Chapter 49 Looking at the river and sighing

Yue Su led the army in the battle on the river bank, the Tartar camp, everywhere there was fire, the strength of the weak, to be very obvious (.

Why did Lord Yue appear here, and why did he so cleverly design an ambush circle for the Tartars?

This is also due to the timely arrival of urgent paperwork. The governor of the three sides said in the fold that the Tartars were about to enter Chang'an, in fact, that was an exaggeration, at that time, the Tartars were on the way to Yan'an, but it was also in Shaanxi, this kind of major event, it was natural to inform the court at the first time, and the officials were like this, the more serious the matter, the fastest the court sent reinforcements (. If the imperial court moves slowly, and the Tartars conquer Yan'an and turn to attack Chang'an, what will be done? If Chang'an has a good life, I am afraid that I will have to take it.

When the Tartars arrived in Yan'an, Lord Yue had already sent troops, and the speed of the march was very fast, not to mention day and night, it was not much worse. Yue Su was really worried that the Tartars would cross the Yellow River, and if that was the case, he would have to confront the Tartars head-on, which would be very unfavorable to himself, but if he held the Yellow River, the situation would not be so grim, and he would have a lot more time to prepare. The Tartars fought in Yan'an for seven days before taking the city, and then tossed around in the city of Yan'an for two days, which gave Yue Su enough time, and when he arrived in Daning County along the Yellow River, the Tartars had not yet set off from Yan'an.

Sima Qiaoyu's soldiers and horses arrived earlier than Yue Su's soldiers and horses, Wu Rumeng's troops and Yue Su were basically front and rear, while Mao Youjian's fleet arrived two days in advance by water.

Sent a detective to the other side to inquire about the situation, and learned that the Tartars had only sent troops to this side now, Yue Su was secretly happy in his heart, and decided to eat this forward force. None of them want to go back.

Therefore, Yue Su ordered the army to hide in Xi County, Daning County, and Yonghe County, and after the Tartar soldiers and horses crossed the river and set up camp, they each sent 3,000 light horsemen at night to come to sneak attack, and the main army followed behind. The ships of the sailors all retreated downstream, and when the Tartar front crossed the river, they came back at night.

The situation was as Yue Su expected, Jierharang burned all the way, and finally arrived at the Yellow River today, set up a pontoon bridge, and then crossed the river and camped, waiting for Huang Taiji's army. In this way, it is just right to enter the encirclement designed for him. There are more than 10,000 people in Ji'erharang, and Yue Su's soldiers and horses are more than ten times that of him, if he fights on the plains during the day, if he wants to destroy him in one fell swoop, of course, it will not be particularly easy, at least after a hard battle. But now, attacking the camp at night, being prepared to kill unprepared, and more importantly, in the middle of the night, the Tartars don't have time to get on their horses, so they have to rush to meet the battle, which can still be good.

Yue Su could see clearly from the watchtower that the Tartar camp had become a sea of fire, and victory was just around the corner. But at this time, many Tartar soldiers suddenly ran towards the riverbank, but they did not board the pontoon bridge, but stood in front of the pontoon bridge. Immediately after, the cavalry of the Ming army also chased after them, and the two sides fought a bloody battle on the shore.

Seeing this scene, Yue Su smiled slightly and said, "See, give the order to go down, destroy the pontoon bridge, and then fire artillery on the shore (.)" ”

"The last will obey."

Mao Youjian agreed, and immediately ordered to open fire.

What is a mere pontoon bridge, even if it is a stone bridge, with a few cannons, it can be smashed, this pontoon bridge, as long as one shot is right, it will be destroyed immediately. Although the artillery fired at night could not be fired too accurately, it could not stand the variety of artillery, and a row of artillery bombardment was fired, and six pontoon bridges were all destroyed.

There are boats in the Yellow River, and the Tartars have actually seen it, but even if they do, what can they do, just watch the pontoon bridge be smashed. Moreover, the deafening roar of the cannons hit the morale of the Tartar soldiers. As soon as the Ming army heard the sound of artillery, they knew that it was their own reinforcements and became more and more brave.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" ……

After the cannon smashed the pontoon, it moved slightly to the shore, adjusted the muzzle, aimed at the Tartar soldiers on the bank of the river, and dozens of warships, surrounded by an oval, fired at the shore together.

You know, there were twenty guns on the side of this great warship, and one was twenty, and fifty were a thousand together. Thousands of artillery pieces, fired together, what a momentum.

It is not an exaggeration to describe the sound of artillery as earth-shattering.

Only a row of artillery fired, and the screams on the shore resounded through the night. Countless Tartars, concentrated by shells, were directly stoned to death if they were lucky, and those who were slightly less fortunate were basically half-dead. Of course, the artillery also missed, and the people who accidentally hit the shore were only a very few. After all, leaning against the river, you will hit them first.

Only one shot was fired from a thousand guns, and the Tartars on the shore lay down on a large face, and the living people were also completely demoralized by the cannon just now.

"Kill!" "Kill all the Tartars!" "Avenge your fathers and fellow villagers!" ……

On the other hand, the Ming army was even more courageous, brandishing a war knife and slashing at the Tartars. After that moment just now, the Ming army soon formed a complete encirclement of the Tartars. It's just that in this way, the artillery on the warship is not suitable for firing together, because if a cannon goes down, it will definitely injure one's own family members by mistake.

Yue Su ordered that more than a dozen ships facing the Tartars should fire on the shore, and the other warships must fire again.

As soon as the flag moved, the dozen or so warships opened fire again.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" ……

Another series of shelling, more than 200 shells fell, rushed out of countless bloody alleys, and inflicted extremely heavy casualties on the Tartars. The Tartars had seen the power of the Ming artillery, but it was the first time they encountered the artillery of the Ming army in this situation during the siege of the city. The front is the cavalry of the Ming army, and the back is the artillery of the Ming army.

The Tartars fell again, and the rest of the people, more than a thousand people, faced with the Ming army several times their size, how could they arrive, only to be slaughtered. Zilharang is also a fierce general, who fought with Nurhachi back then, seeing such a situation, he knows that he can't stay here, he must break through.

As soon as he urged his crotch to get off his horse, he was fighting to the death, intending to break out of the encirclement. The soldiers behind him followed him and marched forward bravely. It's a pity that this batch of Ming troops was not given in vain, especially in the case of this extremely obvious advantage, the fighting spirit is high, how can you be afraid of the last struggle of the Tartars.

Although Zilharang was brave and killed several Ming soldiers, he soon met one man, Huzi.

"You guy, your kung fu is good, let Lao Tzu meet you!"

Huzi waved the big knife in his hand and went straight to Jierharang, Jierharang didn't pay attention to Huzi when he saw Huzi coming, it can be said that any general of the Ming army, in the case of fighting alone, he will not be afraid. He also raised the big knife in his hand, faced the tiger, and rushed over.

"Boy, die!"

Jilharang raised his hand and slashed towards the top door of Huzi (.

"Open!"

Huzi shouted, came to raise fire to the sky, the big knife went upward, only to hear the sound of "bell", the big knife in the hand of Jilharang had already flown out. Not only that, but the tiger's mouths on Zilharang's hands were also all cracked.

"Ah......h

At this moment, I was so frightened that my soul was scattered, and I never thought that I would be planted here today. However, there was not much time left for him to be afraid, and after the tiger shook Zilharang's big knife, he followed it with a backhand knife and slashed at Zilharang.

With a "click", Zilharang was carried by a diagonal shoulder strap and split in two, and the body fell off the horse.

When the Tartar soldiers saw that Zilharang was killed, they were stupid, but the tiger did not slack off, and brandished his big knife and stepped forward to continue slashing.

