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

Chapter 490 Shocking News
Looking at Ma Ke's appearance, Tang Tong was glad that he was not the one who attacked the artillery formation of the Second Tartars, otherwise...

Thinking about the situation at that time, Tang Tong felt scared. The Qing army's guns were too fierce, and even with the speed of cavalry, Zhiyong couldn't rush in.

In fact, if you insist on rushing, you can also rush in, but which commander in Ming Dynasty is willing to do this loss-making business and wipe out his own capital?
This time, the casualties in the Ma Kezheng barracks may be one or two thousand, right?They are all elite cavalry servants, and they are really hurt.And the cavalry in the town under my battalion came back safely, I am really grateful to the gods and Buddhas of all parties.

Seeing Ma Ke was heartbroken and crying loudly, Tang Tong couldn't help comforting him, trying not to let him hear the gleeful meaning in his words.

At the same time, his heart was complicated and at a loss, why, this Tartar's artillery and bird guns suddenly became so powerful?What a surprise!
Could it be that they had suffered so much under Wang Dou's guns, and now they turned to use the guns to fight Daming?
In the future, on the battlefield, the two sides will fight each other with guns and artillery?

Alas, this battle is becoming more and more difficult to fight. The Tartars used to have good cavalry, but now they have sharp guns, how will they fight in the future?
Tang Tong knew that there were many generals and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in his family. Except for the family members who could fight, the rest were the ones who ran away when they saw the situation was not good.

Both myself and Ma Ke are known as "running fast", and if they are good at the top, they will be bad at the bottom. Their subordinates are naturally seriously influenced by the general.After a little bit of tough fighting, there were many casualties, which was the result of fleeing for their lives in all directions.If you run fast, the whole army will be saved; if you don't run fast, the whole army will be wiped out.

Just what is the future?Especially when the Tatars are getting stronger and stronger, it may be difficult to run fast. Do you want to train a new army?
In the past, Tang Tong still disapproved of Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen who were training the new army in Yutian and Zunhua, but now that he thinks about it, he regrets it.

At that time, they only paid the imperial court's military salary and tried their best to recruit troops. No matter good or bad, there were too many soldiers and horses, but there were not many capable of fighting tough battles, and there were not many excellent blunderbuss soldiers.

Look at Wang Dou's Jingbian army, and then look at the Qing soldiers on the opposite side, alas, regret it.It's just that I want to train new troops now, and the environment is different.At that time, the whole country was training soldiers, and the name was justified, with strong support from all parties. Now, it is very difficult...

But let's talk about how Yang Guozhu and Wang Pu are playing.

No one would have thought that in an instant, so many thoughts would go through Tang Tong's mind.

It's just that while he comforted Ma Ke, he was also very worried that the situation in front of him was not good.

More than 9000 cavalry from Miyun Town and Shanhai Town attacked majesticly, but they returned dejected and lost many soldiers and horses. This dealt a heavy blow to the morale of our own troops.Looking at his subordinates, from senior generals to ordinary sergeants, all of them looked panic-stricken.

Although the Qing cavalry did not take the opportunity to attack at that time, the luck of the misfortune was that the Qing army's artillery array was still there. If they fired again and the iron cavalry charged, their own army might be the result of the collapse of the entire army.

"How to do how to do?"

Tang Tong turned his thoughts in his mind, should he go back to the camp?Just how to explain to Hong Du and the supervisors?Will he be dealt with as a felony?He thought: "If Yu Zhen doesn't play well, I still have a chance, if Yu Zhen plays well, then I will be in trouble!"

He thought, send some people to Huangtuling and other places to check the situation?It's just that it's quite far away from Huangtuling and other places. When the situation is found out, the Qing army has already fired again, and it's too late!

Just when Tang Tong was in a hurry and in a dilemma, smoke and dust billowed behind the hills, and a few horsemen came galloping, but they were the messengers of Hong Chengchou's army.

Seeing the two general soldiers and seeing the miserable wind and rain in the second town, the messengers were shocked, and then heard Ma Ke, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, crying, that his army was bombarded by nearly a hundred red barbarian cannons, and his subordinates suffered a lot of casualties. Many, several messengers were shocked.

The leader of the messenger said in surprise: "The bandit servant has come from the west to attack your army formation, and even used a hundred red barbarian heavy artillery?"

