Chapter 44 The old wisdom of the battle of the city
Guo Sheng rubbed his eyebrows. He was originally the deputy general of Liugou of the Ming army. When the Shun army went north, he was transferred to Zhangde Mansion by Chongzhen to defend. However, the Ming Dynasty did not adjust their pay when they transferred troops. Not only that, Sun Chuanting also took a fancy to
On the pretext of preparing troops and horses for Guo Sheng, Guo Sheng's cavalry and horses of the standard camp were suddenly taken away.
Guo Sheng, who felt both helpless and absurd, joined the Shun army. He originally surrendered to Liu Fangliang's army, but later went to Shandong to reinforce Li Laiheng, fought with Chu Chuang, and made many military exploits. Dashun
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was actually awarded a baron title. Now he serves as a mighty general, leading a group of infantry to follow Liu Fangliang in the attack on Nirvana Pass.
The terrain near Nirvanakou is flat. Although it has more water than north of the Hutuo River, it can slightly limit the power of the cavalry. But overall, the northern land is empty, and the infantry is not as powerful as the cavalry.
However, in such a fierce battle, if Liu Fangliang, Gu Kecheng and others were to lead the cavalry alone, the situation would obviously be quite unfavorable. The main force of the Chinese army led by Li Laiheng was also rushing to the vicinity of Nirvana. Guo Sheng's infantry rushed into Nirvana.
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Although the city is small, the four walls of the city have been fortified by the Shun army. Guo Sheng also brought a large number of cannons. The Shun army soldiers immediately climbed onto the city wall and deployed cannons, making full preparations for defense.
The rest of the troops also arrived one after another. Li Laiheng's strategy was to use infantry to control the small town of Nirvana and the surrounding forts, set up guns and artillery, and then use cavalry to move in the middle to respond.
As soon as the army moved, the advantage of Shunjun's clear organization of soldiers and horses came into play. Now the Army Department does not intervene in everything like in the past. Instead, it uses task-based command to only issue various combat tasks to the troops and officers. From Li Laiheng to
Joining the Army Department will not interfere with the specific process and methods of subordinate officers in accomplishing their mission objectives.
The advantage of this is that the Dashun Army's troops are very efficient. The middle-level officers can give full play to their supervisory initiative and control the Nirvana area in a very short time before the Qing army is assembled southward.
My defensive stronghold.
Will this be the prelude to the decisive battle between Shun and Qing?
Guo Sheng thought of this. He stood on the top of the small town of Nirvana in armor and looked at the two puffs of smoke and dust in the distance. He knew that they were the cavalry team of the shun army wandering between the forts and their enemy, the Eight Banners.
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"Arrange the guns!"
Guo Sheng immediately ordered the infantry to place their cannons and light cannons on the battlements and cannon positions. After leaving Captain Zuo to command the artillery troops to defend the city, he drew his sword with one hand and took the lead:
"In addition to the garrison at the top of the city, the other infantry should line up and wait near the city gate, preparing to respond to Liu Shuai!"
He counted carefully and found that there were about a thousand infantry who could free their hands to respond to the battlefield outside the city. Guo Sheng thought about whether he was a subordinated general after all. At such a critical moment, he should lead the infantry out of the city to respond. What should he do?
First send someone to explain the situation to the coach.
Now Liu Fangliang is fighting on the front line. Guo Sheng estimates that it won't be long before the enemy's and ours' cavalry brigades collide. As for Li Laiheng, he and his infantry are stationed in several camps between Nirvanakou and Shulu County.
Although Li Laiheng had previously told Guo Sheng to focus on defending Nirvana Pass, Guo Sheng saw the enemy's military strength from a distance. From the strict charging formation and dense smoke, he could see that the strength of the Qing army was considerable. Liu
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Guo Sheng was the deputy general of Liugou. He was originally stationed near Gyeonggi Province. He had fought against Qing soldiers and horses who broke through and looted many times, and suffered too many losses.
Although Guo Sheng has now changed the flag of the Ming Dynasty and erected a new flag of Dashun, in the deepest part of his heart, he still cannot get rid of the terrible shadow of the Manchus.
