He has never felt such a great sense of oppression in his life.
First, the expected time to start the battle was advanced, causing the vanguard army to be surrounded on the beach and unable to move.
Later, in order to avoid losing strength due to constant reinforcements, they simply went out in full force, aiming to push back the front line at once with a strong force.
As soon as Hong Chengchou's main force, the Ninth Battalion, entered Lingzhou City, they were detected by Tangqi from the Second Brigade of the Marshal's Army. The Tang soldiers advanced and retreated. Within half an hour, Ren Quan'er received massive reinforcements from the enemy sixty miles away.
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The Second Brigade immediately launched a fierce attack on Jinyintan where Zhang Yingchang was stationed.
Everyone in Zhang Yingchang was frightened.
Because this attack came very suddenly.
Ren Quan'er spent the whole day and night trying to persuade him to surrender, and the work was making great progress.
At first, Zhang Yingchang just wanted to delay time. After all, the three people he hated most in the world were Yang Yanchang, He Renlong and Ren Quan'er.
Especially in the past, he only hated Yang Yanchang and He Renlong. Looking back on the past, the fight between the three battalions in Lintao Prefecture was still vivid in his mind, but now it was hard to say that the three of them had a good ending.
Only Ren Quan'er, who defected once, became the highest ranking general in the marshal's palace.
When Zhang Yingchang was asked to recall the details, many things that were difficult to understand in the past became clear, and he felt more and more that Ren Quan'er was not a thing.
However, Ren Quan'er sent four groups of envoys over and sent letters of surrender to the camp overwhelmingly. Xiao Zhi moved people with reason and emotion, which made Zhang Yingchang feel that... this battle might not be able to go on.
The main reason is that both sides have the idea of stalling for time. Ren Quan'er is waiting for the rockets to arrive at the front line, while Zhang Yingchang is building fortifications while waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
Waiting and waiting, at night, some of his officers, with dozens or even hundreds of soldiers, crossed the defense line and fled to the Marshal's Mansion.
Ren Quan'er was not a good general like Zhang Tianlin who was accustomed to violent attacks. He knew the mentality of the Ming army. While recruiting the Ming army to come over for food, he announced the marshal's government's policy towards their hometown.
This kind of propaganda is very lethal to Zhang Yingchang's troops.
Half of Zhang Yingchang's men were demoralized Ningxia soldiers, and the other half were guest troops from Yansui, Shaanxi, and many of them were veterans from Suide, Yan'an, and Guanzhong. When they heard that there was a chance to go home, many people became happy.
The main thing is the battlefield mentality.
Ren Quan'er was able to persuade the Ming army to surrender without any burden, but Zhang Yingchang had no confidence at all to persuade Ren Quan'er to surrender.
After all, their army, which was affiliated with Hong Chengchou, had almost lost its legitimacy and how could it have the dignity to persuade others to surrender.
Especially last night, Ren Quan'er sent people to shout loudly outside Jinyintan to inform the Ningxia rearguard reinforcements that Zhao Huai was defeated by the commander-in-chief Ding Guodong in Huamachi, which caused an uproar in the army.
The two generals took advantage of the night to lead their troops to surrender to the enemy, leaving a large piece of the defense line missing.
Zhang Yingchang didn't know if he could survive three days.
It is easy for soldiers and low-level military attachés to surrender, but generals have many more things to consider.
His family is in Yulin, his third brother Zhang Dechang is in Yulin, and his second brother Zhang Quanchang is in Xuanfu. Surrender is not his own business.
Even so, surrender became an option to consider under the pressure of the situation, which is very illustrative.
But just when he thought that the persuasion to surrender would continue for two days, Ren Quan'er suddenly ordered a fierce attack without warning, which shocked Zhang Yingchang.
Not only because Ren Quan'er received news that Hong Chengchou's army was attacking, but also because supplies of rockets and ammunition were delivered from the rear.
Faced with the intelligence that Hong Chengchou's army was coming for reinforcements, Ren Quan'er and Zhang Xianzhong did not panic. After a short discussion, they chose to attack between retreating and holding on.
They divided the second brigade into two parts, one led by Ren Quan'er to attack Jinyintan, and the other led by Zhang Xianzhong and deputy general Ouyang Gun, deployed in the north of Jinyintan to attack Hong Chengchou's reinforcements.
While Zhang Xianzhong and Ouyang Gun moved north, Ah Liu's reinforcement battalion took the lead in pushing artillery across the Qin Canal. Zhang Yingchang also sent two battalions, Zheng Jiadong and Liu Shaozong, to fight.
