Lord of Ming Dynasty

The Huaxia Army has a scout battalion, and any brigade can have a scout battalion of about a thousand people.

The scout battalion, of course, is those veterans who have been on the battlefield for more than ten years, five or six years. They can track the enemy well. The enemy's army of 5 to [-] people can't completely hide their traces. And Oboi didn't have the time or thought to hide his traces, he was hung up by the scout battalion far away, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter how he shook it off.

Similarly, dispatching scouts to expel them often returns without success. They are divided into dozens of scout squadrons with hundreds of people each. Facing the enemy's bows and arrows, they shoot with Jinkai 1 matchlock guns from a distance. They have long been familiar with this combat method. , and the Qing army was arrogant and didn't know this kind of scout's combat method at all, so it was often at a disadvantage. The enemy's scout cavalry suddenly stopped, and then lined up in a row, and the formation charging towards them was a row of guns.

Although the horse is not as stable as standing on land, the accuracy of shooting is quite high. The scouts are the elite of the elite. To play with a gun, of course, you must be a person who can hit every shot and respond quickly at any time.

They were quite accurate at random. When the enemy was about to draw their bows at a distance of 70 to [-] meters, a row of guns shot past, and the whole team turned around without stopping. The Qing army suddenly felt like being hit by a heavy hammer. , a cavalry team of more than [-] people, dropped thirty or forty teammates at once, and hurriedly pulled up the horses and ran to both sides in fright. One scout is like this, two scouts are like this, dozens of teams, then the cavalry of the Qing army will lose a lot .

On the first day of Oboi's inventory, it was discovered that about seven or eight hundred cavalrymen were either dead or injured, and many cavalrymen refused to go out to expel these scouts from the Huaxia army.

Obai wanted to expel these scouts, and the fleeing troops had to slow down. On the third day, they only walked thirty miles, and they were slowed down by twenty miles. Led by Xiao Fei and pursued by Brother Zhu and Mei Linyu's vanguard cavalry, the two sides met within seventy miles.

It's not that the cavalry of the Huaxia Army can't move fast at the speed of the cavalry, but they are worried about ambush and fall into the trap, so they must investigate carefully, send more than a dozen cavalry to cooperate with the scouts, and together make carpets for a radius of fifty miles At the same time, they have to wait for the infantry units in the rear to catch up.

After all, the enemy still has more than 4 troops. After the previous battle, the Huaxia Army itself had 1 troops, but it lost more than [-] people, so it had to adjust itself. Their original [-] troops included the troops of Wang Yuqun and Tong Dawei On the battlefield, what fought against Oboi was the militia, the garrison, and the cavalry of the guard brigade. The main combat force was still [-] arquebus soldiers and artillery. The heaviest loss was a second-class field brigade that was almost wiped out at once. It was the half-cold weapon and half-arquebus field brigade that the Huaxia Army had when it became an army. This was also a loss for the Huaxia Army.

That is to say, when the Huaxia Army pursued them on the first day, they had traveled fifty miles. They were still cavalry, infantry and supplies, and the militiamen had only traveled twenty miles, which was equivalent to the distance from just leaving one county to the next.

When Xiao Fei led the Chinese army to catch up, the Huaxia army launched a new pursuit. They traveled more than 30 miles that day and gradually increased their speed, while the cavalry walked [-] miles, closing the distance with the Qing army.

On the fourth day, the Qing army only walked 35 miles. Oboi's urging did not get rid of the frenzied attack of the scout cavalry, which delayed their marching time.

On the fifth day, the Qing army walked forty miles. This was because the scout cavalry of the Huaxia Army also suffered losses.In the high-intensity pursuit, they also suffered casualties. The Qing army is not stupid. After a few times, they adapted to their fighting style. After all, the Qing army is a veteran who has fought for decades, so it would be so stupid, not the Ming army. , Hearing the Qing army, he was so frightened that his legs limp, and he ran faster than a rabbit.

The Qing army used two cavalry scouts to approach the Huaxia army scouts. After a round of shooting, the Huaxia army scouts could not reload the ammunition immediately. The Jingai 1 matchlock gun was very slow to load on land, it was difficult, and it took more than 20 Compared with the arquebus that the Portuguese just sold to the Ming army before, it required more than 40 procedures, and it took three to five minutes to complete a reload. It took nearly two and a half minutes for an expert to complete a reload, which required more than 5 procedures to be simplified, but For the rapid offensive and defensive transition between the cavalry, it only takes a dozen seconds, which is still too long, so the Huaxia army scouts can only fight for one round, and then they have to draw their swords or escape.

The scouts are not real cavalry charges. The first task of the scouts is to complete the scouting mission. There is no need to fight the enemy. Therefore, the Qing army's driving has played a role. They have to stay farther and farther away from the Qing army. The scouts of the Qing army dealt with the cavalry, but the cavalry of the Qing army didn't eat that if they were hurt. Their purpose was to eliminate these annoying flies.

Therefore, when the scouts attracted the scouts of the Huaxia Army, they rushed over from another place and attacked the scouts of the Huaxia Army. Some of the scouts of the Huaxia Army ran away cleverly, and some were caught off guard. You can only fight, and losses are inevitable.

