Chapter one hundred and sixty seventh parting ways
After the Jin army entered the pass this time, Zu Dashou first followed the then governor Yuan Chonghuan into Shanhaiguan to serve the king. However, after Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned by Emperor Chongzhen, Zu Dashou was very frightened and immediately fled back with the Liaodong Iron Cavalry.
Outside the customs.
But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers in the court all understood that with the deaths of Zhao Lijiao and Man Gui, the most powerful generals in the Liaodong cavalry were Zu Dashou and He Kegang. Especially Zu Dashou, he
More than twenty of his nephews and slaves have become generals in Liaodong. It can be said that Zu Dashou is already the number one general in Liaodong.
Because he was afraid of Zu Dashou's surrender, Emperor Chongzhen immediately sent eunuchs to Zu Dashou's army with imperial edicts and rewards to appease him. In addition, Emperor Chongzhen resurrected Sun Chengzong, and Sun Chengzong was Zu Dashou's old boss.
Zu Dashou was also given the gift of knowledge and promotion. Therefore, Zu Dashou’s fear gradually calmed down.
When the imperial court wanted to regain the four cities of Yongping, under the order of Sun Chengzong, Zu Dashou took the Liaodong cavalry into Shanhaiguan again. However, during the process of Qin Wang, the Liaodong cavalry ran backwards inside and outside the pass without feeling tired.
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But after all, they arrived relatively late, so Zu Dashou's Liaodong cavalry also marched behind Qin Liangyu's army and the Shanxi and Shandong troops. Fortunately, the Liaodong cavalry vanguard led by deputy generals Zu Dale and Zu Kefa finally caught up with the defeat.
The Shanxi and Shandong troops. However, they did not dare to move forward until the main force of the Liaodong cavalry led by Zu Dashou came to join forces.
After the three armies converged, it took several days to collect the broken troops and regroup. Then, they discussed how to take the next step. Because among all the generals here, Zu Dashou was the strongest.
Qiang, so although it is said to be a discussion, it can also be said to be for Zu Dashou to make a decision.
Zu Dashou looked at the generals who asked him to make decisions, and thought to himself: "You are all so wicked! How can the army march forward with the current appearance? But you are not willing to take the advice from your own mouth.
When you say retreat, you clearly want me to say the word 'retreat'. If you pursue responsibility, you will put the shit basin on my head."
However, a decision must be made after all, so Zu Dashou said: "The imperial court asked us to recover the four cities of Yongping, and the military situation must not be neglected. But now there is an urgent need for civilians to attack the city, and this place has been deserted after being scourge by the Tatars. Something is going on.
It is urgent, so we should immediately recruit enough civilians to recover the four cities of Yongping to repay the emperor's favor."
The young men recruited by the army from Shanxi and Shandong were indeed killed and escaped when the Jin army came over. There are indeed not many left now. But here, due to the war and Tatar plundering of the population, basically
There are no ordinary people left.
If you want to recruit civilians, you must retreat to a more populated area. Zu Dashou's reasons for retreating are so high-sounding that he deserves to be an official veteran.
Zu Dashou's decision was of course unanimously approved by these generals. After sending a messenger to deliver the news to Qin Liangyu's army, the three armies retreated in the direction they came from.
In fact, before Zu Dashou's messenger arrived, Qin Liangyu had already learned the news of the defeat of the Shandong army in Shanxi. Because some defeated soldiers and young men fled to the vicinity of Qin Liangyu's camp in panic. Qin Liangyu gathered these people together.
We actually got three to four hundred people.
However, Qin Liangyu suddenly lost the protection of the two armies at the rear and immediately stopped his action. Because the spies could not be sent out, he lost his eyes and ears and did not understand the latest battle situation. Therefore, Qin Liangyu's army now had to camp on the spot.
We’ll talk about everything after the dust settles.
At this time, Qin Liangyu summoned all the military attaches to discuss how the army should take the next step. Most of the military attaches believed that now their army has become a lone army and there is no way to capture Yongping.
Four cities. So for the sake of stability, the army should withdraw.
A small number of other military attaches thought that they should station the army on the spot. Anyway, the food and grass carried by Qin Liangyu's army was enough for the entire army to consume for more than three months. With the strong camp, the Tatar cavalry could not
Dare to attack yourself.
But these two suggestions are not in line with Qin Liangyu's ideas. Don't think Qin Liangyu is a prostitute, in fact, in her heart, she advocates offense very much. She dares to take the initiative to find the enemy for a decisive battle. Besides, she retreated in such a dejected manner, even though she withdrew her troops.
Qin Liangyu couldn't be blamed for the reason, but Qin Liangyu always felt that he was losing face.
So when she saw Wu Shigong silent on the side, she asked by name: "Wu Qianhu, what do you think?"
In fact, Wu Shigong also agreed with the withdrawal of troops in his heart. When the time comes to join the main force of the Ming army behind him, the large number of people can embolden him. However, Wu Shigong was also thinking about a problem just now.
So Wu Shigong said to Qin Liangyu: "General Qin, I was thinking about a problem just now. If we withdraw, we will be a lonely army along the way, and there will be no other Ming troops to look after each other."
"And the journey back is at least more than half a month. And because we retreated without restraint, the Tatar army defending the city can let go. After they join up with the Tatar army that attacked us, their strength will be
It has been greatly strengthened. At that time, we will definitely not be peaceful on the way back, and the losses will not be small."
"I believe that we are not far from Luanzhou City now, and the urgent march will only take two days. Since we want to camp on the spot, we can simply camp at the foot of Luanzhou City. In this case, the Tatar army and our army will interact with each other.
