Daming Military Empire

Chapter 113 The first confrontation
Emperor Chongzheng Zhu Cijiong led an army of 20 troops to personally conquer such a big event. Naturally, Huang Taiji received the news very quickly. Thousands of remnants were defeated, and the Ming army totaled 20!

Huang Taiji is not a reckless person, 27 troops is not a small number, and with the addition of Liaodong fierce generals, his [-] troops are a bit insufficient.Therefore, he urgently ordered the [-] troops left behind in Shengjing to come to support them quickly, and issued a call-up order, ordering all the Jurchen tribes who could go to the battlefield to gather in Shengjing to prevent Mao Wenlong from sneaking in.

This time Zhu Cijiong didn't want Mao Wenlong to attack. It's autumn and the weather is good. If Mao Wenlong fails to attack and is surrounded, he will die, because more than half of Liaodong is separated from Pidao and Guangning. There is no way to save them.

In fact, Huang Taiji's side is not only cavalry, but most of the infantry left behind in Shengjing. He simply ordered Dabeile Mang Gurtai to lead 11 infantry to surround Shuangtaizibao, while he himself led 23 cavalry to go there. Resist Zhu Cijiong's [-] troops.

Therefore, when Zhu Cijiong rushed to Xiping Fort, Man Gui came to report that the cavalry blocking the way there was no longer fifty thousand, but hundreds of thousands!Jurchens are less than [-], and they are invincible. In their view, the golden iron cavalry after a hundred thousand is already terrifying, almost invincible.

Zhu Cijiong doesn't think so. The era of hot weapons is coming soon, and cavalry is destined to be eliminated. Although the current guns cannot occupy an absolute advantage due to the range and power of the guns, but the 23 army is against the [-] cavalry. The odds are pretty good.

Now that he has arrived at the place, Zhu Cijiong is not in a hurry. It is less than a month now, and there will be no situation at Zu Dashou for the time being, so we can't rush to attack, but we must plan well and strive for success in the first battle.

Early the next morning, Zhu Cijiong convened all the generals in Xiping Fort to discuss matters. Holding a charcoal pencil, he stood in front of a huge white paper about his height, and began to command the battle for the first time.

The generals standing below are very strange. Generally, the chief general directs the battle by pointing at the map to plan, and the more powerful ones will make a special sand table. Why did the emperor make a blank sheet of paper!

Zhu Cijiong didn't bother to explain to them, no matter what, he knew more about fighting with hot weapons than any of them, so he did his part in commanding this time.

After everything was ready, Zhu Cijiong started to ask questions.

He said loudly: "Man Gui, how big is the slave camp from your observation?"

Man Gui hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Go back to the emperor, the radius is about ten li."

Zhu Cijiong directly drew a big box on the right side of the white paper, which is equivalent to the camp of Hou Jin.

Then he asked again: "How many miles is Xiping Fort from Houjin Daying Camp?"

It was Man Gui who replied, "About twenty miles."

Zhu Cijiong made gestures on the blueprint, and then drew a box on the left side of the white paper, which is equivalent to Xiping Fort.

Zhu Cijiong asked again: "How far away were you from their camp last time when you were shelled?"

Man Gui cupped his hands again and said, "About four hundred steps."

Three hundred steps is one mile, and four hundred steps is about one and a half miles. Zhu Cijiong drew a line in front of Houjin Daying according to the proportion, and then he said to Sun Yuanhua: "Four hundred steps may be a 4-inch howitzer. "

Upon hearing this, Sun Yuanhua nodded thoughtfully.

Zhu Cijiong also stopped talking. He pondered for a while, and then drew with charcoal on the white paper.

After drawing a lot of lines and boxes, Zhu Cijiong pointed to the drawn sketch and said to Sun Chengzong: "Teacher, you will be in charge of the specific formation of troops for this battle. Let's try it out today. Thousands of Musketeers lined up in five rows at the front, about [-] paces away from the enemy camp; followed by sword and shield soldiers, pikemen and halberd soldiers, you can arrange them as you see fit."

Sun Chengzong hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "My minister knows, dare to ask the emperor, where is the cavalry platoon?"

