After all, Rausa is a general who has been baptized by the flames of war, and has strong insight and adaptability. He knows that it is easy to dig holes on the flat ground, but no matter how despicable the barbarian is, he can't dig the hole into the mountains, right?
So he ordered his troops to rush up the mountain along the pit, trying to get around it.
It's just that the direction of Lausa's order was towards Case Mountain, not Erlong Mountain.
If you do this, your troops can join up with Bei Ziye's troops if they advance, and they can evacuate the battlefield first if they retreat.
From the breakout of Lushun to the detour to rush for reinforcements, the two major decisions Lausa made in a short period of time were very correct.
But at the critical moment, luck was on the opposite side...
It makes sense for the Japanese army to set off on an auspicious day. There was no typhoon at sea, and the battle went smoothly after landing.
Compared with the Menggu army who repeatedly conquered the Japanese beach, but I don't know how lucky it is!
Rausa led his troops to turn around and march westward, and happened to encounter the Japanese First Army, which had the strongest overall combat effectiveness.
In terms of the combat effectiveness of hundreds of men, the First Army was not necessarily comparable to the troops under other daimyo's command.
But in terms of overall strength, the First Army under General Tokugawa was undoubtedly the leader among the five armies that went on the expedition.
Because they all obeyed the command of Abe Shigeji, General Tokugawa specially gave the veteran a fan as a military talisman.
Written on it are five words written by General Tokugawa himself - your words are military orders!
This means that General Tokugawa entrusted Abe Shigeji with full command of his troops. If anyone dares to disobey the order, Abe Shigeji can be killed first and then punished.
The number of members of the First Army was no more or less, exactly 10,000, including 500 horse warriors, 3,500 warriors, 1,000 spear ashigaru, 3,000 iron cannon ashigaru, and 2,000 servants.
In addition to the fifty small Folang aircraft it carries, Abe Shigeji also assigned it twenty tiger squatting guns. In this way, its close combat firepower has also been strengthened to a certain extent.
Including all servants, 4,000 people are now stationed west of Lushunkou, and the remaining 6,000 people have been transferred again by Abe to participate in the siege battle against the Qing reinforcements.
All Japanese military units lacked war horses. As a result, more than half of the 500-horse war warriors in the First Army were still on the way to be transported. They had to be transported to Jeju Island first, and then transported to the battlefield.
The only way to support the Erryu Mountain battlefield is with infantry. To be precise, all those who came over were infantry, but they were divided into samurai and ashigaru according to their status.
This unit was personally commanded by Abe again. Different from the numerous flags in other armies, they uniformly wore a black finger with the Tokugawa family crest, the trefoil, and the black armor worn by all members, which was particularly majestic.
Since General Tokugawa was relatively wealthy, military expenditures remained at a high level all year round, so the equipment of his troops was naturally very good.
From the large armor of the samurai to the "jinkasa", "hose" and "grass folds" worn by the ashigaru, they are all made of iron.
Few daimyo could guarantee such a large armor coverage rate, and many could only ensure the equipment of their samurai, equipping their secondary ashigaru with wooden armor or bamboo armor.
From one aspect, the armor coverage rate of the troops is a reflection of the daimyo's strength. Using bamboo armor and wooden armor is just to make up for the lack of armor, which is better than not wearing it at all.
When the First Army engaged the enemy, it was located on the south side of the middle of the pit. It had no time to retreat, and there was no time to dig horizontal pits to delay the assault of the Qing cavalry brigade.
Fortunately, the troops were well-trained and they were on the plains with a good view. When they saw the Qing army attacking, they could quickly prepare to form formations to defend themselves against the enemy.
The Japanese army did not carry a large number of tanks, and only a small number of assembled tanks were equipped with Folangji and Tiger Crouching Cannons.
The formation is also very simple. The outer layer is the spear ashigaru and the shield ashigaru, followed by the iron cannon ashigaru, and the samurai who can shoot with the bow are in the innermost layer.
The ashigaru holding the shield is the iron cannon ashigaru. The iron cannon is temporarily handed over to the companions. They stand forward and don't need to fight. They just squat behind the shield and complete their duties.
"Five chatter~!"
"Pah, pah, pah, pah..."
Unable to deploy artillery on the front line for the time being, the First Army first used iron cannon to block the strong advance of the Qing cavalry.
There were 2,000 iron cannon ashigaru who accompanied the army north, 500 of them became shield-bearing ashigaru, and the remaining part could be divided into three parts to implement the three-stage attack tactic.
There are 500 iron cannon ashigaru in the front, and about 160 people can fire a salvo each time. At a distance of a hundred steps, the hit rate can only be maintained at the level of shooting down a dozen enemies.
Seeing that he could not successfully delay the Qing cavalry, Abe put down his telescope again and ordered three hundred iron cannon ashigaru to be mobilized from each wing to strengthen frontal defense capabilities.
A total of 1,100 iron artillery ashigaru were deployed on the front. Seeing that the Qing cavalry brigade was approaching the formation, Abe Shigeji ordered the iron artillery ashigaru transferred later to abandon the three-stage attack and instead concentrate their fire. shoot.
