Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 4 The Bloody Battle of the Tartars Killed the Country

Section 9 The Right Wing Lost

The second day of the third month of the forty-seventh year of Wanli (the fourth year of the Later Jin Heavenly Mandate), in the afternoon.

Ma Lin rested for most of the day, and finally recovered his spirits, and seeing that there was no news of the Jiannu army, his heart was a little calmer, so he sent his family to call the deputy general Ma Yan to discuss the matter.

After a while, Ma Yan came to the tent of the Chinese army and said, "General Town, there is no news of Jiannu yet?" ”

"No, this Jiannu tens of thousands, did it go to heaven?"

Ma Yan said: "General Town, now Jiannu is in the dark, we are in the light, the situation is not good." Besides, today is already the deadline for the division, and we are bound to delay the military aircraft. ”

"Hey, what will the division do if the Northern Route Army is wiped out? What matters now is how to guard against Jiannu's attack. Ma Lin continued: "But it doesn't matter, as long as we go south to join General Li Chengbai or General Liu Ting, we will not be afraid of Jiannu." ”

"You mean let's continue south?"

"That's right! What are you doing here, waiting for Jiannu to knock on the door? ”

Ma Yan thought about it, and that's right, in addition to these four road armies, there is no other army in Liaodong that can rush to reinforce, and his own North Route Army will not go south to join the other two Ming armies, will he sit and wait for Jiannu to come to the door?

So, Ma Yan asked, "General, when are we leaving?" ”

"Let's set out today, sooner rather than later." Marin said.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

"Yes."

The camp of the Ming army was suddenly in a hustle and bustle, and the soldiers began to pack up and sort out their baggage. At this moment, a trumpet suddenly sounded in the distance, and then Ye Bushu rushed back from a distance, rushed into the camp and shouted: "Prepare for war!" Prepare for battle! The army of Jiannu is coming from the east! ”

Ma Yan hurriedly asked his own soldiers to call him for the night.

"What's the situation!"

"General Qiyu, the Jiannu army is coming from the east, and it is less than five miles away."

"How many? Who leads? ”

"I saw two yellow flags, two white flags, two red flags and six flags, with 40,000 or 50,000 people. There is a golden dragon flag in the Jiannu army, and it should be the slave chief Nurhachi who personally led the army. ”

Ma Yan's scalp tingled when he heard this, there were only 15,000 people in the Northern Route Army, and 40,000 or 50,000 Jiannu came at once, how can this be good!

Ma Yan hurriedly ordered the whole battalion to re-encamp and set up battle arrays, and ran to the big tent of the Chinese army that night.

Ma Lin was also panicked when he heard that the main force of Jiannu was coming, but he still calmed down and said, "Since this is the case, there is only a death battle." Pass my general order and inform the left and right battalions to prepare for battle; In addition, the whole battalion of the Chinese army attacked, relying on the camp and trench to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu! ”

"General, our army has few soldiers, so it's better to stick to the camp."

"Just because there are few soldiers, we have to attack, we must play with momentum, otherwise we will definitely lose the morale of the army if we are besieged by Jiannu with superior troops, so we don't have to fight, let's wipe our necks together!"

After less than half an hour, the Jiannu army rushed to Shangjian Cliff, and tens of thousands of troops were divided into six banners and lined up, spreading out all over the mountains and fields, as far as the eye could see.

Nurhachi stationed in front of the horse formation, watched the Ming army camp for a while, and said to the generals around him with a smile: "This Marin has few soldiers, and he is divided into three to disperse the troops, do you want to have a corner?" Ha ha. ”

Huang Taiji said: "Khan Ama, Erchen sees that this Ma Lin is also a character like Ma Yan, who only knows military theory and does not know how to be flexible. ”

"Oh?"

