"What? The Ming army captured Changsha!"
Shang Ke, the king of Qing Zhi Sheng, was delighted to hear the news and felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
During this period, the Ming army pressed forward step by step and successively captured Ling County and Chaling Prefecture. They lost another 10,000 horses. If they continue to fight, they will lose all their capital!
If the Ming army captures Liling again, their retreat will be cut off.
These days, you can be king only if you have soldiers! Retreat quickly! Save your strength.
Shang Kexi was so old and cunning that he retreated from You County to Liling overnight, then from Liling to Liuyang in one breath, and finally withdrew from Liuyang to Pingjiang. He joined up with Yuezhou Commander-in-Chief Ma Jiaolin and defended along the Miluo River.
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He was afraid that the Qing government would blame him for fear of war, so he used the pretense of defending Yuezhou and defending Wuchang.
Dorgon saw that he had soldiers in his hands, but he had been obedient all these years and did not punish him. He ordered him to reprimand him and ordered him to defend Yuezhou and perform meritorious service.
Seeing that Zhu Hengjia had driven Shang Kexi back to the north bank of the Miluo River, Zhu Hengjia did not continue the pursuit. He ordered Xingyehou Yang Fuchen to lead Hu Yiqing and Zhao Yin to select 30,000 troops to defend along the Xinqiang, Tongxi, and Changshou lines, and to station on the south bank of the Miluo River. He led the army.
Rush to Changsha to join forces with Yan Zungao's troops.
Zhu Hengjia's army had just arrived in Changsha, and the troops of General Qing Pingnan and the obedient Wang Kong Youde also arrived.
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Changsha, also known as Xingsha, this star city that corresponds to the Changsha star in the sky, has been plagued by disasters this year. It has just finished two major battles, and is about to usher in a third, larger battle.
Zhu Hengjia's army of 150,000 troops suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and he divided it into 30,000 troops to guard the Miluo River, leaving less than 110,000 troops. Yan Zungao's troops had 47,000 troops and lost several thousand. After the two armies merged, their strength reached
One hundred and fifty thousand.
After cutting off the 20,000 troops of Guangxi Governor Li Maozu and the general Yu Shizhong, Kong Youde's army had 110,000 troops. There were more than 10,000 casualties, and more than 10,000 were left to guard Yuanling, leaving 80,000 troops.
The Ming army had an advantage in numbers, but it had few cavalry and few heavy artillery. The Qing army had a small number, but it had more cavalry and more heavy artillery. Half of the 7,000 men of the Han army, led by Zhen Jinli, who had red flags on the mountains, were cavalry.
In addition, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming also had two thousand cavalry each. As for the number of three-thousand-jin red cannons, the Qing army had fifty, while the Ming army had only eighteen.
This Jin Li was a hard-core traitor. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty eleven years earlier than Kong Youde. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty around the same time as Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng, Jin Yuhe, and Gao Hongzhong.
A generation of traitors. He participated in major battles such as the Battle of Songjin and won the trust of his master. His troops were better equipped than Kong Youde's troops. They not only had cannons and muskets, but also more cavalry.
This man was originally a military officer of the Ming Dynasty and served as the military commander of Wubao. When Nurhaci came, he did not dare to fight or even escape, so he surrendered directly. When he first surrendered, he was still as timid and skinny as he was in the Ming Dynasty.
When we were fighting on the island, we were afraid to move forward. Unexpectedly, the military law of the Qing Dynasty was different from that of the Ming Dynasty. When fighting for the Ming Dynasty, it was nothing to be afraid of moving forward; when fighting for the Qing Dynasty, if we were afraid to move forward, we would lose our heads. After the war on Pidao,
The Qing court considered that his crime should be executed. At that time, there were few traitors, so Huang Taiji thought that by killing him, he would be missing a good example. So he asked him to keep his head first, so that he could serve his crime and make meritorious service. Jin Li luckily escaped with his life.
