Chapter 250 A break in the fighting on the first day
The 8,000 Ji Liao infantry on the right wing are not very strong.
Thirty percent of them are soldiers who have suffered repeated defeats before, thirty percent are veterans recruited back from service, and the remaining thirty percent are newly recruited or promoted from other battalions and garrison soldiers.
It is conceivable that if they really fight, their physical fighting ability will be very problematic.
Fortunately, they had twelve Folang machine guns and six Tiger squatting cannons. If hand-to-hand combat was not possible, they could fire muskets and cannons.
In particular, the Tiger Crouching Cannon is actually the predecessor of the mortar. After Qi Jiguang's reform of Ji Town, it was the favorite weapon of Ji Town soldiers and horses.
However, after the massacre of the Qi Army, the use of Crouching Tiger Cannons became politically incorrect in Jizhen and Liao Town. In order to draw a clear line between Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang, the number of Crouching Tiger Cannons equipped by the Northern Army was greatly reduced.
But the veterans know what weapons are useful. These 30% of veterans stabilized the military formation and controlled the artillery to block the enemy troops, preventing the Jiliao army's infantry from collapsing at the first touch.
The battle between He Shixian and Jian Nu has always been dominated by cavalry attacks. The Fo Lang machine gun was not carried by people when marching, let alone charging. He only used the Fo Lang machine to run when defending. This time, he did not wait for the Zhenglan flag to arrive.
, he rushed out with the cavalry. The French cannon was not used, and I don’t know if he forgot the backup plan.
When Huang Taiji's white flag suddenly rushed from the west, Jiliao's infantry was already far behind. Huang Taiji's white flag inserted into the middle, cutting off the connection between the infantry and cavalry.
At this time, the infantry could no longer charge forward and could only defend on the spot.
Nurhaci was so willing! I wanted to test the attack again in the chaos of the Han army's retreat, but because I dared to send all the remaining 7,000 young cavalry, I sent a few Niulu to test it twice on a large scale.
Perhaps Ji Liao was defeated as soon as they encountered the guardsmen, but the elite soldiers from the northwest eight sides who guarded the pass were not from Mongolian origins. They used shields, male walls, and armor to protect themselves carelessly, and only a dozen people were injured.
The Mongols were good at riding and shooting, and they were able to directly destroy the horses and obstacles under the road with their guns and guns, and they were also able to seize the city gate.
Although the losses of Ruan Chen's cavalry were relatively small, the formation was maintained and some of the elite cavalry were still retained.
In the end, less than a hundred bannermen were lost, but Ji Liao suffered more losses than Zhengbai Banner. It turned out that Ji Liao's small camp preparatory force was more powerful.
Ji Liao's army strictly ordered Ji Liao to defend to the death, but they only responded with words.
The 7,000 gendarmerie regiments and 2,000 Liao troops left behind by the Chinese army, under the command of Zhang Quan and Qi Jin, also blocked the Xianghuang Banner's offensive.
He came and used seven kicking thunder to ignite the withered grass within a hundred steps of the city. Ruan Chen, who was on the city wall, could see the enemy. The enemy could see the city wall.
On the first day, the fighting retreated into the morning. Both sides conserved their troops and physical strength and focused on harassment and shooting. On the first day, the frontal fighting was not so different.
Later, let the cavalry in hand be sent down. In fact, we have no intention of luring Ji Liao out of the city and pursue them. Then we will use the elite cavalry to encircle and annihilate them.
We used artillery to temporarily block Zhengbai Qi's offensive. Although we were absolutely invincible in hand-to-hand combat, Huang Taiji also knew that he had to eliminate Ruan Chenxiao outside the encirclement first, so he did not use all his strength to defeat us.
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Rushing to a hundred paces, he rode and shot at the pass at random.
At night, Ruan Chen dared to light a fire, and the Horqin Mongolian soldiers were running a hundred paces away from the city wall and firing arrows, which made Ji Liao, the defender of the city, dare to move with his shield above his head.
Maybe Ruan Chen has the strength and dares to leave the city.
Before the siege was lifted, Huang Taiji retreated calmly. Ji Liao knew that the pursuit formation would be more chaotic and that it was more important to defend the position, so he quickly retreated.
He Shixian's infantry held on and was not defeated. In fact, the main reason was that the Zhengbai Banner was afraid of being attacked by Zhu Youxiao, Wu Keshan and the Oba infantry from all sides. The encirclement and annihilation of Wu Keshan was successful, so they quickly retreated and rearranged their plans. Is this possible?
