480 is still gratifying, four-wheeled carriage

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Thundered!

At this time, on the official road from Yaozhou to Gaizhou, a huge team was marching, winding for several miles, which was magnificent.

This force was ordered by Huang Taiji to set off from Haizhou and gallop to aid the 12,000 traitor army led by Shang Kexi, who was in Gaizhou.

Haizhou is still the fief of the traitor Shang Kexi, after the 'Shandong Three Traitors' rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji gave Haizhou to Shang Kexi.

Originally, this time, Shang Kexidu had already rushed to Yizhou with 7,000 traitor soldiers of the Han army with blue flags, ready to participate in the next battle of Huang Taiji against the Ming army.

Shang Kexi is looking forward to making meritorious contributions in this battle, gaining more trust from his master, and gaining greater power and wealth.

However, what Shang Kexi didn't expect was that not long after Huang Taiji arrived in Yizhou.

ordered him to lead his own 7,000 blue-flag traitor soldiers, as well as 5,000 yellow-flag traitor soldiers requisitioned from Geng Zhongming, to return to Haizhou quickly, and then gallop to the aid of Gaizhou.

It was only at this time that Shang Kexi knew that Li Zixiao sent Liu Chong's 'Zhenliao' army to land in Lushun, Lianke Jinzhou, Yongning and Fuzhou.

This made Shang Kexi extremely shocked, he didn't expect that when the Ming army's army would be so bold and dare to take the initiative to attack the territory of the Tartars.

The Ming army attacked once, and it seems that it was more than ten years ago.

However, since the time of the wild boar Pinurhachi, the Cheng Ming army launched several large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Tartars, but all of them ended in a crushing defeat.

In the end, it directly made the Ming army no longer dare to take the initiative to attack the Tartars, and the offensive and defensive momentum changed.

But now, there is a Ming army that dares to take the initiative to attack the territory of the Tartars, and it is still from the sea, Shang Kexi is of course surprised.

When Shang Kexi learned about Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army from Tartar, he immediately realized that this was a Ming army that was different from the previous Ming army.

For this reason, Huang Taiji's request to Shang Kexi is to rush to the aid of Gaizhou, and never allow the White Dragon Army to cross the line of Gaizhou, which is the bottom line of Huang Taiji.

If possible, Shang Kexi can recover Yongning and Fuzhou and other places, as for whether to attack Jinzhou and drive the White Dragon Army into the sea, Shang Kexi must make a prudent decision.

Huang Taiji still trusts Shang Kexi's ability, and after assigning him a clear task, he will never interfere too much with how he commands.

Even this time, Huang Taiji did not send a prison army to Shang Kexi, and Shang Kexi did not take away any Tartar soldiers, all of them were traitor soldiers with his own blue flag, as well as Geng Zhongming's traitor soldiers with a yellow flag.

Moreover, Huang Taiji appointed Shang Kexi this time, as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong to exterminate the White Dragon Army, and Geng Zhongming was the deputy marshal, responsible for assisting Shang Kexi.

When Shang Kexi led the army back to his fiefdom Haizhou three days ago, he learned that Gaizhou was still in the hands of the Tartars, so he thought that the White Dragon Army would not attack Gaizhou.

So, he came down and rested in Haizhou for a day, on the one hand, let his soldiers have a good rest.

On the other hand, it was also to raise food, as well as wait for the twenty Hongyi cannons that Huang Taiji promised to transfer to him.

After seeing the power of the musket artillery of the White Dragon Army, the Tartars went back and started the vigorous development of artillery, but they didn't put much effort into the musket.

Because, it is impossible for the Tartars to give up their cavalry, and the bow and arrow are their most important weapons, even if the Tartar thinks that the muskets of the White Dragon Army are very powerful, but this is not enough to make the Tartars give up the bow and arrow.

Because giving up the bow and arrow is equivalent to giving up the best riding and archery skills of the Tartar elite cavalry, and the Tartar cavalry without the ability to ride and shoot will be multiplied.

Therefore, in the end, the Tartars also began to focus on the development of artillery, and Huang Taiji even personally met with a group of craftsmen who could cast artillery from the Tartars who were scavenged from the Guannei.

Even, Huang Taiji did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to contact the Dutch in Yizhou, and hired several cannon casters from them to build a new Hongyi cannon for the Tartars.

At this time, in addition to the Hongyi cannon that could be used by the Tartars, the new Hongyi cannon designed by the three Dutchmen had also been mass-produced and equipped with the Tartar army.

It's just that since the Tartars and the Mongols were all cavalry-based, these artillery pieces were mainly equipped in the Han Eight Banners they formed.

It can be said that due to the stimulation of the White Dragon Army, the Emperor Taiji of this time and space attaches more importance to artillery.

The old Hongyi artillery of the Tatars appeared by using Liu Han, a craftsman captured by the Ming Dynasty, to successfully imitate Western artillery.

