Chapter 219: Shanhaiguan, Zhengding Prefecture, thousands of miles north are full of wars.
A battle between light cavalry from both sides was over.
In cooperation with the Ming army's rocket and Qingqi charges.
The Qingqi of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were defeated cleanly.
The plan to harass the Ming army first when they had just entered the battlefield and had not yet established a stable foothold ultimately came to nothing.
Wait until the smoke clears.
On the muddy battlefield of the North China Plain.
The armies of both sides have completed their formations. The formations are about ten miles apart to ensure that the other side's artillery cannot directly bombard the formation.
On the west side of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's formation, a front army and a rear army were set up. The rear army was composed of 10,000 musketeers under Liu Zhixie's command, and some of the elite soldiers from the outer camp were organized into a melee formation.
Equipped with cold weapons such as spears and broadswords.
Liu Zhixie went through the night raids and tests in the previous few days.
I also understood that if an infantry formation simply equipped with cold weapons faced the Ming Army's musketeers, they would die.
Therefore, this time he organized the elite of the outer camp and his main formation together. On the one hand, it was easier to control, and on the other hand, after the front line was won, he could invest more troops to expand the results of the battle.
The former army deployed elite soldiers from the inner camp and the old camp that were reluctant to use them in the battles of the past few days.
In addition to Liu Zhixie's men who divided the farm's troops, all the princes also took out all their capital.
A large infantry formation composed of musketeers and spearmen was formed, with a number of 30,000.
There are also 30,000 fine cavalry deployed on both wings.
At the same time, all the artillery batteries of the Taiping Army were also pulled out and deployed at the front of the infantry formation. This was also a shortcoming of direct firepower. It could only be deployed on the flanks or at the front, and could not be deployed behind the infantry formation.
"Your Majesty, Liu Zhixie has brought out all his elites!"
Tao Biquan put down the telescope and said.
"He has to take it out. His cannon fodder in the foreign camp is not a robot. How can he be driven into action if he is too intimidated." Zhu Daohua said.
"Machine...man?" Tao Biquan was stunned for a moment, and felt that the adjective "Emperor Zhu" was quite appropriate.
"There was a small-scale mutiny the day before yesterday. Liu Zhixie must not dare to push too hard, so he can only use his old skills to fight."
"If you want to fight for the world without taking advantage of your old gains, King Liu Tian's calculations are too precise." Zhu Daohua turned to an officer on the side and said, "We don't need to wait any longer, let's attack directly."
"I accept your order!"
The speaker was Wang Dayong, the second commander of the Army's First Brigade.
He is also one of the three hundred old brothers.
The First Army Brigade was the first Army brigade established after the occupation of Batam. Its soldiers were all Chaoshan dock workers from Batam, and many soldiers in the First Brigade were promoted to officers.
Now there are quite a lot of "Chaoshan warriors" in the Ming army.
Wang Dayong is now the chief officer of Zhu Daohua's Guards Corps and will be responsible for the frontline combat command in this battle.
Waiting for Wang Dayong to move his frontline command post to the rear of the Ming army's formation.
Zhu Daohua put down the telescope and said: "Luo Dingshan should be about to make a move. Let him lead his troops to attack the main force of Qing Tatar with Zhao Si. Peng Jun from Shanhaiguan should also be ready to attack Shanhaiguan."
The Ming Army only assembled more than 20,000 troops to fight the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, not just to make things difficult for itself, but to prepare to completely resolve the war in the Central Plains this winter.
Shanhaiguan, Zhengding Prefecture, Daming Prefecture.
The Ming armies in the three places will launch an offensive at about the same time, and with fierce attacks, they will completely defeat the enemies of the Central Plains!
Liaoxi Corridor, under Shanhaiguan Pass.
A large number of Ming soldiers in fiery red military uniforms were moving like red clouds. The generals' formation arrived in front of Shanhaiguan. At the same time, a large number of mortars with short and thick barrels were also installed on huge artillery carts, and they were dragged and rolled towards the front by draft horses. forward.
