Chapter 88 Habitual Defense
Yuetuo and Ajige received the order, and Huang Taiji led other banner generals back to the camp to watch the battle, leaving Yuetuo and Ajige to re-arrange. In ancient times, wars were really cumbersome. This time the entire army was in a row, which was equivalent to showing off their power and letting the enemy see how awesome I was. Although Huang Taiji's subordinates had two or three times more soldiers than the Ming army stationed at Chaoyang Gate, he really didn't dare to suppress the entire army. The dozens of red cannons on Chaoyang Gate were not fakes, and they smashed dozens of iron lumps at a time, and even if the casualties were not large, they were very cunning.
Huang Taiji also had an unspeakable reason. The artillery team in his hand was taken down by the Ming army in Shunyi City. Now he has no qualifications to bomb the artillery, so how dare the entire army be suppressed and let others ravage it.
Yuetuo's combat methods inherited the combination of infantry and cavalry tactics of his father Daishan. Position warfare and siege warfare were infantry as the main cavalry as the auxiliary, and field warfare was cavalry as the main infantry as the auxiliary. The tactics of the same tactics were different, and Daishan's infantry were almost all slave soldiers, the kind that would not be sad if they died. Yuetuo's infantry team had only 70% of slave soldiers, and the remaining 30% were composed of elite Bangyala. Their main function was not to attack but command operations, but to the command system of the infantry team.
Using elite forces to build a framework to command slave soldiers to attack cities and plunder villages, Yuetuo's tactical ideas are very high-end, and the inspiration comes from the meaning of a tiger bringing a flock of sheep. In nature, it is meaningless to have a tiger bringing a flock of sheep, because sheep will definitely be scared by the power emitted by the tiger and can only be competent for the task of rations. A sheep naturally cannot lead a flock of tigers.
Regardless of whether the rationality of this meaning is tenable or not, Yuetuo really used this method to bring out the strongest infantry of the Eight Banners. Ajige claimed to be brave and disdained the recognized young Batulu such as Heshuotu and Oboi, but he admired Yuetu, who was five years older than him. Both sides had the same identities, and they were both Beile promoted by their grandfather Nurhaci. Individual bravery and use troops with clear heights.
Ajige was stripped from the position of the banner lord by Huang Taiji, because the excuse was that Ajige did not know how to cherish his soldiers, and only knew how to rush and fight in the battle. If he wins, he will be defeated by a big victory and defeat. He can only be a general and not a general. When Nurhaci was reborn, Ajige was appointed as the leader of the Yellow Banner Banner. Huang Taiji seized the position of the Khan throne. In the second year of Huang Taiji's capture of the position of Ajige, the Yellow Banner was stripped from the position of the Yellow Banner. In the past two years, the Yellow Banner was reduced from twenty Niulu to fifteen Niulu. The five Niulus that were missing were the price of Ajige's courage but not wise.
"Yue Tuo, how do you think you will fight this battle?" Ajige was slightly restrained after being demoted by Huang Taiji, and at least he knew how to be polite to those who were convinced by him.
"Ajige, I want to send infantry to test it first and see the strength of the Ming army. You also know that the Ming army has many artillery, so I can't let my great Jin warriors charge against shells." Yuetuo didn't explain too much to Ajige. He knew that if he talked too much, he couldn't remember this fierce man. As long as he could obey and everything was not a problem.
Yue Tou sent four thousand armored infantry to form four teams, and then said to Ajige, "Ajige, you will send two thousand cavalry to harass the right wing of the Ming army in a while. If you can break through the right wing infantry, you will go to the middle. If you can't break through, come back."
The Ming army was divided into two large formations on the left and the Jingying Super Biao Battalion on the left and Ningyuan Army infantry on the right. This formation was completely unreasonable. Normally, the infantry was in the middle of the cavalry and formed a battle formation with strange and righteousness, and there was no reason for each to act on its own. But as the commander-in-chief Ma Shilong and the deputy commander Wang Chengyin were helpless. Wang Chengyin wanted to listen to Ma Shilong's orders, but his soldiers did not listen to him, so Wang Chengyin could do anything.
"Mr. Wang, I will leave these four teams of Jiannu to you." Ma Shilong looked at Wang Chengyin and wanted to get angry, but he also knew that this was not Wang Chengyin's fault. Ningyuan's soldiers all came from all ethnic groups in Liao, and they were strong and respected the strong. They never took the Ming army seriously in the pass. If Wang Chengyin had not been a general of Ningyuan's army, he would have been unable to even change the base.
"Yes, sir." Wang Chengyin responded weakly, and fought back to Ningyuan's position. He didn't know how he issued the order. After a while, about 3,000 people walked out of Ningyuan's position and met the enemy under the leadership of several thousand households. Both sides were veterans who had been through battle formations for a long time, and they fought against old opponents that they had met countless times. The two sides collided silently and launched a cruel hand-to-hand combat.
When Yue Tuo saw that the old opponent Ning Yuanjun was coming, he knew that his infantry would not get any advantage, so he greeted Ajige, and Ajige asked his subordinates to attack. Ma Shilong stood in the building and saw Jiannu sending cavalry to harass the right wing, and had to send 4,000 cavalry to assist. He estimated that Jiannu had only sent 2,000 cavalry, but he did not dare to use the same number of cavalry to play field battles with Jiannu, and sent Siqian was still beating.
Yue Tuo discovered that although the Ming army's formation was strange, its combat power was very strong, and it was unlikely to use surprise weapons to break the formation. However, the tug-of-war was not what he wanted. He was just worried that the Ming army had not used firearms, and was afraid that the army would be plotted against. After less than an hour of fighting, the main generals of both sides would call out gold and withdraw their troops at the same time. The infantry had been entangled for so long and were exhausted. Since no one could break through the other, it would be meaningless to kill a few more people if they continued to fight.
