Chapter 156 We have won the bloody battle at the Hunhe River
Enter the deepest part of the camp.
This is the area where veterans will last hold on.
Nurhaci and Mang Gurtai did not want to give up the siege until the end. They paid the maximum losses to besiege and kill all the veterans here. However, the battle here did not end until Huang Taiji forcibly took them away and retreated.
As soon as he entered the deepest part, Wang Hongyu saw that the interior of the Zhenghuang Banner camp had already been stained red with blood. The corpses of Ming army veterans on the ground were all facing north, and none of them had their backs turned to the enemy.
He saw Qin Bangping, the brother of Qin Liangyu, the chieftain of Shizhu, bending over and leaning on his spear, barely supporting himself to stand.
When I saw Ran Yuelong, chieftain of Youyang, and nearly a hundred veterans lying on the ground with their eyes open, I tried my best to smile after seeing myself.
He saw his eldest brother Zhou Dunji still standing there with his head held high, the dark armor he was wearing already stained with blood, and the spear in his hand pointed straight in the direction of the enemy.
Wang Hongyu was overjoyed. The final support had caught up. It seemed that he could quickly bandage and treat his elder brother and others. He felt that this time he had completely repelled Nurhachi's main force. Now the enemy had gone crazy and fled. They did not dare to cross the river, but walked along the Hun River.
Escape to the east.
At this time, Zhou Dunji turned his face and looked at his third brother Wang Hongyu. He used to be solid and serious, but now he was pale and weak.
A gentle and confident smile suddenly appeared on the eldest brother's face, and his voice was as steady as ever:
"We won the bloody battle of Hunhe River."
After finishing speaking, it seemed that the heavy burdens and pressures he had been carrying suddenly disappeared, and his face, which looked like a man in his forties due to anxiety, seemed to have returned to his thirties. He blinked at Wang Hongyu in a less serious and serious manner.
blink.
Suddenly, Wang Hongyu's smile solidified.
As the eldest brother turned around, he clearly saw that the front of his armor had been chopped into pieces, and the blood dotted the broken armor like a colorful painting. There was a big hole in his abdominal cavity, and he was hit by a solid bullet, and the vital part was avoided.
But it caused a huge cavity and massive bleeding.
He saw his eldest brother lying back and loosening his grip on the spear.
Zhou Dunji died.
This picture will forever be imprinted in Wang Hongyu's mind.
Boom.
Zhou Dunji fell to the ground in blood, his determined eyes losing all color.
It was too late to say another word to my third brother.
I didn't have time to congratulate my second brother for killing Nurhachi's five ministers.
It was too late to meet Qin Ling again, who loved each other but had not made any in-depth progress.
Brother!
Wang Hongyu's vision was blurred and he wanted to shout loudly, but his legs weakened and he knelt in the blood.
His face was covered with tears, and the tears washed away the blood, revealing his original handsome face.
"Brother, we won the bloody battle of Hunhe River!"
At this moment, he is twenty years old.
At this moment, according to the Ming Dynasty, he became an adult.
At this moment, it had been exactly one year since he had traveled from the next life.
At this moment, he lost his eldest brother Zhou Dunji forever.
Zhang Shenwu followed and rushed into the deepest part of the camp.
"Brother!"
He roared like thunder.
Just now, he entered the most extreme fighting state and tried his best to kill Nurhaci. Even if the opponent was furious, he was confident that he would win in the end.
After the enemy escaped, he decisively came to rescue his elder brother and others first.
Arriving a step later than Wang Hongyu, I happened to see Zhou Dunji lying down.
He jumped off his horse and knelt down next to Zhou Dunji, either with or without support. He suddenly roared angrily, clenched his fists, and pounded the ground full of blood. The power of his fists was huge, and even the blood could not stop his momentum.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Suddenly his eyes were cold and full of murderous intent, and he gritted his teeth and said silently to himself:
"I want revenge!
Let’s settle old and new grudges together, I, Zhang Shenwu, vow to make Jiannu’s blood debt repay with blood!”
After he stood up, his whole demeanor had changed.
"Second brother?"
"Third brother, leave Jiannu to me."
There was irresistible power in Zhang Shenwu's eyes. After saying this, he took the remaining 200 servants and prepared to cross the Hun River and head north.
Zhang Mingshi saw it and hurried forward to ask.
He had been paying close attention to Zhang Shenwu since Zhang Shenwu broke his ten-shot thunderbolt with a water bag, and now he quickly asked him where he was going.
"Tieling Kaiyuan!"
Zhang Shenwu only left these words and strode northward.
Second brother, taking the remaining 200 servants, is going to Kaiyuan to establish a foothold?
Wang Hongyu hurriedly caught up and asked his second brother not to bring such a small number of people there, but to make proper arrangements together.
Zhang Shenwu's heroic face looked very cold. He stared at his third brother for a while and said word by word: "After the death of the eldest brother, the She'an family will rebel. You go ahead..."
"Then let's fight Jiannu now..."
"You keep the veteran fire! The water in Liaodong is deep, you go back first, and leave this place to me first!"
Wang Hongyu froze on the spot.
Is this the second brother's last instruction to himself?
Second brother, you must not go to death!
Wang Hongyu wanted to lead people to stop him again, but Zhang Shenwu had already led 200 servants, mounted their horses, and headed towards the bridge behind the Jiannu Camp.
Jiannu was beaten so hard that he did not dare to cross the river, so he fled eastward along the south bank of the Hun River.
The bridge behind is still intact, just in time for Zhang Shenwu to lead people north.
Zhang Mingshi and Zhao Hannian walked to Wang Hongyu: "General Wang, how should we act now?"
They said before that they would obey Wang Hongyu's orders and that they would be a man of honor, so now of course they would obey Wang Hongyu's arrangements.
Jiang Bi and You Shilu also came with their remaining soldiers to listen to Wang Hongyu's arrangements.
Seeing that the Ming army around them had exhausted their strength in the decisive battle and defeated Jiannu in a bloody battle, the main force of the enemy was still there, with a strength of about 25,000.
At present, the Ming army still has a total of 7,000 people, but there are only more than 3,000 people who still have physical strength, are not injured or are slightly injured and can fight again.
Yuan Yingtai has not sent anyone to support him. If he continues to fight, there will be many casualties. He will fight hard for the political achievements of Yuan Yingtai and the Donglin Party.
You can't sacrifice your life for them.
Therefore, it is better to retreat quickly according to the plan.
This is very important for soldiers and horses to escape danger. An early retreat to Guangning can also allow the seriously injured to receive good treatment and care as soon as possible.
In addition, there are still many things waiting to be done by yourself.
The first thing the second brother said was that once his eldest brother Zhou Dunji died, the two chieftains of She'an in the southwest would inevitably start a rebellion and he would have to put them down himself.
Then I told myself just now that the water in Liaodong is too deep and lacks opportunities for development. Let me keep the seeds of veterans and leave this to him first...
We can’t live up to the expectations and determination of our second brother Zhang Shenwu!
"Prepare to retreat..."
Suddenly, a large cloud of dust appeared in the southeast.
The Ming soldiers stared with wide eyes and soon cheered happily.
"It's reinforcements! It's reinforcements!"
"It's reinforcements coming from the direction of Liaoyang!"
A large group of cavalry came from the southeast.
However, after getting a little closer, I found that only a few hundred of these "cavalry" were cavalry on horses, and the rest were auxiliary soldiers riding donkeys and mules.
What's going on?
Aren't donkeys and mules conscripted into the auxiliary army to transport supplies?
Why are the reinforcements not combat soldiers but logistics transporters?