A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 311
"To make the slave soldier striker Oboi fall into the trap, we must first cover the battlefield, and then send soldiers and horses to harass and lure the enemy, either exhausted or madly chasing them. When most of them chase to Daxingzhuang, our division's army will Wait, hit it to scatter, and you will win a big victory!"

Although the area around Daxingzhuang is wilderness and valleys, the so-called ambush does not necessarily mean that the army and horses must rush out of a certain mountain valley.This ancient battle had extremely high requirements on the military formation. Whether it was infantry against infantry, cavalry attacking infantry formation, or cavalry confrontation, they all needed to be formed into a strict formation so that they could exert their greatest power.

Attacking the enemy's scattered formation with a well-organized army often has a very high chance of winning. This is the so-called half-crossing attack tactic.

If Oboi had thousands of soldiers chasing after him, they would be out of formation in a mess, and the Ming army in the Daxingzhuang area would attack each other on infantry and horses. Oboi's men and horses would be defeated if they were exhausted. Annihilation is possible.

What Wang Dou said was the law of war, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen had no objection.Covering the battlefield and hindering the enemy's cavalry scouts, of course, it was the Shun Township Army's night refusal and the cavalry under its subordinates. In the past two days, they worked hard to block the Oboi sentry cavalry dozens of miles around Pinggu, so that the enemy could not spy on them. Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen also sent some servants to help.

The information has already been concealed, but who should be sent to harass and lure the enemy?The Qing army has always been a master of harassment, and has outstanding anti-harassment capabilities. If it is not done well, the troops sent to harass may be meat buns and dogs, and they will never return.And to make it convinced, neither too many nor too few troops should be sent.

Wang Dou has very few cavalry, so he can't bear the heavy responsibility of harassment, so he can only rely on Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen's cavalry.

Wang Dou looked at several people, and Wang Tingchen gritted his teeth: "Someone goes."

Cao Bianjiao attacked Yang Shaofan and stood up abruptly: "The last general is also willing to go."

"Okay, the important task of luring the enemy will be handed over to Wang Junmen and Yang Gueran."

Both Cao Bianjiao and Wang Dou applauded, and in the end everyone decided that Wang Dou's troops would stay with Sun Sanjie's Wu troops for this battle, with more than [-] soldiers, and the rest of the infantry would be dispatched.Pinggu's cavalry also all dispatched, concentrated their superior forces, and dealt the most severe blow to the Oboi vanguard with the yellow flag.

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On the sixth day of February in the 12th year of Chongzhen, in Chenliangtun, Pinggu County.

Noon, no time.

Thick smoke and dust rose from the horizon in the distance, and accompanied by the thunderous sound of horseshoes, a large black mass of cavalry rushed towards the Daxingzhuang area.Most of these cavalry were dressed in yellow cotton armor with red borders on the outside, and a large number of flying flags were also red and yellow intersecting.

They have black helmets and red tassels, horned bows and step bow arrow pots hanging on their bodies and horses, and various long and short weapons. Each knight's face is full of arrogance and hostility.Among the knights, there are hundreds of them wearing mercury-colored iron armor, but they are very elite Baya soldiers in the Qing army.

These knights are exactly the men and horses that the vanguard of Meilezhangjing Aoboi of the Xianghuang Banner of the Qing Dynasty forced to Pinggu. They marched in a line of ten, and almost everyone had two horses. Therefore, although there were only [-] cavalry, they caused a huge battle. March movement.

When walking to the side of an abandoned village, a rough voice suddenly came from the cavalry, and the rolling Qing cavalry stopped immediately.Even if they stopped, they maintained a strict marching formation, which was indeed prohibited by orders, showing the demeanor of a strong army.

Several riders came rushing forward, one of them counted horses, and a big cloud of smoke and dust rose up. They rushed to a large flag, and one of them rolled his saddle and fell off his horse, and reported to a burly Qing general: "Report to Mele Zhangjing, the front Not far away is Daxingzhuang, less than ten miles away from Pinggu, in front of Daxingzhuang, the warriors were intercepted by a large group of sentry cavalry from the Ming army, and they could no longer move forward to look around."

