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"It is rumored in Liaodong that Governor Hong has led his troops out of the city to Songshan, and the ministers have already left Songshan to meet in Jinzhou. Suddenly, it was heard that the headquarters of Inspector Hong was lying in wait outside the city of Guangning. Hundreds of thousands of slave thieves stormed violently, but the mountains were separated by different legends. The minister did not dare to slack off, and sent scouts to investigate everywhere and wait for news. What is the situation of the Hongdu department, once it is carefully investigated, it should be reported again. Those who must report to the pond! ”

The last sentence of the Tang newspaper is a fixed format and has no specific meaning.

Wu Sangui in Songshan Fort, two days after the outbreak of the Quang Ninh War, began to have stragglers from various towns flee to Songshan Fort. In addition to being frightened, Wu Sangui had to arrange for these people to go down to eat and rest, and then learn about the war in Guangning from the mouths of the officers.

Most of these officers and men who have not eaten for a day or two are also in different positions on the battlefield because they belong to different organizations. Some say that Inspector Hong has been defeated and killed, and some say that he was captured. It is also said that after repelling several attacks by the slave chief Hong Tai outside the city, he led his troops and horses back to Quang Ninh.

After ordering someone to send Tangbao to Tianjin by speedboat, and at the same time writing a secret letter detailing the various gossip and the movements of the Liao thieves learned here in Songshan Fort, he sent a powerful person to Tianjin to meet Ning Yuanbo and Li Shouhan. Then, in just three to five days, Wu Sangui contained thousands of stragglers from various towns and battalions who had fled from the direction of Quang Ninh.

Running for hundreds of miles, going out day and night, hiding from the soldiers and horses of the Ming army along the way, their running toil, fear of hunger, cold, wind and rain, how can they be said clearly in one sentence or two? Looking at this group of unkempt and poor-looking guys, Rao is Wu Sangui has already prepared in his heart. But it's also a surprise?

Inspector Hong has nearly 100,000 horses, is this the end of it?

"Dashuai, Inspector Hong is finished, what should we do?" On the way back to the Shuaifu from outside Songshan City, the head of his family has now been promoted to Wu Qinsi, who has been promoted to the rank of general. Quietly lifted the reins of the horse, leaned over to his side and whispered inquiring.

The relationship is serious, but Wu Sangui is not easy to draw conclusions for a while, he pondered for a while, and he slowly spoke: "How many of those defeated soldiers and horses have been contained now?" ”

"As of yesterday, there were more than 4,000 people!"

For this number, Wu Sangui snorted and expressed satisfaction. Those who were able to escape from the Quang Ninh encirclement. The stragglers who crossed Dorgon's Jinzhou iron fence and fled to Songshan seemed to him to be the best choice in terms of physical fitness, personal skills, and the invisible and untouchable luck. He had already made up his mind that these centaurs must be surnamed Wu from now on!

"In the next few days, you just have to hurry up and contain those stragglers and send our brothers out. Bring more dry food and go to Jinzhou and other places on the road. ”

"Yes! The last will obey! ”

"Diligent thinking. Meditation, you guys do a good job! When I go back to Ningyuan, I will go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Promote you to be a deputy general! Manage a battalion of soldiers and horses! ”

However, the premise is that there are enough soldiers and horses to contain it. Wu Jingsi, Wu Qinsi and other generals understand this very well.

Time. The Wu Jiading Brigade was divided into dozens of squads, carrying medicine and dry food, and haunted the huge area from Songshan to the outskirts of Jinzhou, searching for the remnants of the defeated soldiers hidden in the mountains, forests and long grass. Over the course of two days, more than 1,000 people were contained.

But. Prince Yu in Jinzhou City was not very happy.

At the moment, the skirmishes between the two armies continued, and seeing that the momentum was not good, Wu Sangui gave an order, "Withdraw!" ”

The Ningyuan army, which had already transported the heavy equipment and valuable materials to Ningyuan in batches, naturally would not be in Songshan Lianzhan, and the next fire burned Songshan Fort, and the brigade retreated to Ningyuan.

Looking at the smoke rising and the flames of Songshan Fort from afar, Wu Sangui couldn't help but have mixed feelings.

With this departure, the battle of Liaodong is over. Regardless of whether Inspector Hong is dead or alive, the Liaodong War has come to an end.

