At this time, the Ming army did not have the concepts of "test firing" and "school firing." According to historical records, it was probably around the time when the Liao Dynasty almost collapsed that the Ming Dynasty introduced gunnery instructors from Fo Langji. Taught some officers gunnery skills.
But under the Jinghua system, both land and sea have this concept brought about by high pragmatism. Therefore...the first cannon fired on the Jinghua gunboat was actually a live ammunition calibration.
Of course, although the emphasis of school shooting is to calibrate the shooting of Zhu Yuan, it does not mean that the cannon is fired randomly. In fact, the cannon is fired at the most densely populated part of Duo's soldiers - because if it is fired at the front, , it is possible that due to deviation, the target cannot be reached at all, and that is fine at other times. Now, if the target is standing by the river, if it cannot be reached, then it will be hit into the river. It would be too ugly in terms of face.
It's hard to tell whether it was the gunner's skill on the boat that wasn't up to the mark or the river's fluctuations in the wind and rain were too great. In short, the shot missed, or to be more precise, it hit too far.
This shot was fired at the center of the cavalry's forward cavalry. In the end, it almost ran out of the edge of the rear of the cavalry, but fortunately it was "almost", so in addition to smashing the unlucky man and his horse into a ball In addition to the bloody and rotten flesh, the remaining cannonballs also broke the legs of the horses of several cavalrymen behind him. The five or six cavalrymen who were affected immediately fell off their horses, and the horses with broken legs screamed and neighed.
The surrounding Duojun soldiers were startled, and subconsciously regarded the actions of the Ming army as a "cover-up", that is, they wanted to "catch them all", and they fled in all directions, which made their immediate leaders and even the leaders anxious. Shouting loudly, trying to restrain military discipline.
Chaohua Taiji had just planned to turn around and hide in the rear formation. When he saw this situation, he did not dare to go to the rear formation in a daze. Instead, without saying a word, he ran to the side and rear, riding the horse and holding the reins, moving quickly.
Several generals and small leaders around him followed his example and fled away. Only the general who had issued the warning before followed him and ran away, shouting "Retreat, the whole army retreats!"
After only one shot, the entire army retreated. This situation was completely beyond the expectations of the Ming Dynasty. The ship's boss could clearly see it from the higher bridge. He was very anxious for a moment and ordered the gunners to fire the second shot as soon as possible.
The second shot was fired a little earlier due to the urging of the ship's boss. However, because the opponent was a fast-moving cavalry, there was some error between the previously calibrated shooting Zhu Yuan and the actual distribution of the enemy troops. The shot still missed, but it also missed the target. They still hit people - nearly ten cavalrymen who were crowded together to escape were either crushed to death or their horses were killed and fell to the ground.
From the perspective of the cavalry of the Chaohua Department, fortunately it rained today and the ground was already a little muddy. The soil became softer than usual, which removed part of the kinetic energy of the solid shells. Otherwise, if the shells bounced on the hard ground, there would be casualties. There must be more.
But to be fair, the actual damage caused by these two cannons is actually not as good as the previous four-wheeled Wanli salvo, but... Like other armies that were almost hit by artillery for the first time, the shocking effect brought by artillery is far beyond that of muskets. Coupled with the inaction of Chaohua Taiji himself and even his escape, it turned out to be a small rout.
Zhang Wanbang could see clearly from the bridge. He knew that there was actually another most important reason for the defeat of the Huahua Department, which was that the two sides were in a position that they would never have seen at ordinary times - the Ming army was actually in the river. , they are simply out of reach!
Under normal circumstances, he expected that after the opponent was attacked by the first artillery fire that reached the rear, the first reaction would definitely not be to retreat, but to directly press forward, or even decisively rush into the Ming army's position to fight with the Ming army. They were strangled together, so the Ming army's artillery naturally did not dare to fire any more, and if not, they would abandon the artillery and run for their lives. If the infantry could not withstand it, it would be common for the artillery without the ability to engage in hand-to-hand combat to collapse.
Therefore, in the short battle just now, although the Ming army seemed to be powerful and defeated the enemy's more than a thousand cavalry with only two cannons, the premise of everything was based on "I can beat you. And based on the obviously "unfair" basis of "you can't hit me", it doesn't mean that as soon as the military artillery comes out, the speculation department will be wiped out.
It should be added here that the fried flower itself in the Ming history is a person's name, that is, the fried flower Taiji just now, his real name is Shuha Zhuolik Tuhong Batulu.