At this time, the west bank of the Yellow River was full of people, and many Tartar cavalry were roaring. This is Huang Taiji's soldiers and horses, his army, stationed only thirty miles away from the Yellow River, because there are too many prisoners, so they walk very slowly, just waiting for tomorrow to arrive. Aseji quickly went to ask for help, and soon rushed to Huang Taiji's camp, and told the matter that Huang Taiji immediately sent reinforcements. And in person.

He led a large group of men and horses to the west of the Yellow River, and he could see the fire on the other side clearly, and even the shouts and screams could be heard clearly. But he had no way at all, the pontoon bridge on the river had been destroyed, and on the Yellow River, there were still warships of the Ming army, he couldn't do anything, he could only look at his own people on the other side, and they were killed by the Ming army.

The enemy's reinforcements arrived, and Yue Su also saw it, he couldn't help but chuckle lightly, and said, "The battle situation here has been decided, don't worry about it." Seeing this, the order was sent down, and the warship approached the west bank, and when he saw the opportunity, he gave me a hard beating and let them taste the power of my artillery. ”

"The last general obeys!"

As soon as the flag was struck, the warship immediately approached the west bank, and after entering the range, the flag waved again, and it was a cannon fired together, and it was fired at the Tartars on the shore (.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" ……

A series of artillery guns shot out, and on the banks of the Yellow River, the earth-shattering sound of artillery sounded again.

Although Huang Taiji had already realized that something was wrong when he saw the Ming warship approaching his side, it was too late. Tens of thousands of cavalry, gathered together, how can they say that they can run away by turning around and escaping? A cannon came down, killed thousands of Tartars, and the emperor Taiji's life should not be extinguished, and a cannonball flew a foot away from him, smashing the Tartar soldiers on the side, and the cannonball was not declining, so he stoned several to death.

This scene just now made Huang Taiji break out in a cold sweat, he didn't dare to stand here anymore, and immediately shouted, "Retreat, retreat!" ”

The Tartar soldiers also saw that the artillery was powerful, and they dared to stay there, so they turned their horses' heads and fled desperately, but this time, it was too chaotic, and even caused a rear-end phenomenon, causing many Tartars to fall off their horses and trample on each other. And the warships of the Ming army, loaded with shells, fired a cannonball, and killed many Tartars.

The Tartars on the west bank fled in the wilderness, but in contrast, the Tartars on the east bank did not have such a good fate.

A fierce battle lasted for another hour. The Tartars were almost completely slaughtered, and only a few remained, still resisting stubbornly, but only death awaited them.

A great victory is just around the corner.

This battle was very critical for the Ming army, not only choking the Yellow River, but also greatly boosting morale and killing the banner lord of the Tartars. However, there is also a rarity, this regret is that if the pontoon bridge is smashed later, wait until Huang Taiji's reinforcements arrive and cross the bridge, is it possible to wrap Huang Taiji dumplings. Of course, this is just an assumption, your current identity as Huang Taiji, he will definitely not take the lead in the war, charge into battle, have his own generals, and take the risk of crossing the river in person, he will not do it.

Besides, Huang Taiji, fled back to the camp in a panic, and now that it was dawn, he immediately raised his account and called all the princes and generals to discuss the matter (.

After all the princes and generals arrived, Huang Taiji endured his frustration and anger, and said: "A very important matter has just happened, some of you know it, and some people don't know it yet, I will announce it here." Zilharan is dead, and his blue banner is gone......"

Hearing this, many people present were dumbfounded, and they couldn't even believe it. During the day, he also received a military report from Zilharang, saying that the pontoon bridge had been built and the Yellow River had been crossed, but the whole army was wiped out in one night. It's incredible.

"This incident is what I saw with my own eyes, Jilharang was attacked by the Ming army, sent people to urgently ask for help, I personally led the army to rush to help, I didn't expect that the pontoon bridge on the Yellow River has been destroyed by the Ming army's sailors, my soldiers and horses can't pass, Jilharang can't come back, watching his blue flag, just like that." In the end, Huang Taiji not only shook his head helplessly.

