Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 520 Bloody Battle of Hunhe

"Gao companion." Chongzhen turned his head and smiled Gao Qiqian.

Why is it me again?Is it over?Gao Qiqian couldn't help but slander in his heart.

However, Gao Qiqian's face was instantly filled with a smile: "Long live, this old slave is here."

"Don't blame me, I have no choice but to." Chongzhen sighed, "However, I will not let you pay for nothing. If you are still alive after this battle, you will be promoted to the title of Marquis of Loyalty."

Chongzhen is actually an atheist, but he has to believe in some things.

For example, Gao Qiqian's luck, this old eunuch's luck is really prosperous.

So this time in the battle of Liaodong, Chongzhen also wanted to take advantage of Gao Qiqian's luck.

Of course, it is undeniable that Chongzhen did this because he did not dare to take this risk.

Although the Battle of Liaodong has been deduced no less than ten times, and most of them have been won, as long as it is a war, there must be variables, and as long as there are variables, there are risks.

Therefore, the Ming army may also be defeated or even wiped out.

At this time, Chongzhen could no longer follow the Ming army.

The reason is also very simple. The Liaodong Ming army can be defeated or even wiped out. As long as the same number of Jiannu can be consumed, it will not be a loss, because the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is far greater than that of Jiannu.

The Liaodong Ming army could fail or even be wiped out, but Chongzhen could not take risks.

This is not simply fear of death. Chongzhen is not afraid of death, but once he died in Liaodong, the industrial revolution, which is already in its infancy, is very likely to be paused by the diehards.

If this is the case, the Chinese nation may still sink.

If this is the case, the Anza robbers in the West may still cause harm to the world.

So at this time, Chongzhen couldn't take risks, so he couldn't stay with Xu Yingwei and the others.

Juejin Zhongzhenhou?Gao Qiqian's eyes lit up immediately, he rubbed his hands and said, "Long Live Lord, this old slave is your domestic slave, and it's my honor to be able to die in the battle instead of you, the title or something is outrageous."

"Oh, really?" Chongzhen smiled, and said again, "That's fine."

"Ah, forget it?" Gao Qiqian's face collapsed, did you have any jokes?
"Gao Banban, I'll leave it to you here." Chongzhen pointed at Gao Qiqian and walked away.

In less than a moment, Chongzhen disappeared on the horizon like a whirlwind of clouds with eight hundred barbarians.

Xu Yingwei quickly came to Gao Qiqian and said, "Grandpa Gao, the scout cavalry reported that the Jiannu army was crossing the Hun River from ten miles south of Dongchang Fort, and it would arrive in about two hours if there were no accidents." The battlefield, so, you should put on your armor quickly, lest it will be too late."

Jiannu chose to cross the river ten miles south of Dongchangbao.

The gunpowder buried by the Ming army on the ice of the Hunhe River was in vain.

Therefore, there are always endless variables in war.

"Ah? So fast? Hurry up and help our family put on armor."

Gao Qiqian woke up like a dream, and quickly ordered the little eunuch to put on armor for him.

Xu Yingwei shook his head, and then gave orders to the infantry brigades and artillery battalions.

The Ming army participating in this Hunhe battle totaled more than 5000 people, organized into five infantry brigades and five artillery battalions, and there were more than [-] Korean servants.

With so many troops participating in the battle, they could no longer form a single hollow square.

Therefore, Xu Yingwei arranged the Ming army into a compound hollow phalanx in the shape of a "device", that is, one infantry brigade was placed in the northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest directions, and each infantry brigade was placed in a separate hollow phalanx.

In the center of the word "Qi" is the main artillery position of the Ming army, which also serves as a reserve position.

The fifth infantry brigade of the Ming army and more than 5000 Korean servants remained in the reserve position.

Once there is a dangerous situation in any direction, the Fifth Infantry Brigade and the North Korean Army can attack at any time.

In addition, the five artillery battalions were also deployed separately by Xu Yingwei. 10 field artillery units (equipped with 100 4-inch field guns) and 2 tiger squatting artillery units (equipped with 30 tiger squatting guns) were deployed in the "Qi" The main artillery position in the center of the word, and the other eight tiger squatting guns are deployed in the hollow squares at the four corners.

In this way, the infantry in the hollow phalanx at the four corners can receive light fire support from the tiger squatting guns, and at the same time receive heavy fire support from the central main artillery position.

It is a little bit reluctant to say that the 4-inch field gun is heavy firepower.

But compared to the tiger crouching gun, the 4-inch field gun can indeed be regarded as heavy firepower.

In addition, there is Zheng Sen's air force in the central reserve position. This time when he came to Liaodong, Zheng Sen brought ten flying cars.

When Xu Yingwei returned to the central reserve position, he saw that Zheng Sen was assembling the flying car with the air force officers and soldiers. For the convenience of transportation, the flying car was disassembled and reassembled when it was used.

Fortunately, the structure of the flying car is actually not very complicated, and it is assembled very quickly.

Seeing Xu Yingwei approaching, Zheng Sen hurriedly said: "Brother Youzhen, the formation is too crowded. When we fight later, Jiannu's shells will hit us directly, which is a bit unsafe."

