Zhang Pan only led the first regiment of the Fourth Division and Li Jicheng's cavalry regiment out of the fort for a night attack. The number was only half that of Mao Wenlong's troops of the Ming army. The two sides suddenly met and couldn't use firearms. The number of Zhang Pan's troops was
Although he is at a disadvantage, he can still fight his opponent in a stalemate in hand-to-hand combat.
This large group of people from the south held torches from a distance and rushed towards the place where the two sides were fighting. Neither the Ming army nor the Chinese army knew who they were, or whether they were friends or foes. Mao Wenlong's troops were pieced together.
Unified command has been lost in the dark, and the discipline training of the Chinese army far exceeds that of the Ming army, and it has unified military rank markings and passwords, military orders, flags, and light signals. Therefore, the battle situation is now changing, and the Chinese army is beginning to control the battlefield.
When Zhang Pan saw the piles of fire in the south, he immediately ordered his troops to retreat fifty steps to break away from the Ming army in front of them. This was a difficult tactical move, and it was carried out in a night battle. The Chinese cavalry first started to move quickly
After breaking away from the battle line, the infantry was divided into sentry units, each with a team of people to resist the enemy in front of them. The rest retreated quickly, and began to load ammunition into the flintlock muskets while retreating.
The front line of the Ming army were all suicide squads, most of which were veterans of the original Liaodong Town. Mao Wenlong was able to find these people to help him fight night raids, mostly because he was also a veteran of Liaodong Town. These people
Veterans with combat experience noticed that the opponent's Chinese army suddenly began to retreat in an orderly manner, and immediately followed them spontaneously: the veterans knew that the pirates had sharp firearms, and if they separated the opponent from hand-to-hand combat, they would have the opportunity to use their firearms. Therefore,
You must stick to each other tightly.
However, only 30% of the Ming army that participated in the night attack were veterans. They quickened their pace and pursued them closely. Seeing the pirates suddenly retreating, the remaining Ming soldiers did not understand what was going on for a while. Coupled with the darkness and the inconvenience of communication,
The moment of hesitation caused the Ming army to become disjointed.
With a rapid drumbeat, those Chinese infantry soldiers who had stayed behind turned around and ran, running with all their might. Some were overtaken and chopped down by the Ming army behind them as they ran, while more Ming soldiers shouted
Written: "The pirates are defeated!" Muster up the courage to pursue them.
The Chinese infantry who retreated fifty steps heard the sound of conch trumpets, immediately turned around and fired at the front without hesitation. "Bah, bah, bah, bah!"
The Chinese soldiers who were covering behind heard the sound of the conch horn, immediately got down and dove into the ground desperately.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The second round was fired.
Some of the Ming Army veterans had already chased behind the Chinese soldiers. After the Chinese soldiers turned around, they almost fired against the chests of these Ming Army veterans, regardless of the fact that the other party's swords and guns were already handed to them.
"Bang bang bang!" Immediately after the second round of shooting, the Chinese soldiers in the third row fired. After two rounds of shooting, the most decisive and brave Ming army soldiers had basically been knocked down by muskets.
At this time, on the Liaohe Hetao Plain, a bright crescent moon was lighting up the earth. After the heavy rain, the dark clouds dispersed, and the outcome of this dark night encounter between the Ming Army and the Chinese Army had already been decided.
Mao Wenlong was also wounded in his left arm by the Chinese army's shooting just now. There was no officer around him anymore, and those clever Ming soldiers had quietly turned around and ran back.
At this moment, Zhang Pan immediately sent out a rocket signal and asked the cavalry troops to start killing. As Li Jicheng's cavalry charged, shot and threw grenades, the Ming army finally began to collapse.
At this time, Zhang Pan used the Conch to convey an order for the infantry to turn left on the spot and prepare to meet the unidentified enemy in the south.
At this time, this group of people was less than 200 steps away from Zhang Pan's infantry position.
