Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 4 Martyrdom in the Bloody Battle of the Tartars

Section 6 Fierce Battle of Salhu

Not to mention that Liu Ting led the main force of the Eastern Route Army to march towards Hetuara in the rugged mountains and forests, nor did it say that Liu Yunwei led the soldiers of the Hanwei battalion to confront the 10,000 Jiannu iron cavalry. It is said that the main force of the Ming Army's Western Route Army, Juniper, since the departure of the oath division, Juniper led the army all the way forward, and all the Jiannu walled cities were broken by the Ming army.

Because the progress was very smooth, Juniper was overjoyed: "It seems that this expedition must be the first of our Western Route Army to come to the city of Hetuala, and when the time comes, the Fourth Route Army will join the division, and our army will definitely take the lead, and the first work of sweeping away Jiannu must be mine!" ”

On the first day of March, the Western Route Army led by Du Song attacked all the way to Salhu (near the Dahuofang Reservoir in present-day Fushun, Liaoning).

At this time, Juniper had already received the news that the night would not be closed, and knew that Jiannu had built a new city at Jilin Cliff, the only way to Hetuala, and sent troops to garrison it to block the Ming army.

Salhu is not far from Jilin Cliff, because of the dangerous terrain of Jilin Cliff, it is impossible to carry out tens of thousands of troops, so Juniper divides the West Road army into two, and the main force of the army is camped on the spot in Salhu, and he personally leads 10,000 people to attack Jilin Cliff New Town.

At the same time, Nurhachi left 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Hetuala, and personally led the remaining main force of Jiannu to Jilin Cliff, and received an urgent letter from the Jilin Cliff guard on the way, learning that Juniper had divided his troops and was storming Jilin Cliff New City at this time.

Nurhachi was overjoyed and said to the people around him: "Good! The four-way Ming army is the strongest in Juniper's western route, but this Juniper divided his troops again, left the main force in Salhu, and ran to Jilin Cliff by himself, which created a fighter for us! ”

Huang Taiji said: "Khan Ama, do you mean to say that you don't care about Jilin Cliff, but go to fight the main force of the Ming army on the west road of Salhu?" ”

Azig said: "Khan Ama, won't you save Jilin Cliff?" ”

"Of course Jilin Cliff needs to be saved, but there are not too many reinforcements, just be able to drag Juniper." Nurhachi said: "Azig, you can lead the five thousand soldiers and horses of your headquarters to Jilin Cliff." The rest of the army hurried into attack Sarhu! ”

"The retainer (minion) obeys the order!"

The next morning, Nurhachi led the main army of 40,000 Jiannu to Salhu.

At this time, the sky was overcast, and the misty tide was floating in the air, and the Ming army camp loomed in the dim sunlight, like a hellish ghost town.

Nurhachi took a look at the camp of the Ming army and said: "Juniper still has some rules and regulations for leading the troops, there are trenches outside the camp of the Ming army, there are antlers behind it, and there are fences in the back, and the soldiers and horses of each department are in order. If it weren't for Juniper dividing his troops and no longer in the camp this time, our army would really be in a difficult situation. ”

Dai Shan said: "Khan Ama, is our army attacking first and looking at the Ming army's catties?" ”

"Hmm." Nurhachi said: "The second Bel Amin and the third Bel Mang Gurtai are delaying the Ming army on the east road in the south, Azig has gone to Jilin Cliff, and the two red flags of the big Belle have just recovered, so the four Belle will have a hard trip." ”

"Son's Command!"

Soon, Huang Taiji completed the whole army, and the army of 6,000 white flags lined up.

Huang Taiji observed the camp of the Ming army, at this time the Ming army had already discovered Jiannu and was organizing defense, and the entire camp was in chaos.

"Infantry attack!"

Huang Taiji gave an order, and a Jia Lae Zhen next to him took the order and left. After a while, I saw 3,000 soldiers with white flags pushing heavy shield carts and lining up in a neat formation, slowly approaching the camp of the Ming army.

Soon the three thousand Jiannu advanced to the land of one stone, and at this time, the general named Zhang Shenyu who was sitting in the camp of the Ming army saw that Jiannu had entered the firing range and immediately ordered the arrow to be released.

Thousands of archers of the Ming army fired two consecutive volleys, only to see the long arrows in the sky pass through the fading morning mist and shoot towards the Jiannu army array.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Countless long arrows were nailed to the shield cart, and the Jiannu soldiers hiding behind were almost unaffected except for a few unlucky ghosts, and continued to shout and push the shield cart towards the Ming army.

"Prepare for the firecracker! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! The bird hit the shield cart, and suddenly the sawdust flew sideways, and some Jiannu standing near the shield cart were injured by the flying sawdust, but it was limited to that, and it still couldn't stop the progress of the Jiannu.

Zhang Shenyu shouted: "The spearmen, swords and axes come forward, ready to fight!" ”

The Ming soldiers in the battalion stepped forward in a phalanx, rows of bright spears raised outward, and behind the pikemen, thousands of knife and axe men were on standby.

The attacking Jiannu was filling in the trench, which was not wide, and it didn't take long to cross over.

Naja Lajen cried out, "Archers let go of their arrows!" Shoot Nikan! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

The arrows fired by Jiannu poured like a torrential rain on the Ming army's formation. The Ming soldiers wearing fiery red mandarin duck jackets were like a ball of fire that had been splashed with cold water, and they were suddenly splashed down, and the Ming soldiers in the front row suffered heavy casualties. At this time, the melee infantry had already lined up in a dense formation, and the archers behind could only throw and shoot blindly, and they could not suppress the rain of arrows of the slaves at all; The firecrackers could not shoot, and they could not squeeze through the dense phalanx to the front to shoot at Jiannu, so they could only stare dryly in the back.

