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

Chapter 696 Severe
On that day, the "Actor" and his party took Guo Fusheng's body and rode fast, day and night. They took turns on three horses, hurried back to Jining village, and passed the information back.

The Yijing frontier army sent out an emergency sentry horse, and this important information from the intelligence department was soon sent to the coach Wang Dou.

"Have you found the Tartar lair?"

The crowd will be excited.

After listening to the situation at that time, Wang Dou was silent for a while, and Wen Daxing was also sad when he was beside him.

Guo Fusheng was also arranged by him to enter Guihua City, and he had been lurking as a spy for two years.

He is proficient in Mongolian, so he was spared when the Tartars searched and killed the Han people inside and outside the city. He hid himself in the Tartars' lair and found an opportunity to pass on the information, but he failed in the end. The intelligence department suffered a lot in the north.

In the end, Guo Fusheng memorized the meritorious service, and Kong Shijue and others did not accept the response at night and passed on the meritorious service, and they also memorized the great meritorious service.

After receiving this information, Wang Dou immediately held an emergency meeting of the whole army, and finally ushered in a decisive battle. Looking at Li Guangheng, Gao Shiyin, and Shen Shiqi, all of them were elated, and Wang Dou was also excited. It was time to completely solve Monan.

When Wen Daxing pointed out the Tartar's lair, there was a buzzing sound in the hall, and everyone felt a sudden realization that the Tartar was hiding here.

Wang Dou also looked at the place on the big map, but it was the northern foot of Daqing Mountain and the area around the Little Yellow River, which is the boundary of the Siziwang Banner of later generations.

According to information, most of the Tartars, including women and children, hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and countless supplies and tents, all gathered here. Under the leadership of Gu Luge, who had returned in a hurry, they wanted to flee to Mobei.

"Want to escape?"

Wang Dou sneered in his heart: "Can you escape?"

The scenes of the Han army's conquests in the past dynasties flashed before him, and Wang Dou's expression gradually turned firm: "The matter of Monan should be settled, and let myself lead the Jingbian army to drink the blood of the Tartars. "

On the seventh day of the lunar month, Wang Dou personally led the Guard Battalion, the Chinese Army Cavalry Battalion, the Loyalty Battalion, and part of the Jianshao Battalion, as well as Wen Fangliang and Gao Shiyinzhiyu cavalry, nearly [-] cavalry, and a first-class army under his command. In the northwest of the sea, it goes straight to the plateau and goes straight to the line of the Little Yellow River.

Zhao Xuanpao's barracks temporarily stayed in the sandcastle area, and Sun Sanjie's supply battalion stayed behind, ready to deliver food and fodder at any time.

At the same time, the Han Dynasty urgently ordered the Western Expedition to lead the Yucavalry of the Xuanwu Army and the newly attached Mongolian Battalion who had sacrificed their lives. Together with Wang Pu Datong's main army camp, nearly [-] cavalry, went directly northward from Guihua City, and went straight to the enemy's rear. Be sure to hold on, don't let the prisoner escape...

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The autumn wind swept past, stirring up pieces of flying dust, the ground in front trembled, and the cavalry rushed closer and closer.

They rushed in like a tide, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed into the hundred paces.
Suddenly, some cavalry in front of them pulled out their horses and swept to both sides. This sudden action often caused the unsteady infantry to fire and shoot arrows.

However, the soldiers of the new army who had experienced the Liaodong War were used to the Tartars' loose cavalry and large cavalry to lure the enemy. This was just a clumsy little trick.

Faster, the rushing cavalry rolling from behind entered eighty paces, their horses speeded up to the fastest, and the ferocious expressions on their faces became more and more clearly visible, some of them were ready to shoot arrows, some of them were ready to throw javelins, etc. things.

Most of them raised their spears, or wielded their big knives, roaring and preparing to fight.

At this moment, the deafening sound of firing guns rang out, and white gunpowder smoke spewed out densely from the slightly fan-shaped front row of gunslingers, and the flames from the muzzles formed a line, as if a large piece of fire was flashing.

People called horses neighing, screaming.

Hundreds of firecrackers equipped with high-quality firearms, powerful bullets, and good training made this wave of volleyball bombardment unimaginably powerful.

I saw a single horse shot by the Chuangbing soldiers. They worked hard to select from hungry people to infantry, and from infantry to cavalry. It took a lot of effort. In front of cheap bullets, they are so worthless.

They howled and fell off the horse, and then were trampled into flesh by the men and horses rushing from behind.

Some horses neighed in alarm, and the neat and loud sound of firecrackers scared them.

