Daming pirates

In this way, when Yu Xiaotian invited Dorgon to fight to the death, the Jiannu on the east bank of the canal had been completely defeated by them and completely lost their combat effectiveness. Now Yu Xiaotian and the Yu Jiajun soldiers and generals simply cannot

There is no need to worry that the Jiannu slaves will go to the east bank to cause trouble at this time.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian also transferred part of the troops of the second brigade to the west bank at this time to strengthen the team for the decisive battle.

This time, Yu Xiaotian dispatched a total of more than 20,000 troops. A total of four brigades were deployed on the battlefield. Three of the brigades were not fully staffed. The number of artillery deployed was as high as 160, most of which were twelve-pound howitzers.

In addition, there were a small number of six-pound cannons and two battalions of cavalry, totaling more than 2,000 people. It can be said that they were all equipped with the best, and all their capital was invested in this huge gamble.

As for Dorgon, they spent all their capital this time. In addition to leaving some troops to guard the people who were held hostage and the materials they looted, it can be said that they invested all the troops they could.

On the battlefield, I hope that this battle can defeat the Yu family army and completely open up the way to withdraw from the pass.

After the scout reported the news of establishing slaves, Yu Xiaotian calculated the time silently. This time his army arrived at the battlefield about half an hour earlier than the enemy. So this time he captured another

Opportunity.

Within a few miles ahead, the Yu Jiajun's scouts had blocked the frontal battlefield. Within a few miles, they had basically blocked the way for Jiannu's scouts to investigate the situation. This provided him with a considerable opportunity.

Not a bad opportunity.

Yu Xiaotian rolled his eyes and showed a treacherous smile. He turned to Meng Fei who was following him and said: "I said, why are you still standing there? Are the engineers and soldiers a little too idle? Why don't you find something for them to do?

Why don't you just bury the big gifts we prepared for the slaves? Why are you standing there in such a daze?"

After hearing this, Meng Fei slapped the stainless steel helmet on his head and replied with a look of frustration on his face: "Look at my head, I don't know what I was thinking about just now! I obey! Haha! I'll make arrangements right away!"

After saying that, the guy saluted, turned around, ran away, and started making arrangements.

Within a few minutes, a group of unarmored Yu family generals flew out of the formation from several places, carrying a lot of things. After running to a distance of more than 100 meters in front of the formation, they immediately began to resemble a group of soldiers.

Like groundhogs, they started digging with the picks and shovels they carried.

They moved very quickly, and soon dug out a large deep pit in front of the Yu family's army formation, put some tightly wrapped things in oilcloth into the pit, and then poured a lot of stones on top.

, broken pieces of porcelain, broken pieces of iron and the like,

Of course, some people use more professional things, which are some iron round cast iron cans, which can be put directly into the pit. Then they immediately hang a rope on these iron cans and check

After everything was correct, he pulled out a pin on the iron can, quickly sealed the pit with soil, buried these things, and swept the surface with a broom so that he could not see from a distance that something had been buried here.

Then these engineers quickly ran back to the formation while laying down ropes, and a special person was responsible for watching some ropes.

Yu Xiaotian looked at the busy work of these engineers with a smirk on his lips. These things were some great gifts he had prepared for Jian Nu. To put it bluntly, they were land mines.

The better ones are iron mines specially cast by arsenals. In addition, because the quantity is limited, some explosive packets are simply used. Since the flash cap was successfully developed, the application of mines has gradually matured, although the pull-type fuze has not yet been developed.

The trial production was successful, but the mechanical firing fuze had already been tested first.

These landmines are equipped with a simple mechanical firing fuse, which replaces the previous ignition method of laying a long fuse to ignite the mines. This makes landmines truly capable of actual combat.

The percussion fuze is actually a simplified spring plus hammer. A flash cap is installed on the mine. When stored, the flash cap is not installed and a pin is used as a safety. When used, the wax seal is removed and the trigger is opened.

Hang up the match rope and remove the pin to complete the firing preparation.

Once used, you only need to pull the match rope hard, and the machine head will hit the flash cap under the action of the spring. The flash cap will fire, and the mine can be detonated.

Therefore, it was not until this time that Yu Xiaotian used landmines as standard weapons and equipment for engineers to use.

Today he arrived here ahead of schedule. Of course he couldn't just wait for the slave-building army to come over. He had to prepare some gadgets for them in advance. It would be good to give them some surprises then. In addition, he could also test the actual combat effectiveness of this mine.

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Not long after the engineers had just completed the task of laying landmines, a very wide black line appeared in the distance on the horizon. Through the eyepiece of the telescope, you could see that it was a black line composed of people and horses.

