In front of the mouth of Qinghe River, all armies formed their formations in sequence.
Zhu Youxiao made the overall layout instructions, and Zhang Quan and Qi Jin were responsible for commanding the formation.
The army formed with its back to the northwest and leeward, which allowed the firearms to take advantage of the situation and avoid the tragedy of the Battle of Fushun Pass where firearms were unable to be used when facing the wind.
Zhu Youxiao, Zhang Quan, Qi Jin, Qin Minping and others led the gendarmerie regiment, Tengxiang Right Guards and a small number of Liao troops, a total of 15,000 troops and horses in the center. They used a large number of tanks and grain trucks to form a temporary field battle on the ice and snow at the mouth of the Qinghe River.
fortifications.
A total of 25,000 soldiers and horses from the Beijing Army Expeditionary Corps, the Sichuan Army and the Youyang Army climbed onto the high ground two miles east of the mouth of the Qinghe River. The highland itself is a hill to the east of the river mouth. At this time, the entire mountain is bare in winter, making it very suitable for setting up formations.
The muskets and artillery of the expeditionary corps were set up on the high ground, allowing them to command a commanding position. If the enemy attacked the highlands for hand-to-hand combat, the Sichuan Army, the Youyang Army and the expeditionary corps happened to be the most powerful in the Ming army. In history, the bloody battles in the Hun River were not afraid of the bloody and brave army of the slaves.
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In the plain on the west side of the river two miles southwest of Zhu Youxiao, He Shixian, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, was assigned to lead Jizhen. There were 15,000 soldiers and horses in Liaozhen. Among them were He Shixian's 2,000 heavy armor men, one person and three horses, elite servants, and another 5,000 from Liaozhen.
Ji Town Armored Cavalry.
The formation was deployed on the plain to the west of the river, and it looked like a large area with an amazing momentum.
According to the current formation, this is a crane wing formation with Qinghekou as the center, with its back to the northwest and its face to the southeast.
The center of the crane's wings is on the ice of the river mouth, and the two wings extend two miles due east and southwest respectively.
No matter... your main goal is to kill and injure the Jiannu troops, but to capture the enemy chief Nurhachi alive.
Teng Xiang's right guard, who had later achieved military exploits, was placed in front of the small formation this time, and was responsible for guarding the camp where the small army rested with the 5,000 Sichuan troops left behind.
There was such a day... Yan Bei and Zhang Quan looked at each other and felt that there must be something wrong with that analysis.
of course I remember!
Zhang Quanqi nodded, no longer confident that Ma Lin was in charge of Northern Xinjiang before, because that analysis was very accurate and he grasped the key points in one go.
The young man is actually used to insulting the emperor, and he has also admired Emperor Tianqi's achievements since that year.
Then he pointed at himself and said: "I want me, because I am the first one. If you catch me, you will tie me up and go to attack the city. I will definitely ask for price negotiations and wait for you, Xiao Mingxinjun, to prepare for the war again."
"Ma Lin, let's talk first."
Yan Bei also nodded, agreeing with Ma Lin's analysis, and even suggested timidly: "Your Majesty, although your Chinese army has made special preparations, you still ask your Majesty to return to the small camp, and then Wai Mo will make arrangements with Zhang Xun."
Make sure to kill the enemy as planned."
"So... Nurhaci will attack Your Majesty fiercely, but it is probably a feint attack. The real purpose is to destroy the two wings and then destroy the central army at the front?"
"Seven of you think that if Nurhaci and the one from Wala are compared first, each has no advantages or disadvantages?"
One is to add a head by mistake. Capturing or killing him alive will not help conquer the city or conquer the territory. It will only shock the Han people, Mongolia and Gaoli.
"Ye Xian is very powerful in internal affairs and political planning. He can gather the power of the grassland, his cavalry is mighty, and his small army attacks at the same time is very powerful. But when it comes to actually fighting in battle and being ruthless and decisive in doing things, if he is like Nurhaci."
Emperor Tianqi?
Before finishing speaking, Yan Beiming looked at Zhang Quan again.
And Nurhachi... is very good at seizing opportunities. If he didn't have this condition first, it would be less terrifying... but he would definitely be isolated and marginalized by Mongolia.
Zhang Quan thought for a while and felt that what Ma Lin said was wrong. The Kaiyuan North Route Army was not so defeated at that time.
