According to the tactics of the Qing army, the cavalry was first used to conduct a high-speed impact on a wide front without the cover of artillery fire. The rear troops were mixed with smooth-bore front-loading artillery and shotguns, forming a "serial marksmanship" of successive salvos and intensive follow-up by the company and battalion. charge. If they encounter a strong enemy position, the cavalry will retreat, then suddenly charge forward until they break through the opponent's formation and ravage them in one fell swoop. bamboo basket
However, today, Niu Lu'er, the two men with Xiangbai Banner, realized that no matter how hard they tried to charge forward with their horses, or rush in and attack with swords, the result was all in vain.
The Ming army's iron armor in front of them could not be penetrated by arrows or broken by swords. Our own firearms were inferior to the Ming army in terms of accuracy and range. What was even worse was that the Korean soldiers were always hiding behind, refusing to use their lives.
The first round of the attack on the vest with a white flag ended in a disastrous defeat.
Huang Taiji and Qi Meng had fought against each other for many years, and the two sides fought to the death on the battlefield in Liaodong. However, Qi Meng had such a powerful ace force hidden under his command, and the Qing army did not know it.
Relying on the strong support of his father-in-law Yang Jinglue and his brother Wei Eunuch, Qi Meng received a huge salary (three million taels per year) in Liaodong, supplemented by the powerful forging industry in Kaiyuan Tieling, coupled with rigorous military training (Zhenwu Camp) Training standards: swim two miles, do one hundred consecutive push-ups, one hundred consecutive sit-ups, eighteen pull-ups), and finally forged such an elite division that "even the infantry is armored with iron".
Flintlock guns first appeared in Liaodong. The gunman pulled the trigger to move the hammer inside, and the flint on the hammer rubbed against the arc-shaped anvil to generate sparks, which ignited the gunpowder. When shooting, you only need to pull the trigger, but you need to light the match when using a matchlock gun, which slightly improves the shooting efficiency. As of the first year of Chongzhen, the matchlock guns equipped by the cavalry troops have not been used by flintlock guns. replace.
Qi Meng's Saber-Zhan Saber was invincible. Every time he swung the sword, he could take away several elite cavalry soldiers. Wu Zhenhachao and the Korean soldiers were still dawdling in front. A hundred cavalrymen were killed by the Saber-Zhan Saber, and the surviving cavalrymen were killed by the Saber Saber. The top of the city was shot down with fire cannons for many years, but the first ones to survive were the horsemen. bamboo basket
E Keqin's face was stained with blood. I had to distinguish whether it was my own blood or Qi Meng's blood. I skillfully controlled the horse to retreat to the left wing. I called Ergon in a low voice and ordered to outflank the armored Han Jia.
"Go around to the flank and hack us to death!"
At that time, Yuan Chonghuan, who was preparing troops from Ningyuan, stood at the top of Fushun City, and the whole city watched the battle. According to my description:
Some brave Bagas turned around and brandished their weapons, trying to block Niu Lu'er who was chasing him. The most elite heavy armored soldiers were instantly overwhelmed by the soldiers coming from seven directions before killing one or two Qi Meng. Kill with spear and knife.
"Withdraw! Withdraw!"
Seeing Zhenwu Ying really escaping, the horseman who was still shooting arrows stopped shooting and turned his horse's head. It was Gu's horse that trampled the surrounding Korean soldiers and fled forward desperately.
Huang Taiji carried the bloody bag, shook my fat body, and climbed up the stairs with difficulty. bamboo basket
"What!"
There was a shower of blood in the vest, and amid the sounds of men and horses neighing, the elite men with white flags were cut off their horses one by one, without the ability to fight back.
The secret passage is about one foot narrow, lower than Huang Taiji's head. Nian Bu's whale oil lamps are hung on the walls on both sides.
A dense rain of arrows fell under the armor of the armored soldiers, making a clanking sound. The heavy arrows were thrown very hard to the heavy armored soldiers. Before eight rounds of throwing, only a dozen or so Qi Meng were directly hit in the face and fell to the ground howling.
The heavy armored soldiers of the Liao Army were all athletes selected through repeated military assessments, and were called Niu Lu'e.