At a distance of less than fifty steps, and with a thousand warriors in the back row firing with bows, the Japanese blocking fire suddenly became extremely fierce.
The rain of bullets and arrows instantly merged into one and rushed towards them, knocking the Qing cavalry on their backs and killing more than a hundred people.
Niu Luzhang Jinghuilan, who led more than 200 Eight Banners soldiers to charge into the battle, was hit by two arrows and one bullet. He did not die immediately. However, after his body fell from his horse, his neck broke when it hit the ground and he died on the spot.
"boom……"
The loaded Tiger Crouching Cannons began to fire fiercely, killing and wounding dozens of cavalrymen, and the charge launched by Melezhangin Rausa's troops turned into a force after one round.
If we charge again, everyone will die here. Niuluzhang Jingsamutang hurriedly rode over. He didn't want to die miserably under the cannon of the barbarian.
"Retreat north quickly~!"
Seeing the corpses of the Eight Banners soldiers scattered all over the field, Lausa was heartbroken, but he also understood that his remaining 100 or so men could not compete with the opponent's thousands of infantry, so he had to order a retreat to the north, or flee.
The Eight Banners soldiers had no choice but to pass in front of the Japanese formation at a very close distance, thus leaving their backs to the enemy. As they retreated, no fewer than fifty or sixty of them were shot down from their horses.
Lausa's troops also continued to fire arrows during the attack, and the rate of fire was very high. At least two to three hundred Japanese soldiers were killed and injured, but what was the use of it?
The Japanese army was in a defensive posture, with ten times the strength of Lausa's troops, and its firepower was not inferior to that of the Qing army, and they dared to endure the target moving to close range before launching a concentrated fire attack.
The damage this caused to the Qing army was unbearable. Even just once, it could inflict heavy damage and even wipe out most of the main force. This was the result of this confrontation.
Most of the more than 400 Eight Banners soldiers led by Melezhangkin Rausa were beaten to death in this way, and some were tripped by the corpses in front. Once they were beaten off their horses, the possibility of getting back on their horses was very slim. .
If the battle loss ratio between the Eight Banners soldiers and the Japanese army was only one to one, then there is no doubt that the Qing army suffered huge losses.
Even the Qing army could not afford such a level of loss if one Eight Banners soldier was exchanged for one samurai.
For many years of fighting against various tribes of barbarians, Lausa has never encountered an opponent with such endurance.
At first, they only fired small-scale shots with cannons, and then they held back until they were less than fifty steps away before launching a large-scale volley.
Did the dog barbarian become so tough?
If all Goumanzi tribes are like this, then the good days of the Eight Banners Soldiers will be over.
In order to break through the opponent's spear formation, the Eight Banners soldiers must carry out a dense charge, and the skirmish formation cannot charge the formation.
But this creates a good opportunity for the barbarians to fire volleys. The denser the Qing army's formation, the higher the hit rate of the bird cannons.
Fortunately, the matchlock fire speed is slow, otherwise these hundreds of cavalry would have to be left in place and become a meal for flies.
The difference between the Ming army and the Japanese army was that the Japanese army did not think that the Qing army was so terrible.
They believe that any enemy that can be killed cannot be considered scary.
The truly terrible enemies live in myths and legends!
Is the total of 100,000 Qing troops terrifying the Yamata no Orochi?
Obviously not!
Since the enemy is not scary, what else should we be afraid of?
In the eyes of the daimyo, the Qing army was just a pile of silver!
In the eyes of the warriors, the Qing army was just a pile of equipment!
In the eyes of the Ashigaru people, the Qing army is...
Sorry, Ashigaru people have very rich imaginations. Some regard the Qing army as beef, some as sea fish, and some as rice balls!
The more Qing troops came, the more beef, sea fish, and rice balls the Ashigaru people had in mind!
The ideas of the people at the bottom are very simple and practical. Everything starts from the belly!
If you can't even fill your own stomach, what else can you talk about? ? ?
It is not only the gaijin and gendai who think this way, but also the clan members and even the Tokugawa shogunate.
Fortunately, there were no combatants from other units present, and the results of the victory belonged to the First Army.
After counting, the chief constable killed 387 people!
Take no prisoners and take no prisoners!
For the Ming army, it could already be called a clear victory.
But for General Abe Shigeji, the Japanese army dispatched 50,000 troops this time, they would not be satisfied with this result.
He wanted to wipe out all the Qing troops who came for reinforcements at once. Only in this way could he live up to General Tokugawa's trust in him.
This is not an extravagant hope, because after the Japanese army landed, they moved very quickly, and it was impossible for the main force of the Qing army to move south quickly from Shenyang.
Those who can come as soon as possible must be the Qing troops from various places north of Lushun, which creates a God-given opportunity for the Japanese army to defeat the small ones with more.
Even if the Japanese army only participated in the battle with infantry, with more than ten times the strength, they could severely damage or even annihilate the Qing army that came to the rescue.
