Daming Military Empire

Chapter 114 Running away without a fight

That afternoon, Zhu Cijiong called all the generals to a meeting again. It was still a blank sheet of paper and a charcoal pencil. Zhu Cijiong still had a confident expression.However, the expressions of the generals below have changed. They are no longer full of anxiety, but relaxed, and some of them even have a little bit of joy in their eyes.

In the morning, they were really confused. They were afraid that the emperor would pretend to know how to command blindly, but after a whole morning of confrontation, they found that the emperor was more cautious, at least he would not be greedy for merit and let them die.

Zhu Cijiong didn't pay attention to their expressions. At this time, he was already too excited. No one in this era understands the battle between hot weapons. It can be seen from Huang Taiji's performance that he only wants to be sent to eat shells by others , there is nothing tactical about the use of artillery.

Now it's easy to handle, he can take advantage of the range of the 5-inch cannon, and keep bombing until Huang Taiji collapses.Of course, it is also possible for Huang Taiji to put all his eggs in one basket and charge the whole army.He was not afraid of that, with artillery support behind him and flintlock guns firing non-stop in front, he would never rush to the front of the formation without losing more than half of his troops.When he rushed to the front of the formation, the musketeers retreated, and the sword and shield soldiers were in front, and the spearmen and halberd soldiers were behind, so they couldn't stab him to death!
The more Zhu Cijiong thought about it, the more excited he became, and he drew it on the white paper. The picture this time is very similar to the picture in the morning, the only difference is that the entire formation has moved a hundred steps forward.

He finished the sketch in a hurry, and said directly to Sun Chengzong: "Teacher, we will still be in the same formation tomorrow morning, but from [-] paces away from the enemy camp to [-] paces away from the enemy camp. The cavalry don't have to go up to test it out. Line up [-] cavalry on one side."

Sun Chengzong nodded, cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Zhu Cijiong pointed to the back of the sword and shield soldiers and said to Sun Yuanhua: "Chuyang, put the [-]-type howitzers in this position tomorrow, only one row, adjust to the maximum range, and bombard them with shotguns non-stop. The [-]-type howitzers lined up in two rows, about [-] paces away from the enemy camp, aiming at the area [-] paces in front of the enemy to prevent the enemy from charging suddenly."

Sun Yuanhua's eyes lit up when he heard the words, the emperor let the artillery make a great contribution!He hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."

Zhu Cijiong thought about it, and felt that it should be almost done, so he threw the charcoal pencil, waved and said: "Okay, let's go down and rest, and pay attention to arrange vigilance, so as not to be attacked by the enemy."

All the generals resigned in unison, leaving only Zhu Cijiong standing there laughing.

Will Huang Taiji come to sneak attack?He would not do such stupid things. The Ming army had more than 20 troops, and there was a fortress there. Even if some troops were stationed outside the fortress, so what, they put the artillery on the city wall, If you go to attack the barracks outside, he can still hit you.

Not only did Huang Taiji not go for a sneak attack, he also strictly guarded against the Ming army's sneak attack. His artillery was aimed at the front. If the Ming army sneaked from both sides, his artillery would be useless.

Neither side thought about attacking each other, so they lived in peace and passed a peaceful night.

Early the next morning, the Ming army began to set up the formation. Huang Taiji had just set up the formation on his side, and the formation on the other side was also completed. It looked basically the same as yesterday, except that it moved forward a hundred steps.

Huang Taiji was determined not to charge first. Looking at the formation opposite, he couldn't help but secretly said with regret: "Why don't you guys line up a little bit earlier? If you go up a hundred steps, I'll keep your crap out of your hands."

Of course, he can only think about it. Everyone knew yesterday that his cannon can shoot so far, so it is naturally impossible to go forward a hundred steps.

He can only think about it here, but Zhu Cijiong's side is not just thinking about it. Sun Yuanhua commanded the artillery to transport 42 [-]-style howitzers to the back of the sword and shield soldiers, lined up, loaded and loaded ammunition, and adjusted the range to The farthest, everything is ready, just waiting for Zhu Cijiong's order.

Huang Taiji saw that there was no movement from the opposite side for a long time, thinking that they wanted to fight each other again today, and if they were exhausted, they would consume it. When Zu Dashou in Shuangtaizibao ran out of food, he could easily spend the [-] Ming in the castle. The army has been cleaned up, and when the time comes, hey, tens of thousands of slaves can be captured again, and the profit will not be lost.

Seeing Huang Taiji's relaxed expression through the binoculars, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help raising his right hand to shoot Huang Taiji, and then said loudly: "Send me an order to let Sun Yuanhua fire immediately."

Sun Yuanhua received the oral order, and immediately shouted: "Light up the fire, fire the cannon!"

"Chi Chi Chi Chi" After a burst of fuze burning, "Boom Boom Boom" a row of shotguns covered the enemy's formation like a dark cloud.

Huang Taiji was leisurely looking around with his binoculars, when suddenly there was a roar of artillery from the opposite formation, he only felt his eyes go dark, followed by a burst of noisy sounds like "噗呲", "哐哒", and "Ah". The news reached his ears, at least hundreds of cavalry in his own formation fell down!
He couldn't help but "click" in his heart, artillery?How to play with such a long range?
Before he could come up with a countermeasure, there was another roar from the opposite side, and hundreds of people fell down in his own formation.

All the post-golden cavalry showed fearful expressions. Although they were not afraid of death, this inexplicable way of death was really terrifying. Everyone looked nervously at the top of their heads, for fear that an iron ball would fly over and they would lie on the ground directly. .

