Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 1 Liaodong Shock

Chapter 4 Martyrdom in the Bloody Battle of the Tartars

Section 7 Defeat of Jilin Cliff

It is said that Azig led 5,000 soldiers and horses to Jilin Cliff, and when he approached Jilin Cliff, the scout reported: "Qi Taiji, the main general of the Ming army, Jun Song, led 10,000 troops to storm Jilin Cliff New Town, and the defenders are defending it to the death." ”

"How's the battle going?" Azig asked.

The scout replied: "Back to Taiji, the terrain of Jilin Ya New Town is dangerous, our army's defense has not declined, and the Ming army has never been able to reach the city. ”

"Good!" Azig was overjoyed and immediately ordered the army to hold off on its march to maintain its strength.

"Go slowly, let Juniper fight hard, and then we'll go when we're tired."

Although Azig is young and a little reckless in trouble, he has been following Nurhachi to fight countless battles in the south and the north, and he can be regarded as a veteran. At this time, knowing the battle situation of Jilin Cliff, he made a judgment immediately.

Just when Azig led his troops to march slowly, the battlefield of Jilin Cliff was already in full swing.

Jun Song, Wang Xuan, the chief soldier of Baoding, and Zhao Menglin, the former chief soldier, were watching the battle from a distance, only to see two thousand soldiers of the Ming army carrying several ladders to attack the city, and the rest of the main force was waiting in formation five hundred steps away.

The Jilin Cliff Guard is a white-flaged Ala-ezhen named Marsai. At this time, Marseille was supervising the battle at the head of the city, and almost all of the more than 800 white-flaged Jiannu stationed here went to the city to fight.

"Engage! Nikan is here! Marseille cried out: "The archers release their arrows!" ”

Arrows rained down, the soldiers of the Ming army besieging the city advanced forward with their shields, and the soldiers who were constantly hit by arrows fell to the ground, and the soldiers carrying the ladders suffered heavy casualties. But no one was timid or hesitant, the comrades in front fell, and the people behind would immediately make up for it, and the siege phalanx was still approaching Jilin Cliff New Town!

"Shoot the arrows! Put! At the same time as Jiannu released arrows, the archers in the Ming army's large array also began to release arrows.

The two sides shot at each other for a while, but the Jiannu side did not seem to be affected, the arrows shot were still fierce, and the casualties of the Ming army continued to expand.

"The casualties of the soldiers are a bit big." Chief soldier Zhao Menglin said with some unbearability.

Juniper was expressionless and said, "There are no immortals in war!" Capture this city and join the city of Hetuala, and these soldiers will not die in vain! ”

Wang Xuan, the chief soldier, said: "If we shoot like this, we will suffer too much." The new city of Jiannu was originally built on the hillside, and it took advantage of it by condescending to release arrows; Moreover, there are hanging households above the head of the city (that is, cotton fabrics such as quilts soaked in water, which have a very good anti-arrow effect), and our arrows do not play much role. ”

"Then let the archers stop, and order the siege soldiers to speed up!" Juniper said.

In this way, the soldiers of the Ming army braved the rain of arrows from Jiannu to advance bravely, and after paying a certain number of casualties, they finally advanced to the city.

"Set up the ladder! Set up a ladder! The generals of various departments, the general managers and other grass-roots generals shouted loudly, and several ladders were erected one after another in the sound of the soldiers' trumpets.

"Up! Ascend to the city! ”

"Kill the Tartars!"

"Rush forward!"

The soldiers of the Ming army climbed the ladder one after another and climbed towards the head of the city, and the siege battle began.

"Rolling wood! Throw it at me! ”

In an instant, countless stones and whole logs fell from the city, and the soldiers of the Ming army on the ladder were all smashed and died in the city, breaking their tendons. The soldiers waiting to climb the ladder under the city raised their shields one after another, but to no avail, how could the large stones and logs that fell high be blocked by a single soldier's round shield?

"Pour! Pour me boiling water! Marsai shouted excitedly, and was extremely excited to see the Ming army's casualties, and said to the soldiers beside him: "These Ming people still want to build this Jilin Cliff, it's a dream!" ”

The boiling water poured down like a waterfall, and the soldiers of the Ming army on the ladder and under the city wall suddenly screamed. If a smaller stone can be caught with a shield, then this boiling water can only be resisted with its own flesh and blood.

"Ahh

"Ah, who's going to kill me!"

The city was full of Ming soldiers who were rolling on the ground and wailing in pain, the smell of hot water scorching the human body and the smell of blood from the soldiers who died in battle were intertwined, and the whole battlefield became miserable, making people can't help but gag again and again.

Juniper looked at the battlefield in front of him with a pale face, was very annoyed, and shouted: "Two thousand soldiers attacked the small castle guarded by more than 800 Jiannu, but they couldn't even go up the city wall, and they suffered heavy casualties!" Then when he fights Hetuala, won't he die completely? ”

"Tell the attacking soldiers to retreat first, and attack again after a little formation, what do you think, General Du?" Wang Xuan said.

"Okay, let the brothers pull back and take a breath. Archers prepare for cover. ”

A swan whistle sounded, and the tide of the Ming army besieging the city generally retreated, leaving only corpses and seriously wounded in one place. However, depending on the situation, these seriously injured people will not survive today.

Seeing that the Ming army was repulsed, Marsai laughed loudly: "The Ming people are weak, it seems that in the future, this Liaodong will be the world of my Dajin, haha." ”

After Marseille finished speaking, he was just about to give the order to shoot the retreating Ming army, when he saw a black cloud shooting over from the Ming army's large array, Marseille hurriedly hid under the battlements and shouted: "Raise your shield!" ”

After several rounds of arrow rain of the Ming army, the besieging soldiers safely withdrew to the large array. At this time, the 2,000 soldiers who attacked the city only returned in their early 1,000s, and nearly half of them fell under the city.