, countless Jian slaves are rolling in from a distance, like a group of super-large army ants, spreading over the land and slowly moving towards the battlefield.

At first glance, it looks really impressive and menacing. Among the slave army, flags are fluttering and their helmets are bright. Under the radiance of the morning sun, their swords and guns reflect the cold light.

But Yu Xiaotian sneered. After many confrontations with the Jiannu during this period, he already knew the strength of these Jiannu armies. Although it seemed that the terrain of this place was open, it was because there was a canal to the east and a canal to the west.

On the other side is another small river. This terrain seems flat, but for an army decisive battle, it is not necessarily conducive to the use of the side with more troops.

The Jiannu are good at cavalry, and it seems to be very advantageous for their cavalry to launch an attack here. However, the width of the battlefield is only so wide. Even if the Jiannu troops have more troops, they can only be put into the battlefield in batches.

The Yu family's army does not seem to have as many troops as Jiannu, but they can deploy on this surface, without having to worry about the left and right wings being attacked by Jiannu cavalry.

What's more, the Yu Jiajun's infantry phalanx has extremely strong defense. Nearly twenty infantry phalanxes are formed in battalion units, which firmly controls the battlefield. Even if there are no temporary parapets and other defensive facilities here,

The Yu Jiajun's own infantry phalanx is still the nemesis of the cavalry.

Coupled with Yu Jiajun's firepower output ability, Dorgon dared to challenge this battle, and Jiannu's side was already at a disadvantage. Therefore, Yu Xiaotian was not afraid of Dorgon's troops coming, but what he was afraid of was that he did not dare to come.

If Dorgon were to cut off his warriors now, give up the hundreds of thousands of Ming people they had kidnapped and countless property, suddenly turn around and choose a route, bypass Tianjin Guards, go straight to the west of the capital, and go west to project out of the pass.

Then Yu Xiaotian really could only stare blankly, completely unable to stop the slave-building army from escaping.

But now when he saw that the Jiannu army was coming from a distance, his heart was completely in his stomach, and he immediately ordered: "Send the order to the artillery, today is the day of decisive battle, order them to

You can ignore the consumption of ammunition and artillery and let me fight with you! Don't compromise too much. As long as Jiannu enters the farthest range of our artillery, you can fire. I want Jiannu to be able to fire from the beginning to the end.

Tremble with the roar of our cannon!"

When the artillery officers heard this, they were all overjoyed. This time they came with double supplies of ammunition. In addition to the artillery front truck being filled with ammunition, the baggage battalion also carried an extra backup supply of ammunition for them.

, just to have a good time today.

Now that Yu Xiaotian has issued such an order, it is equivalent to letting them fight as they like. As long as they can reach the opponent, there is no need to save ammunition. For them, this is another form of mercy, so these officers

Every one of them was as happy as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood.

You must know that being an artilleryman is a very honorable thing for the Yu Jiajun, and being an artillery officer is even more honorable, because the artillery is a technical branch with high quality requirements and high physical requirements.

Higher, whether they are officers or soldiers, they are all selected.

Moreover, artillery is usually in a relatively safe position during war. In addition, firing artillery is also a very enjoyable thing. Although it is extremely hard, firing a cannon is much more enjoyable than firing a musket by an infantryman. It sounds like a pleasure.

Because artillery consumes a lot of money, they usually don't open the door for them to fire casually when fighting on the battlefield. They are often allowed to fire only when it is most important. This makes many artillery soldiers feel unsatisfied. Sometimes low-intensity

In combat, even their artillery can only stare blankly, fire two cannons at random, and the infantry rushes in, and it's over. Therefore, the artillery rarely has the opportunity to seize the opportunity to attack at will.

But today, Yu Xiaotian issued an order for unlimited artillery fire, which allowed these artillerymen to get their fill of artillery. No wonder these guys were unhappy. They immediately started making preparations, one by one.

The muzzle of the artillery began to slowly rise under their operation.

Although the direct firing range of the twelve-pounder gun is not far, only about 400 meters at most, but if the elevation angle of the muzzle is increased, the solid projectile can be fired up to 1,200 meters away, and it can effectively hit the house.

If the target is large or small, it can be further away, but in that case it will be completely inaccurate and has no practical significance.

Therefore, after hearing the order, the artillerymen immediately adjusted their artillery to the maximum effective range, which was a distance of 1,200 meters, aimed at the direction of the slave army, and prepared for the artillery attack.

At this time, Dorgon, Du Du and other slave chiefs led tens of thousands of troops and entered the battlefield. They stopped three miles away. These guys were not stupid. They knew that the Yu Jiajun's cannons could hit far and wide.

It was accurate, and they could hit about three miles away, so they did not dare to go any closer in formation, but stopped three miles away.

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