Chapter 155: A Blow Before Retreating
When the land in the east rose a touch of whiteness, the state of confrontation outside Beijing had resumed a few days ago. But the corpses and blood flowing everywhere on the ground showed how tragic the fierce battle was last night.
Although the fierce battle of this night caught Huang Taiji by surprise, the casualties of the Ming army were not.
Of the more than 2,000 subordinates of Zhang Honggong who was responsible for the sneak attack, less than 1,000 have survived, and they are all wounded. As for Zhang Honggong, he took the lead, and there were no less than three arrow wounds all over his body, but fortunately, because the two sides belonged to the pit stop bow and arrow, the lethality was too great, and it directly penetrated the body and did not cause much damage. However, the fierce battle of the night also made Zhang Honggong's face pale at this time, and he didn't know how much blood was shed all over his body.
As for the other places, there were also losses of soldiers, Qin Liangyu killed more than 1,500 soldiers there, and later the Liaodong Army led by Wu Xiang fought fiercely with Abatai's Zhenglan Banner at the junction of the West Gate and the South Gate, and lost more than 1,000 soldiers, and even lost hundreds of troops to guard the West Gate.
Of course, this is not the most distressing thing in the three lives, what makes Sun Chengzong most distressed is that Zhao Shujiao, who led the Tieji in Liaodong, was seriously injured and his life and death were unpredictable. In the fierce battle of this night, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry directly lost more than 1,000 soldiers, and you must know that the entire Liaodong Iron Agent came to the rescue of only more than 3,000 people, and directly lost 130 in a battle at once, which is the most elite army of the Daimyo.
As for why General Zhao Shuai's losses were so serious, and even his own life could not be guaranteed, these had to start from the surprise attack last night.
It turned out that since Zhao Shujiao received Sun Chengzong's order, he directly led the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to charge towards the Emperor Taiji Daying, and as a result, he ran into some cavalry troops led by Ao Bai.
After the two sides met, it was inevitable that there would be a sword fight, and it was also Zhao Shujiao who looked at each other carelessly. Zhao Shujiao saw that the person who led this cavalry unit turned out to be just a nobody, and his contempt immediately rose.
It stands to reason that Zhao Shujiao has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he should not have made these mistakes. It's just that this man is not a sage, and he is infallible.
Zhao led the Ming Dynasty as the chief soldier of the Ming Dynasty, and had more than 15,000 soldiers under his command. And Ao Bai is just a guard Jingzhang beside Huang Taiji, although he is very valued by Huang Taiji, but after all, he has never fought on the battlefield, for a person who has never appeared on the battlefield, how can Zhao Shujiao pay attention to it.
As soon as the two sides took over, due to Zhao Shujiao's vision, only half of the previous force was used in his life. Ao Bai can get the attention of Huang Taiji, naturally he has his superiority, in addition to loyalty, Ao Bai's force is also a big advantage.
A 10 percent strength only uses 5 percent, and a full of anger wants revenge. As soon as he took over Zhao Shujiao, he suffered a big loss, and the weapon in his hand was directly knocked out by Aobai's mace. As for the arm holding the knife, it was also directly fractured due to the excessive strength of Aobai.
Shame, Zhao Shujiao only felt ashamed, and it had been thrown all over the country. A dignified soldier was unexpectedly knocked off his weapon by a nobody, and even himself was seriously injured.
Zhao Shujiao only thought that the other party would give him a little more on his head, and the kind of blurred flesh and blood with his eyes rolled was the best, so that the army would not know who he was.
Zhao Shujiao was bent on dying, but the soldiers under his hands did not agree, and they rode horses one by one. constantly blocks this big man who kills gods and kills Buddhas, and is covered in blood.
As for Ao Bai, he is also red-eyed, although he doesn't know who the other party is, but judging from his clothes, he is definitely not an official. Now there are so many people protecting it, and it has strengthened the idea in Aobai's heart.
Ao Bai in history was a heroic man, a loyal man, and a capable man.
Ao Bai followed Huang Taiji, and he was able to reach a high position in the end, all thanks to his own military exploits. Ao Bai has a stubborn personality and is not afraid of death. In the Battle of Phi Dao, if he had not risked his life to lead his army to rush to Phi Dao, under the suppression of the powerful firepower of the Ming army, the Manchu Qing would not have been able to conquer Phi Dao at all. In the Battle of Songjin, Ao worshiped five battles and five victories, and made great contributions. In the Battle of Xichong, Ao Bai took the lead, broke the Great Western Army, and killed Zhang Xianzhong. It is with this kind of heroic and fearless style that Ao Bai is not afraid of death, so he can always win battles and gain the high trust of Huang Taiji.
Of course, the most important thing is loyalty, in ancient society, the so-called "loyalty" is to be loyal to one's master, to seek the welfare of the master, and never betray the master, Ao Bai is such a person.
It's just that this person is not perfect, although Ao Bai has many advantages, but there are also many disadvantages. For example, as soon as he enters the battlefield, he is like a madman, who only knows how to attack blindly and does not care about the whole at all.
This kind of blind attack may sometimes work, and it will boost morale and move forward. It may lead to a bigger mistake and not being able to find the target accurately.
For example, just like this time, Ao Bai knew that Zhao Shujiao was a big official, so he naturally wanted to take down his head and ask for merit and reward, but now the layers of Ming army Zhao Shujiao are protected, and they can't be killed at all. At this time, as long as Ao Bai shouted and let the rest of the Eight Banners soldiers until there were high-ranking officials of the Ming Army here, there would naturally be countless Houjin soldiers who would flock to Ao Bai and solve some difficulties for Ao Bai, instead of fighting alone like this.
Although there were many people brought by Ao Bai at this time, due to the suddenness of the incident, the entire Houjin army was all loosely undressed, and there was only one underwear on his body. Compared with the fully armed and prepared Ming army, it is natural that some are not opponents.
At this time, Ao Bai and Zhao led the sect, one of which was difficult to advance, and the other was to retreat unimpeded. Gradually, under a slight escort, the sleep slowly withdrew from the entire battlefield, and the army was commanded by one of his lieutenants.
As for Ao Bai, seeing that he had gone away, Zhao Shujiao was furious in his heart, and he could only ruthlessly slash and kill the surrounding Ming army. For a time, the surrounding Ming troops were completely slaughtered, and the rest of the Ming troops were frightened one by one, forming a vacuum.
There is no way, the Ming army is also a human being, with flesh and blood, a father, a mother, a heart, a liver and feelings. Seeing Aobai's such a desperate way of playing, his own people went up to die one by one, and two died with a pair, so the old lady could only eat persimmons to find a soft pinch.
Although the other party seems to be very capable of fighting, he should be a big official, if he really succeeds, he will definitely be the kind of high-ranking official Houlu who has been promoted to three levels in a row. But if you have a life to earn, you have to have a life. Anyway, the rest of the Jiannu are also Jiannu, and they can still receive a reward if they kill them, so why bother to provoke someone who they obviously can't beat.
Changing generals in battle is a taboo for soldiers, and it is very easy to cause the orders of the army to be unified. This is also why the Liaodong Iron Cavalry lost more than 1,000 people overnight, or in the case of an absolute advantage.
In a new camp three miles away from the original Huang Taiji camp, the gloomy Huang Taiji sat in the big tent, and there were Ajige Abatey and others around it. There were also different expressions on everyone's faces, some sighed with sad faces, and some lowered their heads calmly, not knowing what they were thinking, of course, there were not a few who gloated, such as Azig with an indifferent face.