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 10 The Bloody Battle of the Hunhe River (8)

Qi Jin gave an order, and hundreds of bird-sturding hands pulled the trigger in a volley together, and hundreds of scorching lead bullets suddenly formed a tight net, instantly enveloping the retreating army of the two blue flags. I saw that the rear team of the Jiannu army was beaten on their backs in an instant, hundreds of Jiannu fell directly to the ground, some of the Jiannu who had not yet breathed were wailing on the ground, and the miserable sound stimulated the nerves of the rest of the Jiannu soldiers, and the originally orderly retreat immediately turned into a chaotic escape.

I saw that the two blue banner armies were greatly discouraged, the 20,000 horses were crowded and chaotic, and the cavalry who rode and fled did not choose the way to go, and did not care about the companions who were also fleeing in front of them, and directly rode their horses and trampled over, and many Jiannu soldiers did not die under the fierce attack of the Qi family's army, but were trampled to death by their own people.

Seeing this, Amin and Mang Gurtai were furious, and hurriedly sent people to suppress the army, and at the same time hurriedly commanded the army to retreat. But 20,000 horses suddenly fled, where was it so easy to stabilize? Those panicked Jiannu soldiers kept enveloping the soldiers in the front team, screaming and roaring, and fled towards the Jiannu main formation.

At this time, Nurhachi's face was very ugly, and while sending people to severely reprimand Amin and Mang Gurtai for their lax management of the army, he mobilized 500 archers with yellow flags to step forward, and aimed at the two blue flags in front of the rout.

Pity those two blue flag Jiannu soldiers were caught off guard, and they were immediately shot down in a large area, and the rest of the Jiannu soldiers hurriedly stopped, causing another burst of chaos in the rout brigade.

Amin was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse, and hurriedly shouted, "The blue flag is facing left!" The blue flag is facing right! Don't storm the camp! And the soldiers around Amin also shouted loudly, constantly beckoning the army to flee on both sides.

When the two blue flag Jiannu heard the shouting, they woke up in shock and converged towards both sides of the Jiannu main formation. Amin and Mang Gurtai were a little relieved at this time, and hurriedly rushed to the Chinese army to ask Nurhachi for guilt.

Nurhachi glanced at the two of them, and knew in his heart that the warriors of all banners in today's battle had done their best, and they had all suffered huge casualties, and they could not punish too much at this moment, otherwise the morale of the army would definitely be greatly reduced, so he said coldly: "The second and third beylers are not strict in governing the army, and each of them will be fined one hundred taels of silver as a punishment!" ”

When Amin and Mang Gultai heard this, they hurriedly confessed their guilt and thanked him.

After that, Nurhachi frowned and looked at the Qi family's army camp that gradually melted into the night, and his angry and vicious expression was overflowing. After a while, Nurhachi said: "After camping, the soldiers and horses of all banners will strictly guard the camp and besiege the Ming army, and after Li Yongfang has transported the artillery, the army will launch a general attack." At the same time, Li Yongfang's subordinates were strictly ordered to transport all artillery to the camp before early tomorrow morning, otherwise they would be severely punished! ”

Hearing this, Dai Shan, Amin, Azig, Mang Gurtai and other ordinary generals were secretly relieved: "It's finally over!" ”

At the same time, Huang Taiji also led 12,000 troops with white flags to the area of Baitapu, seeing that it was getting late, he wanted to rest first, and then attack the Ming army that came to help early tomorrow morning.

Suddenly, Huang Taiji saw several scouts appear in front of him, and when he got closer, one of the scouts said: "Master Qiqi, five miles ahead, I found the advance of the Ming army, about a thousand soldiers and horses. ”

Huang Taiji intended to test the strength of the Ming army, so he called his subordinate Niu Lu Zhen Yasong over and ordered him to lead his troops and horses to intercept the attack.

Yasong's face was a little ugly when he heard this, the previous battle against the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers had already made him scared and afraid, but in the face of Huang Taiji's order, he still didn't dare to say anything, so he could only lead the army to attack. Huang Taiji didn't think much about it, so he ordered the army to camp on the spot and prepare to continue to set off tomorrow.

Who knew that after an hour, Huang Taiji received an urgent report from the scout: Yasong encountered a thousand Ming army forwards, the two sides had just clashed, Yasong fled in the wind, and now the Ming army strikers are chasing all the way, and they are less than two miles away from the army!

Huang Taiji was furious when he heard this, and hurriedly gathered a large army and set off, and after marching for a mile, he encountered the already defeated Yasong tribe. Huang Taiji was furious when he saw Yasong, who had lost his soul, and shouted: "You dare to flee from the battle!" Look for death! ”

Huang Taiji immediately ordered Yasong to be executed in front of the formation, and then looked at the Ming army forward who was slowly retreating in the distance, his heart was very heavy, and he pondered for a while about the prospect of this big battle.

At this moment, Huang Taiji suddenly found that the Ming army, which had been preparing to retreat before, had actually returned, and was forming a team in the distance, and the Ming army was still appearing in front of him.

"The courage of these Ming soldiers has actually become bigger! Do they think they are all Qi family soldiers! Huang Taiji said secretly in his heart, and at the same time immediately ordered the army to prepare for battle.

It didn't take long for the 12,000 white flag army to prepare for the war, and at this time, Huang Taiji saw that the Ming army in the distance was also lined up, the number was about four or five thousand, and the infantry and iron cavalry were about three or seven points.

Huang Taiji sneered in his heart, and didn't pay attention to the thousands of Ming troops in front of him at all, so he directly waved his army and killed it, and the 12,000 Jiannu army launched a charge. Zhengbaiqi Jiannu was bleeding and wounded at the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers before, and he was holding back the anger in his heart, and now he was angry with the thousands of Ming troops in front of him. As a result, these 12,000 Jiannu rushed forward one after another, and the momentum was as terrifying as a monstrous wave.

At this time, the general soldiers Li Bingcheng, Zhu Wanliang, and Jiang Bi who came to help saw Jiannu attacking, and knew that they had encountered hard stubble, but it was impossible to retreat at this time, otherwise it would be a big rout.

So, Li Bingcheng, Zhu Wanliang, and Jiang Bi ordered to attack one after another, and thousands of Ming soldiers launched a charge towards more than 10,000 Zhengbai Banner Jiannu, and a bloody battle was about to begin.

Suddenly, Li Bingcheng and Jiang Bi, who were leading the army to charge, were horrified to find that the commander-in-chief Zhu Wanliang had led his troops to flee the battlefield, and the two of them were immediately furious, knowing that this battle was bound to be defeated.

"Mr. Li! We can't fight anymore, we can't do anything, let's break through to the east together! Jiang Bi shouted.

Li Bingcheng shouted: "Good! Brothers, kill with me! ”

Huang Taiji saw that there was a soldier and horse in the Ming army who escaped, and immediately overjoyed, and immediately led the army to kill, and the morale of the white flag Jiannu rushed forward, killing thousands of Ming soldiers on their backs, and they couldn't resist at all.

In just a stick of incense, Huang Taiji led the army to defeat Li Bingcheng and Jiang Bi's troops, and Li Bingcheng and Jiang Bi fled in embarrassment with only a dozen family members; Zhu Wanliang's subordinates, who escaped from the battle, also broke up one after another under the pursuit of the white flag iron cavalry, and Zhu Wanliang himself died in the chaos.

The words were divided into two ends, Chen Ce and Tong Zhonghui faced the dangerous battle situation, and sent three waves of envoys to Liaoyang to ask for help, hoping that Yuan Yingtai could mobilize reinforcements to support as soon as possible, so as to defeat the main force of Jiannu with the Qi family's army inside and outside.

Who knew that Yuan Yingtai had been frightened by the Jiannu army after hearing that Shenyang had broken the city in half a day under the onslaught of the Jiannu army, and he ignored Chen Ce and Tong Zhonggui's request for help, and directly regarded the Qi family army as an outcast to attract the attention of the Jiannu army.

When the last messenger asking for help saw Yuan Yingtai, he loudly asked why he didn't send troops to rescue, Yuan Yingtai actually defended: "The 100,000 army of Jiannu is powerful, even if this strategy sends reinforcements, it can't turn the tide of the war, you go back and tell General Chen and General Tong that you must lead the army to fight to the death and recreate slaves!" ”

The envoy was furious when he saw that Yuan Yingtai was not saved when he saw death, and immediately scolded Yuan Yingtai loudly for bringing disaster to the country and the people, and sat back and watched the Ming soldiers in a desperate situation and did not save them, and they would definitely not die well!

Yuan Yingtai was very angry when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to blast the messenger out. After the messenger was blasted out of Jingluo Mansion, seeing that there was no hope of asking for help, he immediately wept bitterly, got on his horse and went out of the city with his companions, and returned to the camp of the Qijia army in Hunhe to resume his life.

Bombarded away the messenger for help, Yuan Yingtai was worried that after the defeat of the Qi army, the Jiannu army would immediately come to attack Liaoyang City, so he strictly ordered the Liaoyang defenders to hold the city and block the four gates, and at the same time sent a wide range of nights to investigate the situation of the Battle of the Hunhe River and the movements of the Jiannu army.

In the middle of the night, whether it was the Jiannu camp or the Qijia army camp, it was silent, the gunsmoke and blood in the day had already dissipated, and the soldiers on both sides had already fallen asleep.

However, the big tent of the Qi family's army was still brightly lit, Chen Ce, Tong Zhonghui, and Qi Jin sat quietly in the tent, and the messenger who went to ask for help stood in the middle with a sad and angry face, tears constantly rolling down his cheeks.

After a long time, Qi Jin said with a gloomy face: "Yuan Yingtai refuses to send troops, and the Hanwei army is still far away, so we are now alone." Two towns, please make a decision on where this battle is going. ”

Chen Ce and Tong Zhonghui glanced at each other, both with a depressed expression, obviously facing the situation in front of them and having nothing to do, and the big tent returned to dullness.

Suddenly, everyone heard a burst of shouts from outside, and they were all taken aback and hurriedly ran out. I saw that in the dark night, the camp of Jiannu lit a little spark, and after a while, the fire soared into the sky, illuminating the camp as if it were day.

"What's going on? Could it be that Jiannu has come to reinforcements again? Chen Ce said suspiciously.

Qi Jin and Tong Zhongqi both shook their heads.

In fact, everyone's hearts understand that the Jiannu army on the opposite side is already the full strength of the slave chieftain, where will there be any reinforcements?

Qi Jin frowned and said, "In my opinion, it should be the artillery from Shenyang City. During the day, I have not seen Jiannu bombarding our army's camp with artillery, it should be that the artillery is too heavy and has not arrived for a while. ”

Everyone's mood sank suddenly.

Chen Ce said worriedly: "Then tomorrow is going to usher in a bitter battle, General Qi, do you think there is any way to deal with Jiannu's artillery?" ”

Qi Jin thought for a while and said, "You can let the soldiers accumulate soil into a wall to resist the blows of artillery, but tomorrow the casualties of our army will definitely increase greatly." ”

Chen Ce and Tong Zhonggui glanced at each other when they heard this, and said, "Then without further ado, let's start preparing immediately!" ”