Zhu Cijiong pointed to the sketch and said, "We have about [-] cavalry, right? Ten thousand to the left, [-] to the right, and another [-] to go up and test the attack distance of the enemy's artillery. It might be a little dangerous, Mr. Maestro." See who is right to lead the team?"

Sun Chengzong did not hesitate to call his name and said: "Zu Dabi, are you afraid?"

Hearing this, Zu Er's stupefied subconsciously replied: "I'm afraid he's a ball!"

But when he looked up, he found that the emperor was looking at him with great interest. He was so frightened that he broke out in cold sweat, and quickly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "The emperor forgives the sin, the emperor forgives the sin, my stinky mouth, used to I just opened my mouth, I didn't intend to offend the emperor."

Zhu Cijiong smiled and said: "Well, I'll forgive you this time, be careful next time, get up."

When Zu Dabi heard this, he touched his head and stood up. Sun Chengzong coughed quickly.

Only then did Zu Dabi remember that he hadn't thanked him yet, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Zhu Cijiong shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "Well, get up, and disperse the people later, the distance should be at least five steps, if you rush to the front of the enemy camp 450 steps, don't rush, just retreat from the sides. "

Zu Dabi got up again when he heard the words, scratched his head and pondered for a long time, then cupped his hands and said: "The end general knows."

Zhu Cijiong didn't bother to educate these bastards any more, so he pointed to the sketch and said to Sun Yuanhua, "Chuyang, wait a moment to line up the 750-style howitzers in two rows, about [-] steps away from the enemy camp, and the [-]-style howitzers are also Line up in two rows, about [-] steps away from the enemy camp, load shotguns, and aim at the area [-] paces and [-] paces in front of the enemy to prevent the enemy from charging suddenly."

Sun Yuanhua cupped his hands and said, "I obey the order, what about the Type [-] howitzer?"

Zhu Cijiong said indifferently: "There are only ten gates, and they won't be of much use. Let's carry them to the walls of Xiping Fort and use them as cannons for defending the city."

Sun Yuanhua cupped his hands again and said, "I know."

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, and then asked Sun Chengzong: "Teacher, have you done what I said yesterday?"

Sun Chengzong hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "If you go back to the emperor, it has already been done."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, then put it behind the halberd soldiers for me. When the formation is completed, someone will call me, and I will go and have a look."

Sun Chengzong quickly dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, you should stay in the city, the battlefield is too dangerous."

Zhu Cijiong said indifferently: "What danger is there for me hiding in the back, don't talk about it, I'll just go and have a look, and I won't rush up, what are you afraid of?"

Seeing the emperor's posture, Sun Chengzong had no choice but to close his mouth with worry on his face.

Zhu Cijiong's side was arranging troops on paper, and it was a joy to talk, but Huang Taiji's side was in the dark.He heard that the little Emperor Chongzheng had arrived last night, and early in the morning he hurriedly arranged for his troops to go out of the camp and set up a formation, just waiting for the Ming army to come to attack.

But after waiting for a long time, the Ming army didn't even see a single person. When he thought that the Ming army would not attack today, there was the sound of orderly footsteps in front, and more than two hundred thousand Ming troops came in a neat formation. That power, the whole earth was trembled by them.

As soon as Huang Taiji curled his lips, at this speed, he stepped up and became a target!He directly ordered: "Send the order, the artillery is loaded, ready to shoot, and the enemy will start firing as soon as they step into the range of [-] steps."

The messenger just turned around to deliver the order, but the army on the opposite side stopped and stopped two miles away.

Huang Taiji was angry with his hammer, and cursed secretly in his heart: "Damn it, you are lucky."

After waiting for a long time, there was still no movement on the opposite side, Huang Taiji couldn't help being surprised, he raised his binoculars to look.

This telescope is about six times the focal length, and it can see at most two miles away. This is what Huang Taiji asked someone to buy from the Dutch. Anyway, he is like a robber, robbing everywhere. He still has no shortage of gold, silver and jewelry. of.

