Chapter 56 The Battle of Sanggan River
Here, it is easy to attack in any direction, and it is also easy to retreat.
Beijing can be bypassed if it goes westward. But with such a large army here, who dares to march westward?
It should be noted that Geng Bingwen's army has a large number of cavalry. The cavalry attack is very fast. The attack range is also very wide. If one is not careful, it is not impossible for Geng Bingwen's cavalry to attack Datong City.
Moreover, Qu Neng was able to capture the city of Datong through internal intelligence, so how could he know that Geng Bingwen could not replicate it?
This place has to be pulled out.
At this moment the Northern Army began to attack.
Geng Bingwen sat in the center and watched the Northern Army's infantry formation slowly approach from three directions.
Geng Bingwen ordered: "The car is trapped."
Then he gave the order to Geng Bingwen.
All the soldiers began to take action. They removed the wheels of the vehicle, pressed the carriage directly to the ground, and then filled the carriage with soil. In this way, the weight of the carriage pressed on the ground, forming a city wall.
Even heavy artillery is difficult to break.
This is also the standard Geng Bingwen is prepared to stick to. Without him, once you do that, it's hard to move again.
Immediately, the drums sounded, and the Northern Army attacked in horizontal formation, with countless musket designs and infantry artillery bombardment. There was a fierce exchange of fire between the two sides. Played all morning. Qu Neng withdrew his troops.
Without him, it would be too difficult.
The Union army suffered many casualties but made little progress.
The power of the infantry artillery is already good, but there is almost no reaction when bombarded by the vehicle array. Even if the infantry artillery bombards the same place several times in a row, it will only damage the vehicle instead of overturning it. When the sand flowed out of the vehicle.
Qu Neng knew that he couldn't beat him.
Qu Neng could only wait for the heavy artillery.
The heavy artillery came slowly.
Fortunately, there is a Sanggan River. If there is no river transportation, it will be normal for the transportation to be in place within one or two months.
But there was nothing we could do about the heavy artillery bombardment.
Heavy artillery is very powerful. But the quantity is rare.
It's not that the Ming Dynasty didn't have heavy artillery. And the production quantity is insufficient. When making the production plan, I didn't think about how much to produce. After all, what the military really needs is infantry artillery. Even if Beijing produces a lot of artillery, artillery production capacity is very precious. Before again, many people felt that the number of artillery was enough.
There is no need to continue production at all, and coupled with the transportation capacity, the first batch of artillery is only a few pieces.
But the artillery bombardment of the vehicle array is certainly very powerful. It only takes a few shots to create a gap, but in this era, most artillery fire is direct fire. It is difficult to cross the car formation and bombard the back, and the biggest advantage of the car formation is its flexibility. Almost immediately after the heavy artillery bombardment opened the gap, someone replaced it with new vehicles.
Just like this, layer after layer.
Even if the artillery bombards, it will take a certain amount of time.
However, Qu Neng did not fight with artillery alone. He also used many methods, such as night attacks, and even thought of diverting water from the Sanggan River to irrigate the camp, but who was on the opposite side, Geng Bingwen.
In defense, who is better than Geng Bingwen.
Qu Neng's methods were resolved one by one.
This situation left Qu Neng with no choice. Read the book
Qu Neng was extremely angry and changed his mind. He had thought a lot before, but now he only had one idea, and that was to capture Geng Bingwen. Because time has been delayed, and now he has broken the jar.
In any case, capturing Geng Bingwen is also a great military achievement and can make up for one or two.
So, he ordered and countless soldiers began to dig trenches. Layer after layer, Geng Bingwen’s camp was surrounded.
As a result, it was impossible for Geng Bingwen's vehicle array to cross these trenches. After all, Geng Bingwen's vehicle array had no off-road capabilities at all. It was absolutely impossible to cross these trenches.
Qu Neng secretly said: "I want to see what other methods you have."
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Geng Bingwen actually had no means.
Geng Bingwen knew very well that this battle was
In a tough battle, he did not have the advantage, but he had to obey the emperor's orders. He had to attack to buy time for Shaanxi. That's why today's trip was made, but now, the two sides have been fighting for more than a month. Even after this battle, it is impossible for the Northern Army to directly attack Shaanxi.
In other words, he has secured three to four months for Shaanxi.
He has done the best he can.
The rest he had to consider was the lives of the soldiers under his command. He wants to protect these people.
He summoned the generals below and told them the current situation without saying anything. Said: "The army's baggage is limited, and now it has used up two-thirds, and the rest can only last for a month. We cannot return to Yanmen Pass within a month, what will happen to me, I will Needless to say. Now it’s a battle for survival, and I need death squads to break through the Northern Army’s camp.”
"Who is willing to accept the order?"
Although Geng Bingwen said this, he looked at his son.
The battlefield is the place where people's hearts are most easily shaken. It's not that Geng Bingwen doesn't love his son, but he knows that if he doesn't put his son in the most dangerous place, it will be difficult to stabilize people's hearts. Needless to say, what will happen if people are not united during the retreat.
Geng Rui also knew this.
Geng Rui took a deep breath, stepped out of the queue and said, "The last general will take orders."
Geng Bingwen said: "Then I'll leave this battle to you. If you don't win this battle, I'll behead you."
Geng Rui said: "The general will finally understand."
What Geng Bingwen said is true. If he cannot win the first battle, it is very likely that he will not be able to win the subsequent battles. Everyone will die here. By then, it will be considered a good thing for him to kill his son first. After all, there is no need to die at the hands of the enemy.
But Geng Bingwen naturally has a preference for his son.
It is impossible to send your son to die.
Therefore, the first battle is the most important battle, and it is also the battle where Geng Bingwen spends his money.
The trump card in this battle is none other than the Fire Horse Formation
This fire horse is not a fire on the horse's tail, but a gunpowder bag on the horse's body. One person controls ten horses, then rushes over, ignites them, and blasts a road.
The hundreds of thousands of horses brought from Yanmen Pass were Geng Bingwen's biggest capital.
When he was preparing to retreat, he had decided to abandon all his chariots and each had a horse, although these infantrymen would not be cavalry if they were mounted. But anyway, this way, the action speed will be much faster.
As long as a gap is opened, the army can quickly escape. Let the Northern Army not catch up.
The veteran's ruthlessness is shown here. In the first battle, almost all the redundant war horses were put into action.
Geng Rui took the lead as a suicide squad and rushed out in waves, and earth-shattering explosions sounded in the dark night.
Such movement naturally made everyone aware of it.
It must be said that this battle was beyond Qu Neng's expectations. Who would have thought that Geng Bingwen would retreat as soon as he said so, and use so many war horses as consumables. Before the horse bomb, the Northern Army could not react at all. Although the Northern Army's camp is also very strong. But before the horse bomb, the gap can also be blown. Then came Geng Bingwen's cavalry. They all rushed over.
In the dark night, the soldiers fought hand to hand. Cavalry has an advantage over infantry.
A regiment of the Northern Army collapsed, and the Northern Army suddenly created a gap.
After that, Geng Bingwen's troops fled immediately.
By the time the Northern Army cleared up the situation, it was already dawn the next day.
Qu Neng stood in the sky above the camp with a cold face, looking at the entire camp. It was very miserable, with the corpses of countless people and horses, and the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood that had not dissipated. But Qu Neng was extremely angry. If Geng Bingwen was allowed to escape, he would have suffered a complete defeat. He did not know how to explain to Beijing and the palace. His defeat was not only his own defeat, but also a defeat for the palace.
This was something he could never forgive himself for. More importantly, he couldn't give himself an explanation.
He never felt that he was inferior to Geng Bingwen. I feel that Geng Bingwen is just a veteran and a turtle. He even set up a turtle formation, and he managed to capture Geng Bingwen again, but the result was that he gave him a hard blow.
He simply couldn't forgive himself.
He gritted his teeth and ordered: "So the cavalry all attack south, catch up with Geng Bingwen and kill him. If we can't do that, I will kill you."
"Yes" countless cavalry shouted.
