Chapter 133 Reinforcements Arrive, Reinforcements Are in Danger (5K Chapters)
Huang Kezuan, the Minister of Punishment, and Huang Jiashan, the Minister of War, both knew more about military affairs.
They all objectively pointed out that Yuan Yingtai's arrangements were inappropriate. Although this matter did not lead to dismissal, it was necessary to listen to the opinions of the generals and make proper arrangements.
Zhao Nanxing, Wang Wenyan, Yang Lian and others from the Donglin Party began to refute, and the court became lively for a while.
If Donglin makes a slight concession at this time, the image of being unyielding, vigorous, and upright that he has accumulated before will be impacted. Their weak foundation cannot tolerate such a concession.
However, this time Zou Yuanbiao, one of the three giants of Donglin, did not participate in the debate. Instead, he suggested other Donglin members to investigate the matter seriously and not let Yuan Yingtai make a big mistake.
"Report! Liaodong Economic Briefing has important military information!"
The mountains are high and the roads are far away. It took more than ten days for the imperial court to receive further warning information from Liaodong.
Everyone in the Donglin Party opened the letter, and Yang Lian read it carefully. The sadness on his face suddenly disappeared.
"Keke~" He laughed calmly.
"Oh? This is good news." Wang Wenyan observed the words and guessed that the news from Yuan Yingtai was good news.
"Not bad~
Yuan Yingtai's generals He Shixian and Li Bingcheng defeated Jiannu and repelled the enemy's attack on Shenyang. The worries just now are unnecessary. Those impeachments are short-sighted by villains and warriors~"
There was a lag in the news coming back. This was Nurhachi's test before his general attack. At that time, Yuan Yingtai was complacent and reported it to the court to show his merit.
Yang Lian is the "military expert" in the Donglin Party, and Yuan Yingtai is the person with the most military power in the Donglin Party. If the two of them say there is no problem with the frontline battle situation, who can point out the problem?
"It's better to be on the safe side." Zou Yuanbiao objected, dampening everyone's interest.
In the end, the top leader of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zuodu Censor Zhao Nanxing, made the decision and reduced the matter to a minor matter in the court. However, he wrote a letter in private and quickly contacted Yuan Yingtai.
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On the south bank of the Hun River, the sun sets in the west.
The Southern Army and Nurhaci's army were 3 miles apart, and their formations were far opposite each other, but neither of them launched an attack.
Nurhachi repeatedly sent various banners to lure the Southern Army into battle by persuading them to surrender, insulting them, exposing their weaknesses, dismembering prisoners, etc., but all to no avail.
Some of the slaves gradually ran out of patience.
The impatient Mang Gurtai took the initiative to ask for a fight:
"Father Khan! According to the detailed report after escaping before, this small fortress is a temporary prison. The walls are relatively short, the wood used as material is not strong, and the shape is strange and difficult to defend. Our army can surround and attack and kill it in one fell swoop.
Ming dog!"
The battle was unfavorable the day before, and Xiangbaiqi and Xianghongqi, who wanted to make up for it with meritorious service, also asked for battle.
Nurhaci observed for a while and said: "This fortress is indeed small and weak, but the defenders are very brave to fight, and there are reinforcements in Liaoyang. Once the reinforcements arrive when our army attacks, the consequences will be disastrous."
He glanced at the southeast, his expression was very cold, and he ordered in an unquestionable tone: "Surround the point for reinforcements, first defeat the reinforcements, and then annihilate this southern army!"
"嗻!"
Fei Yingdong stood by and watched groups of scouts going to the southeast and south to explore. The Zhengbai flag guarding the southeast was also prepared for an encounter, but there was no one in the west, so he asked:
"Great Khan, do you want to send someone to explore the west side as well?"
"No need for the time being... Guangning is a long way away, and it will take three days to reach there by urgent march. Before yesterday, the Ming army had no idea about our raid, so there is no need to guard the west side in the first two days."
Fei Yingdong echoed: "The great Han is wise. Our army fought all day yesterday. We just need to recover some strength before we can destroy this group of Ming soldiers who dare to resist in one go."
"Hahaha, the one who knows me is Fei Yingdong!"
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Wang Hongyu climbed up to the fortress, estimated the time, looked southwest every once in a while, and said to himself: "It's almost time to arrive, right?"
