Chapter 272: Active Temptation

After having the blocking force, Yue Tuo did not hesitate, and took the main cavalry to take the first step, leaving the heavy artillery and baggage behind and slowly walking with the infantry. Relying on the fact that everyone had two horses, more than 5,000 people rushed to Kiba Station before dusk the next day. When converging with the Derge class, Yue Tuo asked about the situation clearly, and his heart became more anxious. Now that the news from the north and the south has been cut off, I don't know where the reinforcements are at all, and with the elite of the Manchu and Han Eight Banners of more than 8,000 people in their hands, they will fight over or stay where they are and wait for reinforcements, this question must depend on the reconnaissance of the scouts.

The problem is that the scout's reconnaissance is very difficult, and the Ming army's night is also elite. Derge informed that the two sides fought five times on the battlefield of reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, but the result was not to take advantage. From Kiba Station to the three-way intersection, the official road is a "factory", which is about 50 miles away. The Ming army has not moved, that is for sure. But how many people, the number has been uncertain.

Chen Xie also arrived at the three-way intersection at this time, and he was happy when he saw the terrain here. To the west was a large lake, along the shores of which were meadows and forests, and cavalry fought in this terrain as if they were sent to the death. The east side is a hillside, not high, at most 100 meters above sea level, and the official road is between the lake and the foot of the mountain to the west, which can have the appearance of five or six miles of land, and then go down in a straight line to the south. The terrain of forests and wetlands is simply the natural conditions for the burial of the Later Jin army.

"Take the sea route to tell Wang Qinian, let him not act rashly, and defending Lushun is the first merit." Sending someone to deliver the letter overnight, Chen Xie took He Xian and the cavalry battalion to the north early the next morning, walking thirty miles. Encountered his own scouts in a place called South Guam. According to the captain's report, this generation of terrain is very low, and fifty years ago, when the tide was high, it was still flooded by the sea. At that time, the official road was on the seashore, unlike now, there were still a few miles of land.

In modern times, even if it is the center of Dalian, the Ming Dynasty will, let alone the city, there are very few villages and towns. Wetlands and forests are everywhere, and an official road goes north alone. Such good terrain. Historically, Houjin was able to knock Lushun down. It can be seen how much the Ming army was afraid of the enemy at that time. Not to mention, ten miles ahead, the terrain in the narrow area is better, either wetlands or rocky beaches. It is simply not suitable for the deployment of large forces. Taking into account the problem of the deployment of its own troops. Then consider the strategy of raising self-respect. Chen Xie decided to set up a blocking position in the vicinity of South Guam. A thousand ash soldiers and five hundred greenskins are guarding here.

"He Xian, take your people and continue north. Try to avoid unnecessary casualties, and don't go too far, just go to Jin County and cruise around. After discovering the Houjin reinforcements, they immediately returned here, and they had to defend this place at any cost. ”

"Humble duty understands." He Xian nodded solemnly, rested for an hour, and continued north.

After observing the terrain and finding that after leaving the official road, the team could not move an inch, Chen Xie walked back in a good mood. Lushun is 100 miles away from Kiba Station, so you have to walk for 24 hours. Chen Xie was not worried about being opened up at all. The current Yue Tuo is the turtle in the urn, and if he is smarter, he can find a favorable place to put a turtle shell to defend it, and it can last for five or six days.

As far as reconnaissance is concerned, Chen Xie has always done a good job, knowing that Yue Tuo has 5,000 soldiers full of eight banners in his hands, Yue Tuo is just the opposite, he doesn't know how many troops Chen Xie has and how effective his combat effectiveness is. But he had the advantage of knowing that reinforcements were coming. In that case, then hold on and wait for Duoduo's reinforcements to arrive, and attack back and forth.

I can't help but say that Yue Tuo's idea is very good, but he forgot one premise, that is, the food problem. At present, he has 20,000 men, more than 5,000 people, more than 13,000 Manchu and Han soldiers, and 2,000 Korean birds, not counting the wounded soldiers. The food he brought with him was only enough to eat for ten days.

Yue Tuo and Derge thought that this thing was capable, and ordered his subordinates to start digging trenches, and he would do whatever Lushun did. Except for an official road, you can dig somewhere else. Ten days is enough time for Duo to call.

At half past nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, Chen Xie and his guards quietly climbed a hill, about four or five miles away from Kiba Station in a straight line, and it could be seen clearly in the telescope, and the Houjin soldiers seemed to be busy with ants. This scene was really beyond Chen Xie's expectations? What to do? It is not impossible to take the initiative to attack, the problem is that there are not many casualties to pay. Although it is said that there are no immortals in war, Chen Xie still hopes that others will fight him.

After watching for more than an hour, Chen Xie went down the mountain. The fortifications centered on Kiba Station have been repaired a little bit. At this time, it is definitely too late to take the initiative to attack, and if you want to hit someone with an unstable foothold. It must be said that Yue Tuo's actions were beyond Chen Xie's expectations. If you think about it, if you were yourself, you must have to do the same. Knowing that there are reinforcements, it would be stupid to wait for reinforcements to fight again.

