Chapter 1429
Head-to-head confrontation
Chapter 1429 Head-to-head confrontation
Of course, Morgan would not think that Houjin sent such a small number of troops and would obediently shrink back at a glance. He knew that with the temperament of these barbarian soldiers, he would definitely try to gather his forces to fight with his own side, but he didn't know what the opponent's army wanted. When can I get here.What I have to do now is to seize the time to make the trap that I am responsible for attracting firepower more complete, so that the Jin army can make room for the other two armies to move around.
"Send a telegram to inform the Central Route Army and the East Route Army that our unit has entered the fighting position, and ask them to watch the right wing of our unit closely, so as not to let the enemy army pass by!" Morgan stared at the prisoners of war who were digging trenches outside the village. The order was given to the adjutant.
Although Morgan has great confidence in the Jin army after the victory, he is also worried that the opponent will detour to the south of the highland and surround this place from three directions.At that time, the East Route Army's troops will have to defend against attacks from several directions, and it may be a little tight.And if the Central Route Army can move a little closer to this side and not leave too much free space for the Houjin Army, then Morgan can concentrate the troops under his command to the north of the highland to maintain the maximum firepower output intensity without using Then consider the risk that your back path may be outflanked by the enemy.
As soon as the adjutant left, a scolding sound suddenly came from the construction site outside the village, and he saw a back figure running wildly in the snow, looking at the back of his clothes, it should be the Houjin soldier who was captured here before.In order to facilitate the work of these prisoners of war, they were not put on shackles and handcuffs, so naturally it was impossible to prevent those who were lucky enough to try to escape from the construction site.
Of course, it was almost impossible to escape from here on foot. There were guards chasing him out, and some people had already gone to the stables to lead the horses. Obviously, they did not intend to let the prisoner of war go.
"Give me the gun." Morgan stretched out his hand, and immediately his entourage handed over his special rifle.Wherever others go, the gun follows wherever, and can be thrown into battle at any time.The man ran out a short distance, and he thought he should be sure to kill this target with one shot.
Morgan took it, loaded and loaded his gun, pointed his gun at the prisoners of war still running on the snow in the distance, adjusted his breath a little, and pulled the trigger.After a crisp gunshot, the man fell down in response, fluttered in the snow and struggled a few times but still could not get up.Seeing that the people who were chasing had arrived quickly, Morgan handed the rifle back to his entourage, and said lightly, "Catch it back and warn the other prisoners of war."
As for the admonition, he didn't say that these people are not newbies, so they naturally know how to deal with this situation.
After a short while, the prisoner of war was dragged back by the cavalry with ropes tied to his legs. It turned out that he was shot in the waist. No wonder he couldn't get up after falling down.The bloodstain dragged out a long red mark on the snow field. Even if Haihan let him go, the injury could not hold him back to Houjin's control area.Several soldiers stretched his arms and legs and tied him to a refusal horse. Those prisoners of war who were still digging trenches could see their bloody companion just a little bit up.No one warned the prisoners of war any more. This captured prisoner of war was more useful than words.
Morgan didn't care about the lives of these prisoners of war, as long as they could squeeze out their labor in a short period of time.When the Jin army came to attack, Morgan would not waste any more manpower guarding them, no matter whether their task at hand was completed or not.
When Qian Tiandun received the telegram, the Central Route Army he commanded was still more than ten miles away from the heights occupied by Morgan, but he was not in a hurry, because the fortress of the Houjin Army was farther from where Morgan was located than he was. Confidence sealed the right-wing hole for Morgan before his opponent.
Of course, the position of the middle army should not be too close to the high ground, otherwise the opponent will definitely choose the plains where it is easier to attack as the main attack direction, and the high ground stronghold that Morgan has worked so hard to deploy will be wasted.So Qian Tiandun's plan was to send a force close to the high ground, but to keep a certain distance from the high ground, and to let the Houjin army discover his existence.If the Houjin Army wants to forcibly break into the outflanking highland, it may face the risk of being cut off by the Haihan Middle Road Army.
