Lord of Ming Dynasty

After knowing the difficulty of Tian Bin's return, Zhang Qiang sent his war eagle out again to check the battlefield, and searched along the road that Tian Bin and the others might return. Now all the soldiers and officials of the Huaxia Army know that Zhang Qiang has a hobby of raising eagles. There are a few eagles in my Metropolitan Government House, and these eagles can fly thousands of miles to check the enemy's movements and scout the battlefield, so everyone is familiar with Zhang Qiang's war eagles, and everyone knows that some Mongols on the grassland are also I like raising eagles, and I know that eagles can scout the battlefield, so everyone accepted the news brought back by Zhang Qiang's eagle after Zhang Qiang's cover-up and decent deduction.

At this time, they were flying in the sky to find their war eagles.

When Tian Bin's troops arrived in Shandong Province, Zhang Qiang's war eagles searched for them in the sky, followed them after finding them, and then Zhang Qiang sent someone to inform the Henan Province Army Corps commanded by Xuanyuan Longfei, and asked them to send troops with cameras to meet Tian Bin, but Because Tian Bin was going to Hong Chengchou's undercover office, this unit didn't set out, but just sent scouts to sneak deep into Shandong Prefecture to contact Tian Bin.

Seeing that the situation has not been contacted, he immediately issued a transfer order from the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to let them go. Tian Bin turned to see if he could not join Hong Chengchou and the others, and thus lost the possibility of going undercover.

Hong Chengchou himself was rebelled by the officials and generals of the Qing Dynasty and was repelled for hundreds of miles. Due to the pressure of the Huaxia Army, he could not respond, so he had to withdraw his troops and save himself first.

So Tian Bin and the others can only solve the problem by themselves.

At least for now, facing Duolong's troops, they have to deal with Duolong's [-] troops by themselves.

A thousand Han army flag cavalry rushed forward, and the musketeers immediately stepped forward. Rows of continuous shots made the cavalry unable to move forward, creating a wall of fire to block the Han army flag cavalry outside. Occasionally, two cavalry who missed the target were also killed. Bayonet solved.

The continuous gunshots and flames stopped the horses of the Han Army Banner Cavalry who had never been in contact with this kind of battle. In this way, the Han Army Banner Cavalry suffered heavy losses. The first wave of two hundred cavalry was beaten to ashes. Other cavalry fell off their horses and were injured one after another. By the time the cavalry had to bypass the two wings, the Han Banner Cavalry had lost more than 500 men. Cowardly, at this time they turned into green battalion soldiers, began to be timid, and cruising around.

After fighting for a while, the Musketeers, whose barrels were overheated, retreated and handed over the front to a mixed formation of spearmen and crossbowmen. They poured the water bladders on their bodies on the barrels to dissipate heat for the next battle. , although this method reduces the service life of the barrel, and maybe it may explode in the next battle, but the Musketeers can't care about it, because destroying the enemy is the right way, and the highest probability of bombing is only [-] to [-]%. [-]% of the musketeers can still use their muskets to block the enemy.

The muskets used by Tian Bin and the others are all imitated Jinkai 1 arquebus guns manufactured by Hong Chengchou’s arsenal, or the muskets supported and sold by the Dutch and Portuguese to the Qing Dynasty are not comparable to the muskets of the Huaxia Army. They are not only heavy, but also of high quality It's not as good, it's only three-tenths of the quality of the matchlock guns produced by the Huaxia Army, that is, the matchlock guns produced by the Huaxia Army can fire 150 times, and they can only fire 30 times. The one-shot shooting just now has at least more than [-] shots. It was also used quite a few times in training and in combat, so maybe thirty or fifty times their arquebus only happened.

The Mongolian cavalry rushed up immediately behind the Han army flag. They didn't rush up straight like the Han army flag. They shot arrows around the large formation of the vanguard army and shot at the crossbowmen of the Han army flag.

The spearmen in the front row were shot one after another, but their defense was good, and there were not many casualties. As the new army guarding the capital, no matter how they were detained, no matter how they were not welcomed by the Manchus, but the times In this way, the Manchus still allocated enough armor and armor for them, as well as high-quality weapons and equipment. Whether these weapons and equipment are new or not, they are good, but their defense is still sufficient. Facing the hard bow of the Mongols, This defense can be said to effectively reduce the damage received.