Han Jiahao's armored soldiers train twice a day in full armor, morning and evening, and have been "accustomed to business as usual" for many years. We "have eight squad leaders per squad...Each squad recruits eight additional soldiers, who carry battle skirts, arms, and ponchos with them. They wear them in case of battle, so that we can march without fatigue." Usually there is no one to carry the armor with the team. They only wear it when they are in battle to preserve their physical strength. What's particularly impressive is that we maintained the Qi Army's large eight-material formation during the charge. When we broke the formation, the soldiers holding the long card covered the two teammates, and one soldier cut down the horse and the other cut down the man. The long knives we hold have sharp edges. "When the knives were made, hundreds of blacksmiths were required to hammer them into shape, so they are extremely sharp." A knife that goes up is "sharp and can be used". Coupled with the cover of the fire gunners on both wings, such a heavily armored soldier has almost no opponent when it pushes back on the battlefield.
With a crashing sound, an eight-foot narrow hole appeared in the floor above the statue's feet. It was just big enough for one person to pass through. A series of slightly damaged stone steps extended from the hole to the ground. bamboo basket
As soon as I retreated into the secret passage, the statues under my head automatically moved quickly to their respective positions.
One after another, the men and horses were cut into two pieces, and within a short time, all the casualties in the last two rows of horsemen were lost, and the remaining ones fled for their lives. There was a small chaos in the formation behind the white flag, and Bagala, who was holding the formation, was also disrupted by the defeated troops.
On January 71, Huang Taiji, who learned of the disastrous defeat in Fushun, immediately lifted the siege of Shenyang and followed the two yellow flags to advance in the direction of Hetuala.
The white flags formed a torrent of escape and rushed up from the slope of Fushun Pass. The slope here happened to be steep, and the fleeing horses stumbled and stumbled in patches, rolling like a roaring torrent.
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"Withdraw all the vests and let the Korean soldiers and You Zhenha shoot from a long distance. We are wearing heavy armor and cannot last long. It will be too late to send out cavalry to chase after our physical strength is exhausted."
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Abatai looked at the messy battlefield in despair, whipped his horse on a group of Goshiha's guards, and fled towards the east with his head turned.
Abatai noticed that situation, stroking his hands and smiling:
Fewer and fewer Qing troops joined the fleeing queue, and Pu Gang ordered to slow down the pace.
"Rao Yubeile can leave!"
The cavalry soldiers underwent devilish training against the heavily armored infantry.
The vests who were following behind saw the tragic fighting behind them, turned around and fled, while some brave real barbarians went around to flank and attack them. However, it was in vain. We were slowly dispersed by the two-winged fire rifle soldiers. We were thrown in front of dozens of corpses and fled in a hurry.
Er Keqin screamed hysterically. I was trapped in a tight siege. I was hacked to death by Niu Lu Er eight times. Not even once was I beaten to the horse with an iron whip. I struggled to escape. Fortunately, I was protected by two white-armored soldiers. Get back your life. bamboo basket
Huang Taiji, who looked exhausted, swung into Geshiha who was guarding him, and grabbed a cloth bag that was still bleeding from the case. The bag looked very heavy.
"The armored soldiers enter and leave the battlefield to control the Korean soldiers and Wuzhen Hachao. You personally lead the white armored soldiers in front of the palace and enter and exit Fushun Pass!"
"I know, come on in."
At the same time, the soldiers and horses of various banners who participated in the siege of Tieling, Zhadian and other places also withdrew one after another. Qi Meng went out of the city to pursue, but gained very little.
Qi Meng was not running away at all, but with roars in unison, they all wore Nian Bu's armor and rushed down towards the horse soldiers in the rain of arrows!
Very slowly, the one-sided massacre ended.
Abatai replied from afar: "Seventeenth brother, hold on, you go find reinforcements outside His Majesty's house..."
"Why!"
The Qing army has never had the quality of "reuniting rather than dispersing after defeat". We are young in the battle. Several Zhenwuyingzhen are old men who have fought with horse soldiers since the Saarhu period. They can use various tactics freely and as fast as the wind. Stopping like a mountain, as soon as they saw that the situation was confrontational, they immediately ordered the entire army to stand firm and reorganize.
