"Gao Banban." Chongzhen turned around and smiled Gao Qiqian.
Why is it me again? Is it over yet? Gao Qiqian couldn’t help but curse in his heart.
However, Gao Qiqian's face was instantly filled with a smile: "Long live my Lord, I am here."
"Don't blame me, I have no choice but to do this." Chongzhen said with a sigh, "But I won't let you pay for it in vain. If you are still alive after this battle, you will be promoted to the first level and become the Marquis of Zhongzhen."
Chongzhen was actually an atheist, but he had to believe in some things.
For example, the luck of Gao Qi Di, this old eunuch's luck is really strong.
Therefore, in this battle of Liaodong, Chongzhen also wanted to take advantage of his luck.
Of course, it is undeniable that Chongzhen did this because he did not dare to take this risk.
Although the Battle of Liaodong has been rehearsed no less than ten times, and most of them have been won, as long as it is a war, there will definitely be variables, and as long as there are variables, there will be risks.
Therefore, the Ming army may be defeated or even destroyed.
At this time, Chongzhen could no longer follow the Ming army.
The reason is also very simple. The Ming army in Liaodong could be defeated or even completely destroyed. As long as the same number of Jiannu could be consumed, it would not be a loss, because the national power of the Ming Dynasty was far greater than that of Jiannu.
The Ming army in Liaodong could fail or even be completely destroyed, but Chongzhen could not take risks.
This was not simply a fear of death. Chongzhen was actually not afraid of death. However, once he died in Liaodong, the industrial revolution that was already in its infancy would most likely be paused by diehards.
If this is the case, the Chinese nation may still perish.
If this is the case, the Western bandits may still cause harm to the world.
So at this time, Chongzhen couldn't take risks and couldn't stay with Xu Yingwei and the others.
Marquis Zhongzhen? Gao Qiqian's eyes immediately lit up, he rubbed his hands and said, "Long live my Lord, I am your domestic slave. It is my honor to be able to die on the battlefield in your place. The title is a heretic."
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"Oh, really?" Chongzhen smiled and said, "Forget it."
"Ah, forget it?" Gao Qiqian's face fell, what about Jun Wuxiyan as promised?
"Gao Banban, I'll leave it to you here." Chongzhen pointed at Gao Qiqian and walked away.
In less than a moment, Chongzhen and his eight hundred Yiding disappeared over the horizon like wind and lingering clouds.
Xu Yingwei quickly came to Gao Qiqian and said: "Eunuch Gao, the scout cavalry reported that the Jiannu army is crossing the Hun River from ten miles south of Dongchang Fort. If nothing goes wrong, it will arrive in about two hours.
It’s a battlefield, so you should put on your armor as soon as possible, lest things happen and it’s too late.”
Jiannu chose to cross the river ten miles south of Dongchang Fort.
The gunpowder the Ming army buried on the ice of the Hun River was in vain.
Therefore, there are always endless variables in war.
"Ah? So fast? Hurry up and help our family wear armor."
He rose and dived like a dream before he woke up, and quickly ordered the young eunuch to wear armor for him.
Xu Yingwei shook his head and issued orders to each infantry brigade and artillery battalion.
The Ming army participating in the Hunhe Battle totaled more than 25,000 people, organized into five infantry brigades and five artillery battalions. In addition, there were more than 5,000 Korean servants.
With so many troops participating in the battle, it is no longer possible to form a single hollow square formation.
Therefore, Xu Yingwei arranged the Ming army into a composite hollow square formation in the shape of "qi", that is, one infantry brigade in the northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest directions, and each infantry brigade formed a separate hollow square formation.
In the center of the word "qi" is the main artillery position of the Ming army, which also serves as a reserve position.
The fifth infantry brigade of the Ming army and more than 5,000 Korean servants remained in the reserve position.
Once danger arises in any direction, the Fifth Infantry Brigade and the Korean Army can attack at any time.
In addition, five artillery battalions were also deployed separately by Xu Yingwei. 10 field artillery generals (equipped with 100 4-inch field guns) and 2 tiger squatting artillery generals (equipped with 30 tiger squatting guns) were deployed centrally in "Qi"
The main artillery position in the center of the word, and the other eight tiger crouching artillery commanders, are deployed in the hollow square arrays at the four corners.
In this way, the infantry in the hollow square formations at the four corners can be supported by light fire from the Crouching Tiger Artillery, while at the same time they can be supported by heavy fire from the main artillery position in the center.
It is somewhat reluctant to say that the 4-inch field gun has heavy firepower.
But compared to the squatting tiger gun, the 4-inch field gun can indeed be regarded as heavy firepower.
In addition, there is Zheng Sen's air force in the central reserve position. This time when he came to Liaodong, Zheng Sen brought ten flying vehicles.
When Xu Yingwei returned to the central preparation position, he saw Zheng Sen leading the air force soldiers to assemble the flying car. In order to facilitate transportation, the flying car was disassembled and reassembled when used.
Fortunately, the structure of the flying car is actually not very complicated, and it is quick to assemble.
Seeing Xu Yingwei approaching, Zheng Sen quickly said: "Brother Youzhen, the formation is too crowded. When the fight starts later, Jiannu's artillery shells will hit us directly, which is a bit unsafe."
