Chapter 415: Defeat Juehua Island
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Just when Zhu Qing and Ning Yuanshou were discussing strategies to defend against the enemy, Duoduo, who had infiltrated in the chaos, found Zu Dashou, who was uncertain. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info It was clear that they had been in contact before, so they were able to communicate in such a tense situation.
Ning Yuan's war made Zhu Qing forget the dangerous bomb of Zu Dashou for a while. Sure enough, he broke out tonight!
The Qing army not only made a generous move, but also showed sincerity in the greeting gift. Duoduo was instructed by Dorgon to stuff a letter of appointment, 10 million taels of silver and an agreement directly into Zu Dashou's hands, and the agreement listed the benefits and treatment of Zu Dashou after returning to the Qing army. Power and money, everything, dazzling, and the ancestors are happy to see their birthdays.
looked at the dilapidated Ning Yuan, and then looked at the morale of the Qing army on the other side and the pile of temptations in their hands. Zu Dashou, who was already wavering, is now determined to be a traitor!
"Tomorrow's battle, this king will serve the prince!" Zu Dashou accepted the power of attorney and signed the draft agreement! At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a fierce general turned apostaty tonight. Everything seemed so peaceful, so calm that it was terrifyingly calm.
After the discussion, Zhu Qing remembered Zu Dashou who had left. After everyone left, he asked about the guard, and the guard said that Zu Dashou would return to his military tent after going to the river for a while.
Zhu Qing looked across the river, and the calm river still made Zhu Qing slightly uneasy. He decided to go and find Zu Dashou in person.
But as soon as Zhu Qing walked halfway, he ran into Zu Dashou.
"General Zu, where are you going? Why did you leave the table all of a sudden? Zhu Qing greeted first.
Zu Dashou didn't seem to be very happy, and even complained a little, "Anyway, my Zu Dashou is now a criminal minister, you can just tell me after you have discussed it." When I came to Ningyuan and saw this scene, I couldn't sleep, I wanted to go to see the city defense, hoping that tomorrow I could save some of the decline, kill a few more Tartars, and avenge the dead soldiers in Ningyuan. Zu Dashou said it tepidly, which made people feel like they came from the heart.
When Zhu Qing saw this situation, he didn't want to question it anymore, so he nodded and said, "Then there is General Lao." The generals discussed and decided that General Zu's 50,000 army was still arranged in the rear, first, to let the long-range attack go first, and second, when the general's 50,000 army first arrived in Ningyuan, he should first familiarize himself with the position, so as not to make fearless sacrifices. ”
When Zu Dashou heard this, he smiled on his face, "Whether it is a matter of ability or not, General Qinglong intends to treat our army preferentially, Zu Dashou has thanked the general for the time being." Please rest assured that our army will do a good job in the rear and provide strong support for the pioneer battalion! Zu Dashou swore an oath.
"There's General Law." Zhu Qing arched his hand and said, "Since the task has been delivered, Zhu Qing will not bother the general, see you tomorrow." ”
"See you tomorrow!" Zu Dashou took advantage of the night to smile at the corner of his mouth and hugged his fists.
Don't celebrate Zu Dashou, Zhu Qing did not return to his military tent, he followed Cheng Li's guidance, and came to another gate in Ningyuan, the southwest gate, in fact, according to the door in the real sense, the southwest gate is not a gate, it is just a side gate of Ningyuan City, and it is a small gate that refugees pass through when they enter and leave the city, because the side gate is relatively narrow, generally only two or three people can pass at a time, so that it is convenient for the guards to check the spies hidden among the refugees, and it is generally not easy to open. The southwest gate, which had been opened a few days ago, is now closed again. Because when the Qing army attacked the city, Cheng Li had evacuated the people of Ningyuan City according to Zhu Qing's instructions, and most of the people had already left the city, and now Ningyuan City is just a military fortress, a symbol of victory or defeat.
But Zhu Qing still had to go to the southwest gate to have a look.
There were only four or five guards left guarding the door, and they were all surprised to see Zhu Qing appear.
Zhu Qing went in and out of the southwest gate a few times, and then ordered the guards, "Smash the door frame!" ”
"Smashed?" The guards were surprised.
Zhu Qing nodded, "Yes, smash it, the wider the smash, the better!" ”
Although the guards didn't know what Zhu Qing meant, the general told him to smash it, so he smashed it. A few men banged on the gate with the tools at hand, and it was easier to destroy than to protect, and in a few moments, the narrow southwest gate smashed out about the size of a gate.
"Slow!" Zhu Qing looked at the top beam and suddenly screamed.
