Lu Ming

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Hot weapons eliminate the most important formation in cold weapon warfare: line formation.

At this moment, Wotu saw an unheard of "line": about seventy or eighty steps away, at the corner of the canyon, a seemingly thin line formed by several rows of cavalry.Like a stick, but also like a wall, it was so weird, it turned around neatly.

This way of turning in ranks does not seem to be complicated, it is nothing more than the inner circle shortens the stride length and the outer circle expands.In later generations, this is a group movement familiar to elementary school students, because it is often used in sports meetings.

But in the seventeenth century, this formation suitable for hot weapons was beyond the comprehension of cold weapon troops.Don't think that the elite cavalry in ancient times would run in the queue, that's all TV drama nonsense.

The real cavalry with cold weapons has always been a group/swarm charge since ancient times, and they can't form a line formation at all... because it's useless.

The cavalry line charge tactic is a kind of competitive and disciplined interaction that will only appear after the popularization of hot weapons, the need for salvo battlefields, more high-end military organization capabilities, and long-term professional training conditions. Cruel tactics - two walls collide, kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.This brutal tactic is maintained by a high degree of organizational discipline, which is simply not within the scope of adaptation of the old army.

Of course, today's Chunlei Battalion Jingqi didn't come here to fight the enemy's line.The so-called surprise attack, what the Manchu people didn't notice was that although the enemy seemed fierce, the speed of the horses was actually not fast.

As a result, when the wall-like queue turned around and faced the enemy cavalry head-on, the speed of several walls slowed down again, almost to the point of jogging.

At this moment, the lightly dressed Houjin Qingqi began to rush out of the narrow valley.

At this moment, Jiala Ezhenwotu, inexplicably horrified, reined in his horse and stood upright like a psychic.

At this moment, a huge human voice began to echo in the mountains on both sides: "The front row is ready, aim, hit!!"

The next moment, white smoke spewed out from the array neatly, and Houjin Qingqi who had just rushed out of the valley entrance on the opposite side suddenly turned on his back and was knocked down... The narrow valley entrance was blocked.

In order to ambush before, the Houjin Ministry specially chose a stone valley with a big belly and a small mouth with lush vegetation on both sides to ambush.So since it is the valley terrain used for ambush, the opening must be narrow, which made the post-Golden Cavalry tactics unfavorable.

Now here comes the trouble: the mouth of the valley is blocked.

The internal reason for the blockage of the valley entrance is the narrow opening, while the external reason is the opponent's dense musket bullets.

After the first wave of musket fire, the rider on horseback instantly inserted the short-barreled cavalry carbine backhand into the waist pocket.Immediately afterwards, the soldier drew skillfully, and the spare gun on the other side was in his hand.

At this time, the excellent war horse that has been trained for a long time has slowly stopped its pace under the hint of its owner.Then, a second round of gunfire rang out.

After the second round of gunfire, there was a greater degree of chaos at the entrance of the valley: the large horses were shot more, and the dead and wounded horses made it impossible for the following cavalry to rush out of the valley quickly.

From this moment on, the victory or defeat has actually been decided: once the charging ability is unloaded by the corpse of the horse, then in front of the opponent with advanced muskets, the post-golden warrior has no other way out except to be shot in the air.

The third round of musket salvo began soon.

Under the scorching sun and military batons in the past, the soldiers of the Chunlei Battalion, who had undergone rigorous training, finally gave full play to what they had learned in training in today's actual combat scene.

After the soldier finished shooting, he handed out the empty gun with his left hand, and at the same time received the live ammunition gun from Paozawa behind him with his right hand.The whole process was smooth and smooth, accompanied by the continuous sound of gunfire, empty guns were passed from front to back, and the whole process was smooth and smooth without any sense of stagnation.

In war, the smoothness of one side represents the flesh and blood of the other side.As the battle continued, the post-golden cavalrymen who kept trying to rush out of the valley were knocked to the ground.

Soon, the corpses of Taniguchi's men and horses piled up a slope.Follow-up cavalry stepped on such irregular obstacles, and it took a lot of effort to pass through them smoothly, let alone charge.

Seeing that the situation was favorable, Li Yingguan immediately turned on the small horn, and directed the fence to advance slowly for a distance of 50 meters.This position is only a few tens of meters away from the mouth of the valley, which is convenient for changing the previous salvo to scattering.Now there is no need to shoot salvos. When you see someone outcropping on the slope, just strike accurately.

Suddenly, they were hit by an unheard of musket attack, which caused confusion among the Manchu and Mongolian warriors in the valley.They have become accustomed to the battle mode of the old Ming army, and are at a loss for the new war mode.

But Guarjiawotu, the highest commander on the scene, will understand a little bit.

Before and after the great battle when the Jin army entered Kou Mingguo, most of the main force of the bandits withdrew from the pass.

