1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 512 Bingfeng ([-])

September 1644, 9, Shandong, Laizhou Ye County.

The Jiannu infantry retreated like a tide, leaving corpses and wounded all over the place. After several rounds of artillery bombardment at the top of the city, they also stopped one by one, and the Ming army at the top of the city immediately burst into cheers.

With blood on his face, Jiang Yongrui exhaled softly, and waved his hand to let the civilians who were on standby in the city go up to the top of the city, restrain the corpses of the defenders, and treat the wounded.Inadvertently, he caught a glimpse of a gathering place of Qi army musketeers in the city tower, and saw several officers lying on the top of the city, pointing at the retreating Jiannu, as if they were discussing something.

The Jiannu outside the city launched a huge siege operation just now. As many as 3000 infantry, carrying wooden ladders, swarmed towards several city walls. Under the supervision of Jiannu Jiaqi, all the soldiers All of them burst out with extremely tenacious will to fight, and went on and on, desperately climbing towards the top of the city.

The artillery at the top of the city began to bombard when the Jiannu infantry launched an attack, until the Jiannu infantry approached the city wall, some of the artillery was also replaced with grape bullets, and the dense projectiles were crazily fired at the Jiannu infantry attacking the city.If it was an ordinary Ming Dynasty official army, they would have retreated and fled in the face of such ferocious firepower.

However, the Eight Banners armored cavalry who supervised the formation continued to behead the soldiers who had fled back, driving these surrendered soldiers who were once the Ming Dynasty's army to turn back in despair and continue to attack the city.Under this kind of frenzied attack, the city of Ye County was surrounded by police, several sections of the city wall were breached by Jiannu infantry, the new Ming army even fled on a large scale, and the city defense was almost lost.

Fortunately, the musketeers of the Qi army went to the city in time to block the attack, fired with guns and assaulted with bayonets, and suppressed the Jiannu infantry who had climbed to the top of the city step by step.Many strong soldiers of the Qi army threw the lit bombs one by one towards the city with all their strength. The constant explosions made the densely packed Jiannu infantry fly with flesh and blood, and the attack momentum was immediately stopped.

Jiang Yongrui took the opportunity to bring more than 300 personal guards, brandishing a long knife, and rushed to the top of the city first, beheading the remaining Jiannu infantry one by one on the city wall.

Jiannu, whose offensive was blocked, saw that he was unable to attack the city in one go, and the siege troops suffered heavy casualties. If they persisted, the surrendered troops might become desperate and mutiny on the spot, so they ordered to retreat.

In the three consecutive days of offensive and defensive battles in Ye County, although the Jiannu outside the city suffered heavy losses, with at least 500 casualties, the defenders in the city also paid a huge price.The original 400-odd new army of the Ming Dynasty was expanded to [-] in Ye County. However, in the three days of defense, there were more than [-] casualties, a loss of nearly [-]%.

But looking at Jiannu's posture, it seems that he is not worried about the excessive loss of his troops at all. If he wants to consume all the seven or eight thousand surrendered troops he has driven here, he will definitely capture Ye County and capture and kill the prince!

When this group of descendants of the Ming Dynasty faced the Jiannu army, if they had such a tenacious will to fight, they would not be used as cannon fodder and wasted uselessly under the city.Jiang Yongrui looked at the receding troops of the Ming Dynasty and spat bitterly towards the city.

"It's almost there. After fighting for three days, the morale of this Jiannu should be exhausted." Li Fade said softly as he lay on the top of the city, watching more than a hundred guards of the Ming army cleaning up the corpses all over the ground below the city.

"Well, I also think it's time to fight back." Xu Chuanxing said: "It shouldn't be difficult to defeat the thousands of Jiannu infantry, but the nearly thousand cavalry is a problem. You can't beat them, and you can't catch up with them." .”

"What I'm saying is, if we have a thousand cavalry in our hands, we might be able to wipe out this group of slaves. In this way, the land of Shandong will definitely be determined by the prince of the Ming Dynasty." He Yunfeng regretted Said.

"Actually, we should send Jiannu to Penglai to fight again this time." Niu Hu said thoughtfully: "Penglai County is not far from the sea, so we can use the power of warships and guns to maximize consumption. Jiannu. Moreover, after defeating Jiannu, we can take a boat and quickly go around behind Jiannu. For example, if we fight a wave of blocking in Ye County, we will definitely be able to kill Jiannu soldiers to the greatest extent."

"That's right. We have the advantages of a boat. Compared with Jiannu with two or four legs, the transfer speed is much faster. We can indeed go around behind Jiannu continuously and stop their defeated soldiers from fleeing." Li Fade heard Suddenly, his eyes lit up, "Can we go directly to Beijing by boat?"

"Impossible." He Yunfeng said: "Even if we arrive in Tianjin by boat, we are still more than 300 miles away from Beijing. Jiannu has a large cavalry, and they only need to harass and attack us along the way. In addition, the military significance of the battle with Jiannu in Laizhou is secondary, mainly for political significance, to let the banner of the Prince of Ming Dynasty be displayed with great fanfare in Shandong, Henan, Hebei and other places. The Ming forces that have caused some vacillations in these areas have an object of allegiance. In addition, the Denglai area is considered the prince's base, so it's better not to destroy it."

