Chapter 234: Stale

The Mongolian cavalrymen attacked for the second time had about four thousand cavalry.

It was not that Dorgon was unwilling to send more Mongolian cavalry to participate in the attack, but that dispatching 4,000 cavalry at one time was already the limit. It was not that there were too few Mongolian cavalry, but that the attack target was too small.

The formation formed by the Ming army is a typical square matrix, and the width of this square matrix is ​​easy to calculate.

In addition to the back formation, there was a spear battalion on the front and left and right wings of the Ming army. Each spear battalion had a thousand oar and shield soldiers, and the width of each oar and shield was one and a half meters. Therefore, the width of the square array was about 1,500 meters.

The Ming army's front width was only 1,500 meters, which was only a distance of about a thousand cavalry to launch a charge from the front. Even if the Mongolian cavalry lined up into a "man" charge formation with a straight width of more than the Ming army's formation, at most about two thousand cavalry would be squeezed out when facing the Ming army's front.

In addition, the Mongolian cavalry is different from the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, and the Mongolian light cavalry needs a lot of detour and turning space, so it is impossible to launch an attack from the front and the two wings at the same time.

The cavalry of Mongolian cavalry is also different from the shooting of Jiannu archers. The front row of cavalry has a great obstacle to the rear row of cavalry, so at most it can only be arranged in two rows of attack formations in front and back to launch an attack. Sending more cavalry to follow behind and eat dust. Not only can it not cause effective damage to the Ming army, it can only waste the physical strength of the war horses in vain.

Therefore, it is already the limit to invest 4,000 Mongolian cavalry in attack every time. Unless Dorgon uses the Mongolian cavalry as infantry archers and asks them to dismount and attack. In this way, even if all 100,000 Mongolian cavalry are sent to the battlefield, will the Mongolian cavalry be still Mongolian cavalry?

Moreover, the Mongolian cavalry was not the Eight Banners of the Han army, nor the former Ming surrendered army. Dorgon must be very cautious in using the Mongolian cavalry. If the Mongolian cavalry suffered heavy losses due to improper tactics, then millions of Mongolian herders in the huge Mongolian grasslands are likely to betray Jiannu overnight.

If that were the case, Jiannu's doomsday would come.

Amid the deafening sound of horse hooves, four thousand Mongolian cavalry rushed forward at lightning speed. The Mongolian herders raised their heads and made a strange "scream" sound. The Mongolian battle robe that was floating in the wind was like a huge earth-brown wave, rolling towards the Ming army who was waiting for battle...

The fearless Mongolian herders widened their blood-red eyes, and the cold wilderness retreated like a tide under the feet of Mongolian cavalry, and the dark Ming army was getting closer and closer.

Four hundred meters!

Three hundred meters!

Two hundred meters!

"Open fire!"

"Boom boom boom..."

A loud shout like thunder broke out in the Ming army. The 1,500 musketeers who had been waiting for the battle coldly pulled the trigger. With the light from the flint, the row of black muzzles spewed out dazzling red light at the same time, and then there were deafening gunfire sounds.

"Ao!"

"Uh!"

"I don't want to die..."

The Mongolian cavalry formation was suddenly filled with people and horses. Accompanied by fierce howls, curses and shouts, more than 200 front row cavalry fell backwards. The second row of cavalry who followed up followed was caught off guard. Before they could make time to make evasive horse movements, the iron hooves of the mount under their crotch had already stepped onto their companions' bodies.

"Boom boom boom..."

Fierce gunfire sounded one after another, and the Mongolian cavalry fell backwards in rows. The attack of the 4,000 cavalry was no different from that of the two thousand cavalry. Although the attacking force increased, the firepower of the Ming army's musket battalion seemed to have become more dense. The Mongolian cavalry finally rushed through the 200-meter journey of death, but there were only a pitiful more than 800 cavalry left.

Similarly, the forced ejection of these more than 800 remaining cavalry did not cause much damage to the Ming army.

When the more than 800 remaining cavalry circled in circles from the left and right wings of the Ming army formation and returned to the Jiannu formation, Dorgon's strong body was trembling slightly, which was the result of trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

Dorgon was almost burned by anger, and he threw 6,000 Mongolian cavalry into attacks. In the end, only more than 900 cavalry came back alive and were defeated so thoroughly. When did the Ming army even become so powerful in field battles? The sharp Mongolian cavalry actually hit the head and bloodied in front of these damn Southern Ming barbarians?

The hard-core traitor Fan Wencheng had already seen the trick and stepped forward to persuade: "Master, this kind of attack is not possible."

Dorgon took a deep breath and tried his best to calm the anger in his chest.

