Jianu made a mistake after all, but it was not really a mistake.
No matter how strong Dorgon's learning ability was, it would have been very difficult for him to learn the basics of lining up to kill from the Battle of Guting Town. However, it would be difficult for others to understand the essence of infantry and artillery coordination without a teacher.
Not only did Dorgon lack the concept of infantry and artillery coordination during an attack, he also
There is even less concept of how to resist infantry and artillery coordination from the enemy.
Therefore, in the previous attack, Dorgon did not think of letting the Green Battalion's Crouching Tiger Cannons advance simultaneously with the Eight Banners Han Army and the Eight Banners Manchuria. Otherwise, at this time, at least the Tiger Crouching Cannons could be used to bombard each other.
However, Jiannu missed this only chance to make a comeback.
Otherwise, with the numerical advantage of the Crouching Tiger Cannon, Jiannu might really make a comeback.
The performance of Jiannu's Crouching Tiger Artillery may not be as good as that of the Ming Army, but it can't hold up in large numbers.
This time when he came to Liaodong, Jiannu brought 600 tiger crouching cannons and 400 camel swivel cannons.
However, at this moment, these 1,000 artillery pieces were staying on the outside of the battlefield with the Green Battalion, watching from the sidelines.
"All, all, all..." Accompanied by the intensive sound of artillery, countless lead particles poured down on the heads of the Jiannu infantry formation like violent raindrops. The Jiannu who lined up to fire cannons fell instantly.
By the way, the Ming Army's Crouching Tiger Cannon has been improved.
The improved Tiger Crouching Cannon not only achieved standardization in shape, but also added a screw adjustment mechanism, which can adjust the muzzle pitch angle through the knob. For example, at this moment, the inclination angle of the muzzle is extremely small, and it is almost a flat shot.
Due to the close distance, more than a hundred Tiger Crouching Cannons shot almost flatly.
If the Tiger Crouching Cannon is not loaded with closed-mouth ammunition, it can be loaded with 200 lead bullets.
The total of 120 squatting tiger cannons is a full 24,000 pieces of lead. This is equivalent to 24,000 musketeers firing muskets at Jiannu at the same time. Even if the accuracy is poor, the lethality is extremely terrifying.
So in just one round of shelling, more than half of the remaining Eight Banners in Manchuria were killed or injured.
At a distance of thirty to forty steps, the flat fire of the Crouching Tiger Cannon can only be described as brutal.
The essence of Qi Jiguang's army management is "enough food, sufficient pay, guns and artillery". The gun refers to the bird blunderbuss, and the artillery refers to the close-range and straight-aiming tiger crouching cannon.
Jiannu was really beaten by a tiger squatting in a cannon lake this time.
After being beaten by a tiger, the surviving Jiannu finally collapsed.
Jian Nu is indeed brave and good at fighting, and is indeed brave and unafraid of death, but there is a prerequisite for this, that is, he can win the battle.
If the slaves' confidence is shaken and they feel that victory is no longer possible, the slaves will be afraid and flee.
For example, at this moment, Jian Nu found in extreme despair that with only the more than two thousand people they had left and the more than two thousand self-made fire guns in their hands, they had no chance of breaking into the Ming army's positions.
After realizing this, Jiannu finally collapsed.
"You thief, this battle can't be fought any longer, so retreat quickly."
In the chaos, I don’t know which Gu Shanerzhen yelled,
In the next moment, more than two thousand Jiannu slaves who were fighting for their lives turned around and fled back.
In this attack, Jiannu suffered a terrible death. The more than 16,000 Eight Banners Han troops who participated in the attack suffered at least 3,000 casualties.
Of the total 10,000 Manchurians, only 2,000 fled back. The remaining 7,000 were either killed on the spot or shot in the face, and lay seriously injured in the position. With this weather condition, plus
Shang Jiannu lost control of the battlefield again, so the consequences of waiting for these wounded soldiers can be imagined.
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After establishing the slave formation.
Seeing that the Ming army only covered it with a wave of artillery fire, causing unprecedented heavy damage to the Eight Banners Manchuria who had launched the attack, and that the remaining two thousand Eight Banners Manchuria turned around and fled in panic, Dorgon's face instantly turned from black to red, and then from red to red.
Turns white, and finally changes from white to iron-blue, like a green-faced beast.
Hong Chengchou and others next to him also looked dull.
Such a result was something they never expected.
For a moment, a huge question mark appeared in front of everyone?
Why? Why did it become like this? In the previous situation, the Qing soldiers clearly had the advantage, but how could the situation be reversed in the blink of an eye, and the Qing soldiers suffered a tragic defeat?
Is it just a failure, and the casualties are so heavy?
Dorgon, Hong Chengchou and others were completely stunned.
Such a war makes them feel extremely strange.
The war in front of them is no longer the war they know.
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Seeing Jian Nu turn around and flee, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted.
However, the Ming army was very disciplined. No matter whether it was a scholar like Gu Yanwu or the ordinary recruits under his command, they did not dare to pursue rashly without receiving an order.
So when they saw Jian Nu fleeing, they just roared in excitement.
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious..."
Not only the ordinary soldiers below, but also Gu Yanwu and other soldiers were shouting till their faces turned red and their necks thickened.
Until a messenger ran up to him and shouted at him: "Commander Gu, Xu gave me an order, the whole brigade formed a hollow square formation and attacked Jiannu's main formation!"
"What did you say? Attack forward?"
Gu Yanwu felt a little confused. What is going on?
Isn't the hollow phalanx used for defense? Can it also attack those advancing?
