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 9 The Bloody Battle of the Hunhe River (7)

The army of Jiannu with the blue flag, who was fighting to the death, saw that Nurhachi had also sent the yellow flag under his command into battle, knowing that there was no advance or retreat in this battle, and their morale was suddenly high, and they all roared and pounced on the camp of the Qi family's army, and the battle instantly became more intense.

Mang Gurtai also understood in his heart that Nurhachi was preparing to fight to the death, so he didn't care about anything else, and ordered to mobilize hundreds of war horses, tied them together with ropes, and ignited the tail of the war horses to drive the Qi family army camp to cover the attack of the army.

In the camp of the Qi family's army, Qi Jin and Chen Ce were taken aback when they saw hundreds of war horses being driven by Jiannu, and they both understood that Jiannu was doing his best.

So, Qi Jin hurriedly asked his subordinates to bring Chen Ce back to the Chinese army, and he joined Tong Zhonghua to command the overall situation in the Chinese army. Then, Qi Jin gave a loud order, and all the bird-stalkers in the north fired a final salvo.

"Put!" Qi Jin roared with all his might, and the lead bullets like a barrage shot at the hundreds of war horses that had rushed to the front, and immediately swept down more than half of them. However, the remaining dozens of war horses still crashed into the camp wall of the Qi family's army camp, directly knocking down a large area. The army with yellow flags and blue flags following the dozens of war horses rushed into the camp of the Qi family's army, and Mang Gurtai, who was commanding behind, couldn't help cheering, and hurriedly sent people to Nurhachi to ask for reinforcements, preparing to capture the camp of the Qi family army in one go.

In the face of such a dangerous situation, Qi Jin was in danger and did not flinch, and urgently ordered all the bird gunners to retreat and reload ammunition and stand by on the spot, and at the same time pulled out his waist knife and rushed forward, shouting loudly: "Mandarin duck array!" War! ”

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! More than 1,000 soldiers of the Qi family army in the north of the camp quickly reorganized the formation, hundreds of bird gunners quickly retreated to the back after crossing the melee soldiers, and hurried to fill the bird guns, and the remaining melee soldiers were a team of eleven people, forming hundreds of mandarin duck formations, and Qi Jin was on the front line of the war with his own soldiers.

"Kill all the slaves!" Qi Jin roared and took the lead in rushing towards the oncoming Jiannu Iron Horse.

"Wan Sheng! Wansheng! The soldiers of the Qi family army roared angrily, followed the main general and rushed to the Jiannu army, and fought with tens of thousands of troops with yellow and blue flags.

I saw that the Qi family army and the Jiannu with the yellow flag and the blue flag were glued together in the narrow strip north of the camp, and the battle was extremely fierce. The soldiers of the Qi family army did not have bows and arrows, scattered bags for cover, and the bird gunners could not shoot, and the soldiers who formed the mandarin duck formation fought bloodily with ten times the enemy without long-range support, armed with melee weapons such as three-foot-long steel guns and waist knives, wearing armor and a layer of cotton armor, and fought bloodily with ten times the enemy, and would rather die than retreat.

Nurhachi first saw that the army with blue and yellow flags had successfully attacked the camp of the Qi family's army, thinking that the battle would end with Dajin's victory, and there was just a hint of joy on his face; But in the blink of an eye, he saw that more than 20,000 troops were blocked by more than 1,000 Qi family troops, and they were in a scuffle in the north of the camp, unable to move forward, and they were shocked.

"How is this possible? Didn't those Qi family troops rely on sharp firearms to have such combat power? Why are they so strong in melee combat? There is no way that the Ming people will have such an elite army! Nurhachi looked at the scene in front of him, and he didn't want to believe that it was true, but reality is reality, and the army of more than 20,000 Jiannu was still unable to move an inch, and was firmly blocked in place and unable to move.

"Big Baylor, Four Baylor, and Azig Taiji, you immediately lead two white flags and two red flags to attack, and today I must completely annihilate the Qi family's army!"

Dai Shan, Huang Taiji, and Azig all turned pale when they heard this, and the three of them had already suffered a lot of casualties in the banner before, if they fought to the death and life with those elite Qi family troops, they didn't know how many warriors they would lose.

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji said cautiously: "Qiyu Khan Ama, now that tens of thousands of horses have gathered in the camp of the Ming army, Erchen and Dabeile and Azigetaiji have gone up to reinforce it, but they are just waving their flags and shouting in the back." Only the warriors at the front can engage the Ming army, and even if the sons and others lead the army, it will be useless. ”

Nurhachi glanced coldly at Huang Taiji, Dai Shan, and Azig, and said secretly in his heart: "I see that you want to preserve your strength!" Anyway, let's let Sanbeile lead the troops to fight fiercely for a while. ”

"Then you just wait for a while, and let the warriors of the banners take a break and recuperate." Then, Nurhachi looked at the sun, which was already gradually moving west, and said: "Erbeile, you lead the warriors of the Zhenglan Banner to attack immediately, and together with Sanbeile, you will storm the camp of the Qi family's army, and replace the yellow flag first. ”

When Amin heard that Nurhachi had arranged this, he was slightly dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, and hurriedly took the order. After a while, Amin led an army of 10,000 blue flags to rush forward.

After a long time, Nurhachi looked at the two blue flag armies that were fighting fiercely with the Qi family's army, looked at the yellow flag army that had withdrawn, and looked at the Ming battle flag that was still flying high, and felt extremely depressed; Nurhachi felt that the confidence in his heart was rapidly decreasing with the roar of the Qi family's army, and he even had a trace of worry about the future battle of attacking Ming.