The Mongols’ hard bows are short, but they fire fast and have a short range. The Mongols have to shoot arrows within 30 meters around the vanguard. No matter how skilled they are, they can’t beat the standard crossbow. This crossbow has been the tradition of infantry since the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. Weapons, standard army crossbows have a long range and great strength. They are the best choice to deal with the enemy, and they do not require much quality of soldiers. Just throw in the direction.

This is the best weapon for fighting large regiments. The Mongolian cavalry suffers a disadvantage in the exchange ratio of the wounded with the vanguard, because they gave up defensiveness for the sake of mobility, so the crossbow bolts drilled into their bodies fiercely, On the horses, many Mongolian cavalry horses stumbled, fell off by the wounded horses, and were seriously injured. Like those green battalion and Han army flag cavalry, they fell in front of the battle and wailed.

Chapter 596 Two Hundred Cavalry Demonstrating Their Power

The Mongols rushed to the front of the vanguard army one after another, throwing arrows, and it was not in vain. Even if the vanguard army wore the armor of the Qing army, even if their crossbow arrows were farther than the Mongols' hard bows and horn bows, it was a little bit farther. , The speed is slow, the strength is high, and the crossbow arrows need the mutual assistance of arms and feet. Every salvo may not be able to kill all the Mongols. There are still Mongolian cavalry desperately rushing into the middle of the spearmen queue and slashing with scimitars.

In the battle of thousands of people, there are always injuries. The spearmen are constantly being hacked and killed, and some Mongolian cavalry are constantly being stabbed by the spearmen. However, as soon as a gap is exposed, the Mongolian cavalry rushes in in an attempt to expand the gap. More than 1000 spearmen The soldiers are constantly consumed with the Mongolian cavalry, and the bows and arrows of the Mongolian cavalry also make the poorly protected spearmen fall to the ground. The Mongolian cavalry has rich experience in breaking the formation of infantry arrays than the Han army flag and the green battalion cavalry.

They kept running around the battle formation, shooting arrows. No matter how many of their own people were shot down by the crossbow arrows, they immediately recovered a team of troops, and then shot arrows around. , In fact, not many Mongolian cavalry can be killed, so in the battle between the two sides, the spearmen and crossbowmen were peeled off layer by layer by the Mongolian cavalry.

The Han army banner cavalry saw that there was a bargain to pick up, and they also circled around the battle formation, rushing up and killing from time to time, causing a lot of damage to the vanguard.

The vanguard army showed signs of decay, Tian Xian frowned and said nothing, watching the Mongolian cavalry circle around coldly, he knew that at this time he had to come up with some method, what method?

He looked around, "The cavalry strikes, flying with both wings, as many as can take away the Mongolian cavalry."

The two hundred cavalry of the Huaxia Army who had already been gearing up for the order seized the opportunity and suddenly rushed out from the two wings.

The 1 cavalry on one side faced the [-] cavalry of the Han army flag who had just rushed up at the right opportunity. They fired in a row, and the [-] cavalry of the Han army flag fell from their horses. The Jinkai [-] matchlock gun that had to be reloaded, pulled out the short fire gun hanging on the saddle, and pulled the trigger against the remaining Han army flag cavalry who rushed over and had no time to stop their footsteps.

A puff of white smoke came out again, and the remaining cavalrymen of the Han Army Banner Cavalry fell off their horses one after another. This time, thirty or forty people fell off their horses. Then the others wanted to escape, or had already turned around. Another shot was fired, and this time, fifty or sixty Han army flag cavalry fell off their horses again, cutting off all the Han army flag cavalry who rushed forward. In the past, the banner cavalry of the Han army completely collapsed and fled in all directions.

Drive away the Han army flag cavalry, one hundred pioneer cavalry cavalry can only damage one or two cavalry, they rushed to meet the Mongolian cavalry who came back to throw arrows, one hundred cavalry crashed into the two hundred Mongolian cavalry squad, and were throwing arrows The Mongolian cavalry who had no time to change weapons fell off their horses one after another. Other skilled cavalry hid in their stirrups, escaped the impact, and then ran to one side. The vanguard cavalry ignored their own injuries, and more than 90 cavalry broke through their barriers Difficult, quickly launched an attack on another group of cavalry.

