The governor of the seven provinces of the Ming Dynasty was awarded the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of War. How could Mu Bo Shi Kefa not know how to use troops to overcome difficulties?
How could they govern the military gates of seven provinces if they didn't know how to use troops?
Since the 17th year of Chongzhen's reign, when the army went north to the battle of King Qin, he has been leading, training, and using troops. He also brought out Qufu, one of the six vassal armies in the northern Ming Dynasty, from scratch.
During his military career of more than three years, Shi Kefa relied on the elite soldiers of the strong city to fight the Donglu to death for thirty or forty battles. Although he was not experienced in hundreds of battles, he was still able to lead troops in the Ming Dynasty. Among the civil servants, he is also one of the best.
And he wasn't fighting rogue bandits or local bandits. The opponents in these thirty or forty small battles were all accomplished Donglu!
That was the Donglu who captured Hong Chengchou and killed Lu Xiangsheng!
He, Shi Kefa, had been fighting with such a terrifying Donglu for three years. First of all, he was not beaten to death, and even now he is still panting with heat!
Secondly, he was not captured by Donglu. He is still the governor of the Ming Dynasty!
The third army was not completely wiped out. Although the defeat was a heavy blow, the army training in Qufu was still there, and the more we fought, the more courageous we became!
Fourth, the city of Qufu was not lost! Moreover, he also destroyed Donglu's Yishui Camp and Yanzhou Fucheng several times!
Therefore, in the future history of Qing Dynasty, there is no doubt that Supervisor Shi Kefa will be a typical scholar in charge of the army, a Confucian commander who revived the Ming Dynasty.
The Confucian commander Shi Kefa, who was riding a horse on a high ground on the shore of Surabaya, was frowning at this time. He was watching the vast army, which could hardly be seen from head to tail, coming out of Ziyang City in a steady stream, and then stepping on it. The frozen Surabaya goes north.
Shi Dewei and several military staff accompanied him. From time to time, riders passed by and reported the military situation loudly. The staff took out notebooks to record and exchange opinions in a low voice, and then Shi Dewei reported to Shi Kefa.
"Sir, the Donglu in the Yishui camp have also sent troops, and General Li is leading the cavalry to block their forward!"
Shi Kefa smiled coldly, "Sure enough! I know that Dorgon is not that easy to deceive."
Stewie complimented: "Your Excellency is wise."
Shi Kefa smiled and said: "Go and send an order to Mr. Liu to set up a chariot array in Ningyang County."
"Here!"
Stewie agreed loudly, and then waved to the cavalry who delivered the order.
As a Confucian commander who knew how to use troops, Shi Kefa certainly knew how to use the car formation to get rid of the enemy's cavalry.
The speed of the large chariot soldiers is of course slow. Not to mention that Shi Kefa does not have enough mules and horses. Even if he has horse horses, he cannot outrun the cavalry.
However, Marshal Shi Daru also had a way to deal with Dorgon, which was to use some sidecars to form a vehicle formation, and then left a small number of cannons and cavalry to guard the vehicle formation to show off.
The Qufu Allied Forces, Shandong Tuanlian, and Denglai Tuanlian (Zuo Maodi's army) are all experienced now, and Dorgon does not dare to deal with them casually as rookies and weak soldiers. Once they set up a car formation, Dorgon had to mobilize artillery to blast them.
There is always a process from arranging artillery, repeated bombardment, destroying the vehicle formation, to the infantry and cavalry charge. If you're careful, you'll have to work for hours!
It is only over eighty miles from Ziyang to Dawen River. If the army marches overnight, abandons two or three vehicle formations along the way, and abandons hundreds of sidecars, it can almost be dealt with.
If that doesn't work, then leave some more cavalry to cooperate with the small team of chariot soldiers - the chariot soldiers are all flower teams, a team of almost thirty people, consisting of firecrackers, spearmen, sword soldiers, and archers. Mixed together. If there is no sidecar to rely on such a configuration, it will not be possible to fight in a dignified formation. But as skirmishers, it is better than the battalion-based infantry of the Model Army. If combined with some cavalry and three bluffing car formations, Dorgon, who was pursuing him, would be a little dizzy.
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The sound of cannons and muskets could be heard here and there, but never stopped. The shouts of killing, the sound of golden drums, the sound of hoofbeats and the whinnying of galloping war horses also came and went, and they kept ringing.
