Chapter 420 Using yourself as bait
In Xuzhou City, Abatai was commending Sun Degong for his achievements and treated Jierharang to a banquet.
Because of his adoptive father Nurhaci, Jirhalang was promoted from Baylor to the encirclement of Beijing. After being ordered to go south, he was awarded the title of Prince Heshuo Zheng. Although his title was higher than Abatai, in the Manchu Qing Dynasty that focused on the Eight Banners Under the guanxi system, Jierhalang still has to listen to his seventh brother, even if he is just a county king.
And Jierhalang is the sixth among the descendants of Shuerhaqi, so Abate calls Jierhalang the sixth brother, and he calls Abate the seventh brother.
"Lao Liu, you came at the right time. Why didn't that boy Hauge let you go to Dangshan?"
Jilharang shook his head: "Seventh brother said the opposite. It was Hauge who asked me to come."
"That's right. When you come down from the south of Shandong, there are all firearms troops. I am worried that there are not enough firearms in the city. I don't know if the dozens of shells hit Chen Cao earlier. It would be best if I can kill him directly, so as not to leave the city again and fight with him. He fights."
Jierhalang said unconcernedly: "Seventh brother may have overthinked it. If Chen Cao made any mistake, they should take the initiative to attack fiercely at this moment and then retreat in an orderly manner, instead of staying in place and fighting with us without even a decent charge." Send again.”
"Mr. Wang, what do you think?"
Faced with Abatai's inquiry, Wang Shi surrendered: "Your Majesty, the students also believe that Prince Zheng's words are reasonable, and soldiers are crafty. Even if Ming Emperor Chen Cao really makes a mistake, our army cannot act rashly."
"Our advantage has been obvious since the war started two days ago. It seems that Chen Cao did not see what we were thinking."
As soon as he finished speaking, the messenger interrupted Abatai who was talking: "Your Majesty, official document."
After seeing it, Abata burst out laughing, and then said: "Lao Liu, that boy Hauge sent He Luohui with 30,000 cavalry to enter Xuzhou by boat from the Yellow River. Now a large force has landed at Yanjiakou. Gathered.”
Jierhalang hurriedly took the official document and smiled after reading it: "Okay, okay, as long as there are cavalry with yellow flags and white flags to help, the purpose of encircling the Ming army on the flanks will be achieved."
Abata suddenly frowned and said: "Don't be careless about the sixth brother. According to the spies, Chen Cao still has a group of cavalry under his command. I heard that it was these cavalry who cut off the second brother's retreat in Suqian. Thirty thousand people are not too big. Advantage."
You Shiwei's cavalry has not moved yet, the purpose is to scare Abatai.
"Something is better than nothing. I believe that the Ming army still doesn't know how many people we have come and where they landed. Otherwise, they will definitely take action."
After hearing this, Wang Shi immediately raised his hands and said, "Congratulations to your lord, your lord. Our Qing soldiers will definitely win a complete victory in Xuzhou in this battle."
Someone was flattering, but Abate was more useful, so he said: "Now that He Luohui is here, can we continue to act according to the plan?"
Wang Shi became serious: "Yes, the student thought that he could go out of the city to fight with the Ming army, and then invite Lord He Luohui's cavalry to attack the Ming army together."
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"The Tatars cannot afford to fight a war of attrition. Once the navy's warships move north, it will only take a matter of seconds to break through Xuzhou's city defenses from the Yellow River."
At most one day, Chen Cao had just received the emergency report, and Pang Zhifan's naval forces had one day to return to Xuzhou and continue bombarding Xuzhou City.
"Report..."
"Report to your majesty that the Qing army has left the city."
"Are they going to abandon Xuzhou City?"
A senior staff officer frowned: "Your Majesty, if Abatai knows that our navy will return, and then abandons Xuzhou city defense, and instead goes out of the city to fight with our army, then our naval artillery will not be able to extend support."
Chen Cao stood up and thought for a while: "It seems that there are many smart people from the Han people under Abatai's tent. If someone comes, it's time for Huang Degong to move, otherwise the people of their 4th Division will become moldy."
Huang Degong could not wait for a long time. Since Yan Chun's first defeat, he privately expressed his intention to take over the 8th Division's task many times in front of Chen Cao, but was rejected every time. Until now, he and Lou Xingye's men have There has been no movement.
"Listen to me, the Tatars are outside the camp. They did all kinds of evil after entering the customs. Our imperial officers and soldiers also suffered repeated defeats. The son of Chongzhen even hanged himself on the coal mountain. I said so much nonsense. The purpose is one, after the war breaks out, if any of you dares to stagnate or retreat for fear of death, I don’t care who you are or how high your official position is, you will all be shot, do you understand?"
"yes..."
With such a naughty and powerful pre-war mobilization, looking at the entire Dingwu Army, only Huang Degong can speak out. Even though he has been educated in Huangpu, he can't help but swear before every battle. Sometimes he even The family members are not spared, and they are always taken care of.
After the cadres of the brigades and regiments under their command responded, they rushed to their respective units, preparing to fire the first shot since the 4th Division started the war.
The charge of the Qing army was very scattered. Not only were they scattered, they also carried a large number of Wuhan iron chariots and martyrs. Judging from the experience of previous battles between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Wuhan iron chariots and iron-covered marlin carts could effectively resist the Ming army's firearms. Their bullets or lead bullets could not penetrate the iron defenses of Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles and carriages.
'Dong dong dong...'
The sound of artillery sounded from far to near. Both sides fired a large number of artillery towards the opponent's position at the same time to attack. Such highly mobile infantry and artillery coordinated operations. It was obvious that the news came from the foreign embassy in Shanghai. of.
The 33rd Regiment was the main attacking force of the 4th Division. When he saw more than a thousand cavalry charging towards him, the regiment leader Li Suyan immediately ordered the grenadiers to wrap the prepared cluster grenades with wooden sticks and prepare them for the attack. Here comes a big one from this group of cavalrymen.
But what Li Suyan never expected was that the group of cavalrymen turned their horses around a hundred steps away from them and left from the right, risking a hail of bullets, but hundreds of black dots flew in the sky.
"Be careful, the Tatars are throwing cans of fire oil..."
As expected, this group of cavalry was not trying to rush into the formation, but to create visual obstacles for the defenders in front of the formation. The violently burning fire oil and the black smoke rising from the explosion caused visual and reaction difficulties to the soldiers in front of the formation. Although the Qing army lost two to three hundred cavalry due to the chain obstacles, it created a great opportunity for the infantry behind them.
After the soldiers covered the fire with mud, the bulletproof vehicle formation composed of Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles and carriages was less than a hundred steps away from the front of the 33rd regiment formation.
"shot..."
"shot..."
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
The two sides launched a fierce musket exchange within a hundred steps, and there was even a dense rain of arrows and swarms of throwing weapons in the sky.
