Chapter 161: The Temptation of the Ming Army
Outside the city of Jinzhou, a heavily guarded and large cowhide military tent is the chief general of the Jin army besieging the city, Gushan Ezhen Ilgen Jueluo. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Ahsan's Chinese army big tent.
It was late at night, Ah Shan still did not stop, under the reflection of two huge lamps and candles as thick as children's arms, he had taken off his stainless steel armor, dressed in a lake-blue tight-fitting arrow suit, with a rough face and fierce eyes, Ah Shan, the general of the Jin Army, was still observing the Ningjin topographic map hanging on the wall with a focused expression.
He stared at the word Jinzhou on the map for a long time, his eyes showed a greedy light, and he subconsciously opened his mouth, as if he wanted to swallow this Jinzhou in his stomach.
From the bottom of his heart, Ah Shan wanted to take down Jinzhou City, which had brought him too many unhappy pasts.
Speaking of which, Ah Shan has been to Jinzhou three times, but each time he left in blood, tears and humiliation.
The first time was in the last year of the Mandate of Heaven, Ah Shan, his brother Adahai and his brother Kalai, because they were dissatisfied with their banner lord Daishan, so they led their people to surrender. Nurhachi sent Bel Amin to chase and kill, all the way to the border of Jinzhou, Ashan's sons, were shot by Amin, and many relatives died, and then finally got rid of the pursuers and came to Jinzhou City, but was suspected of being a spy by the Jinzhou defenders and refused to enter, and finally had to return to Houjin. Later, he was pardoned by the old slaves and reassigned from the Zhenghong Banner to the Zhengbai Banner.
The second time was the second year of Chongzhen, because his brother Ada Hai and his brother Karma were killed by Huang Taiji because of the crime of rebellion. Then he led his brothers Chata and Morohun, and his younger brother Kalai's son Sekh to escape together, but finally came to Jinzhou outside the city, but was rejected by Qiu Jiahe, who was the prefect of Jinzhou at the time, and also sent troops to chase and kill, Ahsan and others had no choice but to return to Houjin as last time, and later luckily was pardoned by Huang Taiji.
The third time, it was the sixth year of Chongzhen, who had been promoted to Gushan Ezhen Ashan, led the army to plunder the Jinzhou boundary, but was provoked by Li Xiao, who was the deputy captain of the Guangning Zhongtun Sentinel Cavalry, and fought against him alone, as a result, Ahshan was defeated and defeated, and had to release 600 captured Ming people, and his prestige was greatly damaged.
Thinking of these unhappy pasts, Ah Shan felt depressed and panicked, and he slammed his fist on the table beside him, shaking the sterling silver wine glass on the table and overturning it in shock, and the remaining wine overflowed the table.
At this time, Shi Tingzhu, the chief officer of the Han army, who was entering the tent, happened to see Ah Shan beating the table, and he was not shocked, and thought that something big had happened. Just as he was about to ask, Ah Shan saw that he saw his gaffe, so he hurriedly covered it up with words.
"Duoduo Belle led 5,000 Jurchen soldiers and horses to Ningyuan to plunder, but left our 2,000 Jurchen soldiers and horses and 3,000 Han troops in vain, pretending to attack the city here to deter the enemy from sending reinforcements. When Ben Jiang thought of this, he was resentful for a while, so he had such a gaffe, but he didn't expect to be seen by Chief Officer Shi. ”
Shi Tingzhu, the six-year-old chief officer of the Han army Chinese New Year's Eve at the time, was actually not a Han Chinese, but a Jurchen, whose old surname was Guarjia, whose ancestor was a famous Buha, and was the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou. Bucha was born in Arsuna, and Jiajing was in office. Alsong Asheng Shihan, moved to Liaodong, and then took "Shi" as his surname.
Shi Han gave birth to three sons, Shi Tingzhu ranked third, and later became the garrison of the Ming army in Guangning, after the old slave captured Guangning, he led his troops to surrender, and then because of his birth Jurchen identity, he rose step by step, until last year he was promoted to the third class chief officer of the Han army Wuzhen Chaoha.
