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Chapter 363 Kill Him First

Zhu Wenzhen can be regarded as the professional cavalry general who has followed Zhu Shuren for the longest time.

Although he was only a general under Cao Bianjiao's command back then, after being rescued by Zhu Shuren from the battlefields of Tashan and Xingshan together with Cao Bianjiao, Cao Bianjiao couldn't serve him privately because of his high position and authority, so he obediently went back and served Chongzhen for more than a year.

And when Zhu Wenzhen came back from Tashan, he was disabled and disheartened, so he was willing to give up the power and position given by the court, and just wanted to disappear for a while and vote for Mingzhu.

Unexpectedly, the encounter between the two later turned out to be quite different. Zhu Wenzhen made a lot of contributions because he followed Zhu Shuren more than a year earlier. He was just a guerrilla when he first came. soldier.Although the size of the cavalry unit he brought was still not as large as that of a famous veteran like Cao Bianjiao, the equipment was always the best.

Cao Bianjiao's cavalry command ability is unique in today's Ming Dynasty, and his overall quality is unmatched.However, Zhu Wenzhen's unique experience and attainments in the use of new weapons and how to make the Musketeers exert their maximum combat power are no longer comparable to Cao Bianjiao, and he can be regarded as a specialist in art.

At this moment, facing the charge of the cavalry of the Eight Banners, Zhu Wenzhen's grasp of the timing of the cavalry and shooting assault is also very good. It can be said that he is much better than Date Masamune on the other side of the East China Sea.

Basically, it can be ensured that the cavalry on both sides are within [-] or [-] steps before they start firing, and strive to complete the breakthrough at the moment when the opponent's front row is knocked down and morale is stunned.

"Bang bang bang!" The dense roar of muskets resounded across the entire front. The Qing army cavalry on the opposite side had never encountered such a style of play. They were caught off guard for the first time and suffered a big loss.

A series of screams resounded throughout the sky and could not be heard. In the first wave, at least a hundred riders fell straight from the horse. Even if they were not directly killed, they would have broken tendons and broken bones during the high-speed fall and roll. .

Zhu Wenzhen squinted his eyes and calmly observed the soldiers' charge. He was used to this state of squinting. It seemed that even his pupils could predict in advance that there would be a lot of flames shining ahead, so they narrowed down in advance and controlled the amount of light entering the eyeballs. In a low position, so as not to be shaken.

Some of Zhu Wenzhen's most elite soldiers with the most training and actual combat experience also seem to have mastered such skills, which can avoid being flashed by the detonation flames at very close range, and even if the roar and flashes are all there, they can still charge steadily Nothing messy.

This feeling is like when the two armies are about to fight hand-to-hand, someone throws a flash into the open space in the middle, one of them has white eyes and ears buzzing, while the other side doesn't seem to have been caught by the flash.

Zhu Wenzhen's intuition on the battlefield is extremely keen, and with a glance from the corner of his eyes, he is extremely satisfied with the state of contact with the enemy on the frontal battlefield, knowing that the Tartars have been fully attacked.

But he soon noticed some abnormalities, which made his brow furrow slightly and fleetingly.

"Why did the cavalry on both wings open fire so quickly! Before the battle, they repeatedly told them to charge within [-] or [-] steps before firing! These dog tartars are all elites with thick iron armor lined in cotton armor, how can they break their armor at such a distance!"

It turned out that before the start of the war, Zhu Wenzhen repeatedly emphasized that the enemies encountered in this battle were quite different from usual.Originally Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng's army, because they were too poor, may have a relatively low iron armor rate, but the Qing army is already the world's elite, and it has long been fed with money, food, materials, and armaments.How could this kind of shotgun, which sprays iron slag and crushed lead, break through armor at a distance of a little farther?

When he gave the order just now, he asked to fire, but that was only aimed at the central part of the conical charging formation, because the center of the formation was the first to meet the enemy.But those subordinates who had understood the meaning of his orders before the battle should know that they have to judge for themselves, and those who are slow to catch up with the enemy should wait!
However, when Zhu Wenzhen's mind flashed for a while to go back to beat the generals in charge of the two wings, something unexpected happened to him very quickly.

Although some of the Ming army cavalry on the two wings fired ahead of time after more than 30 steps, and some reckless ones even approached [-] steps-Zhu Wenzhen was too far away, and he couldn't see it clearly. It could only be a rough estimate.

However, the cavalry of the Qing army on the opposite side were still screaming. At least dozens of cavalry fell off their horses in the confrontation with the enemy, while only seven or eight of the Ming army were split by the armor-piercing cone-headed arrows. Type of killing, high and low judgment.

"How is it possible? Could it be that the Tartars also have light armor or even no armor?" Zhu Wenzhen was a little confused for a while, which was very different from his deliberate deployment of tactics and anticipation of the enemy before the battle.

But now that the battle situation is imminent, there is no time to think about it, he just let the soldiers on the left and right continue to shout and cheer, and charge with all their strength.

The cavalry of the Qing army on the opposite side fell into disarray because the front row fell one after another. The rear row was caught off guard and had to focus on dodging the fallen comrades and horses to avoid losing the front. damage.

The absolute number of people killed by the several rounds of muskets of the Ming army's cavalry is completely acceptable, but just torn a few holes in this way, and then viciously expanded the results of the battle, which quickly made the Qing army even more chaotic.

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Zhu Wenzhen didn't know that it was actually the negligence of the Qing army general Wadaq on the opposite side that brought about all this today.

