Chapter 364: Pioneer encounter

The next evening, the nights in various places were not collected, and there were a lot of news brought back. After summarizing it, the enemy situation roughly had a rough outline. The first priority is intelligence in the war, especially in the era of cold weapons, where information transmission is very slow and the role of intelligence is greater.

"Tan Tai's troops went to Xianghe, probably to go to Baodi. Baodi is a small county town with a small population and a little luck. He was almost lost with a cowardly and incompetent county magistrate. Shunyi has fallen, and the leader is Jiergalang, an old acquaintance. Now he has no information from Baodi. This trip is urgent, and he does not bring a large caliber rifle gun. Jiergalang is going to defend the enemy. We are afraid that it will be difficult. This time, the leader is Ajige. He has a rough and aggressive personality. I judge that he will take the initiative to fight. Therefore,

It is better to go south to fight Ajige first because of the fewer soldiers in Jirgalang. Our purpose of fighting is to grab the population and money and grain. Once Ajige is defeated, he will inevitably leave the stolen population and money and grain to escape." Chen Xie was making a summary and deployment. Although Baodi's enemy situation was unknown, Chen Xie brought more than 20,000 people, 5,000 rifled guns and 4,000 smoothbore guns. Just this firepower, I am not afraid that Jiannu will use people to fill in, and there are not so many people to fill in. This is not counted as other troops, and this battle will definitely be fought.

"Tomorrow morning, Wang Ben will be the vanguard, and Chang Shiren will then press the battle. Once you encounter an enemy, don't be in a hurry to fight, but you can take the initiative to retreat. Ajige's character will definitely not give in. A decisive battle is inevitable. Ding Zixiong, Weng Zhengqing, Li Yuncong, you three, each lead an A-shaped battalion to follow me. Su Haochen, the rest of the troops are under your command and are responsible for the retreat. Be careful of Jiergalang."

The next morning, the night did not accept the news and brought back more accurate news again. Baodi fell, and Tan Tai joined Ajige in Baodi, with a force of about 70,000. Jiergalang shrank in Shunyi and had no movement, which was comparable to Chen Xie's judgment. Judging from this, Jiergalang was afraid of being beaten by Chen Xie.

Dengzhou Camp began to move south, and this time the operation was cautious. It was thrown out thirty miles without taking it at night. The distance between the forward and the main force remained within five miles. When Dengzhou Camp went south, Ajige was discussing military affairs with Tan Tai. When he heard the name of Dengzhou Camp, Ajige was also shocked. The previous information showed that Dengzhou Camp was suppressing thieves in Henan, and such a long distance could actually arrive so quickly. It was really shocking. On the contrary, the Guanning Army, which was close to the distance, had no movement.

In the eyes of the Qing army, the Guanning Army looked like a sieve. Ajige knew about Zu Kuan and Zu Dale leading troops to suppress the thieves. So he was not worried about the Guanning Army. Unexpectedly, the Guanning Army did not come. Dengzhou Camp arrived one step first, and the infantry ran faster than the cavalry. Where can I go and make sense?

After some discussion, Ajige finally asked Tan Tai: "How many people can there be in Dengzhou Camp?"

Tan Tai said: "I can't see clearly, and there are no less than 20,000 people. There are not many more people. I don't see much baggage. The Explosers sent out had dealt with Yebusheng from Dengzhou Camp several times, and suffered a considerable loss and lost the information received by dozens of talents."

"We have 70,000 people in total. Send people to take a detour to Shunyi and let Jirgalang go south. They will attack both sides, so they are not afraid of not being able to kill him." Ajige gritted his teeth and decided to fight a battle. Tan Tai nodded and said, "Okay, if the strong soldiers and horses run away again, the morale of the army will be gone. When you see Dengzhou Camp again in the future, your backbone will be broken."

After discussion, the two armies joined the south. On the afternoon of July 10, the vanguard of Dengzhou Camp came to the city of Xianghe. They saw smoke and dust rolling from a distance. A small team of people rushed back without taking over at night. Wang Ben ordered the troops to be on guard and welcomed them forward.

"The main force of Jiannu is less than thirty miles away." Ye Busuosuo's message was very timely, and Wang Ben ordered to retreat. Soon Chang Shiren also came up. After Wang Ben informed the news, he looked on the map and pointed to the map and said, "It's getting late, so I'll send someone to notify the master. I guess the vanguard of the Qing army will catch up. We will face up to us and fight first and stabilize our position. Our army can fight against Xianghe tomorrow. This will be beneficial to the main force's decisive battle without worries." Chang Shiren's idea was supported by Wang Ben. This guy was also a militant, and immediately hit the map with a punch: "Then hit him."

The combined forces on both sides are only two simple versions of the B-shaped battalion, two thousand ash poles, four thousand smoothbore rifles, one thousand grenadiers, and only 24 small cannons with 3 pounds. A lightweight version of the field cannon carried by horses.

Xianghe is close to the Grand Canal, and the main road is right next to the city. Compared to Liangxiang, there are 3,000 garrisons. However, the county magistrate was so scared that he didn't dare to open the city gate at all. When Dengzhou Camp passed by, he shrank and did not move. The garrisons stood on the city and watched Dengzhou Camp roll south.

