Chapter 607: Crossing the River

The rivers in the north are civilized, always carry a large amount of broken ice, and because the snow melts, the water flow is turbulent, this is the so-called Lingxun, it is almost impossible to cross the river, it turns out that there is a bridge on the Da Liao River, but the Ming army broke and fled quickly, such homework is still done completely, and the bridge is naturally demolished.

But the Huazhou army on the east bank was not in a hurry, and it was slowly and leisurely there, until it was time for Lingxun, and the Ming army who were monitoring and sentry on the other side were relieved, thinking that as soon as Lingxun opened, they could finally slow down for a while.

Quang Ninh's soldiers and horses now have 50,000 soldiers, although the combat effectiveness cannot be judged, but in the hearts of most people, the number of people is proportional to the victory or defeat.

The Huazhou army has not moved, but the Ming army has always been there without advancing to regain the lost territory, because the 70,000 soldiers and horses of Liaozhen collapsed under the attack of the other party, which made the court of the Ming Dynasty very vigilant in their hearts, and in what those who came back said, Huazhou can have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, otherwise how could the Liaozhen army be defeated so quickly.

Although according to the judgment of Tanma, there are only forty or fifty thousand men and horses on the other side, but this side still has to be careful and careful.

Get up early in the morning in mid-February, the Ming army sentry who was on the riverside, suddenly saw a large number of people coming out of the opposite barracks, and looked at the Huazhou army on the opposite side on weekdays running and standing in line there, the actual combat rush and kill exercise did not take much time, at the beginning it looked fresh, and then it felt boring, after the news reached Guangning, the officers of Jizhen were a little contemptuous, thinking that Liaozhen was really fertile land, and was engaged in commerce, and completely dragged themselves down, What can such an army of cult mobs do.

For these officers, they all think that the daily parade drill in Huazhou is a so-called cult ritual, which is not a strange opinion, after all, what needs to be trained in this year is still the skills of fighting and killing, and things like queues and physical fitness are far from being taken seriously.

They were a little confused in the early morning, but the Ming army immediately reacted, and the people who came out on the opposite side were driving carriages or dragging large quantities of timber and ropes and dry materials, and they were getting closer and closer to the river.

Is it time to cross the river?

The Ming army on this side of the river was a little puzzled, and the actions of the Huazhou army were clearly telling the other party that we were going to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river, but this was too open, but it made those Ming soldiers stunned, until the first big raft was thrown in the river, and these sentry scouts were awakened.

Screaming and getting on his horse and galloping towards Quang Ninh, the reason why the Ming army in Quang Ninh did not station a large army by the river was because the supplies and terrain here were not suitable, it was better to build a battlefield around Quang Ninh, so the soldiers placed by the river were only existing as spies, and they only needed to pass the news back as soon as possible.

It didn't take too long, the Ming army by the river had already run clean on horseback, and the Huazhou army on the opposite side didn't even look at them, but just threw the big raft tied to the stone in the water step by step, and the raft and the raft were connected by iron chains and leather ropes to ensure that they were strong and reliable.

That night, the 300 Ming troops of Xining Fort, who were at the forefront of the forefront, saw the torches of the Huazhou army from a distance, and immediately abandoned the fort and fled, and they had no courage to fight.

The various fortresses and thousands of households between Guangning and the Great Liao River are fleeing from the wind or directly pulling the white flag to surrender, they are too few in number, they are the local soldiers and horses of Liao Town, and they have no sense of fighting and courage at all.

The cavalry of the Ming army changed horses along the road, rushed all the way, and arrived at Guangning in a day and a half, and the soldiers and horses in Jizhen in Guangning were already 50,000, and they were ready to pull out immediately, Guangning was not a big city, and could not provide a barrier for so many soldiers, what could be done was to meet with the Huazhou army on the plain.

For the army of Guangning, the news of the start of the Huazhou army was so sudden, the battle line was too long, and the judgment that it was unable to continue for a while was now the consensus of the Ming army, in their hearts, Huazhou could only defend at this time, and the first to start the attack should be themselves.

Although the Ming army in Jizhen in Guangning had long been ready for battle, but the incident happened suddenly, it also seemed a little rushed, the grain and grass were heavy, and the order of the troops needed to be planned.

What is even more surprising is that the speed of the Huazhou army is very fast, and there is no delay, as if the pontoon bridge has been laid, and after crossing the river, the rapid march will begin, and the deputy general led by the Guangning army found that the two sides will meet in two days, and the only battlefield that can be selected at present is the place between Panshan and Dujiatun.

If it can be faster, you can stop the Ming army in the area of the Shuanggou River, which is different from the Da Liao River, the water potential of the Shuanggou River is much larger, and it can barely be defended as a danger.

However, the Guangning Ming army still has insufficient judgment on the march of the Huazhou army, the Huazhou army is extremely familiar with the terrain of this journey, which is not a secret, the terrain of Liaozhen is not a secret, but it seems that the Huazhou army is very familiar with the water potential of the river and the melting of river ice.

The pontoon bridge and the equipment of a dry have long been prepared, and it is easy to cross the Shuanggou River, such as crossing a smooth road.

From the very beginning of the march of the Huazhou army, it was completely prepared, but it was launched very suddenly, because the Ming army could not judge when the Huazhou army would go to war and for what reason, so as soon as the Huazhou army acted, the Ming army was extremely passive, and could only follow the footsteps of the other party everywhere.

After arriving at Dujiatun, the Ming army's horse exploration returned, the brigade of the Huazhou army had already appeared in front, the army was no more than a few hundred light horsemen who could meet the army and turn around and run, as soon as they retreated, there was a danger of collapse, and it was more dangerous to be covered by the other party, and in the terrain of Pingchuan, don't say anything like an ambush.

At noon on the second day, the armies of the two sides did not have any suspense together, the Huazhou army was indeed 40,000 horses and horses seen by the sentinels, and there should be about 10,000 soldiers and horses behind the brigade to maintain the transportation of grain, grass and baggage.

50,000 against 30,000, the Ming army in Guangning felt that the advantage was completely on their side, and most of them were born in Jizhen, Jizhen fought a lot with the Mongols every year, and had a certain combat effectiveness, and felt that it was much stronger than these pampered Liaozhen soldiers, plus I saw the training of the Huazhou army some time ago, and I thought there was nothing to be afraid of.

After the battle with the Liaozhen army, the officers of Huazhou judged that the Ming army would not rush hard because of the strong firearms in Huazhou, but would use rattan soldiers or some other means to fight, or flee from the wind, which would be a headache.

It was in order to gather more troops of the Ming army that the Huazhou army stopped on the north bank of the Da Liao River, and if it was to turn around and run away as soon as it met the other side, or to entangle and struggle, then the goal of destroying as many enemies as possible on a closer front might not be achieved.

In the current situation, as long as the Huazhou Army does not move, the two sides can be confused, and as long as it starts to move, the Huazhou Army must advance as quickly as possible and achieve the greatest results.

Looking at the momentum of the Ming army in front of him, the leading generals of Huazhou were suddenly very happy, forty artillery pieces were concentrated in one place, aiming at the Ming army rushing to the front of the troops to bombard two rounds, opening a gap, but the momentum of the Ming army's impact has risen, even if it was hindered by artillery, it did not stop the pace of the charge, but under the guidance of the Ming army officers, the artillery fired in the direction of bombardment, most of the people scattered to both sides.

After all, it is not convenient to adjust the shooting of the artillery, as long as the team avoids this direction, you can avoid the shooting of the artillery, and the people in the middle became fewer at the beginning, and the two infantry regiments of the Huazhou Army immediately rushed towards the gap, and the hedging momentum of the two sides was fierce.

The gap in the middle of the Ming army in Jizhen slowed down, and the two sides were speeding up, ready to surround and eat the two Huazhou infantry regiments that were rushing forward, although the speed of the Huazhou army was a rapid march, but in order to maintain the queue, the speed was too different, and the three sides of the rapid were wrapped in it, and the Ming army with shields in front was already swarming in formation, and the front of the two infantry regiments began to fire.

In the eyes of the Ming army, the fire gun is at best a long-range weapon that can fight thirty or forty steps, and the power is not as good as the bow and arrow, the Ming army in Liaozhen thinks so, and does not know that the soldiers of Huazhou Jizhen are the same (the soldiers of Liaozhen are under the vigilance of the cavalry in Huazhou, and there are no people who have escaped the Great Liao River, and those who have escaped often do not see the real firearms combat tactics of Huazhou).

In this way, the Ming soldiers who rushed to the front were unlucky, and everyone within the range was killed or wounded, but the bravery of the Ming army in Jizhen was much stronger than that of the Liao Zhen soldiers, and the fall of the first and second rows did not stop their pace.

On the contrary, it was a rush up, and the battle relied on a stream of blood, with this blood, the sword mountain and the sea of fire also went, and the three rounds of fire were not finished, and these soldiers had already rushed to the distance of the spearmen, but this time in the Huazhou phalanx, there were only three rows of fire guns.

The spearmen pushed up outside, and the sword and shield men of Huazhou rushed out with a shout......