On the eve of the siege, Qin Liangyu arranged the division of labor for her army. After arranging other military attachés, she finally asked Wu Shigong to lend all his carts and gunmen to Qin Liangyu for the siege.
I was seconded to work as a consultant.
The task assigned by Qin Liangyu to Wu Shigong was to intercept the reinforcements of the Hou Jin Army. General Wu Shigong led the remaining 350 infantrymen, 900 soldiers drawn from other Qianhu households, and Wu Shigong's own 400 soldiers.
The cavalry that cannot be ridden goes to intercept the reinforcements.
All the cavalry of the White Guards will be divided into small groups to scout around to prevent the reinforcements of the Jin Army from raiding.
At this time, the only fire guns in Wu Shigong's hands were the 150 medium-sized fire guns owned by the cavalry. Wu Shigong would form an array six or seven miles away from Luanzhou City to prevent the Jin army from attacking the city.
White soldier.
Let me explain here. Why didn't Amin's main force of the Jin army go directly to rescue Luanzhou City at that time, but instead bypassed Qin Liangyu's army to intercept and harass the main force of the Ming army led by Zu Dashou?
This is because the main purpose of the Hou Jin Army is to prevent the six red cannons from attacking Luanzhou City. Besides, if Amin leads the main force of the Hou Jin Army and joins the Hou Jin Army in Luanzhou City, he wants to fight Qin Liangyu in the field.
If so, Qin Liangyu would never fight the Hou Jin Army when she was at a disadvantage. She would definitely return to her camp as soon as the spies sent back the news. At most, she would lose some siege equipment.
And using the cavalry of the Hou Jin Army to attack Qin Liangyu's strong camp was an act that outweighed the gains. At that time, the main force of the Ming Army led by Zu Dashou came up with six red cannons, and Amin was not sure
Just shrink into Luanzhou City and accept the baptism of red cannon shells with Namutai's Houjin Army? Then it would be a stupid and stupid battle.
On the first day, Qin Liangyu's attack on Luanzhou City was somewhat superficial. She only sent out a few small teams of white-pole soldiers, carrying ladders, to test and attack several city walls. Then the Jin army was about to resist on the city wall.
When they arrived, the white soldiers immediately retreated and let the gunmen hiding behind the carts shoot, thereby consuming the strength of the Hou Jin army.
Qin Liangyu also observed this test again and again, trying to find the weak points of the city wall's defense. Then after the Jin army suffered several losses, they all hid behind the city wall and did not dare to show their heads easily. Only after the white pole soldiers climbed up the ladder
, they got up to shoot arrows and throw stones. When the Hou Jin army got up, they were often shot by firecrackers again. Therefore, the defense of the Hou Jin army was quite difficult.
Qin Liangyu did not take advantage of the Hou Jin Army's sadness to launch a general offensive. She just wore down the Hou Jin Army's strength and beat the patience of the Hou Jin Army again and again. For Qin Liangyu, before launching the general offensive, he could get as many troops as possible
After consuming the strength of the Jin Army and attacking the psychology of the Jin Army soldiers, it is necessary to reduce the casualties of the white pole soldiers when attacking the city.
Wu Shigong had nothing to do all day long. He was just busy training his soldiers. Although the nine hundred soldiers received the most basic military training during the two-month march, Wu Shigong still
Use the last bit of time to let them master the tactics of infantry defense against cavalry.
Wu Shigong took out 150 people from his infantry and gave them all the firecrackers of his cavalry, making them temporary firecrackers. This is also the reason why Wu Shigong used to require every soldier to master firecrackers.
Benefits of gun shooting techniques.
Of course, these temporary fire gunmen are not that skilled in shooting skills. Moreover, the shooting range of this medium-sized fire gun is only fifty steps away. Therefore, Wu Shigong does not require these fire gunmen to do three-stage shooting or five-stage shooting.
Duan shot. They were only asked to fire a volley of fire cannons, which could effectively weaken the cavalry formation of the Jin Army's charge.