Afterwards, there was a change that Amin and Shuotuo were eaten by the traversers.

This change has an extremely far-reaching influence on the nascent Houjin regime.

Afterwards, in order to cover up the truth, the high-ranking Houjin officials who found out some facts at that time quickly unified the propaganda caliber in response to this matter: Amin's department bravely broke the queen, was besieged by countless Qin Wangming troops, and finally ran out of ammunition and food and was absolutely loyal to the country. Armin Big Baylor onboard!

This is the most reasonable and most convincing explanation for the soldiers at the bottom.

However, with regard to the elimination of the Amin Ministry, Guerjiawotu, as a high-ranking post-golden government, was able to get the correct information from the pass.So even though Wotu had never personally seen the legendary army, when he saw Li Jichun's troops for the first time, he felt something was wrong.

Perhaps this is the reason why his lucky star shined brightly, his inspiration flashed, and his mystic skills were full, so he reined in from the precipice and saved his life: the moment he reined in the horse, he was shot in the belly of the horse several times.After the horse fell to the ground, Wotu escaped the next few rounds of gunfire because his calf was pressed under the horse and he could not stand upright.

But what if he escaped the gunfire?

Wotu, who was rescued by his cronies in a hurry, now supports his injured leg, so he can only order to continue to organize infantry and charge.

This is the only order he can give as a commander... If he doesn't give this order, what order can he give?Do you want everyone to turn around and run away?In that case, he, Wotu, will be responsible for letting go of the defeated Ming army.

Therefore, although Wotu has realized in private that due to the appearance of the weird new force, the battlefield blocking mission he received before may be in vain.But from the perspective of his own interests, he must let the people rush out now, or win, or show the sweat to death, and must not turn around and run away.

So after the first wave of fighting, after only a brief pause, a large number of Houjin soldiers rushed out of the valley shouting.

What they encountered was a formation of dismounted infantry guns in three postures lying down, kneeling and standing.

This time, the cold weapon force made adjustments.Habitual, invincible adjustments in the past: wearing three layers of armor and holding a heavy shield, a warrior rushing into battle.

It's a pity that the brave warriors didn't know something: on a certain day a year ago, the warriors under the command of Amin and Shuoto also used the same equipment to charge the same armed forces.

So the charge failed again ignominiously.Slow-moving heavily armored warriors, under the discharge of industrialized rifled barrels, have no way of rushing to the enemy.

The buckshot fired by the cap gun is full of power.The heavily armored warrior who was hit was like being hit by a sledgehammer. Even if the bullet did not penetrate the armor, the kinetic energy was still transmitted into the internal organs, causing the warrior to vomit blood and lose the ability to move.

After the second round of charging, Taniguchi had piled up a high mountain of corpses.At this moment, the big gold warrior hiding in the valley has completely lost confidence.At this moment, there was a faint noise from outside: the Ming army was defeated and was passing by the mountain pass.

Wotu, who knew that the interception mission had completely failed, looked at the terrified flag soldiers of his own in the valley, gritted his teeth, and issued the most correct order so far: stand by and wait for help.

Misfortune never comes singly.

Just as Wotu gave the order, there was a rapid sound of the alarm bone flute from the back of the valley.Immediately afterwards, the lookout post that issued the alarm fell from a high place under the eyes of everyone, and fell to death in front of his own people.

The next moment, puffs of white smoke began to shoot out from the trees above the valley.And the rear golden banner soldiers below fell in response.

Seeing the surprise attack at the end of the team, Wotu was blessed at this moment, and he slowly turned his head... Sure enough, a row of gun barrels shining with metallic light slowly emerged from the mountain of corpses several meters high.

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The battle in the Nameless Stone Gorge soon ended.No matter how elite the cold weapon troops are, when soldiers find themselves being bombarded with muskets but unable to fight back, they will surely collapse quickly.

Of course, Li Jichun couldn't stop the Wotu Department if they wanted to run away.Not to mention the tight time, Manren's back road is smooth, and he can leave as soon as he says.

So General Li, who boarded a certain hill, could only watch the remnant enemy in the valley turn and run away.

With a little emotion, Li Jichun quickly issued an order: First, Feng Shiming, who was in charge of the sneak attack after the plagiarism, quickly returned to the building.

Second, cut off the heads of some people and take them away.

Why the emphasis on speed?Because the "front part" of the Ming army is passing through the valley at this moment, the "most part" of the Ming army is next, and behind it is the army of the Houjin army.Therefore, Li Jichun's department is now racing against the clock, and dare not delay for a moment.

After receiving the order, the troops moved quickly, mowing the heads of the people under their feet hastily, and then got on their horses and turned in.

General Li Shen has now passed the green years of relying on his head to survive.