Jiala'erzhen Erhe, who is guarding the Jinzhou Isthmus, learned a few days ago that Haihan had built a camp on the southern coast, presumably to transport fighters and supplies to the local area by sea.On the one hand, he sent additional reconnaissance cavalry to the local area, and on the other hand, he presented the emergency situation to his superiors in writing, and requested that more troops be dispatched as soon as possible to ensure that the march of the Haihans could be stopped.
It's just that before Erhe could make a move, the rain came back here with the new news.The reconnaissance riding team I sent out found that there was more than one place where Haihan was doing his work this time. The Haihan army also appeared on the middle road and the west coast of the Bohai Sea.No matter how sluggish Erhe was, he could sense that Haihan's move this time was not a feigned feint, but a real plan to attack the Jinzhou Isthmus.
Before the arrival of winter, the high-level leaders led by Houjin and Huang Taiji always believed that Haihan would not really invade Liaodong. Even if they knew that Haihan had formed an alliance with the Ming army of Pidao, they still believed that Haihan would not end in person. Provide more military assistance to Phi Dao, and let Shen's uncle and nephew act as pawns in the Yellow Sea area.Because no matter how you think about it, it would be useless for Haihan to go to Liaodong to fight Houjin. After all, Haihan and Daming have not even established formal diplomatic relations, so desperately working for Daming is obviously not in line with Haihan. Interests.
However, in a ruthless regime like Houjin, the figures in power obviously cannot understand the considerations of Haihan, a country that pursues sea control, in developing overseas colonies. It is not as simple as helping the Ming Dynasty defend against the post-Golden Dynasty.Taking ten thousand steps back, even if this place is still in the hands of Daming, Haihan will try his best to encircle a piece of land here for his own.
Therefore, Haihan wanted to attack Jinzhou at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, in fact, it was more out of strategic considerations for his own development. In the process, he tapped Houjin and loosened the noose around his neck for Daming.Houjin couldn't understand Haihan's strategy, and naturally he lacked adequate preparation for the wave of offensives before the winter.
Haihan pinpointed the timing and rhythm very accurately. After he defeated Lushun, he did not leave much time for Houjin to organize a counter-offensive, so he launched another wave of feints in Dalian Bay, so that Houjin's troops who had gone south to Lushun looked forward and backward. In the end, he had to take the initiative to retreat and gave up his plan to retake Lushun before winter.
After this breath, Jin held back in his heart, and naturally he had to wait until the beginning of spring to settle accounts with Haihan.But Haihan obviously did not settle down, but took the lead in launching the first wave of the new year's offensive.
Erhe had to send someone to notify Fuzhou and Gaizhou in the north to speed up the transfer of troops to Jinzhou.Despite the cooperation of all parties, Haihan's offensive was still one step ahead, taking the lead in capturing a highland stronghold of Houjin on the coast of the Bohai Sea.And according to the news Erhe has received so far, the Haihan Army launched an offensive in at least three ways this time, which can be described as menacing.He believes that he can't wait for the opponent's three-way troops to join and advance to the fortress line of the Golden State Isthmus before starting to react. Instead, he should try his best to repel or even eliminate one of them while the opponent has not yet met, so that he can have a chance. Defeat this wave of Haihan's offensive.
Although Erhe did not have a comprehensive understanding of Haihan's troop formation, his thoughts coincided with the Haihan military at this time, and he also chose the West Route Army, which was captured by Haihan. high ground as a breach.
Erhe believes that Haihan's occupation of this highland is the closest to the Jinzhou isthmus defense line, and the threat is naturally the greatest.Then Jin was more familiar with the terrain of this place, and it was not impossible to take it back by virtue of the superiority of troops.Before the winter, Haihan landed from Dalian Bay to attack the Jinzhou Isthmus. At that time, he also occupied an abandoned village to fight against the Houjin army, but he was eventually driven back to the sea by the Houjin army - at least Erhe himself thought so. .
Since it was possible to drive the Haihan people out for the first time, Erhe believed that he could do it the second time.If this highland can be recaptured from Haihan, then the Haihan army who attacked from the plain on its eastern side will inevitably be afraid.Hurrying to take advantage of the fact that the opponent's troops have not yet met, the chance of retaking this highland will be higher.