Xu Yingwei’s composite hollow square array with the character “Qi” has a side length of about 110 steps at the four corners, which is more than 330 meters, and can accommodate more than 50 people standing side by side, with a total of four sides. Articles, add up to [-] people, will be an infantry battalion.

Then divide into three rows from the inside to the outside, adding up to more than 4000 people, will form an infantry brigade.

Then the distance between two adjacent hollow phalanxes is about two hundred steps. This distance is not randomly obtained, but calculated based on the effective killing distance of the flintlock gun.

Because the penetrating power of the flintlock within a hundred steps is still very strong.

But at two hundred paces, the penetrating power of the flintlock will drop sharply.

[Note: The stability of the smoothbore bullet is poor, the bullet will roll over violently, and the kinetic energy will decay quickly]

Therefore, the distance between two adjacent hollow phalanxes is reserved at [-] steps, which can guarantee fatal damage to the enemy troops passing through it, without threatening the friendly troops on the opposite side.

In other words, the total area of ​​the compound hollow square matrix with the word "Qi" is 340 steps x 340 steps, which is almost 500 meters by 500 meters. This area is really small for the red cannon, and it is easy to The firepower covered, so Zheng Sen's air force stayed in the central artillery position, which could not ensure safety.

Facing Zheng Sen's complaint, Xu Yingwei rolled his eyes.

"Brother Damu, this time is a field battle, not a positional battle."

"In field battles, do you still expect to have an absolutely safe rear?"

After a short pause, he continued, "Besides, Jiannu doesn't know the existence of your air force. Could it be possible that you can predict the future and let the artillerymen specifically grab you to fight?"

"That's true." Zheng Sen scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

Xu Yingwei shook his head again and said: "Brother Damu, you have this spare time to complain to me here, why don't you hurry up and get a speeding car to go up to the sky to take care of it."

"No problem, you wait."

Zheng Sen immediately led his troops into operation.

After a while, a flying car slowly rose into the air.

Because this flying car only needs to be on guard, Zheng Sen didn't carry a single grenade, but all tung oil, which can greatly extend the time in the air.

……

At the same time, the Jiannu army had already crossed the Hun River.

Looking at the ice surface of the Hun River, Dorgon felt a little emotional.

"26 years ago, my Qing soldiers fought a bloody battle with the Ming army on the north bank of the Hun River."

"At that time, the Ming army rushed to aid Shenyang with Baigan soldiers, Zhejiang soldiers, and Jizhen soldiers. If there was no suspicion between the Baigan soldiers, Zhejiang soldiers, and Jizhen soldiers, it would have given me a chance to defeat each of the Qing soldiers. It is really not easy to win the Hunhe battle, even if you win in the end, it will hurt your muscles and bones, so there will be no Daqing today."

"However, in this Hunhe battle, our Qing soldiers rushed thousands of miles to help, and the situation was reversed."

"But the good thing is that my Qing soldiers are one of the Eight Banners, and it is impossible to repeat the mistakes of the Baigan soldiers, Zhejiang soldiers, and Jizhen soldiers."

Speaking of this meal, when Dorgon was about to lead the army to continue to the southeast, Ye Bu received but reported that the Ming army was found on Heyuan thirty miles ahead.

Dorgon asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure it's the Ming army?"

"It's definitely the Ming army." Wa Xing Ah Ying said, "There is also the Emperor Dazhu of Chongzhen."

"What did you say? Chongzhen's emperor?" Dorgon's eyes lit up.

Behind Dorgon, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and other hard-core traitors also became excited.

The Qing soldiers mobilized their troops to come to Liaodong this time, and Forte was actually second. The main goal was Chongzhen. If Chongzhen could be captured alive or beheaded, it would be the greatest victory.

Dorgon confirmed again: "Wa Xing, are you sure you are Chongzhen's Emperor Dazhu?"

"Master, it must be the emperor's big banner of Chongzhen." Wa Xing'a said with great certainty, "The big banner is bright yellow, with sun and moon patterns embroidered on it, it is absolutely impossible for the servant to misread it."

"A bright yellow sun and moon pattern?" Hong Chengchou asked excitedly.

"Master, there is no doubt that he is the emperor of Chongzhen, and no one dares to overstep it."

"Okay, very good!" Dorgon said with a serious smile, "This is really nowhere to be found, and it doesn't take much effort, Chongzhen, Chongzhen, I wonder where you can go this time? "

While talking, He Luohui rushed over again on his horse.

"Master, good news." He Luohui said, "More than 2 cavalry from Horqin's Ten Banners have passed through Anshan Station, less than [-] miles away, and they can arrive in two hours at most."

"Haha, good, good!" Dorgon said good twice.

"Esen County King and the others came at the right time, neither early nor late!"

"With [-] cavalry from Horqin's Ten Banners, the success will be even higher."

After a pause, he continued: "Now Chongzhen has no chance to escape even if he wants to."

"That's right, Chongzhen has no chance to escape even if he wants to run now." Hong Chengchou said with a smile, "Mongolian light cavalry are best at chasing. It's useless for Chongzhen to have Yiding to protect him. He has no chance to escape back to Gaizhou."

"However, let's defeat the Ming army first." Dorgon said.

"Preach my will, deploy the whole army, line up!"

(End of this chapter)