Except for the old battalion, the number of qualified horses who are not afraid of artillery and the loud noise of firecrackers is still small. Many horsemen ride mules or inferior horses, which are easily affected. Surprised.

The fighting of the soldiers of the new army will not stop. The gunmen in front hastily retreated to the formation. Seeing that the cavalry is still rolling in, the officers once again shouted hoarsely: "Let go!"

The deafening sound of firing guns rang out again, and this time more cavalry were shot, especially some bloody and mad horses, causing great confusion.

However, the rushing soldiers on horses also shot arrows or threw javelins one after another, and some new army soldiers were shot or hit.

At the same time, an order came from the army, and the spears moved forward, and the spearmen were ready to fight.

Yang Shaofan didn't order the third layer of firecrackers to shoot for a long time. He had no expression on his face, just watched the chaotic Chuangqi continue to come forward. The minimum safe distance when facing cavalry.

More and more musketeers were pierced by the thrown javelins, and fell to the ground writhing in pain. The Chinese army beside them was extremely anxious, but they could only wait for Yang Shaofan's order.

Twenty steps later, the firecrackers on the last floor fired in unison, and billowing gunpowder smoke in the shape of a fan rose forward again.

The intruders and horses who were shot fell all over the ground, and the hit rate in the last row almost reached [-]%. The excellent horses and brave soldiers in front were almost wiped out, and the strong smell of blood rushed towards everyone. nose.

After the third row of musketeers finished shooting, they didn't bother to watch the results, and immediately fled to the rear. At the same time, rows of gunmen raised their spears.

They are divided into six rows, the first row is held obliquely, with the tail of the gun sticking to the ground, the soldiers in the last two rows put their spears on the shoulders of the comrades in front, and the last three rows hold their spears obliquely, forming a hedgehog-like forest of spears .

The neighing of the horses continued, and the already chaotic rushing riders followed up to the front of the formation. All the horses flew their front hooves into the air, and stopped in front of the formation with a frightened neigh.

The soldiers of the new army fired three volleys of firecrackers, knocking out the momentum of the rushing cavalry. Many brave people were killed and knocked down. The remaining horses are few strong horses. How dare they rush forward?Even if a small number of horses bumped into them, they would be pierced through the spear array like strings of candied haws.

There were only a few war horses, which broke a few gun barrels and knocked down a few spearmen and soldiers.

The chaotic cavalry stopped in front of the spear array. The first three rows of spearmen quickly changed their tactics under the order of the officer. The first row was raised horizontally, the second row was slightly upward, and the third row was diagonally upward. There are three angles, which can be stabbed near or far away, and the knight can be picked off the horse from a distance.

Under the command of the officer, they chanted and stabbed continuously. Many knights were stabbed by several spears in an instant, and there were several blood holes on their bodies, and blood spurted wildly.

Some horses that lost their owners were also stabbed by spears, and fell to the ground whining.

The sound of spear stabbing was endless, with the cries of the cavalry before they died. The cavalry lost their horse speed and was the target of massacre. Amidst the hoarse shouts, many cavalry were continuously picked off from their horses, and then they were killed by multiple shots. The long spear stabbed them fiercely on the ground.

The front was chaotic, and the platoons of spearmen were fighting and walking, and the horsemen retreated steadily. Many of them dismounted and fought on foot. However, there is no formation. How can they be opponents with a strict spear formation?
At this time, the blunderbuss also loaded their gunpowder, and kept running to the front to bombard, which was a disaster for the horsemen. They cooperated with each other, fought from a distance and attacked close to each other. More and more cavalry drew their horses and fled back, and finally the Ming cavalry dispatched , riders...

The faces of Liu Zongmin, Hao Yaoqi, Yuan Zongdi and others in the rear were ashen. They did not expect such a rough trial to cause such a heavy loss.

In the brief battle, the number of cavalry casualties on our side was as high as hundreds. These were not the hungry people who were threatened, nor the infantry who had experienced several battles, but the cavalry cavalry. Ten or hundreds of them died, which made people feel distressed. , let alone hundreds.

Facts have proved that in the face of the frontier army's formation, forceful attack is not the solution, the only option is to drag and entangle and consume the hungry people.

These veterans who broke into the army have experienced battles and quickly found a way to deal with them.

When the Ming army took the opportunity to reach the abandoned village in front, took a short rest, had lunch, and moved forward again, they divided the besieging horse army into several teams, harassing the front, back, left, and right, and frequently attacking, which was a bit similar to the fatigue tactics of the grassland.

No matter the grassland or the Central Plains, China or foreign countries, cavalry tactics are actually the same. After using this tactic, Chuangqi slowly achieved results.

The great power of the infantry is due to the formation of a strict army formation, without formation, it is a mob.

