Chapter 58: Lift the hole cards
August 3, 276 of the Ming Dynasty, arrived. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
This day seems destined to be an unusual day, on the flat land outside the Qianhu Kuanhe in the west of Zunhua, the sky is clear, and it is quite cool today after a month of the beginning of autumn.
It's a time when there's no bad weather, and it's a time when it's good for war. Hundreds of thousands of people crowded the land, trying to convince each other with their swords to fall first.
The first to appear was the Eight Banners Han Army of King Sanshun. Of course, Shang Kexi, who had retreated in the previous battle, had lost the opportunity to play, and was replaced by the Mongol army of Badali, a son of Korqin. They took the bird guns they had just picked up, rode on their horses, and many of them secretly replaced them with familiar scimitars and longbows.
Compared with the chaotic appearance of the Mongols, Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde's Han army were quite quiet. The Guan Ning army of Wu Sangui's subordinate behind the queue watched quietly.
Behind it, there was the Manchurian Eight Banners Army, which was even more like an array. Here, it is the main force of Manchuria that brings together the white flag, the inlaid white flag, and the red and blue departments. They were dressed in the armor of the Eight Banners Army, and their armor was distinct, and they appeared to have strict military discipline and stronger combat effectiveness than the Han army in front.
When the time reached about ten o'clock in the morning, the Ming army had already finished arranging and waiting for the battle to begin.
The two sides looked at each other from a distance across an abandoned pier platform in the Thousand Households of Kuanhe, located in the Loess Gang and the battlefield of Shibalizhuang, and the air seemed extraordinarily quiet.
Li Dingguo exhaled softly, he looked at the high platform in the rear of the Chinese army, waiting for orders. He carefully looked at the battlefield at this moment, although he had engraved the terrain near him in his mind, and he could remember it when he closed his eyes.
The terrain has not changed, and the vast wilderness provides ample space for the battlefield. What changes is the enemy.
The Manchus' way of fighting quietly changed, and they also used firearms. Although the bird gun is inferior to the Zhongxing Type 1 rifle equipped with the Guards Legion, the rate of fire and firepower are inferior. But they are all firearms after all. Individual combat effectiveness is poor, but they have a great advantage in numbers.
This was reflected in the last battle that almost made the Flying Bears lose. The Manchurian Eight Banners Army still stubbornly held on to cavalry, and the attack at the critical moment was still a great threat.
The most important thing is that Li Dingguo was slightly confused in this battle.
The first time he didn't know if he would win this time, the reinforcements of the 3rd Regiment allowed the Guards Regiment to gather most of the main force for the first time. However, the situation of flanking the east and west has not changed, and the disadvantage of troops has not changed.
The 1st Regiment, the Flying Bear Regiment and the 2nd Regiment were all tired divisions after a long battle, and only the 3rd Regiment could really act as the main force.
But the 3rd Regiment had to face a 10-fold enemy...... This is not because Li Dingguo is cowardly, but because he keeps his sanity and will never pin his hopes of victory on illusory luck. He needed to calculate and estimate well enough to understand how the battle was going to go.
He carefully looked at the scene in the Ming army's formation, and his morale was restored. The arrival of Zhu Cihong inspired the whole army, but the fatigue of the long war was also reflected in everyone.
The commander of the Flying Bear Regiment was killed in battle, and after a brutal battle, there were many losses, and the combat effectiveness was questioned. The same is true for the first regiment, and even the third regiment needs to put a question mark on their physical strength because of their daily travel.
Li Dingguo didn't understand where Zhu Cihong's reliance was.
Knock knock knock......
Ahead, the drums of the Qing army sounded.
Li Dingguo suddenly retracted his thoughts and watched the movement of the enemy in front of him. He understood that the battle began at this moment.
The Qing army began to attack.
Kong Youde's breathing was a little short today, and in the dark, he had a bad premonition lingering in his heart. Maybe it was because I saw the scene of Xu Yanqi falling down on Ying Erdai before he died, maybe it came from Zhu Cihong's resolute help, maybe it was ...... He also began to worry a little about the outcome of this battle.
This premonition is unprecedentedly strong.
Since the emergence of Zhu Cihong, every round of Qing offensive against the Ming Dynasty seems to have never been achieved.
Originally, maybe only one Zhu Cihong could make him feel invincible. But now, seeing Xu Yanqi's kind of determination, Kong Youde panicked. He never thought that there would be such warriors among the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, as a general of an army, he never needs to work hard to be promoted.
No matter what Kong Youde thought about psychologically, he was going to lead the Han army under his command to set off.
More than 14,000 people lined up in three formations and slowly stepped forward. In front of them, Chen Yongfu led the second regiment to meet them.
The approach of the two armies was like a battle horn being sounded, and at this moment, the land within a radius of thousands of paces in Kuanhe Qianhusho suddenly moved.