Those who participated in the siege of Shuo Tuo's headquarters included 10,000 people from the Fourth Army, 7,000 people from the Fifth Army, 7,000 people from the Third Army, and 6,000 people from the First Army.
There were a total of about 30,000 people, all of whom were combat personnel, excluding the servants of each army who were waiting in place. The number of troops invested was already ten times more than the number of troops coming to aid the Qing Dynasty.
The Fourth Army and the Fifth Army rushed down from Erlong Mountain one after another and were responsible for frontal blocking. The Third Army and the First Army came from Tianjin Mountain on the west side and were responsible for cutting off the Qing army's retreat.
Hearing the cry of killing coming from the south, Shuotuo used a telescope to observe the situation at the scene of the incident. It must be the Eight Banners soldiers who broke out from Lushun.
Without further ado, they took advantage of the relatively weak strength of Manming's troops on the south side and decided to break out from here and join up with the incoming reinforcements.
As for the Bagalas who are still fighting in front of them, let's take away as much as they can.
If he continues to be indecisive, I am afraid that over time, everyone will be left behind.
There is no need for Mr. Beizi to worry about his beloved bagaras, because many of them have been cooked into mature barbecued meats by the kerosene clay pots thrown by the Japanese army, and there are also many spindles inserted on them. Need to sprinkle some salt...
In fact, this is just Shuotuo's expectation. Because of the obstruction of the pit that runs through the plain corridor between Erlong Mountain and Case Mountain, Lausa's troops are on the east side of the pit, and Shuotuo's troops are on the west side of the pit. Not easy to merge.
The only good thing is that although the Third Army is made up of people from different generations, they also belong to different factions from different regions and cannot be commanded in a coordinated manner.
In addition, the battlefield was originally a melee. Facing the counter-attack by the Shuotuo Department who was planning to fight to the death, they became at a loss for a while. The defense line was frequently tightened and the encirclements were in danger one after another.
Shuotuo gathered the five to six hundred and eight bannermen he could command at the moment, and all launched a fierce attack from the south.
They had to face no less than three or four thousand ashigaru, and doing so would undoubtedly cost them a lot of casualties.
But Shuotuo had no other choice. He didn't want to become the first Beiziye in the Qing Dynasty to be captured and killed by a dog barbarian.
His troops were annihilated by the dog barbarians, and he accepted that as long as he could escape and ascend to heaven, he would still have a chance to make a comeback.
If even he was left in this damn place, it would be a real annihilation of the entire army, including the coach.
The Eight Banners soldiers also knew that they were in a dangerous situation. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a desperate situation.
If we don't struggle, everyone will be beaten by the barbarian.
"kill!"
About one hundred Eighth Banners soldiers were behind the palace, and nearly five hundred Eighth Banners soldiers with undiminished fighting spirit launched a strong attack from the front towards the spear ashigaru on the opposite side.
The Eight Banners soldiers who were the first to charge were stabbed to death one by one with spears, and those who did not die directly were also hit by several bullets.
But the Eight Banners soldiers were still rushing forward, using their flesh and blood to clear the way for Bei Ziye behind them.
If Mr. Bei Zi didn't come out but they survived, the whole family would be punished according to military law.
Therefore, no Eight Banners soldiers would dare not disobey even if it was a life-or-death mission.
Many times, dog barbarians face such a dilemma.
Now, the Eight Banners soldiers also experience this feeling.
Although the Eight Banners soldiers were fierce, the Japanese soldiers were not easy to mess with.
Ashigaru's individual combat effectiveness is weak, but the samurai are not weak, and they can fight alone with the Eight Banners soldiers.
If the Japanese army had not seriously lacked war horses and had more than five times the strength advantage, and had even 500 horse warriors to support them, all the Qing cavalry in front of them would have died...
The Eight Banners soldiers became more and more frightened as they fought. This was the first time they encountered such a large number of elite soldiers. Almost every dog barbarian who rushed up to them and dared to fight in close combat was as powerful as themselves.
As soon as one group was killed, the previous group came back again, without giving themselves any chance to breathe.
Even though the Eight Banners soldiers are brave and good at fighting and can concentrate their energy for a long time, under such intense fighting and the hot weather, their physical strength is declining rapidly.
If they cannot break through quickly, the remaining Eight Banners soldiers will be hacked to death at the foot of Erlong Mountain before the battle gets dark.
Because the Japanese army had an absolute advantage in strength, they used wheel warfare.
Almost all samurai who participated in the battle had a chance to fight. Those who were slightly injured could continue to fight, while those who were seriously injured would be dragged to the rear for treatment.
Except for those who died immediately, there were very few warriors who were shot by Qing cavalry due to their injuries.
In close combat, the Eight Banners soldiers had no time to draw their bows and set arrows.
Warriors holding bows will choose to shoot enemies with bows first, so as to protect the safety of their companions to the greatest extent.
Moreover, the Eight Banners soldiers could only draw their bows while on horseback. Once they landed on the ground, they could only draw their swords to fight. It would be foolish to draw their bows again.
As long as they are surrounded by warriors, the Eight Banners soldiers will not even have a chance to draw their swords...
