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

Chapter 315 Active Offensive Firecracker Tactics
Huang Taiji first named Gushan Erzhen Dudu with the red flag: "Anping Baylor, you were the first to fight Wang Dou in Tongzhou, let me tell you."

Du Du hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully: "Back to the emperor, the servant believes that the artillery volleys of Wang Dou's department are extremely powerful. When the servant led the army to attack his chariot formation in Tongzhou, his artillery fired round after round, and behind the artillery were firecrackers." , the cavalry and shooting of the slaves were severely damaged by their guns."

Huang Taiji nodded slightly, and named Duoduo, the flag owner of the inlaid white flag: "Prince Yu, you have fought against Wang Dou in Dingzhou, so please tell me about it."

Duoduo said: "Wang Dou's firecracker salvo is extremely powerful, and his ministers are also extremely brave in fighting with spears, swords and shields, not just relying on artillery and firecrackers."

Excluding the battle of Julu's defense of the stockade, the Manchurian Xianghuang Banner army also fought against Wang Dou in the field a few days ago.

Zhunta still had lingering fears when he recalled the situation that day. He said: "...At that time, Wang Doujun also lined up like this, with four thin layers of firecrackers. There were dozens of cannons in front of the battle formation. Assaulting the Wangdou army formation, the slaves wanted to follow the record of the Ming army in the past, and the soldiers under Ding's subordinates must have been terrified. However, they stood still, and before my heavy cavalry charged a hundred paces, their artillery shells fired a volley, and their bullets rained all over the area. Aobai Mailer..."

Zhunta's voice was a little choked up: "At that time, there were no bones left, and the heavy armored warriors in front were also seriously damaged, and the men and horses fell down. After the artillery, a burst of firecrackers burst out, which hindered the impact of my heavy cavalry. The training of the Ministry They are extremely sophisticated, they reload the bullets quickly, and there is no end to the wave after wave of bullets. I nearly hit the warriors, so I broke in front of the Wang Dou army. And their swords, shields and spears have not yet been dispatched to meet..."

Huang Taiji knew the specific situation of the Xianghuang Banner battle at that time, but when he heard it again at this time, he still couldn't help but twitch in his heart.Those warriors, all of whom had followed him for many years, had fought in the north and south, and they were so meaninglessly lost in front of Wang Dou's army.

All the ministers around him sighed, feeling that Wang Dou's fighting style, they had the feeling of a dog biting a hedgehog, and they had no way of attacking.

In particular, the strength of the soldiers in Wang Dou's army is very different from that of other Ming armies. Their proud tactical results, their strong bows and crossbows, and the outstanding fighting ability of the warriors are all useless in front of Wang Dou.

This is a brand new world, far beyond their comprehension, leaving them at a loss as to how to deal with it.

Perhaps there is a way, regardless of casualties, to use the crowd tactics to break through Wang Dou's army formation, but this kind of tactics is unacceptable to all Eight Banners soldiers.

Kong Youde was also listening carefully. As early as the third day of the lunar new year, when he arrived in Baodi with Huang Taiji, he had a premonition that the thousands of blunderbuss soldiers under him might go to battle.No matter what he thought at the time, he should have a [-] to [-]% chance of winning.

But after Oboi's Xianghuang Banner striker lost, he felt a drum in his heart, and after reuniting with Zhunta's Xianghuang Banner remnants, he invited Zhunta to speak several times.The insinuation was just to inquire about the war situation at that time.

After Kong Youde returned to the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji treated him very favorably. He led troops to occupy the houses of officials and rich people, and Yue Tuo and others impeached him, but Huang Taiji didn't bother.Once he fell off a horse and hurt his hand, but Huang Taiji immediately issued an edict to comfort him.

To his subordinates, Huang Taiji also ordered the sergeants several times to practice guns from time to time.Therefore, although his Han army flag is based on artillery, it is not unheard of to practice the formation of firecrackers. Although it is not very formal, after all, he was born as a cavalry general.

The blunderbusses in the army are all excellent, and there is no danger of explosion. After all, they are excellent blunderbusses made by Sun Yuanhua with a lot of money.In the era of the Qi family army, granular gunpowder was used in the Ming army. Although the gunners in his army did not use fixed paper tube ammunition, granular gunpowder was also used.Although the caliber of the bird gun is small, fifty steps can break through iron armor, and a hundred steps can also be very lethal to unarmored soldiers.

So with this support, even though Wang Doujun was famous and the Eight Banners soldiers were talking about it, Kong Youde boasted in front of Huang Taiji that he had a [-]% to [-]% chance of winning.

But now... Seeing the army formation of Wang Dou in the wilderness ahead, and the fearful talk of the flag owners, Kong Youde hesitated.It was hard for him to describe it in words, but he had a feeling in his heart that the reloading, gunpowder usage, and battle layout of the blunderbuss soldiers in Wang Dou's army were all very different from his own.