Xu Yingwei's composite hollow square array with the word "qi" in it. Each of the four corners of the hollow square array is about seventy paces. Seventy paces is just over 110 meters. It can accommodate more than 330 people.
Standing side by side, there are four sides in total, which add up to 1,345 people, which will form an infantry battalion.
Then it is divided into three rows from the inside to the outside, adding up to more than 4,000 people, which will form an infantry brigade.
Then the distance between two adjacent hollow square formations is almost two hundred steps. This distance is not calculated casually, but is calculated based on the effective killing distance of the flintlock gun.
Because the penetration power of the flintlock gun is still very strong within a hundred steps.
But after two hundred steps, the penetrating power of the flintlock gun will decline sharply.
[Note: Smoothbore bullets have poor stability, the warhead will roll violently, and the kinetic energy will decay quickly]
Therefore, the distance between two adjacent hollow square formations is set at 200 steps, which can ensure fatal damage to the enemy troops passing through them without threatening the friendly troops on the opposite side.
In other words, the total area of the entire "Qi" composite hollow square array is 340 steps x 340 steps, which is almost 500 meters by 500 meters. This area is really small for the red cannon, and it can be easily covered.
It can cover the area with firepower, so Zheng Sen's air force staying at the central artillery position cannot ensure safety.
Faced with Zheng Sen's complaints, Xu Yingwei rolled his eyes.
"Brother Omu, this is a field battle, not a positional battle."
"In a field battle, do you still expect to have an absolutely safe back line?"
After a pause, he continued: "Besides, Jiannu doesn't know about the existence of your air force. Is it possible that he could have predicted this and let the artillery attack you?"
"That's true." Zheng Sen scratched his head, a little embarrassed.
Xu Yingwei shook his head again and said: "Brother Damu, if you have this free time to complain to me here, you might as well get a flying car and fly it high into the sky to serve as a guard."
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"No problem, just wait."
Zheng Sen immediately led his troops into action.
After a while, a flying car slowly rose into the sky.
Because this flying car only had to serve as a guard, Zheng Sen did not carry a single grenade, but all the tung oil, which could greatly extend the time in the air.
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At the same time, the Jiannu army had crossed the Hun River.
Looking at the ice surface of the Hun River, Dorgon felt a little emotional.
"Twenty-six years ago, our Qing soldiers fought a bloody battle with the Ming army on the north bank of the Hun River."
"At that time, the Ming army rushed to Shenyang with Baigan soldiers, Zhejiang soldiers and Jizhen soldiers. If it weren't for the Baigan soldiers, there would have been dissatisfaction between the Zhejiang soldiers and Jizhen soldiers, giving me the opportunity for the Qing soldiers to defeat them. If I want to
It is really not easy to win the Hunhe War. Even if we win in the end, we will still be injured, and as a result, the Qing Dynasty will never be the same as it is today."
"However, this time in the Hunhe Battle, our Qing soldiers rushed thousands of miles to help, and the situation was reversed."
"But fortunately, our Qing army is one of the Eight Banners, and it is impossible to repeat the mistakes of the Baigan soldiers, Zhejiang soldiers and Jizhen soldiers."
Speaking of this meal, just when Dorgon was about to lead his army to continue to the southeast, Ye Buzuo reported that the Ming army was found on the river thirty miles ahead.
Dorgon asked in a deep voice: "Are you sure it's the Ming army?"
"It's definitely the Ming army." Wa Xing'a responded, "There's also Chongzhen's emperor's great banner."
"What did you say? Chongzhen's emperor's great banner?" Dorgon's eyes suddenly lit up.
Behind Dorgon, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and several other die-hard traitors also became excited.
This time the Qing army mobilized troops to march to Liaodong, and the restoration of the land was actually second. The main target was Chongzhen. If Chongzhen could be captured alive or killed, it would be the greatest victory.
Dorgon confirmed again: "Wa Xing, are you sure you are the emperor of Chongzhen?"
"Master, it must be the imperial scroll of Chongzhen." Vasinga said with great certainty, "The scroll is bright yellow and has sun and moon patterns embroidered on it. It is absolutely impossible for me to mistake it."
"Bright yellow sun and moon pictures?" Hong Chengchou said excitedly.
"Master, there is no doubt that he is the emperor of Chongzhen. No one dares to overstep this."
"Okay, very good!" Dorgon said with a serious smile, "This is really like trying to find nowhere, and it takes no effort to get here. Chongzhen, Chongzhen, I wonder where you can run this time?
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While he was talking, He Luohui came over excitedly on horseback.
"Master, good news." He Luohui said, "More than 20,000 cavalry from Horqin's ten banners have passed Anshan Post. They are less than fifty miles away and can arrive in two hours at most."
"Haha, okay, okay!" Dorgon said "ok" twice.
"Prince Esen and the others came at just the right time, neither too early nor too late!"
"With Horqin's ten banners and 20,000 cavalry, the success rate will be even higher."
After a pause, he continued: "Now Chongzhen has no chance even if he wants to escape."
"Yes, Chongzhen has no chance even if he wants to run away now." Hong Chengchou said with a smile, "Mongolian light cavalry are best at chasing. Even if Chongzhen is protected by Yiding, it will be useless. He will have no chance to escape back to Gaizhou."
"However, let's defeat the Ming army first," Dorgon said.
"Pass my decree, the whole army spreads out and forms an array!"