Zhao Hannian, the commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang Army, asked from the side: "Who? Who should be here?"
"Reinforcements..."
Zhao Hannian was a little puzzled: "The reinforcements should come from Liaoyang in the southeast, but why are you looking at the southwest?"
Wang Hongyu looked to the west and finally saw a few figures, and said happily: "Because they came from Guangning and set off five days ago."
"Five days ago?! Oh my, these are life-saving reinforcements~"
Zhao Hannian also followed and looked to the southwest. He saw only a dozen people coming. Several ox carts were pulling something. They clearly looked like a caravan, not like reinforcements at all!
Are you sure this isn't an escape?
Zhao Hannian looked at Wang Hongyu in disbelief, only to see the latter staring at the object pulled by the oxcart for a while and laughing.
I saw that the ox cart required two oxen to pull an object covered with gray cloth. The object was not very huge but very long, and it seemed to have a thick and long tail.
"Li Tiezhu, you are here!"
Upon hearing Wang Hongyu's call, a fat and half-grown child jumped up happily and waved his arms.
"Cousin! We are coming!"
Fortunately, the soldiers and horses of Jiannu's banners were all exhausted. If the Confederate army had not crossed the river and defeated the two red banners the day before, Jiannu would definitely have the banners that consumed less yesterday also scout the west side.
Among the dozen or so people there were the youngest Lu and Uncle Lu, the uncle and nephew of the Lu family.
The two of them are from Fujian and went to Luzon to cast cannons for the Aisbanya people. Now, under the guidance of Wang Hongyu, they began to build iron-core copper body cannons.
The four big cannons pulled by the oxcart are high-quality iron-core and copper-bodied cannons.
Although the weight of the cannon and the weight of the shells are not as high as the Hongyi cannon level, they are enough to shoot a distance of four miles.
Looking at the Jiannu army formation three miles away with his back to the Hun River, Wang Hongyu gradually raised the corners of his mouth. This is the cemetery he specially selected for the Jiannu. Do the insects still like it?
Among the dozen or so people, Lao Tan was the last to lead the team.
This smuggling... oh no, intelligence expert has already planted a nail in the establishment of slaves and Mongolia through business. When the time comes, he can play an unexpected role.
The civil servants disdain to do this, the military generals are mostly guest generals, and the Dongchang Jinyiwei has long lost its former prestige...
But this does not mean that the Ming Dynasty could not spy on the intelligence of the slaves. On the contrary, the slaves were short of supplies and highly dependent on the smuggling trade.
Nurhaci infiltrated in this way and secretly bought some people as traitors. Wang Hongyu could also infiltrate through trade, and there were many people who wanted to make peace with the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Hongyu personally came out of the bastion to welcome them in. He did not lift the cannon's coat until entering the bastion.
These four cannons will become your magic weapon to turn passive into active~
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Hou Jin had already sent out scouts to guard against support from the Ming army in the direction of Liaoyang.
Niulu Ezhenyasong, with his cavalry, was ready to intercept the Ming army's support early.
Suddenly there was a cloud of dust in the south, and a large group of Ming troops came to support them.
"Report immediately to the Great Khan and Sibeile!"
Yasong sent 50 cavalry to report the news, but there were still more than 200 cavalry left. Relying on the fact that they were all heavily armored, Yasong actually took the initiative to attack the Ming army.
Zhu Wanliang, Li Bingcheng, and Jiang Bi rushed over with 20,000 reinforcements. When they saw that there were only 200 Jiannu who were intercepting them, of course they rushed over and killed them.
Although the Ming army had just marched 30 miles in a hurry, they still had elites and physical strength, which were their servants.
Zhu Wanliang had nearly a thousand servants, and Li Bingcheng and Jiang Bi had 500 each. The three of them gathered 2,000 elites and launched a roaring charge.
How could Yasong's 200 people withstand the 2,000 servants of the Third General Soldier?
He was so killed that he threw away his armor and fled for ten miles in the direction of Zhengbai Banner.
The Third General Soldier led his servants in hot pursuit, and was about to approach the anxious front line of the Confederate Army and the Eight Banners.
But with such a chase, the camp soldiers and guard soldiers behind him were thrown away 5 miles away.
After Nurhachi got the news, he immediately prepared to surround the area and call for reinforcements.
Just as he was about to take Daishan with him, he heard that Yasong had been defeated and was fleeing back.
