Chapter 16: Rushing into battle

Bayan saw that his old rival was unlucky, and his heart blossomed. At that moment, he knelt down and ordered, "Master, don't worry! The minions promise to wipe out the Ming army that crossed the river in one battle, and if they can't win, the minions are willing to come to see them! ”

"Good!" Dai Shan nodded with satisfaction, and left after a few words of encouragement. He didn't look at Lange again, and Lange knew that he was about to do it.

Whether he can keep his position depends on the mood of the next master, and he returned to his home camp listlessly.

Zhang Doutian got up before dawn and began to prepare, first asking the soldiers to carry the prepared bamboo baskets to the car. He asked people to check whether the gunpowder was normal again, and then sent someone to check whether the current of the Hunhe River was turbulent.

He had just prepared everything, and someone came to report that ~ Deputy Marshal Qi was here.

Zhang Dou hurried to the camp gate to greet Qi Jin's arrival, only to see that Qi Jin had entered the forward camp with several carts. When he saw Zhang Dou, his face showed a smile that was less than that!

"Big fight! You have done this recklessly, and the old man knows that you are sincere in your meritorious service. But the white pole soldiers are not easy to get along with, and they certainly don't trust you. When the time comes, no matter whether you win or lose, you won't get the credit, and the gains really outweigh the losses! ”

Listening to Qi Jin's earnest words, Zhang Dou's heart was warm, it seems that there are still people in this world who care about themselves.

At that moment, Zhang Dou said: "Uncle Qi! Last night's words have already been said for that sake, and the little nephew can't destroy his own name. That will make Chen Ce look down on him, it will make the white pole soldiers look down on him, and in the end, even the little nephew himself will look down on himself. So the little nephew could only go up, which made Uncle Qi worried. ”

"The old man understands your mind, it's all Chen Ce, the old horseman. If he hadn't been in the way, we might have withdrawn our troops, and we wouldn't have had to fight Jiannu here at all. ”

Speaking of which, Qi Jin made no secret of his boredom with Chen Ce. How can a marshal who has just taken office and wants to snatch the military power of his subordinates make his generals happy!

"The old man has already heard about the matter of embarrassing you. When you are about to go to war, the old man will go and ask you for the money and gunpowder you owe. Ay! The old man can only help you get here! Do it yourself! After speaking, Qi Jin didn't wait for Zhang Dou to speak, and left without looking back.

Qi Jin was able to help him come back, and Zhang Dou was very surprised. Thinking about it carefully, he was relieved. If you don't make up for the shortcomings, then you will have a reason not to fight.

In order to make himself able to play smoothly, this Chen Ce really took great pains!

But are you so sure that the master will die on the north bank of the Hunhe River? Wait! Sir, see what you can end up with!

After the soldiers of the forward battalion got another undersound, their morale increased a lot. They all want to fight the Jurchens and see if the Jurchens are the legendary invincible!

Over time, the pontoon bridge over the Hunhe River has been built. The white pole soldiers crossed the river first, and Zhang Dou also crossed the Hun River closely behind.

As soon as he crossed the river, he was called to the Chinese army of the white pole soldiers to listen to the order. As Zhang Dou expected, the white pole soldiers really didn't trust him. Let Zhang Dou guard the pontoon bridge, and also protect the retreat of the army. The mission is very important, and it is out of trust in Zhang Dou that he is allowed to protect the back of the whole army.

Qin Shi said a lot of good things to Zhang Dou, but when he stared at him, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak. Zhang Dou accepted this task very calmly, he didn't feel aggrieved at all, and went back to prepare for the order.

When he returned to his forward battalion, he ordered a defensive position along the pontoon bridge, and ordered his soldiers to unload the bamboo baskets from their carts, dig up the sand and soil on the banks of the Hunhe River and crash into the baskets.

Then put the bamboo basket full of sand on the bamboo on the outside of the side car, and then he ordered someone to transform the bamboo out of the car of the side car finally came into use.

Although the soldiers did not understand why a basket of sand was piled on the outside of the side van. The sand is loose and soft, and it doesn't serve any defensive purpose at all.

But out of obedience to military orders, they did it anyway.

As soon as the white pole soldiers took up their positions, the Jurchens made a move. I saw that the gate of Shengjing City was wide open, and a group of cavalry came out from inside.

These cavalrymen are all physically strong, with sharp eyes, and at first glance they look like veterans of many years of war. The number of people who came out was about 30,000, and it was basically a dump.

In a short time, 1,500 armor soldiers were divided from the Jurchen ranks and attacked the white pole soldiers. Although these Jurchens were called armor soldiers, they were not all iron armor.

Now the Jurchen Houjin is not the Qing Dynasty in the hands of Huang Taiji, they are so poor that they clang. Where is the silver to buy iron armor, plus the Ming Dynasty's embargo on Jurchen iron weapons, the Jurchen armor is even more insufficient.

The 200 or so cavalrymen who rushed to the front were wearing iron armor, and most of the people behind were leather armor and cotton armor. This is still the battle of Sarhu, which made Nurhachi capture a lot, otherwise Nurhachi would not be able to collect 60,000 armor if he sold it.

And the white pole soldiers opposite them are different, the white pole soldiers are all wearing iron armor, and there is a layer of cotton armor outside. It can be said that they are invulnerable, and the white poles in their hands are not the same as the spears of ordinary soldiers in the Ming Dynasty.

First of all, the white pole is one zhang and three feet long, almost about three meters and a half in later generations, and it is a very long blade. And in front of the head of his spear was the tip of the gun, on one side was a hook with a blade, and on the other side was an iron ring.

It can be stabbed and cut during combat, and the iron ring on one side can also be used as a hammer to smash people, and the means of attack are very rich. And each of them also has a large knife at his waist, once the enemy is close, they can draw the knife to kill the enemy like throwing away the white pole.

There is also the sharp crossbow arrows in their ranks, and there is no lack of means of long-range attack. This is also where Qin Minping's confidence lies in the courage of 4,000 people to dare to regret the Jurchen 30,000 iron horses.

Bayan had never fought against the white pole soldiers, and he regarded the white pole soldiers as ordinary Ming soldiers. In his impression, as long as the Jurchen iron cavalry charged, the Ming army would naturally collapse.

When he came, the master also confessed, asking him to defeat the enemy in one battle. So he didn't bother to compare the difference between the Ming army in front of him and other Ming armies.

began to charge the battle with the armor soldiers, and Bayan confidently rushed towards the front of the white pole soldiers with the armor soldiers, without stopping at all. He didn't shoot a few rounds of heavy arrows, and then he seemed to have just one rush, and the rest was to chase and kill the Ming army in the back.

He thought about it, as long as the Ming army's position was broken. He was not in a hurry to kill the Ming army, as long as he captured the pontoon bridge. But the Ming army, which had no way to retreat, would definitely be driven down the Hunhe River by him, and at that time, the cold and biting water of the Hunhe River would kill the Ming army.

The thought that the corpses of the Ming army would spread all over the river made the fire in his heart burn even more vigorously. So he led people to crash into it directly, like a moth rushing towards a raging fire.

Zhang Dou stood on the top of the side van and raised his eyes to look at the battlefield. He saw that the Jurchens had sent more than a thousand cavalry to attack his array, and his heart was also a little nervous. After all, the murderous reputation of the Jurchens is not blown out, it is fought one battle after another.

He kept a close eye on the Jurchen cavalry, calculating how he would respond to such an attack. When the Jurchen cavalry was still 50 steps away from the white pole soldiers, Qin Minping ordered the whole army to prepare for arrows.

But something surprised Zhang Dou happened, the Jurchens didn't shoot arrows, so they hit it straight up. At that time, Zhang Dou was a little short of brains!

This is the legendary Jurchen Eight Banners? The legendary invincible? Isn't this a bunch of fools! They didn't see the rows of white poles in front of the array?

Or did the Jurchens collectively knock the drug today? Mentally unsane?

Whatever! Since the Jurchens sent people over like this, the white pole soldiers did not laugh and were sorry for the politeness of the Jurchens. Then he saw the white pole soldiers in the front row rejecting their horses and blocking the Jurchens' charge.

Bayan did not give the order to shoot arrows when he led his subordinates to rush 50 paces in front of the white pole soldiers, and he felt that there was no need to charge more than 4,000 foot soldiers with 1,500 cavalry.

He wanted a clean victory, so he continued to lead people forward. When he was only 20 steps away from the Ming army, if the ordinary Ming army had already collapsed and fled.

But the Ming soldiers in front of them with strangely shaped spears did not run away, but looked at them with a playful look. At this time, Bayan felt that something was wrong, but he had already reached a distance of 20 steps, and it was too late to retreat, even if there was a knife mountain in front of him, he had to rush up.

At this time, rows of crossbow arrows were shot out of the Ming army's array, and the power of these crossbow arrows was extremely great. Even the warriors in iron armor at the front couldn't resist it, with screams one after another. Many of the Jurchens around him were shot by crossbow arrows and fell off their horses.

Bayan regretted a little in his heart at the moment, these dead armor soldiers were all his armor soldiers. It's all his Bayan's Dingkou wealth, and it's a bit too worthless to sacrifice it on the edge of the Hunhe River in vain.

He felt that he was careless, why didn't he shoot two rounds of heavy arrows first to disrupt the formation of the Ming army! Looking at the Ming army's large array that was not chaotic at all, and the white poles of spears like forests, his intestines were full of regret.

Look at this stance, even if he can break the array of these pikemen. It's a very heavy price, hey! I was too careless.

At that moment, Bayan slightly controlled the speed of the war horse, let his bannermen surpass him, and use his flesh and blood to open a passage for the army.

When the Jurchen war horses were still 10 steps away from the array of white pole soldiers, the war horses under their crotches began to hesitate. After all, war horses are not stupid, who wants to hit the head of the cold and shining gun!

Thanks to the Jurchens on horseback, they stabbed the spurs behind their boots into the body of the war horse. The war horse could no longer care about the spear in front of him under the pain, and collided with it regardless of it.

A battle of iron and flesh has officially begun!