Chongzhen Ming Dynasty: Starting from Meishan Chapter 445 Hunting the Jiannu Slaves
Sun Fanzhi stood up and was about to leave, but found that Zhou Peigong had been standing in front of the sand table that Yan Yingyuan had just built, with an expression reluctant to leave, and his eyes were shining.
This is a toy that naughty children find interesting.
At all times and in all countries, almost every naughty child has a dream of becoming a military commander.
"Zhou Peigong, what are you looking at?" Sun Fanzhi smiled and said, "Let's go."
Zhou Peigong let out an ooh, scratched his head and said, "I'm thinking, if I were the commander-in-chief of Jiannu, what should I do to break Yan Gong's defensive formation?"
One sentence immediately attracted the attention of Yan Yingyuan and others.
Yan Yingyuan came over and asked with a smile: "Then have you come up with a countermeasure?"
"I thought of a way." Zhou Peigong nodded and said, "I just don't know if it will work or not."
"What, you really thought of a countermeasure?" Sun Fanzhi asked with a smile, "Can you tell me how to solve it?"
Zhou Peigong pointed to the sand table and said: "It is too expensive to attack two gun platforms from the front and is not cost-effective. Therefore, the best way is to attack and contain them from the front, and then directly outflank Dagukou from behind."
Sun Fanzhi's expression changed and he said, "You mean, attack directly from the ice?"
"Yes." Zhou Peigong said, "I can finally see it. The frontal defense of the two gun towers is extremely powerful. It is difficult to break through the trench without taking lives. However, you can directly attack Dagukou from the ice. As long as
Once Dagukou is captured, the two gun platforms in front will become a tree without roots and water without a source."
Sun Fanzhi quickly said to Yan Yingyuan: "Brother Jianheng, you must be on guard here."
Yan Yingyuan burst out laughing when he heard this, and then said to Zhou Peigong: "Yes, I have an idea. After this battle is over, I will recommend you to the Imperial Academy for admission."
Sun Fanzhi said anxiously: "Brother Jianheng, you must be careful of the ice behind you."
Chen Mingyu then smiled and said: "Brother Liufu, Jianheng has already laid out a large number of mines on the ice. It will be fine if Jiannu doesn't come. If we dare to attack from behind on the ice, we will inevitably make the same mistake as on the ice of Weihe River."
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"It turns out that Brother Jianheng had expected it a long time ago." Sun Fanzhi laughed dumbly.
Zhou Peigong once again fell into deep thought. What should he do if the ice surface cannot attack? Is there really no solution to Yan Gong's horn defense array?
Or dig a tunnel?
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Jilharang really decided to launch a night attack, and attack from the ice.
Xianglan Banner Gushan'e Zhentunqi dissuaded him and said: "Master, this is absolutely impossible. The North Sea ice behind Dagukou seems to be a smooth road, but in fact there are hidden dangers! Ming dogs will lay mines in the ice to explode the ice.
, the ten kings were in Shanyang, and the nine kings suffered the same loss in Weihe this morning. Master, you must not make the same mistake again."
"What do you know?" Jierhalang said, "It is precisely because Duduo was in Shanyang and Dorgon suffered the same loss in Weihe that Minggou didn't expect that we still dared to attack from the ice. This is called surprise.
, attack them unprepared!"
"Master, think twice!" Tuntian did not dare to say that Jierhalang would die by doing this, so he could only advise him to think twice.
But Jierhalang couldn't listen at all. That's how people are, they only believe in themselves, so wise people will understand the truth and never try to convince anyone.
Tunqi saw that he could not persuade Jierhalang, so he had no choice but to come to Dorgon for help.
"Nine Kings, Prince Zheng can no longer listen to other people's advice. Now only you can persuade him." Tun Qi said with a bitter face, "You can't just watch Xianglan Qi suffer."
"Peeling the blue flag?" Dorgon said in surprise, "What kind of losses can we suffer from the plating of the blue flag?"
Tunqi was speechless, because Xianglan Banner was "hunting" on the battlefield in Xuzhou at this time, and there was not a single soldier in Dagukou, so Jierhalang could only suffer the loss.
But Tunqi's words also aroused Dorgon's worries.
I don’t know what’s going on in Xuzhou now? Duduo hasn’t sent any news for a long time.
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The situation on the Xuzhou battlefield is already very bad.
Since the main force of the Ming army arrived at the Huanghuai defense line, the defensive power has been greatly strengthened. It has become very difficult for the Eight Banners to launch a sneak attack in Manchuria.
If you are not careful, you will be surrounded by Ming cavalry and wiped out.
After suffering several losses, the Eight Banners Manchuria changed its strategy and began to use Jia La as a unit to carry out brutal hunting and counter-hunting with the Ming Army cavalry in the vast ancient battlefield of the Central Plains.
At the beginning, relying on the advantages of equestrian skills and large bows, we did achieve some results.
However, since late March, the situation has become pessimistic again, mainly because the Ming army's cavalry has become more and more skilled in horsemanship, and their cannon fire on horseback has become more and more accurate.
For example, at this moment, a Jia La with a blue flag was tightly entangled by the Ming army cavalry.
Seeing that they could not get rid of the Ming army cavalry, Zhenlan Bai, a man with a blue flag on his forehead, became angry: "Thieves, kill them back. This time, we will kill them even if we chase them to the ends of the earth!"
With an order, more than a thousand cavalrymen with blue flags came back.
