Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Battle of Songjin I
On Rufeng Mountain, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and Wu Sangui kept shouting hoarsely, "Rush up for me, the first one to rush to the top of the mountain will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, and the official will be promoted to three levels." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
The soldiers of Shanhaiguan desperately attacked the mountain, and the rain of arrows on the mountain kept shooting at them, and the Ming army kept falling to the ground with arrows. The Ming army behind was still moving forward bravely, and the musketeers and archers in front kept firing back at the mountain.
Wu Sangui saw that his army was suppressed by the rain of arrows from the Qing soldiers on the mountain, and said angrily, "Give me all the Franc machines to the front." ”
Wu Sangui and Hu Dawei, Cao Wenzhao's army arrived at the foot of Rufeng Mountain around noon, Dolgon originally saw that the Rufeng Mountain was geographically dangerous, specially set up three lines of defense in this Rufeng Mountain, and sent one of his confidants to guard here, just in case.
However, the Qing soldiers and defenders of Rufeng Mountain had been besieging Jinzhou for three months, and they had nothing to do, so they relaxed their vigilance and slacked off their daily patrols. It was noon again, and the defenders on the mountain were burying pots and cooking.
Who knew that the Ming army suddenly arrived, and attacked half of Rufeng Mountain at once, and the Qing army picked up bows and arrows in panic to shoot back, and the bows and arrows of the Qing soldiers were very sharp, and the Ming army's offensive was blocked in the middle of the mountain.
Wu Sangui saw that his subordinates could not attack halfway up the mountain, and he was very anxious, so he hurriedly ordered someone to carry the Fulong machine gun. The range of this Furlong cannon is only one or two miles, but it is lightweight, dexterous, and easy to carry. Two or three soldiers can be lifted up, and it is easy to operate, not as heavy as the Hongyi cannon, and it can be fired continuously without cooling.
When the Qing soldiers on the mountain saw that the Ming army was planting the Franc machine, they were greatly alarmed. A Niu Lu said viciously, "Brothers, don't be afraid, we are surrounded on this mountain, just to attract this Ming army, Prince Rui, they will send troops to save us." ”
The rest of the Qing soldiers were only a little settled in their hearts, and suddenly a rain of bullets smashed into their positions, and the iron pieces that the shotguns burst flew everywhere, although the trees on the mountain blocked part of the iron pieces, but the power of dozens of shotguns was still not to be underestimated, and the Qing soldiers were hit by the iron pieces and some people kept covering their necks, chests, arms, etc., and screamed, and the Niu Lu who had just spoken was only hit on the head by an iron piece, and fell to the ground with a muffled snort and kept twitching.
The archers of the Qing soldiers were looking for a place to hide from the iron sheets, where could they still care about blocking the Ming army, and the Qing soldiers and guards of Rufeng Mountain shouted, "Quickly put up the shield!" ”
The Qing soldiers hurriedly erected their shields in front of them, and Wu Sangui sneered when he saw this, "Francoji gave me ten more shots, and after the shots, all the soldiers rushed to the top of the mountain with a bang and destroyed these Tartars!" ”
The Qing soldiers on the mountain didn't expect that the shells of the Furlong machine of the Ming army attacking the mountain would be so dense, and they couldn't raise their heads when they hit them, so they could only lie on the ground and tremble. Even the Qing troops with shields in front of them kept screaming and falling to the ground.
The Qing soldier guard hid behind a rock and shouted, "Cheer me up, after the artillery stops, the Ming army will definitely attack." The archers are all ready for me to fire! ”
At this time, where could any archers listen to his orders, and after being attacked by this group of Franco, there were less than four or five hundred of the two thousand archers on the mountain, and they were all hung up. Wu Sangui's ears were buzzing, and the front of the position was full of white smoke after the launch of the Furlong plane. When Wu Sangui heard the sound of the cannon, he waved his sword and shouted, "Rush me!" The Ming army behind him poured up the mountain like a tide.
The Qing soldiers on the mountain looked at each other in despair, are they going to die here today? Suddenly, they heard the sound of fighting at the foot of the mountain on the left and right, and their hearts were overjoyed, and they shouted, "It's our reinforcements coming, and now we are saved!" ”
The left and right flanks of Rufeng Mountain are indeed the reinforcements of the Qing army, with Azig's army on the left and Haoge and Aobai's army on the right. The two teams rushed to the foot of Rufeng Mountain for less than ten miles, but they were blocked on both sides by Hu Dawei and Cao Wenzhao.