Brain is useless for the traverser, military merit evaluation is calculated according to the degree of mission completion.On Daming's side, since the current strategic goal of the Chunlei Camp is to develop and build infrastructure, there is no need for General Yongping to "go against the tide" in this great defeat.

If a lot of heads were chopped off and he went back, Li Jichun would immediately register with the top management of Daming and become the only bright figure in the darkness, which would be in conflict with the previously arranged latent script.

At that time, General Li Shen, who has made great achievements in the body, is likely to be "entrusted with important tasks" by the court, which is also not allowed.Because General Li, who beheaded the Tartars, will be sent by the imperial court to Shanhaiguan to prepare captives in all likelihood... But who is there in Shanhaiguan?Guan Ning is the door group.

If you are sent there, don't even think about doing anything, you just have to fight with the warlords every day.

So at least in the Battle of Dalinghe, General Li Shen didn't need any Tartar heads to compete for military merit.

The reason why I cut off some heads and went back today is because I am afraid that there will be some unexpected changes in the future: the big rout is not responsible for the public, but in case the court gets nervous and investigates and plans to kill one or two chickens to warn monkeys, then the heads can be taken Condemn meritorious deeds.

General Li is too familiar with this set, a master-level figure who has made meritorious deeds.

There is nothing else to say, let's run away.

General Li Shen must do his part to run away.This time, the old man still took the lead and led the team out of the valley.

As soon as they came out of the valley, the soldiers of the Chunlei Battalion saw a magnificent picture of all kinds of troops fleeing in defeat.Among them, the fastest runners are groups of cavalry; the ones following closely behind are regiments of soldiers; and after that, the auxiliary soldiers scattered like ants all over the mountains and plains.

The defeat scene was once very tragic.It has been more than ten miles from the battlefield to the entrance of the West Valley. The Ming army fled all the way, leaving countless corpses along the way, and there were many wounded soldiers and people who couldn't run. They had no choice but to collapse by the roadside waiting to die.

The fate of these people is self-evident.Although the current post-golden regime needs captives to be slaves, that is treatment for healthy people.It is impossible for wounded soldiers to receive timely treatment, so waiting for death is the only outcome.

After leaving Taniguchi, Li Jichun looked at the situation left and right, and Li Jichun led the team to rush away with a shout.Not long after, the team arrived at another mountain pass ahead.After a while, the rear team led by Feng Shiming came out from the mountain.

As soon as the two sides converged, they formed a pointed formation and merged into the tide of fleeing southward.

Since the whole army is fleeing for their lives, the order that the ranks should have is gone.Therefore, as soon as the Chunlei Camp officially ran away, gunshots rang out from time to time—there were too many stragglers blocking the road, and General Li Shen had to shoot along the way and yelled: "Whoever stands in my way dies!"

In this way, the soldiers of the Chunlei Camp fought bravely, and under the circumstances of a disastrous defeat, they attacked and defeated a part of the Tartars, successfully completing the set goal at the time of departure.

Mr. Li, who fought bravely to be the first, did not know that he made history this time.

Originally, in history, the Ming army that left the pass this time, including Zu Dashou's tribe trapped in Dalinghe Fort, could be said to have been completely annihilated, and very few people were able to escape back to Shanhaiguan.

After the Ming Dynasty experienced this battle, the elite field corps was wiped out, and the rebuilt troops after that completely lost the confidence to fight against the Manchurian army.This is also an important reason for Wu Sangui to let go of Shanhaiguan and surrender to Qing in the future: he can't beat him.

But in the plane of the traveler, history has undergone a small change.

Due to the surprise attack of Li Jichun's troops, the Houjin blocking troops failed to stop the Ming army at a critical moment, resulting in a butterfly effect: part of the Ming army fled the battlefield.

There were about 3 Ming troops who escaped from the sky, which can be regarded as retaining a part of the main force in the field... Most of those who escaped had horses, and those with horses must be the core force.

In addition, due to the existence of butterflies, a group of Ming generals, including Zhang Chun, were able to avoid being captured.After all, these generals have good horses and personal soldiers. If there is no blocking force, these people's ability to escape is much better than ordinary soldiers.

Two days later, as Lieutenant Yongping, who was running wildly with one man and three horses, passed through the gate of Shanhaiguan without looking back, the vigorous strategic counterattack outside the pass in 1631 came to an end.

As for Zu Dashou who was still gnawing his thigh bone in Dalinghe Fort... that was already a corpse.Although in history Comrade Zu Dashou had to persist for another month before surrendering, everyone from top to bottom, from the Ming court to Houjin, knew that Zu Dashou was hopeless, and it was only a matter of time before Kaicheng opened.

All in all, even though the tens of thousands of defeated soldiers escaped back, it was considered to have saved a little bit; but Chongzhen and the ministers who advocated "strengthening the stronghold and fighting dumb battles" outside the pass were completely slapped in the face this time.