"In the main town, the Qing army has retreated back to the pass."
Feng Zhaoji, commander of the 33rd Brigade, came on horseback and made a military salute in front of Peng Jun, the governor of the Liaodong Development Department.
Peng Jun is now regarded as a frontier leader who manages the army and controls the people.
In Liaodong, he was responsible for expanding northward and managing military camps. On the other hand, he was also responsible for commanding the Liaodong Corps to open Shanhaiguan. He also had to keep an eye on the movements on the Monan grassland to prevent the Qing army from attacking from the Monan grassland. Liaodong.
It can be said that everything is complicated, but for Peng Jun, who is eager to make contributions, the more things there are, the greater the contribution to Liaodong.
When the war in the Central Plains is over, Peng Jun can almost be said to be the first candidate for the next Zuo Cheng.
"Agui is cautious in using his troops, but if he shrinks all the way and does not confront me head-on, it will be impossible to defend Shanhaiguan."
What was pulled up at this time were weapons specially developed to attack strong cities and passes in the north.
Large caliber mortar.
It doesn't have a long range, but it can fire shells with a huge charge.
This kind of siege gun was pulled out.
Shanhaiguan's masonry city wall could not withstand the bombardment of many such large-caliber siege guns.
"It's almost time."
Peng Jun took out his pocket watch and looked at it.
"There should have been a big fight in the Central Plains. Our Liaodong Corps must break through the barrier as soon as possible, break into Yanyun, and encircle the Qingta army with the Northern Expedition Corps and the Guards Corps!"
Peng Jun said.
According to the pre-war plan of the general staff headquarters.
Each regiment must complete their respective tasks within the specified time period. The final goal is to encircle the Qing army on three routes under the city of Beijing and defeat the last cavalry regiment of the Qing Dynasty with absolute superior combat power!
"which one"
The front wall of Shanhaiguan Pass.
Agui, the general of the Qing army who commanded the troops to guard Shanhaiguan, held up his binoculars and saw the Ming army pulling up a short and thick cannon.
"With such a large caliber, how many shells must be thrown."
Agui's scalp felt numb.
During this period, the Qing army's defensive fortresses at the front of Shanhaiguan were removed one by one. The Ming army's Liaodong Corps advanced steadily and had advanced the front to Shanhaiguan.
However, Agui did not dare to send his army out of the city to fight the Ming army in the field.
They only dare to rely on the fortress to shrink their defense.
It was originally thought that with the Shanhaiguan Pass, the Ming Army's Liaodong Corps could be held back for at least three months.
But now I see the exaggerated muzzle.
Agui now has no confidence at all.
He couldn't help but sigh.
Facing the increasingly powerful Ming army artillery.
The Qing Dynasty has less and less chance.
The battle competition is no longer about the skill of bow and horse in hand-to-hand combat.
Rather, they were competing to see who could produce more and more powerful muskets and artillery.
At this point.
Whether it's Manchuria or Mongolia.
It is impossible to compare with the Han people.
From now on, all we will fight in wars is production capacity - how long does it take for a musketeer to train? A farmer only needs ten days and a half of training to be able to go into battle.
One hundred musketeers may not be a match for one hundred Mongolian cavalry.
But a thousand musketeers can definitely defeat a thousand Mongolian cavalry.
When Agui was thinking about it.
Boo hoo hoo.
In the rear defense of the Ming army's formation.
The rocket roared across the sky and flew towards Shanhaiguan.
The Ming army's rockets started to show off again!
"Commander! It's dangerous here, you'd better retreat to the rear!"
Goshiha next to him advised.
Agui didn't stand up and get bombed here either.
He knew that the Ming army launched rockets only to cover those large-caliber mortars, once those mortars were installed on the firing position.
A massive bombardment will begin.
He quickly retreated from the city wall and rode along the city gate.
This Shanhaiguan is part of the Great Wall defense line.
A large number of troop transport walls were built within the pass to mobilize troops and horses.
However, they were all built in the Ming Dynasty more than a hundred years ago. After Agui led his troops, they simply repaired them.
Of course, there was no need to build the Great Wall in the Qing Dynasty, so many parts of the Great Wall were abandoned, overgrown with weeds, and many of the masonry collapsed.
A Gui, who had followed the traffic line all the way to his Chinese army tent, heard the explosion of a shell not far away outside the tent before his butt was warm.
"Commander, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time!"
retreat!
Return it!
Agui sighed.
I can retreat all the way.
Where could the Qing Dynasty retreat to?
Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!
Clear gunfire sounded at the foot of Fenglong Mountain in Zhengding Prefecture.
Several Mongolian cavalrymen wearing sheepskin robes in front fell off their horses. At the same time, dragoons wearing Ming army uniforms rode past, holding their muskets forward, and shot and killed several Mongolian soldiers who were trying to escape. On the spot, he then threw a rope and dragged the body of the shot Mongolian soldier to the Qing army's formation in the distance to provoke him.
At this time, part of the army led by Qianlong had been intercepted by the Ming Army's Northern Expedition, and the two sides faced off near Fenglong Mountain.
At this time, on the side of the Qing army, there were all cavalry regiments. The densely packed Eight Banners cavalry wearing various military uniforms formed a huge military formation.
And under the command of Zhao Si's Northern Expeditionary Army.
The number of cavalry was small.
There are no specialized shock cavalry such as the Cuirassier Brigade of the Guards Regiment.
The roles of Qingqi are played by dragoons from the Northern Expedition Corps.
These mule soldiers of the Ming army, who were not very martial artists, took too much advantage in this small-scale battle between cavalry and light cavalry.
At least those equipped with scimitars and horned bows.
The Mongolian soldiers who seemed to have traveled through time hundreds of years ago had no temper at all when facing the Qingqi of the Ming Army.
From a distance, they were beaten with muskets by the Ming army and sent scurrying away - the Mongols were so obsessed with scimitars and bows and arrows, but the Mongolian cavalry who were deceived and lame by the Yellow Sect were not one-tenth as brave as their ancestors. , and are not one-tenth as flexible as their ancestors.
You must know that the Mongol Empire, which had just nearly conquered Eurasia, was very good at absorbing advanced military technology for its own use, and its tactics were flexible and unusually vicious - in order to win, it was like throwing plague-contaminated corpses into the city. This led to a major outbreak of plague in the city. Things like massacring millions of people in a city just to frighten the enemy were commonplace for the Mongols at that time.
But now the Mongols are just a group of stupid herdsmen who just hold on to the old concept of being invincible in riding and shooting, living in the glory of their ancestors, and don't know how to adapt.
If the Mongolian ancestors such as Temujin, Ogodei, Mengge, and Kublai Khan were alive and saw that the current Mongolians were so stupidly deceived by the Yellow Sect, they would probably be angry.
He saw a group of Mongolian cavalry being slaughtered right under his nose.
He was also dragged over by Ming army soldiers to provoke him.
Qianlong was also shaking his head.
The number of Mongolian cavalry is large, but their combat effectiveness is so worrying.
Qianlong held up his telescope and looked at the Ming army's large lineup in the distance.
"It seems that Ni Ming has already made preparations for my army to go south."
Qianlong frowned and said.
"Long live the Lord, let's fight first. It seems that Liu Zhixie is no match for Ni Ming. If Ni Ming's puppet emperor makes his move, we will be in trouble."
Mingliang beside Qianlong suggested.
Qianlong nodded slightly.
"Then let's have a fight first!"
There are 170,000 troops, each with a horse. Among them, Zhenghuang Banner and Xianghuang Banner each have 20,000 musketeers and an artillery corps.
Facing the 40,000 troops of the Ming Army's Northern Expedition.
Qianlong certainly had the confidence to fight.
(End of chapter)
