Lord of Ming Dynasty

The third group is the Mongols, who have not many troops. Most of them are the second generation of Mongols who have been stationed in Daming for more than ten years, or Mongol veterans who have lost their courage and morale. The status is a little worse, because the Han army flag is also Han, so they can only be placed in the third class. Manchus, because even if they change and take refuge in Hong Chengchou, as an old thief like Hong Chengchou, they don’t want to do things like the Huaxia Army. Therefore, it is considered polite to treat them, as long as they take refuge in him and do not rebel, they will still be allowed to lead the army. Although there are not many troops and their combat effectiveness is good, their status can only be ranked fourth.

As the most elite army, of course Ma Bao led his own army, and the other was led by Kong Youxing, who was close to him. Also because of the defeat, the court pursued and took refuge in Hong Chengchou's Ma Bao. The two had a similar taste and became brothers. Ma Bao gave him the second army to lead.

Although Ma Deli used to be a buddy and had a good sexual relationship with Kong You, but he could only lead the Han army banner troops. The green battalion soldiers were controlled by Ma Bao. More than a dozen generals were his confidantes, and several generals belonged to Hong Chengchou. The confidant, Ma Bao didn't dare to make a big move, so he could only let them.

Ma Degong had already figured out the situation here in more than ten days. He felt that he could get the Han army flag with more than 8000 troops. So he played sloppy with Ma Bao and others slowly, constantly urging them to send troops, and sometimes he told them with a haha ​​that he supported them, understood their difficulties, and would report their difficulties to Hong Chengchou, ask for understanding, and execute them combat plan.

Ma Bao is a fine person. After dealing with him for more than ten days, he immediately understood what Ma Degong meant. The few Hong Chengchou's confidant generals assigned to Ma Degong, Ma Degong won the command of [-] troops. The command power of the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. Later, he used the right to supervise the army to bring in [-] soldiers and horses for the logistics force, those peasants and young men. At the same time, he obtained a large amount of supplies and controlled half of the logistics rights of Ma Bao and others. Only then did he happily write a letter to Hong Chengchou, pleading for Ma Bao and others.

Hong Chengchou understood Ma Degong's meaning very well, and quickly replied to him, he could do what he could, if he wanted to win the battle, he could say anything if he won, but if he couldn't win, he and Ma Bao took the responsibility together.

So Ma Degong found himself trapped by Ma Bao, and took responsibility with Ma Bao, and the two became grasshoppers on a rope.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, remained silent, lamenting Hong Chengchou's treachery together, and the ignorance of himself and others, so they could only put aside their intrigue and discuss together how to deal with the Huaxia Army's attack.

The delay of more than ten days caused the Huaxia Army to replace the No. 20 Seventh Field Brigade with the First Guards Brigade. The First Guards Brigade, led by Zhang Qiang, was slowly moving towards them. .

Chapter 627 Head-to-head decisive battle

After Ma Degong won the military power, he retreated in the capital of Jining Prefecture. Since Ma Bao was only a supervising army, he couldn't do anything about him, so he could only lead his two new troops, [-] green battalion troops. , [-] Han army banner troops, and [-] civilian husband and logistics troops conscripted to attack.

The three regiments of the Guards Brigade each have [-] troops and march in three directions in the shape of a character. In the middle are the troops directly under the brigade headquarters, the general guard, the artillery directly under the artillery, the heavy soldiers directly under the engineering, the cavalry battalion, two thousand civilian men, and one militia. Thousands, three hundred cavalry in the cavalry brigade, and Zhang Qiang's personal guards have a total strength of five thousand.

The first regiment of the Guards Brigade arrived at Hushan Town soon. After a short rest for a day, the second regiment of the Guards arrived. The first regiment of the Guards set off and soon arrived at the outskirts of Ningyang County. They sent scout cavalry to investigate and set up camp. Wait for the troops behind to come up.

Half a day later, the second regiment of guards arrived after a rest. The two regiments camped five miles apart, respectively guarding two key intersections leading to Ningyang Town, and sent scout cavalry to investigate on both sides.

The third regiment also arrived when it was dark, and camped about five miles behind them. After conveying the news of their arrival, they got the news that the Guards Brigade Headquarters had arrived at Hushan Town.

