Chapter 890: Fierce Battle
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On April 8, the twentieth year of Chongzhen, the wind and the sun were beautiful, and it was appropriate to fight.
In the south of Linqing City, groups of Ming troops drove out of the camp and lined up in arrays.
The 100,000-strong army lined up in the east of the canal, waving flags, and the momentum was extremely majestic.
At the head of Linqing City, more than ten big drums were placed on the city wall, and more than a dozen muscular soldiers beat the big drums, and the majestic drums spread far away in the wilderness.
Li Yi took the lead with 30,000 troops as the vanguard, and forced towards the Qing army camp more than ten miles away, and Ma Chuang led 20,000 people to guard his flank.
The first group of troops, Chen Yue, sent an army of 50,000, which was completely a decisive battle.
Yes, Chen Yue was already unwilling to wait, and while the Qing cavalry had not yet crossed the canal, he wanted to take the opportunity to defeat the 50,000 Qing infantry on the opposite side.
When two armies engage in war, they often first try to find each other's weak links, and then engage in local battles and launch a general offensive. It was rare to send most of his army to attack at once, but Chen Yue did so, because he was now very sure of victory.
In the camp of the Qing army, Dolgon was also deploying troops. Although the Ming army was twice as strong, Dorgon was not afraid.
Gushan Ezhen Shi Tingzhu was ordered to lead 10,000 Eight Banners as the vanguard and fight head-on with the Ming army, and Xiao General Ao Bai led 5,000 people to support him.
At the same time, Dolgon passed down a military order, ordering Wu Sangui, the banner of the Han army, to lead his troops to set off and attack the Ming army from the east.
As the sound of conch sounded, groups of Qing troops left the gate and lined up in the wilderness, waiting for the Ming army to attack.
Since the Ming army took the lead in launching the attack, waiting for work at ease was the best countermeasure, and the Ming army walked more than ten miles at least half of its physical strength.
In the high ground of the camp, Dolgon stood quietly with Fan Wencheng and the generals of the Eight Banners, looking at the majestic array of Eight Banners outside the camp, Dolgon had a confident smile on his face. With such a strong army, why be afraid of the Ming army of 100,000? Fighting head-on, he has never been afraid!
Fan Wencheng was far less confident than Dolgon, and looked worried. Looking at the neatly arranged Qing infantry in the wilderness, and looking at the Wu Sangui Department of the right-wing Han army banner farther away, Fan Wencheng felt a little uneasy in his heart.
The news that Ning Yuan was attacked by the Ming army came for some time, but only the upper echelons of the Qing army knew about it, and the news was tightly sealed from below, because they were afraid that Wu Sangui would be shaken in the army's heart after he knew about it. For the current Qing army, Wu Sangui's more than 8,000 people are already an indispensable force. If you let him know Ning Yuan's movements, I don't know what will happen?
But can you hide it? Does Wu Sangui already know something? Fan Wencheng was a little worried. Not only recalling the conversation with Dorgon an hour ago.
When he heard that the Ming army was preparing for the camp, Fan Wencheng tried his best to persuade Dolgon not to face the battle, but to rely on the camp for defense.
"Lord Wang, the strength of the Ming army is more than twice that of us, and there is no certainty of victory in the battle with the Ming army now. Why not rely on the camp to defend and counterattack, just hold on for a few days, and wait for Bolo and Luckedhun to cross the river with cavalry before launching a general attack on the Ming army. Fan Wencheng persuaded Dolgon.
Dolgon directly refused: "In the past twenty or thirty years, my Eight Banners have never lost a field battle with the Ming army, and the battle is about morale, if the Ming army attacks us, we dare not fight, it means that we are afraid of the Ming army, which will inevitably shake the morale below." ”
Fan Wencheng persuaded bitterly: "Lord, this time is different from the past, now the morale of the Ming army is like a rainbow in successive victories, and our Qing army has lost ground one after another, although the soldiers of the Eight Banners are heroic, they are not veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time before. What's more, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers of Wu Sangui Han Army Banner, and it is unknown whether they will fight for our Qing Dynasty. ”
Dolgon said: "Because of this, we have to take the initiative to face the battle, and only by defeating the Ming army can we hold on until Bolo and the others arrive."
The Ming army has a huge number of artillery, if it does not come out of the battalion, won't it only be beaten and unable to fight back?
As for Wu Sangui, Liang didn't dare to betray my Daqing. I will put him on the right flank and order him to lead the first group of his subordinates to attack the Ming army. ”
Fan Wencheng knew that he was far from Dolgon in terms of commanding operations, and it was said that he should not question Dolgon's decision, but he was very uneasy in his heart.
Looking at the array of the Eight Banners outside the battalion, and then at the huge array of the Ming army that had appeared in the distance, Fan Wencheng's uneasiness in his heart became even worse.
There was a sound of hooves, and when everyone looked back, they saw a cavalryman with a flag on his back galloping from the south.
"Report, Lord Wang, the Ming army of 20,000 set off from Liaocheng, less than thirty miles away from here!"
What the? Liaocheng also sent troops? The faces of the generals changed. Originally, the Ming army in Linqing was already more than twice as large as its own, and now the Ming army in Liaocheng is also coming, it is conceivable that the Ming army in Jinan will definitely not stop, I am afraid that it is already on the way to attack.
"Hahaha, the Ming army poured out of the nest, this is to swallow us in one bite, and I am not afraid of knocking out their teeth!" Dorgon sneered.
"The beauty that the Ming army thinks, Lord Wang, the last general is willing to lead 3,000 troops to meet the Ming army in Liaocheng!" Bei Ziyue asked for an order.
"What's the hurry, the Ming army in Liaocheng is still thirty miles away from our camp, and it may not be able to rush to the battlefield when it gets dark, so let's defeat the Ming army in front of us first." Dolgon said coldly.
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On the right flank of the Qing army, the general who received the order of the regent Dolgon to attack, Wu Sangui immediately led his headquarters out of the camp.
Two thousand cavalry were the vanguard, and six thousand infantry followed, slowly pressing towards the Ming army.
"Dolgon is still not at ease with us, the other Qing troops are waiting in formation, but they let us take the initiative to attack." Liu Tailin sighed.
"This is a matter of course, Ning Yuan is lost, and the hostages in his hands are gone, how can Dolgon use us with confidence?" Li Yousong sneered, "He asked us to take the initiative to attack, just to let us stay away from the camp and see if we can work hard for them." ”
"So Dorgon is already suspicious of us?" Liu Tailin said.
Li Youlin said: "I will definitely suspect that the Fan family caravan suddenly appeared and was received by us, Dolgon and Fan Wencheng must be worried that the people of the Fan family caravan knew the news of Ning Yuan and revealed it to us." Fortunately, King Qi's attack was timely, so that Dolgon did not have time to deal with us. ”
Wu Sangui led the army out of the camp for five miles, then stopped and set up a defensive line on the spot. His unusual movements immediately attracted the attention of the Qing army camp.
"Why did Wu Sangui stop?" Listening to the report of his subordinates, Fan Wencheng's face showed a suspicious look.
Dolgon shook his head: "It's normal to stop, our main force hasn't moved, how dare Wu Sangui attack the Ming army alone?" ”
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The Ming army's Chinese position, the cavalry shuttled, went back and forth between the front line and the Chinese army's position, reported the movement of the front, and informed the commander of the movement of the Qing army.
Hearing that Wu Sangui's 8,000 troops were protruding in front of the left flank, Chen Yue categorically ordered: "Order Ma Chuang to stop advancing for the time being, and maintain a confrontation with Wu Sangui's army." ordered Li Yi to immediately attack the Qing army. ”
After receiving Chen Yue's order, Li Yi immediately passed down the order, and the twenty red-clothed cannons that had already entered the position immediately began to bombard.
"Boom, boom, boom", with a loud bang, dozens of projectiles crossed the sky and smashed towards the Qing army array five miles away.
The cannonball carried a huge momentum from the sky, fell in the Qing army's array, smashed on the Qing army, jumped again, rolled, and flew flesh and blood everywhere it passed, and did not stop until the momentum disappeared.
However, compared to the huge array of Eight Banners, the damage caused by dozens of solid shells was minimal, but panic was inevitable.
With the sound of waist drums, the 30,000 Ming army was divided into three phalanxes, lined up in neat steps, slowly approaching the Qing army, half a mile away from the Qing army array, the waist drum stopped, and the Ming army stopped.
One hundred and ten Franc machines and hundreds of pounds of broken artillery were pushed to the front of the formation and fired fiercely at the Qing array.
The Franc cannon has five guns in one cannon, and the rate of fire is much faster than that of the redcoat cannon, and although it is not as powerful as the redcoat cannon, the damage caused is much greater than that of the redcoat cannon. After all, the redcoat cannon is more suitable for defending the city or loading it on a ship.
One hundred and ten Franc machine guns were fired continuously, and shells fell in the Qing army's array every moment, and the relatively high rate of fire was extremely powerful, and no matter how thick the armor was, no matter how strong the shield was, it could not be stopped.
The Qing army also had artillery in its formation, but its number was far less than that of the Ming army. Seeing countless shells falling in the array, and soldiers dying under the artillery fire of the Ming army every moment, Gushan Ezhen Shi Tingzhu's eyes were red, and he sent instructions to the battalion to attack again and again.
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"Although the Ming army took the initiative to attack, it attacked our army with powerful artillery fire, forcing our army to take the initiative to attack, and there was nothing to wait for!" Looking at the battle, Fan Wencheng sighed in his heart. At this time, he had to admit that the strength of the Ming and Qing dynasties had undergone earth-shaking changes, and in terms of excellent equipment, the Ming army was far above his own.