These people finally understood one thing: Every time the front line is pushed forward, the resources paid will increase exponentially.

However, it is useless to understand.Relying on the tens of thousands of courageous Ming troops, in the days to come, the Ming court could only shrink across the board and try to maintain the front line at Jinzhou.

As for counterattack, that is never to be considered again.

There are too many things lost in this battle, not only the army and supplies, but most importantly, the morale accumulated in the Ming Kingdom since Hou Jin entered the bandits was wiped out...

The Chongzhen and Wenchen Group, which lacked strategic foresight and had no clue about the combat effectiveness of the army, were about to swallow the bitter fruit of strategic aggressiveness again this time.In history, Sun Chengzong was attacked by officials of the hostile faction soon after the Battle of Dalinghe Fort.

Of course, in this plane, even though the old grandson was still forced to retire, Emperor Chongzhen was not in despair after all: it really doesn’t work, let’s zoom in.

What is the ultimate move?Southern Cao Zhongchen ah!

However, whether Chongzhen will take this move in the future, no one can say, after all, history has changed too much today.And Emperor Chongzhen is no longer the boy he used to be. He has learned to balance, to be jealous, and to be an emperor.

More importantly, under the advice of some "sighted people" around him, Chongzhen now understands the harm of the feudal towns - if Cao Zhongchen really let Cao Zhongchen destroy the northern captives, what will the court reward?A king with a different surname?Can it be sealed?A piece of white silk?Does the warlord follow suit?

Therefore, until the day when there is no way out, it is estimated that the emperor will not invite the tiger in the south to go north again.

There is a saying that does not make a book without coincidence.

The moment General Yongping drilled out of the gate of Shanhaiguan City, Dengzhou City, far in the east of the Shandong Peninsula, ushered in visitors.

Dengzhou, near Weihai in later generations.In the Ming Dynasty, the military threat from the Bohai Rim increased, and the imperial court gradually paid more attention to the maritime defense of the Shandong Peninsula.As a result, Dengzhou changed from a small county to an important naval town: "At that time, Dengzhou and Laizhou were both close to the sea, and they were important routes between Koryo and Japan. It was not enough to suppress them without building a government and increasing soldiers and guards."

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, because Dengzhou took on the important task of supplying Dongjiang Town across the Bohai Sea, the imperial court added the governor of Denglai, the prime minister to deal with Liao affairs.

July 1631, 10, afternoon.

On the official pier behind the water gate of Dengzhou, flags are waving.Just looking at the official robes lined up on the pier, all the civil and military officials in Dengzhou City are all present.

Such a grand occasion naturally received unusual guests: there were twenty huge ships slowly anchoring in the water city.

With so many huge ships, from the moment they entered the city, the water surface of the water city was fully occupied.

It was none other than the northbound reinforcement fleet from the Guangdong New Area.

The reinforcement fleet consisted of two gunboats, two frigates, and sixteen large merchant ships.The commander of the fleet is Sha Zhengming, the traverser who was the first to enter the general system of the Ming Dynasty, and the actual host is Zhang Zhongqi, one of the northern trio.

In fact, as early as 2 months ago, after the meeting on the Battle of Daling River ended, the reinforcement fleet organized troops and supplies to set off.

However, the reinforcement fleet stopped and stopped along the way, and some cargo was swapped along the way from time to time, so the journey was not fast.It wasn't until the day before yesterday that the fleet with mechanical power came to the sea off Dengzhou.

After arriving off the coast of Dengzhou, the fleet anchored for another day.After Zhang Zhongqi boarded the boat from Tianjin, he contacted the Dengzhou officials and asked to enter the city.

So what is Dengzhou's attitude towards the arrival of the reinforcement fleet?

Four words can describe it: "Welcome from the whole city".

The city of Hecheng here includes at least three Dengzhou forces: Sun Yuanhua himself, Kong Youde and other local armed forces. In addition, the largest number of Dengzhou native merchants is naturally one.

With the welcome of these three forces, the grand welcome ceremony that appeared on the water city pier today can also make sense.

The reason why people from all walks of life welcome guests will be discussed later.Let's say that when the largest gunboat stopped at the pier, the first person to disembark was General Sha Zheng Mingsha, who had just been promoted to a rank not long ago and wore the robes of a lieutenant general.

Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai who was originally sitting on an official hat chair, had already got up and went forward to greet Sha Zhengming.

After all the official courtesies have been exhausted, the following is the introduction link: Governor Sun introduces Dengzhou civil and military affairs to Deputy General Sha one by one.

The next moment, when a young general was introduced, Deputy General Sha showed a meaningful smile on his face.I saw him stretch out his hand, hold the young man's arms and shake them a few times: "General Kong, I have been waiting for you for a long time. This time, you and I will be in the same boat!"

Chapter 586 First Meeting