[1036 Jiannu's army was wiped out](1/3)
The point Huang Taiji found was very accurate. Huang Taiji did not directly oppose the words of Mangourtai, Amin and others who wanted to fight Baojun to the end. Instead, he took a step back and said that when Dashen recovered from his injury, he would lead everyone to a decisive battle with Baojun.
Dai Shan also said: "I think what Huang Taiji said makes sense. It is indeed not appropriate to fight with the Baojun now. The army should stabilize properly first. It is better to withdraw the troops and return to the camp first. Everyone should make a good decision."
"Then what is our decision just now?" Manguertai was very dissatisfied, feeling that Huang Taiji and Daishan were deliberately changing directions to weaken the momentum he led everyone to fight just now.
"Stop talking!" Amin also said, "No matter how much he has, I will fight first. Even if I die, I can't die in a cowardly way. I believe that if the Khan can command it, I will definitely say that!"
"Yes, yes! Let's fight first, and at worst, all of them will die!"
The Jiannu generals were excited and could not stand this kind of anger. The arrogant iron cavalry has been pushed back now. How could they still hang out on the northeast ground in the future?
Huang Taiji sighed, knowing that the situation was hopeless, and he was too lazy to say anything else, so he said, "It is okay not to call the gold and withdraw the troops! The camp must ensure that all infantry guards and prevent the treasure army from rushing into the camp. No infantry is allowed to leave the camp, right? "
"Why? Why should I listen to you? The treasure army is all infantry, and there is not a single cavalry. Our cavalry cannot fight, but the infantry cannot fight! All the people are released, and the shield and my Eight Banners archery skills are first-class, so they may not be able to defeat them. Aren't they fighting in a row of shooting, and we will also stand in a row of archery!" Manguertai said angrily, "The 20,000 infantry must go out and fight to the death. At the moment of the war, I am most afraid of people like you who are afraid of the head and tail. Why can't we?"
Those who agree to continue fighting will most likely agree to rush out, including the infantry.
This is easy to understand, just like the mentality of a gambler. Taking half of the money out is a gamble, and taking all the money out is a gamble. It is easy to think about rushing.
"Every time we release all of us, what if the Baojun has a backup plan?" Huang Taiji said angrily: "Can't you use your brain when fighting?"
"What brains do you think? Even if the Baojun has a backup plan, we will withdraw if we win this battle. What's the use of retaining people? Leave hundreds of people to defend the camp and protect the Khan!" Manguertai said: "Everyone has discussed it just now. This is everyone's resolution. What big one do you want to be? Do you seem to be capable, right?"
"I show that I have the ability? I show that I have the ability?" Huang Taiji was so angry that he almost turned his back on him. It was not just Mangourtai, but Huang Taiji should be said to be angry by this group of people.
Huang Taiji was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Dai Shan said: "It's useless to go up the cavalry. The infantry is so slow, and it won't become a living target for the treasure army. In my opinion, I just listen to Huang Taiji's. The infantry should not move. If the iron cavalry doesn't take it back, it won't take it back."
"No! The army is stagnant, and there is a lack of energy at this time. If the Iron Cavalry sees the infantry coming up, they will double their courage! The Iron Cavalry has no protection, and the infantry has shields, which is different." After saying that, Manguertai ignored Huang Taiji and Dai Shan, he said to the generals: "Everyone will leave, except for the Khan's personal guards, we will all go up and fight with the Baojun. Whoever takes a step back is a coward!"
Everyone agreed.
The reason why Mangourtai said this is mainly because Mangourtai is reckless and likes to show off in front of everyone. Secondly, Mangourtai was once captured by the treasure army, which is a great humiliation!
Mangourtai is eager to avenge his shame.
Everyone came out of big tents one after another.
Although the whole process was very intense, it didn't take much time. In less than five minutes, the senior executives of Jiannu reached a consensus.
At this time, the treasure army had approached Jiannu's camp infinitely, only two miles away from Jiannu's camp. Jiannu's corpse formed natural fortifications, making it more difficult for Jiannu to hit the treasure army with archery.