That Qing general snorted, he was wearing heavy armor, he was not yet forty years old, and he had two thick beards on his lips.On the surrounding cheeks, there are large chunks of bulging oily and fleshy flesh, full of strong evil spirit in looking forward to it.Beside him, the horse riders were full of sturdy Baya soldiers. They sat firmly on the horses, the horses snorted under their crotches, and the iron leaves on their bodies gleamed coldly in the cold wind.

This general of the Qing Dynasty was the third class Meilezhangjing Oboi of the Manchuria Xianghuang Banner of the Qing Dynasty. His uncle Fei Yingdong followed Nurhachi in the army in the early years and was one of the founding fathers of the Qing Dynasty. The second elder brother Zhuobutai was also an outstanding military general of the Qing Dynasty.Oboi himself also followed Huang Taiji to conquer various places, and he made great achievements in battle, and he was his deep confidant.

In the eighth year of Tiancong, Aobai was awarded the post of Niulu Zhangjing. In the second year of Chongde, Aobai crossed the sea as a striker and fought against Pidao.Not long ago, Oboi followed Huang Taiji into the customs and defeated the mighty generals Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei in Tongzhou. Huang Taiji was very happy and gave him a lot of money.

There has already been news that Huang Taiji intends to promote Oboi to Xianghuang Banner Baya Latuzhangjing. If the striker makes great contributions this time, it is possible that he will even advance to the third-class Angbangzhangjing.

Beside Oboi was the Manchurian flag inlaid with yellow flags, Baya Lajia Lazhang Jingzhun Pagoda. He was over forty years old, with a pair of rough hands tightly grasping the reins, but his expression was gloomy.When he attacked Phi Island, he was a pioneer with Oboi, and he made great contributions. However, he did not have the official fortune of Oboi, and he was only promoted from Bala Niulu Zhangjing to Jiala Zhangjing.If Oboi is promoted to Banya Latuzhangjing with the Yellow Banner, he will be his immediate boss.

Zhunta glanced at Oboi: "Batulu, the Nikan sentry cavalry intercepted, can we send more warriors to see what the hell they are doing?"

Zhunta figured out what Oboi was thinking, and knew that in order to show off his bravery, he preferred to be called "Batulu" by others. Sure enough, when Zhunta said this, Aoboi showed a satisfied expression on his face.

He arrogantly said: "No need, those Nika are vulnerable, just in Tongzhou, I defeated the [-] troops of Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei of the Ming Dynasty with only [-] warriors. Even if there are [-] Ming troops in Pinggu in front Wait, so what? They still beat them and ran away."

All the generals around him burst into wild laughter, their disdain beyond words.

They entered the pass with Huang Taiji, and they were invincible. The tens of thousands of soldiers in Tongzhou trembled in front of them, and no one dared to go out of the city to fight. .He also sneered at Dorgon and others for losing so many soldiers and horses at the hands of the Ming army.Similarly, they were indifferent to the Ming army in Pinggu.

Zhunta said: "It's just that the Ming army in Pinggu is different. Among them, there are Ming general Wang Dou with thousands of horses."

Aobai's maniacal laughter stopped abruptly, and Huang Taiji temporarily ordered to be cautious when facing Wang Dou's army.No matter how arrogant Aobai was, he dared not listen to Huang Taiji's words.

And after his striker arrived, he also felt that the Ming army in Pinggu was indeed different, unprecedented, and all the sentry cavalry he sent were intercepted by the Ming army.In the past, how could the Ming army dare to intercept their sentry cavalry?All the troops are approaching the city, and the situation everywhere can be seen clearly.

Aobai pondered for a while, and ordered: "Balha, take a team of warriors and go to Pinggu to spy and see what the hell those Nikans are doing!"

Nabalha is a part of the Pashiku in the Baya camp of Manchuria Xianghuang Banner. He is outstanding in fighting on the battlefield and in detecting the enemy's situation. out of the crowd.

