Chapter 248: Countermeasures

Everyone looked at the side of the Qing army, most of them retreated two miles away, still densely gathered there, the chariots were arrayed strictly, and they did not attack, nor did they retreat into the camp.

The soldiers under Han Zhong's command all cleaned up the battlefield with the joy and pride of victory. "It's a pity, a lot of heads are broken." While Han Zhong was in high spirits, he also muttered from time to time.

The soldiers under his command densely carried the corpses of the Qing army between the low walls and trenches, and easily made up for the wounded Qing soldiers who did not die.

The corpses of the Qing soldiers between the low walls and trenches were fine, but many of the Qing soldiers' bodies were beaten to pieces in several passages, including their heads.

The pools of flesh and blood parts on the passage cannot prove that they are the heads of the Qing army, and there are a lot of losses in military merits, which makes Han Zhong heartbroken. Accompanied by several guards, he patrolled everywhere and shouted, so that his subordinates were more nimble.

The chill was pressing, with a stream of unpleasant smell of blood, and the pungent smell of gunsmoke had not completely dissipated, inhaling into the arsso, making Han Zhong sneeze a few times. Although the weather was extremely cold, the sergeants were still busy with a thick white breath, and the excited voices of everyone came. "Mr. Han Qian, it's not easy to move the Tartar corpse in the trench?"

Several sergeants with bruised hands and feet complained to Han Zhong. The corpses of the Qing soldiers between the first low wall and trench were quite full, and although their corpses were stiff and stiff, and the frozen blood was combined to form a solid mass, it was still easy to carry.

There were only a few remaining trenches, and the high trenches were slippery, and there were many sharp wooden thorns underneath, and jumping into the trenches was obviously not a wise choice. Everyone saw that there were many corpses of Qing soldiers between the trenches, horizontal and vertical, and the deaths were different, or they were beaten to death by firearms, or they fell into the trenches and were stabbed into meat skewers. "Stupid, won't you look for some long hooks? Borrow some hook and sickle from the brother troops.

Han Zhong scolded with hatred that iron is not copper, while sighing at his own indistinctness.

The sergeants woke up and went to the battle chief's hook.

Wang Dou, accompanied by the generals, stood quietly on a passage, his feet were covered with the internal organs and blood of the Qing soldiers, as well as their scattered thighs and calves, palms and arms, and other things.

All the firecrackers, cavalry, and baggage soldiers in Wang Dou's army can wear a red cotton wool coat outside because they are wearing cuirasses. Those who are fully clothed? The pikemen, each with a warm red cotton wool coat. Perhaps it was because of the rejection of Tartar armor, or perhaps because they were afraid of accidentally injuring their own people during the war, so when they chose to increase their armor, most of them chose chain mail. After all, although the armor and military uniforms of the Manchurian Army are along, I fight,; …… : The style has been slightly improved, but there are still some differences. In particular, the outer edge of the armor of each flag is inlaid with B" sentence; The red edge is the striking symbol of the Tartar soldiers.

The shop armor can effectively protect the shooting of the bow and crossbow, and can also defend against the attack of slashing weapons, but it can't prevent the sharp sword and spear from stabbing. However, the biggest threat to the musketeers is the bows and arrows of the Qing army, and the melee is protected by the pikemen brothers, so there is nothing to worry about.

And after putting on the shop armor, you can also wear a red cotton wool coat to keep your body warm in the cold winter. If you put on the rest of the Tartar cotton armor, after all, there are not many wool in the army, and there is no symbol of the Shunxiang army itself, who knows if the brothers in the army will fight against these brothers wearing Tartar armor when they hit the red eye?

The soldiers in the army happily received the armor such as shop armor, and the casualties in the army were also counted in the past few days, and the Shunxiang army suffered more than 120 casualties in this battle. Most of them were arrow wounds, and the Qing army shot a large number of rockets, caught off guard, and many of them were dressed in skulls? The firecrackers were shot in the arm, and most of these people were slightly wounded.

However, during the war, the Qing army's chariots stormed the passage, and more than a dozen firecrackers were shot in the face and were seriously injured. The most serious was the artillery fired by the Qing army, and more than 30 pikemen or musketeers were caught in the jumping and tumbling shells, or died on the spot, or broke their hands and legs.

In this kind of cold weather, people with serious injuries and disabled limbs are afraid that many people's lives cannot be saved. After Wang Dou led the generals to see the wounded and the dead, he felt sad, and when the siege of the Qing soldiers was over, he didn't know how many soldiers would die.