What Kong Youde didn't understand in particular was why Wang Doujun's firecrackers stood there in several rows?If the opponent has guns, isn't that a big target?They just stood there stupidly, being bombarded?

But Wang Doujun's arrangement must have their reasons. After all, their record is outstanding, and their ability to win battles proves that this kind of army formation is reasonable.

The more he thought about it, the more Kong Youde beat his heart. He couldn't imagine that the two sides stood in several rows, aiming at each other and shooting at each other. Does one's own sergeant have the determination to fight bravely, and can he stand up under the bombardment of the other side?

Unlike arrows, Kong Youde is too familiar with the damage of firecracker bullets to the human body.If the arrow misses the vital point, the sergeants can basically live, but if they are hit by the bullets of the firecrackers, [-]% of them will either die or have their limbs amputated, and they will be disabled for life.

There are many ministries of the Ming army who surrendered in the Eight Banners Han army in later generations. The reason why their combat power is higher than before the surrender is that in addition to training, supplementary reinforcements are more regular.It is that their family members are all hostages in the Qing Dynasty, so if they don't work hard, their combat power will naturally be much higher than before, but this kind of fighting determination also has a limit...

Kong Youde thought about it, but when he saw Huang Taiji's gaze, he immediately put on an impassioned, loyal and righteous look.He had already sold himself as a slave, so there was no way out, even if Huang Taiji ordered him to fight, there might be a lot of casualties among his subordinates, and Kong Youde couldn't care less.

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The land was silent and silent, as if the armies of both sides had stood in silence for a long time, no one attacked or fought, and the sergeants of each other stared at each other from a distance of two miles.

Seeing Huang Taiji's continuous gaze, Ezhen Ashan of Zhenghuang Banner Gushan coughed and said, "Your Majesty, the warriors have finished forming their formation. Do you want to send troops and horses to charge their formation?"

Huang Taiji said: "There is a saying in the art of war of the Han people. Once they are full of energy, they will decline again and then be exhausted. I will wait and wait for my work. If Ming cavalry come to disturb me, I will send warriors to fight against it."

Everyone around him breathed a sigh of relief, especially Dorgon, who let out a sigh of relief.

All the ministers said in unison: "The emperor is wise."

Hearing the breath of relief from everyone around him, Huang Taiji's expression remained unchanged, but his heart was not sulking.One can be sure that the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty are full of fear of Wang Dou on the opposite side.Everyone is afraid of war, which was unimaginable in the past.

Seeing that the Qing army on the opposite side was motionless, Wang Tingchen said in amazement: "What the hell is the slave chief doing? Why are you still standing still?"

"Is there a fraud?"

Cao Bianjiao was also pondering, puzzled.

The Qing army always attacked and the Ming army defended. At this time, the Qing army had already completed their formation, but they were still motionless. No wonder Wang Tingchen and others thought too much.

Wang Dou shook his head: "They are afraid of our army and dare not attack."

He pondered for a long while, Huang Taiji and others' army array was deployed two miles away, this distance can't reach the artillery, if they don't attack, then attack by themselves.

He said: "Our army takes the initiative to attack, and our infantry will fight first. If the enemy cavalry comes to disturb us, we will have to rely on the two soldiers."

Wang Tingchen said: "General Wang, just rest assured, my son, Lang, is willing to live and die with the general."

Cao Bianjiao said solemnly: "General, you are being polite. This is Cao's duty. My son-in-law will definitely work hard to protect the two wings of the Shunxiang army and prevent the enemy cavalry from getting any closer."

Wang Dou thanked the two of them, and shouted: "Send the order, the army of Shun Township advances!"

The flag of the Chinese army was waving. Seeing the flag, Wen Fangliang heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile to Han Chao: "Finally, I'm going to fight. I thought it would be foolish to stand until noon for dinner."

Han Chao smiled: "The slave chieftain came to Pinggu, but he didn't dare to attack. Then I will attack and let the emperor of the Qing Dynasty take a good look at the might of our Shunxiang army soldiers!"

He shouted: "All of them have guns!"

"Guns!"

Amidst the shouting orders of the officers one after another, there was a sound of "cracking" in order. Regardless of whether the gunmen or pikemen in the army, they all held their weapons on their shoulders and held them tightly with both hands.Immediately, a neat forest of guns and gun forests appeared.

"Let's go forward!"

The marching drums of each thousand generals were beating, and with the drumming, the firecrackers and pikemen standing in silence in the department began to move slowly with guns and blunderbuss.There are four rows of firecrackers, six hundred in each row.Then there were several rows of pikemen and sword and shield soldiers, and they marched in formation like a wall.

"go ahead!"

Zhao Xuan commanded the gunners and pushed 29 cannons to the front of the army.

"go ahead!"

There was a sound of orderly footsteps.

