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

Chapter 117 Divide the troops and fight

Duo Ze first summarized the battle process: "There was something strange at the beginning of this battle. Why did our warrior horses fall down in batches as soon as they charged to that area? We must find out the reason. Otherwise, our next step It’s a battle that can’t end better than this.”

Li Yangeng deeply agreed: "This time I asked my infantry to set off, form a loose formation, and advance there, mainly to see what is weird."

Regarding Li Yangeng's initiative and responsibility, Duoze gave satisfactory recognition: "Your performance is very good. I am very satisfied with your performance. I see your loyalty to the Qing Dynasty. For this reason, after I return, I will pay tribute to today's The emperor will report your merits and ask for credit for you."

Li Yangeng smiled bitterly: "Since my father and son abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, we have already regarded the Qing Dynasty as our motherland. This responsibility is also what we should do. The prince will wait here for a while, and I will send troops to conduct a tentative attack. Once we find out the truth of the situation, we will discuss how to deal with it."

Duo Ze nodded and let this loyal slave carry out the execution.

Three thousand Han troops were sent out in sparse formation and went onto the battlefield.

They groped forward cautiously, always worried that the cannons on the opposite side and the terrifying explosive packs would blow them to pieces.

Faced with such an attack by the enemy, Lu Mou did not order the artillery to cover them.

Because in his eyes, the lives of those traitors were not as valuable as one of his own explosive bags. It would be a pity to waste it on them.

For them, a penny of lead is enough to give them face.

At the same time, in his opinion, the secret will be exposed sooner or later. But even if Duozhi reveals the secret of the little trap on the ground, so what? If you come to landfill, within a distance of 200 steps, your new flintlock steel gun will be enough to name them one by one.

Of course, at such a distance, accuracy is not enough, but as the saying goes, accuracy is not enough to make up for the numbers. If I can't hit you with one gun, then if I shoot you with 10 guns, it will only cost you 9 bullets from me. Ten cents can buy two eggs, so I am considered a loss.

The trembling soldiers of the Eight Banners of Han Dynasty were not hit by the opponent's fierce artillery fire. The Ming Dynasty's army just looked at them quietly, and slowly touched the edge of the small horse pit. Then they found it in a bloody mess. The secrets of the earth.

A few clever ones ran back and reported their findings.

Duo Ze thought for a long time, and finally wailed: "Who came up with such a damaging idea? You bastard, you are so lacking in virtue that you went to grandma's house."

Li Yangeng yelled at his men: "Send out another five thousand, attack with all the troops, destroy the enemy's cannons, and fill the horse traps."

The original three thousand began to charge, they were going to destroy the cannon. Five thousand people followed, and began to advance slowly to fill the pit.

Unfortunately, neither the stormtrooper nor the landfill can be fast.

Facing the so-called stormtrooper Han Baqi who lowered his head and carefully avoided the trap, Lu Mou ordered: "Quick shooters, line up and shoot."

The flintlock gun was affectionately called the quick gun by the soldiers.

However, due to the short time, although the technology was improved to make the flintlock guns simpler and produced on the assembly line, only 10,000 guns were equipped.

But this is enough on this battlefield.

As a result, as soon as the order was given, yellow belt Zhu Changxun stood up: "My lord, our yellow belt army can't wait any longer. Come on, leave those bastards to us."

Lu Mou thought about it. The fast gun team still had to deal with the enemy's rapid attacks.

"You lead a division into battle."

"No, it's enough for me to lead a group."

A regiment, not counting the horsemen, cooks and workers, has exactly three thousand soldiers.

Zhu Changxun immediately ordered the first regiment to go into battle.

The brothers of the first regiment howled and went out to fight.

Facing three thousand Han troops, give them a meal and five eyes. This thing fires five rounds in a volley, without aiming at all, and it is guaranteed to hit the target. The rest does not need to be reloaded. It just holds the five-eyed machine high as a sledgehammer and pounces directly on the enemy. They like this way of fighting.

