When the monarchs and ministers of the Qing State were complacent about their own plans, the Ming army also rejoiced in the Qing army's plans. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the rear of the army of the three towns, on a hill, Wang Dou, Hong Chengchou, Zhang Ruoqi, Wang Chengen, Qiu Minyang and others, as well as the general soldiers of Yuzhen, are all paying close attention to the situation ahead.

Zhang Ruoqi held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it again, and after a long time, he stroked his beard and laughed: "Loyalty and courage are a clever plan, and the slave thief is in my possession!" ”

Wang Pu and Fu Yingchong, who were behind him, praised immediately: "Clever plan, it is indeed a clever plan, Zhong Yongbo and Inspector Hong are strategizing, and Zhang Jianjun has seen thousands of miles, and they are all masterpieces in the world."

Wang Dou smiled slightly, put down the clairvoyant mirror, and Hong Chengchou beside him also stroked his beard and smiled: "Watching the movement of the slave soldiers, they must think that the main direction of our division is Shimen Mountain, east of Jinzhou, when General Wu and they capture the mountains, they will immediately dig trenches and build villages, and my main force will enter the daughter river west, and the thieves and slaves will be in chaos!" ”

Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, said solemnly: "This plan can only be confused for a while, and when our division advances westward, the thieves and slaves will soon react, and the opportunity will be fleeting." ”

He looked ahead: "I hope that General Wu, General Ma, and General Tang will soon capture Shimen Mountain and establish a foothold." ”

The strategy of the Ming army this time was to take the three towns of Wu Sangui in advance, and to capture Shimen Mountain in advance, as well as the valley on the west bank of the Xiaoling River, and then the army put on a posture of marching to cross the river, attracting the attention of the main force of the Qing army under the city of Jinzhou.

Subsequently, Yuzhen took the opportunity to move westward, and the Qing army must have had a period of chaos.

And the loss of the daughter river is something that the slave chief Huang Taiji can't bear, and he must be rescued by the main force. When their army is empty, Wu Sangui and the others can take the opportunity to cross the Xiaoling River and join the ancestors and others in the city in the east of Jinzhou City.

Just a few days ago, the battalions of Ma Ke, Tang Tong and others were moved to the east side of the Loess Ridge, creating the illusion that the main force of the Ming army was densely packed under Shimen Mountain, and the Qing army's misjudgment was inevitable.

Hong Chengchou glanced at Wang Dou beside him, looking at his face, always with a faint smile, he couldn't see his inner thoughts at all, he was dressed in a python robe, and his bearing was extraordinary, he was really a dragon and a tiger. This guy who was finally crowned an earl by an ordinary soldier is old and spicy, and the city is very deep, he has been in the sea for many years, and when facing Wang Dou, he also has a feeling of powerlessness.

He sighed in his heart, Wang Dou spoke more heavily in the Liaodong army, and he relied on his own influence and ability, not to mess around, everyone was unconvinced, and they had to be convinced.

He and Qiu Minyang and others, although they strongly supported Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, Tang Tong, and the officials of the Liaodong Department, but if the members did not show their records, he would not be too supportive on the surface, and hoped that in this battle of Shimen Mountain, the generals would have a good performance.

Wu Sangui's Ningyuan Army, Ma Keshan Navy, Tang Tong's Miyun Army, nearly 50,000 men and horses, forced to the foot of Shimen Mountain like a tide. Finally, the army rolled out and stopped at a local place called Damutun.

At this time, in front of the army, the mountains are undulating, and the terrain is slowly rising from south to north, from east to west.

A few miles to the west of the army, there is the West Stone Gate, where Rufeng Mountain and Shimen Mountain meet. The mountain is steep and impassable, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack, but if you capture it, the army can follow the gentle slope behind the mountain until it reaches the confluence of the Daughter River and the Xiaoling River.

This place is also a place heavily guarded by the enemy, and in the event of a fierce battle, the Qing army in the nearby Rufeng Mountain can also come to help.

In the middle of Shimen Mountain, there are several mountain slopes that are relatively gentle, as for the valley between Xiaoling River and Shimen Mountain, the terrain is mostly gentle, but the width is different, sometimes up to several miles, sometimes less than a mile.

At this time, the Central Army Department in the rear of the army of the three towns, Ma Ke, Tang Tong, and Wu Sangui, the general soldiers of several towns, were pointing at the sand table on a big car in high spirits.