, I understood a truth: when fighting for the Qing Dynasty, you cannot be cowardly, otherwise you will have your head chopped off. From then on, this man became particularly brave in fighting, made many military exploits, and was often praised by Huang Taiji.
"Report, the Ming army came to fight through Yuelu Mountain and camped sixty miles away from our army!"
"What!"
Kong Youde was overjoyed when he heard the news and told the generals: "If the Ming army had defended against the dangers of Yuelu Mountain, this battle would have been difficult. Now they dare to come to the plains to fight a decisive battle with me. My king's heavy artillery and cavalry are enough for him."
It's time to drink a pot."
The Han army on the side, Zhenglan Banner Meilezhangjing Tuntai, quickly congratulated Kong Youde: "Congratulations, General, the puppet king of Jingjiang in the Ming Dynasty became so proud and arrogant after winning a few small victories that he actually abandoned the danger of mountains and rivers to fight with our army.
A decisive battle on flat ground. God will help the general to succeed. This opportunity cannot be missed, and it will never come back!"
Kong Youde laughed loudly: "What Zhang Jing said is true, the whole army will set off immediately to fight the Ming army decisively!"
Although Tuntai is just a Meile Zhangjing (equivalent to the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty), when he speaks, Kong Youde will basically give him face.
Why? There is someone behind me! Standing behind me is Tong Jia, who ranks first among the eight most popular surnames in Manchuria, the famous "Tong Banchao".
There is another Han named Tong Yanghe in Tuntai. He is not a Han, but an out-and-out Manchu. However, when the Ming Dynasty was strong, their family changed their name to the Han surname Tong. Later, when the Qing Dynasty rose, they
Apply to the Qing court to change back to his old Manchu surname: Tong Jia. The Qing court divided the Tong Jia family name into two parts, one part was incorporated into the Zhengbai Banner of Manchuria; the other part was incorporated into the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army, and served as the flag master, Gushan Ezhen
, senior officials such as Mele Zhangjing.
Tuntai was not incorporated into the Manchurian Banner and became Mele Zhangjing of the Han Army's Zhenglan Banner. He was unhappy. He felt that the name Tong Yanghe sounded like a Han Chinese and did not reflect his noble status as a Manchu noble. So he changed it to himself.
He chose the name Tong Dai. Tong Dai is a good name, and he sounds like a Manchu. As a result, "Tong Dai" and "Tun Tai" are homophonic, and they were passed around, and everyone called him "Tun Tai". In this way, Tong Dai became a Manchu.
Master Yanghe became Master Tuntai.
In fact, there is really no need to worry about Tong Yanghe. In order to reflect the Manchu-Han family, the Qing court gave Han surnames to all eight Manchu surnames: Tongjia, with the Han surname Tong; Guarjia, with the Han surname Guan; and Majia, with the Han surname Ma.
; Suochuoluo family, the Han surname Suo; Qijia family, the Han surname Qi; Fucha family, the Han surname Fu; Nala family (Nala family), the Han surname Na; Niu Hulu family, the Han surname Lang.
The Tongjia family to which Tuntai belongs ranks first among the eight major surnames in Manchuria, and is known as "Tong Banchao" for a reason. The old Tong family was originally a giant family in Liaodong, and they were engaged in business and had a lot of money. Nurhaci was the son-in-law of the Tong family.
, Tong Jia is the Yuan concubine of Nurhachi, with the eldest son Chu Ying and the second son Daishan. When Nurhaci started the army, the old Tong family asked for money and people, so they made great efforts. Naturally, they were higher than the other seven great Manchu noble families.
Come out.
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"In the supervision of the country, is it too risky for our army and the Tatars to fight on the plains?" Zheng Feng asked Zhu Hengjia.
"Zheng Qing, I don't want to have a decisive battle on the plains. But among Gu's 150,000 troops, 30,000 are vehicles and artillery. It is difficult for these 30,000 troops to play their role in mountain warfare. Besides, our army is far more numerous than the Qing army. How can we be passive?"
Defense, losing the way to take the initiative? So this time, I want to take the initiative to attack and fight in a majestic formation."