"Let all Marine Corps officers and soldiers rest early today, and go out of the city tomorrow to fight Jiannu." Niu Hu turned his head, looked at several Marine Corps officers, and said with a smile: "After three days in the city, it's time to go out to get some air gone."
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Shi Tingzhu stared gloomyly at the generals who had surrendered from the Ming Dynasty, his heart was full of anger, he wished that someone would drag them out and chop off their heads.The small Ye County has been fought for three days, but it has not yet been broken, but has lost troops and generals.Although the losses were all the Ming officials and troops who surrendered all the way, it also greatly damaged my reputation of being invincible in the Qing Dynasty.

He took a deep breath, waved his hand, let these downgraded Ming officials retreat, and comforted the defeated soldiers who returned to the battalion.This Ye County really has some skills, the artillery is fierce, and there are hundreds of firecrackers. It is really not easy for this group of rotten soldiers to fight like this.If you are too harsh, I am afraid that these descendants will be forced to reverse again.

"Withdraw troops tomorrow?" Shi Tingzhu turned his head and asked.

"The regent ordered me to go to Shanxi, belonging to Ye Chen's department, and we will attack Taiyuan together. This is a military order, and it is difficult to disobey." Bahana said in a deep voice: "In that case, let's withdraw the army tomorrow."

"I'm afraid that when I leave Shandong, the situation here will be repeated." Shi Tingzhu said worriedly: "In the past two months, we have pacified all the prefectures and counties in Shandong, and there has been almost no war. Because officials and gentry everywhere are afraid of our Qing Dynasty soldiers, I have to bow my head and surrender. If my Eight Banners army leaves Shandong and has no force to suppress, the literati in Jinan City may not be able to suppress the situation."

"It's okay. After we pacify Shanxi, if there is a rebellion here, let's go back and kill it again!" Bahana said: "However, if we want to attack this county again, we need to ask the regent for some red barbarian cannons. We need to transfer a team of North Korean gunfire soldiers. Otherwise, it will still be a bit... laborious to break through the city."

Upon hearing this, Shi Tingzhu nodded.This small Ye County has so many firearms, and the artillery is very skillful, its artillery power is not inferior to the Hongyi cannon, and the firecrackers in the city are well-trained, often when our Qing infantry is about to break the city , will always show the ability to turn things around, and kill a lot of people.
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At dawn the next day, when the Jiannu camp was about to pack up, leave Ye County, and return to Jinan.They were shocked to find that the gate of Ye County was suddenly opened wide, and soldiers dressed in black kept pouring out of the city. After simply arranging two wooden repelling horses, they formed a tight square array of "spears".

Behind the formation, there are more than [-] new troops of the Ming Dynasty. The bright red mandarin ducks and battle jackets complement each other with spears and swords. Compared with the black army formation, they look extremely dazzling.

Riding on his horse, Shi Tingzhu couldn't help showing a strange look on his face when he saw that the Ming army on the opposite side was no more than 500 people.He turned his head to look at Bahana inquiringly, but saw that his eyes were burning, his expression was dignified, and he looked very serious.

"Fight one game and withdraw?" Shi Tingzhu asked.

"Don't take the initiative to attack!" Bahana said sternly: "The enemy's guns are sharp, firing ammunition continuously. Order the infantry to stand up, and let's stop in silence first."

Shi Tingzhu was stunned for a moment, but when he saw Bahana's unquestionable expression, he nodded and said, "Master Du Tong led the armored cavalry to lead the formation, and I will take people to the former army to supervise the infantry."

"Without a general order, you are not allowed to attack without authorization!"

"Hey!" Shi Tingzhu promised, and galloped towards the front line on horseback, shouting at the demoted officials, and immediately organized troops to stand up for defense.

Under the city of Ye County, the two armies were facing each other quietly with a distance of several hundred meters. Neither side seemed to have the intention of actively attacking.

"Damn it, Jiannu was beaten so badly once that he learned how to be good, so he didn't dare to take the initiative to attack." Li Fade whispered disdainfully, and at the same time kept looking sideways at the command flag behind him.

"How?" Behind the army formation, Niu Hu looked over after seeing several combat staff officers discussing in a low voice.

"If you take the initiative to attack, you should be able to defeat the Jiannu infantry in front of you." Luo Shouzhang solemnly reported: "However, during the march, the Jiannu cavalry is the biggest threat to our army. The rear team, attack the new Ming army. This may cause the new Ming army to flee and affect our army's frontal combat."

"How to deal with it?" Niu Hu asked calmly.

"Put the musketeers of the new army of the Ming Dynasty into the formation in a thick formation, and put the rest under the city on standby. Our army marches in an attack formation. When encountering Jiannu cavalry, the whole army immediately transforms into a hollow phalanx to fight back. Artillery In the phalanx, first bombard the enemy infantry phalanx from a long distance to break it up, and then the musket array will attack and move forward." Luo Shouzhang said.

"Setting up a hollow phalanx, can the output density of muskets suppress the advance of the slave cavalry?"

"...Yes!" Luo Shouzhang gritted his teeth and replied, "If the whole army of Jiannu cavalry is attacking, they should form a dense formation. If it is only a small group of cavalry, only a normal formation can resist it."

"... How big will our casualties be?"

"In the worst case, if the slave cavalry attack with all their strength... there may be [-]%."

Niu Hu remained silent for a while, and soon he looked up at the red sun, which was dazzling and dazzling.In Shandong in September, the temperature in the morning is not very high, and the breeze blows, which makes people feel a little cool.

"Blow the horn! The whole army...advance!" Niu Hu ordered.

(End of this chapter)