Huang Degong, who went north from Wuqiao to Tianjin, has always been a well-organized and famous general. In the original Nanming system, he was the number one general! So many people from Zuo's army went down the river, but they were all defeated in his hands in the end, which shows his brilliant military methods.
And now, he has studied dozens of battle cases in the Thirty Years' War, which has greatly improved his ability to use thermal weapon troops, and his army has also been comprehensively improved, basically reaching the level of the Thirty Years' War in Europe. terminal level.
This is not easy... The French Army and the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars were very powerful, but how could they do it in the 17th century? The difference is more than 100 years! Not only are the tactics not up to par, the weapons and equipment are also not up to par!
Although there are flintlock muskets and smoothbore cannons, there are still many differences between the flintlock muskets of the 17th century and the flintlock muskets of the 19th century. For example, rifled guns were already very popular in the 19th century. Even in the early 19th century, skirmishers (light infantry) using rifled guns existed in the armies of many countries. In the 17th century, there were rifled guns, but they could never be used to equip the army in large numbers. As for artillery, the gap is even greater. Today's mainstream field artillery is still 3 pounds and 6 pounds, and the weight is generally larger, and the processing technology of the bore cannot be compared with that of more than a hundred years later. So the power is still a bit lacking...
In addition, in terms of tackling technology, the gap of more than 100 years is also huge. In the 19th century, bastions were no longer a big problem. In the mid-17th century, attacking a fortress was still quite a headache.
When no one can do anything about the bastion, it is still not easy to launch an attack as vigorous as during the Napoleonic Wars.
Therefore, Huang Degong's army set out with a lot of shovels and sandbags. If they encountered an unexpectedly strong enemy, they would build a bastion on the spot and hold on to wait for reinforcements.
In order to detect possible powerful enemies in advance, Huang Degong also spread out a "black gun battalion" in his hand in platoon units, and opened a search curtain directly in front of his army.
Huang Degong was not the only one who knew to use cavalry to search the front. His opponent Baiyin Tu also knew about this, so he also sent out a large number of cavalry like Huang Degong.
But he was reluctant to scatter the musketeers from the forward battalion - that's what the forward battalion was supposed to do! But their performance in the Battle of Jieshi Mountain was too impressive, so they were promoted to the main force. Moreover, Baiyin Tu also has as many as 10,000 Mongolian cavalry, which are the cavalry of the Mongolian Zhaowuda League (mainly cavalry from the Six Banners of Horqin). They are commanded by Gu Lun Ebier Tahar, the son of Prince Wu Keshan of Horqin. .
The Six Banners of Horqin is a very special existence among the "Qing Mongolia". It is very close to the royal family of the Qing Dynasty. It is not surprising that they were said to be "descendants" in the early Qing Dynasty.
The so-called Mengman family means that the Six Banners of Horqin and the Manchus are one family, while Galdan’s Zhungeer tribe and the Manchus are not the same family...
Gu Lun's concubine Bier Tahar's two aunts (Bumu Butai, Hai Lanzhu) and an aunt (Zhe Zhe) were all married to Huang Taiji, and he himself married his own cousin, that is, Princess Gulun Yongmu, the daughter of Bumbutai, is even closer to the Aixinjueluo family!
Because the relationship was so close, the Manchus were the least wary of the Horqin Mongols. They did not control their weapons and equipment very much, and often took them with them in battles.
Over time, the cavalry of the Six Banners of Horqin were not only equipped, but also honed their combat effectiveness, becoming the strongest among the Mongolians in Monan and Mobei.
And in order for Wu Keshan to support his good son-in-law Shunzhi (because he missed the good Amadorgun day and night, Emperor Shunzhi also became more and more fond of Meng Guqing, so he became Wu Keshan's good son-in-law), this time he also spent a lot of money, A total of 15,000 cavalry were mobilized from the Zhaowuda League under their control, including as many as 10,000 cavalry from the Six Banners of Horqin! And 5,000 of these 10,000 people were left in Tianjin by Shunzhi to serve as bodyguards - how much he trusted Wu Keshan! The remaining 5,000 people, plus the 5,000 people from the remaining banners of the Zhaowuda League, were handed over to Bier Tahar and followed Baiyintu on the expedition.
