Chapter 356: Defeated
The Red Gang emphasized loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please remember that after three rounds of artillery bombardment, the whole army will attack, and I have never doubted that our army will not be able to defeat the Ming army in front of me, but I am worried that too many Ming cavalry will flee due to the lack of resolute action." ”
Wunag, Burgadu, Manzhu Xili, Ukshan and other Mongolian Taiji or generals immediately went out and said: "Great Khan, please relax, we will definitely entangle the Ming cavalry and destroy them." ”
Tonight's Ming army camp laughed and laughed, because the Ming army did not defeat Jiannu for a long time and won the victory, today Jiannu was defeated and the Ming army got the opportunity to clean up the battlefield, although the number of casualties of the Ming army was more than double the number of beheadings, but the nearly 2,000 level of slaughter was enough to make them rejoice.
Many experienced Liaozhen generals Xi Zizi have seen the harvest with their own eyes, these two thousand levels are all the elite of two blue flags and two white flags, and each level has a matching armor and waist card, all of which are young and middle-aged.
According to Di Bao, although the "Red Banner Army" won three or four thousand, there were less than 1,000 regular soldiers, less than half of the young and strong, and it was not the elite of Jiannu who fought against them.
Zhang Chun and the generals all believed that the plate squeezing tactic was effective, and if they pushed it flat at dawn, it was possible to break through the Jiannu camp and kill under the city of Dalinghe.
The generals are very regretful, I don't know why there is no movement in the direction of Dalinghe City, if Zu Dashou leads the men and horses to attack at this time, it is guaranteed that the two armies will meet long ago.
Less than five miles south of Dalinghe City, there were guns and cannons fired in the vicinity of the camp for six or seven hours, Zu Dashou had already learned the news, and he also felt that this time the movement was much bigger than the previous times.
But once bitten by a snake for ten years afraid of the well rope, at this time the Guan Ning army in Dalinghe City has long lost the fighting spirit, they went out of the city more than ten days ago, and lost a third of the robes in the first battle, and now the psychological shadow is still lingering.
Zu Dashou had no choice, he could only look at the dejected soldiers and sigh, he chose to continue to wait for the only chance to win the victory of the whole army's raid on the back of Jiannu.
Just when Zhang Chun, who was full of interest, stayed up all night to arrange tomorrow's tactics, the general on duty came to report that the fog was thick and he gradually couldn't distinguish the direction, and the attack that was scheduled for dawn needed to wait for the fog to dissipate.
The time is not controllable by manpower, Zhang Chun had to issue an order for the whole army to stick to the position, and when the fog clears, it is the moment of the main attack.
Before dawn, just after the fourth watch, the earth suddenly vibrate, and the rumbling cannon woke up the Ming soldiers who were napping in their clothes.
Zhang Chun, who had not slept all night, immediately ran out of the big tent and asked, "Who opened the cannon without permission?" Don't you know if the attack will be postponed until after the fog clears? ”
"My lord, it's not our army that is firing artillery, it's Jiannu who is shelling our army's camp."
Shelled by Jiannu? Zhang Chun was shocked, and he hurriedly said: "Don't panic, everyone, convey the official's order to still organize the two camps to cover the retreat alternately, and withdraw from the range of Jiannu shelling as soon as possible." ”
Zhang Chun's response was correct, no matter what the situation was, he would leave the environment under enemy shelling first and then make a decision. However, the Ming army, which had always fired artillery to attack Jiannu, was in turn beaten by Jiannu's artillery had too great an impact on morale, and coupled with the blurred vision, the Ming army camp was already in chaos.
Jiannu's artillery fought three rounds, more than 100 iron balls fired into the Ming camp, the destroyed chariots were actually not much, only a few dozen, and the Ming soldiers who were killed and wounded were not many, and the total number of Ming soldiers would not exceed 300 people, and the losses were insignificant for the Ming army with 50,000 men and horses.
However, analyzing the battle situation is not a ranking number, sometimes it is not easy to fight 50,000 pigs, and it is much easier to fight 50,000 troops who have no fighting spirit.
The camp encircled by chariots was blasted open, and the Ming army's vision was blurred and could not accurately fill the gap, and the shouts of the Houjin army and the rumbling of horses' hooves went from far to near, and the situation of the Ming army was not good.
Soon a chaotic battle began, the Ming army suffered from excessive reliance on fire refractories, the protective power of armor, and the combat effectiveness of using cold weapons were not as good as those of Jiannu, although the soldiers recruited by Zhang Chun were willing to fight with Jiannu, but their skills were inferior to those killed and wounded in the melee.
The chaotic battle continued until noon, and the sun rose high to disperse the fog, and if it was still foggy at this moment, it might be beneficial to the Ming army, which was almost unable to support it.
Often the Ming army is so unlucky, the critical moment that needs God's help has lost the war element of the time, the Ming army has been silent because it was broken into the camp by Jiannu and chopped and chopped, where is there still a little bit of morale, and the Houjin army can now be said to have the time, the place, the people and all occupied.
The fog dissipated, and the Jiannu cavalry could finally let go of the horse's speed and charge with all their might, and they could calmly shoot anyone who appeared within fifty paces, and the Ming army's casualties doubled and could not be supported.
Zhang Chun led the Chinese army guards to form a circle with chariots to accept the rout, Wu Xiang and Song Wei saw that the general trend had gone and refused to accompany the soldiers to die, they ran away with their headquarters.
At this time, the Jin army also had a little incident, at the end of the second year of Chongzhen, Jiannu killed a member of the Ming Dynasty Dongping Marquis Mangui captured when he was under the Jingshi City, and Heiyunlong, a general, yearned for the Ming Dynasty, and took advantage of the melee between the two armies to kill several bannermen who monitored him, and took two war horses and fled.
At this time, the Houjin army didn't care about the fleeing Heiyunlong, but hyped the news that the two chief military officers of Wu and Song ran away with men and horses.
The Ming army was also shouting that Wu and Song ran away with the cavalry, which was spread at the same time as Jiannu, and the news was learned by most of the Ming army, which once again dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Ming army that was still resisting, and then many Ming troops began to lay down their arms under the persuasion of the Houjin army.
Jiannu obtained the surrender of the Ming army, of course, the soldiers will use these people, often the first to surrender are scum, are all cowards who forget their righteousness, they immediately began to shout and persuade to surrender in order to get the preferential treatment of the Houjin army, and they are still fighting for the country to lay down their arms.
His own people are persuading him to surrender, loudly explaining that the master of the Dajin Kingdom swore to treat the surrendered soldiers well, and Amin Dabeile, who had wantonly slaughtered the Ming Dynasty and surrendered officials, had been dismissed and locked up, and if any of the generals of the Dajin Kingdom dared to kill the surrendered Ming army, the Great Khan would kill him to pay for his life.
At this time, the situation was clear, the desperate resistance of the Ming army was only to prove their unyielding, and it was impossible to reverse the state of defeat, and many Ming troops heard that surrender could save their lives, they gave up sacrificing their lives, threw away the weapons in their hands and knelt down.
Zhang Chun did not surrender, and he did not surrender in history.
But does it make sense to argue whether he voluntarily gave up resistance? Why was he arrested by Jiannu? If he fights endlessly, is it so easy for a big living person to be caught?