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Chapter 463 Hesitation will lead to defeat
Longwu ten years, August [-]th.

It is located on a vast plain between Changchun and Songyuan in later generations.Tens of thousands of cavalry from the Ming and Qing armies finally looked at each other from a distance here, each appearing on the horizon of the other's field of vision.

To the west and south of the battlefield is the endless Songnen Plain.

There are dense grasslands, mixed with countless Hokkaido rice fields and rye fields dotted along the river.It was August, and the ears of rice and the waves of wheat were rolling in. If we could wait until the harvest time, there would be a rare bumper harvest.

To the east and north of the battlefield is the Songhua River with turbid waves, flowing from northwest to southeast, and rushing endlessly.

The first Ming troops who came to this battlefield and encountered the Qing army were thousands of Ming cuirassiers and [-] Mongolian servant cavalry under Zhu Wenzhen's command.

Many of those Mongolian servant cavalry had seen the Songhua River. After all, they had lived in the northeast grassland for half their lives.And those Han Chinese cavalry from the south were amazed at the scenery here.

First, they have never seen a great plain that is wider than the Hebei Plain. Second, they can't imagine that in the land of Huaxia, besides the Yangtze River, there can be another big river. Far beyond the Yellow River.

In the eyes of the Han people, the Yellow River is undoubtedly the second largest river in the world.And it is this subversion of cognition that has contributed to Zhu Wenzhen's strategic pulling style today.

In the past few days, he and Hauge had repeatedly quarreled, and Hauge also used a feint to pretend to deal with Li Yu who came from Changbai Mountain in the east, and finally killed him back to his carbine, approaching Zhu Wenzhen.

But in the end Zhu Wenzhen dared not to run away and chose to contact Hauge in this position, obviously there is also something to rely on.This reliance comes from his observation of the battlefield.

He found that as long as he retreated to the Songhua River, leaning on the Songhua River on one side, and divided some troops in advance to control the north bank of the Songhua River, then Hauge's main force would be stuck to a considerable extent after they arrived here.

It is impossible for Hauge to have the strength to temporarily organize forces on the battlefield to forcefully cross the Songhua River!The river is too big!
In this way, the direction to be blocked by the Ming army's time-delaying troops was reduced by half, making it easier to hold Hauge!

Hauge certainly knew this, but he had no better choice.

Mobile warfare has to find a battlefield where both sides are willing to fight, and both sides feel that they are not too bad, and then they can fight. If one side is purely at a loss, it will not fight at all.

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"Although the Songhua River is blocking the army's deployment and detour, it's not bad to be able to catch up with the enemy here. Obai, today you lead the main force of our Manchurians as the vanguard, and we must defeat Zhu Wenzhen within half a day! So that we can make an emergency landing on those spineless Mongolian cavalrymen and make them defect!"

After Haoge confirmed the deployment of Zhu Wenzhen's troops with a telescope, he issued an order for a general attack on Obai.

"The last general obeys the decree!" Ao Baihu roared, following his imperial decree of the Qing emperor, and carried it out without hesitation.

Even though the Ming army on the opposite side had thousands of pistols, double-barreled breech-loading guns, and even more than a hundred muzzle-loading sniper rifles that dismounted and fired, Oboi did not feel the slightest fear.

At this time, hesitation will lead to defeat, even if it is dangerous, there is no room for delay.

Zhu Wenzhen saw Oboi charging, but he didn't let the Ming cuirassiers with less than [-] go straight up.After all, the number of his direct troops is too small, and the main thing is to rely on the Mongolian servant army to consume first.

So Zhu Wenzhen issued an order to ask the Horqin and Chahar departments to outflank the left and right wings, fight and shoot, and harass the offensive of the lagging Oboi.

The main princes and nobles of the Horqin and Chahar tribes are now under the control of Daming. Even Zhu Wenzhen's army has taken some high-ranking generals as hostages, so they are not too worried about the Mongols' direct defection.

The revolvers of the Ming army cavalry have a short range, but they are extremely powerful in short-range bursts, and can fire six shots in a very short period of time. Therefore, it is very convenient to use as a supervising team at a distance close to the face.

Just like in the modern wars of later generations, a squad of soldiers all held bolt-action rifles and needed to be pulled to fire once, and the output speed was very slow. The situation is under control.

The Mongolian cavalry rushed forward half-push and half-push, and soon fought with Oboi.

However, both sides are mainly fighting horses and shooting, and they did not directly hedge, but kept a distance and shot arrows at each other.