So now the ones leading the charge for Baiyintu are the five thousand "iron cavalry" from the Horqin system in Central Africa of the Zhaowuda League.
Bi'er Tahar divided them into ten teams, dispersed before the main force, and protected the army as it traveled south.
Because Baiyintu and Biertahar's mission was to outflank the Ming army's retreat from the north, they could not advance along the canal, but marched three or four miles east of the canal. It is said that this way they can bypass the main force of the Ming army, which they don't know where...
If you rely on "Suo Yuanzhi" to fight the war, you can only make arrangements like this.
Huang Degong, on the other hand, advanced along the east bank of the canal. In other words, there is still thirty or forty miles between the two opposing armies. If they had not opened such a large search net, they might have missed it.
If the cavalry team Bier Tahar sent out to explore the road was smaller, Huang Degong might not have changed the direction of march.
But it’s really hard to explain things like fate!
When fate comes, even a blind cat can bump into a dead mouse!
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Bang bang bang...
When gunshots came from the northeast, it was already the evening of the third day of the first lunar month in the seventh year of Hongxing's reign in the Ming Dynasty (the Year of Jiawu)!
Huang Degong's Chinese army had just settled down around a relatively affluent town in the northeast of Cangzhou. Salt is produced near Cangzhou. After Huai salt and green salt were unable to enter the Qing market, Changlu salt from Cangzhou and Jiezhou salt from Shanxi became the mainstream of the Qing salt industry.
Therefore, the several towns east of Cangzhou have become one of the few "economic growth highlights" in Beizhili!
After moving into a salt merchant's house, and just as he was preparing to have a hot meal, Huang Degong heard gunshots.
"Where to shoot?" Huang Degong put down a freshly roasted leg of lamb and shouted.
"Northeast!" Qi Yuanbi, the military advisor of the Governor-General's Office of Shandong and Liaodong, was acting with Huang Degong, and he immediately made an accurate judgment.
Huang Degong snorted: "Maybe there is a battle to be fought. Let's eat quickly... In addition, everyone spilled the wine on me! His grandma's, no one is allowed to drink and cause trouble."
"Here!"
The generals who were dining with General Huang all responded loudly, poured out the wine, and then ate meat and steamed buns with their heads covered. Not long after, gunshots were heard again, and they kept ringing. After a while, the gunfire became more intensive again! Apparently more Ming army "black spearmen" joined the battle.
While waiting for everyone to finish eating, the announcement from the front has already come!
"Commander Jie, a large group of Mongolian cavalry was discovered 15 miles northeast of Yanshan Town!"
"Haha," Huang Degong smiled, "there are actually Mongolian cavalry coming to our door! It should be enough to mobilize two infantry regiments and two artillery companies! Who will go through this?"
"Jie Shuai," Qi Yuanbi immediately stood up and handed over his hands, "I'll go!"
"Okay!" Huang Degong said with a smile, "If Commander Qi takes action, those Mongols will be dead!"
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"It's the mule soldiers! They defeated hundreds of us in one fell swoop. It looks like there are quite a few of them!"
At the same time, Bier Tahar was discussing similar matters with Baiyintu. He said, "Let's dispatch the forward battalion!"
"It's almost dark!" Baiyintu shook his head, "Just sending out the cavalry won't work, so let's have your Mongolian cavalry and the firearms battalion go out together... Commander Zhuo, how about you take a trip? "
The commander of the firearms camp is Obai's brother Zhuo Butai. He and Obai now have a royal uncle and a loyal emperor, so they are hedging their bets.
And he also has to be reused here in Shunzhi. He is in charge of the 2,500-person firearms battalion. Not all of this firearms battalion uses firearms. In fact, it is similar to the infantry regiment of the Ming Army. He is in charge of 4 firearms Niulu and 4 spears. Niulu, 2 artillery Niulu.
"Okay!" Zhuo Butai had just finished his dinner and wiped his mouth, "Just leave it to me, just take care of it!"
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