What shields were smashed, what helmets and iron helmets were smashed. One hammer at a time. He didn't hit anything else, but only hit his head. He also yelled while hitting, "One dollar, two dollars, three dollars, you're the squad leader."

"Hey, don't run away. I'll give you one head to become the squad leader, Xiaoqi. I'll have sauce when I eat. Come on, come on, let me hammer you to death to make up the number." In this battle, three thousand enemies were killed. He beat two thousand to death, injured five hundred himself, and returned home victorious.

When they entered the queue again, they gained the eyes of their peers with envy, jealousy, and of course hatred. The reason for hatred is, why are you fighting and not us? If I go out and fight, I can do it.

The Han army's combat effectiveness is still not good, what should we do? Are you stumped by this little trap?

Li Yangeng looked at the formation opposite and had another idea. "Your Majesty, I see that the enemy's formation is thick and difficult to move, and they use all their heavy firearms on the front, but there is a glacier behind. The glacier cannot dig such a small trap. Will you send ten thousand warriors from behind the enemy's formation?" Launch an attack?"

Duoze frowned: "The war horse is slipping on the ice, it won't work at all."

"Wouldn't it be solved if you wrapped fur around the horse's hooves?"

Duozhi nodded, this is a good idea. The Han people's brains are easy to use.

"Then, from the front, I ordered the soldiers to carry the soil and fill it up. No matter how much my losses were, I would still fill in a passage for the prince to come out."

"A good slave, a true loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty."

Being called "good slave" made Li Yangeng's bones feel lighter. For victory, it is worth even breaking one's body.

The battle cannot be postponed. I have almost run out of food. If I drag it on any longer, I will definitely lose.

Act now.

Duozhu sent 10,000 fine cavalry and ordered the deputy capital commander to lead them, bypass the enemy's formation and attack from behind. I plan to take the remaining 10,000 fine cavalry to attack in front, attacking from both sides, and I will definitely defeat and annihilate this Ming army.

Although the Ming army had 90,000 troops, he only had more than 50,000 infantry and cavalry left.

But cavalry is the natural nemesis of infantry. As long as they rush in, shake the enemy's position, and then the entire Han army presses forward, victory will definitely belong to them.

Don't underestimate this group of Han troops. They may not be able to overcome difficulties, but they will be ruthless when they follow their master in the Shunfeng War.

The horn sounded again, and the Han army took their bags and began to fill the small hole in front with soil.

There were plenty of pockets. In order to plunder more, everyone in the Han army carried at least two pockets. Now, they came in handy.

Facing the enemy's new tactics, Lu Mou immediately changed his formation.

"Three crossbows, half to the rear formation, Luoyang shovel, half to the rear formation, half of the whole army, turn around."

Well-trained training was revealed, and the entire formation turned around like clouds and flowing water.

The formation of nearly 100,000 people occupies such a huge area. When the 10,000 Eight Banners cavalry bypassed the Ming army's formation and reached the back, the Ming army also turned around and finished.

The Gu River is a large river in this area. In summer, the water flow is very fast and it is extremely difficult to cross. But at this time, it had frozen into a huge ice belt. Dazzling in the sun.

Lu Mou looked at the huge glacier and suddenly ordered: "Come here, line up in a row and throw explosives on the ice."

Following the order, soldiers rushed onto the ice one by one, carrying explosive bags. Just before the enemy launched their charge, they threw the ten-pound crossbow explosive packs onto the ice. With loud explosions, the white ice surface immediately flew into pieces, water columns shot into the sky, and in the blink of an eye, this section of the river exploded.

Eight Banners cavalry, just watch from the other side.

The three-bowed crossbow also fired five kilograms of explosive packets farther away, constantly exploding the river surface. In winter, it looked like a black river surface, with turbulent waves and rolling currents.

At this time, the deputy commander cried. If he wanted to return to the front to join the main force, he was afraid that he would have to take a detour until dark. Now, the battle is going on, but his main strength has become a group of spectators.

(End of this chapter)