Chapter 176: There is no hope for reinforcements, but to break through
But what Sun Chuanting didn't expect was that the Ma Ke in the reinforcements he was looking forward to had no possibility of coming at all, when Ma Ke was out of Shunde Mansion, he was ordered by Sun Chuanting to lead the people of the headquarters to Jining Prefecture, but Ma Ke was born to be a greedy person who was afraid of death, he should have arrived in Jining before Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui's people, but after this guy set off with his troops, he stopped moving, and only walked forty or fifty miles every day, from Shunde Mansion to Daimyo's Mansion, he actually walked for four days. Even when Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui, who had taken a long detour, were surrounded, he had just led the troops to the Daimyo's mansion.
However, in the Daimyo's Mansion, Ma Ke was constantly harassed by a small group of men and horses sent by Diao Zheng, and every time dozens or hundreds of people sneak attacked Ma Ke's soldiers and horses, Ma Ke was also in a rumor, and he did not dare to move forward.
Diao Zheng, who stayed in the Daimyo's Mansion, immediately saw that Ma Ke's goods were a straw bag, so he simply gathered his men and horses in the Daimyo's Mansion, as well as some of the auxiliaries left by Xiao Tianjian, and gathered more than 4,000 people to go out of the city to block Ma Ke's way, just when Xiao Tianjian had already led his troops to surround Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui, Diao Zheng also fought with Ma Ke in the area of the Daimyo's Mansion.
Although Ma Ke had a lot of troops, when he was attacked like a wolf by Diao Zheng's troops, Ma Ke immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops, and also sent someone to report to Sun Chuanting, saying that he was ambushed by a large number of men and horses of the Xingtian Army, and he was defeated by the thief army in the battle, so he could only withdraw his troops and return to Shunde Mansion.
However, his news could not reach Sun Chuanting, because before the people he sent caught up with Sun Chuanting, they encountered the rout under Sun Chuanting's command, and knew the news that Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui were ambushed and besieged on the bank of the Jindi River in Yanggu.
After hearing this, Ma Ke didn't dare to move in the direction of Yanggu anymore, since Sun Chuanting, the overseer, was surrounded by the Jindi River, then the thief army must have a large number of men and horses over there, he was afraid that after crashing over, instead of being able to save Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui, he was also left by the Xingtian Army!
So he accelerated his pace and led the soldiers and horses to retreat to Shunde Mansion, and when Ma Ke had not yet withdrawn to Shunde Mansion, the people sent by Sun Chuanting to ask for help also rushed to Shunde Mansion and saw Bai Guangen who stayed in Shunde Mansion.
Bai Guangen was not ambiguous, and immediately agreed to lead the troops to rescue, so after cleaning up, he led the troops out of Shunde Mansion and drove away in the direction of Chaoyanggu County.
Bai Guangen was originally also born in the righteous army, and followed a leader called the Monkey to do things, but later was forced to surrender by the government, so he surrendered to the imperial court, and followed Hong Chengchou in Shaanxi to "suppress bandits" over the years, but he made a lot of military achievements, and gradually became the chief military officer.
Therefore, Bai Guangen can also be regarded as Sun Chuanting's old subordinate, and when he learned that Sun Chuanting was in trouble, he did not turn around and run like Ma Ke, but led his troops to the Jindi River in Yanggu County.
However, Bai Guangen's soldiers are mostly Qin soldiers, although the Qin soldiers are known as fierce, but they are far away from home, this time they went north to garrison Liaodong, they were reluctant, and now they are transferred into the customs to suppress thieves, and they are even more dissatisfied, plus their Qin soldiers' equipment is far less than the old Liaodong Army and Guanning Army, so the combat effectiveness is very limited.
Soon after Bai Guangen led his troops out of Shunde Mansion, he encountered the Ma Ke Department who had withdrawn to Shunde Mansion, and Ma Ke swore that the Xingtian thieves had mobilized 100,000 troops, not only surrounded Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui's troops in Yanggu County, but also had heavy troops in the Daimyo's Mansion, and said that with their troops, they could not save Sun Chuanting, and it was better to hurry up with the imperial court to ask for help, and after mobilizing more people and horses, it would not be too late to seek to rescue Sun Chuanting.
But Ma Ke's words are the same, and when the imperial court sends reinforcements over, it is all a matter of Ma Yue in the Year of the Monkey, and when the time comes, it is estimated that Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui can be starved to death by starvation, Bai Guangen strongly persuaded Ma Ke to join forces with him to go south to rescue Sun Chuanting, but Ma Ke refused to go, but directly led the troops to continue to retreat to Shunde Mansion, and swore that the thief army had another plot to Shunde Mansion, Bai Guangen led his troops to leave Shunde Mansion, Shunde Mansion was empty, and he wanted to guard Shunde Mansion.
In this way, Bai Guangen also had no way to take Ma Ke, so he had to lead his soldiers and horses to continue to march in the direction of Chaoyanggu County, but at this time, it was already too late to delay anything, Xiao Tianjian was already on both sides of the Jindi River, surrounded Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui's men and horses like iron buckets, and at the same time, he also drew out his troops, which could deal with Bai Guangen's reinforcements.
