In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 274 No Choice
"Rui Lang, judging from today's situation, if we mobilize more troops to attack regardless of casualties, we might be able to break through the Qing army's camp in one go."

Today, Na Muzhong personally led the cavalry to support him. He had a clear view of the battle situation and said with eyes shining at this moment.

The other three generals in charge of attacking the camp also nodded in agreement.

It would be a great deal if we could directly attack the Qing army's camp. At that time, the Eight Banners cavalry would either be driven out of the camp, or they would get off their horses and fight with their swords. Either way, it would be better than facing directly the fully equipped cavalry. The cavalry must be strong.

"Well, dear concubine, you will personally take command tomorrow, assemble all the Mongolian cavalry, bring all three trap camps and three firearms battalions, and then deploy five infantry battalions, totaling 11 horse infantry, to attack the Qing army with all their strength Camp.”

Lin Rui nodded, and then hit the case hard. The opponent refused to hit him hard, so he would concentrate his forces to drive the Qing army out of the camp.

Then he said to the commanders of the other battalions: "Each battalion must also be prepared to go to war at any time to prevent the Ming army from leaving the camp for reinforcements!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Everyone hurriedly responded with fists and promised, the sound was like a loud bell.

This is the advantage of taking the initiative to attack. You can allocate troops at will, and you can also choose a place to launch an attack at any time.

On the other hand, the defensive side can only figure out the opponent's intentions and direction and make corresponding arrangements when the opponent actually attacks. The result is that it is always a step slower.

The next day.

When they discovered that the commotion in the Hua Army Camp was greater than the previous two days, both Dorgon and Lu Xiangsheng realized that Lin Rui was going to make a big move. Also, before dawn, they had to gather all their troops on standby.

After daybreak, he found that the Chinese army had assembled no less than [-] troops and was rushing towards his camp. Dorgon was also a little panicked. He immediately sent a distress letter to Lu Xiangsheng, and then left the camp with [-] cavalry. Battalion, ready to fight in the field.

In fact, it was not that Dorgon couldn't hold the camp, but he was reluctant to let the cavalry defend it, and he was reluctant to let the warriors be directly exposed to the Chinese army's artillery, muskets and longbows, and he was even more reluctant to let the warriors carry swords to fight with the Chinese army's miscellaneous soldiers. Soldiers fight to the death.

Therefore, he would rather not have a big camp than let the warriors stay in the camp. After all, once the camp is broken by the Chinese army, the warriors will have no advantage if they stay in the camp. In addition, there are [-] Mongolian cavalry outside who are watching eagerly. If you do well, you will be blocked in the camp and your entire army will be wiped out.

What's more, he believed that Lu Xiangsheng would never watch his camp being breached by the Chinese army.

Because he was on guard against Lu Xiangsheng and would not lead the warriors into the Ming Army camp. Lu Xiangsheng was also on guard against him and would not let the Eight Banners warriors go to the Ming Army camp to spend the night.

In this case, once he loses the camp, he can only retreat first.

Sure enough, seeing Dorgon withdrawing from the camp with all the cavalry, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't sit still anymore and directly ordered Gao Jie and Zhou Yuji to lead [-] troops to reinforce.

As soon as the Ming army came out of camp, Lin Rui sent two cavalry battalions to block and intercept, and Lu Xiangsheng had to ask Wu Sangui to lead [-] Guan Ning cavalry to cover.

Upon seeing this, Namuzhong dispatched another [-] Mongolian cavalry to attack the Guanning cavalry and the Ming army's reinforcements. Dorgon had to send [-] cavalry to intercept the Mongolian cavalry.

As a result, the fighting became more and more chaotic. Both sides invested more and more troops. The cavalry and infantry were fighting together. There were fierce shouts of killing, the sound of horse hooves and the sound of artillery for dozens of miles.

When he discovered that the two sides were already fighting in the area between the Ming army camp and the Qing army camp, Lin Rui once again mobilized ten infantry battalions to press forward.

"Superintendent, the Chinese army has ten more phalanxes pressing forward. Should we also send an equal amount of infantry to intercept them?"

Lu Xiangsheng stood on the high archery tower at the entrance of the camp, looking at the rapidly advancing Chinese military formation in the distance. He did not answer immediately. After a while, he sighed and waved his hand.

"Mobilize [-] infantrymen and take a detour from the north to reinforce the Qing army's camp."

Obviously Lu Xiangsheng still didn't want to let the infantry he painstakingly trained go to confront the Chinese infantry.Especially in this chaotic situation, the gap between veterans and recruits will be more easily exposed, and the disadvantage of them and the Qing army being unable to conduct unified command will also be exposed.

If they join forces with the Qing army, they can still have a [-]-[-] fight with the Chinese army, but if the melee continues like this, the result will be inevitable defeat.

In the north, the cavalry led by Dorgon pressed the formation, and Namuzhong did not dare to lead the cavalry rashly to intercept the Ming army.

After all, their infantry was in the south, and it was difficult to bypass the camp and send reinforcements to the north for a while, so they could only watch as [-] Ming troops entered the Qing camp.

In order to reduce losses, Lu Xiangsheng also called for gold and retreated his troops in time, allowing Zhou Yuji, Wu Sangui, and Gao Jie to retreat to the camp. Namuzhong and Lin Rui also withdrew the melee troops and continued to attack the Qing camp.

However, with the reinforcements of [-] Ming troops, the Qing camp was finally stabilized and was not breached by the Chinese army.

But after an afternoon of fighting, the losses of the Ming and Qing armies were obviously greater than those of the Chinese army, and the initiative was always firmly in the hands of the Chinese army.

Night fell and after a day of fighting, the soldiers on both sides rested early. Lu Xiangsheng also withdrew the [-] reinforcements from the Qing army camp.

"Governor Lu, this battle can't be fought. Let's just declare a decisive battle. Otherwise, if the Chinese army divides its forces and sets up a large camp in the north, we will only become more passive. I'm afraid we won't even be able to support each other by then. Instead of doing this, It’s better to concentrate our forces and fight to the death.”

"Supervisor, judging from the current situation, it is true that only the two families can join forces and fight to the death."

After Dorgon finished speaking, the generals of the Ming army basically expressed their support.

There was no way, their weaknesses were too obvious. First of all, the [-] Korean servants in the Qing army's camp were too stretched, and they ran around yelling at every turn. Not only did they not have much effect, but they were not helpful.

However, if there were no [-] Korean servants and only [-] Han soldiers to defend such a large camp, the strength would be somewhat stretched. Once the Chinese army invested a heavy siege, it would be easy to break through somewhere.

The key is that Dorgon was reluctant to let his cavalry dismount to defend, and Lu Xiangsheng would not send infantry to help the Qing army defend the camp for a long time. If this problem is not solved, in the long run, they will be dragged down alive.

Today's scrimmage is the best example.

Then there is the fact that their troop mobilization and command are far weaker than that of the Chinese army. If they are still in a passive situation and can take advantage, there will be trouble.

Seeing that everyone was looking over, Lu Xiangsheng no longer hesitated, stood up and said with a solemn expression: "Generals, listen to the order. In three days, we will fight to the death with the traitor army!"

He knew that unless the Ming and Qing armies could truly join forces, they would have no choice but to fight the Chinese army.

As for joining forces, neither he nor Dorgon could accept it.

"Yes!"

Everyone answered in unison, and Dorgon breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Then he discussed the specific details with Lu Xiangsheng and returned to the camp to prepare.

Lu Xiangsheng also personally wrote a letter of war and ordered it to be sent to the Chinese army camp to prevent the Chinese army from attacking the camp again tomorrow.

After receiving Lu Xiangsheng's letter of challenge, Lin Rui also breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, if the opponent continues to choose to huddle in the camp, then he can only use the stupidest method, recruit another hundred thousand young men, build more horse-repelling stakes, and then divide his troops to surround the Qing army camp from three sides. Jiannu's cavalry forced them away, and finally slowly came back to clean up the Ming army, but now they are no longer needed.

(End of this chapter)