It is true that the cavalry of the Qing army are rich and everyone is equipped with tiezha cotton armor.

The Qing army is also rich in horses, and it is true that they can match one person with two horses or even three horses like the Mongols.

However, in battle, having armor does not mean wearing armor all the time!Wadaq didn't have much experience in combat before. After his second brother Yue Tuo was convicted and killed due to internal strife, Dorgon was temporarily promoted in order to appease the Daishan family.

After playing with Azig, Wadaq has never encountered any decent opponents or fierce resistance in the North China battlefield in the past few months.

He didn't catch up with the stone battle, and when he killed Li Zicheng's army in the face, Li Zicheng's army had already lost half of the elite main force and their morale had fallen.In the past two months, in Heluo and Kaifeng, he has never fought that kind of life-and-death battle.So I got used to packing lightly and rushing forward, boldly outflanking.

Especially in the past few days, the task assigned to him by Azig was to outflank and plunder and divide the counties in the eastern part of Nanyang Prefecture.

After Wadak got used to it, in order to pursue speed, he would naturally reduce the armor rate of his troops, and he could also save horsepower and improve endurance. Today, this was the first time he encountered a hard stubble, and it can only be said that he was unlucky.

Zhu Wenzhen's Ming army cavalry, however, pretended to be pigs and eat tigers at the beginning, and they didn't shout, but just charged up in a dull and solemn manner,

If it were a more experienced general of the Qing army who saw that this Ming army cavalry was extraordinary, he might switch to the tactics of wandering, mainly long-distance cavalry bow throwing and pulling, and then hedging when he saw the flaws.But Wadakh's underestimation of the enemy ruined this opportunity in vain.

How many years have passed, how can the cavalry of the Ming army be able to confront him with the Qing Dynasty!Except that man.

After the two sides entered the bloody minced meat, the shortcomings of the Qing army being massacred by close-up firearms and the collapse of the combat power formation were quickly exposed, and Zhu Wenzhen caught and tried to expand.

After a while, Zhu Wenzhen took the lead in piercing through this cavalry of the Qing army and divided it into two parts. Although the absolute casualties were only a few hundred cavalry, they were even more concerned about one thing and lost another.

The military law of the Qing army was strict. If the main general fell, but his subordinates ran away, even if they fled back alive, they might be executed.If the two thousand riders were twisted into one rope, Wadaq was the first to order to flee, and the people next to him would dare to follow.

But now that they are divided, how can those cavalry officers who don't know the life and death of the commander dare to distance themselves?Aren't you afraid of losing your head in military law?In this way, the Qing army also lost the opportunity to rely on middle-level officers to adapt to the situation and fight at a distance. They could only fight head-to-head and face-to-face to the end.

Zhu Wenzhen saw that the battle had reached this situation, so he knew that today was stable.It was only at this moment that he revealed the last trick he had discussed with Zhang Bingbei before the battle.

"Raise the banner! Raise the banner of General Cao! The whole army shouts as ordered before the battle!"

The soldiers next to Zhu Wenzhen immediately unfurled several huge battle flags, all of which had been rolled up and stowed away before. For a moment, a large banner with the word "Cao" immediately fluttered in the wind.

Zhang Huangyan's account of his deceit before the battle was not entirely for the purpose of destroying the morale of the enemy during the war, but for deception on a strategic level——

As mentioned earlier, before Zhu Shuren left Huguang, he repeatedly told Zhang Huangyan to try to engage in some strategic deception. It would be best to make Azig mistakenly think that Zhu Shuren and his main force were still guarding Huguang and did not go east to rescue Nanjing.In this way, it is possible to use Azig's hand to create a chain reaction to trick Duo Duo into relaxing his guard and underestimating the enemy.

But how to cheat, Zhu Shuren is not a god, he can't predict how far the enemy will take the initiative, he can only let Zhang Huangyan adapt to the development of the situation.

And Zhang Huangyan's trick based on the latest battle situation in the past few days is: if Zhu Wenzhen's cavalry has a chance to meet the enemy and win a small victory, let him play the banner of Cao Bianjiao while chasing the enemy!

As we all know, Cao Bianjiao is the number one cavalry general under Zhu Shuren's command, and he also controls the absolute majority of the cavalry main force in Zhu Shuren's army.If he is personally on the battlefield in Nanyang Mansion, doesn't that mean Zhu Shuren's main force is still in Nanyang?
Zhang Huangyan's original intention was only at the strategic level, but he couldn't stand the actual use of it. Zhu Wenzhen maximized the effect to the tactical level, which can be regarded as an extra waste of money.

The cavalry of the Qing army in Wadakh had been divided and fell into a bitter battle. Suddenly they saw a bunch of flags with Cao characters on the opposite side of the Ming army, and they suddenly panicked. The horrible man who arrived.

"It turned out to be Cao Madgou's cavalry!"

"Fuck you, didn't Xiaozuo report that the main force of Cao Madgou followed Zhu Shuren to reinforce Nanjing? He must have been deceived!"

Cao Bianjiao's reputation became brighter, and the Ming army's iron cavalry offensive was really fast today, and the moves were caught off guard. The Qing army was divided, and each brainstormed and collapsed. In less than a quarter of an hour, it was finally completely defeated.

Xianghongqi Youmeile Erzhen and Daishan's fourth son Wadake were also chased and killed by Zhu Wenzhen's personal guards in the chaos.The cavalry of the Qing army and the Mongolian army had accumulated nearly a thousand casualties, and there were still servants of the Han army.

(End of this chapter)