Chapter 201: The Corpse Tower
Not long after the army was divided into two on the south side of the camp, he saw a large group of Tartar cavalry galloping from the south from a distance, because the current hundreds of horsemen were wearing cotton armor commonly used by Jianyu, so Zuo Guangxian quickly concluded the identity of the enemy, they were Korqin people. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The one who came was Chahan, the second son of Taiji Zhaisang of the left wing of Horqin, and his more than 1,200 young cavalry.
The first 300 horsemen were his elite henchmen, and all of them wore yellow cotton armor that Jianyu gave support.
Chahan, who had galloped all night on his horse, ordered his men to dismount and rest for a while in the early morning when the sun was rising, and took advantage of the rest to let the horses eat.
After resting for only half an hour, Chahan, who was in a hurry, ordered his men to get on their horses and move forward.
If it weren't for the Liaozhen army led by Chen Renxi, then at dusk today, Chahan would have been able to smoothly rush back to the old camp of the left wing of Horqin.
Now, however, his wish is doomed.
Chahan, who was galloping all the way, soon spotted a large group of cavalry a mile or two in front of him, and quickly confirmed the identity of the other party.
The Liaodong Ming Army, wearing a big red coat, wrought iron plate armor, and a new-style round-eaves dome iron hat, was completely different from the Jianyu Eight Banners Army wearing an arrow-type brimmless helmet and riveted cotton armor.
Seeing that the number of the Ming army on the other side was about 2,000 people, Chahan, who was lucky, not only did not give the order to turn around and flee, but on the contrary, he also ordered: "Rush with me!" Accelerate and rush forward! We'll be able to rush through! ”
However, it turned out that Chahan, who tried to speed up and rush past the Ming army in the distance, kicked on the iron plate!
Of course, even the scene where his heart was kicked on the iron plate was not seen by Chahan, because before he collided with the Ming cavalry face to face, Chahan had already been hit by an arrow in the door and fell off his horse.
In the end, it is not clear whether he was trampled to death by the war horse under his own abdomen, or by the cavalry war horse that rushed to the Ming army.
The cavalry of the Ming army, who rushed into battle with Zuo Guangxian, was the standard battalion of the supervising army that had been in the army for half a year but had never participated in a real battle.
If it weren't for the fact that some people couldn't hold their breath and hurriedly shot the arrows in their hands from a distance of hundreds of paces, then the losses caused to the Horqin cavalry by 2,000 cavalry bows would not have been only a hundred or ten.
But for the Ming army, among the 100 people in this area, there is one Chahan!
The Horqin cavalry was indeed worthy of the title of their archer tribe, with less than half the number of the Ming army, but the arrows fired at high speed caused several times the casualties to the Ming army.
The cavalry of the standard battalion of the supervision army, who followed Zuo Guangxian and collided head-on with the Horqin people at high speed, were shot off the horse with more than 300 people in just a face.
If it weren't for the fact that the standard battalion of the prison army was well-equipped, and everyone wore wide-brimmed iron helmets and wrought iron plate armor that could block arrows, the losses would have been even greater.
However, although the Korqin people had strong horse shooting skills, they only had one chance to throw or shoot straight at a group.
With Lin Chaoen's 3,000 cavalry coming quickly from the west, the fate of these more than 1,000 Horqin archers was doomed.
If they can pass through the battle with a single face, as Chahan envisions, then they still have a chance to escape.
However, now they are surrounded by 5,000 Liaodong cavalry, no matter how elite these more than 1,000 Horqin cavalry are, they are not the opponent of 5,000 Liaodong Town cavalry.
For about half an hour, there was no longer a single Korqin cavalry on horseback on the battlefield.
Chen Renxi, who had been watching the battle from the periphery, once again witnessed a thrilling slaughter scene that made him feel shocked.
But he didn't say anything to stop Zuo Guangxian and Lin Chaoen's seemingly cruel behavior, because he knew that these generals under his command were eager for military exploits.
Seeing that the battle in front of him had completely subsided, Chen Renxi took Hu Yikui and other guards, turned around and returned to the original camp, leaving Zuo Guangxian and Lin Chaoen to clean up the battlefield.
Zuo Guangxian and Lin Chaoen saw Chen Renxi leave, knowing that it meant that they could dispose of the battlefield according to their own hearts.
As soon as the two discussed, they ordered their respective subordinates to first cut off the scalp and the rat tail that the Horqin people had left with the rat tail, and then cut off the head.
The scalp with the tail of the money rat is used as a proof of capture and military exploits, and the severed head is at the source of the Aolian River, piled up into a small Jingguan.
The Jingguan of the corpse tower is a custom of the ancient Chinese battlefield, which is to use the corpses of the enemy to pile up a tower body layer by layer, and then pile the severed heads layer by layer on the tower body as the top of the tower.
The purpose of piling up the Kyoto Temple was to deter the enemy.
Now both Zuo Guangxian and Lin Chaoen know that the Horqin people are the biggest traitors among the Mongolian tribes, not only the first to take refuge in Jianlu, but also willing to be the pawn of Jianlu's conquest of Mongolia and even the attack on the Ming Dynasty.
When the Jingguan was piled up, Hu Yikui happened to ride over again, beckoned Zuo Guangxian and Lin Chaoen to lead the army back to the camp, and discussed the stoppage on foot.
Looking at the corpse tower Jingguan that Zuo Guangxian and Lin Chaoen commanded their subordinates to pile up, Hu Yikui didn't say anything, just smiled at them and gave them a thumbs up.
Since Hu Yikui has seen it, it didn't take long for the situation of this corpse tower to appear on Emperor Chongzhen's desk.
In the heart of today's Emperor Chongzhen, of course, he greatly appreciates this.
With the evolution of history, although the civilization of the Chinese nation has become more and more advanced and developed, the blood in the bones of this nation has become more and more degraded and thinner.
This is the last thing he wants to see, because if he is not ruthless to the enemy, he is cruel to his own people.
Emperor Chongzhen did not specifically praise Zuo Guangxian and Lin Chaoen's practices, but after the war, the heavy reward for the merits of the two in this battle made the piling up of corpses in the Jingguan popular for a while, and became the standard practice after the Ming army won the battle with Jianyu, the Mongol tribes and other foreign races.
Of course, that's all for later.
Let's say that Zuo Guangxian, Lin Chaoen and others returned to the original camp, met Chen Renxi, and quickly determined the next step plan of the army.
Since this ambush could only be regarded as an encounter in fact, the pre-determined ambush circle was not tight, and under the chaotic battle, the few cavalry who followed the tail of Chahan's team were able to turn back in time and became a fish that slipped through the net.
Now that these few fish have escaped the net, they have disappeared to the south, and they must have gone to the place where the main forces of the coalition forces are located.
Although Zuo Guangxian and Lin Chaoen killed most of the Chahan tribes who surrendered or resisted, they still deliberately left two alive.
From these two specially left mouths, Chen Renxi and others probably learned about the situation for a few days: First, the rear of the left flank Horqin was attacked by a certain Ming army and suffered heavy losses. Second, it was Chahan, the second son of Korqin Taiji Zaisang, who led the army back to help. Third, the army of 20,000 led by Zhai Sang has never caught up with the main force of the Karaqin Division, and is now hovering near the hometown of the original Daningwei.
The 20,000-strong army of Jaisan is, of course, a misinformation. However, Chen Renxi and others, who did not know much about the allied forces of the Eastern Mongolian tribes, did not dare to take it lightly, and at the same time, because they had not yet made contact with the department of Cao Wenzhao, the commander of Rehe Town, Chen Renxi and others did not dare to go south easily in the face of the possible 20,000 troops of Zhaisang.
In the end, Chen Renxi decided to continue to camp at the confluence of the Laoha River and the Yingjin River according to the original plan, and at the same time continue to send people south to find Cao Wenzhao's department, and strive to get in touch with Cao Wenzhao's department, and then make more decisions.
On the way out of the Yingjin River estuary, the 5,000 troops on the left side of Liaozhen passed through the place where the Ao Han Department was stationed, and the 3,000 men, women and children left behind by the Ao Han Department were killed, and Zuo Guangxian and Lin Chaoen made a larger corpse tower Jingguan with the tacit consent of Chen Renxi.
Considering that his own existence must have been known to the enemy, in order to further disturb the morale of the Zhaisang army, this time, Zuo Guangxian deliberately spared more than a dozen old and weak Ao Han troops, told them the location of the Zhaisang army, and gave them one man and one horse, and let them scatter and flee.