Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 2 The two armies are fighting against the DPRK

Section 8 Night Battle Xiong Yue Yi (1)

At this time, under the command of Wen Poyu, the iron cavalry soldiers of the Changshui Battalion had begun to assemble rapidly, and the passionate war drums shook everyone's heartstrings, resounding in the dark night, and the morale of the soldiers skyrocketed.

At this moment, Wen Poyu saw the true face of the Jiannu army by the light of the camp: he saw that the five thousand white flag iron cavalry stopped two miles north of the camp, and at this time he was reorganizing the formation, and a white flag main flag stood impressively in the formation, and it was Huang Taiji who personally led the troops to come!

"It seems that the Tartars are determined to win this time! Huang Taiji personally led the troops. Wen Poyu thought in surprise when he saw this, but he was just surprised. Although there are 5,000 people in the Zhengbai Banner Iron Cavalry, which has a slight advantage in terms of strength, the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion also have 3,000 men, and the difference between them is not very large; In addition, Xiongyueyi is located in the hinterland of Liaodong, and there are many garrisons in the surrounding Gaizhouwei, Jinzhouwei and other cities and fortresses. Therefore, Wen Poyu has a lot of confidence that he can defeat him.

However, Wen Poyu, who had been in battle for a long time, did not take it for granted that he directly led the troops into battle, but ordered the officers and men of the whole army to stick to the camp and rely on Xiong Yueyi for defense. It's late at night now, although there are only 5,000 people in front of the White Flag army, and the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion are still sure of repelling it if they fight with all their might, at least they can get a draw, but who knows if there are other soldiers and horses lurking in Jiannu in the night? In case of a rash attack, the Jiannu ambush soldiers took advantage of the situation to attack the camp, and Wen Poyu would take care of one and lose the other.

At this time, Yuan Mingxuan also stood on the fortress wall of Xiong Yueyi with a serious face, looking down at the Jiannu Great Array in the distance, in addition to having a trace of worry about this battle, he was more angry, and he was indignant at the person who leaked the whereabouts of the army!

"Who delivered the message to Jiannu? If Jiannu hadn't known the movements of our army in advance, it would never have been possible to go deep into here alone! If you want to know the details of my Hanwei Army's actions, and inform Jiannu, it must be done by people inside Tongzhou Town, otherwise even the imperial court is not clear, how can Jiannu know? Yuan Mingxuan's face suddenly became extremely ugly when he thought of this: "But, will the people of Tongzhou Town collude with the enemy country?" If that's true, then it's serious! It seems that after transporting the grain and grass to the camp of Qianshan, I will return to Tongzhou as soon as possible, investigate it well, and make sure that this matter is thoroughly investigated! ”

Suddenly, the Jiannu Great Array in the distance began to advance forward, and it did not stop until it was a mile away from the Changshui Camp Great Camp. Immediately afterwards, I saw that the Jiannu Great Array had separated a passage, and hundreds of Ming people were brought out by more than a dozen Jiannu soldiers, both men, women and children, and it seemed that Jiannu should have been captured from a nearby village and prepared to act as cannon fodder in front of the formation.

Suddenly, a heart-wrenching cry came, and those people cried when they saw the battle flags of the Ming official army, begging the soldiers of the Changshui battalion to save themselves.

Wen Poyu looked ahead with a pale face, and saw that those people were holding some rudimentary weapons in their hands, it seemed that Jiannu was preparing to use these people to attack the camp.

The surrounding soldiers of the Changshui Battalion were also furious, and they all looked at Wen Poyu in unison, waiting for the order of the main general, ready to attack at any time to rescue the people outside.

At this time, Wen Poyu's heart was also unusually entangled: if he started fighting, those people would die under his own knife; If they don't fight, the army of Jiannu will swarm up and follow those people into the camp.

"What to do! What exactly should I do? ”

Wen Poyu clenched his hands into fists and glared angrily, he was fighting fiercely in his heart, and he couldn't make a decision for a while.

Seeing that the hundreds of people were driven by more than a dozen Jiannu soldiers, they were approaching the Changshui camp step by step, and the Changshui camp soldiers still didn't make any movement, just watched the crowd in front of them keep approaching.

Huang Taiji in the distance couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and said to his subordinates beside him: "The Ming people are all fake benevolence and false righteousness, how can there be a woman's benevolence on the battlefield?" In this battle, my Dajin warriors will win! In the future, my Dajin Warriors can also use this method more to fight against the Hanwei Army, and they will definitely receive miraculous results! ”

The surrounding Jiannu Tartars echoed one after another, constantly complimenting Huang Taiji's talent.

At this moment, Huang Taiji suddenly saw a Great Tomorrow Sun and Moon Jintao battle flag raised in the camp of Changshui Camp, and then saw a fierce general standing under the gate and shouting loudly.

