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

Chapter 558

Cheers echoed in the distant sky, and countless Ming soldiers and horses poured out of the camp. They crossed the trenches of their own side and the trenches of the Qing army camp, and reached the wilderness ahead.

They took the towns as units, and set up an army formation one by one. The left wing was the Jingbian Army and the Xuanfu Town New Army, the right wing was the cavalry of each battalion of each town, and the center was the Superintendent Battalion and the infantry of each town. More than ten miles, a large formation with a width of several miles from north to south.

The formation is long, from east to west, seemingly endless at a glance, with dense red flags and the sound of hunting in the wind.

Wang Dou looked ahead at the position of the central army. At this time, he was riding a tall blood-colored horse, surrounded by all the generals of the main battle on the north shore, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, Fu Yingchong, Li Fuming, Zuo Guangxian and others.

Behind the generals, there are densely packed in their town, at least guerrilla-level generals, all wearing armor, showing the aura of gold and iron horses.

The vast array is slowly moving forward, the horn is low and low, and it can be heard faintly from the camp from a distance from time to time.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, walked side by side with Wang Dou. He was also dressed in armor, riding a white horse with a cloak, adding a bit of majesty to his elegance.

Zhang Ruoqi, the supervising officer, was still wearing an official robe. He sat on the horse with a serious expression and a look of no hesitation, but his slightly trembling hands revealed the tension in his heart.

The angel Wang Dehua also joined the army this time. Originally, yesterday, he could reverse the imperial edict, but he suddenly felt that if he did not participate in this magnificent battle, would there be something missing?
And he thought in his mind that if he participated in this kind of battle related to the fate of the country, not to mention the future discussion, even in terms of qualifications, he could also record a heavy sum. The angel participated in the battle in person, and it would be incomparable to the morale of the army. Not to mention Jane in the heart of the emperor.

After thinking about it, Wang Dehua disregarded the dissuasion of Hong Chengchou and others, and at least he chose to sit in Songshan Fort with Wang Chengen's request. He still got a set of armor and put it on his fat body, and then, under the service of the eunuch guards, worked hard. Climb on the horse.

In order to increase the protection, he chose the bright helmet and the bright armor, the cloud-wing helmet and the bright armor, which is quite heavy, and he seems not used to wearing a helmet, and he keeps twisting after getting on the horse...

However, in the decisive battle of the army, the magnificent atmosphere before the battle infected him. After the prince mounted his horse, his chest was always full of pride. Looking at the endless people around him and the flags flying, he said with emotion: "Looking up to the sky and screaming, the grandeur is fierce... Eight thousand miles away, cloud and moon, don't wait for nothing, the boy's head is white..."

Wang Pu applauded loudly: "Good poem, powerful and impassioned, it's a pity that there is no wine at this time, otherwise you should drink three hundred cups."

Fu Yingchong also commented: "However, how carefree and unrestrained..."

The big and small eunuchs beside him also praised him like a wave.

Wang Dehua was a little embarrassed: "This is from Yue Wu Muyin..."

For Wang Dou, Hong Chengchou, and the commanders-in-chief of the towns, Wang Dehua is a burden here. Not only can he not fight, but his status as an angel needs to be protected by dividing troops. However, Wang Dehua is brave, and he lives in the army as an angel. The morale boost is palpable.

Wang Dou smiled slightly, and said to Wang Dehua: "With my father-in-law here, Master Wang will surely win the battle and defeat the slaves!"

Wang Dehua laughed, and sincerity appeared on his obese face: "Our family has self-knowledge, plans military strategies, and goes to battle to kill the enemy. Our family can't rely on these things. But our family finally has a bit of courage. The army is beating drums to cheer and shout loudly, our family can still do it."

Zhang Ruoqi also laughed out loud, and he said: "This supervising army and Wang Gonggong have a good understanding, so let us strengthen the army together."

The army pushed forward slowly, seeing a black line in the sky, also surging towards this side, and the Qing army on the opposite side was approaching in formation, they cavalry cavalry, like the waves of the sea, covering the distant wilderness plain in front of them.

The armies of both the Ming and Qing Dynasties marched forward, looking down from the sky, and each other's armies covered the sky and the sun.

In this decisive battle on the North Bank of the Daughter River, the Ming army is [-], and the Qing army is [-]. Who will win and lose?
Thousands of troops marched together, and the two sides got closer, from more than ten miles, to four or five miles.

At this time, the sun suddenly jumped out, and the sky and the earth were suddenly full of rays of light. Wang Dou had a word in his heart: "Who is in charge of the ups and downs in the vast land?"

He gazed intently, and the large formation of the Qing army in front of him unfolded in front of him in an arc. Their dense cavalry stretched from the front of Jinchang Fort to the Xiaoling River. It can be seen that most of their cavalry , facing the right wing of the Ming army.

