"Uncle Chang! Is there any news from the Tatars? Are they coming?" Yang Kun, the deputy general of Guan Ning's cavalry, frowned and asked seriously.
Wu Sangui looked at the Dashun army led by Tang Tong opposite, smiled bitterly, and said: "The news has come, saying that they are going on an expedition and have to rest for a few days. It is estimated that the Tatars will sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and wait until most of us have been damaged.
Let’s talk again!”
"Then what should we do?" Hu Shouliang, the general on the side, immediately exclaimed, "They are the ones who picked it. Why don't they send troops? If that happens, then I won't play any more. Marshal Wu! Let's withdraw our troops and go back to Shanhaiguan first.
Let’s see! Let’s see how Chuangtui fights with the Tatars.”
"How to retreat?" Fang Xianting, the general on the side, immediately widened his eyes. "Looking at this, the Tatars and Chuangni don't want to take action first. They want to greet our Guan Ning cavalry first. It will be even more difficult to retreat to Shanhaiguan.
If we are to die, we might as well repel the insurgent vanguard first."
"Old Fang is right!" Wu Sangui nodded, "Relying on the sky and the earth is not as good as relying on ourselves. This first battle must be fought harder to show our strength to Chuangni and the Tatars. What can we talk about later?
, what we say will also have weight. Damn! If the Tatars really have the idea of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, and make me angry, then they may surrender to the rebels first, and then join forces to kill the Tatars.
"
After hearing Wu Sangui's words, the generals of the Guan Ning cavalry all nodded. However, they also knew that the second half of Wu Sangui's words were angry words. As the original Ming army who knew the Qing army's combat effectiveness best, they could not afford to fight against the Qing army.
The courage of the army in field battles. Therefore, the words "jointly rebel" and "kill the Tatars" are definitely unrealistic. The most they can do is to flee the battlefield when the time comes.
But now the Guan Ning cavalry has nowhere to escape. These 40,000 soldiers and hundreds of thousands of families are all in Shanhaiguan. Before escaping, they have to go back to Shanhaiguan. But with the Qing army and the Dashun army,
The two armies followed closely behind. As long as they returned to Shanhaiguan, they would definitely be trapped in a tight siege. Therefore, the Guan Ning cavalry could only take one step at a time.
But no matter what, the vanguard of the Dashun Army must be defeated first. If even the 20,000 surrendering Ming troops led by Tang Tong cannot be defeated, then in the future, the Guan Ning Cavalry will completely lose its right to speak. It means surrendering.
Neither party will be taken seriously by either party.
So Wu Sangui said: "Place all our servants in the front row, and then follow all the light cavalry. I will personally lead the army, which is a one-shot deal. I must annihilate the rebel vanguard in one fell swoop."
"Uncle Chang! I'll be the one to do it! You're the coach!" Deputy General Yang Kun quickly started fighting.
"Both commanders, don't fight! Don't you have to fight against Tang Tongxiao, who is on the opposite side? Wouldn't that disgrace our Guan Ning cavalry? Let the young one go! I have long wanted to have the first victory.
” said Guo Yunlong, the most senior guerrilla present.
"Hahaha——!" All the generals laughed. Wu Sangui nodded and said, "Okay! Let Xiao Guo come up. I will beat the drum for you personally."
"Commander! The Liao army on the opposite side is ready to charge into formation. What formation should we form?" a general asked Tang Tongtong.
"Send the order! Form a wild goose formation! When the morale of the Liao army is exhausted, we will counterattack with the whole army." Tang Tong looked at the Guan Ning cavalry on the opposite side and kept moving to the front row, stroking his beard and said.
"But I heard that the Liao army's cavalry is very brave, I'm afraid the Chinese army won't be able to withstand it!" another general asked.
"It's not important!" Tang Tong was still stroking his beard, looking confident, "During the Songjin War, I was in Liaodong and saw that all the elite Liao troops were lost in the hands of the Tatars. Now the Liao army in the hands of Wu Xiao'er
It is no longer worthy of its name. How can it compare with our Miyun frontier army. We defend first and we are already very cautious. We are not afraid that the Tatars on the side will make some mistakes. I will let the whole army attack.
Wu Xiao'er, let's see who is the strongest army in the world."
"The handsome man is wise! The handsome man is wise!"
After hearing Tang Tong's boast, the generals on the side immediately began to praise him.
The reason why Li Zicheng asked the surrendering Ming army led by Tang Tong as the vanguard was because it consumed the strength of the surrendering Ming army. But the more important reason is that compared to the scattered Dashun army, those surrendering Ming troops were more obedient to orders, even Tang
The combat effectiveness of the Ming army that surrendered through these organized structures was not damaged at all, so it was stronger than the general Dashun army.
When the troops led by Tang Tong met the Guan Ning cavalry led by Wu Sangui in Yutian, they all couldn't wait to join the battle. One side wanted to make new achievements after surrendering and hand in a certificate of surrender; the other side wanted to survive for themselves.
And fought.
Facing the impending charge of Guan Ning's cavalry, Tang Tong first formed a wild goose formation. The force configuration of the wild goose formation was like the diagonal flight of wild geese, which could give full play to the power of the shooting units. Due to the large coverage area.
It can also be used to surround enemy troops.
However, the disadvantage of the wild goose formation is that it has poor charging capabilities. If it encounters a cone formation, it is easy for the enemy to break through the center, causing chaos to the entire army. Therefore, in the cold weapon era, where hand-to-hand combat was the main battle, the flying goose formation
Arrays are used less frequently.
However, in the late Ming Dynasty, as firearms were widely used in all armies, this formation began to become popular again. Tang Tong was prepared to wait for Guan Ning's cavalry to rush into the formation, fall into the quagmire of the Chinese army, and then gather it back
On both sides of the wild goose formation, the cavalry of Guan Ning's cavalry were surrounded and annihilated in one fell swoop. And without the cavalry, could Guan Ning's cavalry still be called - Guan Ning's cavalry?
Of course, Tang Tong also knew the shortcomings of the wild goose formation, so his arrangement of troops at the central military office was the "classic arrangement" of the army at that time. Cannon fodder such as recruits, auxiliary soldiers and civilians with weapons were arranged in the first row.
Then come the soldiers, and finally your servants and personal soldiers. You must use the lives of cannon fodder to block the momentum of Guan Ning's cavalry, and then send your own elite to give the final blow to Guan Ning's cavalry.
The formation of Guan Ning's cavalry is exactly the opposite. The first few rows of their charge are all armored servants, followed by light cavalry, and finally the infantry with weaker combat effectiveness. Therefore, Guan Ning's cavalry this time
But he worked hard.
"Dong dong dong dong——!"
War drums sounded, and a thousand servants of Guan Ning's cavalry were already arranged in four rows. Their men and horses were all wearing heavy armor and holding three-eyed fire blunderbuss. In the sound of drums, these servants began to drive their horses forward slowly.
.
The horses of the servants were getting faster and faster. After taking two hundred steps, they gradually reached the speed of sprinting. In a blink of an eye, they were within the range of the three-eyed fire cannon. "Bang, bang, bang!", continuously.
Three platoons fired at Tang Tong's Chinese troops.