Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 1 Rampant Liaodong War Tartars

Section 6 The Red Blood Banner (5)

The artillery battle between the Hanwei Army Artillery Battalion and Li Yongfang's headquarters lasted for nearly an hour, and finally the Hanwei Army Artillery Battalion gained the upper hand by virtue of its firepower advantage. Li Yongfang's old men suffered heavy casualties, and they fled in panic, and there was no formation at all; And the artillery that Nurhachi worked so hard to mobilize was also successively knocked out by the artillery battalion commanded by Edward, and only sixty-two were left, and the Jiannu gunners could not bear the pressure and collapsed directly, no matter how Li Yongfang pressed them, these gunners would rather die than return to the gun position to be bombed.

Liu Yunwei was overjoyed when he saw this situation, and immediately ordered the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion to attack, be sure to annihilate Li Yongfang's troops, and destroy the dozens of artillery pieces left in Jiannu; At the same time, Liu Yunwei said to Lu Ying beside him: "The trapped camp will be assembled immediately, ready to support the Changshui camp at any time." If Daishan takes the opportunity to attack, let's have a decisive battle with Jiannu! ”

Wu Xing immediately went to dispatch troops and horses, and the soldiers in the camp quickly formed a formation, and the whole army was completed in less than a stick of incense.

At this time, Zhou Tianyi said with some worry: "Zongzhen, our army gave up the geographical advantages of a thousand mountains and turned to a decisive battle with Jiannu, will it be a little premature?" ”

Liu Yunwei sighed and said: "I also want to use the geographical advantage to kill and injure a large number of Jiannu's troops, but Dai Shan is not fooled, and he has always refused to use Jiannu's banners to attack." I can only take this opportunity to give it a try, to see if I can take the initiative to induce Dai Shan to be fooled, so as to inflict heavy damage on the Jiannu army. ”

Hu Kun said: "But Zongzhen, wouldn't it be better for us to wait?" After General Lu Ying led the troops here, we will have an absolute advantage in terms of troops, and we will be more active strategically at that time. ”

"Time!" Liu Yunwei frowned and said: "I don't have time, I must defeat the Daishan Department as soon as possible, and lead the army north to attack Shenyang and Liaoyang as soon as possible, I don't have time to wait in place for Lu Ying's troops to come to rendezvous." ”

"Why?" Zhou Tianyi and Hu Kun asked in unison.

Liu Yunwei's face was filled with sadness, and he said: "I'm worried that the imperial court won't be able to support it, you must know that it was already a little difficult for the imperial court to recruit the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers to Liao, and now we have successively recruited nearly 70,000 troops from our Hanwei army to Liao, and the consumption of this war is no less than the battle of Salhu that year." Judging from the current situation of the imperial court, it is unknown how long the treasury can support it, I don't know the bottom of my heart, once the war is halfway through the supply of grain and grass in the imperial court, the consequences are unimaginable! Therefore, I can only end the war as soon as possible, at least firmly block the troops of Jiannu and stabilize the situation in Liaodong temporarily, otherwise we will go to Liaodong for nothing this time. ”

Zhou Tianyi and Hu Kun were also in a heavy mood after listening to it.

At this moment, Liu Yunwei suddenly shouted excitedly: "Look! The Changshui battalion has attacked! ”

Zhou Tianyi and Hu Kun hurriedly looked in the direction of Liu Yunwei's finger, and sure enough, they saw Wen Poyu taking the lead, leading more than 10,000 iron cavalry soldiers of the Changshui Battalion to rush down the Qianshan Mountain and kill Li Yongfang's troops who were already in chaos.

The iron cavalry swept and Changge towards!

The soldiers of the Changshui battalion entered Li Yongfang's department in an instant, and more than 10,000 iron cavalry soldiers attacked the 3,000 traitor army without formation, and this battle was destined to be a massacre without suspense.

The horse lance in Wen Poyu's hand was already stained with blood, picking left and right stabs, killing the surrounding traitor army to the point of crying wolf, and the iron cavalry soldiers behind him were also merciless, wielding an angry blade at the traitor army in front of him who betrayed Huaxia. A moment later, most of Li Yongfang's troops were killed and wounded, and Li Yongfang himself was also escorted by more than a dozen family members, and fled in a hurry towards the Jiannu array behind.

Wen Poyu always kept an eye on Li Yongfang's movements, and when he saw that he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, he was immediately furious, and immediately led a hundred horses and iron horsemen to chase after him. Li Yongfang and others were bent on fleeing for their lives, but how could they outrun the pursuit of the Han family's iron cavalry? After a while, he was caught up by Wen Poyu's troops a hundred steps in front of the Jiannu Great Array.

Wen Poyu roared: "The traitor is killed!" After speaking, the horse lance in his hand swung violently at Li Yongfang.

Li Yongfang hurriedly looked back when he heard the roar, and suddenly his face turned pale with fright, his whole body trembled, and he was cut off by the sharp horse lance before he could resist.

Wen Poyu pulled out his waist knife and beheaded Li Yongfang, and then led his troops to a place eighty steps away from the Jiannu Formation, raised Li Yongfang's head high, and shouted loudly: "Tartar captivity!" This is what happened to you! ”

After speaking, Wen Poyu led his troops away, leaving only Dai Shan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai with angry faces, still staring at the iron cavalry soldiers in the distance.

By the time Wen Poyu returned to the Changshui camp, the Iron Cavalry had already killed all of Li Yongfang's subordinates, and none of them were left alive, including those gunners. Wen Poyu looked at the Jiannu army that still hadn't attacked, and couldn't help but have a trace of contempt on his face, then looked at the captured Jiannu artillery, and ordered all the eleven big Buddha cannons to be pulled back with war horses, and the rest of the small cannons were buried with gunpowder, and all of them were blown up on the spot after the iron cavalry army returned.

