The new army battalions in Qinglai Town quickly deployed their formations after receiving the order. People in the hilly area were screaming and it was very lively.
At the same time, Jierhalang, Hauge and others were also paying close attention to the movements of the New Army and Wu Sangui's troops in Qinglai Town.
With the arrival of Ying Erdai, he also brought Huang Taiji's order to prepare a large number of sacks and earthen baskets in the army formation to defend against Ming Army artillery. This can be regarded as Huang Taiji seeing the actions of the Ming army and learning and applying them on the spot.
At this time, Jirhalang, Hauge, Azig and others had mobilized tens of thousands of Aha servants, who were nervously wielding hoes and pickaxes, bagging the soil, and then transporting it bag by bag. They were piled up everywhere in the army, especially in front of several golden dragon cloths, forming a tight line of defense.
Then Jierhalang and Hauge held up their telescopes and began to look in the direction of the new army in Qinglai Town. From their position, Wu Sangui's troops were on the left wing, with car camps formed on three sides, with about ten thousand people. On the right is a large group of Ningyuan cavalry. Together with the Qinglai Town New Army Cavalry Battalion, nearly 20,000 people formed a vast cavalry formation.
The infantry of the New Army in Qinglai Town, which they were most concerned about, was deployed on the right wing. They saw that the infantry battalions of the New Army in Qinglai Town formed a huge square defense line, several miles long, directly blocking the Qing army's westward advance. The road is blocked. And Liu Yan's Chinese army is behind this phalanx.
Ji'erharang and others waited and watched for a while, then combined with the news sent back by the scouts from various ministries, analyzed it for a while. Hauge and Azig only found it funny. Hauge even laughed wildly and said: "What kind of formation is Liu Yan doing? Then? Rather than gathering together to support each other, many infantrymen lined up in a row, facing our cavalry, and actually formed a long snake formation. Isn't this looking for death?"
Azig also said: "I heard that Liu Yan's formation used to have guns and cannons in front and spearmen in the back. With sharp firepower, he could block the attack of my iron cavalry. Looking at it today, it is nothing more than this. As long as our army fights for casualties , will definitely be able to cut off Liu Yan’s long snake formation!”
Many Qing generals present agreed with Azig's statement, believing that it was not that the Qing cavalry could not break through Liu Yan's military formation, but that the losses were too great and the gains outweighed the losses. If the banners are really determined to charge into the formation, there are many ways to break them apart. For example, when the Eight Banners soldiers attacked the carriage camp of Liu Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Province not long ago, they drove the horses to attack the formation and broke through their carriages. camp. Jierhalang shook his head: "There are a large number of red barbarian cannons behind their cavalry, and a large number of rockets in front. If the fine cavalry rushes forward, they may be damaged a lot, so be careful."
Hauge said angrily: "This won't work, that won't work either. Prince Zheng, are you afraid of the enemy like a tiger, or are you an old fool?"
Only Jierhalang was still hesitant and said: "Prince Su, opposite is the new army of Qinglai Town of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Yan's subordinates. The Holy One also has a decree. When facing Liu Yan's tribe, we must be cautious and not underestimate the enemy."
Hauge was noncommittal and just said: "Prince Zheng, are our troops a little short? Liu Yan's troops on the opposite side are probably fifty to sixty thousand, and even if our army includes those handymen and followers, our Qing army will not be enough." There are only more than 30,000 people, have any reinforcements arrived?"
Jierhalang and Ying'erdai both shook their heads. Although the Qing army now had more than 200,000 troops, they had to guard Rufeng Mountain, Huangtu Ridge, Songshan Ridge, Shimen Mountain, Shijialing, Zijing Mountain, etc. In Jinchang Fort, Shahe Fort, and Dasheng Fort, all the troops have been spread out and scattered, and there is no way to mobilize troops to support them.
Buyendai was a little worried and said: "What about the artillery? The Wuzhenha Chao Artillery Battalion of the Han Army Banner can always come, right?"
Jierhalang also sighed and shook his head. Part of the artillery battalion of Kong Youde and others gathered on Rufeng Mountain and Huangtu Ridge, and part of them went to attack the Ma Ke and Tangtong tribes west of Songshan Fort. Even if an artillery battalion needs to be mobilized, thousands of kilograms of heavy artillery will have to go over mountains and ridges. How can it be so easy to pull it over?
