Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VIII Troubled Times

Chapter 3 The two armies confronted each other in Ningyuan

Section 9 The Brave Win (6)

At the same time that Huang Taiji received the "bad news" from the right-wing battlefield, on the left-wing battlefield, Gao Hongguang was leading the Yingyang battalion infantry army and Zheng Zhibao's nearly 30,000 troops to storm the Yellow Flag army.

I saw that the soldiers of the A and B battalions of the Eagle Yang Battalion were at the forefront of the formation, and the 20,000 troops with yellow flags were desperately blocked in front with a strong phalanx, and they were not allowed to advance half a step. Liang Hu of the A battalion and Liang Bao of the B battalion were both in the lead, leading the guards to the front line and fighting with the Jiannu army. Prior to this, the soldiers of the C Battalion, under the leadership of the garrison Zhao Kang, had already fired fiercely at the Yellow Banner Jiannu, causing a lot of casualties to the Jiannu army, and they were inevitably counterattacked by the fierce arrow rain of Jiannu, and the soldiers suffered a lot of losses and had to temporarily retreat to the formation to reorganize the formation.

At this time, Gao Hongguang looked at the fierce battle ahead, although his face was still sinking like water, but his heart was already churning. You must know that although Gao Hongguang was ready for a bloody battle before the expedition, he never thought that the first battle in Liao was a decisive battle involving hundreds of thousands of people on both sides, and the battle was extremely tragic.

"That's it! In this battle, even if the entire Yingyang battalion is annihilated, it will greatly hurt the vitality of Jiannu! In this battle, we must play the heroic spirit of my Han family! ”

Thinking of this, Gao Hongguang gave a death order to Liang Hu, the garrison of Battalion A, and Liang Leopard, the garrison of Battalion B, and the soldiers of Battalion A and Battalion B held their positions, even if the whole army was annihilated, they couldn't take half a step back!

At the same time, Gao Hongguang ordered the C battalion to garrison Zhao Kang to lead the officers and soldiers of the division to stand by in the Chinese army, as far as the current battle situation is concerned, the two sides have been stuck together, and it is no longer possible to use the fire gun to kill the Jiannu army on a large scale again, so Gao Hongguang strictly ordered Zhao Kang's troops to prepare for hand-to-hand combat, ready to support the soldiers of Battalion A and Battalion B at any time.

Gao Hongguang said in the order to the three garrisons of the A, B, and C battalions: "This is the grave of the soldiers of my Yingyang battalion. ”

Zheng Zhibao on the side looked at the fierce battlefield, and watched one after another Han family sons and daughters fall in a pool of blood, his heart was like a knife, and the bitter hatred filled his heart. And the 8,000 officers and soldiers of the Iron Man Army were all glaring angrily, shouting and demanding to join the war immediately, to live and die with the soldiers of the Yingyang Battalion and fight against Jiannu.

However, in the face of Zheng Zhibao's request to participate in the war, Gao Hongguang immediately refused, and pointed at Zheng Zhibao and said: "I don't know how long this battle will last, the battlefield is changing rapidly, I must leave an elite army in my hands as a backhand, and you and the eight thousand iron man army under you are the sharp war knife that I cut at the Jiannu army!" ”

Zheng Zhibao asked angrily, "Then when will I lead the army to attack?" ”

Gao Hongguang said with a pale face: "Wait until the Jiannu army is tired!" ”

Zheng Zhibao suddenly fell to the ground in anger.

"General! The second battalion can't hold on! ”

Liang Hu, the garrison of Battalion A, who was killing the enemy, heard the news and his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly looked at the position of the army of Battalion B on the right, and sure enough, he saw that the large array of Battalion B had been opened a gap by the Yellow Flag Jiannu, and hundreds of Yellow Flag Infantry had rushed in, and then more than 1,000 heavy horsemen with yellow flags were about to take advantage of the victory. All of a sudden, the army of Battalion B was in danger and in danger!

Liang Hu saw that the situation of the soldiers of Battalion B was critical, so he wanted to mobilize troops to support, but in the face of the onslaught of the army with the yellow flag, the officers and men of Battalion A could only support it hard, and they could not mobilize many troops at all.