So Erhe did not wait for reinforcements from the north, ordered [-] troops at the Jinzhou fortress, and rushed straight to the stronghold occupied by the West Road Army.
However, Erhe is not a reckless person who does not care about his head and tail. When he set off, he had already thought that since the enemy had already taken the lead, he would definitely make arrangements for the counterattack that he might launch at the highland stronghold, and he was also cautious during the march. A large number of cavalry were dispatched to scout the enemy's movements on the periphery, in case they were ambushed by the opponent before they reached the place.
The large group did not meet, but the Haihan Ranger saw some sporadically on the way.Erhe felt a lot more relieved after receiving the report, because it showed that the main force of the Haihan Army still did not go north for some reason, so the rendezvous should not have been completed, and he still had a chance to regain the lost stronghold.
Just about six hours after Morgan led his troops to capture the coastal heights, the post-Golden Army counterattack appeared earlier than expected in the highland lookout's field of vision.A sharp and short whistle sounded over the heights, which was the signal of the enemy's attack.Without Morgan's order, the companies that had already divided their defense areas in advance entered their combat positions.
But as Morgan had expected beforehand, although the purpose of the Houjin army here was to retake the high ground, it did not launch an offensive directly, but sent a cavalry to circumnavigate eastward, apparently intending to bypass the high ground. Cut off the retreat to the south.
Morgan sensed the enemy's intentions with a sneer at the corners of his mouth, then turned to the east and raised his binoculars to see what was going on in the distance.
After receiving Morgan's telegram, the Central Route Army commanded by Qian Tiandun dispatched a company to rush to ambush in a pine forest about a mile east of the high ground.At this distance, it was of course difficult for the soldiers’ rifles to stop the fast-moving cavalry from passing through this area, but what Haihan used here was just a sleight of hand, and he didn’t really want to fight a sniper battle here immediately.So when the cavalry was about to go around the high ground, Qian Tiandun's troops suddenly appeared from the pine forest and began to shoot at the post-golden cavalry.
The teams of the two sides were a hundred feet apart. Even if the Haihan rifle performed well, it would be difficult to accurately aim at this distance, and the hit would only be random.But after the gunshots sounded, the advance of the rear golden cavalry quickly stopped, and they immediately realized that if they continued to march south, the Haihan army that suddenly appeared from the east might cut off their retreat.
Before the leading officer of the cavalry team made a decision, the rear horn sounded.Erhe sensed Haihan's intention and decisively recalled the cavalry.He could see that Haihan was most likely bluffing and deliberately deployed a small force there to interfere with his judgment.But he didn't dare to bet on whether the Haihan troop, who was standing by the pine forest and shooting cold shots, was playing an empty city plan or a more dangerous bait.If their cavalry crossed this line, what would await them in the south?
Erhe didn't think about it any further, and decisively recalled the cavalry.He thought to himself that no matter how much mystery he made, I would just ignore it, no matter how many times you come, I'll just go all the way.As long as this road is broken, no matter how many traps are set up elsewhere, I can't count on me.
Erhe made up his mind and ordered his troops to attack the highlands.
"Listen to the order, get closer and fight again." Morgan saw the movement of Jin Jun through the telescope, and he was basically able to infer the opponent's plan.Now that Jin Jun has decided to attack the high ground from the front, Morgan will naturally seize this opportunity and give the other party some hardship.
After the Jin army's offensive was still with the cavalry in the front, the infantry in the back, and about Li Xu at the Haihan position at the foot of the mountain, the cavalry began to accelerate gradually and launched a charge.After about five hundred cavalry, the golden cavalry spread out in a line on the field, divided into three waves, front, middle and back, and rushed towards the Haihan position.
Haihan had fought against the Houjin cavalry several times before, and he knew that the opponent was quite accomplished in the use of cavalry tactics. This kind of charge seemed to be threatening, but it was also a combination of reality and reality. If there was no movement on the Haihan position, Then they may rush in in one go, and if they open fire here, the cavalry of the other side will often turn around.The first wave of cavalry is responsible for attracting firepower, and then the latter two waves of cavalry charge and kill targets that are too late to reload.This tactic has been tried and tested against Daming's Musket Battalion, but their current opponent has been replaced by the Haihan Army, but it is not so easy to deal with.
(End of this chapter)
Of course, Morgan would not think that Houjin sent such a small number of troops and would obediently shrink back at a glance. He knew that with the temperament of these barbarian soldiers, he would definitely try to gather his forces to fight with his own side, but he didn't know what the opponent's army wanted. When can I get here.What I have to do now is to seize the time to make the trap that I am responsible for attracting firepower more complete, so that the Jin army can make room for the other two armies to move around.
"Send a telegram to inform the Central Route Army and the East Route Army that our unit has entered the fighting position, and ask them to watch the right wing of our unit closely, so as not to let the enemy army pass by!" Morgan stared at the prisoners of war who were digging trenches outside the village. The order was given to the adjutant.
Although Morgan has great confidence in the Jin army after the victory, he is also worried that the opponent will detour to the south of the highland and surround this place from three directions.At that time, the East Route Army's troops will have to defend against attacks from several directions, and it may be a little tight.And if the Central Route Army can move a little closer to this side and not leave too much free space for the Houjin Army, then Morgan can concentrate the troops under his command to the north of the highland to maintain the maximum firepower output intensity without using Then consider the risk that your back path may be outflanked by the enemy.
As soon as the adjutant left, a scolding sound suddenly came from the construction site outside the village, and he saw a back figure running wildly in the snow, looking at the back of his clothes, it should be the Houjin soldier who was captured here before.In order to facilitate the work of these prisoners of war, they were not put on shackles and handcuffs, so naturally it was impossible to prevent those who were lucky enough to try to escape from the construction site.
Of course, it was almost impossible to escape from here on foot. There were guards chasing him out, and some people had already gone to the stables to lead the horses. Obviously, they did not intend to let the prisoner of war go.
"Give me the gun." Morgan stretched out his hand, and immediately his entourage handed over his special rifle.Wherever others go, the gun follows wherever, and can be thrown into battle at any time.The man ran out a short distance, and he thought he should be sure to kill this target with one shot.
Morgan took it, loaded and loaded his gun, pointed his gun at the prisoners of war still running on the snow in the distance, adjusted his breath a little, and pulled the trigger.After a crisp gunshot, the man fell down in response, fluttered in the snow and struggled a few times but still could not get up.Seeing that the people who were chasing had arrived quickly, Morgan handed the rifle back to his entourage, and said lightly, "Catch it back and warn the other prisoners of war."
As for the admonition, he didn't say that these people are not newbies, so they naturally know how to deal with this situation.
After a short while, the prisoner of war was dragged back by the cavalry with ropes tied to his legs. It turned out that he was shot in the waist. No wonder he couldn't get up after falling down.The bloodstain dragged out a long red mark on the snow field. Even if Haihan let him go, the injury could not hold him back to Houjin's control area.Several soldiers stretched his arms and legs and tied him to a refusal horse. Those prisoners of war who were still digging trenches could see their bloody companion just a little bit up.No one warned the prisoners of war any more. This captured prisoner of war was more useful than words.
Morgan didn't care about the lives of these prisoners of war, as long as they could squeeze out their labor in a short period of time.When the Jin army came to attack, Morgan would not waste any more manpower guarding them, no matter whether their task at hand was completed or not.
When Qian Tiandun received the telegram, the Central Route Army he commanded was still more than ten miles away from the heights occupied by Morgan, but he was not in a hurry, because the fortress of the Houjin Army was farther from where Morgan was located than he was. Confidence sealed the right-wing hole for Morgan before his opponent.
Of course, the position of the middle army should not be too close to the high ground, otherwise the opponent will definitely choose the plains where it is easier to attack as the main attack direction, and the high ground stronghold that Morgan has worked so hard to deploy will be wasted.So Qian Tiandun's plan was to send a force close to the high ground, but to keep a certain distance from the high ground, and to let the Houjin army discover his existence.If the Houjin Army wants to forcibly break into the outflanking highland, it may face the risk of being cut off by the Haihan Middle Road Army.
