Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 446 Hunting Jian Nu
Sun Fanzhi stood up and was about to leave, but found that Zhou Peigong had been standing in front of the sand table that Yan Yingyuan had just built, with an expression of reluctance to leave and his eyes shining.

This is a toy that bear children find interesting.

In ancient and modern China and abroad, almost every child has a dream of being a general.

"Zhou Peigong, what are you looking at?" Sun Fanzhi smiled and said, "Let's go."

Zhou Peigong snorted, scratched his head and said, "I'm thinking, if I were the commander of Jiannu, what should I do to break through Yan Gong's defense formation."

One sentence immediately caught the attention of Yan Yingyuan and the others.

Yan Yingyuan came over and asked with a smile, "Then have you figured out a countermeasure?"

"I thought of a way." Zhou Peigong nodded and said, "I just don't know if it will work or not."

"What, you really thought of a countermeasure?" Sun Fanzhi asked with a smile, "You tell me, how to solve it?"

Zhou Peigong pointed to the sand table and said: "The cost of attacking the two blunderbusses from the front is too high to be cost-effective, so the best way is to feign a frontal attack to contain them, and then directly outflank the Dagu entrance from behind."

Sun Fanzhi's expression changed and he said, "You mean to attack directly from the ice?"

"Yes." Zhou Peigong said, "I can see that the frontal defense of the two blunderbuss platforms is extremely powerful. It is difficult to break through without filling the trench with human life. However, it is possible to attack Dagukou directly from the ice. Break through the Dagu Pass, and the two blunderbusses in front will become a tree without roots and water without a source."

Sun Fanzhi hurriedly said to Yan Yingyuan: "Brother Juheng, you must guard against this."

Yan Yingyuan laughed out loud when he heard the words, and said to Zhou Peigong: "That's right, I have an idea. After this battle is over, I will recommend you to the Imperial College to join the class."

Sun Fanzhi said anxiously: "Brother Boheng, you must guard against the ice behind you."

Chen Mingyu smiled and said, "Brother Liufu, Juheng has already planted a large number of mines on the ice surface. If Jiannu doesn't come, it's fine. If he dares to attack from the ice surface from behind, he will inevitably repeat the same mistakes as the ice surface of Weihe River. "

"It turns out that Brother Boheng had expected it a long time ago." Sun Fanzhi laughed dumbfoundedly.

Zhou Peigong was once again lost in thought, what should he do if the ice is not good enough?Could it be that Yan Gong's horn defense array is really incomprehensible?
Or dig a tunnel?
……

Jierhalang really decided to launch a night attack, and attack from the ice.

Ezhen Tunqi, Gushan, Xianglan Banner, dissuaded and said: "Master, this is absolutely impossible. The ice surface of the North Sea behind the Dagukou seems to be a smooth road, but in fact there are hidden dangers! Minggou will plant mines in the ice to blow up the ice. , the ten kings suffered the same loss in Shanyang, and the nine kings suffered the same loss in Weihe this morning, master, you must not repeat the same mistakes."

"What do you know?" Jierhalang said, "Because Duoduo suffered the same loss in Shanyang and Dorgon in Weihe, Minggou didn't expect that we still dared to attack from the ice, which was unexpected. , attack them unprepared!"

"Master, think twice!" Tuntian didn't dare to say that Jierhalang was sending him to death, so he could only persuade him to think twice.

But Jierharang didn't listen at all, people are like this, they only believe in themselves, so wise people will understand a truth, never try to convince anyone.

Seeing that there was no way to persuade Ji Erhalang, Tun Qi had no choice but to come to Dorgon for help.

"Ninth King, Prince Zheng can't listen to other people's persuasion, now only you can persuade him." Tun Qi said with a bitter face, "You can't just watch Xianglan Qi suffer."

"Xianglan Banner?" Dorgon said in disbelief, "What disadvantages can Xianglan Banner suffer?"

Tunqi was speechless, because the Xianglan Banner was "hunting" on the Xuzhou battlefield at this time, and there was not a single soldier at Dagukou, so the only one who suffered was Jierhalang.

But Tun Qi's words also aroused Duo ErGun's worries.

I don't know what's going on in Xuzhou now?Duoduo has not sent a pond report for a long time.

……

The situation on the Xuzhou battlefield is already very bad.

Since the main force of the Ming army arrived at the Huanghuai defense line, the defense force has been greatly strengthened, and it has become very difficult for the Eight Banners Manchuria to launch a sneak attack.

If one is not careful, he will be surrounded by Ming army cavalry and wiped out.

After suffering a few losses, the Eight Banners Manchuria changed its strategy and began to use Jiala as a unit to launch brutal hunting and anti-hunting with the Ming cavalry on the vast ancient battlefield of the Central Plains.

At the beginning, with the advantages of equestrian skills and large bows, we did achieve some results.

However, since the end of March, the situation has become less optimistic. The main reason is that the equestrian skills of the cavalry of the Ming army have become more and more proficient, and the shooting of guns on horseback has become more and more accurate.

For example, at this moment, a Jiala of the Xianglan Banner was entangled tightly by the cavalry of the Ming army again.

Seeing that they could not get rid of the cavalry of the Ming army, the Jiala forehead Zhenlan worshiped with the blue flag became angry: "The thieves, kill them back, this time even if they chase them to the ends of the earth, we will kill them!"

With an order, more than 1000 cavalry with the inlaid blue flag rushed back.

