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

Chapter 487
"General Tang, look around, we are so comfortable here."

The sound of guns and guns came faintly from all over Huangtuling. Ma Ke, the commander of Shanhaiguan, listened intently for a while, then turned around, and smiled at Tang Tong, the commander of Miyun.

"It was a fierce fight!"

Tang Tong, who was dressed in exquisite armor and wore a bright red cloak, rode his horse and sat on a magnificent horse, also listened attentively.Hearing Ma Ke's words, he sighed: "The slaves and thieves in Huangtuling are well defended. It is not easy to conquer the mountain. Yang Shuai and the others are afraid that they will lose their troops."

He looked worried, but in fact, there was a sense of gloating in his words.

Ma Ke snorted coldly in his heart, this little white face looked harmless to humans and animals, but it was actually dark.

But on his face he smiled and said: "However, Governor Hong has his own arrangements, and I will just obey the military orders."

Tang Tong gave a thumbs up: "What Ma Shuai said is right. As a general, we can do what the supervisor arranges. Especially Ma Shuai has been in the army for a long time. He is experienced and sincere, little brother Follow Ma Shuai, you will feel at ease in your heart!"

Ma Ke said with a smile: "General Tang, based on our friendship, you will be offended if you say this."

He looked at the army formations in front of him and behind him, and his expression was not without arrogance: "The supervisor asked us to guard Songxi, I, Ma Ke, can say here, as long as I am with General Tang, I will definitely not let the Tartars With one soldier and one horse, they crossed Songshan Fort and threatened the friendly forces attacking Huangtuling!"

Tang Tong flattered again, and the two talked and laughed at Yan Yan, very affectionate.

After receiving Hong Chengchou's military order, the two immediately pulled out their soldiers and horses and deployed them on a hill southwest of Songshan Fort, about two miles away from their camp.

This time to assist Liaodong, Tang Tong led [-] troops, and Ma Ke led [-] troops. Of course, these are just claims, and the actual numbers are several thousand less.The place where the two camped was also west of Songshan Fort, on both sides of the Songshan River. Although the river was dry, in terms of drinking water, the two soldiers and horses were much more convenient than the rest of the army.

For this arrangement, Tang Tong left 1000 men and horses to guard the camp, the remaining 7000 men and horses, and [-] were horse and infantry soldiers in his main barracks.The rest are two battalions, each with a participating general and a guerrilla leader in their respective jurisdictions. The ratio of horse gait is [-] to [-], and there are many chariots and horses in the battalion.

Marko pulled 1 people out, and the main battalion had 5000 troops, most of whom were cavalry, and the rest were divided into two battalions, and the generals were all participating generals.

In this aid, Ma Ke claims to have the most troops under his command, but each general has his own ulterior motives. When it comes to the actual control of soldiers and horses, Ma Ke is not only incomparable with Wang and Yang Guozhu, but he is also incomparable with Datong General Soldier Wang Pu , can not be compared.

After all, Wang Pu has a regular barracks, a new barracks, and the headquarters has more than 6000 troops, and the equipment of the soldiers and horses is also superior to that of the Shanhai Navy.

Shanhaiguan and Jizhen are both known as Dajun Town, but the headquarters are far behind.In terms of reputation and prestige, it is far inferior to Yang Guozhu and Wang Dou.Ma Ke and the others were naturally jealous.

However, Ma Ke was capable of serving as the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan. He caught sight of the hilly highland southwest of the camp.

As long as they occupy this place and set up a large formation, no matter whether the Qing soldiers come from the west or the north (not to mention the south for now, can the Qing army still come from the Xingshan Fort?), they cannot ignore the Ming army here. The attacking Ming army to the east of Songshan Fort provided a solid rear barrier.

Like the traditional military formation of the Ming Dynasty, the two soldiers and horses are also in front of the chariot battalion, and the cavalry behind and on both sides.Seeing that the army has been deployed for a long time, the sun is slowly rising, Ma Ke looks into the distance, the wilderness to the west, there is no movement for a long time.