A large number of scouts came and went between the Daimyo Mansion and Yanggu County, sending all kinds of information into Xiao Tianjian's hands, Xiao Tianjian soon learned that Ma Ke failed to take down the Daimyo's Mansion, but was so frightened that he withdrew to Shunde Mansion, and laughed again, the generals of the Ming Dynasty at this time, they were already a plate of scattered sand, and they didn't care about the righteousness of the robe at this time, and their minds were full of the idea of supporting the army and making a fortune, and Ma Ke was undoubtedly one of the representatives. But they couldn't understand that once the Ming Dynasty was finished, how could these generals still have room for self-respect.
However, when he learned the news that Bai Guangen led his troops to help, he was a little surprised, and couldn't help but admire Bai Guangen's courage a little, but admiration is admiration, Xiao Tianjian will not give up Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui, the two big fish, because of this.
After discussing with Li Xin and the generals on the map, Xiao Tianjian immediately decided to leave some soldiers and horses behind, continue to besiege Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui's troops here, and transfer part of Luo Li's troops and the Guards Division, under the command of Luo Li and Li Xin, to intercept Bai Guangen's department.
After studying it with Bai Guangen's men, Xiao Tianjian and the generals thought that it was not too much, only 4,000 men and horses were enough, plus a small number of people and horses from Diao Zheng's department stationed in the Daimyo Mansion, it was enough to clean up Bai Guangen's department.
So on the sixth day of the siege of Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui, Luo Li and Li Xin were ordered to order soldiers and horses, handed over the defense with other departments, and began to rush towards the Daimyo's mansion.
Sun Chuanting's side was also paying close attention to the movements of the Xingtian Army, and as soon as the Xingtian Army moved on the sixth day, they felt the change in the situation, so under the strong leadership of Wu Sangui, Sun Chuanting still agreed with their opinion of breaking through to the Daimyo's Mansion and joining the reinforcements.
In the afternoon, Wu Sangui and Sun Chuanting gathered their troops and horses, and now they gathered part of their forces on the side of the Jindi River, and made a posture to break through in the direction of Jining, and then on the other side, Wu Sangui's men and horses were the main force, breaking through to the north.
Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, these actions of the officers and soldiers obviously could not escape the eyes of the Xingtian Army, Xiao Tianjian immediately carried out his subordinates, on the one hand, ordered Liu Yaoben to strengthen the defense of the south bank of the Jindi River, strictly prevent the officers and troops from rushing to cross the Jindi River and break through to the south bank, and on the other hand, ordered the soldiers and horses on the north bank to prepare for battle.
And Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui's breakthrough action immediately began to unfold, Wu Sangui this time made a bloody investment, directly used his subordinates as the vanguard, concentrated a group of armor, strengthened their defensive capabilities, and at the same time organized forces, and rushed to build a batch of turrets for their use, first sent more than 1,000 people to take the lead, pushing these turrets out of the camp towards the defense line of the Xingtian Army, and the remaining soldiers were lined up behind, covering their flanks, and supporting the vanguard's breakthrough action.
Xiao Tianjian climbed the watchtower and observed the situation on the battlefield with a telescope, only to see a large number of officers and soldiers pouring out of their camp and rushing straight to the defense line on the north side of the Xingtian Army, and with the army launched a large number of oars, it was obvious that the direction of their breakthrough was completely exposed.
At this time, the two battalions led by Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were guarding the defense line on the north side, and in the face of so many officers and soldiers, it was obvious that the troops were a little thin, so Xiao Tianjian immediately ordered a battalion under the command of Li Xuanzhu in the west to support Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu's troops to enhance their defensive ability.
In addition, Xiao Tianjian did not order until this time that the two artillery battalions under Huang Shengqiang, which were arranged in the northwest and northeast corners, could be allowed to fight freely.
In this way, Huang Shengqiang is a happy jumper, these days, every day they are sporadically firing artillery, fighting is really not enjoyable, and they have been transporting a lot of ammunition from the rear in the past few days, and the ammunition in reserve is enough for them to toss for a while, and now when he learned that he could let go of his hand, Huang Shengqiang immediately jumped back into the artillery array, shouting and firing the cannon......
On the two wings of the official army, it was like a volcano erupting, and there were clouds of flames and smoke, and the entire Jindi River almost trembled, and there were battalion three-pounder guns on the front, and six-pounder guns, eight-pounder guns, and even twelve-pounder guns of the artillery battalion on the sides fired at the same time, and all kinds of shells flew into the battlefield with a whistling voice.
Moreover, Huang Shengqiang also ordered the eight-pounder cannon and the twelve-pounder cannon to use flowering shells to bombard the officers and soldiers, and suddenly a cloud of gunpowder smoke rose up among the officers and soldiers, and all kinds of shells can be said to have accurately fallen into the group of officers and soldiers, and almost every shell can open a bloody alley among the officers and soldiers.
Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui were both supervising the battle in the back, when they saw this situation, their scalps were numb for a while, they also knew that the Xingtian Army had some cannons, in the past few days of artillery battles, the cannons of the Xingtian Army accurately knocked over the Hongyi cannons they had, although they also caused some losses to the artillery array of the thief army, but the specific situation is not clear, when they saw the Xingtian Army's cannons fully opened, they knew that the number of artillery owned by the Xingtian thieves at this time had far exceeded the equipment of their officers and soldiers, Moreover, the quality also exceeds the quality of the artillery equipped by their officers and soldiers, and it is even more incomparable in training.