The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 676 The Decisive Battle in Jiangnan ([-])

"Throw away all the self-defense guns, sabers, etc." Chen Xiongfei frowned and thought for a while, and then said, "Also discard half of the shells of the large Frang machine, pack lightly and move quickly!"

"Yes!"

As his military orders came out, the temporary light artillery battalion immediately discarded all self-defense weapons and threw a lot of shells and gunpowder.The horses that hauled the cannon suddenly became lighter, and the soldiers kept lashing their whips without hesitation, and the marching speed increased by more than [-]%.

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at dawn.

Chitat urged his horse to gallop under the big banner embroidered with white clawed dragons, separated a group of captive generals, and cupped his hands to Duoduo, saying, "General, more than [-] soldiers from the Southern Army have been found to the north. Fortify Mingshan and Tanxi."

Six 7000 people?Duoduo knew that he would encounter the Ming army's resistance. When he heard this number, his brows suddenly relaxed a little, and he thought to himself that it was a little less than he expected.

Shuo Sai on the side asked cautiously: "Who is in charge? How many cannons and horses are there?"

"This..." Chitat shook his head and said, "The outer perimeter of the Southerners is very tightly guarded, and it is difficult to get close to inquire in a hurry."

He dispatched seventy or eighty cavalry before and after, and only then, under the cover of night, managed to ascertain the number of Yu Xin's troops under the muzzles of the rangers of the Dragon Guards, so there was no need to think about more detailed information.

Ah Shan rushed forward and said: "It's just a few thousand barbarians, what's the point? The general is willing to be a forward and break through the enemy's formation!"

The nearly 4000 men under his command are all the elites of the Zhengbai Banner, and they are confident in defeating the Ming army, which is not much different in number.

Doduo cast a cold glance at him, and reprimanded: "Don't underestimate the enemy." Then he turned to Shuosai, "Have the carts been dragged up yet?"

"Back to the general, the more than [-] chariots carried by the Chinese army have all been half a mile away, ready to be used at any time."

Duoduo nodded, thinking to himself that luckily he had listened to Brother Jiu's words and had prepared a large number of cars in advance.Although Shang Kexi, who was escorted by the rear team, buried hundreds of them, more than half of them were still in the central army. With these chariots, it would not be a problem to break through thousands of Ming troops.

He then pointed to Xu Erxian, looked to the north at the Ximing Pass, and said in a deep voice, "Let you lead your troops to bring four hundred chariots as the front army." Then he motioned to Cao Gongcheng, "Take four hundred chariots and follow closely. "

Xu Erxian is Shang Kexi's general, and the [-] men under his command are all the strength left in the Shang clan. Duduo put him at the forefront this time, obviously he is going to be used as cannon fodder.

On the other hand, Cao Gongcheng commanded the five thousand spearmen of the Guan Ning Army, which is considered to be somewhat powerful.However, since Wu Sangui's "inexplicable" death, the morale of this team has been poor, so it was used as the first charge.

The two looked at each other. Although they knew it was an extremely dangerous task, they could only helplessly say: "The general will obey the order."

Duoduo then said to Ah Shan and He Luohui again: "Two white flags and the rest of the chariots are to supervise the battle for the former army. If the Jin army and Guan Ning army retreat half a step without permission, you will be killed on the spot immediately!"

"Whoo!"

As the two responded, both Xu Erxian and Cao Gongcheng swallowed involuntarily—there were more than 6000 people left in the two white flags, and it seemed that even if their forces completely collapsed, they would never be able to escape even one person!
Duoduo then looked at Gong Adai, "The Zhenghuang Banner is the main force of the Chinese army. If the enemy breaks through, we will quickly cover up and kill them. If the front army is weak, we will rush into the enemy's formation! In addition, Yakov's troops are also under your command."

This Yakov is the reinforcement officer sent by Tsarist Russia, and there are more than 300 people under him.

"Whoo!"

"Guan Ning's cavalry are divided into two wings, watching our military orders."

Zu Runze and Zhang Hongmo hurriedly responded: "The last general will obey the order!"

In fact, Yu Xin set up his position at the trumpet mouth next to Ximing Mountain. The width that can be used to start a battle is less than five miles, and there is no room for detours, so it is difficult for the cavalry to exert their power.Therefore, Dodo can only use Guanning cavalry for cover and sneak attack.

"Chitat, Han Daxun, the two of you lead your troops as the rear team, beware of the southerners' sneak attack."

Since the Qing army's reconnaissance team was killed by a large number of hunting soldiers, Duoduo knew nothing about the current location of the Ming army, so he could only divide seven to eight thousand people to line up behind him, in case the Ming army suddenly broke out.

After completing the deployment, Duoduo said loudly: "This campaign is related to the fate of the Qing Dynasty, you must work together and die for the country!
"Whoever breaks through the enemy's formation first will be crowned king!

"The king has been sealed, and the land is doubled!"

As soon as he said this, all the captives at the scene were greedy in their eyes, and they cupped their hands and shouted, "Thank you, General!"

"Swear to the death to defeat the enemy!"

Then they dispersed suddenly, and all the troops from the command post left.

As the sky brightened, nearly a hundred horn horns in the Qing army's formation whimpered, and a dozen more cannons rang out. Driven by the captive soldiers, more than 400 chariots in the front began to slowly press towards the Dragon Guards' position.

When Jianlu approached to about a mile and a half away from the Ming army, the latter's cannons were the first to roar.

The iron balls fired by four nine-pounders and two twelve-pounders smashed the four front wagons to pieces.The cannonball remained undiminished, and jumped on the ground several times in a row, plowing several bloodstains in Xu Erxian's formation, and killed more than 40 captive soldiers immediately.

However, for the surging crowd of more than 400 trucks, nothing could be seen, and almost no effect could be seen.Not to mention that behind Xu Erxian's subordinates, there are another [-] chariots!

Fortunately, the main force of the Qing army marched too long, and most of the heavy artillery was transported by Shang Kexi in the rear. After Jin Wu and Tie Dake defeated the enemy in Mashan, they captured all of them.

At this time, Duoduo only had about thirty smaller red barbarian cannons, most of which were around four pounds to six pounds. It was not until his front army advanced half a mile that the range of these cannons was finally able to reach Longwei. army.

Jianlu couldn't wait to fire back, but before that, they had suffered more than ten rounds of shelling, losing more than 50 chariots, and the number of casualties was ten times that.

The Dragon Guards were the defenders, and the soldiers were still hiding in the trenches, so although the shells swished overhead, there was almost no loss.

But then the seven six-pound guns of the Dragon Guards also began to aim at the cannons in front of the Jianlu formation for suppressive shooting.Since the Qing army still used the mixed use of cannons and infantry, even if they failed to hit the cannons, they would definitely be able to reap the lives of some captive soldiers.

Yu Xin looked at the menacing Jianlu army with a telescope, and couldn't help frowning.According to this situation, the artillery battery can destroy at most half of the front row of chariots, and the hundreds of chariots behind will render the Dragon Guard's firearms ineffective.

When these chariots approach, there will be tens of thousands of captive soldiers swarming in. At that time, no matter how powerful the Dragon Guards are in hand-to-hand combat, there is absolutely no possibility of repelling seven or eight times the enemy!

He solemnly called Zhu's younger brother, Jiao Lian and Gan Xinda, saluted them solemnly, and said, "Our army has too few cannons, and it is difficult to destroy the chariots of the thieves. For the current plan, we have to rely on the cavalry battalion and the hunting battalion to risk their lives to stir up trouble. The formation of the bandits and chariots, the infantry has a chance to kill the enemy..."

(End of this chapter)