In an instant, there was a burst of cracking sound at the foot of the thousand mountains, and all the hundred artillery pieces that Jiannu had worked hard to transport were reimbursed, and the soldiers of the Hanwei army on the mountain were thunderous with joy, and Liu Yunwei also laughed and said: "Now that Jiannu's artillery is gone, I see what Daishan still has to rely on!" ”

Zhou Tianyi said with a smile: "General Town, I think Daishan will withdraw his troops soon, and it is estimated that he will have to guard the camp again and wait for reinforcements from the slave chief." ”

"He can't wait!" Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Order: After the army rests for an hour, the whole army will go down the mountain to attack!" ”

At this moment, Dai Shan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai all had unkind faces, looking at Li Yongfang's department in front of him, which had become corpses all over the ground, and looking at the broken artillery that was burning, his heart was full of anger, but he was helpless. At this time, the good can completely oversee the army to attack thousands of mountains and fight desperately with the Hanwei army, maybe there is a chance to win or lose both with the Hanwei army, but Dajin can't afford the huge casualties that follow!

"Order: The whole army retreats, returns to the camp and continues to hold out; At the same time, he sent people to report the situation of the battle to the Great Khan. Dai Shan said in a deep voice.

Amin glanced at Dai Shan and said, "What if Liu Yunwei leads his army to attack before the Great Khan's further instructions are sent?" ”

Obviously, Dai Shan also thought of this, and said: "Then ask Erbeile to lead the army of Zhenglan Banner to camp in the mountains and forests ten miles west of the camp, and once the Hanwei army comes to attack the camp, please ask Erbeile to lead the army to flank it!" ”

Amin said with a smile: "Big Baylor has a good strategy, presumably Liu Yunwei's victory in the first battle will definitely underestimate the enemy, and we may be able to use this to severely damage the Hanwei army." ”

Dai Shan said cautiously: "I hope so, Liu Yunwei is no better than other generals of the Ming army, his people are brave and fearless, meticulous as a hair, and treacherous schemes emerge in endlessly, let's be careful." ”

Half an hour later, Liu Yunwei stood on the lookout car and saw the two red flags and the two blue flags slowly retreating northward, and said to Zhou Tianyi and Hu Kun: "It seems that Dai Shan does not have the courage to fight against us in the field." ”

Zhou Tianyi said: "This is also expected, after all, the combat power of my Hanwei army is not inferior to that of Jiannu, and the strength of the two sides is about the same, once the battle is fought, it is difficult to predict the outcome or defeat." Our Hanwei army can bear huge casualties in order to expel the Tartars, but Jiannu can't afford such losses. ”

Hu Kun also nodded, and then asked, "Zongzhen, what should we do?" Do you continue to confront the Daizenbu? ”

"Humph! Dai Shan can fight if he wants, and defend if he wants, how can I do what he wants! Liu Yunwei sneered and said, "Let's go to attack the camp tonight!" ”

"You can't be in the town!" Zhou Tianyi hurriedly said loudly: "Dai Shan is the big Baylor of Jiannu, his people are full of treacherous schemes, today the army of Jiannu is frustrated, Dai Shan will definitely defend strictly and be fully prepared." If our army rushes to attack the camp, it will be self-defeating if it is not done well! ”

Liu Yunwei smiled: "Of course I know that Daishan will make arrangements, how could I fall for Jiannu's tricks?" I have my own arrangements for this. Let the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion, the Trap Camp and the Pacesetter Battalion go back to the camp to rest, and hurry up to eat and sleep. In addition, let Wen Poyu, Wu Xing, and all the generals above the thousand generals go to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss matters. ”

At two o'clock that night, three miles south of the camp of Jiannu.

Wu Xing led more than 11,000 soldiers in the trapped camp to take advantage of the cover of night to touch the vicinity of the Jiannu camp, and the soldiers of the whole battalion were silently lined up in the night, preparing to attack the Jiannu camp.

Suddenly, the Jiannu camp in the distance lit countless torches, illuminating the entire camp very brightly, and then I saw Dai Shan leading two red flags and 20,000 troops out of the camp, rushing towards the soldiers who had just finished the formation.

Wu Xing sneered and said lightly: "Order: The cavalry battalion will immediately go out to stop the Jiannu army, and the infantry battalions will immediately form a formation and retreat." ”

In the two red banner Jiannu formations, Dai Shan shouted excitedly, and the overseers attacked the Hanwei army that was retreating in a "hurry". After waiting for most of the night, Dai Shan finally waited for the long-awaited Han Wei army, and finally besieged Liu Yunwei, the nightmare of Dajin, surrounded by warriors!

"Warriors! Rush forward, kill the generals of the Hanwei Army, and reward a future! ”

Hearing this, the morale of the two red flag Jiannu was even higher, and in a blink of an eye, they became a group with the Ming army iron cavalry who came to block it, and surrounded more than 1,000 Hanwei army iron cavalry soldiers by virtue of their numerical advantage.

After Wu Xing led the main force of the trapped camp to retreat for two miles, there was suddenly a sound of iron hooves on the west side of the army, and then he saw 10,000 troops of the Blue Banner coming out of the night.

Seeing this, Wu Xing not only did not panic, but laughed out loud and said: "Sure enough, as expected by the head town, this trick of Dai Shan is all expected by the head town!" The soldiers formed a formation on the spot and beat the drums! It's time for war! ”