Chapter 404: Gunslinger Kong Youde
Kong Youde snarled and rushed into two hundred meters. The signal of withdrawal that he had been waiting for finally came. But he rushed too fast but still couldn't escape the fate of being shot.
On the way back to the army, Kong Youde secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After this time, Prince Rui should give up.
Seeing that there were only more than two thousand men left, who had joined the Baima Pass and there were still five thousand people left, then when he returned to Liaodong to replenish his life, he would be enough for a flag.
I heard that Huang Taiji recently intends to combine the Han army flag with the Korean people captured from Goryeo to form the Han Eight Banners.
Holding a flag of soldiers and horses in your hand, can you be a flag leader?
If you don’t become a banner leader in the Qing Dynasty, you always feel like a second-line army.
Kong Youde was thinking that on the New Army, Zhao Andong was discussing with Commander Liu who had just arrived: "That must be a big fish. Looking like a prince from the Han army flag, he rushed to death just now!"
Commander Liu narrowed his eyes: "Every cannon is aimed at him! Fire it for me and send this bastard to the road!"
Kong Youde was surprised that they had not yet run out of the Ming army's artillery range, so why did the Ming army's artillery stop?
It’s better if I stop, but after one shot, many of my own people were killed.
Then there was a rumbling sound. Kong Youde hadn't reacted yet, and he could blow his side even if he could.
A shell hit him and the man and horse were blown up!
Dorgon was looking at the Ming army in sorrow. This Ming army was as strong as the one just now. So how should they fight in the future?
Just as he was thinking, there was a noise below. Before Dorgon could ask, the flag guard around him reported: "Prince Rui, you have been in trouble!"
Dorgon hurriedly looked over and said, "Send the doctor to treat it."
Qi Ding's face was strange: "Report to Prince Rui, King Gongshun is gone?"
Dorgon was stunned: "Why is it gone? Why is it gone?"
Qi Ding explained: "It just rumbling and it exploded!"
Dorgon murmured: "It's broken!???"
The Han army flag that ran back was like a broken dog, and was in panic all day long.
Dorgon was about to say something, but suddenly the entire formation began to stir, indicating that the army was about to attack.
Dorgon looked up and saw that the entire formation of the Ming army moved forward and began to fight towards them.
Dorgon frowned and looked at him. When did the Ming army dare to attack him with 5,000 30,000 … a military formation of 20,000?
I was determined to teach the other party a lesson, but when I thought of fighting another war and losing more than 10,000 yuan, I would be gone.
It’s okay if you win, but if you lose, it’s trouble. Thirty thousand people can defeat the opponent’s defense in one go, but it’s not certain that more than ten thousand people are.
He was hesitating, and the distant poster reported: "Prince Rui, Baima Pass was captured by the Ming army, a small half of the three thousand Han military flags were killed in battle, and the other half surrendered!"
Dorgon narrowed his eyes: "Push ten miles behind and leave contact."
During Dorgon's plan, he heard that the Ming army in Dalu City was dispatched, and he planned to bear the losses of two or three thousand people and then defeat the Ming army.
In this way, there was no more Ming army outside the Great Wall, and then turned around and entered the pass, first sent a unit to harass the Ming army's capital, forcing Ming troops from all over the country to leave the city, and then took the opportunity to defeat them.
In the end, they plundered a large number of supplies and fulfilled Huang Taiji's request, which was a joy.
In order to ensure victory in this battle, he simply sent out his entire army.
Learned from the lessons of the last time attacking the Great Wall defense line, this time, he attacked the Ming army with thunder from the beginning.
Unexpectedly, he ended up like this in the end.
After leaving contact with the Ming army, the Ming army slowly retreated.
Dorgon retreated to the vicinity of Dalu City with more than 10,000 people. The plan failed like never before, and the morale of the entire military became depressed.
Zhu Cilang, who was on the Ming army, felt very sad when he received the news that Zhao An was crippled in the eastern part.
Zhao An died in battle in the eastern part of the country, and 170 disabled people. The reason why there are so few disabled people is because many soldiers chose to die with each other after being injured.
Less than 1,200 people were able to stand up when they retreated to the Great Wall, and all the rest were injured.
This is the largest casualty since the founding of the new army, and many familiar figures have disappeared forever.
The Jinyiwei lost one thousand households, more than 280 detective cavalrymen, and only seventeen were left alive.
Not to mention the pension issue worth three to four million taels, these were the soldiers of the first new army of the Ming Dynasty and the Datong new army.
It is the first one in the new army to be trained, established, and most loyal to Zhu Cilang. Every one of their households has been trained in the martial arts lecture hall.
Zhu Cixuan personally received the person who went to the capital for inspection.
It can be said that as long as the army is expanding, these people can become small flags even ordinary soldiers.
What this loss is not the strength of the three thousand men, but the three thousand seeds. Based on these three thousand men, it will be another 30,000 new troops in just six months.
Now Baima Pass has been recaptured, but Lu City has indeed been lost. The good news is that Dorgon's army is basically half-destroyed.
As soon as Cao Wenzhao's troops arrived, Zhu Cilang would be sure to give him a ruthless person.
In this battle, the new army showed momentum, and in the end, all five thousand new troops could chase Dorgon and scare Dorgon away.
I believe that from then on, Jiannu will no longer be as arrogant as before in the new army. It will break the other party's spirit and will be more meaningful than killing this ten thousand Jiannu.
In Chongzhen's view, the new army was successful, invincible, and the hope of the Ming Dynasty.
But in Zhu Cixuan's view, the new army is just the beginning, there are still many problems and many shortcomings, and it needs to be improved.
The first is the lack of cavalry. The pure infantry team leads to the restrictions everywhere when facing the enemy cavalry. Zhao An's eastern part is the best example.
If even if they had a thousand cavalry, Dorgon on the opposite side would not dare to be so unscrupulous.
The second is that there are too few ways to deal with cavalry impacts. Before heavy machine guns appear, cavalry naturally has an advantage over infantry.
Even with heavy machine guns, the cavalry remained active until the skill of World War II tank armored vehicles was mature before they completely withdrew from the stage of history.
So this time, the defense line was easily broken by the opponent's cavalry because of the lack of protection against musketeers?
If there are three rows of spearmen in the front row, then will the result be different?
The third is to put the bayonet on the muzzle, which is not conducive to close combat with the cavalry. It is not easy to reach, but also affects the soldiers' launch.
It’s too difficult to install and unload, and it feels like a useless shooting.
Fourth, the names of each department are not unified and have no numbers. The differences in the number of troops are often named after the names of local celebrities, which affects command efficiency on the battlefield.
At the same time, it also increases the command burden of the General Staff and needs to be changed.
Chapter completed!