Corps were everywhere, war horses were running around, and the treasure army didn't even have time to clean the battlefield.
Qianzi Tan ordered people to take away the war horses, so Jiannu's war horses were continuously pulled to Ningyuan City to gather, and two or three thousand horses had been collected.
Jiannu’s horses are all good horses. When placed in the pass, a horse can match a small courtyard, at least at a price of fifteen taels of silver.
At this time, President Wei had already let most of the president's guards go out of the city and form temporary cavalry, intending to use five hundred cavalry to harvest them.
The wind game is easy to fight, and there are no fewer people. Continuous harvesting of enemy troops and war horses, one rises and the other falls, and the morale of the treasure army is unprecedentedly prosperous.
The more than 4,000 treasure troops are still neatly lined up in five rows, and they are still in line to shoot tactical formations.
There are not many flags, but the formation of the treasure army makes the entire army look very majestic.
Only four or five thousand people died in Jiannu’s Iron Cavalry, and they were in a dilemma and were very embarrassed.
They naturally wanted to retreat, and they all knew that if this continued, they would definitely be wiped out. However, without Mingjin withdrawing the troops, they would not dare to retreat. Retreat without authorization was equivalent to escaping. Jiannu's punishment for escaping in the last battle was a death penalty, and no one dared to violate it.
At this time, 20,000 Jiannu Infantry Army continued to open large camps, completely confusing these Jiannu cavalry and couldn't figure out what the Khan meant.
The Jiannu cavalry naturally didn't know that Nurhaci was about to die, and the infantry in the camp had already been rumored one after another.
In this context, who still has the heart to fight?
The head coach was almost dead, and the Eight Banners Cavalry in front of him had more than 30,000 people, and there were still four or five thousand left by the treasure army. Under such a huge loss, whoever was in the mood to fight was felt that the camp was going to die.
The Jiannu generals kept urging the infantry to advance and meet with the Iron Cavalry. The 20,000 infantry were in a mess and could not walk a few steps in a long time. They pushed and kept falling down and being trampled.
Moreover, more than half of these infantry soldiers were Han people, just like a small number of Mongols in Jiannu’s iron cavalry, they were all captured soldiers.
These Han people had weak willpower, so they were good to do some rough work and were good to be porters, but they were too demanding on them when they were used to fight.
"Continue attack! Don't shoot, first wipe out all the ammunition from the grenade launcher!" Tan Qianzi ordered.
Because the artillery company of Baojun had been exhausted, the four president-style infantry artillery pieces had been pulled back to Ningyuan City by more than 100 infantrymen.
Now all the treasure troops are infantrymen with rifles and grenade launchers.
and two cavalry companies temporarily organized under Ningyuan City.
Before this battle, Wei Bao asked someone to contact the Baojun Cavalry Regiment cruising near Kalaqin. He contacted him, saying that he asked the Baojun Cavalry Regiment to stand by near Gaotai Fort.
Now I just don’t know the specific location of the Baojun Cavalry Regiment.
Jiannu set up camp between Gaotai Fort and Ningyuan City, cutting off the communication between Ningyuan City and Gaotai Fort. Baojun communication technology only developed to the stage of simple telephone, but not yet to the stage of radio communication.
In ancient military formations, one side was the simplest pure spear phalanx and the other side was the archers. At this time, the two armies faced each other, and the spear marching towards the archers.
The archer ordered free shooting, and the spearmen mounted a shield to defend. After three rounds, the archers lost their physical strength, and the spearmen were basically unharmed, and rushed forward to push the archers forward.
The archers phalanx shot in a round of volleys, and one-fifth of the phalanx shot stood up, and quickly stopped to defend. After a while, the spear commander saw that it was okay? Order to advance! Then he was hit by another volley.
Free shooting will be avoided.
The same situation also occurs in other combat modes. Infantry ambushed by rifles, they will immediately look for cover, and light cavalry will deliberately go to the line to avoid the opponent's bows and arrows. Only volleys can achieve deterrence and suddenness.
Modern artillery even pays attention to the first high-fire and the second flat-fire, allowing two shells to reach the target at the same time.
