Chapter 952 Daishan kills three birds with one stone
On the night of September 24th, the 14th year of Chongzhen's reign in the Ming Dynasty, the sky darkened early, and the armies of the Ming and Qing Dynasties on both sides of the Nerv River and Xiaoling River also stopped and returned to their camps.
In ancient times, marching operations were limited by the inconvenience of command. Many military orders were planned in advance and would not be changed easily. Because of the difficulty in mobilizing large armies, each battalion deployed its defenses independently in accordance with the requirements of military orders.
Once military orders are suddenly changed, the soldiers in each battalion will often be at a loss as to what to do and waste their energy in vain, especially when a battle is approaching. Even if the army is strong at the time, it is difficult to change the formation before the battle.
Perhaps it is the "Yue Jiajun", "Qi Jiajun", etc. This kind of powerful military force that has left its name in thousands of years of history can change its formation in the face of battle without causing chaos.
There are many records in history. How many powerful armies in the world were destroyed by "changes in the morning and evening"?
Night battles were not very popular in ancient times. Since ancient times, they have fought during the day. At night, everyone would return to their own formation, guard the camp, and then go out to fight after dawn.
This is because ancient times were restricted by various conditions and lacked controllable light sources that could illuminate distant places. Night battles described in novels such as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" were difficult to achieve, even with torches.
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For example, in a starry night, you will inevitably be unable to see anything. This means that even if you hold a torch, you still can't see anything clearly from a little further away.
And even on a night with a bright moon in the sky, when the visibility is still slightly better, it is still impossible to see anything clearly from a distance. How can we fight under such conditions?
Under various restrictions, ancient armies almost did not have the conditions for night fighting.
Even a modern army with night vision equipment, wireless communication technology, and well-trained troops cannot support large-scale night battles involving tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, let alone the conditions that were not met in ancient times.
Already.
Looking at the weeds outside the camp, everything was pitch black. Zhang Cheng couldn't see how far his elite soldiers had gone. He couldn't help but look up into the distance. There seemed to be a ray of light in the dark night.
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Therefore, night battles in this era basically involve one or two fierce generals who are not afraid of death, and they lead dozens or hundreds, or at most hundreds of warriors who are not afraid of death, to raid the enemy's formation at night, hoping to achieve miraculous results.
On September 25th, just after the ugly hour, it was already the dead of night. The camps of both the Ming and Qing Dynasties were very quiet. Apart from the interplay of lights and torches, there were only the occasional sounds of clappers and the shouts of the night watch sergeants.
They mobilized 12,000 men to quietly reach Gongchangling in Liaoyang at night, and used surprise attacks and hand-to-hand combat to defeat 17,000 Russian troops armed with a lot of heavy equipment.
In real history, there are indeed many such examples, but in fact there are more examples of failure, but history only records successful examples.
Not far from the Xuanda Military Camp, I encountered cross-examination from secret whistles. They either responded with the calls of birds, or responded with whistles similar to bird calls. This situation occurred after I left the Xuanda Camp a little further.
, it will never happen again.
Since the time when the slave chief Huang Taiji left Baimiaobao, although Daishan was not the supreme commander of the Qing army in Jinzhou, as a heavyweight in the Qing Dynasty, he, Jierhalang and Yingerdai were working day and night.
Where lights and torches cannot shine, it is pitch black, and even someone standing on the opposite side may not be able to see clearly. However, the night is too quiet, and if someone walks by, the "rustling" sound of their footsteps on the hay is very harsh.
Now, Ying'erdai has gone to Yizhou to take charge of planning food and fodder for the army. He and Jierhalang are on the front line to share the burden for Dorgon. It is really hard work.
In addition, there was a very special night battle example at the end of World War II, which was the Battle of the Oder River during the offensive on the outskirts of Berlin.
In the early morning of April 16, 1945, the sky was still pitch black, and most people were asleep.
This was also an example of an unexpected night attack. Although it mainly relied on high-power searchlights to achieve miraculous effects, the results were brilliant.
Faced with Zhang Cheng's instructions, Zhang Chengfang naturally did not dare to neglect. He hurriedly agreed and added: "Please rest assured, commander-in-chief, Cheng Fang is very knowledgeable and will never dare to delay the military plane."
"Here."
History has always been written by the winners, while the losers can only become a record for future generations to take as a warning, without any right to choose or decide at all!
