Tan Bai will never forget that just yesterday, more than 30 Ming army sentry cavalry were spying on the camp, and he led the Baya soldiers in the camp to chase the group of Ming army sentry cavalry.
However, they were blocked by about one armor of Ming army sentries and cavalry. Although they wiped out these Ming army knights who were behind, they were too late to pursue them. In the end, the Ming army sentries and cavalry led the army back.
What particularly impressed him was that the Ming army sentry cavalry leader calmly dismounted after being forced into a desperate situation.
When he turned around, he saw that a huge grenade in his hand had ignited. The moment it exploded, the calm expression on the face of the Ming army sentry cavalry was engraved in his heart forever.
At that time, several Baya soldiers who rushed to capture the Ming army's sentries were killed and injured on the spot. Their flesh and blood fell on Tan Bai's face and body. Looking back now, he still calls him
There is lingering fear in my heart.
In history, Tan Bai is not an ordinary character. He is a member of the Manchurian Tala clan and a member of the Zhengbai Banner of Manchuria.
In the fifth year of Tiancong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, he followed the Ming Dynasty and besieged the Daling River. Zu Dashou sent more than a hundred cavalry to break out. Tan Bai and Buyan Tu, who was already Jia La Zhangjing at that time, pursued and killed more than thirty Ming troops.
The man got twenty-four horses.
In the eighth year of Tiancong's reign in the Qing Dynasty, he was awarded the rank of Niulu Zhangjing for his outstanding merits.
In the following years, Tan Bai made many achievements. This year, when the Qing troops invaded, Tan Bai followed Yue Tuo's command and crossed the Qiangzi Ridge. He first attacked Fengrun and defeated the troops of the Ming eunuch Feng Yongsheng.
In the subsequent battles, Tan Bai led the Baya La soldiers to achieve many military exploits, defeating the Ming governors Zhao Guangpeng and Fan Zhiwan, as well as the generals Wu Sangui and Bai Guang'en, and advanced to the third-class La Zhangjing with his merits.
In the third year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Tan Bai was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War. He followed Prince Su Haugexi to fight against Zhang Xianzhong and repeatedly defeated Zhang Xianzhong's troops. In the fourth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and annihilated Zhang Xianzhong.
In this world now, Yue Tuo's army failed to catch up with Julu. He only sent an elite force led by Baya Lahujia La Zhangjing Buyan Tu, and led the Zengchuan Kongbu under the command of King Huaishun Geng Zhongming, and the Han Army Banner Niulu Zhangjing.
Huaying Chun's troops came to reinforce Dorgon.
Tan Bai then followed Jia La Zhang Jing Buyan Tu to Julu.
Although Tan Bai is now the most prudent and sober one in the Eight Banners Manchuria Zhenghong Banner Baya La camp, like most Manchurians, his appearance is not good and he is not tall, but he is quite stout and has a wide mouth.
, that is, a mouth full of yellow teeth.
He was also wearing fine mercury armor, riding his horse with the tide of Qing army camp, rolling towards the Xuan army camp opposite.
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The Qing army's infantry and cavalry were advancing in layers, densely packed, with black flags of various colors billowing in the wind. They were getting closer and closer, coming all the way from ten miles away, five miles, four miles, three miles, two miles.
When the Qing army marched about two miles away from Jiazhuang, the Qing army formations on three sides stopped like a tidal wave, the horns sounded again, their formations separated, and countless thick and thick shield cars were pushed out in front of the formation.
Among those shield carts, the rows in front are all exquisite shield carts, with wheels and baffles, wrapped in thick cowhide and splashed with water. The shield carts in the back are tied together with thick wood.
, became a rough wooden shield. This kind of wooden shield was used by Abatai under Shunxiang Fort in the ninth year of Chongzhen. Unexpectedly, the old trick would be repeated at this time.
Most of the densely packed Tatar coats are also covered with armor, but they are not neat and many are damaged. It is obvious at a glance that they were all newly plucked from the bodies of my fallen soldiers after they invaded the Ming Dynasty.
They pushed the makeshift shield carts up, and behind them, there was a black crowd of Qing archers.
