Chapter 186 Ambush Battle (3)
The hook and sickle spear of the white-rod soldiers can be formed into a long spear formation to deal with cavalry, or against heavy infantry close to the body. Moreover, the iron ring at the tail of the hook and sickle spear can also be used as an iron hammer. Turn the spear head and use the thick iron ring at the tail as an iron hammer to smash it on the body. No matter how many layers of thick armor on the Later Jin soldiers on their bodies cannot stop the blunt weapon. The attacked Later Jin soldiers either broke their ribs or their helmets were sunken or their skulls were broken.
The hook of the hook and sickle spear hooked the arm of the Later Jin soldiers. One person pulled the enemy back, and the other person took advantage of the situation and stabbed it with a shot. The tip of the gun accurately penetrated into the weak points such as the face, throat, and armpits, resulting in the life of the Later Jin soldiers.
Moreover, there are shield soldiers. These chieftain soldiers of the southwest ethnic minority groups are even more peculiar. The shields they hold are not round shields, but square shields. The weapons in their hands are not machetes, but a weapon similar to machetes, which specifically restrain the heavy armor of the Later Jin soldiers. The shield soldiers are also equipped with throwing weapons such as javelins, flying axes, caltrops, and meteor hammers. When the spearmen with their own side resist the heavy armor of the Jianzhou soldiers or hook the Later Jin soldiers, the shield soldiers of the chieftains will play a role and take the opportunity to harvest the lives of the Later Jin soldiers.
However, the archers behind the Later Jin army were not vegetarians. They rushed to within ten steps very close to the White-Spike Soldiers. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the soldiers in front of them, the archers of the Later Jin army shot arrows at the White-Spike Soldiers at the close range of ten steps.
The arrows shot from close range were accurate and fierce. Many white-rod soldiers were shot in the face without protection, either shot in the cheek or shot in the eyes. The white-rod soldiers who were shot in the arrow screamed and fell down.
However, the extremely brave White Peak Soldier did not let go of the Later Jin archers like this. The White Peak Soldier's crossbowman also appeared and shot archers at the Back Jin archers to counterattack.
The powerful crossbow of the white-rod soldier is extremely powerful. He is turned on by raising his bow arms and pulling the bowstring with both hands. The crossbow arrows shot within twenty steps can break through the three thick armor of the Later Jin soldiers! As long as they are shot by the crossbow arrows, they will either die or be injured.
Although the bow of the white pole soldier was slightly less powerful, the archers' archery skills were extremely accurate. The arrows shot specifically greeted the Jin soldiers' faces and unprotected arms. Moreover, their arrows were covered with the poisonous arrow wood, which could be said to be a blood-threatening throat.
In order to facilitate the archery, the Later Jin soldiers and archers did not have too many thick armors on their arms, but only a layer of cotton armor, which could not stop the bows and arrows of the Sichuan chieftain soldiers. When the poisonous arrows with blood were shot into their arms, they felt that their arms were numb and they were soon exhausted. Not long after, their face turned black and they died of bleeding from their seven orifices.
The chieftain soldiers and crossbowmen kept shooting arrows. In a blink of an eye, the archers behind the Later Jin army were seriously injured, and nearly half of the Later Jin archers died from poisonous arrows that were blood-sealed.
The two Niulu's Later Jin soldiers were seriously injured and suffered heavy casualties, and more than half of them were lost.
Huang Taiji ordered the Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and the remaining Later Jin soldiers turned around and ran away.
"Master Beile, there are many deaths and injuries on the southern barbarians opposite. Why don't we organize troops to continue the attack?" Kak Duli asked.
Huang Taiji said: "It will be a waste of our precious warriors if we attack again! These southern barbarians are not weak Han dogs, they are real barbarians! They are extremely brave and good at using poison! What's more, they are backed by Guancheng, and even if we win, they cannot pursue them. They can only watch them retreat into Guancheng. Why do we fight such a battle that is not worth the loss?"
"Master Beile, are we confronting Mingdog at this city?" Du Mubu asked.
"We are just pioneers and do not have the ability to attack the city. Wait first, wait until Khan Ama's main army arrives, and then drive Baoyi to attack the city." Huang Taiji said.