Seeing that Ah Shan was angry because he was forcibly besieged and not allowed to loot wantonly, Shi Tingzhu breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said: "Lord Ah Shan, don't be angry, during this period of time, the army of our Jin Kingdom has invaded, and all the villages and forts in Jinzhou have basically been looted and burned, and the people and livestock have also been robbed in large numbers, and the harvest has already been much. Now, even if you have to go around Jinzhou to loot again, it is difficult to get anything. It is estimated that in the near future, after Lord Baylor has robbed the Ningyuan boundary, our army will be able to successfully divide the division. ”
Ah Shan shook his head and said: "Cough, this bird battle is not enjoyable, every time our army comes, this group of Ming troops with no eggs in the crotch will only defend the city to the death, and it is rare to fight with our army in the field once, what a fucking coward." ”
Shi Tingzhu said with a smile: "My lord, didn't you just eliminate the Ming army of Liu Yingyuan who came to aid Jinzhou from the right tun guard of Guangning the day before yesterday, our army beheaded Liu Yingyuan, and also captured the guerrilla Cao Degong, and destroyed him more than 1,000 infantry and 500 elite cavalry, such a big victory is also considerable." ”
Ah Shan said with a smile: "Ahem, this is just a blind cat encountering a dead mouse, then Liu Yingyuan, also considered him unlucky, and suddenly encountered our army, the Ming army was panicked, and had no fighting spirit, and it was quickly broken by our Dajin army in one fell swoop, it is not surprising." I only sigh that our army has been crisscrossing the Ningjin territory for many days, but none of the Ming army can still fight, how not to make the general depressed. ”
Shi Tingzhu said with a smile: "The Ming troops from all over Ningjin, seeing that Liu Yingyuan's troops were all wiped out so quickly, and seeing that the adults were so brave, they were already so frightened that they peed their pants." Now they are still in the city and trembling, how dare they go out of the city to fight with adults. Moreover, the purpose of our army's invasion of Ningjin this time was originally to contain the Ming army in western Liaoxi and prevent them from coming west to aid Datong and Shanxi. Now that the purpose of the battle has been achieved, it is a great thing, don't think about it too much, just wait to return to Shengjing to be rewarded. ”
The two laughed and chatted for a long time, and Shi Tingzhu said goodbye and went back.
On the morning of the next day, Ah Shan was riding a horse, accompanied by Shi Tingzhu, accompanied by a group of guards, to inspect the siege of the army, when suddenly a sentry came to report that in the southeast of Jinzhou, more than 300 Ming cavalry had come, and it seemed that Liu Yingyuan was the same as the day before, ready to go to Jinzhou.
A hint of arrogance flashed across Ashan's face.
"This Ming army, have you ever found you." Ahsan asked.
"General Yu, this Ming cavalry formation is scattered, the banner is crooked, it seems that they are only in a hurry, but they have not found us."
"Okay, this group of Ming troops counts them as unlucky, and passes on my military orders. Lead our army of 600 Jurchen elite cavalry, go to invite the attack, and be sure to eliminate this Ming army in one fell swoop. Ahsan shouted.
"My lord, the origin of this Ming army is unknown, but you must be careful of deception." Compared with Ah Shan, who was anxious to set off, Shi Tingzhu on the side had a look of doubt on his face.
"Ahem, what's the unknown origin, isn't it the same as the eyeless Liu Yingyuan, who wants to hide in Jinzhou City, if you let this Ming army approach and find that our army is besieging the city, it will inevitably turn around and run away, then you won't be able to eat this fat sheep." Ahsan was full of impatience.
