A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 230
Under Wang Dou's order, the whole army sat down to rest on the spot, and the firemen of the camp headquarters poured the cold water from the water pan into the pot, and quickly set up the iron pot to boil hot water.Soon the whole army drank hot water and ate lunch with dry food and pancakes.

Everyone had enough food and drink, and waited for a while, but there was no movement from the Qing soldiers for a long time.But they wanted to show their prestige, and the sergeants with horses ran wildly for a while, leaving behind a large number of auxiliary soldiers without horses. In order to wait for these people, they delayed attacking.

It's noon, and we have to eat for a while. This coming and going made the sergeant of Shun Xiangbao wait for a while.

Wang Dou ate a few cakes, drank a few cups of hot water, and was already full.He was still standing on his Yuanrong chariot looking out, through the snowflakes blown by the cold wind from time to time, Wang Dou saw that there seemed to be more than one huge golden dragon banner on the opposite side, there seemed to be three.

And under the two golden dragon banners, there are Qing army knights in red and white armor.Wang Dou also seemed to see a group of knights in red armor standing under a golden dragon banner, even their banners were the same.

It seems that in the Qing army, there were soldiers and horses with the Eight Banners Mongolia Zhenghong Banner and Bordered Red Banner.Standing tall and looking forward to the car Diao Dou's flag, the flag bearer also confirmed Wang Dou's conjecture.

Seeing that the Qing soldiers over there had not moved for a long time, Wang Dou shook his head slowly. There were a lot of horses in the Qing soldiers, and they could choose the time to start the battle at any time. This was their advantage and also their own disadvantage.

While Wang Dou was waiting patiently, Du Du, the owner of the Eight Banners of Manchuria with red flags inlaid, also looked at Wang Dou.Beside him, accompanied by the banner owner of the Mongolian Zhenghong Banner, Gushan Ezhen Engetu, and the banner owner of the Xianghong Banner, Gushan Ezhen Buyandai.But he is a consort who married a daughter of Huang Taiji.

Compared with the tens of thousands of people in each banner of the Eight Banners Manchuria, the Mongolian Banner of the Eight Banners has only more than 1000 people, and five of them wear one armor. Therefore, the same Gushan Ezhen, Engetu and Buyandai are compared to Dudu's weight But it's much lighter.

This time Yangwu General Yue Tuo divided the right-wing army, and Du Du was still his deputy. Engetu and Buyandai were even more incomparable. people.Most of those unarmored soldiers in leather robes were porters.

Seeing the Ming army on the opposite side waiting silently, Du Du's eyes also flashed a look of surprise, and he intuitively told him that this Ming army is not simple, but it is limited to this.His warriors with the red flags of the Qing Dynasty roamed all over the Ming Dynasty, so naturally they would not be afraid of the thousands of Ming soldiers on the opposite side. In his mind, it only took a moment to defeat the Ming army's battalion of vehicles and artillery on the opposite side.

The sentinel told him that the flag flying in the Ming army on the opposite side was the king character flag, the king character flag?Du Du's heart moved, and he called Najia Lazhang Jing Huda a few days ago, and shouted: "Huda slave, you can see clearly, the Ming army on the opposite side is the Ming army that defeated you a few days ago?"

Seeing contemptuous and disdainful gazes from all around, Na Jialazhang Jinghuda was still sweating profusely despite the cold weather, he tried his best to look into Wang Doujun, and murmured: "It seems...it seems so. "

Du Du snapped, "Yes or no?"

Najia Lazhang Jinghuda hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the Ming army's firearms are sharp, Lord Belle should be more careful."

Du Du is Chu Ying's first son. He thinks he has fought for decades and is brave and invincible. How could he take Hu Da's advice to heart?The Ming army on the opposite side had the guts of a bear and a leopard, and dared to run to the Tongzhou area with a mere few thousand people. If they don't kill him, they won't be able to show the power of the Qing Dynasty with the red flag!

So upon receiving the report from the sentry cavalry, Du Du quickly gathered soldiers from Tongzhou and Zhangjiawan. Of course, he was also puzzled. There were only a few thousand soldiers in the Ming army, and of course it was impossible to recover any city.Could it be that they came here to grab food?This thought flashed through Du Du's mind.If this is the case, it will be even more unbearable. I have always been the only one who grabs them. How can it be the other way around? The sun is coming out from the west?

If so, it is even more hateful!

Du Du sternly yelled at Najia Lazhang Jinghuda: "Huda, you slave, you are so cowardly and afraid of fighting, you have lost the face of our warriors of the Qing Dynasty, and you will be the vanguard, leading the army to charge the battle, and wash away your shame with blood !"

Najia Lazhang Jing Huda's face was green and pale for a while, of course he couldn't refuse, otherwise his head would be cut off on the spot, but thinking of the power of the Ming army's firecrackers that day, he couldn't help feeling anxious, and only hoped for the Buddha. Or, with the blessing of the Shaman God, this Ming army is not the one that Shiqiao encountered.

The horn sounded, and the knights with the red flag under Du Du's command led their horses out of the battle and gathered in front of the army formation, as well as hundreds of armored soldiers from the Eight Banners Mongolian Zhenghong Banner and the Red Banner Inlaid Red Flag.

There are 26 Niulu in the Dudu Eight Banners Manchuria Inlaid Red Banner. After the reorganization of the military system, the Alihachaoha Battalion in his banner also has more than 2000 armored soldiers, and there is also a Ba Yala Battalion in the banner, with more than [-] soldiers. The famous Baya Labing was led by a Baya Latiao Zhangjing and was under the command of Du Du.

