Although Fan Wencheng had limited military experience, he was very flexible and racked his brains to show his value in front of his master.
Finally, he thought for a while and said: "The nearly 10,000 Ming army that just arrived, although in strict formation, are probably very tired.
I remember the intelligence I got in Shenyang. They had few horses, wore armor, and held up swords. They marched for hundreds of miles in a hurry, and they were already at the end of their strength."
"Hahaha, that's exactly what you said!"
Huang Taiji was very pleased.
I have been in battle for a long time and am good at observation. I found that although the Ming army was in neat formation, their legs and feet were filled with lead. They were obviously very tired.
Fan Wencheng analyzed the intelligence from spying. He had a deep understanding of the Ming Dynasty and came to this conclusion.
The two have different perspectives but coincide with each other.
Suddenly, 20 people ran down the hillside, half of them were holding blunderbuss, and the other half were holding torches and carrying a blunderbuss.
Wang Hongyu, Zhao Hannian and other 10 people with accurate marksmanship in the army stopped when they were 150 steps away from Huang Taiji, and immediately raised their blunderbuss and aimed at the target.
The person holding the fire next to them lit the match rope. As the match rope made a "sizzling" sound, they pulled the trigger.
"boom!"
Ten guns fired in unison.
Zheng Baiqi also saw all this, and several guards immediately stepped forward, raising their shields as the first layer of defense, and using their own bodies as the second layer of defense to block Huang Taiji.
"Sir, be careful!"
The moment the gunfire rang out, Huang Taiji shouted to remind Fan Wencheng, who was unprotected next to him.
"Clang clang clang clang!"
4 shots hit the shield, but the distance of 150 steps failed to penetrate these iron shields?
"puff!"
One shot hit, and a burst of blood flowed out.
Fan Wencheng was dismissed.
Wang Hongyu stared at him with his eyes fixed on him. The remaining 9 shots were aimed at Huang Taiji, but they were inevitably blocked by the guards.
Only his own gun was specifically aimed at the big traitor.
Sniper Fan Wencheng~
The Zhengbai Banner guard quickly blocked his sight with his shield, and Huang Taiji also quickly dismounted and disappeared behind the shield wall.
"Boom boom boom!"
At this moment, Shanling's Fran machine gun, which was unwilling to waste ammunition, opened fire.
The artillery's accuracy was not high, but it hit a spot on the shield wall, killing at least a dozen people and wounding them.
Zhengbai Qi retreated hastily in a state of embarrassment.
The Southern Army won the battle to conquer the suburbs of Tieling.
Qin Ling had also contacted Zhang Quan, the patrol commander of Liaodong, and passed the news at a critical moment. Zhang Quan persuaded Yuan Yingtai to lead 60,000 troops from Liaoyang out of the city and pretend to attack Hetunala, Jiannu's hometown.
There were only more than 6,000 Xianghongqi soldiers harassing Liaoyang as suspected soldiers. How could they dare to resist the 60,000 Ming army? They were so frightened that they retreated to the Hetunala Mountains.
After Nurhachi found out, he knew that if his most elite Lianghuangqi attacked Tieling for a long distance, Hetunala would be in danger.
So Huang Taiji, Mang Gurtai, Amin and others were immediately ordered to withdraw.
The winter of the forty-eighth year of Wanli.
Five months after the death of Emperor Wanli, three months after Xiong Tingbi left office...the Southern Army, which they had high hopes for, brought this long-awaited victory.
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It’s Chinese New Year.
Thanks to Yuan Yingtai's efforts, the Ming army on the front line enjoyed a good year with good food and drink.
As a logistics expert, Yuan Yingtai is unrivaled in this aspect.
In addition, the generals recruited by the Donglin Party and a lot of "upright people" in the court supported him, and he had everything he needed in terms of silver, grain and grass, ordnance, clothes and quilts.
It's full of silver, several million taels of silver in total.
Following Wanli's death, Taichang succeeded to the throne and directly gave him 2 million taels.
Then Taichang died, and the Donglin Party and the British government threatened Tianqi, and they wanted to make great achievements immediately after taking control of the government.
Now, several million taels of silver have been allocated to Yuan Yingtai from the treasury.
Yang Hao and Xiong Tingbi in front were not as rich as Yuan Yingtai.
