Yuzhu could see clearly that it was only the forward troops of the Junggar people that were defeated.
Junggar's main force formation is still very complete.
Many novices who don’t understand military affairs always think that the Mongols’ cavalry charge was an all-out cavalry charge.
In fact, it’s a big mistake!
Unless absolutely necessary, the Mongols would definitely not be willing to use cavalry to attack the enemy's infantry formation.
Moreover, even if the Mongolian cavalry is dispatched, it will not be possible to dispatch them all, but to attack in waves.
The maximum number of charges in one wave cannot exceed 2,000 people.
Because of the different speeds of war horses, the most favorite cavalry tactic used by the Mongols is the attack in an arrow formation.
The advantage of doing this is that the impact is extremely strong!
The Junggar people fled back. Yuzhu not only did not order the New Army to pursue them, but instead ordered the soldiers of the New Army to turn back collectively.
For one reason, Yuzhu planned to continue bombarding the Junggar formation with artillery.
Once upon a time, Yuzhu never had more than fifty cannons in his hands.
This time, the old emperor spent a lot of money and gave him more than 400 artillery pieces at once.
If Yuzhu does not give full play to the power of the artillery salvo, then he is the biggest fool in the world.
When the New Army soldiers returned to the firearms camp, Garshi, the commander of the firearms camp, immediately ordered, "Fire."
"Boom..."
"Boom..."
The rumbling sound of artillery resounded through the night, and more than a hundred flaming iron projectiles viciously smashed into the Dzunga people's square formation.
In Yuzhu's monocular telescope, he saw that in the main formation of Junggar, people were on their backs, and ghosts were crying and wolves were howling.
"Uh..." An iron bullet shattered the camel's head, and then hit the knight's chest. The knight only had time to scream before he fell off the camel and died completely. An iron projectile hit the ground, turned in a strange arc, bounced off Lao Gao, and hit a shield.
"Boom..." The shield immediately shattered into pieces. The person behind the shield also had his head cut off, and the headless body fell miserably into a pool of blood.
Just when the Dzungars were busy, "Boom..." the second wave of cannons came out and attacked the Dzungars again.
Before the Dzungars could react, the third wave of shells came again.
Good guy, hundreds of flaming iron projectiles are raging in the Junggar people's front almost at the same time. Who can bear this?
"Run quickly..."
"The Tatars' cannons are powerful, let's go quickly..."
"Escaped..."
After the military morale of the Junggar people was shaken, the fear seemed to be contagious, and everyone turned around and ran away.
"Don't run away, stop here." Cewang Alabutan was so anxious that he didn't have time to think too much. He drew the knife in his hand and hacked to death the two deserters who passed by him.
However, the defeat has been accomplished, and killing a few people is completely useless.
"Father Khan, move quickly, Golden Dog's cavalry has moved." Galdan Celing saw that the situation was not good, and quickly grabbed Cewang Alabutan's right hand and reminded him loudly that if he didn't run away, it might be too late.
Cewang Alabutan, who unified the entire Junggar tribe with his true ability, must have a few tricks up his sleeve...
The situation is over and there is no way to turn it around.
After having this understanding, Cewang Alabutan simply abandoned his tribe and ran away.
Yuzhu had already seen clearly that the main phalanx of the Junggars had turned into a mess.
He gave the order without hesitation, asking the eight thousand Mongolian cavalry to attack across the board.
To be honest, these Mongolian cavalry can only fight with the wind, but they cannot be used to gnaw hard bones.
After all, it is the old Mongolian tradition to fight if you can win, and to run away if you can't.
After the eight thousand Mongolian cavalry rushed out, Yuzhu said lightly: "Cigar."
Niu Tai, who had been holding the Baihong knife, quickly took out the cigar in the saddle and handed it to Yuzhu's hand.
Yuzhu held a cigar in his mouth, lit the cigarette with the torch given by Wu Jiang, and took a deep breath.
"Huh..." Yuzhu blew out several smoke rings happily. Hey, it's really happy when you have cigarettes.
The only drawback is that the flame of the torch is too strong and blackens a large area of the cigar, which greatly affects the aesthetics.
Tayong, the deputy commander of the Eight Banners, felt very itchy, so he approached Yuzhu's horse and said with a smile: "Commander, the Dzungars have been defeated, why not pursue them with the whole army?"
Yuzhu took a puff of his cigar, handed the monocular to Feitayong, and said with a smile: "Take a look. If you see the trick, turn back, and I will let you lead the army to pursue him. How about it?" p>
Ta Yongyong could not help but feel refreshed. The person facing him was Tsewang Arabtan, the great Khan of Junggar. How could there be so few beauties and gold and silver treasures among the defeated army?
While Yuzhu was enjoying a cigar and drinking tea, Tayong really saw the trick after careful observation.
"Come back to the commander, there shouldn't be just tens of thousands of Junggar people, right?" Tayong said very strangely, "Based on my humble knowledge, the Junggars are said to have 500,000 armored men. The few people in front of me are, at best,
Only 40,000 to 50,000 people."
Yuzhu showed an appreciative smile and praised: "You are right, our army has at least 38,000 people, and it comes with hundreds of artillery. The Dzungars must dispatch at least twice as many troops.
