"Master, why don't you send someone to Jinan City immediately to ask Prince Rui how many scouts there are in this group of Zhengbai Banners?"
"Confused!"
Du Du scolded: "These people don't even have their heads, they only have a nameless waistband, how do you want to prove it!"
"What should we do?"
Du Du thought for a moment and said, "If Liu Yan knew in advance that our army was setting up an ambush here, what would he do?"
Buyandai said: "If I were a slave, I would definitely take a detour to Jinan Fucheng."
Du Du pondered for a moment and said, "I don't think so! What will Liu Yan do?"
At this moment, a roar suddenly came, a harsh sound broke through the sky, and dozens of hot cannonballs fell from the sky and smashed into the dense forest.
In order to set up an ambush here, Du Du concentrated 12,000 people with red flags from Manchuria and 8,000 people with red flags from Mongolia in the dense forest to the northwest. The trees here are more lush, making it easier for the army to hide.
But it is precisely for this reason that 20,000 people crowded into a forest and were immediately covered by dense artillery fire. Dozens of cannonballs continued to ricochet into the crowd, forming ricochet bombs and causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere they passed. Take away the Qing soldiers one by one.
Those Qing soldiers were hit by artillery shells, or even just carried by the artillery shells. They screamed and flew up, with their stumps and broken arms flying up and down. Even Du Du was horrified to see a split head flying past, which seemed to be still alive. A Niulu Zhangjing under his command!
"Ming Army!"
Du Du yelled, pulled the frightened Buyendai beside him, and angrily said: "Gather your cavalry, immediately attack where the Ming army's artillery fire came from, and take away the Ming army's artillery for me!"
Buyendai's face suddenly turned red and he shouted: "Master, I think it's better to withdraw to avoid too many casualties!"
"Asshole!"
Du Du angrily shouted: "Retreating now will be a big defeat! How many people can Liu Yan have? As long as we charge forward, we can destroy him!"
"You go and take away Liu Yan's artillery, and I will reorganize the army and fight Liu Yan's main force head-on!"
Buyendai went to mobilize the cavalry in a panic, while Du Du was in a daze. A carefully planned ambush turned into an ambush by the Ming army in the blink of an eye. Can this battle really be won?
At the same time, on a high ground two miles south of the Qing army, the artillery commander Qian Cong was shouting excitedly. The four artillery posts of the surrounding artillery commanders were all deployed, and twenty Lingshan Guards' self-made cannons were deployed. The Franco cannon was firing a salvo.
According to Liu Yan's order, this salvo did not fire one by one in turn as the Ming army did in the past. Instead, it used an artillery with better accuracy and a higher level of gunners as the "base gun". All artillery All based on this benchmark cannon, they all fired simultaneously.
This not only results in instant fire coverage, but also greatly improves the accuracy of artillery strikes.
Qian Qian looked at the falling points that kept flashing in the dense forest in the distance. Not only were gray-brown dust splashing around those falling points, but also faintly visible bursts of blood-red mist. Those were the killing Qing soldiers!
"Your Excellency is truly a man of God, how can the artillery fire such a volley!"
Not far away, the battalions of the new Lingshan Guard Army have been formed. Chen Xun leads the front battalion in the front and in the center, Zhang Yi leads the left battalion in front and on the left, and Wang Bo leads the right battalion in the front and on the right. The three battalions are 3,700. The remaining soldiers formed a huge line of defense.
Shen Tuo led the middle battalion as the left wing, Wang Yue led the rear battalion as the right wing, and Miao Shao and Xu Ming formed the central battalion behind the defense line.
More than 9,000 New Army soldiers were deployed in full swing, occupying a large area of wilderness on the highlands. It looked very spectacular from a distance.
At this time, Liu Yan was overlooking the front and saw Qing cavalry rushing out of the dense forest in the distance. Judging from the flags and armor styles, they should be Mongolian Tatars with red flags.
"The slave thief can't stay in the woods any longer!"