They are not equipped with short-fire guns, because for the scouts of the Qing army, this is just courting death, because the world can shoot a bow at a distance of 70 meters, and after a round of shooting, it will rush to you and kill you. The distance of 30 meters is effective. It can be said that there is a possibility of surprise attack against infantry. It can also be used to exchange for the enemy's losses against the frontal charge of cavalry. But against scouts, it is faster to draw swords than to change guns and draw swords. They are not desperate .

Keeping a distance of 60 meters and escaping the enemy's bows and arrows is what they have to do. It is their task to go back alive and send the news back. There is no need to die with the enemy.

Based on the above reasons, Obai quickly got rid of the influence of the Huaxia Army's scouts and increased his marching speed.

On the seventh day, the Huaxia army was still [-] miles away from the Qing army, and the Huaxia cavalry was less than [-] miles away from Oboi's army. They set off overnight and approached [-] miles before resting. Then wave after wave of wounded were sent back, getting farther and farther away from the enemy. The Qing army had no shortage of cavalry. If it weren't for the infantry, they would have fled without a trace.

On the eighth day, the Huaxia Army finally straightened out the regulations, reorganized the army, and restored their combat effectiveness before they broke out and chased after them.

And the cavalry finally came again for an assault, only ten miles away from the enemy's main force. It was considered to have caught up with the enemy. Huguang's mountains, rivers, and plains fought fiercely, with thousands of cavalry cavalry fighting each other, and the battle became more and more intense.

Greatly delayed the speed of Oboi's march.

On the ninth day, Oboi only walked ten miles. The infantry and militia troops of the Huaxia Army drove eighty miles, and then rested tiredly in the rear for the middle of the night. They continued to pursue, but they were still separated by seventy miles.

In terms of marching and fighting in the field, it is impossible for the Huaxia Army to compare with the Qing Army at the speed of the infantry and arquebus soldiers.

The Huaxia Army's dependence on supplies is very high.

Chapter 459 Meeting Obai 11

The Huaxia army pursued Oboi's army tightly, and Oboi's heart was on fire. Seeing the Huaxia army chasing closer and closer, the scout cavalry stuck to his body like a dog's skin plaster, and they couldn't get rid of it. The closer they were chasing, they had already fought against the cavalry behind them. According to the scouts who had penetrated farther, the Huaxia army had already approached fifty miles away.

At this time, the Qing army had fled for nearly [-] kilometers, and was already close to the border of Huguang. Crossing the river, at least one day's journey away from the Huaxia army. ? To cover the army to cross the river?"

A young general stood up, "My lord, the little one is willing to go."

Obai glanced at him, this person was the son of the great scholar Suo Ertu, a clan relative of the Qing Dynasty, he couldn't help but nodded and praised: "Okay, when you come back, I will recommend you to the emperor as a bodyguard with a sword in front of the emperor, reward you You are the Viscount of Gushanbei, remember, you must hold back the cavalry of the Huaxia Army, and buy one day for the army, so that after the army crosses the river, it will have two more days, and the army will be safe when it enters the territory of Hubei Province .”

"Yes, my lord, the villain must live up to the great trust of my lord, even if I die in battle, I will accumulate time for my lord." Suo'etu said.

Aobai nodded at him, "In addition to one Niulu soldier in your headquarters, I will give you three more Niulu, a total of 1 soldiers, and two Mongolian cavalry brigades, a total of [-] Mongolian cavalry. I will leave you all the slave soldiers under the coated slaves, [-] infantry, and a total force of [-] soldiers and horses.

You must hold them back. The enemy is still a day away from our army. If you come here, first destroy their scout cavalry, and then hold off their cavalry brigade. When the enemy's army arrives, you can retreat. At that time, we will The army has penetrated into the territory of Hubei Province. You can decide for yourself whether to continue to deal with the enemy in Huguang, or cross the river to get rid of the enemy and catch up with the army. "

Suo'etu saw that the dispatched soldiers and horses belonged to him one after another, and the generals of the army came before him, while Oboi fled with the army overnight. Looking back at the night, he could vaguely hear the scout cavalry and the broken cavalry in the distance. The sound of fighting with the enemy cavalry, staring for a long time before ordering to set up camp, waiting for the scout cavalry to return.

The scouts also had more than 1000 troops, and the rear cavalry also had more than 1000 troops. It can be said that Oboi directly dumped half of the 4 troops of the headquarters to him, and reduced the huge number of [-] troops to [-].

Aobai is still very capable, with more than 5 troops from the headquarters, he fled for more than 300 kilometers all the way, but he only lost a few thousand soldiers and left more than 4 soldiers. It's up to him now.

Because the cannons of the Qing army were too heavy, the Qing army lost all the heavy cannons when they fled, and only brought some light three-pound cannons imitating the Huaxia army. How many catties, mules and horses can still drag it.

At this moment, Oboi even threw all these cannons to him, and even threw to him some slaves of the Qing army's coated slaves. These slaves include Han slaves, those who were arrested more than ten years ago, and those who were arrested decades ago. Capture the second-generation slaves born to the Han people, as well as the newly captured Han slaves, as well as those Han Chinese, Mongols, Koreans, and even Russian Far East slaves who took the initiative to defect.

