Chapter 219 [Approaching the Dragon Gate]
The ecstatic Ming Ning Yuanwei soldiers mistakenly thought that it would be the allies who appeared in front? Then he shouted loudly, "I am the commander-in-chief of the Ming Ning Yuanwei, dare to ask Your Excellency, but ......?" ”
Before the words fell, he pulled out his bow and released arrows, inserted them at the feet of the Ming Ning Yuan Guard, and stabbed to death more than a dozen Ning Yuan Wei Ming soldiers, so that the Ming troops who were enraged behind immediately made a shield array offensive, and counterattacked with a fire gun team on it, and most of the fire guns in a row used three-eyed guns, double-eyed guns, winged tiger guns, and abductor guns, and this kind of multi-tube continuous fire guns kept firing firepower.
Soon the other party couldn't bear to stand up and erected the Black Tiger Shunzi flag, and it was obvious to see that the soldiers who stood up were all black and black wearing armor, chain mail, cloth face armor, and wearing Fan Yang hats, iron helmets and felt hats of the Ming Army and the Township Yongjun.
At first glance, the opponent did not have many troops in the past, and the firepower was not very fierce, and there were about 20,000 people in sight? There are not a lot of generals!
This made the general soldiers of the Ming Ning Yuanwei feel strange, could it be that the other party's only 20,000 people dared to come to meet him? No! His analysis is that the other party should have come to deliberately drag them down?
But what made the two brothers wonder was why this army was able to appear in front of them. Could it be a detour to southern Mongolia and take a long way? Or did you chase it from Shanhaiwei?
Thinking of this, they think that it seems that Shanhaiwei has a spy, otherwise it would be impossible for the Ming army and the township army to catch up with them so quickly?
Thinking about the key points, the general soldier of the Ming Ning Yuanwei immediately asked people to inform the third brother Ming Guangning to pay attention to the rear, and asked the eldest brother Ming Guangning to command the front guard to reinforce him, and he himself ordered the Guanning Iron Cavalry to take the lead in the offensive charge, and the Ning Yuanwei artillery set up a tiger squat cannon on the spot to counterattack.
The gun body was fixed with nails on the flat ground, and then the Ming artillerymen opened the ammunition box and took out the black ** poured into the muzzle of the gun, and pressed the shotgun in it, and ignited the cannon (knock, knock, knock) to blow up, shaking the hillside to become uneven in an instant.
The Ming army and the Xiang Yongjun were not stupid to know that they were not the opponents of the Ming army, so they tried to find a way, and they raised their guns to shoot while retreating, trying to attract some of their attention to the past.
Immediately, those who raised shields, those who pursued cavalry with knives, those who continued to shoot with guns, those who slashed and killed on horseback, those who shot on horseback, and those who stabbed with blunt weapons, axes, and spears were all disrupted by Guan Ning's iron cavalry, and Ning Yuanwei's Ming army, who had been killed, stood in a horizontal row and raised their guns to shoot.
This made the Ming army and the township brave army, which were not as effective as the Guanning Iron Cavalry, defeated, and were directly slashed by the Ming army of Ning Yuanwei behind with swords and shields, and the ambush soldiers in the rear saw that the brigade was messed up and directly defeated.
The rear team supervised the battle in the Ming Guangning Zhongqian Yu Qianhu saw that the enemy army of this sneak attack was menacing, and most of them were using the tiger squat cannon, the general cannon, and the Baizi cannon to fight the momentum, and analyzed by looking at the banner hanging by the other party, it should be the Ming rebel general: Tang Tong, the Jizhou troops led by him?
In terms of strength, it can be said that it is far inferior to the Guanning Iron Cavalry, no wonder they only dare to meet the Qianhu army of the rear team, but the army of the Qianhu Institute in Guangning is not as good, after all, it is also a perennial defense against foreign enemies, so they immediately launched an offensive with a shield connected by iron cables to break and impact the cavalry of the Ming Army.
From a distance, it was very advantageous to resist the attack of the firearms, and when it came close, the horses were entangled in the iron ropes and fell to their horses! Some of them were still in the distance and were shot by the wind and fire and thunder, the three-eyed gun, and the five-thunder gun, which caused great losses to the Ming army in this wave of charge.
