Chapter 953 The first attack that is not satisfied
Seeing the Daping Army's phalanx getting closer and closer, the Qing Army immediately prepared for battle. It had been fighting with the Daping Army for so long, and no matter what, the Qing Army also learned something from the Daping Army.
So they also lined up the oars and carts in the front row, set up the Franco machine guns, tiger crouching guns and other artillery, and also moved the gunmen and archers to the front row, waiting for the Daping army to attack.
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Moreover, the Qing army in the front row were all Han troops. They were the former Ming troops who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. If we talk about field battles, these former Ming troops may not be very good at it. But when it comes to this kind of positional defense battle, these former Ming troops
"Practice makes perfect" in military affairs. So after a short while, the Qing army had already deployed layers of troops in front of the formation, waiting for the Daping army to attack.
When the Daping army saw that the Qing army had set up their formation, they hesitated and did not dare to move forward. Because the officers in the front row issued inconsistent orders to "stop advancing", several phalanxes even moved forward again.
After a few steps, the front row of the square array became a little untidy.
The phalanx attack does have its limitations. If the enemy is determined to defend, it will be difficult to attack. Especially like the Qing army now, with obstacles at the front, it is impossible to let the Daping army climb over the cart in a phalanx.
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So the officers of the Daping Army at the front began to take command individually. Some officers asked the artillery behind them to come up faster to blast away the obstacles of the Qing army; some officers asked the axe-gunners to come forward and prepare for hand-to-hand combat. Anyway, there was no unified command.
This was a major drawback in ancient wars. According to the communication conditions at that time, the commander could only command 20,000 to 30,000 troops at most, and this kind of command was just a simple order. Therefore, in battle, if an emergency occurred
, then it depends on the officers on the front line to perform freely.
And now the two armies each have more than 100,000 troops. This makes it even more difficult for the coach to command. Especially the Daping Army has been defending in the past few days, but today it suddenly attacked, and now it suddenly encountered the stubborn defense of the Qing Army.
, which caused some confusion in the command of front-line officers.
By the same token, there was some confusion in the command of the Qing army. When they saw some artillery from the Daping Army pushing up, some Qing generals wanted to send their cavalry forward to annihilate these advancing artillery pieces; while some Qing generals ordered "fire"
, shooting at the artillery and phalanx of the Daping Army.
At this time, the distance between the two armies was only about 200 steps. Both of the Qing army's responses were not wrong. However, no matter how fast the horses ran, they could not beat the speed of the artillery shells. As the Qing army's artillery "rumbling" sounded,
The soldiers in the front rows of the Daping Army's formation were knocked to the ground one after another. In a matter of seconds, the Daping Army was at a disadvantage.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the officers on the front line of the Daping Army immediately ordered the phalanx to withdraw beyond the range of the artillery. So the phalanx turned back, and they all ran back at a trot. However, the Daping Army only pushed up.
Some artillery pieces also retreated after a period of bombardment with the Qing army. Seeing the retreat of the Daping army, a burst of cheers broke out in the Qing army's formation.
"What are you doing? Without firearms, there will be no fighting?" Seeing the troops in front retreating like this, Xue Yongli was quite dissatisfied with this offensive attack, "Tell the people in front to let them go"
Don't be afraid of casualties when the axe-gunners rush forward! Without the word 'brave', are they still warriors?"
Seeing more than a dozen messengers running forward, Shu Mo on the side suggested: "Master Li! Is it time to send a signal? Let the troops who surrendered yesterday rebel first, and we can take advantage of the chaos to attack."
Xue Yongli frowned and thought for a while, shook his head and said: "The time has not come yet." But then he still ordered: "Go and tell Lao Ma again and let him be ready at any time. As long as there is chaos in the Tatars, he will be ready at any time.
Charge into battle."
"yes!"
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Seeing that the attack of Daping Army was repelled, Dorgon also shook his head and was a little dissatisfied. Although the Qing army was not damaged in this shelling, the Daping Army suffered some casualties. However, the effect of the bombardment was not good after all. The Qing army
The Qing army did not put the Daping army within the effective range and fired three-dimensional artillery, muskets and bows and arrows at the Daping army. Therefore, the Qing army's artillery attack was a little premature.
So Dorgon also ordered: "Say to the front, put the Han army within a hundred steps and fight. If the Han army pushes up the artillery, let the cavalry come up. Don't be afraid of the fierce weapons of the Han army. What we, the Qing Dynasty, want is
warrior."
Tuberi on the side also suggested: "Sir! The artillery team has come to report, and their artillery is ready. Do you want to wait until the next time the Han dogs come forward, and they will shoot?"
Dorgon also frowned and thought for a while, shook his head and said: "We will talk later, we must wait for my king's order."
"twitter!"
Before the war started, Dorgon and others had already estimated that today's Daping Army would attack, so when they came out of the camp to form a formation, the Qing Army's artillery team had already stepped up their efforts to set up a long-range shooting in accordance with Dorgon's order.
The powerful general cannon and the great general cannon. This is also a trump card that Dorgon prepared for today's decisive battle.
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Regarding the setback of the Daping Army's first attack, the coaches of both armies were somewhat dissatisfied, and both asked their troops to take positive actions. But on the other hand, the two coaches were unwilling to reveal their trump cards immediately, showing that
He had a calm look.
After receiving Xue Yongli's order, the ten phalanxes at the front of the Daping Army were immediately divided into two teams. The front phalanx was composed of 600 axe-gunners, and the rear was the spear phalanx. With the drumbeat of the attack, the army again
When the sound was heard, the ax-gun formation moved forward again under the cover of the front row of gunners, while the formation of spearmen lagged back about fifty steps.
Seeing the Daping Army's renewed attack, the Qing Army nervously watched the Daping Army's approach, waiting for them to come within a hundred steps. The Qing Army's cavalry also gathered together to prepare for the sudden advance of the Daping Army's artillery.
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Five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps..., the atmosphere on the battlefield seemed to have solidified. Two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, when there were still a few steps away from one hundred steps, he led the axe-gun squadron.
The deputy commanders of the group blew their brass whistles in unison, and the axe-gunners immediately dispersed and ran towards the Qing army's front line at high speed.
This sudden dispersion of the formation stunned the Qing cavalry. They all hesitated to rush forward to kill. The Qing's artillery, muskets and bows and arrows fired in full force, which also made the Qing cavalry
With no choice, they couldn't just charge like this under the hail of bullets from their own troops.
Axemans wearing plate armor were not very afraid of the Qing army's fire blunderbuss and bows and arrows. The Qing army's fire blunderbuss were relatively weak and could not penetrate plate armor, let alone the less powerful bows and arrows.
The shots that hit the plate armor also bounced off. The only threat was the artillery. Since the axe-gunners scattered and ran away, the damage from the artillery was not very great.
It wasn't until they ran thirty steps that the casualties of the Daping Army began to increase. At this time, the battle began to enter "gaochao".