On the other side, as soon as a hundred vanguard cavalry rushed out, they met two hundred Mongolian cavalry. The Mongolian cavalry was preparing to attack the spearmen on this side. They ran in a circle, and a rain of arrows flew over. The spearmen fell to the ground one after another, and before they had time to change their equipment, they were shot by a volley of 80 muskets, and more than 100 people fell off their horses immediately. The stalled horses stomped past without hesitation, or bumped into the horses in front of them. Except for [-] or [-] cavalry who escaped from the two hundred cavalry, more than [-] cavalry were recruited, and they had lost the power to fight again.

The more than 100 vanguard cavalry did not entangle with them. Their purpose was to destroy the enemy as much as possible or divert the enemy. They rushed towards the other two groups of cavalry who had already reacted. Shooting against the Mongolian cavalry, the power of the short-fire guns is much greater than that of their hard bows and horn bows. After "bang bang bang," fifty or sixty cavalrymen fell off their horses, and twenty or thirty cavalrymen of the vanguard army fell off their horses. [-] or [-] of them were injured, whether serious or minor, but they continued to run with the team immediately.

After a short fire volley, the vanguard cavalry was flanked by two groups of Mongolian cavalry. More than 100 Mongolian cavalry fell off their horses, while more than 30 pioneer cavalry fell from their horses. Another group of Mongolian cavalry drew out their sabers and rushed forward bravely, killing more than a dozen Mongolian cavalry at the opponent's rear. After losing eight or nine cavalry, they were chased by three incomplete Mongolian cavalry and ran away.

This is a cavalry unit based on the hunting cavalry and dragon cavalry of the Huaxia Army. It uses the combat method of the Jinhua Rebel Army at the end of the period, and the Mongolian cavalry will not lose their cavalry and archery combat methods, even though they know that there is such a thing. There was a cavalry in the new army, but they still didn't take it seriously. As a result, they suffered a disadvantage at this moment and were defeated by two vanguard cavalry who were obviously smaller than them.

It cannot be said to be defeated, but it can only be said that they have suffered an unknown loss, because they have never fought against this kind of cavalry, and they have an advantage in strength. Even if hundreds of Mongolian cavalry were wiped out by crossbow arrows due to carelessness, there are still some. There were more than 2000 cavalrymen. This time, at least 500 cavalrymen were killed and injured by several attacks by a mere [-] vanguard cavalry, but they still had [-] cavalrymen.

Excluding the 180 cavalry that surrounded the vanguard infantry attacking the brigade, the remaining 200 cavalry pursued the two groups of cavalry that killed them in two directions. One side was chasing 200 cavalrymen. They hated these two groups of cavalry. They defeated the [-] cavalrymen of the Han army flag in one attack, and disabled more than [-] cavalrymen in a cavalry squad. They directly caused more than [-] Mongolian cavalry troops. The cavalry was damaged, so at least four groups of disabled Mongolian cavalry pursued them.

A large number of Mongolian cavalry were confused for a while because of the sudden attack of two groups of cavalry, which gave Tian Xian a chance to adjust the battle formation. He withdrew the crossbow archers and sent [-] arquebus soldiers to the periphery. The remaining [-] Mongolian cavalry were blocked on the periphery. Even if some Mongolian cavalry rushed to the front with the advantage of speed, there were not many people left. After shooting crossbow arrows, the remaining spearmen rushed up and handed seven or eight spears up. Even Immortal Da Luo has no reason to live.

As the battle time prolongs, Tian Bin's Chinese army finally arrives. He dispatches [-] cavalrymen of his Chinese army to rush to face the remaining Mongolian cavalry. The first line is the musketeers.

Chapter 597

The 87 cavalrymen of the vanguard army survived at last. Dolgo Togo looked back at the enemy's slowly expanding Chinese army and had to leave with the remaining 500 cavalrymen.

