The Baling offensive and defensive battle has been going on for more than a month.
Zhu Hengjia was reluctant to let his direct troops attack the city, so he asked Li Chengdong's old troops Du Yonghe, Hao Shangjiu, and Li Yangchen to serve as the main attackers, attacking the east, south, and north gates respectively, while he led his troops to support them.
This Li Yangchen was originally the deputy general of Xiong Shao, guarding Nanxiong Mansion in Guangdong. Whoever is more powerful will follow the grass on the wall. Jin Shengheng attacked Ganzhou and paid the gold without saying a word; Liu Wuyuan defeated Jin Shengheng and surrendered to Liu without saying a word; Li Chengdong He came with a large army and returned to Li; Zhu Hengjia attacked Jiangxi, and he immediately became a die-hard loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Hengjia was worried about such a person staying in the rear, so he transferred him to Yuezhou to help in the war.
He walked slowly and leisurely, and when he reached the Tongguying area of Jiangxi Province, he simply stopped and asked around.
After learning the news of the Ming army's continuous victories, he immediately whipped up his horse and rushed to Yuezhou in more than ten days.
Li Yangchen was afraid that Zhu Hengjia would blame him for being late, so he knelt down to apologize as soon as he arrived at the camp. He gave excuses such as snow, slippery roads, stomach upset, etc. one after another.
Zhu Hengjia sneered in his heart, but on the surface he was very kind. Instead of blaming him, he gave him a banquet, a python robe, and a jade belt.
After having been in charge of the country for a long time, Zhu Heng and his family are clean. It doesn't matter how he punishes his direct generals. For miscellaneous generals, they can be killed and rewarded, but they cannot be scolded. If they are scolded, they will surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and they will be in trouble.< /p>
After several rewards, Li Yangchen felt embarrassed.
Zhu Hengjia spoke: "Vice General Li, the armies are tired from long battles. Your troops are newly arrived and are fresh troops. I will leave the task of attacking the city to you. I hope you can attack the city with all your strength and live up to my expectations."
"Don't worry, the supervisor, the general will definitely make a show to show off the power of our army," Li Yangchen responded loudly.
Du Yonghe, Hao Shangjiu, and Li Yangchen's troops of more than 20,000 people launched a fierce attack on the 15,000 remaining troops of Ma Jiaolin, Tie Zhaorong, and Sun Kaizong in the city.
In order to show his face in front of Zhu Hengjia, the three generals personally commanded the troops to set up ladders and attack the city. The commander-in-chief of Qing Yue Prefecture, Ma Jiaolin, personally risked the arrows and stones to defend the city.
Seeing the fierce attack of the Ming army, Ma Jiaolin said to Tie Zhaorong, the deputy general of the navy: "Brother Tie, the Ming army has too many ladders. I want to let brother Tie lead five hundred elites to lower the city and destroy the ladders. How dare you, brother Tie?" ”
After the defeat of the water battle, Tie Zhaorong led 3,000 defeated navy troops to flee into Baling City, which actually increased the number of defenders in the city by 3,000 people.
He was originally a Hui general who was good at riding and shooting, but he was sent to take charge of the navy. In the battle of Dongting, he was defeated and he was really unconvinced.
Hearing this, he replied loudly: "Why don't you dare?"
Tie Zhaorong selected five hundred elites, each of whom held a sharp knife in his mouth, and lowered him down outside the city with a rope from a remote part of the city wall.
He led his elite troops and quietly slipped to the east of the city.
Li Yangchen, who was mainly attacking Dongcheng, was rewarded by Zhu Hengjia. In order to repay the kindness of the supervisor, he attacked with the greatest vigor, setting up more than 300 ladder trucks alone.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Li Yangchen personally beat the drum to cheer for his subordinates.
"Kill!"
A cry of killing came from the city.
Yes, the morale of the soldiers is very high!
Huh? No, why did you kill your own people?
Li Yangchen took a closer look and saw that a Qing army suddenly appeared from under the city. They pushed down the small ladder and set the big ladder on fire. The Ming soldiers on the ladder were either thrown to death, burned or hacked to death.
Hurry up and gather your troops to fight this Qing army.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the army approached, this group of people ran away and ran to the bottom of the city wall. They were pulled back to the city along the rope.
After counting the losses, the subordinates lost between five and six hundred men, and more than a hundred ladders were destroyed. The momentum of the siege was stagnant.
Seeing that the strong attack was ineffective, the three generals dug tunnels to attack the city. They ordered the soldiers to use cloth bags to hold soil, pile it up into a wall, and plant trees to form a fence, supplemented by playing cards to block the Qing army's sight.
They also selected archers and gunmen with good shooting skills to snipe the Qing army's lookout posts, and secretly organized manpower to dig tunnels.
Unexpectedly, Ma Jiaolin used the "listening to the urn method" to detect the Ming army's intention. Not only did he dig a deep trench parallel to the city wall in the city, he also dug a side door from a remote part of the city wall, preparing to rush out of the city to seize it unexpectedly.
Authentic.
He moved out boxes of gold and silver treasures and encouraged his subordinates: "Anyone who can get out of the city to seize the tunnel will be rewarded fifty taels of silver each."
Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. The Qing army in the city became red-eyed and wanted to go there.
After receiving the reward, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty worked desperately and swarmed forward. The Ming army's bullets were like rain. The Qing army covered their heads with playing cards and advanced with knives. They seized the tunnel entrance outside the city and set fire to the tunnels hidden inside.
The Ming army smoked to death more than two hundred people.
The siege failed and the morale of the Ming army dropped. Ma Jiaolin took the opportunity to send two generals, Tie Zhaorong and Sun Kaizong, out of the south and north gates to attack Du Yonghe and Hao Shangjiu's camp. Although they failed, they suffered heavy losses to the two generals.
Seeing that the three generals were unsuccessful in attacking the city, Zhu Hengjia ordered Zhao Yong, the commander of the chariot and artillery battalion, to bombard Baling City.
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Yan Zungao's West Route Army and Zhu Hengjia's East Route Army joined forces. Excluding battle losses, the total strength of the Ming Army was still as high as 180,000.
The majestic and majestic battle, which spans hundreds of miles, made Ma Jiaolin in Baling City feel frightened.
Zhu Hengjia summoned the generals of the Western Route Army to express condolences one by one.
Suddenly, a general threw himself in front of Zhu Hengjia and knelt down, sobbing.
"Please ask the prison country to make the decision for the Ran family of Youyang!"
"Who are you?"
"I am Ran Tianyu, the acting envoy of Youyang Xuanwei".
Zhu Hengjia understood as soon as he heard that the Ran family of Youyang was extremely loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and was ordered by the Ministry of War to reinforce Huguang. Unexpectedly, Wang Xiang of the feudal town took advantage of it and captured Youyang. Ran Tianlin, the envoy to comfort him, also died in the battle. What an injustice!
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He expressed his position on the spot: "Ai Qing, please get up quickly. I already know the grievances of the Ran family. Don't worry, Ai Qing, the Ming Dynasty will never treat its loyal ministers badly! After I take Wuchang, I will definitely uphold justice for the Ran family in Youyang!"
Ran Tianyu thanked him repeatedly.
After Zhu Hengjia finished handling the military affairs, he was preparing to lead a large army to capture Baling City in one fell swoop, when he suddenly saw Li Dingguo hesitated to speak.
"Li Qing speaks out when he has something to say, how can he not accept advice?"
"Jian Guo, are you aiming at Yuezhou or Wuchang for this expedition?"
"Of course my ambition is Wuchang."
"Since the ambition is Wuchang, it is not advisable to capture Baling quickly. The enemy in Baling is already a turtle in a urn and can be captured at any time. Wuchang is a majestic city in the world. If the Qing army is huddled in the city, it will be difficult to get out in a hurry. But the enemy surrounding Baling cannot be attacked. , lure the enemy in Wuchang to come to reinforcements. Annihilate the enemy's reinforcements and weaken the strength of the Wuchang defenders."
Zhu Hengjia was stunned and burst out laughing: "Shi Qiwen told Gu that Li Qing is a general. I see that Li Qing is not a general, but a handsome man. A great commander!"
Then according to Li Dingguo's plan, Yan Zungao led 50,000 soldiers and horses to surround Baling, and led an army of 130,000 to ambush in the hills north of Baling City.
Legend has it that Hou Yi killed the Ba snake in the cave, and the bones accumulated like hills, hence the name Baling.
Although it is just a legend, it is true that there are many hills in Baling. It is a good place for ambush.
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Shang Kexi received Ma Jiaolin's letter asking for help and was very troubled. He now only had 35,000 troops and horses left, and he really couldn't bear to spend more. But Baling is a military town, and he was afraid of punishment from the Qing court if he didn't rescue him.
After thinking about it, he realized that the five thousand soldiers and horses of the deputy general He Jiuzheng were not his direct relatives, so he asked He Jiuzheng's troops to rescue Baling.
When He Jiuzheng heard this, he didn't dare to go. He only had 5,000 soldiers and horses. Wouldn't he risk his own death to rescue Baling alone? He would find various reasons to delay. It's good to be justified, but it's not easy to force him.
At the moment of helplessness, King Kong Youde of Dingnan sent Duke Xushun Shen Zhixiang to lead Mele Zhang Jingtuntai, general Han You, deputy generals Gao Shiqing, Hui Zhiguan and others, leading 25,000 troops to aid Yuezhou.
Shang Ke was overjoyed and ordered He to accompany the expedition with 95,000 troops and 30,000 troops. The army was in full swing and set out immediately for the expedition.
The commander-in-chief of the Qing army, Xushun Gong Shen Zhixiang, was always timid, so he asked his deputy commander, the Han army's Zhenglan Banner Meile Zhangjingtuntai, Han You, and He Jiu to serve as the front army, while he took Gao Shiqing and Hui Zhiguan as the rear army. Go straight to Baling from Chenglingji.