Before I finished speaking, the whole air became quiet.
"Yes, will Nurhachi give up attacking Your Majesty?" Yan Bei also felt that Nurhachi would make that choice.
Zhang Quan said doubtfully: "The enemy must be fighting like that. These two wings will play the role of attrition and blocking the enemy. If you win, you will defeat the enemy. If you lose, the enemy will definitely lose a lot. The remaining troops will probably be injured by your majesty."
Having said that, I pointed to the east and southwest: "I want to eliminate the main force of Xiao Ming, eliminate the elites who dare to come to support and fight in the field, eliminate all good ministers and brave generals, and achieve my goal of forever dominating the Liaodong separatist regime."
Saarhu was not yet a battle that everyone who went to the Liaoning and Ming Dynasties focused on reflecting on and warning. Today, Ma Lin was serving as the supervisor of the West Road Army and escaped from the enemy's knife edge. Of course, he will remember it day and night.
Among them, the wing that occupies the high ground is top-notch offensively and defensively, while the southwest wing has concentrated a small portion of the cavalry from the small army around Yan Beiming.
Ma Lin first replied: "The two wings of this formation are weak and the middle is slightly stronger. Your Majesty's little banner is raised low. This Nurhachi is very brave in his troops. He will definitely divide his troops to block the two wings, and the main force will attack your Majesty directly."
Zhang Quanqi sighed: "As Zhang Xunyuan said, Ye Xian was overconfident in power and strategy, while Nurhaci completely abandoned force. So Nurhaci will always stare at me..."
Nurhachi looked at Emperor Xiao Ming in the center of the small formation. There were very few troops around him. It was said that the main force should go there. He would go to attack the weakest lowland and the cavalry, Zhu Youxiao, who was famous in Liaodong...
Zhang Quanqi also talked about the Tumu Fort. Let us first compare Nurhaci with those who captured Ming Yingzong alive.
There were a total of 50,000 people in such a small formation, and nearly 8,000 were left behind. The remaining scattered troops were responsible for maintaining contact with Hong Chengchou's 10,000 troops at the Kaiyuan Great Wall.
Ye Xian was very powerful, and the number of troops under his command was much smaller than that of Nurhachi. The cavalry was small and came and went like wind, which was the best defense. However, he was hesitant before capturing Zhu Qizhen alive. In the battle against Yu Qian in Beijing, the key target of the attack was turbidity several times.
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Zhang Quanqi pointed to his feet: "I was attacked by the enemy fiercely. Both wings are loyal warriors. They must divide their troops to rescue me. The enemy's main force must be like defeating Yan Bei? First crush your army's flanks."
Zhang Quan was not surprised that Nurhachi could agree to such a temptation, but his main goal was to eliminate the Ming army.
"In compliance with the order, Yan Bei, the commander-in-chief of Kaiyuan, set up a horn formation, but the eight troops were able to rescue each other, especially Pan Zongyan's chariot camp, which originally belonged to Du Song's command, was violently attacked and rescued, which made the enemy confident.
But Nurhachi doesn't care about that. I don't want to eliminate the powerful elites of the Ming army. When all the Ming army dares to fight are dead and the elites in the field are exhausted, I will be able to firmly dominate this place.
Ma Lin also advised Zhang Quanqi to return to the small camp, where the small formation would definitely block the enemy.
Zhang Quanqi waved his hand: "I am saying that their proposal is appropriate, but I am afraid that their analysis of the enemy's main attack direction may be that complicated."
When attacking Qi Jin's main force's horse-rejecting position halfway up the mountain, we seized on the problem of Qi Jin's large number of troops and strong flanks, and directly flanked it to induce Qi Jin's son to lead the cavalry to attack. As a result, the cavalry was annihilated by the enemy, and then the enemy's main force surrounded and attacked Qi Jin's troops."
Before Yan Beiming set up the formation, he asked Ma Lin and Yan Beiming: "How do the seven of you think Jiannu will launch a retreat?"
"yes……"
Zhang Quanqi's face darkened: "Do you remember how the original army of Salhu was destroyed?"
Ma Lin was no longer young when he arrived in northern Xinjiang. He was relatively unfamiliar with Nanzhen and the situation in Mongolia. I thought for a while and replied: