The long-awaited Battle of Fengyang finally kicked off sixteen days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the weather has turned cooler, which is a good season for autumn expeditions. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Three months ago, the Shanghai Gun Factory began to produce three new weapons: Mini bullets, large Mini rifles, and rear-loading rifled guns, and at the same time, it also accelerated the pace of changing smoothbore flintlock muskets to rifled guns. Some of the more reliable smoothbore guns captured by the Qing army, and even the better performance of the birds, were converted into rifled guns.

However, because the flintlock pistols and bird guns captured by the Qing army were not as good as the flintlock pistols used by the Qiongzhou army itself, the rifled guns that were changed to could only be equipped for the use of second-line troops. The front-line combat units use home-grown weapons.

After three months of production, the Qiongzhou army already had 8,000 rifled line infantry, 1,000 skirmishers and 200 sharpshooters, the skirmishers used the new Mini rifles, and the sharpshooters used the same guns as the skirmishers, but with scopes. The cavalry was armed with 1,000 breech-loading rifled guns and 200 new Mini sniper rifles.

The production of a swarm of bee fire vans and new mortars was also accelerated, and at this time, the Qiongzhou army in the Fengyang area already had 120 swarm of bee fire vans and 160 new eight-pounder mortars.

Before dawn, the officers and soldiers in the camp of the Ming army got up one after another, and the men steamed the steaming meat buns, cooked the fragrant braised pork stewed potatoes, and boiled egg and tofu soup in the pot. After getting up and washing briefly, the Ming soldiers began to eat, and the fragrance wafted to the Qing army camp opposite.

Compared with the food of the Ming army, the food of the Qing army is obviously much worse, and the food of the imperial court in the north is insufficient, not to mention the big fish and meat every day, even if it can fill the stomach, it is already a luxury.

During the three months of confrontation between the two armies, although the Ming army did not have big fish and meat every day, fragrant white rice and white flour steamed buns were indispensable, and there were braised tofu, fried potatoes, roasted eggplant and other dishes every day, and there was a meal of fish and meat every few days, and the fragrance wafted out from the Ming army camp every day, which made the morale of the Qing army, who could not even eat enough, even lower.

In the camp of the Qing army, Dadu smelled the smell of meat wafting from the camp of the Ming army, and wondered: "Didn't the Ming dog on the opposite side eat fish for lunch and dinner?" Breakfast is porridge and steamed buns, why is it so good to eat breakfast today? ”

"Not good!" Cai Yumao understood, "Minggou is definitely going to launch a general attack today!" It's breakfast before they attack! Get ready, brethren! ”

Da Du did not dare to slack off, and immediately summoned all his subordinates.

"Etu Hun!"

"The last general!"

"You lead the Eight Banners of North Korea to block the official road from Zhuzhen to Fengyang!"

"Wow!"

"Wang Ying!"

"The last general!"

"You lead the two Huai Green Battalions and the Caoyun Green Battalion to guard Zhu Town!"

"Wow!"

"Jiang Zhanyuan!"

"The last general!"

"You lead the Shandong Green Battalion, ready to attack at any time and attack the flank of Minggou!"

"Wow!"

In the end, Dadu turned his head and said to Wu Mahu: "General Wu Mahu obeys orders!" ”

"The last general!" Wu Mahu stood up and arched his hand.

"You immediately lead the Eight Banners outside the 10,000 Guans to attack the Ming Dog heading to Fengyang! Wait for the Ming Dog to march, find an opportunity to harass, and then trample the Ming Dog with an iron horse, and cut the Ming Dog into two sections! If you don't have a chance, let the Green Camp attack first! Wait until there is chaos in the Minggou formation, and immediately enter the Minggou formation! Dadu explained.

"Wow!" Wu Ma retreated.

The sky gradually brightened, and groups of Ming troops shuttled out of the camp and advanced in the direction of Fengyang Mansion.

"The Tartar cavalry is coming!" When the Ming army was marching, there was a night when the sentry rider came to report.

The Ming army, which had elite night sentry horses, hot air balloons and hydrogen airships, firmly grasped the initiative on the battlefield, and no matter how tactical means the Qing army adopted, such as detours, outflanking, and surprise attacks, it could not conceal the Ming army. Hearing the report of the sentry cavalry, Gong Xiaoda immediately gave an order: "Prepare to form a formation and meet the enemy!" ”

Gong Xiaoda's marching force consisted of 13,000 men, all infantry and artillery, and the 8,000 most elite infantry in the Mini bullet line were all under his command, and his army also had thirty eight-pounder mortars and twenty swarm wagons, and twelve three-pounder cannons, six six-pounder howitzers, and eight six-pounder cannons.

Hearing that the Qing cavalry was coming, Gong Xiaoda immediately ordered to form a formation.

The Qiongzhou army formed a hollow formation, and the formation looked very thin, with only a thin three-layer musketeer, and artillerymen, stragglers, and sharpshooters arranged in the middle.

Although he was the last to be ordered to attack, the speed of the cavalry was faster than the infantry, and the last Wu Mahu to attack surpassed the Korean Eight Banners infantry and the green battalion infantry, appearing on the way that the Ming army must pass.

Wu Mahu picked up the binoculars and glanced at the Ming army formation in front of him.

"Your Excellency!" The subordinate general next to him said, "The Ming Dog formation is very thin, there are only thin three-layer sword soldiers, if we use the cavalry to rush, we can crush the Ming Dog's formation!" ”

The swordmen mentioned by the Unai were musketeers armed with bayonets, and they were equivalent pikemen at close range. The thinking of the generals of the Qing army is still in the era of smoothbore guns, because the range of smoothbore guns is not as good as bows and arrows, as long as the eight banners outside the elite pass are close, some of them dismount and shoot arrows, first shoot down the Ming army formation, and then charge with cavalry, you can scatter the Ming infantry in one fell swoop.

Wu Mahu pointed to the artillery in the middle of the Ming army's formation and some vehicles covered with canvas and said, "Although the Ming dog formation is thin, have you seen it?" Those vehicles among them! Although Minggou covered the vehicle with canvas, the old man knew that it must be a swarm of Minggou! If the cavalry charges, how many Eight Banner warriors will we have to be killed or wounded? ”

"General, do you just watch Minggou move forward slowly, and we don't do it? If the Ming Dog Cavalry comes, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult for us to fight! He glanced at the seemingly thin Ming army formation and said.

"Wait a minute! The North Korean Eight Banners and the Green Battalion infantry are about to arrive! The Ming dog cavalry is on the periphery, and when they arrive, our brigade of infantry has also arrived! When the time comes, we will divide a part of the infantry to contain the Ming Dog Cavalry, and then let a part of the infantry charge, and our Eight Banners Iron Cavalry will follow behind to observe! If the Ming Dog formation is in chaos, we will charge again! Wu Mahu said.

Wu Mahu's prudence saved more than 10,000 elite Eight Banner cavalry outside the Guanwai. Don't look at the Ming army's formation seems to be thin, if more than 10,000 cavalry rush up, the Ming army first shelled with howitzers and cannons, and then used a swarm of bee fire vans to fire continuously, and when the Qing army approached, the new mortar and rifled guns fired a salvo, and finally there were few cavalrymen who could rush to the front. As for the Qing army dismounted and archery? The range of the bow and arrow is not as good as that of the Mini rifled gun, and it can't be hit at all. What's more, the Ming army also had artillery to help, which could beat the Qing archers to heavy casualties.