When the cavalry is defeated, they can escape in twos and threes. As long as the horse runs fast, they can still escape. If the infantry is defeated, no matter how fast they run, they cannot be as fast as the horse. It is a tragedy for them to be overtaken by the cavalry.

Even if the infantry wins against the cavalry, they also need to march in formation when they pursue the pursuit, not in twos and threes, otherwise the cavalry will turn back and fight back, which is also a tragedy.

Just like in the previous battle, although Cao Bianjiaozheng's barracks pursued, they did not dare to pursue too far, fearing that they would be entangled by a large number of enemy cavalry, and the knights in the army would fight to the death. Protection, which is also the disadvantage of infantry against cavalry, or a small number of cavalry against large groups of cavalry.

However, if you keep marching in an array, you will have the disadvantage of moving forward slowly. In fact, in many terrains, the entire army cannot march in an array.

Moreover, under the oppression of a group of enemies, walking in formation for a long time will consume too much energy, and the soldiers will be easily exhausted, causing various situations.

Perhaps, this is what Chuangqi hopes, let the Ming army walk slowly, and when the main force of their horsemen arrives, or even the main force of the hungry people, then they will have achieved their goal.

Of course, Cao Bianjiao couldn't let his army walk slowly. If there was enough food and grass, he could stop and fight the enemy, but if he walked so slowly, he would be in danger of running out of food before long, so he could only form a formation and rush forward as much as possible.

This inevitably gave the enemy an opportunity to harass the cavalry densely scattered around, galloping back and forth, one wave at a time, one wave at a time, and the huge number of horses, which were replaced by turns, also allowed them to maintain sufficient horsepower and vigorous energy.

They lure them out of range, or make a gesture of approaching, so once or twice is fine, many times, the gunners are unavoidably nervous, and some gunners on the right wing can't hold back, and seem to move forward in a wave. The thieves cavalry that were about to rush forward fired, causing a large sound of firecrackers.

The thieves from the rear took the opportunity to rush up, but were desperately counterattacked by the spearmen and cavalry in the army.

Although this is just an example, Cao Bianjiao's long-term experience in the army told Cao Bianjiao that it was time for the army to stop and rectify.

Moreover, although the new army is well-trained, the soldiers at this time also have bloody courage. However, in fact, they have been going south for so long, fighting with large armies, and experiencing all kinds of exhaustion in Luoyang and other places. If it exploded, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Just, can I stop?

Marching in formation, there are still loopholes, that is, the two wings and the rear.

Whenever Chuangqi approached the rear or the flanks, whether it was a feint attack or a real attack, he had to stop to meet him, which slowed down the speed of the entire army. After all, the rear and the forward army should not be too far away, otherwise they would lose contact or cover. significance.

In the late afternoon, Liu Zongmin organized another attack. They surrounded them on all sides. They seemed to be mainly attacking the frontal infantry, but in fact they were attacking the cavalry on both wings. Although the Ming army won in the end, Cao Bianjiao's cavalry was less.

After that, Liu Zongmin launched several battles against the cavalry. Although the Ming army won every battle, Cao Bianjiao felt that the military strength was being worn away bit by bit.

After all, there are too many enemy cavalry. Although the cavalry under his command are stronger than the bandit cavalry, they are limited in strength. Flesh and flesh fight with a knife and a gun, and they are not as easy to kill as firearms. This is why Cao Bianjiao decided to attack with infantry. s reason.

He even considered letting the cavalry hide in the protection of the infantry, but in this way, the marching speed was even slower.

When the situation became serious, Cao Bianjiao had a premonition that the thieves would soon lead the main force of the horse army to arrive. After they arrived, the speed of the infantry and cavalry breaking through the encirclement would be even slower. If their infantry and hungry people arrived...

Cao Bianjiao once had the idea of ​​letting the battalions disperse to break through, which would reduce the number of targets and make it difficult for the thieves to judge which side is the main force, and then he dismissed this idea.

Compared with later generations, because of the firepower of weapons, various skirmish tactics can be used, and soldiers can flee in droves. In this era, no infantry can successfully break through against a large number of cavalry, even against cavalry that breaks into the army.

Breaking through the encirclement step by step is fine. Soldiers break out of the encirclement and run desperately. Most of them can run out, but step by step, no matter how fast the pawns run, they are not as fast as the horses. You can catch up again and wrap around again.

In the endless wilderness in front of you, there are few places to cover, and it is easier for infantry to break through on the plain and lose their organizational system. If so...

"I will not give up!"

Cao Bianjiao said to himself, even more extinguished the idea of ​​​​abandoning Buying, no matter what, he would not abandon his soldiers and his brothers.

(End of this chapter)