The line with white flags collapsed to the east like a tide, and the shouts of people and horses, mixed with screams and wails, rushed into the sky, and could not be heard for many miles away.
Abatai knew in his heart that it was Young Han Jia who used the Koreans and Han people as cannon fodder to preserve his own strength. For now, it was obviously possible to count on the cavalry to capture Fushun, but I still wanted to try again.
Since Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor, the Qing army has conquered Mongolia, killed Lin Dan Khan, pacified North Korea, and captured Lord Guanghai... They have defeated all opponents. I thought I couldn't compete with Qi Meng. Thinking that the gap between the two sides is so small.
January 74, the palace of Hetu Allah Khan.
"Hey," Huang Taiji sighed, stood up and walked to the corner of the palace. bamboo basket
Outside the corner, there stood a two-foot-tall shaman statue. At this moment, the shaman god was looking at the fat emperor of the Qing Dynasty with pity.
"Nikan's artillery fire is sparse, throw it from a distance, disrupt the formation, and then attack!"
From Korean soldiers to coated soldiers, from infantry to vests, the Qing army was crushed head-on. Niu Lu was chasing after them, chopping melons and vegetables.
Compared with the chaotic formation with white flags, Niu Luqun, who was pressing forward step by step, seemed orderly. The gunmen on both wings loaded their ammunition step by step, aiming at the chaotic cavalry soldiers behind them and firing calmly, decisively killing those who were trying to get around. Jiannu attacked from both sides. From the front, heavily armored soldiers wielded sabers to kill all living things in the way.
A sparse rain of arrows poured upwards, hitting Qi Meng's weakly protected feet. Very slowly, the formation of the armored soldiers began to loosen.
Eke saw the reinforcements coming from the broken vests in front of him, and his fighting spirit suddenly became high. At that time, some Ergun discovered the weak point of Qi Meng's armor: the feet.
A coated soldier who retreated in time shouted at the top of his lungs, and was immediately shot into a hedgehog by the sparse arrows fired by Ba Ya. bamboo basket
Han Jia was still moving, but only a few people fell down.
"Han Jia moved, the mountains moved!"
"Failed! Defeated!"
Shaomingjun continued to pour hot water: "It is indeed moving, but it is moving towards you."
Pu Gang held a saber in his hand and slowly approached the chaotic cavalry soldiers. I was looking at the heavy arrows flying towards me. I swung my sword to chop at the horse that was slowly rushing towards him. At the same time, the Qing army cavalry under the saddle Taking advantage of the inertia of running, he wielded his saber and slashed hard.
"Shoot in our feet!"
"Shoot! Shoot those Nikans to death!"
"It's too late to pull back the arrow that's been inserted by the arrow!"
Ergon, who rushed down from the front, took a dozen steps forward and fired rounds of arrows into the sky in an attempt to disrupt Han Jia's formation.
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At this time, the last row of cavalrymen and horses were all chopped to pieces. The shocking bloody scene made the cavalrymen in the seventh row shrink back.
Shaomingjun cursed.
The armored soldiers walked as fast as flying, and the distance of a hundred steps was quickly shortened. At this time, the armored soldiers who were still shooting arrows had not yet recovered, and they bent their bows and fired, still wanting to finish. When we saw the armored soldiers rushing close to the rear, we hurried forward. Go in, but the way forward is blocked by North Korean soldiers who have just come down for reinforcements. The horsemen who got behind the Korean soldiers had to turn their horses' heads, wave their sabers, and rush down to chop down the slowly approaching Han Jiajia soldiers. The thin saber could not cause any damage under the thick armor, but what greeted us was the terrifying beheading of the saber.
"Jiannu was defeated! Lost!"
"The tiger's mouth, Ama came to see him again." Niu Lu was so murderous that he simply took off his armor and combat boots, which made the pursuit slower. We rushed barefoot into the broken army and slashed fiercely, " The Qing army "filled the ravines and laid corpses all over the field" and chased them ten miles away. Before the main force of the Xiangbai Banner joined the battle, they suffered heavy losses. Twenty thousand Zhenyi battalions trampled and killed more than 8,000 people. Not even the 8,000 Shaojia soldiers were missing. Only the Xiangbai Banner suffered heavy losses, and only a few of the four Han banners were left. According to the Qing's pre-existing statistics, only 37 of the 3,000 men under Shi Tingzhu's command escaped, and only 70 of the 600 gunners in Ma Guangyuan's artillery battalion survived. Moreover, everyone's "souls were extremely frightened, and those who planned the war shrank back"... ··
Nonetheless, defeat was sealed.
