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Volume One: Invasion of the Capital Chapter 948: New and Old Cavalry Tactics

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    The Qing general who was so angry at this scene stepped forward and punched and kicked him.  Under their scolding and supervision, the Qing army finally started a new round of climbing again.  But when the Qing soldiers were about to climb to the top of the city this time, they did not receive the golden juice. Instead, they heard the sound of labor chants.  The ladders temporarily built by the Qing army must be a bit rough.  There is no iron hook on the head of the ladder, so it cannot be fastened to the city head.  So the team protecting the farm worked in groups, holding the logs, trotting and shouting labor chants, trying to use the top of the logs to knock over the ladder.  This simple method is exactly the right medicine.  Every time he goes back and forth, he can basically knock over a ladder.  Even some fast Qing soldiers were knocked down just as they stretched out half of their bodies.  On both sides of each group of people holding logs, there are another two groups of spearmen. They are constantly stabbing at the top of the ladder to kill those fish that slip through the net.  To be honest, the results of this battle were much smaller. After all, the wall was too short. If it fell, it would only result in a black eye and a nose, but there was no risk of life.  Many Qing soldiers just rolled around on the ground for a few times before climbing up.  But this is also the reason why the village guards do not use stones or wood to defend the village. Without height, these defensive weapons that rely on momentum to kill are not very lethal!  And without the bloodshed, the Qing army suddenly became more courageous, and they began to climb up the ladder one after another.  In addition, the filled trenches are getting longer and longer, and more and more ladders are being built on the city walls. This "bounce ball" game has gradually entered a fierce state.  With the high-intensity impact, the team protecting the village gradually felt tired.  Their movements also slowed down.  Finally, the first Qing soldier climbed up the city wall.  Although he was quickly stabbed to death by spears, gaps in the city wall's defense began to appear.  When a Qing soldier climbed up the wall, the battle began to turn into hand-to-hand combat.  And this time.  The advantages of the Qing soldiers began to show themselves.  The Qing soldiers with rich combat experience gradually gained the upper hand in hand-to-hand combat with the rookie-like village guards.  If it weren't for the large number of people on the wall, and the officials responsible for the defense of the city wall taking the lead, the team might have been dispersed.  But that¡¯s it.  Shi Zhen still led the death squads several times to block the left and right, desperately blocking the gap.  After suffering huge casualties, the Qing army's first siege was finally repulsed.  However, the Qing generals who commanded the attack on Zhuangzi were not discouraged.  The first siege means more testing.  After discovering Zhuangzi's defensive weaknesses, the general immediately adjusted his tactics and changed his deployment.  Then the second round of siege was launched immediately.  Faced with successive attacks by the Qing army, Guan Qiguo, Shi Zhen and others also continuously mobilized fresh troops.  Now there are no tricks left to play, that is, human lives are needed to fill the gap.  Fortunately, as the battle progressed, the team protecting the village gradually got rid of their rookie status.  Zhuangzi is also small and can quickly go around to support him.  In addition, the family members of the village protection team are all in the village.  There was no room for maneuver at all, so the desperate team protecting the village showed super-level combat effectiveness.  And the soldiers who were the main attackers of the Qing army were also people from various Mongolian tribes.  Although they are very brave on horseback, their combat effectiveness is always reduced once they are on flat ground.  This is far different from the Eight Banners soldiers who are excellent at horse and foot.  And such an increase and decrease brought the war situation into a deadlock.  However, with the successive attacks on the city, Zhuangzi was like a boat in the storm.  It could tip over at any time.  As for the Zhuangzi team protecting the village, they can only grit their teeth and hold on.  ¡­ ¡°What a coincidence! Just in time.¡± Zhao Gan said with a smile as he watched several Qing army spies fleeing into the distance.  "What should we do? Where are the tens of thousands of Tatars? Avoid them or hit them?" Chen De asked disapprovingly as he controlled his horse flexibly and kicked the corpses of the Qing soldiers on the ground with his horse's front legs.  But judging from his movements and tone, he looked eager to try.  "What do you think?" Zhao Gan asked immediately.  "Hahaha¡ª¡ª!" The two looked at each other and immediately laughed.  "Then let's compete!" After laughing for a while, Chen De raised the challenge.  "How?" Zhao Gan asked with a smile.  "Half for you, half for me. Let's see who kills more Tatars." Chen De said.  "Okay! Then I'll ride the first regiment, and I'll ride the second regiment. How about that?" Zhao Gan is also a young man at heart, and of course he will not shrink from a challenge.  "Aren't you at a disadvantage?" Chen De was not willing to take advantage.  "It doesn't matter who will suffer the loss. What? Are you still competing?" Zhao Gan, on the other hand, was very impressive.  "Okay! Since you said so! Let's add a bonus! Whoever loses will be treated to a treat when he comes to the capital. How about it?" Chen ?? said.  "Of course it's no problem! You, General Chen, come from a family with a general family, and there is definitely no shortage of money to spend. This time I want to be a big one." Zhao Gan nodded and agreed.  ¡­ ¡­ Zhao Gan and Chen De both followed the Western Expedition Army to invade Shaanxi.  After receiving Wu Shigong's order.  Xue Yong's Western Expedition Army and the Sichuan Army in the whole mountain gathered together more than 3,000 cavalry, with Zhao Gan and Chen De as the chief and deputy commanders, to return to support Beijing.  After the more than 3,000 cavalry were gathered together, Zhao Gan and Chen De simply formed them into two cavalry regiments.  So they rushed on the road and took the time to train these cavalry on the road.  The first cavalry regiment was basically composed of the veteran cavalry of the Ming Army and the three-sided cavalry of the Dashun Army. Their combat skills were relatively outstanding, and Chen De was mainly responsible for training them.  Chen De also adopted the old-fashioned cavalry training method, paying special attention to the cavalry's individual riding training, and putting queue training second.  As for the Second Cavalry Regiment, it is composed of cavalry trained by the Runing Army and some new cavalry. In comparison, their combat skills are somewhat inferior.  So Zhao Gan, who was in charge of the training, only conducted training on cavalry formations and basically gave up all training on combat skills of individual cavalry.  And this is also the collision of new and old cavalry training concepts.  Along the way, neither Zhao Gan nor Chen De could convince anyone.  In addition, the two of them are young and energetic, so they have long wanted to find an opportunity to show off.  Unexpectedly, this cavalry unit happened to encounter the Qing army attacking a military camp at Zhuangzi on the way, so they divided the unit into two and used the results to compare who was right and who was wrong.  But now the Qing army spies have just returned, and it will take some time for the large troops to come over.  So Zhao Gan and Chen De took their cavalry regiments aside.  Then they all ordered to dismount and rest, feed the horses, and prepare for the next battle.  "It's coming! It's coming!" The sentries observing from the front warned in unison.  And huge plumes of smoke and dust were also raised in the distance.  Many veterans of the Cavalry Regiment looked at the flying dust, lay down on the ground and listened for a while, and then shouted loudly: "There are three or four thousand Tatars. Three or four thousand people!" After hearing the cries of those veterans, Chen  De smiled and said to himself: "There are not many people, so we can just compete." Then he raised his hand to Zhao Gan in the distance and made a gesture to prepare to start.  Zhao Gan also waved in response to Chen De.  Seeing that the Qing army had entered six or seven hundred steps, Chen De shouted and led his own soldiers to attack first, and the cavalry of the first cavalry regiment followed.  Zhao Gan looked at Chen De and couldn't wait to attack. He smiled slightly, then picked up the copper whistle hanging around his neck and blew it, while the Second Cavalry Regiment marched forward slowly in a linear queue of cavalry.  Chen De was indeed very brave in fighting.  When the two armies approached, he bent his bow and shot, hitting the neck of a Qing soldier's horse with one arrow.  The front legs of the war horse that had been hit by the arrow softened, and the Qing soldier rolled under the horse, and was trampled into a pulp by the Qing cavalry that followed.  Most of the soldiers of the cavalry regiment who were charging at the front had the ability to shoot arrows on horseback. They flew away with a row of volleys, shooting down the Qing soldiers who were charging at the front.  Not to be outdone, the Qing soldiers also used the unique skill of shooting arrows on horseback.  Chen De, dressed in exquisite armor, is of course the most obvious target.  Several arrows hit the plate armor on his body, making a "bang bang" sound, and then they all bounced away.  Chen De looked lucky, and said to himself: "The armor made by the emperor is indeed good." Then Chen De put down his bow and arrows, picked up the sword hanging next to his horse, and rushed into the Qing Dynasty first with a shout.  Among the military cavalry.  So this side fell into a melee.  Zhao Gan, on the other hand, kept his horse speed and slowly approached the charging Qing army.  When the two armies were fifty steps apart, Zhao Gan's Second Cavalry Regiment just reached the speed of sprinting.  Those in the front row were all cavalry trained by the Runing Army. They held fire guns and fired a volley. Then they skillfully put away the fire guns, raised their lances levelly, and formed a neat queue to charge into the formation.  And the Qing troops who came to stop this time were mostly Mongolian cavalry.  Seeing the Second Cavalry Regiment forming a neat formation, they did not dare to engage in a collision that would hurt both sides.  No matter how high your personal combat skills are, if you face a wall-like cavalry array, you will definitely die.  So they dispersed one after another to avoid the frontal charge of the Second Cavalry Regiment.  But this evasion completely broke up the Qing army's formation.  Facing the rampaging Second Cavalry Regiment, the Qing army here became increasingly chaotic.  The Second Cavalry Regiment also began to divide into groups to kill scattered Qing soldiers.  Therefore, in the battle here, the Daping Army maintained a situation of having more people and fewer people. The Qing soldiers were stabbed one by one, but the casualties of the Second Cavalry Regiment were minimal.  Seeing that the battle situation was so one-sided, some Qing soldiers finally couldn't stand it anymore.  As the first cavalry retreated, the Qing soldiers fled back one after another.  SoonThe Qing troops here were wiped out.  So Zhao Gan immediately commanded the troops to attack the back of the Qing army that was fighting with Chen De, and the Qing army was quickly defeated.
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