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The Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry had similar equipment, but the Mongolian Outer Domain cavalry obviously dressed differently.

The cavalry has been entangled before, and it has been tested, and the outer Mongolia is indeed paddling.

Immediately, the three adjusted their tactics.

Wang Tingchen and Wu Huapu's dragoons attacked from the two wings and fired their guns. Li Dingguo led the Xiao cavalry to charge directly, and they all attacked the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Eight Banners of Mongolia.

Playing in this way, the Mongolian cavalry of the Outer Domain chose to continue paddling.

They didn't try their best to rescue the friendly army, they just rode and shot nearby symbolically. It doesn't matter how many Datong cavalry they can shoot, as long as they prove that they didn't escape from the battle. clear, or their tribe will be avenged.

"Blow the trumpet, order the flag, and order the Mongolian flag of the outer domain to outflank!" Babutai, who was under attack, shouted hastily.

The Mongolian cavalry of the Outer Domain received the military order and immediately outflanked it.

However, they were still shooting arrows outside, and they didn't look like they were fighting with Babutai at all.

Babutai was furious: "Blow the trumpet and order the Mongolian flag of the Outer Fan to meet the enemy!"

The Mongolian cavalry from the Outer Domain immediately moved forward, but only for more than ten steps, and then continued to shoot arrows on horseback.

Babutai was about to die of anger. Even if he could hit the Datong cavalry from such a long distance, it would not be able to cause effective damage.What kind of fight is this against your mother?

A year ago, the Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassals would never have dared to be so perfunctory, and they would have charged desperately when they received the order.

But the Mongols on the prairie were not fools. The Manchus had been beaten back to Liaodong, and they might be wiped out one day. Why did they serve the Manchus?It is fundamental to preserve one's own strength, and maybe you can form a good relationship with the Datong Army.

In the battlefield in front of us, there are more than 2000 cavalry in the Eight Manchurian Banners, Mongolian Eight Banners, and Outer Fan Mongolian Banners.

As a result, after the full-scale battle, the [-] Datong cavalry actually had a partial strength advantage, and all the Mongolian cavalry from the Outer Domain were in a state of sleepwalking.

Babutai, the ninth son of Nurhachi, finally enjoys the treatment of the chief general of the Ming Dynasty: although the friendly army is by his side, the result is that he does not work hard!

And Li Dingguo also found the rhythm, when Babutai used the old routine of the Manchu and Qing cavalry to disperse into countless strands to fight.He mixed the Xiao cavalry into the dragon cavalry, and when the enemy scattered soldiers shot arrows, he used the dragon cavalry to shoot at each other, and when the enemy gathered troops to charge, he used the Xiao cavalry to charge and kill.

When Li Zicheng encountered the tactics of the Manchus, he chose to abandon his defense and fight in close combat with his speed advantage.

With the dragoons in hand, Li Dingguo fought more smoothly, completely suppressing the Manchu cavalry tactically.

Of course, there are too few Xiao cavalry in Datong. Even if there are dragoons to support them, the casualties will be relatively heavy during the charge, and the casualty exchange ratio of probably 1:1.3 can be played.

It's just that the Manchu and Qing cavalry suffered more casualties, while the Datong cavalry suffered more injuries. This is the victory of firecrackers over bows and arrows.

After fighting for about a quarter of an hour, Li Dingguo seized the short opportunity of the enemy's gathering and dispersing, and summoned [-] brave cavalry to charge straight to Babutai's main formation.

"Archery!" Babutai shouted in panic.

Five hundred cavalrymen, against the arrows of the Manchu cavalry, continued to rush towards Babutai without risking their lives.

Li Dingguo was hit by two arrows one after another, and the arrows were stuck in the armor, shaking constantly with the ups and downs of the horse.He took the lead, holding the gun to overthrow the enemy in front of him, then drew his gun and swept across, and swept the other enemy off his horse.

The master general was so brave, the brave knights under his command were so energetic that they rushed into the enemy's formation without hesitation.

When Li Dingguo stabbed the third enemy cavalry, the opposite was actually an elite warrior who caught Li Dingguo's cavalry the moment he fell off the horse.Li Dingguo quickly abandoned his spear, pulled out his waist knife, and continued to rush towards Babutai.

Among Nurhachi's sons, there are also some cowards, such as Babutai in front of him.

