Chapter seven hundred and fiftieth chapters went very smoothly
In July of the 14th year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen secretly ordered Hong Chengchou to quickly march to rescue Jinzhou and wait for an opportunity to severely inflict heavy damage on the enemy. Chen Xinjia also reported in a letter to Hong Chengchou that the Qing army was trying to enter the Great Wall north of the capital.
He threatened: "Your Excellency will close the country for a year and pay hundreds of thousands. If the siege of Jinzhou is not solved and the mainland is troubled again. If we do not enter the mountains and seas, the mainland will be empty. If we withdraw our troops from Liaoxi and return without success, how can we be worthy of the emperor?"
How to explain it to the civil and military officials?"
Under such pressure like a prairie fire, Hong Chengchou could only mobilize his entire army, aiming for a decisive battle. On July 21, various Ming armies set off to gather in Ningyuan one after another. Wu Shigong also bid farewell to the crying Chang Liuqin and led
More than 18,000 troops rushed to Ningyuan.
On July 26, Hong Chengchou took the oath of surrender in Ningyuan. He led the pacesetters of his battalion and Ma Ke and other troops to march eastward. However, he did not divide his troops into four groups according to Chen Xinjia's plan. Instead, he concentrated all his forces and maintained the overall advantage.
The army's food, grass and baggage were gathered at Bijia Mountain between Xingshan and Tashan.
Bijia Mountain is right between Ningyuan and Jinzhou. Hong Chengchou's arrangement was obviously based on prudence. Although he assumed an offensive posture, he still sought to stabilize himself first and establish an undefeated team with sufficient food and salary and a neat team.
momentum.
Although Wu Shigong was not extremely ambitious about this expedition, he was still very confident. With 150,000 people, the scene was overwhelming and it goes without saying that it gave people a courageous index.
What makes Wu Shigong even more encouraged is that the Ming army dispatched this time can indeed be called "elite soldiers and strong generals." Of course, this kind of "elite soldiers and strong generals" depends on who they compare with, and it is definitely worse than the Runing army and the Qing army.
.But if you only look at the weapons and equipment, it is definitely brightly armored, with numerous horses and vehicles, and sharp weapons such as artillery and muskets. It can be said to be the most elite and powerful army in the Ming Dynasty.
But Wu Shigong has no idea how tragic the ending of the Songjin War was in the original history. He embarked on a dangerous journey, an unknown journey. So Wu Shigong's high-spiritedness now is completely a fearless battle for the ignorant.
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And Wu Shigong’s ignorance of history when he time traveled cannot be said to be good or bad. After all, except for some time travelers who inexplicably memorize historical events by heart, most other time travelers are just enthusiasts on history forums. If you use
If the history of their two swords determines their actions, these people's bones would already have white hair growing on them.
For example: Many people know about Denglai Kong Youde's rebellion, but few people know that they have been rebelling for more than a year? If a time traveler only knows that Kong Youde and the others were suppressed, and in order to gain credit, they get involved at the beginning of Kong Youde's rebellion
, and when he encountered Kong Youde's elite troops with all firearms, he would have finished the game long ago.
Another example: the time travelers who knew about the Songjin Battle, when they first arrived in Liaodong, they knew that the Ming army would end in total annihilation, and in this battle it was Wu Sangui and the others who escaped first. So these time travelers were on
During Tan Tai's night attack, if he thought it was a real-life army rout and slipped away, wouldn't he be making a big fool of himself? But we can't blame these time-travelers, because who knows how many iterations of the Songjin War were.
Did it last for a year?
But no matter what, this ignorance will bring danger to Wu Shigong.
However, we must also allow God to give the Ming army a chance to shine. The process of rushing to Jinzhou this time was quite smooth. Maybe it was Hong Chengchou's command, maybe it was the Ming army's strong soldiers and horses, so they did not encounter any obstruction by the Qing army along the way.
On the 29th, Hong Chengchou and all his troops arrived at Songshan, which was only a dozen miles away from Jinzhou. That night, they seized the west side of Rufeng Mountain, five or six miles away from Jinzhou, and set up camp there. The Qing army
The main force is on the east side of Rufeng Mountain.
In the first few days of August, the Ming and Qing armies fought several fierce battles with Rufeng Mountain as the focus of the battle. Since the Ming army had an advantage in strength, Hong Chengchou commanded it well. Although both sides suffered losses, Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu of the Ming army,
He was killed in battle, but the overall situation was relatively unfavorable for the Qing army.
In these small-scale battles, Wu Shigong's Runing Army did not perform well. The tactics adopted by the Ming Army were to place a large number of vehicles in front of the army, and based on the cover of the vehicles, they used firecrackers and bows to shoot from a long distance and slowly advanced.
.It is completely a city defense battle in the field.
Although the Qing army built two outer earth walls outside Jinzhou City, they did not rely on the walls to defend. Instead, they concentrated their forces to attack, giving up defense and choosing to fight in the field. This offensive and defensive position made it easier for the Ming army to attack.
In addition, the Qing army also sent some troops to guard the Zu Dashou tribe in Jinzhou City, which made the disparity in strength between the two armies even greater, so the Ming army had the upper hand.
After Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu government, couldn't hold back his temper and took the initiative to rush out of the car formation to fight with the Qing army and was unfortunately killed in battle. The tactics of the Ming army became more conservative. They just followed the car and did not attack. They marched towards Jinzhou step by step.
The city slowly advanced.
The Runing Army was even more unscathed. On the line of defense they were responsible for, it was impossible for the Qing Army to approach under the strong firepower. In the end, the Qing Army also gave up this most heavily defended line of defense, allowing you to
Ning Jun was even more idle.
Moreover, in such a defensive battle, the Runing Army could not perform at a higher level than other Ming armies. After all, the Ming Army was not good at field battles, but it could defend the city. After getting used to being beaten, they all became experts in defensive battles, so they
When defending, their performance was no worse than that of Runing's army.
This kind of blunt-knife slicing tactics was quite effective, it was to kill the strength and morale of the Qing army. So on the second day of August, the Ming army captured the position of the Qing army's three flags: red, red and blue. And at this time, it can be seen
I saw the Ming army in Jinzhou City.
In order to cooperate with the rescue Ming army, Zu Dashou also divided his troops into three groups to break out of the city. After breaking through two lines of defense, he was blocked on the third line of defense and had to retreat to Jinzhou. However, at this time, it was already possible to break the siege of the Qing army.
Within reach.
After the setback, the Qing army went on the defensive, clinging to the camp and no longer fighting. At the same time, it sent an urgent message to Huang Taiji in Shengjing for help. Zhang Ruoqi immediately reported the good news of the victory to the court. Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed when he saw the news, and even more urgently urged Hong Chengchou to take advantage of the victory to advance in order to
Annihilate painfully.
After Hong Chengchou gained something in the first battle, he became more cautious. Ma Shaoyu, who was praising the painting in front of the army, suggested that he should organize an attack with all his strength before the enemy's reinforcements arrived. He did not adopt it and still used fortifications to confront the Qing army. He used forts to confront the Qing army.
Seven camps were set up between Rufeng Mountain and Songshan Mountain, trenches were dug and fortifications were built, and cavalry were ordered to be stationed on the east, north and west sides of the camps, forming a solid defense system.