The Qing army began to advance, and the Ming army also attacked.
To the west, the sound of horses' hooves gradually sounded on the eighteen-mile village. Hu Dawei led the first regiment to respond calmly.
In less than half an hour, a life-and-death duel for hundreds of thousands of people began. Zhu Cihong stood on a temporary high platform used to observe the battlefield, and in his glasses, the two armies were already close to the firing range.
When Zhu Cihong put down his glasses, the roar kept ringing.
In the artillery position behind the high platform, artillery fire began to play, and hundreds of flames came out. It was an uplifting force, and the roar of artillery fire shook the hill and inspired the soldiers.
Immediately, the soldiers on the front line also opened fire.
Even the soldiers of the independent cavalry battalion in the rear couldn't help but appease the war horses, and the war horses who were familiar with the battlefield also began to be infected by the breath of war and began to neigh constantly.
Soon they will be useful.
In the rear, Han Dai with white flags gathered in the sound of artillery fire, and immediately, a column of columns of the Eight Banners of the Han Army rushed out of the gap. The sound of horses' hooves rolled, and they were killed.
Liu Zhen received an order from Zhu Cihong to attack.
The separate cavalry battalion began to take to the field, and with them, it was the reversal of artillery fire. Zhu Cihong watched the momentum of Liu Zhen's attack.
Even more nervous was Dord.
But when Duoduo saw that the independent cavalry battalion only had more than 3,000 cavalry, he smiled: "I thought that the Ming army was so brave, but it was nothing more than that." This kung fu of cavalry and archery is not something that this hasty Guards Legion can withstand! ”
The cavalry is a class that takes time, and like the navy, it is not something that can be formed in a hurry.
Liu Zhen was particularly heroic, and the cavalry battalion equipped with the three-eyed gun and the earth-shattering thunder was even more powerful, and instantly entered the Manchurian cavalry.
But soon, Han Dai burst out laughing.
"I have 12,000 people with white flags! In addition to these 5,000 cavalry, there are also 7,000 foot soldiers! Han Dai laughed.
More than 7,000 Manchurian infantry soldiers with white flags lined up to kill, and they fought in a tight formation, fearless of death, and after rushing up, the situation of the cavalry battalion suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse.
At this time, Ni Yuanlu's military order was quickly passed down.
Liu Quan nervously calculated, sweating profusely on his forehead: "The shooting of Zhuyuan has been prepared!" Fire! ”
The roaring artillery fire blasted away, and more than a dozen Qing army foot soldiers were ploughed to open a bloody road, Liu Zhen took advantage of the situation to kill, and in a blink of an eye, he took advantage of the cooperation of artillery fire to kill through the encirclement.
Han Dai had a look of pity on his face.
Duoduo was calm: "If Zhu Cihong's ability is only like this, he will see a decline in an hour." Zibadali, let them go on too. ”
When Wu Sangui heard this, he didn't quite understand Duoduo's self-confidence. But soon he understood.
When the time reached twelve o'clock in the morning, the main forces of the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties had been fighting for more than an hour in Kuanhe Qianhu.
In this hour, more than half of the Ming army's Flying Bear Regiment, Second Regiment and Third Regiment were put into the battlefield.
Everywhere there were flying projectiles, and the smoke of gunpowder was refilled, filling people's sight. The pungent smell of sulfur and, even more disgusting, the smell of blood permeated the space.
The battlefield was covered with corpses, most of them from the Qing army, but many from the Ming army.
Wu Sangui once again marveled at the strength of the Ming army's combat effectiveness, and the Zhongxing Type 1 rifle, which had a faster rate of fire than a bird's gun, was a powerful killing weapon. In just one hour, more than 3,000 people had fallen on the ground.
It was an undoubtedly tragic battle. Compared with the more efficient killing competition in the era of cold weapons, the two sides tried their best to use the weapons in their hands to persuade each other to fall, and after no longer meeting each other but extending to a distance of more than thirty steps, the cowardly soldier also had the power to kill a veteran who had been practicing martial arts for ten years.
Murder has become an extraordinarily well-organized act, and if philosophers had seen it, they would have been able to deepen their understanding of life and death.
Life becomes extremely fragile and fleeting in such an ascarnation field.
Li Dingguo gasped for breath, and the infantry battalion under his command had already charged for the third round. At one point, he attacked the pier in the center of the battlefield, only to be captured by the Manchurians ten times his size after leaving behind more than 30 corpses.
In front of him, the Manchurians with the blue flag came over as if their lives were not their own. After Haoge lost his position in captivity and lost his position in captivity, the Manchurians with the Blue Banner worked extremely hard to prove their worth.
