Chapter 182: Hurry north
Amin's eldest son, Erli, was killed by an arrow in the throat, causing the more than 100 horsemen behind him to suddenly go crazy and rush towards the cavalry led by Qu Chengen as if they were dying. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the face of the menacing 4,000 Pidao cavalry, although these more than 100 cavalry inlaid with blue flags were extremely elite, they could not avoid the end of their encirclement and annihilation.
After inflicting more than 100 casualties on Qu Chengen's subordinates, all of the blue-flag-inlaid guards were killed.
And Liu Xingxian, who came in a hurry at this time, recognized at a glance Aierli, who was shot in the throat and died on the street, and immediately reported Qu Chengen.
Qu Chengen was overjoyed when he heard the news, and ordered his soldiers to dismount, cut off the head of Erli, and put it in the leather bag next to his saddle in blood.
Because it is a great achievement to kill the clan of the captive clan, he has missed the opportunity to kill Azig, since he happened to shoot Amin's eldest son Erli as soon as he entered the city, of course, it was a surprise.
With Liu Xingzhi and Qu Chengen riding more than 5,000 horses into the city, the city suddenly became chaotic.
However, Qu Chengen was not able to successfully block Amin and establish a formation to kill the slave chiefs as Mao Wenlong did in Dingzhou.
Because at this time, there were still 6,000 troops in the city of Yiju with blue flags, and although the cavalry that entered the city had the advantage of being the first mover, and they were unprepared for attacking it by surprise, before the army with blue flags reacted, they caused a lot of losses.
But the army with the blue flag is not a real paper tiger after all, whether it is on cavalry archery or hand-to-hand combat, Qu Chengen and Liu Xingzhi's department are not opponents.
When Qu Chengen and Liu Xingzhi's first-mover advantage was lost, they soon fell into a bitter battle.
Especially after Amin personally put on the battlefield and led more blue-flag-inlaid guards who were always on the side to swing their teeth and pull on the horse, Liu Xingzhi's department was quickly defeated, and Qu Chengen's department, which was then fighting against him, was also quickly at a disadvantage.
If it weren't for Mao Wenlong and Liu Xingzuo, who finally led 7,000 foot soldiers to rush into the east gate of Yizhou City at the last moment, then Qu Chengen and Liu Xingzhi's troops would probably be driven out of Yizhou City soon after.
Although Amin lost his eldest son Erli, who was known for his strategy and intelligence, and he has never been known for his resourcefulness, he himself is also a fierce general who is used to fighting all kinds of hard battles, and when he heard that Mao Wenlong personally led 7,000 Ming troops from Dongjiang Town to rush into the city, he immediately made a decision and ordered to abandon the city and break through.
Amin led the army with the blue flag to abandon the city and break through very smoothly, because in addition to the east gate, the west, north and south gates of Yiju City were under the control of the blue flag soldiers.
Amin led the army to withdraw from the West Gate, and at this time, the ten Niu Lu 3,000 troops with the blue banner who were originally stationed in the south of Yiju to guard against the Tieshan Ming Army, heard that there was a rebellion in Yizhou, and under the leadership of Fu Erdan, one of the Blue Banner Meler Ezhen, they had also quickly returned to the south gate.
When he arrived at the south gate, Fu Erdan heard that his banner master, Erbel Amin, had led a large army out of the west gate, and hurriedly detoured outside the city to the west gate to listen to the order.
Fu Dan's reaction was already very fast, but it was still a step too late.
If Fu Erdan could arrive before Mao Wenlong and the others entered the city, then the 3,000 Jianyu cavalry led by him would probably defeat the 7,000 infantry under the command of Mao Wenlong and Liu Xingzuo in one fell swoop, thus changing the situation of the battle in Yizhou City.
Even if Fu Erdan can arrive before Amin leads the army out of the city, he should be able to change Amin's decision, so as to fight fiercely with the Ming army in Dongjiang Town in the city, with the blue flag of nearly 10,000 troops, it is not impossible to drive out the Ming army that entered the city.
However, when Fu Erdan got rid of the entanglement of the pursuers of Tieshan City and finally arrived at the city of Yizhou, Amin had already led the army out of the West Gate and had already arrived on the bank of the Yalu River.
Amin originally thought of crossing the river nearby, and then counterattacking after gaining a firm foothold, after all, his blue flag did not have much loss.
And in his mind, although the rebellion of Liu Xingzuo and Liu Xingzhi's brothers will cause certain losses or large losses to the red flag, it will never really lose the power to fight back.