"If the strength of the Ming army is equal to ours, or the combat strength is stronger than ours, in this case, the division of troops to hold on and support each other, no matter which part of our army is attacked, it will be attacked by the other two, and it is bound to be defeated and left in chaos. But now, the Ming army not only has only 30% of our army's strength, but its combat power is far inferior to our army. ”

"Haha, in the military formation, in the battlefield, the four Baylors are really outstanding." Nurhachi said with a laugh.

"Khan Ama has praised it, and his sons have only learned it after Khan Amma."

Dai Shan saw that Huang Taiji was in the limelight on the side, so he changed the topic and said: "Khan Ama, the Ming army has finished arranging. You see, there are three trenches dug on all sides of the camp of the Ming army, a layer of cavalry is densely arranged outside the trench, and the front of the cavalry is lined up with firecrackers, and more than a dozen artillery pieces are arranged in front of the firecrackers, and the rest of the soldiers are lined up in the camp in the three-layer trench. This formation is not easy to play. ”

Nurhachi said: "It's okay, you see, the right wing camp of the Ming army is still organizing defense and is not well prepared, and our army can attack the right wing of the Ming army first." ”

Azig shouted: "Khan Amma, the son is willing to be the vanguard!" ”

"Good! Then the first credit for this battle will be handed over to Azigtaiji. ”

"Order!"

A moment later, Azig led 7,000 Jiannu with white flags to cross the Jiannu formation and rushed to the right flank of the Ming army.

I saw 3,000 iron horsemen with white flags in front of the road, and 4,000 infantry then charged in formation, only 7,000 people, and they were also extremely powerful and terrifying.

Azig looked down on the Ming army with low combat strength from the bottom of his heart, and deliberately humiliated the Ming army generals. So with a wave of his hand, he led 3,000 cavalry to rush to the Marin Department of the Ming Army's Central Army camp.

Seeing the iron cavalry coming, the Ming army in central China was in a commotion, and generals at all levels were trying to maintain the stability of the military formation. At this time, Marin was in the camp, and Ma Yan was outside the camp to command the front-line operations. I only heard Ma Yan shouting: "Gunners and archers listen to my orders, shoot those who shoot in advance!" ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! "The Jiannu iron cavalry released arrows one after another, inducing the Ming army to release arrows and fire in advance.

"Steady! Jiannu is still out of range! Seeing this, Ma Yan shouted anxiously, and sent his family to the front line, and those who did not obey the order were killed on the spot. Fortunately, the Ming army stabilized the position, and Jiannu's trick did not succeed.

Seeing that it didn't work, Azig led the iron cavalry to speed up the charge, and when he was a stone's throw away from the Ming army, he suddenly turned around, and three thousand people turned to the right side of the Ming army together, neatly arranged as if they were one person, and the Ming soldiers who saw it were dumbfounded, and some timid soldiers even slowly retreated.

"Haha, the vulnerable Nikan!" Azig laughed and led his army to pounce on Gong Nianbu on the right flank.

At this time, Gong Nian's troops were able to complete the assembly, and when they saw thousands of Jiannu troops rushing over, and even more fierce iron horsemen opened the way, they immediately panicked, and the pikemen in the front of the phalanx retreated one after another, and the army's heart was shaken in an instant.

"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! Those who take half a step back will be unforgiving! Gong Nian took more than a dozen family members to inspect back and forth, constantly shouting loudly.

Seeing that the Jiannu Iron Cavalry had rushed to the range of the bow and arrow, Gong Nian hurriedly ordered: "Prepare the archers, let go!" Continuous salvo! ”

A rain of arrows rose into the air, whistling and smashing into the galloping Azig.

"Accelerate! Rush over! Azig did not raise his shield and rushed towards the Ming army first, and the three thousand iron cavalry also did not dodge or dodge to accelerate the charge.

The corners of Gong Nian's eyes jumped, and he secretly scolded: "A group of crazy people! ”

"Ready, put!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! "A black line rose in front of the Ming army camp.