This sand table was also given by the Jingbian Army, and the sand table is indeed a good thing, and the situation on both sides is clear at a glance. Everyone has thoughts about Wang Dou and the Jingbian Army, and they can't put it down for this sand table.

In this battle, in addition to the small number of troops and battalions left behind in the three towns, most of the rest were pulled out, and at this time, the general soldiers were surrounded by all the generals of the battalions who wore helmets and armor and behaved bravely.

The three towns attacked Shimen Mountain, and shouldered the heavy task of crossing the river, with the strength of Ning Yuan's army, as well as Wu Sangui's position in the heart of Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, and the strong gate valve background behind him, so he should not give in, the general army of the three towns is headed by Wu Sangui.

I saw Wu Sangui pointing to the sand table and talking: "Hongdu strategy, this time my army of three towns, Ma Shuai will attack Shimen Mountain, Tang Shuai will attack the river valley, and the last general will respond to the battle." If you can capture the sailors' camp trenches, Tang Shuai's army can return to the back of Shimen Mountain, and together with Ma Shuai, the front and back are flanked and outflanked, so that the slaves and thieves will be defeated! ”

Originally, according to Hong Chengchou's strategy, Wu Sangui attacked Shimen Mountain, and Ma Kece should support it.

However, during the deliberations this morning, Ma Ke didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, and he rushed to be a pioneer. Seeing his meritorious service, Hong Chengchou was not good at damaging his ambition and morale, and the army marched forward bravely, which he was also happy to see, so he replaced Wu Sangui and Ma Ke served as the pioneer of attacking the mountain.

At this time, the arrangement of the military strategy was that the Ma Ke Department divided the troops into two routes to attack Shimen Mountain, and the Tang Tong Department marched along the river valley under the cover of the chariot until it reached the confluence of the Xiaoling River and the Baigu River, that is, the Baigu Bridge in later generations, and then launched an attack on Shimen Mountain from behind, and the two sides cooperated to capture the mountain.

Moreover, after the army of the three towns captured Shimen Mountain, they immediately set up a village by the Xiaoling River, dug trenches, and built pontoon bridges to prepare for crossing the river.

Although the Qing army built a lot of pontoon bridges by the river, they must have burned all of them by then. At present, although the water volume of the Xiaoling River has decreased, it is still difficult for people and horses to travel, and there are many muddy ponds in the river, and there are heavy carriages and horses, so there must be a pontoon bridge.

The area where the pontoon bridge was built was mainly in the eastern section of the sandbar, and the confluence of the Daughter River and the Xiaoling River formed a rather large sandbar, which was where the East Lake Park of later generations was located.

Listening to Wu Sangui's explanation, Ma Ke and Tang Tong both nodded slightly, or touched their beards, or stroked their clothes, with a look of pearl in their hands.

Tang Tong looked at Wu Sangui, a look of jealousy flashed faintly in his eyes, he was carefully dressed up today, a pair of delicate mountain armor, wearing a red cloak, his face was like a crown of jade, and he looked personable, but compared with Wu Sangui, it was like the difference between a grass chicken and a phoenix.

Wu Sangui was originally very handsome, otherwise he would not have the reputation of "the fair-skinned marquis for the least age", and the demeanor of the children of the family is not comparable to Tang Tong.

Moreover, the Wu family and the ancestral family are both local tyrants in Liaodong, with the support of the two, Wu Sangui is naturally prosperous in official affairs, plus he is both civil and military, and his martial arts are all first-class and beautiful, among his peers, there is a faint unimaginable oppression, and Wu Sangui is many years younger than him.

However, there was a look of admiration on his face, and he smiled and praised: "General Wu is worthy of being the tiger general of Liaodong, and when it comes to explanation, it is clear and clear." ”

Ma Ke looked like a kind elder, and said with emotion: "The future life is terrifying, and the handsome man can't accept the old." ”

But then, with a contemptuous look, he pointed to the Qing army in Shimen Mountain and said: "There are only thousands of Tartars, and the navy of our mountain will definitely go down with a drum, exterminate them, and seize the mountains!" ”

Tang Tong and the others cheered loudly, and the generals of Shanhai Town behind Ma Ke also felt that the handsome man was very imposing, and he raised his face in front of the generals, and shouted one after another: "The handsome is mighty." ”

"The handsome tiger is mighty, and he is so good."

Among the generals, Ma Zhiren, his personal general, and Bai Houren, a guerrilla from Jizhen who had just entered the barracks, shouted the loudest.

