Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

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

Section 15 The Decisive Battle (I)

Nurhachi led the army of six banners from all directions to suddenly kill, tens of thousands of Jiannu iron horsemen murderously pounced on the Ming army, Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, Dai Shan and others thought that the Ming army would panic and be in chaos. But after a short period of chaos, more than 20,000 Ming troops quickly formed a defensive formation, and broke out with a tsunami-like shout, and morale soared instantly.

Seeing this, Nurhachi hurriedly ordered the banners to stop charging into battle, and commanded more than 40,000 troops to surround the Ming army, and tens of thousands of troops on the Ming and Jin sides launched a confrontation.

Nurhachi looked down at the Ming army's large formation with a strict formation on the top of the hill, his expression was extremely grim, and he said to Daishan, Huang Taiji, and Azig around him: "This Liu Ling is indeed a strong enemy!" In the face of the ambush of tens of thousands of my warriors, Liu Ling was able to command the Ming army to defend quickly, what a good general. ”

When Azig led his troops to rush out, he was already ready to fight, but he was ordered by Nurhachi to stop the attack, and he was very unconvinced, and said: "No matter how powerful he Liu Ting is, he can't stop the onslaught of tens of thousands of my Dajin warriors!" Khan Amma, give the order to attack, Erchen is willing to be the first to charge into battle! ”

"Although the Ming army is mainly infantry, it has formed a dense formation, with many spears and a large number of people, although our army will be able to win if it attacks fiercely, but how many warriors will die?" Nurhachi said.

Azig looked down in thought and stopped talking.

Dai Shan said: "Khan Ama, our army can use the shield chariot to attack and fight with the Ming army on foot!" ”

Huang Taiji also said: "What Da Baylor said is extremely true. In addition, our army can also gather some iron cavalry to ride around the formation and shoot at the opportunity, so as to disrupt the Ming army formation. ”

"Well, Big Baylor and Four Baylor said it well." Nurhachi said: "The decree is that the four beylers and azigtaiji led the two white flags to attack the front of the Ming army, the two red flags of the Great Beyler attacked the two wings of the Ming army, and the two yellow flags of me pressed the formation. Fight for the battle before sunset! ”

"Sons obey orders!" The three of them answered.

With Nurhachi's order, the army of more than 40,000 Jiannu in the Six Banners began to dispatch troops. The two white flags pushed the dozens of shield carts prepared in front of the formation, and began to gather troops to prepare for the attack on the Zu Tianding Department in front of the Ming army; The two red flags divided thousands of iron horsemen and galloped horses, preparing to attack Xu Jiusi and Kang Ying's cadres on both wings of the Ming army with cavalry; Nurhachi had dismounted at this moment, sitting under the bright yellow umbrella and looking down on the entire battlefield.

With the sound of a low horn, the Jiannu army began to attack. I saw that the two white flags dispatched a total of 10,000 troops, under the cover of dozens of shield cars covered with cooked cowhides, and launched an attack on the Ming army's Zu Tianding Division; The two red flag iron cavalry hovering on the two wings of the Ming army rushed to Xu Jiusi's department and Kang Ying's cadres in the sound of horns, and they all opened their bows and arrows to prepare for cavalry shooting.

Seeing that Jiannu had launched an attack, Liu Ling sneered and said, "As soon as the Tartars came up, they attacked from three sides, and it seems that they want to take us down in one round." ”

Liu Zhao said: "Are we muddy when the Tartars are made? Father, give the order to fight! ”

Liu Ling nodded and said, "Order the Zu Tianding Division, Xu Jiusi Division, and Kang Ying Cadres to meet the attack, and Yao Guofu's Department to guard the rear and stand by; The Korean Army under Jiang Hongli was on standby, ready to support the operation at any time. ”

"Order!" Liu Zhao ordered the heralds around him to go separately to pass the order, and then looked at the two white flags Jiannu who were rushing in front of him, and said, "I hope this battle can hit Jiannu hard." ”

The Ming army was in front.

Zu Tianding stood in the middle of the formation with a waist knife in his hand, coldly looking at the more than 10,000 Jiannu rushing in front of him, without the slightest panic, and after Jiannu entered the range of the bow and arrow, he said loudly: "Archer, release the arrow!" ”

At this time, one of the commanders next to the archer shouted: "Ignition! ”

I saw that in front of each row of archers there was a long earthen ditch, which was filled with fire oil, and next to the earthen ditch were Ming soldiers holding torches waiting. After hearing the order to ignite the fire, these soldiers set fire to the earthen ditch one after another, only to see a dozen lines of fire spread in an instant. Immediately afterwards, the archers stretched out their feathered arrows into the fire and lit them, and then stretched out their bows and arrows and pointed diagonally at the sky.

"Put!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw countless points of light rising from the Ming army's array, like a burning blanket covering the charging Jiannu. "Boom! Boom! Boom! "The rockets were nailed to the shield carts, and in an instant, several shield carts were set on fire. The Jiannu soldiers who followed behind the shield car were also hit by arrows one after another, and they were lucky to be killed directly, but those Jiannu soldiers who were hit by arrows but were not dead for a while fell to the ground and kept rolling, and their bodies were ignited by rockets, forming many fires that kept writhing.

Although the two white flags were still struggling to move forward, the rain of arrows of the Ming army was becoming more and more intensive. The shield carts continued to ignite, and more and more Jiannu soldiers fell on the way to the charge.

At this moment, I heard a sharp swan whistle in the Ming army's formation, followed by a crackling sound, a layer of black smoke rose from the front of the Ming army's formation, and the Ming army's firecrackers fired. The Jiannu soldiers who rushed to the front were all knocked to the ground in an instant, and even the shield cart was beaten to sawdust by the firearms.

