The Ming troops who were crossing the river were all taken aback when they heard the shouts of killing coming from the valley on the other side of the river, but the generals who led the army quickly calmed down, because before crossing the river, the Ming army had prepared for the possibility of Jiannu crossing halfway.

The first generals to cross the river, such as Chai Guodong, guerrilla Wang Hao, Zhang Daji, and other generals, quickly gathered their subordinates to seize the favorable terrain on the east bank, and immediately launched a formation to deal with the impact of the Jin army.

Juniper, who was crossing the river in the middle of the river, was also in danger, and while ordering his own soldiers to wave his flag high, he ordered all his troops to speed up the crossing of the river.

However, at this time, the Ming army who was building the pontoon bridge upstream suddenly shouted loudly, and the voice was rapid and uneasy.

Zhao Menglin, the chief soldier, looked upstream in confusion, and found that something was wrong, it was the sudden rise of the water in the upstream, and then carefully listened to the shouts of the Ming army at the pontoon bridge, only to hear that it was a warning to the downstream - someone upstream released water!

"Gonggong Wei said that Nurhachi is a masterpiece in the world, I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it, but it's a pity that General Du is too light on the enemy, and he didn't send a scout horse to investigate upstream, alas!"

Xu Xianchun, who was on the shore, looked at the sudden water from the upper reaches and clenched his fists. Zhou Tiexin's face was also pale, he never dreamed that Jiannu would build a dam upstream to stop the water!

"How good is this, how good is this!"

Zhou Tiexin lost his mind and kept stomping his feet on the shore. As soon as this flood rushed downstream, wouldn't General Du, who was crossing the river, be washed across immediately!

Gong Niansui, a staff general who would only cross the river tomorrow, also rushed to the river when he heard the news, and was also stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.

But it was Xu Xianchun who reacted first, and ordered his subordinates to keep the pontoon bridge at all costs, and not to let the boat be washed away by the flood.

"In case something happens to General Du, this pontoon bridge is the only way to rescue the soldiers crossing the river, and there must be no mistakes! ... If the general army of Du is defeated, this bridge is also the only way for the soldiers to cross the river to escape! ”

Xu Xianchun set up the panicked Zhou Tiexin and asked him to order Gong Nian to push the artillery cart in the battalion to the shore as soon as possible.

Zhou Tie, who had no idea, knew that Xu Xianchun was not only a person from Jinyiwei, but also a henchman among the henchmen of Gonggong Wei.

Gong Nian didn't know what Xu Xianchun's intentions were, and Xu told him that now that there was a big water in the river, and there was a large army of Jiannu on the other side, it would be difficult for General Du to support, so the top priority was not to send someone to rescue the soldiers crossing the river, but to treat them as suspicious soldiers so that Jiannu did not dare to attack the soldiers crossing the river with all their might.

Xu Xianchun said: "I made the brave people climb the water from the pontoon bridge, and pretended to be suspicious soldiers with more torches. The general ordered the large and small artillery to be fired at the same time, and in the middle of the night, Jiannu did not know the reality of our army, and when he saw this, he must think that our main force had not yet crossed the river, or that our army had crossed the river in two ways, so that he had to divide his troops to attack my way, so that he could buy time for General Du's army! ”

As soon as Gong Nian heard that what he said was reasonable, he immediately summoned his subordinates and ordered him to do it quickly.

Xu Xianchun personally selected 400 subordinates and ordered them to carry more torches, and personally led them to cross the river from boats with strong chains.

Zhou Tiexin knew that there were not many soldiers in the Xu Army, so he was busy and asked Gong Nian to send someone to help. Gong Nian then ordered more than 300 soldiers to be under the command of Xu Xianchun.

At the downstream crossing of the river, a few feet of water in the upper reaches roared down and swooped down towards the Ming army crossing the river. The water level of the Hunhe River rose sharply by a few feet in the blink of an eye, and the water flow also accelerated rapidly, and many Ming troops who were crossing the river were swept away by the flood.

Juniper was also almost washed away by the water, fortunately the soldiers desperately protected the side to the shore, looking back at the Hunhe River, the huge water surface has not seen the soldiers and horses that had been strictly organized across the river before, only a piece of water.

The troops who failed to cross the river were anxious on the other side, and in the eyes of this sudden flood, the main force of the Ming army was actually divided in two.

"Alas!"

Zhao Menglin, the chief soldier who had already crossed the river, looked at the prospect in front of him, and his heart was heavy. Under this heavy water, at least thousands of officers and soldiers must have died in the belly of the fish.

At this time, it is extremely cold in the middle of the night, and the river is even cooler. Those soldiers of the Ming army who fought to cross the river were blown by the cold wind, and their soaked clothes were clinging to their bodies, which was really cold, and many soldiers could not stand up when they were lucky enough to swim to the shore, and they were lying on the ground and shivering.