Just at this moment, suddenly some cavalry horses came rushing from the right, they ran in front of Oboi, and they didn't care to get off their horses, the leader of a strong man shouted loudly on the horse: "Report to Meilezhangjing, a few miles to the right, we found A group of Ming army cavalry, they quickly approached the army, there were about [-] men and horses."

Following the left and the front, sentry cavalry also rushed back, reporting that they found several hundred Ming army cavalry.

The last sentry cavalry rushed back, saying that a large group of Ming army cavalry was found ahead, and there were about thousands of soldiers and horses.

Ao Bai said with a sinister smile, "These Ming dogs are so courageous, they dare to attack and harass Ben Batulu's soldiers and horses."

He ordered: "Change horses and form an array to meet the enemy."

After his military order was handed down, the thousands of cavalry with yellow flags gathered together to form a formation, one by one, forming a wedge-shaped battle formation suitable for cavalry combat.All the Qing soldiers also jumped on the horses beside them and straightened up leisurely.

The horses of the nomads, fishermen and hunters are slightly inferior to the horses in the Central Plains, so most of them march with one man.When marching, ride bad horses or mules and horses, and the rest of the horses are used to store tents, weapons and other luggage.

These Qing soldiers had battled for a long time, although they were exhausted after a long march, and they heard that a large number of enemy troops were approaching, they were not at all chaotic.

Soon they changed horses one after another, forming a cavalry battle formation with both offensive and defensive capabilities.

Soon after, strands of Ming army cavalry ran to less than two miles away from them, spying on the surrounding area.Seeing these Qingqi with yellow flags getting ready so quickly, they were also quite surprised and stopped their horses to straighten up.

Obai watched from his horse, and saw more and more Ming troops gathered on all sides, but there were fewer Ming cavalry on both sides, each with hundreds of people, the front was covered with darkness, there might be thousands of cavalry.

Oboi had fought battles for a long time, and he thought of a way to deal with it in just a moment. He shouted: "When the Ming army's formation is scattered, our army will attack first, and attack them to scatter."

He summoned a series of generals inlaid with yellow flags, and four teams of 200 people attacked on the left and right flanks, and each of them had a team of Baya soldiers.1000 people attacked from the front, and there were 600 Bala soldiers inside.The remaining [-] people remained motionless and were used as observation reinforcements.

Whistles sounded like wolves howling one after another, and after Oboi finished setting up, teams of Qing cavalry came out, and they formed a more rigid formation than the Ming army, urging their horses faster and faster , like a whirling cloud, came from three directions.

"The Tartars are coming!"

On the left side of the Qing army, it was Cao Bianjiao who was attacking Yang Shaofan under the command of Cao Bianjiao. He led 700 cavalrymen under his command, and the remaining [-] cavalrymen were led by a thousand generals in the army and arranged on the right wing of the Qing cavalry. harassment.

Seeing that Qingqi took the initiative to attack, Yang Shaofan and others were taken aback.

After those Qing cavalry were dispatched, they first jogged, and then accelerated their horses at full speed. Hundreds of cavalrymen were all in red and yellow armor.Although the number of people is small, the momentum is not small.

Seeing the Qing army rushing in front, the horse's head was moving, the hooves sounded like thunder, and the Ming army beside him showed terrified expressions, Yang Shaofan's heart was also beating violently.Then I felt my blood boil again, as if the blood all over my body was boiling hot.
He waved the three-eyed gun in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill slaves!"

Take the lead and go straight.

"Slave killing!"

The Ming army beside him shouted in unison, urging their horses, maintaining the battle rank, and rolling away behind Yang Shaofan.

Soon, the two sides rushed closer and closer, and the appearance of those cavalry inlaid with yellow flags could be seen more clearly. They were arranged in wedge-shaped battle formations. All of them wore armor inlaid with iron wool, and there should be chain mail inside. Even the horses under them were covered with cotton armor so that only their mouth and nose were exposed.On both sides of them, there were also light armored archers holding bows and arrows. Those Qing cavalry either screamed happily, or rushed forward without making a sound, their faces full of cruelty.

The horseshoes rattled, and the dust was flying, and the two impacting streams of iron collided together.

"Kill!"

Yang Shaofan yelled, and lit the guide rope of the three-eyed gun in his hand with a torch, and the cavalry who rushed in the first row followed him in the same action.

There was a booming sound, the unique roar of the three-eyed blunderbuss sounded, and the three tubes of gunpowder in Yang Shaofan's blunderbuss fired at once.At this time, Yang Shaofan had fourteen troops, which were divided into seven rows to attack. The hundred people in front fired with three-eyed blunderbuss, forming a dense rain of bullets.

Although the three-eyed blunderbuss is not very accurate on horseback, and its armor-piercing ability is not strong, but the impact of short-range projectiles is not small. This wave of fierce shots still made the opponents turn their backs for a while.At the same time, a rain of arrows came from the opposite side, and people from both sides fell to the ground.

Yang Shaofan's three three-eyed bullets seemed to hit the body of a well-deserved Pa Shiku, regardless of whether his armor was pierced or not, he was shot and rolled off his horse.Yang Shaofan steered his horse and charged past him, he raised his long three-eyed blunderbuss, and smashed it on the head of a heavy armored Qing soldier who came after him.

The three-eyed gun used by Yang Shaofan also added a lot of iron nails to the outside, turning it into a three-eyed mace, which is quite evil.He smashed over with the help of horsepower, and immediately smashed the heavy armor's brains.Like Yang Shaofan, many people in his army put iron nails on the iron head of the three-eyed blunderbuss. Behind him, a servant rushed forward, and the three-eyed mace in his hand hit the horse that had just fallen, and turned dizzy to the fellow who had just got up. A mist of blood was flying over Shiku's head.

Behind Yang Shaofan, cavalrymen followed one after another. They either held three-eyed guns or long spears and sabers, and confronted the Qing army on the opposite side.Soldiers on both sides were cut down by long knives or stabbed by spears. The cavalry fought on horseback, and life and death were only in the blink of an eye.

After the two sides rushed past, there were many casualties on each other. Yang Shaofan saw that there were many brothers in the army, and his heart was pierced.Although he was trying to lure the enemy into a feint attack in this battle, it was very difficult.Especially the Ba Yala soldiers from the Xianghuang Banner team that came in the last wave. They have excellent fighting ability when they dismount immediately, and they caused most of the casualties of the brothers in the army.

Yang Shaofan was also hacked a few times, but fortunately he was wearing iron armor, so he was fine.

Not afraid of knives, fight immediately, most afraid of spears.

They gathered together, and beside Yang Shaofan, Chief Qian of the Chinese Army whispered, "General, do you want to charge again?"

Yang Shaofan's heart was a little beating, he looked into the distance, the right wing and the front, the Ming army was fighting fiercely with the Qing army.At the frontmost position, there are still 1000 people from Wang Tingchen, the former commander-in-chief of the garrison guards, who have not yet entered the battlefield.While hesitating, he suddenly heard the sound of Ming Jin withdrawing from Wang Tingchen's side.

Yang Shaofan heaved a sigh of relief and shouted, "Retreat!"

"Retreat, retreat!"

The officers in his army shouted one after another, and the remaining cavalry quickly pulled out their horses and fled in the direction of Daxingzhuang.Hearing this sound, whether it was the right wing or the Ming army in front, they all pulled out their horses and left. Thousands of cavalry rushed back, causing a rout.

Aobai saw it clearly, he laughed loudly: "These dogs are vulnerable, pass my order, all the light cavalry in the formation will chase after me, and the heavy armor will follow me, marching slowly."

Seeing the Ming army fleeing in embarrassment, Zhunta's eyes showed a thoughtful expression: "The Ming army in Pinggu should not be so easy to flee. The Ming general Wang Dou has not yet appeared. Batulu, in the opinion of the villain, defeated these That's all for the Ming army."

