Chapter 1825
Chapter 1825
Chapter 1825
When Azig was in Jinzhou, he had suffered a lot in front of the defense line built by the Haihan Army. He knew how many murderous intentions were hidden in these seemingly inconspicuous fortifications, but now he saw this in North Korea. The familiar scene made the memories in Azig's heart that had begun to become blurred instantly clear again.
The 32-year-old Azig is not a coward, and he has made a lot of military achievements in the foreign wars in the later Jin Dynasty. After the Jin army attacked North Korea in 1627, Azig led his troops to conquer five cities. In the same year, he defeated the infantry formation commanded by Man Gui, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army in Jinzhou. In 1629, Azig followed Huang Taiji to defeat the Ming Dynasty and led troops to win battles in Jinzhou, Ningyuan, Zunhua, Tongzhou, Jizhou and other places.In the next few years, Azig also won more victories and lost fewer losses in the war against Ming Dynasty, and became one of Huang Taiji's most trusted generals.
If it hadn't been for a big stumble in Jinzhou, Azig should have become the main force of the Qing army to attack Daming. Because of the impact of a series of defeats in Jinzhou, Huang Taiji's trust in him has weakened, and he will be the main force of the Qing army to attack Daming. The war was handed over to Abatai, Dorgon and others to command, and Azig could only prove his strength through his performance on the Korean battlefield.
Azig held his breath and led his troops to North Korea, hoping that the achievements made here could reshape his image.It is not difficult to suppress the limited North Korean army militarily, but he really did not expect that after making a big circle, he would run into the Haihan army again in North Korea.Moreover, the amount of fortifications around the base is quite large, far exceeding the temporary base on the Yalu River. It is obvious that Haihan has invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources here, and this base should not be just for show.
If the defenders in this stronghold are really Haihan people, Azig feels that this place will be a nightmare for the Qing army again, but he dare not express his feelings, which will definitely have a great impact on the morale of his subordinates negative impact.Azige hesitated at the moment, whether he should respect Huang Taiji's order and send troops to attack this stronghold.
But if he doesn't fight a dozen, Azig will definitely not be able to do business, so he can only ask at the moment: "Everyone, the time for meritorious service has come, who is willing to lead the army to take the lead?"
One of his subordinates, Jiala Ezhence, named Ulgeshan, immediately responded, "I am willing to lead the army to break through!"
This Ulgeshan was an officer transferred from Shenyang, and he had no previous experience in direct confrontation with the Haihan army, so he still had the idea of taking the lead.Azig didn't say anything about the dangers of this place, but just told him that if it was difficult to break through the enemy's line of defense, he didn't have to fight to the death, and decided to advance or retreat based on the direction of the battle.
Azig's exhortations are undoubtedly very "kind", but Ulgshan misunderstood the meaning of his superior, thinking that he deliberately said this to urge him to fight with all his strength, and Dang even said that he would do his best to fight for it. Break through this line of defense in one fell swoop.
Ulgshan had five cattle under his command, totaling [-] troops, about half of which were cavalry.Although he accepted this task boldly, he was not reckless. Instead of rushing in with all his troops, he first sent two hundred horses to the line of defense in an attempt to test the strength of the defenders. Defense strength.Then another two hundred cavalry were ordered to distance themselves from the first batch of cavalry, and followed behind to prepare for the second wave of charge.
Tactics like this are not uncommon in the battles between the Qing army and the Ming army. The Qing army will first use the maneuverability of the cavalry to launch a feint charge, in order to test the firepower points and key defense areas on the Ming army's defense line, and then target them in a targeted manner. Send troops to the direction where the opponent's defense is weaker.
But this trick is not so easy to use against the Haihan army. An independent regiment equipped with a new type of rifle can evenly deploy infantry to the entire defense line, and still maintain a strong firepower output, without having to use a certain amount of troops to strengthen firepower. The compilation is concentrated.