Only then did Miao Shao and Xu Ming realize what Liu Yan meant by artillery coverage. Twenty artillery fire aimed at one place at the same time could create such a huge momentum. Even though the actual casualties of the Qing army may not be many, the blow to the morale of the Qing army was fatal.
Miao Shao said excitedly: "If I have one hundred or two hundred heavy artillery, and I aim at the enemy's formation and cover it with bombardment, let alone the slaves, I will be defeated even if the Jade Emperor comes!"
Xu Ming smiled and said: "Stop dreaming, hundreds of heavy artillery? How can there be such firepower in the world?"
Liu Yanhao said angrily: "Who says there is no such thing? One day, our new army will have such firepower, and it will even be better!"
After saying that, Liu Yan pointed to the distance, where all eight thousand Mongolian cavalry with red flags had come out and were reorganizing their military formation outside the dense forest.
"Order the front battalion, left battalion, and right battalion to prepare for the battle, and the artillery commander's tiger cannon, rocket launcher, and small-caliber Franco machine gun to prepare to fire!"
"The artillery post of Chief Gunner Fo Lang continues to fire at the dense forest, don't stop!"
"Got the order!"
The Chinese army's messenger quickly delivered the order. In front, the battle flags of the front battalion, left battalion, right battalion, and artillery commander waved, indicating that they had received the order and were ready.
"Woo~woo~woo!"
At this moment, a horn sounded, and Buyendai led eight thousand Mongolian cavalry with red flags and began to charge.
There is a distance of about two miles between the dense forest and this highland. There are still some trees and shrubs scattered here and there, blocking the sight of Buyendai and the Qing army scouts.
When Buyendai clearly saw the more than 9,000 new Lingshan Guard troops arrayed in strict formation on the high ground, and Liu Yan's battle flag fluttering in the wind, he was immediately frightened.
"Didn't Liu Yan's soldiers lose more than half, leaving only a thousand men? There are tens of thousands of elites here, and they all came out of nowhere!"
At this time, eight thousand Mongolian cavalry had begun charging at high speed. With their superb riding skills, these Mongolians were able to continuously avoid trees on the road and were able to maintain a high-speed charge without losing their formation.
But Buyendai no longer had the intention to appreciate the riding skills of his soldiers, because more than a dozen artillery shells had risen from the high ground and were heading towards him!
As the cannonballs fell one after another, the dense cavalry formation suddenly turned upside down, and the cannons that ricocheted like ghosts, constantly harvesting lives in the high-speed charging cavalry formation. Countless blood mist spread, mixed with countless The indistinct screams made Buyan Dai's heart ache.
Qian Qian only mobilized eighteen small-caliber Folan cannons and opened fire, but the chaos caused caused eight thousand Mongolian cavalry to trample on each other. At least half of the casualty cavalry were tripped over the corpses and broken limbs of their companions. , and then was trampled to death by his companions who rushed up from behind.
Buyendai looked at the New Army formations waiting in the distance, and immediately ordered the entire army to turn around and circle to the right, trying to rush to the high ground and engage in a melee with the artillery officers.
But Buyandai never dreamed that although he was not greeted by a sharp flint-haired bird musket, it was sharper than the flint-haired bird musket.
"put!"
Qian Qian's excited roar rang out on the main artillery position. Twenty rocket launchers began to show off their power. Continuous rockets hit the Mongolian army head-on. Although these skilled cavalrymen also began to fire arrows back, but the manpower shot out Where is the match for gunpowder-assisted arrows?
After a confrontation, Buyendai watched helplessly as hundreds of elite soldiers from the former army were shot into a hornet's nest. Those hundreds of elites were all heavily armored, almost all of them were vests and infantry from their own flags, and there were even a dozen red Baya soldiers who had survived hundreds of battles.
In previous battles, just these hundreds of heavy armors could easily defeat thousands or even tens of thousands of Ming troops!
