Chapter 720: Li Shiyu
"I have to go all the way. Dolgon remembered a sentence that Nurhachi had said during the first decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty.
In the forty-sixth year of Wanli, Nurhachi angrily promulgated the Seven Hatreds and raised troops against Ming. The following year, he only had 30,000 people, and in the face of the Ming Dynasty's three-way army that was ready to gather and annihilate him, there were as many as 140,000 people.
With these words, Nurhachi annihilated more than 60,000 Ming troops at one time, and Nurhachi laid the foundation in Liaodong from then on. Dolgon didn't know how many people Li Laiheng still had today, but he was determined to break Li Laiheng's main force in one fell swoop and relieve the depression in his heart today.
It is best to be able to solve problems in the field. Dolgon thinks so, and Lee Rae-hyung thinks the same way, and they both have strong reasons to break the current situation. Li Zicheng has given up on Beijing, and now he is ready to give up Xi'an, and there are fewer and fewer places he can give up.
If Dolgon can't attack for a long time, his plans to advance south and west will be blocked, and his arrogance in front of the elders of the clans in Shenyang will be tantamount to fart, and the little emperor he has supported may not be able to sit firmly on the throne.
Now there are two people waiting for him to take Beijing. Once Beijing was officially captured and Shunzhi was firmly seated in the Forbidden City, Azig in the west could attack Li Zicheng's main force in an all-out way, and Duoduo could go south and gallop on the land south of the Yangtze River that his ancestors had not reached.
"Drumming!" Dolgon gave the first order, following the routine of the Blue Dragon and White Tiger Formation.
"Whew!h The 30,000 men of Li Laiheng's army stood coldly in place.
"Two-way drums!"
The drums are abruptly altered, and the rhythm is suffocatingly dense. The vanguard was all turned into shields, and after them appeared strong archers and crossbowmen. Li Laiheng's army was still unmoved, and they still stood coldly in place.
"Whoosh" The dense air tearing sound, the first batch of arrows was fired, and Li Laiheng's army seemed to have no losses, they were not ordinary soldiers, and they would not be lost by ordinary tactics. Next, Dolgon's tactics were not ordinary.
"Three-way drum!"
The thunderous beat of the drums seemed to push the resonance of the air to its limit, and an embarrassment permeated the battlefield.
"Kill!" Li Laiheng shouted his first call on the battlefield today.
He has already discovered the enemy's weakness. Two horns, let them separate, this is the weakness of the enemy. Li Laiheng's 300 elites were like wedges into the enemy's two main formations. Only this kind of elite is qualified to enter such a formation.
If you stick into this formation, you will be squeezed and crushed, and according to Nurhachi, the sharp teeth of his upper and lower jaws and the strong bite force will tear anything that enters it. Lee Rae-hyung chose to sink into this slit that Dolgon considered dead and lifeless. Not only did it go in, but ten thousand cavalry went in. In this way, his 10,000 cavalry became the enemy on the belly and back, and it was a taboo for soldiers to suffer the enemy on the belly and back.
But Li Laiheng wants to commit this taboo of soldiers, because he himself wants to suffer the enemy on his belly and back, and at the same time, he wants to make the opponent's belly and back suffer the enemy. Now the enemy's two main formations are under the enemy's back, Gu Ying attacks the Qinglong formation, and those who are good at digging trenches are most suitable for releasing water to catch fish, and if they don't catch fish, they will catch the dragon. Gu Kecheng attacked the White Tiger Formation, and the Mao Hulu soldiers liked to go up the mountain to fight the tigers.
Dolgon was not frightened, he was ready to fight a tough battle today, and he fought with Li Laiheng, he was just to use this meat grinder to hang him, so as he expected, as he expected, Li Laiheng entered the two main formations.
"Drumming!
At Dorgon's command, the drums suddenly became thick and long. This is a kind of order, the north side of the Green Dragon Formation is firmly defended and the south side is attacked, and the south side of the White Tiger Formation is held and the north side is attacked. In other words, they began an all-out attack on the two sides of Li Laiheng's cavalry, and the most elite troops were all arranged on this side. Dolgon's reason for brazenness was that the soldiers he used to strangle Li Laiheng's troops today were all his guards, and they were the steel of this army.
But Dorgon didn't see what he expected. His two main formations were supposed to be facing north and south, squeezing their opponents in a narrow slit, making them struggle and suffocating. However, the two armies advancing from the north to the south were like encountering a wall, an impassable iron wall. And the troops they were holding onto, under the blows of Gu Ying and Gu Kecheng's two armies, the stubbornness turned into retreat.
Originally, he was going to squeeze Li Laiheng's cavalry into a slit and finally squeeze it flat. But what became a sewing was his two formations of green dragon and white tiger, an unexpected ending.
