Dorgon stood on a high platform and observed the battlefield with a telescope.
The rain curtain interfered with the line of sight, making it difficult to see clearly. But one thing is certain, the Datong Army did not bother to move artillery, because there were no canopies or other structures near the battlefield.
The two military camps were several miles apart, and the artillery had to be slowly brought over. It had to be protected from the rain all the way, and awnings had to be built on the fort, and the drying pools had to be cleaned. With that spare time, Dorgon had already withdrawn.
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The elite main force in the middle of the Eight Banners Army was led by Nikan and Yue Le respectively.
Both of them are the grandsons of Nurhachi, who were promoted by Dorgon and quickly rose to power (mostly to win over the factions behind them). Especially Yue Le, who is only twenty years old this year and has been named the Duke of Zhenguo, can be said to be brave.
Good at fighting...
One foot was deep and the other was shallow. Yue Le's boots got stuck in the mud and he had to pull them out several times.
He looked around and found that many of his soldiers had their shoes torn off in the mud. Yue Le said to the ordering soldier: "Stop the whole army, take off your boots before walking!"
The Datong Army took off their shoes halfway through.
"Dong dong dong dong!"
The Chinese troops on both sides were beating drums, but soaked in the rain, the drums sounded dull and weak.
Li Zheng was in charge of the central army, while Xiao Zongxian and Hu Dinggui led their troops forward to engage Nikan and Yue Le.
Although each other's cavalry abandoned their horses and fought on foot, they were still classified as two wings and habitually carried out flank attacks.
The total number of troops facing each other was about 30,000 people. Due to the rainy and muddy fighting, both sides did not increase the width of the battlefield, but invariably increased the depth of the formation - Dorgon was afraid that the formation was too thin and he would be killed, and Li
It's just to confuse the enemy.
Nikan sent two troops, intending to test the attack first, but saw that Hu Dinggui scattered all the troops.
"The whole army is pressing forward!"
Nikan thought that Hu Dinggui would give it a go, so he naturally did not dare to neglect, leaving only a few reserve teams and sending the rest out to fight.
The situation with Xiao Zongxian and Yue Le is similar.
On the east side of the battlefield, after abandoning their horses, the cavalry of both sides marched towards a slope, hoping to gain an advantage by occupying high ground in advance.
On the west side of the battlefield, close to the river, there is a depression. In the rainy season, it is almost like walking in a paddy field. Both sides advanced slowly, and most of their strength was used to get out of the mud.
On the frontal battlefield, every time they advance a certain distance, the generals of both sides will stop, adjust their formations, and then continue to advance. Because the ground is too difficult to walk, if you advance more than ten steps, your formations will inevitably be uneven.
Yue Le suddenly brought his own soldiers and reserves and pressed forward.
He was afraid that if something went wrong, it would be difficult for the reserve team to rescue him. When the ground was muddy, he had to get closer to the battle line so that the reserve team could rush up quickly to fix the leak.
The elite main forces of both sides are getting closer and closer. Fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps, twenty steps...
They were already twenty steps apart, and they were still stopping to sort out their formation first. Since there were no long-range troops, and they were not afraid of the other party's charge, they could form the team calmly.
What we are fighting today is a cold weapon positional battle. Whoever has a neat and well-prepared formation will have a greater chance of winning.
Dorgon watched with a telescope, and there were soldiers holding umbrellas beside him. Although the telescope was not exposed to the rain, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it was almost impossible to see the situation in the distance clearly.
"Raise the gun!"
Saul and his men drew their swords and shouted, and the flag commander waved the flag, and the troops began to advance with their spears.
Saulhe comes from the Yehenala clan, and is the founder of the 9th Zuoling, the 3rd Gongjun of Manchuria’s Zhenghuang Banner. He can also be considered a small shareholder of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, because he founded the Shiguan Zuoling, and this army can be used in the future.
Pass it on to children and grandchildren.
At this moment, the distance between the main forces of both sides was only ten steps at the nearest and fifteen steps at the farthest.
The Datong army stopped advancing, and immediately after, Hu Dinggui and Xiao Zongxian asked the messengers to wave their flags.
As a front-line commander, Yuan Siqian also conveyed the military order, and then looked at Sol He's troops more than ten meters away.
Sol He and his troops accelerated and when they rushed eight meters in front of the Datong Army's formation, they suddenly saw the front row of the Datong Army squatting down, revealing the muskets behind them.
Is it possible to fire a cannon on a rainy day?
While Sol He was wondering, he suddenly heard a burst of gunshots in the rain.
The volley of guns is only eight meters away. It's only eight meters away. A pig can take aim with a gun!
When Sol He defected to Huang Taiji, he could only command 300 people, but now he can command 3,000 people. As the gunfire rang out, the front row of his army fell instantly, leaving only a few lucky ones standing.
This is just the beginning.
The Datong fire gun soldiers in the first row squatted down to fix their bayonets after shooting, or picked up the spears that the soldiers helped carry. The fire gun soldiers in the second row squatted down in the first row and shot forward again.
"Bang bang bang!"
The Eight Banners Army, which had suffered all casualties in the front row, faced another round of shooting, and fell down after being shot inexplicably.
The second row of firecrackers squatted down, and the third row of firecrackers began to take aim.
"Nanbarbarians know magic!"
"Demon gun, it's a demon gun, it can be fired even on rainy days!"
"..."
The Manchus in the back row who had not yet fallen looked at the corpses of friendly soldiers and turned around and ran away.