He laughed and said: "It seems that there is no battle on the western front today, and the Tartar soldiers near Songshan have all gone to Huangtuling!"

Tang Tong straightened his cloak, and said: "Yes, as Ma Shuai said, I will be at ease today, and I will get the credit for protecting the rear wings if I don't move a single soldier or a sword..."

Before he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly widened, and he saw a black line spreading across the field ahead.

The expressions of the two of them changed immediately, they both thought: "I'm afraid it will be hard to be at ease today."

Gradually, the Qing soldiers and horses could see clearly, hunting banners and flags, the mighty number of troops probably surpassed ten thousand.

Ma Ke and Tang Tong's expressions were even more ugly, and they both thought: "It seems that there will be a hard fight!"

Afterwards, the faces of the two relaxed, and Tang Tong said with a smile: "It turns out that they are the two Tartars of the Han Army Banner."

The two of them could see clearly that although the Qing troops were over [-] people, most of them were under the banner of the Eight Banners Han troops.There are only a few thousand in the middle, which are the armored soldiers of the Manchuria of the Eight Banners, some Mongolian soldiers of the Eight Banners, and the Mongolian soldiers of the Outer Domain.

Then look at the large number of people on your side, the solid car camp, and the favorable hilly terrain. As long as you stick to it and don't attack, there are nearly 2 people, and it is easy to face more than 1 Tatars.Not to mention, there are only a small number of real Tartars among them.

The Ming army was waiting in formation, and seeing the soldiers clearly, they also set up a large formation on a hilly high ground about two miles in front of the formation.

Suddenly Ma Ke's complexion changed drastically, and Tang Tong's pale face turned blue. He tremblingly said, "Then... what are those two tartars pulling out..."

Ma Ke also turned green and pale for a while. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's the Hongyi cannon. It seems that there are quite a few cannons. There are more than forty heavy cannons with guns weighing more than ten catties..."

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Countless heavy cavalry from the Qing army rushed into the camp, and Bai Guangen's army was immediately defeated.

They left their backs to the cavalry who rushed over, and they were constantly trampled and chopped to the ground. The sound of wailing and screaming pierced the eardrums.

Some musketeers wanted to resist, but the people around them were fleeing, or they saw heavy Tatar cavalry outflanking them, and Qing cavalry kept riding and shooting outside, so they had no choice but to flee with them in fear.

In the front battalion, left battalion, and right battalion of the chariot battalion, chariots were constantly overturned and knocked away, and waves of heavy riders rushed in from the gap.Their constant outflanking, splitting, tearing, and driving seemed to make the Ming army feel that their troops were everywhere, and that every part of the chariot camp had been breached and could not be defended.

Under the fear, the rout soldiers panicked and did not choose their way. Most of them followed the flow of people and rushed to the rear of the large formation driven by the Qing soldiers.Many people crowded together, were pushed down, trampled to death, or fought and killed each other in order to win the living space.

Originally, there were several hollow phalanxes in Bai Guangen's battalions, and the rear formations of the Chinese army could effectively provide fire support in the front, back, left, and right sides.However, under the defeat, the soldiers fled as if they had collapsed, and no arrangements were made.

Behind the gunners and gunners are cold weapon fighters from each battalion. When Qingqi just broke through the driving battalion, they still wanted to form a resistance.But then countless people rushed over like a nest, immediately congesting or breaking up their army formation.

How do they form an formation when they are crowded together?
At this time, Qingqi continued to drive behind, and the people behind were frightened and squeezed forward desperately.With a bang, like a flood, these cold weapon positions also collapsed, forming a larger rout torrent, rushing to the rear.

Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Ji Town, didn't expect his army to be defeated so quickly. Was it just a blink of an eye?
He was dumbfounded, but murmured: "Hold it, hold it up!"

Suddenly, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he shouted: "Hold it for me!"