"Where is Li Yongfang's dog slave now! Why aren't there thirty guns yet! Nurhachi asked, a little annoyed.

Dai Shan hurriedly sent someone to inquire, and after a while, he saw a team of scouts hurrying back. However, this group of scouts did not bring the news of Li Yongfang's department, but brought the news that Nurhachi and others were most unwilling to hear: Ming army reinforcements have arrived!

"Qi Qi Great Khan, Zhu Wanliang, the chief soldier of the Ming Kingdom, and Jiang Bi, the chief soldier, led more than 3,000 reinforcements to arrive, and they have now arrived at Baitapu. After our scouts went to harass them, the Ming army had stopped advancing and was now on the sidelines. ”

Nurhachi and the others frowned when they heard this, although the Ming army's support army was only more than 3,000 people, and it was estimated that it was not elite, but who knows if there were other reinforcements coming? Besides, the Hanwei army led by Liu Yunwei is also on the way to come, it is not inferior to the life-and-death enemy of the Qi family's army! So, now this big war must end as soon as possible!

Huang Taiji thought for a moment and said, "Khan Ama, Erchen thinks that our army must first annihilate this Ming reinforcement army in order to deter the surrounding Ming army, as well as the rest of the Ming army that may come to support. Otherwise, once the surrounding Ming army feels that my Dajin warriors have a trace of hesitation and timidity, they will pounce on them like hungry wolves, in that case, my Dajin will be dangerous in this battle! ”

Nurhachi nodded and said, "What Sibel said is very right! Then the White Banner Army led by Sibeiler will go to meet this Ming reinforcement. The rest of the banners did not move and continued to besiege the Qi army. ”

Huang Taiji was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly took the order, and said secretly on the way: "This is just right!" I don't believe that the support army is also as elite as the Qi family's army! I just happened to lead the army out of this place to preserve my strength! ”

And how could Dai Shan, Amin and the others not know Huang Taiji's thoughts, they all looked at Huang Taiji's back and cursed secretly in their hearts.

After sending the white flag army to attack, Nurhachi turned his mind back to the big battle in front of him, only to see that the two blue flag armies in front of him were still blocked by the Qi family army and could not move, and the battle was extremely fierce, although the casualties on both sides would not be small from the battle situation, but the Dajin warriors were not as good as the Ming people, which could not withstand consumption!

Thinking of this, Nurhachi was anxious and restless.

At the same time, there were also general generals such as the chief soldier Chen Ce, the chief soldier Tong Zhongqi and the deputy general Qi Jin who were in the same mood as Nurhachi. In the face of the siege of the Jiannu army, which was nearly 20 times the strength of his own side, although the soldiers of the Qi family army fought vigorously and heroically, and also caused great casualties to all the banners of Jiannu, but as the hand-to-hand combat continued, the soldiers of the Qi family army also paid huge sacrifices. After a long period of fierce battles, the disadvantage of the Qi family's army has become more and more obvious, and if it continues like this, the Qi family's army will most likely be annihilated here by the Jiannu army in this war!

Especially Qi Jin, the commander of the Qi family's army, saw that many soldiers around him had heroically fallen under Jiannu's butcher's knife, and his heart seemed to be dripping blood, full of endless anger.

"Tartar!" Qi Jin roared and slashed to death the four blue-flaged Jiannu in front of him one after another, and then led a dozen or so personal soldiers around him to move forward, and after a while, he rushed forward more than a dozen steps, and the surrounding Jiannu blockers turned a blind eye and retreated. The soldiers of the Qi family army who were fighting saw the courage of the main general, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they launched a counterattack against the two blue banner Jiannu.

At this time, Amin and Mang Gurtai were deploying troops and horses, and suddenly saw that the army in front was constantly retreating, while the Qi family's army, which was only a thousand people, was constantly advancing forward, and they couldn't help but be shocked.

Amin exclaimed: "The Qi family army is so brave, it is far superior to the Hanwei battalion back then!" ”

Mang Gurtai shouted, "Warriors, rush for me!" Don't you feel ashamed that 20,000 Golden Warriors couldn't win against 1,000 Ming Army! ”

At the instigation of the two, the two Blue Flag armies launched a new round of offensives, and finally withstood the counterattack of the Qi family army and stabilized the battle line again.

The battle continued to be anxious, and the chief soldier Chen Ce and the chief soldier Tong Zhonghua, who had been sitting in the Qijia army, were worried when they saw this, so they began to discuss whether to mobilize some troops from the other three sides of the camp, so as to support the soldiers in the north.

However, the two discussed it for a while, and when they saw the two red flags, yellow flags, and white flags in the north of the Jiannu main formation, they finally gave up the plan to mobilize troops from the other three sides.

"I hope General Qi can lead the soldiers to resist." Chen Ce said worriedly.

Tong Zhonghua glanced at the direction where Liaoyang was located and said, "I hope Yuan Jingluo will send troops as soon as possible." ”

It didn't take long for night to fall.

Seeing that the two blue flags could not open the situation, Nurhachi ordered the army to retreat and prepare to camp on the spot.

Qi Jin looked at the two blue flag Jiannu who were gradually retreating, and then looked at the Qi family soldiers who had suffered heavy casualties around him, and suddenly became angry, and shouted loudly: "Bird hand preparation!" ”