Before dawn, the Ming army suddenly left the city. Duduo on the banks of the Liuzhou River was a little surprised. He didn't know the Ming army's intention, so he immediately ordered his soldiers to put on their armor and mount their horses, and lined up to wait.
Dorgon's subordinates speculated that he should have left the city to surrender, because there could be no other reasons, the most unlikely of which was that the Ming army came out of the city to invite a fight.
One, they don’t have the courage,
Second, they don’t have the strength
Third, even if you beat them, you can't use your weaknesses and avoid your strengths to go out of the city and fight with the Qing cavalry in the field. You should occupy the city and defend it!
When Duduo's three thousand cavalry were in formation, they saw the dark Ming army arriving on the other side. They glanced at it, and they were a little shocked. There were more than a thousand people, but there were at least three or four thousand people, and they were cavalry!
Where did the Ming army come from with such strength? Everyone has doubts in their hearts.
At this time, the sky was still dark, but the Ming army on the other side was still ablaze, and their faces were unclear. Thousands of cavalry were arrayed like a black cloud weighing on Duduo's heart. What on earth were they going to do?
The river is more than ten feet wide, with snow on the ice, and about a foot deep.
There are soldiers on both sides of the strait, each with more than a few thousand soldiers.
The sky was getting brighter and the murderous aura was getting stronger. The silent confrontation could only last for less than a cup of tea. Duduo suddenly found that the Ming army on the other side was somewhat unfamiliar.
The clothes are colorful, and they look like civilians and thieves, but not like soldiers.
Could it be that the intelligence was wrong and the abandoned city at Zhonghousuo became a den of thieves and was occupied by thieves.
Everyone knows that there are so many bandits raging outside the customs, but where do they come from?
But if they were bandits, their move would be explained. They went out of the city to make peace. Yes, if they accepted this group of people as their younger brothers, it wouldn't be a wasted trip.
Duduo, who was about to send people across the river to ask questions, suddenly noticed that the people and horses on the other side had moved. The front camp separated into several channels, and then he saw... What was that? Vaguely, sparks were beating again.
Holy shit! artillery!
spread! The Qing army was shocked. The troops on the other side of the river suddenly launched more than a dozen artillery pieces and bombarded them across the river without saying a word!
Boom boom boom, more than a dozen artillery pieces fired almost at the same time, causing the Qing army on the other side to panic and start to scatter in all directions. However, the formation of thousands of people wanted to dodge more than a dozen guns in just a few dozen seconds. The bombardment of artillery is undoubtedly nonsense.
More than a dozen explosive bombs fell into the camp. People fell on their backs, their flesh and blood were mangled, they screamed repeatedly, and the formation was instantly in chaos.
Duduo was furious and waved his long knife: "Charge over and slaughter this..."
Suddenly, there was a loud killing sound from behind the formation, and Duduo was shocked. Looking back, he saw thousands of cavalry rushing over from a few miles away from behind the formation. They were as fast as the wind, and they were in front of them in a blink of an eye. After entering the formation, they were already bombarded by artillery. The timid Qing army was even more panicked when they saw this, and hurriedly fought!
He was ambushed! Duduo was shocked in his heart, how could this group of men and horses appear behind him without anyone noticing? When he was in a state of confusion, he heard loud killing sounds from the front, and the men and horses from the other side were charging towards him!
I'm afraid it's not good! Duduo felt a chill in his heart for no reason.
This feeling is exactly the same as four years ago!
Li Yan was good at both civil and military affairs and was good at strategy. He was one of Li Zicheng's advisers when he was a thief. When the eunuch from his childhood sent him a message asking him to eat this group of people, he began to figure out how to use chopsticks and how to eat happily.
The Qing army is famous for its good field battles. With 6,000 cavalry against 3,000 Qing troops, he was only sure of being undefeated. But if he tried hard, he would probably knock out a few teeth or even choke!
It’s no fun to kill a thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses!