Fan Wencheng continued: "The range of the Ming army's muskets is obviously longer than that of the Mongolian cavalry cavalry bows, and it is also more powerful. In addition, there are strong slalom shields in front of the Ming army as a barrier, so it is difficult for the Mongolian light cavalry to pose a threat to the Ming army. If you send more Mongolian cavalry to go up, you will just die."

Dorgon said in a voice: "What do you think should you do?"

Fan Wencheng said: "The Ming army has no cavalry and lacks battlefield assault power. Our army might as well send oar shield soldiers as barriers to protect archers into range, and then use bows and arrows to deal with the Ming army hiding behind oar shields. The Ming army's oar shields can only protect the front, but cannot cover the entire sky!"

"Okay." Dorgon said with a grim voice, "That's it, Boluo!"

Boro quickly stepped forward and replied, "The slave is here."

Dorgon said: "Let your 10,000 former Ming surrendered troops be carried as barriers, press down on all the 10,000 archers with the Zhenglan Banner and the Red Banner, and then transfer 20,000 Mongolian cavalry to dismount and act as infantry archers. The 30,000 archers were divided into three strands, and attacked from the front and two wings respectively, and shot these damn Southern Ming barbarians to death!"

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Boro responded with a loud promise and took the order and left.

In less than a cup of tea, ten thousand Jiannu archers and twenty thousand Mongolian cavalry who had taken off the horse had already assembled. At the same time, the 10,000 former Ming surrendered troops under Boluo were also arranged in formations with giant oars and shields. The 40,000 people were divided into three long formations and pressed from the front and left and right wings of the Ming army.

On the platform of the Central Army Camp, Wang Pu was looking at the battlefield with a monocular telescope in his hand. Seeing Jiannu's actions, a ferocious smile appeared on the corner of Wang Pu's mouth. If Dorgon and Fan Wencheng could see the grim smile on the corner of Wang Pu's mouth, they would definitely regret the decision they just made!

At Wang Pu's order, Lu Liu quietly raised a signal flag behind him.

Among the hundreds of supplies behind the Ming army formation, forty large chariots covered with tarpaulin were immediately divided into hundreds of supplies behind the hall. Under the push and pull of the soldiers of the supplies camp, they quietly advanced to the forefront of the formation. The oil cloth covering the cart had been lifted, revealing its hideous true appearance. It was a very forty Folang machine cannon!

The towering oar and shield wall blocked Jiannu's sight. The Jiannu archers who were hiding behind the oar and shield wall did not know that the god of death was already waving to them.

Even if the Mongolian cavalry's cavalry's cavalry's range was only about a hundred meters, the Jiannu archers' range was about one hundred and fifty meters, and the Ming army's muskets had a range of three hundred meters, but the most terrible Folang machine cannon could also bomb solid iron bullets or a large number of loose pieces to 500 meters away!

The two armies are more than 700 meters apart, and Jiannu's marching seems to be slow. Archers are not infantry, and their combat methods are not meat-profit, so they do not need to charge. They have to keep their physical strength. Pulling the bow and shooting arrows is a physical job. Without sufficient physical strength, it is impossible to pull the longbow.

When he entered the four hundred meters, Jiannu still seemed very calm. The Ming army's red cannons on the high platform in the distance had already been silent. It seemed that the Ming army's red cannons had reached their limit. If they continued to shoot, they would probably explode.

Only two hundred meters away were left, the former Ming surrendered army, holding the oar shield, finally began to become nervous. They carefully stood close to each other with their companions, and built a solid shield wall with solid oar shields. The shield wall was about three inches thick and covered with three layers of tough cowhide on the surface. In their opinion, it should be enough to block the lead bullets of the Ming army's muskets.

The Mongolian archers followed and the Jiannu archers took off the longbows on their shoulders. The other hand had already pulled a feather arrow from the quiver behind their shoulders and buckled them on the strings. As long as they walked forward two hundred meters, it was time for them to show their power. At that time, they must use heavy rain arrows to completely bury these damn Nanming barbarians!

But unfortunately, they will never have such an opportunity!

In front of the Ming army, a solid shield wall made of oars and shields suddenly cracked dozens of gaps from the front. In the cracks, dozens of cannon cars revealed their majesty.

A former Ming surrender was bent over and slowly moving forward with a shield. Suddenly, the ground beneath his feet trembled. Then, with a "boom", the extremely strong shield against him had been shattered into a shattered wood. Before he could understand what was going on, a scorching solid iron bullet hit his chest and instantly pierced their bodies.

"Boom boom boom..."

The violent explosions rang out continuously, and Jiannu, who was attacking from the front, was in chaos.

Dorgon, who was standing in the distance to watch the battle, hurriedly raised his monocular lens. Through the telescope's observation hole, Dorgon was frightened to see that the two shield walls in front of Jiannu's formation had collapsed forty or fifty huge gaps, and Jiannu near the gap had become a huddle.

