Chapter 463: Scale Differences, Determining the Counting Length

The strength of a team can be seen from the array, the daily training of a team can be seen from the queue, and the commander's mastery of the team can be seen from the queue.

Unlike the training of the guard of honor, the queue training on the battlefield can quickly condense into a combat-capable group, and can reach the appropriate position to complete the corresponding tasks according to the commander's dispatch.

The one that appeared in front of the Qing Tartars was such a unit. The appearance of the two cannons just now caused several leaders of the front team of the Qing Dynasty to transfer several troops to the intersection of the road facing the city gate. Who would have thought that it was another area hundreds of steps away?

Don’t underestimate these hundreds of steps. The mobilization of the army will take time. Wang Hai will lead the crowd out, and this is the time required.

Duoduo and Aobai, the princes of Yu County, no longer rested in the central army, but directly rode their horses to the front. Since they came to the city, it seemed that the roles of defending the city and siege had been exchanged.

The more than 10,000 troops of the Qing Dynasty have not yet established their positions, and the attacks in the city have emerged one after another. Every time, it will cause the morale of their own army to plummet. If this situation continues, if it really starts to fight outside the city, there will be no situations such as collapse.

This time, we lost the opportunity again. If Duoduo and others had their faces just now, they were dark now. You can see that at first, a few people stood up, and thousands of people rushed out.

During the war, it is important to have a foothold in one's own position and the enemy's formation is not complete, so you can naturally rush to attack, but the opponent's teams gather and disperse to achieve such efficiency.

The Qing Dynasty also judged the array speed of the Ming and Qing army that they had seen, and when they prepared according to this speed, the array was already completed. They began to drive out, not to mention anything else, just from the speed of this array, which was also a first-class elite soldier.

"Prince Yu, let the Forward Battalion attack them?"

The chief and deputy general in front of the formation were always unsure of Oboi, who had always been against Duoduo, and could not help but ask there.

The Forward Battalion was the most elite of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, which was also the system established by Huang Taiji. The army went on a war, and each flag drew troops to form the Forward Battalion, the Knight Battalion, etc., but since the Regent Dorgon stopped his reign, these policies were unable to be implemented, and each flag commanded his own troops.

The same is true for this expedition. Oboi and Duoduo's army were divided very clearly, but the method of combining the military camps of each flag and the command site has been used for many years. The commanding style is still there and can be combined at any time. Those who understand a little more will know that this system is much better than the command of each flag of the Eight Banners themselves.

When he arrived at the situation in front of him, Oboi didn't care about the dirty things. It was Duoduo who made this opinion directly. Duoduo, the prince of Yu County, squinted his eyes and looked at the army opposite.

There is no detail at this distance, but you can still see the rigor of the army walking out of the earth and the armor that shines under the sun.

There is no details. Such a flash also shows a problem, that is, they are all wearing iron armor. With such equipment, Duoduo doesn't remember when he saw it in the Ming army or even his own army.

Even if the baking nails used to fix the cotton armor are polished, they will not shine in the sunlight. Duoduo swallowed his saliva unconsciously, which is really envious. Where did these Ming troops buy equipment from, but then they were also awesome. Such equipment must be a strong army with the performance of the previous harassing troops.

The general Abatai was ordered to be wiped out in Hejian Prefecture. The relatives and nobles of the Qing Dynasty still do not know the specific situation. Although they sent waves of spies to the pass and took the initiative to spend money to ask the Ming merchants to help inquire, they could obtain information that was extremely easy. Now it has become so difficult.

Except for knowing that Abatai was completely wiped out by Shandong general Li Meng. There was nothing else. I don’t know what kind of tactics he used, what kind of weapons the other party has, and I can’t even find out a comparison of the forces of both sides, and I don’t know anything about it.

With the experience of Abatai's war in the south and north for so many years, Duoduo knew that even if he led his troops to the Ming Dynasty, he might not be better than Abatai.

Seeing the soldiers under the city just now so bravely attacked and so well-trained combat skills, look at the infantry who are striding by now, look at the shiny armor on the other side. This must be the Shandong army, and you must avoid the sharp edge.

Of course, Duoduo Yin saw the cannons placed on the top of the city behind the infantry. In fact, it was impossible for these infantry to attack in the chaos when they were in the squad. A distance in front of these infantry was the death area covered by cannons on the top of the city.

Until now, Duoduo has also found some traces of fortifications outside the city. The existence of the earth enclosure is not for protection, but for the forces in the city to unexpectedly leave the city to fight, causing the greatest suddenness. As for those places that seem simple to defend and easily penetrate, as long as they break in, it is a trap of artillery.

