Chapter 384: Confrontation, Muskets and Cavalry Slaughtering, Starting a Fight

The existence of fog makes the entire plain seem like a illusion, and people cannot see clearly the distance between the front, back, left and right steps. Some hunters and soldiers with experience in the plain can use this as a hidden secret and hunt each other.

The plains are not covered. In winter, there are often strong and light winds. The wind suddenly blows, and the entire battlefield suddenly becomes brighter.

The sergeant and covert cavalry sent by the Dengzhou Army of Jiaozhou and the Tartars suddenly found that the enemy was right in front of them. Under such circumstances, very few shouted and killed each other, and most of them were panicked towards the formation, which was also the most common reaction.

The Manchu and Mongolian army descending along the river was from north to south. After the heavy fog dissipated, the formation of the Jiaozhou camp troops was about to be arranged at about two miles away.

Dozens of square formations gathered into large formations, square and extremely shocking visually, especially when they were just covered by fog. This silent and sudden appearance of huge army did give people a huge impact. The power of the army comes from its organizationality and discipline, not its wildness. The court said that the Jurchens were barbarians and could not be beaten, but they did not know that the organizational discipline of the Eight Banners army was hundreds of times stronger than the so-called civilized Ming army.

Abatai is fighting a war and knows one thing. Only a dog that doesn't bark can bite people. The opponent can march so quickly in the fog, arrange the array so quickly, and then be so solemn after the array. I'm afraid that he will fight for his whole life and encounter the strongest enemy.

Although the enemy was strong, Abatai's face was still normal. He just looked ahead calmly, but among the generals beside him and behind him, there were unconscious exclamations, and the entire team began to get commotion.

"Send the order, the enemy is ahead. Those who make noise and disturb the morale of the army will be killed immediately!"

Abatai said the order coldly, and the white-armored personal soldiers around him immediately ran to various battalions of the army. In a short period of time, the army immediately became quiet.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria, a group of armed robbers directly formed from primitive society and slave society, had almost cruel military laws and military disciplines. At this time, it was a great shock to any member of the group. The commander's order was issued and it could be implemented quickly to everyone and was implemented. In previous battles, there were often high-ranking relatives and nobles, who were punished for not robbing the bodies of the dead, and many were killed because they did not take back the bodies of the dead.

In this era, what is even more terrifying is that the Mongolian Tatars and Han people in the Eight Banners of Manchuria were also affected by this. Many troops and gangs, like loose sand dough, immediately became more powerful after entering the Eight Banners of Manchuria. This can be proved by the fact that many traitors who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty were in subsequent battles. Originally, they were sheep, but after becoming traitors, they actually became wolves. In this way, they could continue to strengthen themselves like snowballs.

For example, in the history without Li Meng, Li Chengdong's troops surrendered from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty and immediately became extremely brave. The troops, which were originally like grass, became troops from the north to the south, causing countless bloody crimes. As a result, after Guangdong suddenly realized and returned to the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers were still those soldiers, but the entire troops quickly broke out.

Of course, this situation lasted only a few decades, and after that, the entire Tartar soldiers quickly fell and became weak.

After the army became quiet, the battalions that were originally marching in the column began to expand toward both sides. Slowly unfolded the formation of the battle. The eight banners of Manchuria were deployed slightly behind the Central Army. Most of the soldiers and horses of the eight banners of the Han Dynasty and the Sanshun King were infantrymen. The formation was arranged in the middle. The Korean musketeers were arranged according to the configuration and prepared to cover. At that time, the central army would be an anvil, and they would firmly stick to the Ming army and provide space for waving the heavy hammer on the right wing; the left wing was the Mongolian tribes attached to the eight banners of the Mongolian and the grassland, and their armor

The equipment is insufficient, so it is not easy to attack directly; the right wing is the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and the elites of Aliha Chaoha and Gebushxian Chaoha were also gathered among them. More than half of the Korean musketeers were also given to the right wing. Although the Ming army on the opposite side was strong, it was not an opponent of our Qing army. Although the task of sticking to the Ming army head-on was heavy, it was not very difficult. Strengthening the right wing and smashing the enemy's eggshell with the strongest hammer is the most important thing. At Abatai's order, the army followed the order, silently unfolded.

In recent years, everyone has made a fortune, and the number of cotton-armored land has been greatly increased, so the impact power has been greatly enhanced, which is just for destruction. His Majesty has also removed the elite soldiers of each flag and unified the construction. On the basis of the previous guards of the Yala, a guard commander was established, and both infantry and horse wars can be used to fight Yala camp. The fast horse, long spear, sharp and light agile Aliha Chaoha camp, and the invincible armor of the Yala camp. Today, the elite cavalry of the Yala camp and the heavy armor of the Yala camp will be used as iron hammers to smash the enemy. Now we dismount and start to repair.

Abatai took out a handful of dried soybeans and laid them on the horse's back and fed them to his mount. Although he was moving slowly in the fog, after all, after walking for so long, the horsepower would definitely be consumed. Eat some dry goods to replenish his energy, and then he would have the strength to fight. The Ming army opposite today was really troublesome. They marched early and could still walk like this in the fog. This quality is almost up to our Eight Banners. Although they are all infantrymen, we have to fight for a few hours. The horsepower loss will not be small at that time. The guards around us have also gotten off the horse. Everyone has won countless battles. At this moment, they are even more calm.

This is true for everyone riding horses on the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers. They feed the horses there. When these things are done, the two wings are still slowly unfolding. Tens of thousands of people are boundless. It is not easy to change the formation of more than 30,000 troops.

The only advantage is that the opponent is an infantryman, and he cannot take advantage of the flaws in his formation transformation, because with this distance, their speed is too slow.

However, at this time, you can hear the drums of the Ming army opposite. Unlike the Ming army I encountered before, although they were infantrymen, this Ming army did not form a formation on the spot to defend, but slowly pressed forward.

Abatai, who stood up straight, said in a cold voice:

"Call Hulihai, the Beizi of the Inlaid White Flag, come to me, go quickly!!"

The personal soldiers around him took the order and looked up at the Ming army infantry opposite him. They found that the opponent's formation had almost been arranged, so there was no large arrangement at the angle of the plain. They could only see almost seven teams directly opposite each other, with both neat arrays and scattered soldiers cruising.

Such a formation looks very uncomfortable, because infantry that can form a solid infantry array is the most troublesome opponent of the cavalry. I hope this group of Ming troops is Huahua pillows. The surface looks good, but Abatai turned around and spoke to himself. He was also fighting an old battle. Don’t you know that when you go to the battlefield, you don’t have superficial skills and the formation is so strict that it may be Huahua pillows. On the battlefield, a slight chance of luck is also undesirable.

A little over a mile and a half distance, the summoned beijing Hulihai came to Abatai. Abatai glanced at the beijing, and this time he went on an expedition. Among the soldiers and horses and generals brought by the Qing army, the Jurchens, Mongolians and Han people were all full of ambitions and everyone was happy, but Hulihai looked frowning.

Although she was wearing foam nails and cotton armor and a pointed leather helmet on her head, she didn't look like a general who wanted to fight, but she looked more like a deserter. When she saw his appearance, Abatai suddenly felt disgusted, but on the surface she was still calm and said in a cold voice:

"Hu Lihai. Look at the troops in front of you. Did you follow the Ming army you saw last time with your master?"

After Abatai asked this, Hulihai was shocked. He looked at Abatai but found that the general's eyes were cold. He did not dare to continue looking at each other. He quickly put his hand on the pergola and looked at the opposite side.

The fire of muskets like heavy rain in the day was the eternal nightmare for this Beizi. After returning to Shengjing, he was awakened by this nightmare every night. His wife and children returned to their parents' home because of this incident. He was unwilling to come after leaving Beijing this time.

But after he lost so many subordinates in Qihe County last time, he was already disgusted by several bigwigs of the two white flags. This time Abatai led the army to fight. The two white flags were originally intended to destroy the throne. Other flags thought it was a good job, but the relatives and nobles of the two white flags were evasive, and Hu Lihai was pushed up.

The neat team on the opposite side and the Ming army rarely have the momentum. Hu Lihai, who had a white flag, felt a chill all over his body when he saw it. He actually wanted to turn his horse around and escape. However, he was surrounded by his relatives and nobles such as Abatai. Hu Lihai thought about it and finally said with certainty:

"General, it's this Ming army. In the day, he met this Ming army with his subordinates..."

Abatai waved his hand in disgust, not wanting to hear this Beizi continue to say it. It was enough to learn that this information was enough. Hu Lihai returned to the team embarrassedly. Abatai stared at the Ming army in front, and whipped the ground whip in his hand in mid-air, and gritted his teeth and smiled:

"Okay! I didn't expect to meet here. If this army is defeated, Daming probably has no soldiers available!"

The Ming army in front of us is indeed a very strict and imposing force. Judging from the appearance alone, it is indeed an elite force. However, Abatai does not think that in addition to this force, the Ming Dynasty will also have an army of the same level and quality. Several times, plus the Battle of Songshan, and the chaos within, if there is still a continuous stream of elite troops, it may be a myth.

Defeating the troops in front of you is equivalent to defeating the most elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, or destroying the last trace of vitality. As Emperor Huang Taiji said, destroying the Ming Dynasty is like cutting down a tree. If you first cut off the branches and trunks, you may be able to cut down the main trunks.

"Hehe, do you think you are a clever plan, but my army can still set up its formation before fighting with you!!!"

Abatai sneered a few times, sneered in his heart, but kept giving orders. His personal guards even ran back and forth, constantly reporting the situation of each camp and making constant adjustments.

"General, we can use gunfire to bombard us!"

At this moment, the one who can interrupt is Korqin Beiletulichen. He is the most expensive and important person in this team, but he can't go to the front line. So Abatai simply brought this young Beile by his side. The central army is where the strongest combat-capable troops gather in the Manchu and Mongolian army. Abatai has many guards around him, which can be said to be the safest place.

Tulichen and Abatai are much closer to each other than a while ago when they were dating these days. Tulichen took out the means of flattering the nobles in Shengjing. It was also because Abatai, a veteran who often led the war outside, was very happy. When he heard his question, Abatai answered without hesitation. After hesitating, he spoke:

"The Han people are very troublesome. Those thousands of pounds of things have to be unloaded from the cannon truck, and then dig a hole to fill the soil. They also have to create a dirt platform to use it. Otherwise, they will fall apart immediately and cannot be used. There is no time to build a cannon these days. It is still easy for our bows and arrows to be shot out by pulling them open. How simple is it!"

The cannons cast by the Qing Dynasty were all siege guns, and the field gun mounts and various techniques were very backward. It took two hours to get from loading and unloading to being able to shoot. In this case, how can you have time to let him load and unload slowly in such an encounter?

Tulichen nodded as if he was ignorant. At this time, the army was still moving forward. Just now, the column turned into a horizontal line, and the people were noisy. When he reached this distance, it was already quiet. The adjustment of the Qing army's troops was about to be completed, and it was also a combat formation at this time.

From discovering the Ming army to changing formations, it was actually completed within a distance of about one mile while marching, which fully demonstrates the combat effectiveness.

General Abatai was ordered to raise the whip in his hand, and someone immediately shook the flag. More than a dozen big drums hit him violently and stopped, and the horn also sounded at the same time. The central army stopped at first, and then both wings stopped. The current situation was that the two armies confronted each other, and now they could see the other's formation clearly.

There were seven platoons in front, with about two rows of more than two rows, and 20,000 people spread out on the plain. It was a very large place. It was impossible for one person to fully estimate it based on observation. However, the rangers of the Tatar army had already run away from a distance and observe the military formation of the Dengzhou Army in Jiaozhou.

These seemingly information continued to gather on Abatai's side, "there were about 20,000 people." Abatai finally made a rough judgment. It would be very easy to count the exact number of such a team in Jiaozhou Camp.

"We have nearly 40,000 people, and this battle is not a big problem."

Thinking of this, Abatai was even more relaxed. What is one and all, it is one and all. After his army stopped, the Ming army on the opposite side stopped after moving forward for more than a hundred steps. Abatai always felt a little strange when hesitated. The Han soldiers on the opposite side were not in the form of Ming officers and soldiers from their armor to their formation, which was too abnormal. After hesitating for a moment, Abatai also made a decision. The Korean musketeer in the middle would draw half to the right wing. Don't be insufficient firepower and unable to escape at once, which would cause trouble.

"Mongolian Zhengbai Banner, Xinying, rushed to the right of Hangou, half of the future has broken down one's future!!"

At this time, the Jurchen Qing Dynasty had the most beneficial achievements. They had a military merit system called future. Not only did you have a background, but you only need to accumulate twelve futures to get from a white man to a first-class man. Half of the future is the lowest, and you will get the title of the world's position of the sarahlafan, which is translated into Chinese but is called Yunqiwei. Half of the future is already amazing, and a future is even more rewarding. Giving this, it is obviously an exciting person who charges to move forward.

The Eight Banners of Mongolia are directly under the jurisdiction of Huang Taiji, but this new camp was compiled by the Mongolians on the grassland. To put it bluntly, it is cannon fodder, but this reward is indeed worthy of their efforts. In addition to the hope of promotion, this military merit can also gain a great advantage in the later distribution of spoils.

After Abatai's order, even some generals of the Eight Banners looked envious and ordered the soldiers to go there. Soon, a cheering howl came from the other side. It was obvious that the Mongolian cannon fodder were all excited by the reward. Soon, more than a thousand light cavalry had already gathered into a team.

A governor issued a loud order, and more than a thousand Mongolian light cavalry flocked out. The right side of the Ming army that Abatai mentioned was actually the left wing of the Ming army, while the Mongolians were on the left wing here. Both sides were at a diagonal. Watching a group of Mongolian light cavalry shouting and passing by Abatai and his generals, rushing towards the left wing of the Ming army.

These Mongolian light cavalry, said to be cavalry, are actually just herdsmen, without even armor on them. They just set up several layers of leather robes, holding scimitars and wooden guns in their hands. Then they rushed over with their mighty power.

Abatai's face was calm, but Korqin Beiletulichen on the side was quite disdainful and whispered:

"A group of uneducated horse bandits!"

The large tribe like Korqin Mongolia is equivalent to a small country, and its structure and organization are quite complete, so Tulichen Belepo looks down on these herders who wander on the grasslands and look like savages.

When the Jurchen generals heard this, they all sneered in their hearts. In the thoughts of these people, the more the Mongols and Han people had a good fight, the better. Anyway, the Jurchens were the ones who benefited.

"If it weren't for this sudden wind, we might have won now."

Zhao Neng murmured to himself there, and with the local guides, the cavalry of the Dengzhou army discovered the other side earlier than the Tartars army and prepared for the battle.

But the gust of wind made all the concealment disappear. In this situation, although the Tartar soldiers still had shortcomings such as horsepower consumption and shock. However, the two sides kept getting closer, and the advantages brought to the Dengzhou Army of Jiaozhou were gradually weakened and became nothing.

You can see the opponent constantly adjusting the array to the state of combat, and the speed is quite fast. In Zhao Neng's eyes, the Tartars' troops are indeed very strong, and they are even stronger than they imagined, and the opponent's number of people also has an advantage. Not to mention that they are mostly horse teams, which bring the advantage of local mobility.

The infantry of the Dengzhou Army slowly pressed forward, but after losing the concealment, the movement of this speed was not sudden at all, and the significance of actively attacking was not too great.

"Send people to the people behind the scenes and let them build the camp quickly, and there must be no cuts of corners. Let him hurry up and don't be afraid of death!"

Before the war, Zhao Neng gave this order to his personal soldiers. Jiaozhou camp always paid full compensation to the civilians and rarely beat and scolded them. Although this was labor-efficient, and every time he was caught, the civilians and the military men would not escape. But some lazy people took the opportunity to play tricks.

This time, Zhao Neng's order was to take ruthless measures to let them build a camp. No matter how strict the military discipline of Jiaozhou camp is, they will still raise their swords to kill people when they are anxious.

Both armies were very quiet. Compared with the excitement and arrogance of the Tartar soldiers, the Dengzhou army was solemn, and the strongest troops were placed in the central army. Oman and his experimental battalion were next to Zhao Neng's third battalion. Oman was beside Zhao Neng and whispered:

"General, the war is right in front of you. Please say a few words to boost morale."

Zhao Neng knew that what the foreigner said was reasonable, but he didn't know what to say. Seeing the other Mongolian light cavalry rushed out of the formation, Zhao Neng remembered what he wanted to say, and he shouted loudly:

"The Tartars are right in front of you. Brothers, for the sake of the general, for Shandong, and for their hometown parents, we fought with them!!"

This is not a good inspiration. The soldiers of the Dengzhou Army have experienced very few battles. Seeing the powerful and more powerful Taurus soldiers and horses slowly pressing over, everyone was very nervous. The army was extremely quiet and the string was about to break.

The main general Zhao Neng shouted this sentence. Although the sentence was too long-lasting, the soldiers automatically filtered other words, shouted out the center of his words, and shouted out from the Central Military Office, like waves, quickly swept across each battalion. Each soldier shouted differently, but in the end it was a few words.

"For the Grandmaster..."

"For Shandong..."

"For the parents in my hometown..."

Zhao Neng took a deep breath, suppressed his thoughts of shouting with his subordinates, and tried his best to calm himself down. This is the beginning of the battle, so he should pay attention to any details on the battlefield.

Seeing the cavalry on the opposite side rushing towards his left wing and walking a diagonal line directly in front of the confrontation between the two armies, I really don’t know what I have to do.

Although he didn't know why the other party didn't fire the artillery, Zhao Neng, the Dengzhou Army, would not have hesitation or hesitation. He ordered coldly:

"Architecture, within range, free shooting, fire immediately!!"

Zhao Neng issued an order, and someone immediately shook the flag. The personal soldiers who were sending the order also drove the horses to go. The flag was shaken to give orders, and the personal soldiers were just insurance.

The ten artillery placed in the upper right corner of the Dengzhou army formation had already been loaded. Seeing the order of the central army, the artillery commander ordered the firing without hesitation. Six three-pound cannons and four six-pound cannons were not the heavy guys like the Qing Dynasty who had to shoot wooden bullets on the ground and dig pits. Instead, they could allow several horses to pull field cannons that moved quickly on the battlefield, but were no less powerful than those of the heavy-duty likes.

Ten metal balls flew out of the cannon chamber, and none of them missed into the Mongolian light cavalry of more than a thousand people. Such cavalry from herdsmen did not pay attention to any formation. They just felt that since they were an army, it would be better to get closer together, so that they would feel at ease.

The result was obvious that these ten shells directly wade through ten bloody roads. One shell almost hit more than a dozen cavalrymen, and the men and horses fell to the ground in a bloody way. Not to mention the chaos caused to the back, they were directly chaotic in the gap between the two armies.

After one round of artillery attacks, 100% had gone, but it was still messy here. This was a target for others. Before the team was sorted out, they were bombed again. The people and horses howled, and the flesh and blood splattered, and they became messy again. They never thought that the other party's artillery could actually hit so quickly.

No one cared about the death and injury of his companions, and rushed towards the target with his horse desperately. Even though more than 200 people were killed or injured, they still did not collapse or escape. When the border troops in Shanxi and Shaanxi fought against the Mongolians, if the Mongolian Tartars were killed or killed, they would definitely collapse.
To be continued...