Ajige's vanguard was five thousand Mongolian cavalry. The scouts on both sides fought a battle. The Mongolian soldiers' bows and arrows faced strong crossbows and short guns, and suffered a little loss. The Mongolian leader who led the troops came from Biertahar, the son of Wu Keshan from the Korqin Grassland. This guy was not very famous in history. His aunt Xiaozhuang was very awesome. There is a joke in the TV series "The Emperor Kangxi". Xiaozhuang, who was still alive, called himself "I Xiaozhuang". Xiaozhuang was actually a posthumous title and the product of a loving honor after his death. What's more funny is that the director claimed to respect history.

Biertahar led his troops north, and the way was quite smooth. When approaching Xianghe, a scout was covered in blood and returned in a mess. The daughter of Huang Taiji whom this guy married was very loyal to the Qing Dynasty. Looking at the scout's miserable situation, he was very angry. Instead of comforting him, he whipped it a few times before scolding: "The dignified Mongolian warrior was defeated by the cowardly Minggou, and you still have the face to come back."

The scout was a warrior on the Korqin grassland, a warrior who claimed to be able to crack the evil wolf. He was beaten by a whip, and the scout did not dare to move. He ate the whip three times. After Biertahar asked, he dared to answer: "This group of bright dogs is very hard and has excellent equipment. The slave still acted first, and there were ten Mongolian archers, and there was no result in one round of archery. They had a transparent shield in their hands, which blocked the vital points. Even if they shot on the face, they were bounced away by their helmets. When we approached fifty steps, their crossbow was so powerful that they didn't block it. If the slave hadn't been able to hide quickly, they wouldn't have come back."

At this time, Biertahar saw a crossbow arrow inserted on the scout's shoulder, which seemed to penetrate the cotton armor. Blood was flowing. The scout held it unspeakable, which showed its toughness.

"Come here, take him down to heal his wounds. I want to see how powerful Dengzhou Camp is."

Five thousand Mongolian cavalry rushed up and approached the Xianghe River ten miles. The scouts in front returned again, without any loss this time. The news brought back was that they encountered the Dengzhou camp brigade.

Chang Shiren led the team across Xianghe and set up the formation step in advance. This place is only 500 meters away from Xianghe. The terrain is flat. After Xiacheng, the battle formation is set up on the side of the official road after Xiacheng. When Biertahar arrived, the artillery had already started to load the bullets. The three-pound gun had a range of not far, and the solid bullet could only hit 500 meters at a 45° angle, which was mainly due to the killing of shotguns.

Seeing that the opponents were all infantry, Biertahar burst out laughing, raised his hand and pointed at the Dengzhou camp lined up opposite him and said, "Look at the formation, the strength is only seven or eight thousand, and such a thin formation can break through in one breath. It is said that the Dengzhou camp is powerful, but I can't stand it. The warriors of Korqin will follow me to rush and kill Minggou."

Chang Shiren was very surprised to see the Mongolian cavalry pressing forward so quickly. This guy was either a naughty man or had no knowledge. With the firepower of Dengzhou Camp, four thousand smoothbore rifles, he could fight three to four rounds in a minute. Only five thousand cavalry would dare to come and rush to the formation?

Five thousand cavalry began to trot on the vast plains, with horse hooves as dense as rain, rolling up smoke and dust. The scene was shocking. If these were all new recruits, it was hard to say this battle. But after fighting the Battle of Chuzhou, hundreds of thousands of bandits were dealt with, and they still care about this little cavalry? The confident officers and soldiers of Dengzhou camp were afraid of this, but they showed surprises. This was a military achievement. After the war, they returned to Dengzhou and received a lot of silver rewards. They fought a civil war and had few rewards. They fought foreign wars and were rewarded heavily.

Five thousand cavalry rushed towards two large square formations. Looking at the unmoving square formation on the opposite side, Biertahar felt nothing at first. As he approached about 800 steps, he saw that his opponent's formation had not changed at all, and instead he began to stir up his heart.

Just when something was definitely wrong with him, hundreds of rockets dragging flames flew out of the Dengzhou camp. One thousand grenadiers each carried five Kanglev rockets, and five thousand rockets were shot out in one breath. Winning the first battle is very important for morale, so Chang Shiren made a decision to lose his fortune. You must know that in the Battle of Chuzhou, there were only less than three hundred rockets released in total.

The rockets, like raindrops, fell into the trotting cavalry formation like black locusts. The sounds of puffing are one after another. Once they are directly hit, they are all beaten by the rockets, roll down from the horses, and crushed into meat paste by the subsequent horse hooves. The rocket's killing is actually not too great, just like three or four hundred people. However, this thing has a flame tail, which has a great impact on the war horses. Moreover, the people hit by the rockets die miserably, and the pressure on the soldiers is also very heavy.

It was originally quite strict and serious, but after the five-wheeled Rockets, there were no more horses running around everywhere. Even elite Mongolian riders could hardly control the frightened war horses. Their own people rushed towards their own people and their formation was in chaos.

The biggest function of cavalry is to rely on speed to make a living. Once the formation is chaotic, the advantage of speed will not be obvious. If you rush forward to the infantry formation, it will be no different from killing you.

The problem is that you can't stop just by wanting to stop at this time, or you can't stop at all. Either run to both sides or continue to rush forward. It's obvious that this time is a test of Biertahar's command ability. If you are an experienced commander, you will definitely notice the chaos in the formation and there is no hope of hitting the opponent. Unfortunately, Biertahar is not a commander with extensive experience in many battles, or he has no experience in fighting with the army dominated by firearms. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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