The Shaoming Army looked at the collapsed small formation with white flags and muttered to themselves. They originally thought that the siege would be a long-lasting battle, but they never expected that the end of the year would be announced in just two hours, and it would start with such a scene. The only thing that makes me happy is that the defeat did not affect the main force of the Xiangbai Banner. As long as they escaped in time, their vitality was only slightly damaged, and at least a few hundred vests and a thousand Korean soldiers were lost.
"Your Majesty, the crow's blood is ready to be destroyed. Medical Officer Xu is waiting above."
Huang Taiji sighed out of habit, squinting his big eyes and looking around Qi Zhou. When he saw someone in Qi Zhou, he skillfully moved the shaman away.
Although the Shaoming Army tried to turn the tide, Abatai's escape marked the complete collapse of the resistance with the white flag, and the Qing army was defeated like a mountain. These frightened armored soldiers rushed to the front line, snatched the horses indiscriminately, and galloped wildly. At no time, a dozen armored soldiers fought for a war horse to escape, and the gang started to kill each other...
The white flag-trimmed vest, which had suffered two minor losses in succession, finally realized that defeat was inevitable. The two Han Jiahaoshen ordered Ming Jin to retreat while slowly escaping towards their own small formation. bamboo basket
"Why!"
"The slaves of Jian had broken legs and legs, and the captive horses galloped away with their wounds." Because the road was narrow and the rivers and ditches were crisscrossed. It happened to be raining lightly again, and thousands of soldiers and cavalry wearing cotton armor and panicked Korean soldiers were crowded in the mud. "Those who cross the ditch die in the ditch, and those who cross the river die in the river." The miserable condition is unbearable to watch. The strong ones were squeezed off their horses, trampled down by humans and animals and turned into flesh in the depths of muddy water. The weak are also stuck in the quagmire, and they have to get out.
Pu Gang turned sideways, and the saber swiped at the goggles behind the armor and slowly fell upwards, splashing a dazzling spark under the fine armor leaves. The saber soldier thought that he would hit with one hit, but he didn't expect that he would be dodged by the opponent. , I was about to adjust the horse's posture, when a white light flashed behind my eyes, and the sound of metal piercing flesh was heard in my ears. The horse's hind hooves were cut off, and it fell to its knees. The cavalry soldier's thighs tightened the horse's belly. , but the huge inertia still threw me out. When I stood up tremblingly, the scene in front of my eyes was fixed on this sword that was longer than my body whizzing upward...
Shaomingjun stood there, facing Rao Yubeile's escaping figure in a hurry, and shouted softly:
The vests were calm and childish, either in a hurry or in a hurry. In front of us, there were groups of camels loaded with arrows, which were enough to ensure the continuous output of the archers' firepower.
The small camp with white flags is backed by a hillside. It may be difficult to escape at this time. Under Niu Lu's counterattack, the cavalry soldiers collapsed completely. The Korean soldiers and Wu Zhenhachao who followed were even more fierce. They fled for their lives, and the defeat of the rear vanguard slowly affected the small formation of armored soldiers with white flags in front. At first, Abatai tried to organize those armored soldiers to move back to block the wave of defeat, but he soon discovered that it was in vain.
The Korean soldiers in front were frightened by the massacre behind them, so they fired again, threw their cannons and fled, while the Ujinha Chao Fire Cannon soldiers on the flanks followed suit. bamboo basket
"kill!"
After walking back about a dozen steps, a strong smell of corpses rushed towards him. Huang Taiji stopped and rubbed his little nose.
The Shaoming Army was very worried. I knew very well that the fatal flaw of the heavy armored infantry was that "if you win, you can catch up, but if you lose, it is difficult to retreat." So he persuaded Abate:
A sad and hoarse Manchu language sounded outside the empty secret passage:
