Chapter 132: Sparks Burn the Plains
Along the way, many people fled from the northeast to the direction of Jingshi in a panic, everyone's face was a gloomy color, and when they saw Moli's army, they only glanced at it in surprise, and then flashed to the side of the road with a little panic, and after the army passed, they continued to flee south.
Seeing this scene, Mo Li's heart couldn't help but sink, could it be that something had already happened in Dalinghe City? From the mouths of the people, it was learned that a few days ago, the army of the imperial court failed again, and almost all the army was wiped out. Now even Jinzhou is not safe, and many people are fleeing south with their families.
On September 27, Zhang Chun, the superintendent of the army, led a large army to the rescue, and dispatched many chariots, and the artillery on the chariots once caused a lot of casualties to the Jin soldiers, so that the cavalry of the Jin soldiers could not break through the chariot formation of the Ming army. However, Huang Taiji ordered people to launch red-coated cannons, hide them on the side of the road, and immediately open fire when the Ming army entered the firing range.
The power of the red-coated cannons made Zhang Chun's army taste the bitterness, dozens of red-coated cannons fired at the same time, and the powerful cannonballs fell in the Ming army's formation, and many Ming soldiers were dazed and panicked by the shells.
The Ming army's formation was in chaos, and it began to retreat one after another, and Huang Taiji saw this, and personally led the army to cover up, killing the Ming army one after another.
Zhang Chun led the commanders Wu Xiang, Song Wei, and adjutant generals Zhang Jifu, Man Ku, Wang Zhijing, Zhang Hongmo, Yang Huazheng, Xue Dahu and others to command the soldiers to try to fight back and prevent the rout from continuing to disperse.
However, the fighting spirit of the defeated soldiers disappeared in an instant like a balloon that had suddenly been punctured, and the will to flee spread rapidly like a plague, and the defeated soldiers retreated one after another, and the Overseer could not stop this tendency to flee even if they killed several people.
Zhang Chun had no choice but to command his subordinates to fight and retreat.
Zhang Chun's personal guard is called Dong Xiaoguo, who is a hundred Jinyi guards, this time the imperial court sent Zhang Chun as the commander of the army, and Zhang Chun was born in a literati, and he is old, and he can't have a powerful guard around him, so the court asked the Jinyi Guard to send a hundred households Dong Xiaoguo to lead a team of Jinyi guards to protect Zhang Chun, and at the same time there is a secret task, that is, to be responsible for monitoring the words and actions of the generals in the army, including Zhang Chun.
Dong Xiaoguo protected Zhang Chun while retreating and fighting, and suddenly accidentally tripped over a stone and fell into the grass on the side of the road. Dong Xiaoguo was just about to stand up, when he suddenly felt a cold feeling behind him, and it turned out to be a gust of autumn wind blowing.
Due to the influence of the Xiaoice River period, Guanwai entered autumn earlier than usual, and after several days of drought, most of the barren grass everywhere had withered and yellowed. Dong Xiaoguo was patting off the dry grass on his body, and suddenly his heart moved, jumped to Zhang Chun's side in three or two steps, and shouted in surprise: "Lord Bingbei, Lord Bingbei, I have a plan, or I can defeat the Tartars!" ”
Zhang Chun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Dong Baihu, what is your good plan?" Come on! ”
Dong Xiaoguo said excitedly: "Fire attack! Attack with fire! Lord Bingbei, the northwest wind is blowing right now, and it is blowing right towards the Tartars! ”
Zhang Chun clapped his hands and laughed, and said, "This plan is wonderful! ”
At that moment, Zhang Chun ordered people to set fire to the wild grass on the side of the road, most of the weeds had withered and yellow, and at this time the wind was strong, and suddenly it caught up, and it spread rapidly along the direction of the wind.
Jin Bing was trying his best to chase after the Ming army who had fled into the wilderness, and suddenly saw a fire in front of him, and he was immediately startled, and screamed. When the war horse saw the fire, he was frightened for a moment, and the people stood up, and many Tartar cavalry were caught off guard, and they were thrown to the ground by the war horse and fell to the ground, and were trampled by the war horse, and a ghost cried wolf.
The Jin soldiers who reacted hurriedly turned around and ran, but because they were frantically chasing the Ming army, the Jin soldiers behind didn't know what was going on, and they couldn't control the momentum for a while, and collided with the Jin soldiers who turned around and fled in front, and the scene was extremely chaotic.
Zhang Chun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Jin Bing being forced to be embarrassed by the fire, and laughed and said, "Dog Tartar also has today!" Fast! Set more fires and burn these dog tartars! ”
The Ming soldiers around him didn't need Zhang Chun's order, and when they saw such a reversal scene, they all ran to light the fire. Suddenly, the mountains and fields were full of fires, the wind helped the fire, the fire borrowed the power of the wind, and the fire of the prairie was hulala and burned towards the golden soldiers.
Dolgon, Duoduo and Derg were the three Baylors who led the troops to chase the fastest, and at this time they were also the closest to the source of the fire, looking at the fire in front of him, Dolgon knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted: "Retreat! Retreat to Xiaoling River! ”
The Jin soldiers all turned around and fled in the direction of Xiaoling River. The speed of the war horse was still very fast, and the golden cavalry who turned the horse's head ran lifelessly, bent on escaping from this deadly fire. But some of the infantry or the cavalry on the ground who were accidentally thrown by the panicked war horses were miserable, and most of them were rammed by the frenzied war horses.
Some of the Jin soldiers who were lucky enough to avoid the impact of the war horses, before they had time to rejoice, they were instantly surrounded by the scorching fire, and the hair and clothes all over their bodies were instantly burned, and they suddenly let out a heart-rending howl, rolling on the ground, dancing wildly, like crazy demons, and the scene was quite terrifying.
Those unlucky golden soldiers were quickly burned to charcoal, and still maintained an extremely distorted posture, which shows how painful it was to die, and this can be regarded as a punishment from God for these unrighteous beasts!
Zhang Chun saw the Jin soldiers fleeing in embarrassment, knowing that this opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and immediately said loudly: "Soldiers! Brethren! The Tartars were frightened by the fire! Let's kill it! Kill him personally and turn over on his back, leaving no armor behind! ”
"Kill! Kill! "The Ming army is really a strange species, just now when the Jin soldiers were killed, they all wanted to fly away, and few people were resisting, and now once the Jin soldiers were forced to retreat by the fire, the situation reversed, but these Ming troops fought bravely one by one, and slashed hard.
Thinking about it carefully, it's no wonder that people all have the commonality of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, just now the Jin soldiers were extremely brave, these Ming troops were not opponents, and they lacked the blood to fight to the death, so they naturally escaped faster than anyone else. Now seeing that Jin Bing only cares about fleeing for his life, he has no strength to deal with himself, so if he doesn't beat the water dog, how long will he wait?
General officers Wu Xiang, Song Wei, adjutant generals Zhang Jifu, Man Ku, Wang Zhijing, Zhang Hongmo, Yang Huazheng, Xue Dahu and other generals separately commanded various subordinates to counterattack the Jin soldiers.
The Ming army fought a good battle, and the enthusiasm was very high, this exciting scene made Zhang Chun even feel that the great moment of his success was coming, and the army led by him would definitely be able to inflict heavy losses on the Jin soldiers, and even the capture of the enemy chief Taiji might not be hopeless.
Not only Zhang Chun, but all the Ming troops are chasing after the Jin soldiers with such a dream of making meritorious contributions, and everyone seems to have seen the infinite glory of the triumphant class and the return of honors......