314 Sending Far from Work (for the ten thousand rewards of the Nanyue Sword God)
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
"My lord said, if the Ming army is blocked, everyone will be rewarded;"
"What, what about the injured? Don't worry about it, don't you hear, follow immediately! ”
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One by one, the captives kept shouting back and forth in the marching procession, urging the soldiers to hurry up.
And the commander of the army, that is, Ying Ordai, stared gloomily at the Ming cavalry who were watching them like wolves in the distance.
As long as the terrain was a little more favorable to those Ming cavalry, they would pounce and take a bite. Each time, many soldiers were injured or even killed in battle.
Although the number of casualties in each case is not large, the number of such harassments is too high, and it really affects the morale of the army very much.
Under normal circumstances, in the face of such a situation, Ying Ordai would definitely not rush so recklessly, and if one is not done well, it is possible that the whole army will be annihilated.
However, there was no way back.
The loss of Haizhou City is still a rare loss of city and land in the Qing Dynasty for many years, which is simply a great shame. The reputation of a lifetime gained by fighting bravely in the past is estimated to be ruined because of this time.
Not only that, but after Ying Erdai saw the fall of Anshan Post Fort, he knew that this time the matter was big.
The emperor's expedition to Qindi will definitely be in vain, and Liaoyang may also suffer from the iron hooves of the Ming army, and so on.
For this reason, he hid in the shadows, and after probably knowing the strength of the Ming army, he immediately guessed that this cavalry army must have crossed the sea by boat, and landed at the mouth of the Liao River.
After thinking about this, he sent people to ask for help in the direction of Jinzhou as quickly as possible, and at the same time fled to Gaizhou, oppressed the Gaizhou guards with his identity, and finally pulled out more than 10,000 horses as much as possible.
In this way, Gaizhou is already very empty, but Ying Erdai told the Gaizhou guard general to let him strictly guard Gaizhou, and the Ming army only has four or five thousand cavalry troops, and it is absolutely impossible to defeat Gaizhou, so let him rest assured.
Today's Yingordai can only hope that he will rush to the mouth of the Liao River first.
However, the sudden harassment of the 1,000-strong cavalry of the Ming Kingdom seriously slowed down his marching speed. Coupled with the difficulty of the road, he could not march at all after dark, which made him feel anxious.
Now, he could no longer care about it, and ordered the wounded to be abandoned and left to fend for themselves. In this way, the speed of the march can be faster.
To be honest, this kind of practice is actually very demoralizing, but he can't care about it anymore.
Suddenly, Ying Erdai saw that those Ming cavalry troops came up again, which made him very helpless. It could only be ordered at once, and the army was divided into three parts, defended separately, and marched crosswise.
But this time, the Ming cavalry did not gallop over to release cold arrows, cold guns or something, but dragged people behind the horse, ran over to this side, galloped back and forth, and screamed at the same time.
Obviously, the people who were dragged behind the horses were the wounded soldiers who had just been abandoned.
Injured and dragged by war horses, how could those prisoners stand it, they were all begging for mercy and crying out for pain in desolation.
However, the Ming cavalry obviously did not let them go, and dragged those injured Jianguo along the long line of Jianyu.
The cries and wails pierced the ears of the marching captives like thorns in the ground.
It can be seen that the morale of the Jianyu has dropped a little bit.
However, with Ying Ordai's subordinates strictly supervising the army everywhere, the Jianyu soldiers did not dare to slack off, and still hurried as much as possible.
However, at this moment, I suddenly saw five hundred cavalry Ming troops suddenly rushing towards the Jianyu army. The knights on horseback bent their bows and shot arrows one by one, and suddenly, they were so frightened that the Jianlu in front of them could no longer care about who would defend and who would rush to the division of labor, and they were all in strict formation, for fear that they would be shot and killed by the Ming army.
If he was shot to death, it would be counted, but if he was only injured and abandoned by the army, he would be dragged to death by the Ming cavalry on horseback. This way of dying, if it is possible, who wants to die like this?
As soon as they stopped, they immediately affected the march of Jianyu's follow-up team, and the whole team was in chaos.
Then, the soldiers of the Ming army who were about to attack laughed, rode around and left.
When Yingordai saw this scene, his eyes were almost on fire. Only the guards and communication soldiers in their hands are cavalry, and they can't afford more than 100 cavalry, and there is no way to deal with the thousands of cavalry of the Ming Kingdom.
At this time, he could be regarded as having experienced the tragedy of encountering the enemy's cavalry without the cover of the cavalry.
After a moment of panic, at his urging, the army began to move again.
"It's soon, it's not far from the mouth of the Liao River, as long as we hold on for another half a day, we will arrive!"
"Block the Ming cavalry on the shore, everyone is a great achievement, and the glory and wealth are in front of you!"
"It's been so far, there's only one way forward, if anyone just lags behind, those wounded soldiers will end up!"
"Persistence is victory, and soon reinforcements from Jinzhou will arrive. When the time comes, the Ming army will be a dead end! ”
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In short, those shouting prisoners began to think of all kinds of methods, and it can be said that they coerced and enticed the army to continue marching.
Later, after even cutting down a few people who were obviously afraid of the harassment of the Ming army and seriously slowed down the army's march, to be honest, the speed of this march was really much faster.
I really tried my best, and Ying Ordai's brain felt a little painful. Along the way, it is estimated that there are 1,000 people lost. But no matter what, it's almost at the mouth of the Liao River.