The smoke curled up, the bulbuls of each battalion made a meal, and the Xuanda defense line after the battle was bursting with laughter and laughter, and everyone gathered around the fire, let go of their bellies to eat and drink hot food, while excitedly discussing the battle just now.

At this time, in the Qing army's array, the atmosphere was dull, and pieces of Qing soldiers lit fires, drank water silently, and ate dry food. Under Dolgon's golden dragon ring, the banner owners, as well as the important people such as Baylor in the banner, gathered around him, and they all did not say a word.

The casualties of each flag have been counted, which frightened everyone, and today's battle is just a battle, and the casualties of the whole flag have reached nearly 2,000 people, of which the number of warriors killed in the battle of each banner is as high as more than 1,000 people.

Dolgon's face was expressionless, and under the report of the banner masters who attacked the Xuanda camp, a rough plan of the Xuanda army appeared in front of everyone. Looking at this sketch, everyone sucked. Cold, Abatai said: "What a vicious battle formation defense line, I'm sure that this kind of defensive formation of the camp must be what Wang Dou, the Ming general, thinks." ”

Dolgon said: "After the test of our army, the defense of the camp of the Ming army is clear, surrounded by three earthen walls, about one person high. There are five flat passages, and the rest are low walls and ditches, which are not easy to cross. There are about seventy-five large and small artillery pieces on the front, the artillery fire is sharp, and then look at the flag, it is expected that it must be the Ming general Wang Dou defense, the two wings are one for the Ming general Yang Guozhu, one is the Ming general soldier Tiger Dacheng, each has 60 large and small artillery! ”

Among the five passages in the front, each of which is more than ten steps to twenty steps wide, there are no two or four large and small artillery pieces in the gap in the earthen wall in front. The artillery at the rest of the guns is two or three steps wide in the earthen wall, and the gunners can take refuge in the parapet wall next to them at any time. In front of these guns, there were no low walls, only a few trenches! ”

In addition to these artillery, in front of the remaining earthen walls, there are a series of low walls and trenches, which the Ming army has set up to protect them. Since the gap in the earthen wall is fixed, their artillery is also fixed, and if our troops want to attack, they can attack from the low wall trench and open their artillery! ”

The blue flag lord Zilharang led his own soldiers in the banner today, as well as the eight banners of the Mongolian white flag and the blue flag to attack the right flank of Hu Dawei's defense, even if they did not encounter the strong blow of the frontal Wang Dou, but after today's attack, they still have lingering palpitations.

He said: "I was ordered to be a general, the Ming army's earthen wall is low, and when our army attacks, the archers in the rear cannot cover the impact of the warriors in front at all. Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Dou must be removed. However, it was difficult for my 60,000-strong army to be supplied, and it would change later, so I had to finish the battle and capture the Xuanda camp within half a month. Our army has a large number of troops, as long as the trench is filled, the attack is within the earthen wall, and Lu Xiangsheng and Wang Dou and others are eliminated, it is only a matter of time before they are killed! Duo Yi was dejected by Dorgon's words, and secretly regretted what he had just said.

The owner of the Eight Banners Mongolian Red Banner Buyan Dai suddenly said: "In fact, it is not necessary to fill in a few trenches of the Ming army" It is not necessary for our warriors to go into battle, our army has captured many Ming people in various camps, and you can escort him to the battle to fill the trenches!"

Dolgon looked at him deeply and shook his head: "A rabble, let them face the artillery fire of the Ming army, if there are few people, it will be easy to deal with, if it is thousands or tens of thousands." Those Ming people will definitely be scattered, and if they come back humbly, not to mention blocking the offensive route of our warriors, it is very likely that they will break up our self-sacrificing formation. If the Ming army takes the opportunity to counterattack and pursue with all its might, my army may ......"

All the banner owners looked at Bu Yandai, as if they doubted his intentions, and in the face of everyone's eyes, Bu Yandai just said yes.

Abatai pondered for a while and said: "Maybe you can bet on a part of the people of the Ming Kingdom as a temptation, thousands of people, see how the Ming army reacts, there are fewer people, and my army is easy to control." ”

Dolgon nodded approvingly, and then said sharply: "In the afternoon, our army will attack, feint to attack the front, contain the Ming general Wang Dou's forces, storm the two wings, and kill them with an endless attack." The Hongyi cannon transported from Tongzhou arrived quickly, and it was expected that it would not take a few days to capture the Ming position! ”

"All the warriors of my Eight Banners need to move forward bravely, and those who dare to retreat will not be spared!"