These Qing army cavalry have experience fighting against the Ming army. According to the past practice, they will generally charge to the edge of the Ming army's range. Casualties to attract firepower, and then the next wave of cavalry charged directly.Since the Ming army was equipped with almost all arquebus guns that reloaded ammunition very slowly, they could not output firepower for a long time after firing. In terms of shooting frequency in a short period of time, it was far inferior to trained Archer.
This weakness also led to the insufficient firepower output of the Ming army equipped with muskets when confronting the Qing army in the wild. They often couldn't hold on after one or two charges. It's no different from a fire stick.The experienced cavalry of the Qing army only needed one charge to cause the Ming army to fire out of control, and then quickly broke the formation.
However, these cavalrymen who had never fought against the Haihan army did not know the tactics that the enemy they faced would adopt for the cavalry charge. If they had known, they might not have rushed straight to the enemy's defense line in such a daze.
When these cavalry were still about a hundred meters away from the line of defense, they were pleasantly surprised to find that there was a burst of gunfire from the opposite position.Although several of the charging cavalry immediately fell in response, the cavalry did not panic, and immediately adjusted their direction according to the usual practice, trying to get out of the battlefield, and at the same time attract more firepower for the second batch of charging companions .
This group of Qing troops attracted firepower as they wished. In fact, they had already entered the range of the Shanghai Han troops on the defense line. It was just that the commander kept them close to about [-] meters before ordering to fire, so as to ensure the hit rate and killing effect.Even though the cavalry of the Qing army adjusted their direction in time, they still couldn't get out of the range of the Haihan army quickly, and they suddenly found that the gunfire did not stop there, and their companions kept being shot and fell off their horses.Before they figured out what was going on, they had already been shot.
The cavalry who launched the second wave of charge after that heard the gunshots on the opposite position, but they rushed to the whip, because as long as they could catch the enemy's ammunition loading gap, they could break through the opponent's line of defense.But this is just a good wish. When they rushed to the front, they found in despair that not only was there a ditch that was not too wide to pass through, but also that there was still a gap between the one-person-high horses on the opposite side of the ditch. It is densely covered with barbed wire, and there seem to be many large and small horse traps in between.Although the trenches where the enemy infantry is located are already in sight, it is by no means easy for them to rush through these obstacles.
When the charging cavalry began to slow down and try to find a gap to bypass the obstacle zone, untimely gunshots sounded again from the opposite position.The cavalry didn't quite understand why the enemy on the opposite side was able to shoot again so quickly. Many people fell into the rain of bullets in such a daze. However, when they tried to leave the battlefield, they found that there was a desperate situation behind them. The gunfire was still ringing endlessly.
Ulgshan watched with a livid face as the [-] cavalry he had sent out lost most of them with almost no achievements. He didn't even quite understand what happened in this battle.The cavalry he sent out successfully triggered the musket fire of the Haihan army, but this kind of shooting was not a wave like the Ming army, but ate up two groups of his own troops almost without interruption.Even some cavalry were shot and fell off their horses when they were a hundred feet away from the opponent's position. Such a range and accuracy had greatly exceeded his understanding of musket tactics.
And these charging light cavalry didn't even have time to launch a round of bow and arrow throws at the enemy's position before falling off their horses or turning around.Of course, even if they did this, it shouldn't have much effect, because a wooden roof was built above the infantry trenches in Haihan's position, which was obviously used to defend against arrows and falling rocks.
The two waves of cavalry charged before and after, not to mention meeting the enemy, even failed to cross the Haogou at the outermost edge of the position, so they had already lost seven or eight, and had to choose to retreat actively.At this time, Ulgshan seemed to finally understand a little bit why Azig had specially told him those few words after he took the order just now.It's a pity that he realized it a bit late, and lost a whole army of soldiers in vain.
Ulgshan is not a fool. Since this test has already seen that the enemy has already prepared for the battle, then if he continues to send cavalry forward, the result should not be much better, and he will send more heads to the opponent in vain. That's all.At the moment, he can only bite the bullet and return to Azig, hoping that the boss will not be furious because of the poor performance of his subordinates.