Babutai was dismissed from all military posts because of losing the city and land.Although he has been reinstated long ago, his title is only the third-class Fengguo general, and he is a scumbag among Nurhachi's sons.

Seeing that Li Dingguo was getting closer and closer, and was almost surrounded by the Manchu cavalry, Babutai didn't think about leading his troops to surround and kill him, but his first reaction was to turn his horse's head and run away!

Babutai's personal guards tried their best to stop him, but Li Dingguo killed two people in a row again, blocked the third person's weapon, and rushed behind Babutai on his horse.

While running away, Babutai turned his head to look back, and was immediately frightened out of his wits.

"drive!"

Babutai stabbed the horse's butt frantically, and the BMW under his crotch sprinted in pain, and quickly pulled out two positions with Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo's mount is a horse Wali castrated stallion, this kind of horse is only partly served in Datong Xiao cavalry.But the commanders at all levels of the Xiao cavalry are all riding horses!

Li Dingguo's boots were equipped with spurs, and with his feet clipped, he immediately accelerated and chased Babutai's side.

brush!

Slashed out with a knife, and the light of the knife crossed.

Quickly dodged with a low body, and the whole body lay down on the horse's back.

The two went hand in hand, Babutai stood up and swung his knife, and Li Dingguo shot down Babutai's weapon with a single blow.Then he leaned out sideways, chose to abandon the knife and reached out, grabbed Babutai's cotton armor, and directly pulled Babutai off the horse's back.

Then, get used to the ground hard.

Babutai's soldiers in the rear galloped to the rescue, but in a hurry to dodge, the guy was trampled to death by his own soldiers with horseshoes.

"The enemy general is dead!"

Li Dingguo, who had lost all his weapons, rode his horse with empty hands and shouted. He avoided the blade of the enemy cavalry in a very dangerous way, and had already pierced Babutai's main formation.

Chapter 454 [Persistent Consumption]

Seeing the death of the main general, the Manchu Qing cavalry did not collapse, but recklessly attacked the Datong Army.

These cavalry who risked their lives to charge were all under Babutai's banner.

In addition, the Manchu Eight Banners, Mongolian Eight Banners, and Outer Fan Mongolian Banners that were not recorded by Babutai Niulu all became frightened and demoralized.Especially the Mongolian banners of the outer vassals, although they were still shooting arrows at the Datong army, they gradually turned to the north to escape, and took the initiative to lift the siege of the Datong cavalry.

When Babutai's Niulu had [-]% casualties, all the other cavalry fled the battlefield, letting these desperate allies cover their retreat.

Finally, Niu Lu under Babutai also escaped, but it was not a complete collapse.

The Manchu and Qing cavalry often have the habit of dispersing and fighting, making it difficult for them to completely lose their organization.The middle and low-ranking officers automatically commanded the remnant soldiers, and began to fight and flee with the Datong army. Although they still could not escape the end of destruction, it greatly delayed the Datong cavalry to pursue the main force of the Qing Dynasty.

Of the more than 2000 cavalry used to block the attack, only about [-] fled back, which shocked Dorgon so much that his vest was sweating.

"Where's the ninth one?" Dorgon didn't call Babutai any more.

Nikan was covered in blood, and replied: "He died in battle."

At this time, Nikan was not yet a famous king. He was named Dorobel when he broke through the Shanhai Pass.

Dorgon was furious: "More than 1 riders, how could they lose so badly?"

Nikan pointed to the Mongolian cavalry from the Outer Domain: "These people are afraid of the enemy and dare not fight. They surround the enemy and do not attack. They sit and watch their friendly troops be attacked but do not rescue them!"

Taiji (Prince) Guru Siqibu of the Karaqin Mongolian tribe immediately defended himself: "Your Highness, this is a slander to our Mongolian warriors. We received orders from the general to surround and surround the enemy's flanks and rear, but we have just completed the encirclement , the enemy launched a fierce attack on Mele Ezhen (Babtai). Before we had time to rescue, Gu Shan Ezhen had already died in battle. The morale of the army was fluctuating, so we had to flee with Nikan Baylor."

"Bullshit!"

Nikan was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick: "It was you who surrounded and did not attack, which led to the death of Mele Erzhen!"

Gulu Siqibu roared: "You are framing us Mongolian warriors!"

"I didn't!" Nikan also yelled.

Next, the generals of the two sides also joined the ranks of the dispute, and quarreled on the way to withdraw the troops.