Not only that, Lan Bai also ordered the two Jia Lazhangjings to lead [-] cavalry each, to outflank from the left and right sides respectively, and prepare to make dumplings for the Ming army cavalry.

But the cavalry of the Ming army were not stupid, they turned their horses and ran back when they saw this.

Lan Bai and the cavalry of Xianglan Banner tried their best, but they still couldn't close the distance between the two sides.

It has to be said that the equestrian skills of the cavalry of the Ming army have really improved a lot. It can be seen that actual combat is the best way to train troops. If only relying on training, it is impossible to improve so much in such a short period of time.

After chasing for almost half an hour, the horse with Xianglan Banner breathed heavily.

At the same time, more Ming cavalry appeared on the left and right sides of the Xianglan Banner.

The two Jialazhangjing who had been detoured out were also forced to shrink back to join Lanbai.

Lan Bai didn't dare to pursue any further, because if he pursued further, he would have penetrated deep into the hinterland of Xuzhou, and he might be surrounded by more cavalry of the Ming army at any time, and it would be really troublesome at that time.

"Mother thief, these damn smart dogs."

Lan Bai could only give up, and said bitterly: "Withdraw, let's go back!"

However, as soon as the cavalry with the inlaid blue flag turned their heads, the Ming cavalry turned back immediately.

The cavalry of the Ming army not only turned back, but also approached to about fifty paces, and then began to fire their guns at a distance of about fifty paces, and the sound of firing guns was endless for a while.

For Eight Banners soldiers, fifty paces is an annoying distance.

Because the effective shooting range of the Dashao bow is between forty and fifty steps, no matter how far the distance is, the hit rate will drop sharply due to the influence of the environment. Only a few warriors like Obai and Yabran use hard bows. In order to expand the effective range of the Dashao bow to [-] steps, but [-] steps has also reached the top.

Although the hit rate of the self-generated guns of the Ming army is not high,
But the musketeers of the Ming army could fire their guns without restraint, without any scruples.

But the Eight Banners soldiers have scruples, because each person usually only carries twelve heavy arrows.

So Lan Bai didn't let the Eight Banners soldiers under his command fight back, because he knew it would be futile.

"Retreat, ignore them!" Lan Bai curled up on the side of the horse's back as much as possible, so as to reduce the probability of being hit by the Ming army's self-generated firecrackers, and shouted loudly, "Retreat at full speed!"

The flag soldiers of the inlaid blue flag quickly turned from full-speed pursuit to full-speed retreat.

The cavalry of the Ming army cut from running at full speed to chasing at full speed, while constantly firing guns.

If you fire a gun on a horse running at high speed, the hit rate is low, but if you fire a lot of guns, you will always hit.

Ever since, some banner soldiers screamed and fell from their horses, and some horses were hit, and the banner soldiers on the horses fell down heavily, and then they were killed and injured by the Ming army cavalry. Lan Bai did not lead any troops. Go back and rescue them, because judging from the experience of many fights in the past, the injured banner soldier is basically dead.

Because they don't have time to bandage the wound, it will bleed all the time.

So Lan Bai gave up the rescue directly, and just led the flag soldiers under his command to gallop on horseback.

After running across Nanyang Lake and Dushan Lake, the front began to enter the mountainous area, and the Ming army cavalry finally gave up hunting.

When Lan Bai looked down at the war horse under his crotch again, it was as if he had just been fished out of the water. His whole body was soaked, and foam was constantly gushing from the corners of his mouth, obviously he had reached his limit.

When Lan Bai saw this, his heart ached.

When will such a day end?
Still hunting, almost becoming prey.

……

When Hu Guozhu returned to Xia Town with a team of cavalry, he happened to meet dozens of soldiers from the cavalry battalion gathered to exchange experiences on riding and shooting, and Chongzhen listened with a smile on his face.

"My lord." Hu Guozhu hurried forward to salute.

"Taiyi, you're back?" Xiao Chong asked with a smile, "How's the result?"

"So-so." Hu Guozhu scratched his head, "Beating more than 50 Jian slaves."

This is really treating Jiannu as prey, and they have begun to use "head" as a quantifier.

"Have you all heard that? Hu Guozhu shot more than 50 heads." Chongzhen said to the scholars with a smile, "So what is there to be proud of when you shot more than ten or twenty heads?"

After speaking, he said to Hu Guozhu: "Taiyi, tell everyone about your experience."

Just as Hu Guozhu wanted to say that it was all nonsense, Chongzhen rushed to say: "No excuses are allowed, no secrets are allowed, if you have any experience, you must share it. This is an imperial decree. Tell me quickly."

"Leadership." Hu Guozhu said helplessly.

"There is a real trick to firing a gun on horseback."

"The most important thing is not to aim, you must see what you see."

"It's definitely not good at the beginning, and you will become proficient after firing a few guns."

Speaking of this meal, he said to Chongzhen again: "My lord, I want to increase the ammunition ration of the cavalry battalion, and increase the training subjects of shooting live targets. This way, the combination of fighting and training will make progress faster."

"Sure!" Chongzhen said happily, "I will issue an order to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

After a pause, he continued: "However, it's late March now, and all the prefectures in Nanzhi have started spring plowing, so you have to hurry up, this year's farming season can't be delayed anyhow."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, this year's farming season will not be delayed." Hu Guozhu said solemnly.

"If there is no accident, Jiannu should soon be unable to hold on, and it is time to seek a decisive battle with us. If the decisive battle still does not take advantage, Doduo may have to retreat in despair."

(End of this chapter)