How should the imperial court end? How did Inspector Hong be defeated? At present, how the Guanning Army with Ning Yuanjun as the main body or the Liaoxi Jiangmen Group should deal with themselves and where they should go, these thoughts are hovering back and forth in Wu Sangui's mind like a marquee.

"Leave him alone!" Wu Sangui waved his hand in front of him, like a fly, trying to drive away the chaotic thoughts in his mind.

"Anyway, the sky is falling, and there are tall men there!" He made up his mind in the cabin, and after returning to Ningyuan, he immediately sent a capable man to Tianjin to meet his cheap grandfather. Show your loyalty, ask for help!

Hong Chengchou's 100,000 horses are finished, and there are few chips left in the hands of the imperial court. I'm afraid I'm going to rely on that grandfather of a certain family even more in the future, right? Not without malice, Wu Sangui speculated in his heart about the reaction of the imperial court after seeing his report.

Sure enough, when he learned that Hong Chengchou rashly left Guangning City and plunged into the ambush circle set up by Huang Taiji, the last bit of elite of the imperial court was exhausted, and there was no longer a force that could be used to balance the Nanyue army and suppress the various army leaders in the Central Plains.

Many people, intentionally or unintentionally, regarded the towns under Inspector Hong as a sharp sword and a sledgehammer to deter the leaders of the inland army. Although it is said that the general soldiers of these towns may not be fuel-efficient lamps, the meaning vaguely revealed between the lines when the official documents are exchanged on weekdays is the same as those revealed in the words on weekdays.

More importantly, Hong Chengchou himself is a sharp weapon for the court bigwigs to balance Li Shouhan. Now, this Optimus White Jade Pillar of the Ming Dynasty has collapsed, how should this be? The power structure of the DPRK and China, which is clearly out of balance, is bound to pour into the side of Lee Shou-han.

So, when Wu Sangui and Wu General Soldiers were still cleaning up the remnants of the towns in Songshan Fort, one by one let him understand the battle situation on the battlefield in Guangning, and the official documents on the whereabouts of Hong Chengchou, Liu Zhaoji, Ma Ke, Cao Bianjiao and others flew into the Ningyuan General Soldier's Mansion like sparks.

Returning to his lair, Wu Sangui's mood was also much more relaxed, on the one hand, he ordered people to reorganize those stragglers into an army, so that he could comfort him, and on the other hand, he looked for officers in the army in various towns to carefully understand the battle of the day. It's good to have an explanation to the imperial court.

On that day, Inspector Hong had just organized Cao Bianjiao and Ma Ke to hastily complete the formation arrangement with his own supervising army, and began to order people to arrange the retreat in the baggage camp. According to his plan of retreat. Each battalion under Ma and Cao should first withdraw unnecessary personnel, horses, food and ammunition that are not related to the operation in the battalion, as well as soldiers, horses, artillery, and important equipment that are not necessary for defensive counterattack operations. After withdrawing these bulky things to the city of Quang Ninh, the army was lightly armed, and there was no distraction, so that it was good to fight with the thieves. After the Liao thieves have to be repelled temporarily. Then retreat the elite troops under Ma and Cao.

At this time, the defeated troops of Liu Zhaoji, the chief soldier of Liaodong Town, rushed to Cao Bianjiao's big array.

Behind them, Turge, Ao Bai and others led the cavalry of the Manchurian Yellow Banner with the Yellow Banner, as well as many Mongolian soldiers and horses, who followed not far away. From a distance, it looks like a pack of hungry wolves driving a flock of sheep. Any sheep that only intends to flee or resist will be slaughtered by this frenzied and ferocious slaughter of these hungry wolves. After being taught a lesson by the Liao thief iron cavalry several times, the array that Liaodong Town barely maintained was gone. After running all the way for several miles, it was even more scattered. Liu Zhaoji ordered people to roll up his handsome flag, and only urged the horse to gallop under the escort of the family.

Behind him, there were countless stumps and broken bones and blurred flesh and blood bodies along the way, iron hooves rolling, and countless fierce Liaodong anti-thief cavalry, repeatedly rushing to kill and capture those chaotic stragglers.

This situation is like a nightmare. Liu Zhaoji and his subordinate generals did not dare to look back. The soldiers and horses behind them, the Qing soldiers who were chased and killed by their comrades stabbed off their horses with eight banner spears and tiger spears. Or swing a long knife and axe on a horse and slash down at the running crowd, spears pierce armor, axes cut off heads, and the deathly howls from the mouths of soldiers are intertwined to form a battlefield symphony.