Not long ago, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, replenished thousands of cavalry to Ma Ke from the rout of Jizhen, all of which were soldiers and horses of the original Jizhen barracks, and the combat strength of each soldier was one of the best in the town. Tang Tongbu also added a hundred cavalry, which shows that Hong Chengchou's protection of them, although the two were condemned, they really benefited a lot.

Among the generals in Jizhen, Ma Fuming, the former battalion staff general, Chen Guitu, Mou Sun Tian, guerrilla Pan Jixi, Ye Qibang and others were all punished, and only a few people such as Bai Houren escaped punishment. After being added to the Equine Department, Bai Houren wanted to hug Mako's thighs, and various scenes were met with bends, and Mako also tried his best to win him over, and the handsome people were harmonious.

Wu Sangui also praised: "Ma Shuai's sword is not old, Sangui admires it." ”

He said to Ma Ke and Tang Tong: "The two marshals can rest assured, the Ning Yuan army is here to escort the formation, if there is no support, the last general will immediately lead the troops to support." ”

Ma Ke stroked his beard and smiled: "In this way, Ben Shuai is relieved." ”

The three of them smiled and laughed, the Ji Liao army was one, on weekdays, Ma Ke and Tang Tong were close to Wu Sangui and others, plus Wu Sangui deliberately wooed them, at this time, on the bright side, everyone can be described as a group of harmony and sincere unity.

Several marshals spoke, and Fu Tingfu, a guerrilla of the Shenji Battalion, stood aside proudly, ignoring everyone a little, but Wu Sangui turned to him and said with a smile: "Now the slave thief wall has a large number of earthen bags and baskets, and the artillery bombardment is not obvious. ”

Ma Kehaha laughed: "Indeed, General Fu's sharp cannon is indispensable later. ”

Tang Tong said more affectionately: "This time the army is fighting together, what does General Fu want, although he said that what the general can do, he will do it with all his might." ”

The benefits of mortars, in the previous battle of Loess Ridge, everyone had heard of it, and Wu Sangui saw it with his own eyes. Because of the strong request of Ma Ke and others, with the coordination of Hong Chengchou, Fu Yingchong supported fifty rocket vehicles and twenty mortar cannons in the three towns, led by his close general Fu Tingfu.

With Wu Sangui and others to fight, Fu Tingfu was actually a little reluctant, he really wanted to follow behind the Jingbian army, so that it was safe, and he got a lot of credit, but under the order of the general Shangfeng, he had to refuse.

All the generals of the Shenji Battalion are arrogant and awe-inspiring, although they can only be grandsons in front of Wang Dou, but in the face of Wu Sangui, they are all on a shelf, waiting for idle people, and they can't let them lower their eyelids.

At this time, Fu Tingfu held his head high, only swept the three towns generals in front of him with the corner of his eye, and said indifferently: "They are all serving the country, and this general has no requirements, but it is necessary to ensure the safety of the gunners and archers, and the merits of the brothers cannot be lost." ”

Ma Ke's eyelids flashed, and he quickly patted Fu Tingfu's shoulder again, and said cordially: "General Fu, just rest assured, this miraculous feat of attacking the mountain must be indispensable to the Shenji Battalion." They are shooting from a distance, and there will certainly be no danger. ”

"Hmm."

Fu Tingfu still held his hands in his hands, held his head high, and snorted from his nostrils: "That's fine." ”

Looking at his appearance, the generals of the three towns all scolded in their hearts: "What kind of bird god machine camp, it's just a showmanship, and what kind of stinky spectrum." ”

Ma Ke was still smiling, Tang Tong's smile was a little reluctant, only Wu Sangui smiled and said, "There is General Lao Fu." ”

Next, Ma Ke and Tang Tong quickly arranged the generals to attack the mountain, and the officials and generals in the town who got the order all shouted orders. They took the arrows and strode away, looking at their expressions, they all seemed to be full of determination and will that could not be turned back, and they couldn't help but nod their heads, and the military heart was available.

Of course, after receiving the order, several officials and generals in Shanhai Town turned around with a somewhat ugly face.

Shanhai Town is a big town, and the battalion in the town is complex, and many of them are squad troops. At this time, Ma Ke, as the chief soldier, was naturally in charge of the main barracks, and in the second way of attacking the mountain, there were many squad generals, who were responsible for attacking the most difficult Xishimen.

And some generals who were close to Ma Ke attacked Zhongshimen, which was gentle on the mountain, so obviously favoring one over the other, how could the generals of the squad not be angry?