Aobai shouted: "Ming is as brave as Yang Guozhu, and the mighty tiger was defeated by one blow, and I chased them for dozens of miles. Looking at the appearance of these Pinggu Ming soldiers, what is the difference between them and Yang Guozhu? What about Wang Dou? Even if there are soldiers and horses in the front line, I can also drive the routs to attack their formation, causing their entire army to be defeated. Maybe before the emperor's army arrives, I can easily take Pinggu with my soldiers and horses at the front."

After defeating these cavalrymen in Pinggu, Aobai no longer took Wang Dou seriously, and with his great achievements in front of him, he was jealous, and even threw Huang Taiji's instructions into the sky.

He shouted violently: "Pursuit!"

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"Oboi has been tricked!"

Looking at Wang Tingchen, Yang Shaofan and other cavalrymen rushing back in front of them, they ran all the way, all of them panting.What made Wang Dou feel relieved was that the whole army of Oboi had already chased him after the night, and he was exhausted from the long march. Will they still have the strength to fight later?

"What is the number one warrior in Manchuria, a brave and resourceful man."

Hearing the news that Aobai had been tricked, Cao Bianjiao felt relieved, and laughed with Wang Dou.

At this time, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Dou were already waiting in full battle. On the left wing, there were 1000 cavalry from Cao Bianjiao's headquarters, and on the right wing, a guerrilla general under his town, leading more than 1000 cavalry, and [-] cavalry from the Shunxiang Army.Cao Bianjiao personally led the remaining more than [-] cavalry, and stood in the middle of the army with Wang Dou.

In the front position of the army, there are more than [-] sergeants of the Wang Dou Shun Township Army in an orderly formation. In this battle, Wang Dou dispatched the Shun Township Army's Han Dynasty A Division, Wen Fangliang C Division, Wen Daxing Ji Division, Li Guangheng Geng Division, and Zhao Xuanxin Division.There is also Yang Guodong, the general manager of the Supervising Standard Battalion, who also brought more than [-] soldiers of his own to join the battle.

Including two hundred firecrackers from Ji Dubiao Battalion and more than two hundred firecrackers from Artillery Thousand, there are a total of [-] firecrackers in Wangdou of this battle, and they lined up four rows of firecracker battle formations.The remaining spearmen and sword and shield soldiers also lined up several rows.

In front of the blunderbuss soldiers, Zhao Xuan commanded four Hongyi six-pound gunners, and the medium-sized gunners of 25 Buddha Wolf machines loaded their ammunition, and they had already waited impatiently.

Wang Dou made such an arrangement, determined to repeat another Dingzhou victory.

With the steady stream of news, Wang Dou already knew that Obai's pursuers had arrived.

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Those cavalrymen with yellow flags were chasing after the Ming army and shouting wildly, when they suddenly saw those cavalry rushing to both sides like a tide.

The fleeing Ming army cavalry dispersed, and when their eyes were clear, the chasing cavalry inlaid with yellow flags couldn't help but stunned for a moment, and saw several well-organized formations of the Ming army in the wilderness less than a mile ahead.There are infantry in the middle and cavalry on both sides. There may be nearly ten thousand people. They lined up there quietly. I don't know how long they have been waiting.

These chasing riders with yellow flags felt cold and stopped quickly, and the officers shouted desperately to the whole team.But these chasing riders are scattered and everyone is exhausted, how can it be so easy to organize the team?Taking advantage of this opportunity, the scattered cavalry of the Ming army gathered on the two wings or the rear of the formation.

At this moment, Aobai led the heavy armor and Baya soldiers to arrive, seeing this situation, he secretly regretted it.What made him regret even more was that the flags of the Ming army were raised in the army formation, and two groups of several thousand Ming army cavalry were already outflanking the two wings like a hurricane.

Zhunta screamed: "Meile Zhangjing, we have been tricked, should we retreat quickly?"

Aobai shouted: "We can't retreat, let the warriors quickly form a team to fight!"

The long-distance march and the chasing of the army just now did not know how many miles, the 5000 people in the Xianghuang Banner were exhausted no matter whether they were men or horses.The opponent was waiting for work, and the cavalry quickly entangled with the enemy. They fought bloody battles against the enemy, and there was still a way to survive if they defeated the opponent.

