Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

The central phalanx of the Ming army.

Standing on the towering nest car, you can have a panoramic view of the entire battlefield.

The four hollow phalanxes of the Ming army attacked simultaneously from the northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest directions, attacking the Jiannu main formation several miles away.

Since there are slaves and defeated soldiers in the middle,
So it looks like they are chasing Jiannu routs.

After a day and night of fierce fighting, the casualties of the Ming army were not small.

The four infantry brigades that attacked each had only about 3000 people left.

The infantry of about 3000 people in the four routes formed four hollow square formations with a side length of about [-] steps. There was a little confusion in the formation, but as long as the obstacles were bypassed, it would soon be restored to integrity.

This is the advantage of infantry over vans and carts.

Using vans and carts to form an formation can certainly provide strong protection for the musketeers, but it also restricts the mobility of the entire human-vehicle formation, which can generally only be used on plain terrain.

But infantry is only slightly affected by terrain.

The sound of trumpets and drums continued, and the Ming army continued to advance with bloody bayonets.

In just this moment, more than 2000 Eight Banners soldiers died in battle.

After all, a Jurchen head is worth 50 taels of silver.

On the left and right sides of the Eight Banners Han Army are the artillery positions of the Green Battalion.

In a blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides was less than fifty steps.

At the same time, the artillerymen of the Green Battalion also began to erect cannons on both sides of the hollow phalanx.

Until Jiannu fired three volleys, the distance between the two sides was less than thirty steps.

Dozens of Ming soldiers walking in the first row fell down in an instant.

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"Xu Gejian, we can't do nothing, can we?"

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Thinking of this, Dorgon's eyes turned black for a while, and tens of thousands of Eight Banners warriors died in one battle. For the Jurchens with a total population of only 30, it is definitely a traumatic injury.

In addition, the Eight Banners Mongolian and Horqin Mongolian cavalry also detoured from both sides.

The Ming army will never let these wounded soldiers go.

With a salvo, the first row of Jiannu suffered heavy losses.

A few seconds later, the second row of Jiannu came up and opened fire, and dozens of Ming soldiers fell to the ground.

The soldiers of the Ming army in the phalanx marched forward, listening intently to the sound of bugles and drums.

When the four hollow phalanxes of the Ming army defeated the Eight Banners Manchuria and continued to advance, the more than 1 Eight Banners Han troops who had fled back before had formed a huge hollow phalanx.

The Ming army did not hesitate to bear the three salvos of Jiannu, and did not hesitate to pay the heavy price of killing and injuring hundreds of people, in order to cause greater damage to Jiannu at a closer distance.

But soon, the same number of Ming troops replaced from the second row to the first row.

But the sacrifice of more than 2000 slaves was not without cost, at least it bought a certain amount of time for the follow-up slaves and the slave artillery.

However, the huge hollow phalanx formed by more than 1 Eight Banners Han troops happened to be between the Ming army and Jiannu's main formation, so it gave people the feeling that the Ming army wanted to pinch the Eight Banners Han army.

Behind Gu Yanwu, there are trumpeters and drummers. While watching Gu Yanwu's hand gestures, the trumpeter and drummer blow the suona or beat the war drum on his waist.

The remaining dozens of Januton looked at each other for a while.

"Understood, the scouts immediately retreat to the hollow phalanx!" Gu Yanwu ordered the scout cavalry to withdraw to the phalanx, and at the same time ordered to the 1st infantry brigade, "There are all of them, keep going!"

So far, all the [-] and Eight Banners warriors who brought Liaodong have been killed or injured.

Gao Qiqian was still worried: "Is the air force really unable to attack?"

At this time, looking down from the sky,
The two groups of hollow phalanxes are like the pair of claws of crabs.

Except for the mountainous and dense forest terrain that will be affected, the infantry can still maintain the formation integrity of most of the other terrains, even if they encounter undulating and irregular hilly terrain.

Gu Yanwu finally suppressed his pistol and aimed his gun at the Jiannu infantry array in front.

Then before Jiannu came to his senses, the second row of Ming soldiers had advanced to the first row, and then he aimed his gun and pulled the trigger, another row of dense bullets rained down on Jiannu.

One left and one right cut towards Jiannu's main formation several miles away.

The march of the Ming army may not look fast, but it is actually not slow.

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I have to say, this effect is really good.

Jiannu set up a three-segment line array, with about 600 people in front of each of the four Ming army phalanxes.

Seeing Gu Yanwu's gesture, the drummer continued to beat the war drum, while the trumpeter changed the sound of the trumpet.

After the three salvos, there were not many Jiannu left in the three rows opposite.

Gu Yanwu decided to ignore the Mongolian cavalry and attack if he had the guts.

Soon, the hollow phalanx of the Ming army came to the Jiannu formation just now. Hundreds of Jiannu wounded soldiers who were seriously injured and survived pulled out their sabers from their waists and tried to resist, but it was in vain.

Hearing the sound of the trumpet, the Ming soldiers in the front row pressed down their flintlock guns in unison, and while continuing to march forward, they aimed the muzzles of the flintlock guns at the Jiannu array in front of them.

The only good news is that the artillery fire rate is not fast.

