Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 3 is quite stale

Section 11 Han Cavalry Raid and Tartar Captivity (3)

Wu Xing looked back and saw that Liu Yunwei was leading the iron cavalry army to rush over, and immediately oversaw the army storming the Zhenghuang Banner iron cavalry, preparing to flank the Jiannu army, and the battle became more and more fierce for a while. At the same time, Gao Hongguang also led the soldiers of the Yingyang Battalion to fight to the death and did not retreat, regardless of casualties, and fought with the iron cavalry with the yellow flag. Coupled with the main force of 20,000 Hanwei troops who killed out of the camp, the entire battlefield became extremely lively, and the dawn of victory had shone on the battle flag of the Hanwei army.

Seeing this, Liu Yunwei couldn't help cheering, and hurriedly ordered the main army of the trapped camp and the Yingyang battalion to go all the way to the north, advance to the edge of the battlefield and wait in formation, ready to block Nurhachi's main army of the two yellow flags at any time. Then, Liu Yunwei roared loudly and led more than 8,000 iron cavalry into the battlefield, and took the lead in colliding with 3,000 iron cavalry with yellow flags.

I saw that the five thousand dragon horsemen who rushed to the front were murderous, like a sharp blade, and instantly cut off the cavalry formation of the Yellow Flag Iron Horseman! Immediately afterwards, more than 8,000 iron cavalry soldiers divided and surrounded the Zhenghuang Banner Iron Cavalry, which was already in chaos, and began the encirclement and annihilation battle.

Liu Yunwei saw that the general situation here had been decided, so he urgently ordered Wu Xing's troops, who were encircling and annihilating the Yellow Flag Iron Cavalry, to withdraw from the battlefield, and immediately rushed to support the soldiers of the Eagle Yang Battalion led by Gao Hongguang.

After receiving the order, Wu Xing did not hesitate, and directly led more than 1,000 iron cavalry soldiers to rush out of the battle formation, rushing towards Gao Hongguang's headquarters in the southwest direction, and engaged the iron cavalry with the yellow flag in less than a cup of tea.

With the addition of the trapped camp iron cavalry, the morale of the Yingyang battalion led by Gao Hongguang was greatly boosted, and they formed formations and spears to launch a counterattack against the yellow flag iron cavalry that had lost its speed. Coupled with the continuous rushing and killing of more than 1,000 iron cavalry soldiers trapped in the camp, the iron cavalry with the yellow flag, which had been seriously damaged, gradually could not resist, and the cavalry finally collapsed under the rapid blow of the soldiers of the Hanwei army, and the remaining more than 1,000 iron cavalry with the yellow flag fled in panic towards the main army behind.

When the Yellow Flag Iron Cavalry not far away saw this scene, the army's heart was immediately lost, and under the fierce attack of the army led by Liu Yunwei, it collapsed in an instant, and fled to the two yellow flag arrays in the rear.

Seeing that the victory was decided, Liu Yunwei immediately ordered the trapping camp and the iron cavalry of the Yingyang battalion to move closer to him, and pressed towards the two yellow flag arrays, and all the infantry troops were also facing the north in formation, preparing to meet the possible attack of the two yellow flag Jiannu.

At this time, Nurhachi's face was pale and he looked at the two yellow flag iron horsemen who fled back from all over the mountains, and a wave of anger was blocked in his chest and there was nowhere to get rid of it, and he kept thinking about how to save the situation, but there was nothing he could do in the face of the already shaken military heart.

"Hanwei Army!" Nurhachi's heart kept repeating these three words, and the words were full of hatred, wanting the whole army to charge and fight to the death, but the possible casualties of the two yellow flags were unacceptable to Nurhachi no matter what.

After thinking about it, Nurhachi still decided to withdraw the whole army for the time being, and wait until the two red flags and the two blue flag armies converged before making plans.

"Spread my will, and the whole army retreated five miles and camped." It didn't take long for the two Yellow Flag armies to change from the rear to the front and slowly retreated.

