Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 4: The Bloody Battle of the Tartars Killed the Country

Section 18 Martial Battles to the Death (II)

Nurhachi received a report from Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, and Azig that the two wings of the Ming army had been destroyed by the two red flags and two white flag iron cavalry, and the four banners were currently assembled on both sides of the front camp of the Ming army.

"When the front camp of the Ming army is broken, this battle will be over. It's not easy, Liu Ling's department is really not easy to fight, and the casualties of each banner are estimated to be not small, but fortunately, the Ming army that is not easy to fight has only this way. ”

Nurhachi sat under the umbrella and sighed, a large brazier crackling in front of him. Although the perennial campaign has made Nurhachi's physique very strong, after all, he is a sixty-year-old man, and the command and dispatch for most of the night make Nurhachi feel very difficult.

Nurhachi originally thought that the soldiers and horses of the Six Banners would attack with victory and annihilate Liu Ling's troops in one go, but at this time, exhaustion struck, which made Nurhachi feel a feeling of powerlessness. So Nurhachi ordered: "Order the Great Beyler, the Fourth Beyl, and Azigtaiji to postpone the attack, rest their men, and wait until after sunrise to attack." ”

"Huh!"

After giving the order, Nurhachi went back to his tent to rest.

After Dai Shan and the others received Nurhachi's order, they were very puzzled, the current situation, should attack immediately, without giving the Ming army any respite, why did the Great Khan wait for dawn before attacking?

Although the three of them couldn't figure it out, they still carried out Nurhachi's order to the letter. The two red flags and the two white flags of Jiannu soldiers and horses each returned to the two wings of the captured Ming army for rest.

At this time, Liu Ling and Zu Tianding were ready to fight, and saw that there were Jiannu armies assembled on both sides of the camp, so the two commanded separately, Liu Ling was responsible for the defense on the left, and Zu Tianding was responsible for the defense on the right; As for the front, Liu Ling expected that Nurhachi was reluctant to use his two yellow flag elites to attack the camp, so he only arranged a small number of troops on the front to defend.

Time passed little by little, but Liu Ling and Zu Tianding did not see Jiannu attack for a long time, and the two sides confronted each other like this. Then, when they suddenly heard that the Jiannu men and horses were mobilized, Liu Ling and Zu Tianding immediately cheered up and prepared to face the battle, but they saw that the Jiannu army on both sides retreated one after another and retreated to the two wings of the camp.

After Zu Tianding arranged the defense on the right side, he hurriedly found Liu Ting and said, "General Town, the Jiannu on the right has retreated." ”

"Really? The two red banners on the left have just retreated to the left battalion. Liu Ling looked at the looming left-wing battalion in the distance and said.

"What tricks are the Tartars playing? Why not attack at such a good time now? Zu Tianding asked suspiciously.

Liu Ling frowned and said, "It is estimated that Nurhachi thinks that he has the chance to win, so he wants to let the Jiannu army, which has fought all night, rest, so as not to suffer too many casualties under continuous battles." ”

Zu Tianding snorted coldly and said, "Does the wild boar skin think that we are soft persimmons?" Even if I lose today's battle, I will bite off a piece of his flesh! ”

Liu Ling said: "Since Jiannu has gone back to sleep, let the soldiers rest too, recuperate enough, and have the strength to kill Hu after dawn." ”

"Okay."

The night has come to an end, and a line of light on the distant horizon is gradually expanding, and the red and yellow morning sun is slowly rising, illuminating the battlefield that has been fighting for most of the night. I saw that the four camps that had been occupied by Jiannu were full of the remains of the soldiers of the Ming army, and the earth was red, I don't know if it was soaked in the blood of the soldiers, or the blood reflected in the morning sun.

As the horn sounded, the two red flags of Jiannu began to form a formation on the left flank, and the two white flags also opened a large camp on the right flank and began to form a formation. At the same time, the rumbling sound of iron hooves was also heard in front of the front camp of the Ming army, and Nurhachi personally led two yellow flags to help in the battle.

The front camp of the Ming army has been surrounded by the Jiannu Army!

After a short rest, the soldiers of the Ming army had recovered some physical strength, and at this time, under the encouragement of Liu Ling and Zu Tianding, they had already lined up and were ready to attack the Tartars.