The guards stopped. Zhu Qing walked over and touched the city wall and asked, "How long can this beam be carried?" ”
An older guard stepped forward and replied, "General, unless this pillar falls, the top beam will be fine." ”
Zhu Qing touched the two pillars holding the door beam again, and nodded, "Okay, keep it first." Zhu Qing said, and walked out of the door, southwest of the sea, only ten miles ahead is the coast, not far from the coast there is an island, called Juehua Island. As the rear of Ningyuan, this island is strategically located no less than Ningyuan.
Zhu Qing walked to the beach alone, looking at the island and sighing.
"I hope Xu Hongfei won't let me down." Zhu Qing looked at Juehua Island in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
This night, the waves were calm, and the sea breeze seemed to be holding its breath for tomorrow's battle. Zhu Qing checked the surroundings before returning to Ningyuan City.
On both sides of the Ningyuan River in Ningyuan City, the Ming army and the Qing army confronted each other across the bank, and the river flowed quietly, perhaps this was the last time it was so smooth.
Asleep and awake, everyone quietly waited for the next day, and feared its arrival.
But what should come will always come! As soon as the sky was bright, the horn suddenly blew on the opposite bank, and then the Qing army emerged from the bridge!
"Soldiers ahead, prepare for battle!" Cheng Li, who has an excellent sense of smell on the battlefield, was already standing on the bridge at this time, raising his sword to command.
When Zhu Qing walked to the front line, Cheng Li came to report the situation, "General, the first group is ready and ready to enter the battle at any time!" ”
Zhu Qing nodded with satisfaction, he picked up his clairvoyance and looked at the other side, and said to the generals beside him, "The enemy is a tentative feint." Let the archers meet them for a moment! ”
"Yes, General!" Cheng Li responded, then walked forward and waved his sword and shouted, "Archers prepare!" ”
As soon as Zhu Qing waved his hand, Cheng Li waved his knife and shouted angrily, "Release!" Thousands of detached arrows were shot towards the opposite bank, and sure enough, the Qing army retreated one after another, and only the Qing army in front of them, who had no time to dodge, was hit by the stray arrows and killed on the spot.
The battle began with the preemptive strike of the Ming army.
Sure enough, the Qing army tested the resilience of the Ming army at a small cost, and the fact is that the combat effectiveness of the Ningyuan defenders has been significantly higher than the battle of the previous days, and the Qing army did not dare to be careless.
"The shield army is the vanguard and the saber follows closely behind, covering the past! Archers take cover and suppress enemy fire! "Dorgon soon had a solution!
This is a clever tactic, suppressing the firepower of the Ming army with the advantage of long-range attack forces, making it difficult for the Ming army to take the lead, and then using the shield army to cover the past, and the saber follows closely behind for white blades, even if the Ming army's firecrackers and archers have the opportunity to take the lead, they will not be able to break through the cover of the shield army for a while.
"Blow up the bridge!" When a large wave of Qing troops passed by the bridge, Zhu Qing suddenly ordered.
The gunpowder team, which had been prepared for a long time, quickly planted explosives on the bridgehead.
"Fried!" Cheng Li shouted, and then only heard two loud "booms", a section of the bridge across the Ningyuan River was blown up, and the Qing army on the bridge deck suddenly turned on their backs and fell to the Ningyuan River.
"Build a bridge!" Dolgon did not give up, and ordered the sappers to quickly carry out the log, first erect it high, and then push it towards the opposite bank, and the wood fell to the side of the Ming army, and the improvised bridge was quickly completed.
Although the Ming army continued to destroy the wooden bridges of the Qing army, it was obvious that the manpower and response could not keep up with the number and speed of the Qing army. Soon, as there were more and more Qing troops in the Ningyuan River, the wood across the Ningyuan River became more and more honeyed, and under the cover of the Qing army's arrows, it was difficult for the Ming army to destroy the wooden bridge. The Ming army could only retreat, and a large number of Qing troops took the opportunity to cross the bridge.
"General, the enemy's arrows are raining down, and our army can't fight forward at all!" Lin Bai said anxiously.
"Give up the battle! Fight the enemy directly! Only by blending in with the enemy army will the enemy's rain arrows not work! Zhu Qing shouted the order, and then took the lead to kill the soldiers on the bridge and into the enemy formation, and the soldiers behind him saw that the commander was fighting so hard, and they were all encouraged, and they also charged into battle! The two armies engaged in a fierce white-knuckle battle on the temporary wooden bridge, and from time to time soldiers fell into the river, and the originally clear Ningyuan River became more and more red, and the water flow became slower and slower!
Because the enemy and the enemy were fighting together, both sides stopped their long-range attacks, because they accidentally injured their own people.
Just when the white blades of the two sides entered a stalemate, the Qing army suddenly withdrew its troops!