Liu Yunwei looked at the two yellow flag armies that were gradually moving away, and wanted to lead the army to attack it, and fought to the death with Nurhachi at any cost, but was just about to order the whole army to attack, but was stopped by Gao Hongguang on the side.

"Big brother! I just received an urgent report that something happened in the Changshui camp, and the prisoners sent someone to deliver the letter! ”

Liu Yunwei was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly called the person who delivered the letter to him and asked, "What's wrong!" ”

The Ye Bushu said: "Qiqi General Town, Wen Guerrilla has been leading the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion to delay the two red flags and two blue flags in the Fushun area to the south. But just two days ago, Dai Shan's design attacked the Changshui battalion camp in the hills and woodlands fifteen miles south of the Hunhe River, and Wen guerrilla led the soldiers of the Changshui battalion to fight for two hours before they had to retreat, but the soldiers of the Changshui battalion suffered serious losses, and now they have rapidly moved south and retreated in the direction of the Qianshan camp. Guerrilla Wen sent me to lead people to report the military situation to the general town, so as not to fall for the treacherous plan of Jiannu by mistake! ”

Liu Yunwei's face was very ugly after hearing this, and he said to Wu Xing and Gao Hongguang beside him: "I have the heart to fight to the death with Nurhachi here, but unfortunately the time is not right!" The herald ordered the army to retreat immediately, and first return to Liaoyang City to join the main forces of the Feiyu Battalion and the Huben Battalion before making plans. ”

Wu Xing and Gao Hongguang both sighed, the situation changed so quickly that people felt overwhelmed, and in a blink of an eye, the situation of the bloody battle of the soldiers of the whole army changed, and the offensive instantly turned into a defensive position, and it was difficult for everyone's hearts to accept it for a while.

Liu Yunwei saw that everyone's morale was a little low, so he smiled and said, "What? A little setback that makes you down? Back then, we were never so depressed when we left Liaodong and went to Guannai, and today my Hanwei army is only a slight setback, what's the big deal! Let's go back to Liaoyang first, and then return to the Qianshan camp and wait for the opportunity, it's a big deal to fight another victory in Qianshan! ”

Wu Xing, Gao Hongguang, and Guo Yi all recovered some of their spirits when they heard this, and then they each led their troops to go. Half an hour later, the trapped camp, the Yingyang camp, and the Longxiang Iron Cavalry army began to slowly retreat, rushing all the way in the direction of Liaoyang City.

Two days later, Liu Yunwei led the army to the Hanwei army camp in the south of Liaoyang City, and after converging the soldiers of the Feiyu Battalion and the Huben Battalion, he did not make any stops, and led the army to immediately go south and retreat to the Qianshan camp.

At this time, Huang Taiji and Azig stood on the city tower and looked at the slowly retreating Han Wei army, the two were extremely shocked at first, and then laughed wildly one after another, and then the two white flag Jiannu of the entire Liaoyang City stood on the city wall unscrupulously and laughed wildly.

"It must be Khan Ama who is leading the army to come, it must be so!" Azig said loudly.

After Huang Taiji laughed for a while, he pondered and said secretly: "Seeing that the strength of the Han Wei army has not suffered much damage, it should have taken the initiative to retreat after a fierce battle with Khan Ama." In this way, this Liu Yunwei is not only brave and strong, but also knows how to make trade-offs, and he is really my number one strong enemy! ”

Half a day later, Nurhachi led a total of 70,000 troops with yellow flags, two red flags, two blue flags, and Mongolian reinforcements to Liaoyang City (Zhenghuang Banner went to garrison Shenyang City), and camped in the south of the city to rest.

That night, Nurhachi convened Huang Taiji, Azig, Daishan, Amin, and Mang Gurtai at the prefect's yamen. After learning about the two white flags defending the city in the past few days, Nurhachi greatly praised Huang Taiji and Azig, and gave a lot of gold and silver to commend them.