Jiala'erzhen Erhe, who is guarding the Jinzhou Isthmus, learned a few days ago that Haihan had built a camp on the southern coast, presumably to transport fighters and supplies to the local area by sea.On the one hand, he sent additional reconnaissance cavalry to the local area, and on the other hand, he presented the emergency situation to his superiors in writing, and requested that more troops be dispatched as soon as possible to ensure that the march of the Haihans could be stopped.
It's just that before Erhe could make a move, the rain came back here with the new news.The reconnaissance riding team I sent out found that there was more than one place where Haihan was doing his work this time. The Haihan army also appeared on the middle road and the west coast of the Bohai Sea.No matter how sluggish Erhe was, he could sense that Haihan's move this time was not a feigned feint, but a real plan to attack the Jinzhou Isthmus.
Before the arrival of winter, the high-level leaders led by Houjin and Huang Taiji always believed that Haihan would not really invade Liaodong. Even if they knew that Haihan had formed an alliance with the Ming army of Pidao, they still believed that Haihan would not end in person. Provide more military assistance to Phi Dao, and let Shen's uncle and nephew act as pawns in the Yellow Sea area.Because no matter how you think about it, it would be useless for Haihan to go to Liaodong to fight Houjin. After all, Haihan and Daming have not even established formal diplomatic relations, so desperately working for Daming is obviously not in line with Haihan. Interests.
However, in a ruthless regime like Houjin, the figures in power obviously cannot understand the considerations of Haihan, a country that pursues sea control, in developing overseas colonies. It is not as simple as helping the Ming Dynasty defend against the post-Golden Dynasty.Taking ten thousand steps back, even if this place is still in the hands of Daming, Haihan will try his best to encircle a piece of land here for his own.
Therefore, Haihan wanted to attack Jinzhou at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, in fact, it was more out of strategic considerations for his own development. In the process, he tapped Houjin and loosened the noose around his neck for Daming.Houjin couldn't understand Haihan's strategy, and naturally he lacked adequate preparation for the wave of offensives before the winter.
Haihan pinpointed the timing and rhythm very accurately. After he defeated Lushun, he did not leave much time for Houjin to organize a counter-offensive, so he launched another wave of feints in Dalian Bay, so that Houjin's troops who had gone south to Lushun looked forward and backward. In the end, he had to take the initiative to retreat and gave up his plan to retake Lushun before winter.
After this breath, Jin held back in his heart, and naturally he had to wait until the beginning of spring to settle accounts with Haihan.But Haihan obviously did not settle down, but took the lead in launching the first wave of the new year's offensive.
Erhe had to send someone to notify Fuzhou and Gaizhou in the north to speed up the transfer of troops to Jinzhou.Despite the cooperation of all parties, Haihan's offensive was still one step ahead, taking the lead in capturing a highland stronghold of Houjin on the coast of the Bohai Sea.And according to the news Erhe has received so far, the Haihan Army launched an offensive in at least three ways this time, which can be described as menacing.He believes that he can't wait for the opponent's three-way troops to join and advance to the fortress line of the Golden State Isthmus before starting to react. Instead, he should try his best to repel or even eliminate one of them while the opponent has not yet met, so that he can have a chance. Defeat this wave of Haihan's offensive.
Although Erhe did not have a comprehensive understanding of Haihan's troop formation, his thoughts coincided with the Haihan military at this time, and he also chose the West Route Army, which was captured by Haihan. high ground as a breach.
Erhe believes that Haihan's occupation of this highland is the closest to the Jinzhou isthmus defense line, and the threat is naturally the greatest.Then Jin was more familiar with the terrain of this place, and it was not impossible to take it back by virtue of the superiority of troops.Before the winter, Haihan landed from Dalian Bay to attack the Jinzhou Isthmus. At that time, he also occupied an abandoned village to fight against the Houjin army, but he was eventually driven back to the sea by the Houjin army - at least Erhe himself thought so. .
Since it was possible to drive the Haihan people out for the first time, Erhe believed that he could do it the second time.If this highland can be recaptured from Haihan, then the Haihan army who attacked from the plain on its eastern side will inevitably be afraid.Hurrying to take advantage of the fact that the opponent's troops have not yet met, the chance of retaking this highland will be higher.
So Erhe did not wait for reinforcements from the north, ordered [-] troops at the Jinzhou fortress, and rushed straight to the stronghold occupied by the West Road Army.
