Chapter Ninety-Four: Han Makes Han
Especially after Dolgon led his troops south, and bumped into Xiao Tianjian's department, which was still called the Xingtian Army at that time, he was powerless to parry by the firearms of the Xingtian Army, and after Dolgon led the troops back to the Guanwai, Jiannu paid more attention to these Han army generals, and not only established the Han Eight Banners in the past two or three years, but also greatly enriched the strength of these Han Army Banners, and at the same time vigorously cast artillery and built various firearms to equip the Han Army, so that the strength of the Han Eight Banners far exceeded the strength of the Han Eight Banners before the original history of the Han Eight Banners. When Huang Taiji made up his mind to go south to enter the customs this time, the strength of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty was almost the same as that of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and they were equipped with a large number of firearms.
According to the idea of the Jiannu chieftains, once they have a sharp firearms against the Xingtian army, they will use the same large number of Han Eight Banners Han army equipped with firearms to deal with the Xingtian army with the "same" tactics, and then add their powerful Jiannu cavalry and Mongolian cavalry, presumably there is no need to be afraid of encountering the Xingtian army.
But during this period of time in the Shanhaiguan war, but the Jiannu chieftains were a little disappointed, I thought that with the help of a large number of Han troops, Dolgon should be able to use these Han troops equipped with a large number of firearms to easily conquer Shanhaiguan, but the result was very disappointing to them, the Han army sent to Dolgon in advance, firearms still could not suppress the large Chinese army that controlled Shanhaiguan in advance, but under the leadership of the generals of the large Chinese army, the large Chinese army not only blocked the attack of the Jiannu army, Moreover, he also suffered heavy defeats at Shanhaiguan several times to build slaves, and even killed one solid mountain and two Meler Zhangjing of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, killing and wounding thousands of Han soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and crippling two or three Han Army Banners.
And some of the Han army followed Abatai and Haoge from Miyun into the pass, but Shi Tingzhu, who led the troops, and other Han troops at this time, it is estimated that they are also more auspicious, in short, the Han army flag at this time, there are only more than 20,000 people left, and these Han troops are mostly the Han army of the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion under the command of King Sanshun.
Before this battle, Huang Taiji personally summoned the king of Sanshun, coerced and lured him, and ordered them to lead the troops this time and have a firearms duel with the Dazhong army, so that the Dazhong army could also taste the power of their firearms.
Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Kong Youde were bitter in their mouths at this time, and they were even more bitter in their hearts, although they were equipped with a lot of cannons and firearms, but they also listened to the description of the Han army that was defeated from Shanhaiguan for the Dazhong army.
From what they know, the guns of the Dazhong Army are very sharp, and the guns of the Dazhong Army not only have a longer range than the bird guns in their hands, but also the projectiles are heavier and more powerful, seventy steps can break through heavy armor, and a hundred steps away can take the life of a soldier wearing light armor, and even at a distance of one hundred and twenty steps, there is considerable lethality, which can kill people who are not armoured.
And the artillery of the Dazhong Army is also very powerful, whether it is light artillery or heavy artillery, most of them are sharp Hongyi cannons, and they are easy to operate, the rate of fire is extremely fast, those Han troops who attacked Shanhaiguan are only deflated in front of the Dazhong Army, and they are almost beaten without the power to fight back.
The king of Sanshun has the heart not to fight, but this matter can not help them, and Huang Taiji also comforted them, saying that the two armies meet the brave wins, the reason why the Han army in front will suffer a great loss, mainly because the large army relies on the strong Great Wall and the wall, so it can defeat those Han army, now since the big army is out of the pass, the two armies are in array to shoot, the big army will have no advantage at all, as long as the king of Sanshun leads the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion under his command to disrupt the formation of the opposite side of the big army, then no matter how many men and horses they lose, In the future, Huang Taiji promised to make up for them, and he would reward them heavily, and the rest of the assault on the Dazhong Army would be done by their Manchurian soldiers and Mongolian cavalry.
So although the king of Sanshun was reluctant, he didn't dare to say no, and one by one he was quite brave, patting his chest to ensure that there was no problem, and he would definitely defeat the Dazhong army! Then they each led the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion under their command with trepidation and began to set up a formation on the battlefield.
In fact, since the last time Dolgon led his troops back to Guanwai, the generals of King Sanshun and the Eight Banners of Han have tried their best to understand the combat methods of the Xingtian Army, some of which are not surprising in their opinion, and the three-stage shooting is not a new thing for them.
In the past two years, their Wuzhen Chaoha battalion has also collected a lot of bird guns and three-eyed guns to equip them in the army, and they have simplified the arms in the army following the example of the Dazhong Army, with the fire gunners as the backbone, and the pikemen and sword players as the auxiliary, to build the current Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion, and according to the description of the Jiannu soldiers who have fought with the Dazhong Army, they have also learned to make a phalanx tactic.