At this time, they were fifteen miles away from the county seat of Ningyang County. It was not that they did not want to attack, but that the scouts of the first regiment had already detected the news. Two thousand green battalions and one thousand civilian husbands, [-] green battalion soldiers and [-] Mongolian cavalry were stationed in the three towns on the first line of Ningyang County, and the enemy's [-] Mongolian cavalry and [-] green battalions were stationed in four towns thirty miles behind the county seat. Soldiers, five thousand young and strong, village brave, regiment training, and the strength of the two regiments of the enemy's new army, this is simply to use this place as a line of defense to prevent the Huaxia Army from attacking.

In a nearby county, 8000 Xinjun soldiers led by Kong Youxing stationed the enemy, and the enemy's main force was stationed in the county town of the commercial district sixty miles behind. Thousands of Han army flag soldiers, one thousand green battalion soldiers, and six thousand village braves, regiment training troops, it can be said that it is no longer possible to advance with marching ranks here, and can only fight step by step.

According to the account of the captives captured by the cavalry, Ma Degong was stationed in the capital of Jining Prefecture, Ma Bao was waiting in full force in the commercial county town to the east of Sishilidi, and Kong Youxing's troops led a new army to control most of the troops in Wenshang County. Prepare to flank the Guards Brigade and cut off the Guards Brigade's way back.

On the front, the Green Battalion led by Ma Deli and the soldiers of the Han Army Banner were stationed in Ningyang County to prevent the Huaxia Army from advancing.

It is likely that the Mongolian cavalry will attack the Huaxia Army from behind or from the side.

Ma Bao arranged a pocket for the Huaxia Army here, waiting for the Huaxia Army to get in.

After getting the news, the head of the first regiment of the Guards Brigade quickly called the other two heads to discuss, and then reported the information here to the brigade headquarters in Hushan Town to wait for the brigade's decision.

It's not that they don't want to attack independently, it's not that they don't have the right to attack a county, but the battlefield is too big, and they need to obey the brigade headquarters and even Zhang Qiang's dispatch.

Soon the troops were dispatched from the brigade headquarters. No matter how many enemies there were, the first regiment attacked the town on the west side of Ningyang County, the second regiment attacked the town on the east side, and the third regiment was responsible for attacking Ningyang County. Be sure to take it, the brigade will send civilians and militias to transport supplies for them, and the cavalry in the brigade will ensure their safety and intelligence investigation on the back road.

There is nothing to say about the attack of the first regiment and the second regiment. Facing the two towns with insufficient defense, even if the enemy has a lot of cavalry, there are still many troops. Three thousand troops must at least deal with more than twice the enemy's strength. There was cavalry harassment, but it was quickly defeated, and the regiment headquarters and camp were smoothly transferred in, mainly Ningyang County.

Although the county seat is not big, the city wall is more than four meters high and two meters thick. The enemy has red cannons from the Ming Dynasty on it, all of which are four 5-jin cannons. Six cannons, and six general cannons of [-] catties. Although these cannons are old and can only be fired once in [-] minutes, they are also cannons with a super long range. A cannon that weighs [-] kg can hit five or six miles, and a cannon that weighs [-] kg can hit three to four miles. It still poses a threat to the marching Huaxia Army. The head of the Third Guards Regiment does not want his soldiers not to approach the enemy Just being hit by the enemy's cannons and losing dozens of people is a great blow to morale.

Even a single shell from a four-thousand-jin cannon weighs twenty catties, and if you wipe it off, a person's whole body will disappear.

The head of the Third Guards Regiment first asked the dragoon squad to use rifled flintlock guns to use the Mongolian cavalry's medieval tactics of the opponent's European heavy infantry phalanx to ride and shoot against the cannons on the enemy's city wall. Watch the tall European horses cultivated by the Huaxia Army over the years and the medium-sized horses of Mongolian horse blood to attack the enemy's city wall, move around the enemy's city wall, and shoot a volley at the soldiers on the enemy's city wall from time to time to attract the enemy's attention, etc. When the enemy's artillery is aimed at the cavalry to shoot, another team is sent to approach from another direction, harassing the enemy's city wall on three sides, and then order the artillery to advance rapidly, every 5 minutes to disperse and avoid.

Then let the infantry advance in a skirmish line and advance quickly. The loose formation makes it almost impossible for the enemy's artillery to find the target.

Twenty cavalry squads made the enemy's artillery unable to exert its power. Soon more than 3000 soldiers advanced within four miles of the enemy's range, and then the artillery quickly dispersed, aiming at the enemy's city wall row by row to suppress the artillery fire.

In fact, the Guards Brigade is not much different from the Class A Field Brigade, at least not much different in artillery equipment. Compared with the Class A Field Brigade, they are only equipped with an [-]-pound heavy artillery.