The tidal hooves sounded louder and louder, watching the cavalry of the Ming army on both wings sweeping in with an unstoppable momentum, carrying a large cloud of smoke and dust.The cavalry of the inlaid yellow flag was even more flustered. They formed a chaotic formation, not caring that the formation was not in order. Seeing that the cavalry of the Ming army were getting closer, Oboi could only send more than 1000 men on each side, including hundreds of armored soldiers, and split up. against.

The rest try to rest and recover as much as possible. As long as they can delay for a while, after the horsepower of their own soldiers recovers to some extent, and they form an army again, there is still a good chance of defeating the Ming army.Just in case, Oboi didn't care about losing face, and quickly sent troops to ask for help from the following army.

Suddenly he heard the sound of cannons whistling, Oboi looked quickly, but saw a cloud of smoke rising from the infantry formation of the Ming army, a round iron ball came straight towards him, and hit his formation viciously, the iron ball was bouncing , beat people's hands and horseshoes flying, and rolled away a bloody path.

The Qing army's formation is chaotic, and they are crowded into a pile like headless chickens. It is best not to have a big target.As soon as the artillery blasted over, it immediately caused a commotion among the soldiers and horses with the yellow flag, coupled with the screams and howls of the wounded soldiers or horses, it severely damaged the morale of these Qing cavalry.

Aobai tried his best to stop the commotion of his subordinates, he shouted violently: "Don't move around, anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!"

"fire!"

Zhao Xuan's unique hoarse voice sounded, the Qing army's position was less than one mile away from the artillery, whether it was the Hongyi six-pound artillery or the medium-sized artillery of the Buddha Wolf Machine in the army, the artillery shells could hit it at this distance.Satisfied with the results of the test firing just now, Zhao Xuan immediately ordered the remaining artillery to fire.

The deafening sound of cannons sounded, 25 medium-sized artillery pieces of the Buddha Wolf machine, and three Hongyi six-pound guns fired at the same time. Amidst the whistling sound of shells, dozens of iron balls, large and small, smashed into the yellow flag formation, It made them all cry for their father and mother, and were swept away by the dense bullet rain.Especially those Hongyi six-pound guns, the dozen or so small bullets they fired with the guns were even more lethal.

"fire!"

The gunner loaded the ammunition, and Zhao Xuan ordered another volley.When this wave of bullets rained down, the Xianghuang Banner army formed even more violent commotions. It was only thanks to the officers' desperate efforts to suppress the commotion that the commotion was suppressed.Seeing that his own army formation seemed to be about to collapse, Oboi's eyes showed a look of despair, could it be that his own forward army horse with a yellow flag will be buried here today?

Looking at the situation ahead, Wang Dou also sneered, and he shouted: "Send the order, the whole army will push forward and suppress the formation!"

"go ahead!"

The sound of passionate drums sounded, and thousands of Shunxiang troops straightened up immediately. They held guns and blunderbuss, and accompanied the marching drums, they marched like a wall.

All of them hold their heads high, they are the strongest army in the world, the most powerful fighters, no one can stop their progress.Even Yang Guodong and other soldiers from the supervising battalion were full of pride, proud of being able to join this invincible army.

"go ahead!"

Following behind Wang Dou's army, Cao Bianjiao commanded his own cavalry to keep up. Wang Tingchen on the left flank laughed and led his thousands of cavalry forward.There is also Yang Shaofan on the right wing, who also commanded his cavalry to keep up.

"Push push push."

Zhao Xuan commanded the gunners and pushed nearly [-] cannons to the forefront of the army. He swaggered proudly.

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The Ming army in front of them pressed forward, they stepped on horseback, and the Qing army's position was violently commotioned.

Aobai stared at the front, he couldn't retreat, otherwise he would be defeated for thousands of miles.There is still room for the two-winged cavalry to fight, but the front side puts too much pressure on themselves. For the present plan, the only way is to charge into the Ming army's infantry, so that there is still a chance to survive.

(End of this chapter)