1316 Swedish generals
Before these Poles could come to their senses, the light cavalry on the periphery of the Ming army had already rushed over. However, they did not rush to the formation, but specifically caught the infantry phalanxes that had not yet been assembled to raid, harassment, arrows, muskets, etc., and roared away before the infantry reacted.
In this way, the Polish infantry was already panicked because of the defeat of the winged cavalry. With such restraint, the speed of assembly would be even slower. In other words, under the huge pressure, it was a little messy.
Infantry without cavalry cover are basically lambs to be slaughtered. People who have been through the battle formation basically understand this.
The people around Vadislaw IV said to him anxiously: "Your Highness, run quickly, otherwise it will be too late!"
But Vadislaw IV was very unwilling to accept his feelings when he looked at the gathering of infantry. If he ran away, it would be a heavy blow to the morale of the infantry, and it would be a life-and-death. And if he left behind his loyal army and fled, his dreams would be just dreams.
Thinking of this, he hesitated a little. If he didn't run away, what if he was captured by the Ming army or died here in battle?
Just as he was hesitating, the Ming army's offensive spread without any obstacles. The light cavalry was still surrounding the brigade, while the heavy armored cavalry had already carved through the winged cavalry formation, rolling forward, and pounced towards the army's main formation.
"Your Highness, if you don't run away, it's too late!" Some guards were anxious and shouted loudly at his king.
Vadislaw IV watched the Ming army's offensive and then looked at his infantry camp. Among the seven or eight square formations, the square formations on the periphery were unable to gather effectively due to the interference of the Ming army's light cavalry. Faced with the cavalry as if they were on the mountain, there were already signs of soldiers escaping.
The Ming army's cavalry cooperation was too tacit, and the infantry was probably over! Vadislaw IV thought sadly in his heart, so he stopped hesitating and turned his horse to escape!
When he ran for a while, he leaned on the horse and turned to look, but saw that his infantry, whether he was attacked by the galloping Ming army, had already disintegrated after he ran away.
These Polish infantry soldiers knew that they could only survive by gathering to deal with the cavalry's charge, but at this time, they had already fled in all directions. The king had fled and they could not face the pressure of the mountain-like cavalry's charge.
Seeing this, Vadislaw IV closed his eyes in pain. If he had known that he would be defeated so badly, he would not have agreed to the Tsarist Russia's request to send troops. Even if he wanted to send troops, he should have brought enough troops! Now, not only will the direct troops brought out be completed, but even his reputation has finally been gained before will be gone with this defeat!
Wadislaw IV was thinking in annoyance, and suddenly saw a guard beside him falling off the horse. He was startled and immediately came back to his senses and turned his head to look. Not far from them, there were a hundred Ming troops who were biting them, and they were shooting from time to time with bows, arrows and muskets.
The Ming army was still attacking the infantry formation, why did it bite? This doubt flashed through Vadislaw IV's mind, but when he looked carefully, he recognized it. It was the Ming cavalry who had pursued his scouts before. No wonder! They had been neglecting before.
To understand this, Vadislaw IV still had no choice but to speed up and escape. Because there were only twenty cavalry on his side, but one hundred cavalry on his side.
However, the Ming army did not accept the night, but were the elite of the cavalry. They all knew that the one who was running away in front was the big fish in this Polish army. How could the big fish run away under the stimulation of military merits?
As a result, one side fled desperately, and the other side chased each other hard, showing their magical powers. Soon, they ran away without a trace.
On the other side, the Ming army soldiers were already chasing the defeated Polish soldiers. Except for a very small number of winged cavalry, the others were all surrounded by the Ming army, and even birds could not escape, let alone these Polish soldiers.
After half of the killing, there were about a thousand dejected Polish soldiers, who were escorted by Ming soldiers riding on horseback, in fear, to the commander's head.
Although Li Dingguo was young, he was very decisive. After just looking at these soldiers, he immediately determined that these were the permanent troops among the Western Barbarians. Therefore, he ordered without hesitation: "Execute them on the spot, build Jingguan, and warn the Western Barbarians that those who dare to be enemies with the Ming Dynasty will end like this!"
Although these Polish soldiers could not understand the Ming Dynasty's official language, when they saw the Ming soldiers around them picking up muskets and starting to aim at them, they knew that they could not escape and died, and suddenly, there was a riot.