Zhang Qiang believes that under the current circumstances, the Huaxia Army does not need to use heavier heavy artillery, because although the enemy's artillery can hit far, it is extremely heavy, weighing several thousand catties. The ammunition weighs only [-] catties, and it can still be moved. The enemy’s heavy artillery weighing [-] catties is not as convenient as the Huaxia Army’s, and the enemy’s heavy artillery is not as good as the Huaxia Army’s in terms of firing rate, power, and maneuverability. Heavy artillery was sufficient to overwhelm the enemy in field and siege battles, and victory was won.

What's more, the artillery of the Huaxia Army's Guards Brigade is equipped with flowering bullets. Compared with the solid bullets of the Qing army, the artillery of the Huaxia Army's flowering bullets is very lethal. One shot can not only blow up the enemy Blowing up the city walls can kill dozens of nearby enemies, but if you only hit soldiers in a straight-line distance, you can only do useless work.

While the Huaxia Army pays attention to the training of the phalanx during normal training, it tries to make the soldiers familiar with how to use a loose formation to form a volley against the enemy, discharge firepower, suppress the enemy, and kill the enemy, instead of swarming up stupidly, or Advance in a neat queue like Westerners, and then the enemy uses a solid bullet to penetrate the thick phalanx and take away at least a dozen soldiers at once. The death of the soldiers is wronged, and even if they win, the entire army will suffer. morale is bad.

The smoothbore flintlock soldiers of the three battalions held their guns, bowed their heads, and stooped their waists, braving the heavy shells of tens of kilograms that the enemy occasionally fired in response, and stopped from time to time to form a team, so that the formation would not be too loose Now, when the enemy cavalry comes out of the city to attack, it will be difficult for the army of later generations with machine guns to guarantee that their troops will not be broken by the enemy. What's more, the Huaxia Army is single-handedly, and it cannot guarantee [-]% firing of the flintlock guns. .

Just like a lighter, you can't guarantee that the sparks from the flint can ignite the combustible gas inside the lighter every time. It's even worse if the lighter used to rely on the friction between the steel wheel and the flint. The current level of the Chinese army's flintlock is In the past, every time a low-quality lighter caught fire, sometimes he could light it 90.00% of the time, and sometimes he could only light it three or four times out of ten. And volley strike the enemy, then the enemy's cavalry is their nightmare.

The Qing army was very good at cavalry raids.

After all, the Qing army was not a fool. When they swept across the land of Ming Dynasty, the Huaxia army was still a weak Jinhua rebel army with only a few thousand soldiers, armed with swords and spears, bows and arrows, crossbow arrows, a small amount of firecrackers from the Ming army, and inferior shotguns from the Qing army. The Qing army survived the battle after several twists and turns, and created the current prosperous age.

Sure enough, when the Huaxia Army approached Sanli, the city gate was opened, and a thousand-man Mongolian cavalry mixed with Han cavalry rushed out, rushing directly to the front of the third battalion of the third infantry regiment of the Guards Brigade , trying to use Jinkai 1 arquebus to attack the Musketeers of the third battalion like the cavalry of the Huaxia Army attacked the enemy.

The third battalion quickly gathered the formation, with each person separated by about two meters, and then formed a row in a relatively loose formation, and opened fire on the cavalry who were rushing towards the enemy.

In the flames, the enemy's cavalry took advantage of their speed and quickly rushed to a distance of 200 meters, then approached, approached again, and reached a distance of 100 meters, shot quickly, and then prepared to draw a semi-arc circle towards the second battalion On the front, continue to attack.

But they only had one chance to fire, and most of the bullets were empty, because they did not have the training level of the cavalry of the Chinese Army. At this time, the smoothbore flintlocks of the third battalion fired. The soldiers of the Guard Brigade had rusty hands and a little courage because they had not fought for a long time, but their combat skills were still very high. They used to be the elite of all armies.

So after a row of flames, the smoothbore flintlock gun with a small aim killed at least 150 cavalrymen at a distance of 30 meters, wounded [-] cavalrymen, and more than [-] cavalrymen were dismounted. The horses of three cavalrymen were killed. They fell off the horses and were either trampled to death or dragged to death by the horses, or they were seriously injured, and those who escaped with minor injuries were quickly killed by the soldiers of the third battalion who fired quickly from behind.

Although the smoothbore flintlock guns are not very accurate, they are definitely the fastest. The reloading speed of these elite soldiers is also very fast. It takes less than ten seconds from firing to reloading and then shooting, killing those who survived Down the cavalry.