All of a sudden, arrows rained down on the banks of the Songhua River, and tens of thousands of arrows flew staggeredly, splashing columns of blood.

More arrows pierced the fertile black soil, and the tail feathers of the arrow shafts trembled and swayed like the wind blowing reeds.

The armored rate of the cavalry of the Qing army is generally higher. Although the running endurance on the battlefield will also be weakened by the load, in this kind of shooting, the loss is obviously smaller.

The Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side kept falling to their deaths, but they did not dare to retreat, and wavered a little. The Ming army's supervisory pistolmen behind them immediately taught them to be human, killing the germ of danger at the initial stage.

In addition, the Mongolian princes and major generals were detained, and the Mongols did not dare to defect or mutiny on a large scale. At most, there were only sporadic incidents of greed for life and fear of death.

While the Mongolian cavalry continued to lose, there were not many casualties among the Qing cavalry on Oboi's side. It was difficult for Qing soldiers in iron-coated cotton armor to be killed or seriously injured by iron cone arrows.

But still from time to time, the Qing army's horses were shot down by the repeated arrow rain, and the heavy cavalry in the tiezha cotton armor were thrown out with wailing and miserably, and their tendons were broken.

The mobility and impact of the Qing army also became weaker and weaker in this tragic war of attrition.Even if some warriors were not seriously injured after falling off their horses, they could barely get up and act as foot archers, continuing to bend their bows and shoot arrows.

In the turbulent mobile warfare, it is very dangerous to stand in the middle of the battlefield casually, and you will be trampled by your own people.
Therefore, fighting and fighting, many Qing army archers who had fallen from their horses could only be naturally pushed closer to the Songhua River, assembled to the right side of the battlefield, and re-arranged along the river where it was relatively muddy and soft, and it was difficult for cavalry to enter.

It is precisely because these places are relatively muddy that the Mongolian cavalry can't rush up to trample on the soft persimmons.

Some young and energetic Mongolian cavalry who did not understand geography did not believe in evil. As soon as they rushed up, their horseshoes sank into the mud, stumbled and were thrown, and then they were randomly stabbed and killed by Qing infantry archers with sabers and spears.

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The bloody avant-garde war of attrition lasted for more than half an hour. The Manchu Qing cavalry and the Mongolian cavalry who were servants of the Ming Dynasty suffered considerable losses.

The casualties of the Mongols have reached thousands, while the direct death toll of the Qing soldiers was just over a thousand, but there were also many more lightly wounded, and infantry archers who lost their mobility due to arrows falling down on their horses.

Hauge was in the rear, seeing that Oboi failed to make a breakthrough, but instead lost his impact and mobility. He also realized that this battle was destined to shift from mobile warfare to positional warfare.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to put his Han and Mongolian troops who were forcibly enlisted into the army one by one, and let the only remaining Manchu soldiers around him serve as supervisors, imitating the Ming army and threatening the cannon fodder soldiers to go first.

The bank of the Songhua River suddenly became a bloody meat grinder, and countless lives were piled into it. The servants on both sides were afraid and retreated, but there was also an existence behind them that made them fear.

A small number of Mongolian cavalry from the Ming Dynasty saw fellow Mongolians coming up from the opposite side, and there were pistol cavalry in the rear who were supervising the battle and did not dare to run back. They unexpectedly defected and surrendered in order to survive.

But they didn't know that some of the Mongolian soldiers under Hauge's command collapsed and surrendered because they were afraid of the Manchu battle team with shining sharp blades and strong bows behind them, as well as the fellow servants of the Ming Dynasty in front of them.

As for the Han Chinese cavalry forced by Hauge, there was even more resentment backlog, like a crater that could be ignited at any time, it was always a huge hidden danger.During the melee, thousands of Han cavalry began to fall to Daming, and the entire front line was criss-crossed, completely messed up.

Under this kind of tacit understanding, the meat grinder seemed to be stuck in a huge quagmire, and there was a lot of resistance every time it turned.

Everyone is messing around, and in the end, it even appeared that they randomly shot arrows at the sky to see who they could shoot if they fell down with luck, and they didn't plan to aim and shoot.

Hauge saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

Daming can be bad, can work without effort, can be wasted, but he can't!