Zheng Feng thought for a while and said: "In charge of the country, the Qing army's cavalry is not terrible. Although there are more cavalry than our army, they only have eight thousand cavalry. When fighting in formation, it is difficult to penetrate the formation of our 150,000 army. But Those who worry are the enemies of the enemy."
Zhu Hengjia nodded: "At this point, I have also considered it. The enemy's heavy artillery is inconvenient to set up. It takes two or three hours to set up a fort. Therefore, the key to this battle is the word 'quick', which must be used between two Within hours, defeat Kong Youde!"
Zheng Feng thought for a while: "If you want to defeat the enemy quickly, you can divide the vehicles and artillery into several rows and get close to shoot. In addition, build more carriages to approach the enemy."
"Zheng Qing's words are very good. I have built a thousand carriages and prepared for the decisive battle!"
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The third battle of Changsha begins. Star City Changsha, the stars gather together.
The left wing of the Qing army is led by King Geng Zhongming of Huaishun, Han You, and Gao Shiqing, with 20,000 troops; the right wing is led by Guangxi Governor Li Maozu, led by the Han army Zhenglan Banner Meile Zhangjing Tuntai, Yu Shizhong, and Hui Zhiguan, with 20,000 troops ; Kong Youde led the Han army with red flags and solid gold on the mountains. Xu Yong, Lin Guoan, Sun Long and Li Yangxing served as the central army with a force of 40,000.
General Kong Youde gathered all the cavalrymen and assembled 8,000 cavalry, and put them under the command of Jin Li, who were at the forefront of the Chinese army. He also ordered Xushun Gong Shen Zhixiang to lead more than 2,000 troops and lay heavy artillery emplacements in the rear. Kong Youde gave Shen Zhixiang a strict order, The fort must be set up within two hours.
The left wing of the Ming army was led by Wuyong Marquis Yan Zungao, who led Liu Wenxiu and Chen Youlong, with 40,000 troops; the right wing was by Dingxi Hou Li Mingzhong, who led the generals Chen Shangchuan, Deng Yao, and Yang Yandi with 30,000 troops; the middle army was led by Zhu Hengjia, Zhang Chengwu, Zhao Yong, and Wang Xiang, Sun Guangwei, Bai Wenxuan, Feng Shuangli, Gao Minggui and other generals with an army of 80,000.
Zhu Hengjia gathered 80,000 troops in the center. He was determined to defeat Kong Youde's Chinese army in one fell swoop. He also gathered the cavalry from each battalion and gathered 4,000 cavalry, under the command of Sun Guangwei, the cavalry battalion commander.
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The two armies slowly approached, and the air became deathly silent.
After traveling four miles, both sides stopped, and with the help of auxiliary soldiers, the soldiers began to put on their armor.
Armor is very heavy. If you wear armor from the beginning, your soldiers' physical strength will be exhausted prematurely.
"Chitose!"
"Chitose!"
"Chitose!"
Zhu Hengjia's unique coiled dragon banner appeared in front of the Ming army formation, and eight horses pulled a four-wheeled high-platform command vehicle in a circle around the formation. Waves of overwhelming shouts rang out from the Ming army formation.
Kong Youde frowned. This hypocritical King of Jingjiang was very courageous and dared to come to the battle in person.
"It is passed down by this king's general order that anyone who captures the fake Ming Jingjiang King will be promoted to three ranks and be rewarded with a silver reward of 10,000 taels; anyone who kills him will be promoted to a two-ranked rank with a reward of 5,000 taels of silver."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Kong Youde beat the drum himself. He ordered the cavalry to charge into the formation, followed closely by the infantry.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The marching drum of the Ming army also sounded.
The three large phalanxes on the left, center and right slowly move forward. Different from the two ordinary phalanxes on the left and right, the Ming army's Chinese army has six rows of sidecars behind the formation. The first two rows are equipped with rockets; the back two rows
Equipped with Crouching Tiger cannon; the last two rows are equipped with Thousand Jin Fran machine cannons.
