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Chapter 317 The First Battle of the Tiger Ben Army

The Qing army was indeed very powerful. Not only Huang Taiji was powerful. All the generals under him were difficult to deal with. Every general could stand on his own. Zhu Cilang had to admire this.

This Adali is a little better. For example, this Duoduo has countless military achievements and is actually very capable of fighting. This pursuit actually takes great risks.

Once you enter the ambush circle set up by Adali, it will be a big fish for the Qing soldiers.

Not to mention that the Hu Ben Army will suffer heavy losses, once the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty is captured, there will be no conditions to challenge Emperor Chongzhen. The morale of the Ming army will be greatly reduced, not to mention the fact that there is also a governor of Ji Liao, Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou is the highest commander of the Ming army in Liaodong, plus two generals.

Although this net of fish is worse than taking Jinzhou City, it also gains a lot.

The three ambush lines, the first ambush line chosen by Adali is extremely tricky. This position is difficult to detect by the enemy.

He is waiting now, just waiting for the Ming army to follow and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

In fact, the Hu Ben Army did plunge in without regard for the butt.

It's time to experience it. The Hu Ben Army should not only have the appearance of soldiers, but also have the following. Zhu Cilang should see what the Hu Ben Army, which is trained strictly on a daily basis, will look like once it reaches the real battlefield.

No matter how good the queue training is, how tacit the cooperation is, and how outstanding the exercise is, it is just empty talk. Only when you reach the real battlefield and face the training of mountains of corpses and blood can you truly train an iron army.

"Here you come, General Adali, the enemy is catching up!" a Qing soldier shouted excitedly.

That's right, facing the Ming army chasing, the Qing soldiers seemed not afraid, but excited.

Because they clearly knew that next would be an almost unilateral massacre. When the Ming army entered the second ambush circle, they would jump out to block the enemy's retreat. Then wait for the stone map of the third line of defense to block it in front and attack with Duoduo's second ambush circle. It is conceivable what the Ming army will face.

Not long ago, on the south side of Qifeng Mountain, the three hundred Qi family troops blocked the 200,000 Huangtaiji army's 18 attacks.

This time, the back of the terrain was twice as dangerous as the terrain. The ambush of two thousand Qing soldiers would make none of this Ming army escaped.

Adali was waiting anxiously in the ambush position, and he finally felt a little excited. His position was extremely tricky, and these Ming troops would definitely not find them when they rushed in. When they rushed to Duoduo's second defense line, they launched a full-line attack...

The Hu Ben Army's pursuit was not fast or slow, and it has to be said that Zhu Cixuan's riding skills had made great progress. Now, Zhu Cixuan can be said to be a veteran cavalry. He went north and the Hu Ben Army marched from Shanhaiguan. Zhu Cixuan could actually keep up with it. The young crown prince was extremely respected by the soldiers.

Only he knew his pain. In fact, Zhu Cilang's waist was already numb at this time. Especially the legs that were clamping the horse's belly were sore and painful. His whole body seemed to be dispersed. But he was still gritting his teeth and insisting, following the Hu Ben Army.

Given the importance of Zhu Cixuan's identity, those who were escorting him were all the best of the Hu Ben Army. Everyone walked forward, and they were about to enter Adali's ambush circle.

Unexpectedly, these Tiger Army soldiers were actually as if they had eyes. Suddenly, they began to scatter. A small team even rode their horses to both sides of the mountain road. They quickly turned over and dismounted.

Immediately afterwards, these soldiers of the Hu Ben Army, holding bows and arrows on their backs, shot at the ambush of the Qing soldiers.

This time, Adali was shocked when he stabbed the hornet's nest. He never dreamed that how these Ming soldiers knew that there would be ambush here? Are they gods, or fortune tellers who can make calculations.

You know, Adali and his friends' hidden places are tricky. No one would have thought that someone would set up an ambush here, and they were very hiding. Because the first ambush circle was deliberately letting the Ming army in, no one dared to show up, for fear of alarming the Ming army to be discovered.

But, as if these Tiger and Ben Army had eyes, they all shot at the Qing army's ambush position with feather arrows.

Although most of the feather arrows were shot in the air, the Qing soldiers were still exposed to their positions. Next, the Qing soldiers saw what fear was.

The attack speed of the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army was just like knowing the ambushing location of the Qing army in advance. First, the archers shot in one round, and then the infantry and cavalry came up to specifically pick the ambushing location of the Qing army to attack.

The Hu Ben Army also has a kind of shield. Unlike the vine shield of the Qing army, the Hu Ben Army's shield is doubled as light and practical. They are carried in their hands as light as nothing, but can easily withstand the shooting of Qing army archers.

There are two main types of shields in ancient times, one is wooden animal skin. This shield is relatively large in area and is more effective when resisting enemy arrow rain.

However, wooden shields are not effective in melee defense, on the one hand, because they are too large and inconvenient to operate, and on the other hand, because wooden shields are easily pierced by the opponent with spears or javelins in melee battles, and the defense effect is not ideal.

Another type is a pure metal shield, which is usually bronze. Later, after the development of metallurgical technology, steel appeared, but generally pig iron is not used. The reason is very simple. Pig iron is brittle and can easily break during battle.

This shield is small in size, as long as the forearm, oval, and thin, but it is enough to fight against enemies in close combat. Usually, this shield is tied to the right hand and the left hand forearm.

For example, in film and television dramas, soldiers holding huge iron shields that can be flush with people's shoulders, standing together densely to form shield formations and resisting the enemy's impact. This is impossible in actual combat.

First of all, the lightest metal shield can be forty or fifty kilograms, and this huge shield can be hundreds of kilograms. Who can handle this kind of iron guy in war?

The Qing army had a kind of vine shield, which was round and looked like a hat, with a protruding middle and two vine rings inside. The arms could be stretched into and held in, and there were horizontal wood for easy holding. They were made of vine woven. The rattan card was a protective weapon used to block enemy arrows, stones, weapons, etc. during combat. It has a light texture and is suitable for both infantry and cavalry.

However, the shield of the Tiger Ben Army was twice as light as that of the Qing Army's vine shield. This shield was made of shark skin mixed with animal skin, beef tendon, and a certain plant's leather strip. This shield was expensive to make and cumbersome, and it is said that there were hundreds of craftsmanship.

However, his weight is only one-third of that of the Qing army's vine shield. It is tougher, and it is difficult to penetrate both swords, guns, swords and arrows. Even flintlock rifles are difficult to penetrate at medium and long range.

The soldiers of the Hu Ben Army were carrying this shield with a light and practical texture. While resisting the Qing army's cold arrows, they rushed to the ambush position of the Qing army and chopped melons and vegetables.
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