But sometimes this kind of confidence can be harmful.
For example, Baiyintu suffered greatly this time.
After discovering the Ming army's Qian Yi Ding, Baiyin Tu immediately responded and asked Zhuo Butai to lead two Niu Lu to intercept and kill the Qian Yi Ding. He and another fierce general with a yellow flag, Chen Tai, led another group.
Three Niu Lu came to protect the back of the main force of Jiannu led by Obai to avoid being cut off by the Ming army.
Baiyintu felt that his arrangement was extremely appropriate and there was nothing wrong with it.
Although the Ming army's thousand Yidin were difficult to deal with, two Niulu and 600 Eight Banners soldiers with yellow flags were enough to entangle them, and the remaining three Niulu and 900 warriors were enough to protect their retreat.
But Baiyintu ignored a cruel fact.
Or Baiyintu actually discovered it but didn't pay much attention to it.
That is the huge gap in military strength between the Jiannu and Ming armies.
During the Battle of Xia Town, only about 10,000 Jiannu came.
Among these 10,000 people, there are 3,000 reduced soldiers and 3,000 coated soldiers.
In other words, there are less than 6,000 real Eight Banners soldiers.
However, there were at least 30,000 Ming troops stationed in Xia Town!
Baiyin Tu did not know the exact strength of the Ming army, but 30,000 was just an estimate.
Moreover, these 30,000 Ming troops are not local warriors or guardsmen, they are all recruited soldiers.
Previously, Obai led the main force of Jiannu to attack the northwest area of Xia Town for more than an hour and captured more than a hundred gun platforms, but the Ming army that fought them had less than 10,000 people.
Moreover, most of the more than 10,000 Ming troops ran away.
In other words, the remaining more than 20,000 Ming troops have been recuperating their strength.
In fact, the Ming army that has been recharging its strength is not 20,000, but a full 40,000!
However, Baiyintu didn't care at all, even if he discovered it, he didn't care too much.
Victory after victory and undefeated and brilliant achievements on the field battlefield made Jiannu's senior generals firmly believe that Jiannu's field battles were invincible. No matter how large the Ming army was, it would be in vain, and the Ming army would only defend.
If you can barely fight in the city, fighting in the field is for nothing. This has almost become a stereotype.
It was precisely because of this stereotype that Baiyintu suffered a serious setback.
Qian Yiding first came into contact with the two Niu Lu with yellow flags and started a chase.
The individual combat effectiveness of the Thousand Yiding soldiers is actually better than that of the Eight Banners soldiers with yellow flags, because when Zu Dashou originally formed the Three Thousand Yiding soldiers, the target was the Three Thousand Guards of Huang Taiji, also known as the White Armored Soldiers.
Of course, three thousand Yiding soldiers cannot defeat three thousand white-armored soldiers.
Because in terms of equipment, physical condition, armor, etc., the three thousand white-armored soldiers have overwhelming advantages over the three thousand barbarians. There is no comparison between the two sides at all.
But the cavalry and shooting skills of the three thousand Yiding soldiers were still better than those of the white-armored soldiers.
Therefore, Yi Ding's tactics were very clear, that is, they would never engage in close combat with Jian Nu.
Instead, he adopted the tactic of flying a kite and always kept a distance of fifty steps from Jiannu.
Fifty steps is an embarrassing distance for Jian Nu, because except for a very few sharp archers such as Obai and Yabulan, most Jian Nu are not capable of shooting at fifty paces on a galloping horse.
Target.
However, Yiding can shoot with light arrows.
Although the Eight Banners soldiers with yellow flags are all wearing armor, the threat from light arrows is extremely small.
However, this method of fighting is not very harmful, but it is extremely humiliating. Especially when the Mongols were defeated by slaves, it is even more unacceptable.
So the two sides launched a life-threatening chase.
Not long after the two Niulu Jiannu chased the Yiding and left the battlefield, Baiyintu also brought the other three Niulu to the outside of the Ming army's defense line, and at the same time rang the golden bell to ask Obai to withdraw his troops.
Yabulan heard it right, what he heard was the sound of gold.
It's a pity that the golden bell of establishing slaves was drowned out just after it rang twice.
Because trumpets suddenly sounded in the Ming army's formation, followed by swan sounds one after another.
Hearing the sound of trumpets and swans, Baiyintu's heart suddenly sank, right? Could it be that the Ming army was going to counterattack?
At that moment, Baiyintu got off his horse and hurriedly climbed onto the outermost slope protection. Then he climbed onto one of the carriages that Jiannu had thrown on the slope protection. He raised his telescope and looked into the formation.
Since the height is not high enough, I can only get a rough look.
But Baiyin Tu still saw that the Eight Banners Army had been completely defeated.
The Eight Banners soldiers who were originally advancing were obviously counterattacked by the Ming army, and then they were unable to withstand it and were completely defeated. Through the field of vision of the telescope, the panic expressions of the soldiers could even be seen clearly.
"Damn it!" Baiyintu was inexplicably annoyed and wished he had retreated earlier.
If we had retreated earlier, we would not have been counterattacked by the Ming army, let alone defeated.
Evacuating the battlefield in an orderly manner is completely different from fleeing all the way.
It seems that there is no way to escape from a big defeat. This is really a case of stealing chicken but losing the rice.
Fortunately, there are still three Niulu of my own who are responsible for cutting off the rear, so the casualties should not be too great. The sidecars, carriages, and Folan cannons will probably have to be abandoned.
However, before this thought was finished, the sound of cannons suddenly sounded from both sides of the battlefield.
