Eight hundred and fiftieth chapters change tactics
There is also a trick to chasing down cavalry. When the enemy army just explodes, your cavalry formation cannot be messed up, otherwise it will immediately become a one-on-one, 300-round melee, and the newly established
Even the slightest advantage will be lost. Therefore, the advantageous side must continue to work hard and make the enemy troops more scattered and chaotic until the enemy troops are rushed to the point of being defeated. Then the enemy troops can be chased and killed with confidence, and the enemy troops can be beaten to death.
The enemy comes from behind and harvests those lives without any risk.
Therefore, after understanding this trick, the cavalry on the disadvantaged side should desperately move to both sides when the explosion first occurs. They must not block the advancement of the opponent's cavalry formation, so as to increase their own survival rate.
However, the military discipline of the Qing army was very strict. The troops would never dare to retreat without hearing the sound of gold. Otherwise, it would be better to punish Niu Lu or remove him from office. Sometimes, the entire Niu Lu would even be beheaded together to enforce military law.
Therefore, no one in the Qing army retreated, and they all moved to both sides. But in this way, the scene became even more chaotic. Not to mention those who couldn't move in the middle, those who moved towards the phalanx were shot down one after another by fire cannons.
Even some brave Qing soldiers mustered up the courage to charge towards the phalanx, but because they could not form an array and charge continuously, they were easily wiped out by the phalanx's gunmen.
As for the Qing soldiers who were giving way to the oar car formation, they all squeezed into the middle of the oar car, causing chaos in the oar car. In addition, the Pegasus Town who was pursuing them, the detachment immediately followed and rushed in, also killing.
There was a crowd of people jumping on their backs at the oar-carriage formation.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Dorgon, who had given up his flank, quickly drove his troops forward, and Huang Taiji also ordered the Meng Eight Banners, Man Eight Banners and Xiaoqi Battalion. The Qing troops from the forward battalion immediately stepped forward to stop the arbitrary attack in Pegasus Town.
Raging.
However, the chaotic Qing army in front also blocked the main reinforcements. Instead, Pegasus Town drove the fleeing Qing soldiers to the reinforcements, and then took advantage of the situation to chase them in. While the Qing army could not let go, they wanted to let them go.
The results of the victory were further expanded.
Huang Taiji, who was watching the battle from behind, couldn't help but shook his head. If the fight continued like this, it would simply become a fueling tactic. Let's face reality! So he immediately ordered Jin Jin to withdraw the entire army and end today's battle.
And this time, even the Qing army that had the upper hand on the second day's defense line had to retreat. This made today's battle of the Qing army wasted, and now the offensive and defensive positions were reversed.
Of course, the Runing Army would not fail to seize this opportunity. They began to concentrate their forces and violently attacked the oar-cart units that were unable to retreat. The infantry of Guide Town pressed forward, while the cavalry of Pegasus Town slashed and killed in the oar-cart formation.
The square formation and part of the cavalry faced the Qing reinforcements and protected their own troops from attacking.
Most of the oars and artillery carriages were abandoned in front of the Runing Army's formation. The Runing Army burned those oars and carriages. As for the artillery carriages, they were valuable captures of the Runing Army. The Qing soldiers
They had many hands. It would be quite fast to build some more oars, but those artillery were not so easy to replenish. So, the Runing Army won a valuable victory.
In this battle, the Qing army suffered more than 4,000 casualties, while the Runing army suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, not to mention that the Ming army in Xuzhou City had less than 400 survivors. It seems that the casualty ratios are not very different.
Not big.
But without the artillery carriage and oar carriage, it would be twice as difficult for the Qing army to attack the Runing Army camp. After all, the captured artillery can greatly enhance the Runing Army's firepower.
This defeat also completely awakened the Qing army. They realized that it was impossible to defeat the Ming army in a short time. Therefore, Huang Taiji changed his strategy and was mentally prepared for a long-term battle.
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Then, Huang Taiji formed a dozen squads of 1,000 to 2,000 men with the Eight Banners as the core and Mongolian herdsmen. They bypassed the Runing Army's twin camps and began to harass the Runing Army's rear and intercept them.
The food route of the Runing Army will force the Runing Army to shrink into Xuzhou City or retreat.
After that, the Qing army divided another 30,000 troops and began to plunder southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu areas in order to grab more young people and food, so as to persevere in the war of attrition with the Runing army.
As a result, the Xuzhou War entered a new stage.
The Qing army's battle in the Xuzhou area was difficult every step of the way, but Li Zicheng's Shun army was soaring all the way in the northwest region. The entire battlefield seemed like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, completely sweeping away the Ming Dynasty officialdom.
After conquering Xi'an, the Shun army divided into three groups:
The army led by Li Zicheng, Li Guo and Liu Fangliang arrived in Yan'an in March. In addition to the original garrison in northern Shaanxi, there were also officers and soldiers of the Ming general Gao Jie who escaped after the fall of Tongguan.
Gao Jie and his subordinates had already been frightened by the fierce offensive of the Shun army. In addition, Gao Jie was originally Li Zicheng's old subordinate, and he kidnapped Li Zicheng's wife and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, so if he fell into the hands of the Shun army,
There is absolutely no way to survive.
Therefore, when Li Guo and other troops occupied Yan'an, he led more than 10,000 troops across the Yellow River and fled into Shanxi. He took advantage of the opportunity when the main force of the Shun army entered Shaanxi to cross the border, and then began to flee all the way to the south.
The Shun Army's march into northern Shaanxi was warmly welcomed by the local people, and many prefectures and counties took the initiative to pay money and surrender. From Yan'an to the north, they attacked Yulin and passed through Mizhi, which was Li Zicheng's hometown. At the end of the 14th year of Chongzhen's reign, the Ming government once
The graves of Li Zicheng's grandfather and father were dug up and their remains burned.
However, when Li Zicheng returned to his hometown this time, he only killed a local evil gentry who participated in planning the tomb removal. Otherwise, Qiu did not commit any crimes. He built the ancestral tomb with earth and sealed it, and sent Jiang Xueyi, the minister of the government, to pay tribute. Li Zicheng also visited his ancestors and presented them with gifts.
Jin, granted the title of nobility. Yan'an was renamed Tianbao Prefecture, Mizhi was renamed Tianbao County, and Qingjian was renamed Tianbo Prefecture.
At this time, the garrison of Yulin in northern Shaanxi was still loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Yulin was one of the nine important towns in the Ming Dynasty. Most of the residents had military status and served as soldiers as a profession. There were also particularly many children of generals. Because they had been in the army for a long time,
When suppressing the peasant army, his hands were stained with the blood of the peasant army, and the hostility with the Shun army was difficult to change.
In order to solve the Yulin problem, Li Zicheng adopted the method of paying homage first and then attacking. On March 12, he sent an envoy carrying 50,000 taels of silver to surrender the Yulin generals. At the same time, he ordered Li Guo and Liu Fangliang to lead an army of 70,000 and then march forward in case he failed to persuade them to surrender.
Captured by force. After making these arrangements, Li Zicheng returned to Xi'an.
Seeing that the situation was over, Wang Ding, the commander-in-chief of Yulin, fled with dozens of his followers on the pretext of dispatching troops to the Mongolian tribes. Wang Shiqin, the current and former commander-in-chief of Yulin Dao, Wang Shiqin, Hou Shilu, Hou Gongji, You Shiwei, etc. discussed countermeasures and attempted to occupy the city.
Resistance. The envoys of the Shun Army talked in the city from the 12th to the 14th with no results, and began to attack the city on the 15th. The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce, and they were captured on the 27th, and You Shiwei and others were executed. (