As long as Zhu Wenzhen is exhausted, Li Yu will come soon!After a long delay, Huang Degong and Li Fuming may also rush to the battlefield!
And if he, Hauge, dragged on, there would only be a dead end!
"Who made Oboi ride and shoot like this! Let him launch a decisive charge! Don't care how we Manchu warriors usually fight! Just post it to charge Zhu Wenzhen's banner! Fight those Han Chinese cuirassiers! Forget about the Mongols who are consuming arrows from both wings! Don’t be afraid of the revolvers of the Han cavalry!”

Hauge was already screaming hoarsely, and the messenger finally delivered his micromanagement orders to Oboi.

Seeing that the force of the troops was getting weaker and weaker, Aobai finally gritted his teeth and launched a desperate charge.

"Block Oboi! Don't let him charge up! Let the Mongolian cavalry attack from left to right and stick to melee combat! Cuirassiers get ready!"

Seeing that Oboi was desperate, Zhu Wenzhen also had a serious expression on his face. While directing the two wings to attack, he personally took precautions.

He had a premonition that those Mongolian cavalry might not really fight hand-to-hand with their flesh and blood.

Sure enough, after just half a cup of tea, Zhu Wenzhen's worries were proved. After all, those Mongolian servants surrendered to Ming Dynasty not long ago, their loyalty was very weak, and they didn't have the consciousness to fight for Ming Dynasty.
After a short and fierce hand-to-hand fight, they were scattered and returned to the state of hiding on the wings and shooting arrows secretly. Even if the cavalry of the Ming army killed a few deserters to deter them, it was useless, and chaos broke out instead.

Zhu Wenzhen knew that he had to lead by example, so he took 4000 cuirassiers and fought against the enemy regardless of the crowd.

This is a head-on confrontation without fancy, killing both sides in an instant.

The cavalry of the Ming army used their revolver pistols to fire several shots in the last [-] steps before approaching the enemy. However, due to the power of the projectiles and insufficient range and kinetic energy, the first two or three shots often did not cause any damage. kill.

The effective killing distance of a revolver against an unarmored enemy may be more than thirty steps, but it is absolutely impossible against an enemy in iron-coated cotton armor.It's just that the speed of fire of the revolver is limited after all. If you fire at [-] or [-] paces, it will be too late to run out of bullets before touching your face, so there is no way to waste a few bullets.

Thousands of Manchu and Qing cavalry were shot dead in the few rounds of wild shooting just before their faces.However, the cavalry of the Qing army under the command of Oboi was still brave and fearless, and completed this round of charges that proved the dignity of the Manchu Qing army.

Many cavalrymen of the Ming army fired their guns too late, and they had no time to change their guns and change their sabers to chop and slash.

The impact of this two-horse collision is poured on the lance, no matter how strong your forged steel breastplate is, it can't stop it. At most, after killing the cuirassier, the attacking side's lance head will also It's just broken.

However, the Ming army cavalry who were directly stabbed to death tended to be more calm when shooting, and the bullets they fired before they died were more threatening. Often, each person could take away three or four Manchu cavalry before death.

The two sides actually killed thousands of people in the initial confrontation over a cup of tea!This killing speed is nothing short of astonishing.

After Ku Lie's casualties, Zhu Wenzhen suddenly discovered a problem: Aobai clearly took the lead and rushed in front of this group of Manchu cavalry, why was he not killed by pistol bullets?No matter how brave Oboi is, can't all beings be equal in front of muskets?

This unscientific.

Zhu Wenzhen observed carefully for a while, only to find that Oboi fell off his horse twice in a very short period of time. What happened after he fell from the horse, because the distance was too far to see clearly, and his vision was blocked by other guard cavalry of the enemy army.

But Oboi was able to get horses from his subordinates again soon, and he mounted the horses and fought again.

It is estimated that this guy has worn three layers of armor for the first time?So no matter how you shoot, the horse will fall down and the person will not die?That is really a warrior with infinite strength, and he can kill the enemy wearing such a heavy armor.

"It is estimated that they are also defending against the pistol shells of our cavalry, and the important generals have strengthened their armor. They can only count on the armor-piercing ability of rifled sniper rifles."

Thinking of this, Zhu Wenzhen quickly called together the only more than 100 dragoons in the army who used long-barreled rear-loaded rifled sniper rifles.

Dragoons usually march on horseback and move around on horseback, and when the battle starts, they choose to dismount and shoot. In the history of the development of Western Musketeers, they have also left a strong mark.

Rifled sniper bullets, of course, have ten times more penetration than pistol bullets. As long as it is not a modern body armor made of steel plates, no matter how many sets of ancient armor you have, it will not be able to withstand it.