Last year, they were also outside Shengjing City, and in accordance with the holy decree of Huang Taiji, the Jiannu armies outside the gate also organized a drill, which was also a kind of exercise, not only tried to release various cannons, but also formed a phalanx in the field to conduct a large-scale drill.
Huang Taiji also personally went to Shengjing City to observe the drill at that time, including Dolgon, Duoduo and many other Jiannu generals who had fought with the Dazhong Army also participated in the drill, after watching the Han army of King Sanshun and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty practice firearms salvo, even Dolgon, many Jiannu generals, including Dolgon, thought that their Han army Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion was very close to the tactics of the Xingtian Army.
After Huang Taiji watched these Han army's firearm salvo tactics with his own eyes, he also felt deeply palpitated by this spectacular and fierce tactics, and secretly said No wonder Dolgon and Yue Tuo would suffer such a big loss when they entered the customs and encountered the Xingtian Army, if it was replaced by him leading his troops to rush to the large array of Wuzhen Chaoha Battalion, it is estimated that he would also be beaten with heavy losses, and even may be defeated.
On the one hand, Huang Taiji was pleased with their results, on the other hand, it also aggravated his jealousy of these Han generals, so in the past two years, although Huang Taiji tried his best to expand the strength of the Han army, but also strengthened the control of these Han generals, while suppressing them strongly, while giving favors to strengthen their encirclement, and at the same time incorporated a group of Jurchen soldiers into the Han army, nominally to enhance the strength of the Han army, in fact, in fact, these Tatar soldiers who were incorporated into the Han army were responsible for supervising these Han generals. and for wartime supervision.
So now among the various Wuzhen Chaoha battalions, not all of them are Han generals, among which there is a certain proportion of Mongols and Jurchen people, nominally these Wuzhen Chaoha battalions are in charge of those Han generals, but in essence, once these Han generals are not really powerful, they have to listen to the orders of those Jurchen and Mongols under their command, so these Han generals do not listen to the command of their Jiannu, and sometimes they fight very fiercely on the battlefield, and they dare not turn against the water or flee without authorization.
Otherwise, Liu Zhiyuan, Li Shutai, and Ma Guanghui would not have lost their lives under Shanhaiguan.
For Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi, the situation is the same, even if they are unhappy, they dare not disobey Huang Taiji's orders, they can only pat their chests and show great loyalty, promising to defeat the Dazhong Army, but in essence, when the three of them went out to fight this time, they all had no bottom in their hearts, and I don't know if they will repeat the mistakes of Liu Zhiyuan's Han generals this time, and the uneasy leaders began to line up in front of the army.
Under the orders of their respective Chinese armies, the two armies began to face each other head-on, and beyond the Shanhai Pass is the sea on one side, and the terrain of the mountains on the other side also determines that this battle cannot be carried out in a way of great depth and detour, and the two armies together are nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses, almost squeezing the flat land more than ten miles outside the Shanhai Pass, no matter who it is, they can only use this almost barbaric way to face the other side, and rely on their force to defeat the other party.
This style of play is obviously what Xiao Tianjian wants most, but for Huang Taiji, why is it not what he wants?
When Xiao Tianjian led the troops out of the formation, Xiao Tianjian raised the telescope in his hand to look in the direction of the Jiannu army, at this time someone from the city launched an improved lookout pole car, as Xiao Tianjian's Chinese army stopped, quickly under the operation of the general, a high pole up to several zhang was erected, there was a bucket on the high pole, and there was a lookout hand holding a clairvoyant sitting inside, and began to look at the formation of the Jiannu army on the opposite side.
This kind of pole car in such a large-scale battle, is an indispensable instrument, the large Chinese army is naturally indispensable in this thing, ascending the height and looking far away coupled with the large Chinese army's secret weapon monocular, so that the large Chinese army on the battlefield observation power can far exceed their opponents much more.
Therefore, the lookout above quickly informed the staff officer below the Jiannu army of the formation of the watchbolt car, and the staff officer immediately relayed it to Xiao Tianjian, Li Xin and others who commanded in the center.
After listening to the situation of the enemy's formation reported by the lookout, Xiao Tianjian and Li Xin each looked at the large formation of the Jiannu army in the distance through their clairvoyance, and then put down their clairvoyance together and looked at each other, they couldn't help but feel a little funny.
First of all, they must admit that the Han army of the Han army flag sent by Jiannu this time is similar to the infantry formation of their large Chinese army, and it can even be said that the other party imitates it very similarly.
But after taking a closer look, it made Xiao Tianjian and Li Xin feel a little bit that this formation was made by the Jiannu side, which was a bit nondescript.
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