He thought about it again and again, and felt that although Liu Shuai was brave and sharp, the left camp was not as good as the front camp, and the equipment was not as sophisticated after all, so he might not be able to defeat the enemy.
Guo Sheng turned his head and looked at the Shunjun infantry lined up behind him:
Most of these people were veterans of the Chuang Army, but some of them were former members of the Ming Army before Guo Sheng. After this period of running-in, he was very familiar with the faces of his officers and soldiers. For those Li Laiheng transferred from Huguang,
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"Don't miss the opportunity! Send someone to inform the Lord, and then we will immediately go out of the city to respond... The Lord has already said that the main focus of this battle is to advance. Only by advancing can we gain the initiative. We must not sit back and wait for death! Follow me!"
"Follow General Guo into battle!"
The trumpeters on both sides first blew the conches with a "woo" sound, and then the remaining trumpet players raised their charge horns high, and the sharp and loud trumpets sounded loudly. Finally, there was a roar and the soldiers used their strength.
Open the city gate.
Guo Shengshen rushed out first, and the rest of the infantry immediately followed.
"Battle!"
Actively seeking war and taking the initiative, this is the biggest feature of the Dashun Army that is different from the Ming Army. Li Laiheng also knew that not far from the Nirvana Pass, there was Huang Taiji's nearly 200,000 troops. Tian Conghan could almost be said to only need
If you stretch out a finger, you can easily crush yourself to death.
It was under such circumstances that the Dashun Army had to fully develop its spirit of actively seeking battle, proactively attack to dampen the enemy's spirit, and seize the opportunity to catch the Qing Army off guard.
When Guo Sheng took the initiative to attack, Li Laiheng also left Fang Yiren to help defend, and he and Hao Yaoqi led the infantry to follow up. He kept an eye on the Qing army Tong Guolai, Tunqi, and Tuo's troops.
, while they were fighting with Liu Fangliang's troops, they prepared to lead the infantry from the south of the battlefield to the flank of the Qing army in order to form a pincer attack.
Before setting off, Hao Yaoqi suddenly thought of a question. He stopped Li Laiheng and asked: "The team leader... Hi! Junhou, let's go around to the south of the Qing army and attack with Liu Shuai. This is certainly a good idea. But if
The same is true for the Qing army? If the Qing army also has reinforcements coming from the north, wouldn't it also become a pincer attack? It is said that the Donglu have an army of 200,000 near the Hutuo River, and it would be too much to free up tens of thousands of troops and horses.
It’s a little easier!”
"Oh? Wave the flag, you are thinking a lot now."
"Hehe, the war is fierce and dangerous. We have to keep everyone alive. I can't tolerate not thinking more about it."
"You are right, but the Qing army has a huge military advantage. There is no way around it. We can only defeat the enemy's vanguard as soon as possible. We do not seek to defeat or eliminate many enemies. The key point is to defeat the enemy for a while first and ensure the morale of our army.
Just guard Nirvanakou and Shulu, and the army will not move easily. Only when the Qing army encircles Shenzhou until the critical moment, can they rush forward."
Hao Yaoqi nodded first, and then suddenly whispered: "Your Majesty, why don't you let me take a small group of soldiers and horses to go directly to the north. I will be careful to avoid the Qing army's soldiers and horses all the way north. If I find
As soon as the Qing army moves south, the news will be sent back immediately, so that Junhou and Liu Shuai can withdraw their troops before the Qing army attacks."
Li Laiheng chose to fight in the Nirvana area first because there were more swamps near Nirvana and Shulu County, and the terrain was more favorable than Zhending and Shenzhou. Moreover, there were two small cities in this area to rely on, and they built another
There are many camps and fortresses, and the defensive advantage may not be lower than that of Zhending.
If the Qing army really had reinforcements rushing from the north and the Shun army did not have enough time to achieve a certain victory, then it would be a good idea to immediately withdraw to Nirvanakou and Shulu County after Hao Yaoqi sent the news.
Li Laiheng nodded in agreement, and personally mobilized the last cavalry troops in his hands for Hao Yaoqi. He said seriously: "You must not fight head-on with the soldiers and horses of the captive cavalry brigade."
Hao Yaoqi laughed boldly and said, "You can rest assured! Don't worry about the north!"