In fact, such a battle situation was expected by Azig, and the frequency of musket firing on the enemy's position just confirmed his guess—the enemy who built and garrisoned this line of defense were indeed Haihan people.
The loss of two or three hundred horses is not a big problem in Azig's view, and this is not a battle situation that Ulge can change with more than 1000 soldiers and horses, so after hearing the battle report, Azig is still emotional Keeping calm, Ulgshan went to find a few lucky people who rushed close and retreated smoothly, and asked them carefully about the situation of the enemy's position they had seen.
In fact, whether it is Haogou, Juma, barbed wire or other fortifications, the Qing army has no shortage of ways to deal with them, but if it is trying to pass and dismantle these fortifications, it has to withstand the gunfire of the Haihan army, that is another matter. It's the same thing.Similar offensive and defensive battles, the Qing army had tried many times when they fought in Jinzhou and Haihan. It also had such a situation when they confronted Jiulian City by the Yalu River earlier, but they almost never broke through the Haihan defense line. record.
Haihan's ability to control the defense of the battlefield is far stronger than that of the Ming army. Azig is very sure of this. However, the Qing army has not found an effective solution so far on how to crack Haihan's defense mode. tactics.Even the extreme method of using human life to fight back, the Qing army has already tried it, but the effect is still not ideal, and the position in front of it is obviously not a temporary defense line like Jiulian City, it is only needed for the fortifications on the periphery of the position The construction time, Azig believes that at least thousands of people will have to work for more than two months to complete it. The difficulty of breaking through this line of defense must be far greater than that of the battle in Jiulian City.
Azig's judgment on the construction period is quite accurate. From this, he believes that the Haihan army has been preparing for war here for a long time. At least when the news of Haihan's withdrawal from the Korean battlefield was first reported, this armed stronghold should be closed. In construction condition now.In other words, the Haihan people withdrew their fleet from the Yalu River, and then launched a series of plundering operations on the coast of Liaodong, making the Qing army think that the focus of their activities had shifted to Liaodong. stronghold.
Since the Haihan people spent a lot of time building such a large project near the coast of North Korea, it is obvious that the early rumors are not true.Azig could vaguely feel that this was a big conspiracy formulated by Haihan. If he was not careful, this place might become another battlefield where the Qing army suffered heavy casualties.
Azig did not let Ulgshan continue to lead his troops to attack, but sent a number of reconnaissance cavalry to spread out along the periphery of this position to confirm the extent of the Haihan army's control area and whether there is any one of his own who can Weaknesses to be exploited.At the same time, a messenger was sent back to Pyongyang to report the discovery here to Huang Taiji.
"It's over if the Qing army makes such a test?" Seeing that the Qing army retreated three miles away in one breath, Gao Qiaonan couldn't help being a little disappointed at the enemy's cautious performance.The tentative attack launched by the Qing army just now, in his opinion, could not threaten his own position at all, so he ordered the corresponding positions to fire at the right time. Unexpectedly, this seemed to make the enemy vigilant, and he could not Willing to continue the offensive.
Haihan spent two months building the line of defense here, and Takahashi Nan also personally served as a supervisor on the construction site for a long time. Naturally, he hoped that the enemy's offensive would be more violent, so that he could be worthy of building this line of defense. The manpower, material and financial resources spent on a single position.But if the enemy retreated at the touch of a button, the intensity of such an engagement would be too far from what he had expected before the battle.
However, Haihan's strategy at this stage is not to shrink back, stick to this position and wait for the Qing army to attack. Even if Gao Qiaonan has a strong desire for war, he cannot command the troops to take the initiative to attack. Courage goes on the offensive.If they fall into the situation of long-term confrontation like that of Jinzhou Isthmus, it will be too exhausting.
Qian Tiandun was very optimistic about this. If the Qing army wanted to break through the defense line of the Datong River, it would either have to defeat the huge coalition fleet on the river, or it would have to severely injure the Haihan army that stayed on the banks of the Datong River to force Haihan to retreat by itself. , and compared with the two goals, it seems that the latter is still possible to achieve, so sooner or later, troops will have to be sent to attack this position.