When the Ming army thought that the Qing army had been repelled and excited, Zhu Qing exclaimed, "It's not good, the enemy wants to attack from afar!" Shield cover to withdraw from the bridge deck! As soon as the words fell, the rain arrows of the Qing army fell overwhelmingly. Fortunately, Zhu Qing reminded in time, and the Ming army did not suffer much loss under the cover of the shield.
However, just when Zhu Qing led the soldiers to rush out of the enemy's rain arrow range, he only heard a strange horn sound behind him!
"What's the situation? I've been fighting the Tartars for so long, and I've never heard such a trumpet! Cheng Li exclaimed.
Zhu Qing couldn't care about his back, his eyes were firmly fixed on his big rear!
Zu Dashou was in a commotion!
"Not good! Zu Dashou has rebelled! Get out of the bridge! Zhu Qing exclaimed!
Zu Dashou really led an army of 50,000 to rush over!
"His grandmother's! Dog traitor! Look at Lao Tzu if you don't tear you! Lin Bai, who has always been as angry as a cow, could not suppress the anger in his heart, and he had to go to the ancestor alone to celebrate his birthday.
"You come back to me! He was prepared, be careful! Zhu Qing dragged Lin Bai back to the army.
The Ming army had already withdrawn from the bridge, but at this time, the Qing army launched another fierce attack, and hundreds of thousands of Qing troops rushed to the bridge deck, rushing over, shouting and killing The sound was earth-shattering!
"General! We're being flanked! Cheng Li exclaimed.
There are Qing troops in front, rebels in the back, and 50,000 Ming troops are surrounded by the front and rear, and they are in danger!
"Go sideways!" Zhu Qing suddenly shouted, "General Tie, you lead people to tear a hole from the southwest direction, and General Cheng and everyone evacuate from the southwest gate!" ”
"Order!" Tie Mian rushed towards the southwest with dozens of elite soldiers, Zu Dashou didn't expect that there was a way to retreat in the southwest, so he didn't lay down heavy troops, and the brave Tie Mian and his subordinates quickly tore a hole for the Ming army!
"General, although the side door is open, but the door is narrow, it is impossible to pass through these many people for a while, the general and lead the army to retreat, I will come to the palace!" Cheng Li thought that the side gate was still the original small side gate, so he asked to stay as the queen of the large army.
But Zhu Qing smiled knowingly and patted Cheng Li's shoulder heavily, "How can I, Zhu Qing, lose such an excellent general!" Give it all to me! The side door was smashed open last night, and the army can pass! ”
When the generals heard this, they were all surprised!
Zhu Qing smiled slightly, "Have you forgotten that when I was discussing last night, I asked General Cheng about the partial door, and then I took advantage of the night to take a trip, in order to prevent accidents, I have asked the guards to smash the door wide, and the army can break through with confidence!" ”
"Great! The general is really a man of God! All the generals exclaimed.
"Stop talking nonsense, let's go! If the side door is blocked by the enemy again, then we will really be dumplings by others! General Cheng, this general ordered you to lead the army to break through from the southwest gate, and Tie Mian and Lin Bai covered on both sides! ”
"Order!" Cheng Li led the army to swarm towards the southwest gate!
"Big brother, why don't you leave?!" Lin Bai, who was just about to leave, suddenly asked.
"I know more about Zu Dashou, I'm here for the palace!" Zhu Qing responded.
"No, if you want the queen of the palace, I will also come to the queen of the palace!" Lin Bai argued.
"Presumptuous! Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, this is the battlefield, do you and I have a child's play with you? Come on! If the army can't withdraw from Ningyuan City because of you! See how I clean you up! Zhu Qing angrily reprimanded Lin Bai.
"Let's go! Qinglong has its own measure! The iron face shook Lin Bai, and Lin Bai reluctantly left.
Under the cover of the three parties, the 50,000 Ningyuan defenders successfully withdrew from the southwest gate!
"Qinglong, let's go! The army has withdrawn! When the army withdrew from the door, Tie Mian shouted at Zhu Qing.
"Retreat!" Zhu Qing ordered the Jinyi guards of the pioneer battalion who followed his palace.
"General, what about you?" Jinyiwei, who was about to be removed, asked.
"I have my own way!" Zhu Qing retreated while fighting. Those brocade guards had no choice but to retreat first!
"Where's the big brother?" When the brocade guards withdrew to the southwest gate, Lin Bai asked anxiously.
"General, let's withdraw first!"
"Hey! You ......" Lin Bai said hatefully, so he wanted to copy the knife and go to answer it!
"You and General Cheng stay in the army in case of accidents, and I will go to pick up Qinglong!" The iron mask pulled Lin Bai back, and rushed back with the iron spear himself.