This is the first time since the birth of this array that this phenomenon has occurred. Dolgon, amazed, beat the drum himself, and with all his strength he struck hard. However, the situation of his Green Dragon and White Tiger has not changed because of Dolgon's own drumming, they have done their best, but today they have encountered an unprecedented opponent, and they are not without effort.
"Resist! must resist!" he glanced around at the generals beside him, the meaning was very clear, it was time for you to help.
A middle-aged man patted his horse and took a step forward: "Imperial father regent, I'll go." ”
Dorgon didn't reply to him immediately. This person's surname is Lee Ming Se Woo, the prince of Joseon. When the Manchus conquered Korea, they not only had to defeat the Korean army, but also the main generals would deliberately put a group of enemy generals who could fight well Finally, when Korea was conquered by the Manchus, Li Shiyu became a prisoner, and he thought that he would definitely die. However, after being imprisoned for half a year, he was summoned by Dorgon and asked if he would like to serve him.
A person who was destined to die was suddenly told that he could not die, what would happen to him? Li Shiyu said that he was willing to serve the prince. He Li Shiyu was originally very arrogant, but Dolgon's name was like thunder in the ears of the Koreans, and now that the first hero of Manchuria personally invited him to serve, he was naturally happy.
But Li Shiyu has followed Dolgon for many years, and he has not made an inch of merit for him, and Dolgon has never let him go into battle, he has only been one of Dolgon's followers. Today, a young general LinkedIn is very strong, and the elite team he leads has failed to make the Manchus proud, and he knows that he should play today.
Dorgon furrowed his brow. To reverse this situation, the soul of this team must be removed. Who can get rid of Lee Rae-hyung? Give it a try with this Lee Se-woo?
For so many years, Dolgon knew Li Shiyu, and the reason why he did not die was because he had not yet lost in the hands of the Manchus, and he was fighting alone between generals and generals.
"Okay. After pondering for a long time, Dolgon finally made up his mind: "Kill Li Laiheng, and I will crown you the king of Joseon." ”
"The King of Joseon?"
The three words of the king of Joseon shocked Li Shiyu. Since the conquest of Korea, there has been only a cowardly puppet regime, the so-called king, a ten-year-old mentally handicapped. Now Dolgon has promised to crown him king of Joseon, which is not only a blessing for him personally, but also for the Korean nation.
Li Shiyu is not alone, he also has a group of personal generals, and the elite personal generals who were in North Korea did not all leave him, and the hardcore buddies among them continued to follow him.
"Brothers, show the courage of our Korean nation. Have you seen that young general, whoever kills him will be my great general!" Li Shiyu offered a reward, since he is the future king, he can promise who is the future general.
"Kill!" the word shouted in Korean seems to be not so ferocious, but also seems to be a little melodious.
But this group of people was not at all pleasing to the eye, and they rushed into the formation with wide eyes and weapons with their weapons wide open. Li Laiheng had already noticed it, and he could see at a glance that the middle-aged general was not an ordinary general, but Dorgon's killer weapon.
Li Laiheng gestured with his eyes and told his personal soldiers and generals to pay attention to these dozen people, they are not good. Luo Si and Wang Hu tightened their hands on the knife.
Li Laiheng led his own soldiers to meet him, fifty paces apart, and no one caught and killed, not a demonstration, but a show of weakness. A real general, in the cold weapon period, is never afraid of slashing within three feet. Within ten feet, anyone's head, arm, or any part of their body can be cut off or pierced in an instant. So courage is embodied within ten feet.
The soldiers on both sides understood that this was a duel, so each of them would make way for their own generals. Fifty steps, thirty steps, ten steps. It's too fast, the speed of both sides is combined, and fifty steps is just the blink of an eye. The strangulation didn't end in an instant.
Lee Rae-hyung soared, fell, and turned. He didn't look at the tip of his sword, which was dripping blood. However, his opponent was still basically intact, and Li Shiyu had a line of red blood coming out of his neck, and this wound only cut a shallow layer of skin.
Li Laiheng rarely makes such mistakes, one knife must be hit, and one knife kills this is his creed. There can be no hesitation in killing the enemy, and every time you make a move, you must use all your strength without reservation. That's what Lee Rae-hyung did. However, the sword that was supposed to cut off Li Shiyu's neck organs only completed one percent of the task. It had to start all over again.
Li Shiyu's heartbeat did not speed up, he was as cold as a stone, and he ignored the struggles and wailings of his own soldiers and generals on the ground, and ignored the blood still bubbling from his neck. He only glanced at the two steel knives in his hand slightly, and there was no trace of red, which was rare.
He will see blood when he strikes, this is a spell that has never been broken. Today he unleashed his most powerful move, a two-sword strike. Before today, under this move, there was no one who retreated.
Li Shiyu slowly looked around, and around him, there were only three generals left. On the ground lay the bodies of seven soldiers and generals, and the other three were not yet corpses, still struggling and wailing. He looked at Li Laiheng coldly: "Hmph, are you a human or a ghost? Can you dodge my second attack?"