However, on the surface, they did not dare to show their dissatisfaction, Ma Ke was the chief soldier, and he had the power to dispatch them in moderation, and if he was hated by Ma Skin, the future of each person's official position would be even more bleak.

I had to fight, but fortunately, there were not many Tartars in Shimen Mountain, and it was easy to capture Shimen Mountain under the outnumbered enemy.

At the end of the hour, the generals of the three towns arranged and arranged the troops, and finally completed, and the mighty men and horses were divided into three roads, rushing to the West Stone Gate, the Middle Stone Gate, and the river valley.

Wang Dou put down the clairvoyant mirror, frowned slightly, from the time when the army came out of the camp, until the time of the morning to attack, these old-fashioned troops who only rely on a small number of family members, the efficiency is too slow, if it is the Jingbian army, it is Yang Guozhu's army, and it has also exchanged fire with the Tartars early.

However, looking at Hong Chengchou, Qiu Minyang and others beside him, they were obviously still satisfied with Ma Ke, Wu Sangui and others. This kind of combat speed has been accustomed to them for many years, and the army of the three towns seems to be full of morale and tide, and the momentum is not small.

"The Ming army has finally attacked the mountain!"

Huang Taiji and others in Rufeng Mountain City breathed a sigh of relief, all the planning finally came to an end, and the war was irreversible, so it depended on the final result.

Haoge even scolded and said: "Procrastination, if it weren't for the Jingbian Army, such an army, I would only need more than 10,000 people, or even a few thousand, to defeat them!" ”

But having said that, looking at the boundless Ming army under the mountain, looking east, he saw a piece of red armor surging north, and his face was still solemn.

It can be clearly seen that the Ming army uses the tactics of crowds, several battalions are in a wave, and their offensive must be one wave after another, and there are not many defenders in Shimen Mountain, even if there are walls and trenches, it is obviously difficult to hold out for a long time.

In fact, Dai Shan and others once suggested that 20,000 elite cavalry should be deployed on Rufeng Mountain to ambush and wait for battle. When the Ming army entered from Xishimen and entered the depression between the two mountains, the ambush soldiers came out in all directions, which could definitely cause tragic casualties to the Ming army attacking the mountain.

However, this suggestion was vetoed by Huang Taiji, although it could kill and injure many Ming troops, but it was contrary to the overall strategy.

If the Ming army suffered heavy casualties in Shimen Mountain, who knows if it will retreat back and no longer care about the survival of Jinzhou City, the two armies will hold each other for a long time, which Huang Taiji does not want to see.

Although the Ming Kingdom had natural and man-made disasters and a tight supply of grain and grass, it was obvious that it was still much superior to the Qing Kingdom. Recently, the intelligence survey, that Wang Dou also made what dried fish, greatly relieving the pressure of grain and grass, although Huang Taiji wanted to follow suit, but the lack of fishermen in the Qing Kingdom, wanted to catch dried fish, but the heart was more than enough but not enough.

So between Xiaojie and Dasheng, Huang Taiji chose the latter.

The vast number of men and horses of the Ming army approached the mountains, and the Qing army in Shimen Mountain was in full array, and the strategy between the high-level leaders was not something that ordinary soldiers on both sides could understand. For the Ming army, capturing Shimen Mountain was a great achievement, and the same was true for the Qing army guarding the mountain.

On top of a fire road pier in the mountains, Manchuria is under the white flag, Baya Laqizhang Jing Azignikan, coldly looking at the approaching Ming army under the mountain, a few days ago, the death of Azig, the king of Wuying County, hit him very hard. And the poor guards, Azignikan, were also punished by Huang Taiji.

The actual position of the first-class staff general was deprived, although the title of Acting Baya Lama Zhangjing remained unchanged, but it was an unbearable shame for him, who was less than thirty years old, was proud of the spring breeze, and was praised by Huang Taiji as a young man who could kill the enemy.

And he vaguely knew that Shimenshan's strategy was to defend it well, and in the end it would be the fate of retreat, which made him even more depressed.

However, next to him, Jin Haonan, a general of the North Korean army, could not understand the strategy of the high-level, and when he saw that the Ming army was large and came all over the mountains, he couldn't help but turn pale and tremble: "There are so many Ming troops, can our army defend it?" Can Azig Zhangjing send men and horses to ask the Great Khan for help? ”

Azignikan was indignant in his heart, and when he heard the words, he vented his anger to this Jin Haonan, he whipped the leather whip that covered his head and face, and scolded while smoking: "Let you guard the mountain, you Gaoli slave, what are you talking about?" ”

That Jin Haonan was caught off guard and was beaten and screamed, holding his head and fleeing only on the fire pier. At the same time, I was wronged in my heart, and I asked with good intentions, and the treatment I got was really wronged.