Hanged under a tree.
In order to increase the casualties, the Zhengbai Banner cavalry could only shoot arrows from a distance, while the Oba infantry advanced while fighting back, knowing full well that whether they could join the cavalry and cause innocent casualties, they would still lead the enemy into the ineffective range of the French cannon. Although they could
By destroying the enemy in small numbers, you can at least eliminate some of the enemy's cavalry to reduce the burden on your own cavalry.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The hot iron bullets hit the crowd, immediately cutting a gap, and the Mongolians lost their legs and arms, or their heads were deformed; the iron balls that hit the ground under the frozen soil rolled all the way, and some unlucky ones lost their calves and thighs.
It was smashed and fell to the ground, screaming.
However, the Ji Liao Army looked at the loose formation of the Horqin Mongolian Army as they advanced, and the corners of their mouths twitched slightly.
Not even 800 steps away from the city wall, the Folang machine gun under the city wall opened fire.
Ji Liao insisted on attacking, relying on the semi-repaired passes and fortifications, steadily executing the defense, and resolutely attacking the waves.
Previously, Ruan Chen sent people to scold him during the day, and at night he sent a large group of cavalry to launch a sneak attack with arrows, and then ran away after shooting.
That also includes the losses suffered by the central and right flanks of Jiliao when they retreated.
The Ming army ordered: "Take a rest early today, and hurry up and have the battering rams and other equipment brought in. It is estimated that we will be able to break through the barrier when we arrive two days ago."
Wu Keshan followed the 1,000 servants and the Oba infantry who had lost very little and retreated back to the small camp. He immediately gathered up the breakout cavalry. The defeated cavalry quickly re-armed with the horses outside the small camp, and then regrouped and reorganized.
Zhu Youxiao led the Tengxiang left guard and the 7,000 gendarmerie regiment withdrew to the Chinese army's vehicle formation.
If Fo Langji hits the outside and returns to the home, he will lose his accuracy once he hits the cavalry. However, accuracy is too important to hit the cavalry. As long as he hits outside the Jiannu cavalry group, he will not be able to do it, and it will also cause some damage to the Zhengbai Banner.
Horqin's Ruan Chen and Hong Chengchou simply sent people to the back to curse, and in the evening sent a large group of cavalry to launch a surprise attack with arrows, and then ran away after shooting.
Horqin's Ming army and Hong Chengchou both felt that Ruan Chen was cowardly. Those who stayed behind were probably preparatory troops. Those people were far more powerful than the main force of Jiliao who would show off their power on the grassland after the attack.
Ruan Chenxiao said: "Of course we can defeat the enemy, but your Majesty has not ordered us to fight hard. I can't deal with it in the front."
The Ming army and Hong Chengchou took a look and felt that there were indeed no elites in Jiliao, but the number was small, and they only dared to defend and not go out of the city to fight or pursue.
Although Horqin's losses were small, he knew that a weak attack had a chance of winning, so if he dared to get close to the city wall, he would just scold him.
Under the Great Wall pass, You Shilu felt that it was too cowardly to fight like this. At most, Duozhijia relied on the pass fortifications to counterattack. Even though the Horqin Mongolian soldiers were small, they mainly had heavy cavalry, and the elites under his command were completely afraid of us.
Ruan Chen and Hong Chengchou led 20,000 Horqin cavalry in an attempt to directly mount a cavalry attack and attack, and weakly captured the Great Wall Pass.
That trick worked.
At that time, the artillery of the chariot array on the east side was put to use because the chariot array was not commanded in an orderly manner. When they saw the white flag of Jiannu separating the cavalry and infantry, they opened fire.
In the lowlands to the east, the Shenji Battalion of the Expedition Corps suffered heavy losses from the Shenji Battalion's firing. Zhenghongqi's supervision of the battle and assistance in the retreat also helped, but less than 500 people were killed.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Riding and shooting completely frightened those Ji Liao.
In the morning of the same day, Ruan Chenxiao and You Shilu's 10,000 troops who were left to guard Xin'an Pass on the Kaiyuan Great Wall were also retreated by Horqin's 20,000 cavalry.
The Tengxiang right guard who stayed behind covered us. Huang Taiji's plan was about to succeed. Unexpectedly, the Jiliao Central Army, which had sufficient strength, actually used half of its troops to rescue Wu Keshan and a thousand of my servants. It was only for me.
The plan failed, and Jiannu also lost many bannermen.