"Huh?!" Baiyintu suddenly turned his head, and was surprised to find that another Ming army infantry appeared on the right side of the battlefield. There were at least a thousand people, pushing a long row of sidecars, heading towards them.
Slowly approaching.
"Master Bai Yintu, there are those on the left too!" Chen Tai, who was following beside him, also roared.
Baiyintu quickly turned his head and looked to the left, and his heart instantly sank to the bottom.
Because a Ming army infantry force of more than a thousand people also appeared on the left, also pushing a long row of sidecars. The sideboards of the sidecars had been opened, revealing the Fran cannons loaded on the cars.
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"Lord Bai Yin Tu, this is a knock on the door by two ghosts!" It's rare that Chen Tai actually knows chess, "Ming Gou wants to keep all the more than 8,000 people in Ao Bai. They really have a huge appetite and are not afraid of being eaten to death.
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As soon as Chentai finished speaking, the hoarse shouts of the Ming army suddenly rang out on the battlefield.
At first the shouts seemed messy, but soon they converged into one voice: "Kill the Jiannu, leave no one behind!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Don't leave any one behind, what a big appetite!" Baiyintu sneered and turned to Chentai and said, "Chentai, for the honor of the yellow flag
It’s time to fight!”
"Please give the order, my lord!"
"You lead a half-niulu to attack the right-wing Ming army. You are not allowed to take a step back until you hear the sound of gold!"
"嗻!" Chen Tai hit a thousand, and immediately ordered a half-Niulu Eight Banners soldier to attack the right-wing Ming army, while Baiyintu personally led the remaining half-Niulu Eight Banners soldiers to attack the left-wing Ming army.
The critical moment has arrived.
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"go ahead!"
"Keep formation!"
Huang Degong stood proudly on a sidecar with his iron whip high.
At this time, Huang Degong was wearing a robe on his head and a straight mountain armor, like a door god walking out of a New Year painting.
Seeing this scene, the five thousand Ming troops behind them were all deeply inspired. As the commander-in-chief, Uncle Jingnan could take the lead. What else could they, the big soldiers, have to cherish?
Following the flags and drums, the Ming army slowly moved forward.
Ahead, Jiannu has also sorted out the sidecars and supporting cars.
There were about four to five hundred Jian slaves pushing about twenty sidecars and carriages in a row to greet us.
About a hundred steps away, Jiannu stopped first, inserted the mortise and tenon into the slot, and hammered the iron into the ground. Twenty sidecars and carriages quickly formed a formation.
Immediately, Jian slaves holding large bows appeared on the wall.
However, the Ming army did not stop and continued to advance under Huang Degong's command.
"Boom, boom, boom!" The five No. 1 Fran cannons on the Jiannu sidecar took the lead in firing.
Accompanied by the ear-piercing shriek of the artillery shells, two closed-mouthed shells passed over the heads of the Ming army and landed in the open space, while the remaining three closed-mouthed shells all hit the Ming army's infantry square.
One of them also hit a side car.
The sidecar was torn apart in an instant.
The Ming troops in the phalanx were also in mourning.
A 25-pound closed-mouth bullet is enough to penetrate the Ming army's formation.
Wherever the bullet passed, a series of broken limbs were left behind.
However, the actual death toll is not that many. The killing efficiency of solid bullets is not even a little worse than that of explosive bullets, but the killing effect looks scary. It is really difficult for ordinary people to bear the severed limbs and body.
However, with Huang Degong at the front, the Ming army did not collapse.
Eighty steps away, Jiannu fired again, and this time all five bullets hit the target. In an instant, two more sidecars were destroyed, and the Ming army left five more strings of corpses in the formation.
However, the Ming army did not stop and continued to move forward.
Sixty steps away, another sidecar of the Ming army was destroyed.
However, Huang Degong still had no intention of stopping and continued to move forward.
The few messengers standing behind Huang Degong were on the verge of rushing out and did not dare to raise their flags.
It wasn't until they were fifty steps away that Huang Degong lowered the iron whip he held high: "Car camp, form a formation!"
The few messengers who had been extremely anxious quickly turned around and waved their flags vigorously.
Seeing the command flag of the Chinese army, the soldiers in the car camp quickly turned the sidecar sideways, connected the connecting mechanism with tenons and rivets, and then soldered the iron into the ground to quickly form a car formation.
The first row of musketeers quickly climbed up to the wall of the car.
However, before the first row of musketeers could open fire, the heavy arrows of Jiannu had already been fired.
Fifty steps, for the Ming army's muskets, was just barely within the effective range, but for the Eight Banners soldiers of Jiannu, they could basically hit the human-shaped target at this distance nine times out of ten.
Therefore, the Ming army's gunfire only showed up slightly, and a dozen of them were immediately shot dead by the Jiannu slaves.
Fortunately, the remaining musketeers opened fire one after another, and the thick smoke suddenly obscured their vision.
What followed was basically a melee, mainly relying on the Franco machine cannons of both sides to bombard each other. The archers and musketeers were just auxiliary.
Seeing this, Baiyintu breathed a sigh of relief.
The Ming troops on the left and right wings were finally blocked.
Although the fight between the two sides was lively, there were few casualties.
At this intensity, it would be absolutely fine to hold on for half an hour.
However, it only took a quarter of an hour for Oboi and the others to withdraw.
However, before this idea was completed, Baiyintu was extremely horrified to discover that two more groups of Ming troops had separated from the outer and rear sides of the left and right Ming troops, and continued to push the sidecars forward to outflank them.