At this moment, Huang Taiji was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. It was impossible to stand and eat shells like this. He looked at the formation on the opposite side and charged forward?Such a dense defensive formation, can it be rushed?Even if it breaks away, how many people can come back!

He hesitated for a moment, when another cloud of shotgun bombarded him, and hundreds of people disappeared again!
As soon as Huang Taiji gritted his teeth, he said unwillingly: "The order is for everyone to retreat into the camp. The Zhenghuang Banner and Xianghuang Banner are behind the gate of the camp to resist. The others pack up the tents, load the artillery onto the carriage, and prepare to retreat."

The messengers scattered, and after a while all the Golden Cavalry retreated into the camp, and then began to dismantle the tents and carry the artillery.

Seeing this scene through the binoculars, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help saying angrily: "Huang Taiji, you are shameless! If you can't fight, you run away. What kind of a hero! Beat the drums and march. The arms maintain their formation and keep up as a whole."

The messengers dispersed, and after a while, the sound of drums was heard in the formation, and all the Ming troops, under the command of their respective generals, stepped on the drums and marched towards the Jin camp.

The golden soldiers of Zhenghuang Banner and Xianghuang Banner couldn't help but clenched their weapons tightly, preparing to start a hand-to-hand fight with the Ming army. Seeing that the Ming army was still two hundred steps away from the camp, a row of people on the opposite side rushed to the front in order, raising their hands. Picking up the gun in his hand, a rain of bullets flew over, and the cavalry in front immediately fell down in a row.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of "popping" sounded continuously from the opposite side. Rows of musketeers advanced alternately, rushed forward, fired, and reloaded in one go. The bullets rained down on the cavalry with the yellow flag and the yellow flag. , The golden soldiers fell down in rows like dumplings.

There was a rare look of fear in Huang Taiji's eyes, and he shouted: "Quick, Ming Jin, the whole army retreats."

Soon there was the sound of "clang, bang, bang, clang" in the camp, and the golden cavalry retreated like a tide, and many military tents were left behind by them. After a while, the golden camp became an empty camp!
Seeing this situation through the telescope, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but slapped the handle of the dragon chair, and cursed: "Run without fighting, shameless!"

At this time, Qin Yiming who was at the side asked: "Your Majesty, should you chase after me?"

Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes at him, and said angrily: "What are you chasing after? The infantry can't catch up, and there are only [-] cavalry. Are you going to catch up and die? Pass my word of mouth, clean up the battlefield, and send scout cavalry to follow Jiannu and watch them Where did you escape to?"

The messengers scattered, and Sun Chengzong and others in front began to organize manpower to clean the battlefield and investigate the enemy's situation.

Before the battlefield was cleaned up, the scouts came to report that Huang Taiji had fled to Shuangtaizibao and joined the [-] infantry.

Soon, another scout came to report that Huang Taiji ran away with the infantry and fled towards Haizhouwei!

Zhu Cijiong was dumbfounded when he heard the news. This guy is too straightforward. Once he found out that he couldn't beat him, he immediately ran away. He didn't have any face at all!
In fact, Huang Taiji escaped not once or twice. As early as the seventh year of Tianqi, Huang Taiji led his army to attack Ningyuan, and was bombarded by Yuan Chonghuan with heavy casualties. He immediately led his army back to Jinzhou, and ordered the whole army Withdrew without any hesitation at all.

In his eyes, there are only benefits, how much face is worth, and Nurhachi is desperate for face, attacking Ningyuan hard, and in the end, he is really dead!Naturally, Huang Taiji would not do such a stupid thing, he is shrewd, he will run away if there is no benefit, and he will definitely not die and suffer.

With Huang Taiji's run, the battle was over. Zhu Cijiong originally thought that Huang Taiji would resist for at least a few days, and he would run away when he couldn't stand it anymore, but he ran away without hesitation after only a few shots. It made him feel as if he had punched the cotton with a punch, and he felt uncomfortable for a long time.

He was suffering here, when Sun Yuanhua suddenly ran over, bowed and saluted, "Report to the emperor, I found the location where they set the cannons, the cannons have been moved away, leaving only a row of big holes on the ground.

She couldn't help asking curiously: "What do you mean by a row of big pits?"

Sun Yuanhua explained: "This proves that they are still using the old-fashioned base. After moving to a place, they have to be fixed at zero time. Moreover, the left and right directions and the up and down directions are dead, cannot be rotated, and moving the position is also very troublesome."

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but secretly rejoiced after hearing the words: "It's okay, it's okay, they don't know how to build cannon carts yet, and if they do, it will be even more difficult to deal with."

Soon, Sun Chengzong led Zu Dashou over. Zu Dashou was so grateful to him that Zhu Cijiong got goosebumps all over his body.

It turned out that after Zu Dashou saw that the Jin army had withdrawn, he didn't dare to open the city gate, so he could only send out scouts to investigate the situation, but happened to run into the scouts sent by Sun Chengzong, and Zu Dashou knew that the emperor actually led the army himself He came to save himself, so he rushed to Xiping Fort to thank him.

Zhu Cijiong was really relieved to see that he was fine. The time Chongzhen was besieged against him had such a tragic ending. Zhu Cijiong really couldn't bear to see such a thing happen.

With Huang Taiji fleeing without a fight, what was supposed to be a vigorous battle ended hastily. Huang Taiji can be said to have created the lowest casualty record of any war in history. A battle of tens of 10 people resulted in more than 1000 casualties. Man, I have to say, this is nothing short of a miracle!

(End of this chapter)