(End of this chapter)
When Azig was in Jinzhou, he had suffered a lot in front of the defense line built by the Haihan Army. He knew how many murderous intentions were hidden in these seemingly inconspicuous fortifications, but now he saw this in North Korea. The familiar scene made the memories in Azig's heart that had begun to become blurred instantly clear again.
The 32-year-old Azig is not a coward, and he has made a lot of military achievements in the foreign wars in the later Jin Dynasty. After the Jin army attacked North Korea in 1627, Azig led his troops to conquer five cities. In the same year, he defeated the infantry formation commanded by Man Gui, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army in Jinzhou. In 1629, Azig followed Huang Taiji to defeat the Ming Dynasty and led troops to win battles in Jinzhou, Ningyuan, Zunhua, Tongzhou, Jizhou and other places.In the next few years, Azig also won more victories and lost fewer losses in the war against Ming Dynasty, and became one of Huang Taiji's most trusted generals.
If it hadn't been for a big stumble in Jinzhou, Azig should have become the main force of the Qing army to attack Daming. Because of the impact of a series of defeats in Jinzhou, Huang Taiji's trust in him has weakened, and he will be the main force of the Qing army to attack Daming. The war was handed over to Abatai, Dorgon and others to command, and Azig could only prove his strength through his performance on the Korean battlefield.
Azig held his breath and led his troops to North Korea, hoping that the achievements made here could reshape his image.It is not difficult to suppress the limited North Korean army militarily, but he really did not expect that after making a big circle, he would run into the Haihan army again in North Korea.Moreover, the amount of fortifications around the base is quite large, far exceeding the temporary base on the Yalu River. It is obvious that Haihan has invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources here, and this base should not be just for show.
If the defenders in this stronghold are really Haihan people, Azig feels that this place will be a nightmare for the Qing army again, but he dare not express his feelings, which will definitely have a great impact on the morale of his subordinates negative impact.Azige hesitated at the moment, whether he should respect Huang Taiji's order and send troops to attack this stronghold.
But if he doesn't fight a dozen, Azig will definitely not be able to do business, so he can only ask at the moment: "Everyone, the time for meritorious service has come, who is willing to lead the army to take the lead?"
One of his subordinates, Jiala Ezhence, named Ulgeshan, immediately responded, "I am willing to lead the army to break through!"
This Ulgeshan was an officer transferred from Shenyang, and he had no previous experience in direct confrontation with the Haihan army, so he still had the idea of taking the lead.Azig didn't say anything about the dangers of this place, but just told him that if it was difficult to break through the enemy's line of defense, he didn't have to fight to the death, and decided to advance or retreat based on the direction of the battle.
Azig's exhortations are undoubtedly very "kind", but Ulgshan misunderstood the meaning of his superior, thinking that he deliberately said this to urge him to fight with all his strength, and Dang even said that he would do his best to fight for it. Break through this line of defense in one fell swoop.
Ulgshan had five cattle under his command, totaling [-] troops, about half of which were cavalry.Although he accepted this task boldly, he was not reckless. Instead of rushing in with all his troops, he first sent two hundred horses to the line of defense in an attempt to test the strength of the defenders. Defense strength.Then another two hundred cavalry were ordered to distance themselves from the first batch of cavalry, and followed behind to prepare for the second wave of charge.
Tactics like this are not uncommon in the battles between the Qing army and the Ming army. The Qing army will first use the maneuverability of the cavalry to launch a feint charge, in order to test the firepower points and key defense areas on the Ming army's defense line, and then target them in a targeted manner. Send troops to the direction where the opponent's defense is weaker.
But this trick is not so easy to use against the Haihan army. An independent regiment equipped with a new type of rifle can evenly deploy infantry to the entire defense line, and still maintain a strong firepower output, without having to use a certain amount of troops to strengthen firepower. The compilation is concentrated.