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Gao Qiqian, who was standing next to him, also saw it, and immediately reminded Xu Yingwei: "I advise you to look quickly, the Jiannu infantry behind has formed a hollow phalanx, and their artillery is also setting up artillery."

After Jiannu fired three rounds of volley, the Ming army had already killed and injured more than a hundred people, but Gu Yanwu held his right arm high from the beginning to the end, and did not give the order to fire.

The same scene was also staged in front of the Ming army phalanx in the other three directions.

If we can win this battle, we may be able to save the six or seven thousand and eight banner warriors, but if we lose this battle, then these ten thousand and eight banner warriors will really die.

"Eunuch Gao, don't worry, since Youzhen dared to order an attack, she is sure of winning." Zheng Sen said, "Let's just wait and appreciate Youzhen's masterpiece."

The desperate blocking of more than 2000 Eight Banners Manchuria bought time for the Eight Banners Han army to regroup and regroup, and also gave the artillery of the Green Battalion time to react.

Accompanied by bang bang gunfire, a dense rain of bullets attacked the Jiannu array in an instant.

Gu Yanwu raised his right hand high and walked on the right side of the hollow phalanx.

However, the Ming army did not stop, but continued to move forward unswervingly.

Gu Yanwu's gunfire was an order, and the Ming soldiers in the front row pulled the triggers of their rifles in unison.

Therefore, the entire formation of the Ming army also changed, from four hollow square formations that were originally independent of each other to a pincer-shaped offensive of two hollow square formations.

But who made them infantry?Who let there be slave cavalry on the periphery of the battlefield?
So at this time, the Ming army can only maintain a complete hollow phalanx to advance, and once they give up the formation and launch a free charge, although they can avoid being killed by the Jiannu artillery, they will definitely be defeated by the Jiannu cavalry. On the ground, the infantry who lost the protection of the formation faced the cavalry, only to be slaughtered.

"Yes, I see." Xu Yingwei was unmoved.

Facing the black Jiannu guns, the scholars in the front row and the soldiers of the Ming army were fearless.

After a bayonet stabbing, hundreds of Jiannu wounded soldiers were all stabbed into sieves.

Under the guidance of the trumpets and drums, the soldiers of the Ming army slowly moved forward in uniform steps. Soon, the distance between the two sides was less than a hundred steps.

Seeing that Xu Yingwei was indifferent, Gao Qiqian became a little anxious.

Gunpowder smoke filled the air, and a row of lead shot over like a storm.

"Marshal Gu, the Jiannu cavalry has turned around from behind." The scout cavalry who was wandering behind rushed back to report.

"There's really no way around this." Zheng Sen turned his gaze to the northwest and said against the bitter cold wind, "With such a strong wind, once the speeding car rises into the sky, it will soon be blown by the strong wind until it disappears."

So this battle must be won, and the injured Eight Banners warriors must be rescued no matter what.

Then the Ming army in the third row came up again and fired guns at Jiannu again.

Xu Yingwei has also seen Jiannu artillery.

It was just a salvo, and the row of Jiannu who just came up on the opposite side almost fell to the ground. Of the more than 200 Jiannu musketeers, only a few dozen could still stand.

With the sound of trumpets and drums, they have to keep walking forward for a moment, even if there is an abyss ahead, even if there is a sea of ​​swords and flames ahead, they must bite the bullet and rush in.

The Jiannu in the second and third rows behind were loading ammunition, and they were stunned on the spot seeing this.

In fact, there is no way, if it is cavalry, it can also make a quick assault.

For example, at this moment, the four hollow phalanxes of the Ming army that were attacking always kept their formation intact.

Look back to the battlefield ahead.

Dorgon turned his attention to the green battalion, and his hope of turning defeat into victory was pinned on the artillery of the green battalion. As long as the 1000 cannons of the green battalion can play their due role, the situation is still promising.

In a blink of an eye, more than half of the Jiannu in the second row fell.

At this time, the soldiers of the other three infantry brigades gradually caught up.

In the next instant, Gu Yanwu took the lead in pulling the trigger of the pistol.

The first team of Jian slaves had already raised their flintlock guns under the command of the officer.

Soon, the four hollow phalanxes of the Ming army encountered the first wave of resistance from Jiannu. The more than 2000 real slaves who were still fleeing just now stopped suddenly and formed their formation in a very short time.

Dorgon's heart was bleeding.

"Bah bah bah..." Jiannu on the opposite side opened fire first.

This wave of resistance organized by Jiannu hastily failed to stop the Ming army for too long.

Amid the sound of trumpets, the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Brigade continued to march forward.

Gu Yanwu looked intently and saw that nearly 400 camel cannons and 600 tiger squatting cannons were tensely building artillery positions on both sides of Jiannu's huge hollow phalanx, and the construction was about to be completed.

Gu Yanwu saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.

In order to keep the formation intact and avoid chaos, the Ming army's phalanx can only move so fast.

Therefore, it is impossible to completely escape the Jiannu shelling, at least one has to be hit by a row of shells.

The only good news is that the iron bullets of the Jiannu camel cannon can only hit one line, and its lethality is limited. Although the tiger crouching cannon can kill one piece, its mobility is not as good as that of the camel cannon, and it is easy to dodge.