The messenger then repeated again: "Xu gave the order, the whole brigade formed a hollow square formation, the target was to build the slave formation, attack and advance!"
"Yes!" Hearing it clearly this time, Gu Yanwu suddenly jumped up with excitement and shouted sternly, "Every battalion obeys the order, forms a hollow square formation, and attacks Jiannu's main formation!"
The next moment, the sound of trumpets and drums rumbled.
Accompanied by the loud and majestic sound of trumpets,
The officers and soldiers of the Ming army came out of the trenches and formed formations.
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When the trumpets and drums of the Ming army sounded in front, Dorgon and others were still in a state of confusion. They felt unbelievable when they looked at the defeated troops in front of them who fled back like wild boars.
Then, Dorgon and the others were awakened by the sound of the Ming army's trumpets and drums.
"What is this?" Hou Fangyu lost his voice when he heard the sound of trumpets and drums, "Is the Ming army going to counterattack?"
"Ming army counterattack?" Cao Eryu looked at Hou Fangyu with eyes like an idiot, "Hou Fangyu, are you stupid or do you think the Ming army is stupid? Although our Qing army was temporarily defeated, the 10,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners Mongolia and the Horqin Mongolian Ten Banners
More than 20,000 light cavalrymen were left unscathed. If the Ming army dared to fight back, they would be seeking death."
"Shut up!" Dorgon roared angrily, "You don't know how to see for yourself?"
"Ah?" Cao Eryu looked back at the battlefield ahead in confusion.
The next moment, Cao Eryu was stunned. Did the Ming army really fight back?
Not only Cao Eryu, but also Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and others were also dumbfounded.
For a long time, the Ming army had given them the impression that it could only defend, but lacked the ability and courage to take the initiative to attack. Even in this Liaodong battle, the Ming army only dared to form a formation and wait for the Qing army to attack.
But now, the Ming army unexpectedly took the initiative to launch an attack.
"Hahaha, okay, okay! Very good!" Dorgon laughed angrily.
"The cowardly sheep actually want to attack the ferocious beasts in the white mountains and black waters."
"It's all chaos, everything is in chaos, the whole world is in chaos, everything is in chaos!"
At this moment, Dorgon was really incompetent and furious, because his mind was still confused and he had not recovered from the previous failure, let alone how to deal with the Ming army's counterattack.
Dorgon really didn't know how to deal with the Ming army's counterattack at this moment.
In this expedition to Liaodong, the core combat strength was the 18,000 Manchurians and the 20,000 Han troops. Others such as the Eight Banners Mongolia, Green Camp and Horqin Mongolia were only auxiliary forces.
But now, the 10,000 Eight Banners in Manchuria have been severely damaged, leaving only two or three thousand broken troops. Moreover, these two or three thousand broken troops have been defeated by the Ming army and are now turning around and fleeing.
There were only less than 13,000 Han troops left out of the 28,000 bannermen.
What's worse is that the more than 10,000 Eight Banners Han troops have also been beaten to disgrace by the Ming army.
On the other hand, the morale of the Ming army is greatly boosted at this moment. It is the time when fighting spirit, fighting spirit and confidence are at their highest. One is ebbing and the other is rising. Therefore, it is definitely not a wise move to confront the Ming army head-on at this time.
But how could Dorgon be willing to accept defeat and flee with his army?
He led 60,000 elite soldiers to Liaodong with full confidence, thinking that they could win a great victory and re-boost the morale and morale of the Qing soldiers. However, they ended up being defeated and returned?
Thinking of this, Dorgon felt a strong sense of unwillingness in his heart.
No, no, I, Dorgon, can never lose to Chongzhen!
Although the Eight Banners in Manchuria collapsed, they were able to quickly stabilize their position and switch to counterattack.
Although the Eight Banners Han Army suffered heavy losses, there were still more than 12,000 people left.
The more than 30,000 cavalrymen of the Eight Banner Mongolia and Horqin Mongolia were unscathed.
What's more important is that the Green Camp's more than 350 camel swivel cannons and 600 tiger squatting cannons are still there. Since the Ming army can use the tiger squatting cannon to severely damage the Qing army, why can't the green camp use the tiger squatting cannon to severely damage the Ming army?
At that moment, Dorgon gritted his teeth and shouted: "Pass my decree and the Eight Banners will defend Manchuria on the spot."
"Tell He Luohui that we must delay the Ming army for at least a quarter of an hour at all costs."
"The Eight Banners Han Army immediately set up a formation, also a hollow square formation, and our Qing soldiers also set up a hollow square formation."
"There is also the Green Camp, hurry up and set up artillery positions on both wings of the Eight Banners and Han Army, hurry, hurry!"
"The Eight Mongolian Banners and the Horqin Mongolian Ten Banners cavalry are preparing to intercept the Ming army's flanks and rear. They will wait for the Ming army to leave its original position and cut off its retreat as soon as possible!"
Dorgon is still somewhat capable.
Whether correct or not, at least he gave his response.
Dorgon's decree was quickly conveyed, and various Qing armies responded quickly.
After seeing the order flag, the Eight Banners Manchuria, who had been hastily retreating, immediately stopped their retreat.
These Jurchens who fought hard from the white mountains and black waters, these Eight Banners soldiers who have received the most cruel and rigorous training since childhood, do have something, at least the transition between offense and defense can be truly seamless.
And he was brave enough, even though he knew he couldn't stop the Ming army, he still dared to fight.
"Line up, line up! Everyone listen to my command, the first team raises the gun, and the second team prepares!"
Accompanied by the commands from Ezhen and Zhangjing, the Eight Banners of Manchuria quickly set up their array.