"Yue Le, you take a thousand cavalry battalion cavalry and launch an attack on the Ming army, and you must destroy its artillery position." Looking at the artillery position in front of the Ming army, Dolgon ordered in a deep voice, "Pass the order and order Shi Tingzhu to attack the Ming army immediately." ”
Dolgon knew that he could no longer allow the Ming artillery to continue the attack, otherwise his morale would drop quickly, after all, it was too uncomfortable to only be beaten and not be able to fight back. What was to be done now was to send cavalry to attack the Ming artillery array, forcing the Ming army to either abandon the artillery and retreat, or send troops to meet their own cavalry, in either case, their artillery could not continue to fire.
And Shi Tingzhu took the opportunity to launch an attack with the infantry, and chiseled the Ming army front with the powerful combat power of the Eight Banners.
Of course, in this case, the cavalry of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion will inevitably have large losses, but for the sake of victory, Dolgon can't care about these, even if the Xiao Cavalry Battalion is the elite of his most confidants.
"Send an order to Wu Sangui, he can't wait any longer, and order him to launch an attack on the Ming army immediately." Dorgon continued.
With Dolgon's order, the Qing army quickly moved. Shi Tingzhu and Ao Bai slowly led 15,000 infantry towards the Ming army not far away. In the camp of the Qing army, a thousand soldiers of the cavalry battalion got on their horses, and under the leadership of Bei Ziyue Le, they first walked a distance to the east, bypassing the infantry array of Shi Tingzhu, and then accelerated their speed and rushed towards the Ming army.
Yue Le took the lead, raised the horse speed to the highest, and the target was directly pointed to the army artillery array.
A thousand cavalry galloped fast, and the momentum formed was terrifying, and there was still some distance from the Ming army's position, and the wind carried by them had already come to their faces, making everyone in the artillery position change color.
"The cannons are reinforced, and all the guns continue to fire!" Looking at the Qing cavalry that appeared in the distance, the artillery commander Chen Daniu shouted loudly.
Following his order, the gunner, who had been prepared, loaded the chain bullet into the chamber of the cannon, stabbed it with an iron rod, and quickly ignited the fuse.
The Qing cavalry rushed quickly, only a distance of more than half a mile, and it didn't take much time for the fast horses to gallop, but in the face of the approaching Qing cavalry, although the gunners looked nervous, their movements were not chaotic at all, which showed that they were well-trained.
"Boom" with a loud bang, dozens of chain bullets flew out of the cannon chamber, the so-called chain bomb, is to use iron chains to connect the two iron pellets together, after flying out of the cannon chamber, the front iron pellets with the back iron pellets, with centrifugal force to shake up, together slowly forward. This kind of chain bullet was originally used on warships, specially used to deal with the mast of the enemy ship, the iron chain of the two projectile ships wrapped around the mast, and carried a great momentum enough to tear off the thick mast of the bowl, and now it is used to deal with the Manchu cavalry, which is really like a knife to kill a chicken.
I saw the chain bullet fly out of the muzzle of the cannon, and flew towards the Qing cavalry, which was already very close, and the people who passed through it turned on their backs, even if the cavalry could dodge the initial bullet, but could not dodge the slender iron chain connected to the bullet. Two warheads flew sideways on the battlefield with iron chains, and the former warhead hit the cavalry and stopped, but was driven by the latter projectile to continue to fly, rampage through the Qing cavalry array.
Just a round of chain bullet shooting, the Qing cavalry that rushed to the front fell a large piece, and the Qing cavalry in front of them turned on their backs, forcing the Qing cavalry behind to ride their horses and leap to dodge, the speed inevitably dropped, and the momentum of the attack was also chaotic.
Of course, it was impossible to stop the attack of thousands of cavalry with 100 cannons. The artillery of this era was all solid shells, but they were large guns, and their power was really limited, and they did not have the power of later artillery to explode a large area.
"Everybody, retreat!" A round of artillery shells was fired, and seeing that the Qing cavalry was about to approach the artillery position, Chen Daniu immediately ordered, regardless of the hundreds of artillery pieces on the position, hundreds of gunners spread their feet and ran to the infantry position behind.
Yue Le rode on his horse and galloped, his eyes flushed. Just now, a round of artillery bombardment by the Ming army, as far as the eye can see, at least fifty or sixty cavalry were knocked off their horses by that strange shell.
Looking at the back of the fleeing Ming infantry close at hand, Yue Le beat the horse like flying, he wanted to kill the past fiercely and kill all these hateful Ming troops.
While running fast, Chen Daniu looked back, his eyes showed a look of despair, the cavalry of the Qing army came too fast, the cavalry in front had caught up with the slow artillery, screaming again and again, and there were already brothers who died tragically under the horses of the Qing army.
Looking at his own array a few zhang away, Chen Daniu's eyes showed despair, maybe this short distance of a few zhang has become the end of the world.
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