On the top of an independent hill in the plain, Chongzhen observed the Eight Banners and Mongolian military formations face to face for the first time.
At this moment, Chongzhen was the first to put away his contempt. In his opinion, the Jingying camp could annihilate the Mongolian Mongols and repel the Mongolian Mongols. The combat power should be able to crush the Jiannu. After all, Huang Taiji and his son now
Generations, not even one Lin Dan Khan can be taken down.
In his opinion, the establishment of slaves was nothing more than this. It was not until he saw the Eight Banners' military formation that he felt fear for the first time.
Early the next morning, both sides made meals at midnight, and the army immediately left the camp and entered the battlefield.
The whole Cheying camp went out. Chongzhen thought about it all night last night. He believed that Cheying's firearms were sharp. It had an advantage in the comparison of firearms, and the number of enemies was greater than that of the Jingying camp.
Chongzhen carefully studied Yang Fan's previous battles to rescue Duolun. Yang Fan used the car camp as bait to attract the Mongolian army to besiege him. He took advantage of the strong defense of the car camp to penetrate deep into the enemy's hinterland. He focused on attrition and waited for the enemy troops to be attacked.
After being greatly weakened, heavy infantry and cavalry can be used to launch a counterattack and defeat the enemy in one battle.
As a result, the chariot camp quickly moved forward after the two armies met.
This obviously caught Huang Taiji off guard. Huang Taiji didn't understand what Chongzhen was going to do, so Che Ying took the opportunity.
When the carriage camp came out to the center of the battlefield, all the carriages immediately turned their butts outwards and stretched out the folded steel plates. A city composed of steel plates was quickly built.
This is also due to Zhou Yuji, who has never slackened in training.
Yang Fan's instructions have always been the motto of the car camp. Sweat more during training and bleed less during war. Huang Taiji saw that in a very short period of time, a steel city wall was erected in the center of the plain.
Huang Taiji, under the yellow umbrella of Zhenghuang Banner, pointed his riding whip at the carriage camp opposite and asked, "Is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in that camp?"
Li Yongfang quickly replied: "Great Khan, right there."
Huang Taiji said: "Don't you say that the Emperor of the Southern Dynasties is cowardly? Today he actually dared to lead troops to conquer personally. It shows that he is also a courageous person. Don't underestimate him."
Everyone agreed, but they still disagreed in their hearts. The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Army had been fighting for decades. Every time, the Ming Dynasty was defeated miserably.
In fact, in real history, the Eight Banners was a mixed army with multiple arms. It had a very large number of firearms and equipment, and it had basically reached half of the firearms level. It can even be said to be the pinnacle of the ancient Chinese army.
The Ming army at that time could not compare with it.
The army of the Eight Banners is divided into heavy infantry, light and heavy cavalry and firearms troops according to the types of arms. During the battle, the Jurchen heavy infantry is the main force.
These heavy infantry are completely different from the heavy infantry of the Ming Dynasty. They are mounted infantry. Each infantryman has three horses. The infantry rides to the battlefield, then dismounts and forms a formation to face the enemy.
Many readers have a certain misunderstanding about the Eight Banners, who were born as a fishing and hunting nation. They think that the Eight Banners soldiers are good at riding and shooting. In fact, this is not the case. It is the Mongolian army, not the Eight Banners soldiers, who are good at riding and shooting.
Xu Guangqi has been working on the front line of the war against the establishment of slaves for a long time and is very familiar with the situation at that time. He once gave a detailed introduction to the Eight Banners: "The Eight Banners soldiers wore chain armor inside, and a layer of cotton armor outside the middle armor, and even the horses
They also wore heavy armor, and their helmets could cover their faces. The bows, arrows and muskets of the Ming army could not cause much harm to the Eight Banners soldiers."
"When fighting the Ming army, the Eight Banners soldiers would first send out scouts to scout the enemy and understand the battlefield pattern, and then choose a suitable formation location according to the terrain. The soldiers and artillery were arranged into three teams according to the flags, and the musketeers and infantry were deployed in each line of 12 people.
The front line was covered by antlers and spearmen in the front, and on the left and right were artillery and musketry cavalry formations. The front line was entirely constructed with firearms."
"During the war, all the troops advanced together, stopped with gold medals, and fired guns and artillery. This was done nine to ten times. Artillery cover, firearms battalions, and horse infantry fired muskets in cycles without interruption. It was called the "Nine Advances and Ten Chains" tactics.
.After the Ming army's formation began to loosen under the constant fire of firearms, the Eight Banners heavy cavalry began to flank and attack the Ming army. When the Ming army fled in chaos, the Mongolian Eight Banners began to chase and kill the defeated Ming army."
One trick can lead to success. In the early days, Nurhaci used this tactic. Three years before he launched his army, the Ming army was defeated one after another outside the pass. The army lost as many as 100,000. They were forced to retreat to the city to protect themselves and did not dare to fight with them in the field.
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With the movement of the car camp in place, Chongzhen began to give orders instead of Zhou Yuji.
Zhou Yuji only dared to lower his head and listen to Chongzhen's teachings, but did not dare to raise different opinions.
But when Zhou Yuji saw Chongzhen's arrangement, he was immediately panicked. He finally couldn't hold it back and persuaded: "Your Majesty, you cannot arrange the formation like this. This is a taboo in the art of war."
Chongzhen looked at Zhou Yuji with some displeasure. Zhou Yuji's dark face turned red from worry.
"What's wrong with setting up the formation like this? You black guy can see it clearly."
"Your Majesty, your original intention is to take advantage of the strong defensive capabilities of the car camp, move forward to defend, and attract the Eight Banners to attack. Use the advantage of artillery fire to consume them."
Chongzhen nodded, he really thought so.
"Your Majesty, troops are unpredictable, and water is unpredictable. The current situation is different from when Dingyuan Hou raided Mongolia. Back then, Dingyuan Hou deployed his formation along the water. Not only was the military formation strong, but it was also close to a river and had water transportation.
Convenient. The enemy cannot be defeated and the army cannot be trapped."
Chongzhen nodded, this was the situation at that time.
"The Marquis of Dingyuan is not worried about being surrounded at all, because the fortress is strong enough, and the Mongols cannot block him at all. The water transport capacity is very large, and it cannot be intercepted."
"But Your Majesty, our situation today is completely different. There are no rivers here. Wells are rare in arid areas. With such a large army, we cannot guarantee the supply of water."
"The current terrain is very similar to the street pavilion where Ma Di fell. There is no water here. The soldiers will drink up all the water they brought within three days. After that, it will be difficult to replenish the water."
"The enemy army is as high as 250,000 to 60,000. In fact, after careful inspection, there must be a well in their garrison."
Chongzhen listened, with a very resolute expression on his face. He said: "The situation cannot be generalized. I am the central army, and the 3000 Battalion and the 5th Army Battalion are the left and right wings. Who can surround me."
"Look at the terrain here. We come out from Lama's mouth. If we are really defeated, we can retreat to the valley passage." Chongzhen pointed at the map and said.
This is indeed the case here. As long as there is no blizzard-like collapse, it can be stable. At least it can be retreated.
Zhou Yuji opened his mouth and found that he had nothing to say. But he always felt that something was wrong and couldn't say anything.
This chapter has been completed!