Zilharang was his confidant, and Huang Taiji had always relied on him, and he also let him replace the dead Amin as the owner of the blue flag. This time, let him play in the front, but he didn't expect to die like this. Huang Taiji was inevitably sad, and tears fell, although sometimes, the tears of the king were similar to the tears of crocodiles, but today's tears were from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing Huang Taiji's appearance, the Jurchen princes and generals also shed tears, but those Mongolian princes hurriedly said: "Please also ask the emperor to mourn, take the dragon body as the most important." ”

Huang Taiji nodded slightly and said, "I know." It's just that the death of Zilharang not only made me sad and caused great losses to my Jurchen, but more importantly, it made me discover the suffering of the way ahead. The current situation is very clear, the Ming army and the navy, choke the Yellow River, we want to go east to Shanxi, to Beijing, it is simply impossible. ”

"This ......"

Everyone in the room hung their heads at once. Huang Taiji's meaning, they naturally understood.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's study it, let's take the next step. It is impossible to cross the Yellow River and go east to Shanxi, so we can only find other plans, what do you think we should do next? Huang Taiji glanced at everyone in the tent.

Everyone in the tent was silent, and after a while, they saw Dolgon stand up, bow down and say: "Your Majesty, my brother thinks that the purpose of our coming this time is nothing more than to strengthen more food, supplies, and slaves, and attack Beijing, but in fact, it is not our goal. Beijing City, the city is high and thick, and the defense is tight, and it is not realistic for us to want to capture it. Since the Yellow River is now choked by the Ming army and cannot go to Beijing, it is better not to go to Beijing and go to another place. Anyway, on the plain, the Ming army does not dare to confront us head-on, we are still invincible, as long as there is land, it is what we say. ”

"King Rui is right." "King Rui is right, we are marching on land, and we don't want to go wherever we want." ……

After Dorgon had finished speaking, everyone nodded their heads. They believe that on the Yellow River, they will definitely not be able to defeat the Ming Dynasty's sailors, but if it is on land, as many Ming troops come, they will let you die as much as possible. The war on the plains has to belong to our Jurchens.

"I agree with Dorgon, and what he says is what I think. At least for now, the Ming army still doesn't dare to fight us head-on. However, the road in front of us is a little narrower, one is to go north to Yulin, twenty south to Chang'an, everyone thinks, how to go first? Huang Taiji said again.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we should go north to Yulin first, Yulin is one of the nine important towns of the Ming Court, if we can take Yulin, it will be much more convenient for us to retreat, and we will take a lot of unjust roads. Moreover, once Yulin is taken, there will be relatively more channels for us to cross the Yellow River. It can make the Ming army's sailors more scattered and difficult to deal with. Now that the Ming court is at war with Japan, a large number of warships have been put there, and there are not many warships left, and the benefits of taking Yulin are too great for us. "This time it was Mang Gurtai who spoke.

Huang Taiji listened, but did not express his position, it seems that he still wants to hear what other people have to say.

"Your Majesty......" Dolgon hurriedly said: "Mang Gurtai's words are inappropriate, the younger brother thinks that Yulin is adjacent to the Yellow River, and it is very easy for the Ming army and sailors to reinforce it, and the current Yulin should have already been prepared, they hold the city pass, and it is difficult for us to take it." To attack there, it is in vain, it is a waste of time and a waste of troops. ”

"Dolgon, you said my suggestion didn't work, so what do you say?" Mang Gurtai seems to be a little dissatisfied with Dolgon's rejection of his opinion (.

"I think that we should directly attack Chang'an, even if we can't attack Chang'an, we can sweep away all the places around Chang'an. If we go quickly, the people there will not have time to flee, and if we go late, I am afraid that a large number of people will flee again. Also, Chang'an is located in the plain, and the sailors of the Ming army can't use their strength at all, no matter what, it is our world, let our army gallop. Dorgon said.

