Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 5 Lying on the Salary and Tasting the Courage

Chapter 5 The Heroic Tragedy of the Battle of Liao Shen

Section 2 The Fall of Shenyang

He Shixian led 3,000 iron cavalry all the way to the north to pursue, and after twenty miles of road, he did not receive a report at night: five miles ahead, he found that Jiannu was in the blue flag and the army was defeated, and the number was about thousands. He Shixian was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately oversaw the army in pursuit, and half an hour later, the Ming army's iron cavalry caught up with about 5,000 blue flag iron cavalry.

He Shixian looked from afar, and saw that the Zhenglan Banner Jiannu formation in front of him was scattered, and he secretly said in his heart: "This soldier and horse must be the soldiers and horses behind the Jiannu army, and it seems that it is also a group of defeated troops!" It seems that Jiannu really can't withstand the casualties and collapses, and I just happened to cover up the killing! ”

Thinking of this, He Shixian supervised the onslaught of the army, and the three thousand Ming army iron cavalry swarmed up and pounced on the Zhenglan Banner Jiannu who was in a hurry in front of him.

I saw the iron hooves array, and the Ming army's iron cavalry under the leadership of He Shixian only charged and cut into the Jiannu cavalry formation. At this time, the Jiannu iron cavalry had no speed and no formation, and it was completely a state of stragglers, and it was suppressed and beaten by the Ming army iron cavalry as soon as it engaged. Seeing that the battle situation was going very well, He Shixian's heart was smiling, while commanding his subordinates to continue the onslaught, while sending people back to Shenyang, and ordering You Shigong to immediately lead the follow-up army to rendezvous, preparing to concentrate the main army to defeat the attacking Jiannu army in one fell swoop.

After He Shixian gave the order, he continued to lead the army to fight, and suddenly found that the fighting sound in front of him suddenly became smaller, and then he saw that the iron cavalry of the Zhenglan Banner Jiannu retreated one after another, and it turned into a rout after a while. In the blink of an eye, the mountains and fields in front of them were the Jiannu iron cavalry that was fleeing, and the soldiers of the Ming army were stunned at first when they saw this, and then they broke out into a burst of cheers.

He Shixian didn't think much about it at all, and he also followed with hundreds of families, and followed the tide of chasing the enemy by the soldiers of the Ming army all the way to the north, constantly covering and killing the Jiannu rout.

"Haha, happy! Joyfully! Jiannu Tartars also have today! I have made great achievements today, and the court will definitely reward me greatly! He Shixian chased the death and chased the north, and at the same time he was happy in his heart.

At this moment, many Jiannu flags suddenly appeared from the hills on both sides of the battlefield, and then He Shixian was horrified to find that the two white flags and two red flag armies suddenly appeared on the left and right sides of the battlefield, and the Zhenglan Banner army, which had been fleeing north, had also converged with the blue flag iron cavalry that had rushed to support. In the blink of an eye, a hearty pursuit battle turned into an ambush war, and He Shixian was desperate to find that he and the soldiers of the 3,000 Ming Army had become a piece of fat sent to Jiannu's mouth!

"Dense formation! Dense array! He Shixian hurriedly shouted loudly, constantly beckoning his subordinates to hurry up and line up to meet the enemy.

He Shixian's heart knew very well that he must not order a retreat at this time, otherwise the three thousand iron cavalry under his command would collapse in an instant, and in the blink of an eye, they would be completely killed by the wolf-like army of Jiannu!

"Woo~~~" With a low horn sound, tens of thousands of Jiannu troops with two white flags, two red flags, and two blue flags were divided into three directions: left, right, and front, and killed the Ming army's iron cavalry.

He Shixian looked at the boundless army of Jiannu, his cheeks couldn't help twitching, and then he suddenly pulled out his sword and roared loudly: "Brothers! Fight to the death! Kill! ”

With the order of the main general, the three thousand iron cavalry of the Ming army also charged. In the face of such a desperate situation, all the soldiers of the Ming army have burst out with strong combat power, and they are all dead anyway, if they fight hard, they may be able to escape from the encirclement! So, under the threat of death, the soldiers of the Ming army followed closely behind He Shixian, and did not pay attention to the two white flag armies on the left flank and the two red flag armies on the right flank, and the Ming army cavalry array went straight to the two blue flags in front of them.

Amin and Mang Gurtai were both amazed when they saw this: "Although the main general of the Ming army is greedy for merit, he is still a little brave, and he is really decisive in the battle!" ”

But after thinking about it, the two still supervised the battle, and each led the army to divide into two ways to kill the oncoming Ming army iron cavalry. I saw that about 30,000 taels of blue flag troops were divided into left and right sides and pounced on the soldiers of the Ming army, and the armies of the two sides collided together in an instant, and the blood was splashed everywhere and the corpses were all over the field!

Just when the two sides were fighting, the nearly 30,000 taels of white flag army led by Huang Taiji and Azig, as well as the 25,000 taels of red flag army led by Dai Shan, were also killed, and they immediately rushed into the battlefield from the left and right sides.

For a while, the soldiers of the Ming army were attacked on three sides, in the face of the Jiannu army with absolute superiority, the soldiers of the Ming army did not retreat, under the leadership of the general soldier He Shixian, desperately resisted, and constantly organized troops to charge the two blue flag armies in front, the Ming soldiers in front of them fell, and the comrades behind them automatically filled up, and always maintained the integrity of the Ming army's cavalry formation.

And Amin, Huang Taiji and other banner owners saw that the Ming army was stubbornly resistant, so they retreated their subordinates with iron horses, and then shot and killed the Ming soldiers with the skill of horse archery. As the casualties of the Ming army continued to increase, the Ming cavalry formation finally could not remain intact.

Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, Amin and others were overjoyed when they saw this, and they all seized the opportunity to supervise the onslaught, and tens of thousands of Jiannu troops swarmed up, and in a blink of an eye, the remaining more than 2,000 Ming soldiers were drowned.

The chief soldier He Shixian saw that the general trend had gone, and his heart was full of remorse, hating why he was greedy for merit and rashness, so that the army was defeated here! But in the face of the Jiannu army that was getting closer and closer, He Shixian was not afraid, beckoned the only more than 100 family members and iron cavalry soldiers around him, and rushed towards the two blue flag iron cavalry that were killing him.

After a period of fighting, all the soldiers around He Shixian were martyred and did not survive, and He Shixian was also wounded by four arrows and multiple wounds, and finally fell off his horse and was killed.

It didn't take long for the entire battlefield to calm down, and the 3,000 Ming soldiers were all wiped out, and no one survived.

At this time, Nurhachi also led the army of two yellow flags to rush here, looking at the battlefield that had been stained red with blood, Nurhachi sneered and said: "This He Shixian doesn't know how to die!" It delayed my Dajin Iron Ride for half a day. ”

Huang Taiji on the side took the opportunity to say: "Khan Ama, are we taking advantage of the situation to kill Shenyang City again?" ”

Nurhachi nodded and said, "The army will immediately go south and attack Shenyang City again!" ”

The 120,000-strong army of Jiannu then moved south to Shenyang, and ten miles from Shenyang, Nurhachi received an urgent report from the scouts. It turned out that You Shigong, the deputy general of Shenyang, had already led an army of 10,000 to support under the order of the general He Shixian, and it was only less than three miles away from the Jiannu army.

Nurhachi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered Huang Taiji and Azig to lead their troops to block the attack and be sure to defeat it. The rest of the main army then followed and continued to Shenyang.

It is said that You Shigong also hesitated after receiving He Shixian's order, but in the face of the temptation of Shangguan's military orders and military exploits, You Shigong finally wavered. So, You Shigong ordered 10,000 troops to go out of the city to support and came all the way north.

Just after the You Shi Power Army had marched three or four miles, he suddenly found a burst of dust in front of him, and then he heard the sound of ten thousand horses galloping, and after a while, he saw the battle flags of the two white flags of Jiannu.

You Shigong was horrified when he saw this, and said secretly: "It's really Jiannu's treacherous plan!" It seems that the town is more auspicious than lucky. ”

Then, You Shigong ordered his subordinates to form a formation to meet the battle, wanting to repel the Jiannu army in front of him, and then take the opportunity to retreat and retreat to Shenyang.

But it backfired, and Huang Taiji and Azig did not give the Ming army a chance to fight in formation. Seeing that the Ming army was fighting in a whole team, the two each sent thousands of iron cavalry to ride around the formation, disrupting the Ming army's formation and killing and wounding the Ming army's soldiers with a dense rain of arrows; The rest of the two main armies of the White Flag took the opportunity to regroup their formations and prepare to rush into formation.

Just when both the Ming and Jin sides were hurrying to arrange their troops and prepare for a big battle, there was an emergency situation in the rear of the Ming army's large array, and more than a thousand Mongolian soldiers who followed You Shigong to attack suddenly let out an exclamation, and then turned around and ran, fleeing towards Shenyang City in the south, completely exposing the back of the Ming army's large array to the Jiannu Iron Cavalry.

At this moment, not only You Shixian's scalp was numb and almost desperate, but even Huang Taiji and Azig were also dumbfounded. However, soon, Huang Taiji and Azig were overjoyed, and each led his subordinates to bypass the Ming army's large array and directly killed the rear of the Ming army, which had almost no defensive formation.

"Move closer to the Chinese army! Dense formation! You Shigong almost shouted in his throat, wanting to drink and order his subordinates to change formations as soon as possible. However, the two white flag iron cavalry did not give You Shigong any chance, the Ming army array was broken by the Jiannu iron cavalry in a blink of an eye, tens of thousands of Jiannu army continued to kill from behind into the Ming army array, the Ming army soldiers were suddenly panicked, they couldn't raise the courage to face the battle, they scattered and fled, and a battle suddenly evolved into a one-sided massacre.

Seeing this, You Shigong couldn't help but have blue tendons on his forehead, and shouted and scolded: "If it is not my race, its heart will be different!" Those Mongolian Tartars didn't know the kindness, and they fled from the battle, which was simply mad, and pigs and dogs were not as good! ”

However, scolding and scolding, the matter has come to this point, You Shigong knew that his vitality was exhausted, so he took the only dozens of remaining family members to rush to kill, wanting to fight his way out of the encirclement. But there were too many Jiannu around, and after a while, dozens of Ming soldiers, including You Shigong, died in battle, and most of the remaining Ming soldiers were also killed, and only a very small number of soldiers escaped.

After annihilating You Shigong's troops, Huang Taiji and Azig immediately led two white flag armies to pounce on Shenyang City. The Ming officers and soldiers defending the city were all shocked when they saw this, the chief soldier He Shixian and the deputy general You Shigong now did not know whether they were alive or dead, but the Jiannu army came to the city again, and the city was suddenly in chaos, and the morale of the Ming army suddenly fell to the bottom.

After Nurhachi arrived with the main army, he personally supervised the battle and commanded the Jiannu army to immediately begin to attack the city.

I saw that the Jiannu army had sent tens of thousands of horses and horses to transport a large amount of soil from the northeast corner of Shenyang to level the trenches, and the Ming army on the city wall was completely panicked at the moment, and it could not form an effective blockade at all.

It didn't take long for Jiannu to fill in the trench, tens of thousands of Jiannu troops swarmed over the trenches, the Ming soldiers reacted, and hurriedly shot at the Jiannu army with artillery on the city of Shenyang, but when the artillery was fired two or three times, there were several artillery pieces on the east city wall that exploded due to overheating, and the Ming soldiers on the east city wall were suddenly in chaos, and many people were injured by the self-detonating artillery. Seeing this, Nurhachi immediately ordered the army to attack the eastern city wall, and the Ming army defending the city was leaderless at this time and prepared to flee. At this time, the Mongolian victims and Mongolian soldiers in Shenyang took advantage of the situation to make trouble, and some Mongolian soldiers flocked to the vicinity of the east gate of Shenyang, killed the Ming soldiers guarding the city gate, opened the city gate, and cut the rope of the suspension bridge, and got off the suspension bridge. The Jiannu army quickly captured the east gate, and tens of thousands of troops immediately entered the city.

Since then, Shenyang has been lost.