These Qing army cavalry have experience fighting against the Ming army. According to the past practice, they will generally charge to the edge of the Ming army's range. Casualties to attract firepower, and then the next wave of cavalry charged directly.Since the Ming army was equipped with almost all arquebus guns that reloaded ammunition very slowly, they could not output firepower for a long time after firing. In terms of shooting frequency in a short period of time, it was far inferior to trained Archer.
This weakness also led to the insufficient firepower output of the Ming army equipped with muskets when confronting the Qing army in the wild. They often couldn't hold on after one or two charges. It's no different from a fire stick.The experienced cavalry of the Qing army only needed one charge to cause the Ming army to fire out of control, and then quickly broke the formation.
However, these cavalrymen who had never fought against the Haihan army did not know the tactics that the enemy they faced would adopt for the cavalry charge. If they had known, they might not have rushed straight to the enemy's defense line in such a daze.
When these cavalry were still about a hundred meters away from the line of defense, they were pleasantly surprised to find that there was a burst of gunfire from the opposite position.Although several of the charging cavalry immediately fell in response, the cavalry did not panic, and immediately adjusted their direction according to the usual practice, trying to get out of the battlefield, and at the same time attract more firepower for the second batch of charging companions .
This group of Qing troops attracted firepower as they wished. In fact, they had already entered the range of the Shanghai Han troops on the defense line. It was just that the commander kept them close to about [-] meters before ordering to fire, so as to ensure the hit rate and killing effect.Even though the cavalry of the Qing army adjusted their direction in time, they still couldn't get out of the range of the Haihan army quickly, and they suddenly found that the gunfire did not stop there, and their companions kept being shot and fell off their horses.Before they figured out what was going on, they had already been shot.
The cavalry who launched the second wave of charge after that heard the gunshots on the opposite position, but they rushed to the whip, because as long as they could catch the enemy's ammunition loading gap, they could break through the opponent's line of defense.But this is just a good wish. When they rushed to the front, they found in despair that not only was there a ditch that was not too wide to pass through, but also that there was still a gap between the one-person-high horses on the opposite side of the ditch. It is densely covered with barbed wire, and there seem to be many large and small horse traps in between.Although the trenches where the enemy infantry is located are already in sight, it is by no means easy for them to rush through these obstacles.
When the charging cavalry began to slow down and try to find a gap to bypass the obstacle zone, untimely gunshots sounded again from the opposite position.The cavalry didn't quite understand why the enemy on the opposite side was able to shoot again so quickly. Many people fell into the rain of bullets in such a daze. However, when they tried to leave the battlefield, they found that there was a desperate situation behind them. The gunfire was still ringing endlessly.
Ulgshan watched with a livid face as the [-] cavalry he had sent out lost most of them with almost no achievements. He didn't even quite understand what happened in this battle.The cavalry he sent out successfully triggered the musket fire of the Haihan army, but this kind of shooting was not a wave like the Ming army, but ate up two groups of his own troops almost without interruption.Even some cavalry were shot and fell off their horses when they were a hundred feet away from the opponent's position. Such a range and accuracy had greatly exceeded his understanding of musket tactics.
And these charging light cavalry didn't even have time to launch a round of bow and arrow throws at the enemy's position before falling off their horses or turning around.Of course, even if they did this, it shouldn't have much effect, because a wooden roof was built above the infantry trenches in Haihan's position, which was obviously used to defend against arrows and falling rocks.
The two waves of cavalry charged before and after, not to mention meeting the enemy, even failed to cross the Haogou at the outermost edge of the position, so they had already lost seven or eight, and had to choose to retreat actively.At this time, Ulgshan seemed to finally understand a little bit why Azig had specially told him those few words after he took the order just now.It's a pity that he realized it a bit late, and lost a whole army of soldiers in vain.
Ulgshan is not a fool. Since this test has already seen that the enemy has already prepared for the battle, then if he continues to send cavalry forward, the result should not be much better, and he will send more heads to the opponent in vain. That's all.At the moment, he can only bite the bullet and return to Azig, hoping that the boss will not be furious because of the poor performance of his subordinates.
In fact, such a battle situation was expected by Azig, and the frequency of musket firing on the enemy's position just confirmed his guess—the enemy who built and garrisoned this line of defense were indeed Haihan people.