When he arrived at the front of the battle, Zhu Qing was fighting angrily against a large area of enemy troops, and it was difficult to get out!
"Green Dragon! I'm here to help you! Iron Mask shouted and rushed over!
"I'm about to withdraw, what are you going to do when you come back?!" Zhu Qing shouted.
"It's endless, how do you get out by yourself?!"
"Hey! You ......" Zhu Qing wanted to speak and stopped, suddenly he whistled, and the chasing horse galloped out of the camp, rushed out of the enemy army, and came to Zhu Qing's side.
Zhu Qing didn't hesitate at all, and jumped on the horse!
"Get on board!" Zhu Qing picked up the iron mask, and the iron mask also stepped on the horse's back!
"Drive!" Chase the wind and gallop away!
"Give me chase!" Zu Dashou ordered to drink! The Qing army and the rebels pursued and killed together.
"Let's go! Get out of town! Rushing to the southwest gate, Zhu Qing shouted at Lin Bai and other generals who were still waiting at the door.
Lin Bai saw that Zhu Qing and Tie Mian had already escaped, so he also hurried out of the city!
"Iron Mask! Do you see the roof of the gate? Zhu Qing said to Tiemian while driving the horse.
"See!"
"When you rush out of the city gate later, you are in charge of the pillar on the right, and I am in charge of the pillar on the left, as soon as the pillar falls, the roof beam will collapse and block the gate!" Zhu Qing said to Tie Mian, because Tie Mian's left hand had been cut off by Zhu Qing, so Zhu Qing could only let Tie Mian be responsible for the right pillar!
Iron Face glanced at the city gate, and smiled at the corner of his mouth, "Understood!" ”
"Let's go! Drive! Zhu Qing urged the wind chasing horse again, and the wind chasing horse jumped hard and jumped over from the middle of the pillar!
"Cut!" Zhu Qing shouted, and with a swing of the knife, the pillar on the left was cut off instantly, and the iron-faced iron spear on this side was raised, and the pillar on the right also fell down!
"Grit!" With a long roar, the wind chasing horse rushed out of the city gate.
"Boom" The tall roof beam collapsed violently, the southwest gate was blocked tightly, and only the screams from the city could be faintly heard, thinking that the pursuers had no time to rein in their feet, and were crushed by the collapsed city wall!
"Hey! Rush to the West Gate! When Zu Dashou saw it, he shouted angrily! With the tail as the vanguard, chase out from the west gate.
Unexpectedly, the west gate was locked from the outside by the gatekeepers! I can't bump it open for a while!
"Don't stay here for long! Walk! Zhu Qing glanced back at the fallen Ning Yuan City, and said with grief and indignation.
"General, where else can we go except to go back to Shanhaiguan?" Cheng Li asked blankly.
The generals are also worried!
"Returning to Shanhaiguan is not the best policy, not to mention that the situation in Shanhaiguan is unclear, just being caught up by the iron cavalry of the Qing army on this road is definitely not worth the loss!" Zhu Qing responded.
"What should I do?!" Iron Mask asked.
Zhu Qing turned to Lin Bai, "Do you remember when I asked you to find Xu Hongfei?" Later, the Black Shar went to take over your job! ”
When Lin Bai heard this, he was pleasantly surprised, "Remember, of course I remember, when I left, the project had already started!" ”
Zhu Qing nodded, "That's right, the Ludao Bridge has now been completed!" Lin Bai, blow the horn of the bridge immediately! ”
"Order!" Lin Bai was pleasantly surprised, so he took out the horn and blew it on the island!
Just when Cheng Li was waiting for the soldiers to return to the clouds, suddenly, a pontoon bridge slowly surfaced!
"Huh?!" All the soldiers are amazed!
"Quick! Cross the bridge and land on the island, and avoid the enemy's encirclement this time! Zhu Qing ordered!
"Order! Fast! Landing on the island in order! Although Cheng Li still doesn't know the specific situation, it is obvious that Zhu Qing has thought of a way back for them! And this back road seems to be not bad!
In this way, the 50,000-strong army crossed the pontoon bridge and landed on Juehua Island in front.
After everyone landed on the island, the pontoon suddenly disappeared into the sea.
The Qing army and rebels in Ningyuan City finally rushed out of the city after spending most of the day. only to find that 50,000 Ming troops were gone!
"I must have returned to Shanhaiguan!" Zu Dashou sneered.
Dolgon slowly walked to the sea, he stared at Juehua Island in the distance, he guessed, but he couldn't figure out how the 50,000 army crossed this vast sea in just one stick of incense! Looking at the rough sea, Dorgon began to doubt his judgment, so he turned to Dorgon and ordered, "Go back to the city to rectify the army, and open the mountain customs tomorrow!" ”