The fire burned all the way to the Xiaoling River. When the thick smoke dispersed, Shi Dayong knew that the time for the decisive battle had come. Looking at the Xiaoling River that was already dyed red with blood, he calmly put on the bronze mask.
"Wolf Riders in Armor!"
Immediately, six hundred Changping disciples carrying iron armor rushed out together, hurriedly covering the armor for the war horses and wolf cavalry.
Those wolf cavalry who could not ride a horse did not even frown. With the help of their companions, they climbed onto their horses, and then allowed the soldiers under the horses to tie them tightly to the horses with leather belts. Apart from sitting upright, they could not move at all.
one time.[
After raising his arm and confirming that all the armor had been fastened, Shi Dayong gave three orders in a row:
"Huang An, after I cross the river, you lead the front army and follow behind me!"
"Jiang Wanli led the Chinese army across the river and set fire to it!"
"Shao Wu led the rear army and retreated five miles."
Upon hearing that Shi Dayong wanted to lead his troops to retreat, Shao Wu was stunned and asked in a voice: "General, although our rear army is not fully equipped, we are united and everyone dares to fight. Why does the general want me to retreat? Doesn't the general believe it?"
Do I have a thousand brothers in my army?"
"It's not that I can't trust you, but..."
After a pause for a few seconds, Shi Dayong said slowly, as if he was giving his last words: "If this general fails, you can quickly set fire to isolate the battlefield, collect as many defeated soldiers as possible, and then quickly bring them back to Jinzhou to Lord Futai. Once the army is
If we are defeated, Jiannu will definitely send his troops to attack Jinzhou. By then, these defeated troops will be Master Futai's biggest support. If Jinzhou can be saved, the situation will not be too bad. If Jinzhou is also lost, our Ming Dynasty is afraid..."
Having said this, he did not say any more, but closed his eyes and looked up to the sky.
No one knows what Shi Dayong is thinking behind the bronze mask.
"General!..."
Everyone heard that Shi Dayong's words were an explanation of what happened after his death. Their noses were sore and tears burst into their eyes. They could see clearly from the rear that although the fire had forced the Jin army back, the Jin army on the north bank had already recovered.
, there are still more troops than our own, and there is still no hope of winning this battle.
The general knew that there was no hope of victory, but still led the wolf cavalry into the battle. This was because he was determined to die, and he was also trying to gain more troops for Jinzhou to defend the city. This kind of sincerity for the country was too tragic.
The atmosphere is a bit heavy.
After a while, Shi Dayong suddenly clamped his horse's belly and without saying anything, he galloped forward.
Seeing this, Cao Bianjiao raised his arms and roared: "Attack, Wolf Cavalry!"
In an instant, three hundred iron pagoda dead soldiers rushed out together, and the black ash on the ground rose up under the horses' hooves.
Huang An and Jiang Wanli each followed closely with a thousand soldiers. Upon seeing this, some of the defeated troops gathered behind them chose to follow the Songshan Army, some chose to stay put, and some remained silent.
Ran back.
…………
After the thick smoke dissipated, the field of vision widened, and the true situation of the Ming army taking advantage of the chaos to counterattack was immediately seen by the Jin army on the north bank.[
It was discovered that the main force of the Ming army was not coming to Jinzhou, but the remnants of the Ming army led by Zhang Chun were still chasing them across the river. The Jin army immediately began to counterattack.
Both the Ming and Jin armies used their best tactics. The Jin army attacked with cavalry archers and fired arrows at the Ming army. The Ming army relied on hundreds of remaining chariots to fight with firearms. For a while, arrows rained down from the Xiaoling River.
, the sound of gunshots was heard all over the sky.
The Jin army had not yet established a stable foothold and was escaping all the way across the river. Therefore, although they knew the details of the Ming army, they could not drive back the Ming army in the river for a while.
Although the fire was extinguished, the joy of chasing the Jin army all the way just made the morale of the Ming army high. Moreover, because the Jin army in the river was intercepted by the Ming army, they did not know that the north bank had counterattacked, so they were still in a mess.
With the help of the rebel army, although the Ming army only had more than 10,000 people, it was not at a disadvantage for a while, so it resisted very tenaciously.
The most tenacious attacker was the Zuo Liangyu tribe on the left wing. This man was a sharpshooter and his arrows were missing. There were fifty archers in his unit who were trained by him personally. Under the life-threatening arrows of these sharp archers, the Jin army
The arrows kept falling off the horse. Then the six hundred Changping soldiers on the left attacked fiercely first, followed by more than a thousand rebel soldiers, constantly breaking through the Jin army and killing the Jin army in the river on the left until they ran away like wolves.
Dorgon saw that the Ming army on the left was powerful, so he personally led Bai Yala to attack the Ming army several times, but was driven back by the tenacious Ming army. Gushan'e Zhenchuo and Nuo were shot to death by Zuo Liangyu with an arrow.
, his nephew Fukachan was also hit by an arrow and fell from his horse. Fortunately, several Goshiha tried their best to rescue him and he escaped back.
The left army became more and more courageous as they fought. The Ming army from other directions saw that the left wing was advancing smoothly. The Jin army could not stop it. Hundreds more Ming soldiers came to join them. Compared with the central army, the left army obviously posed a greater threat to the Jin army.
