They are all experienced in the battlefield, so they naturally know how many archers it takes to shoot such a dense number of arrows. However, from what they had seen before, the number of Ming army archers behind the sidecar defense line was definitely not that many!
For a while, almost all Jianlu couldn't figure out what was going on?
This is because Duduo has never fought with this imperial army, otherwise he would not be so surprised and would not suffer a big loss by surprise.
The spearmen and other arms of this chariot camp trained by Emperor Chongzhen were all required to be equipped with bows and arrows in accordance with the requirements of the "New Book of Jixiao" to achieve the advantage of long-range attacks against the enemy. The purpose of daily training is not to ask these part-time archers to shoot accurately, but to require their bows and arrows to cover a large area.
In fact, this car battalion did not have many opportunities to play. The previous time was during the attack on Gaizhou. But at that time, what impressed Jianlu more deeply was the continuous bombardment of artillery and the coverage of the bows and arrows of the pikemen, which was just one of those massive attacks. Now this time, it has finally become the focus of the battlefield, and Duoduo's department is lucky enough to become a very expensive but proven effective experimental subject like the car camp.
I have to say that the army built with money is really effective. If there was not enough money, it would be impossible to equip so many bows, arrows and other ordnance. It’s impossible to have that cost to train.
After being harvested by such a wave of Ming army archers, the entire battlefield almost fell silent. Jianlu's side were all stunned by such a fierce long-range attack by the Ming army. How wasteful it must be to spend so much money!
After such a blow, Jianlu's attack was interrupted, the momentum of the charge was gone, not to mention morale. Who can withstand such a density of attacks? Bows and arrows can attack in parabolic directions, and even chariot carriages cannot completely block the rain of arrows. Of course, there are ways to crack it, but when Jianlu faced this situation for the first time, he was caught off guard and had no way to deal with it.
If Jianlu wants to attack forcefully again, I don't know if he can continue to muster his previous momentum, but it is basically impossible to break into the Ming army's defense line. Duduo still had this vision, so he had no choice but to retreat with his troops.
When the Jianlu soldiers on the battlefield heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief and retreated one after another. In comparison, those Mongolian soldiers ran even faster and wanted to withdraw as soon as possible.
However, at this moment, several sidecars on the Ming Army's front were suddenly moved away by the Ming Army soldiers. The Ming Army cavalry that had been waiting there poured out like a flood that had burst a dam. Within a very short distance, the horse speed increased, and it was not charging at the old Jianlu soldiers who were retreating in formation, but towards the Mongolian soldiers who wanted to escape early.
The charge of the cavalry, especially the cavalry with high horse speed, unless the infantry forms a formation to deal with it, they not only have to deal with the high-speed charging horses, but also have to guard against the hacking and slashing of the knights on the horses. It is basically impossible to be an opponent. This is common sense in the military.
When the Mongolian soldiers saw it, they immediately panicked. However, in this case, panic is useless. In the blink of an eye, the Ming Dynasty cavalry swept in, and wherever they passed, there were only the corpses of Jianlu soldiers.
The sudden attack by the Ming cavalry was beyond Jianlu's expectation.
All along, Jianlu attacked and the Ming army defended. Even this time the Yaozhouyi War is no exception. The Jianlu outside the city mainly attacked, and the Ming army in the city mainly defended. This rhythm was still the same as before.
But just as the Jianlu troops were withdrawing, the Ming cavalry launched a counterattack. For these Jianlu, this was something they had never experienced before, and they suddenly suffered another big loss.
In fact, this cavalry is the Dongjiang Cavalry led by Li Dingguo. Their main force are old thieves from the past. They are used to making it difficult for you to catch up when there is no advantage to be taken; if there is an advantage to be taken, they will It will definitely rush up and take a bite.
When the Jianlu were defeated and retreated, how could they not see the flaws exposed by the Mongolian soldiers? Naturally, if they didn't take advantage of them, they would be in vain.
This Ming cavalry was very experienced in taking advantage. It was not just as simple as killing the fleeing soldiers, it even deliberately drove away the defeated soldiers, letting them flee towards the Jianlu soldiers who were retreating in formation, breaking up the formation, and incidentally... It’s a wave of harvest.
When Duduo saw this scene, he was furious and immediately ordered his cavalry to charge towards the Ming cavalry. If we can take this opportunity to entangle this Ming cavalry, maybe a bad thing will turn into a good thing.
However, how could Li Dingguo let Duduo get his wish. Almost as soon as the Jianlu cavalry started to move, he led the Ming cavalry in an arc, and after charging for a while, he returned to his own defense line.
After the last Ming army cavalry returned, the sidecars moved again, blocking the horse path. The artillery began to greet the rushing Jianlu cavalry rhythmically, and the fusiliers and archers were also ready to attack.
With no advantage to take advantage of and fear of the power of the Ming army's long-range weapons, the Jianlu cavalry also circled around and then withdrew.
In front of the Ming army's formation, the corpses of Jianlu were left on the ground. This time the Ming cavalry charged and killed many more Jianlu than the previous artillery and gunfire kills.
In this battle, Jianlu lost more than a thousand people.
Seeing this battle situation and seeing the Jianlu defeated and retreated, the soldiers of the Ming army couldn't help but cheered. Their morale was so high that it shook the whole country.
"Wan Sheng!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"..."
Seeing the high morale of the Ming army, all the prisoners were demoralized. Duduo was even more angry. He still wanted to see the Ming army arrogantly there again. He reined up his horse and turned around. He happened to see Ning Wan and I. Then he thought about it. He couldn't help but sternly shouted angrily: " The two armies are fighting, why are you here? Are you trying to escape back to the Ming Dynasty?"
Upon hearing this, Ning Wan came back to his senses and quickly and respectfully replied: "I have been ordered by His Highness the Regent to send a message to His Highness to be careful and pay attention to the whereabouts of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty If the emperor and his imperial guards did not show up, there might be suspicious soldiers here, and His Royal Highness the Regent would like to ask Your Highness to be careful!"
After hearing what Dorgon had told him, Duduo snorted loudly from his nose, ignored him, turned around and drove away.
Ning Wanmei sighed inwardly when he saw his attitude. In fact, he didn't want to do this errand. It was only when Fan Wencheng suddenly fell ill that the regent sent him here instead. At this time, he couldn't help but curse Fan Wencheng in his heart. Maybe Fan Wencheng knew that Dorgon was going to send Han officials here, so he suddenly pretended to be ill to avoid working under Duoduo.
Ning Wan also knows the reason why Dorgon sent Han officials here.
When it comes to dealing with the Han people, we still have to use the Han people. The Ming emperor was cunning. If Han officials were watching, they might be able to guess some of the Ming emperor's conspiracies. In this way, Duduo's identity reminder would help him avoid being fooled.
Thinking of this, I turned my head to look at Yaozhou Post who was still cheering, turned back, and said cautiously to Duduo: "Your Highness, there is no need to worry. I thought that Yaozhou Post was not big, and the Ming army not only wanted to They carry grain and supplies, as well as ammunition and other ordnance, so the total amount is absolutely limited and cannot be too much. A defense like this will never last long..."
As he was talking, he saw Dodo turning his head and staring at him with a cold look, which made him forget what he was going to say and couldn't continue.
However, Dodo did not get angry this time, and just said coldly: "Keep talking about your bad ideas!"
It was better than before, which made Ning Wanwo a little more excited. He quickly continued to say cautiously: "As long as our army continues to cut off the retreat of the Ming army in Yaozhou Station and continues to use troops to consume the supplies of the Ming army, Yaozhou Station can be saved without any waste." Take it with just a little effort!"
The first thing he did when he came to Yaozhouyi was to see Duduo leading the attack, so he proposed this idea.
However, Duduo had fought so many battles about this kind of thing, so how could he not know about it. As soon as he came over, he sent 10,000 cavalry troops, divided into two battalions on the left and right, and stationed them between Yaozhouyi and Gaizhou. This was a measure for the retreat of the Ming army in Yaozhouyi.
Therefore, when he heard this, he couldn't help but get angry again. He held the riding crop in his hand, pointed at Ning Wanwo and shouted sternly: "Do you think I am an idiot? Don't I know this simple response? , I still need you, an idiot, to remind me..."
He spoke with anger, his face was a bit ferocious, and the hand holding the riding crop was shaking slightly, as if the whip would be swung over in the next second.
Immediately, after Ning Wan, I immediately felt a lot of pressure. This master was really too difficult to serve.
The sweat on his forehead immediately started to flow down. He didn't dare to talk back, so he quickly responded: "I have another plan, which can defeat the power of the Ming army's firearms!"
Hearing this, Duduo, who was scolding, stopped for a moment and did not continue to curse. But after staring at me for a while, he shouted coldly: "Speak!"
Ning Wanme heard this and was about to speak when Duduo shouted: "Another cliche, I will give you ten lashes to wake up your pig brain!"
Others would not treat Han officials like this, at least they would not beat them easily; however, Duoduo was different. Not only could he beat, but he would also steal your wife. No matter whether you were favored or not, as long as you were a Han official, he would dare.
After listening to Ning Wan, the sweat on his forehead turned into a waterfall of sweat. At this time, he already felt a little regretful in his heart. Why didn't he pretend to be sick?
Now that it was difficult to get off the tiger, he had no choice but to offer suggestions quickly. Because he knew that the man in front of him had little patience with Han officials. If he was too slow and was misunderstood and the advice he offered turned out to be nothing more than this, he would be whipped.
"Your Highness, the Ming army's artillery and muskets mostly attack in a straight line, and the attack distance is farther than our army's bows and arrows. This is a disadvantage of our Qing Dynasty. If the attack distance can be shortened, the advantages of the Ming army's artillery and muskets will be brought into play. If you don’t come out…”
When Ning finished saying this, he saw that Duduo was showing signs of getting angry, so he quickly speeded up and said, "Xiaoguan just observed the terrain on the west side of the Ming army's defense line, and it is suitable for digging tunnels. Therefore, Xiaguan Officials believe that our Qing Dynasty can dig trenches, curve forward, and dig them to the left and right in front of the Ming army's formation, so that they can effectively avoid the power of the Ming army's artillery and muskets. As for bows and arrows, we can use wooden boards to cover the trenches, so..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Dodo's hand holding the whip move. He was frightened and almost fell off his horse. He couldn't understand why Duduo wanted to beat him after hearing this plan.
However, this time, he misunderstood. Duduo actually showed a rare smile, stretched out his hand holding the whip, and just poked him in the shoulder, then laughed loudly and said: "The Regent's regard for you Han officials is indeed useful! Not bad!"
After saying that, Duduo seemed to feel a lot more relaxed. He turned around and quickly returned to the camp with a "drive" sound.
Whether Ning Wan's strategy is useful or not, Duduo will know it naturally without even thinking about it carefully. At least he can be sure that this is better than the car attack.
The day passed like this. Needless to say, at night, after a lesson, Duduo strengthened his vigilance at night to avoid being attacked by the Ming army again.
Just like that, it was a peaceful night together. Early the next morning, Duduo led the army again, but this time, not all the captives came. A considerable number of them laid their bodies in the camp to save food.
"It seems that Duduo is still too young and wants to attack again. Could it be that he wants to consume my food, grass and weapons?" Li Guo couldn't help but smile when he saw it.
An isolated city cannot be defended, otherwise no matter how strong the city is, it will fall one day.
If Yaozhouyi was really an isolated city, Li Guo would never laugh. Since he looked relaxed, it meant there was no problem.
Li Dingguo did not answer immediately, but kept observing the formation with a telescope. Suddenly, I heard him say seriously: "Commander, something seems wrong with Jianlu. Not only are there fewer troops than yesterday, but many of the soldiers in front of the formation are not wearing armor and are holding... hoes and shovels in their hands. …”
Having said this, he immediately put down his telescope, turned to Li Guo, and said slightly faster: "Jianlu wants to dig trenches and attack!"
If it is a fortified city like Jinzhou, there is actually not much to fear about digging trenches. The moat is a barrier, and tall walls are also effective defensive measures. However, this is Yaozhou Post. It is just a post station. This city wall can only defend against the attacks of bandits. Not to mention, on the left and right sides of Yaozhou Post, they are just defensive lines composed of sidecars. , the defensive ability is much weaker than the city wall built with earthen wood and bricks.
It has to be said that Jianlu's move can indeed deal with the Ming army in Yaozhouyi.
Li Guo immediately observed with a telescope for a while and confirmed Li Dingguo's guess, his expression suddenly became serious. However, there are no absolute spears or absolute shields in things in this world. He saw it clearly, but he was not panicked.