At this time, except for camping behind him in a hurry, the army led by Duoduo unknowingly became quiet, holding its breath and watching the actions opposite.

In such a noisy and quiet atmosphere, the army led by Wang Hai had already arranged its formation. Wang Hai's axe and gun were slammed down, and the drummers beat the drums with thumping thumps. The soldiers stepped forward together, and the brigade began to move.

According to the observations of experienced military generals or veterans on the battlefield, Wang Hai's team of people would not exceed 3,000, but the drums were just now, and the momentum of this movement was often impossible for tens of thousands of people to do it.

At that moment, everyone who was observing had a violent stutter, and Dodo was even more shocked. He got the urgent letter from his brother Dorgon from the western Liaoning Corridor and transferred his troops to North Korea. The letter had an instructor that the two white flags had begun to take power. Although the situation was extremely beneficial to Dorgon, there could be no setbacks or failures. This would become an excuse for attacks by the flags. Damage the authority of the Regent.

The two white flags were in power, and in order to win the support of each flag, everything was restored to the era when the four major bells jointly discussed the government. This was the situation where the so-called regent ruled. But Dorgon also knew that if he wanted to make his position more stable or even go further, he had to follow the method left by Huang Taiji. He took power step by step in the central government and centralized the rule of the Eight Banners, but now, he wanted to avoid any failure that would damage the reputation of the two white flags.

Looking at the mountain-moving armored soldiers on the opposite side, Duoduo couldn't think of anything that could be repelled in this narrow area. He no longer wanted to defeat the opponent. It would be difficult to repel this narrow area.

Oboi was already a little anxious. Suridoduo's temper is even more popular than him. When two people meet on the street, they often have to start fighting. This is already a scene in Shengjing.

But today, why is Duoduo, the prince of Yu County, like a woman? He hesitated and did not make a sound. Oboi's eyebrows were furrowing. Just as he was about to roar, he saw Duoduo next to him finally react. Duoduo's voice ordered was not the flying of the past, but the low and dryness:

"Obai, let the Mongolian cavalry under you and me gather 3,000 people to entangle these infantrymen, let's retreat and fight them in the camp!!"

After hearing this, Oboi finally couldn't help it and shouted in a deep voice:

"What is the arrangement of Prince Yu? The camp is still halfway there. Do you have to leave the camp and retreat regardless of the matter? Our Eight Banners men have never been so timid..."

"Well, I'm the commander of the first army. Do you believe it or not, I cut off your head with the order!!"

Even a ferocious man like Obai was shocked by Duoduo's expression that was like a wild beast devouring man at this time. At some point, the children of the Aisin Gioro family showed such beastliness, which was also the reason why their family could rule the Later Jin Dynasty.

Since the main general and the deputy general reached a unified opinion, the order was immediately issued. The Mongolian light cavalry began to move forward, and the soldiers who built the military camp also retreated to the back.

The only thing that made Duoduo unwilling to accept was the cannons. They were being set up when they ordered the retreat, and it was too late to withdraw, so they had to throw it there.

The military camp built the part facing the city wall. The Qing Dynasty's construction camp was similar to the Ming Dynasty's rules, and digging trenches and walls were all necessary.

These unfinished walls and trenches, as well as the incomplete facilities, were thrown here without hesitation, which also caused trouble for the retreat of the Qing army. However, this army was also frightened by the endless tricks in the city. It was not a bad thing to be farther away.

The army retreated for hundreds of steps, and there was inevitably another chaos. Duoduo and Oboi were both strictly ordering generals and subordinates at all levels to restrain them, so they quickly suppressed them.

At this time, half of the infantrymen who came out of Seoul had already walked out of the protective area outside the city wall. They had been waiting for the Mongolian light cavalry for a long time, and under the orders of their leaders, they also slowly moved out.

In the fortification area, both the enemy and us could not move freely there. While we had not yet reached the open area on the periphery, we attacked the middle lane and completely disrupted the formation.

Wang Hai observed the whistling light cavalry through the armor. These seemingly ferocious cavalry did not actually have any threat. What Wang Hai noticed was that the Qing Dynasty's large group of troops retreated towards the back, as if they were going to prepare for battle on the wider ground.

There were 1,600 spear soldiers in the square formation, 400 musket soldiers, and 600 musket soldiers who followed Wang Hai out of the city this time. The Mongolian Light Cavalry had just seen the power of these Han muskets. They rushed to the front, but found that the musket soldiers who had completed the array were blocking them.