On the side of the Ming army, there are Jingbian army cavalry, Yang Guozhu Zhengbing cavalry, Wang Puzheng cavalry cavalry, and Li Fuming and Zuo Guangxian Zhengbing cavalry. There are about 5000 elite cavalry, which is less than Qing cavalry Some, but they are all elites of the Ming army, and...

Hundreds of rocket vehicles from the Shenji Battalion, dozens of Shenwei General Cannons, dozens of large-caliber mortars, nearly a hundred small-caliber mortars, and a large number of Shenhuo Feiya rockets are all arranged here.

Based on Huangtuling's combat experience, if the Qing army wanted to break through here and encircle the Chinese army, it would definitely suffer.

Moreover, given the terrain at this time, there was the Xiaoling River on the right, and the Nuuhe River at the back. There were not many places for Qingqi to make a detour. Qingqi had no choice but to attack face to face.

It is not so easy for them to break through the infantry formation in the center.Here, the Shenji Battalion has hundreds of Flang machine guns and chariots, as well as the Flang machine guns of each town and battalion. There are nearly a thousand of them in total, and the firepower is very fierce.

Drawing on the lessons of the Ming army's arrangement of artillery in a row, Wang Dou and Hong Chengchou carefully arranged and arranged these Frang machine guns one after another, layer upon layer.Even if the Qing army broke through for a while, they had to face the next burst of firepower, and they couldn't afford to walk around.

"In this battle, the left wing will attack, and the center and right wing will defend!"

This is the tune set by Wang Dou and Hong Chengchou.

The roar of the Qing soldiers came from a distance, and finally converged into a thunderous and orderly roar. In the telescope, Wang Dou and Hong Chengchou saw that a mountain in the distance, at the position of Songjiagou, seemed to erect a yellow dragon umbrella, countless The Qing soldiers were cheering towards their emperor.

Hong Chengchou snorted coldly and shouted: "Yingqi!"

The banner of his supervisor was raised high, and immediately the Ming army was arrayed, countless flags were dancing, spears and halberds were erected like a forest, and the sounds of "Wansheng" and "Mighty" were like heaven and earth falling apart. Shout with all your might.

The sound of cheers and roars rose and fell one after another in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, one after another, as if to pierce Yunxiao.

When the war came, the soldiers from both sides of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were desperately cheering for themselves.

The battle was about to break out, the sentinels reported back, and the two yellow flags of Baimiaobao were also arrayed, but it seemed that their goal was not the left wing of the Ming army.

The strategy before the battle has been decided, and the time has come. It is time for the left wing to launch an attack. Hong Chengchou took a deep breath and looked at Wang Dou solemnly: "This battle is about the fate of the country, and the north bank is the key. The left wing is more important, everything, Please take care of Uncle Zhongyong, please take care!"

He saluted deeply.

"treasure!"

From Zhang Ruoqi down, the angel Wang Dehua also bowed deeply to Wang Dou, his eyes full of expectation and earnestness.

"Guoqin, be careful!"

Yang Guozhu also gave Wang Dou solemn instructions.

"careful!"

Wang Pu and Fu Yingchong also said sincerely.

Wang Dou looked at everyone one by one, Hong Chengchou, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, Fu Yingchong, Zuo Guangxian...

He laughed, full of pride: "Masters, just wait for the good news of my victory!"

He raised his horsewhip, made a crisp sound in the air, and shouted: "Drive!"

With the sound of hoofbeats, they galloped away, and Zhong Tiaoyang, a Chinese military officer beside him, and soldiers from the guard battalion also followed without hesitation.

Hong Chengchou shouted: "The sound of the drums and music is for the loyal and brave Bo Zhuang."

The drum music of the Chinese army blared loudly, and the sound suppressed the clouds.

Looking at the back of Wang Dou's departure, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but raise his head: "I sincerely hope that God will protect me."

……

The long army formation, running from the central army to the left wing, takes a long time to run.

The land in front of me is vast, like a picture scroll, with so many beautiful mountains and rivers, how many heroes are fighting each other for this?
Finally, Wang Dou rushed back to the Jingbian army formation, his more than [-] soldiers were waiting for the formation, and the Xuanfu Town Xin army also lined up on the right side of the Jingbian army.When the cold wind blows, the fiery red flag of the Sun, Moon, Waves, and the red flag of the Xuanzhen New Army are all hunting and dancing in the cold wind.

It's late autumn, and the chill is quite heavy, but autumn is crisp and clear, and it is a good season for killing.

Seeing Wang Dou coming back, Zhong Xiancai, Han Chao, Zhao Xuan, Wen Daxing and other generals from the army greeted him, as well as generals from the third battalion of the Xuanzhen New Army, one general and two guerrillas.

The crowd surrounded Wang Dou and came to the front of the army's position. This place is about four miles away from the Han Eight Banners' army formation. After more than 100 steps ahead, the relatively flat field gradually disappeared. There were as many wheat fields, sparse forests and hills. The ground is uneven, and this range of terrain has spread to the left and rear left for nearly ten miles.