Not the worst, the worse is still to come, just after the first defeat of the enemy, the commander of the Ming Guangning Qiantun guard took the opportunity to lead the army to reinforcements, and bombarded the position of the opponent's commander flag with the left and right cavalry attacking the middle artillery.
A solid bullet was quickly carried into the muzzle of the cannon to suppress the fire and open the cannon, and the general soldiers of Dashun Miyun, who were driven crazy, had to let go and lead the attack, leaving only the team to guard the commander's flag, and ordered before the charge, "Go and report to Your Majesty, let the Chinese troops rush to Guangning to defend Xiluo City." ”
Immediately, the Ming army rushed forward with more fierce artillery fire than them, and the Ming saber players of the front team and the Ming cavalry of the previous round of victory clashed.
As soon as the battle was engaged, the cavalry charged with the strength of the fire, put away the firearms, bows and crossbows, replaced them with swords, hook axes, and hammers and smashed them into the opponent's neck, and there were many soldiers who were shocked to death or had their necks broken.
Some soldiers even reached out and grabbed the feet of the horsemen, pulled them off their horses, pierced their armor and stabbed them to death! Soldiers who shoot with muskets or hit and strangle others in the neck are also more ambitious.
This situation lasted for a whole day until the evening, when the Zhongming army turned to defeat and fled to Dongluo City, and some of the village warriors went to the North Wing City, which was very close to the Shahe Post outside the Jiulong Gate and the (a stone) in the middle of the reserve palace of Quang Ninh, less than 1 mile away.
The rogue troops camped on the east side of Gaolingyi were patrolling with halberds on their guard, and an old eunuch in the Huotou camp picked up a plate of freshly cooked food and walked cautiously towards the military tent.
When he came to the military tent, he said in a low voice: "The two military masters are troublesome to help the little one lift the curtain, and they are not free to carry the food!" ”
Seeing this, the two soldiers had to stretch out their hands and lift the curtain to let him in, and after entering the account, they put down the meal and poured a glass of wine, picked it up and said with a smile: "Your Royal Highness, it's time to eat!" Look at this one there are sea cucumbers, abalone and a few side dishes. ”
How could the Ming Crown Prince Song, who was in a very bad mood: Zhu Cihong, waved his hand to push down the plate and scolded, "Don't eat alone!" What does he want to do? Escorting the lonely and other vassal kings to this place outside the Guan, aren't they afraid of Guanning Iron Cavalry? ”
As soon as the words ended, the soldiers of the Shun army outside the tent drew their swords and pointed at him, saying, "Yo! The crown prince of the former Ming Dynasty even put up a shelf? Want to go on a hunger strike? No way! Your Majesty has ordered you to feed you even if you feed it. ”
Another soldier of the Shun army said, "Don't think that you are still His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? If His Majesty hadn't promoted you and named you the Prince of Dashun Song, I'm afraid you would have been cut down by now! So you are allowed to be presumptuous here? ”
The enraged Ming crown prince Prince Song clenched his fists and looked a little unwilling, and the eunuchs around him had to whisper to persuade him to hold back in everything and not to be reckless and impulsive!
Even the four princes of the Ming Dynasty who were imprisoned next door: Zhu Cijiong, the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty, Prince Yongmourning: Zhu Cijiong, the fifth prince of the Ming Dynasty, Prince Mourning: Zhu Cihuan, Prince Su of the Ming Dynasty: Zhu Xianxuan, Prince Xian of the Ming Dynasty: Zhu Chuanqi, Prince Shen Zhao of the Ming Dynasty: Zhu Zhenhong, Prince Wen of the Ming Dynasty: Zhu Cunji, and the vassal kings rushed over to grab it after seeing the food being served.
Watching them gobble up, Prince Song, the crown prince of the Ming Emperor, couldn't help but feel a little like a prisoner, he raised his head and said ashamedly, "Father, the son is ashamed of you, and ashamed of the Ming Dynasty!" ”
After the soldiers of the Shun army retreated, the eunuch slowly persuaded him to eat, and His Royal Highness Prince Song, the prince of the Ming Emperor, had to lower his body and pick up the wine glass on the table, close his eyes and drink it.