At this time, you can still turn, but there is still some error in the prediction of distance. The first row of muskets shot down dozens of people.

The advantage of the light cavalry is to move freely. The first row of muskets fired, as if they were throwing a stone towards the chicken coop, and they immediately frightened them all away, and the light cavalry also scattered. The axe gun that was originally upright in Wang Hai's hand leaned forward again, and the square formation behind him continued to move forward.

The musket soldiers arranged in front also dispersed and moved forward slowly as the large array slowly moved forward. Wang Hai glanced at the position of the sun. At this time, the sunlight shone on the armor. The shining armor did not have much effect on the enemy, and it was very likely that they would influence each other among the team members.

Wang Hai remembered that when he left Shandong, the weapons manufacturing bureau was said to be able to prevent rust by relatively simple methods, rather than polishing and shining like this now.

The spear array of 1,600 people came out of the fortification area. The more than 3,000 Mongolian light cavalry had no choice but to get close to attack. Their movement in the outer circle was much larger than that of the musketeers in the inner circle, and the reaction time was also much greater than that of the inner circle.

Musket soldiers always line up and prepare for shooting before the cavalry rushed over, and the distance between the fortification area and the area where the Qing army camped was not too wide. Wang Hai led this phalanx to fill the middle distance, leaving the three thousand light cavalry very small. What's more, the range of the muskets must be included.

These cavalry cruising in the infantry formation, wanting to find a way to advance, the horses ran, and the dust stirred up on the ground was boiling.

The dust filled the air blocked Wang Hai's vision, and he could vaguely see that a large number of Manchu and Mongolian soldiers had retreated to the back of the camp. He left the city just to make an appointment for a fight, but the opponent's army was obviously avoiding the battle when the number of people was far superior. If the goal was not achieved, there was no need to continue wasting time.

"Origin the order. Musketeers shoot freely!!"

After Wang Hai's order, the trumpeter behind him immediately sounded the order. The musket soldiers who had been relying on the spear formation began to run out with their muskets, running about ten steps, and pulled the distance between them and the cavalry to within range. They set up the muskets and fired.

The smoke and dust splashed by horse hooves not only obscured the vision of the Korean military garrison, but even the Mongolian cavalry could not see clearly. Although the musket soldiers were also firing in a blurred direction. But the number of muskets could not withstand enough, and the soldiers riding horses had a large target. Even if they could not hit people, they would definitely hit the horse.

The dense muskets rang out, and then there were people shouting and horses neighing, screaming. After this time, these Mongolian cavalry left even further. They never dared to move forward again.

The battlefield is very ridiculous. It is better to say that it is an exercise rather than fighting. I saw these cavalrymen not daring to approach, while the infantrymen holding spears and muskets stood in the center. At this length, the cavalry had no way to go around in circles, so they could only watch from a distance. Let them get closer. That was absolutely not daring.

But the musketeers in the infantry phalanx did not dare to be too far away from the phalanx, and the two sides were in such an embarrassing stalemate...

"Woo woo" sounded. The horns were blowing among the Qing army, and the Mongolian light cavalry who stayed to block the enemy, heard this sound like a general amnesty, and hurriedly retreated from both sides of Wang Hai's team.

The other party's reaction was beyond Wang Hai's expectations. The arrogance of the Qing Dynasty was one of its characteristics, and their long-term victory in the Han army gave them great confidence.

Wang Hai originally thought that he would first use various small means to tease him, and then lead this team of about 3,000 people out of the city. The Tartar soldiers and horses on the opposite side would definitely be besieged by him regardless of the consequences. As long as this kind of battle was made, the firearms of Jiaozhou Camp could play a greater role.

In another direction in Seoul, there are about 3,000 troops ready to leave the city. At that time, attacks inside and outside, even if the decisive result cannot be achieved, it will cause the opponent to suffer a great defeat.

However, the other party was so cautious that the plan failed. The smoke and dust on the scene slowly fell down, and the visibility also increased. The main force of the Tartars was waiting for the next battle after the unfinished barracks.

"Sir, should we keep moving forward?"

Seeing that Wang Hai was still not responding, a deputy guard of the regiment beside him was a little anxious and asked. Wang Hai stared at the trenches and wooden stakes in front of him, and raised the axe and gun in his hand and leaned forward. The sound of marching drums sounded again, and the brigade slowly moved forward.

When he walked to the barracks, Wang Hai stopped the team. He could see that this area had gone from flat to fragmentation because the camp was built just now.

