The north wind is howling, and the dark clouds are low in the sky, giving people a cold and oppressive feeling. The temperature has also dropped suddenly. The first snow outside Guan this year seems to be coming soon.
Four to five hundred white-clad Qing troops were running huffing and puffing in the middle of a golden wheat field. They didn't know how long they had been running. Anyway, they were all in such a state of wretchedness that they could no longer be described as throwing away their helmets and armor. Instead, they had thrown away everything they could, not to mention armor, even heavier weapons, and They didn't need dry food to fill their bellies, or gourds or sheepskin bags to hold water. Some people wished they could take off all their clothes and run away naked.
Melezhang Jingtuhai was also one of the Manchu warriors who threw away their armor and just ran for their lives!
I have to say that his level of deception and luring the enemy is really a bit too high! More than 10,000 people followed him to lure the enemy, but now only a few hundred people are still following him. The rest were either killed by the Ming army or captured and captured, waiting to go to the Gulf of America to eat "noodle beef"... ..Maybe some of them are hiding in some nook and cranny, but to the Qing Dynasty, it doesn’t mean much.
The reason why the picture is so "real" is actually thanks to four 12-pound cast iron cannons and two to three thousand hand grenades!
The four 12-pound cannons don't look like much, but when combined with the Ming army's wooden-topped shells and ricochet tactics, they are very scary - the shells will be driven into the Kongjia Fort, and then bounce off the hard ground irregularly. They flew in all directions, blowing everything they encountered into pieces, and they might also explode on the heads of the Qing troops in the fort, causing horrific casualties.
Of course, no matter how terrible the casualties caused by just four cannons, the total number of casualties would not be too large. However, these explosive bombs, which would explode over people's heads at unknown times, had a huge impact on the morale of Tuhai's troops. After ten or twenty rounds, the Kong family fort was in chaos. Some people want to take risks and fight to the death, while others want to climb over the wall and escape.
And Tuhai knew that neither fighting nor escaping was a good idea...the only way was to stand up and be bombarded! So I worked hard to suppress it and finally stabilized the situation.
The Ming army's artillery is so small that they can't kill a few people!
It's a pity that he calculated that the Ming army had few artillery, but he didn't expect that the Ming army had many grenades!
Under the cover of artillery and skirmishers' muskets, the Ming army's grenadiers (pikemen) reached under the earthen wall of Kongjiabao in the dark, and then bursts of grenades hit the defenders above. After an explosion, , that is, die and run.
The Ming Army's fusiliers also stepped up their general attack. Soldiers with bayonet-mounted fusiliers carried ladders and charged towards the earth wall like a tide. The first wave achieved a breakthrough and rushed up. The earthen wall broke into the Kongjia Fort.
At this time, Tuhai still wanted to organize a street fight. He thought about fighting in the alleys of Kongjiabao by using firepower. His "Manchu warriors" were not afraid after all, right?
For this purpose, he specially dispatched three to four hundred Manchu soldiers, led by E Shan, to fight against the Ming army. But who knew that these real Manchurians wearing two layers of heavy armor would be no match for the young soldiers of the Ming Army who only had breastplates and helmets!
It's not that these young soldiers have strong hand-to-hand combat abilities - how strong can a rifle with a bayonet be? Is it even comparable to the Kanto Dazaozi (a long-handled machete that is not too long) in the hands of Manchu warriors? But these young soldiers are all "brother soldiers" who have lived and trained together for six years, and are very good at team cooperation.
Their squad is like a whole. Even when fighting in the streets, they can support and cooperate with each other. Some people rush in front to block the enemy, some use cold guns to snipe from behind, and some throw grenades to suppress large groups of enemies ( The Fusiliers of the Young Guards Division will also fire a few wooden handle grenades).