And now, the Tartars hired the Dutch to create a Western artillery with a larger caliber, the new Hongyi artillery.

The old Hongyi artillery had a caliber of about 110 to 130 mm, which was about the same caliber as the twelve-pounder guns of the White Dragon Army.

This time, the new Hongyi artillery built by the Dutch for the Tartars has a caliber of 150 mm, which is equivalent to the twenty-four-pounder cannon of the White Dragon Army.

This time, Shang Kexi's 20 Hongyi artillery pieces in Haizhou included 17 old-style Hongyi artillery pieces and another three new-style Hongyi artillery pieces.

When Shang Kexi waited until the artillery was in place and the food was sufficient, he set out from Haizhou, passed through Yaozhou two days later, and entered the boundary of Gaizhou.

When Liu Chong attacked Gaizhou, he scattered his sentry cavalry far to the north, so that when Shang Kexi's army appeared on the boundary of Gaizhou, it was immediately discovered by the scouts of the White Dragon Army.

Similarly, when Shang Kexi sent out the scouts, after fighting with the scouts of the White Dragon Army, they suffered heavy casualties, but some people still fled back, and Shang Kexi found out that they had encountered the scouts of the White Dragon Army.

"How can there be a night of silence here?"

Shang Kexi looked at the scouts who had suffered heavy casualties and fled back, thinking suspiciously, when suddenly his face changed and shouted, "It's not good, are they attacking Gaizhou?" ”

"Shang Qing." Thinking of this, Shang Kexi was not calm, and shouted loudly the name of one of his henchmen.

Because, Shang Kexi clearly remembers that the bottom line set by Huang Taiji for him is that Gaizhou cannot be lost, and the White Dragon Army cannot be allowed to pass through Gaizhou with a single soldier.

But now, they are still more than ten miles away from Gaizhou City, but they have encountered the scouts of the White Dragon Army here, which is already very revealing.

"Humble duty!"

Soon, a young man on horseback came from behind, came to Shang Kexi, and answered.

"Shang Qing, I order you to immediately lead three thousand cavalry, rush to Gaizhou, if you find that the Ming army is attacking Gaizhou, you must stop it, in a word, Gaizhou must not be lost."

Shang Kexi was anxious in his heart, and said with a stern expression.

"Yes, lowly command."

Thundered!

Soon, Shang Qing led Shang Kexi, the only cavalry team, separated from the army and galloped towards Gaizhou City.

As a result, Shang Qing just led his troops out of the land for only three miles, and met Geng Zhongming who escaped from Gaizhou City, and learned from Geng Zhongming's mouth that Gaizhou had just been captured by the White Dragon Army.

However, when Shang Qing learned from Geng Zhongming that the Ming army attacking Gaizhou was only more than 4,000 people, Shang Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

With 4,000 men and horses in the White Dragon Military Region, and just after capturing Gaizhou, the 12,000 army led by Shang Kexi is about to arrive, which also means that the White Dragon Army will not be able to hold Gaizhou.

In this way, this Ming army attacked Gaizhou at this time, but let Shang Qing see the opportunity to annihilate this Ming army.

As long as he led 3,000 cavalry to Gaizhou in advance, dragged this Ming army, and waited until the Shang Kexi army arrived, this Ming army of only 4,000 people would not escape the end of annihilation.

At that time, it was a great achievement, which made Shang Qing's heart moved.

So, Shang Qing immediately ordered the whole army to speed up and rush to Gaizhou as soon as possible, so that the White Dragon Army could not be allowed to escape.

And Geng Zhongming also demanded righteous words at this time, and acted with Shang Qing's cavalry to fight back to Gaizhou, and kept saying that he wanted revenge.

In fact, Geng Zhongming was nothing more than afraid that he would be chased and killed and run away in disgrace, and after being seen by Shang Kexi, he would secretly laugh at him.

In the face of Geng Zhongming's request, Shang Qing really couldn't refuse, seriously speaking, Geng Zhongming is still a deputy marshal, and his position is only Shang Kexi, and he also has to listen to Geng Zhongming.

In addition, of the 3,000 cavalry in the hands of the Qing Dynasty at this time, there were 1,000 cavalry, which were still subordinate to the traitor soldiers of the Yellow Banner under Geng Zhongming.

Soon, the news of the appearance of enemy troops in the north of Gaizhou City also reached Liu Chong's ears.

"General, according to the scout's report, it seems that this cavalry that came is not the elite cavalry of the Tartars, but the traitor soldiers, there are quite a few of them, about more than three thousand horsemen."

Tao Qing said to Liu Chong.

"It's not the cavalry of the Tartars, it's mostly Haizhou in the north, and it's still gratifying." Liu Zhong immediately analyzed it.