"Da! Da! Da!"
The Qing army's cavalry lined up in eight columns, each with a thousand cavalry, and attacked the Ming army.
Soon, Jin Li's cavalry entered the range of the Ming army's artillery.
"Boom!"
Men and horses fell on their backs, smoke filled the air, and people kept falling. However, because they formed a column, the area affected by the attack was small, and the casualties were not large.
Seeing the Qing cavalry approaching, Zhu Hengjia said to Sun Guangwei, the cavalry commander: "General Sun, the success or failure of our army depends on this battle. General, are you willing to stop the enemy's cavalry for your own sake?"
Sun Guangwei accepted the order and went there. He also divided the four thousand cavalry into eight columns to fight against the Qing cavalry.
Sixteen black lines collide together to form eight thick lines.
The Qing army's cavalry was more numerous and well-trained, and they had the upper hand. The Ming army's cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and they soon lost more than a thousand cavalry.
But their sacrifice was not meaningless. They successfully slowed down the Qing cavalry, turning the charge into a melee.
The Ming army's infantry phalanx quickly approached the Qing army's cavalry. Jin Li saw that the Ming army was less than a hundred steps away from him, and he lost speed. Knowing that the task of rushing into the formation could not be completed, he ordered a retreat.
In order not to destroy their own battle formation, the cavalry of both armies circled back to the formation from the flanks.
After the cavalry left, there was a decisive battle with the infantry.
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Kong Youde saw that the cavalry failed to disrupt the Ming army's battle formation, and his own heavy artillery could not be set up for a while, so he did not dare to move forward, so he ordered a defensive formation. He ordered Shen Zhixiang to quickly set up the fort.
In order to save time and quickly defeat the Qing army, King Zhu Hengjia waved his flag and the whole army attacked.
He ordered the vehicle and artillery battalions to approach and fire at close range to destroy the Qing army as much as possible.
Zhao Yong, the commander-in-chief of the vehicle and artillery battalion (originally named Zhao Erhu, named Yong by Zhu Hengjia after seeing his bravery in battle) waved his flag, and the sidecar quickly moved towards Kong Youde's Chinese army, approaching and bombarding the Qing army.
Four hundred and fifty steps, five and six rows of sidecars stopped, and the thousand-pound Fran machine cannon on the car fired explosive shells at the Qing army;
Three hundred steps later, three and four rows of sidecars stopped, and the Crouching Tiger Cannon opened fire, firing shotgun shells;
Two hundred steps later, the first two rows of sidecars stopped and launched rockets. In addition to various "swarm" rockets such as "Magic Arrow" and "Hundred Tigers Running Together", the Ming army also used the "Magic Fire Flying Rocket".
There are two kinds of "winged rockets": "Crow" and "Flying Sky Thunder".
These two kinds of rockets are filled with gunpowder in the crow-shaped and spherical bodies respectively. There is a gunpowder line coming out of the gunpowder and connected in series with the gunpowder in the take-off rocket gunpowder barrel. When launching, the gunpowder line of the take-off rocket is first ignited to make the rocket fly to the enemy.
, and detonate the gunpowder in the crow's body and the ball, killing and burning the enemy's troops. These two types of rockets are of little use in defense, but they are sharp weapons for breaking formations and attacking cities.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"
Explosive shells, shotguns, and rockets fell like a heavy rain on the Qing army's battle formation.
Kong Youde was shocked. He had fought against the Ming Army's vehicle and artillery battalions many times, but the Ming Army's vehicle and artillery units in the past were only equipped with small cannons and rockets, and the number was not large. But the Ming Army in front of him not only had a large number of small cannons, but also had thousands of kilograms of rockets.
Medium-sized artillery such as the Franco machine.
How careless!
Kong Youde knew that now was not the time to regret, so he ordered the Fran cannons and Tiger squatting cannons in his formation to fight back; at the same time, he ordered the general's carriage to be pushed out, and ordered the sergeants to hide behind the carriage as a cover.
