Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 980: Two Heroes Meeting 1
Troops from both the Ming army and the Qing army continued to pour in, and the two sides faced each other ten miles apart.The Qing army is afraid of the heavy artillery in the hands of the Ming army, ten miles, and the Ming army is afraid of the lightning assault of the powerful cavalry group in the hands of the Qing army, ten miles, this is a distance that both sides can barely accept, and if it is closer, it may be the midnight adult file. , Everyone can stab whoever they want.

Surrounded by more than 100 recruits, Yang Menglong came down to the battlefield of Xiaofang Village, where corpses were strewn all over the place, amidst the earth-shattering shouts of victory.The Huaisi cavalry lined up neatly, with their heads held high, and even the wounded soldiers held their heads high, accepting Yang Menglong's review.In the fierce battle just now, hundreds of people were killed and injured by this cutting-edge army, but they didn't take it seriously at all, and each of them raised their noses to the sky, "I'm strong, praise me" was written all over their faces up.Looking at them, Yang Menglong seemed to see the predecessor of the Heluo New Army, the Wuyang Army, who had followed him thousands of miles north to Liaodong four years ago and killed the Qing Army on the banks of the Daling River.At that time, there were only about [-] of them. Except for the Tianxiong Army, all the friendly troops were weak soldiers with weak military discipline. It was almost a battle to the death. The Qing army fought evenly, and he, a fledgling young man, even took the lead. He stabbed Huang Taiji's horse to death with a single shot, captured Huang Taiji's golden helmet, and became famous all over the world. He became the new army of Heluo, and he also became a frontier official guarding the small half of Ming Dynasty. His power is getting bigger and stronger, and the army is getting stronger, but it seems that the original feeling of daring to take his head even if a mountain stands in front of him seems to be gone. The wildness of bumping until you knock it down, is that a good thing or a bad thing?

He smiled and tapped the shoulder armors of several Huaisi cavalry generals with his fingers, and said loudly: "You fought well, you have not insulted the prestige of your ancestors, and you have lived up to the reputation of Huaisi elite soldiers!"

After receiving a compliment from him, those Huaisi cavalrymen grinned one by one with the arrogance of "I am the best in the world", their tails were raised for a long time, and the generals even said loudly: "Thank you for the compliment, Lord Hou! But please Whenever the Lord Hou is in a fierce battle, he will use our Huaisi cavalry as the vanguard, and our Huaisi cavalry will live up to the entrustment, and kill the generals and capture the flag for the Lord Hou, destroy the army and kill the generals, and die without hesitation!"

Yang Menglong said: "It's not for me, it's for this country!" Then he walked towards Cao Jun.

Cao Jun was covered in blood, and there were still a few sharp arrows hanging on his armor. He looked quite embarrassed, and there were still a few bloodshot eyes in his eyes—a bit red-eyed.Seeing Yang Menglong approaching, he was very ashamed, and gave a military salute very unwillingly, saying: "Master Hou, the last general is incompetent, almost wiped out the whole army, please punish him!"

Yang Menglong stretched out his hand to pull out the sharp arrows nailed to his armor one by one, smiled, and said: "There are only two hundred or so cavalry carrying three thousand cavalry, and it's already very impressive to be able to kill a bloody road through the formation." It's amazing, how can I criticize you again? Is the injury serious?"

Cao Jun was injured in many places, especially the blow from Tie Guduo. His shoulder was swollen, and it hurt even the slightest movement.But he still gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay, it's all skin injuries!"

Yang Menglong said: "Don't be brave, find a military doctor to bandage up... This war may break out at any time, and I will rely on you and your subordinates to capture the flag!"

Cao Jun promised loudly: "Understood!" He took his subordinates down to bandage up.

Yang Menglong stared at the Qing army flag that covered the ground like weeds in the distance, listened to the bursts of horns from there, took a deep breath of the air with a disgusting bloody smell, and the blood in his veins It started boiling again.He turned his head to look at Xue Siming, and said, "I'm afraid Jiannu is out of the best, with a total strength of no less than [-]."

Xue Siming said: "I just hope that they will do their best to solve it all at once, so as to save endless trouble!"

Yang Menglong asked: "Their military strength is four or five times that of ours, can they hold on?"

Xue Siming said: "My army and I never ask how many enemies there are, we only want to know where they are."

Yang Menglong laughed: "Okay, proud enough, I like it!" He pointed far away to the east, "Han Peng, Qian Yu, and Yan Yingyuan's army is already very close here, at most they can arrive before sunset tomorrow, as long as they persist By sunset tomorrow, there will be no suspense in this battle."

Xue Siming stared at the cloud-like banner of the Qing army in the distance, showing a cold, bloodthirsty smile, which made people shudder: "They have no chance to catch up with this big war. When they arrive, they will only see the corpses of the Qing army Cover the battlefield!"

Yang Menglong frowned: "You are very proud!"

Xue Siming said: "It's self-confidence!"

