Chapter 371: Fight Again with Red Flags
"Worship?" Sun Yueling was surprised, this name can be said to be thunderous in later generations, but he didn't expect them to meet here.
He stepped forward and took a closer look at the young soldier in front of him. This Ao Bai has thick eyebrows and a strong body, and he really looks like a brave embryo.
However, since Ao Bai fell into his hands, don't blame him for being ruthless. Of course, he was not like the generals of Houjin, who did not even let go of children, women and children, and pointed at Aobai and said: "This person stays, and the rest of the people are not left." ”
With his order, Yan Nantian rushed up with people and strangled those stubborn Houjin soldiers, and it didn't take long for the ground to be full of enemy corpses, piled up.
Ao Bai was added to the long knife by two personal soldiers, and he could only watch the flag in the flag being killed by the Ming army, and he didn't dare to resist at all, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably, obviously in extreme pain.
Sun Yueling said to a pro-soldier: "In the future, this person will be handed over to you, discipline it well!" "If the Houjin could use the captured Han Chinese as slaves, why couldn't they treat them the way they were?
The soldier was called.
"Boom", suddenly, the sound of a great earthquake trembling faintly came.
Everyone turned their heads to look, only to see the fire shining in the direction of the Houjin camp, and a cavalry team was speeding towards this side, obviously Houjin discovered the abnormality on this side and sent cavalry to reinforcements.
"My lord, the enemy's reinforcements are here!" Yannan Heavenly Road.
Sun Yueling sighed in his heart, Houjin was really quick to respond, and he actually discovered the abnormality of Houshan in such a short time, and now it is difficult for them to sneak through Rufeng Mountain in most of them, in that case, they will only become the target of being chased and killed by this strange army.
So he ordered loudly: "Zhang Dudu, General Wu, order you two to lead the cavalry to burn the grain and grass of the enemy army on the right, and the rest of the people rely on the mountain to prepare for battle!" ”
At this time, the heavy matter of burning the enemy's grain and grass can only be entrusted to the cavalry, and the rest of the people can only stay here and stop this enemy army with all their might.
With the order issued, Zhang Zhiqi and Wu Wenyao led only 1,000 horsemen to detour from the south of Rufeng Mountain, and went in the direction of the right hoard, and soon disappeared into the vast night.
To the north of Rufeng Mountain, Houjin's reinforcements had arrived in front of the mountain.
Sun Yueling found that the Houjin cavalry that came to reinforce was a man with a red flag, with a large number of people, in addition to the hundreds of cavalry who opened the road in front, followed by a large group of foot soldiers. Obviously, Hauge also realized the importance of Rufeng Mountain, so he sent a large group of men and horses to reinforce him.
Now it seems that this team is most likely their old rival, Yue Tuo, who suffered their loss when they were in Tower Mountain.
The opponent's number seems to be six or seven thousand, and their strength at this time is only two thousand, and the enemy's strength is three times that of their own, so it can be seen that this blocking battle will be a hard battle, and it can be said that their army has faced the greatest test since its division.
Rufeng Mountain is a battleground for the Houjin at this time, the importance of Houjin is self-evident, if it occupies Rufeng Mountain, it can not only threaten the Houjin camp under Jinzhou City, but also make a detour to raid the heavy grain road behind the enemy, so the enemy is obviously aware of the seriousness of this problem and has divided so many troops to deal with them.
Fortunately, they have taken Rufeng Mountain and annihilated the enemy stationed here, and now they only need to rely on the mountain with their backs and defend with all their might, and due to the terrain, the enemy's superior cavalry is completely useless, and they can only rely on infantry to attack them.
Soon, the cavalry with red flags pressed up, less than a hundred paces away from the camp.
"Whoosh!" The arrows rained down, and the enemy's cavalry began the first round of diffuse fire on the Ming army.
Hou Jin's combat tactics were actually very simple, every time before the battle, he used the high mobility of the cavalry to carry out several rounds of diffuse fire and flank attacks to disrupt the lineup of the Ming army, and then used the white armor soldiers to press up and open the way to impact the main force of the Ming army.
But now the Ming army occupies the corner of Rufeng Mountain, with its back to the mountain and fights with Houjin, due to the high terrain all the way, the enemy's cavalry has lost the role of harassment on both wings, and can only shoot at the Ming army.
Almost at the same time, the archers of the Ming army also launched a series of shots against the enemy, and for a time the dim night sky was filled with sharp arrows whizzing by, accompanied by the shouts of arrows from soldiers on both sides.
The commander of the red flag was Yue Tuo, who originally saw the Ming army in Jinzhou City rushing out and was leading his soldiers to meet the Ming army, but he unexpectedly got Haoge's order, saying that a Ming army jumped out from under Rufeng Mountain, and was launching a surprise attack on the Houjin soldiers stationed under the mountain.
Hearing this news, Yue Tuo was also taken aback, Jinzhou City had been surrounded like an iron bucket, and it was impossible for the Ming army in the city to detour behind them, so there was only one possibility left, that is, the reinforcements of the Ming army had arrived.