He raised his binoculars and looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see any tricks. He could only vaguely see a platform behind the opposite formation with banners fluttering. It should be the little emperor coming.He thought to himself: "Is this trying to attract me to attack? 11 people are going to attack a large formation of more than 20 people. Even if they win, I am afraid that more than half of them will be lost. If I am stupid, I will not rush. You should come and eat the cannonballs honestly, and I will rush after you finish eating the cannonballs."

So will the Ming army come up to eat shells?
Zhu Cijiong was also looking at the opposite side with a telescope at the moment, but he was holding a telescope with a focal length of [-] times, and he could see as far as two miles away, so he could see all Huang Taiji's movements clearly.When he saw Huang Taiji's annoyed expression, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahahaha, you are a fool, will I let people rush up to eat cannonballs? Pass my word of mouth and let Zu Dabi rush to try."

The messenger immediately ran to deliver the order, but Qin Mingyue next to him rolled her eyes and said in her heart, "You're embarrassed to laugh, you just said you won't let people go up to eat cannonballs, so you immediately send Zu Dabi up to try it, isn't that right?" What are you doing to eat cannonballs?"

She is not qualified to participate in the military meeting, so naturally she doesn't know about Zhu Cijiong's arrangement.

When Zu Dabi heard the order from the messenger in front, he almost fell off his horse in excitement. He howled dryly, "Remember when you charge down. When you reach 450 steps away from the enemy camp, separate from the middle immediately. Back on both sides, don’t blame me for whoever gets blasted to death! Well, hurry up and go to the front of the musketeers, ten steps apart, and line them up for me.”

After howling, he hit his horse and ran to the front of the formation, and the cavalry behind him hurriedly followed.

When they came to the front of the formation, Zu Dabi kept urging them to hurry up, hurry up, even Huang Taiji on the opposite side heard the howl.Huang Taiji was confused again. With so few cavalry, there are only more than [-] cavalry. Why hurry up?Could it be that he wants to rush forward to die?
He really guessed half right, Zu Dabi just urged them to complete the formation, and immediately howled: "Come on."

Then, he led the charge towards Huang Taiji's central army, and the cavalry behind him rushed forward as if they had taken a brain-dead drug.

Huang Taiji was dumbfounded, 11 cavalry came to attack him with [-] cavalry!It's not that his brain is not flexible enough, it's that the other side is too brain-dead, doesn't it make it clear that people will be sent to death?He stared at the back of the cavalry in disbelief. The infantry was indeed standing there motionless, with no intention of rushing forward. What did he mean by that?

Whether he wanted to understand it or not, his order had already been passed on. Zu Dabi had just led [-] cavalry to rush to about [-] steps away from the camp, and the artillerymen on Houjin's side immediately ignited the fuse of the artillery without hesitation.

The speed of the cavalry was so fast that Zu Dabi rushed to a place only 450 steps away from the camp before the fuse was burned.

Huang Taiji was estimating the time, and couldn't help being happy. Hehe, it happened to land in the middle of the cavalry on the opposite side. Although they stood scattered, they could still wipe out thousands of horses. The white flag is inlaid, and the white flag is inlaid. Once the enemy is hit by a cannon, immediately rush up and surround them, and don't let one go."

He was about to watch a good show of making dumplings when the cavalry on the opposite side suddenly broke through and rolled back like a wave.

"Boom boom boom" A row of shells flew over, not even touching their buttocks.

Huang Taiji's face flushed with anger, he gritted his teeth and said: "Play with me, if you want to lead me to charge, I won't charge, what can you do to me?"

Zhu Cijiong didn't intend to play with him, didn't he want to measure the range of his artillery, playing him was just incidental.Seeing the artillery fire on the opposite side, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help asking: "How, are you sure?"

Sun Yuanhua next to him put down his binoculars and replied affirmatively: "If you go back to the emperor, it must be a 4-inch howitzer, and it should be placed not far behind the camp gate."

Zhu Cijiong slapped his hands and said excitedly: "Okay, let's do this for today, and we'll deal with them tomorrow. Pass on my oral order, keep the formation, don't attack, stand until noon, withdraw the troops and return to the camp, and fight again tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)