He shouted: "The order will go on, the broken soldiers are not allowed to attack the large formation of the Chinese army, and all violators will be shot!"

The generals beside him dare not be negligent, if the rout troops attack the central army, it will be the result of the rout of the whole army, then the entire Jizhen army will be finished.Even if the friendly army rescues in time, under the pursuit of Qingqi, the fear of loss is calculated at [-] to [-]%.

At this time, Bai Guangen didn't dare to send out the cavalry. There was no chariot battalion to resist and cooperate, so he sent [-] or [-] cavalry to deliver food to the Tartars.

Under his orders, the main battalion, no matter on foot or cavalry, quickly formed a defensive circular formation, surrounded by dense shields and spears, facing the direction of the rout, and deployed many archers.

Just like Yang Guozhu's main barracks, the headquarters of the remaining soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are mostly cavalry, and they are basically cold weapons.Not to mention the arrogant soldiers and powerful generals, but all of them fight old battles, draw their bows and shoot arrows, that's just a matter of leisure.

As soon as the arrangement was completed, in a blink of an eye, a flood of rout soldiers rushed over, and on the right side, there were still many screaming and fleeing peasants.

Between Bai Guangen and Wu Sangui's formation, both sides deployed some chariots, some cold weapon troops, and some cavalry to cover the civilian men digging trenches.Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, several car battalions of Bai Guangen were defeated, and those civilian husbands were nakedly exposed to the iron hoof of the Qing army.

More than ten thousand civilian husbands stood up and howled like a frying pan. When the Qing army killed them and drove them away, they screamed and fled in all directions. There was a panic shouting everywhere: "Tartar, it's Tartar!"

They merged into a huge crowd and rushed across the army formation and cavalry behind, some rushed towards Wu Sangui's formation, and some rushed towards Bai Guangen's army formation.Some even fled far away to Hong Chengchou's Chinese army formation, begging the Tazi soldiers not to notice them.

And those Qing cavalry, chasing and killing in teams, kept driving from behind. As long as they escaped a little slowly, they would be stabbed to death on the field by the pursuers.They also mingled with the people, constantly slashing and shooting arrows at the cavalry in front of them, which accelerated the chaos of the people and the sergeants.

"waste!"

But in Wu Sangui's army formation, he could clearly see the situation in Ji Town.

Wu Sangui was stunned at first, but then his face became ashen. In just one round, how many of Bai Guangen's camps were defeated?How long has it been?It's time for a stick of incense.

At this time, the cavalry of the Eight Banners Manchurian Xianglan Banner and Zhenglan Banner, as well as a part of the Eight Banners Mongolian Army, also attacked Wu Sangui's army.

Due to the strict order of the Wu army and the close cooperation of the various car battalions, although they suffered a lot of damage from the onslaught of the Qing cavalry, they also gained quite a lot.The Qing cavalry were unable to do so, so they had to circle around outside the chariot camp. Wu Sangui sent cavalry to attack from time to time, and the two sides were evenly matched.

Unexpectedly, the situation took a turn for the worse, Bai Guangen was defeated, his left wing was exposed naked to the cavalry of the Qing army, and there were still many rout soldiers and civilians rushing towards their army formation.

There was a glint of coldness in Wu Sangui's eyes, he looked at Bai Guangen's handsome flag in the distance, and murmured: "Bai Shuai, please ask for blessings, I don't care about my own time now!"

If Bai Guangen's army is in full formation, Wu Sangui will naturally send reinforcements to support each other.But now that the Ji Army is in disarray, even if it is convenient for me to send reinforcements, it will not help, and maybe they will be dispersed by the rebellious army.

Moreover, when Bai Guangen's formation was broken, the Qing soldiers on the two wings could gather heavy troops and attack him from left to right. If they split up, their own formation would be in danger.

The only solution is to wait for reinforcements from the Chinese army.

He shouted: "Pass down my general's orders, the soldiers will stick to their positions, if the soldiers and civilians dare to charge into the formation, they will be killed!"

(End of this chapter)