"I am Wen Poyu, the guerrilla general of the Changshui Battalion of the Ming and Han Wei Army, all the people listen, the national war is imminent, and the swords and guns are ruthless! No one can come within a hundred paces of the camp, and those who violate the order will be killed! Fathers and fellow villagers, we are the Hanwei army, the official army of the imperial court, and we have not protected you well and let you fall into the hands of the Tartars, which is the shame of my whole army! Don't worry, I, Wen Poyu, promise you that I will definitely sacrifice you with the dog's head of a Tartar! ”

After Wen Poyu shouted these few words, he ordered the whole army to prepare for battle, and mobilized a thousand iron cavalry soldiers armed with three-eyed guns to line up on the edge of the camp wall, divided into three platoons, ready to kill anyone who was a hundred steps close to the camp. Seeing Jiannu using such despicable methods, all the Iron Cavalry soldiers were enraged, and each soldier's face was full of anger, and his eyes seemed to be about to erupt flames, glaring at the Jiannu army outside; Even the two hundred soldiers sent by Qian Mingli were furious, and they came to the side of the camp wall with all kinds of firearms in their hands, ready to attack the Tartar captives together with the soldiers of the Changshui battalion.

Some women and children burst into tears, begging the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion to save them, but they did not receive the slightest response. Seeing this, the people knew in their hearts that tonight was the time of death for all. Thinking of this, the men in the crowd roared angrily and shouted, "Folks! It's all dead horizontally and vertically, let's fight with the Tartars! ”

"Master Jun avenges us!"

"Kill the Tartars, kill them!"

Hundreds of civilians were like a pile of dry firewood, and they were immediately ignited with anger, and they turned their guns one after another, brandishing the rudimentary weapons in their hands and killing the Jiannu soldiers behind them. For a while, the scene was chaotic, and the dozen or so Zhengbai Flag Jiannu who were in charge of pressing the formation were caught off guard, and they never thought that the Han people, who were still cowardly and docile before, suddenly became a group of soldiers! Before he had time to think about it, the dozen or so Jiannu soldiers were instantly overwhelmed by hundreds of angry civilians and turned into cold corpses on the ground.

Seeing this, Wen Poyu's eyes were red, and he shouted loudly: "Beat the drum!" Give me the drums! Cheer for my Ming people! ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The war drums sounded, and hundreds of people outside the camp roared angrily and rushed towards the Zhengbai Banner Jiannu Array, whether it was men, women, old or young, they all looked resolute, and roared loudly to kill the invaders.

Huang Taiji was stunned when he looked at the scene in front of him, and exclaimed: "The people here are so strong! ”

Seeing that those people were about to rush to the front, Huang Taiji hurriedly ordered the army to charge. Five thousand white flags and iron horsemen charged, where was the power of hundreds of ordinary people able to resist? All the people were slaughtered by the Jiannu Iron Cavalry in an instant, but until they died, those people did not take a step back, and even the women and children died on the way to attack Jiannu.

"Are these Han people all crazy!" Huang Taiji secretly said in his heart, a little unable to believe that the originally cowardly Han people in his mind could do such a bloody and brave thing.

Just thinking about it, Huang Taiji only heard a roar in front of him, and then the white flag iron cavalry that rushed to the front fell to the ground one after another, and the advance of the army was suddenly in chaos.

"I can't imagine that the Ming Army's iron cavalry still has so many firearms!" Huang Taiji was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly shouted: "The army is divided! Mounted archery, Mangu! ”

The army of the white flag moved immediately after hearing the order, and changed its formation dozens of steps in front of the Changshui battalion, and the army was divided into two teams, the left and right sides, respectively, roaring and sweeping towards both sides of the camp, and at the same time, the Jiannu soldiers bent their bows and arrows and began to fight back.

Seeing this, Wen Poyu hurriedly threw the remaining 2,000 iron cavalry soldiers into the battlefield, lined up to defend the two wings and rear of the camp, and a battle of life and death began in the night.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Shoot the arrows! Shoot the Ming Army! ”

"Whew! Shout! Shout! ”

The three-eyed guns in the hands of the iron cavalry soldiers and the various fire guns in the hands of the Qian family continued to roar, wantonly shooting the Tartars outside the camp; And the Jiannu Iron Cavalry also kept running around the Changshui Battalion, and the precise and ruthless feather arrows continued to shoot at the Changshui Battalion soldiers in the battalion.

The roar of the fire and the sound of the bow and arrow breaking through the air are intertwined, making the originally silent night very lively; The roars and scoldings of the soldiers on both sides, as well as the sound of the iron hooves of the war horses, pushed this feast of death to a climax.

Yuan Mingxuan stood on the fortress wall, looked around at the battle situation, and saw that Zhengbai Qi Jiannu did not carry a baggage, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, so he shouted loudly: "Light the beacon fire!" Light the beacon fire! ”

The soldiers of the Changshui Battalion who were responsible for guarding Xiong Yueyi around them reacted when they heard this, and hurriedly lit the beacon fire. The bright beacon fire was like a bright light in the dark night, and it suddenly illuminated Xiong Yueyi.

And Huang Taiji, who was commanding from a distance, was shocked when he saw this: "It's not good! It must be fought quickly, otherwise the situation will not be good if the Ming army from elsewhere comes to support! ”

Therefore, Huang Taiji immediately gathered three hundred archers and rushed to the Changshui camp on foot, and under the cover of the iron cavalry army, he broke through to a place thirty steps away from the Changshui camp.

Huang Taiji gave an order, and the three hundred archers lit torches together, ignited the arrows in the quiver, and fired a salvo at the Changshui camp camp, and countless rockets flew across the night sky to the camp, and immediately ignited some debris.

Wen Poyu was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly shouted: "Kill the Jiannu archers!" Kill them! ”