On August 20, the fifth year of Chongzhen, the Battle of Huang County officially began.
The Battle of Huang County, strictly speaking, started in the early morning when the sky was not completely bright. The Ming Army's artillery team, with the help of a large group of civilians, was covered by a group of soldiers from the Shenji Battalion and a group of cavalry.
Next, we exited the Ming army camp. The artillery was to be set up about two miles away from Huang County and about one and a half miles away from the rebel fortifications outside Huang County.
Different from modern artillery, the lethality of modern artillery is mainly reflected in the explosion of the shell near the impact point of the artillery. At that time, artillery in the Ming Dynasty used solid shells. However, the lethality of this kind of artillery mainly relied on the impact of solid shells on the ground.
On the ground, it bounces off repeatedly like a falling ping-pong ball to cause damage. Therefore, the lethality is reflected in a line. Therefore, we understand that in order to exert the power of this kind of artillery, we must set up the artillery as close to the enemy as possible.
The better the army is.
Therefore, if a certain army wants to take the initiative to attack, its artillery must be set up in the middle and front of its own army, and cannot be set up in the rear of the safer army.
And we already know that the method of setting up artillery in the Ming Dynasty is also very troublesome. Generally, it will take more than half an hour for well-trained artillery. Therefore, today the artillery team of the Ming Army took advantage of the darkness before dawn to seize the time to build it.
Artillery positions.
In this Huangxian battle, artillery that could reach a range of more than two miles, using the standard of Wu Shigong's Runing camp, was artillery of more than three pounds. The Ming army had thirty-four, while the rebels had twenty-nine. Both sides
The difference in the number of artillery is not big. However, the Ming army gathered its artillery together and fired concentratedly, but the rebels wanted to use the artillery dispersedly. Therefore, in a specific area, the power of the Ming army's artillery will be far greater than
Rebels.
But what is somewhat strange is that the Ming army's commander Zhu Dadian and the supervisor Gao Qiqian did not requisition the ten three-pound artillery from Wu Shigong's Runing camp to strengthen the Ming army's artillery team.
But the reason is: on the one hand, they may not know that the Runing Camp has such artillery; on the other hand, unless the relationship is particularly good, or it is really a life and death situation, there will be no conflict between the various units of the Ming Army.
They can't borrow weapons and soldiers. This is true even for direct superiors and subordinates. This can also be seen how rare it is for Liu Zeqing and the others to gather more than 200 cavalry and return them to Wu Shigong's Runing camp to command them.
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Therefore, if Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian knew that the Runing Camp had such artillery, it would be difficult for them to ask for it, for fear of damaging their face if they refused. Of course, if they asked to borrow it, Wu Shigong would definitely
I won't agree to it. And this problem is also a major drawback in the Ming army.
The installation of the Ming army's artillery went on quite smoothly. When the sky turned white and the soldiers of the Ming army left the camp after breakfast, they spread out behind the artillery position and began to arrange their formations. The Ming army's artillery had already begun its first salvo.
shoot.
This salvo was completely unexpected by the rebels, but the rebels responded quickly. After a period of confusion, they sent a team of more than 300 cavalry to rush towards the Ming army's artillery position to clear it.
These artillery pieces posed a great threat to the rebels. The main force of the rebels, more than 31,000 people, also came out of the camp and began to form a battle formation under Kong Youde's order.
When they saw the rebels sending cavalry, the Ming army immediately dispatched a cavalry force of more than 500 people. The battle between the two sides began with the battle between the two rangers.
In fact, in a large-scale battle between two large armies, this kind of battle between the rangers at the beginning is not particularly important in the outcome, so in the last battle of Shahe, it did not happen at all.
This kind of battle between knights.
In addition to improving the morale of their respective armies, the battles between the rangers have the main function of: harassment and counter-harassment; affecting the enemy's smooth formation and protecting one's own formation. In other words, they are like flies.
And the function of fly swatter.
However, the battles between the rangers have always been quite good to watch. For example, in the novel, there is a general who rushes out to fight three hundred together, and the cavalry that can be used as rangers is always the individual combat skills of both armies.
The taller cavalry showed their personal bravery in front of tens of thousands of people, which was able to inspire the personal heroism of the rangers. Therefore, this small-scale ranger battle was particularly fierce.
One-on-one, several-on-one, several-on-several... Anyway, both sides showed their small-scale cavalry combat skills to the fullest. However, such a battle did not affect the overall situation. After seeing the Ming army's artillery, it was no longer possible. In order to
In order to preserve their cavalry strength in today's battle, the rebel cavalry retreated voluntarily under the orders of their captain and after leaving more than a hundred corpses behind.
The Ming Army also suffered nearly a hundred casualties in this short ranger battle. However, since it was the Ming Army's rangers who ultimately controlled the battlefield, the soldiers of the Ming Army let out deafening cheers for the victory in front of them.
