When sporadic gunshots sounded, Daishan Daiama was riding on an all-black sacred war horse, squinting at the Ming army formation under the moonlight. I saw a faint low barrier, and little bits of fire couldn't help flashing out.
Daishan was surrounded by a large group of knights, seven to eight hundred in number, the so-called Baya Labing, the ace of the Qing Dynasty!
All the Baya soldiers held their breath and stared intently at the place where the sparks were shining in front of them.
Those sparks were supposed to be the matches that lit the match... the matches for the blunderbuss!
Although the night attack organized by Daishan tried its best to conceal its traces, it was still discovered by the Ming army's secret sentry - now the distance between the Ming and Qing armies' formations was only a few miles, and both sides were prepared to prevent the other from launching an attack at night. Attack, are there too few open posts and hidden sentries?
In the daytime battle, the Ming army had already reached the front line of the Qing army's formation, and once controlled the few miles of land between the two armies. Taking advantage of this favorable condition, before retreating yesterday evening, the Ming army dug many horse traps and foxholes in front of their temporary campsite, and also placed hidden sentries in the foxholes. When the night attack troops led by Dai Shan passed through some of the foxholes, they were immediately warned by whistles and cannons hidden in them.
But Daishan didn't care, because he had long known that the Ming army was not so careless and would be attacked by him in front of the two armies.
Moreover, Daishan did not expect to win by sneak attacks. Tonight's battle was more of a night battle than a night attack. Under the cover of night, the power of the two trump cards of the Ming army-firearms and horses will be greatly reduced.
If the trump card of the Ming army cannot be used, then the Batulus of the Qing Dynasty will have a chance! The Baturus' greatest reliance is their own abilities!
Daishan believed that even the most powerful of the Ming army's horsemen in front of the tent would not be able to compete with the Qing's Baya soldiers in a personal martial arts competition... The Qing Dynasty has also been paying attention to these years. Collecting information about the armies in front of the tent, of course, we also noticed the existence of the Youth Army in front of the tent and the Youth Guards in front of the tent. The former was mainly used to train soldiers for the elite cavalry of the Ming army with the Zhangqian horse army as the core, while the latter was the cradle of officers of the Ming army.
Taisong and Dorgon highly praised this method of training officers and elite soldiers from childhood, and both imitated it in their respective spheres of influence.
However, the old-school Daishan disagreed. In his view, the Ming army's tent-front youth army and tent-front youth guards learned too many things and were too complicated... Among them, the tent-front youth guards even taught the chanting of incantations. Latin!
What's the use of learning this thing? When fighting, do you recite some sutra in Latin to curse people?
In addition, the arithmetic taught in the Zhangqian Boy Army and the Zhangqian Boy Guards is too difficult. That is to say, Dorgon learned it well, but Daishan got dizzy just looking at the questions.
If you learn too many useless skills, you won't have time to practice useful martial arts. Therefore, the martial arts of the elite troops in front of the Ming army must be much inferior to those of the Baya soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.
In the previous battles, the cavalry in front of the Ming army's tent were able to win because their horses were good... they rushed fast and were powerful.
Thinking of this, Daishan looked away from the Ming army's position, and then looked around. Surrounding him were 100 elite soldiers selected from the 880 Baya soldiers. They were all warriors selected from thousands of people. You can tell this by looking at their figures. They may not be very tall, but they all have the shape of a door panel that grows horizontally. The shoulders are broad behind the back, the waist is as thick as the body, and it is extremely strong. If you pull off their armor, you can see their thick limbs, strong chest muscles and fat belly. Although such a figure is not good-looking, it has both endurance and explosive power. It can fight for an hour or two wearing three layers of thick armor!
In order to save their physical strength, Daishan also asked them to approach the Ming army's position on horseback, then dismount and shoot arrows while advancing until they crashed into the Ming army's battle formation and tore a hole open with hand-to-hand combat.