"To shut up!"

Dorgon scolded angrily: "The army retreats, how can it be delayed? Who is right? Let's retreat first."

When several major banner owners heard the news, they all rode to see Dorgon, discussing in low voices while marching.

For them, this is not only a matter of war, but also a very serious political issue!

Karaqin Mongolia was one of the earliest Mongolian tribes that belonged to the Qing Dynasty, and Gulusiqibu and his sons were the earliest foreign powers in Karaqin Mongolia to belong to the Qing Dynasty.

This tribe is now grazing on the grasslands in the northwestern part of Liaoning, very close to the ruling core of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

In this battle, the Karaqin Mongols fought and released water, and a message has been exposed: Outer Fan Mongolia is no longer united with the Manchus. If the Eight Banners of the Manchus continue to lose troops and lose generals, I am afraid that the Mongolian tribes in northwestern Liaoning will fall to the Datong Army!

"Except for rations, weapons and armor, all the other supplies are given up!" Dorgon gave an order anxiously.

The civilian husbands who transported these luggage were also gone, and they were driven to the south, which might stop the pursuers for a while.

At the same time, Dorgon sent all the cavalry, one to cover the direction of the coastline, and the other to cover the direction of the chasing troops in Gaizhou.

"Your Highness, there are enemy troops blocking ahead!"

"The whole army lined up to charge!"

Dorgon was already in a state of rage, and he felt that those southern barbarians were deceiving too much.

Yaozhou is less than fifty miles away from Gaizhou. It was built by the Manchu Qing Dynasty to attack the Ming army in Gaizhou.

Under the state of marching in a hurry, the main force of the Eight Banners quickly walked half of the distance, and this place has entered the sphere of influence of the Qing Dynasty.The Datong army dared to block it. Is this bullying the warriors of the Eight Banners who can't lift their swords?

Seeing the Manchu and Qing troops starting to line up, Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said to Li Zheng, "Let's withdraw!"

The first batch of troops intercepted by boats, the number of Datong Army has not exceeded [-], and the fortifications have not been repaired.Dorgon's army numbered in the tens of thousands, and they were all elites of the Eight Banners. A real fight would be death.

Even if the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is dragged out, it will nothing more than turn the Gaizhou battlefield into the outer battlefield of Yaozhou.Moreover, the Datong Army lost the protection of the city wall, so it would be better to fight directly in Gaizhou.

Fearing that the Datong army would withdraw to the ship, thousands of Manchu and Qing cavalry rushed to kill them.

"Boom boom boom!"

The naval ships immediately shelled to cover the boarding of the Datong army, and the naval soldiers also raised their firecrackers on the side of the ship.

The Manchu and Qing cavalry did not dare to approach at all, and watched helplessly as the Datong army retreated to the ship, while dozens of them were bombarded to death by artillery.

When all the infantry retreated to the ship, Li Dingguo, Wang Tingchen, and Wu Huapu also chased after them with their cavalry. They only sent out [-] cavalry to gather up the peasants that Dorgon had left behind.

No one thought of wiping out the main force of the Eight Banners, but only planned to take advantage of Dorgon's withdrawal and chase all the way to bite off a few more pieces of meat.

The population of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was so large, and every death would be one less!

Dorgon gathered [-] cavalrymen, including shotgun vests with the flag of the Han army, and rushed towards Li Dingguo's thousands of cavalrymen.

Li Dingguo, Wang Tingchen, and Wu Huapu ran away, what a fart, they slipped away.

The main reason is that they chased all the way, they were exhausted and unable to fight directly.People can rely on perseverance to persevere, but you can't let war horses also understand the spirit of Datong.

After the occupation of Liaodong, the proportion of cavalry in the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties has reached as high as 40%.

Even the Eight Banners of the Han Army also had shotgun vests, similar to the dragoons of the Datong Army.There were also many Manchu and Qing cavalry who rode on horseback and rushed on the road. After the horses were tired, they could only turn into infantry and fight immediately.There are also some heavy infantry who use horses to carry armor when marching fast.

It is estimated that the Manchu Qing did not know how many cavalry and infantry they had, because many of their soldiers were both cavalry and infantry.

After repeated losses, the main force of the tens of thousands of Eight Banners could easily pull out [-] cavalry to fight.

