In mid-to-late November, the cold winds inside and outside Changping Prefecture blew the flags of the Qing army deployed inside and outside the city.
In this battle, Huang Taiji did not defend Changping Prefecture. Instead, he pulled the bannermen of the Qing army ten miles north of Changping Prefecture and set up formations in the wilderness.
Xu Ming led the cavalry battalion soldiers to kill quickly, and was immediately forced to stop by 300,000 Qing troops.
Looking at the Qing army forming their formation in the distance, Xu Ming's face was full of excitement. He had finally caught up with these dog Tatars, and this battle was going to be a bloody battle.
The central guerrilla general Du Zhongming shouted: "General, look under that bright yellow umbrella, it must be Huang Taiji's old dog. Let's kill him and chop him down!"
Xu Ming rolled his eyes at Du Zhongming. He was brave, but not brainless: "Don't talk nonsense. The Qing army has hundreds of thousands of people. How about we charge alone and kill them?"
"What should we do?"
"Retreat a few miles and wait for the governor to arrive with the main force. Send someone to report to the governor immediately that our cavalry battalion has caught up with the main force of the Qing army. Please come to the governor for help as soon as possible!"
To the south of the cavalry camp, Huang Taiji rode his horse and held up his telescope. He saw the New Army cavalry camp slowly retreating, and felt a little worried. Liu Yan only used one battalion of soldiers and horses to hold back his 300,000-strong army. It was really a good trick.
"Order all banners to deploy as soon as possible and wait for work!"
"嗻!"
This time Huang Taiji deployed the Han army's flags on the front line. The Han army's two yellow flags, Zhenghong flags, two blue flags and Zhengbai flags were divided into two formations. The Zhengbai flag and the two blue flags were the first formation, and the two The yellow flag and the red flag are the second formation, and firepower is deployed in an echelon to use the firearms of the Han army flag to kill Liu Yan's troops as much as possible.
Behind the banners of the Han army
, are the divisions of the Eight Banners of Mongolia. More than 90,000 Mongolian cavalry are divided into more than a dozen cavalry formations, spreading out in the wilderness, as if they have recreated the power of Genghis Khan's army.
Behind the Eight Mongolian Banners, more than 30,000 cavalry led by Prince Beile of the Tumut Left Banner, Horqin Left Wing Center Banner, Aohan, and Alu Banners have also formed an array. These foreign Mongolians are not very motivated to fight at this time. Liu Yan's army was pressing down outside, and Huang Taiji's iron fist was frightening him inside, so he had to lead his troops into battle.
Behind the Mongols were the Manchu Eight Banners. Huang Taiji led the two yellow banners as the central army, Dorgon and Duduo led the two white banners as the front army, Daishan and Dudu led the two red banners as the left wing, and Hauge and Ah Batai and Jilharang led the two blue flags on the right wing.
After Huang Taiji deployed more than 300,000 troops, the wilderness to the north of Changping Prefecture was endless. The Qing army's various armors and flags occupied almost the entire land, spreading to the end of the horizon in the distance.
Looking at the formations of the various banners, Huang Taiji finally found a familiar feeling and pride in his heart. This battle was going to be a decisive battle with Liu Yan, but he wanted to see who belonged to this world!
After the Qing army's flags were deployed, they began to rest on the spot. Huang Taiji originally thought that Liu Yan's troops would have to wait until the afternoon, or even at night, to arrive. The Qing warriors could also get enough rest time to wait for work and take the initiative. .
But to Huang Taiji's disappointment, just after noon, hundreds of thousands of troops led by Liu Yan appeared in the north in a mighty manner. The unique war drums of the Ming army spread through the cold wind, causing the soldiers and horses of the Qing army to burst into laughter. commotion.
Huang Taiji frowned slightly, raised his telescope and looked north
On the front, I saw Liu Yan's battalions moving forward in formation. The front of each battalion was protected by a large number of earthen vehicles, and there were countless gunmen inside. There were not many spearmen and other hand-to-hand combatants in Liu Yan's army. , Huang Taiji couldn't help but marveled.
"Liu Yan's army carries so many earth-moving vehicles, and it can march so fast. How is it possible?"