Haoge and Azig saw that Rufeng Mountain had been attacked by the Ming army to the halfway point of the mountain, and hurriedly sent troops to rush into the Hu Dawei and Cao Wenzhao troops who came to intercept them, the mountain road was narrow, and the cavalry could not be spread, and the Qing cavalry squeezed into three straight lines and rushed straight to the Ming army camp. They were greeted by a rain of arrows and lead bullets, the Qing cavalry kept falling off their horses, but the Qing cavalry took advantage of the opportunity to change the ammunition to approach the Ming army step by step, Cao Wenzhao looked at it, raised a red tassel gun in his hand, and said with a big body, "The archers retreat, the cavalry listens to the order, follow me to attack, you must block the Tartars in front, those who retreat from the battle, cut!" ”
Cao Bianjiao over there led three thousand cavalry with a big knife to rush straight to the Qing army, the knife fell, and the Qing cavalry on the side continued to fall off the horse. Cao Bianjiao hurriedly raised his knife to block Aobai's mace, only to hear the sound, Cao Bianjiao's arms were numb, his body shook on the horse, and he exclaimed in his heart, "This tartar has so much strength!" ”
Ao Bai raised the mace again, and waved it at the top of Cao Bianjiao's head, Cao Bianjiao didn't dare to fight hard with Ao Bai this time, and hurriedly lowered his head, dodged the mace, and raised a knife with his backhand to cut Ao Bai's waist, Ao Bai made a mistake, protected himself with a mace, and scolded in his mouth, "What a despicable Ming dog." ”
Cao Wenzhao saw that his nephew Cao Bianjiao was not Aobai's opponent, so he hurriedly raised his gun and rushed to Aobai, shouting, "Tartar look at the gun." Ao Bai saw that Cao Wenzhao's spear was powerful and powerful, so he gave up Cao Bianjiao and raised a stick to fight Cao Wenzhao.
Cao Wenzhao's red tasseled spear is like a dragon, the spear splashes everywhere, and Ao Bai is on par with Cao Wenzhao for a while, and it is on par. Cao Bianjiao saw it, and also raised a knife to help Cao Wenzhao, Ao Bai was also not afraid, worthy of being the first warrior of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the two Cao fought together, not falling behind.
The Azig division on the left flank is also fighting with the Hu Dawei department, and the cavalry combat strength of Datong is also good, because it has been fighting on the border all year round, and the daily training has not been left behind, and it has been on par with the Azig department for a while.
Wu Sangui, who was attacking the mountain, listened to the battle on both wings at the foot of the mountain, and knew that Tartar reinforcements were coming. In a hurry, he tore off his cloak and shouted, "All the musketeers and archers will give me all the strength to shoot, and I must attack the top of the mountain within a stick of incense." The sergeants of Shanhaiguan also knew very well that the fierce battle at the foot of the mountain was in full swing, and if they could no longer attack the top of the mountain, the two wings at the foot of the mountain did not know how long they could stop the Tartar reinforcements. The generals and leaders of the generals, Qianhu and other generals shouted one after another, "Soldiers, rush to the top of the mountain, and destroy this son of a." ”
The soldiers' blood swelled, and despite the rain of arrows on the mountain, they rushed to the top of the mountain without hesitation.
After a pillar of incense, Haoge, Azig, Aobai and others who were fighting fiercely with the Ming army on both wings suddenly heard a burst of cheers from the Ming army on the top of Rufeng Mountain, and it was over, Rufeng Mountain was occupied by the Ming army.
At this time, Ao Bai was also exhausted, after all, he was fighting against the two tiger generals of the Ming Dynasty, his strength was limited, and he was slashed in the left shoulder by Cao Bianjiao, fortunately his armor was still covered with a layer of chain mail, otherwise his left arm would be wasted. But the pain in his left shoulder had affected his strength, and his mace was not so powerful. Seeing this, Haoge hurriedly patted his horse over and helped Ao Bai resist the siege of Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao.
"Oh no, prince, the Ming army on the mountain has come to support the mountain." A real horse came running and shouted.
Haoge was shocked, blocked Cao Bianjiao's big knife at once, and shouted, "Withdraw!" After saying that, he patted the horse and turned around and ran.
Cao Bianjiao looked at it and shouted, "Where is the Tartar running?" Lifting the broadsword and chasing forward, Hauge and Aobai's guards hurriedly blocked him, so that Hauge and Aobai had time to escape.
Over there, Azig saw that Rufeng Mountain had been lost, and also led his army to retreat. Hu Dawei also chased after a burst of slashing, and the killed Azig fled.
Dolgon stood in the big tent outside Jinzhou, listening to the sound of fighting everywhere in Rufeng Mountain, his heart was uneasy, he wanted to embankment this Jinzhou City's Zhou Renyuan and Zu Dashou led the army to attack him, he was most worried that the defenders in Jinzhou City would suddenly attack, because there was his most feared enemy in the city, the Yongming King of the Ming Kingdom, if the Yongming King broke out of his encirclement, it would be a tiger into the deep mountains, and the future would be endless.