Seeing that the pursuers on the west side retreated to the ship, and the pursuers from the south rode away on horseback, Dorgon ordered the whole army to move on.All the soldiers are all in armor, and all the horses are leading the horses on the road, ready to mount the horses and kill the pursuers at any time.

In this way, Dorgon withdrew his army back to Yaozhou.

The generals of Datong also returned to Gaizhou, counting the battle damage and harvest, and all of them were smiling.

Including the enemies destroyed by the defensive bastion, a total of more than [-] Manchu elites were killed and captured—some of the wounded with limited mobility were abandoned outside Gaizhou City when Dorgon withdrew.

More than [-] Baoyi and civilian husbands were killed—most of them were cannon fodder for siege.

Including the population raided and plundered by boat, the captive coat, peasants, and serfs, there are more than 3 people!

In addition, more than 20 usable artillery pieces and more than 60 abandoned artillery pieces were seized.Among them are a large number of copper cannons, each of which weighs two to three thousand catties, which can be brought back to the south to mint copper coins.

As for the battle losses of the Datong Army, 681 infantry defending the city were killed, 176 peasants, soldiers and civilians were killed in battle, and more than 2000 soldiers were injured in total.In the harassing battle in Jinzhou and the pursuit battle in Gaizhou, the Datong cavalry killed 1923 people and injured more than 3000 people.

At the post-war summary meeting, Li Zheng said: "The puppet Qing cavalry is still very brave. The biggest loss of our army in this battle is the cavalry pursuit. Although we wiped out 2000 enemy cavalry, more than a thousand of our cavalry were killed and injured. There are also more than [-]. In the future, we must avoid close combat with enemy cavalry and rely more on firecrackers and artillery to annihilate the enemy!"

Lu Xiangsheng added: "Although the cavalry of our army suffered heavy casualties, the results were still very good. During the pursuit battle, the puppet Qing general who was beheaded was the ninth son of Nurhachi, and he captured more than 3000 horses. Continue to discard luggage and civilian husbands. As for the casualties of hundreds of cavalry during the Jinzhou raid, it was to hold back the enemy of Jinzhou and rush to help Shanhaiguan. The puppet Qing’s sudden withdrawal of troops is probably due to the news that Shanhaiguan was besieged.”

Li Zheng nodded and said: "General Lu is right. We should fight tough battles, and we still have to fight tough battles. Li Dingguo's sudden beheading of his chief general greatly boosted the morale of the whole army. Please reward me for your credit."

"Report... Shanhaiguan to come!"

"Please come in."

A messenger quickly rushed into the meeting room: "Generals, our army has raided and occupied Weiyuan Terrace, and the enemy army is likely to withdraw its troops and return for reinforcements."

Everyone looked at each other, each laughing.

Xiao Zongxian asked: "When did it happen?"

The messenger replied: "We captured Weiyuantai seven days ago. There was a storm at sea, and the ships could not sail, so the announcement was delayed until now."

Li Zheng sent someone to arrange for the messenger to rest, opened the military document, and said after reading it: "The Shanhaiguan side means that if the Manchu Qing army goes to the rescue, they will immediately withdraw their troops. The military rations in Shandong and Beizhili are very scarce. If the puppet Qing continues to consume, we will have to wait at least two or three months after the harvest of autumn grains before we dare to fight the real puppet Qing.”

From autumn grain harvest to collection, and then transported from the south to Shandong, two or three months have passed very quickly.

At this time, the army of Fei Ruhe and Zhang Tieniu was attacking Shanhaiguan with two meals a day, and if it continued, they would have to eat one meal a day.The military rations consumed in war are different from those stationed in the local area. They need to be consumed in mid-way transportation, and the civilians and craftsmen accompanying the army also need to consume them.

Lu Xiangsheng sighed: "Alas, the military rations are still not enough, and the military rations in Liaodong can't last long. Fortunately, this time, Jinzhou and Fuzhou have harvested wheat, otherwise His Majesty would have to raise more food and grass to bring in."

This is very similar to the situation in the early Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to regain Liaodong, but he had no army and no food, so he could only quietly farm in Liaodong for several years.

Xiao Zongxian said suddenly, "The Pseudo-Qing Dynasty sent a large army to rescue Shanhaiguan, so they can only stay on guard against Haizhou and Yaozhou. The enemies of Haizhou and Yaozhou will definitely not dare to leave the city without authorization. Should we take this opportunity to do something?"