Just when Liang Hu was anxious, Zhao Kang, the garrison of the C battalion, led the soldiers of his subordinate to arrive in time. I saw that Zhao Kang led more than 6,000 soldiers to rush into the bloody battlefield in two ways, and an army of 2,000 people rushed to the position of Battalion A to support, while Zhao Kang personally led the remaining more than 4,000 main troops to support the soldiers of Battalion B.

Although the melee strength of the soldiers of the C Battalion is not as strong as that of the soldiers of the B Battalion, the soldiers of the C Battalion are also not afraid of death and take the lead bravely.

Liang Bao, the garrison of the second battalion, was overjoyed when he saw this, and he and Zhao Kang marched forward bravely, and after paying a heavy price, they finally annihilated the hundreds of yellow flag Jiannu who broke into the formation, completely blocked the gap in the phalanx, and maintained the integrity of the second battalion phalanx.

However, before Liang Bao and Zhao Kang had time to catch their breath, they saw a thousand heavy armored iron horsemen with yellow flags rushing up not far away, and their momentum was very terrifying, and they were not more than ten thousand cavalry charges!

The corners of Zhao Kang's mouth involuntarily lined up, and he said to Liang Bao: "It seems that we are going to fight to the death today!" ”

Liang Bao looked at the heavy cavalry with the yellow flag that was about to be killed, but he was not afraid to laugh, and said loudly: "My Han family's sons are not afraid of the Tartars, and they died today, fortunately!" ”

When Zhao Kang heard this, he also felt arrogant in his heart, and raised the spear in his hand and roared loudly: "Brothers, bloody battles! ”

"Wan Sheng! Kill! ”

In the roar of the soldiers of the B Battalion and the soldiers of the C Battalion, a thousand heavy cavalry with yellow flags arrived, and they crashed heavily into the phalanx composed of the soldiers of the B and C battalions, and immediately smashed the solid phalanx into a huge depression, and at least hundreds of cavalry soldiers rushed directly into the formation. In an instant, the soldiers of Battalion B and Battalion C fell into crisis again.

At this moment, Gao Hongguang saw the situation of the soldiers of Battalion B from a distance, suddenly laughed, pointed to the yellow flag heavy cavalry that had broken into the formation in the distance, and said to Zheng Zhibao, who was already anxious beside him: "Look! The 1,000 heavy cavalry must be the essence of the Yellow Banner Jiannu, as long as all its troops are killed, the Yellow Flag army will definitely lose fear, and our army can take advantage of the victory to defeat the Yellow Flag Army and attack the Jiannu Formation! ”

Zheng Zhibao followed Gao Hongguang's hope, and immediately clenched his fists and said, "General! Let the leopard lead the attack! I must gather and annihilate the Jiannu of the Ministry, otherwise I will come and see you! ”

Gao Hongguang nodded and said, "Zheng Zhibao listens to the order!" ”

"The last general!"

"You immediately lead the 8,000 Iron Man Army under your command to attack, you don't need to support the B battalion phalanx, and directly attack and kill the 1,000 heavy cavalry with yellow flags! You remember, you have to completely annihilate their troops at any cost, even if the 8,000 Iron Man Army is wiped out, you have to drag those 1,000 Jiannu heavy horses to die together! ”

"The last will be ordered!"

After saying that, Zheng Zhibao mobilized the army with great fighting spirit, and after a while, the eight thousand Iron Man Army soldiers roared angrily and rushed into the bloody battlefield, and killed the heavy cavalry with yellow flags that had already rushed into the formation of Camp B.

Just when Zheng Zhibao led his troops to attack, the phalanx of Battalion B had already existed in name only, and the soldiers of the battalion were inevitably broken through the phalanx by the 1,000 heavy cavalry with yellow flags after paying huge casualties. At this time, Liang Bao and Zhao Kangzheng led the guards to resist desperately, and the soldiers of Battalion B and Battalion C also fought separately and fought to the death. After a fierce battle, although the soldiers of the Hanwei army were very brave, the thousand heavy cavalry with yellow flags were not casualties, after all, the impact of the heavy cavalry was much stronger than that of the ordinary Jiannu iron cavalry, and the protection was good, even the war horses had heavy vests. For a while, the soldiers of the B and C battalions could only support themselves, relying on the soldiers of the C battalion to use bird guns to shoot some heavy cavalry with yellow flags from time to time.