Both the Zheng and Liu battalions had military academies defecting to the enemy, and they were both dissatisfied with their numbers. They hoped to take advantage of the fact that the Marshal's army's heavy equipment was not stable across the river and launch an attack to gain an advantage.
They are also heavily equipped firearms battalions, but the Ming army's field firearms are mainly Franco-type generals, which can provide support for their own troops with faster fire rates and stronger firepower within a shorter engagement distance.
But they didn't expect that the real heavy equipment of the Marshal's Army was not the artillery pushed by mules and pulled by the men of the Ah Liu reinforcement camp, but the cavalry of the Ranger Battalion.
Ma Ke's ranger camp arrived first, crossed the Qin Canal first, set up the launcher directly in front of the line, unloaded the rockets from the backs of the mules, and smashed 200 rockets on the heads of the Ming troops who were pulling heavy equipment out of the camp.
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Immediately, the cavalry ignored the launcher, got on their horses, raised their swords, and entered the formation.
It’s still Zhang Tianlin’s old stuff, simple and efficient.
In the smoke of rockets exploding all over the place, the Ming army, which was blinded by the bombs, was defeated. As the cavalry broke through the defense line one by one, they fled and rushed towards Zhang Yingchang's main formation.
At the same time, Ren Quan'er's main camp blew the horn from the flank and launched a fierce attack on Jinyintan.
Zhang Yingchang spent two whole days building the trench wall, but it turned into a carefully crafted coffin for himself.
The defeated troops were fighting in the three camps, but they were crowded within the trench walls and could not escape even if they wanted to.
We could only watch the marshal's cavalry galloping into the camp one after another, rushing out through the formation with wild goose feather knives and pumpkin hammers, like sharp knives piercing tofu, cleanly dividing the military formation into pieces.
Ah Liu's reinforcement battalion did nothing during this battle, they just pushed the cannon forward.
From the moment he pushed the cannon across the river and announced the start of the general offensive, to the time he pushed more cannons into the camp and pointed the muzzles of the cannons at the Ming army's final formation, no one took action in the entire reinforcement camp from beginning to end.
But with the greatest deterrence, wherever the muzzle of the gun was directed, the Ming army squads who were stubbornly resisting dropped their weapons and surrendered.
But they were also very tired. It was already strenuous enough to push their own artillery. Liu Shaozong and Zheng Jiadong also pushed out the Ming army's artillery. As a result, after they were blown over by rockets, Ah Liu had to push those loaded with ammunition.
The generals also picked it up and pushed it towards the camp.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When Zhang Yingchang's last stubborn army saw Ah Liu, every team member in the battalion had a cannon, which was scary for them.
What's even more frightening is that while Ren Quan'er's troops were reorganizing the surrendered prisoners, Ah Liu's artillery team was shooting targets in the void on the Jinyin Beach.
I don’t know why, but the captives who surrendered could only look at Ah Liu’s reinforcement camp and fire wildly at the open space with the general’s cannon.
Some people even loaded the captured bird cannons, formed a formation, and fired dozens or twenty shots into the sky.
However, the captives who surrendered did not have much opportunity to appreciate the performance art of the marshal's army. They put down their weapons and took off their armor. Almost without stopping, they received their officers, were supervised to repair their horses, and continued to dig trenches outside the trenches.
The sound of cannons on the Gold and Silver Beach still did not stop, and the shocking sound of cannons could be heard far away in the open fields.
Ren Quan'er didn't show any favor to Zhang Yingchang who was forced to surrender. When they met, he asked his subordinates to release him. Before Zhang Yingchang could speak, he punched him blindly.
This move made Ma Ke, who was wiping the blood on the knife, dumbfounded: "Here, Shuai Ren... are you having a festival?"
Ma Ke and Ren Quan'er have a good relationship. They are both Li Bei's apprentices.
"I?"
Ren Quan'er rubbed his wrist and said: "When the army was stationed in Lintao, this guy often insulted the commander. I have wanted to do this for a long time."
As he spoke, he said to the guards escorting Zhang Yingchang: "You bring people with my command arrows and do not enter Fuzhou County along the way. Take him, Zheng Jiadong and others to Xi'an, and wait for the commander's orders after the war."
After saying that, Ren Quan'er sniffed, and the smell of gunpowder smoke mixed with blood went straight into his nose.
He said to Ma Ke: "It is enough to have a large camp and reinforcements on Jinyintan, and the ranger camp will also go to support."
Hearing this, Ma Ke put his sword back into its scabbard, cupped his fists and said, "I accept my order in this humble position!"
Soon, the cavalry of the Ranger Camp crossed the ditch and galloped north again.
Ren Quan'er looked at the vast smoke and dust rising from the north, took a deep breath, looked at it for a long time, then raised his head and twisted his neck, frowned and ordered: "Tell the reinforcement camp not to stop the cannon fire, and keep firing!"
He wanted to let the sound of artillery fire in the fields create the illusion that Zhang Yingchang was still resisting on the Jinyintan, and urge the Ningxia reinforcements in the north to move quickly.
His Tang soldiers discovered the enemy sixty miles away, which meant that the enemy was still seventy or eighty miles away, which was at least a day's journey of a normal march.
Under the urging of the gunfire, the enemy might be able to run like a mad dog for another thirty or forty miles.
Of course, whether this sound can be heard is actually uncertain.
For example, at this moment, the person who really responded to the sound of cannons on Jinyin Beach was Liu Chengzong from the west.
If Ren Quan'er hadn't directed Tang Qi's attention to the north, Tang Qi from the first brigade under Liu Chengzong's command would have been close to Tang Qi from the second brigade at this time.
Tangqi passed the news about the sound of artillery in the east to the Chinese army, causing Liu Chengzong to turn the main force on the way. After running for ten miles, he received the information that Ren Quan'er had ended the battle and the sound of artillery was to lure the enemy. Then he led the army north again.
, trying to complete the encirclement of Hong Chengchou from the flanks.
As they were moving, Ouyang Gun, the deputy commander-in-chief of the 2nd Brigade, who was rushing to the front line of the battlefield, was also running forward.
Ouyang Gun's original intention was actually to make a steady advance.
He has no intention of meritorious service. He was promoted from a good general to deputy commander-in-chief of Lintao. In the imperial court, he almost reached the extreme level of a military attache.
However, Lintao Town was gone, and he had no place to take office. He was demoted to the Marshal's Mansion in Gansu and spent some time idle, basically giving up his ambition for fame and wealth.
In a chaotic environment, people can easily become depressed when they encounter slight setbacks and sometimes find stability.
As a result, when Liu Chengzong conquered Xi'an and took control of Guanzhong, when it came time to employ people, he was again employed and moved around.
He was first appointed as the deputy general of the Longxi Brigade. Later, as soon as it was formed, Li Wanqing came and was transferred to the deputy general of the Second Brigade, and then he joined Ren Quan'er.
To put it bluntly, he is just an old scalper who works hard and does not complain. He has no intention of making any meritorious deeds and has no expectations for Liu Chengzong. He just wants to get by.
As a result, Ren Quan'er was entrusted with an important task.
The new officers in the Marshal's Office, regardless of their background, do not care about etiquette, and put their ability first in everything. They have fewer old and bad habits, but more new problems.
For example, everyone has the style of "the boss Liu, the second boss Tian, and the third boss me". No one is convinced and it is difficult to control them.
But Ren Quan'er is a standard old officer.
Ouyang Gun served as deputy commander-in-chief under Wang Wenxiu. On the first day he took office, he was scolded for riding in a carriage instead of riding a horse in a hurry.
As for Ren Quan'er, he really relied on his veteran qualifications as a deputy general of the Ming Army. During the New Year, he even received a gift from Ren Quan'er.
Because of this, Ouyang Gun wanted to pursue safety in his march this time, so as not to ruin the army.
After all, their Tangqi have detected that the enemy's troops number more than 10,000, possibly even more than 20,000. The vast smoke and dust rising from the ground can be seen ten miles away.
As for his unique military battalion, it was obviously a mantis trying to block the enemy's attack.
But he couldn't stand it and the staff officer following him was Zhang Xianzhong.
Zhang Butang was like a supervisor holding a small whip, whipping Ouyang Gun hard, urging him to march quickly.
On the other side of the battlefield, Bai Guangen ran faster.
In the process of leading the army galloping, Bai Guangen could not suppress the upturned corners of his mouth.
He inquired with the messenger sent by Zhang Yingchang to Ningxia for help.
Zhang Tianlin is not on the front line!
Even the cavalry team that he feared was not on the front line.
Bai Guangen, on the other hand, rushed to the battlefield with his newly developed rocket gun. There was no doubt that he thought it was time for him to show off his skills!
After all, based on its rich combat experience with the Marshal's Army, Zhang Tianlin has always been the only one in the Marshal's Army who carried rockets and cavalry to defeat the enemy, while the others used Hongyi cannons.