If you want to pass through this obstacle, your formation will become dispersed, then this is the opportunity for the Tartars. Hua, who rushed over to fight, his soldiers were all alone and could not resist at all. It would definitely lead to a defeat at that time, and it would be more than worth the loss.

On this edge, you can see the cavalry and infantry waiting for battle across the obstacle. Even musketeers cannot line up when passing through this area. In such an environment, they cannot even complete the replacement of ammunition smoothly, and they can only become targets for the enemy.

If the leading general who came this time was Oboi, the arrangement made by Wang Hai would definitely allow Oboi to lead his army to attack regardless of the situation. Wang Hai could take advantage of the chaos to win.

But this time, Duoduo, the prince of Yu County, was very young and usually a irritable and reckless person, but now the things to consider are much more comprehensive than Oboi. War is a continuation of politics. Perhaps no one summarizes this, but this is the truth of the matter.

Nowadays, Dodo must consider the impact of the victory or defeat of this battle on his status as the two white flags, and the impact of this victory or defeat on the regent Dorgon. The three brothers Dorgon, Ajige and Dodo are one with honor and disgrace. Although their status is higher, they are also a more dangerous situation, and they must be careful step by step.

Walking to the edge of this area, Wang Hai's axe and gun were erected, and the drummer behind him also stopped beating. The infantry team remained still.

At this moment, the Qing army array of incomplete barracks could be seen moving slightly forward. She looked like she was waiting for the infantry regiment to pass through this area of ​​chaos.

This area can be circulated, but this requires defending one's own flanks during the circulation, and there will be trouble when turning the corner. The army with no advantage in numbers leaves its fortress, and it must be a quick battle and a quick decision. If the bend is over, it will take too long.

"The musket soldiers were ready to cut off the rear, and the whole team turned back to the city!!"

Wang Hai, the commander of the Korean garrison army, was silent for not long and soon made an order. This order was issued, and a brief noise and chaos occurred in the entire team. After the troops of the Jiaozhou camp went on a battle, they only had a small victory. When they encountered a little difficulty, they had to withdraw their troops and return to the city.

If this news reached Shandong, wouldn’t it make the compatriots in the army laugh? However, under the drums and flag bearers, the infantry team still turned around in the same place. But the noise did not stop. Wang Hai frowned and shouted loudly:

"Don't make noises in the formation during the war. Do you think I can't do military laws?!"

Wang Hai has been with Li Meng for too long. For the soldiers of Jiaozhou Camp, Wang Hai was a figure covered by the shadow of giants and did not perform well. After seizing Seoul, he established some prestige. But everyone may not be convinced.

The noise today is also due to this reason, but in the Jiaozhou camp. This military law is a rule that is greater than heaven. Even if the commander issues a life-threatening accident, subordinates and soldiers must obey. Naturally, the superiors will be held accountable afterwards.

After Wang Hai shouted, the team suddenly became quiet, and the musket soldiers stayed behind the team, ready to block the pursuers at any time.

The evacuation of the Korean garrison troops rushed forward behind the incomplete camp, but the camp had never been there, as if they regarded this area as their own fortification barrier.

Under the eyes of many people, Wang Hai led the troops slowly but smoothly back to the city...

When the Qing army attacked, the relatives and nobles of the Korean royal family in the city made several preparations. The weak country has always regarded the strong as the most respected, and no matter who wins, they must flatter. Today's battle has always been a sight line arranged by the palace and ministers to watch the battle at the top of the city. All situations are timely rewarded.

When Wang Hai entered the city from the earthen wing, his soldiers all looked gloomy, and Wang Hai was not as good as that. However, North Korea's third-ranked minister, the Right Minister of Political Affairs, personally led a large number of people wearing red and colorful gifts, saying that they wanted to congratulate the flag on their victory.

Faced with the flattery of the North Koreans, Wang Hai asked angrily:

"What victory can you congratulate?"

"The Heavenly Army killed nearly a thousand Tartars' heads today, and two thousand soldiers left the city. More than ten thousand Tartars did not dare to move without any action. This is not a great victory, what is a great victory?"

Faced with Wang Hai's questioning, the North Korean right-official minister was stunned. This was indeed a brilliant victory for a small country like North Korea, and it was also a strong army like the Qing army. If the Korean army did it himself, it would probably be recorded in history as a miracle.

"It seems that this Seoul cannot be taken down quickly. What I mean is to send a messenger to urge the civilians of the team to come and use the method of besieging Jinzhou and Songshan to trap this Seoul to death!!"

Duoduo and Oboi outside the city said firmly that the first time they fought, the luck in their hearts disappeared.
Chapter completed!