At the same time, I would like to add some issues about Ulyanha and the five tribes of Inner Khalkha: Ulyanha is the Ming Dynasty’s name for eastern Mobei Mongolia, also known as Duoyan Sanwei. In the 22nd year of Hongwu (1389), Zhu Yuanzhang established the Taining Guard, Duoyan Guard, and Fuyu Guard Command Divisions. Because Duoyanwei's territory was dangerous and strong, and it was from Wuliangha, the three guards were summarized as Wulianha.
However, in the middle of the 16th century, the three guards of Wuliangha repeatedly refused to obey the control of the Khan and continued to have frictions with other households. In the third year of Jiajing, that is, 1524 AD, the Nuoyan Tuqi and Wuliangha households of Wuliangha were Gerbolot raised troops to attack thousands of households in Khalkha, but the Khan's court sent envoys to mediate and completely ignored them.
At this time, the Mongolian Khan Bodi Khan (the grandson of Dayan Khan) launched four expeditions in 1524, 1531, 1533, and 1538, and finally divided up the Uliangha Ten Thousand Households with Anda Khan and others who were ordered to send troops. —Ada Khan actually left to share the stolen goods. There is no need to elaborate on this point.
After that, the Neikalkha tribe, which occupied the territories of Taining and Fuyuwei, traded with the Ming Dynasty under the guise of the two guards. However, people in the Ming Dynasty did not deliberately distinguish this, and from then on they called Neikarkha Wuliangha - in fact, the Wuliangha from then on was completely different from the Wuliangha in the early Ming Dynasty.
As for the Inner Khalkha tribe, after Dayan Khan enfeoffed the various sons, his fifth son Alchuborot was enfeoffed to live in the five Otoks east of the Khalkha River among the ten thousand households in Khalkha, which were called Inner Khalkha tribes. Khalkha.
Inner Khalkha is divided into five divisions: Zhalut, Bahrain, Hongjit, Bayawud and Ujiyet, also known as Bahrain, Hongjila, Zalut, Bayat, Ujiyat or Zha There are five tribes: the Lut tribe, the Bahrain tribe, the Ongirat tribe, the Bayot tribe and the Uziyet tribe.
The son of Alechu Boluot, Hulahachi, went south to annex the Tainingwei of Wuliangha. Hulahaci had five sons: the eldest son Ubashi Weizheng was in charge of the Zalut tribe; the second son Subahai (known as Subahai in the Ming Dynasty) was in charge of the Bahrain tribe; the third son Ubanbei Mudok was in charge of the new tribe. There is the Hongji Citi tribe; the fourth son Suoningdaiqing leads the Bayawuti tribe; the fifth son Shuhak Zhuoliktu leads the Ujiyete tribe.
"Liao Yi Lue" says that Chaohua is one of the five sons of Hu Lahachi and the leader of the Wuqiyete tribe. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty’s documentary and historical materials, Chaohua is not only a person’s name, that is, Shuhak Zhuoliktu, the leader of the Uziyet tribe in the five-tribe alliance of Nekalka, but also “Chaohua” is used to refer to the entire The tribe of Qiyette.
With this explanation, it is easier to understand why the Chaohua Department was willing to obey Tumen Khan's order to send troops more honestly, and clearly sent more troops than Tumen - he, "Duoyan" himself, was an imposter, and from then on Basically, their family has always been following the Chahar tribe, the "central ten thousand households".
Zhang Wanbang had been fighting with the Mongols for generations, so he had a relatively clear understanding of the origins of the Mongols. Therefore, he judged that since the Huahua tribe was heading south now, there would be Tumen behind them.
Therefore, he didn't care whether the collapse of the Hua Hua Department after taking two shots was considered a fighter opportunity. He directly asked the ship boss to stop caring about the other party and send him back to the south bank first.
The captain naturally obeyed the order, not only because Gao Pragmatic had given the order before, but also because the other party had already retreated and he couldn't get to the shore, so there was little point in staying here.
However, this time Zhang Wanbang did not hesitate any longer about what Gao Bingxian called the "necessary moment". As soon as he arrived at the Sancha River Pier, he immediately began to issue orders, ordering the Shuizhai Camp at the Sancha River Pier to send out ships to closely monitor the situation within its capabilities. Corresponding river section, and maintain a state of combat readiness at all times. Once there is any change on the other side, not only must the opponent's strength be detected, but also "the Tatars must be prevented from crossing the river."
The Jinghua fleet at Sancha River Pier happily accepted the order, and several hundred escort teams were in place, ready to "conscript" at any time.
Zhang Wanbang was very satisfied and sent several servants to stay at Sanchahe Camp as liaison messengers. Then he hurried back to Dongchang Fort to prepare for the next stage of arrangements.
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