Chapter 163: The Results of the Special Training Appeared
Although Zhu Wanliang had a lot of infantry, when the two armies fought, they were frightened by the barbarian Jurchens who bared their teeth, held various weapons and howled like ghosts. Due to their fear of war, they were the opponents of the wild Jurchens.
There are also hundreds of soldiers with blue flags who were frightened by the Confederate army and returned to their ancestors. Now they have regained their confidence and become killing machines. They rush to kill without dodging or avoiding, and they don't care even if they are injured. They are much more powerful than soldiers.
The savage Jurchens hugged people and gnawed them, biting off a piece of meat and eating it. These Ming soldiers were scared to death, let alone killing the enemy.
Zhu Wanliang's 6,000-strong Ming army was surrounded by Amin's blue banner and could not defeat them in a deadly battle. The casualty ratio was about ten to one.
In the end, they had no choice but to break out of the encirclement. 3,000 people broke out of the encirclement. During the retreat, Zhu Wanliang was killed by Xianglan Banner Niulu Ezhen. 1,000 Xianglan Banner cavalry came back to chase and intercept them.
Only 500 of Zhu Wanliang's 3,000 men fled back to Liaoyang.
Zu Dashou's people came back with 3,000 people, but many of them had no intention of fighting and did not dare to fight again after they came back.
One of Amin's men, Niu Luzhen, held up Zhu Wanliang's head with a gun and demonstrated outside Liaoyang City, shouting in Chinese to urge Yuan Yingtai to surrender as soon as possible, otherwise the Ming Dynasty emperor would execute him in Lingchi.
Yuan Yingtai was pointed at the nose by Zhang Quan and yelled: "You are a traitor who has brought disaster to the country and the people! You have ruined Shenyang, ruined Liaoyang, and ruined Liaodong!"
Zhao Lijiao had already sent people to defeat the Southern Army. Nurhachi, Chen Ce, Qi Jin, Tong Zhongkui, and Zhou Dunji probably gave a brief briefing to Zhang Quan and Liang Zhongshan in time.
The further we go, the harder it becomes to contact us again, and we don’t know what will happen next.
Zhang Mingshi, You Shilu, Jiang Bi, Zhao Hannian and himself were also willing to follow Wang Hongyu to protect the sick and wounded as well as the dead generals and soldiers' bodies and retreated to Guangning. It was not yet known whether they could escape the pursuit and interception of the Jiannu.
Although the Ming army, dominated by the southern army, defeated Jiannu, Nurhachi still had 25,000 soldiers to fight. As long as he regained his morale, he would soon pursue him.
Zhang Quan knew that Yuan Yingtai's Liaodong economic strategy could not be saved, and Yuan Yingtai would also throw away Liaoyang. Zhang Quan wanted to keep Liaoyang, but if it was not possible, he would try his best to keep the Ming army on three sides, leaving some strength for the future recovery of Liaodong.
Fortunately, the day before, the emperor and the Ministry of War had been informed of the martyrs of several generals of the Southern Army and the feats of the Southern Army and its three Ming armies. They also greatly praised the righteous deeds of You Shilu and Zhao Lijiao, so that the imperial court could at least know
The truth is that Yuan Yingtai was not responsible until Liaoyang was besieged.
Of course, he has described Yuan Yingtai as a headstrong man who refused to listen to good advice and recruited a large number of dishonest Mongolians into the army to lure the wolf into the house.
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On Wang Hongyu's side, everything went smoothly during the daytime retreat.
After walking a hundred miles along the official road, except for the 300 servants led by Zhao, the other 3,000 soldiers were exhausted and almost fell asleep.
Wang Hongyu is also very tired, but at this time, he needs to stay alert.
This is what my eldest brother Zhou Dunji taught me.
The temperature in mid-spring in Liaodong during the minor cold season is still very low. Weishi is the warmest time of the day, and the temperature at this time is about 13 to 15 degrees. At night, the coldest from Chou to Yin is 3 to 5 degrees.
