Chapter 97: Please withdraw the Chinese envoy and three things
Update time:2012-11-12
Photographed under Huang Taiji's strict order, Azig, who also knew that the situation was critical, stopped the Ming army from crossing the river at all costs. More than 3,000 golden soldiers rushed left and right in the Ming army's formation, disrupting the Ming army's formation.
It was divided into several pieces, and the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, Zhang Chunfa, successfully coordinated the various units to fight together.
Fortunately, there were only two to three thousand Jin troops who entered the formation. Although the Ming army was in chaos, it was still in an advantage overall. However, this advantage was compared to the Jin army with a red flag. On the whole, the situation of the Ming army was different.
Not optimistic.
If they cannot cross the river, the Ming army can continue to break forward, while the Jin army can rely on the Xiaoling River to delay the Ming army and mobilize other banner cavalry to join the battle.
Once the Jin army has new soldiers and horses join the battle, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for the Ming army, which maintains its offensive formation and fights independently.[
How could Huang Taiji not take advantage of the time that Azig tried his best to buy for him?
What Zhang Chun was most worried about finally happened. The two banners of the Jin army, Zhengbai and Zhenglan, rushed toward the Xiaoling River from the northeast and northwest from the other side of the river. From a distance, there were nearly ten thousand cavalrymen from the two banners.
However, the thousands of gold soldiers who broke into the formation were extremely tenacious, and it was impossible to surround, annihilate or drive them away in a short period of time.
As long as the two-flag Golden Army marched in through the hole opened by the red-flag-emblazoned Golden Army, the battle would basically be lost. If the battle continued, it would not just be an early defeat but a late defeat. There would be no suspense about the outcome.
The earth-shattering sound of hoofbeats from the other side made Lieutenant General Zhang Hongmo's face turn pale. He looked at Zhang Chun beside him in horror, his teeth were shaking a little, and he murmured: "Sir...Sir, what should I do?"
Zhang Chun's face was ashen, he gritted his teeth and remained silent. The wrinkles on his forehead were deep enough to stuff a copper coin into.
But he didn't panic or get confused, he just gritted his teeth and stared motionlessly at the Jin troops that broke into the formation.
Zhang Jifu, Yang Zhenghua and other generals on the side were not as calm as the coach. They looked at the other side of the river in a daze, looking at each other with eyes that were not filled with panic.
The game is now a dead end, and the Xiaoling River is the key to solving the game. If you can cross the river, everyone will survive. If you can't cross the river, the whole army will be wiped out.
Looking at the current situation, crossing the river is just around the corner. If we continue to fight, the whole army will be annihilated.
The 40,000-strong army is the last possession of the Ming Dynasty. Apart from this, the imperial court can no longer gather a support army to relieve the siege of the Daling River. If they are all buried here, the sky outside the Ming Dynasty will be completely collapsed, and they will also
Sprinkle your blood here, and you may return to the pass.
All the generals were thinking: if they abandoned their infantry and fled back to Jinzhou before the Jiannu army gathered, at least five or six thousand men and horses could be saved.
I can escape.
Thinking of this, the idea of retreating began to brew in the hearts of the generals, but no one dared to say retreat first, because they knew that the military commander in front of them had relied on killing the generals who refused to lead the army.
A meteoric rise.
They were afraid that as soon as they said they wanted to withdraw, the military commander would immediately change his attitude and order someone to capture them, and then cut off their heads with a knife.
After a short silence, Zhang Hongmo, Zhang Chun's most trusted lieutenant, suddenly stepped forward, knelt down in front of him, bowed his head, and begged: "Sir, it's too late to withdraw now!"
"You still have time?"
Zhang Chun did not expect that Zhang Hongmo would be the first to say that he wanted to evacuate. He was extremely disappointed. He glanced at him coldly and suddenly laughed, his laughter full of sadness.
Zhang Chun's laughter sent shivers down Zhang Hongmo's spine, so cold that he knelt there without daring to move.[
The laughter suddenly stopped, and Zhang Chun's voice came to his ears, "Yes, if we retreat now, it's too late, at least our lives can be saved, but I ask you, what will you do with these tens of thousands of soldiers! Do you want me to abandon the Ming Dynasty?"
Soldiers, do you want to survive alone?"
"Sir! If you have no choice, keep the green hills and don't worry about not having firewood!" Zhang Hongmo persuaded hard, "The Jiannu cavalry is powerful, we have tried our best, why bother to bury them all here! If we withdraw now, at least some can be saved.
Bones and blood, we will figure it out later."
"Zhang Hongmo, I think you are also a dignified lieutenant general. You have made many military exploits in the past. I will not punish you for shaking the morale of the army. But if you dare to withdraw again, I will definitely use this sword given by the emperor before I die.
Cut off your head!"
After Zhang Chun finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to take the sword given by Emperor Chongzhen from the guard, drew the sword out of its sheath, and pointed angrily at Zhang Hongmo.
Dong Kaiguo, a member of Qianhu Jinyiwei who was ordered to protect Zhang Chun, led dozens of Jinyiwei to surround Zhang Hongmo.
"grown ups!…"
Looking at the cold sword edge, Zhang Hongmo felt terrified.
Zhang Jifu, Yang Zhenghua and others saw that the situation was not good, so they all subconsciously took a step back.
The sword gifted by the emperor had a far greater power to intimidate them than Zhang Chun's personal prestige. The Ming Dynasty had not completely sunk, and at the moment, the emperor's majesty was still enough to suppress these officers.
The sword pointed at Zhang Hongmo, but his eyes looked at the group of officers. Zhang Chun said coldly: "Everyone in the army will fight to the death! Anyone who suggests retreating will be killed without mercy!"
"That's it!"
Seeing that Zhang Chun was determined not to retreat, Zhang Hongmo sighed secretly, stood up from the ground, put his helmet on his head, looked at Zhang Chunnai and said: "Since the military commander is determined to live and die with the army, it is not easy for the general to say anything.
What, please know, Lord Military Preparation, that the general is not a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death!" After saying that, he clasped his fists and made a promise, turned around and got on his mount, tightened the saddle, and led his seven or eight guerrillas, Du Si, to command.
The remaining cavalry launched an attack on the Jin army in the formation.
Seeing this, Zhang Jifu, Yang Zhenghua and others did not dare to stay any longer, and hurriedly went to their headquarters to supervise the battle.
In an instant, dozens of generals left, leaving only Dong Kaiguo and other guards in uniform surrounding Zhang Chun.
Dong Kaiguo was ordered to protect Zhang Chun, and he also wanted to monitor Zhang Chun, but seeing that Zhang Chun did not shrink back like other civilian leaders, he couldn't help but admire him. Seeing that the Jin army on the other side of the river had crossed the river, he was afraid that Zhang Chun would make a mistake, so Dong Kaiguo
He was about to persuade Zhang Chun to move the Chinese army's flag back one mile, but before he could speak, Zhang Chun suddenly turned around, stared at him, and said calmly: "The envoy was ordered to protect me here, and he has done his duty. I am determined to fight with him."
The army will live and die together, but the lieutenant envoy is the emperor's personal commander, so there is no need to wait to die here. I also ask the lieutenant to return to Jinzhou quickly. If I die in this battle, please tell the emperor three things. In this way, I will
Even after death, I can still smile."
Dong Kaiguo was startled, and instinctively blurted out: "Sir Zhang, the outcome has not yet been determined, why are you so frustrated? Our army is still strong, and we have never been defeated..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Zhang Chun, who shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Envoy, please remember this carefully. The first thing I want to do is to ask the emperor to start the negotiation of funds as soon as possible."