Chapter 357: One Dead and One Wounded
Not long ago, the Qing army, which was temporarily camping on the mountain to adjust its equipment, was suddenly attacked by Quan Zhuo's cavalry battalion, which was led by Gongshun Wang Kong Youde himself, and almost the entire Wuzhen artillery battalion was on the mountain.
Probably because the front is the place where Huang Taiji, Dolgon and others personally led a large army to besiege the city, Kong Youde's department was as relaxed as those Baya soldiers guarding the dragon tent, and did not expect any danger at all, most people thought that as usual, they just had to move over and set off the cannons and watch the Qing soldiers enter the city.
Wu Zhenchao's artillery battalion Manchu Qing has spared no effort to build since the second year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji attaches great importance to it, Kong Youde is also dedicated to his master, and takes this artillery battalion to capture many Ming army towns that are strictly defended.
But on this day, thousands of ironclad cavalry suddenly shouted and rushed over, and the two Han army leaders brought by Kong Youde were killed and the other was defeated, and they held out for less than half an hour in total.
According to the Han soldiers who fled back, this Ming army came for a purpose, except for the Ming generals led by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, the rest of the Ming cavalry ignored the scattered and defeated Han army Aha, and was focused on destroying the artillery carriages.
When Azig arrived with the cavalry of the Red Banner Qing Army, he was filled with resentment, and he only saw the wreckage of the artillery carriage and the corpses all over the ground.
"Huang Ama, don't worry too much, Jinzhou and other places are still surrounded by us, it's good that there are Erchen and Prince Rui here, your dragon body is important, let's go back to Shengjing to slowly recuperate!"
The man standing next to him was also dressed in golden Eight Banners armor, but he took off his helmet and put it aside, revealing half of his head with braids.
Hearing Hauge finish speaking, Huang Taiji, who had just recovered from the shock, nodded slowly, smiled tiredly, waved his hand and sighed:
"The night before Mr. Fan died, he was still calculating with me, saying that the ancestors only established the country with eighteen sets ......of relics, fought in the south and the north, and had few opponents, and this time besieged Songjin, the mandate of heaven must be in my Qing Dynasty."
Hearing Huang Taiji mention Fan Wencheng again, a trace of disgust flashed in Haoge's eyes, but after seeing the weak Huang Taiji, it quickly turned into worry, and at this time, Dolgon stepped forward and said with a smile:
"Prince Su doesn't have to worry too much, the emperor is just vigorous in blood, this king boasts that he knows some Han medical skills, and the nosebleeds are not incurable at all, this is just because the emperor of the Qing Dynasty's Mandate of Heaven is healthy, like a strong ox on the grassland!"
Prince Zheng Jierharang was already standing to the side with low eyebrows, his head constricted, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Amin, one of the four great Baylors, is his elder brother, and now that his father and brother have been imprisoned and died, only he can stand here as the honorable status of Prince Heshuo, and this is only because he can be a human minister.
Jierharang, who shouldn't be looking, won't take a second glance, won't stop half a step if he shouldn't listen, won't say a word, in short, is an extremely cunning and timid old fox, Huang Taiji often leaves with confidence to hand over the defense of Shengjing to Jierharang.
At this time, Huang Taiji glanced around at the many generals and nobles of the Eight Banners such as Baylor and Dutong in the tent, and Zierharang, as the extremely noble Prince of Heshuo, did not look at him.
Through everyone, Huang Taiji's gaze looked out from the dragon tent.
In his position, he could still vaguely see a corner of the southern city of Songshan Fort, a big flag fluttering in the wind, and several black shadows were walking back and forth over there, presumably soldiers of the Ming army.
"Where is my mandate, when, and where ......?"
Seeing Huang Taiji muttering to himself, Dolgon and the others below were also silent.
After thousands of calculations, I didn't expect that when the victory was coming, there was actually a cavalry of the Ming army across the sea, which not only attacked the dragon tent of Huang Taiji, but also destroyed the Wuzhen Chaoha artillery battalion built by the Qing army.
Although the losses are not much, but it can be said to be very heavy, Gongshun Wang Kong Youde died in battle, the head is not known where the other party got it, the two staff leaders of the department died and fled, and the artillery battalion soldiers were scattered and defeated.
In addition, Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun, who happened to lead his troops to pass, was seriously injured in the pond, and later escaped by hiding under the artillery carriage, and when Azig found him, he looked extremely embarrassed.
The Qing army is all focused on Jinzhou and Songshan, and most of the remaining troops are besieged and garrisoned along Xingshan and Tashan, but after all, it is from all over the country, and this time Huang Taiji has been searching for combat power everywhere in the Qing Dynasty.
All men over the age of 14 and under the age of 70, that is, men who can handle basic weapons, must be enlisted, and it is only a matter of priority.
After all, the Qing State is still weak, and Huang Taiji has already regarded this battle as a battle of life and death, but this kind of national mobilization that has broken through the threshold of the critical value cannot be maintained for too long, everything inside almost stops at the same moment, and every day of fighting, the weakness of the Qing army will become more and more serious.
Therefore, in order to make this price more acceptable, when besieging Songshan and Jinzhou City, Huang Taiji had already sent those who were too young or too old back to their original places at the suggestion of Dolgon, the prince of Rui.
Although this kind of back-and-forth turnover will not have any impact on the general trend for a while, the rear will inevitably be in a hurry.
But at this time, it was attacked by a Ming cavalry everywhere, and there were heavy losses everywhere, the king of Sanshun was killed and wounded, and even the dragon tent of Huang Taiji was attacked, and the artillery camp was completely annihilated, and the Qing army did not even touch the shadow of the other party until now.
Azig has been fighting in all directions since he was a child, and he has never fought such an aggrieved battle, and he was immediately furious, regardless of the 5,000 cavalry with the red flag to fight the fire everywhere.
On the one hand, it was his own temperament, so he persevered in following behind to pursue the Ming cavalry, but on the other hand, Azig was also a little selfish.
Dolgon is arrogant, but the emperor Taiji trusts him very much, usually when Azig and Dolgon have some disputes, he has always been reprimanded and punished, although he didn't say anything on the surface, but how could the equally arrogant Azig be willing to succumb.
After coming and going, the two secretly disagreed with each other, and this time it was a good opportunity for Azig, so he naturally wanted to compete for the first skill to show his bravery, and beat Dolgon in front of Huang Taiji.
It's not that Azig is arrogant, it's the same for whoever fights this kind of battle.
He took 5,000 red flag iron cavalry, the other party was only 3,000 cavalry, on the cavalry against the Eight Banners iron hooves who had ever feared anyone, even those Mongolian tribes who claimed to be the sons of Tianjiao and the strong army of the steppe, were still beaten by them and obeyed, since Lin Dan Khan defeated Qinghai, there was no second word about the Qing Dynasty.
What's more, except for the so-called Liaodong Iron Cavalry that still existed a few years ago, the cavalry of the Ming army was slightly enough, and even the Mongols couldn't beat the others, and now they even had nearly twice as many people as the other party, isn't this a military merit given to them by God?