Nurhachi took a look at the camp of the Ming army, and praised in his heart: "Liu Ling really has some ability to lead the troops, and the camp gate was strengthened in such a short time, and the morale of the Ming army is also very high, and the defense is very tight." ”

After thinking for a while, Nurhachi ordered people to inform Huang Taiji, Daishan and Azig, and ordered to ride around the camp to disrupt the defense of the Ming army, and then find an opportunity to break the camp.

A horn sounded, and Huang Taiji and others, who received Nurhachi's order, immediately mobilized troops and horses to start attacking. I saw that the two red flags divided into three thousand iron horsemen and began to gallop around the front camp, and the two white flags also separated from four thousand iron horsemen and ran away.

Seven thousand iron horsemen galloped wildly, the sound of iron hooves was deafening, and its momentum was even more shocking.

Seeing this, Liu Ling sneered, and then shouted loudly: "Drumming!" War! ”

The majestic Han war drums sounded, and the passionate drums instantly covered the sound of Jiannu Huma's trampling, and only "Dong!" was left on the battlefield. Boom! The drums soared into the sky.

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! "Arrows like locusts crossing the border shot at the Ming army camp, and the Ming soldiers in front of the battle raised their shields one after another in order to cover their comrades behind them. The archers, on the other hand, fought back at the sound of the order, firing angry arrows.

"Firecracker, let's go!" Liu Ling shouted loudly.

I saw bursts of black smoke rising from the camp of the Ming army, and the rainstorm-like lead bullets shot at the high-speed Jiannu iron horsemen.

Dai Shan and the others were shocked when they saw this, and hurriedly dispatched an iron cavalry to shoot the Ming army's gunners. Suddenly, the Ming army suffered heavy casualties.

In this way, the two sides of Mingjin shot at each other for a while, and both caused a lot of casualties to each other.

Seeing that the casualties of the Dajin warriors were increasing sharply, Nurhachi's face was extremely ugly, and he immediately ordered all the banners to retreat and the whole team fought again.

At this time, the Ming army was also uncomfortable, the Jiannu cavalry's archery was very accurate, causing a large number of casualties to the Ming army's soldiers, and Liu Ling's face was also extremely grim.

After a while, Jiannu on both sides attacked again. However, this time, Jiannu did not send iron cavalry to shoot, but dismounted one after another, pushing the shield cart to advance towards the Ming army camp little by little.

"Prepare the rocket!" Liu Ling and Zu Tianding ordered almost at the same time.

"Put!"

Countless rockets were fired at the attacking Jiannu phalanx, and nearly ten shield carts were ignited by rockets, and the Jiannu soldiers around them ran away when they saw the shield carts on fire, but they were immediately shot to the ground by more rockets.

Then, the Ming army's guns rang out again, and the Jiannu who were hit fell to the ground one after another, constantly writhing their bodies on the ground for a while, wailing in pain. The road ahead was already paved with casualties and fallen Jiannu soldiers.

When the three of Huang Taiji saw that the warriors in the banner suffered so many casualties, they all had a retreat in their hearts. In this war, Daikin has already achieved a brilliant victory, and even if he lets go of Liu Ling's department, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, after all, his department has no offensive power.

However, Nurhachi was bent on destroying Liu Ling's troops, and sent people to give orders several times in a row: all banners will destroy Liu Ling's troops regardless of casualties!

Seeing that Nurhachi's determination was so great, the three of them did not dare not do their best, and issued death orders one after another, urging the soldiers and horses in the banner to attack. Azig even rushed to the front line with his personal guards, waving battle flags to boost morale.

In this way, after paying considerable losses, Jiannu attacked the front of the Ming army camp on both sides of the left and right, and the Jiannu soldiers hiding behind the shield car rushed out one after another, poking and cutting each other with the Ming soldiers across the camp wall, and launched a fierce battle.

Behind the Jiannu melee soldiers and horses, there were constantly Jiannu soldiers putting thick ropes on the wooden fence of the camp wall. Liu Ling was taken aback when he saw this, no matter what Jiannu was going to do, in short, it was not good for him. So Liu Ling shouted: "Cut the rope!" Cut the ropes! ”

The Ming soldiers who were closer slashed at the rope, but the rope was very thick and stained with water, and they kept cutting for a while. And the Jiannu outside the camp was struggling to kill the Ming soldiers who were cutting ropes.

The two sides were at a stalemate for a while. At that moment, the rope that was tied to the camp wall suddenly straightened, and then there was a neighing of the horses.

Liu Ling was taken aback, Jiannu actually planned to use a war horse to pull down the camp wall!

I only heard that the camp wall was pulled by an unknown number of war horses, making a loud sound, and even a cracking sound, and the wall kept shaking. The rope was stretched straight and so strong that it was already chopping at all.

Liu Ling saw that it was impossible to cut the rope, so he ordered the Ming soldiers to retreat, and informed Zu Tianding and a small number of Ming soldiers in front of him to retreat to the front camp of the Chinese army.

Under the command of Liu Ling and Zu Tianding, the officers and men of the Ming army had just assembled the formation, when they heard several loud noises, only to see that the camp walls on the left and right sides of the camp suddenly broke into several sections and collapsed.

The two red flags and the two white flags rushed into the camp like a tide, surrounded the Ming soldiers, and the two sides fought again.

At this time, there were only more than 1,000 people left in the Ming army, and there were more than 20,000 people in the Four Banners Jiannu who rushed into the camp. In the face of more than 20 times the number of Tartars, the soldiers of the Ming army were not afraid, and fought fiercely with the enemy, not retreating.

Huang Taiji saw that the Ming army's circle formation could not be attacked for a long time, so he gathered hundreds of archers and shot at the Ming army's circle formation, and immediately shot the Ming army into a piece. Jiannu took the opportunity to rush into the Ming army formation, and in the blink of an eye, the battle turned into a melee.

Zu Tianding was furious when he saw Jiannu entering the circle formation, and rushed to the gap with the soldiers around him, trying to block the gap. But then he fell into the encirclement of Jiannu, and Zu Tianding wielded an impenetrable sword and killed seven Jiannu in a row, including two vests. But there were too many Jiannu, and the Ming soldiers around Zu Tianding had all been killed, and Zu Tianding also suffered several knife wounds.

Looking at the surrounding Jiannu, Zu Tian was determined to shout unwillingly: "Today's defeat and humiliation of the country, although I am unwilling to die!" ”

After speaking, Zu Tianding pounced on the Jiannu army in front of him, and after killing two Jiannu soldiers, he fell under the sword.

Liu Ling saw Zu Tianding die in battle, and his heart was full of grief. In this battle, the four veterans who followed him for so many decades, together with his only son, all fought and died in the country, how can they not grieve and mourn?

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer Ming soldiers around him, Liu Ling knew that time was running out, so he beckoned the only dozen or so family members left around him and rushed towards Nurhachi's location.

Seeing this, Nurhachi couldn't help but admire: "This Liu Ling has never been defeated in his life, it seems that it is not without reason. It's my honor to lose at my hands today! ”

Then Nurhachi said to one of the Alajins beside him: "Take someone and kill him!" ”

"Huh!"

One hundred horsemen rushed towards Liu Ling and rushed towards the Ming army, which had only a dozen people.

As soon as the two sides fought, the family members around Liu Ting were killed and wounded, and the Jiannu Iron Cavalry did not suffer any casualties!

Liu Ling was seriously injured, his hands clenched the war knife, he straightened his body with difficulty, and was fearless in the face of the hundred Jiannu who surrounded him.

Thinking back on his life's career as a horseman, Liu Ling was full of pride, thinking of his son who died in the war and his outstanding grandson Liu Yunwei, Liu Ling was even more proud, and shouted: "My Liu family is full of loyal martyrs, as a Ming warrior, I am very fortunate to die today!" ”

After speaking, Liu Ling raised the knife in his hand and staggered towards Nurhachi, but he was greeted by a rain of arrows.

So far, the Eastern Route Army of the Ming Army, except for the Hanwei Battalion of Liu Yunwei's department, has been martyred in battle with all the troops below the general soldier Liu Ling.

In this battle, more than 20,000 soldiers of the main force of the Eastern Route Army of the Ming Army were annihilated, and Jiannu also suffered heavy casualties, with a total loss of more than 5,000 soldiers.