If I were in my hometown, the temperature at this time would be at least about 10 degrees higher than here. The temperature in Yunyang Mountain District, where my eldest brother is from, should be 6 to 7 degrees higher than here. I have never been there.
The next step will be the base for starting my own business. I wonder if my eldest brother has any relatives in his hometown? No matter how close or distant their blood relationship is with him, his relatives are my relatives, Wang Hongyu.
Whether he was marching or camping these two days, the shadow of his eldest brother has always been lingering in Wang Hongyu's mind. When something happens, he always thinks: How will his eldest brother deal with it?
The sun is about to set, and we will set up camp soon.
At this time, I remembered the common sense that my elder brother taught me about choosing a camp: the method of setting up camp is to choose the location first: avoid the wind but not the sound, the water source is the first priority; never camp on dry grassland in the forest. Back up the mountain and face the easy way.
Wang Hongyu chose a place backed by a mound. To the east of the mound is a vertical cliff more than ten miles deep. To the east of the cliff is flat land. To the south is a small river. There is not much dead grass around and it is easy to clean.
This is a good place for a small group of soldiers and horses to temporarily camp. The camp should not be too close to the cliff to prevent the enemy from throwing fire from above. A sentry post should be set up on the hillock.
Encircle the vehicle in a rectangular shape, cut some small trees and smash them into the ground to make wooden stakes. Use ropes to connect the vehicle wooden stakes. For maintenance, protective trenches should be dug.
To rest at night, Wang Hongyu asked the soldiers to rest according to what Zhou Dunji taught him when he marched from Pinggu to Liaodong last year: the method of resting awake while sleeping.
Many of Wang Hongyu's men trained it, and most of them became good at it. It was later widely promoted in the Southern Army, and later trilateral friendly troops came to learn from it. Zhao Lejiao, You Shilu, and Jiang Bi sent people to learn from it.
Some people have succeeded in practicing, and their servants have basically practiced. Of course, most people have achieved results, but a few have not achieved results due to lack of talent or tenacity.
Since last night, Wang Hongyu asked everyone to practice the method of resting awake during sleep. Many people began to learn, and those who always insisted on practicing naturally became teachers.
Night had just fallen. After a day of rapid marching and several days of fighting, the soldiers were already exhausted. After lying down, they fell into a deep sleep. Soon after, the entire military camp was filled with thunderous snoring.
If it is an ordinary person, they will definitely have a deep sleep after being overworked like this. Even if the sleeping person is moved outside the tent, most of them will not wake up. Those who have not learned or have learned to wake up from sleep and have not yet started fall into this category.
At 3 o'clock in the morning, Wang Hongyu, who was in deep sleep, moved his ears without opening his eyes, but moved his lips slightly a few times. After a while, he gently stood up and walked out of the tent. At this time, dozens of people also came out.
These people are all "veterans" who have followed him from Tongzhou. Most of them are Sichuan soldiers and Baoding people. They all learned the unique skills of waking up from sleep from Wang Hongyu.
Wang Hongyu gave them a few brief instructions, and then he led his men to separate and set out to the east.
Because they all noticed that there were Jiannu scouts nearby.
Or you may hear some sounds of horses panting, or find that the insect chirping has disappeared in a certain place.
But it is certain that there are not many enemy scouts, because there is too little movement. When a large group of scouts arrive, there must be movement in the entire area, and the entire area is silent from insects and birds. Now it is only a small area.
Several people in the Ming army pretended to get up to pee, staggered while walking, and almost peed on themselves when urinating.
Some people fell down while walking when they returned. Soon they heard the sound of "Snoring! Snoring!~", and their companions quickly woke up the person and helped each other walk.
Of course this is fishing~
Jian Nu had 10 scouts, and they chased him on horseback. Their cats were nearby and they wanted to laugh when they saw them.
Little did they know that Wang Hongyu had already led someone to lock their location.