Whether it is pride or self-confidence, the entire legion plus the temporarily reinforced Huaisi cavalry of nearly 2 horses quickly deployed according to Xue Siming's will, and built a position around Xiaofang Village, which was captured at a considerable price.They also knew very well that the Qing army would not give them time to build a trench system like the Battle of Lushun. Besides, since going north, they have been fighting every day, and everyone is quite exhausted, so a limited number of engineers were gathered to build artillery positions.They first demolished the houses in Xiaofang Village to clear the field of fire, transported the cannons in, and then dug trenches around the village, enclosing the entire village with two trenches three meters wide and 1.5 meters high. All the soil that came out was put into sacks and piled up to your side to form a parapet. First, it prevented the Qing army from pushing the soil into the trench to fill it. A breast wall with a height of 1.5 meters is more than three meters. Unless the Qing army was transformed from a kangaroo, it would not be able to jump up at all. Finally, sandbags are very effective against artillery. This is proved by a large number of experiments. On the breast wall made of sandbags, as long as the breast wall is thick enough, in most cases, the shells will sink into the breast wall and lose their lethality. It is useless!

Xue Siming's army originally had eighteen 85mm howitzers, five of which were damaged in continuous operations, and only thirteen were left, all of which were deployed to the artillery positions of Xiaofang Village.Twelve multi-tube rocket launchers were also deployed there. Since their birth, these rocket launchers seemed to have played a little role in the Battle of Lushun and the battle to wipe out Zhang Xianzhong's bandits. This time is different.After several years of exploration and training, the artillerymen of the Heluo New Army have mastered the coordinate shooting skills more proficiently, and are becoming more and more proficient in the use of rocket launchers. These rocket launchers will teach the Qing army an unforgettable lesson for life.

The task of guarding the artillery positions was left to the engineering troops. There were 200 of them. Each of them was a good engineer with a shovel, a good shot, and a good marksmanship. They defended the trenches, which made it difficult for the Qing army to seize the artillery positions. ascend to heaven.

Ordinary infantry dug madly into horse pits.Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the number of cavalry of the Qing army is more than twice that of the cavalry of the new Heluo army. They are bound to be attacked by the cavalry of the Qing army.

All ministries are working step by step, busy and orderly.Originally, these tasks should be done by civilians, but the combat officers agreed that bringing so many civilians in this big showdown would only provide an excellent breakthrough for the Qing army. The lessons of the Battle of Fuping are there!In the Battle of Fuping, the Southern Song Dynasty deployed the most powerful lineup it could. The 18 army fought hard against the 10,000+ vigorous Jin army. It was originally evenly fought, but the famous Jin army general Wanyan Loushi keenly captured the Song Dynasty. The weaker part of the army line led [-] Qing soldiers to cross the swamp with hay paved roads, and suddenly launched a fierce attack on Zhao Zhe's tribe, which gathered a large number of civilians gathered by the Song army. The main force of the Jin army took the opportunity to attack with all its strength, and the Song army was defeated like a mountain. The battle of Fuping, which was originally evenly matched, turned into a massacre.The combat officers have learned the lesson of this battle. They think that Xue Siming's army only needs to persist for two days, and the main forces of the armies will arrive. It is unnecessary to bring a large number of civilians. They simply leave the civilians behind and hide in a strong camp Here, the army brought eight days' worth of dry rations and went into battle lightly, not afraid of any tricks played by the Qing army.

The price of traveling light is that the soldiers have to do all the work themselves...

While he was busy with work, a puff of smoke and dust rose from a distance, and a messenger from the Qing army galloped over. Heluo Xinjun looked up, ignored it, and continued to dig a horse pit with his head down.The messenger came very quickly, and came to the front of the formation in the blink of an eye, stopped a hundred meters away, and raised his voice: "I am the messenger of His Majesty the Qing Emperor, and I have come to convey my emperor's wishes. See!"

The Heluo New Army was stunned, they all stopped their work, looked at the messenger, and the same thought flashed in everyone's mind:

What kind of trick is this guy trying to play?
Yang Menglong rode out on a tall horse and said, "I am Yang Menglong!"

The messenger cupped his hands on the horseback and said, "Champion, I have admired you for a long time!"

Yang Menglong said: "Stop talking nonsense, why did your master send you here?"

The messenger didn't talk nonsense, and cut straight to the point: "My emperor wants to invite Champion Hou to have a gathering. It's just five miles away, at the long pavilion by the road."

Yang Menglong frowned: "Huang Taiji wants to see me? What trick is he trying to play?"

The messenger said: "Don't get me wrong, champion. My emperor has no other intentions. He just wants to meet your opponent. My emperor said that as early as after the Battle of Daling River, he has always wanted to meet and talk with the prince." Fan, now that the decisive battle is imminent, I'm afraid it's the last chance, and he doesn't want to leave any regrets."

Before Yang Menglong could speak, Xue Siming yelled out: "Master Hou, you must not do it! Jian Nu has many tricks, so don't fall for his deception!"

Zhong Ning gritted his teeth: "Jianu, the dog day, did not plot against Lord Hou in Taiwan last year enough, did you want to repeat the old trick?"

As soon as Yang Menglong was assassinated in Taiwan last year, the Heluo New Army was filled with anger and roared, "Kill him! Kill him!"

The cavalrymen of Huaisi, fearing that the world would not be chaotic, shouted: "Kill him! Kill him!"

The roar was like thunder, and the crowd was furious, but the messenger was unmoved, just sneered and looked at Yang Menglong with a hint of contempt.

Yang Menglong waved his hand to calm down the soldiers, looked at the messenger, and said word by word: "I also want to talk to your master, please lead the way."

Xue Siming, Zhong Ning, Cao Jun and others were horrified and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty!"

Yang Menglong smiled easily and said, "It's okay, I'll go talk to him and come back, Zaji, let's go!"

With only a few entourages, he followed the messenger and flew towards the long pavilion several miles away.

(End of this chapter)