Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 10 Return my rivers and mountains

Chapter 1 The Han Tigers and Tigers set out together

Section 3 The Sea of Blood of the Liaohe River (1)

In the third year of Chongzhen (the third year of Tiancong in the Manchu Qing Dynasty), at the beginning of May, on the east bank of the Liao River.

Huang Taiji stood on the embankment on the east bank, his eyebrows furrowed and stared at the fierce battle in the distance, his eyebrows were full of worry, as if he was holding back a huge anger, which made the surrounding Manchu magnates tremble.

And behind Huang Taiji, Azig, Daishan, Haoge, Zilharang, Dolgon, and Duoduo were also looking into the distance with cold faces; In the process of the Qing army sweeping Liaodong, Kong Youde, the owner of the two blue flags, Shang Kexi, the owner of the two white flags, and Geng Zhongming, the owner of the two red flags, who had surrendered to the Qing army and became traitors, looked at the bloody battlefield in front of them with terrifying faces, as if they were at a loss for what to do. The rest of the banner owners and generals of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Korean Eight Banners were also pale, and all of them were shocked by the tragic battle situation in front of them.

(The two yellow flags of the Han army do not have flag owners, and are personally led by Huang Taiji, and the same is true for the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Korean Eight Banners.) ）

At this time, the 150,000 troops of the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of the Korean Army along the long Liao River were divided into four routes, and at the same time attacked the defense line of the Han Wei Army on the opposite bank. These cannon fodder of the Qing army roared wildly, stepping on the thick ice on the river and rushing towards the opposite side, the scene was spectacular.

However, the 150,000-strong army launched the attack from the morning until noon, and after losing 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers and horses, it still did not set foot on the land on the opposite bank, and more than a dozen attacks were all defeated by the Hanwei army on the opposite bank without exception.

At this time, Huang Taiji looked at the soldiers and horses of the Han Eight Banners and the North Korean Eight Banners who had been defeated again, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching for a while, and his heart was extremely anxious, and he said secretly: "This time, I have mobilized 600,000 troops, and I have staked all the belongings in the country, and this battle can only be won, not defeated!" I must break through the defense line of the Hanwei army on the other side before Liu Yunwei rushes back, and take the initiative in this battle! Otherwise, the situation in this battle will change unpredictably! ”

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji wanted to use the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to use firearms to confront the Hanwei army on the other side. But after thinking about it carefully for a while, Huang Taiji suppressed this thought in his heart.

At this time, the Han Wei army on the other side has obviously not used all its strength, and this decisive battle related to the national fortunes of the Ming and Qing dynasties has just begun.

Huang Taiji thought for a while, then looked at the Korean Eight Banners generals behind him and said, "Lord Park, it's time for your musketeers to play!" ”

Behind Huang Taiji, the general of the Korean Eight Banners Unification Army was a minister sent by the king of Joseon, named Park Buhua, who had a musket battalion of 5,000 men under his command, and was quite well-equipped.

"Let's use these Koreans to consume the strength of the Hanwei army, I hope I don't think highly of them!"

When Pu Buhua heard this, he couldn't help but shudder, and was very reluctant to lead the army to fight, the Han Wei army on the other side was the most fierce opponent he had ever seen, even stronger than the Qing army that destroyed his motherland Korea, and led the army to fight against such an enemy army, isn't it self-defeating?

However, reluctance is reluctance, and Pu Buhua does not have the courage to refuse Huang Taiji's order. So, Pu Buhua stepped forward with a pale face and said, "The minister's order!" ”

Half an hour later, Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming gathered the defeated and retreated more than 100,000 Han Eight Banners and North Korean Eight Banners and gave up the frontal battlefield. And Park Buhua led 5,000 North Korean musketeers in five rows to step forward, step by step towards the rock-solid Hanwei army defense line on the opposite bank.

Subsequently, Kong Youde personally led 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Han Army of the Two Blue Banners and 60,000 soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners of Korea to follow, preparing to rush forward and start hand-to-hand combat with the Han Wei Army.

Pu Buhua was in the formation and slowly moved forward with the big array, the ice under his feet had already turned scarlet, and from time to time there were some stumps and broken arms, minced meat, and intestines, and the ice in some places was shattered by the fierce artillery fire of the Hanwei army, and then it was frozen into a thin layer of ice by the cold weather.

By the time Park Buhua led his army to a distance of 200 paces from the west bank, dozens of the 5,000 Korean musketeers had fallen into the cold water. And Park Buhua also almost fell into the water twice, if it weren't for the subordinates around him who pulled Park Buhua in time, it is estimated that the commander of this North Korean army would "die before he left the army".

However, just when Pu Buhua was terrified, bursts of artillery suddenly sounded from the defense line of the Hanwei Army in front, and the cannons like raindrops roared towards the North Korean fire array.