At this moment, the morale of the Ming army was greatly reduced, and all officers and men were in danger.

The heart of the army floats!

What's even worse is that the trumpets in the ears are ringing in unison, the drums are beating, and Jiannu came from the valley and jungle all over the mountains to attack the Ming army.

Many Ming soldiers were frightened and thought that the east bank of the Hunhe River was their burial place, and the timid man actually began to cry.

"Fight against the water, die or live! We have received the grace of the country in the world, and it is convenient for us to serve the country here! ... If my juniper army is defeated here, you must not rob my corpse, lest my body and soul be separated! ”

It is worthy of the feared Du Taishi who is afraid of the Tartars, and the juniper who has suffered this sudden change is still fearless, he took off his wet clothes, and ordered the soldiers who crossed the river to fight to the death with Jiannu on a topless horse and a gun.

Seeing that the main general is so brave, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Ming army who crossed the river are also in good spirits to meet the enemy.

"The horse team comes with me!"

I know that my side has lost its military spirit and sharpness because of the big water, and if Jiannu comes to the army, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist. Juniper actually led his own soldiers to mount their horses and take the initiative to attack in the direction of the enemy from Jiannu, so as to revive the courage of the officers and soldiers.

"Kill slaves with General Du!"

Seeing this, Liu Yujie, the capital division, hurriedly led more than 2,000 cavalry across the river to follow Juniper to kill.

The first to reach the shore was the blue banner of Yarhaqi, the fourth brother of Jinnur Hachi, and the leading general was Jialazhen Hardu.

Hardu originally thought that the Ming army was flooded by the Khan King because everyone was frightened and did not dare to fight, and it was about to collapse at the first touch, but he didn't expect that before he rushed to the shore, there were generals on the side of the Ming army who came to charge back, and he was also shocked at that time: The Ming army in the pass is so bold? !

When he saw through the moonlight that it was a shirtless veteran who galloped on a horse, Hardu was even more heartbroken, knowing that he might meet the legendary Du Taishi.

Hardu originally wanted to withdraw, but the speed of the war horse was too late to turn, so he had to rush and kill with the Ming army.

Although Juniper is old, he is brave and in his prime, and under the spear in one hand, the Jiannu have fallen off the horse. The members of the family led by him were also loyal and brave, desperately fighting the enemy, and after a while, they blocked the charging Jiannu cavalry.

The large array of infantry soldiers in the rear was also full of gunfire, but it was the chief soldiers Wang Xuan and Zhao Menglin who were shooting at Jiannu who were killed from other directions under their command.

Hardu regretted it very much at this time, before the war, he thought it was a great achievement, so he asked the banner owner to be the vanguard, but he didn't want to run into a monolith.

Seeing that the Ming army was getting braver and braver, and the legendary Du Taishi was even more old and strong, Har didn't dare to approach at all, and he couldn't help but want to order a retreat.

At this time, Master Du came with a gun.

"Dog Tartar, take your life!"

As soon as Juniper twisted his spear, he slapped Hardu's knife to the ground, and before Hardu could react, Juniper returned his hand and stabbed Hardu in the throat.

Hal couldn't dodge, knowing that it was not good, he hurriedly tilted his body to the left, but it was still too late, so he heard a "poof", and his throat was stabbed by Juniper.

Hal was killed, and the blue flag soldiers were shocked, and the Ming army was so powerful that they didn't dare to entangle with the Ming army anymore and retreated.

Yarhaqi, the lord of the blue flag in the rear, arrived with his troops, and when he saw that the Hardu Department was unexpectedly defeated and retreated, he was immediately furious, and ordered his troops and horses to surround the Juniper cavalry at all costs.

Nurhachi also led his troops to arrive, and in the night he didn't know where Juniper was, but he knew that the Ming army was on the shore of the river, so he ordered the ministers of Yuying, Mang Gurtai, Abatai, He Heli, Yanguli and other sons to light the red armor in the banner and wave their teeth, and rushed straight towards the Ming army.

"As long as Jun Song is killed, the Ming army that crosses the river will be the soul of my saber!"

Nurhachi was full of confidence, the Ming army was broken by his flooding strategy, and the soldiers and horses were cut off by the barrage.

Fan Wencheng, who accompanied the army on the side, praised the wisdom of the Khan and did not mention his contribution to building a dam on the Hunhe River to release water.

Zhu Beile and the minister got the military order, and immediately ordered the elites of all departments to surround the Juniper department. However, at this time, I heard the sound of artillery two or three miles upstream, and then I saw a large group of Ming troops with torches winding like a long dragon, and the momentum was very great.

Nurhachi was shocked: "Juniper is here, who dares to lead the army!" ”