The seven thousand people fought for more than an hour and nearly a thousand were killed or injured, which shows that both sides were very restrained, or that the equipment of both sides was good enough to cause so few casualties. Ajige's harassing troops were always counter-harassed by the Ming cavalry, and there was no chance to approach the right-wing infantry of the Ming army. Both sides threw down a hundred bodies and returned after fighting.
Ma Shilong was very satisfied with this result. Without waiting for Yue Tuo to make the next move, he took the initiative to withdraw Ningyuan's army to the camp. Then the Super Biao Battalion also retreated to the camp, and put on a defensive posture, which made Yue Tuo hate him. Although the sun was still hanging in the sky, it took more than two hours to wait for dinner, Yue Tuo understood that he had set out to make up his mind to fight at night, otherwise he would have to withdraw his troops and return to the camp. Now is definitely not a good time to attack the Ming army's camp.
Whether from the scene or casualties, the first encounter was a draw. Judging from the emotions of the main players of both sides, one with a blush on his face and the other with anger will know who suffers the loss and who takes advantage of it.
The war continued the next day without saying a word. The Ming army did not even have the intention to set up a formation this time. He made up his mind to stay in the camp and wait for your achievements. Yue Tuo gathered all the cannons together. You don’t need artillery, I will use it! The Ming army was obviously good at firearms, but the one who used artillery was Dajin, which was another strange scene.
Ma Shilong also wanted to use artillery. Ningyuan's army came to support thousands of miles away without any cannons. The Beijing camp had a cannon that did not mean that the Superior Biao Battalion had it. Sun Chengzong chose cavalry to form this Superior Biao Battalion, and he pursued the power of the mobility. How could he be equipped with artillery that was slow to death? Therefore, the two elite Ming army soldiers had only bed crossbows and crossbows in their hands as long-range attack weapons, while the artillery was not available.
Now the two sides have begun to fight, and it is not realistic to transport artillery from other camps. Therefore, Ma Shilong could only endure Jiannu playing artillery in the capital of Daming until the other party used up gunpowder. In fact, Ma Shilong should be grateful to the cavalry camp. If it weren't for the cavalry camp who had handled most of the Jiannu's artillery under Shunyi City, especially all the red barbarian cannons, he would not be able to endure it.
If Ma Shilong endured it, it doesn’t mean that others would endure it. As one of the governors of the Beijing camp, Zhang Qingzhen was all his soldiers in the city gate. How could he tolerate Jiannu’s arrogance? With Zhang Qingzhen’s order, dozens of red cannons on Chaoyang Gate fired one after another. Although the accuracy was basically not enough, it was enough to be very powerful.
The Ming army artillery was mounted on a three-meter-high artillery tower, with a range far exceeding the artillery under the city. Just from the data, the Jiannu artillery was within the shooting range of the Ming army artillery. The Ming army artillery showed its power, and there was a lot of cheers in the city. Even the Ningyuan army, who was deeply dissatisfied with the Beijing camp and the court, could not help but celebrate happily. After all, anyone could only be beaten and not fight back. It would be strange if someone was unhappy to help with revenge.
The Ming army artillery was based on the number of hits. After several rounds of shooting, several unlucky cannons in the Jiannu artillery formation were hit by jumpers. One of them also caused an explosion. The broken cannon body drove the nearby artillery into a sieve. For a moment, the momentum of the Jiannu artillery formation was knocked to pieces, and even the firing rate slowed down.
"Ming Jin." The artillery team was so badly beaten by the Ming army, but Yue Tuo felt relieved. It turned out that the Ming army opposite really had no cannons and did not have any conspiracy. Since this is the case, Yue Tuo could launch a tough battle. Cannons at the top of the city? Unless the Ming army dared to fire the artillery at its own camp, it would be only a section of the way on the charge, and Yue Tuo did not take this loss into consideration.
"Ajige, you are responsible for cleaning the Lu Chai on the front. You will open a road within half an hour. I will help you." Most of the Lu Chai on the front of the Ming army camp was bombarded by artillery, but the broken wooden stakes will still hinder the cavalry's charge, so Yuetuo asked Ajige to clean up. Ajige responded and personally led two thousand good players who swung the horse gamble to come out. Yuetuo ordered a thousand Wu Chaila to support him, suppress the Ming army's archers with bows and arrows, and protect Ajige to complete the cleaning task.
From the day Lu Chai was invented, his mission was to be cleaned up, just like responsibilities, which have been shirked since ancient times, and were sad and shameful to death. Azige did not rush over to move Lu Chai with passion. He asked a thousand cavalry to wait outside the range of Ming army crossbow arrows. Another thousand people dismounted, held ropes and held leather shields, slowly approached the Ming army camp. He stopped more than ten meters in front of Lu Chai. While waving Yala and using bows and arrows to suppress the Ming army's shooting, he threw out the rope and put Lu Chai, and then sent a signal to let the soldiers outside the range drag Lu Chai away with war horses.
This method is efficient but time-consuming. Ajige didn't seem to worry about exceeding the order time, so he let his subordinates clear the obstacle area slowly. As Lu Chai was gradually cleared away, the Ming army commander Ma Shilong was a little regretful. Although Ning Yuan's army did not cooperate very much, he made a defensive counterattack decision, but now he was blocked by Jiannu in the camp. The ten thousand cavalry in his hands had no place to use their skills. He was the one who was talking about himself!
Chapter completed!