【Chapter 717】The battlefield is unscrupulous
(0717)
Nurhaci believed that the Great Jin army with the blue flag had a chance to directly break through the city wall. However, they just did not do this. It seems that the strongest resistance encountered by the Great Jin Kingdom after entering Liaodong appeared. It seems that it is not easy to break through this resistance! What exactly should we do? Can we clean up the white-clothed army of Yangguan Fort?
Abatai suddenly asked, "Has reinforcements arrived recently in the White Army?"
Amin answered cautiously: "According to the scouts' statistics, about a thousand people arrived."
Let Abatai let go of his heart. In his opinion, the white-clothed army of more than a thousand people is indeed nothing. Since the Great Jin army entered Liaodong, the Ming army destroyed tens of thousands. Therefore, a small number of one thousand people is not in the eyes of the senior officials of the Great Jin Kingdom. That is something that Niu Lu Zhangjing should pay attention to.
It seems that the negotiations of Atulai were indeed effective. The White-Clothed Army should have been confused by Nurhaci's strategy. Most of them naively believed that the Great Jin Kingdom was really preparing to solve the problem through negotiations. If they knew that the Great Jin army was working hard to increase troops to Yangguan Fort, they should have sent large troops to reinforce. If they wanted to defeat so many Great Jin army, it would be absolutely impossible to defeat so many of the White-Clothed Army's troops, which did not have more than 10,000 troops.
Nurhaci also felt that the White-Clothing Army had more than a thousand people, which was amazing. He subconsciously believed that the defeats of the Blue Flags, White Flags, and Red Flags were actually due to the lack of experience of the Great Jin Army. Because the Great Jin Army had never had contact with the White-Clothing Army before, and did not know about the White-Clothing Army, they would be caught off guard and suffer such heavy losses when they encountered the White-Clothing Army. From any perspective, the Great Jin Army was still very capable of fighting. As the understanding between the two sides continued to deepen, the Great Jin Army would definitely recover the situation.
This time, Nurhaci brought enough troops. In addition to the 20,000 Jin army he personally led, there were 30,000 Mongolian cavalry. If the Yangguan Fort was not a fortress, the white-clothed army could be completely trampled into green powder by horse hooves. He believed that if the Yangguan Fort could not be taken down, it must not be due to the military force, but because of other reasons. Is there any other reason? Nurhaci doesn't know yet.
The only thing he knew was that the White Army had clearly rejected the negotiation requirements of the Great Jin Army. It seemed that he did not want to resolve the problem through negotiation, and Xu Xingxia also did not want to resolve the problem through negotiation. The two of them were just the same as heroes. Everything could only be resolved through war. The Great Jin Army had already concentrated all its troops, and whoever wins and loses would have to fight this one. No matter whether Xu Xingxia could be killed or not, they must show the might of the Great Jin Army.
Amin was still very wise. Before Nurhaci arrived, he ordered all the cannons in Liaodong to be concentrated and placed in different categories. He also arranged for the Han soldiers to be buried as gunners, so they could be put into use at any time.
The Ming army abandoned the number of cannons in various parts of Liaodong, as many as five or six hundred. Most of them were Folang cannons, and a small number of tiger squat cannons. The main force was of course the Folang cannons with up to three hundred.
A large number of captured Ming soldiers were responsible for the artillery operation under the expulsion of the Jin army. Originally, the Ming army hated the most was the Ming soldiers who used artillery, and they wanted to chop them up and feed them to the dogs. Because the Ming army had only cannons, which could cause effective damage to the Jin army. Of course, the Jin army would not let go of those who caused harm to themselves. However, under the current special circumstances, Amin had to change his original intention and reuse these Han artillery soldiers.
Amin believed that if the White Army did not have sharp firearms, it would definitely not be the opponent of the Great Jin army. But the most powerful one of the White Army was the Firearms. This made even Amin, who did not like firearms, had to try to change his concepts and slowly began to accept the existence of firearms, especially the existence of cannons. The current Great Jin army seemed to have only used cannons, which could cause a certain degree of damage to the White Army in Yangguan Fort.
In the past, all the Great Jin Kingdom despised firearms very much. Nurhaci once emphasized that the Great Jin Kingdom had always established a country by riding and shooting, and firearms must not be allowed to impact the status of bows and arrows. Only by mastering superb riding and shooting skills can the Great Jin Kingdom continue to survive and develop. He implemented this belief in the minds of everyone around him. Therefore, after they seized the Ming army's firearms, they would either bury or destroy them, and would not be put into use at all.