"Could it be someone from the Second Division? We have already missed the time to join forces for a night attack." Jiang Ping, the supervisory officer of the First Regiment of the Fourth Division, said behind Zhang Pan.
The two of them are now riding on horses, and the ground around them is full of random arrows fired by Ming army soldiers. They are both wearing plate armor and helmets with masks, observing the battlefield without hiding. At this moment, the Ming army on their right is Ye Ye.
The attacking force had been defeated by Li Jicheng's cavalry, and was retreating when the Chinese cavalry pursued them fiercely.
Zhang Pan smiled bitterly and said: "It is said that the third regiment of the second division is not full, with only more than 1,800 people. The large number of people in front of us, but the part we can see clearly, there are at least 3,000. It should be the defeat of the Ming army on the South Road.
, the brothers of the second division succeeded in a sneak attack. I just don’t know if they will pursue them in tandem. If we open fire here, they may be injured."
He frowned and immediately made up his mind: "Blow the trumpet, line up in three rows, blow the whistle, and prepare to shoot rapidly."
The chaotic crowd on the opposite side has approached within fifty steps, and their faces are still unclear, but their chaotic formation and the cold weapons of swords and guns in their hands can already be seen clearly: this is the Ming army's defeat!
Zhang Pan blew his whistle, and the officers at all levels who heard the whistle blew their whistles in unison, and then shouted: "Fire!"
The infantry of the Chinese Army began to implement its best three-row serial shooting tactic.
In the darkness, the Ming army running from the south suddenly ran into a wall of bullet fire and was knocked down in large numbers.
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That night, the Ming army's night attack troops were severely damaged. The Ming army camp on the South Road was defeated by sneak attackers. Liu Zheng, the deputy general of Zhenwu Fort, rushed to kill him in the tight siege. He was shot and fell from his horse. Later, he was trampled to death by the rebels. Xiping Fort commander Hei Yunhe was killed.
After leaving the chaotic military camp, he ran into Zhang Pan's formation of snakes and was shot to death by a row of random shots.
The commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the Nanlu Ming Army, Gao Gao, fled under the protection of his own soldiers. He disappeared for a while, so that Wang Huazhen and others thought he had died in the battle.
That night, the Ming army lost the South Road camp, and the defeated troops poured into the Chinese army camp, or they turned into bandits. The Ming army's night attack troops and the South Road camp suffered a total of more than 6,000 casualties. The Chinese army also died in the battle.
More than 800 people were killed and more than a thousand injured.
The next day, Wang Huazhen went to urge the troops to attack again, but no one paid attention to him. Most of them responded by firing a few cannons or shouting after he left. Wang Huazhen had no choice. His confidant Mao Wenlong was injured, and Sun Degong
Many of his subordinates suffered casualties. At this time, Wang Huazhen discovered that only Sun Degong and Mao Wenlong among his subordinates were more obedient, while the rest of the officers only cared about their own interests and did not care about the overall situation.
A few days later, the Chinese Army received reinforcements again and began a small-scale attack. This kind of attack usually started at night, with a small force of several hundred people assaulting. During the day, the Chinese Army's cavalry troops continued to attack the ancestors who were trying to blockade the swamp reed marshes.
Dashou's Ming army fought fiercely and finally drove Zu Dashou's troops away from the west bank of the Liao River. At this point, Xining Fort, which had been blocked and surrounded for more than 20 days, could once again communicate with the east of the Liao River.
As for the Ming army, the officers and Wang Huazhen began to disagree on whether to defend or attack. Wang Huazhen wanted everyone to continue attacking, but almost no one was willing to continue attacking the fortress. However, everyone was unwilling to retreat. Therefore, The Ming army wasted several days doing nothing.
At this time, Fang Zhenru, the patrol commander of Liaodong, Wang Xiangqian, the governor of Jiliao, and Gao Bangzuo, the military officer who participated in the political affairs, jointly sent an urgent report from Guangning: the Guangning grain depot was empty.