongol soldiers who crossed over hundreds of years ago had no temper at all in the face of the light cavalry of the Ming army.

Far away, they were beaten by the Ming army's muskets - the Mongols were so obsessed with scimitars and bows and arrows, but the Mongolian cavalry, which was now crippled by the Yellow Sect, did not have one-tenth of their ancestors' bravery, nor one-tenth of their ancestors' flexibility.

You must know that the Mongol Empire, which had just almost conquered Eurasia, was very good at absorbing advanced military technology for its own use, and its tactics were flexible and unusually vicious - in order to win the war, such as throwing plague-contaminated corpses into the city to cause a plague outbreak in the city, such as slaughtering millions of people in a city just to deter the enemy, such things were just commonplace for the Mongols at that time.

And the current Mongols are just a group of stupid herdsmen who have just lived in the glory of their ancestors with the old concept of invincibility in cavalry and archery, and they don't know how to be flexible at all.

If the Mongolian ancestors such as Temujin, Ogedei, Möngke, and Kublai Khan came to life and saw that the current Mongols were so stupid by the Yellow Sect, I am afraid that they would be able to turn their backs on them.

I saw a group of Mongolian cavalry being tortured and killed right under my nose.

He was also dragged over by the Ming soldiers to provoke.

Qianlong was also shaking his head.

The number of Mongolian cavalry is large, but why is the combat effectiveness so worrying.

Qianlong held a telescope and looked at the Ming army lineup in the distance.

"It seems that the Ming side has long been prepared for my army to go south."

Qianlong said with a frown.

"Long live Lord, it's better to fight first, then Liu Zhixie doesn't seem to be an opponent against Ming. If we wait for the anti-Ming puppet emperor to free up his hand, we will be in trouble. ”

Mingming, who was beside Qianlong, suggested.

Qianlong nodded slightly.

"Then let's fight first!"

There were 170,000 troops, and everyone had horses, of which the two banners of the Yellow Banner and the Yellow Banner each had 20,000 musketeers and one artillery corps.

Facing the Ming Army's Northern Expeditionary Army, 40,000 troops.

Of course, Qianlong had the confidence to fight a war.

(End of chapter)