When Huang Taiji attacked the Baigang soldiers outside Fengjibao Pass, Gao Shixin's ambushed more than two miles away was still as if he was still as a mountain, letting the shouts and killings under Guan City shook the sky, as if they had not heard it. This was thanks to the good discipline and military qualities of the Zhejiang and Sichuan Army, the orders were prohibited, and they would never act rashly without receiving the military order.
In fact, there were several times when Gao Shixin almost couldn't hold back and wanted to eat Huang Taiji's vanguard team. But after thinking about it, he still held back. It was still very likely that he would kill Huang Taiji. As long as the ambush suddenly came out, Huang Taiji had an ambush in front of the city and behind him, and there was no place to run. With his superb archery skills, he could shoot Huang Taiji with one arrow.
As long as Huang Taiji is killed, even if the wild boar skin is undefeated, the Later Jin will never be the Later Jin and will not become the Qing Dynasty. Lao Nu and his sons do not have the same vision as Huang Taiji, and they still want to enter the Central Plains. To be honest, Lao Nu only wants to be a chief outside the pass, which will make the Ming Dynasty recognize the Later Jin Dynasty. Lao Nu’s other sons, the ambitious Dorgon, is still a child at this time, and it is not Dorgon’s turn to the position of Khan. If Huang Taiji dies, neither Manguertai nor Daishan will succeed the throne, neither Manguertai nor Daishan, nor the strategic vision of Huang Taiji. Maybe after Lao Nu dies, the Later Jin will not be able to stay for a few years, and will collapse due to internal problems and external Ming pressure.
But if you kill Huang Taiji, Gao Shixin will survive with the elites in his hands? This is not necessarily true. Even if you kill Huang Taiji, as long as your elites are completely damaged, the wild boar skin will also break through Fengji Fort and conquer Shenyang and Liaoyang. The land of Liaodong will fall into the hands of the Later Jin Dynasty, and the people of Liaodong will be tragically poisoned.
In history books, only one name will be left behind: concealing the boss, sending troops without authorization, and killing the eighth son of the wild boar skin. People in the world do not know how powerful the eighth son of the wild boar skin is.
Will the old slave give up attacking the Liaoshen City just because one of his sons was killed? The answer is obviously impossible. In order to kill a Huang Taiji, millions of people in Liaodong were poisoned and he also took him into it. Gao Shixin would never do such a thing. He thought it would be better than the loss and he had to survive. Apart from Jiannu, he had to deal with more things.
This time, Huang Taiji was temporarily let go, kill Lao Nu's main army first, and may even kill Lao Nu. If the Later Jin army suffered this severe damage, it would not be able to turn over within a few years. In this way, Gao Shixin could use this precious time to deal with internal affairs within the Ming Dynasty, such as quelling the White Lotus Rebellion, resolving the way out for farmers in the northwest, and then using the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River to develop industry and commerce.
Until today, Gao Shixin still believes that most of the people in the Donglin Party are good people. The Donglin Party is just a mistake in time and there is only one missing person who leads them to capitalism. In fact, the Donglin Party represents the gentry of industry and commerce. Compared with the gentry of land in the north, the Donglin Party has actually made a lot of progress.
Let’s talk about the eunuch party. The eunuch party is not all composed of eunuchs and factory guards. In fact, the main members of the eunuch party are northern gentry. Are those guys so much better than the Donglin party?
Among the Donglin Party, there were national heroes like Sun Chengzong and Lu Xiangsheng who were talented and eventually died heroically, including scientists like Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua and Fang Yizhi, as well as the heroes of anti-Qing who emerged later, and the scums like Shuitaliang who surrendered to the enemy in the Donglin Party were the few. Look at the eunuch party, are there few scums who entered the biography of traitors?
Therefore, Gao Shixin's heart planned to transform the Donglin Party rather than destroy the Donglin Party.
Use the Industrial and Commercial Development Bank to attract the Donglin Party members to invest; develop maritime businessmen and maritime trade to attract the Donglin Party members to transform. What Gao Shixin wants to take is a path to change the Ming Dynasty.
What really needs to be eliminated is the traditional land gentry who defected to the eunuch party when Eunuch Wei was in power. They hindered the progress of science and technology and the development of society, and those landlord classes were to be eliminated.
Chapter completed!