The main reason is that the Datong Army does not respect military ethics and promised to fight with cold weapons in positions, but the result was nothing. It was a volley of fire at a distance of eight meters. Which army in the world can withstand it?
"Bang bang bang!"
A large number of Eight Banners soldiers were shot to death while escaping. The survivors immediately ran faster. From time to time, some people slipped and fell, got up and continued to escape, and everyone was covered in mud and water.
"Army attack!"
"Dudududududadudududududu..."
The order flag was accompanied by the charge horn, and the Datong soldiers of the front army charged across the entire line through the mud. The few Eight Banners formations that were not hit by the fire cannons were immediately faced with being surrounded on three sides, and they subconsciously turned around and ran away.
Dorgon was observing the battle situation and adjusting his troops' formation according to the battle situation. Unexpectedly, the battle ended just as it started.
What the hell is shooting guns on a rainy day?
Of the 10,000 former Manchu and Qing army troops, 3,000 to 4,000 were shot dead on the spot. And they died without any warning. If the Eight Banners Army were not defeated in this situation, then the Eight Banners Army would become a god.
The front troops of the Datong Army charged for a while, and according to the predetermined plan, they separated and attacked both sides, and launched a combined attack with the friendly forces on both sides.
Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui's troops are all on the east side of the battlefield, engaged in infantry combat with the Datong Cavalry.
When they heard gunshots coming from the front, they were already frightened. Then they saw the Datong Army coming from the side, and they would be attacked from two sides.
"Run away!"
Wu Sangui once again used his special skills, and Zu Dashou also rubbed his feet. The Han soldiers under their command scrambled to escape without the commander's orders. Anyway, if they ran faster than the friendly troops, they would not die.
"Kill the Tartars!"
Wang Tingchen drew his sword and shouted, chasing Wu Sangui.
Wang Tingchen and Li Dingguo led cavalry raids in Liaodong. In recent years, they rescued many Han people and captured many young women. Now, Li Dingguo was transferred to Hebei as a division commander, while Wang Tingchen stayed in Liaodong as a cavalry division commander.
Both sides chased and escaped, but both sides slipped on the soles of their feet and fell into the mud in various embarrassments.
The Han military flags that were slow to escape were knifed when caught. So after falling down, these Han military flags simply knelt down and begged to surrender, and kowtowed crazily in the muddy water to beg for their lives.
Wu Sangui was wearing cotton armor that was soaked by the rain. When the sole of his foot slipped, his whole body fell down from the breakthrough.
Just as he was thinking about getting up and continuing to escape, he was suddenly stepped on on the waist, and the soldier who stepped on him was also tripped. Immediately, another broken soldier came and stepped on Wu Sangui's chest.
"Get out of the way!"
Wu Sangui endured the pain and got up, killed a defeated soldier beside him to vent his anger, and then continued to flee toward the northeast.
Yue Le, a rising star of the Manchu Qing general, was also fleeing with the remnants of his troops at this moment. His troops suffered heavy losses and were defeated by a volley of fire cannons. Although the Datong army did not pursue them, they instead flanked the two flanks.
, but in panic, Yue Le still attacked Dorgon's central army.
"Your Highness, leave quickly!" the soldier shouted.
Dorgon looked blankly at the completely collapsed front army, and blankly at the collapsing wings. Everything in front of him seemed like a dream, completely different from the battle he imagined.
According to Dorgon's prediction, the brave and fearless Eight Banners soldiers will kill the Southern Barbarians in a cold-weapon positional battle, leaving them without armor.
"Your Highness, leave quickly, it's too late!" The soldier was still urging.
Dorgon finally came to his senses and saw that his middle army was in chaos and had been thrown into chaos by the rout of the front army.
At this point, the battle was lost, and Dorgon had no choice but to escape.
In other words, there was no need for Dorgon to make the decision. The Eight Banners nobles in the Chinese army were already fleeing spontaneously. They were all battle-hardened people and knew that if they did not flee, the whole army would be annihilated.
Sol He also fell down and was trampled by the defeated troops, but he survived as a result, like a dead corpse on the battlefield.
His calf bones were broken and he could only crawl in the mud.
The follow-up troops of the Datong Army chased after him. Sol He struggled to stand up and even tried to raise his knife to fight, but was stabbed to death by several spears on the spot.
These follow-up troops ignored the fighting on both sides and pursued Dorgon's central army directly.
Wu Sangui rolled and crawled and escaped two miles away.
The cotton armor was too soaked in water, and it was too difficult to run on the muddy ground. He was so tired that he could hardly run. He wanted to call the soldiers to come over and help him run, but there was no sign of the soldiers at all.
Wu Sangui heard the sound of footsteps, and a Datong army was chasing him in the rain.
He saw the person leading the team clearly and shouted quickly: "Brother Wang, I am willing to surrender, don't kill me!"
Wang Tingchen laughed loudly and spit out again: "Who the hell is your brother? Tied up and caught a traitor!"
Zu Dashou was also tired from running and sat in the mud wearing his armor.
He drew the knife across his neck and wanted to kill himself. But he couldn't do it. The knife edge was clamped on his neck for a long time. It was not until the Datong army came after him that he threw away the knife and waited to be captured.
"Boom!"
There was lightning and thunder, and the rain became heavier.
The Eight Banners soldiers in Yaozhou City were always paying attention to the battlefield situation. After learning that Dorgon's main force was defeated, they no longer dared to defend the city. The general took his family and abandoned the city in the rain and fled to Xining Fort in the northwest.
As for the supplies that Dorgon transported to the city, they couldn't take them away at all, they were just waiting for the Datong Army to receive them.
