Lord of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Qiang divided the military power very carefully, because he was afraid that warlords would usurp power.

The garrison brigade is also heavily armed. If the garrison brigade is armed, it will be a big mess. Ordinary troops can't eliminate them, so the control is extremely strict. Now Xuanyuan Longfei has been transferred to the commander of the garrison headquarters and promoted to a supervisor to control the garrison for him. After all, the leader of the party, Su, is the remnant of the Dashun Army. He had no one before, so he could only be used as the garrison commander, but his official position was just a general.

After arranging everything, Wan Dou Ni waited for the enemy to take the bait, but what he waited for first was other bad news. After a while, a small captain of the militia brigade ran over, "General, General, the garrison let me inform you, we sent A squad of ordinary militia brigade soldiers who went out were attacked by enemy cavalry on a mountain road near the county seat, twenty of them returned, five of them returned, two chiefs were killed in battle, and the corporal chiefs all returned."

Wan Dou Ni didn't bother to talk to him, and waved her hand, "Understood, let's go."

The team leader looked at Wan Douni and walked out in embarrassment.

Wan Douni was actually worried about the army led by Tianying, as for the other troops who went out to pretend to be reinforcements, he was not worried.

At this time, Tianying was also depressed. As soon as he left the city, he was ambushed by the enemy. A group of about 30 cavalry rushed towards them, brandishing sabers, shooting at them with bows and arrows, matchlock guns, and short firecrackers. , Since they were in the marching column before, he was also careless, so he suffered some losses.

The infantry company in the rear was first attacked by the enemy from the rear, rushing down from the hillside tens of meters away, and when the militia companies unloaded their guns from their shoulders and loaded them in a hurry, the enemy's cavalry had already rushed to the front, and seven or eight bows and arrows came down. , the militiamen behind fell five or six people before they raised their guns, and then the enemy cavalry took the heads of seven or eight militiamen with sabers, and wounded four or five militiamen with short-fired guns. A company of 200 people scattered at once, and four or five guns fired, hitting an enemy cavalryman in the head and killing the enemy immediately.

All the other enemies turned and charged towards the middle of the team. Only then did my own cavalry company react. They rushed back from the front and bumped into a few militiamen. Two of his own people were killed or injured, and the other three were slightly injured, so they got up and raised their guns to fight the enemy together with other comrades in arms.

The enemy cavalry turned around and ran away.

The cavalry company pursued all the way, and came back in ten minutes, only reporting that five of the enemy were killed and three were wounded and captured. That is to say, from the beginning to the end, there were 30 casualties on our side and about ten casualties on the enemy.

This made Tianying very depressed. He immediately ordered the battle formation, searched forward, sent five cavalry to the front to scout the front, and sent two cavalry to guard the rear. The others guarded the infantry company on the left and right wings.

He led the cavalry company of the field division and the infantry company of the elite militia brigade.

But it couldn't be the reason why he didn't respond when he was attacked by the enemy. This made Tianying feel very angry. The enemy was so cunning, and he was so stupid and careless.

But now he didn't dare to send out people to send the wounded soldiers and corpses back to the county seat. He still had to go to reinforce Dawang Town, mainly to save the squad of the elite militia brigade.

The soldiers could only be allowed to carry the dead bodies and the wounded forward, so morale became low, and everyone hurried on with their heads down.

At this time, Tianying also sensed that this was an enemy's conspiracy, and tried to surround the spot for reinforcements, so he became more careful next time.

At this time, on a high place on a mountain peak, a Qing military commander looked into the distance with a binoculars. From here, he could see Tianying's troops approaching the surrounded militia team.

Chapter 842 The Siege of the Qing Army

Under such clear weather, the Qing military control belt can see the slopes and the situation below the mountain several kilometers away from the peak.

So he ordered to his subordinates: "Pick out a battalion of soldiers to defeat the support army, and then draw out another battalion of soldiers to reinforce the Miao people, let them deal with the militia as soon as possible. The troops of the prince's town will arrive here when it gets dark." , and besieged the county seat."

However, the companies of the elite militia brigade who went out of the city to disguise were changing clothes through the mountains or valleys, then walked to other places, and then scattered back to the county town. , People from nearby villages come in and out of the county.

And those who were dispatched to reinforce the ferry in Fenghuang Town set off from other mountains or towns that he couldn't see. He might be able to see one or two troops passing by, but he didn't know what to do. The guess is to reinforce the villages and towns they harassed.

Tianying led the cavalry company and the infantry company quickly towards the slope.

The cavalry company reported after a while, "General, the enemy is not only one Miao tribe, but also some cavalry, about 100 people, and some enemy infantry nearby. They are advancing somewhere. The number is about 300."

Tianying said to the cavalry of the cavalry company: "Your cavalry company has [-] cavalry, go and hold that infantry, don't get too close, they also have muskets in their hands, not necessarily worse than ours."

"Okay, general." After the cavalry company and the cavalry left, Tianying carefully studied the terrain with a telescope. The place was too open, and the enemy was Miao people who were good at using the terrain. The enemy also had cavalry, which was not good. Think about the militia The cavalry of the elite brigade was also defeated by the enemy, or could they hide on the hillside?

The hillside is not too high, 70 meters, and the slope is more than 40 degrees. There is a dense jungle on the hillside, which can resist the enemy's cavalry and help the militiamen find cover. The Miao people hide in the grass below the hillside. , they could be seen vaguely. The enemy cavalry didn't know where they were, and they were probably hiding in the woods on the other side of the hillside.

The two sides used muskets to suppress the enemy. There were hundreds of corpses under the hillside, some in militia uniforms, some miscellaneous people wearing Miao national costumes, and some brave soldiers wearing Qing army uniforms.