"What! Yasong is such a waste!"
Nurha pointed his horse whip at Dai Shan and said, "Take a detour from the east and cut off the retreat of this Ming army!"
"嗻!"
The wild boar skin left behind four flags: the positive yellow flag, the positive blue flag, the bordered red flag, and the bordered white flag, allowing Mang Gurtai and Fei Yingdong to continue to command and maintain a confrontation with the Southern Army in front of them.
He personally led 1,000 troops to protect him, gathered Huang Taiji's white flag, and roared to fight the reinforcements.
The old slave raised his arms and shouted in person, which lifted the spirits of the slave-building army. In addition, there were 1,000 men and two horses, two sets of heavy armor per person, Nurhaci's personal guards who had experienced hundreds of battles and killed countless people. Here, the surrounding slave-building slaves were inspired to the most barbaric
Fierce power.
"Ouch!"
"Ho ho ho!"
"Oow! Oow! Oow!"
Thousands of Jiannu let out wild beast war roars, and the servants of the Third General Soldier who were charging towards them were all chilled, and their bloody courage just now was completely suppressed.
"Ouch! Kill! Baturus!"
Boar Skin was the first to rush in. He was still one hundred and fifty steps away from the servants, so he raised his four-stone carved bow, twisted three arrows and shot!
impossible!
Zhu Wanliang saw it clearly and thought that it was absolutely impossible to shoot at a moving target 150 steps away during a horseback charge.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
Three sharp arrows flew at super fast speeds, and the two sides charged at each other. The arrows were so fast that they could not be seen clearly.
"Puff puff!"
Three elite servants in heavy armor were shot through their bodies by sharp arrows. They fell off their horses and were trampled to pieces by the cavalry behind them.
"Puff puff!"
Three more arrows knocked down three servants.
The Ming army felt a chill all over, feeling that Nurhachi was too scary.
In such a blink of an eye, Nurhaci's 1,000 bodyguards also rushed in. Everyone used their riding and shooting skills, and black arrows covered the sky and the sun, covering the three generals and servants.
"Fight back!" Zhu Wanliang roared angrily.
Jiang Bi frowned and secretly yelled something bad.
Just listen to the intensive shooting sound of "Puff, Puff, Puff!". The sound of the three-eyed blunderbuss is so loud that it makes people almost deaf.
"Puff puff puff puff!"
The three-eyed gun fired its second round, and a large cloud of gunpowder smoke rose up, covering both the enemy and our cavalry.
Zhu Wanliang's servants were all three-eyed gun cavalry from Liao Town, and they fired two volleys in a hurry.
No, it's too early!
The three-eyed gun cannot deal with heavy armor beyond 50 steps. Just now, most of the slaves were a hundred steps away, and a few were only 70 steps away!
Zhu Wanliang was also a general with outstanding military exploits, but because the cavalry shooting by Nurhaci and the escort just now was so terrifying, he made a mistake and fired too early.
By the third round, everyone calmed down and prepared the last shot, waiting for the smoke to clear slightly before taking aim.
The servants communicated with each other, restored their formation little by little, and waited for the smoke to disperse.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
Three more arrows accurately shot three servants through the smoke.
It is commonplace for Nurhaci to identify the location by listening to the sound.
“Swish swish swish!”
Dense arrows came.
“Boom boom boom!
The sound of a large number of cavalry galloping came from the flank!
Nurhachi and Huang Taiji cooperated very harmoniously during the battle.
One of them rode and fired from the front, luring the Ming army to fire in advance, while the other took advantage of the rising smoke and directly led the cavalry to outflank the two flanks.
The servants of the Third General Soldier were already at a numerical disadvantage, and now they were even more unable to resist.
Some servants hurriedly fired the last ammunition of the three-eyed gun, but they shot randomly and hit nothing.
Some of them were so hot-headed that they rushed towards Jiannu with all their strength, shouting and screaming, but the noise they made was too loud, and they were shot to death one by one through the smoke of gunpowder.
The commander-in-chief Li Bingcheng was attacked on the flank. The servants under his command had been defeated twice in a row. This time the army was panicked and abandoned him and fled.
"Don't go! Don't go!"
Li Bingcheng shouted, but knowing that the situation was irreversible, he turned his horse and prepared to retreat.
"puff!"