"Damn it, what's going on?" Dorgon took a breath of air and hissed, "Where did these damn cannons come out?"

"Boom boom boom..."

As Dorgon finished speaking, dozens of dazzling blue smoke burst into front of the Ming army again. The Jiannu formation on the front was blown out forty or fifty gaps. A large area of ​​Jiannu near the gap was killed. The Jiannu shield wall, which had been collapsed forty or eighty gaps, had completely lost its barrier function.

The dense volley of guns roared, and Jiannu, who had lost the protection of the shield wall, fell down in rows. The two rows of front Ming surrendered troops in the front soon fell into a pool of blood. Even if they were not shot, they fell to the ground. They lost the shield wall and the front Ming surrendered troops as meat shields. The Mongolian cavalry that followed the follow-up immediately suffered old disaster.

"Quick!" Dorgon shouted loudly, "Retreat, the entire army retreat!"

Even if Dorgon ordered it in time, the attack suffered heavy losses. None of the three thousand Ming surrendered troops who acted as the front cannon fodder went back. Those who were lucky enough to die were lying among the dead and pretended to be dead. The eight thousand Mongolian archers who followed up died at least two thousand people, and more than three thousand were injured.

After all, people ran as fast as horses. The Mongolian cavalry who had got off the horse ran even slower on tiptoe.

"Retreat." Dorgon's eyes showed a heart-pounding chill, and he shouted in a calm voice, "The whole army retreats!"

Although the most elite Eight Banners Iron Cavalry has not yet fought, and although Dorgon still firmly believes that the Ming army's "turtle shell formation" and musketeers cannot stop the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry's frontal assault, Dorgon knows that this battle cannot continue today!

The Ming army in front of him was only more than 20,000 people, and it was definitely not the army of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Dorgon could not have dispatched the most elite Eight Banners Cavalry to fight with such a small number of elite Ming troops. The Ming Dynasty was too big, and all the elite Eight Banners Cavalry had fought for the world. How could the Qing Dynasty rely on to compete for the world?

To deal with this elite Ming army, we can only find another way.

Looking at Jiannu who was retreating like a tide, Wang Pu took a lot of effort to resist the temptation of pursuit.

Although the Central Army's firearms are sharp, they also have fatal weaknesses. The Red Cannon and the Flang machine cannon are too bulky and slow to act, so it is impossible to participate in the pursuit. Although the volley of the musket battalion is powerful, once it loses its dense formation, it becomes a fight on its own but is vulnerable!

Obviously, if Wang Pu sent the musket camp to chase Jiannu, he would probably turn his victory into defeat in the end! As for the spear camp, it was simply an auxiliary army. Sending the spear soldiers to chase Jiannu would not be a delivery of vegetables to Jiannu? As long as two thousand Mongolian cavalry fight back, they could shoot the scattered spear soldiers one by one.

Let the spearmen maintain their formation? Just kidding, how can you chase after maintaining their formation?

At this moment, Wang Pu especially hoped that he would have an elite cavalry under his command, not too many. As long as there were 20,000 elite cavalry who could conquer elite cavalry who were good at fighting, Jiannu would be finished. Wang Pu could turn Jiannu's retreat into defeat, and finally turn the defeat into the destruction of the entire army!

"What a pity."

Wang Pu smashed his mouth and ordered unwillingly, "Order the whole army will return to the camp to continue to defend."

In Liaocheng, Dorgon, who had just returned to his residence, shouted to Duoduo, who was also blushed, and said, "Old Fifteen, I will send an order immediately. Without this king's order, it is strictly forbidden to go to war!"

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Duoduo agreed to take the order.

Jiannu suffered heavy losses in this battle. Five thousand Jiannu archers of the Inlaid Blue Banner fell into the river, almost all of whom were beaten or frozen to death, and only one hundred survived. Because the banner owner Jirgalang lost in the political battle with Dorgon, the Inlaid Blue Banner had already been weakened, and the loss of the Five Thousand Banners this time was simply a disaster.

In addition, nearly 8,000 Mongolian cavalry were lost.

The Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of Korea were almost completely destroyed, and the Ming surrendered troops of the 60,000 former Ming surrendered troops also suffered heavy losses. The most serious thing is that these Ming surrendered troops have completely lost their interest in serving Jiannu. They are dead when they stretch their heads, and they are also dead when they shrink their heads. Who are the ones? These Ming surrendered troops of the Ming surrendered troops chose to mutiny collectively.

Dorgon was furious when he heard the news. He immediately dispatched tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry to almost kill all the surrendered troops who had mutiny and fled.
Chapter completed!