Tuntai is also a treacherous character. He Jiuzheng is familiar with geography as an excuse to let his troops go to the front.
The military order was like a mountain, and He Jiuzheng spat hard and walked carefully on the mountain path.
"Uncle Xingxing, the Tatars are coming," Gao Minggui said to Feng Shuangli.
"Uncle Enping, the supervisor has said that we should fake defeat and lure the Tatars into an ambush. Don't waste your time for a while. If you can't hold back, it will be a bad thing." Feng Shuangli made a clever joke .
"Old Feng, please stop being so careless, it's our turn to take action."
The second general, with 10,000 troops and horses, blocked He Jiuzheng's path.
Even if they are pretending to be defeated, they cannot collapse immediately. That would be different. They have to fight for a while before defeating.
"Report, Vice General He was blocked by the Ming army."
Tuntai felt relieved when he heard that there was an obstruction. If there was no obstruction, there would be an ambush; if there was an obstruction, there would probably not be an ambush. This was his experience in the army for many years.
Tuntai arrived with his army and saw that the Ming army only numbered about 10,000 people.
Waving the command flag, three thousand Han army Zhenglan banner cavalry attacked the Ming army.
The Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Army are both under the jurisdiction of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. The owner of the Eight Banners of Manchuria (generally Prince Heshuo or Beile) has one Manchurian banner, one Mongolian flag, and one Han military banner. Therefore, the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia
The Eight Banners, the Han military flag, are not twenty-four banners, there are only eight flags from beginning to end. Their military flags are exactly the same as the Manchu Eight Banners.
Seeing the pure blue, rectangular military flags with the dragon's head facing backward, the Ming army was frightened and said, "Run quickly, the real Manchu Tatars are coming!"
Tuntai smiled, these Nikans are still afraid of the power of our Eight Banners Army!
"Soldiers, follow this chapter to kill!"
Feng Shuangli and Gao Minggui ran desperately, and Tuntai chased desperately.
"Report, the front army has won, and Tuntai Zhangjing is pursuing the Ming army."
Winning so easily? Shen Zhixiang was a little suspicious, so he ordered Gao Shiqing and Hui Zhiguan to follow, while he walked at the back.
"Coming!"
On the hillside northeast of Baling, Zhu Hengjia sat in a dragon chair, holding a telescope and observing carefully.
The forward of the Qing army entered the ambush circle, the Chinese army also entered, and more than half of the rear army entered. Only a few thousand people at the rear were reluctant to enter.
Zhu Hengjia frowned and couldn't wait any longer. If he waited any longer, the forwards of the Qing army would walk out of the ambush circle. According to experience, the commanders are usually in the central army, and there are no big fish in the rear army.
"Attack!"
Zhu Hengjia issued the military order coldly.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The shouts of killing shook the mountains.
Li Dingguo's troops fought out from behind to cut off the Qing army's retreat; Bai Wenxuan, Feng Shuangli, and Gao Minggui blocked the Qing army's forward path; Li Mingzhong, Zhao Yong, Qin Yuchun, Yao Youxing, Du Yonghe, Hao Shangjiu, Ma Jinzhong, etc. fought out from everywhere to defeat the Qing army.
The army cut it into sections.
"No, I fell into a trap!"
Xushun Gong Shen Zhixiang turned his horse and fled.
The Qing army was in chaos, rushing left and right, but they could not break through the Ming army's encirclement.
"Call!"
He Jiucheng reined in his horse and turned around to leave.
"Go to hell!"
Gao Minggui rushed up on horseback, fired a shot with his right hand, and used the inertia to knock He Jiuzheng off his horse. He swung his sword with his left hand, killing several people in a row.
"Hurry up and form a formation!"
Han You gathered hundreds of people to fight to the death.
On the top of the mountain, a Ming army gunman aimed the crosshair and the door at his big head.
"Bang", a column of blood splashed on General Han's forehead.
Gao Shiqing ran back as hard as he could, and Li Mingzhong's long hair arrived.
With a flick of his hand, the senior deputy general was stabbed to death.
"Drive! Drive! Drive!"
Tuntai waved his whip and tried his best to beat the horse back. The mountain road was rugged and he couldn't run fast.
A Ming army spearman stabbed the horse in the belly with one shot.
"咴聿聿", the war horse was in pain and threw Tuntai off the horse.
Several Ming Saber players held down Tuntai.
A young soldier was about to slash with his sword, but an old soldier quickly stopped him.
"Don't kill him, he's a general. If you capture him alive, you'll get a heavy reward!"
Hui Zhiguan, the deputy general of Wuchang in the Qing Dynasty, was the smartest. When he saw that there were Ming troops on all sides, he could not escape. With hundreds of soldiers around him, he knelt down and surrendered.
In this battle, 23,000 Qing reinforcements were wiped out. Shen Zhixiang, the Duke of Xushun of the Qing Dynasty, fled back to Wuchang in embarrassment with 7,000 remaining soldiers.
This chapter has been completed!