Shi Tingzhu couldn't dissuade him anymore, so he had to say to Ah Shan: "My lord, if you bring all the Jurchen 2,000 soldiers and horses with you, it is always a good thing to be more careful in everything." ”
Ah Shan glanced at him with a contemptuous look, thought about it, and seemed to be unable to refute Shi Tingzhu's face, so he replied lightly: "Okay, the general will listen to your words and take all the Jurchen soldiers and horses to go, and the siege of the city here will be taken care of by Chief Officer Shi." ”
Shi Tingzhu replied: "Obey the orders of the adults." ”
After a while, 600 Jurchen cavalry and 1,400 Jurchen infantry were ready, and Ah Shan, who was fully armored, jumped on his horse and raised his whip, and shouted loudly to Shi Tingzhu: "Tingzhu, you hearty guy, just wait for the news of our army's victory." ”
Shi Tingzhu hurriedly smiled and said, "The slave greets the triumphant lord." ”
The 2,000-year-old Jin Jurchen army was personally led by Ah Shan, and at the same time, with the late brother's nephews Chata and Mo Luohun, with the iron flow, they turned all the way to the southeast and covered up the hundreds of Ming cavalry who seemed to be completely unprepared.
Ah Shan's own son, as early as the last year of the Mandate of Heaven, was killed by the Great Bel Amin, so he regarded the pair of sons left by his deceased brother Adahai as if he had gone out, and basically took them with him every time he went on an expedition.
More than half a mile away from these Ming cavalry, the Ming cavalry who were hurrying away found the Houjin soldiers and horses coming from the opposite side, and immediately screamed and turned around and fled.
Ah Shan's face turned red, and he scolded loudly: ", this stone Tingzhu is dyed with the habits of the Han people, that is, he is timid, if it weren't for these infantry and slowing down the march, Lao Tzu would have caught up with these Ming cavalry." ”
He then turned his head and shouted loudly: "Chata, you and I will take 600 elite cavalry together, immediately pursue and kill these fleeing Ming cavalry, and let Mo Luohun lead the infantry to rush behind." ”
"Huh!"
Chata, who was stout and had a meaty face and a greedy look like a beast in his eyes, gave up his voice in response.
After Chata quickly gave the order, he and Ah Shan, let out a long scream from their mouths, led 600 Jurchen cavalry, and quickly chased after the Ming cavalry in the distance.
Seeing that the cavalry of the Ming army in front of them was running slower and slower, and was gradually caught up by themselves, Ahsan and Chata both had contemptuous and smug smiles on their faces.
This group of fat sheep can't run away.
After chasing for about ten minutes, I saw the Ming cavalry in front of me, and when I ran to a small hill in front, the formation was already more scattered, everyone was desperately fleeing, and the joy in Ah Shan's heart became more and more difficult to contain.
"Prepare your horses, shoot arrows!"
Seeing the fleeing Ming army, entering the range of the bow and arrow, Ah Shan shouted the order loudly, while quickly removing the bow from his back, he immediately took the bow and arrow, the string was as open as the full moon, and the cold and sharp cyan arrow was about to go towards the back of a Ming army who was away from him.
At this time, from the rattling sound of the bowstring behind him, Ah Shan heard a strange sound mixed in with it.
To be precise, this strange sound is a dull rumbling sound, but it is not the sound of horses' hooves, but as if someone is rubbing against the ground when pushing a heavy object.
This sound came from the hillside in front, and as the mount under his crotch quickly approached, Ah Shan looked at it, but saw dozens of strangely shaped wooden machines, which were staggered to the top of the hill by a large number of Ming troops from the other side.
Then, at the foot of the hillside, a large number of Ming soldiers with bright armor poured out from the other side of the hillside, and then quickly set up a neat array of guns and shields at the foot of the mountain.
On both sides of the gun and shield battle array, there was a group of strange Ming army heavy infantry like their own white swing teeth, wearing heavy armor and holding heavy weapons such as tiger knives, tiger spears, long-handled knives, and thick-backed military sickles, like mecha warriors, standing there silently.
Ahsan's face was surprised to the point of disbelief, and there was a slight twitch immediately.
Chata and the others next to him were also full of shock.