Juniper looked at the sun and said, "The army will be divided into two thousand men to guard it, and the rest of the men and horses will rest on the spot and attack again in the afternoon." ”

"Mr. Du, the time should not be delayed for too long, it is difficult to guarantee that the reinforcements of Jiannu will not come, let's continue to attack the city and take this place as soon as possible." Zhao Menglin persuaded.

Juniper said: "This city is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, we really want to overseer the army to storm and defeat it, but how many brothers will die?" If the casualties are too large, it will affect the follow-up operations. ”

"Then what if the army of Jiannu comes to reinforce it?" Wang Xuan asked.

Juniper thought about it seriously and said, "Okay, then attack again." ”

Soon the Ming army again organized 2,000 men to prepare for the siege of the city, and this time Juniper first mobilized 300 musketeers, under the cover of the sword and axe men holding shields, rushed to the city less than 100 paces below, and struck at the head of the city.

Seeing the shield array composed of hundreds of Ming troops slowly approaching, Marsai immediately ordered to shoot arrows and kill. Jiannu's arrows kept nailing to the shield, making a dull sound, and from time to time the Ming army was shot to the ground. The Ming army advanced until it was fifty or sixty paces away from the city wall before stopping.

At this moment, the Ming army in the distance began to release arrows again, and the Jiannu in the city raised their shields to avoid the arrows.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the three hundred musketeers in the shield perimeter rushed out, lined up in three horizontal rows, and struck at the head of the city, and after the soldiers in the first row finished shooting, they immediately ran to the back and began to reload, while the second row began to shoot, and so on and so on to keep the fire suppressed.

(To mention here, the three-stage shooting is actually not a high-tech, nor is it the first in the West, it was played by Xu Da during the Northern Expedition to Mongolia in the early years of the Ming Dynasty.) ）

The hanging households at the head of the city could not withstand the blow of lead bullets at all, and Jiannu was dizzy when he was beaten, and the casualties expanded sharply, and the Jiannu who defended the city began to become panicked.

Marseille crouched under the wall and shouted: "Don't panic, hide well, those who shake the hearts of the army will be killed!" ”

Seeing that the firecrackers had successfully suppressed Jiannu, Juniper was overjoyed and ordered the Ming army to begin attacking the city.

The 2,000 soldiers of the Ming Army quickly rushed to the new city of Jilin Ya, set up a ladder with almost no obstruction, and began to attach ants to the city.

Seeing that the Ming guns had stopped firing, Marseille immediately jumped up and shouted: "Get up for me, the Ming army is coming up, engage in battle!" ”

The Jiannu soldiers returned to their defensive positions one after another, and the soldiers of the Ming army took the opportunity to cross the city one after another, and the two sides started hand-to-hand combat!

Seeing that the soldiers of the Ming army had begun to fight for the head of the city, Jun Song breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said, "Throw another thousand people up." ”

Soon, a thousand Ming troops entered the battlefield.

At this moment, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves came from the right rear of the battlefield, and Juniper, Wang Xuan, and Zhao Menglin had an ominous premonition in their hearts, and hurriedly looked to the right rear, only to see dust in the distance, and thousands of Jiannu inlaid with white flags and iron horsemen rushed over.

"Let the besieging soldiers withdraw! Fast! The whole army is in dense formation to meet the enemy! Juniper roared.

Wang Xuan and Zhao Menglin even rode their horses to the front of the formation, shouting loudly, and the soldiers commanding the Ming army's large array relined in the direction of the Jiannu Iron Cavalry.

"Damn! I don't close it at night! Why hasn't the army of Jiannu been found? Juniper shouted irritably.

Azig rushed in front of his horse, and behind him five thousand white flag iron horsemen galloped wildly, seeing that the Ming army was re-arrayed in a chaotic manner, Azig was overjoyed and shouted: "Speed up!" Kill! ”

It was too fast, and before the Ming army could line up the formation, Jiannu was killed. Five thousand Jiannu iron horsemen rode horses and stormed, and the Ming army, which was not ready, was in chaos, and the soldiers trampled on each other, killing and wounding countless people.

Wang Xuan and Zhao Menglin slowly retreated under the protection of Jiading, wanting to join Juniper. Unfortunately, the two were too conspicuous and were soon discovered by Azig.

"Kill the commander of the Ming army!" After speaking, Azig took the lead in rushing towards the two, and the imposing Jiannu Iron Cavalry quickly submerged Wang Xuan, Zhao Menglin, and dozens of families around him.

Juniper was behind the big array, loudly commanding the soldiers in the rear to assemble, but he saw countless routs in front of him screaming and rushing over, and the Jiannu Iron Cavalry followed behind and kept killing the Ming troops running around, constantly driving the Ming army to attack the rear where Juniper was.

Juniper looked up to the sky and sighed: "I didn't expect that I, Juniper, would die here today!" ”

Seeing the panicked look of the Ming army around him, as the Jiannu Iron Cavalry got closer and closer, it collapsed in an instant. Juniper no longer paid attention to the defeated soldiers who fled, but pulled out his waist knife and crossed it in front of his chest, and faced the thousands of Jiannu iron horsemen who killed him alone, and rushed over with a fierce sword.

"The general soldier of the Ming Dynasty, Juniper, is here, who will kill me!"

No one responded, only thousands of Jiannu iron horsemen trampled by. At this point, the Daming West Route Army was completely annihilated.