I want to be emperor

Chapter 532 Cavalry Attack
Hauge, who led more than [-] cavalry from Guangning's former guards to reinforce Zhongqian, never thought that Guangning Zhongqian was only shelled by the Chu army for half an hour, and even the infantry didn't rush up, so he said I can't keep it anymore.

In his opinion, this situation is not a matter of the intensive artillery fire of the Chu army at all, but a matter of the attitude of the defenders in the city.

No matter how strong Chu Manzi is, even if one person is equal to a hundred, it is impossible for them to pose any real threat to Guangning Zhongqian before they rush forward.

As for the shelling, everyone knew that Chu Manzi's guns were sharp.

Now that you know that Chu Manzi's guns are sharp, don't just stay in the open area of ​​the city and be bombed, as long as you have a little brain, you will hide.

Could it be that the various trenches dug and the artillery fortifications built in the past year or two are just paper?
Therefore, Hauge was very dissatisfied with the defenders of Guangning Zhongqian Institute who urgently called for help after the Chu army bombarded them for less than half an hour, and asked their cavalry to attack quickly, otherwise they would be finished.

He has already made up his mind, and after the threat of Chu Manzi is resolved this time, he will suggest to his father to purge the defenders of Guangning Zhongqian.

But there are quite a few people under Dorgon's subordinates, who happened to be killed together.

Although he was very dissatisfied with the defenders of Guangning Zhongqian, Hauge understood the overall situation and did not lose his mind because of the anger in his heart.

On the one hand, he sent people to send flags to the defenders in the city, and all kinds of threats and lures made them have to defend.

On the other hand, it also urged the cavalry under his command to quickly complete various preparations for combat. The forward cavalry would attack when it should, so as to reduce the pressure on the defenders in the city as much as possible.

After all, he also knew that even though the defenders of Guangning Zhongqian had various problems, it was a fact that Chu Manzi's artillery was sharp.

Even if it was several kilometers away, he could hear the continuous rumble of artillery, especially the huge explosions from time to time, which told him that Chu Manzi was firing explosive shells from large siege artillery to bombard Guangning Zhongqian.

Under Chu Manzi's sharp bombardment, the defenders in the city might be able to defend for a few days, but if it lasted longer, they might be doomed.

Therefore, Hauge must do something to relieve the pressure on Zhongqian Suocheng.

And this is also the meaning of their cavalry.

From the very beginning, the Dongyao people voluntarily withdrew 5000 elite cavalry from Balipu, and sent out more than [-] cavalry from Zhongqian before the Chu army killed them.

In addition, tens of thousands of cavalry were immediately dispatched from the Qiantunwei City in Guangning.

All these are to be able to maintain a strong mobile force outside the city when the Chu army is attacking the city.

This powerful mobile force can attack the logistics line of the Chu army and continue to attack their small forces on the periphery.

The most important thing is that when the Chu army is attacking the city on a large scale, they will go around and attack the main force of the Chu army. At that time, they may not be able to cooperate with the city defenders to attack the city from front to back, and directly defeat Chu at the front of the city. Manzi, won another brilliant victory similar to the Battle of Sarsh, completely suppressing the Chu army outside Shanhaiguan, reversing the offensive and defensive situation of both sides.

Here, Haug's cavalry of [-] cavalry is very important.

As Hauge's orders were issued one after another, the cavalry standard of the Dongbang people also began to move.

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As soon as the cavalry of the Dongyao people moved, the First Cavalry Army led by Lieutenant General Zhu Xingfa and the cavalry detachment of the Guards Army also moved.

Lieutenant General Zhu Xingfa's cavalry unit is all focused on the Dongren people. They have not yet left the camp. When they were preparing for battle in the camp, Zhu Xingfa and the others had already discovered it and prepared for it.

When a cavalry of about 2000 people from the Dongyao people attacked first and marched towards the northwest, although it is still unclear what the Dongyao cavalry wanted to do, it did not prevent Zhu Xingfa from directly ordering a The cavalry brigade took a cavalry artillery battalion and went directly to block the road.

In short, the Dongyao cavalry cannot be allowed to rush out, even if they are heading northwest, not heading for Guangning Zhongqian in the south.

However, once they disappear from view, no one knows when they will pop up.

If this happens at the most critical moment of the battle between the two sides, or if it runs out to attack the artillery positions in the rear, wouldn't it be the end.

Zhu Xingfa adopted the strategy of blocking the enemy if he doesn't move, and blocking him directly when the enemy moves...

He and his cavalry unit, in this battle of Guangning Zhongqian, the only strategic task is to guard the cavalry of the Dongbang people.

It would be even more perfect if they could be crucified directly here four kilometers north of Guangning Zhongqian.

Cavalry who cannot run and maneuver quickly lose their greatest threat.

Therefore, when Zhu Xingfa saw the enemy cavalry appear, he immediately ordered the third cavalry brigade to bring a two and a half catty cavalry artillery battalion to kill them.

Moreover, when the brigade and the cavalry artillery rushed up, they didn't care too much about horsepower, and directly mounted their horses and marched quickly.

As for the Eastern captive cavalry on the opposite side, in order to ensure the physical fitness of the horses, they did not ride horses at the beginning. After they discovered that the Chu army cavalry directly mounted their horses, they were also forced to mount their horses in order to prevent the situation from deteriorating.

Ever since, the two cavalry began to maneuver quickly in the field!
If you look down from the sky, you will find that the cavalry of Dongyao is heading northwest, while the cavalry of Chu army is maneuvering in the direction of true north.

Because of the distance and the terrain, and because the cavalry of the Chu Army did not hesitate to use their horsepower at the beginning, they rushed directly for a short period of time. The cavalry of the Chu Army rushed to the front of the Dongyao cavalry and directly blocked their way. up.

Under such circumstances, the more than 2000 cavalry of the Dongyao people either retreated, or continued to detour towards the maintenance, or charged at the cavalry of the Chu army!
And the charge at the last line... seems to be a choice, but it is actually the worst choice.

The generals of the Dongyao cavalry are not stupid. At a glance, they saw more than a dozen cavalry cannons on the opposite side, and at the same time saw that the opposite side was also a traditional cavalry shooter.

It's hard to say whether they will win or lose, but the strategic goal they are trying to bypass must be impossible to achieve.

They didn't come for a decisive battle with the Chu army's cavalry, but tried to bypass the Chu army's cavalry and attack the Chu army's infantry positions from the side and rear.

It is impossible to rush directly, and it is impossible to continue to detour.

After all, we are all cavalry, and the speed of short-distance maneuvering is almost the same, so it doesn't make any practical sense to continue like this.

But if you retreat directly... Hauge behind is still watching!
They didn't dare to make a decision on their own, they could only stop and wait for Hauge's message.

Hauge in the rear, of course, also saw this scene in the northwest!
He was not surprised that the first cavalry to attack were intercepted.

Chu Manzi on the opposite side is not a fool, so naturally he would not sit back and watch him send cavalry around!

This attack, he knew from the very beginning that it would not succeed, but he still sent the cavalry out, just to measure the quality of the opponent, to see with his own eyes how capable the Chu Manzi cavalry on the opposite side is, and to do it for the follow-up real battle. I know what I know.

Many things can be seen from the rapid attack and interception of the cavalry.

For example, the ability to quickly mobilize and organize the Chumanzi cavalry on the opposite side, how long it will take to mobilize troops to attack quickly, whether the formation is scattered during the attack, whether the course of action is appropriate, what choices the two sides make after encountering, and so on.

These are things that can be seen, especially the crucial mobility and formation.

What do cavalry rely on to fight?
On the one hand, it depends on mobility, and on the other hand, it depends on formation.

Judging from the forward cavalry maneuvers of both sides just now, the Chu Manzi cavalry on the opposite side is quite satisfactory. You said that it is impossible to shock Hauge... The elite cavalry under his command can do better than the forward cavalry of Chu Manzi on the opposite side better.

But you made Hauge look down, which is even more impossible.

Hauge's ability to become the most valued and powerful prince under Huang Taiji's subordinates was not only related to his older eldest son, but also because of his outstanding military command ability.

There are many sons of Huang Taiji, and few of them can do better than Hauge in leading troops to fight.

And a qualified and successful military general will never underestimate the enemy.

Not to mention, the person opposite was Chu Manzi.

In the past two years of fighting between the Chu army and the Dongyao people, the Dongyao people hardly got any advantages, and often suffered losses.

There was a big defeat on the Liaodong Peninsula, and now Changsheng Island and the area south of Jinzhou are still in the hands of Chu Manzi.

In the early days, the two sides fought several times near the first line of the Great Wall, such as Jizhen and Miyun. The two sides seemed to win and lose each other, but the Dongyao people were never able to break through the Great Wall defense line again.

There was only one time when it seemed that they entered the defense line of the Great Wall, but it turned out that Chu Manzi deliberately set up an ambush... At that stop, all the more than [-] cavalry of the Dongyao people who broke into the Great Wall in the early stage were wiped out... None of them escaped. Hauge followed Dorgon and led the army outside the Great Wall, listening to the wailing of the ambushed friendly troops... But they were powerless about it, they couldn't break through the Chu army's outer defense line, and then rescue the ambushed friendly troops .

The only thing to be thankful for is that the cavalry who were ambushed and annihilated were the cavalry of the Mongolian Eight Banners, although they were also considered to be the troops of the Eastern Captives.

It wasn't them who kidnapped people from the East!
Judging from the previous battles, Chu Manzi is not easy to fight, much more difficult than the previous Ming army.

The level of equipment and the most important morale are not on the same level.

Therefore, Hauge took this battle very seriously and cautiously.

Before a large-scale attack, he must find out the real situation on the other side, and be aware of it, and then he can dispatch troops according to the situation on the other side.

But now it's not enough to just watch the opponent's maneuvers, you have to fight in actual combat!
There is nothing better than actual combat to see reality clearly!
Ever since, the forwards of more than 2000 cavalrymen on the front line in the northwest received an order from Fang Hao through the semaphore: "Launch a tentative attack and see the quality of the opposite side."

(End of this chapter)