At this time, he couldn't imagine that Azig, who had always been arrogant, had died in Dingzhou. Including his eldest son Erli, who he had always trusted and relied on, he didn't expect at this time that he had died in the east gate of Yizhou.
Amin originally wanted to cross the river first, and then regroup at Zhenjiang Fort to find out what was going on in the direction of Dingzhou, and then counterattack. But when he led his army to the river, he was surprised to find that two miles away, in the direction of the mouth of the Yalu River, a huge fleet of ships was sailing in the wind.
There is a very large island at the mouth of the Yalu River, called Silk Island, which is the original place where the merchants of Liaodong and Denglai traded with North Korea, and the Han merchants took silk tea to trade with the Koreans and other ethnic groups in the vicinity of Changbai ginseng and Korean ginseng.
Because this island is close to the side of the Ming Dynasty, the merchants and people who come and go are named after the main trade items of the Ming Dynasty, and call it Silk Island.
Throughout the ages, this silk island has been the territory of China, until a certain party boss in later generations, poor Kim family's Korean land is small, with a wave of his hand, such a big island was given to North Korea, and since then the entire Yalu River estuary has become the territory of Kim North Korea.
Of course, Silk Island, the largest island in the mouth of the Yalu River, has always been the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and after Liaodong was occupied by Jianyu, it once became an outpost of Dongjiang Town.
In order to ensure the safety of Zhenjiang Fort, timely reconnaissance and prevention of the sailors of Dongjiang Town landing behind him, or repeatedly going north along the river, some troops were also deployed on Silk Island.
However, these lack of warships were of little use except to prevent the Dongjiang Zhenming army from landing on Silk Island and thus making a detour to attack Zhenjiang Fort from behind.
Therefore, when Li Xingzhong, Mao Youde and others led more than 200 warships of the Denglai Naval Division and the Dongjiang Naval Division to go upriver from the mouth of the Yalu River, the Blue Flag Jianju on Silk Island had no way to stop them except to send people to report to Zhenjiang Fort, and could only watch the Ming fleet go north.
Since Mao Youde used the Franc cannon on Yingzhou Island to make many contributions, he began to be superstitious about the power of artillery. Previously, at the military meeting of Dongjiang Town, he first proposed to lead the Dongjiang fleet to fight at the mouth of the Yalu River, because he knew that whether it was the Denglai Naval Division, the Tianjin Naval Division, or the Dongjiang Town Naval Division, they were all equipped with a large number of Franc machine and mother guns.
When Amin led the army to withdraw from the west gate of Yizhou City, traveled five miles to the east, and withdrew to the riverside, the fleet he and Du Du, Fu Erdan and others saw from a distance was the fleet of Dongjiang Town led by Mao Youde.
The huge fortune ships look like floating castles on the water from a distance. A huge fleet of more than 200 ships, large and small, gathered at the mouth of the Yalu River, looked densely packed, and formed a huge psychological deterrent to the Jianyu army below Amin.
At this time, Du Du, one of the Red Banner Mailer Ezhen who was ordered by Azig to stay in Yiju, said: "Erbeile, now that the Ming army fleet is gathered at the mouth of the river, if it crosses the river with our army, it will attack along the river, and our army will suffer losses." Please also ask Erbeile to cross the river cautiously here and now. ”
Seeing that Du Du suggested not to cross the river here and now, the blue flag Mailer Ezhen Fu Erdan immediately said: "Master, what Du Du said is very reasonable. The fleet of the Ming army's naval division must have artillery, and if the Ming army comes to attack when our army is halfway crossing, then our army will fall into a dangerous situation where we cannot take care of each other. The slave suggested that our army go north along the river and cross the river again when the water is shallow upstream. At that time, the Ming army's sea ships could not pass, and their artillery could not reach the range, so our army could cross the river safely. ”
After listening to the words of the two people, Amin looked at the fleet of ships that were sailing in the distance, and was silent. Du Du heard the sound of shouting and killing in the distance behind him, and then said loudly: "Erbeile, the matter is urgent, please make a decision quickly!" ”
Amin also heard the sound of the pursuers coming from the rear of the army, gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice: "Pass my order!" Du Du led his subordinates as the lead and quickly went north to contact Buzhantai to meet the army! After Fu Erdan led his troops to 3,000 horses! The others will follow me north along the river! ”
After Amin said this, Du Du and Fu Erdan immediately obeyed the order, and nearly 10,000 Jianyu troops quickly turned around and left north.