mesbooks Chapter 626 They are determined to win
Chapter 626 They are determined to win
A thousand heavily armored soldiers penetrated the enemy formation obliquely like a sharp cone, and Suksaha's cavalry unit was immediately hit head-on.
Cao Bianjiao relied on his horse and armor to charge forward, like a dump truck rushing into a flock of sheep.
But he did not engage with the enemy for too long. When the speed of the charge was gradually slowed down, Cao Bianjiao gave an order and left the battlefield from the side and rear of the Tatars.
The sudden appearance of the heavily armored soldiers obviously disrupted Suksaha's rhythm, causing a brief loss of coordination between the Tatar cavalry and infantry.
Since its birth, heavy cavalry was not intended to fight the opponent to the death on the battlefield. Its greatest role was simply to disrupt the enemy's formation.
For this reason, Cao Bianjiao even resisted the idea of confronting the opponent's hundreds of heavily armored cavalry head-on. After all, the combat mission was the most important.
On the other side, hundreds of heavy armored cavalry of the Jianlu lost the support of light cavalry and infantry, and were blocked by the shield formation of the Guards, and for a while they made no progress.
It can be said that the surprise attack of only one thousand heavily armored soldiers destroyed half of Suksaha's combat objectives.
A quarter of an hour later, Suksaha had to order the heavy cavalry to retreat.
There is no way. Heavy cavalry is too valuable. Exchanging one heavy cavalryman for five enemies is a huge loss.
Fortunately, the heavy armored soldiers have high health and defense. If they really want to retreat, they basically cannot stay without the cooperation of light cavalry.
But Suksaha was surprised to find that as the heavy cavalry retreated, the enemy's musket phalanx actually moved forward rapidly again.
The shield soldiers and spearmen who were blocking the cavalry quickly retreated, and the Jianlu light cavalry were completely exposed to the range of the musketeers.
"Ready! Release!"
The bugler gave orders in an orderly manner, and the deafening sound of musketry rang out again on the battlefield.
The leather armor of the light cavalry was not enough to resist the damage of muskets, especially since the horses would either fall to the ground or run away frantically after being shot, making the entire battlefield chaotic.
In the rear of the Jiannu army, Huang Taiji frowned.
The Ming Dynasty actually also formed a heavy cavalry, and both the men and the horses were armored. This was indeed beyond his expectations.
Fortunately, through investigation, we learned that the thief only had a thousand heavily armored soldiers, which might be all the property of the Ming Dynasty.
After all, no one understood heavy armored soldiers better than him, especially the high cost of heavily armored soldiers.
But Huang Taiji was not discouraged by this. As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in a hundred battles. The more the boy exposed, the easier it would be for him to respond accordingly.
Thinking of this, Huang Taiji immediately said to his brothers:
"Daishan, Dorgon, Ajige, each of you lead your troops to complete the encirclement of the Ming army. This battle will make it impossible for that brat to escape!"
Their total strength was at least four times that of the Ming army. Although the overall encirclement was a bit far-fetched, the Ming army's formation was obviously intended for a defensive battle.
Such a formation combined with trenches will provide sufficient defense, but it will also lose a lot of mobility, especially retreat will become more difficult.
Therefore, Huang Taiji was very decisive when he issued the order to encircle the enemy.
No matter how thick the turtle shell is, it can be pierced by the long-haired sword.
Half an hour later, Suksaha had no choice but to retreat after leaving behind thousands of corpses.
Huang Taiji did not blame him, and even praised his bravery.
This attack was not without results, as the Qing army had completed the encirclement of the Imperial Guards.
What was strange about Huang Taiji was that during the entire siege, he did not encounter any resistance from the enemy.
It seemed as if the enemy was expecting this. It was absurd, but it did happen.
But Huang Taiji had no time to think about it and immediately gave another order:
"Pass on my military orders. Dorgon is to attack from the right rear, and Ajige from the left front."
Being attacked from both sides, he wanted to see if the turtle could hold on.
Huang Taiji was even prepared for a rotation of battles. He could let each unit take turns attacking, but the Ming army only had so many people that they would be exhausted to death.
On the other side, after repelling Suksaha's troops, cheers broke out from the Guards' musketeer phalanx.
Zheng Chong's subordinates even boasted to Wang Jingduo's subordinates, saying that their side had good accuracy and killed the most Tartars.
Although the Guards were mainly firearms units and their rewards were mainly based on collective merit, this did not prevent competition between the various phalanxes and arms.
"You're just like your lieutenant general Wang. Your best skill is running away. How can you compare to us in terms of killing enemies?"
"Come on, you can only win the battle if you can run, right?"
"Our commander-in-chief said, 'When the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy tires, I attack.' You fellows are just like your Lieutenant General Zheng, you only know how to rush!"
"Yes, Admiral Zheng has a nickname, 'One and a Half'. Do you know why?"
When Zheng Chong's subordinates heard this, they immediately became angry, feeling that they were being humiliated. They were about to go up and argue when Sun Weifan rode over with a team of personal guards.
"Damn it! Hurry up and eat! Anyone who wastes time by talking nonsense will be subject to military court!"
Although the Jiannu's current actions did not exceed their previous predictions, no matter what, the difference in military strength was so huge that Sun Weifan did not dare to slack off at all.
Fortunately, the morale of the troops is still good, and these little brats actually still have the mind to chat.
After being scolded by Sun Weifan, both sides immediately stopped fighting, each took out a wrapped rice ball from their arms, and ate it directly with the water bag.
Each soldier of the Guards Musketeer carried not only three small rice balls, but also two large pancakes.
The rice balls are not big, so it is easy to store them. Many people put them in ammunition bags.
But the big pancake was too big to fit in, so Xu Wenyuan finally thought of a way. He strung the two pancakes together with a rope and hung them inside his military uniform.
This way, you can eat it at any time and it does not affect your shooting action.
These pancakes and rice balls are naturally the result of three days of hard work by the Guards' Fire Battalion.
Yes, everyone in the Guards knew that they had no intention of retreating from the beginning. In order to fight a protracted war, they even skipped the trouble of cooking.
Their commander-in-chief told them that as long as they fought hard, this war would be enough for them to brag about for the rest of their lives.
They are determined to do well, and everyone has full confidence in the Marshal.
All the musketeers sat on the ground, and for a moment the only sound in the Guards camp was the sound of chewing.
However, the brief truce soon passed. As the Jiannu began to gather from two directions, the messengers in the Guards, carrying flags on their backs, also galloped on horseback.
As they passed each square, the messengers shouted:
"Relay the Grand Marshal's orders! The Second, Fourth, and Fifth Firearms Battalions will rotate to the southeast. Each formation, centered around the artillery battalion, will form a circular formation according to the established plan!"
Prepare for a possible full-scale attack!"
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