Suddenly, his head flew out, while his body was still sitting on the horse. The headless body was stunned for a moment before falling down.
Huang Taiji, who was originally dressed in white clothes and armor, but now stained with traces of blood, picked up Li Bingcheng's head and said, "I have killed the enemy general!"
"Ho ho ho!"
The outflanking Zhengbai flag roared excitedly, completely tearing the Ming army's flanks apart.
Jiang Bi desperately came to fight Huang Taiji, and his servants continued to fight beside him. However, the situation was irreversible, so he could only fight and retreat.
The commander-in-chief Zhu Wanliang was also stabbed by Nurhaci, and he could only let his servants protect him and run away desperately.
These servants were killed one after another, because they first marched in a hurry and then pursued Yasong. Now they were exhausted and were chased by Jian Nu. They shot them one by one like rabbits.
In terms of their ability to fight alone, they can surpass the ordinary armored soldiers of Jiannu. They are definitely capable of fighting against the Bagala army alone.
But now, nearly a thousand of them have been killed in battle, but only a dozen of Jiannu have been killed!
I was too far away and fired my gun hastily, but I didn't kill even a single heavily armored Jiannu!
A Ming army servant can defeat a Jiannu, and a hundred servants are also likely to defeat a hundred Jiannu.
But now there is an exchange ratio of one hundred to one. This is the commanding ability of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji.
Except against the Confederate Army, they can always achieve a terrible exchange ratio, so now of course they must completely annihilate the reinforcements, and then besiege and destroy this terrible Confederate Army.
Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi ran back as hard as they could. The infantry should be five miles away. As long as they arrived, there was hope of stabilizing the situation.
Death was still coming behind them, and the Jiannu cavalry were laughing and having fun, discussing who could kill more people, and laughingly discussing whether to shoot the arrow in the back or the back of the head.
One by one, the servants of the Ming army were shot to death, and the five miles along the road became a death zone. They were briefly overtaken during the pursuit, but now it was too late to regret.
Finally, we saw 15,000 infantrymen and 2,000 ordinary battalion cavalry from a distance.
The number was greater than that of Nurhachi's personal guards and Huang Taiji's Zhengbai Banner.
At this time, the 15,000 infantrymen were still in a rapid march, changing their formations in a hurry. The 2,000 battalions of cavalry rushed forward to meet the two general soldiers who had escaped.
In the distance, the 10,000 auxiliary soldiers saw that only a few hundred of the most elite servants had returned, and their faces turned pale with fright. When they saw the majesty and imposing manner of Jiannu, they were so frightened that they abandoned their tents and ran away with their baggage.
Seeing the auxiliary soldiers running away, the morale of the soldiers was a little unstable.
Jiang Bi shouted: "Arrange yourself in formation! Prepare to meet the enemy!"
Encourage everyone to maintain their formation.
Zhu Wanliang also quickly bandaged the wound. The battle still had to be fought.
Nurhaci and Huang Taiji chased for 5 miles, but did not charge recklessly.
Several horse whistles signaled the formation to take a short rest, preparing to send out scouts to investigate the surrounding areas, and then wait for Daishan's red flag to be in place... then annihilate this Ming army in one fell swoop.
"Boom~Boom~"
From the northwest came the distant rumble of artillery.
Nurhaci frowned. The sound of artillery should be from the cannons of the Southern Army. It was bombarding the Jin army that was left in confrontation.
The Confederate army actually has heavy artillery that is more powerful than the Franco machine and the Tiger gun!
His heart skipped a beat, knowing that things were going to speed up a bit here.
"Don't rest any longer! The entire army must assemble, hurry up and urge Daishan to hurry up!"
"嗻!"
The scouts who were originally going to investigate the surrounding areas were withdrawn, and messengers were sent to the east to urge Daishan to take a roundabout route.
It was almost dusk, and I originally wanted to wait until dark before taking advantage of the Jin Army's night battle, but now that there were changes in the rear, I really couldn't wait any longer.
2000 Zhengbai Banner cavalry dismounted, formed a dense formation and approached the Ming army on foot.
They fired arrows from a distance of a hundred steps, and the archers of the Ming army infantry also fired arrows to counterattack. However, because the Jin army was heavily armored and there was a north wind, they were completely at a disadvantage in shooting.