There is a 70% chance of winning. However, the Dzungars only came with so many people. I am sure that there must be fraud involved."
Tayong is also an old frontier soldier and has fought in many battles.
He rolled his eyes and immediately realized something, and then whispered: "Commander, if the Mongols who are chasing us are ambushed, won't they be defeated?"
Yuzhu smiled slightly, blew out a smoke ring, and told Tayong: "You personally went out and led five thousand and eight banners elite cavalry, quietly following the Mongolian cavalry. After they were defeated, they were being chased by the Junggars.
When you're done killing, you can lead a surprise attack back, do you understand?"
"The commander is brilliant, but the humble position is far inferior to him." Tayong suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and stabbed down neatly, expressing his surrender.
There are more than 5,000 elite cavalrymen of the Eight Banners, each with three horses.
According to Yuzhu's instructions, each of the five thousand Eight Banners cavalry brought only one horse to pursue them. Yuzhu had other wonderful uses for the remaining horses.
After Tayong left with the Eight Banners cavalry, Yuzhu called Niu Tai and gave him the seal and military talisman representing General Anyuan, as well as the Baihong Sword...
Yuzhu warned: "You take the new troops from the personal barracks and command the 18,000 Eight Banners infantry who are left behind. What you must pay attention to is to unload the food in the cart and pile it into the middle of the camp. Then put it in the middle of the camp.
The carts formed several circles in the camp, mounted the artillery, and formed an artillery array like iron barrels. If the enemy attacks, they are only allowed to defend and are not allowed to attack. Do you understand?"
"Hey!" Niu Tai also knew that if these grains were lost, the entire army would be hungry.
This matter is indeed serious and cannot be taken carelessly.
"After I leave, if someone doesn't listen to your instructions, just take the Baihong knife and chop off his head." Yuzhu's instructions were very much in line with Niu Tai's wishes. He rubbed his hands with joy and agreed very simply.
"嗻!"
After arranging everything, Yuzhu packed up and took away the deputy commanders, general managers and deputy general managers who were stationed at the Eight Banners in Xi'an to prevent them from interfering with Niutai's task of guarding the camp.
"Everyone is here, mount up." Yuzhu rode up to the new army's team, not bothering to mobilize, and directly issued the order.
Due to years of training and Yuzhu's careful arrangements, all the soldiers of the new army can ride horses.
However, I have never practiced drawing a bow and shooting an arrow on horseback.
In fact, the requirements for Yuzhu are not high. If you can ride a horse and gallop without falling off the horse, you are considered qualified.
If someone overlooks the entire battlefield, they will be surprised to find that the Dzungars are defeated in the front, and behind them are 8,000 Mongolian cavalry chasing with swords. Behind them are 5,000 Eight Banners cavalry led by Tayong. p>
In the large puff of smoke at the end were nearly five thousand New Army soldiers on horseback led by Yuzhu.
The reason for this arrangement, to put it mildly, is that Yuzhu was cautious in using his troops.
To put it bluntly, hehe, Yuzhu is just afraid of death, worried about being ambushed by the Junggar people.
Just now*, in the monocular telescope, Yuzhu could actually see clearly. Although the Junggar people were defeated, there were not many flags, drums and horns thrown on the ground.
In particular, the Great Khan flag of Cewang Alabutan was actually picked off and carried away.
In combat in this era, the role of the military flag is crucial.
There are many military illiterates who just open their mouths and spit. They don't understand one thing at all. Why is the flag of the Chinese Army's commander-in-chief cut down, which will lead to chaos in the military morale?
Hehe, the reason is actually very simple. The commander commands the army, the direction of the commander's flag, and the angle of inclination all represent different military connotations.
If the handsome flag falls, the entire army will lose command.
How smart is Yuzhu?
If Arab Butan of Cewang fled in panic and the morale of the army was shaken, who would have time to take care of the flag of the Great Khan, which would not be easy to take down?
Cewang Alabutan, who was retreating in front, never expected that such a young Yuzhu would have such a deep heart, he was so cunning that he had nothing to say.
After setting off to pursue the pursuit, Yuzhu did not hurry, but stayed behind Tayong without any hurry.
The New Army soldiers behind Yuzhu carried ten days' worth of fried rice in their bags.
Their saddles were filled with water bladders.
The soldiers of the New Army have food, water, guns and ammunition, and Yuzhu is not worried about continued combat at all.
In the Junggar Basin, although the oasis is not small, the water source from the melted snow mountains is extremely rich, and there are many inland rivers.
However, Yuzhu still equipped each New Army soldier with six water bladders. With so much water, if you drink it sparingly, it will last for half a month, and there will definitely be no problem.
It was getting late, and when I was resting on the way, a violent trembling sound suddenly came from the grass under Yuzhu's butt.
Objectively speaking, the earth is shaking.
Needless to say, either the enemy army suddenly attacked, or the Qing army in front was ambushed and came back defeated.
Yuzhu's mentality is as steady as an old dog, and he doesn't show any signs of panic.
While he ordered the New Army soldiers to line up to prepare for battle, he waited for the sentinel sent out to come back and report the military situation.