However, Erhe is not a reckless person who does not care about his head and tail. When he set off, he had already thought that since the enemy had already taken the lead, he would definitely make arrangements for the counterattack that he might launch at the highland stronghold, and he was also cautious during the march. A large number of cavalry were dispatched to scout the enemy's movements on the periphery, in case they were ambushed by the opponent before they reached the place.
The large group did not meet, but the Haihan Ranger saw some sporadically on the way.Erhe felt a lot more relieved after receiving the report, because it showed that the main force of the Haihan Army still did not go north for some reason, so the rendezvous should not have been completed, and he still had a chance to regain the lost stronghold.
Just about six hours after Morgan led his troops to capture the coastal heights, the post-Golden Army counterattack appeared earlier than expected in the highland lookout's field of vision.A sharp and short whistle sounded over the heights, which was the signal of the enemy's attack.Without Morgan's order, the companies that had already divided their defense areas in advance entered their combat positions.
But as Morgan had expected beforehand, although the purpose of the Houjin army here was to retake the high ground, it did not launch an offensive directly, but sent a cavalry to circumnavigate eastward, apparently intending to bypass the high ground. Cut off the retreat to the south.
Morgan sensed the enemy's intentions with a sneer at the corners of his mouth, then turned to the east and raised his binoculars to see what was going on in the distance.
After receiving Morgan's telegram, the Central Route Army commanded by Qian Tiandun dispatched a company to rush to ambush in a pine forest about a mile east of the high ground.At this distance, it was of course difficult for the soldiers’ rifles to stop the fast-moving cavalry from passing through this area, but what Haihan used here was just a sleight of hand, and he didn’t really want to fight a sniper battle here immediately.So when the cavalry was about to go around the high ground, Qian Tiandun's troops suddenly appeared from the pine forest and began to shoot at the post-golden cavalry.
The teams of the two sides were a hundred feet apart. Even if the Haihan rifle performed well, it would be difficult to accurately aim at this distance, and the hit would only be random.But after the gunshots sounded, the advance of the rear golden cavalry quickly stopped, and they immediately realized that if they continued to march south, the Haihan army that suddenly appeared from the east might cut off their retreat.
Before the leading officer of the cavalry team made a decision, the rear horn sounded.Erhe sensed Haihan's intention and decisively recalled the cavalry.He could see that Haihan was most likely bluffing and deliberately deployed a small force there to interfere with his judgment.But he didn't dare to bet on whether the Haihan troop, who was standing by the pine forest and shooting cold shots, was playing an empty city plan or a more dangerous bait.If their cavalry crossed this line, what would await them in the south?
Erhe didn't think about it any further, and decisively recalled the cavalry.He thought to himself that no matter how much mystery he made, I would just ignore it, no matter how many times you come, I'll just go all the way.As long as this road is broken, no matter how many traps are set up elsewhere, I can't count on me.
Erhe made up his mind and ordered his troops to attack the highlands.
"Listen to the order, get closer and fight again." Morgan saw the movement of Jin Jun through the telescope, and he was basically able to infer the opponent's plan.Now that Jin Jun has decided to attack the high ground from the front, Morgan will naturally seize this opportunity and give the other party some hardship.
After the Jin army's offensive was still with the cavalry in the front, the infantry in the back, and about Li Xu at the Haihan position at the foot of the mountain, the cavalry began to accelerate gradually and launched a charge.After about five hundred cavalry, the golden cavalry spread out in a line on the field, divided into three waves, front, middle and back, and rushed towards the Haihan position.
Haihan had fought against the Houjin cavalry several times before, and he knew that the opponent was quite accomplished in the use of cavalry tactics. This kind of charge seemed to be threatening, but it was also a combination of reality and reality. If there was no movement on the Haihan position, Then they may rush in in one go, and if they open fire here, the cavalry of the other side will often turn around.The first wave of cavalry is responsible for attracting firepower, and then the latter two waves of cavalry charge and kill targets that are too late to reload.This tactic has been tried and tested against Daming's Musket Battalion, but their current opponent has been replaced by the Haihan Army, but it is not so easy to deal with.
(End of this chapter)