Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

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

Section 16: The Decisive Battle (II)

Nurhachi sat under the umbrella cover, taking in the situation of the battlefield, seeing the Ming army's heroic combat and stubborn resistance, he was also amazed in his heart: "I didn't expect that Liu Ling's department was so elite and good at fighting, and in the face of the siege of twice the number of men and horses of my Dajin Iron Cavalry, it was still able to fight well. ”

After that, seeing that the Jiannu army attacking from three sides retreated one after another under the counterattack of the Ming army, Nurhachi stood up in surprise and said to himself: "Today, we must gather and annihilate the Ming army under Liu Ling, otherwise there will be endless troubles in the future!" ”

At this time, Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, and Azig arranged the withdrawn soldiers and horses and came together.

Dai Shan took the lead in dismounting and fell to the ground, saying: "Khan Amma, our attack is unfavorable, and I have fallen into the prestige of my Dajin, please punish Khan Amma." ”

Huang Taiji and Azig also knelt down together and said, "Please punish Khan Amma." ”

Nurhachi glanced at the three of them and said, "All right, get up." The soldiers of all banners in this battle have done their best, and Liu Ling's department is indeed the elite of the Ming army, and it is normal that they cannot be captured in a hurry. ”

"Shehan Amma." The three of them got up and stood aside.

Then, Dai Shan said: "Khan Ama, shall we attack again?" ”

Nurhachi stared at the Ming army who were reorganizing their formation, and said, "It's getting late today, let the warriors rest." The order was given to the whole army to retreat ten miles. ”

"What!" Azig exclaimed.

Huang Taiji also frowned and said, "Khan Ama, although our army has suffered a small setback, the losses of the Ming army are not small, why did you withdraw?" ”

Dai Shan said: "Khan Ama, let me wait to attack again, we will definitely defeat the Ming army!" ”

Nurhachi sneered and said, "Don't worry, let's retreat just to rest, this battle has just begun." ”

After speaking, Nurhachi ordered the army to retreat, and Daishan, Huang Taiji, and Azig no longer persuaded each other, and returned to the banner to organize the retreat of soldiers and horses.

Liu Ling looked at the slowly retreating Jiannu army, and there was no trace of joy in his heart, but he was full of doubts: "Jiannu only attacked a little unsmoothly, and the banners still have combat power, why did they retreat?" ”

Liu Zhao walked over, handed Liu Ling a water bladder, and said, "Father, Jiannu suddenly withdrew, is it that any other official army has moved?" ”

"Probably not." Liu Ling denied: "The other official armies are estimated to be finished, otherwise where did Jiannu get the Western Route Army Arrow?" How can you calmly set up an ambush here? ”

Liu Zhao asked suspiciously, "Why did the Nu Chief withdraw?" ”

"I guess Jiannu is trying to play some tricks."

Liu Ling looked at the sky, it was already evening, and the dim colors were about to cover the earth.

"Zhao'er, send out the night to monitor the movements of Jiannu, let the soldiers set up camp, and wait until tonight."

"Yes, father."

That night, Liu Ling convened the generals of various departments to discuss in the big tent of the Chinese army, and everyone could be said to be unforgettable about the war during the day. Before the war, it was said how strong Jiannu was, but the generals had no intuitive impression, and they didn't know how strong they were. After all, the previous confrontation with Jiannu was a small-scale conflict, and it was the first time that everyone had fought a life-and-death battle like today. In today's battle, the Ming army can be regarded as having learned Jiannu's sharp attack, and all departments have paid heavy casualties.

Liu Ling summed up the casualty figures reported by various departments, and the Ming army in the decisive battle during the day captured more than 570 Jiannu heads, and killed more than 3,900 people, plus the wounded soldiers, the Ming army's casualties are estimated to have exceeded 10,000.

Seeing such heavy casualties, everyone secretly complained in their hearts, and Jiang Hongli was even more on pins and needles.

Liu Ling saw that the morale of the crowd was a little low, and said: "In today's battle, although our army has suffered a lot of casualties, you don't have to be discouraged, how can the casualties of such a bloody battle be slight?" ”

Liu Zhao also said: "What the town said is that there has always been a military order in the Jiannu Army to recover half of the wealth of those who take back the bodies of fallen soldiers, so the heads of our army will only be hundreds. Presumably, the casualties of the Jiannu Formation should be around the thousands, otherwise how could the character of the Enu Chief retreat? ”

Hearing this, everyone's faces were slightly better.

Liu Ling said: "The night has been reported, and the Jiannu army has retreated ten miles to camp. Tonight, all units should seize the time to treat the wounded and take strict precautions. Tomorrow morning, depending on the situation, we will decide on the next step. ”

"Order!" Zu Tianding and the others responded in unison, and they all returned to their respective camps to make arrangements. According to the position of the formation in the daytime, the Ming army was divided into five large camps, which echoed each other and were horns of each other.

The soldiers of the Ming army were already very tired after several days of traveling, and they experienced a life-and-death battle during the day, and they were exhausted at this time. Soon, the battalions of the Ming army fell silent.

At night (three o'clock in the morning), Yao Guofu, the commander of the camp, was asleep, and in the dream, Yao Guofu led the Ming officers and soldiers to storm Hetuala, and he was about to break through the city, but he saw a family member dragging him violently on the side, and said loudly with a panicked expression: "General run!" ”

At this moment, Yao Guofu suddenly woke up and found that the voices of the people outside the tent had become a mess, and suddenly a family member rushed in and said, "General, Jiannu has entered the camp, run!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a feathered arrow nailed to the head of the master. Yao Guofu shouted and rushed out of the tent in a panic, only to see that the rear camp of the Ming army he was guarding was already in flames, and countless two red flag Jiannu were wantonly slaughtering the Ming soldiers.

