Five thousand soldiers and horses attacked Weijialing Pass.
The remaining 20,000 troops stayed where they were and waited for an hour, and then launched a feint attack on Li Dingguo's main force at the agreed time.
Dorgon knew that he had the upper hand in terms of military strength, so why didn't he take the initiative to fight Li Dingguo head-on? Instead, he chose to launch a feint attack?
besides.
Why did Li Dingguo dare to lead his troops north to fight against the Jiannu when he knew that he was not at an advantage in terms of military strength?
Because Li Dingguo had a large number of artillery.
He had indeed lost the previous battle.
But there is a reason for this.
It is difficult to deploy artillery, especially heavy artillery, in small-scale battles.
The fewer people in the army, the faster they can move and turn.
We had just fixed the artillery when the other side moved sideways.
Artillerymen had to adjust the direction of their guns or even move their guns.
If the artillerymen make two or three consecutive adjustments, their physical strength will be affected, which will affect the subsequent battle.
But fighting with a large army is different.
By that time, the battlefield will be full of people, and the artillery muzzles only need to be aimed forward.
Dorgon understood this well.
It’s not that he didn’t want to have a decisive battle with Li Dingguo, but he didn’t want to have a head-on battle with the infantry under Li Dingguo.
His plan was to first defeat the cavalry under Li Dingguo.
Without the cover of the cavalry, the infantry could only retreat.
Boom——
The horse's hooves stepped on the ground, making the sound of war drums beating.
Five thousand Jiannu cavalry attacked Li Dingguo's left and right wings respectively.
In order to preserve the strength of the cavalry, Li Dingguo transferred them to the rear of the infantry.
The Jiannu cavalry neither launched a large-scale attack nor retreated.
Instead, they launched harassment on the Ming army's infantry.
The main forces of both sides began to confront each other in the Zhen'anbao area.
It was noon.
Li Dingguo received an urgent report.
"Huaer Camp and Weijialing Pass are each besieged by thousands of Jiannu. Request for support!"
To save or not to save?
Li Dingguo was caught in a dilemma.
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