"Brothers! Kill the slaves! ”

With a loud shout, Zheng Zhibao led the army to kill, and the eight thousand iron man army did not have the slightest fancy, and directly collided with a thousand yellow flag heavy horsemen. I saw that these 8,000 Iron Man soldiers were all armed with long-handled broadswords, wearing heavy armor all over their bodies, and carrying iron-tire strong bows on their waists.

As soon as he made contact with the Yellow Flag Heavy Cavalry, Zheng Zhibao ordered the whole army to fire a salvo, and the 8,000 Iron Man soldiers almost simultaneously pulled the iron tire bow in their hands into a full moon shape, and then the rain of arrows covering the sky and the sun shrouded the 1,000 Yellow Flag Heavy Cavalry. Although those armors inlaid with yellow flags and heavy horses were full of defensive power, they could resist most of the attacks of the weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the Han Wei Army, but in the face of such a close-range strong bow shot, they turned into a layer of window paper, and hundreds of people were shot down in an instant!

"Kill them all!"

Zheng Zhibao roared hoarsely, and the eight thousand Iron Man soldiers behind him swarmed up, almost ten Iron Man soldiers surrounded a yellow flag heavy cavalry and slashed, not to mention that there were also soldiers of Battalion B and Battalion C who slashed together, those heavy cavalry with yellow flags that were blinded by the fierce rain of arrows couldn't resist at all, and they were cut off their horses one after another, turning into one mutilated corpse after another!

It didn't take long for the 1,000 yellow flag heavy cavalry that broke into the phalanx of Battalion B to be wiped out, and Liang Bao and Zhao Kang hurriedly led the soldiers of Battalion B and Battalion C to reorganize their formation; And Zheng Zhibao led the 8,000 Iron Man Army to cross the phalanx and directly entered the Yellow Flag Army.

At this time, with the annihilation of the whole army of the 1,000 Yellow Banner Heavy Cavalry, the main army of the Yellow Banner that was still fighting was greatly moved, and it was the most elite combat power of the entire Yellow Banner, and almost all the vests and Pashku were all in it! Now that the 1,000 heavy cavalry has been wiped out in an instant, the blow to the morale of the army with the yellow flag can be imagined!

Zheng Zhibao led the Iron Man Army to rush all the way, and soon impulsively moved the position of the yellow flag, and nearly 20,000 troops with the yellow flag were moved, and many soldiers began to retreat!

Gao Hongguang saw the opportunity and immediately ordered the entire Yingyang battalion to counterattack! The officers and men of Battalion A, Battalion B, and Battalion C began to attack the army with the yellow flag, which accelerated the retreat of the army with the yellow flag.

However, after all, the Yellow Banner is Nurhachi's Guards Army, and its combat power can be described as the top existence among the Eight Banners of Jiannu. At this time, although it was suppressed by the soldiers of the Eagle Yang Battalion and the Iron Man Army, there was still no sign of defeat, but it just began to retreat, and it was still fighting extremely fiercely with Gao Hongguang's troops.

At this moment, the needle reversed again, and a shocking news came: the blue flag banner master Mang Gurtai was beheaded by the Hanwei army! The army with the blue flag was completely defeated!

In an instant, the morale of the Eagle Yang Battalion and the Iron Man Army was greatly boosted, and they began to frantically attack the Yellow Flag Army; The army with the yellow flag was demoralized, and the formation began to show signs of retreat, constantly moving backwards.

Just when everyone was fighting hard, a huge sound suddenly came from Ningyuan City in the distance, and I saw dozens of artillery pieces start to bombard in the direction of Jiannu's main formation. The focus of the entire battlefield immediately shifted to the direction of Ningyuan City, and under the gaze of more than a dozen or two hundred thousand horses of the Hanwei Army and the Jiannu Division, a shocking scene appeared: Nurhachi's Chinese army was shelled, and the battle flag of the Dajin Emperor fell!