But at this time, hundreds of elite heavy armors died on the way to charge. They died in vain without even seeing the faces of the Ming army under Liu Yan's command. Buyan Dai's heart felt like a knife, and at the same time he felt a surge of emotion. anger.
"Speed up! Kill, kill!"
At this time, Buyandai just wanted to rush forward, at least to destroy all the Ming army's artillery, otherwise all his heavy losses would be in vain.
"what is that?"
Soon, after paying the constant price of more than a thousand casualties, the Mongolian army with red flags rushed to a place two hundred steps away from the main artillery position, but then they saw a row of small artillery.
"Yes, the Ming Army's Tiger Cannon!"
"put!"
Qian Qiang and Buyendai shouted almost at the same time, and then twenty Huzun cannons fired a salvo. The dense scattering shells formed a large net, covering the entire Mongolian cavalry rushing at the front.
Countless shotguns swept past, and no matter how many sets of armor they wore, the cavalry could not stop them. In the blink of an eye, they were hit with many bloody holes, and the front end of the army was wiped out!
"Ha ha!"
Qian Qian laughed when he saw this scene and hurriedly called for his men to retreat.
The artillery commander's artillery and ammunition were abandoned on the spot, and all the artillery commander's officers quickly retreated. At the same time, the Zuoying camp closest to here advanced three hundred steps and arrived at the battlefield at the critical moment.
General Qian Zhang Yi looked at the Qing cavalry whose formation had been disrupted by the Hu Zun Cannon. He shouted loudly, and all the soldiers in the battalion stopped advancing, and the gunners at each sentry immediately prepared to fire a volley.
"Raise the gun!"
"put!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Raise the gun!"
"put!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Hundreds of gunners from the Zuoying camp started firing round after round, making it difficult for the Qing cavalry to move forward. The panicked Tatar soldiers were running back and forth about a hundred steps in front of the Zuoying soldiers. No one could Rush within sixty steps!
Buyendai's eyes widened as he watched from behind, knowing in his heart that this battle with Mongolia's red flag would probably break his bones.
"retreat!"
Buyandai didn't dare to fight. Liu Yan's new army was all here. There were tens of thousands of elites. How could he fight? Do we want to leave all the eight thousand warriors in Mongolia with red flags here?
So Buyandai took the lead and led the remaining troops to retreat northward. The Mongolian cavalry all over the mountains and plains retreated like a tide.
Liu Yan noticed from a high position that the Qing soldiers were retreating, and immediately ordered: "Order the cavalry battalion to pursue immediately. The front battalion, left battalion, and right battalion advance a hundred steps forward and stand by. The artillery commander immediately loads all the Franco machine artillery and stands by!"
"Got the order!"
Soon the various units of the Lingshan Guard New Army began to mobilize. Chen Xun, Zhang Yi, and Wang Bo roared loudly and led their troops forward. Three thousand and hundreds of New Army soldiers advanced in neat steps. Accompanied by the sound of war drums, "Han The song "Final Army" sounded, and more than 3,000 soldiers from the front camp, left camp, and right camp sang in unison, and then the soldiers from the rear camp, middle camp, guard camp, and artillery commander also sang. Thousands of new troops The morale of the generals is greatly boosted!
Even with the deafening sound of horse hooves, Xu Ming and the more than a thousand soldiers in the cavalry battalion could hear "The End of the Han Dynasty" coming from behind. Their hearts boiled, and they roared and charged towards the retreating Mongolian cavalry with red flags. .
"Speed up! Kill the Tatars!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
The soldiers of the cavalry battalion were like tigers descending from the mountain, biting the tail of the Mongolian army with red flags. In a short period of time, they "bitten" no less than two hundred people to death. Buyendai was so angry that he was furious, but there was nothing he could do. At this time, the Mongols They only care about escaping for their lives and cannot organize an effective counterattack.
"Woo!"
Suddenly, a low horn sounded from the front, and a triangular white-edged red flag appeared in the north. It was Du Du who arrived with 12,000 Manchurian troops decorated with red flags.
Some people died, but not completely...
