Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 115 The decisive battle begins (Thanks to book friends for the updated chapter)

On the west bank of the Gu River, 90,000 troops from the three armies were arrayed with their backs to the river. In the biting early winter north wind, they seemed to have spread a fiery red carpet on this huge land. It's ridiculous.

In front of the formation, the rapid-fire French machine steel cannons freshly released by the Ministry of Engineering, with their black muzzles arrayed proudly, were intimidating.

Then there are three-bow crossbows, five hundred, and then there are bed crossbows, two hundred. They were ready.

Behind them are the soldiers holding high Luoyang shovels. They will be an integral part of Juma. Then there are the sword and shield soldiers, who want to protect the Luoyang shovel soldiers.

Behind them are the Musketeers.

Now there are only a few flintlock rifles with bayonets in the entire army, and most of them are five-eyed machine guns.

The yellow belts of the Fifth Army, in particular, resolutely refused to use flintlock muskets. Because they are used to mentioning the five-eyed machine and knocking the enemy on the head.

The glacier behind restricted the cavalry's formation. Outside this huge square formation, the densely packed small horse pits dug by Luoyang shovels were closely covered. Waiting to deceive the enemy's cavalry.

Faced with such a dignified battle, Li Yan still expressed his firm opposition.

Li Yan's idea was that his army would rush to the Sanhe battlefield and form a stronghold to defend it. Anyway, we have sufficient logistics, and with nearly 100,000 troops here, the enemy will never dare to wander around like before. Coupled with the strong walls and clear fields, the Qing soldiers had no way to obtain food and supplies, and the Qing soldiers could be wasted here. This is the highest state of commander-in-chief in war, to defeat the enemy without fighting.

As a result, King Ding firmly opposed his opinion. As soon as he arrived on the battlefield, he set up a rigid and head-on formation to fight the enemy in a decisive battle in order to end the war as soon as possible.

Is there anyone who fights like this? Leave a good method unused and use this method that will definitely lead to heavy casualties? War is war, what the hell does it have to do with politics?

Do you think war is a child's play?

Oh, by the way, Prince Ding is just a child, a kid.

Therefore, in order to make Lu Mou listen to his method, he chased after Lu Mou and continued to oppose him.

"Is it necessary to make our soldiers and the Eight Banners cavalry on the opposite side harden steel? That will cause heavy casualties to our soldiers.

War is the ultimate expression of wisdom. Using strategies to reduce the casualties of our soldiers as much as possible, while increasing the casualties of the enemy, and achieving victory without fighting is the highest state. You are so generous with your troops, you are a tyrant. I will resolutely stop you from arranging troops in such a childish way. "

Lu Mou sneered at this: "This is the first time our army has faced a real Manchu army. There has always been a saying in the world that there are less than ten thousand Manchus in the Qing Dynasty, and there is a saying that there is no enemy for every ten thousand people.

This kind of psychological shadow has frightened too many Ming soldiers, so there appeared tens of thousands of Ming troops. When they heard that the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were coming to fight, they collapsed without fighting and fled, leaving the Eight Banners to pursue them. Ten thousand Ming troops fled across the mountains and plains.

This time, I will use this method of forming a strong formation and fighting a stupid battle, so that our soldiers will face 30,000 Manchu Eight Banners and 40,000 Han Eight Banners. With nearly equal numbers of troops, he fought head-on with the Qing soldiers in an upright manner and won the battle. Let the psychological shadow that the Qing soldiers brought to our army and the Ming Dynasty be swept away, and we will no longer be afraid of war. "

Li Yan smiled bitterly, this is no longer about politics, but it is about psychology. You probably have too many excuses.

Lu Mou stood on tiptoe again, wanting to pat Li Yan on the shoulder. Unfortunately, Li Yan was not Zhang Mao, and he did not deliberately lower himself after leaving the mark of a pig's hand on his cherished white robe. She bowed to him and straightened her chest: "I firmly oppose your disregard for the life and death of soldiers, and I will reserve my opinion. After returning to Beijing, I will expose you to the staff and the emperor."

Lu Mou retracted his hand and nodded: "The war is about to begin. There is a toilet over there."

"I won't be scared to death."

"No, I asked you to go to that toilet to give your opinion." Then he ignored him and jumped on the horse.

Standing in front of the formation, facing thousands of soldiers, he asked loudly: "What's on the other side?"

The whole army shouted: "The enemy is on the other side."

Lu Mou retorted loudly: "No, the opponent is not an enemy, but a silver dollar. A head of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty is two silver dollars; a traitor's head is one silver dollar."

Everyone's eyes were filled with the shining light of the silver dollar.

"However, they don't want to hand over the silver coins to you obediently. They want to resolutely prevent you from making a fortune. Blocking people's way of making money is like killing their parents." Li Yan couldn't stand listening to the prince's pre-war mobilization. What is this? .

"They blocked your way of making money. They are the enemies who killed your parents."

Look, this has raised the level of mobilization to the level of killing one's father and killing one's mother.

"What do you do when faced with the murder of your father and mother?"

The whole army shouted: "The hatred of killing father and mother is irreconcilable. Kill, kill, kill."

However, no matter how you go about it, you still have to admit that King Xiao Ding has set the morale on fire.

Li Yan once again remembered the sentence: "The Han army is like revenge against the enemy."

Okay, this battle must be won.

Opposite the army, the hungry Qing soldiers also formed a huge formation.

Five thousand and Eight Banners cavalry, together with 10,000 Han troops, monitored the Ming army in Sanhe City and were also the main reserve force of the entire Qing army.

Twenty-five thousand Eight Banners cavalry will be the main force in the frontal charge.

After they break through the enemy's main formation, the 30,000 Han troops behind will make the final charge.

Duoche feels comfortable now. What makes me happy is that I no longer have to be a mouse, digging holes everywhere to find food, but I can have a hearty battle.

These past few days, it has been hard to make multiple choices.

When the Han army attacked Sanhe, they originally thought that it could be captured in two hours, or at most three hours, and the army would be able to obtain supplies.

However, things greatly exceeded his expectation.

Although the city of Sanhe is low, there are tens of thousands of troops defending the city. They are well-equipped and have high morale to fight to the death. And for Li Yangeng, an expert in siege warfare, he could handle all kinds of siege methods calmly. At first glance, he was an army that was good at defending.

Such a city cannot be broken in a short time, but now he found that the Ming army was different from before. If he crossed the city and went straight to the capital, with such an army here, he would not dare to be hasty.

In order to find food and fodder for the Han army attacking the city, Duo Ze had no choice but to send his Eight Banners soldiers to collect food and fodder everywhere.

On this small battlefield, the Eight Banners soldiers who were good at recruiting and fighting turned into digging rats, digging in the frozen soil for food that the people could not take away when they evacuated. It seems that I am disgraced every day. But I didn’t get much, so I could only get half full.

The hero couldn't bear the porridge for three days, and the porridge was half full for three days. It was really painful to see the warriors lose weight and the horses lose fat.

Now, the enemy's main force has finally appeared, and the enemy has finally been revealed.

Duo Ze smiled. He expected that this might be the last strength of the Ming Dynasty. This was the army that defeated Li Chuang. It was absolutely certain that it was Guan Ning's army.

Okay, Guan Ningjun, you are huddled in the turtle shell of Shanhaiguan. I can't do anything to you. If you come out, okay, I will annihilate you in the field.

(End of this chapter)