The three to four hundred Manchu soldiers in Eshan were all drawn from various Niu Lu. They were the backbone of these Niu Lu and were responsible for frightening the new Manchus who were actually Han people and escorting them to charge into battle. Although these Manchu soldiers were outstanding in martial arts, they rarely cooperated with each other and only relied on their bravery to fight. Encountering the Ming Army's Nine-Border Youth Army, which was numerous and good at cooperating, they were of course destined to die, and all their efforts were lost in the blink of an eye.
After the counterattack launched by the Manchu soldiers was easily crushed, Tuhai had no choice but to order a breakout. After the battle was like this, Tuhai knew that his troops could no longer retreat in an orderly manner, so he ran away before dawn. The road is the most favorable...
As soon as Tuhai ran away, he realized that the Ming army he encountered was incredibly strong. Not only were they strong in field battles and sieges, but they were also incredibly strong in emergency marches.
When Tuhai protruded from Kongjiabao, there were still three or four thousand people around him. However, after being chased for dozens of miles by the Ming army, only three or four hundred people were still following him. Moreover, they all threw away all their heavy objects and barely escaped with their bare buttocks.
The mighty soldiers of the Qing Dynasty have now reached such a state... Tuhai couldn't help but shed tears when he thought of this!
Where did this Ming army come from? Are the other Ming armies that strong? If they were all so strong, what would the Qing Dynasty do?
While he was drowsily thinking, there was suddenly a sound of horse hooves trampling on the ground in front of him. He was frightened again. He hurriedly looked up and saw a bunch of Manchu cavalry wearing white cotton armor galloping over. The leader, Tu Hai, also knew him as Borjiji Biliktu, the former Baya Lahu Zhangjing of Duduo and the current deputy commander of the Xiaoqi Battalion.
This Biliketu was from the Horqin tribe of Mongolia, but he was not in the Horqin tribe, but belonged to Zhenglan Banner Mongolia. He was the confidant of Duduo and Duni.
Seeing this person means that Dhoni's army is nearby.
"Biliketu, Biliketu... we can't go any further!" Tuhai yelled, "The Ming army's pursuers are coming!"
Biliketu received a report from his subordinates that hundreds of people in white were running wildly in the wheat fields more than 20 miles away from the camp. He didn't know where they came from. So he personally brought people to see it, and ended up bumping into Tuhai.
"Tuhai, you, what's wrong with you? It's such a cold day, why are you running around in the wheat field wearing so little clothes?" Biliktu flew to Tuhai, who was panting from exhaustion, and looked at his clothes. , very surprised.
"Quick, quick..." Tu Hai was still breathing hard!
"What's fast?" Biliketu asked.
"Let the prince run!" Tu Hai gasped and said, "The Ming army is coming, the Ming army is coming..."
"How many?" Biliketu also became nervous, "How many Ming troops came?"
"More than ten thousand..."
"Hi," Biliktu waved his hand, "Don't be afraid, the prince has already deployed an ambush on three sides... I'm sure to shoot out a Salhu!"
Tuhai shook his head.
Biliktu frowned, "Am I wrong? Isn't the current situation like the Battle of Salhu?"
"Yes, we are now Saarhu... But we are not the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers of Grandpa Taizu, but also Yang Hao's 470,000 Ming Army!"
He now finally knows that his role is not the Manchu ancestor in the Battle of Sarhu, but the Ming army under Yang Hao...
Tu Hai cried as he spoke, "Your Majesty also set up an ambush on three sides. Isn't this a division of troops into three groups? Plus my group, it happens to be four groups of soldiers! Now that more than 10,000 of my troops are gone, only the remaining Hundreds of people..."
"What? What did you say? Your more than 10,000 people...how is it possible? How is this possible?" Biliketu couldn't believe his ears, "How many Ming troops did you encounter?"
"There are more than 10,000 people, just over 10,000 people, but they are so powerful, so powerful!" Tuhai burst into tears, "Biliketu, it's over, it's over, it's really over! Let's fight But the Ming army is over, let the prince run away...run to Vladivostok, run to Heilongjiang, run as far as possible!"