After receiving the reply, Buyandai and other Mongolian banner leaders were frightened and intended to withdraw their troops. Jierhalang also had this idea. Originally, Liu Yan's troops were able to defeat the Qing cavalry several times with less and more troops. Now that Liu Yan's new army has an advantage in strength, can this battle still be fought?
However, Haug and Azig felt dissatisfied when they saw that Jierhalang and others were so afraid.
At present, there are more than 30,000 Qing troops here, including more than 20,000 Qing cavalry. Is this considered a shortage of troops? Not long ago, the Qing cavalry defeated the Ming Dynasty's army in Jizhou Town. Bai Guangen's body was sent to Huang Taiji's chariot. They could also win against Liu Yan's army.
Ji'erharang was also undecided when he saw this, and Hauge even shouted, thinking that Liu Yan's troops seemed to have strong troops, but it had only been a long time since the Battle of Jinan, and it was impossible for him to expand his troops to tens of thousands. How much food and population can a general Liu Yan have? Will he be able to spread the beans into an army?
Azig also believed that many of Liu Yan's soldiers and horses on the opposite side might be civilians acting as bluffs to force the Qing cavalry to withdraw!
Seeing this, Jierhalang knew that it was unreasonable not to fight this battle, so he sighed slightly and said, "In that case, let's get ready to fight."
It was already approaching noon, and the soldiers of the New Army battalions in Qinglai Town were having lunch under the transportation of heavy troops. They were all flatbread and broth prepared by the rear. Although they were simple, they tasted very good.
Liu Yan was sitting on a horse, eating a meal with the supervisor Zhang Ruoqi, when he suddenly heard the sound of rapid horse hooves in the night: "The Qing army is on the move!"
Zhang Ruoqi was so shocked that he dropped the big cake in his hand to the ground. Liu Yan stood up, took out his telescope and looked in the direction of the Qing army. Hearing the sound of the horn, he saw a huge black line spreading across the wilderness ahead.
"It seems that the Qing army is preparing to concentrate its forces. It will attack our infantry defense line first, and then detach some troops to fight our cavalry. As for Wu Sangui, the pressure is very small, right?"
Liu Yan was thinking in his mind, but he didn't understand one thing: How could a mere 20,000 to 30,000 Qing troops have the confidence to attack the defense line built by more than 60,000 new troops? Are you tired of living? 33
At this time, a long black line spread out in the distance, and countless Qing army cavalry could be seen riding back.
Looking at their armor flags, there are Manchurian white flags, bordered white flags, plain yellow flags, bordered yellow flags, pure blue flags, and bordered blue flags. There are Mongolian Zhenghuang Banner, Zhenghong Banner, Xianghong Banner, some Mongolian soldiers from foreign vassals, and some small tribe soldiers. The sea of flags seems to be endless.
Liu Yan could see the general layout of the Qing soldiers in the telescope. The dead soldiers were in front, the sharp soldiers were behind, and the light armor on both wings was good at shooting archers. In particular, all of their elite cavalry were armed with spears and halberds.
Next to him, Zhang Ruoqi watched the Qing army getting closer and started to breathe heavily, while Liu Yan's eyes were dark. The Qing army was still playing the same old tricks. This kind of offensive strategy would not work for the new army. !
At this time, it can be clearly seen that the several waves of Qing cavalry in front are all tribal soldiers from various places, followed by the Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassals, the Mongolian soldiers from the Eight Banners, and finally the Manchu soldiers.
Although most of those tribal soldiers were known as dead soldiers and were well-equipped, they were actually slave soldiers with no freedom at all. If they dared to escape, the entire tribe would be wiped out.
"It seems that if we want to severely damage those Manchu Tatars, we must first eliminate several waves of cannon fodder in front."
Behind the New Army's formation, the artillery battalion has been prepared, so the Folang machine guns, rocket launcher vehicles, and Tiger guns are all shining in the sun. These artillery pieces have been loaded and are ready to launch bombardments at any time.
Qian Qian stood in the artillery array, always paying attention to the direction of the Chinese army. As soon as the Chinese army's order came, he would immediately order the artillery fire.