After cleaning the battlefield, Tian Bin met Tian Xian and said to him: "Good job, you successfully defeated the enemy's [-] vanguard cavalry, and I will report to the governor to ask for credit for you, but you can't stop now." Come down, you have to serve as the rear guard. I will take soldiers with only artillery and guns to meet the enemy. Most of the luggage will have to be taken away. This is our last battle. If we win, we will get rid of the enemy If you lose, you will be attacked from both sides, and the entire army will be wiped out in the end. It is up to you to decide whether you will live or die."

Tian Xian said: "If the enemy wants to attack our army, they can only step over my corpse."

Tian Bin said with some depression: "Okay, yes, now take your soldiers down to join the baggage team. You are responsible for protecting the baggage team of the Chinese army. You will dispatch the civilian men of the baggage team and the surrendered green battalion soldiers. It will be a fiercer battle, protect our supplies, and you have to cover the rear of the artillery brigade, the Mongolian cavalry behind us is not far away from us."

"General Xie, I will make arrangements for the last general, and the last general will stop the enemy's pursuers here."

"Okay, there are a lot of spare muskets in the luggage, although they are all inferior firecrackers and cannons made by the Ming and Qing armies, but I give you the right to use them and distribute them to the civilians and green battalion soldiers to stop the pursuers The task is up to you.

I will ask Wang Dong to hand over the civilian men, heavy soldiers, and wounded soldiers in his army to you, and give you another thousand cavalry. We must organize the enemy to attack our army from behind. If our army defeats Duolong before the enemy arrives, Troops, you just abandon your luggage and bring your soldiers and horses to catch up. If you get entangled, just wait for our army to come back for help, understand? "

"Yes, General."

Tian Xian didn't expect that he had just experienced a tragic vanguard battle, and then he had to go to the rear. The rear was originally composed of three thousand Mongolian cavalry, two thousand Han army flags, and a cavalry team composed of green battalion, rural bravery, and regiment training. He was the only three thousand Although the vanguard army with [-] troops lost more than half of it won, it was a miserable victory.

Why did he win so badly? Tian Xian understands that he doesn’t have many Chinese army standard ordnance in his hands. He fought cold weapon wars with Mongolian cavalry. These Han people and Ming people obviously still lived in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty faced the advantage of the Manchu cavalry in the Qing Dynasty. There are many defeats and no advantage. You can't use spearmen to restrain the enemy's cavalry like the Huaxia Army, use muskets to restrain the enemy's bows and arrows, use cannons to disrupt the enemy's charge, and use your own cavalry to chase the enemy's cavalry.

Moreover, it is obvious that the new Han army trained by the Qing Dynasty cannot be compared with the strict military discipline of the Huaxia Army. No matter in terms of training or combat power, the combat effectiveness of the Han soldiers brought by the new army can only be said It is slightly higher than the combat effectiveness of the militia troops of the Huaxia Army, a little worse than the combat effectiveness of the garrison battalion of the Huaxia Army, a lot worse than the combat effectiveness of the garrison regiment, and not a bit worse than the field brigade The problem is that it must be crushed.

He was promoted to an intelligence officer and was also a member of the Field Brigade during the Jinhua Rebel Army era. He rose step by step from the era of cold weapons and inferior firearms in the Jinhua Rebel Army era. He was selected in the Field Brigade not long after he was smart and good at thinking. Transferred to the Purchasing Department of the Governor's Mansion chaired by Bagyaru of Milin, he was first sent to Tian Bin's subordinates to follow Tian Bin in the Qing army as a spy and liaison person, and then was dispatched to Huang Tao's subordinates to organize the same prairie The establishment of the liaison station of the Jinqi Department, and then returned to Milin as an intelligence officer, and soon became a member of the Intelligence Department's action team, participating in the work of arresting the enemy, eradicating landlords and gentry, and assassinating local generals. Following Wang Dong, Zhao Hu cooperated with Tian Bin again, and has been working under Tian Bin since then.