However, the lord of the country, Huang Taiji, had obviously led the main force of the Eight Banners to attack Ningyuan, and under their noses, it was impossible for Yuan Chonghuan to send a force to cross the main force of the Eight Banners to reinforce, so they thought that this Ming army was very likely to be some stragglers from the forts of Jinyou, and saw that Zhao Shujiao had launched a nuisance against the Houjin camp, so they also came to take advantage of the fire to loot and raid their rear wings.
Hauge believed that Rufeng Mountain was an important place, and if it fell into the hands of the Ming army, it would undoubtedly plant a nail in their backs, which might endanger the safety of the entire battalion. Therefore, he ordered Yue Tuo to bring out one-third of his troops to attack this Ming army, and he must annihilate them all.
It wasn't until Yue Tuo came to the foot of Rufeng Mountain with his army that the cavalry scouts sent out to investigate found that this Ming army was very likely to be Sun Yueling's department that had attacked them in Tashan before, and that this Ming army had sent no less than 1,000 horsemen to the direction of Youtunwei, and it was very likely that it was a surprise attack on the grain transport team they were stationed there.
Yue Tuo was shocked, if the Ming army succeeded, then they would inevitably fall into a passive situation, not only their troops besieging Jinzhou, but even the main force of the Eight Banners brought out by Huang Taiji would be afraid of losing ground.
It's a pity that Huang Taiji has already taken most of the cavalry away, and the cavalry left here are some inexperienced recruits, and the number of riders is only a few hundred, so letting them pursue the Ming cavalry is undoubtedly dead.
Thinking of this, Yue Tuo suddenly ordered: "The warriors with red flags, all press on and annihilate this Ming army for me." At the same time, he sent the herald to the camp to inform Hauge that the Ming army had sent a cavalry to go around to their rear.
Now this Ming army has blocked their way, and only by annihilating this Ming army can they open the passage to the right guard. He is full of confidence in this, and all the elites with red flags are gathered here, and the number seems to be several times that of this Ming army.
Under his command, the soldiers with red flags formed a formation and rushed towards the foot of the mountain. The remaining cavalry was scattered on both sides, ready to intercept the Ming troops who might rush out from both sides.
Under the light of the fire, the dense Houjin soldiers rushed up towards the camp with shields and long knives.
Seeing this, Sun Yueling shouted: "The spearmen are pressing, and the sword and shield soldiers are ready." ”
Under such unfavorable circumstances, he had already decided to defend.
The first is to rely on the camp established here by Houjin to carry out the first round of blocking the enemy. This camp was built against the backdrop of the mountain, although it was simple, but it still played a certain role at this time.
Under his orders, his pikemen were stationed in the camp and formed the first line of defense in front of the wooden fence, while the sword and shield men were scattered on the two flanks of the pikemen, protecting their flanks, and all the archers withdrew and occupied the high ground at the foot of the mountain, ready to fire at the enemy.
Sun Yueling brought this Ming army has a lot of arms, all kinds of troops, and they are the elite of the border army, after several battles, it has basically been sharpened into a shape, and the cooperation between attack and defense is safe, and it has been able to play the greatest role.
At this moment, Sun Yueling's only regret is that the sky is not in time, otherwise he must establish a musketeer and artillery corps to use high-tech means to attack the enemy. Unfortunately, it was too late to establish a new army, and the only thing that could be done was to use the frontier army as much as possible, and use them to fend off the Tartars.
As long as this war is over and he is in charge of the military and political power of Liaodong, then there is time to build a new army, and he will not be able to hold Liaodong?
With the approach of the Houjin soldiers, the Ming army was highly nervous, after all, this was a tough battle, the opposite side was the elite with red flags, and the number was several times more than them, no one could predict the outcome, and many soldiers were also beating drums in their hearts about whether they could block the impact of Houjin.
The soldiers with red flags finally approached the camp.
Deng raised his long knife and shouted: "Killing the enemy is today, brothers, let the Tartars know the power of our Jizhen soldiers." ”
With his shouting, the morale of the soldiers who were facing the front line was boosted, and they clenched their weapons tightly.
Seeing that the enemy had already pounced on the camp gate, Yan Nantian ordered: "Kill!" ”
At the same time, the pikemen in the front row thrust forward with the spears in their hands, and the sharp iron spears pierced into the crowd of Houjin soldiers who rushed to the front, and stabbed more than a dozen people on the spot.
At the same time, the archers who occupied the commanding heights behind also began to cast bows and arrows into the crowd of enemies, and the dense array of sharp arrows broke through the air, bringing a scream.
"Boom", the enemy has already pounced on both sides of the camp and began to storm the rudimentary wooden fences of the camp, which began to crumble under the strong impact.
"Kill, kill me!" Yan Nantian hissed and roared, blocked it with spearmen, raised his spear, and stabbed outward through the gap in the wooden fence to prevent the enemy from destroying the fence.
The sound of killing in Rufeng Mountain shook the sky for a while, and the blood flowed like a river.
Although the enemy poured in from all directions, the main point of attack was the middle part of the entire camp, that is, the direction of the camp gate. Because the gate was destroyed when the Ming army raided the Yellow Flag Niulu, it became the most dangerous battlefield.
The white-armored soldiers of Houjin were really brave, rushing forward against the gun array of the Ming army, holding a shield in one hand and a long knife in the other, and broke through the first gun formation.
Seeing that the first spear array was broken through, the pikemen behind pressed up one after another to make up for the gap that the first spear array had broken.