On the Liaozuo Plain, two armies are facing each other.

It is not difficult to find from the banners of the two armies, which are the Zhenglan Banner of the Later Jin Dynasty and the Mangui Department of the Ming Army. The formations of the two armies are also different, the Mangui Department is an offensive type of forward formation, and the Houjin is a defensive type of hook formation.

Soon, with the drums of the attack sounding, the Ming army launched an attack on Houjin.

The front of the front of the front arrow formation was full of cavalry used for assault, and under the order of the commanding general, all of them accelerated the assault and rushed towards the Houjin formation.

Later, Jin saw that the Ming army launched an attack, and soon made a response strategy, and the cavalry walking on both wings stepped forward one after another, and launched a scatter against the Ming army that was coming.

The cavalry charging by the Ming army was also split into two in an instant, and they attacked the protrusions of the enemy's two flanks respectively. The infantry following behind the cavalry also launched and pressed towards the center of the enemy.

The cavalry of the Ming army met the two flanks of Houjin, and after the two sides exchanged shots for a while, the Houjin cavalry suddenly retreated and retreated to both sides of the formation. At this time, the shock infantry of the Ming army had already made contact with the front row of the Houjin lineup, and the two sides were close to each other, and they immediately fell into the confrontation.

The soldiers used by Houjin to resist the charge of the Ming infantry were all elite white-armored soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner, and the charging Ming army hit a big nail, and the momentum of the charge was contained. As the battle continued, people on both sides kept falling, but it was only limited to the point where the two sides came into contact head-on, and the damage in the rest of the place was basically minimal.

In this way, half an hour later, as the horn of the Zhenglan Banner sounded, the Houjin soldiers began to retreat, but their retreat was to take the way of retreating in various Niulu echelons, and the Ming army could not force the pursuit. And at this moment, the cavalry on both sides of Houjin rushed up again, pinning down the cavalry on both wings of the Ming army, causing the Ming army to be unable to effectively kill the enemy.

Soon, a large army of Zhenglanqi withdrew from the attack range of the Ming army, and only a few men and horses remained, but these people also fought and retreated, and did not make more entanglements with the Ming army.

"Damn Tartar!" The adjutant general You Shilu cursed fiercely and ordered the cavalry to stop the pursuit and all retreat.

Soon, You Shilu rode his horse to the front of the Chinese army, hugged his fist at Man Gui, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan who was watching the battle, and said: "General, Mang Gurtai has run away again!" ”

"This son of a bitch!" Man Gui scolded, frowned thickly, and turned his head to Qi Liao, the commander on the side, and said, "Lord Qi, what do you think about this?" ”

Qi Liao said categorically: "Mang Gurtai is avoiding war. ”

"This." Man Gui couldn't help but scold again, and continued, "From Lishan Mountain to Tashan Fort, from Tashan Fort to Xingshan Station, this guy has never confronted us head-on, but fled while fighting, what kind of trouble is he making?" It's fucking unseeded. ”

Qi Liao smiled and said to Man Gui: "General Man, do you think that with the combat power of the Blue Banner, they can't defeat our army?" ”

Man Gui pondered for a moment and said: "That's not it, the Zhenglan Banner is the strongest banner among the Tartars, and Mang Gurtai is also one of the few strong people in the Tartars, saying that they are not the opponents of our army, I'm afraid even I don't dare to make such a conclusion." ”

"That's it." Qi Liao took Man Gui's words and continued, "That's why I said that Mang Gurtai is avoiding the war. ”

"But why would he do this?" Man Gui still couldn't figure it out. It stands to reason that Mang Gurtai also has 20 Niu Lu no less than 6,000 people, although they have nearly 20,000 people, but in terms of the combat power of the Zhenglan Banner, it is a plain field battle, and the Houjin has always suppressed the Ming army, and Mang Gurtai has no need to be like this.

The corner of Qi Liao's mouth pulled out a sneer, and said: "This shows that Houjin is not monolithic, and Mang Gurtai wants to preserve his strength." ”

"Preserve your strength?" Man Gui was silent, unexpectedly that things would be like this.

Qi Liao nodded and continued to analyze: "After Huang Taiji left the Zhenglan Banner alone, of course, it was because the Zhenglan Banner was the strongest in combat, but at this point today, Mang Gurtai had already wavered against him. In the past, my Ming Dynasty had taken the lead in several combat operations against Houjin, and suppressed them everywhere, making them fall into complete passivity. Now Huang Taiji took the rest of the four banners to break through and left Man Gui alone, so Man Gui was already dissatisfied and did not intend to strictly implement Huang Taiji's orders. ”

Man Gui chewed on Qi Liao's words, and kept nodding and said, "What my brother said is good, it should be this principle." ”

Qi Liao said humbly: "General Xie praised. He continued, "After Huang Taiji let Mang Gurtai break off, he had to execute, but he was worried that Huang Taiji would finally break through and leave him in Liaozuo, then his Zhenglan Banner would be besieged by our army and the whole army would be annihilated. Therefore, he fought and retreated, wanting to join Huang Taiji as soon as possible and follow Huang Taiji to break through the Songshan defense line, only in this way can his Zhenglan Banner be preserved. ”

Man Gui has been fighting for many years, how can he not understand what Qi Liao means at this time, so he laughed and said: "In this way, our army will also chase Songshan and stab Huang Taiji's buttocks." ”

Qi Liao listened to Man Gui's vulgar and straightforward words, and couldn't help laughing: "The general is right, we are going to explode Huang Taiji's chrysanthemum and stick a knife in his ass." ”

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In the Songshan position, in front of the second line of defense, Azig had reorganized all the white-armored soldiers, plus the continuous stream of soldiers behind, intending to launch a final assault on the third line of defense.