On the pier of the fire road, there are also some officers and generals with white flags and some generals of the Korean state. Seeing Azignikan slapping that Jin Haonan, the Manchurian generals just snickered, while the generals of the Korean state showed a look of shame on their faces.

A dignified general of his own, whipped like a minion, these damn dogs, are really moody with human faces.

Everyone has a sense of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox, but although they are sad and angry, they dare not say anything.

The top bosses were all whipped, not to mention the soldiers under them, so they had to sigh that it was difficult for a slave to be a slave for the Manchurians, and even more difficult to be a slave for the Manchurians.

"These damn Nanbans are using gray bullets and poison bombs again."

Jialazhang Jingyanzha, who was inlaid with a white flag, looked at the Ming army under the mountain angrily, and he was defending the West Stone Gate. The mountains here are undulating, easy to defend and difficult to attack, only between some two mountains, there are some slightly gentle mountain roads, and between these mountain roads, trenches have been dug and walled walls have been erected.

The defense of Shimen Mountain, although the main white flag armor soldiers and Korean soldiers, but also a small number of inlaid white flags and residual flag armor soldiers. He led the two cattle in Jialanei to defend two of the mountain ridges and one mountain road.

In the battle of Loess Ridge a few days ago, Yan Zha's subordinates lost a lot, and the old subordinates, Niu Lu Zhang Jing Ning Erjia were seriously injured and died in the end, which made Yan Zha feel distressed.

The reason why Ning Erjia was seriously injured and killed was because of the artillery of the Ming army, in addition to their poison bullets and ash bullets, which had strong lethality. Therefore, when he saw the Ming army under the mountain using mortar artillery again, the resentment in his heart was that it was difficult to wash away the entire Liao River.

Behind him, there stood Niu Lu Zhang Jing Niu Gulu with a face full of lean meat and two whiskers. He also lost the style of his former think tank, and the death of his in-law Ning Erjia made him think about retreating, thinking that after the battle of Jinzhou, he would not go out if he could not go on the expedition.

He looked down the mountain, less than two miles away from his side, towards the defensive zone, densely packed, I don't know how many Ming soldiers and horses had gathered. On one of the raised hills, there were some short guns high on a four-wheel gun carriage, which looked inconspicuous, but the gray and poisonous shells fired were extremely vicious.

His throat rolled up and down, and he subconsciously glanced at the warriors in the flag beside him, all of them were also nervous, and beside each of them, there were buckets of water soaked in a large number of strips of cloth.

The Qing army had the only way to deal with the Ming army's poisonous bullets and ash bullets, but it could only slow down the damage caused by the Ming army's poisonous bullets and ash bullets, and there were still many sequelae afterwards.

Think about the many warriors who have been poisoned by the gray bullet, and until now they are still suffering a lot, and everyone is hairy in their hearts.

Finally, under the nervous gaze of the Qing army, the masters of the Shenji Battalion finally leisurely measured the distance between the two sides and adjusted the elevation angle of the gun barrel with square and round weapons.

Yan Zha suddenly yelled: "All covered with wet cloths!" ”

Because of the loud roar, his big pie face was almost crowded together, with his collapsed nose, and many scars on his face, the evil image was enough to stop the child from crying at night.

In the roar, Goshha, who was beside him, nervously handed him a wet cloth, and then did not forget to cover himself too.

Niu Gulu was equally agile and tied a cloth belt to his face, despite the continuous dripping of water on his armor. Hiding tightly behind the wall, he only cautiously poked out his head and looked down the mountain.

"Tom!"

In the low sound of cannonballs, on the hills more than a mile away, a puff of white smoke rose and a poisonous bomb whistled.

It is like the prelude to the sound of cannons, tom, tom sound continuously, not only the Ming army artillery array, but also the remaining mortar positions of the Shenji battalion in Shimen Mountain, all of which have the sound of cannon firing endlessly.

At the foot of the mountain, large clouds of smoke and fire rose up, and the screams of shells followed one after another.

At the same time, along the west bank of the Xiaoling River, a large force of the Miyun army, under the cover of chariots, marched nervously along the flat valley between the mountains and the river. (To be continued)