At this moment, a fierce cannon sounded from the opposite side, followed by the golden dragon banners of the Qing flags suddenly stood up high, and all the Qing soldiers and horses looked in the direction of the dragon banners in their respective flags.
All banner generals in the Qing army were in place. Even Hauge and Azig rode their horses and began to patrol the formation. They kept roaring loudly to boost their morale. Nearly 30,000 Qing soldiers and horses cheered, and their morale reached its highest level.
Then Jierhalang ordered the entire army to launch an attack according to the plan. For a time, the Qing army's large array of thousands of horses neighed, and the Qing army's cavalry, like a tide, came towards the new army in Qinglai Town.
The charge of the Qing army of 20,000 to 30,000 people was huge, but the New Army in Qinglai Town was not moved at all. The officers and soldiers of the New Army battalions lined up in layers were ready for battle. Under the hot sunshine, all the officers and soldiers looked motionless. , quietly waiting for the superior's order.
Suddenly there was a sound of artillery fire from the direction of the Chinese army, and then the order was sent to each battalion: "Prepare to fight!"
The generals of each battalion shouted one after another, ordering the officers and soldiers of each unit to prepare for battle.
The drums of the central army rang. As soon as the drums fell, all the soldiers of the middle camp, the left camp, and the right camp stepped forward in unison. The soldiers of the whole army clenched all kinds of weapons in their hands and shouted with all their strength: "Tiger!"
The majestic roaring sound continued, causing all Wu Sangui's troops in the distance to look sideways and secretly said: "A strong army is extraordinary. Such momentum is really hard to find in the world!"
At this time, the large group of Qing army cavalry had increased their speed to the highest level and were only more than a mile away from the new army's infantry formation in Qinglai Town.
In front of the Qing cavalry formation were all light cavalry with skillful equestrian skills, and behind them were dead soldiers of the Qing army, one man with double armor, and even the horses were armored.
These dead soldiers not only rode heavy horses themselves, but also drove some horses in an attempt to break through the new army's formation in Qinglai Town.
Those light cavalrymen who were skilled in equestrian skills were still making pirouette movements when they were two or three hundred steps away from the new army formation in Qinglai Town. In an attempt to repeat the old tricks, attract the new army of Qinglai Town to open fire, and achieve the same effect as defeating Bai Guangen.
However, the large formation of more than a dozen small formations of the Qinglai Town New Army in front remained motionless.
In each military formation, both gun soldiers and spear soldiers were equipped with sophisticated iron masks to prevent the Qing army's tricky arrows from hitting the soldiers' faces. In addition, there are many sword and shield bearers in the military formation, holding tens of thousands of enemies in their hands at this time. There is also a person beside them, holding a fire stick, ready to light it for them at any time.
As the Qing army's cavalry drew closer and closer, the officers and soldiers of the New Army could even see the ferocious expressions of the Tatar soldiers, but the officers and soldiers of the New Army battalions in Qinglai Town remained unmoved. Seeing this, the Qing soldiers had no choice but to be surprised. The rolling light cavalry, heavy cavalry, dead soldiers, and sharp soldiers were still running towards them. In the blink of an eye, a torrent of water had already surged in front of each camp.
At this time, a large number of chariots were deployed in front of each battalion, with spears nailed to the upper boards. They built a line of defense in front of the military formation, waiting for the Qing cavalry to crash into them and die.
Liu Yan held up his telescope and watched. Seeing that most of the Qing army had entered the range of the artillery camp, he immediately ordered the artillery camp to open fire.
"boom!"
All the Franco cannons in the artillery camp opened fire at the same time, making a huge roar. Amidst the deafening sound, the Franco cannons loaded with shotguns spewed large streams of fierce smoke and flames forward.
Even the ground shook when the artillery salvoes were fired. Each of these Franco machine guns was equipped with at least hundreds of lead and iron pellets. The pellets they fired could be more than 200 meters long and wide. It can reach three to forty meters.
Under the fierce artillery fire, countless projectiles swept past, crossed the New Army infantry square in front, and all accurately hit the Qing army's cavalry formation. The Qing army's cavalrymen were seen screaming, and the Qing soldiers in the brigade were all covered with blood. Blood was rolling on his face, and the momentum of the impact, which had been so menacing just now, suddenly became chaotic.
Some people died, but not completely...