The ways of war have been the same from ancient times to the present.
The infantry tactics of the Hunan Army were similar to the Spanish phalanx in the early days of the West. The Taiping Army also adopted similar tactics, but the firearm equipment rate was lower. So did the land war at that time look similar to the Western era of queuing and shooting?
The Hunan Army and the Taiping Army were equipped with a large number of muskets, and musketeers were actually relatively easier to train than archers.
First of all, the Spanish phalanx is different from the line-up shooting.
The Spanish square is a combination of two types of troops, spear and musket.
The spearmen form a dense phalanx to defend, and then the musketeers shoot around the phalanx, and once the enemy approaches, they hide in the phalanx.
This tactic originated from Spain, which was in its prime during the Navigation Age, and fell in the Thirty Years of the German War in the 17th century.
It is a little late to line up to be shot.
By the eighteenth century, the invention of bayonets and the advancement of training allowed musketeers to deal with cavalry directly.
The spearman quit the stage of history.
In order to increase the firepower surface, the infantry began to line up in a row with short depth. Especially after the invention of the three-section attack tactic, everyone lined up in three rows.
Taking turns to shoot is called queuing up to kill.
The essence of queuing and shooting is queuing.
A round of guns on the opposite side actually won't kill many people, but if they are not disciplined and trained properly, they may collapse instantly.
Therefore, in the era of queuing and shooting, European countries were extremely strict in training.
Especially Prussia.
In the era of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there were many newly conquered soldiers on both sides, and whether they could stand still and not run around was a problem.
Therefore, it is very likely that a large number of muskets are equipped to fire, but it is estimated that the organization cannot afford to queue up and shoot.
The battle death rate increased after musket equipment. The Huai Army learned to line up and shot it, and learned it from foreign officers. Cheng Xueqi, Pan Dingxin, Zhang Shusheng, and Liu Mingchuan all studied it.
The Hunan Army looks very similar to Gustav II's square formation, but in fact it is not as good as that. At least the infantry firepower is much worse and there is a lack of powerful cavalry and artillery.
The Hunan Army used two pounds of mountain-splitting cannons, which was not as good as the Swedish army cannons.
General Green's three lines of defense in the Battle of Guildford failed to stop the tough British army.
At the beginning of the battle, the British army marched towards the first line of defense, and the militia carried out several volleys, but when the British army approached the forest, they collapsed.
The British troops were shot by snipers on both sides as they attacked the second line of defense.
Kang Huali put his second tier into the battle, and the two sides fell into fierce battle.
After some British troops broke through the second line of defense first, they attacked the third line of defense before they could fight in the forest and were repelled.
Green seized this opportunity and ordered the two Malanri regiments of the Continental Army to counterattack the British, and the battle entered the most intense stage.
Kang Huali had to order his artillery to shoot at the two armies that were fighting without distinguishing between the enemy and us. Many British troops fell under the artillery fire of their own people.
In the end, the Continental Army was expelled, and only the right wing was still fighting. With the subsequent British troops reaching one after another, Green realized that he had lost the battle and had to order a retreat.
Guilford's desperate close battle, after the battle, Lord Conwali praised his soldiers like this: the officers and soldiers of this small unit did completely exceed their honors.
In this 90-minute battle, about 300 U.S. troops were killed and injured. After the war, a large number of militia were unable to fight again and disbanded and returned home.
The British army won the battle with perseverance, but also paid a heavy price higher than the defense, with 500 casualties.
Although the final outcome was that Kang Wali had to give up the mainland and head north to Virginia, eventually being sieged in Yorktown and losing the war.
This battle also shows that although the undertrained US military has advantages in numbers and terrain, even if it has achieved a good casualty exchange ratio, it is still not enough to resist the well-trained advancement of the British army.
A widely circulated image of the War of Independence was that American soldiers wearing natural-colored robes could accurately aim and shoot British soldiers in clumsy formations on the battlefield, and thus won the entire war.
However, it is not true.
The American soldiers' good shooting skills are loose due to insufficient training.
To be continued...