Looking from Huang Taiji's side, the front seems to be a sea of ​​iron helmets and red military uniforms.The Shunxiang army has one color eight-petal hat, iron pointed helmet, and one color bright red cotton turned wool cloak or overcoat.Layers of flashing red scales dazzled his eyes.

Thousands of them came in neatly, and they didn't need to form a team when they moved forward, and the army formation was always kept in order all the way.The more they came, the greater the oppressive force, and there seemed to be an overwhelming momentum of infiltration with just a few thousand people.

Looking at this battle formation, the eyes of the flag masters who had fought with Wang Dou all showed fear in their eyes.

Huang Taiji sighed: "Wang Doujun's battle formation is formidable, they are indeed outstanding!"

He looked at Kong Youde beside him: "Honor the king, you will lead the soldiers in the banner to fight, and thwart his arrogance!"

Seeing Wang Doujun's aggressive aura, Kong Youde knew that he would lose this battle, but what can he do, dare to disobey Huang Taiji's order?Fortunately, according to what the emperor said, the Eight Banners Han Army will be formed in the future, and all these subordinates will be wiped out today. As long as they leave a good impression on the emperor, there will be a day when the troops will be reorganized.

Immediately he took the order loudly, and shouted: "The emperor will sit in the middle army, and wait for the news of the success of my minister."

After finishing speaking, he stood up abruptly, and descended majesticly down the hill. Under the hill, there was already a large formation of the Chinese army formed by two yellow flags and Zhenglan flags. His Han army flag was also in it, and Dorgon and others were on both wings. People's soldiers and horses.

Kong Youde's Han army flag armor is all white with black borders on the outside.Among these sergeants, more than a thousand were the old subordinates he brought out back then, and the rest were all drawn from the Han people in the Qing Dynasty, one for every ten strong men.

Kong Youde, Li Jiuzheng and others in his army were formerly powerful generals of Mao Wenlong's army, and they fought quite bravely.When Sun Yuanhua became the governor and spent a lot of money to build the firearms unit, Kong Youde had great ambitions in his heart. He hoped to follow Qi Jiguang's example, reproduce the glory of the Qi family army, and fight a Kong family army.

After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he knew that the army in his hand was the capital for him to settle down, so managing the army was quite hard.

However, as far as the generals of the Ming Dynasty are concerned, no matter how hard they work, it is still relatively speaking.After some encouragement, he led the Eight Banners Han army away in the same formation.His marching formation was not comparable to that of the Shunxiang army, and he had to stop for a while to rectify every few steps he marched.

In this way, his army marched for half a mile, and the Shunxiang army's battle formation was less than a mile away. At this time, the battlefield was quite strange. The two infantry were pressing forward, but each other's cavalry remained motionless.It's like purely coming to watch the battle.

After traveling to this distance, Kong Youde ordered to form a defensive formation and stop advancing.

In his conception, the blunderbuss seems to be used for defense, for attacking and fighting, and he still doesn't know how to fight.Although the layout of the Shunxiang Army's battle formation on the opposite side is obvious, it is not easy to follow the example. Doing it in a hurry will only make the familiar army formation mess up and the command system collapse.

What the result is, only the fight will know.

The formation that Kong Youde laid out was the traditional three-fold formation of the Ming Dynasty.There are the main soldiers of the front army, the left and right wings, the central army and the reserve team, and each wing also has columns ranging from the front team to the squadron.

In this battle, the front line is hundreds of steps away from the enemy, the front team and the squadron do not move, the rear team quickly catches up, and ranks ahead of the front team, ready to face the battle.When the enemy army came between fifty paces and one hundred paces, they used the sound of drums as a sign, and the soldiers at the front rushed out.

During the battle, the positions of the front, middle, and rear teams are continuously cycled, and fighting and resting are carried out alternately.When Ming Jin withdrew his troops, the front team quickly withdrew to the back of the rear team.The middle and rear teams did not move, preparing to deal with the pursuers.

To be able to list such an array, in fact, among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, Kong Youde is considered talented.Many generals of the Ming Dynasty didn't even understand the basic banners of battle formations. When fighting, they would lead their servants to swarm up, and when they were defeated, they would rush for thousands of miles. There was no formation at all.

So after Kong Youde laid out his formation, his [-] bird blunderbuss were divided into several pieces, with [-] bird blunderbuss on each side.The front army has a thousand bird blunderbuss, and the central army has a thousand bird bludgeon soldiers as a reserve.Among the Qianniao blunderbuss of the former army, they were divided into three teams: front, middle and rear.

A total of more than 300 people from the front army and the rear team fought first. Seeing the Shunxiang army approaching from the opposite side, they all showed nervous expressions. The opponent is also a firecracker.Standing in the Chinese army, Kong Youde was also anxious about this issue.

He came to the aid with Huang Taiji's light cavalry, and he didn't bring any craftsmen with him, so he couldn't do anything even if he wanted to make shield chariots.

If you hold a shield, how can the bird blunderbuss fight?

(End of this chapter)