Behind them, there are groups of heavy armored infantrymen of different flags. The first few rows of them all hold large shields and various thick and heavy short weapons in their right hands. The last few rows of heavy armored infantry all have long weapons at their disposal.
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These heavy armored infantry are the main force of the Qing army's breakthrough!
Finally, there are countless Qing army Baya soldiers riding on horses, who act as supervisors of the battle team. They are all elites of the Qing army's various banners and will not easily participate in critical battles.
The Qing troops surrounded us from three sides. For a while, we couldn't tell which side they were attacking mainly.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War, Ji Pian" says: Soldiers are deceitful. Therefore, they show their inability when they are able, they show their inability when they use them, they show how far they are when they are close, and they show how close they are when they are far.
When the two armies are fighting, they must encircle three formations. This is to leave a way to survive and encourage them to break out of the encirclement and escape. Otherwise, after being surrounded, the enemy will have no way to escape and will fight to the end.
When attacking a city, we must attack on three sides so that the enemy does not know the direction of our main attack and can only divide our troops evenly to defend various locations. Our army can change the direction of the main attack at any time according to the strength of the enemy's defense and seize the initiative on the battlefield.
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The sergeants of Xuanda stood in a tight formation, looking at the densely packed Qing army shield vehicles in the distance, slowly approaching. It can be imagined that there will be a fierce battle later, and everyone clenched the firecrackers, swords, shields, and spears in their hands.
The artillery sergeants had also positioned the cannons one by one, adjusted the gun positions, and used large cart boards to block the front to prepare for a sudden attack by the Qing army.
Seeing that the Qing army had moved forward for about half a mile, Zhang Cheng said to Lu Xiangsheng from the watchtower: "Supervisor, the red barbarian cannon can be fired once, so that the Tatars will not be too arrogant."
Upon hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng took back his telescope, smiled and said to the soldier flag beside him: "Send the order."
There are three six-pound Hongyi cannons on each side of the village wall at the east gate of Jiazhuang. They have been transported to the gun positions on the village wall through the sand ramp built in advance, and the ammunition has been loaded.
As the flag was passed, the wall east of Jiazhuang was busy for a while, and the angle and direction of the muzzle were readjusted.
The command flag was waved, with a crackling sound like a huge thunder, and solid iron ball shells weighing several kilograms roared, cutting through the fierce cold wind, and flew towards the Qing army array one mile away.
At this distance, the six Hongyi six-pound guns of the Dubiao Battalion installed on the wall of Jiazhuangzhuang can already hit it. They only need to raise the muzzle slightly at a certain angle.
The shooting distance of these six-pounders is between three hundred and one thousand steps, and the optimal shooting distance should be about five hundred steps.
Amidst the whistling sound that cut through the sky, hot iron balls weighing several kilograms fell from the air, either hitting the shield cart that the Qing army was pushing, or hitting the advancing Qing army array.
It bounced and rolled on the frozen hard ground, leaving a path of blood.
The shield vehicles of the Qing army were newly built overnight, and many of them were not strong. They might be able to block the bullets fired by the Ming army's artillery, but in front of these six-pound Hongyi cannons, the shield vehicles seemed too fragile.
As long as they were hit by several kilograms of solid iron bullets fired by the Hongyi cannon, they would burst into pieces immediately, with pieces of wood and sawdust flying everywhere. The coated aha pushing the shield carts would fall to the ground crying and howling.
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Their limbs and heads and faces were covered with splintered sawdust, and blood flowed across them. Even the Qing archers who were hiding behind the shield car and marching were mostly scarred, especially those who were hit by iron bullets and had their limbs torn apart.
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The array of archers and heavy armored infantry behind the Qing army's shield vehicles was even denser, and it was difficult to miss. Several iron bullets were fired directly into the array, leaving corpses lying everywhere, limbs broken, and blood mixed with unknown substances.
Juice is flowing everywhere.
This Hongyi cannon has a really good killing effect on long-distance dense arrays. Of course, its shortcoming is also obvious, that is, it is too heavy. Taking this six-pound cannon as an example, including the cannon body, the total weight of the cannon is
It weighs more than 1,000 kilograms, so it is really difficult to carry it for long distances.