Chapter 216: Cracking His Teeth
"Obey!" Tong Yangjia felt that the artillery could not shoot at it, and when he heard this, he immediately asked the Han artillery to stop firing and push the artillery forward.
Immediately, the Jianyu Forward Battalion began to move in a majestic manner. The chariot was in front, and twenty or thirty phalanxes followed closely behind, advancing towards the Ming army's position.
Bai Yin Dai, who was responsible for covering the two wings of Tulai, saw that the main force rushed forward, and he also hurriedly led the 6,000 banner soldiers of his department to move forward together.
In the large formation of the Jianyu Chinese army in the distance, Azig sat on his horse with a telescope in his hand, his face was slightly stunned, and he obviously saw that Turai and Tong Yangjia were deflated under the shelling of the Ming army.
"These southern barbarians have some means." He turned to Zhuo Butai and said, "We can't let more Jianzhou warriors die from artillery," he pointed to the right flank of the Ming army, "I order you to lead the cavalry to attack the right side of the Nanren, and destroy their artillery." If the opportunity arises, break through its flanks and cut through the enemy's line. ”
He looked at the Mongolian Melzhangjing next to him, "Like Battell, you lead the Mongolian cavalry to attack with Zhuobutai and listen to his command." ”
"Huh!"
"The last general obeys!"
Soon, dust rose in the middle of the Jianyu army, and 3,000 Jianzhou cavalry and 1,000 Mongolian cavalry set off at the same time, bypassing Bai Yin Dai and attacking directly on the right flank of the Ming army.
Azig had already sent out all the main infantry and cavalry in his hands, and at this time, there were only more than 10,000 green battalions of the Gongwei Central Army and Han Dai's 2,000 reserve troops left, but for some reason, he always felt that his heart was not very steady.
Maybe it's because the green camp in front of it lost too quickly. He squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and said to the soldiers beside him: "Order Cao Cunxing, let him lead 4,000 men and horses to attack the left flank of the Nanren."
"Order Han Dai to lead his troops around the enemy and attack it."
"Huh!"
Azig has been fighting with his father since he was a child, and he knows that the Ming army likes rigid defense and has never been good at facing enemies.
Many times Taizu used the tactics of surprise soldiers and multiple road attacks to make the Ming army unable to take care of the head and tail, and finally turned defeat into victory.
Watching the herald gallop away, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth again, with these three soldiers and horses attacking the enemy separately, the Ming army will definitely be defeated.
"The captives have come within three hundred paces, and let the artillery of the broken battalion concentrate on the left flank of the Tulai. The infantry line was ready to meet the enemy. Zhu Linmiao said to the herald.
In the telescope, he saw that the left flank of the Jianyu Advance had suffered heavy losses under the continuous bombardment of the Dragon Guard artillery, and three or four phalanxes had completely collapsed.
However, these Eight Banners soldiers were also quite fierce, still maintaining the overall formation and constantly approaching forward, and at this time, they had entered the range of the Frankie cannon in the broken camp, and Zhu Linmiao would not be polite to them.
"Report!" A hussar in charge of the guard galloped over and shouted, "The cavalry of Jianyu has been found on the north side, and the number is between three and five thousand, and they are in formation three miles away. ”
Zhu Linmiao was about to turn the telescope to the north, when another hussar arrived, "Report!" There were enemy troops gathered on the south flank, numbering about four thousand. ”
"Report! More than 1,000 prisoners bypassed its right flank and their whereabouts are unknown......"
Zhu Linmiao frowned, and ordered Shi Lin to spread out the map and mark it on the map according to the military situation reported by the scout just now.
"Azig used all his forces to kill me with one blow." Zhang Jiayu looked at the arrows on the map coming from all directions and immediately suggested, "My lord, you should first concentrate your forces to break through the captive army all the way, so as not to suffer the enemy on your back." ”
Zhu Linmiao nodded, pointed to the map and said, "Looking at the distribution of Jianyu's troops, I plan to drag my main force with infantry on the front and concentrate cavalry to break through my right flank." As for the enemy forces on the left, they should be used to contain and create opportunities for their cavalry. ”
"Want to eat us in one bite? I'm going to snap his Azig teeth!" He immediately made a deployment, "Order General Zhen to transfer the four bureaus of the right flank to defend against cavalry." ”
"Yes!"