"Send an order to Changwu and ask him to lead the 'Flying Eagle' to play with these three thousand traitor cavalry, hinder their arrival, and buy time for our retreat.

After three incense sticks, let him choose his own retreat route, and then return to Fort Red Mouth on his own, we will retreat in advance. Liu Zhong ordered.

Liu Chong had more than a thousand Luo Chao's cavalry battalions in his hands at this time, and this was the right time to use them.

Thundered!

Soon, with the issuance of Liu Chong's order, a team of Changwu's 'Flying Eagle' cavalry battalion, which had been staying outside the city, immediately circled the north of Gaizhou City.

"Order the soldiers in the city to give them another stick of incense, after a stick of incense, everyone must withdraw from Gaizhou City, and all the things that cannot be taken away will be burned, and they will not be left to the tartars."

Liu Chong's tone was resolute, he knew that at this time, it was time for them to withdraw.

Since a traitor cavalry of 3,000 people has appeared in the north of Gaizhou City, it definitely means that not far behind this cavalry, the army of traitor soldiers led by Shang Kexi should be about to arrive.

Liu Chong came here to defeat Gaizhou and loot it, the purpose has been achieved, and it is time to withdraw, otherwise once they are entangled by the army of traitors who are still happy behind, they will be in trouble.

Liu Chong had such a small number of soldiers of the White Dragon Army in his hands at this time, and he must not cause heavy casualties because of his strategic and tactical mistakes.

If that's the case, it will be extremely unfavorable for him to refuse to stay in Jinzhou next, so at this time, Liu Chong decisively ordered to slip away.

Horse-drawn carriages loaded with sacks of grain, wooden chests of silver and jewelry, and other silk and satin drove out of the city.

The four-wheeled carriage of the White Dragon Army has a very amazing load capacity, and it was designed by Li Zixiao after the four-wheeled carriage of ancient Western times.

Although the body is a wooden structure, it is covered with iron sheets in key parts to ensure the firmness of the body and prolong the service life.

It is precisely because of the promotion of these four-wheeled carriages in the White Dragon Army that the logistics capacity of the White Dragon Army has been greatly improved, allowing them to carry more food and ammunition when fighting.

Now, these four-wheeled carriages are all driven by two horses, which are too many and too heavy to pull, and if they do not have two horses, they cannot be pulled at all, and they cannot go fast.

After a stick of incense, the soldiers of the 'Zhenliao' legion, driving a four-wheeled carriage full of loads, drove out of Gaizhou City, and then Liu Chong immediately led his troops south.

"Give Changwu a red flare and tell them that we have evacuated and let them be careful."

When Liu Zhong led his soldiers and escorted a group of four-wheeled carriages to quickly evacuate Gaizhou, he said to Tao Qing.

Sou...... Peng!

With an explosion, a red powder burst out of the air.

At the same time, in the north of Gaizhou City, Changwu led more than 1,000 'Flying Eagle' cavalry, and also encountered 3,000 traitor cavalry led by Shang Qing.

The two sides launched a cavalry duel in the wide field north of Gaizhou.

The cavalry under Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming did not have the superb cavalry and archery skills of the Tartars, and they mainly charged and killed in formation.

Don't look at the small number of cavalry in Changwu's hands, but in the first wave of confrontation between the two sides, it was the 'Flying Eagle' cavalry that took a huge advantage.

Because, when Changwu led the 'Flying Eagle' cavalry and Shang Qing's men and horses to rush and kill, more than 200 'musket riders' equipped with flint short guns took the lead in making meritorious contributions and creating a huge deterrent to the enemy's cavalry.

After all, looking at the companions who rushed in front of them, they had not yet rushed to the enemy and confronted the enemy, and under the sound of loud gunshots, they fell off their horses one after another, and it was estimated that there was little chance of survival.

"Is that a firearm that they can fire continuously? How can you still use it with one hand on horseback? ”

After the first round of confrontation, Shang Qing recalled the scene of the cavalry of the two sides hedging just now, and he was also shocked.

Just now, he saw with his own eyes that the cavalry under his command who rushed to the front one by one had not yet fought the enemy.

The cavalry who was rushed from the opposite side fired with a firearm held in one hand, not a man, but a war horse, and then a large area fell in front of him.

After all, it shocked the morale of the cavalry on his side, and so many cavalry suddenly fell in front, seriously interfering with the cavalry behind from the charge.

So much so that in the first round of confrontation this time, although Shang Qing's cavalry was more than three times that of the other party, he lost more than the other party, which made his face very ugly.

"Your Excellency, look, it's a red signal flare, and General Liu has already retreated." A cavalry officer, pointing to the red powder in the air in the direction of the south, said to Changwu.

"Haha, since General Liu has evacuated, more than two incense sticks have passed, and the last round of charge, tell the soldiers to ensure that the formation does not disperse.

Then, evacuate to the east. Changwu ordered.