In Ma Han, after Zhao Hu was transferred back, he served under Wang, organized intelligence personnel to manage the intelligence operations team in Tian Bin's army, and then the intelligence operations team was dismantled and assigned to the new army towns formed by Hong Chengchou Now, these intelligence agents have become school lieutenants, generals, and commanders in the new army of the Qing army. Not only Hong Chengchou has them here, but also other Qing army Han flags left in Yanjing. , even in Hauge's new army, all of these people occupy the positions of middle-level generals, and at the same time develop their own downlines and develop the intelligence personnel of the Ministry of Military Intelligence.

Except for Xinjun Town, which was brought back by Tian Bin this time, the other intelligence personnel have already hidden, waiting to be called.

Because Tian Bin responded to Hong Chengchou's call and led his troops back, he must have lost a lot of intelligence personnel this time. There were thousands of intelligence personnel brought back, and there were also thousands of people hidden in hiding. The Qing army will definitely clear some of them. It can be said that Hong Chengchou's move caused heavy losses to the Huaxia Army's intelligence department, but for the big fish of Hong Chengchou, whether it is Zhang Qiang or Mi Lin, Tian Bin thinks it is worth the risk, but who knows Well, Hong Chengchou was so weak that he was defeated by the officials who were loyal to the Communist Party and lost a lot of land. Otherwise, what a good situation this is.

Everything he said was false, there was no regret medicine to take, and Tian Xian had no choice but to face it. The [-] to [-] Mongolian cavalry chasing troops behind must be blocked, because the enemy's pursuit had already reached fifty miles away, because Tian Bin turned suddenly, and the Mongolian cavalry who wanted to intercept Tian Bin's troops in front of them by using their maneuverability ran away. The soldiers are now close to Tian Bin's Chinese army brigade, and have even run to the front of the team. Tian Xian can only hand over the final task.

Tian Xian issued several orders in a row, but he was really unable to fight. The timid and weak civilian husband was ordered to continue to follow Tian Bin's army, which had already set off to meet Duolong's army, and had already walked five or six miles. These civilian husbands are about 1000 people.

There were about 800 wounded soldiers in my own team. Their task was to clean up the battlefield with 500 young and strong civilian men, retrieve the horses, and bury the corpses. After that, 200 lightly wounded soldiers could still fight. Turning around and going to rest, the remaining lightly wounded who could walk but could not fight carried the seriously wounded and continued to chase the supply troops. Tian Xian sent fifty wounded cavalry to escort them to chase the troops.

After the five hundred civilians completed the task, they immediately joined the task of digging trenches. The trenches connected the large areas dug here, and felled trees, created obstacles, and built fortifications.

About [-] civilians have been doing this task before.

Not only they are doing it, but Tian Xian's soldiers are also doing it, but they are all led by generals to set up some counterattack positions and implement fortifications in detail.

Soon the [-] cavalry sent by Tian Bin to Tian Xian arrived, and the task Tian Xian assigned to them was to immediately go to nearby villages and towns to find people, and gather all the young and strong from nearby villages and towns here.

Because of the terrain here, the cavalry can only pass through here, because there are roads here, and other places are either hills or mountains. It is difficult for the cavalry to pass. This is the junction of the roads. Maybe some cavalry can go around some remote paths. Going forward to catch up with Tian Bin's army, but obviously it will take a lot of distance and time. If the cavalry wants to quickly catch up with Tian Bin's army, they have to pass through here, so Tian Xian can intercept the enemy's cavalry here.

"Here, here is a forest, you take people to set up a trip rope, dig a trap in front of the forest, dig a little more, cover the surrounding forest, so that the enemy can only advance through the forest path, and then set up a trip rope on the narrow road in the forest , Dig horse pits in a large open space, and set up some small agencies. You are all intelligence personnel, and you have training for these. I don’t need to tell you how to do it. Be quick, don’t be too meticulous, as long as you can stop the enemy, even if it is located in In the open, the enemy can't break it."

"Lieutenant, lead your musketeer team to ambush in the woods and dig trenches and foxholes in front of you. The purpose is to defend a large open space in the woods and leave a way for your own people to retreat. Finally, at the edge of the woods Leaving troops at the exit and digging trenches, this time we must be more realistic, because we may have to hold on for a long time, and if you don’t hear my rally call, you can’t retreat even if you all die in battle. Do you understand?”