Oh my God, in the case of the successive victories of the Houjin army, there are still Ming troops who dare to set up an ambush here, this is simply the sun coming out of the west!
Ah Shan came back to his senses for a moment and found that the Ming cavalry in front of him had taken advantage of his distraction to quickly detour to the back of the hillside, and he had to put away his bow and arrows with great regret.
Now it seems that Shi Tingzhu's worries are very accurate, those Ming cavalry are indeed bait, the purpose is to lure themselves to this ambush place. However, he was greedy for merit and careless, so he fell for the enemy's plan to lure the enemy.
"Ah Mu (uncle), what should I do now?" Chatta's anxious voice came from the side.
Yes, now that the plan has been made, it is a war or a retreat, and it is indeed necessary for Ahsan to urgently make an idea.
Do you want to retreat like this?
Ahsan thought quickly and nervously.
He observed that, except for the cavalry that had retreated behind the hillside, the Ming army on the hillside now totaled only about five thousand.
In Ah Shan's impression, if 2,000 elite Jurchen soldiers and horses want to defeat 5,000 Liaodong Ming troops, it is really a matter of being captured. Many times, even in the face of four or five times the Ming army, as long as the brave Jurchen soldiers charged, the Ming army collapsed immediately, and then, what the Houjin army had to do was just pursue and slaughter without suspense.
Besides, if he goes back like this, then Shi Tingzhu will definitely laugh behind his back. This feeling of being humiliated is something Ahsan can't bear.
In an instant, Ah Shan raised his head, and his eyes were full of fierceness.
"Pass my military order, stop the whole army, wait for the infantry to arrive, and then destroy this Ming army that does not know whether to live or die in one fell swoop!" Ah Shan snorted coldly and ordered loudly.
"Huh!"
When Ah Shan led the Houjin cavalry to stop here, waiting for the infantry behind to arrive, the Ming army in front of him seemed to have discovered his attempt, and the gun and shield battle array, which was originally standing, came with a long shout, and with an uproar, all the gun and shield soldiers, in a straight line, slowly pressed towards their own 600 cavalry.
On both sides, the heavy armored infantry of the Ming army like mecha warriors also slowly walked towards themselves with the pace of the gun and shield battle array.
At this time, on the back side of the hillside, there was the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, and Ah Shan and the others saw that from the side of the hillside, about five or six hundred Ming cavalry poured out.
Among them, there were about 300 cavalrymen, all heavily armoured, and quickly formed a wedge-shaped battle formation, which looked like a huge sharp black spike from a distance.
Another group of light cavalry, also numbering about three hundred, dressed in fine iron armor, surrounded by a sturdy general wearing a silver phoenix-winged helmet, steel armor, and a bright cloak, followed the heavy cavalry, and slowly walked out from behind the hillside.
Because of the distance, Ah Shan couldn't see the face of the Ming army clearly. It's just that, I don't know why, Ah Shan, who used to be a hunter in Changbai Mountain, suddenly had an indescribable feeling of extreme uneasiness in his heart.
"Phew!"
At a distance of about 200 paces from the Jurchen cavalry of Ashan, the Ming army on the opposite side stopped and rearranged into a straight gun and shield battle array.
Such a straight and solemn battle formation, Ah Shan and his cavalry have never seen before, and the cold light spear heads flashing on the big shields give a strong psychological pressure to the Jurchen cavalry.
On the battlefield, there was a brief and strange silence.
Ah Shan, who was still thinking about what kind of medicine was sold in the Ming army's gourd, suddenly heard in his ears, and there was a slight sound in the air.
It is a fast-flying object that cuts through the air and whistles.
Surprised, Ah Shan raised his head to look, but saw that in mid-air, there were about seven or eight black dots, in a larger and more conspicuous appearance, roaring towards his position!
Ahsan instantly understood.
"Disperse quickly, Ming Gouzi has thrown the earth-shattering thunder!"
Ahsan roared loudly, took the lead in slamming the horse's belly, and fled wildly to the side.
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