He looked into the distance, and then looked in front of him. It seemed that what Ma Ke said was true. He sighed and said, "Marshal Yang and Marshal Li led the army to attack Huangtu Ridge. The Cheying army under their command was bombarded by Nuhongyi, and they also suffered a lot of casualties. Uncle Zhongyong came up with an ingenious plan to put sacks and baskets filled with soil in front of the soldiers in front of the chariot to defend against the guns."

"Yang Guozhu and others suffered heavy casualties?"

Tang Tong was overjoyed and almost jumped up, but then couldn't bear it anymore.

Ma Ke was also taken aback, the pain in his heart suddenly eased a lot, and the tears disappeared all of a sudden.

He also listened to the messenger's words: "When the next official came, he was ordered by Governor Hong to inform Mr. Zhang Dou, the military equipment of Songshan Fort. Let him lead the civilians, choose a suitable long car, put sacks and earthen baskets on it, and transport it to our place urgently. .It’s because I’m afraid that the bandits will follow Huangtuling’s strategy and bombard the two generals, but it’s too late.”

As he spoke, he sighed.

Although Hong Chengchou's large formation of the Chinese army used sentry cavalry messengers, he kept in touch with the generals of the wing soldiers.However, Ma Ke and Tangtong Division [-] are far to the west of Songshan Fort. The situation between them cannot be known in a short while.

The messenger said: "Governor Hong strictly ordered that the two generals must strictly guard the west side of Songshan Fort, and not let the bandits and slaves go further to the east of Songshan Fort, otherwise, military law will be followed!"

"Just behind Xiaguan, Zhang Bingbei led a large number of civilians to come and transport many earthen carts. It is expected that with these earthen carts, there is no need to be afraid of the red cannons of the bandit slaves!"

At this time, Ma Ke and Tang Tong noticed what the messenger said, the earthen cart that could defend against the Hongyi Cannon.

Both of them were very annoyed. Didn't they visit Wang Dou's defense line at Changling Mountain?

At that time, a large number of sacks and other things were piled up in their defense line. It was said that they were artillery used to guard against the Tartars. Why didn't I think of it?If I had known this earlier, why would I want to win?It is not likely that the department will suffer such a large damage.

The more Ma Ke thought about it, the angrier he became, and he suddenly shouted: "Wang Dou has such a clever plan, why didn't he say it earlier? Did he do it on purpose?"

The envoys were displeased. In Hong Chengchou's army, they had always been the objects of flattery from officials and generals. Ma Ke yelled at them. What does this mean?
The envoy headed by him was even more angry, thinking: "This Ma Ke has lost troops and generals, and his defense is not effective. When he returns to the central army, he will report to Hong Du and Wang Jianjun."

Tang Tong thought that Ma Ke was confused because he was yelling at the messengers. It is not a good thing to offend them if you say that the king of Hades is good to see you.

He hastened to smooth things over, and the leader of the messenger snorted, and bowed his hands to the two general soldiers: "The order of Governor Hong has been conveyed by the lower officials, so farewell!"

After speaking, several messengers got on the horses, and the smoke and dust billowed again, and they walked away.

Ma Ke looked at the direction where the messengers were leaving with a cold face. It seemed that there were a large number of vehicles pushing forward behind the hills in the distance, next to their own camp. It seemed that they were those that could defend against the Hongyi cannons. The truck is gone.

Ma Ke's expression became more and more gloomy. These earthen trucks didn't come sooner or later, and they came only after he lost his troops.

He turned around, sneered sinisterly, and said to Tang Tongdao: "General Tang, tell me, did Wang Dou do it on purpose?"

Tang Tong didn't think about it, but he didn't answer his words. His eyes were deep, as if he was looking at the distant universe, and he said after a long time: "Ma Shuai has some truths, but... that Wang Dou is not Zhuge Kongming, he can be regarded as Wushuang , He wanted to use sacks and baskets to pile up anti-cannons on the campsite, and pile up anti-cannons on the car, the big guys didn't think of it, did they?"

Ma Ke was furious, so stupid, he was respectful to himself before, but when he saw that his soldiers and horses were damaged, he immediately changed his color.

For a moment, he hated both Wang Dou and Tang Tong.

……

The battle on the west side of Songshan Fort was clearly seen by Huang Taiji and others in Rufeng Mountain City. In addition to the battle on Huangtuling, the power of the Qing army's guns was vividly displayed.

The monarchs and ministers of the Qing Dynasty in the mountain city laughed and laughed, and Huang Taiji was delighted: "The artillery is really the god of war!"