After that, Nurhachi asked about the loss of the two white flags, and Huang Taiji said: "Qiyu Khan Ama, after these days of fierce fighting, I have lost more than 2,700 warriors under the white flag, about 3,000 warriors with the white flag, nearly 5,000 Mongolian soldiers in the city, and about 10,000 people in the defending army. ”

Nurhachi frowned slightly and said, "How can you lose so much?" The two yellow flags also lost more than 3,000 warriors in the north, and my eight banner warriors actually lost more than 10,000 people! ”

Huang Taiji sighed and said, "Qiyu Khan Ama, first, there are many firearms in the Hanwei army, and they are very sharp, killing and injuring many warriors; Moreover, the Hanwei army also made a bloody investment in this battle, and in just two days, tens of thousands of Hanwei troops attacked almost day and night, regardless of casualties. That's why the warriors defending the city suffered so many casualties. ”

Nurhachi thought for a moment and said, "In this way, the casualties of the Hanwei army will not be small?" ”

"Erchen thinks it is exactly, at least it should be around 10,000 people."

"Humph!" Nurhachi sneered and said, "That's fine, now that my Dajin forces have been revitalized, it's time to take the opportunity to counterattack." Spread my will, tomorrow morning, the army with white flags will be stationed in Liaoyang City, and all the rest of the soldiers and horses will go south to Qianshan together, and I will have another bloody battle with Liu Yunwei! ”

Just when Nurhachi decided to lead the army south to Qianshan, Liu Yunwei also led the soldiers of the Hanwei army to arrive at the Qianshan camp.

Liu Yunwei first ordered the trapping camp, the Huben camp, and the Yingyang camp to set up a large camp at the foot of the mountain north of Qianshan, and they were horns with each other. After that, he ordered the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion who came later to camp on the flat land on the northern slope of Qianshan, while the Feiyu Battalion and the Pacesetter Battalion camped separately on the mountain.

After nightfall, the officers and men of each battalion had already finished camping and began to rest, but Liu Yunwei did not care about resting, and hurriedly summoned the generals and officers of the whole army to the big tent of the Chinese army to discuss matters.

Liu Yunwei first explained the current battle situation to the generals, and then asked Yuan Mingxuan to talk about the losses of each battalion.

Yuan Mingxuan said with an unkind face: "In this battle to the north, the pacesetter battalion lost a total of 1,100 soldiers, the Feiyu battalion lost a total of 1,202 soldiers, the trapped camp lost a total of 1,266 soldiers, the Tiger Battalion lost 1,311 soldiers, the Yingyang battalion lost 2,149 soldiers, and the Changshui battalion lost 2,683 soldiers. A total of 9,711 soldiers were lost in all battalions of the whole army! ”

At this time, the faces of everyone in the tent were iron blue, and nearly 10,000 soldiers were killed in the first battle, and there had never been such a big loss since the establishment of the Han Wei Army!

Liu Yunwei asked in a deep voice, "How many Jiannu heads have we won?" ”

Yuan Mingxuan said: "Our army has won more than 2,400 levels of the two white flags and Jiannu, more than 1,900 Mongolian Tatar heads, and 890 levels of the two yellow flags, totaling more than 5,000 levels. ”

"The most important thing is that now Liaoyang City is still in the hands of Jiannu, and the people of the Han family in the city are still in the dust!" Liu Yunwei slowly stood up and said: "According to my estimate, the slave chief will lead the army south in a few days, and then the whole army will continue to fight, and once again build a slave in Qianshan!" ”

All the generals were excited when they heard this, and they all stood up and shouted loudly: "I am willing to fight the Tartars with the blood of the general town and restore my rivers and mountains!" ”

At this moment, a general manager who did not collect 100 people at night suddenly broke into the big tent and said, "Qiqi Town! Lord Li Linbin, the squire of the military department, is here, and the court has changed! ”