Even in some places not far from the seashore and without a line of sight, he saw the warships of the Ming Kingdom patrolling there on the sea. This shows that the fleet of the Ming Navy Division is indeed not far away.
After being tortured all the way, it is finally time to get through the most difficult period. Thinking of this, Ying Ordai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
But who knows, at this moment, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, and those Ming cavalry soldiers who were in sight did not flee at all, they were afraid, which made Ying Erdai realize that the main force of the Ming cavalry had arrived.
Getting this conclusion made him feel dizzy when he was punched hard in front of him.
After trying so hard, I still couldn't achieve my goal in the end!
Of course, Ying Erdai was not stupid, as long as his 10,000-famous infantry army was under the nose of about 5,000 Ming cavalry, he could still rush without collapse, so it really had to be a white-armored soldier in the whole army.
In fact, even the white-armored soldiers can't do it!
Although it was dark in front of him, Ying Erdai did not faint in the end, and hurriedly ordered the army to form a defense. If it's too late, and you're hit by about 5,000 cavalry, your morale will be low, and maybe you'll be scattered!
He was right, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was Li Laiheng leading the cavalry to arrive.
"Your plan!" After Chen Mingyu greeted him, he couldn't help but smile and said to Li Laiheng, "After killing chickens and monkeys, the speed of these captives will not be fast at all. Haha......"
Now that Li Laiheng has arrived, and Jianyu obviously sees that the situation is not good, and no longer marches but forms a formation to protect himself, it also shows that the return of the Ming army is no problem, and of course he is very happy.
Li Laiheng responded to him with a smile, and then began to observe the Jianyu infantry army in front of him.
Chen Ming on the side met him, so he proposed to him: "Otherwise, if we consume this infantry army, it is estimated that it will not take two days, this is tens of thousands of prisoners, and it is a great achievement!" ”
In this Liaodong expedition, so far, it is estimated that there are not tens of thousands of Jianyu soldiers killed. Of course, if you count all the prisoners, it is estimated that Haizhou City alone will have it.
And if you can destroy the Jianyu infantry army in front of you, it will definitely be a great achievement.
According to Chen Mingyu's understanding of Li Laiheng, he was not satisfied with Haizhou City, and even attacked Anshan Post Fort, and then went to Liaoyang to see the scenery.
But who knows, Li Laiheng finally shook his head and said: "We can't afford it, so we immediately notify Gu San Mazi and prepare to return." ”
"Hey, why are you so daring?" When Chen Mingyu heard this, he asked a little surprised.
When Li Laiheng heard this, he turned his head and glanced at him and said: "This Ying Erdai seems to be a prisoner who can fight, he led this infantry army, and only had a little grain and grass carried by the soldiers, so he wanted to block our way back, and he must still have something to rely on." Don't be greedy for this work, ready to withdraw! ”
"......" Chen Mingyu couldn't help but be speechless when he heard this, and then his face was full of admiration.
Fighting, or Li Laihengqiang!
So, just like that, under the surveillance of the cavalry, Ying Ordai did not dare to move.
On the side of the Ming army, everyone began to evacuate, and when everyone else withdrew to the ship, the cavalry also began to evacuate in an orderly manner.
At noon the next day, the last of the cavalry boarded the ships and, under the watchful eye of Ingordai, slowly departed the shore.
At this time, I saw the sound of horses' hooves rumbling in the direction of the west of the shore. Not long after, a large group of Jianyu cavalry appeared in view.
These Jianyu cavalry are obviously from Jinzhou, this is on the front line, Huang Taiji is to draw cavalry, and he will not transfer the cavalry on the front line.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers of the Ning army remembered something, and immediately shouted loudly to the Jianyu on the shore: "Don't work far away, goodbye!" ”
When the others heard it, they all thought it was funny, so they all shouted together: "Don't work far away, goodbye!" ”
Seeing the Jianlu on the shore staring angrily, the soldiers of the Ming army on the deck all laughed out loud.
Suddenly, one of Li Laiheng's subordinates said excitedly: "How about we sing a song together?" ”
Everyone else was excited, and when they heard this, they hurriedly coaxed and asked what to sing.
"It is said that it was a song compiled by the Duke of Xingguo, and all the court officials and soldiers in the Central Plains would sing it! I remembered it too. As he spoke, he hummed loudly, "The wind is howling, the horses are howling......
When he sang that there were a lot of thieves and heroes, he suddenly got stuck, and then he had an idea, and he changed it to a lot of heroes.
At first, the Guanning cavalry felt that it was not very good, and there was no Yellow River here, but later, when they heard him sing about defending their hometown, they immediately felt it.
Most of the soldiers of the Guanning cavalry are Liao, and this Liaodong is their hometown!
So, they all want to sing this tune, and the most important thing is that the tune is catchy, easy to remember, easy to learn, and can sing their feelings.
In this way, it didn't take long for the soldiers in the Daming Water Division to start singing "Defending the Yellow River". Even the rescued Ming people sang happily, watching the Jianyu on the shore slowly disappear from view.
This expedition is an unimaginable victory! When I go back, I will definitely shake the whole country!
Every soldier, including Lee Rae-hyung, was very excited. They were all looking forward to the moment when they set foot on the Shanhaiguan.
As for what will happen to Jianyu's side, what will happen to Yingordai, they will probably have a lot of speculation along the way, in short, how to describe Jianyu's impatience and corruption, it must be right!
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At the same time, far away in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhang Mingwei, the Duke of Xingguo, had already led his soldiers and horses up the Yangtze River to the other side of Nanjing. At this time, the crown prince Zhu Cihong was in the city of Nanjing.