He felt a little regretful, but it was a pity that Wang Dou's Jingbian army did not participate in these few battles, otherwise, under the bombardment of his own artillery, he would definitely have suffered heavy casualties.

He decided that no matter how many difficulties there will be in the future, he must expand the size of the artillery force.

But then, the Ming army used earthen vehicles, and the raging artillery of the Qing army immediately lost most of their power.

Then, Yang Guozhu's army broke into the first line of defense in Huangtuling.Huang Tai was very angry, and ordered Dorgon and others in Huangtuling to hold the follow-up position and wait for an opportunity to regain the first line of defense.

When Huang Taiji was angry, a piece of good news came to his ears.

The cavalry of the Qing Dynasty had already defeated Bai Guangen, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, and the war went smoothly unexpectedly.

Then think about the bewildered Ma Ke Department, Tang Tong Department, and Huang Taiji of the Ming General Army under the attack of our own side's guns, and Huang Taiji suddenly thought.

It seems that the Ming army is not as strong as I imagined, and there are only a few troops that can fight.Moreover, the previously unbearable army seemed to be even more unbearable and weak under the division or cooperation of its guns and cavalry.

There was a cold light in his eyes, after finding out the overall combat strength of the Ming army and the strength comparison among the various ministries, he still allowed his Qing warriors to gallop around in Songjin.

……

Amidst the shouts, a large number of soldiers with swords and shields poured out from behind the chariot, climbed in from the gaps in the walls of various villages, and attacked the main wall of the Qing army.

"The Ming army invaded?"

On the main ridge, Dorgon and the others clenched their fists, and Yang Guozhu's army stormed into the line of defense that they regarded as if they were gold?
"My army has invaded?"

Yang Guozhu had a smile on his face. He was standing on the Yuanrong chariot. In the binoculars, his own army was pouring into the wall of the village, and there were screams and shouts everywhere.

"Yang Shuai's army has invaded the mountains?"

In the large formation of the Chinese army, Hong Chengchou, Zhang Ruoqi and others held up binoculars and looked at the battle situation in Huangtuling, all of them were extremely happy.

As the news spread, the Chinese army cheered.

Wang Dou was also very happy, he laughed loudly: "Shuai Yang is so powerful!"

At this time, the news from various ministries was reported according to the sentry cavalry. It seemed that the Ming armies on all wings were engaged in battle with the enemy.

Among them, Wang Pu's department was the closest to the Chinese army's formation, guarding the northwest side of the attacking Shanming army.

It is not far from Rufeng Mountain. The mountains are undulating and hilly. Wang Pu formed a camp with chariots and guarded them with chariots and new troops.Lao Lao blocked waves of Qing cavalry attacks, and led cavalry to attack from time to time, which was quite successful.

Li Fuming, the general of Shanxi, attacked the left side of Huangtuling.At first, like Yang Guozhu's troops, they suffered a lot of damage from the bombardment of the Qing army's Hongyi cannons, but after using earth trucks, they braved the artillery fire and quickly approached them at the foot of the mountain.

The mountains here are relatively steep, and Li Fuming's army only got [-] East Road bird guns and some powerful medicines.Although the Qing army guarded the wall in this area with fewer troops, it was still quite difficult to attack.

It's just that Yang Guozhu's department on the right has already entered, and it is expected that Li Fuming's department on the left will also enter soon.

A few miles to the southeast of the large formation of the Chinese army, there are the troops of Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, and Bai Guangen, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen.The second town has a total of more than [-] troops. Although it is reported that there are a large number of Qing cavalry pressing towards them, the second town has a large number of chariots and artillery.

According to the latest news from Ma Ke and Tang Tong Department on the west side of Songshan Fort, it seems that slave riders are coming to them from the west.

Even if the two of them won't get any benefits in a field battle, it is expected that they will stick to their positions and there will be no problem.

Wang Dou thought to himself: "Except for the bombardment of the Qing army's red barbarian cannons earlier, this battle has generally gone smoothly!"

Not long after, an astonishing news came, which made the Chinese army dumbfounded, and all the officials were dumbfounded.

The chariot camp of Bai Guangen, the commander-in-chief of Ji Town, was broken by Qingqi in just one round!
Then the bad news came one after another, making people dizzy and unable to react.

In a very short period of time, Bai Guangen's car battalions were completely defeated, and the Chinese army was besieged.

Before Hong Chengchou and the others could turn their heads, an even more astonishing news came. The main barracks was defeated, and Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Ji Town, died in battle.

(End of this chapter)