Assuming that Saarhu had delayed the attack until summer and concentrated more troops to attack, although the victory would not be guaranteed, it would definitely not be a disastrous defeat.
As a result, in order to save money, tens of thousands of the main field troops were lost, two important trading areas in Kaiyuan Tieling were lost, and nearly 10 million additional silver were invested.
The past cannot be regretted.
At this time, Yuan Yingtai's memorial made a special statement about this victory. The Battle of Tieling only accounted for a quarter of the memorial, and the rest was his glorious achievement of leading the Liaoyang army to defeat Xianghongqi.
Even if he killed nearly 2,000 enemies, it was not stated that he was the Xianglan Banner, so the court thought it was Yuan Yingtai's victory against the Xianghong Banner.
The Donglin Party was also happy to report the result of a great victory. They spent so much money from the national treasury and got a good result in less than half a year.
Then keep flowering~
The Donglin Party allocated more money to Yuan Yingtai.
The stealing of achievements by military officers by civilian officials has become more and more serious after Tumubao. At this time, Yuan Yingtai did this, and Governor Xue Guoyong, General Soldier He Shixian, etc. all felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
Assuming that Inspector Zhang Quan, Commander-in-Chief of Liao Aid Chen Ce and others argued, the Donglin Party alone would definitely turn Yuan Yingtai's memorial into a so-called "fact."
If there is a discord between the civil and military fronts, the slaves will be happy to death.
Therefore, Zhang Quan, Chen Ce, Zhou Dunji, etc. first cited it but did not speak out.
Yuan Yingtai also had some official acumen and took credit for the Confederate Army's achievements, but he also wanted to give some benefits in return.
They were given a lot of money and materials, and they were promised promotions next year.
In addition, Sun Qing, who was captured alive, was handled by him in a low-key manner that seemed high-profile.
Sun Qing himself was taken to Liaoyang City, where his crimes as a spy were exposed, and his head was beheaded and passed on to the Nine Countries.
However, many of Sun Qing's soldiers and horses were not severely punished. Instead, they were assigned to He Shixian's command and given to the number one general in Liaodong as a reward.
Zhang Quan, Chen Ce, Tong Zhongkui and others tried their best to make Yuan Yingtai withdraw his order.
The natural result of this is that the spies and wavers are only temporarily frightened, but are not actually dealt with.
During this period, Wang Hongyu was not busy figuring out the checks and balances in the officialdom like Yuan Yingtai and other civil servants, nor was he like He Shixian and other military generals who relaxed and ate and drank during the New Year.
He concentrated all his strength and seized every day before the real decisive battle to improve himself and his troops.
One light cavalry post was completely wiped out, and two more light cavalry posts were built using the horses captured from Xianglan Banner.
But no matter how the numbers are restored, those good brothers from before will never come back...
Burying Ma Biao's head with his own hands, Wang Hongyu made a vow: Huang Taiji and Zhengbai Qi must pay the price with their lives.
Hundreds of Kaiyuan refugees who had a blood feud with the Jiannu were summoned, plus hundreds of refugees who had been screened and inspected for several months, to form an auxiliary force of 1,000 people.
In addition to making up for the weakness of the South Korean army's limited manpower, it can also take advantage of its familiarity with local conditions and language.
With a headquarters of 1,000 soldiers and an additional 1,000 auxiliary troops, the strength of Wang Hongyu's troops has already exceeded a thousand troops and is close to a battalion of soldiers and horses of a guerrilla general's guerrilla camp.
At this time, according to the nine-sided battalion system, one battalion had about 2,000 to 3,000 soldiers.
The battalion is divided into standard battalion, regular battalion, surprise battalion, reinforcement battalion and wandering battalion.
The Biaobing camp is under the command of the governor, governor, and general soldier of a town. According to different affiliations, it is divided into supervisory Biao, town Biao, etc.
At present, on the Liaodong front line, only Yuan Yingtai and He Shixian each have a standard battalion of 3,000 troops.
Generally, there are main barracks directly under the command of the general, the deputy general's surprise barracks, the deputy general's reinforcement camp, and the guerrilla camp.
At this time, Wang Hongyu had outstanding military exploits, and it was only a matter of time before he was promoted to guerrilla.