The loss of two or three hundred horses is not a big problem in Azig's view, and this is not a battle situation that Ulge can change with more than 1000 soldiers and horses, so after hearing the battle report, Azig is still emotional Keeping calm, Ulgshan went to find a few lucky people who rushed close and retreated smoothly, and asked them carefully about the situation of the enemy's position they had seen.
In fact, whether it is Haogou, Juma, barbed wire or other fortifications, the Qing army has no shortage of ways to deal with them, but if it is trying to pass and dismantle these fortifications, it has to withstand the gunfire of the Haihan army, that is another matter. It's the same thing.Similar offensive and defensive battles, the Qing army had tried many times when they fought in Jinzhou and Haihan. It also had such a situation when they confronted Jiulian City by the Yalu River earlier, but they almost never broke through the Haihan defense line. record.
Haihan's ability to control the defense of the battlefield is far stronger than that of the Ming army. Azig is very sure of this. However, the Qing army has not found an effective solution so far on how to crack Haihan's defense mode. tactics.Even the extreme method of using human life to fight back, the Qing army has already tried it, but the effect is still not ideal, and the position in front of it is obviously not a temporary defense line like Jiulian City, it is only needed for the fortifications on the periphery of the position The construction time, Azig believes that at least thousands of people will have to work for more than two months to complete it. The difficulty of breaking through this line of defense must be far greater than that of the battle in Jiulian City.
Azig's judgment on the construction period is quite accurate. From this, he believes that the Haihan army has been preparing for war here for a long time. At least when the news of Haihan's withdrawal from the Korean battlefield was first reported, this armed stronghold should be closed. In construction condition now.In other words, the Haihan people withdrew their fleet from the Yalu River, and then launched a series of plundering operations on the coast of Liaodong, making the Qing army think that the focus of their activities had shifted to Liaodong. stronghold.
Since the Haihan people spent a lot of time building such a large project near the coast of North Korea, it is obvious that the early rumors are not true.Azig could vaguely feel that this was a big conspiracy formulated by Haihan. If he was not careful, this place might become another battlefield where the Qing army suffered heavy casualties.
Azig did not let Ulgshan continue to lead his troops to attack, but sent a number of reconnaissance cavalry to spread out along the periphery of this position to confirm the extent of the Haihan army's control area and whether there is any one of his own who can Weaknesses to be exploited.At the same time, a messenger was sent back to Pyongyang to report the discovery here to Huang Taiji.
"It's over if the Qing army makes such a test?" Seeing that the Qing army retreated three miles away in one breath, Gao Qiaonan couldn't help being a little disappointed at the enemy's cautious performance.The tentative attack launched by the Qing army just now, in his opinion, could not threaten his own position at all, so he ordered the corresponding positions to fire at the right time. Unexpectedly, this seemed to make the enemy vigilant, and he could not Willing to continue the offensive.
Haihan spent two months building the line of defense here, and Takahashi Nan also personally served as a supervisor on the construction site for a long time. Naturally, he hoped that the enemy's offensive would be more violent, so that he could be worthy of building this line of defense. The manpower, material and financial resources spent on a single position.But if the enemy retreated at the touch of a button, the intensity of such an engagement would be too far from what he had expected before the battle.
However, Haihan's strategy at this stage is not to shrink back, stick to this position and wait for the Qing army to attack. Even if Gao Qiaonan has a strong desire for war, he cannot command the troops to take the initiative to attack. Courage goes on the offensive.If they fall into the situation of long-term confrontation like that of Jinzhou Isthmus, it will be too exhausting.
Qian Tiandun was very optimistic about this. If the Qing army wanted to break through the defense line of the Datong River, it would either have to defeat the huge coalition fleet on the river, or it would have to severely injure the Haihan army that stayed on the banks of the Datong River to force Haihan to retreat by itself. , and compared with the two goals, it seems that the latter is still possible to achieve, so sooner or later, troops will have to be sent to attack this position.
(End of this chapter)