Unlike the old days of the Eight Banners' cattle recording, when they go out, they are soldiers, and when they enter, they are the people. At present, the Qing Dynasty has a standing army, which can be drawn out to fight anytime, anywhere.Only the auxiliary soldiers in each banner are still restricted by the weather.

One by one, the leader Jialazhangjing, or Niuluzhangjing with the title of Jiala, led the armored soldiers in his team to come out one after another. Among the banners who can be qualified to wear armor, those who are selected into the Alihachaoha battalion are at least from all banners Among the infantry and vest soldiers, as for the Bayara camp, they are even vest sergeants for many years.

The infantry soldiers of each team wear cotton armor inlaid with iron leaves, with thick copper nails nailed on the cotton armor, and tall black helmets with red tassels on their heads.Those armored soldiers were wearing two layers of heavy armor, holding spears and halberds, and all kinds of thick and short weapons were also prepared on the horse, not to mention strong bows and arrows.

As for the distribution of each team, Shiku was covered with three layers of heavy armor.Lord Belle meant to use cavalry and shooting to disrupt the formation of the Ming army, and then take the opportunity to break the formation. As for dismounting to fight, it must be unnecessary.So teams of infantry and vest soldiers quickly sorted out the arrows in their pots.

All of them were expressionless, and they didn't care about the coming battle at all. These Qing soldiers didn't know how many battles they had experienced, and of course they didn't think that the Ming army on the opposite side was a big deal.Looking around, all he saw were arrogant faces and the strong evil spirit in each other's eyes.

Du Du's Naba Yala Tiao Zhangjing was also ordered to set off, led his own Ba Yala battalion mat, and waited for an opportunity to break through the formation.

The Baya Latuo Zhangjing privately thought that Lord Belle was making a fuss out of a molehill, and that there were only a few thousand Ming troops, and almost all the armored soldiers of the banner went into battle.The most elite Ba Yala sergeants were also needed to participate in the attack, but of course he would not say anything. He led several hundred Ba Yala soldiers and quickly made preparations.

The sergeants under his command had all iron helmets and iron armor, and the armor leaves were painted with silvery white paint, so the Bala soldiers were also known as the Mercury Army.These sergeants were arranging their heavy weapons, with even more careless expressions on their faces, thinking that the upcoming battle must be a short, boring, small-scale battle.

Maybe they are not needed at all, they just need to do their job of supervising the team.

In addition to these about 7000 armored soldiers, there are six to seven thousand auxiliary soldiers and followers of various kinds on the Qing army's large formation. Du Du selected another two thousand horses with experience in battlefield combat Auxiliary soldiers, let them follow the soldiers of Gejiala, wear cotton armor without iron inlays, carry weapons such as knives, guns, bows and arrows, and fight with them, making a big noise.

In this way, there were 5000 Qing soldiers in the first wave of battle, most of whom were armored soldiers.

Although Du Du despised the Ming army on the opposite side, but with many years of combat experience, he was unambiguous in his tactical arrangements. With a brave army of [-] against the [-] Ming army, he would definitely win.He has a proud name for this trick, it's called Tiger Punching Rabbit.

Amidst the sound of the horn, the Qing army marching slowly merged into one piece. Seen from Wang Dou's side, there was a huge sea of ​​flags.

……

"The Qing soldiers are finally dispatched."

In the sound of the horn on the opposite side, thousands of Qing cavalry came slowly on horseback. At this time, most of the Qing army was still far away from their own side, so they just controlled the horses and walked slowly, not charging.

Seeing the opponent's move, Wang Dou secretly heaved a sigh of relief, the feeling of waiting is uncomfortable, but the matter finally started, that's all.According to the banner sent by Diao Dou, the Qing soldiers were coming towards the front of the chariot formation. There were about 6000 to [-] people, and it is estimated that armored soldiers accounted for half of them.

Calculated, the number of people in armor on both sides is equal. In the comparison of strength, the opponent has an advantage in numbers, and the own side has a defensive advantage, as well as vehicles and artillery.For Wang Dou, this is the first battle of equal strength and power. If he can survive this test, it will be a world-shaking change for his army's morale and fighting power.

Wang Dou stood motionless in Yuan Rong's car, but he didn't have binoculars, otherwise he could see the other party's situation more clearly.

When he was about a mile away from the chariot formation, Wang Dou saw that the horses of the Qing soldiers were gradually accelerating. Horses and human heads, as well as a cloud of flags, twisted desperately with the wind.

As soon as these Qingqi disperse like this, it seems that there is a forceful momentum, and they are overwhelming.It is said that there are more than [-] people, and there are no boundaries. When a horse charges into the formation, it occupies as many people as the number of people. Thousands of cavalry charges are more powerful than tens of thousands of infantry.

Wang Dou heard the heavy panting of the generals beside him, and he subconsciously looked at everyone. All the soldiers were waiting desperately. They stared straight at that side, as if they wanted to clear the soldiers there. Like pulling off a horse.

Wang Dou also saw Zhao Xuan, the artillery team officer in front of him, with his hands on his hips, twisting his body backward desperately. Wang Dou couldn't see his face, so he didn't know what his expression was like.

"Wow."

The desolate horn sounded again from behind the Qing army formation, and the thousands of Qing cavalry suddenly accelerated their horse steps, and the hooves sounded like thunder, and the five thousand cavalry came rushing like a flood bursting a dike.

(End of this chapter)