"How so? Hasn't Jiannu already retreated? ”

Without waiting for Yao Guofu to figure it out, a vest was killed by a horse, and he was beheaded with a knife, and then the Ming army in the rear was slaughtered.

Liu Ling received the news as soon as the rear was raided, and hurriedly ordered Jiang Hongli to lead the Korean army to rescue, and strictly ordered the rest of the Ming troops to stick to the camp and not attack without authorization.

Who would have thought that Jiang Hongli deliberately delayed after receiving the order, until the rear was in flames and the Jiannu Iron Cavalry had broken through the camp, Jiang Hongli led the North Korean army to the outside of the Chinese military camp for a circle, and then claimed that the rear Ming army was defeated too quickly and he could not rescue himself and returned to the Chinese army camp.

Liu Zhao was furious, and said to Liu Ting angrily: "Jiang Hongli delayed without fighting in the battle, and he should be killed in front of the battle!" ”

Of course, Jiang Hongli's mind can't hide from Liu Ling's eyes, but now that the strength of Jiannu is unknown, if Jiang Hongli, the chief general of the North Korean army, is dealt with, it will be difficult to make the thousands of Korean troops (there are some casualties in the fierce battle during the day) mutiny. So Liu Ling just reprimanded Jiang Hongli strictly and didn't deal with it more.

Liu Ling looked at the fire in the rear and said, "Zhao'er, let the soldiers of the Chinese army prepare, Jiannu is estimated to attack the Chinese army camp." ”

After speaking, Liu Ling said to Jiang Hongli again: "The North Korean army also defends the Chinese army camp together, if the general doesn't do his best this time, don't blame the town for being ruthless!" ”

Jiang Hongli repeatedly promised.

After a while, the Chinese army couldn't hear the shouting and killing of the rear battalion, Liu Ling's face darkened, and he said: "Beat the war drums for me, meet the battle!" ”

The camp of the Chinese army of the Ming army suddenly exploded to the sound of passionate war drums, and the officers and men of the Chinese army had already lined up in formation, standing on the edge of the camp wall and waiting to kill Hu. Liu Zhao even rushed to the front line with his family to supervise the battle.

I only heard the sound of the iron hooves of the war horse from far and near, and then, countless arrows shot out of the night, and the soldiers of the Ming army fell to the ground one after another, and the defense line suddenly became chaotic.

Liu Zhao was horrified in his heart and shouted loudly: "Put out the torch!" Extinguish the torch! ”

The Ming soldiers hurriedly extinguished the torches near the left, and the Chinese camp was suddenly plunged into darkness. At this moment, countless points of light lit up outside the camp, and I saw countless rockets shot by the Jiannu Iron Horse around the camp. These rockets were nailed to the battalion, not only shooting many Ming soldiers, but also igniting many tents and baggage.

Liu Zhao shouted: "The archer releases the arrow!" Call me the firecracker! After speaking, he hurriedly organized soldiers to extinguish the fire source.

I saw the arrows and lead bullets of the Ming army shot into the darkness, as if they had been swallowed, except for the occasional sound of someone falling off their horses, most of them were gone.

In this way, the casualties of the Ming army continued to expand, and Liu Zhao had no choice but to send people to ask Liu Ling for help.

At this time, Liu Ling not only received Liu Zhao's request for help, but also received a request from Zu Tianding, Xu Jiusi, and Kang Yingqian to support the Chinese army. Liu Ling replied to Liu Zhao first, ordered him to lead the army to retreat, and put Jiannu into the camp to fight with him; After that, Liu Ling directly rejected the request of the three to support the Chinese army, God knows where the rest of Jiannu's soldiers and horses are at this time, if the remaining three are mobilized, maybe they will be attacked by the rest of Jiannu's soldiers and horses, and it will be a complete chaos!

After Liu Zhao received Liu Ling's order, he was about to give the order to retreat, but he heard a burst of exclamation, and then saw dozens of war horses that were engulfed in flames, rushing over like crazy, and were about to crash into the camp gate.

"Archers release arrows! Shoot the horses! Liu Zhao shouted loudly.

But to no avail, the archers shot down some of the horses, but many more slammed headlong into the camp gate and rushed into the Chinese camp. Wherever these war horses passed, they were all ignited by the fire, and countless Ming soldiers were knocked down and trampled to death by the war horses that had lost their minds, and the Chinese army camp was instantly plunged into a sea of fire.

Jiannu's two red banner iron cavalry then rushed into the camp and began the massacre again.

Seeing this, Liu Zhao drew his knife in his hand and beckoned to the soldiers around him. Seeing that hundreds of soldiers of the Ming army had gathered around him, Liu Zhao said loudly: "Today, we are desperate!" Only by dying on the battlefield can we repay the country's kindness! Brothers, kill Hu with me! ”

Hundreds of soldiers of the Ming army, under the leadership of Liu Zhao, launched a charge against the thousands of Jiannu iron cavalry who rushed into the camp.

Dai Shan was also in the camp at this time, and when he saw Liu Zhao's troops rushing to kill, he exclaimed, "Who is that?" Liu Ling's department has such a strong general! ”

A Paishku next to him had seen Liu Zhao in Liaoyang before, and said, "That's Liu Zhao, Liu Ling's only son." ”

"There is a saying among the Han people: the tiger father has no dog son, and this is really the case. You take someone to end up with him. ”

"Huh!" After speaking, Pashku pounced on Liu Zhao with hundreds of iron horses.

Liu Zhao was not afraid to rush into the Jiannu formation with hundreds of Ming troops, and the sound of killing shook the sky, but the Ming army was no longer able to resist the Jiannu brigade at this time. A moment later, Liu Zhao and hundreds of soldiers were bloodied on the battlefield and fell under the iron hooves of the invaders.