To be honest, the fact that the Ming army was able to delay for so long was already very good in his opinion. In the past, where could the Ming army fight a field battle with Dajin, but now it can drag them for three days, which is already very remarkable. It can be seen that this time the Ming court sent this Liaodong strategy does have some ability, if the Ming Dynasty sent him to Liaodong in the early years, he may be able to recover the decline, but now Dajin has seized Shenyang, Liaoyang, Guangning and other important towns, the foundation has been solid, how can it be so easy for the Ming army to turn the tables.

The next charge will definitely wipe out the Ming army's defense line and let them see the horror of Dajin's combat power.

He was full of confidence in this point - the Ming sabers and shield soldiers on the third line of defense had already been demoralized and exhausted after a second blow, and as long as they added more strength, they would definitely annihilate them all.

In fact, Azig's conjecture was right, the Ming army at the top of the slope was indeed about to be unable to hold on.

In the first two charges and counter-charges, the Ming saber and shield soldiers had already consumed more than half of their troops, and the rest of the people were already scarred and exhausted, and even Lu Bing, the capital division, was sad in his heart, thinking that he could no longer hold this last line of defense, and today he will die for the Ming Dynasty together with all the soldiers.

The two sides already had a huge disparity in strength, and seeing that the Houjin and white armor soldiers in the middle of the slope had completed the formation again, plus more than a dozen Niu Lu soldiers in the back, they might rush up at any time.

This time there is categorically no hope, Lu Bing has made up his mind to die, he can die for Daming, and he will die as he deserves.

Lu Bing's eyes swept over the soldiers in front of him one by one, these people were all brothers who had followed him for many years, and at this moment they all showed a sad look in their eyes, obviously expecting the next ending.

Lu Bing shouted at this group of soldiers: "Brothers, you are good, worthy of being the border army of the Ming Dynasty, worthy of being a Zheng Zheng man!" ”

"Big brother, don't worry, even if I die, I will kill a few Tartars to accompany the funeral!" President Qian Lu Heng shouted, he is Lu Bing's cousin, he has fought with this eldest brother for many years, and he is also a brave general in the army.

"That is, let the Tartars know the strength of our Guan Ning Army today, and know that we are not afraid of death!" The other general also shouted.

Lu Heng laughed, and then said noisily: "Yes, Tartar is not the same shoulder against two heads, why should we be afraid of them." We are not like Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang's gang, we will only betray our allies and retreat, and we will correct the name of the Guanning Army in today's battle! ”

"Lu Heng, what nonsense are you talking about?" Lu Bing frowned and yelled at Lu Heng.

Unexpectedly, Lu Heng didn't care, and said to Lu Bing: "Big brother, you're dying, and you're still afraid of a hammer?" Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang were originally a gang of cowards, if they hadn't been dragging us back, how could the Tartars occupy Quang Ninh? "He and Lu Heng are both soldiers who came out of Guangning Town, and they hate Zu Dashou, who fled to Juehua Island during the Battle of Guangning.

"You ......" Lu Bing wanted to scold, but found that he was unable to argue at all.

At this moment, suddenly the soldiers behind him shouted one after another, and the sound of "Dashuai" was unconscious. Lu Bing turned his head to look, but saw that Zhao Shujiao was striding with Wu Wenyao and others, followed by a large number of Ming troops, who were the remnants of the cavalry battalion.

"Dashuai!" Lu Bing hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Zhao Shujiao patted Lu Bing on the shoulder and said, "It's hard work!" ”

Lu Bing said: "The enemy is about to rush up!" ”

"I know." Zhao Shujiao said lightly, "That's why I gathered the rest of the people and came to fight with you!" ”

"Dashuai!" Lu Bing was excited for a while, and his blood couldn't help boiling. He really admires Zhao Shujiao, the biggest difference between this general soldier and the previous general soldiers is that he always takes the lead in every battle, whether he fights the Mongols or the Jurchens, he has never flinched.

To be able to serve under the command of such a commander-in-chief, even if he dies here today, he will have no complaints.

"This is the glory of the last general!" Lu Bing's expression was resolute, and he spit out this sentence directly, and at this time, there was no need to be polite.

Zhao Shujiao nodded, raised his arms and shouted: "You are right, today is the time to correct the name of our Guanning Army, not only this general, but also Lord Jinglu will be with us and stand on the front line of killing the enemy!" ”

The fighting spirit of the Ming army was ignited again, and all the blood was boiling, and they shouted in unison: "The Ming Dynasty is mighty!" ”

In the middle of the hillside, Azig, who heard the Ming army shouting in unison again, couldn't bear it anymore, raised his knife all the way to the top of the slope, and shouted: "Kill me, don't leave a single one!" ”

With his order, the Houjin soldiers who had been waiting for him launched a fierce charge to the top of the slope again.