Although Mang Gurtai is not very resourceful, he still agrees with good opinions. He nodded, and said, "Dolgon, you're right. ”

"Okay, since that's the case, then do what Dolgon wants, and the army will go south tomorrow to attack Chang'an." Huang Taiji made the final decision.

"Your Majesty, before sending troops, my brother has another proposal." Dorgon said.

"You have any ideas, but it doesn't hurt to say them." Huang Taiji said.

"The strength of the Ming court sailors, we have been taught when we were in Liaodong, and now after crossing the Yellow River, the whole army has been wiped out, and I can't help but let my subordinates have some premonitions. When we still have time, we took the three passes of Yinchuan, but because of the lack of grain and grass, Yinchuan was heavily guarded, so we hurriedly crossed the Yellow River to the east and entered the territory of Shaanxi. Thinking of now, we can't cross the Yellow River to the north in the east, and once we go back, the Ming army and the sailors intercept the Yellow River, then we won't be able to go back to the Three Passes. Dorgon said.

As soon as he said this, the faces of everyone present changed, and they secretly shouted in their hearts that it was not good, if the way back was blocked, it would be bad.

"Dolgon, you have been overly concerned, although what you just said, although it is good, but the Yellow River is not all insurmountable, there is still a little to talk about. When we crossed the river from Yinchuan, we didn't go from there, but on the way back, if the sailor came to stop us, we could have walked from the shallows and narrow places on the other side of the small sand nest. This road was explored by Zhang Chong'an, which is very safe, and every year in the middle of winter, the river will inevitably freeze, and our return trip is as easy as a snap. Huang Taiji said with a smile.

The Yellow River is not wide in every place, there are also narrow places, and the place that Huang Taiji said is indeed a relatively narrow place.

"It turns out that the emperor has already made a bamboo in his chest, and his younger brother is too worried." Dorgon said, bowing. For this imperial brother, Dolgon still admires it, although he is very intelligent, but the intelligence of Huang Taiji is no less than him. Don't look at every discussion, Huang Taiji asks everyone to express their opinions, and then chooses from them, it seems that he has no idea, but in fact, it is not, because this is called the emperor's technique. If you act alone and never listen to the advice of your subordinates, you are not a successful emperor. Often, for many things, Huang Taiji has thought of his own policies, and then asks everyone for countermeasures to see if anyone agrees with his own opinions. This is the same as Cao Cao, the most common sentence of Prime Minister Cao Cheng is not "the meaning of Qing, the same as Lonely".

"Dolgon, your reminder is actually very good, if I don't know where the narrow road is feasible, I will also think of a way to deal with it. Also, after your reminder, I suddenly felt that the current situation was not particularly favorable to us, and we couldn't take a city and leave after grabbing it as before, in that case, once something went wrong, there would not even be a place to rest. Yan'an is an important town, now that it has been captured, it cannot be easily defended for the time being, leaving some soldiers and horses here, and it can also contain a certain amount of Ming troops, so that they have some scruples, are you right? Huang Taiji said again.

"The emperor is sage, it should be like this. If we give up Yan'an now, they will definitely take the opportunity to recapture it, and then the Ming court will re-hold Yan'an, which is also very unfavorable for our return trip. If you leave a force of troops and horses to guard Yan'an, firstly, when you are frustrated, you can return here, and secondly, you can also contain the Ming army on the Yulin side, so that they dare not leave lightly. Dorgon said.

"That's what it means." Huang Taiji nodded solemnly, and then said loudly: "Abatai, you lead 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard this place, and all the property and prisoners you have obtained at present will be handed over to you to take care of." This is the first priority, and there must be no mistakes. ”

"Obey orders!"

Abatai hurriedly got up and took the order.

Abatai, the seventh son of Nurhachi, is also the elder brother of Huang Taiji. This person, like his brothers, also followed his father to fight horses when he was young, and he was very strong and made many achievements. However, he and other Jurchens are the same, they are not highly educated, they have no level in government affairs, in a word, they have developed limbs and simple minds, and they can't do anything but fight.

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