On the north bank of Surabaya, starting from the afternoon of November 22, the forward troops of the Qing army who fought out of the Yishui camp collided with the rearguard of the Ming army who retreated from Ziyang City. Fierce fighting started across the vast plains!
First, the cavalry and infantry teams from both sides fought. The cavalry rushed to kill each other, and fired muskets and bows at each other. Then the dismounted Manchu warriors and the Ming army's chariots and troops fought together.
Of course, the Qing army had the advantage. The soldiers of the Old Eight Banners were better than the regiments of the towns in Shandong! However, this advantage cannot be overwhelming.
Shi Kefa purchased all his firearms through the "Queen Merchant" Shen Tingyang. Although this guy is a businessman, he is much more honest than the various "supervisors" managed by the Ministry of Industry and the Chamberlain. He is a very loyal merchant!
The fire guns he sold to Qufu Tuanlian were mainly three-barrel guns imported from Japan and turtle-dove foot guns produced by Dengzhou Iron Works. The former was not only less likely to explode, but could also be loaded with twice as much gunpowder. Although the amount of medicine used after doubling the load is not as good as the Spanish light matchlock gun, it is enough to penetrate the three layers of heavy armor of the Manchu warriors at a distance of thirty paces!
However, the cloth-covered iron armor worn by the fire gunners trained by the Qufu regiment can prevent the bows and arrows of large troops.
Most of the pikemen and sword soldiers who are mainly responsible for melee combat are wearing long iron armor - these are good things that have been eliminated by the New Army to overcome difficulties (the New Army to overcome difficulties is popularizing lath armor and plate armor), and now they are all It was sent to the Qufu regiment training. The soldiers wearing this kind of armor were called the "Iron Man Army", and they were all tall and strong men. When charging, they all shouted "Blessed by Saint Kong, invulnerable to weapons and bullets", they were all brave and fearless of death!
After competing with this group of elite troops, Dorgon's Nine Flags elites were a little timid, so they did not dare to attack rashly after hitting the car formation surrounded by side cars. I had no choice but to pull up the Hongyi small cannon and the Yijin cannon, and bombard them step by step... Although this style of play can guarantee victory, the pursuit speed will slow down.
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When night fell, the battlefield on the south bank of the Dawen River was still a mess of cannons, muskets, shouts of death, and screams. One hundred and forty or fifty miles to the north, in the Wolong Valley Grand Canyon of Mount Tai, Zhu Cixiang was riding a horse, advancing under the dim moonlight with the soldiers from the Generalissimo's Mansion and the cavalry convoy of the bodyguards. Although most of this group of people have horses, there are only a few who are still riding on horses. Most of them are moving forward with their legs spread like infantry.
Behind and behind them were the Guards Division and Forward Division of the Model Army, as well as two armored cavalry regiments, also on foot. The reason for this is to save precious horsepower - war horses are very delicate animals, and overuse can cause damage or even kill them.
Even if they are taken care of carefully, they are not a "durable asset". Usually, a war horse can serve well for only three to five years.
It has been almost four years since Zhu Cixi’s regime moved south...
During these four years, except for one or two hundred good horses from the sea (mainly broken-eared horses), Nanming had almost no qualified war horses.
Of course, Nanming had a way to buy horses from the north, but there were almost no high-quality horses that could be used as war horses, and there were not even a few horses that could be used as military draft horses (fold-eared horses were also acceptable).
Therefore, when Zhu Cixiang was halfway through the Shandong Campaign, he issued an order to strictly protect the horses.
However, no matter how hard you protect it, after this mobile war is over, the number of war horses and draft horses in the Nanming army will inevitably be greatly reduced... If Dorgon, the traitor, continues to move, Emperor Zhu's elite troops will not do much, but Those bad horses of his will probably be exhausted to death!
In the darkness of the night, three riders who spared no effort in horse-power rushed over and arrived in front of Emperor Zhu's team, but were stopped by the foreman guard Lu Renjia and his troops.
Lu Renjia asked about the situation and immediately ran to Zhu Cixiang's horse: "Your Majesty, Shi Kefa reported that the Shandong armies have already fought with the main force of the Donglu. They are fighting and retreating to the Dawen River."
Zhu Cixiang took a breath and said hello to the back. Several soldiers who were leading their horses immediately got on their horses.
Zhu Cixiang said: "Instruct all teams to speed up their march, and they must reach the front line of Dawen River before dark on the 24th!"
