Chapter 364: Jinzhou Siege Relief Battle (Medium)

The Fran cannon, even if the ordinary battalion soldiers are not equipped, and the Tartar is even more impossible, but at this moment it appears in the distance, then the answer seems obvious.

However, this answer, whether it is Zu Dashou or Zu Keyong and others around him, they are a little unbelievable, because after all, they have just heard that Hong Chengchou led 130,000 soldiers and horses out of the customs and was defeated, how could there be other officials and troops to rescue Jinzhou City at this time.

Soon, a fierce battle suddenly broke out in the direction of the Qing army camp in the distance, countless torches were mixed in the night sky, coupled with the miserable howl from afar, many people's originally pale faces now became surprised and happy.

This situation is very obvious, because the Qing army has an absolute advantage, it is impossible to play such a move like this, Zu Dashou is also a little surprised, but it still feels unreal.

After cautiously observing for a while, Zu Keyong suddenly pointed in the direction of the Qing army's camp and shouted:

"General, the Tartar tent is on fire!"

"Damn, it's really on fire!"

"Are there reinforcements arriving?"

Suddenly, those Liaodong soldiers who were still weak got up one after another under the pull of their comrades-in-arms, looked over from afar, and saw the scene they most wanted to see, the Qing army's tent was already raging.

The guards over there were not all the Qing troops besieging Jinzhou City, only the Mongol troops of the two tribes, about 8,000 people, and more than 4,000 Han troops of the Blue Banner of Shang Kexi, the king of Zhishun.

In addition, this large battalion has only 2,000 soldiers with red flags and eight banners that can be called the main force, led by a commander, but there are many small Mongolian tribes and Korean barracks around, although the number is not large, but the intricate gathering together cannot be underestimated.

The weekday attack on Jinzhou City is basically handed over to the Mongolian tribes, Korean soldiers and the Han army of the Eight Banners outside Jinzhou City, and the Eight Banners of Manchuria are basically supposed to eat and drink, and just watch those cannon fodder go up to die, so the Eight Banners of Manchuria stationed here have not been in battle for a long time.

"Ke Yong, you take someone out to have a look." Zu Dashou pressed his excited heart and said to himself.

Hearing this, Zu Keyong hugged his fists, ordered more than 2,000 Liaodong soldiers to go out of the city, extinguished the fire, and quietly touched the Qing army camp.

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"Is it all lit in the back?"

"Back to Dashuai, it's all lit, even if it hasn't burned yet, it's almost over, Jinzhou City should notice it now!"

Seeing Huang Yang running back, Wang Zhengtou, who was riding on the horse, didn't reply, just asked sideways, nodded after hearing his answer and said:

"Send a signal!"

After Wang Zheng finished speaking, a platoon of pacesetters with torches stepped forward, waved a few times in the dark, and then about two dozen bird-gunners fired a shot at the sky.

"Bang-"

Relative to the torches on the hillside, the sound of the torch can be transmitted farther, this is the signal of the Shandong army's attack on the whole line, almost the next moment, everywhere shouted to kill, countless Shandong soldiers suddenly appeared from the shadows, and launched a rapid offensive towards the Qing army camp.

Since the Shandong army annihilated the cavalry led by Azig, after a simple cleaning of the battlefield, they immediately rushed to Jinzhou non-stop, and when Dolgon's scouting horse found the battlefield, Jinzhou happened to have just started fighting.

Even if the Qing army was very efficient, judging from the speed of information dissemination in this era, the whole process from negotiation to dispatch of troops would take three to five days.

Although this time is not long, it is enough for Wang Zheng to calmly encircle and break Jinzhou.

In fact, what Wang Zheng wanted to do was not to defeat or annihilate all the Qing troops on the periphery of Jinzhou, but only to pick a weak link, and wait until the Qing army was exhausted and began to repair after a round of attacks, and then carry out a surprise attack.

However, the world is unpredictable, no one expected that the Qing army would fight for three days and three nights this time, Wang Zheng did not want to delay here for too long, and was considering whether to attack in advance, but the Qing army unexpectedly stopped the attack and returned to the camp to repair.