When marching like this, it is difficult for the earth truck to cover and move forward...

Of course, using a lot of manpower, the earth truck can be forced to push, but it is inevitable that it will go back and forth, faster or slower.

It is impossible for marching infantry to stop and wait, and they cannot march at the same time, guarding the front of the queue, and the existence of those dirt carts is meaningless.

This kind of terrain is not good for the Jingbian Army, but it is also beneficial in that they are not afraid of Baimiaobao Qingqi's outflanking from the left.

When this kind of ground is galloping, [-]% of the time the horse will stumble and lose the meaning of using cavalry.If they use infantry to attack and face the guns of the Jingbian army, they will be shooting targets, because they can't even push the shield carts in.

Wang Dou held up the binoculars and looked at some hills from Yijialing to Songjiagou. The Qing army had deployed dense artillery.

According to the information, the Han Army Banner deployed all the heavy artillery to this side, even the heavy artillery that was originally placed under the city of Jinzhou was pulled over, about a hundred of the general Shenwei.Yijialing and others go down, layer by layer, which is the infantry formation of the Han Eight Banners and the Korean Army, spreading and undulating along the terrain, and you can faintly see their gleaming gun shafts and gun blades.

In front of the square-shaped positions of the Han army, they also placed dozens of small Hongyi cannons. The small cannons are only compared to the Qing army. Those artillery are actually similar to the Hongyi six-pound guns of the Jingbian army. Hongyi three-pound gun and so on.

"We just need to get to the front of those traitors. Kong Youde and others are no match for our army. The key is that we need to endure certain casualties during the march."

Han Chao stared intently, then said coldly.

"When marching, you can march as sparsely as possible."

Zhong Xiancai agreed with Han and North Korea.

"Yes, in the age of firearms, the casualties of the army are unavoidable. If the world is at peace, how many warriors will shed blood on the battlefield and wrap their bodies in horse leather?"

Wang Dou thought silently. He looked back at his army. They were forming an army formation one by one, with the blunderbuss soldiers in front and the pikemen behind. One by one, the formations spread far along the undulating ground. far away……

The soldiers in each of their army formations held their firecrackers and spears tightly, and even the first-class soldiers got off their horses and stood silently beside their horses.

They look determined, without fear, without fear.

Even the new soldiers in Xuanfu Town are also at their peak. They bulge their cheeks tightly, and many of them are gnashing their teeth, but they don't show timidity. The cold wind blows their blue cotton armor or waist-high First.

The new officers and generals of the three battalions in Xuanzhen rode their horses beside Wang Dou with serious expressions, and they also had firm faces.

Wang Dou nodded, Yang Shuai's new army has also been trained, and after the tempering of the war, it is even more outstanding.

In the Jingbian Army, there are still some new faces, they are newly added reserve members.During the Liaodong War, the Jingbian army also suffered hundreds of casualties. Not long ago, a group of reserve soldiers arrived from the East Road, and Wang Dou added them to the vacant headquarters and teams.

Behind the army formation, there are still a large number of Jingbian military doctors and some civilian men carrying stretchers, ready to treat the wounded at any time.

These folk men all had the experience of serving the Jingbian Army in Changling Mountain or Songshan Fort, and this time the Jingbian Army called them to work again.

With enough food, dried fish, wages, and kindness to people, for these peasants, being able to serve the Jingbian Army is a hot-spotted existence, and many of them have made up their minds to go to the East Road after the war .

Zhao Xuan's artillery battalion, with 160 cannons and 2000 soldiers, lined up in front of the army. During the march, they had to go first, or occupy a favorable position, or lined up in the formation, and bombarded the enemy with live ammunition or shotgun shells. The foot formation of the Han army flag.

Looking at the resolute and indomitable expressions of all the soldiers, even the new soldiers in Xuanzhen looked at themselves with trusting and reverent eyes.

Wang Dou closed his eyes slowly, and took a deep breath: "I firmly believe that I will not fail, because I have so many admirable sons!"

He opened his eyes suddenly and shouted, "Are you ready?"

"Are you ready?"

Wang Dou's stern questioning voice echoed in the mountains.

What responded to him was a majestic roar: "Tiger!"

All the soldiers took a step forward and responded with all their strength.

"Boom!"

The drums of the central army sounded, and the army stepped forward again, roaring again: "Tiger!"

They yelled three times and drank the word tiger three times. Their shouts were like bursts of spring thunder, rolling across the land of the square army.

"Let's play the music!"

Wang Dou pointed his long sword obliquely forward, and issued his order.

The silk and bamboo drums in the army sounded, and the passionate music sounded to suppress Yunxiao.

"go ahead!"

Countless officers waved their commanding swords forward, roaring and shouting orders.

"Go forward and kill those two Tartars."

"Kill them all!"

"go ahead!"

"go ahead!"

In the passionate silk and bamboo music, the Jingbian army and the Xuanfu new army marched forward, firm and fearless!
(End of this chapter)