What Huang Taiji didn't know was that the earth-moving vehicles in Liu Yan's army were all temporarily modified. They were originally used to carry soldiers of each battalion and sundries. When they were near the battlefield, a large number of soldiers were used to temporarily dig the earth and arrange the earth-moving vehicles.
Soon, Liu Yan's troops stopped three miles away from the Qing army. Then more than 100,000 soldiers began to roar in unison, "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!" After three times, they began to sing a military song, a song unique to Liu Yan's army. "The End of the Han Dynasty" sounded, making Huang Taiji and other banner leaders and Prince Baylor look solemn. With such an enemy army and such morale, this battle may not be easy to win!
In this battle, Liu Yan placed Qian Chong's artillery battalion at the forefront, and the red-coated artillery soldiers in his battalion were the absolute main force in this battle.
Then came the front camp and the middle camp of the new army. Liu Yan used the two new army camps as the main force of the frontal attack. The left and right battalions were on the two wings, the guard camp served as the center camp, and the rear camp protected the rear of the army to prevent the Qing cavalry. Go around to the back and pounce.
The 2nd, 3rd, and 5th battalions of the garrison served as reserve forces and were on standby behind the Chinese army.
It was already afternoon, and the clouds in the sky were thick, blocking the sun. Coupled with the howling cold wind in the wilderness, the sky and earth looked even more depressed in the dim light.
The two armies, with more than 400,000 soldiers and horses, have already formed up, and the war is about to begin!
Huang Taiji has come from thousands of miles away
Seeing the red cannons in Liu Yan's army in the mirror, there were hundreds of them, which made Huang Taiji look very ugly, so he directly ordered each banner of the Han army to advance one mile, and then concentrated the artillery of each banner with Liu Yan's troops. Start an artillery battle.
With the two armies currently separated by more than three miles, most of the Fran cannons equipped by the Han army's banners could not hit Liu Yan's troops, but the red cannons in the Qianqian artillery battalion could easily hit the Han army's banners. Array. Therefore, we must rush forward before the banners of the Han army are knocked down, and compete with Liu Yan in terms of firepower.
"go ahead!"
Shi Tingzhu's Han Army's Zhengbai Banner, Zuo Zerun's Han Army's Zhenglan Banner, and Han Army's Xianglan Banner were all part of the first formation. At this time, the three of them urged their troops to advance, and the Han Army behind them The red flag and the two yellow flags also moved forward.
The 100,000-strong army surged forward like a wave. Qian Qian stood in the artillery array and held up a telescope. He couldn't help but smacked his mouth and said: "My dear, the Tatars are really rich and powerful. Give these two Tatars equipment." So many artillery pieces and muskets!"
Then Qian Qian sneered and said, "What a pity. It's a waste to use these firearms for the two Tatars!"
I saw Qian Qian yelling: "General Cannon in Red, get ready, blow it up for me!"
boom!
In an instant, ninety-six red-coated cannons began to fire a salvo, hitting the first line of artillery aimed at the Han army's flag. The first round of volleys concentrated on the Han army's Zhengbai flag. Fifty cannons fired. Seven or eight of the artillery pieces were concentrated, and the surrounding gunners suffered many casualties and were suddenly running around.
When Shi Tingzhu saw how accurate the Ming army's artillery fire was, he turned pale with fright.
He kept shouting loudly, ordering the ministries to speed up the advance.
Because the Qing army was forced to temporarily form a decisive battle in the wild, except for the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and the Mongolian Formation of the Outer Fans did not deploy sandbags. At this time, Shi Tingzhu and the generals of each banner of the Han army We can only brave the artillery fire and move forward step by step.
"put!"
There was another salvo, and ninety-six shells accurately landed in the Han army's Zhengbai Banner formation. Five of the Zhengbai Banner artillery pieces that received special attention were destroyed again, and the remaining gunners began to run away in panic. No matter how the surrounding soldiers tried to block and suppress him, it was of no avail.
Being smashed to death by a cannonball weighing about ten kilograms, or being blown up by ignited gunpowder, or being killed by a knife or a gun, any normal person would choose the latter.
Shi Tingzhu estimated that he was only about two miles away from Liu Yan's artillery camp at this time, and hurriedly gave the order to stop advancing, and the other banners also stopped advancing one after another.