At this moment, Dorgon saw that the two reinforcements he had sent were rushing back towards his camp. I was horrified, it's over, it's defeated! He couldn't let these defeated troops impact his big array, and hurriedly shouted, "The whole army retreats!"
Zhou Renyuan and Zu Dashou saw that Dolgon led the army to retreat, and knew that Rufeng Mountain had been taken, so they immediately led their troops out of the city to beat the water dogs. Dorgon was in a state of confusion and kept running.
"Uncle." Wu Sangui rode a horse and rushed to the outside of Jinzhou City with his personal guards, and when he saw Zu Dashou, he hurriedly dismounted and ran towards Zu Dashou with tears.
"Sangui, you're here too!" Zu Dashou got off the horse and hugged Wu Sangui, and the taste of reuniting relatives after the war was particularly exciting.
Dolgon led an army of 20,000 men to retreat to the north, building a defensive line at the town of Linghe, fifty miles away. Soon after, Haug, Azig, and Aobai led the remnants of the army to join Dolgon. Dolgon's face turned pale in the tent and asked, "What about the casualties of the two reinforcements?" ”
Azig said with a ashamed face: "I lost two thousand with the blue flag. ”
Haoge also said helplessly: "I lost three thousand in yellow." ”
Dolgon smiled bitterly and said, "Coupled with the 5,000 white flags I stationed in Rufeng Mountain, a total of 10,000 warriors of the Qing Dynasty were killed and injured in this battle. The order was given to Prince Zheng's ZLQ to come to support from Uiju to prevent the Ming army from taking advantage of the situation to attack. ”
In the city of Jinzhou, Zhou Renyuan and Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui, Hu Dawei, Cao Wenzhao, and Cao Bianjiao will gather in the General Military Mansion. Zu Dashou bowed down and said, "Zu, thank you to all the generals for coming to relieve the siege, and I thank you on behalf of the soldiers and people of Jinzhou!" ”
The generals hurriedly declared, "Don't dare, it is the duty of the last general to drive out the Tartars." ”
Zhou Renyuan asked, "Where is Lord Hong Chengchou at the moment?" The food and grass in this Jinzhou city have been scarce for a long time, and the army is still needed to supplement Jinzhou. ”
Cao Bianjiao smiled and said, "What did the prince say, aren't you still in the position of supervising the army?" As long as you say a word, how can Inspector Hong not agree? ”
Zhou Renyuan smiled when he heard this, "Although I am the supervising army, such a major matter as grain and grass still requires the consent of Inspector Hong." ”
Cao Bianjiao pursed his lips when he heard this, and stopped talking. Cao Wenzhao said with a smile: "If it was before, the imperial court sent a father-in-law to be the supervisor, Inspector Hong would not necessarily take it seriously, but this time it was the prince who was the supervisor, and Inspector Hong would definitely agree, where is there a prince like you who can share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers in Jinzhou for three months?" ”
When Zu Dashou heard this, he said happily, "That's!" Speaking of the siege, the last general hoped that the prince would take this opportunity to leave Jinzhou and go to the army of the Hongdu Division. At first, maybe this Tartar will still besiege Jinzhou again, and the last general will be the Jinzhou guard, and guarding Jinzhou is the responsibility of the last general. Lord Wang, you have been suffering for three months, your goal has been achieved, and it can be said that you have retired. Second, you are a supervising army, and you have to command more soldiers outside, so this Jinzhou should be handed over to the last general. ”
Everyone felt justified when they heard this, and they all nodded in agreement, they made such efforts to relieve the siege of Jinzhou, and secondly, to take Zhou Renyuan back.
Zhou Renyuan pondered for a moment and said, "Governor Zuo is reasonable, don't worry, I will return to the army, do a good job of supervising the army, and have a good fight with the Tartars." ”
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, and Yongming Wang's willingness to leave Jinzhou was a great achievement.
An hour later, Zhou Renyuan, Mo Zhu, Shen Tieshan and other three hundred guards left Jinzhou City, where they had fought, under the escort of Wu Sangui, Cao Wenzhao and other generals. Zhou Renyuan looked back at the soldiers on the city tower, waved his hand, and shouted loudly, "Soldiers, I will not give up on you!" I'll be back! ”
The soldiers of the city tower have long liked this brave warrior and has no frame to share weal and butter with him, and shouted in unison, "Lord, take care all the way!" Zhou Renyuan was deeply moved by these Ming soldiers in his heart, shed two lines of tears, and shouted, "Soldiers, have you forgotten the songs I taught you?" Sing it all to me! ”
"Rise up, people who do not want to be slaves of the country, and build our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall! The Ming Dynasty has arrived, and at the most dangerous time, everyone is forced to let out a final roar! Get up! Get up! Get up! We are united as one, braving the enemy's artillery fire, forward, braving the enemy's artillery fire, forward! Advance! Advance! Enter!!" The tower resounded with a majestic singing!