"Commander Father, it's getting dark. It's better to go back to camp and rest first. If any military information comes back, I will report to you immediately!"
Just like the officers and soldiers of various towns in the Ming Dynasty, even during the march during the day, many people fell behind or ran away, let alone fight the enemy at night!
After all, Prince Li Daishan is already sixty years old. Even if he has no illness or disaster for the time being and his body is still strong, he still cannot withstand the fatigue of running around for days.
In the ancient army, the charisma and courage of the general were basically relied upon to lead the soldiers in battle. How could ordinary soldiers have any thoughts and beliefs?
They either joined the army to survive, or they came to work for money and food. What's more, they were hired, or they were captured to fill the vacancies in the army. They had not gone through a day's training, how could they do it?
Call it an army?
At this moment, fierce artillery fire poured from the Soviet position to the German position. After several rounds of artillery fire coverage and bombardment, the Soviet army secretly deployed 143 strong and high-power searchlights on the front line. Suddenly,
All defensive lines aimed at the German army were opened.
This time, the Xuanfu army can be said to have come out with all its elite troops. All the night warriors and elite cavalry in each battalion were mobilized, while the infantry and Datong army soldiers and horses in each battalion of the Xuanfu army were strictly ordered not to leave the camp and must sleep peacefully.
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This will cause a series of catastrophic chain reactions for an army.
At the Xuan-Da coalition camp on the north bank of the Xiaoling River, amid the lights, one could vaguely see groups of soldiers in neat uniforms. They held their horses by the hand, followed each other, and stepped lightly on the dry and hard ground as they slowly left the camp.
Therefore, in ancient armies, even during day marches, loud noises, running around, and even whispering were strictly prohibited. Serious cases could even be executed, let alone those that were more difficult to control.
Dark night!
And this kind of extraordinary tension and depression is very likely to detonate instantly due to a soldier screaming in his sleep or a weapon accidentally falling to the ground.
Zhang Cheng, who was deep in thought, was awakened by the words of his adopted son Zhang Chengfang. He looked at the dark night in the distance for a moment, turned around decisively, and headed straight for his Chinese army commander's tent.
In order to successfully fight this night battle, Nishi Kanjiro prepared for ten days before the battle. He even personally visited the troops at all levels to inspect the mobilization, and talked to everyone from the division staff to the officers above the squad leader level.
The sound they made while picking at the weeds was cleverly blended with the "rustling" of the wind blowing the weeds. It was obvious that they were not just ordinary people, perhaps only the elite night warriors of the Ming army could do this.
The Manchu Yellow Banner of Baiyintu and the Mongolian Yellow Banner of Tulai are the left wing, and the Mongolian Zhenghong Banner and Adai Mongol Zhenghuang Banner of Engetu are the right wing.
However, as the course of history develops, many people, or even entire ethnic groups, will inevitably be selectively eliminated. However, this is also their own choice, and they almost bring the blame upon themselves.
Let everyone live under the light!
Let everyone live a stable and peaceful life!
Let the Zhang family become the glory of history!
Let the Chinese nation become the leader of the world!
Although in this way, many people will definitely lose a lot of things, including wealth and freedom, and even great lives.
In ancient times, once many generals left their own camps, they could hardly control their troops effectively. During the melee with the enemy, it often happened that their own people cut each other down, not to mention trampling on each other and falling.
Casualties in the ravine.
However, that ray of light was so far away from him that when he looked far and wide, he could only see a little light and shadow. But Zhang Cheng was willing to believe in his heart that that erratic light and shadow was the sign that guided him to victory.
, which is also the goal he strives for.
Zhang Cheng nodded with some satisfaction and said nothing more. He moved forward and disappeared into the darkness surrounded by Zhang Chengfang and his guards.
There were about ten such teams, quietly leaving the camp from the Xuanda Army Camp. After leaving the camp, they either headed west or east. Only the north of the Xuan Army Camp was eerily quiet.
They also organized everyone to take turns to conduct field surveys at the forward positions, determine their respective attack routes one by one, and carefully study the attack plan. Some group captains and squadron leaders even went to the entrance of the Russian army's fortifications to conduct reconnaissance.
And tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for Prince Daishan of Qing Dynasty!
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There are many small teams like this. Under the leadership of their respective commanders, they all lead their horses on the small roads, slowly moving forward in the darkness, like ghosts in the dark night.
The bright light with a total power of hundreds of millions of watts instantly illuminated the German positions brighter than daylight. The previous full force pouring of millions of artillery shells had already bombarded the German positions with holes in their defenses.
During the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, the Second Division led by Japanese Army Lieutenant General Nishi Kanjiro once launched a division-level night battle.
This is still a situation of fighting in camp during the day, let alone fighting in the city at night!
A more feasible method is to assemble only a small number of elite soldiers, break into the enemy camp under the leadership of the general, and carry out night harassment, surprise attacks and other tasks. If organized well, most of them can cause huge chaos to the enemy.
Zhang Cheng forged ahead without looking back, but whispered: "Chengfang, if news comes back, I will wake up my adoptive father and report it immediately without any delay."
However, for the sake of the future of the family and the status of Prince Li and his family in the Qing Dynasty, even in their sixtieth year, they had to do their best to help Dorgon and plan the future of the Jinzhan together.
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Apart from being shouted at and asked for commands at the camp gate, and making some noise when the token was shown, the whole team of one or two hundred people could only hear the sound of the footsteps of people and horses stepping on the ground while they were marching, and there was no other sound.
If you get closer, you may still see that in front of each group of soldiers, there are some dark shadows hiding among the surrounding weeds. They don't seem to be wearing iron armor, and they move forward quickly and continuously exploring.
Let me make another digression here. The ancient army not only lacked the ability to fight at night, but also might cause unreasonable disturbances when stationed at night.
At this time, the busiest people were the governors of the various camps of the Xuanfu Army. They led the left-hand soldiers of the Chinese army who were responsible for the governor and Zhang Cheng, patrolling the camps of the Xuanfu Army, supervising the soldiers to rest and sleep, and
Inspect the duty status of each battalion.
How difficult is it to organize a night battle? Here is a comparison of the largest night battle in the history of world wars.
During the military meeting, he already felt a little tired, but he had to persevere, especially when faced with Prince Haoge of Su and Prince Azige of Wuying County, these two violent-tempered Manchu banner princes, which made him even more traumatized.
Of the two aforementioned battle examples, one relied on daily training and careful and careful preparation before the battle to win; the other relied on surprise, but in any case, they were all achieved by modern armies with ideas.
For this reason, there was a special term in ancient times called "yingxiao"!
Because in the highly closed and densely populated environment of the army, military discipline is very strict. Faced with ruthless superiors and brutal enemy troops, military camps, especially in wartime military camps, from generals to soldiers
The nerves are all highly tense.
As the commander-in-chief of an army, the general will also completely lose control of the army. With nervousness and fear of the night, the soldiers will easily run around randomly, trample on each other, and even kill each other, causing a lot of losses, and even worse, the entire army.
The camp collapsed.
It was precisely such complicated preparations that ensured the successful implementation of this night attack. This was also the only successful night battle of a division or above in the history of world wars.
Now, because the German army was directly illuminated by the fierce bright light, they could not even open their eyes, let alone fight back. It was even difficult to defend, and they could not see whether there were Soviet soldiers rushing up from the opposite side.
Daishan spent a lot of gentle words and words of comfort before he stabilized the two of them. In order not to cause trouble for themselves in the war tomorrow, they even reserved the Manchurian Zhenglan Banner and the Xiangbai Banner as the central army.
In addition, the first section of Kong Youde's Tianyou Army and the Wuzhen Chaoha artillery battalion were also requisitioned by Daishan. However, the red cannons in his artillery battalion were inconvenient to move and would have to be transported to the front of the army tomorrow.
Everything depends on tomorrow. Daishan is very confident about this. Not only does his own warriors have an advantage in numbers, but they will also have the artillery battalion of the King of Obedience to help tomorrow. What should he fear?
"snort."
After Daishan sent away the other princes, Baylor, and the Gushan'erzhen of each banner, he sat on the big chair in the middle army with a very contented look and blurted out: "Tomorrow's battle, if I can be lucky enough to kill the Xuanfu Ming general
Zhang Cheng, that’s fine.”
He came to the window of the king's tent, looked out the dark window, and murmured: "In this way, we can not only avenge Duduo boy, gather some military morale of the two white flags, but also boost our Qing Dynasty."
The spirit can also damage the morale of the Confederate Army, so it kills three birds with one stone!"