The so-called impermanence of war is exactly like this, but if you can seize the fleeting opportunity, it may have an unexpected effect on the battle situation, so Wang Zheng immediately decided to attack on this night.

Since the Shandong army entered Liaodong, only one cavalry battalion has been exposed, which is not unrelated to the military order issued by Wang Zheng.

As soon as the Shandong army came out of the pass, Wang Zheng immediately issued a death order - only kill and not take prisoners.

Regardless of whether it was the Mongols, the Han army, or the Manchurian Eight Banners, in order not to slow down the speed of the march, the Shandong army would not leave a single living mouth at all, and even did not take away the military supplies such as swords, guns, clothing and armor.

Wang Zheng knows that now the foundation of the Shandong army is too thin to fight hard with the other party, and the persimmon still has to be picked up and pinched.

The Qing army was more than 100,000, of which there were 50,000 or 60,000 in the Manchurian Eight Banners alone, and if the Shandong army, which only had more than 10,000 fighters, it didn't even need to be Tartar himself.

The whereabouts of nearly 20,000 troops naturally can't be hidden all the time, since sooner or later they will be exposed, so why not do it vigorously, so Wang Zheng temporarily changed the deployment of the Military Council Division, and planned this battle to relieve the siege of Jinzhou in a few days.

The strategic deployment of the Military Discussion Department was only analyzed on the basis of the information known at the time, and perhaps the General Staff Department was quite a bit of a "small cabinet" in the eyes of outsiders, but in Wang Zheng's case, it was still only a staff role that could not be used.

It was also very unexpected, after completely annihilating the part of the Red Banner Tatar cavalry, the king fought for many inquiries, and finally learned that it was the famous British prince Azig who died at his hands.

This news exploded in the Shandong army at once, and almost all the soldiers who heard it couldn't believe it, and even many simple soldiers even pinched whether they were dreaming, and everyone felt a little like a dream.

Azig, such a character can be described as a god of war in the eyes of other Ming troops, Mo said that he was killed, and he was almost never defeated, and he was actually defeated and killed by himself like this.

Thinking of the Azig deeds that later generations heard, Wang Zheng couldn't help but sigh, this is really a sin made by heaven can still be lived, and self-made sin cannot be lived.

But at this time, Wang Zheng thought that since Azig could be killed by himself, Dorgon should not be as powerful as rumored.

The Shandong army, with the aftermath of successive victories, saw the signal and rushed into the Qing army camp from all sides, accompanied by a short fight, the gate and the sentry soon changed hands.

Several Mongolian soldiers hurriedly ran out of the tent, shouting Mongolian with scimitars in their hands, and the khaki steppe armor on their bodies was a little crooked.

At this time, a platoon of about five or six Shandong Army soldiers rushed side by side, seeing this scene, several Mongolians laughed dumbly, Han dogs actually dared to sneak attack their camp?

It's so tired!

After a short sprint, a few of the Mongols immediately fell, and the weapons in the hands of these Ming soldiers were so sharp that they almost easily pierced through their steppe armor.

The Mongol, who looked like a small leader, was not surprised, and almost immediately lost the mind of the fierce battle, his eyes flickered, and he bent down and grabbed a handful of sand and threw it at the Shandong soldiers in front of him.

This Shandong army axe gunner subconsciously raised his axe gun to parry, but how could the shaft of the axe gun block the sand, this soldier's eyes were mixed in a lot at once, although he was still stiff and did not put down the axe gun, but his eyes couldn't be opened.

The little Mongolian leader smiled, threw down his scimitar and ran in the direction of the horse, and after running a few steps, he felt a strong wind behind him.

When I looked back, I was immediately frightened, and it turned out that another axe gunner caught up and threw out the axe and gun far away.

The axe and spear smashed down vertically, hitting the back of the head of the little Mongolian leader, and in an instant, the Mongolian even had a piece of his head sunken, and the red and white suddenly flowed to the ground.