Compared with the loyalty and usefulness of the coated slaves, these slaves are another kind of cashed cannon fodder, mules and horses. Their job is to carry weapons and luggage for the Mongols and Manchu Jurchens, collect firewood, cook, and do laundry. , their heads, and the wrapped slave Oboi were all taken away, but they were abandoned. Anyway, there is no shortage, so they will be arrested again after giving up.

However, because of successive defeats, these people have decreased a lot. Now the entire army has only 2000 people. If these people are lost, then the coated slaves will have to take on their roles, pushing carts, driving mules and horses, and continuing to serve the Mongols and The Manchu Jurchens contributed.

Suo'etu certainly doesn't care about the life and death of these people. Now these people are ordered to camp, while the Mongols and Manchu soldiers sit on the ground, waiting for the camp to be set up, and then enter the camp. The cavalry battled to buy time for the army.

In the distance, as the first ray of sunlight rose in the morning, the retreating scout cavalry and the rear cavalry who had fought all night retreated back with their companions' corpses and horses that could still be gathered.

The news brought back was that the scout cavalry of the Huaxia Army had retreated to the Huaxia Army camp.

Brother Zhu, who had led the cavalry before, was still very cautious. When he detected the enemy camp, he quickly gave up the pursuit and set up camp on the spot to wait for dawn. Who knows if the enemy is ambushing in the middle of the night? The Huaxia Army has always acted cautiously. Of course he also No exception, just missed the best time to chase Ao Bai.

Xiao Fei was still fifty miles away with the army, and after midnight, the army had already approached thirty miles away.

Then the overall situation chose to camp and rest in the early morning, and Brother Zhu had to fight independently.

Brother Zhu fought against the Qing army. In the battle of Raozhou Prefecture, he was on the defensive side. The cavalry outside was Huang Tao. The current Minister of Civil Affairs led the Second Cavalry Brigade. It was his first time facing The enemy's cavalry camped cautiously, and after passing the news back to the army, he led his personal guards and personally followed a team of scout cavalry that attacked last night to check the enemy's camp.

The size of the camp has become smaller, which proves that the enemy has divided its troops. Judging from the flags in the camp, there is no flag of Oboi, which means that the enemy's army has already left.

Last night, the scout cavalry fought with the enemy's Han Banner cavalry, and the chasing vanguard cavalry fought with the enemy's broken Mongolian cavalry. This proves that the enemy must have left behind the Han Banner and Mongols. Brother Zhu made a wrong judgment on this point up.

He still doesn't know much about the generals of the Qing Dynasty. Although the Military Intelligence Department has grown a lot in recent years and its efficiency has improved a lot, Zhang Qiang has never made a list of the enemy's generals, so he doesn't know who the general camped opposite is. Who, is it a Manchu or a Ming general, or a Han Banner general of Han blood? Some Han people have been assimilated by the Manchus, and their names are also Manchu names, so Brother Zhu really doesn't know the reality of the enemy on the other side.

The enemy also saw them, but they didn't send cavalry to drive them away, because the scout battle last night was too fierce, and Suo'etu didn't want to drive the scout cavalry and rear cavalry who had been fighting for most of the night. Expelling the enemy, just camping, ignoring the enemy, creating a mysterious appearance.

Brother Zhu searched for a long time, and walked around the enemy camp for more than ten miles, not daring to go too deep, for fear of an ambush by the enemy, and his scout cavalry, just like the Qing army, were tired after fighting in the middle of the night, and suffered heavy losses , I can only take a break and talk about it later.

Running around was still rewarding, at least he figured out the approximate size of the enemy, less than [-] troops, mostly cavalry.

This was about the same strength as his cavalry unit. He had a rough plan in mind, and then led the troops back to camp.

4 Chapter 12 Meeting Obai [-]

Zhang Qiang was on the way, staying in the camp thirty miles behind Xiao Fei, seeing Brother Zhu stop, he was also very upset, and let Oboi escape, but Zhanying in the daytime quickly tracked down Oboi's army The movement was only twenty miles away, and he could still catch up. He quickly asked Xiao Fei's camp to pull out the camp and pursue it, because there was no ambush ahead, and he looked all over the fifty miles around. Docking the tail to survive, who has the ability to ambush an ambush.

The messengers ran to Xiao Fei's camp. Xiao Fei's camp had just been set up, and the Huaxia Army, who had run all night, had just rested for less than an hour. Camp started.

And when Xiao Fei's messengers caught up with Brother Zhu and sent the news to Brother Zhu, two hours had passed, almost noon.

Suo'etu is very cunning. If the enemy doesn't come to attack, I won't send troops out to tease you, so that you can't figure it out and don't dare to make decisions without authorization. Brother Zhu walked around before, but he was still worried, so he sent cavalry to scout for a radius of fifty miles The enemy army within the range, until noon, he just found out that the enemy did not have an ambush, and then sent the scouts who had rested for a few hours to chase the enemy army. Intercept the cavalry brigade of scout cavalry.