At the same time, the Dashun Emperor and the generals in the Chinese army tent are studying the next offensive strategy, and the Dashun military department is still the secretary: Yang Jiazhu, proposing to press up with the whole army at a rapid pace, and be sure to surround and eliminate the Guanning iron cavalry one by one before Ning Yuanwei.
This move was appreciated by Emperor Dashun, because he also thought so, after all, further north, Guan Ning Tie rode back to Ning Yuanwei, or they may unite with the Qing court to form an alliance, which is the last thing Emperor Dashun wants to see, because in this way, Dashun will not only have to deal with the Ming army, but also deal with the Monan Mongols and the Eight Banners of the Eastern Captives.
But Prime Minister Da Shun: Niu Venus, don't think so? He felt that the Ming army and the Eight Banners of Donglu were originally mortal enemies, and even if they were forced, it was impossible to surrender easily, let alone integrate, after all, Donglu was a barbarian, and they would not be able to surrender to him with Han blood alone, not to mention that there were other generals who were holding back the three brothers of the Wu family.
While they were chatting, a soldier rushed in and reported, "Report, Your Majesty's urgent information?" ”
Emperor Da Shun hurriedly took it over and opened it to watch, and found that it was actually the news that the Shun army of Tang Tongbu had been defeated? He shook his head in disappointment and said, "Hey! Damn the three brothers of the Wu family, I don't believe they can still turn the sky upside down, come on! The herald ordered the battalions to rest well tonight, and to go out tomorrow to destroy them in one fell swoop. ”
The next day the birds chirped on the branches, and the vast forest seemed exceptionally fresh, and the bright red sun slowly rose from the east.
In one of the woods, there was a sound of cannon fire, and far away from the woods, you could see smoke rising into the sky, and the birds in the trees were startled!
I saw that in the jungle on the hillside, there was a scattered cavalry of the Ming army with crossbow arrows running and shooting behind, and the commander of the Ming Guangning front guard who was pursuing behind made the horse ride around the trees, and then pulled the trigger (bang) and moved down half an inch to the head of the opponent's cavalry, just so that the lead bullet hit the enemy's head, and the head fell to the ground and bled to death instantly.
Seeing this scene, this batch of Ming troops just wanted to withdraw and were outflanked by the Ming army gunners who had blocked the way to shoot, and some of the bold Ming troops also tried to storm over, but the Ming army's halberd soldiers did not give them the slightest chance, taking advantage of the time when the firearms team was reloading alternately, the Ming army's halberd soldiers went out to fight and stabbed the Ming army that charged over.
The leader of the Dashun Miyun deputy commander-in-chief: Yin Zhenghua, was provoked by piercing armor and fell to death, and the rest of the Ming army was shot by the Ming saber players and the fire gun team, and some of the Ming army cavalry were killed.
The commander of the sneak attack on the Ming army, Dashun Miyun, Tang Tong, grabbed the frightened war horse and quickly ran towards the forest to the west, and the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry and Ning Yuan Wei Ming Army who were pursuing behind him slaughtered the infantry of the Ming Army all the way behind.
Although it is a jungle battle, it has long been accustomed to a strong force like the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the general army of the Ming Ning Yuanwei saw that the opponent's cavalry was not good at jungle combat, and his own army was able to overcome jungle warfare because of its perennial activities in the Liaodong Dusi area, so he wanted to surround them and eliminate them.
In this way, the Guanning Iron Cavalry pursued them for four days and four nights, forcing them to a stone area at the Longmen Gate in the north of Shaheyi.
On April 26th, through the depths of the jungle to the dry riverbed, a dilapidated Great Wall belt made of stones, with only 10,000 Ming troops and 2,000 brave troops of the Dashun Miyun General Army, the cavalry troops and infantry of the Dashun Miyun General Army, each dropped their banners and lay on the ground resting panting, and everyone was obviously exhausted!
One of the soldiers took out a water bag and took a big sip of water, and his stomach couldn't stand it because he drank it too quickly! choked to death on the spot, and the soldiers of the Ming Army around him were nervous! Some soldiers even covered their heads and said in fear, "Are we going to die here?" Why didn't His Majesty Emperor Shun send troops? ”