Wu Shigong divided all the infantry into two teams. One team was composed of the 200 infantrymen left by his own thousand households and the 300 soldiers drawn from other thousand households to form a square formation. Zhou Xunlai
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The other team was composed of 600 soldiers drawn from the remaining thousand households to form a square formation, commanded by Yu Jilai.
Wu Shigong himself led all the cavalry to press behind the two square formations.
Wu Shigong thought this way. If the reinforcements of the Hou Jin Army were to attack the square formation in front, then he would definitely attack the square formation with a relatively small number of people. And the first few rows of this square formation were all soldiers from Wu Shigong's own Qianhu Division.
, they have all received military training for about a year, and they have relatively strong combat effectiveness.
If the reinforcements of the Later Jin Army arrive, they will first pass through the firing of the musketeers at the front, then pass through the obstruction of the phalanx and gun array, and finally their own cavalry will attack. This will at least effectively delay the reinforcements of the Later Jin Army from going to Luanzhou.
city.
Of course, Wu Shigong would not give up the specialty of his soldiers who were good at defense. He asked his soldiers to cut down some trees and build a row of wooden fences to block the front of the phalanx. Because Wu Shigong was located from the direction of Yongping City to Luan
On a road that must pass through the city. But Wu Shigong waited like this for a whole day, but he didn't even see the shadow of the Jin army.
The next day Qin Liangyu was still testing patiently, and Wu Shigong was still waiting boredly. It was still the same on the third day.
On the night of the third day, Qin Liangyu summoned all the military attachés and ordered: "Tomorrow all generals must work hard to capture Luanzhou City in one go."
And just these days, more than a hundred people in Luanzhou City have been shot to death and injured by fire cannons. The feeling of the blunt knife cutting flesh made every soldier of the Hou Jin Army feel extremely uncomfortable.
Especially those Ming troops who surrendered. As the third-class soldiers in Luanzhou City, they were naturally placed on the front line of the city wall. Therefore, they suffered the highest casualties every day. If it weren't for those flag soldiers with blue flags behind them.
Staring at them with eager eyes, they had already dispersed. But even so, the morale of these surrendered Ming troops still fell to the bottom.
At this time, Amin, who was leading the main force of the Hou Jin Army, also continued to receive battle reports from Luanzhou City. He never thought that Qin Liangyu would forcefully attack Luanzhou City despite the fact that the Ming army's red cannons did not arrive. More orders
What makes people worried is that the Hou Jin Army suffered so many casualties in Luanzhou City, and the hope of defending Luanzhou City is not very optimistic.
This puts Amin in a dilemma. If Amin now entangles the main force of the Ming army led by Zu Dashou, it will no longer be of any use. He now only has two choices: one is to lead the main force of the Jin army to
Rescue Luanzhou City. However, if they do that, the Jin army will also fall into the predicament mentioned above. The main force of the Ming army that was forced up will bombard it with red cannons, causing heavy casualties.
The other was to delay the Ming army's capture of Luanzhou City. Amin led the main force of the Jin army back to Yongping City and transported the people and property looted by the Xianglan Banner in Yongping City to outside the pass.
Amin thought about it carefully, and decided to choose the second option. Because he estimated that the Ming army had red cannons, and the four cities of Yongping could not be saved. It was only a matter of time before they fell.
In this case, there was no need to lose the flag with the blue flag in vain. So Amin immediately called Baduli over.
Baduli stepped forward and immediately paid Amin a thousand dollars and said, "Greetings to Lord Beile. Why did Lord Beile call me a slave?"
Amin told Baduli: "Immediately take three Niulu soldiers and horses to rescue Luanzhou City. Remember, if there is a chance, it is best to attack and defeat the Ming army. If nothing can be done,
, you must also try your best to hold off the Ming army so that we have time to withdraw from Yongping City with our population and property."
Baduli immediately replied: "Check!"
On the morning of the fourth day, Qin Liangyu began to formally attack the city. Wu Shigong also reached the position where the reinforcements of the Jin army had been intercepted. At this time, Baduli also led three Niulu and nearly 700 bannermen to set off.
