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Chapter 86 The Battle of Daankou (1)

On November 11, the second year of Chongzhen's reign, it was sunny and the line at Da'ankou was clear.

Following the instructions issued by the military aircraft department, Lu Xiang was promoted to command the Tianxiong Army and went into battle. Zhou Yuji led the Yongwei Battalion as the flank and appeared within the right wing of Jianlu to attack.

"What's wrong with the Ming Dog? Why do they send out soldiers and horses to dig wide ditches wherever they go?" Jierhalang frowned and looked at the silent Yue Tuo and said.

"It's like this at Shimen Town, and it's still like this at our D'ankou front line. Yue Tobeile, why don't you give the order to order our cavalry to go into battle?

Are we just going to watch Ming Gou gain a foothold under our noses and then launch an offensive towards the Da'ankou camp?"

"Ben Baylor has his own plan!"

Yue Tuo glanced at Jierhalang coldly and said: "Right now, the main forces of our banners in Dajin have been transferred to Qian'an City to break the strong hold of the Ming Army.

If you can attract more Ming troops, you can reduce the pressure on King Khan. Don't forget, there are only a few Niulu troops in Zunhua. If you spend one more day, the chance of winning in Qian'an will increase!"

"..."

Ji'erharang frowned slightly, and when he heard Yue Tuo's scolding words, he felt angry in his heart. Wasn't it because Saharin was killed by Ming Gou? Was it Ben Beile who wanted him to be killed?

He was overestimating his own capabilities. He was obviously trying to spy on the military situation in Shimen Town, but he decided to attack Shimen Town. On the way, he was attacked by the Ming army rushing for reinforcements. If he was killed, he was looking for death!

"Dang Dang Dang..."

A rapid golden chirping sounded, and outside the commander's tent, there were chaotic footsteps and the clanking of armor leaves. Various signs indicated that the invading Ming army seemed to be on the offensive.

Yue Tuo and Ji'er Harang came out of the tent, flexing their teeth and hurriedly banging their armor to salute. Several Jianlu generals came hurriedly with swords in their hands, saying that the invading Ming army had already arranged their troops in a large formation and headed towards the right wing camp.

March.

"Woooooooo..."

The sound of horns reverberating between heaven and earth stimulated the Tianxiong army to go to war. Lu Xiangsheng was riding on his horse, looking at the Jianlu camp not far away with a bright light in his eyes.

"Brother, why didn't the invading Jianlu troops station troops at Da'an Pass? Instead, they sent out many soldiers and horses to build a camp inside the pass?"

Lu Xiangjin, who was accompanying him, looked puzzled and looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "Obviously guarding the main line of Da'ankou can effectively block the Ming Dynasty's army by taking advantage of the geographical advantage.

But why did they..."

"You don't understand this."

Lu Xiangsheng looked indifferent and said to Lu Xiangjin: "The key passes, piers, etc. built along the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty were all due to the terrain.

As an important place to resist foreign enemies, its characteristics are mainly external and less internal. Da'ankou, which our Tianxiong army attacked, is an important pass under the jurisdiction of Jizhou Town.

Therefore, in order to avoid the influx of large numbers of foreign enemies, which would cause difficulties in rushing for reinforcements, many military roads were built on the inner line of Da'ankou to facilitate the reinforcements and troops to board the key passes."

Lu Xiangjin nodded clearly, so that's what happened. No wonder most of the soldiers and horses of the Jianlu right wing entrenched here moved out of the inner line of Da'ankou and built a camp based on the terrain.

After sighing with emotion, Lu Xiangjin continued: "Brother, how should our Tianxiong army attack in this battle to cause huge casualties to the right wing of Jianlu with minimal casualties?"

"In this battle, our Tianxiong Army will use a defensive approach to attack!"

Lu Xiangsheng straightened his back, scanned the military formations in front of him, and said loudly: "I want to let these Jianlu know that the Ming army, which has weapons on the battlefield, dare to start a field battle with them!!"

Previously, from the Guangqumen area of ​​Shenjing, Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong and Zhongyong armies from the Shenjing Guangqumen area, as well as bags of granular gunpowder and bags of lead bullets, and rushed to the frontline battlefield.

On the way, Lu Xiangsheng thought of some offensives surrounding these new firearms.

Although there are flying thunders similar to the Sky Thunder among the existing firearms of the Ming Dynasty, they are far less powerful and lethal than the Sky Thunder provided by the Military War Bureau.

Especially inside the Thunder Thunder, there are a large number of iron beads, nails, etc. hidden inside. Once they explode among the enemy, the secondary damage caused will be even greater!

"Da da da……"

As the Tianxiong army went out to fight, they continued to approach Jianlu's right-wing camp, and the cavalry under each department began to shuttle between the formations, delivering corresponding military orders.

Different from the other armies of the Ming Dynasty, in order to ensure that the Tianxiong and Zhongyong armies could form combat strength in the shortest possible time and complete the system of command and control, Lu Xiangsheng deliberately brought his relatives to the same place during the ordering outside Guangqumen.

The localities are unified into one unit, with blood ties and the township party as the link, so as to achieve a situation where one person dies and many people take the lead.

The Ming Dynasty did not have feelings about family and country. Even the elites selected from the Beijing camp were mostly for salary. This was one of the current situations that Emperor Chongzhen would set out to change in the future.

"Give the order to hit the rear of the army. Immediately assemble the trebuchet and carry the cluster thunder mines, ready to throw them at Jianlu at any time."

"Send the order and order the troops on the left and right wings to be on guard. If the Jianlu cavalry is attacking, suppress it with a rain of arrows. Order the guerrilla generals in each department to guard the area and be sure not to advance rashly."

"Pass the order..."

After leading his troops to the predetermined battle position, Lu Xiangsheng, who was in the middle of the army, was not in a hurry to launch an offensive. After observing the construction of the prison camp ahead, he issued a series of military orders.

The accompanying cavalry and Pegasus galloped towards the various ministries to deliver orders. The ten troops under Tianxiong Army quickly made adjustments. Each chariot served as the core of each battle line. The shield bearer set up his large shield to cover the infantry, crossbowmen, and firemen under his command.

The formation of more than 30,000 Tianxiong troops, including gunmen, grenadiers, etc., made Yue Tuo, Jierhalang and others who commanded the right wing of Jianlu fall into deep thought.

"Damn, the leader of this Ming army is really stable."

Jierhalang stood on the wall of the stronghold, looking at the various Ming army units in the distance, frowning and saying: "The size of the invading Ming dogs is at least 30,000, which is far better than the four banners on my right wing!"

The Jianlu generals gathered around Yue Tuo, all of them had shining eyes and excited expressions on their faces. It was obvious that the Ming army did not pay attention to the future invaders.

It’s no wonder that in the black land of Liaodong, when the Eight Banners fought against the Ming army, they were often one against ten. No matter how huge the disparity in strength between the two sides was, the Eight Banners would still win in the end!

"Baylor, let's go to war and tell these damn Minggou guys to know how powerful my Eight Banners are!"

"Master, this slave invites you to fight!"

Under a burst of shouting, Yue Tuo observed the invading Ming army. His frown never relaxed. For some reason, he always felt that the Ming army in front of him was very different from the Ming army he had fought against before.
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