Since it was a forced march to support them, they did not bring any big weapons such as the Franchise or the Tiger Cannon, so they lacked a way to break the situation.
"Kill!"
Suddenly a shout came from the side and rear of the Ming army, and Daishan's red flag completed its detour and suddenly appeared from behind.
Nurhaci and Huang Taiji also took the opportunity to launch an attack. There were main enemy forces on the front, sides and rear, and the Ming army was in a precarious situation.
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the 2,000-strong cavalry battalion in the formation abandoned the infantry and fled directly.
There were also thousands of infantrymen under Li Bingcheng's department. They had already been defeated twice in a row. They had not seen Li Bingcheng just now. After thinking about it, they guessed that something unexpected had happened. At this time, they had no intention of fighting and simply dispersed.
Zhu Wanliang fought hard for a while, but felt completely overcome by despair. He sighed and ran away under the protection of his servants.
Thousands of infantrymen under Zhu Wanliang's command, seeing their generals withdrawing, naturally greased their feet and ran in all possible directions to escape.
Only Jiang Bi and Wu Jingying were left struggling to resist.
Wu Jingying was the elite heavy infantry of Liaodong. They were armed with broadswords and spears, wore iron armor inside and cotton armor outside, and wore iron helmets and cotton helmets. The 2,000 members were mostly soldiers from the Han family in southern Liaoning, and many of them had blood feuds with Jiannu.
This heavy infantry, which had high hopes, was sold out by friendly forces and was left behind as a human shield.
The poor Wu Jing camp had just marched dozens of miles in a hurry, and now they couldn't run away from the fight. If the commander-in-chief Jiang Bi hadn't been there, they would have abandoned their armor and fled for their lives.
what to do!?
Jiang Bi also knew that he would die if he continued to fight, so he had the idea of retreating.
At this time, he only had 100 servants, 2,000 Wu Jingying heavy infantry, and more than 3,000 battalion soldiers.
But he also knew very well that once his heavily armored Wu Jing camp retreated, there would be no way to escape and the entire army would inevitably be destroyed.
The Wu Jing camp can be regarded as the last elite group in the Liao army that dares to fight at this time. If they are finished, the morale of Liao town will decline even more.
However, they originally only had 2,000 people, and they were exhausted after marching for dozens of miles. Moreover, the enemy troops with Zhenghuang and Zhengbai flags kept firing arrows to harass them. Once the main force of the enemy came to fight hand-to-hand, Wu Jingying would not be able to withstand it.
Nurhachi was accompanied by a guard of 1,000 men with double armor and double horses.
Huang Taiji's white flag and Daishan's red flag each had 6,000 men. At this time, half of them were still on their horses, and the other half dismounted and fought on foot, charging directly towards them.
Wu Jingying could hold on for a while, but he had no choice but to run!
I feel so unwilling to do anything, but I have no choice but to survive.
Just as he was about to lead his family to break out of the encirclement, he saw dust billowing from the north, and then the shouts of "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious! ~~", the uniform shouts were like thunder.
A fast-moving Ming army appeared four hundred steps away to the north. They shouted slogans as they marched. The soldiers shouldered long spears and marched quickly with neat steps.
There are three columns of light cavalry running at a broken pace on each side of the team, and one column of heavy cavalry follows behind.
Nearly two hundred steps away, a formation quickly formed: six rows of pikemen in the front, two rows of matchlock soldiers in the back, sword and shield soldiers and crossbowmen on the sides, and finally hundreds of elite servants.
"It's Sichuan soldiers! It's Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu!"
When Jiang Bi saw the friendly troops coming to meet him, he shouted with joy.
The morale of the servants and Wu Jingying was boosted, and they temporarily stabilized their formation.
The Sichuan troops of Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu were able to maintain an orderly formation during rapid marches and quickly change into battle formations.
Nurhachi is a veteran of many battles.
It can be seen at a glance that the Confederate army's phalanx cannot be resisted by the 2,000 Zhengbai banner horse infantry. Moreover, there is also the 2,000 Wu Jing battalion, which is larger and more fully armored, and is attacking from the south.
Lao Nu hurriedly asked the horses under the Zhengbai banner to withdraw, and after the soldiers of the two banners gathered together, they attacked the two powerful Ming armies, especially Zhou Dunji's Sichuan army, which defeated the Xianglan Banner and the Two Red Banner.