However, no matter what they did, they could not escape death. The head was then cut off and formed into Jingguan. This was also the first Jingguan after the Ming army came to the West. The scale of nearly 10,000 people was considered the first serious warning to the Western Barbarians.
Just as this side had finished dealing with these, Ming Junye, who had been chasing out, did not take them back.
One of them came to the Central Army's flag and reported to Li Dingguo with excitement: "Report to the Grand Marshal and capture the King of Poland alive!"
When Li Dingguo heard this, he was a little surprised. In this battle, he didn't expect that he could still capture the king of Poland alive. That was indeed good. The force of intimidating the Western Barbarians was a little more powerful. How to deal with him? Li Dingguo didn't dare to make decisions on his own, so he went to the chat group to ask for instructions.
When Yang Sichang saw this, he was very happy. After all, he was the king of the real Western barbarian country, not the puppet of the Tsar. If he was escorted back to the capital to offer prisoners, he would also let the country know that he had won a great victory in the extreme west.
Thinking of this, he was about to instruct Li Dingguo to take him back, but Emperor Chongzhen suddenly bubbling: "It's just a king of Western Yi. It's just a big place to execute it on the spot, which is more useful to directly shock Western Yi. There is no need to use this method to promote the power of the Ming Dynasty!"
When Yang Sichang heard this, he thought to himself, Daming is really different from the past. Everyone in the Ming Dynasty knows that the Ming Dynasty's expansion of territory cannot be compared with any dynasty. This Polish country is not as good as a provincial and local emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and it is indeed not worth showing off.
In this way, Vadislaw IV was escorted back in a daze. Seeing his headline being lured into Jingguan, before he could even faint, he was "clicked" by the Ming army soldiers and ended up like everyone else.
In this way, this Vadislaw IV, with the longest title, was the King of Poland, Lithuania, Ruthenia, Prussia, Mazovsch, Samojishi, Livonian, and the hereditary king of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals, and the elected Grand Duke of Moscow, thus becoming a prominent component of the Ming Dynasty's first capital in Europe.
In this encounter, the Eight Thousand Ming Cavalry fought against the Three Thousand Wings Cavalry and Eight Thousand Infantry, and wiped out the enemy with the momentum of the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, including the king Vadislaw IV of its leader. On the side of the Ming army, 146 people were killed and 87 were injured. It was a great victory! This was also Li Dingguo's first real war on the European battlefield. (The Moscow war is actually not considered a war at all!)
After cleaning the battlefield, Li Dingguo immediately moved to the northeast with an order.
In the Tsarist Russian territory in the west, under the sun, a town was filled with smoke. This was not cooking fires, but the houses were burning. Of course, this was not a water flow, but arson by man.
Just in broad daylight, more than 15,000 people, including infantry, cavalry, and artillery, drove out of this town, like locusts. As soon as they swept past this town, many people had stolen property and laughed at each other, but some people didn't get it, cursing while walking.
"Damn it, you guys are doing it too quickly!"
"You haven't heard of it before, but you have a slow hand?"
"Yes, follow our beloved marshal to make a fortune, how can you move slowly!"
"Remember in the future. As long as we follow the orders of the marshal, we will have opportunities along the way!"
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In the outskirts of the town, the Russian people scattered silently stared at the army, their eyes full of hatred. However, this was the army led by the Swedish Ming general. His style was always like this and notorious, but it was invited by the Tsar. The tragedy that had happened was probably no one to decide for them at all, which made them all feel desperate.
In fact, the Swedish army was not like this before. When Gusta II was still alive, his military discipline was strict and he was the best disciplined force on the European battlefield. This also made the Swedish army invincible on the European battlefield. However, since Gusta II died in the previous years, his famous general who was also famous for his military achievements, Leonard Tolsfumon, who was later praised as the "father of field artillery", changed his style.
After becoming the Swedish marshal, this famous general stopped paying wages to his subordinates and condoned soldiers to loot, which gradually legalized the robbery. It was almost exactly the same as Valenstein, another notorious general on the European battlefield. It was both a "fight to support the war" style.