"Come on, send some brave soldiers to the forest on the left to test the attack and lure the enemy's cavalry out,"

"The cavalry company moved down the flanking hillside and waited for an attack. When they saw the enemy cavalry company coming out, they immediately charged towards the grass in front of the hillside."

"Infantry company, move to the bottom of the hillside on the left side to wait for attack, and line up on both sides of the road. After the enemy cavalry is drawn out, shoot together to defeat the enemy cavalry, and then some of them will attack the hillside, and some will establish blocking positions. Don't let the enemy's cavalry Fight back."

Before he finished speaking, intense gunshots were heard in the distance. He turned around and looked behind several hillsides in the distance with a binoculars. However, due to the cover of the mountains and hillsides, the gunshots became more and more intense, but no one could be seen. It is estimated that it is the cavalry of the cavalry company and the enemy's reinforcement infantry.

He turned his head and continued to mobilize his manpower, preparing to rescue the militia team.

At this time, the enemy had already noticed something, and they mobilized their troops to intercept the soldiers and horses he sent. The two sides opened fire at each other at a distance of several hundred meters, shouting, and turned out from the nearby grass and behind the cliff. The scene was a bit chaotic. But after the enemy cavalry ran out, dense gunfire rang out suddenly, and the enemy cavalry was knocked down one after another.

After about ten minutes, dozens of cavalry rushed down the hillside over there, and the enemy appeared one after another, shooting at the cavalry rushing down the hillside with backward muskets. The backward muskets used iron sand and stones, so it was still It caused a lot of damage to the cavalry rushing down the hillside. They were inaccurate in the distance, but close up, a dozen of them covered a large area, and even the horses were knocked down.

At this time, the cavalry attacking from behind suddenly rushed out, rushed down the hillside from 200 meters below the hillside, and flanked the enemy's infantry on both sides, so the enemy dispersed, because the infantry was not as mobile as the cavalry, and their old-fashioned muskets did not have time. Reloading, the sparse bows and arrows of the archers could not stop the cavalry company from being assaulted from behind, the enemy collapsed and fled everywhere.

"Kill," a tidy shout came from the hillside, and the militia troops over there also rushed down the hillside and swept towards the enemy.

Tianying sat firmly on the horse, observing the battle situation with binoculars on the hillside here, and continuously issued orders to direct the troops to outflank and compress the enemy's escape route from the two wings.

The fighting ended in less than half an hour. They successfully reunited with the militia team. A company commander of a hundred households of the garrison brigade rushed up to him on horseback to salute him, and then reported the situation that they were surrounded.

The militia team lost 100 soldiers and horses, and the cavalry company lost [-] people. They were all lost when the enemy rushed out of the forest and ambushed them.

In half an hour, two cavalrymen defeated the reinforcements of the enemy over there, and escorted the prisoners back.

In this battle, a total of 300 enemy Miao people were captured, more than 300 people were killed, and more than 400 people fled. About 120 people were killed, and I don't know how many others fled.

Here, the loss of troops caused by Tianying, more than 70 people were injured, the cavalry lost 30 people and died, and more than 50 people were injured. The casualties are not small.

However, all the cannons, mules and horses lost by the previous militia team were recovered, and nearly 400 enemies were captured, and the enemy's old-fashioned matchlock guns and countless three-eyed guns were captured.

The men and horses on both sides will make peace. After counting the troops, there are still more than 900 infantry, 180 cavalry, more than 30 artillerymen, and more than 150 civilian husbands.

Tianying is now thinking about what to do, whether to go back or continue to reinforce Tianwang Town.

Thinking about it later, it would be better to go to reinforce Tianwang Town.

So he took the merged soldiers and horses and continued towards Dawang Town.

After walking for half an hour, the cavalry sent earlier came back, "General, the siege of Dawang Town has been relieved, and the enemy has fled. Dawang Town has lost a total of more than 100 militiamen, more than 50 civilian husbands, and more than 100 civilian casualties. Dorkelton infantry, more than 80 cavalry, they captured a dozen or so cavalry, all of them were enemy cavalry who rushed into the town. Under the joint attack of the militia companies, the enemy retreated. Later, they peeped around the town, but they dared not Come out, but an hour ago, they found the enemy cavalry they were watching were gone."

Sky Shadow is very strange, where is the enemy?

A caravan-like team of hundreds of people passed by them, and Tianying asked the cavalry to intercept them, only to realize that it was the troops sent by Wan Dou Ni to reinforce the Phoenix Ferry.

After listening to the company commander who led the troops tell him something, he also understood Wan Dou Ni's plan, so he said to the company commander who was wearing makeup: "You continue to carry out the mission, and we will arrive later."

After the team had left, they marched towards Dawang Town for another half an hour, and they had already seen Dawang Town from a distance. They saw wisps of gunpowder smoke still floating in the sky above Dawang Town, and there were still some burning fires in a few places. It can be seen that some houses outside the town were burned, and some corpses were still lying in some places.

It seems that the garrison in Dawang Town did not dare to come out to collect the corpses and clean the battlefield.

Looking at the sky, it was already dark. At this time, there was a sound of horseshoes, and about twenty cavalrymen chased from behind. They were wearing the uniforms of the militia company, and they were their own people. Besieged by the enemy, with more than 1 troops, the general has an order to rush back to the county as soon as possible to reinforce the county."

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Tianying patted her head, it was really messy, what should I do?

Whether to retreat or reinforce Fenghuang Town, he knows the strength of Fenghuang Town, and the enemy obviously wants to attack and attack Fenghuang Town.

Ruicheng here is obviously a trick for the enemy to attract troops, Tianying closed his eyes and tried to recall what the Military Intelligence Department told him about Shang Kexi's troops?