Chapter 1079: Deploying a counterattack
readx; "Kill all the Tartars and capture Hauge alive!"
With the surging water, the Ming army, which had been in ambush for a long time, shouted and killed from the west. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoIf it had been half an hour ago, Hauge would have welcomed this self-defeating behavior of the Ming army very much; But now it's completely different, half of the middle route army that followed him has been swept away by the flood, and the remaining half has also fallen into the water, and now he is almost gone, how dare he fight against the Ming army!
Therefore, Hauge had to lead the remnants of the army to desperately run east along the original road, because the mountain road was too narrow, the horses were more difficult to pass than people, and in desperation, many Qing soldiers had to push their mounts down the river. These war horses, which had followed them to the east and west, and had made great achievements, were carried downstream by the flood with a long neighing, and soon disappeared.
Fortunately, the Ming army was only bluffing, and since the mountain road upstream of the river had been swallowed up by floods, they would not be able to get past until the water receded. At this time, Haoge was really panicked like a lost dog, anxious like a fish that had slipped through the net, and crawled down the mountain with a rolling belt. At this time, he understood why the Ming army had discarded the armor and weapons before, and it was clear that the more weight on his body, the physical strength consumed would be greater. Now that he is racing against the flood, how can he even think about thinking about fighting the Ming army!
So Hauge took the lead in throwing off his helmet, taking off his golden armor, and throwing it into the river at will, and sure enough, he felt a lot more relaxed. The banner owners have lost their armor, and the other Qing soldiers have also followed suit, which is good, originally they picked up a lot of loot, but now not only these trophies are gone, even the old book has been put in, only one life is left, and I don't know if I can keep it.
After running wildly for a while, he finally ran to the fork in the road, and the Qing army on both the north and south roads was defeated and retreated here. When Hauge asked, he found out that both groups of people had also been flooded. Fortunately, they were not as "smart" as Hauge, they did not go down into the river, and the casualties were not too heavy, but they also fled in order to seize the road, and sacrificed a lot of horses.
Haoge picked up some remnants, originally 15,000 cavalry with blue flags, but now before he fought with the Ming army, he lost more than 3,000 people, and there were less than 7,000 war horses left. He was still in the mood to fight, so he immediately joined forces and continued to retreat eastward. Fortunately, after walking a short distance, the terrain gradually calmed down, and the road became wider and wider, so Haoge ordered the two to ride the same horse and escape from Yi County first.
After about an hour, the Ming army also drove down from the mountain. The leader was none other than the general with an iron spear, and he said with some regret: "Hey, the Tartar has escaped!" ”
"General, keep chasing!" A young general eagerly said, "Look at their bear-like appearance, just my 3,000 light horsemen can kill them without leaving a single piece of armor!" ”
"Luo Zhongjun, you little rabbit cub, do you really think you have a lot of ability?" The general laughed and scolded, "Don't underestimate the Tartars. Don't look at their defeat so badly, when we get to the plains, we may not be able to bargain. This great victory relied on the terrain and the water, and of course, the most important thing was the strategic planning of the saint. With your elm head, could you have thought of flooding your tartars half a month ago? ”
The speaker was not someone else, it was Hao Yongzhong, the commander of the 3,000 battalions of the Beijing Division. After covering Zhu Youzhen's return to Beijing from Dagu to transport firearms, although he was seriously wounded, Hao Yongzhong still followed Zhu Youzhen's arrangement, and on the same day led all the officers and men of the 3,000 battalion, about 15,000 light cavalry, to leave Beijing and drive into the Fangshan Mountains, and turned all the way south to the vicinity of Yi County.
Zhu Youzhen gave Hao Yongzhong only one task: to try to stop the Qing army moving south. But he also knew that the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Cavalry was above the 3,000 battalions, and the Ming army was definitely not the opponent of the Qing army. Therefore, Zhu Youzhen ordered Hao Yongzhong to find a suitable area for ambush, and once the Qing army really went south, he led them into an ambush circle and attacked them.
Hao Yongzhong chose to come and go, and he took a fancy to Yi County. Yi County leans on the Taihang Mountain in the west, Donglin Plain, the terrain in the territory is complex, especially the rivers are numerous, from north to south, there are five relatively large rivers of Juma River, North Yishui, Zhongyi Water, South Yishui and Cao River, each separated by a watershed. In particular, the three rivers of the north, middle and south Yishui are very narrow, and the amount of water in the upper reaches is relatively large.
Hao Yongzhong only felt that this terrain was not conducive to cavalry operations at first, so he used a flying pigeon to inform Zhu Youzhen that he planned to fight the Qing army here. After receiving the letter, Zhu Youzhen pondered for a long time, but came up with a clever plan.
The plan was for Hao Yongzhong to build dams upstream of the three rivers to block the rivers and artificially create three dammed lakes. Then it was time to wait for the rabbits, as long as the Qing army passed by, they would try their best to lure them here, and then open the dam and flood the Seventh Army for the Qing army.
After receiving the letter, Hao Yongzhong immediately followed the order, and built three dams in just one day, blocking all three rivers. It just so happened that the autumn rain was continuous these days, and the water level in the dammed lake was rising even more, and Hao Yongzhong was worried that if the Qing army did not come again, he would have to let the water go.
As a result, Hao Ge really led his troops to fight Baoding, and Hao Yongzhong personally led 3,000 soldiers to lure the enemy. Hauge really took the bait, because of his meritorious service, he obviously noticed the abnormal phenomenon of no water in the river, but he believed Chen Yonglai's words and did not take precautions, and the result was a fiasco.
After this battle, Hao Yongzhong judged that the Qing army would no longer dare to go south to attack Baoding Mansion, and his task would be completed. He immediately ordered General Luo Zhongjun to send a message to the Beijing Division Flying Pigeon to report the victory, and asked for instructions on the next move.
Just over an hour later, when Hauge was still leading the remnants of the army to find a place to camp in a hurry, Zhu Youzhen had already received a summons. He couldn't help but be ecstatic, because just yesterday, Yuan Chonghuan also sent him a secret letter of victory.
The letter said that Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanfu, led a 5,000-day Xiong army, poisoned the enemy with a trick at Tumu Fort, lured the enemy to drink water and was poisoned, and then bravely killed the enemy, destroying more than 2,000 enemies in the first battle. The Qing army was annoyed and angry, and rushed to the city of Xuanfu with great momentum, but was defended by Yuan Chonghuan and the Xuanda border army, and returned from the two sieges. Lu Xiangsheng also harassed the Qing army from the rear road, and repeatedly won it. The Qing army lost its troops but gained nothing, and has now begun to retreat.
Zhu Youzhen read the two secret letters more than a dozen times, and finally slammed his fist on the table and said: "The emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry, you have surrounded the Jingshi for so long, and now it is finally my turn to fight back!" Red Lady... Ah no, Li Sihong! ”
The red lady, who had changed her name to Li Sihong, immediately stepped forward and responded crisply: "Long live the lord!" ”
"Hehe, you are now the head of the sixth grade of the military department, the official of the imperial court, don't call me 'Long Live Lord', you should be called 'Your Majesty'." Zhu Youzhen was in a good mood and teased casually.
The red lady's cheeks turned red, and she changed her voice and said softly: "What does Your Majesty command?" ”
"Hmm... It sounds a little awkward, forget it, let's call it 'long live'! Zhu Youzhen laughed for a while and then turned serious, "Send a message to Li Laiheng Feige, let him act immediately!" ”
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