Once the hole was opened, the 780 cavalry Baya soldiers behind could launch an attack under the leadership of Daishan's favorite son Mandahai... rush into the Ming army's formation in one fell swoop and stir up a huge stir.
After the 780 Baya soldiers rushed into the Ming army's formation, Daishan would personally lead 8,000 Manchurian vests to follow up, and finally the 10,000 Japanese soldiers led by Masayuki Hoshina.
"Mandahai!" Daishan changed his son's name.
"Amma!" Mandahai rode forward, "What are your orders?"
Dai Shan smiled and said: "The Emperor Zhu Youjian of the Ming Dynasty likes to rush into battle...Although this can greatly boost morale, it is also easy to get yourself involved. I guess he will lead the army later. The soldiers counterattack, this is your chance to kill him!
This Zhu Youjian is only 32 years old this year, and his son Zhu Cixiang is only 15 years old and cannot control the world at all. As long as Zhu Youjian can be killed, the Ming Dynasty will have nothing to worry about. "
"Don't worry, Amma, as long as Zhu Youjian dares to appear in front of the child, the child will definitely kill him. The child has already mastered a sure-killing blow!"
As he spoke, Mandahai, who had a sinister face and a figure similar to a mahjong tile, took out two flintlock pistols from his waist!
These two pistols were gifts from the Kingdom of Spain to the Qing Dynasty. They were very well made. Ten pistols were sent at the same time (one for each of the emperors, queens and eight ama). Daishan felt that Funing, a child, could not He played with guns, so he gave the guns given to Funing to Tan Mo and gave them to his precious son Man Dahai. And Mandahai developed the skill of "double gun" and became Mandahai with two guns...
"Okay!" Daishan nodded and waved his hand, "Let's attack... let those southern troops see how powerful I am, the Qing Batulu!"
After giving the order, more than a hundred flying horses came out, braved the night, and rushed towards the Ming army's position. When the running horses began to approach the Ming army's position, these door-shaped Baya La soldiers all curled up and hid on the sides of the horses, and covered their heads and faces with a small shield.
This posture is the "bulletproof posture" repeatedly studied by the Baya soldiers of the Qing army. It is said that it can reduce the chance of being hit by lead bullets fired from muskets...
Daishan stretched his neck and watched, his heart rising to his throat. The 100 Baya soldiers charging now bear the hope of the Qing Dynasty. If they cannot charge in, the Qing Dynasty will be in danger!
A burst of fire flickered!
Then there was the sound of gunshots like fried beans!
The fire cannons on the Ming Army's position were fired, but because it was too dark, the hit rate of the Ming Army's fire cannons was obviously low. After a burst of firing, less than ten horses or knights on horseback fell down.
The remaining horses are still galloping!
"It's done!" Daishan turned around and said to Mandahai, "Mandahai, it's your turn... After this battle, you will be my heir apparent, and a hundred years from now, you will be Funing. The new Ama!”
"嗻!" Man Dahai roared, made a move with his big hand, then rode forward and rushed towards the Ming army's position.
At this time, the group of Baya soldiers who had charged before had already jumped off their horses. Everyone had axes and shields in their hands and moved forward with their heads covered.
In front were two rows of rifles. They had to use axes to chop the rifles into pieces or lift them aside in order to clear the way for the attack.
And in the process, they are still the targets of the Ming army's cannons!
And because they are already very close to the Ming army's artillery soldiers, the probability of being killed will greatly increase!
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The sound of the turtle dove's gunfire kept ringing out, and projectiles weighing one or two more were continuously shot out. Whoever hit them would fall to the ground. The three-layer armor and the four-layer armor are all given for free.
If it were daytime now, all of them would have been dead long ago... Manchuria's dismounted and hand-to-hand combat method is actually the most fearful of turtle doves! Even if the cart is pushed, one or two kinds of projectiles can penetrate it.
However, the night was protecting these white-armored soldiers. Only a small number of the white-armored soldiers were knocked down by the Ming army. The remaining people still risked their lives to move their rifles, and then rushed towards the Ming army's position with strange screams!
