1260 Qing army counterattack
Abatai said with a wry smile: "We are all surrounded, where can we retreat?"
At this time, another shell came, and this time the shell hit the front of the position very accurately! The shell exploded. If it weren't for the low walls in front of it, many people would have been killed or injured!
Abatai was helpless when he saw this situation. After thinking about it, he wanted to say, "You guys retreat a distance! Don't forget to build the earth wall. I think it's easy to block the shells!"
The Qing army officer said, "General, we can retreat, but we can't retreat very far! And if the Ming army advances step by step, where can we retreat? Let's find a way to break through!"
This sentence made Abatai feel a headache! But at this time, another personal soldier came to report that the Shandong soldiers in front of him had launched a large number of artillery fire and were rushing towards the frontline positions!
Abatai immediately reacted. The group of Shandong soldiers and horses had no idea of rushing up to fight. They were just going to use cannons to knock them down! Thinking of this, Abatai finally made up his mind to break through! He said: "The notification slowly shrinks in both front and back, but the pace should be slow! In addition, gather all the troops and horses, and then let all the generals come to see me in the big tent!"
When Abatai returned to the big tent, the other Qing army generals had already gathered in the tent. They stared at Abatai with big eyes and eagerly looking at Abatai.
It’s not that they were eagerly waiting to break through, because they had already learned about the situation in both places. If they were surrounded like this, there would be no need for the Shandong soldiers to come and fight. As long as they bombard them for three consecutive days, the team would be waiting to disintegrate!
Abatai stood in the big tent without saying much nonsense, and asked directly: "How many cavalry have been collected back? How many cavalry do we have in total?"
The general in charge of this matter stepped forward and said, "Report to the general, the scattered cavalry have collected more than 4,000 people! In addition, the 5,000 cavalry left behind, there are now less than 10,000 people!"
Everyone felt a sense of sadness when they heard the numbers reported by this general! I remember that when they entered the pass, there were more than 100,000 infantry and cavalry, and most of them were cavalry. How powerful was that! But they didn't expect that after several consecutive battles, the cavalry would consume them.
Almost all!
After hearing this, Abatai said, "I know that all your troops have private hiding, but now is not the time to be petty! Except for the personal soldiers of military generals at all levels, the rest of the cavalry were sent to the center of the camp. Do you understand? If someone hides his private hiding at this critical moment, I kill his head, and no one thinks that I am not!"
When military generals at all levels saw that Abatai had made the matter clear, they had to agree. They broke out the numbers and sent people to make arrangements.
Abatai is an old corps, so he naturally knows the situation of each family. In order to enter the pass, each family can plunder more wealth and goods, and the number of war horses they carry is far more than needed. In addition, people outside the pass will ride horses, so it is easy to organize a cavalry.
Originally, military generals at all levels would not let go of these cavalry because everyone knew that they were about to break through. With a cavalry protecting him, the probability of escaping would be greatly increased.
But they also understood Abatai's idea. He wanted to use this cavalry to break a hole. Otherwise, everyone would be surrounded here, so they had no resistance to Abatai's order.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Abatai's face calmed down a lot. He said directly: "At this time, there are no differences between Manchus, Hans, and Mongolians. Later, I sent people to go down the formation and everyone rushed out together! As long as they rushed out, the Shandong soldiers would have no spare energy to chase us."
The generals in the tent hesitated when they heard this. But when they thought that the people and horses were mixed together, they would lose together, so they gritted their teeth and agreed.
Abatai continued: "The cavalry first goes to seven thousand people, and prepare more hook ropes to open the iron net in front of the Ming army. Then the remaining people rushed forward quickly and dispersed their gunners. However, this charge must be wrapped with the horse's eyes, as fast as possible! Try not to let them fire artillery and fire fire! Then the infantry will be wrapped in groups and follow the cavalry, and must break a hole! The remaining three thousand cavalry will be cut off! Do you have any objections?"
Everyone expressed their obedience to Abatai's orders. Abatai waved and said, "Get moving now, but be careful and don't let them discover it. Otherwise, they have it.
Beware, this battle will be even harder to fight!"
Military generals at all levels naturally knew that what Abatai said was correct, so they agreed and took the military order to prepare. They had planned to break through the siege at this time, and it would not take long to reach the night. The pursuers would not chase them too hard and would have a great chance to leave Shandong.
Just as the Qing army was preparing in full swing, the officers in Liu Pei were caught in a debate. They were divided into two groups. A relatively large group believed that it would be better to launch a general attack in two days. But another group felt that the territory of the Qing army should be gradually compressed under the cover of cannons to facilitate the final attack.
In this way, the two sides argued for a while. Even Liu Pei couldn't make up his mind for a while. However, everyone has a common understanding, that is, this Qing army is already in the jar and cannot escape!
So although the people from both sides were arguing, the atmosphere in the tent was very good. But just as everyone was discussing slowly, the police clamor suddenly sounded loudly! And it was extremely urgent, one after another! Everyone immediately woke up, and the tent suddenly became much quieter.
Suddenly a messenger rushed into the tent, and he shouted: "Master, the Qing army has begun to break through and rushed towards us!"
Before he finished speaking, the people in the tent stood up and asked about the situation in a slight manner. Liu Pei slapped the table and said loudly: "Why are you quarreling? Don't mess around, let him talk slowly by himself!"
Everyone calmed down when they heard Liu Pei's words, staring at the messenger waiting for him to report. The messenger gasped and said, "Just just now, a large number of Qing troops rushed over and dragged the wire in front of the formation with hook ropes! Then a large number of cavalry rushed over and occupied the artillery position! If the artillery soldiers hadn't reacted quickly and ran into the infantry phalanx, they would have been killed! Now the infantry phalanx is resisting the attack of the opponent's cavalry!"
Everyone was upset when they heard this! Liu Pei said immediately: "Don't mess around, wait for me to go out and have a look!"
Chapter completed!