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After excitedly waving in the direction of the Ming army, the Ming army's rangers also collected the corpses of their comrades and the ownerless horses on the battlefield, and returned to their formation amidst cheers. The Ming army had a small victory in the first battle.
In fact, the battle between rangers is very much like a strangulation battle between spies. It lasts for a short time, but the damage rate of both sides is quite high.
At this time, Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian climbed up to the watchtower that had been built a long time ago. They were going to observe the situation and direct the battle from the watchtower. The soldiers of the Ming army who came out of the camp were basically fully deployed at this time and lined up for battle.
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But the watchtower in the Ming army is not just the one in the Chinese army. After seeing the craftsmen of the Ming army building a watchtower for their commander yesterday, Wu Shigong and others, who are the general reserve team today, also called the craftsmen in their camp.
A building was built. And now, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing are also working as battlefield observers on the watchtower.
Seeing that Liu Zeqing still had a gloomy face, he was unhappy because he was squeezed out and did not get the starting position. Wu Shigong smiled and comforted: "Brother Hezhou, there is nothing wrong with us not being in the front row. Look at this
The cavalry battle resulted in so many casualties. If we were in the front row today and let our cavalry participate in such a battle, we would cry to death."
"Actually, I see that the morale of the rebels today is not bad. At least they did not hide behind the trench walls they dug and dared to come out and confront us head-on. This shows that they must still have some back-ups. You know,
These traitors have won consecutive victories since their rebellion. They are not impulsive young men. Since they dare to fight us like this, they always have a few tricks in their hands."
"So I estimate that the battle at the beginning of today will not necessarily be easy to fight, and the casualties may be huge. Let those fools who fought with us yesterday chew the hard bones. When there is a stalemate on the battlefield, we will take action again. This way
On the contrary, we can preserve our strength and gain more advantages."
"What if today's battle is overwhelming? We won't get anything, right?" Liu Zeqing still didn't think about it.
Wu Shigong shook his head and continued: "If that happens, it will be our current fate. Anyway, I can see that our coalition is just a little bitch. We have to fight this tough battle.
Basically we can’t get this bargain.”
"We can only think about the good things! In fact, for those of us who are military attaches, military merit is not important, and money is not important either. As long as we have soldiers and strength, military merit and money will not come to us by ourselves.
Huh? And our official title and strength are too small, so we are bound to suffer some losses now."
Then Wu Shigong pointed to the Qiu Lei troops of the Chinese Army and the Liaodong Army on the right and said: "We are not like them. If we suffer any losses, the imperial court will replenish them and feed them. Once we lose our own strength, it is very likely that we will
The situation is so doomed that we may not even be able to keep our official positions."
"Let me tell you something from my heart. I'm going to prepare myself. After my camp in Runing returns to Runing this time, I'll try to stay here to recuperate and build up my own strength. Then I can speak louder in the future."
Liu Zeqing thought thoughtfully for a while, sighed and said: "What I said is indeed a wise saying. This time when I return to Caozhou, I will do what I just said. Who will mobilize my troops?
I just won’t go out.” At the end of the sentence, Liu Zeqing’s expression was already gritting his teeth.
Wu Shigong looked a little funny when he saw Liu Zeqing's expression. He smiled and continued: "Don't be so pessimistic. We don't have any chances in today's battle. Without further ado, you can see that the rebel army has been arranged.
The formation is coming up. Let's take a good look. Now we're just waiting for something unexpected to happen."
"To be honest, little brother, I'm a little unconvinced. I'm just waiting for those bastards in front to make some mistakes and let our coalition forces blow their assholes."
"Bursting chrysanthemums? What do you mean by this?" Liu Zeqing immediately became interested in the modern Internet famous saying used by Wu Shigong.
When Wu Shigong told Liu Zeqing the true meaning of "bursting chrysanthemums", both of them burst into laughter.
Liu Zeqing also joked: "If I had known that I had this kind of taste, I would have sent you some little boys a few days ago."
"Don't be disgusted with me. Little boys are exempted, but the more little girls the merrier!"
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Seeing the pressure of the rebel army, the artillery team immediately stopped firing and began to hurriedly fire up the artillery before transporting it to a safe place.
The Ming army also pressed forward slightly to cover the retreat of the artillery team, and the distance between the two sides soon closed to about a mile. At this time, a knight rushed out of the rebel formation, and he shot an arrow from a distance.
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There was a letter tied to this arrow. Of course it was a letter written by Kong Youde requesting for recruitment. But at this time, who in the Ming army would believe that Kong Youde would surrender? So Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian roughly scanned the letter.
After reading the content, Zhu Dadian tore the letter into pieces, and then ordered: "Attack!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!