1041 Drive the people first
The officer who asked the question carefully recalled the actions of the Mongolian herders and felt that it was indeed the case! He couldn't help but say: "It's true! These Mongolian herders are too cunning!"
The officer asked shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this is not the wish of the herdsmen. After all, no one is willing to die. This should be Dorgon's order!"
Asked several questions, he said, "But those herdsmen should have followed them spontaneously. How could they obey Dorgon's order?"
Liu Pei said: "These Mongolian herders are very poor and do not have the ability to fight independently. If you want to get spoils, you can only follow the army to pick up some leftovers. But if you want to make a fortune, you have to work hard! Dorgon can use the method of paying spoils or specifying robbery areas to drive these Mongolian herders."
At this moment, the Mongolian herders who had already discovered that the sound of muskets had disappeared began to move forward tentatively. At this time, it can be seen that the names of Mongolian herders are indeed amazing! They can suddenly turn while running!
So Liu Pei and the others saw a magical scene! A group of Mongolians either held their bows and arrows and shot arrows forward, or held their scimitars high and shouted loudly and charged forward. But they suddenly turned around dozens of steps away from the square formation, and fled back in a circle left or right.
There are also flexible small herders who can turn back the direction of their progress in the blink of an eye and escape back the same way!
This series of superb equestrians made everyone jealous! Especially Yang Jingfa, who was in charge of the cavalry, drooled in envy.
As the fire of the muskets fell silent, these Mongolian herders became more and more courageous and their actions became closer and closer to the square. Seeing this scene, Liu Pei and the others grinned on the wall of the village! Because they knew that there would be a lot of fun to watch immediately!
Sure enough, when these large numbers of Mongolian herders rushed into the distance of about 50 steps, the two square arrays almost simultaneously shot three rounds of dense muskets around the surrounding area! Moreover, the interval between the muskets was very short, and the herders such as short sword could not react!
This intensive shooting in a short period of time caused huge damage to these Mongolian herders! In an instant, I don’t know how many people were dismissed? This is the first time on the battlefield where Mongolian herders tripped over a large number of corpses!
After being hit by this pain, the Mongolian herders immediately panicked and evacuated
Their casual side was exposed! It turned out that the formation that had been gathered and separated was gone, and the people who were still alive fled out one after another! Those who fell but did not die also moved their legs and ran out desperately!
The soldiers in the square cheered when they repelled the attack of the Mongolian herders! Immediately, a large number of sword and shield soldiers took the opportunity to leave the square to harvest their heads.
In fact, Liu Pei's troops have long cancelled the method of using the head to report merit. Instead, the credit is calculated based on the extent to which the entire team completes the combat goals.
The advantage of doing this is that the soldiers no longer make enemies for each other for the heads. At the same time, it is conducive to the progress of the entire battle. There will be no situation where soldiers are busy cutting the heads and allowing the enemy to escape. As for the heads that Liu Pei cuts are finally rewarded for the court.
When Dorgon saw the Mongolian herders retreating from a distance, he said to the people around him: "Go to find the leader of the Mongolian herders, and say that I will definitely give them what I promised to give them. I will praise them for their good work this time!"
After saying that, Dorgon turned around and asked Yue Tuo and said, "How is it? Did you find anything?"
Yue Tuo said with a serious expression: "First of all, the range of these Ming people's muskets is very long, and they will hurt people if they step by step. I just don't know if they can break the armor? Moreover, their wheels are extremely fast, and they can be seen to be well-trained. The quality of muskets is also very good, at least much better than the bird guns we made! And so far, they have not fired a single cannon on the wall of the village, which means that their combat capabilities are very powerful and they don't take these Mongolian herders seriously at all. Therefore, the power of their guns is not easy to calculate."
Dorgon nodded and said, "And their generals still have money! Because each of their soldiers has iron armor. But their armor seems to be different from ours. It should be a whole. This consumes more iron materials, but the defense is very good."
Seeing that the two of them spoke, the officers around him also won the award in a word and said everything he saw and thought of.
At this time, we can see that the senior leaders of the Qing army were rigorous in combat. At least, being able to calmly evaluate the enemy is one of their secrets to invincibility.
After everyone finished speaking, Dorgon said, "Okay, everyone said it's almost done. We should send someone to try it!"
When Liu Pei's head harvest was almost done, there was another movement from the Qing army camp. When Liu Pei raised his telescope, the scene in front of him made his eyes burst into pieces!
It turned out that the Qing soldiers went from the camp to feel a large number of Ming people! These Ming people were all unkempt and ragged, and they were driven here without knowing how far they walked! Seeing that they were driven to the front of the formation by the Qing army, most of them already understood what was going to happen, and couldn't help but burst into tears! The scene was very chaotic for a moment!
The Qing soldiers escorted them were indeed extremely vicious! When they saw the person who disrupted their formation, they were slashed! Many people were so scared that they kept their mouths shut and dared not make any more noises. They could only stand in place tremblingly.
There were about 3,000 people in the Ming Dynasty. There were more than 2,000 Qing soldiers responsible for escorting them, and they were mixed with the Ming Dynasty. There were 10,000 cavalrymen behind them who were ready.
These Qing soldiers obviously wanted to drive the people forward, so as to take advantage of the chaos to attack the opposite formation. After receiving the order, the Qing soldiers began to drive the people forward, and at the same time they shouted loudly: "Run forward! As long as you can run to the Ming army camp, you can survive!"
But no people would believe such words, and they stood and dared not move forward. So the Qing soldiers began to kick and beat the people. Seeing that it was not easy to use when moving their fists, they gradually began to stab people with the tip of their swords and force the people to move forward.
When the first person was stabbed and stepped forward, all the people were driven to move forward. But the people knew that no matter whether they moved forward or stayed, they would probably not have a good result. They couldn't help but cry for a moment!
Liu Pei gritted his teeth and watched the elongated horizontal lineup of the people getting closer and closer, slowly leaning towards the camp. The 10,000 cavalry following behind were also slowly moving forward. As long as these people rushed to the front of the square formation, they would follow and slash and slash!
As the people got closer, Liu Pei could vaguely hear their crying sounds on the wall of the village. So everyone stared at Liu Pei, wondering what kind of order he gave?
Chapter completed!