Not only that, Lan Bai also ordered two Jia La Zhangjing to lead 300 cavalry each to outflank the Ming cavalry from the left and right sides, preparing to make dumplings for the Ming army cavalry.
But the Ming cavalry was not stupid either. When they saw this, they turned their horses and ran back.
Lanbai and the cavalrymen with blue flags tried their best, but could not close the distance between them.
It has to be said that the equestrian skills of the Ming army cavalry have really improved a lot. It can be seen that actual combat is the best way to train troops. If you rely solely on training, it is impossible to make such great progress in such a short period of time.
After chasing for almost half an hour, the horse with the blue flag was breathing heavily.
At the same time, more Ming army cavalry appeared on the left and right sides of Xianglan Banner.
The two Jia La Zhang Jing who originally took a detour were forced to shrink back and join up with Ram Bai.
Lan Bai did not dare to pursue further, because if he pursued further, he would have gone deep into the hinterland of Xuzhou, and he might be surrounded by more Ming cavalry at any time. Then he would really be in trouble.
"Thieves, these damn smart dogs."
Lan Bai could only give up and said bitterly: "Withdraw, let's go back!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, as soon as the cavalry with the blue flag turned back, the Ming army cavalry immediately turned back.
The Ming cavalry not only turned back, but also kept approaching until about fifty steps away, and then started firing cannons at a distance of about fifty steps. For a while, the sound of cannons was heard endlessly.
For the Eight Banners soldiers, fifty paces was an annoying distance.
Because the effective shooting range of the big bow is between forty and fifty steps. No matter how far the distance is, the hit rate will drop sharply due to the influence of the environment. Only a few warriors like Obai and Yabulan use hard bows.
Only in this way can the effective range of the Dashao Bow be extended to eighty steps, but eighty steps is also the maximum.
Although the Ming army's self-generated fire cannons had a low hit rate,
But the musketeers of the Ming army could fire their guns without restraint and without any scruples.
But the Eight Banners soldiers were wary because each man usually only carried twelve heavy arrows.
Therefore, Lan Bai did not let his Eight Banners soldiers fight back because he knew it would be futile.
"Retreat, ignore them!" Lan Bai curled up as much as possible on one side of the horse's back, thus reducing the chance of being hit by the Ming army's self-generated fire cannons, and shouted loudly, "Retreat at full speed!"
The flag soldiers with the blue flag quickly switched from pursuing at full speed to retreating at full speed.
The Ming cavalry switched from running away at full speed to pursuing at full speed, while constantly firing guns.
If you fire a gun on a horse running at high speed, the hit rate is low, but if you fire too many guns, you will always hit.
As a result, some flag soldiers kept screaming and fell off their horses, and some war horses were hit, causing the flag soldiers on their horses to fall heavily, and then they were killed and injured by the Ming army cavalry. Lan Bai did not lead any troops.
Go back and rescue them, because judging from the experience of many previous battles, injured flag soldiers are basically dead.
Because they didn't have time to bandage the wound, it would keep bleeding.
Therefore, Lan Bai immediately gave up the rescue and just led his flag soldiers to run wildly.
After running through Nanyang Lake and Dushan Lake, the front began to enter the mountainous area, and the Ming cavalry finally gave up the pursuit.
When Lan Bai lowered his head to look at the war horse under his crotch, it looked like he had just been fished out of the water. His whole body was soaked, and white foam was constantly spraying out of the corners of his mouth. It was obvious that he had reached his limit.
When Lan Bai saw this, he felt extremely distressed.
When will such days end?
Even hunting, almost turning into prey.
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When Hu Guozhu returned to Xia Town with a group of cavalry, he happened to meet dozens of soldiers from the cavalry battalion gathering to exchange experiences on riding and shooting. Chongzhen was listening with a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty." Hu Guozhu quickly stepped forward to pay his respects.
"Taiyi, are you back?" Xiao Chong asked with a smile, "What was the result of the battle?"
"So-so." Hu Guozhu scratched his head, "I beat more than fifty Jian slaves."
This is really treating the Jian slaves as prey, and they all started to use "head" as a quantifier.
"Did you all hear it? Hu Guozhu killed more than fifty heads." Chongzhen said to the scholars with a smile, "So you have killed more than ten or twenty heads, so what is there to be proud of?"
After that, he said to Hu Guozhu: "Taiyi, tell everyone about your experience."
Just when Hu Guozhu was about to say that it was all a blind fight, Chongzhen rushed to say: "You are not allowed to shirk the blame, and you are not allowed to hide your secrets. If you have any experience, you must share it. This is an imperial edict. Tell me quickly."
"Accept the decree." Hu Guozhu said helplessly.
"There's a real trick to firing a gun on horseback."
"The most important thing is not to aim, you have to have eyes and hands."
"You won't be able to do it at first, but you'll get used to it if you fire a few more shots."
Speaking of this meal, he said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I request that the ammunition rationing of the cavalry battalion be increased, and the training subjects of live target shooting be added. In this way, by combining training with practice, progress will be faster."
"Yes!" Chongzhen said happily, "I will issue an order to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
After a pause, he added: "But it's already late March, and spring plowing has begun in all prefectures in the south, so you have to hurry up. This year's farming season can't be delayed any longer under any circumstances."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this year's farming season will not be delayed." Hu Guozhu said solemnly.
"If nothing else goes wrong, Jiannu will soon be unable to hold on any longer. Next, it is time to seek a decisive battle with us. If we still cannot gain any advantage in the decisive battle, I am afraid that Duduo will have no choice but to retreat in disgrace."