The dragoons were unable to make a move before because they had no good shooting opportunities and the battlefield was too chaotic.

But now that he had no choice, Zhu Wenzhen ordered his Chinese army flag to be firmly erected, and specially waved the eye-catching flag a few more times to lure Oboi to charge, and then he lined up all [-] snipers in the flag formation On the front, just wait for the other party to approach.

"The generals obey the order, all the pistol cavalry go to the flag formation to charge again and make sure that Oboi does not charge over, and the dragoon sniper team is not allowed to be exposed to the enemy's attack!

Only when Oboi personally led his confidant guards to attack the flag formation, they were allowed to withdraw to the two wings and give way to the frontal shooting angle! "

The Ming cavalry under Zhu Wenzhen's command were also veterans with extremely stable morale and military discipline. Many of them were elderly people who had been under the supervision of Zhu Shuren for more than ten years. Faced with this crisis, they were naturally not afraid of death and resolutely carried out the order.

The two sides fought fiercely for a long time, and the casualties became more and more tragic. Oboi's subordinates could not rush to the Chinese army flag formation in front of Zhu Wenzhen, and Oboi himself had to lead the team as the arrowhead of the wedge-shaped charge after changing two more horses. .

"Oboi is charging up! The whole army is staring at him and firing! Don't dodge!" Zhu Wenzhen snapped sharply, and the snipers ignored the threat of rumbling iron hooves and focused on aiming.

"Bang bang bang—" A hundred conical rifled sniper bullets shot out in just a few breaths, and Oboi on the opposite side narrowed his eyes, instinctively feeling the threat of life and death, but it was too late.

"Ugh—" Oboi let out a fierce howl, and at a distance of less than a hundred steps, he was hit by more than ten bullets, and he was shot to death on the spot together with the seven or eight confidant warrior guards who were closest to him. .

But Zhu Wenzhen's adventure obviously has serious hidden dangers.The one hundred snipers had no time to get on their horses, and they had already been rushed to the position close to their faces. They could only insert their bayonets directly and stab them on the spot to fight hand-to-hand with the Manchu cavalry who rushed up frantically.

The sounds of tendons breaking and bones breaking, horses breaking legs, and iron armor tearing were heard endlessly.The two sides collided directly and abruptly. Hundreds of Manchu and Qing cavalry rolled and died under the bayonet, and the sniper team under Zhu Wenzhen's command hardly survived, and all died in the stormy waves of hand-to-hand combat and trampling.

To replace the No. [-] general of the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible not to pay the price at all.

"Avenge the sniper brothers of the Dragoons! Follow me to kill! Oboi is dead!" Zhu Wenzhen felt a blood shot to his head, until he was responsible for the sacrifices of the robes, and commanded the pistol cuirassiers next to him Charge up to the chaotic Manchu cavalry just now.

After the initial anger and blood feud surged up, the Manchu and Qing cavalry slashed and killed without hesitation, and as their courage was exhausted, the serious impact of Oboi's being killed by a sniper finally spread gradually.

The Manchu cavalry was clumsy from the left to the right, and the charge gradually became weak. In the end, they left more than a thousand corpses and were killed by Zhu Wenzhen.

But Zhu Wenzhen was also under great pressure. In the short time just now, the pistol cuirassiers under his command had died in battle over a thousand, and there were many more wounded.If it weren't for knowing that the friendly army would arrive soon, and the Mongolian servant army was also holding on, such casualties would have been enough to cause the army to collapse.

"Your Majesty, it's bad! Oboi died in battle! He can't cross Zhu Wenzhen's flag formation! Let's think of another way!"

As the bad news from the front came back to Hauge, Hauge felt his head buzzing and was speechless.

What else can he do?If he didn't break through, he would die even worse when the reinforcements from the Ming army arrived!
At the top of his voice, he ordered the rest of the troops to continue the charge, and when Obai died, they would change their generals.However, the number of days gradually moved away from him after all.

Time passed by minute by minute. Seeing that it was past noon, the battlefield was in chaos, and no effective breakthrough could be made.At the end of the day, a piece of bad news finally further damaged the confidence of the Qing army.

"Your Majesty! Along the Songhua River to the east, the Ming army of Li Yu in Dongjiang Town has appeared on the flank of our army! Your Majesty, please make a quick decision on how to divide the troops to meet them!"

Hauge's face was ashen, and he just mechanically sent out an army to meet Li Yu. So far, he couldn't think of how to break the situation.

(End of this chapter)