So he planned to eat it in a different way.
The first step was to be mysterious and suddenly leave the city without lighting a fire. The Qing army was naturally confused and could not take action rashly before the situation was unknown.
The second step was to reach the shore for a confrontation. When he was confused, he used artillery to attack him. At the same time, he also sent a signal to the ambush to take action. This was also Li Yan's shrewdness.
If he fights directly from the front, he may not get an advantage, and it is a tough nut to crack. However, if he is attacked by artillery first and his formation is disrupted by surprise, causing him to panic. At this time, the ambush will attack and the Qing army will be in chaos. At this time, if he kills him from the front, the Qing army will be in chaos. The morale has been depleted, so it is easier to chew.
In fact, artillery shock and ambush are excellent psychological tactics!
Basically, it is to mess up the formation, dampen its vigor, weaken its murderous spirit, and mess up its military morale.
Li Yan's tactics were extremely successful. The Qing army was in chaos, but he also succeeded in angering Duduo. At this time, he had no time to regret his carelessness, he was only angry! I just want to kill all these bandits.
Bandits also dream of swallowing elephants. Is the confidence they gain from treating the Qing cavalry just for show? He took it for granted that this group of people was in the wild grass in the mountains.
"Taguha, lead your people to block the rear, and attack the enemy in front of Yatar. Kill all these lowly slaves!" Duduo gritted his teeth, yelled and cursed, and directed his soldiers to try their best to stabilize the position.
But he still underestimated Li Yan.
The Shenji Battalion had fifteen pieces of general Zhankou left in the middle post. These artillery pieces were not as huge as the red cannons. They were originally field cannons like the Tiger Cannon. They were small in size but very powerful. They were all destroyed by Li Yan. Dragging from the city to the other side, more than ten shells were fired at such a close range and fell into the dense camp. The consequences can be imagined.
Coupled with the sudden ambush from behind the formation, the Qing army's current situation is far worse than Duduo imagined.
Because the military is confused and morale is demoralized!
The combat effectiveness of an army is closely related to its morale. If its morale is lost, no matter how sharp the sword is or how strong the horse is, it can only be used as flesh and blood and be slaughtered by others.
What's more, Li Yan has twice his military strength.
More importantly, thieves are ruthless!
They were ruthless when they harmed the country and the people, and they were ruthless when they fought with the Ming army. The Qing army here was also ruthless!
Li Yan's men were all captured by thieves or surrendered. They changed their ways overnight and became officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. But in their hearts, like Li Yan, they desperately longed for an opportunity to prove themselves and needed a sense of identity. I agree that they are officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, not thieves!
This is what Li Yan used to mobilize their morale before leaving the city: Now is our chance to prove that as long as we win this battle, no one will dare to look down on us in the future. We are upright officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. The army has been marching for a long distance, we are tired of men and horses, and the strength of the troops is only half of ours. If we can't win two against one, it would be better to be killed head-on...
The combat effectiveness of the rebel army is no worse than that of the Qing army. This has been verified by the performance of the Qing army in the Shanhaiguan battle in history. At that time, Li Zicheng's men and horses fought with Wu Sangui for a day. When the men and horses were exhausted, the Qing army's cavalry took advantage of them. When danger struck, he was beaten several times by Li Zicheng and was almost unable to withstand it. At the critical moment, Dorgon changed his tactics and asked Duduo to charge back and forth with cavalry. He finally managed to win, but it was not glorious at all!
Having said that, that cavalry was Li Zicheng's main force, and the cavalry led by Li Yan was just pieced together from captives in the Middle East, and its combat strength was only average.
But again, thieves have a ruthless spirit, especially when they have a certain advantage and urgently need to prove themselves through military exploits, they become even more ruthless and cruel.
At this time, Li Yan's men and horses had exerted their ruthlessness to the fullest. They crossed the river through the snow and rushed into the Qing army's formation. The two armies fought for their lives on the surface and north bank of the Liuzhou River!
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