Chapter 17: Santun Camp
Gradually, it was closer to Yongping Mansion, and from time to time there were Ming people who fled with their families on the road.
They were like frightened birds, and at the sound of horses' hoofs they immediately hurried away from the road, up the hill into the forest, or in the ditch.
Huang Han, who is like an arrow, can't care whether he is disturbing the people or not at this time, and he still keeps going.
There were a few times when I encountered a few Ming soldiers and thought it would cause unnecessary trouble, but I found that these scattered Ming soldiers had no fighting spirit, and when they saw a knight who was not wearing a Ming army uniform, they immediately beat their horses and fled.
Santun camp is the location of Jizhou Town, one of the nine important towns of the Ming Dynasty, the city is three zhang high, the circumference is seven miles, there are five corner towers and nine enemy towers built on the city, but it is in vain that there is no elite army and strong general garrison in such a strong city.
On the afternoon of November 6 in the second year of Chongzhen, the Houjin army came to the city, in order to avoid the Ming army from defending the city, in order to reduce the casualties of the children of the Eight Banners, the Red Gangster issued an order to attack in only one direction.
Deputy General Zhu Laitong, Qian Zong Bai Yangsheng and other soft-boned generals saw that the Houjin army did not surround the Santun camp, and they really had no fighting spirit, and they fled with their belongings overnight.
Zhu Guoyan, the chief military officer who refused to let Zhao Shujiao enter the Santun camp, was actually equivalent to killing more than 4,000 warriors below Zhao Shujiao, but this person was not a soft bone, and he knew that the general trend had gone when he saw that most of his subordinates had fled.
The helpless General Zhu took out all his savings and distributed them to the soldiers who were still defending the city, and asked them to write the names of the generals who abandoned the city and fled on the eye-catching wall, and he and his wife committed suicide when the city was broken.
Bai Yangsheng, the general manager of the escaped Santun camp, took more than a dozen family members to drive three carriages all the way to the east, this kid is not comparable to the deputy general Zhu Laitong, and he can't give up some floating wealth and his concubine.
Vice General Zhu decided to run away quite simply, threw away all his belongings, carried only dry rations, gold and silver, and pulled nearly 100 war horses with more than 40 family members, all of whom rode on two horses, did not carry a single carriage, and outran his companions as soon as he left the Santun camp.
Bai Yangsheng was discovered by a small group of Jiannu sentinels on the third day because he carried a carriage that affected the efficiency of his escape, and the Houjin army, which only had five people, dared to attack when he saw a team of cavalry close to the twenty Ming army.
Bai Qian always found that the enemy attack in order to protect his belongings and concubines could only face the battle, more than a dozen family members saw that there were not many enemies and rushed forward to prepare for a group fight, and the two sides approached a stone's throw and the long-range attack began.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......" The feather arrow broke through the air, Jiannu had a clear goal, Bai Yangsheng, who was dressed in mountain armor, was particularly eye-catching and naturally was specially taken care of, Bai Yangsheng was wearing strong armor and thought that he had the power to fight, who knew that Jiannu's archery was tricky, and the five people were aiming at his eyes.
The first round of arrows was fired, and three feathered arrows fell from the horse with a bang, and the five Jiannu were also shot by three of the family members, but these barbarians still controlled the horses like flying away from the bow and arrows, accurate and ruthless.
The second round of arrow attacks came again, and two people in the Jiading team were shot by arrows and fell off their horses, because the two sides were close at hand, the power of the arrows increased greatly, and one of Jiannu was shot and fell off the horse.
At this time, the Ming army actually has an advantage, as long as they continue to fight for their lives like this, in the case of fighting more and less, it should not be a problem for more than a dozen family members to work together to kill four of them, three of whom have been injured.
The crux of the problem is that the Han people's brains are too good, and the thinking of dead friends and poor people is deeply rooted.
In the first round of shooting, the main general fell down and the horse was more auspicious, and the family members had already begun to drum in their hearts, and then two more robes were shot down by Jiannu, and the hearts of more than a dozen family members were scattered.
It's not that the martial arts of the Ming army are unbearable, and it's not that their equipment is inferior to people, the reason is that they all serve as soldiers in order to eat food and get money, and they don't have the ideological realm of protecting their families and defending the country in their minds, let alone the determination to sacrifice their lives to fight.