"Great. Shall we go and pick up Mr. Liu? ”

A guerrilla looked at the soldiers and horses of Liaodong Town who fled from the defeated armor and dragged the soldiers not far away, and asked Ma Ke with some eagerness.

"Panic what! Gun archers ready! ”

A bloodthirsty grin crossed Mako's face.

According to the military law of the Ming Dynasty, if the defeated soldiers dare to attack the big array head-on, it is a capital crime.

Ma Ke has long known the plans of the Liao thieves. "This bunch of tartars. It's just that they want to drive Liu Zhaoji to rush Lao Tzu's army formation, and when Lao Tzu's army formation is also crushed, they can clean up the battlefield safely and steadily! Lao Tzu is not so stupid! ”

"Sons, if you don't want to die, stop the defeated soldiers on the opposite side for Lao Tzu!"

Before Ma Ke's words fell, he saw that Liu Zhaoji's forward had rushed to the range of the big Buddha machine, but he did not hesitate, "Boom to Lao Tzu!" ”

The sound of artillery suddenly exploded in people's ears like spring thunder, and puffs of white smoke rose up. In the screams, Liu Zhaoji, the chief soldier of Liaodong, was hit by a shotgun and fell off his horse. It was the flag officer next to Liu Zhaoji who was also hit by a flying projectile on the helmet, and even the helmet went out with half a heavenly spirit cover far away, and a stream of red and white liquid sprayed Liu Zhaoji's body. The flag bearer didn't have time to snort, and fell off his horse on all fours. The two-foot flag of the general commander on his shoulder, I don't know where it was lost.

It was Liu Zhaoji's own healthy horse under his crotch that was also tripped by a war horse that fell in the oblique thorn, and he neighed miserably, and the hooves overturned, causing Liu Zhaoji to fall to the ground with a disgraced face.

"Protect the marshal! Protect the handsome! Fortunately, a few pro-soldiers were alert and pulled Liu Zhaoji up from the ground, so that this Liu general soldier would not be trampled into pulp by his own war horse.

"Get around! Get around! ”

After being killed by Ma Ke's shells, Liu Zhaoji remembered the charge of storming the army formation, and hurriedly led the defeated soldiers from the edge of Ma Ke's army formation to Guò and went to Inspector Hong to complain.

"Dingwei, how did you do it?!"

Looking at Liu Zhaoji, who had a sad face, crooked armor, clothes and face covered with dust and blood, and looked very wolf, and more than 20 defeated soldiers standing behind him, Hong Chengchou was just angry!

Before Liu Zhaoji could open his mouth to defend himself, another whistle and shout sounded in his ears, and another pursuit of the Liao thieves began.

For the thieves in Liaodong, pursuit is the most comfortable form of combat.

In pursuit battles, the enemy broke and fled, without any formation and will to fight, and they rarely turned back to fight with you. Of course, this is when you don't push them into a corner. Therefore, the pursuit war is simple and difficult, the key is to grasp a degree, in this regard, the experience of the Liao thieves can be said to be extremely rich, and they have used the experience of hunting in the mountains and forests for many years on the battlefield. It's been tried and tested.

From time to time, the thieves' brigade divided into squads, rode their horses behind the routs, stabbed a shot, slashed a knife, or shot an arrow at the leader of the group, which could make them scream and use all their strength to continue to escape.

Even if by chance, a small team of people rushed too fast and rushed into the rout. They also rarely stop to fight hard, because as soon as you stop, the friendly forces take the opportunity to run. To escape, you don't need to run faster than the enemy, as long as you run faster than the friendly army, this is the truth that any soldier knows in both the Ming and Qing dynasties.

And the army, which is prone to rout, is obviously the ideological consciousness of the sergeant. It is impossible to be so high as to sacrifice one's own life and let others escape.

This time. The Aobai gathered thousands of defeated soldiers, drove them from all directions, and charged towards the great array of Mako.

Behind the wolf pack driving the lambs to the slaughter, there was an artillery team led by Kong Youde, nearly a hundred heavy cannons weighing more than eight pounds, opening the muzzles of the black holes. pointed to the Ming army not far away.

Hong Chengchou was about to order Liu Zhaoji to go down to rectify the defeated army, restore the system, and facilitate the resumption of the battle, when he suddenly heard the sound of guns and cannons from the east, and the sound of shouting and killing came one after another. The governor is not good. Hurriedly took the telescope handed over by the guard, and looked in the direction of the Marco formation, intending to observe the situation.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he was mounted on a horse by a few of his own soldiers, he saw that the rout of the brigade had already rushed to the front of Mako's formation. Behind them, from a distance, the mountains were full of roaring thieves and horses, their black helmets and red tassels, the helmet pillars were erected high, wearing placket cotton armor, the outside was covered with bubble nails, only the armor was of different color, or blue, or yellow, or yellow with red edges.

It is the two Yellow Flag Manchuria and the Blue Flag Manchurian soldiers and horses led by Aobai, Turge and others!

Some of the Tartars had lighter armor, which seemed to have only bubble nails, and there were no inlaid iron blades inside, and most of them had short, soft riding bows, and no huge foot bows.

Among the cavalry of the brigade, there were also many Sulu ingots in their hands, and wolf skins hung on them, which were weapons similar to boring palladium. These people wore yellow armor, red armor, or only leather robes and fox hats, and they were the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners Mongolia and the Outer Domains of Mongolia.

Although these Mongolian Eight Banners and Mongolian soldiers of the Outer Domains were different from the Eight Banners of Manchuria in their clothing and armor, they were the same as the Manchurian soldiers in that they were as rude and barbaric, and their eyes were full of desire for military merit.

Rushing closer, Mako's guns were useless, and the bows of these Liaodong thieves began to exert their power.

The sound of bowstrings made of raw cowhide was incessant, and the sound of arrows breaking through the air was followed by muffled grunts and screams.

The foot bows used by these Liao thieves were larger and heavier than those used by the Ming army, and the arrows they shot were powerful and heavy, and the head was more accurate. Like the horse bow, their arrows were made of more than one or two wrought iron, with blood grooves, three edges, and longer bodies and larger arrows. If you are hit by an arrow, you will quickly bleed to death, or lose your combat effectiveness.

In the muffled snort, the soldiers of Mako Shanhai Town were shot by arrows one after another, and many vital parts such as eyes, throat, and face doors were shot, even if they were lucky, they were shot in the arms or thighs by stray arrows, and because of the extremely deep shots, the blood flowed endlessly, and those people also collapsed one after another.

The three-edged arrow, the wound caused to the body is not only deep, but also difficult to suture, difficult to stop bleeding, a little rescue is not timely, is the result of excessive blood loss, loss of life.

The soldiers of the Ming army naturally knew that they were powerful, and they saw that the thieves' arrows were raining down, and they were coming as dense as flying locusts. Round after round, fast and ruthless, the person who was hit by the arrow kept screaming, blood flowed all over the ground, and everyone around him turned pale.

Many people see that the situation is not good, and they are ready to retreat, but under this dangerous city, where to retreat? If you don't hold your ground, everyone will end up in a place where there is no place to bury!

"Don't quit! No refund! Rush up to Lao Tzu! Violators will be killed! ”

Marco led his own soldiers, wielding the blades in his hands desperately, shouting to stop the sergeants from retreating.

It's just that in the face of the fierce and vicious Tartar soldiers in front, the deadly arrows that come like rain, and the cannonballs that fall from the top of their heads from time to time, those swarming Liaodong Town defeated soldiers and horses, where do they pay attention to his military orders?

We are the military horses of Liaodong Town, only listen to Liu Zhaoji and Lord Liu, you Ma Ke is just the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, what power do you have to point fingers at us?

"Shock the army formation of this commander and kill Lao Tzu!"

Seeing that the defeated soldiers of Liaodong Town are about to become the vanguard of the Liao thieves, Ma Ke's eyes are almost bleeding, today is going to die anyway, rather than die together, it is better for you to die!

As soon as he gave the order, all the soldiers and horses of Shanhai Town waved their swords and guns at the defeated soldiers of Liaodong Town, trying to drive them out of front of their formation!

"The dog thieves in Shanhai Town have killed our brothers in Liaodong Town! Brothers, kill! ”

At the front of the position, which was already in chaos, a terrible shout suddenly erupted, followed by the sound of knives and guns crashing into one place, and the shouts of killing and screams were intertwined.

For a while, the two sides scuffled and crowded together, and there was chaos.

Don't look at the cowardice and cowardice when fighting with the Liao thieves, they are infighting among themselves, but they are not merciless. Originally, they were all in the same vein as Guan Ningjun, who doesn't know who? Who's afraid of whom? (To be continued......)