Zhang Shenyu was horrified when he saw this, he never expected Jiannu's arrow rain to be so powerful and accurate! Hurriedly shouted: "Open the camp gate and rush out!" Engage! ”

The soldiers of the Ming army hurriedly opened the doors of the large and small camps facing Jiannu, and rushed out of the camp to Jiannu, and if they didn't take the initiative to attack, they would be shot by Jiannu as a target!

Huang Taiji saw that thousands of Ming troops rushed out of the camp, so he ordered: "Shock! Storm the camp of the Ming army! ”

More than 10,000 people on both sides fought in front of the Ming army camp. Because the Ming army needed to pass through the large and small camp gates, the formation was very scattered, and the Jiannu, who had a comparable number of people but a strict formation, suddenly fell into the disadvantage, and was beaten back and wounded.

"The main force of the Ming army? And that's no different! Huang Taiji sneered in his heart.

Zhang Shenyu was very anxious when he saw this, and many ways flashed in his mind: he wanted to send troops out to support again, but the open space in front of the camp was so big, and no matter how many people went up, they could only wave their flags and shout in the back, which did not play any role; And sent troops to go out from the side to attack on the flank of Jiannu, but looking at the Jiannu army faintly pressing in the distance, they didn't dare to act rashly, who knows how many people Jiannu came? Looking at this posture, I can't figure out that the main force of Jiannu is all here.

Unfortunately, Zhang Shenyu guessed correctly.

With only a cup of tea, the attacking Ming army was defeated and fled back to the camp. And the Jiannu who attacked the camp took advantage of the victory to pursue, and there were already a small number of Jiannu heavy armor snatching the camp gate.

Zhang Shenyu was shocked, and hurriedly mobilized hundreds of firefighters, but he didn't care about being injured by mistake, and directly hit him near the camp gate.

With bursts of black smoke rising, both the Ming soldiers and Jiannu near the camp gate suddenly fell, but this move did curb Jiannu's offensive, and Huang Taiji was worried that his subordinates would suffer too many casualties and ordered to retreat.

It was past noon, but the sky was darker and hazy, and it was even more indiscerning. When the soldiers heard the order to retreat, they retreated like a tide, as if an evil spirit had hidden into a ghost.

Zhang Shenyu breathed a sigh of relief, remembering that there were still more than ten Tiger Zun cannons in the camp, and immediately ordered: "Bring the Tiger Zun cannons up!" Aim at Jiannu and beat me to death! ”

After the guns were erected, the gunners were loading the guns. Seeing that the sky was not good and his vision was not clear, Zhang Shenyu ordered his soldiers to light the fire for artillery bombardment.

The fires were lit everywhere, instantly illuminating the Ming army camp, and the distance of more than ten steps outside the camp was very bright. However, the distance was still foggy and very dim.

Zhang Shenyu saw that he still couldn't see Jiannu's movements clearly, and was thinking about countermeasures, only to hear a sound of breaking the sky, and then the Ming army camp shot dense arrows in all directions, and the Ming army close to the gate was immediately shot down.

The soldiers of the Ming army dodged arrows in all directions, and there was chaos in the camp, and there were only enough people outside the camp, and it was impossible to distinguish where there were people and where there were shadows.

"Not good! I was so confused! Let Jiannu be attacked by the dark. Zhang Shenyu said secretly, and hurriedly shouted: "Put out the fire!" Extinguish the fire! ”

At this time, no one would pay attention to Zhang Shenyu's shouts. Under the repeated blows of Jiannu's dense arrows, the Ming army suffered many casualties. In addition, more than 20,000 people have been completely chaotic, and people and horses have trampled on each other, and there are even more casualties.

"Oh my God! It's all over! Zhang Shenyu looked at his subordinates who were shouting everywhere and running for their lives, looking like he wanted to cry without tears, and looked blankly at a hellish picture in front of him.

Huang Taiji rode on his war horse and watched the Ming army fall into chaos and collapse, and laughed nonstop.

As soon as the Ming army lit the fire, Huang Taiji ordered all the archers and all the soldiers who could shoot bows and arrows under his command to shoot arrows around the Ming army camp under the cover of the dark sky, and shoot the Ming soldiers who were marked out by the firelight.

At this time, Nurhachi had also taken advantage of the fog to lead the main force of Jiannu over the trench and was pulling out the antlers.

In the camp, Zhang Shenyu's hoarse voice beckoned his subordinates to assemble and wanted to break out, but he heard a tsunami-like shout, and then saw countless Jiannu soldiers pouring into the Ming army camp.

Nurhachi was very happy when he saw that the overall situation had been settled, and said to Dai Shan and the others around him: "Sibeile is really strategic, this battle is successful, and Sibeile should be the first credit!" ”

Dai Shan smiled happily on his face, but he was very angry in his heart: "The Ming army can't help fighting so much, whoever comes to fight will win, what is his ability!" ”

By the evening, the Ming army was completely dispersed, and the Jiannu army captured the Ming army camp. Dai Shan, Huang Taiji, and other Beile and Taiji divided their troops to pursue the remnants of the Ming army.

In this battle, the more than 20,000 soldiers of the Ming Army's Western Route Army who stayed in the Salhu camp were almost wiped out, and the general Zhang Shenyu was martyred. The hundreds of reinforcements from the Yehe tribe who accompanied the expedition in the battalion were already small, so they all surrendered to Jiannu at this time.