With such confidence, Bai Guangen rushed into Zhang Xianzhong's field of vision before nightfall that day.
In the plains of southern Ningxia, all ravines exist for irrigation. There is no obstruction within ten or twenty miles, and they are all within sight, which can avoid ambushes to the greatest extent.
However, the well-functioning Tang Bing system can still allow Ouyang Gun and Zhang Xianzhong to seize the opportunity.
They had known Bai Guangen's specific location for a long time. The Tang soldiers were hanging far in front of Bai Guangen eight or nine miles away, and were spread out in a semi-surrounding state. No matter which direction he moved forward, unless he backed up, there would always be dozens of Tang soldiers around to keep an eye on him.
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When he advances one mile, Tang Qi will retreat one mile, and dynamically adjust his position farther away according to the direction of his advance.
However, the Tangqi at this time was not radical. Not only did he refuse to engage in combat, but he was even expelled from the road for three to five miles. The Tangqi behind him stopped adding any more and deliberately exposed his flaws from time to time, letting Bai Guangen know that there were not many Tangqi surrounding him.
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Because everyone was afraid, the enemy troops were scared away.
The battlefield is real and fake. Sometimes there are few soldiers in the pond, so you have to deliberately pretend to be surrounded by the enemy, with the main force behind you, and rely on aggressive tactics to prevent the enemy from advancing.
And at the same time, the enemy must know that they are few in number and the main force is not around, in order to prevent the enemy from stopping.
When Bai Guangen was a rebel, he had a way of hunting down Tangqi soldiers, but until now, he didn't know how to build up Tangqi troops.
Therefore, seeing Marshal Juntang's cavalry showing fear of war made him feel more motivated to fight. He only asked the outpost cavalry to wear armor, while the large troops behind were still marching lightly.
When he could see Ouyang Gun's army, he was not surprised but overjoyed. He immediately ordered his men to put on their armor and mount their horses, and quickly turned the second column into a large formation.
The entire battalion had a large number of infantry in the center, striding forward, and the cavalry was constantly forming up as it marched on both wings. The cavalry with rockets and extremely rigid figures were in the front, and the rows of cavalry preparing to march behind were behind.
Apart from changing formations, Bai Guangen's battalion did not waste any time and was always approaching the enemy quickly.
To be honest, this move made Ouyang Gun a little frightened. The northwest veteran kept looking back at his army, as if only seeing the wheels rolling forward could make him feel at ease.
The distance between the two armies is getting closer and closer, and the line of the Marshal's Army is becoming clearer and clearer in Bai Guangen's eyes.
Several miles away, he saw a huge chariot force of the Marshal's Army. Soon the chariots stopped and formed a loose wall of chariots in front of him.
Car camp?
This is what Bai Guangen is least afraid of.
Because rockets can be shot from above and explode in the car camp, the car wall can protect his cavalry who are shooting arrows to the greatest extent.
But as he continued to march south for two miles, he gradually realized that the enemy army did not seem to be the chariot camp he had imagined. The chariots that formed the wall were not connected together.
Most of the chariots have horses in front, maintaining a posture capable of galloping. They are equipped with long-barreled, large-caliber muskets, and soldiers carrying muskets on their shoulders are boarding the chariots.
Among them, there are several cars that are most eye-catching. There is no one on the car, only two rows of cylindrical pipes joined together.
Bai Guangen was a little hesitant. He had already reached the distance to launch an impact, but those cylindrical tubes made him hesitate.
The infantry was still marching forward, and several large general cannons were also pushed forward. The cavalry officers on both sides kept looking sideways at the Chinese army, hoping to get instructions for the next attack.
At this moment, a familiar roar came from the battlefield.
Behind the side-by-side chariots, watching the rocket vehicles being ignited, a figure on a horse waved a whip meaninglessly.
Zhang Xianzhong was laughing wildly.
A chariot carrying musketeers passed by and attacked the enemy position.
When the sound like the scream of an evil spirit reached Bai Guangen's ears, his arm that raised the saber seemed to have been drained of strength and dropped down in an instant, and even his whole body seemed to have withered on the horse's back.
The carefully crafted waist knife fell down and was inserted diagonally into the soft soil with sufficient water under good irrigation.
On the chaotic battlefield, Bai Guangen raised his head in despair, his tired eyes reflected the tail flames rising from the car wall in the distance.
He sighed and shook his head slowly: "Forget it... I will be your ancestor."