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Volume One: Invasion of the Capital Chapter 952: The Old Routine of Change

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    Dorgon was calm on the outside, but restless inside.  And Xue Yongli was calm on the outside, but restless inside.  Facing the upcoming national war, both coaches were a little nervous.  But it takes a long time for hundreds of thousands of troops to form a pre-war formation.  However, the two armies patiently deployed their troops and did not disturb the enemy's formation.  There were no provocations by cavalry in front of the enemy formations or chases between small groups of cavalry, which were very common before the war.  Today it was decided to decide the outcome, so the two coaches were not interested in playing tricks.  But while waiting, several Qing soldiers came running from the direction of Shanhaiguan.  They delivered an urgent report to Dorgon.  Dorgon took it apart and took a look, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.  Then he announced loudly to the surrounding Qing generals: "Soni and the others fought well! They pushed back Wu Ni's troops who rescued the two cities in Liaodong. You must also fight well and don't let Sony and the others stand out in front of you.  !¡± ¡°Good!¡± Good news came before the war, which is really a good sign.  Then a burst of cheers immediately broke out under the banner of the Chinese military commander.  Looking at the cheers of the generals, Dorgon still kept smiling, and then he stuffed the urgent message into his arms.  That urgent message was indeed sent by Sony.  However, the content was not the good news that Dorgon said, but just a report: Sony's scouts and Pegasus Town's scouts had met, and there might be a war with Pegasus Town soon.  Of course, the purpose of Sony's urgent message was to ask Dorgon to send more reinforcements.  But after receiving this urgent report, Dorgon felt much more relieved.  He thought he understood why.  It turned out that in order to hold back the main force of the Qing army and prevent Dorgon from sending troops to support Sony's troops, the Daping army uncharacteristically switched from defense to offense.  After understanding this reason, Dorgon was relieved.  Having results is much better than making random guesses.  Let¡¯s talk again.  Now because Shanhaiguan is in the hands of the Qing army, the Qing army is actually fighting from the inside.  As long as the main force of the Daping Army in front of them is repulsed, the Qing army can easily pass through Shanhaiguan to support the Sony Department.  You can even seize the flaws in the Daping Army's offense and decide the outcome in one battle.  Of course, Dorgon now hopes Abate's troops will appear the most.  The reason why Dorgon hid it from the generals around him just now.  That's because the Sony Department has just made contact with Pegasus Town, and no battle reports have been transmitted yet.  So why did Dorgon distract the generals?  Everything is focused on the decisive battle before us.  What is very interesting is that before the decisive battle began, Dorgon pinned his hopes for victory on the threat of the Abatai tribe to the Daping Army's rear route; while Xue Yongli pinned his hopes for victory on the Han Dynasty.  The army's rebellion and the arrival of reinforcements.  Both coaches did not understand the situation in other theaters due to lack of information.  They also pin their hopes on off-the-field moves outside the battlefield.  On the other hand, Dorgon and Xue Yongli also faced off against their own troops in today's decisive battle.  Winning by relying solely on one's own strength is a bit lacking in confidence.  "Master! How should we fight?" Seeing that both sides were about to complete their formation, Tuberi asked Dorgon.  "Just follow the old routine of the past few days and let the Han army flag in front charge first." Dorgon replied.  Dorgon just kept the same in response to all changes, trying to make Xue Yongli on the opposite side have the illusion that the Qing army didn't notice anything strange about the Daping army at all.  Attracting Xue Yongli to make command mistakes.  Following Dorgon's order, the more than 20,000 Han troops at the front of the Qing army, all under the cover of the front row of oars, slowly pressed towards the Daping Army's main formation.  The current Qing army also has experience in fighting the Daping Army.  Therefore, their oars and carriages were scattered relatively scattered, and they would not be concentrated fire by the Daping Army's artillery.  Moreover, they also completely gave up the tactic of cavalry rushing into battle, just to limit the power of the Daping Army's firearms.  So what was going on at the beginning was infantry versus infantry.  And seeing that the Qing army still maintained its normal state of attacking first.  Xue Yongli couldn't help but say "Hey".  There was no way to hide the early departure of a hundred thousand troops from the camp, and Xue Yongli never thought of hiding it.  But according to Xue Yongli's understanding, the Qing army's tactics will definitely make corresponding changes.  Unexpectedly, the Qing army was still the same as before, which made Xue Yongli have a lot of doubts.  Could it be that the Qing army has discovered that the Han army has rebelled?  Could it be that the Qing army wanted to use the general's plan?  Did something unexpected happen that I didn't know about?  Question marks appeared in Xue Yongli's mind.  However, the Qing army has followed the old routine to attack first, so the Daping army should give up the attack and follow the old routine to defend first!  So Xue Yongli made a gesture and asked the troops to defend for a while.  Then the soldiers immediately ran along the passage to the front troops, passing Xue Yongli's orders everywhere.  The battle situation after that was like a repeat of the previous days.  The artillery of the Daping Army was still the first to show off its power.  But the Qing army¡¯s oars were relativelyDisperse.  Artillery cannot focus its fire either.  Therefore, although the artillery shells destroyed many oars, such losses were still within the tolerance of the Qing army.  Even with the cover of the oar car, long-range firepower such as muskets and swarms of bees have no shooting effect.  Therefore, the Daping Army simply did not use these firepower.  By the time the Qing army's oars approached, the Daping army's phalanx had already formed a spear formation.  After the Qing army behind the oar rushed out, they immediately threw a large number of javelins and throwing axes at the Daping army.  To disrupt the Daping Army's spear formation.  However, under the cover of the free fire of the gunmen, the spear formation of the Daping Army moved forward and began to assassinate. The number of casualties on both sides gradually increased.  However, not long after the battle, seeing that the formation of the Daping army was still intact, the Qing army began to shout gold, so the fighting Qing soldiers also dragged their oars back to their own formation.  Originally, according to the old routine, the Qing army should have withdrawn its troops and ended the day's battle after several similar battles.  But the next battle deviated from this trajectory.  Seeing the retreat of the Qing army, Xue Yongli also immediately ordered: "The ten regiments in the front row maintain the square formation and move forward at the review speed." The review speed of the Daping Army is equivalent to modern time, that is, walking seven or eight steps a minute  About ten steps.  So the drummers of each regiment beat the war drums, and the ten phalanxes composed of ten regiments in the front row also moved forward to the beat of the drums.  Seeing the ten square formations of the Daping Army marching forward in uniform steps with their spears erect, some Qing soldiers who did not know the inside story widened their eyes and found it difficult to accept the sudden change in the tactics of the Daping Army.  Knowing that the Daping Army might move, Tuberi and others pointed at the Daping Army's phalanx and shouted excitedly: "Here they come! They are attacking!"
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