"Did the scouts find out how much food Yue Tuo has?" Chen Xie asked as he walked, Lin He thought for a while and said, "There are four or five hundred carts in front and back, how can they be enough to eat for half a month." Except for the few days under Lushun City before, it is estimated that it will be ten days. ”

Chen Xie had a preliminary idea in his heart, and when he turned over and got on his horse, he said to Lin Daodao: "Send someone to ask He Xian if he has found Houjin's reinforcements." Adjusting the battle plan, the terrain of the section from South Guam to the three-way road is favorable, and a small number of troops are blocking the attack layer by layer. It is necessary to block the enemy for more than half a month. Then he sent a letter to Wang Qinian, asking him to transport the artillery, musketeers, and grenadiers of the new barracks to the green mud pool and put them into the battle to block the reinforcements. Ordered Zhang Biao, the troops immediately pressed forward, if Houjin faced the battle, as much as possible to kill, if Yue Tuo could not be able to do so, with artillery bombardment, and with sharpshooters sporadic attack, disturbing the enemy's mind. ”

Kiba Station, Yue Tuo's plan went very smoothly, and just when he was deeply satisfied, the scout brought back the news that the Ming army had taken the initiative and was advancing towards Kiba Station. Yue Tuo ordered to supervise at all times and speed up the construction of fortifications. Derge came over to ask for news, and after knowing this, he said heavily: "It seems that the Dengzhou battalion is indeed different, the previous intelligence said that the Dengzhou battalion is not more than 10,000 people, even if all the troops are transferred, they will not take the initiative to attack." This Chen Xie is good, attacking more with less. ”

Yue Tuo didn't know Chen Xie's details at this time, and he wondered: "Where did he get his confidence?" If Lushun's soldiers chased after him, it would be easy to explain, but the problem was that Lushun's soldiers did not come out. ”

Derge waved his hand and said, "Simply, let's take the initiative and hit him." Back then, the potential was rushing, and there were so many Ming troops in Beizhili, and we could come and go freely. Now it's good, the troops are not bad, and he is still shrinking, and he is getting stronger. ”

Yue Tuo said: "No, Chen Xie defeated Haoge in Xianghe with more than 2,000 troops, have you forgotten it?" ”

"Of course not, but then he was on the defender, and now he is on the offensive side." I took 5,000 men up and took him by surprise. It's all cavalry that can't be beaten and can run away. ”

Yue Tuo thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Less, it's better to leave some people to guard the camp, you and I will go together, since we want to fight, we have to put all our strength into it." When Derge heard this, he understood that Yue Tuo was talking back, and shook his head with a wry smile: "Then forget it." ”

In the afternoon of the next day, the scout brought news again that the green-skinned soldiers of Dengzhou had appeared five miles away. The two hurriedly came out and went up to the tower to investigate. The green-skinned soldiers of Dengzhou lined up in a square formation, swaggering in an open field. I wasn't worried about Yue Tuo leading his troops to kill at all. Derge looked angry and said, "No, I'll take someone to beat him." ”

Yue Tuo stretched out his hand and didn't hold it, he jumped directly off the tower more than three meters high, and strode towards the headquarters of the people. Yue Tuo took a closer look, there were not many people who would come green, that is, two thousand people. Just let him go and have a dozen.

"Jiannu is out." Zhang Biao, who was leading two battalions of the forward, immediately asked the soldiers who were sitting on the ground to rest to get up and line up, and the sappers who were pulling a barbed wire fence at the same time increased their speed.

Half an hour later, Derge appeared three miles away with more than 2,000 cavalry. This area is open land, and it is really suitable for cavalry attacks. With a wave of his hand, the Houjin cavalry began to press forward slowly.

This side has been busy, the sappers are busy, the artillery is busy, the grenadiers are busy. Ten infantry teams, in a very hierarchical formation, ten phalanxes, each phalanx is an infantry team, two horizontal formations. From a distance, there are two large phalanxes that are not so close.

"Reloaded!" Two infantry battalions of accompanying artillery were ready, 12 6-pounder steel-cast smoothbore guns. After many actual combat tests, it was unexpectedly found that the infantry companion artillery was still a 6-pounder gun, with a range of 1,000 meters, and it could also fire shotguns. In the absence of grenades, shotguns are the best way to kill enemies.

"1000 meters." The number of observation soldiers is only reported in Dengzhou Battalion, and the meter will be used as a unit. This is the result of imposition.

"Fire!" Zhang Biao put down the binoculars and calmly gave the order. The enemy had no more than 2,000 cavalry, ten minutes at most, and two infantry battalions could arrive, so there was nothing to worry about. Even if Jiannu poured out of the nest, Zhang Biao was confident that he would last for half an hour.

Boom! Behind the improvised fortifications made of sandbags, 12 6-pounder guns began to bombard. This range is beyond the expectations of Yuetuo and Derge, why do you say that, because this is a small cannon. Houjin's largest cannon, more than 4,000 catties, is the limit for 4 miles. The small cannon can hit a maximum of 500 meters. Now the fire was fired at this distance, and the Derger class, who was just about to give the order to trot forward, was not lightly frightened.

This is the first time such a strange thing has happened, and if it was the previous Ming army, he would be happy. But these greenskins are stealing weird everywhere, and his first reaction is that he feels bad in his heart. Sure enough, the war horse that had not yet run became the best target. It doesn't count if one shot overturns one, but it can still rush forward thirty or fifty meters, and knock over seven or eight people in a row.

"Spread out and run." When Derge saw that only the first wave of shelling was the first wave of shelling, half of the shells had brilliant results, and fifty-six people were put down, and he was really a little panicked, but at this time he didn't plan to retreat. Now he has figured out one thing, why people choose the battlefield in the open field. One by one, the phalanx is the reason. (To be continued......)