"Ming artillery! Speed up! Come on! ”

Park Buhua roared loudly with a blushing face, and led the large array of North Korean firecrackers to run forward, and the originally neat horizontal formation turned into a swarm of bees in a blink of an eye, and nearly 5,000 North Korean soldiers all ran forward with all their strength, for fear that they would be hit by the cannons of the Han Wei army.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The artillery battalion of the Hanwei Army was constantly roaring, and after paying some casualties, the North Korean Eight Banners finally broke out of the firing range of the Hanwei Army's artillery, and it was safer for the time being.

However, the tens of thousands of troops under Kong Youde's department, which followed behind the Korean musketeers, were unlucky and were bombarded by the artillery of the Hanwei army. Although the death toll of the army is not very large, but under the continuous hard fighting, the morale of the army has already fallen to the bottom, at this time by the artillery of the Hanwei army, it immediately exploded the nest, tens of thousands of troops trampled on each other, and clashed back and forth on the river, the scene was extremely chaotic.

Kong Youde was furious when he saw this, and led his own soldiers to bomb and suppress everywhere, but it was still to no avail. In desperation, Kong Youde could only flee with the tide of rout towards the Qing army position behind.

Kong Youde fled forward almost with his hands and feet, and was about to flee to the east coast, when he suddenly heard a loud noise behind him, and then heard a hair-bursting shout behind him: "The ice has cracked!" ”

Kong Youde fled to the shore in three steps and two steps, and then hurriedly looked behind him, only to see that the place where the army had stayed just now had turned into an ocean, and a section of ice about two miles long had completely cracked and turned into a huge ice lake.

At this time, although the Liaohe River area is still unusually cold, but after all, it is already May, and the temperature is naturally not comparable with the cold winter wax moon, and the ice of the Liaohe River will naturally melt some. The Qing army and the Hanwei army fought repeatedly, not only more than 100,000 troops continued to charge back and forth on the ice, but also the artillery of the Hanwei army continued to smash on the ice. After a series of tosses, the ice surface of the Liao River finally could not hold up and began to completely crack.

Huang Taiji was also furious when he saw this, and hurriedly ordered to gather the army and count the casualties. After that, Huang Taiji looked at the thousands of North Korean firecrackers who were fleeing in panic in the distance, sighed heavily, and said secretly: "It seems that this army of soldiers and horses is broken here!" ”

At the same time, Pu Buhua also found that the ice behind him was beginning to crack in an all-round way, so he didn't care about any formation or formation, and immediately ordered the whole army to rush towards the west bank. At this time, Pu Buhua was facing a desperate situation of having a strong army in front and a big river in the back, and was already preparing to surrender to the Hanwei army on the west bank.

"Anyway, it's true to save your life first!"

With this in mind, Pu Buhua immediately ordered his subordinates to erect a white flag, and then shouted loudly with his subordinates in the blunt Daming official dialect: "Surrender!" ”

However, what Park Buhua and the thousands of North Korean gunners never expected was that they were greeted not by the order to "put down their weapons", but by the fierce bird cannon and the roaring tiger cannon. After only a stick of incense, thousands of North Korean firecrackers, including Park Buhwa, were slaughtered on the bank of the West Bank, and in a few moments, the ice near the West Bank also cracked, and the thousands of steaming corpses sank into the icy river in the blink of an eye, dyeing the river bright red.

And when Huang Taiji saw this scene in front of him, his face instantly became extremely ugly. Because Huang Taiji clearly knew that according to the previous practice of the Hanwei army, most of them would accept the surrender of those Korean soldiers, but this time the Hanwei army actually slaughtered thousands of Korean soldiers, what does this mean? It shows that the Han Weijun is demonstrating to themselves and declaring a belief to the Qing Dynasty.

That is: this battle, never die!

"Passing on my will, the whole army will temporarily collect troops and return to the camp, and order all flags to seize the time to collect and build boats, and three days later, the army will forcibly cross the river again!"

The surrounding Manchu banner lords and generals breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and said secretly: "Now I can finally take a breath!" ”

Suddenly, just as Huang Taiji was about to leave the Qing army's position on the east bank first, a huge cheer suddenly came from the Hanwei army's defense line on the west bank of the Liao River, and the sound resounded in the sky. Across the wide Liao River, Huang Taiji, Haoge, Dolgon, Dai Shan and other Manchu banner lords and generals can clearly see that countless bright red battle flags of the Han Wei army on the opposite bank are waving constantly, as if they have won the battle.

Then, a majestic Han war song came, which made the Tartars on the east bank of the Liao River feel deep fear.

"Wearing iron armor and carrying a long knife. The battle with the son is long.

Fight with the enemy, die and live together. Fight with your son, and your heart will not be slack.

Step on the swallow and chase the beard. Fight with the son, and sing fearlessly. ”

Huang Taiji couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the scene in the distance, and said, "Liu Yunwei is back!" The banners immediately deployed their defenses along the Liao River, and within a few days, Liu Yunwei would lead the Hanwei army to counterattack. ”

As soon as these words came out, Dai Shan, Dolgon, Hauge, Azig, Zilharang, Duoduo and others all changed color in shock, and Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming were even more heartbroken!