However, in several battles with the White Army, Amin regretfully discovered that the Great Jin army's bows and arrows were only slaughtered in front of the White Army's muskets. It was completely impossible to defeat the White Army with bows and arrows. Unless he wanted to fight, he had to start paying attention to the firearms. Otherwise, the Great Jin army would have to continue to be slaughtered. As for Nurhaci's belief, he could only temporarily abandon it. It is estimated that Nurhaci himself would soon abandon his belief in the face of the White Army's powerful muskets.
"Who knows what kind of musket was used by the White Army?" E Yidu asked the question that everyone was most concerned about. Nurhaci originally wanted to ask this question, but he was embarrassed to speak. As the king of the Great Jin Kingdom, it seemed a bit rude to ask such a question out loud. E Yidu happened to ask him a little bit of an embarrassment.
There is no doubt that the muskets equipped by the White Army are definitely not seen by any Da Jin army. There must be no such powerful muskets among the muskets that the Da Jin army has been exposed to. Otherwise, how could the Ming army in Liaodong be completely defeated so quickly? Judging from the wounds of the Da Jin warriors who were killed, they were almost fatal. Even the fierce Bai Huayala died after being shot with one shot. After dissecting many corpses, the senior officials of the Da Jin Kingdom found that the projectiles shot into the body of the Da Jin army were never seen before.
However, no one could answer E Yidu's question. In fact, everyone present wanted to know the answer to this question. Unfortunately, no one present knew the answer to this question. In the previous battle, the White Army did not leave any weapons and equipment. Even a broken musket was not left behind.
However, there were many shells of the Han-style rifle, but they were ignored by the senior officials of the Great Jin Dynasty. They did not think that there was any close connection between the large number of shells left on the scene and the muskets of the White-clothed Army. There was no way, all of this was beyond their understanding and they could not understand. The intelligence network of the Great Jin Dynasty in the mainland was not completely spread out, and it was absolutely impossible to spy on the power of the Han-style rifle.
Hu Erhan said carefully: "Maybe, we should find a way to inquire?"
This so-called way of thinking is naturally to do anything. Whether it is to use violent means or to tempt it, you must find a way to get the firearm equipment of the white-clothed leather. The best way is to get a musket used by the white-clothed army and then hand it over to the craftsmen for careful research. However, Hu Erhan himself also knew that it was very difficult.
The White-Clothed Army is now tightened in Yangguan Fort, and it seems that there is no intention to come out. The Great Jin army wants to arrange people to catch live. As for sending people to the mainland to spy on the confidential equipment of the White-Clothed Army, it is not until the time spent on the road is affordable. Maybe by the time they get accurate information, the brutal White-Clothed Army has already conquered Liaoyang.
Tang Gudi said: "Let's launch an attack and test it?"
Amin shook his head and said, "There is no need for this. If we continue to attack, there will be no benefit except for the vacancies of casualties."
Tang Gutian smiled cruelly and said meaningfully: "There is no need to lose our personnel, just chase all the Han people up. If the White Army fires, we will just study their musket secret from the side. If they don't shoot, we will take the opportunity to take down the Sheep Officer. No matter how the White Army reacts, we will not suffer any loss.
Amin didn't say anything. Tang Gu's suggestion was actually what he was going to say. He had long wanted to push the Han surrendered soldiers to consume the ammunition of the White-Clothed Army. He had even gathered a large number of Han surrendered soldiers. However, such suggestions were obviously better when they were spoken from Tang Gu's mouth. After all, he was Nurhaci's own son!
Sure enough, Nurhaci nodded inadvertently and agreed to Tang Gudi's suggestion. Tang Gudi immediately turned around and went to execute. He didn't need to prepare any problems, because Amin had prepared everything. Soon after, nearly a thousand Han surrendered troops came slowly to Yangguan Fort. Behind them were two or three hundred Jianlu archers.
When Liu Chuang saw this scene in the telescope, he couldn't help but say harshly: "These trash are so inhumane that they actually let the Ming army surrendered soldiers come forward! Those Ming army surrendered soldiers are really. Don't they know that they are making cannon fodder for Jianlu?"
Xu Xingxia said calmly: "The battlefield is always useless, why complain? Calm down. No matter who you are, you will fight back without permission. Liu Chuang, you will organize dozens of sharpshooters to specifically greet the Jianlu archers behind you. Everyone should pay attention and put the enemy close to about ten feet before firing."
Chapter completed!