Huang Taiji and Azig watched the battle in the rear, and they were all furious when they saw that their subordinates suffered many casualties.

Huang Taiji exclaimed: "Liu Ling's department is so tenacious! ”

Azig also said anxiously: "Four Baylor, we can't go on like this, the casualties of the warriors are too great!" ”

"No! Continuing to attack, Ben Belle wants to see if this Ming army is iron-clad! Blow the trumpet and speed up the onslaught! ”

Finally, after paying the price of hundreds of casualties, the two white flag Jiannu rushed to the front of the Ming army, and the two sides started hand-to-hand combat.

Zu Tianding roared: "Engage!" Engage! ”

The soldiers at the front of the Ming army roared in unison: "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”

A thousand pikemen stabbed forward, and the bright spears pierced straight into the Jiannu array like a dense jungle. With the screams one after another, Jiannu's formation was forcibly thinned.

"Rush in and kill them all!"

"Kill!"

The blood seemed to stimulate Jiannu, and in the shouts of grassroots officers such as horse armor and Fendepashiku, the Jiannu soldiers also waved the weapons in their hands and started a fight with the soldiers of the Ming army.

If you look down from the air, the front line of the battle between the Ming and Jin sides is like a crack in hell, constantly devouring the lives of soldiers on both sides, and bright red blood flows everywhere like a stream.

Zu Tianding looked at the fierce battle ahead, and his heart was also a little anxious, the combat power of the Jiannu soldiers was generally higher than that of the Ming soldiers, and with the passage of time, it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no danger. Therefore, Zu Tianding ordered to gather the soldiers who had not yet engaged in the battle in the front as a reserve, and at the same time ordered a dozen or so family members under his command to act as a supervising team, and those who found retreating and fleeing were killed on the spot.

At the same time, Dai Shan commanded the Red Banner Iron Cavalry to attack the left flank of the Ming Army, and the Red Flag attacked the right flank of the Ming Army. And the Jiannu Iron Cavalry did not dodge or dodge, but accelerated the charge. Sixty paces away from the Ming army, the two iron cavalry turned sharply and galloped along the Ming army's formation, and at the same time shot the Ming soldiers with arrows.

In this way, the two sides come and go, and the arrows on both sides are whistling and flying, constantly harvesting fresh lives. Gradually, the Ming army gradually fell into a disadvantage, and casualties increased sharply.

Xu Jiusi frowned, and said secretly in his heart: "Jiannu's bow is strong and heavy, and the archery is very accurate, and the soldiers can't compete at all; What's more, the Jiannu Iron Cavalry is speeding at high speed, which greatly reduces our hit rate, how can this be good! ”

The situation of Kang Ying's cadres is similar, and they are struggling to support themselves in the confrontation with Jiannu.

Seeing that the Ming army on three sides had already engaged in battle with Jiannu, Liu Ling hurriedly sent Liu Zhao to inquire about the specific battle situation.

After a while, Liu Zhao rode back and said, "Father, the situation on three sides is not optimistic. After speaking, Liu Zhao explained the specific situation on the three sides.

After listening to this, Liu Ling pondered for a while, and said: "Order Jiang Hongli to lead the Korean army to reinforce the Zu Tianding Department and withstand the attack of the two white flags; Then inform Yao Guofu and ask him to send all the archers under his command to the two wings for reinforcements. ”

"Order!" Liu Zhao hurriedly ordered to go.

Liu Ling looked at the battlefield with a shocking sound of killing, and looked at the bright yellow umbrella cover that was faintly visible in front of him and was silent. After a while, Liu Ting suddenly shouted: "Thunder war drums!" Give me thunder and war drums! ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! The deafening sound of war drums resounded in the sky, and the majestic and high-spirited drums stirred the sky over the battlefield and beat in the hearts of every Ming army soldier.

Zu Tianding heard the sound of war drums, as if his blood was ignited in an instant, and roared excitedly: "Counter charge!" Fight off the Tartars! Fight off the Tartars! After speaking, he rushed into the battlefield with more than a dozen family members. Under the encouragement of the main general and the blessing of the majestic war drums, the soldiers of the Ming army in the front bravely charged towards the Jiannu army, almost fighting with the Tartars in exchange for their lives.

And the North Korean army that came to support followed the Ming soldiers who were crazy about killing Hu and charged, and they also picked up a lot of cheapness.

Jiannu was tired and embarrassed in the face of the Ming army's almost crazy fighting style, Zu Tianding charged ahead, leading the Ming soldiers to advance dozens of steps, and the Jiannu who fought retreated step by step, suffering heavy casualties.

Huang Taiji and Azig were stunned when they watched from a distance, are these Ming troops enchanted? Ignoring anything else, the two hurriedly ordered the two white flag armies to retreat, and the casualties of this attack had exceeded their psychological expectations.

On the battlefield on both wings, the morale of the Ming soldiers of Xu Jiusi's department and Kang Ying's cadres was greatly boosted by the drums of war, and even many soldiers did not dodge or dodge in the face of Jiannu's arrows, and struggled to shoot angry arrows at Jiannu; And after receiving the support of the archers in the rear, the arrows of the Ming army were like locusts in an instant, and some red-eyed Ming soldiers even rushed out of the phalanx, using their flesh and blood to crash into the high-speed Jiannu war horse, which caused the casualties of the two red flags to increase sharply for a while.

Dai Shankan's heart dripped blood, "My two red flags have already been injured under the blows of Liu Yunwei's troops, and now they have just recovered, and they really can't withstand the big casualties." ”

Thinking of this, Dai Shan ordered the two red banner iron cavalry to withdraw, and rode his horse to Nurhachi to report the battle situation.

Seeing that the Jiannu army had retreated, Liu Ling was temporarily relieved and ordered all departments to seize the time to count casualties and rectify the defense.