If they could no longer stop this Ming army, they would rush ashore to join the Ming army that had crossed the river earlier, causing chaos behind their own formation.
Huang Taiji, who could see clearly, immediately ordered his consort Darhan to lead five hundred soldiers, Bai Ya La, to join the battle on the left wing, with the intention of annihilating all the Ming troops on the left. He also urgently ordered Yue Tuo to deal with the Ming army car camp that had crossed the river as soon as possible.
On the right wing, in the river beside the stone bridge, the cavalry of the Ming and Jin sides were fighting. Song Wei's remaining cavalry was less than a thousand, but under Song Wei's command, he continued to launch desperate charges against the counterattacking Jin army in an attempt to defeat the Chinese army.
Gain time, contain more Jin troops on the north bank, and reduce the pressure on the Chinese army.
Song Wei's troops did not have many troops. Although they continued to charge, they were not taken seriously by Huang Taiji. He only ordered Prince Engel of Mongolia to lead 3,000 troops to stop the enemy. The combat effectiveness of the Mongolian soldiers' equipment was much inferior to that of the Eight Banners. Under the attack of Song Wei's three-eyed guns,
Engelder repeatedly failed to attack and retreated, causing Song Wei's troops to suddenly rush to the north bank. Emperor Taiji was alarmed and quickly ordered General Yang Gu to lead another 500 soldiers to stop them.
After charging into the formation and fighting repeatedly, Song Wei's troops suffered heavy casualties, with less than 400 cavalry left. They advanced again, and after losing more than 100 cavalry, Song Wei ordered to retreat. Yang Guli's troops were in hot pursuit.
After Song Wei fled, the Ming army suddenly lost the support of its right wing, and the Mongolian soldiers took advantage of the situation to join the battle. The Ming army was unable to resist. Although it resisted tenaciously, it was no longer able to hold up and began to retreat backwards.
The more than 2,000 soldiers of the car camp trapped in the middle of the river had to endure the attacks of the Jin armies on both sides and struggled to hold on. More than half of them had been damaged in the battle. Lieutenant General Manku was hit by several arrows, but he still shouted to kill the enemy and refused to retreat.
The situation on Zhang Chun's side was not optimistic either. General Yang Zhenghua was injured, and during the guerrilla attack on Getai, Hu De was killed. The number of Ming troops gathered under the banner of the Chinese Army was less than 4,000.
The thousands of gold troops lying between Manku and the Chinese army were like an insurmountable mountain. Although they were only two hundred steps apart, they could never meet again.
Zhang Chun fought on the front line as a civil servant, and his body was covered with blood, but it was stained by the guards in golden uniforms who protected him. The Jin army continued to approach, and Dong Jianguo led more than a dozen of his men to protect Zhang Chun. From time to time, there were
The Jinyi guards were hit by arrows, but every time one fell, someone else came up to fill the gap.
Dong Kaiguo personally held a shield over Zhang Chun's head. The shield was full of arrows, but Zhang Chun was not injured at all.
Ahead, the Jin army surged more and more, and the Jin army that had been restrained by the Cheying soldiers also began to turn around. Obviously, the Cheying soldiers had been wiped out. In the chaos, Zhang Chun seemed to hear Manku's cry before he died.
The roar was so unclear.
Finally, the horns of the Jin army sounded again, and all the Jin troops in the middle of the river no longer huddled together in a panic, but turned around and charged towards the Chinese army's banner where Zhang Chun was.
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, but the river under his feet could not light a fire. Zhang Chun knew that there would be no more miracles this time, so he gritted his teeth and refused to retreat. He even pulled out the sword given by the emperor and prepared to commit suicide.
I would rather die than be a prisoner of the Donglu.
The right wing collapsed, the left wing was heavily surrounded by Jin troops, and the Chinese army had less than 4,000 men left, so there was no suspense about victory or defeat.
After all, he was a sixty-five-year-old man. Zhang Chun was exhausted and suddenly sat down in the river. He didn't say anything, only breathing heavily.[
After sitting like this for a moment, Zhang Chun suddenly raised his head and shouted to Dong Kaiguo: "Envoy, hurry up!"
After hearing this, Dong Kaiguo simply sat down in the river and smiled bitterly: "My lord, there is no need to say anything more about my responsibilities."
Zhang Chun sighed, nodded slightly, and slowly placed the sword on his neck. When Dong Kaiguo saw this, he did not stop him and just looked at him steadily. The only seven remaining Jinyi guards around him held Xiuchun
They made a circle with their knives, and no matter how they shouted "kill Zhentian" from the front, they didn't move even a moment.
Zhang Chun suddenly felt something and said: "It will be worth my while to be the envoy's companion on the journey to Huangquan."
Hearing this, Dong Kaiguo chuckled: "It is a great honor for me to be a lower-ranking official to drink Meng Po soup with the commander-in-chief of the army."
Zhang Chun sighed slightly, no longer hesitating, and said: "The envoy will wait a moment, let me take a step first." After saying that, the hand holding the sword shook slightly, and he was about to wipe it from his neck. At this time, he heard a strange sound.
The voice came.
"Da da da da da da"
The sound was very dull, like the sound of horse hooves stepping on stone slabs.
Zhang Chun subconsciously looked to the right, only to see that a group of soldiers and horses had appeared on the empty stone bridge. The knights on the horse were all wearing heavy armor, and the knight at the front was holding a "