"Prepare the explosives bag and blow up that pier directly!" Li Dingguo's eyes were red.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Dingguo personally walked onto the battlefield with the selected death squad. With the help of artillery, Li Dingguo rushed into the pier platform and dropped the smoke-emitting explosive bag.
After a hundred breaths of time, there was a loud bang on the pier, the wall was shattered, the masonry tiles were scattered all over the ground, and more than 100 Qing troops who were holding on to it were buried.
Li Dingguo smiled, but his breathing became even more rapid.
At this moment, the gurgling sound sounded.
"Captain...... It's time for a turn, let the brothers of the death squad just go back and get something to eat! "A thousand households touched their stomachs, and the vigorous exercise and tense fighting made everyone feel hungry.
Li Dingguo was just about to nod his head in agreement, when he suddenly found a slight trembling sound on the ground.
The army of more than 20,000 people under the White Flag slowly walked onto the battlefield, randomly and gradually accelerated, turning into a seemingly invincible torrent.
Li Dingguo understands that they have no chance to rotate. At this moment, he had a premonition that something was wrong.
"They're coming......" Zhu Cihong stared at the torrent: "It's a white flag, Dolgon's heart." The strongest force in the Jiannu army. ”
Ni Yuanlu smiled slightly when she heard this tone.
Fu Rugui, who didn't know what was going on, was a little stunned, and said in his heart: "Why does the saint look a little looking forward to it...... But right now, the Qing army is on the white flag, and they haven't done their best. ”
"Dordor won't add oil. The white flag is a sign that he is going to give it his all. Zhu Cihong's expression gradually became serious.
Zhu Cihong's prediction took effect.
Wu Sangui got the order.
"Wu Sangui! Prince Yu ordered the Guan Ning army to prepare for an attack and annihilate Li Dingguo's troops together with Kong Youde's troops! "The heralds came and went, leaving behind a military order.
As soon as the military order is issued, the whole army will begin to march.
At this time, the Ming army's formation also moved. Fu Rugui personally led the remaining 6,000 people of the Third Regiment to the battlefield. Accompanied by more than 6,000 people from Li Guozhen's department in Beijing.
The main forces of the Ming army also moved.
"Zhu Cihong's donkey skills are poor! Is his reliance on this mere 12,000 soldiers? I'm playing this time, but it's 40,000! Duoduo laughed proudly: "Zhurgan! Let Zhu Ergan prepare, I am very much looking forward to it, my Qing Dynasty can capture an emperor as a prisoner for the first time, hahaha! ”
The Guanning Army was the strongest of the Han army. Zhuergan was an ambush prepared on the banks of the Pear River. It was the Qing army closest to Zhu Cihong's command platform.
Wu Sangui reorganized the whole army and began to slowly step forward to engage in battle.
Behind him, Ahsan gasped: "It's time to finish!" ”
At this time, one of the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Eight Banners of the Horqin Division of Zibadali quietly removed the fur hat on his head, revealing his bare head.
His gaze fell on the battlefield where countless crowds of people gathered, and he suddenly found a group of people with panicked expressions rushing into Wu Sangui's side.
Wu Sangui quietly watched the battlefield: "It's noon, the hottest time of the day, and the time when the physical exertion is the greatest, and the time when the Ming army's strength disadvantage is the most significant...... At this time, the decisive battle began, and all the forces of the Ming people had been invested. But this ...... Is it Zhu Cihong's reliance? This is clearly a mortal situation! ”
He has been in the army for more than ten years, and you can see at a glance how strong or weak he is. No matter how strong Zhu Cihong is, he will perish under the passivity here and there.
"Commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief!" At this time, a familiar voice sounded, and Xia Guoxiang hurriedly came, his forehead was full of sweat: "General Zu's letter!" ”
"Uncle?" Wu Sangui was stunned, he suddenly recalled the situation when Zu Dashou was in Shengjing but unscathed.
The letter was quickly opened.
"Anyway on the spot, turn against each other."
Subsequently, the letter contained a description of the situation in western Liaoning.
"After all, it's Daming...... What I can see in front of me is not all at all, it is really a blind eye to Mount Tai. The Xuanfu Army was the Ming Army...... The Red Lady Department of Phoenix Mountain, Xu Wen Department...... They are also all Ming troops. Liaoxi changed hands, and Shanhaiguan reverted to the Ming Dynasty. No wonder Zhu Cihong refuses to negotiate peace, if he can fight it by himself, where is it comfortable not to negotiate peace? Wu Sangui understood.
At this moment, all the doubts were understood.
"Is this all the cards of the Ming Emperor?" Wu Sangui faintly looked forward to it.
Suddenly, in the sky, a hot air balloon rose up, and Shi Dangdang coughed lightly, ready to read out a battle report in his hand.
"Zu Dashou Anyway, Shanhaiguan has been restored!" (To be continued.) )