Obviously, the two sides were about to collide, and at this time, the archery power was the best and the penetration was the best, and more than a dozen people worked together to shoot feather arrows and then wave their weapons to greet them, and the four Jiannu were killed without a problem.
It's a pity that there was a dramatic turn on the battlefield, of course, completely falling to the Houjin army.
The third round of shooting by the Ming army was reluctant, and less than five of them still shot arrows, although three of them hit Jiannu's body strongly, but these barbarians endured severe pain and still maintained their tactical movements.
The quality of the four feather arrows of the Houjin army was indeed stronger than that of the Ming army at close range, and it caused the two family members to fall off their horses on the spot. None of the family members were willing to risk their lives to drive their horses to ram the Houjin army, and they all turned their horses and prepared to slip away.
And Jiannu was just the opposite, none of them dodged, and they all rushed towards the Ming army, and at this time they had already taken out the cold weapons they were carrying and wielded them.
Of course, the Ming army, which was already very weak in momentum, was sad, and the Ming army that fled in a hurry was cut down by Jiannu again.
The next thing is not a battlefield duel, but Jiannu is covering up and killing the fleeing Ming army, this is actually Jiannu's favorite, holding a bow and arrows to shoot the back of the Ming army, the safety factor is high, and the harvest will not be less.
The official road here is the only way, and Huang Han, who is galloping on horseback and trying to pass quickly, feels lucky.
Because there was an ownerless war horse in front of him, he drove the horse to lean forward and pull the reins of the horse, and found that there were still blankets and arrows on the horse.
He immediately realized that there should be a battle ahead, and shouted to Song Pengfei behind: "Xiao Song, you keep a distance behind me, I am exploring the road in front, and I may encounter the Houjin army." ”
Song Pengfei replied loudly: "Master, disciple understands, you have to be careful!" ”
Huang Sheng said: "Don't worry, I know in my heart, if I find that the situation is not good, I will run away immediately, you find out that the Jin army must not come up, and don't care about me, it is important to flee quickly." ”
Song Pengfei said depressedly: "Master, you are also underestimating the disciple, it is impossible for the disciple to run away by himself." ”
At this time, there was no time to talk to his apprentice about whether the senseless sacrifice was meaningful, Huang Han selected a healthy horse with sufficient physical strength to transfer, sorted out the equipment, handed over the spare war horse to Song Pengfei, and galloped forward with his horse and whip.
The four Jiannu cavalry defeated Bai Yangsheng's family, and the three Jiannu refused to let them go easily, and chased them east.
Seeing that the victory was decided, a Jiannu horse hurriedly turned around to look at the companion who was shot down by the Ming army, and the look on his face was quite anxious, because the Jiannu who fell off the horse was his younger brother, a Yu Ding.
Yu Ding, who fell off the horse, was relatively strong, with two arrows in his chest, and one in his face, still not dead, at this time, he struggled to climb to the side of the road, half leaning against a big tree, and was still breathing.
Jiannu Vest hurriedly jumped off the war horse and came to his younger brother to check the injury, and found that the arrow on his brother's face was very deep into the flesh, and the Vest wanted to help his younger brother pull it out, but he didn't know how to do it for a while.
Just when he was restless, a horse galloped from the west of the official road, and the war horse was obviously a good horse in Liaodong, and the knight on the horse was dressed strangely and couldn't distinguish between friend and foe at all.
It was too late, and in the blink of an eye, the knight galloped in front of him.
The person on the horse was of course Huang Han, who had already discovered this Jiannu vest and had long been ready for battle.
When he patiently approached the enemy forty paces, Huang Han suddenly attacked, the bowstring sounded like a cracked silk, and the armor-piercing cone shot straight out, he didn't look at whether it hit or not, and the second arrow was quickly shot out on the bowstring, and then the third armor-piercing cone also broke through the air.
When the three arrows were fired, they were already less than ten steps away from Jiannu, and Huang Han took the chopping knife in his pocket and brandished it and rushed straight at the enemy.
In fact, at this time, Jiannu's vest had already been shot into three armor-piercing cones, and the arrows that came one after another were more penetrating than the other, and Jiannu had already suffered heavy losses, and was staggering and preparing to hide behind the big tree at this time.
How could Huang Han, who was using the speed of the horse, let a wounded soldier of Jiannu who had lost his strength get a chance to escape, and with a round saber, a good head rolled to the ground with a "bang".