Under the blows of the Ming army, the Jiannu Iron Cavalry continued to be pounced by people and horses, but it was like a stone falling into the river, only a trace of ripples, and the torrent of the Iron Cavalry was still galloping and charging without the slightest stagnation.

Seeing that the battalion on the right flank of the Ming army was in front of him, Azig shouted: "Crazy horse! Crazy Horse! ”

I saw that while the Jiannu iron cavalry was galloping wildly, the large array divided into several passages, and several skilled Jiannu drove dozens of unridden and unsaddled war horses rushed out, and rushed to the front of the three thousand iron horsemen at high speed, and crashed headlong towards the Ming army camp, Azig actually concentrated dozens of war horses to rush the camp!

"Shoot Crazy Horse! Shoot Crazy Horse! Gong Nian shouted loudly, and the archers and firecrackers around him also saw the danger, and they all went crazy and shot the crazy horse that was about to crash into the fence wall of the big camp.

Under the blows of the Ming army, Crazy Horses were shot and killed, and in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen horses fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Azig shouted, "Shoot the arrows!" Shoot the Ming Army shooters! ”

The Jiannu iron horsemen controlled their horses with their feet, stretched their bows and arrows, and the ferocious arrows instantly made the Ming army fall to a piece, and the momentum of the attack suddenly stagnated.

Listen to a loud sound of "coaxing", the rest of the crazy horses all hit the Ming army camp, in Gong Nian's desperate shouts, the fence wall collapsed, the enclosed wood was knocked everywhere, many broken trees even smashed into the Ming army array, Jiannu Iron Cavalry then rushed into the Ming army camp without any resistance.

The soldiers of the Ming army were already frightened under the power of Jiannu, and at this time, they were even more heartbroken when they saw the iron cavalry breaking the camp, and the phalanx collapsed with screams, and the camp was full of people fleeing in all directions. Gong Nian looked at the soldiers fleeing for their lives in all directions, and shouted loudly: "Fight!" Kill! Don't run! "But to no avail.

Azig led the iron cavalry to rampage and trample on the horses, and seeing that the Ming army had almost no resistance, he laughed wildly: "Haha, happy, the warriors have killed Nikan!" ”

Soon the 3,000 Jiannu iron cavalry rushed through the right wing camp of the Ming army, and the corpses of the Ming soldiers were full of corpses along the way, like a road of death, with stumps and broken arms spread all over the ground.

Gong Nian was still gathering the remnants of the army, and when he saw the iron cavalry rushing over, he was about to call the soldiers to line up, and suddenly saw that thousands of Jiannu infantry had been killed.

"It's over, it's over." Gong Nian muttered, and the soldiers around him scattered and fled.

Soon 4,000 infantry with white flags swept through the camp, and Gong Nian was beheaded by a vest without the slightest resistance. Almost all the officers and men of the 3,000 Ming Army of the right wing battalion were killed.

Ma Lin looked at the chaotic battlefield on the right flank, his face turned from red to white, and then from white to blue, and he never said a word, and only after a while did he order: "In this battle, the soldiers of the whole battalion must move forward bravely in order to survive in death!" Otherwise, the right wing is our end! ”

At noon, Azig led his troops back to the Jiannu Great Array to resume his life.

Nurhachi said with a smile: "Azigtaiji's victory in the first battle deserves to be the first credit for this. ”

"Shehan Amma!"

Nurhachi said: "Next, it's time to try the catties and taels of the main army camp in Marin. The order was given, and the whole army moved forward, looking for favorable terrain to line up. ”

Tens of thousands of Jiannu troops were slowly advancing in unison, and at this time, the soldiers of the Ming army were also inspired by Ma Lin and forced by death, and broke out with a strong fighting spirit, and in a desperate situation, their morale quickly rose a lot.

Ma Lin looked at the Jiannu army in the distance viciously, and said: "In this case, I can only survive in death, even if I can't live, I will let the Tartar lose a piece of meat and tear a layer of skin!" ”