This is the result of shooting by the soldiers in the first row. The second row opened a little sideways and fired sequentially, making the Mongolian cavalry charge like hitting a wall. They asked for trouble. After one round of shooting, the three rows of soldiers killed more than 300 soldiers in total. Cavalry, wounded more than 400 cavalrymen, wounded more than 100 enemy horses, and those cavalry who fled to the front of the second or first battalion also suffered heavy losses. In the end, only 80 or [-] of the enemy’s thousand cavalry returned, and the others were not seriously injured and fell to the ground. Either they died, or they were taken further away by war horses, or captured.

The vast majority of the wounded cavalry were captured.

Seeing the clumsy performance of the cavalry on the city wall, Ma Deli slapped the wall and cursed at the incompetence of the cavalry, then turned to the generals behind him and said, "Cannon, have our cannons been lifted?"

Chapter 628 A Moderate Siege

"My lord, it's all set up, all 28 cannons are set up," a guerrilla general next to him shouted to Ma Deli.

"Okay, don't fire, should I wait until I chop their heads off?"

Ma Deli hated iron and steel, gritted his teeth, stared at his subordinates with fire-breathing eyes and shouted, his subordinates were sweating profusely, and accepted his reprimand in a panic.

"Zha, I'll let them fire now." The subordinates stood up in fear, bowed and backed away, and then hurriedly led their own soldiers to the artillery positions on both sides, shouting while running: "Fire!" , open fire, and strike those rebels."

The artillerymen were too busy to nod their heads and covered in sweat. Although those old cannons in red clothes and generals had already fired at the enemy, the enemy was too scattered, and the accuracy of the artillery fire fired by those cannons was pitifully low. Only one cannon can be fired every three to five minutes, or even 5 minutes, especially to defend the four sides, so these cannons are allocated to the four walls. Now the side facing the enemy has only one red cannon, two general cannons, and three cannons. The shells fired by the cannons, the enemy only needs to pay attention to avoid them.

For this reason, Ma Deli is very anxious, especially now that the enemy has jumped to the edge of the city wall, and there is only one mile left. Those rebellious and sneaky people are scattered in formation, and when they get closer to 200 meters, all the heavy artillery At this time, the range of the Jinkai 1 matchlock gun of the Qing army is not enough, and the range of the bow and arrow is even less. The only thing with enough range is the bed crossbow, but the bed crossbow also has shortcomings. They are all old-fashioned things. Now everyone knows that this is the age of firearms. Wars are decided by cannons and muskets. It takes a few minutes for a bed crossbow to fire a crossbow bolt. Although it is very sharp, its accuracy is too poor. Use them to Fighting ghosts and elves seems like the Huaxia Army is simply killing chickens and bulls, it is useless.

So the Huaxia Army quickly advanced to a distance of 400 meters, without injuring a few people. At this time, the Huaxia Army's artillery was ready, and soon the [-]-pound artillery fired violently, suppressing the enemy's heavy artillery at the top of the city.

The [-]-pounder artillery carried by a guard regiment is not many, only four, but these four are enough for them to deal with the enemy in a small county town, and the enemy facing them on the wall is only three artillery pieces.

Over the years, the artillery of the Huaxia Army has not improved much. The biggest improvement is that the weight is much lighter. The battlefield maneuvers, combat, and the combat literacy of the soldiers have improved. The artillery has entered the iron age from the bronze cannon age. The sound of the cannons is made of alloy steel. It can withstand more charges, and the range can be close or far. The 5000-pound gun with a maximum range of 2000 meters can fire at the enemy from five kilometers away. However, in the era of no advanced sights, the artillery generally advances to a distance of two kilometers. Fire from above, that is, fire from the edge of the four miles at a distance of [-] meters, this is written in the combat rules.

"Bang bang bang," the four shells fired concentratedly at one of the enemy's general guns. This is because the accuracy and range of the general guns at this distance are just about the same as theirs. With the height of the city wall, the general guns can hit four There is a lot of ground, although the accuracy of the enemy's gunners is extremely poor, so far they have fired more than a dozen cannons and have not hit anyone, any of the Huaxia Army's artillery positions, but the Huaxia Army never gambled on luck, they concentrated on the two sides. The general's gun emplacement opened fire.

Four shells flew across the sky, making a sharp howling sound, which made people frightened.

The bomb exploded on the enemy's city wall, on the city gate, and in the city, but it was a pity that it didn't hit any of the artillery positions, and didn't hurt any of the Qing army. After all, even the gunners of the Huaxia Army couldn't hit the enemy with the first shot .