At this time, the artillery team of the Han Army's Zhengbai Banner suffered two salvos of red cannons. There were only more than 30 of the 50 artillery pieces left, and almost all the gunners were gone. They had basically lost the ability to fight back, so Shi Tingzhu could only Watching helplessly, the two blue flags of the Han army fired back.
Zhen Shang Kexi of the Han Army's Xianglan Banner in Gushan'e and Zhenzu Zerun of the Han Army's Zhenglan Banner of Gushan'e ordered the artillery fire almost at the same time. One hundred Fran machine guns from the two flags began to intensively bombard the New Army's artillery camp positions.
The artillery shells roared in. Qian Qian squatted on the ground, pressed his hands against the dirt cart in front, and shouted loudly: "The Fran machine guns always bombard the two Tatars' artillery array, and the rocket launchers always kill the enemy soldiers and horses, give it to me!" "
One hundred and forty-four Fran cannons, one hundred
Forty-four rocket launcher vehicles fired one after another.
In the formation of the Han army's artillery team with a blue flag, a cannonball hit a gunner in the middle and turned him into a ball of blood mist. Then the shell continued unabated and broke the arms of three gunners in a row. Finally, Embedded heavily on the ground.
Not far away, another artillery shell hit the front end of an artillery piece, causing the heavy artillery to flip over. The three Han army flag gunners who were loading the artillery were immediately affected and were carried up by the artillery. Two of them were The person's hands were shattered by the huge force, and one person's legs were pinned down by the fallen artillery. He howled miserably loudly, but no one around him paid attention to him.
At this time, the artillery arrays of each banner of the Han army were full of artillery shells falling like raindrops. The gunners were all loading and firing in panic, and they had no time to pay attention to them.
Under the protection of dozens of guards holding heavy shields, Shang Kexi shouted loudly in the military formation to supervise the formation. Unexpectedly, a large number of rockets fell into the military formation, and the casualties of the Han army with blue flags suddenly increased sharply.
These rockets are so powerful that one rocket can shoot through several people, and the arrows can explode, igniting people and objects around them. After a few rounds, they disrupt the Han army's formation with blue flags, which is both gratifying and terrifying. retreated again.
Zu Zerun's Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army was not much better. The artillery was suppressed by the New Army artillery battalion, and the casualties of the soldiers and horses were not small. At this time, they were just struggling to support themselves.
On the other side, Shi Tingzhu's Han army with the white flag was in the most miserable condition. They could only stand there and be beaten passively. There was no way to fight back at this distance.
At this time, Shi Tingzhu looked at the army formation that had begun to waver, gritted his teeth and made a decision, and directly ordered the Han army to raise the white flag.
Continue to advance and prepare to attack the New Army artillery battalion position.
"Your Majesty is watching us from behind. For the sake of the Qing Dynasty and the sake of the master, kill me!"
Shi Tingzhu roared righteously. At this time, the Han army in Zhengbai Banner only had more than 3,000 gunmen and more than 8,000 hand-to-hand soldiers. The casualties were already huge. If it weren't for the Mongolian and Manchu armies pressing down behind, and the third The second formation of Han army flag soldiers and horses blocked the retreat. It is estimated that these soldiers and horses have already begun to retreat.
At this time, the Han army was forced to move forward with its white flag by Shi Tingzhu. More than 10,000 people also began to move forward quickly. After walking for about a mile, the original military formation was no longer visible. It was just more than 10,000 sheep walking. .
But Shi Tingzhu didn't care about this. As long as he could rush to the New Army artillery camp and kill the New Army gunners so that they couldn't fire, even if they wiped out all the Han Army's Zhengbai Banner troops, it would be a great achievement for Huang Taiji!
It's just that Shi Tingzhu couldn't see Qian Qian's expression at this time, and he was still looking forward to his vision of making extraordinary achievements.
At this time, Qian Qian looked at the Han army's Zhengbai flag soldiers and horses rushing up in a chaotic manner, with a hint of a smile on his face: "General Hu Zun Artillery, get ready, put all the shotguns for me, and concentrate your firepower on the Han army's Zhengbai flag!"