The artillery of the Qing army opened fire, but they always valued heavy artillery and despised small and medium-sized artillery, Franco machine guns, and squatting tiger cannons in small numbers, so they lacked firepower and could only be suppressed by the Ming army's artillery.
The Ming army's carriages also arrived, totaling a thousand, each of which could cover two or twenty-two soldiers.
"Bang! Bah! Bah!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The Qing army's muskets and bows and arrows shot at the Ming army, but they could not penetrate the thick carriage.
After the carriage approached the Qing army, the Ming troops behind the carriage jumped out, formed a mandarin duck formation each time, and charged towards the Qing camp.
Those in front move away from Luzhai and resist the horse and spear, so as to clear the way for the rear army.
"Kill!"
Kong Youde knew that he couldn't do anything if he didn't fight hard, so he led his personal guards to rush in and kill the Ming troops who entered the battle.
If the coach dares to fight, the three armies will fight bravely.
Xu Yong, Lin Guoan, Sun Long, and Li Yangxing all led their troops to fight to the death with Kong Youde.
"Kill!"
On the left, the Ming Army's Yan Zungao Division and the Qing Army's Geng Zhongming's Division fought together; on the right, the Ming Army's Li Mingzhong Division and the Qing Army's Li Maozu and Qing Army's Tuntai Division fought fiercely.
The two armies fought and became three pieces. I am among you, and you are among me.
In the melee, the Ming army's numerical advantage began to show. Gradually, the Qing army began to lose strength. Kong Youde's Chinese army was even more shaky and about to collapse.
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The Qing army's fort was finally built. Seeing that his own army was in danger, Shen Zhixiang, the Duke of Xushun, quickly ordered the bombardment of the Ming army.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The red cannon fired a ten-kilogram iron ball, which exploded and rolled in the Ming army's rear array.
One actually exploded near Zhu Hengjia's Panlong Dahu.
Zhang Chengwu, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army, asked for orders: "Please transfer the supervisor of the country, and leave the last general here to take command."
Zhu Hengjia was furious: "The enemy is about to collapse, how can I avoid the enemy and fear to fight?"
He ordered the Panlong Da Ba to move forward, and ordered the vehicle and artillery battalion to leave the gunners to continue firing, while all the gunmen were replaced with swords and shields to charge with him.
Zhao Yong, the commander of the vehicle and artillery battalion, was overjoyed and ordered the deputy general to command the gunners to continue firing. He led more than 10,000 sword and shield soldiers and Zhang Chengwu joined forces to attack the Qing army.
Seeing Zhu Hengjia's Panlong banner moving forward, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted.
"Kill!"
As Zhu Hengjia's Chinese Army and the rear camp's vehicles and artillery joined the battle group, Kong Youde's Chinese Army could no longer hold on and collapsed.
"Your Majesty, retreat quickly, and the rear will be cut off at the end." Kong Youde's subordinate Sun Long volunteered to cut off the rear.
Sun Long was very loyal to Kong Youde. He was not only Kong Youde's subordinate, but also Kong Youde's in-laws. His son Sun Yanling was engaged to Kong Youde's daughter Kong Sizhen.
Seeing that Sun Long was about to break up, Kong Youde nodded.
He didn't care to say anything more and raised a flag to order the three armies to retreat.
"Kill!"
Sun Long mounted his horse and hung his sword, and led two thousand of his men to attack the Ming army. The Ming army came like a tide, cutting down one man, and then another came. His sword was curled, and when he was about to change it, a blunderbuss bomb hit him. , hit the chest. Time pauses, a little foolish loyalty, repay Kong Youde.
The third battle of Changsha is over.
The blood-red smell permeated this star city, and the countless corpses on the battlefield seemed to be talking about something.
Don’t you see me?
Qinghai Head,
No one has collected the bones of ancient times.
The new ghost is annoyed and the old ghost is crying,
The sky is overcast, rainy and wet, and the sound is chirping.
This chapter has been completed!