Chapter 570 I will give you a chance to be embarrassed
The wind and snow stopped, making both the Ming army and Hou Jin suddenly nervous.
Both sides felt that the other would be more anxious than themselves, but both sides needed to know the other's movements. Therefore, before the wind and snow had completely stopped, the scouts of both sides suddenly encountered each other in the middle of the two armies.
The distance between the two sides was less than ten miles, so the scouts from both sides did not get entangled. Instead, after a brief contact, they immediately retreated in the direction of their own brigade.
At this moment, the two armies were like two boxers looking for each other's weaknesses. After a sudden contact, they suddenly jumped away. However, one of the boxers had been severely beaten beforehand.
Just punches.
The Ming army knew the location of Hou Jin's camp and roughly estimated the enemy's military strength.
Later, Jin also clearly detected that a large number of Ming troops were crawling out of the trench where they were hiding, and were cautiously watching the direction of their camp.
Both Li Zicheng and Amin felt that the situation was under their control.
After advancing two miles, the Ming army stopped and spread out their troops. From the trench behind them, the Ming army continued to pour out. If it were not for the cannons of the Ming army, Azig would have been several times.
This time I couldn't help but invite a fight.
At this time, the Ming army took advantage of the unsteady foothold and the rear army had not arrived to launch an attack. Basically, the Ming army could not establish a formation, and the Ming army without a formation could deal with them like the wind riding on the unparalleled Hou Jin Jing.
Riding is just the relationship between prey and hunter.
"Don't worry, wait until they are out of the range of the cannon!"
In the daytime after the snowstorm, although the sunlight is weak, everything between the sky and the earth is extremely clear and clear, and the visibility is also very good. The woods between the two armies that may hide the enemy troops have long been cut down. Now Amin and Amin
At a glance, Jige could see the movements of the Ming army almost clearly.
The soldiers with the blue flag and the white flag had also left the camp early. As the Ming army's brigade moved slowly, they pushed forward for a distance of nearly two miles. This distance did not consume much horsepower.
, on the contrary, it allows both the war horses and the people enough time and distance to move their hands, feet and limbs.
The distance between the two sides is only about five miles.
Amin and Azig didn't know that even if the opponent's cannon didn't move, they were already within the range of the opponent's cannon at this moment.
The three-pound cannon made by Tieshan originally had a range of only about 800 meters, but since Zhao Yuan arrived in Tieshan, he also brought improved gunpowder formulas. When more efficient propellant was equipped with the original three-pound cannon, its range
The range is nearly doubled.
That's about 1,500 meters.
And this range refers to the effective range. If accuracy is not considered, the maximum range of the Tieshan-made three-pounder can be about 2,500 meters. At this distance, it can just reach the forward of the Houjin Cavalry Brigade.
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This is obviously not what Li Zicheng wants.
As the vanguard, Li Guo and Li Gan's troops totaled more than 2,000 people. After resisting the advancing position, they quickly formed a battle formation. However, on the huge battlefield, the battle formation of more than 2,000 people was still slightly larger.
Seems a little thin.
When Xu Jian and Xu Xianchun's left and right wings with more than a thousand men on each side appeared on both sides of them, the main formation of the Ming army was almost formed. The Chinese army and artillery team led by Li Zicheng confirmed that the front formation had been established.
, and after Hou Jin did not launch an attack immediately, he began to move forward slowly and kept a distance of less than 500 steps from the forward troops.
This was Li Zicheng's most cautious formation. Even if the rear Jin cavalry broke through the front, his middle army could still resist the opponent for a while, and the entire army would not collapse as soon as the front formation was broken.
Tan Chun's more than a thousand men in the rear army not only have to guard against possible enemy attacks, but also serve as a reserve force. If the front is really unable to withstand it, then it will be their task to rush forward and cover the retreat of the Chinese army.
Yes.
Of course, if the enemy army breaks up, they will be the ones who stay to protect the artillery team and do not participate in the pursuit.
Li Zicheng's troop formation was quite satisfactory and he was almost extremely cautious. However, in the eyes of Amin and Azig on the opposite side, the opponent's general's troop layout was nothing more than that.
"I'll be flying the blue flag to be responsible for the frontal feint attack, and you're flying the white flag to break through from the left wing. It should be fine!"
Amin glanced sideways at Azig: "It's just four to five thousand Ming troops. I'll give you a chance to get revenge!"
"Thank you!" Azig thanked Amin with some gratitude. They were all leaders who had fought against the Ming army many times. How could he not see the kindness of the other party?
A frontal feint attack will definitely cause more casualties. However, if the Ming army's artillery is facing the front, he will not encounter many Ming army artillery blows when he breaks through the Ming army from the left wing, and the Ming army's left wing looks even better than his white flag.
The number of cavalry is still small. If the number is larger than that of the Ming army, and the cavalry is against the infantry, Azig can't defeat the opponent, then he can really wipe his neck.
If he was such a waste, he would even look down on himself.
"Go and get ready. You don't need to listen to my orders. After I launch the attack, you can choose your own moment to break through!"
Amin nodded, and Azig clasped his fists and retreated. Soon, the cavalrymen with the white flag began to line up and disperse under Azig's order.
"Feed before the war!"
Amin looked at the square formations of the Ming army in front of him, and slowly gave the order. The cavalry behind him took out beans from the bags on their horses, and horse food such as oil cakes began to be delivered.
At the mouth of his own horse.
This is to replenish the physical strength of the war horses. The cavalry will not give these horse rations to the war horses until the last moment before the battle.
The Ming army did not seem to notice the actions of the Hou Jin Cavalry. They stopped and formed a neat formation. Amidst a faint sound of drums, they seemed to start moving again.
The two Ming army formations that were the vanguard began to move forward again.
However, this time they were different from running out of the ditch in a hurry and running forward in a hurry. They lined up in a neat array and moved slowly forward, advancing about thirty to fifty steps every time.
, and they stopped.
Then, with the sound of war drums, the somewhat scattered array was corrected into order again.
"Pretending to be a ghost!"
Amin shook his head contemptuously. He had never fought against such a pretentious Ming army. However, according to his experience, the more pretentious the Ming army was, the less likely they were to fight.
He gently waved his hand forward, and a cavalry force of more than two hundred people rushed out.
Under his command, the traditional project of the Eight Banners' elite cavalry against the Ming army's battle formation - the harassment of light cavalry in front of the formation - was performed again.
And in this wilderness less than fifty miles away from Zhenjiang Fort, the head-on confrontation between Jiang Wan's Dongjiang Town and Huang Taiji's Eight Banners elite soldiers finally began.