Chapter 673: Let's see who takes the bait

The Qing army had a lot of experience on the battlefield, and while the battle was going on, there was a special Bayala as a scout, and every move within the line of sight could not escape their eyes, and a large group of men and horses in the distance were quickly discovered.

Baya Laxu Zhangjing reported: "Master, there is a large group of men and horses approaching, and it seems that they are in a group with this small group of Ming troops. ”

Hauge's eyesight was good, and he looked at the horse, and saw that these people were dressed in the same clothes as the small group of Ming troops who were surrounded, and they were probably here to rescue their accomplices.

He smiled coldly: "It looks like I'm here to save people." Give the order to Tak Tan to trap the remaining hundred or so men, besiege them without attacking, and leave them alive, and I will use these people to lure their main force to the bait. ”

"Master, these Ming soldiers are not fools, will they take the bait easily?"

"It's because you're not stupid that you take the bait." Hauge stared at the main force of the Marine Corps opposite with the eyes of looking at the prey, "They didn't see their accomplices being surrounded, since they saw it, if they didn't save it, it would seriously dampen their morale, whether it was true or false, these people must be saved, otherwise the people's hearts will be disheartened, and they don't have to fight in the next battle." ”

Baya Lajangjing understood. "The subordinates understand, the key lies in the life and death of this small Ming army. If we kill them neatly, then the main force of the Ming army will have an excuse not to come to the rescue, as long as they are trapped and not killed for the time being, the main force of the Ming army will have to come to the rescue, otherwise the blow to morale will be too great - seeing the accomplices die under their noses but not come to the rescue, who is willing to die for them? ”

"Exactly, this is a conspiracy." Hauge's face showed a hint of smugness, "Knowing that it was a pit, they had to jump down with their eyes closed." On my order, the team dispersed, pretending to besiege this small Ming army, and after slowly approaching its main force, it was taken by surprise. Remember, don't rush too early, lest you startle the snake. ”

At this time, the main force of the Marine Corps is still not a short distance from the battlefield, and if they start charging now, they will scare the opponent away. Although the cavalry had a great speed advantage in chasing the infantry, Hauge did not want to turn into a marathon chase battle, but wanted to attract the opponent and finish the battle in one battle, so as to maximize the results. After all, the number of opponents is not small, it is estimated that there are more than 2,000 people, and if they run in all directions, it will be difficult for the thousands of cavalry on this side to gather and annihilate them in the process of chasing.

Either you don't fight, or if you want to fight, you can fight a good fight, Hauge thought to himself.

If this Ming army is from the same military town as the Ming army that defeated Azig and Abatai, then as long as these two thousand people are eaten cleanly and neatly, and the two uncles who are famous for their military exploits will be compared at once, Hauge's prestige will reach a new height, and there will be one more hope of becoming the heir to the throne.

Although you are the eldest son of the emperor, Hauge's heart is not steady. Huang Taiji has not shown his intention to cultivate Haoge as a prince, and Dolgon has become famous in recent years, with the support of two white flags, and is also in charge of the ministry, which makes the arrogant Haoge very uneasy. Proving one's strength with a strong opponent can also be regarded as a strategy to save the country with a curve, which can be expressed to the emperor Ama and other powerful people in a subtle way - look, the Ming army that defeated Azig and Abatai is now trampled under my feet. The Qing Dynasty decided the world with cavalry and archery, and it would not be wrong to choose me as the heir.

In the process of moving forward, the Marines noticed subtle changes in the battlefield ahead.

Bol suddenly looked through the binoculars and noticed that the pressure on the otherwise precarious squad had suddenly eased. The sound of conch sounded, the two sides strangled together disengaged, the Tartars retreated, mounted their horses, and then withdrew from the effective range of rifled guns, forming a large circle from a distance, neither attacking nor withdrawing.

The soldiers, who were almost wiped out, breathed a sigh of relief, the Tartars were very ferocious in hand-to-hand combat, and there were far more outnumbered of them, and for whatever reason they retreated, they were safe for the time being. But they can't run away, there are more and more Tartars surrounded, they are surrounded on all sides, it is completely impossible to break through, no matter how powerful the two legs are, they can't outrun the four-legged horse.

Bol's eyes narrowed suddenly, staring at Haoge under Zhenglan, sneering, and muttering to himself: "You want to use tricks to force me to have to save and let me take the bait?" Then try it, who is taking the bait? ”

The Marines advanced to a distance of about 500 paces from the battlefield and stopped, loaded their ammunition on the spot, and began the methodical firing process.

Hauge was like a hunter rounding up his prey, with a greedy light in his eyes, and he commanded to the left and right: "Pass the order, approach slowly, don't scare them, wait until you reach a distance of a few hundred paces, start charging, be sure to strike a successful blow, and completely annihilate this group of Ming troops." ”

Thousands of vests controlled the horses and trotted slowly, as if they didn't care about the marines who were hundreds of paces away. And the soldiers of the Marine Corps reloaded their ammunition in a good time, as calm as if they were shooting training on a daily basis, and did not panic at all. Both sides had their own thoughts, and the battlefield fell into a strange atmosphere.

The first to break the calm was the Qing army. Estimating that it was already difficult for the other party to run out of the range of the horse's charge, the Qing army suddenly started, and thousands of vests charged hard like chicken blood, rolling up billowing smoke and dust, and pounced on the marines.

In the rumbling hooves, it was as if the earth was trembling. In the era of cold weapons, no matter what the situation, the charge of the cavalry is an existence that cannot be ignored, if it is an ordinary infantry, in the face of the elite Eight Banners cavalry, a back and forth is enough to collapse.

But Bor was not in a hurry, staring at the opposite side, estimating that the striker had already entered within three hundred paces, before raising his command knife and slashing, shouting: "Fire!" ”

"Woo hoo hoo", dense gunfire rang out, the metal storm collided with the galloping cavalry team, the flesh and blood were no more than lead bullets with strong kinetic energy, the vests were useless even if they were wearing two or three layers of armor, the lead bullets easily shattered the chain mail, penetrated the cotton armor, and then exploded a bloody hole in the chest and abdomen, taking their lives.

The salvo of nearly 2,000 Qionghai nine-year rifled guns is incomparable to more than 100 guns, and the number is the combat effectiveness. This volley sent hundreds of cavalrymen to the dust, either under lead bullets or at the feet of their companions' horses. The men in front fell in unison, forming a natural obstacle, and the cavalry behind could not dodge, tripping over the horses and human corpses, and fell to the ground with a bang, forming a new obstacle.

The cavalry brigade of the charging brigade could only slow down and carefully bypass the corpses on the ground. After only delaying for such a while, the Qing army suddenly found that with the cover of gunpowder smoke, the Ming army on the opposite side took advantage of the time difference in the cavalry speed to slow down, and actually turned around and ran!