If they have scruples, they will not dare to send troops to attack without scruples. It is best for these Tatars to attack our camp and let them eat the turtle shell built by me."
Wu Shigong's words made everyone in the big tent laugh. Wu Shigong's extreme turtle style method of building a big camp has become a joke in the mouths of Qin Liangyu's white-pole soldiers. But these military attaches also
Admittedly, it is indeed reassuring to stay in such a large camp to defend against enemy attacks.
Wu Shigong continued: "As long as we drag those Tatars under the city of Luanzhou, so that they can't separate their troops to attack the main force behind, then the main force behind will come up soon. At that time, as long as the Yongcheng is captured,
Even if we don’t have the first achievement in pacifying the Fourth City, the main contribution will always be indispensable. By then, General Qin will have to win more silver rewards for us!"
Wu Shigong's words made the military attache in the tent laugh again. Qin Liangyu laughed and scolded Wu Shigong: "You brat, if you don't fight well, you will get into money's eyes. And you, a young man, don't have any courage at all."
No, our troops and horses are no less than those of the Tatars, why can’t we attack the city directly? However, what you said before is also good. Everyone, get ready to go."
Looking at the back of Wu Shigong coming out of the tent, Qin Liangyu shook her head. In fact, she had a pretty good impression of Wu Shigong. Although Wu Shigong was a little arrogant, he was a pretty good soldier and did things well. What was particularly valuable was that the military attache at that time
There are many brave people, but there are not many who are as clear-minded as Wu Shigong and can see things clearly.
If Wu Shigong is properly trained, he will definitely be a good youngster for a famous general. Unfortunately, Wu Shigong is afraid of death and not enterprising enough, so he just wants to preserve his strength.
In the early morning of the next day, Qin Liangyu's army immediately marched towards Luanzhou City. This move caught the Hou Jin army led by Baduli unprepared for the sneak attack and harassing army.
Because they defeated two Ming armies in succession, Baduli's Houjin army was also tired. They were all resting behind Qin Liangyu's army. They only sent a small force of hundreds of people to monitor every move of Qin Liangyu's army.
.After Qin Liangyu's army retreats, they will launch an attack on Qin Liangyu's army while it is retreating.
But what Baduli never expected was that instead of retreating, Qin Liangyu's army started marching in the direction of Luanzhou City. The small unit of the Hou Jin Army that was monitoring the situation sent people to report to Baduli on the one hand;
On the one hand, they took the initiative to approach Qin Liangyu's army to harass them, hoping to slow down the march of Qin Liangyu's army and wait for the main force of the Hou Jin army led by Baduli to arrive.
Needless to say, after fighting the Ming army for a long time and defeating the Ming army, the courage of the soldiers of the Jin army was exhausted. Such a cavalry team with only a few hundred people dared to harass and provoke
Qin Liangyu's team of tens of thousands of people. And in this team of tens of thousands of people, the number of soldiers is close to 9,000.
However, the harassment of the Hou Jin Army was very successful at first. Because they had to protect this long marching team, all Qin Liangyu's cavalry were scattered, and their local numbers were not strong enough for these Hou Jin Army's cavalry.
What advantage does it have?
Therefore, the cavalrymen of the Later Jin Army often found the weak spots of the marching team. They rushed to about fifty steps of the marching team, took out their cavalry bows, and shot arrows at the marching team regardless of their accuracy. These arrows
Although the casualties caused by branches were not large, they often caused chaos in the marching team. When Qin Liangyu's cavalry gathered and arrived, they turned around and fled.
After escaping for a certain distance, they saw that Qin Liangyu's cavalry stopped chasing. These Jin troops stuck to Qin Liangyu's army like dog-skin plaster. If they saw an opportunity, they would mount their horses against the weak defenses of the marching team.
charge.
Why did the cavalry of the Later Jin Army rush to a distance of fifty steps? Because the cavalry bows they used on horseback were relatively small, and the effective range was only seventy or eighty steps. And the longbows they used on horseback
, that’s a great range. If it’s a lob shot, it can shoot to more than 200 steps.
Wu Shigong's eyes burned when he saw these flies. He ordered his men to quietly gather the gunmen and hide in the marching team. Wu Shigong also asked the cavalry in this direction to disperse, deliberately exposing a weak point.
As expected, the cavalrymen of the Hou Jin Army were fooled. When they rushed to a distance of five or sixty steps again, they were about to open their bows and shoot arrows when they heard a loud volley of firecrackers. Forty or fifty of the Hou Jin Army were
The cavalrymen were immediately knocked off their horses. These cavalrymen of the Hou Jin Army had no idea that Wu Shigong's fire blunderbuss was so powerful and there were so many of them.
In the past, when they faced the Ming army's inferior fire cannons, they sometimes just had to protect their faces with their elbows, and those fire cannon bullets might not even be able to penetrate their armor. So later, they responded to the Ming army's
The power of the fire cannon was underestimated. But this time, their contempt cost them all their lives.
After receiving this heavy blow, the cavalry left behind by the Hou Jin Army no longer dared to stay near Qin Liangyu's army, let alone harass them. They had no choice but to hang far behind Qin Liangyu's army, waiting for the attack led by Baduli.
The arrival of the main force.
Without the harassment of these flies, Qin Liangyu's army resumed its rapid march. The first day of the urgent march passed smoothly.
When we set up camp that night, we had marched all day and didn't have much time to build the camp, so the entire camp was just a wooden fence and a trench was dug around the camp. However, in Qin Liangyu's army
They took turns to watch the night, and because Baduli's main force hadn't arrived yet, the night was uneventful.