His behavior led to the military style and military discipline of the Gustav era. The composition of the army also changed. The soldiers were no longer simply free peasants in Sweden. Some hooligans, villains, rogues, etc. joined him and became soldiers. Their purpose of joining the army was no longer to pursue honor, defend their country, and defend their faith, but to rob the family in the war.
Of course, since he is a famous general, he naturally knows the importance of military discipline. However, his military discipline mainly relies on corporal punishment, beating, torture and strangulation to safeguard the "seriousness" of "military discipline". He "treats his subordinates equally" and punishes them severely no matter how high their military achievements are.
This time, when Sweden received a messenger for help from Tsarist Russia, the famous Queen Christina was still young, and the Swedish prime minister Axel Uxenzena was in power. Speaking of which, this person was also a famous European celebrity and known as a virtuous prime minister. His reputation was similar to Zhuge Liang in Chinese history. Therefore, after receiving the letter of help, he immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to get involved in Tsarist Russian territory, and sent out the mad dog Leonard Thorst Torstenmori without hesitation.
After all, Leonard Torstenmori can be said to be the most powerful military general in Sweden at this time, and his style is also suitable in Tsarist Russian territory. In this past, even if he did not have the opportunity to defeat the Ming army that came from afar, Tsarist Russia could have severely damaged its vitality.
Of course, Tsarist Russia knew the power of the Ming army, but no matter how they described it, Sweden would not realize how powerful the Ming army was. In their opinion, even if the Mongols in the Genghis Khan era came over again, their military strength at this time could teach those Mongols how to be human!
This is not an exaggeration. The military reforms in the Gusta era made Sweden a military power that shocked Europe. Now it happened to be the Thirty Years' War on the European battlefield. The Swedish army defeated the Mongols who participated in the war without any pressure. In Leonard Tolstenmori's view, the Mongols' fighting style was already behind, and now they are already the world of firearms.
However, at this time, he was listening to a scout's report in the central army, and his expression was still very serious.
"What did you say? The Ming army was all cavalry and suddenly appeared in Moscow?" Thors Fujimori asked in surprise, "This Ming army is so fast? It seems that the Grand Patriarch Filalette was not expected to be cheated!"
"The marshal is wise. According to reports, Patriarch Filalet was still resisting the Ming army at Samara Fort, but this cavalry bypassed Samara Fort and suddenly appeared in Moscow. According to the escaped people, Moscow is probably going to be captured by the Ming army."
Thors Fujimori nodded when he heard this, which made his face become a little serious and a little serious, and said: "I didn't expect that the Ming army's speed is really fast!"
"Haha, that's not as powerful as the marshal!" The generals around him immediately flattered him.
However, this statement is not entirely flattering. This famous Swedish general also has another title given by later generations, which is the father of "Blitzkrieg". His combat style also emphasizes mobility. In the 30 Years of War in Europe, he often unexpectedly attacked the enemy and won many victories in the war.
After hearing this, Tolsfumony enjoyed it. This mobility was originally his proud work. However, he was surprised by the mobility of the Ming army. After all, the Mongols in the Genghis Khan era were also cavalrymen, so it would be strange if they had no mobility. Therefore, after a little sigh, he waved his hand and said, "This place is still far from Moscow! Even if we want to meet the Ming army, it is probably impossible. According to previous news, if the Ming army wants to take the initiative to attack our army, it is probably necessary to fight a battle with the Polish army first!"
"The Marshal is wise. The Polish army is led by Vadislaw IV himself. He has elite winged cavalry under his command. Even if he cannot defeat the Ming army, it will be enough for the Ming army to have a drink!"
"I have to say that after the Ming army occupied Moscow, if we knew that the marshal was leading the army, and with the Polish winged cavalry, we would have been so scared that we would have fled to the east!"
"Hahaha……"
Unscrupulous laughter rang over this land that had just been ravaged by them.
This also includes Thorst Fujimori. Although before that, he also heard that the Ming army had defeated tens of thousands of enemies with 800 people. But he himself was a military expert. After carefully investigating the war, he realized it in his heart.
The war that time was not because of how powerful the Ming army was, but because it was just a fraud that deceived the Mongols who had already scared them.
Thinking of this, Thorst Fujimori had an expectation in his heart: when he defeated the invading Ming army, his reputation would definitely be at its peak and would be higher!
Chapter completed!