He also instructed Zhang Jiayu: "Send all the reserves to the right flank." The artillery and cavalry battalions of the Dragon Guard Army assembled behind the infantry on the right flank and cooperated with the infantry to block the enemy cavalry! ”
The infantry of the four bureaus, plus the two bureaus of the reserve and a dragon guard infantry battalion and a dragoon battalion, concentrated more than 3,300 infantry on the right side. At the same time, there were more than 1,000 cavalry in the two cavalry battalions of the Dragon Guard, especially 600 plate-armored heavy cavalry.
With these troops, supplemented by artillery battalions, they were enough to deal with three or five thousand cavalry.
Zhang Jiayu quickly recorded the order, and suggested: "My lord, when fighting with enemy cavalry, the chasers should be able to play some role. ”
"That's right." Zhu Linmiao nodded and said, "Two companies of hunters go to the right flank." In addition, the engineer company was also transferred. ”
"Yes!"
Zhu Linmiao looked at the frontal battlefield, "Order the main force of the infantry, cooperate with the captive battalion to defeat the frontal captives as quickly as possible!" ”
On the frontal battlefield, there were more than 3,000 infantry of the Dragon Guard Army and nearly 9,000 soldiers of the Broken Battalion.
They will face nearly 8,000 Jianzhou banner soldiers and their followers in Turai and Bai Yin Dai, numbering more than 14,000.
Although the Ming army was inferior in numbers, they had great advantages in weapons, tactics, morale, etc. In particular, the Dragon Guard, which has the rudimentary form of a modern army, is far from being able to match the old feudal army that was built.
Zhu Linmike knows very well how tens of thousands of Manchu Qing troops in the 19th century were completely abused by the 8,000 modern armies of the West.
He continued: "When the frontal enemy army is broken, the infantry in six rounds will resist the Qing army on the left flank, and the rest of the men and horses will turn to the right flank to support and besiege the Jianyu cavalry!" ”
"Yes!"
The deployment has been completed, Zhu Linmiao turned back on his horse and waited to see the development of the battle. Everything he can do has been done, and the next thing is up to the heroic Ming soldiers.
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The Jianyu Forward Battalion finally advanced to about 200 paces away from the Ming army under artillery bombardment, and Turai was already impatient to wait, and shouted an order: "Order the whole army, shoot the enemy in turn!" ”
All sorts of cannons were pushed to the front again and began to be reloaded. The foot soldiers continued to move forward under the cover of the chariots, and they could not fire effectively until they were within 100 paces of the enemy.
The Ming army also moved, and the ten Morris phalanxes on the left flank began to turn. The width of the Dragon Guard's infantry line and the formation of the captives was almost equal, and the phalanx of the camp could be outflanked by the enemy.
The Dragon Guard infantry line remained in a straight line, following the snare drum towards Jianyu. They were ordered to crush the enemy as quickly as possible, so they had to take the initiative to attack.
The artillery of both armies sounded almost simultaneously. Dozens of iron balls staggered across the battlefield, smashing into the opponent's military formation with a thunderous force.
From time to time, the soldiers of the Dragon Guard were hit by shells, leaving several tiny gaps in the ranks of the infantry line. But the other soldiers still stepped on the drum, gritted their teeth and pushed forward as if they didn't see it, only silently remembering the hatred of their comrades' sacrifices in their hearts.
The Qing army was completely different, the dense iron balls flew into the crowd accurately, plowing out dozens of "ravines" composed of flesh and blood, screaming one after another, and most of the people shrank their heads for fear of being hit by the cannons.
The red-armored Bayala on both sides of the phalanx tried their best to restrain them, but even so, their phalanx could only be maintained and not dispersed, and the various arms in the array had already been in chaos.
At the same time, the phalanx with more middle artillery on the left also slowed down significantly, while the phalanx on the right gradually convex forward, and the entire formation became a diagonal line.