In the inherent memories of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and the Eight Banners Han Army who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Ming army was basically a coward. They could barely fight with the help of a fortified city, but the field battle basically collapsed at the first touch.
Even Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army were not much better.
So facing the menacing Ming cavalry, no one had anything to worry about.
Oh, no, there is one exception. This person is Geng Jimao, the eldest son of Geng Zhongming.
Geng Jimao was very sure that the Ming cavalry that appeared in Henan was by no means a coward. He was even convinced that this Ming cavalry would pose a fatal threat to the Han army with the red flag and the white flag.
But he didn't know what tactics the Ming army's cavalry would adopt.
Normally, two to three thousand cavalry cannot threaten the more than ten thousand Eight Banners Han Army.
Even without the Hongyi artillery, the more than 10,000 Eight Banners Han troops relied on their blunderbuss and spears, plus the formation of thousands of sidecars, to defeat the charge of the same number of cavalry.
Therefore, it is really difficult for two to three thousand Ming army cavalry to do anything.
But for some unknown reason, Geng Jimao always felt inexplicably uneasy.
If nothing else, Geng Jimao was mentally scarred by the Battle of Xuzhou. The endless pursuit of eight hundred Yiding soldiers from Xia Town to Daming Mansion for more than a thousand miles for half a month left a serious psychological shadow on him.
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[Note: This more than a thousand miles is not a straight line, there are a lot of detours in the middle]
In short, Geng Jimao was very convinced that Chongzhen would never send such a cavalry force of several thousand men for no reason deep into western Henan to harass the Eight Banners Han Army, and he would choose this opportunity after Duduo left with Eight Banners Manchuria and Eight Banners Mongolia.
So there must be some unknown conspiracy hidden here.
At that moment, Geng Jimao said to Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde: "Father, and uncle, there must be a reason why such a huge Ming army cavalry suddenly appeared in western Henan. I'm sure there is a conspiracy hidden here."
"Oh, really?" Kong Youde asked lightly, "What kind of conspiracy could that be?"
"Well, my nephew hasn't thought of it yet." Zhong Jimao scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Get off!" Geng Zhongming's face darkened again and he kicked Geng Jimao out of the car.
After he finished, he said to Kong Youde: "What, this kid was beaten stupid by the Ming army, please ignore him."
"I think what Ji Mao said is quite reasonable." Kong Youde frowned and said, "Such a large Ming army cavalry actually came so far to the west of Henan. What is it doing? There must be a purpose, right?"
Geng Zhongming said: "What do you care about those people? Just fuck them."
While talking, the Ming army cavalry continued to approach the Eight Banners Han army.
However, just when the two traitors were expecting the Hongyi artillery to fire hundreds of cannons and the Ming cavalry to flip over, the Ming cavalry suddenly stopped and stopped approaching.
"What's going on?" Kong Youde asked with a frown, "Why don't you leave?"
"Yeah, why don't you leave?" Geng Zhongming was also confused, "What kind of trouble are you going to make?"
At this time, Geng Jimao climbed back into the car: "Dad, and uncle, have you noticed that the Ming cavalry's position is very tricky, just outside the range of our red cannons."
"It's true," Kong Youde said, "Our red cannon has a range of one thousand steps, and this group of Ming army cavalry stopped just a thousand steps away."
"Deliberately." Geng Jimao said, "The Ming cavalry definitely did it on purpose."
Kong Youde said: "So, the Ming cavalry doesn't really want to launch an attack, but just wants to drag us here? Don't let us transport the red cannon to Tongguan?"
"No way." Geng Zhongming said, "It would make sense if it was the bandit cavalry, but this is clearly the Ming army cavalry. What is their purpose in doing this? When did the Ming army collude with the bandits?"
"I also think it's impossible. How could the Ming cavalry help the bandits?" Kong Youde shook his head and said, "But the question is, how can we explain this matter?"
Two traitors are making random guesses here.
The situation on the battlefield also reached a stalemate.
The cavalry of the Ming army stood still a thousand steps away, and the Han army of the Eight Banners did not dare to move rashly.
After a stalemate for about half an hour, the Eight Banners Han Army lost their composure and dispatched a group of infantry to advance in an attempt to drive away the Ming Army cavalry blocking the official road.
The Eight Banners Han Army consisted of approximately 3,000 people.
One thousand of them were musketeers and two thousand spearmen.
In addition, a small number of Tiger Crouching Cannons were carried to provide support.
Not only the Ming army had squatting cannons, but the Jiannu slaves also had them.
Seeing the Eight Banners Han Army attacking, the Ming Army cavalry immediately began to retreat.
The two armies always maintain a distance of about a thousand steps. This is the advantage of cavalry.
The cavalry can firmly hold the initiative on the battlefield. It is up to the cavalry to attack or retreat, and where to launch the attack, while the infantry can only be passively beaten.
After advancing about a thousand steps, the slave infantry stopped and stopped advancing.
Because if they move further forward, the infantry will be beyond the range of the red cannons and will easily be attacked by the Ming cavalry in a roundabout way, thus falling into a difficult dilemma.
Immediately, the Eight Banners Han Army monitored the Ming Army's cavalry with the 3,000 infantrymen sent out earlier, and the subsequent armies broke out of camp and advanced alternately.
After all, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were also experienced battlefield veterans. Although the Ming cavalry wanted to hold them back, the two quickly came up with a countermeasure, relying on this method to cover their advance alternately.
This is a bit slow, but it is safer and less likely to cause trouble.
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Jin Xuan also realized this and said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, it will be difficult to hold back Jiannu like this."
"Jin Qing, don't be impatient. This is just the beginning. Don't think about beating people to death with a stick." Chongzhen waved his hand, turned his eyes to the western sky, and said with a smile, "It will be dark soon."
"It's dark?" Jin Xuan's expression suddenly changed when he heard this.
Based on what the Holy One means, are you planning to launch a night attack?
It is indeed necessary to launch a night attack. It would be a waste if the cavalry does not conduct a night attack.
Li Jing, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, relied on three thousand cavalry to attack Yinshan Mountain at night and defeated one hundred thousand nomadic cavalry from the Eastern Turks in one fell swoop!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Chongzhen was naturally not arrogant enough to compare with Li Jing, nor did he think that Jin Xuan's three thousand fine cavalry could compare with Li Jing's three thousand cavalry, but in front of him
The more than 10,000 Eight Banners Han troops are also not comparable to the 100,000 Turkic cavalry. Therefore, the Ming army still has a great chance in this battle. After all, he has prepared a surprise for the Eight Banners Han troops.
At that moment, Chongzhen said: "Just keep this distance and retreat slowly."
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It quickly became dark.
Once it got dark, it was very unfriendly to the Eight Banners Han troops who carried a large amount of grain and grass baggage and Hongyi cannons, because the existence of grain and grass baggage restricted their movements and they were not allowed to leave the official road.
The existence of the Hongyi cannon restricted their tactics.
Although the Hongyi cannon is sharp, it is too bulky and difficult to move and turn.
Therefore, the Hongyi artillery requires sufficient reaction time and needs to be protected by vehicle camps and infantry.
However, after dark, the line of sight was seriously disturbed, and the Ming army cavalry could silently approach within dozens of steps, which greatly shortened the Eight Banners Han army's combat response time.
Therefore, in order to avoid being attacked by the Ming army's cavalry, the Eight Banners Han army could only order to camp.
Before it got dark, the Eight Banners Han Army seized an open area by the Gushui River and set up camp in the shortest possible time with Gushui behind their backs.
Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming are veteran generals after all.
Building a stronghold with grain and water on your back not only solves the problem of water acquisition, but also reduces the defensive front.
The ice was smooth and thin. The Ming cavalry could not step on the ice and attack the Eight Banners Han Army's camp from behind. They could only attack from the front in the wilderness, which shortened the length of the Eight Banners Han Army's defense line.
It soon became dark, and bonfires were lit in the slave camp to illuminate the military camp.
The Ming army cavalry didn't know where they were running, and seemed to be hiding in a valley somewhere.
However, in the shadows where the firelight could not reach, the Ming army and Jiannu's Ye Bushou were already engaged in a desperate battle. From time to time, several screams could be heard in the dead night.
But soon, everything will fall silent again.
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"Puff!"
Hu Guozhu threw Jiannu, who was held under his arm, heavily to the ground.
The Jiannu rolled on the ground, jumped up and ran towards the Jiannu camp.
But just as Jiannu took a step, a huge force came from behind, knocking him to the ground in an instant, and then a heavy leather boot stepped heavily on his back.
"Spare my life, spare your life!" Jiannu immediately begged loudly for mercy.
"Still a Han?" Hu Guozhu said with some surprise.
"The villain is a Han Chinese, from Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province." Jiannu said.
Hu Guozhu knelt down and held a torch in front of Jian Nu. What appeared in the firelight was a young face with a flattering smile. He was obviously afraid that Hu Guozhu would kill him with one knife.
A group of Ming troops rushed out of the darkness and controlled Jiannu.
Then the slave was tied up and brought to Chongzhen's court.
"Your Majesty, I was lucky enough to catch one alive." Hu Guozhu said with cupped hands.
"Your Majesty?" The prisoner couldn't help but be stunned and looked at Chongzhen in disbelief.
If I could escape back and report the news to the princes, would I have a chance to raise the flag?
"What's your name?" Chongzhen bent down and picked out a sweet potato from the fire. He peeled off a piece of burnt charcoal skin, and a rich fragrance filled the air.
The prisoner's stomach immediately growled.
When I came out, I only ate some solid food, and my stomach was already hungry.
"The Holy One is asking you." Hu Guozhu kicked the prisoner in the crook of his leg.
"Uh?" The prisoner just woke up from a dream and said hurriedly, "Little man and cow two."
"Niu Er?" Chongzhen continued to peel the sweet potatoes and asked again, "Why did you surrender Jiannu?"
"The villain can't help it." Niu Er's head drooped, "Everyone has surrendered. King Gongshun... No, it was Kong Youde who surrendered to Jiannu. If the villain doesn't surrender, he will die. It doesn't matter if the villain dies.
But there is still a ninety-year-old mother at home. If the villain dies, there will be no one to send her to her death."
