Chapter 49 The Ferry (Two Chapters and 6,000 Chapters for a Monthly Pass)

ps: Still firmly asking for a monthly ticket, I caught up later, and the big brothers and sisters pulled the brothers.

"Fast forward!"

Zhong Laosi rode past the queue and waded across the Pingyang River, when Zhu Guobin's order came, asking the cavalry and cavalry infantry to rush to Dagu Mountain in the afternoon and cut off the road from Fuzhou to Niangniang Palace. Zhong Laosi's division is equipped with an auxiliary soldier to assist the regular soldiers to feed the horses and wash the horses, and mainly act as a horse stake during the battle to prevent the horses from being frightened and running away.

From time to time on the road, there were sentinels returning from the front, and Dengzhou Town did not hide its whereabouts, but relied on the mobility of the cavalry to quickly rush to the combat area, striving to annihilate the living forces of Jiannu in the south of Fuzhou and prepare for the capture of Fuzhou. In order to cooperate with the attack of Dengzhou Town, Wang Tingxuan strictly ordered Dongjiang Town to attack, and the Dongjiang Army in Guanglu Island, Ocean Island, Xiaochangshan, Phi Island and other places will go ashore to fight the autumn wind.

Tan Shen, the commander of the cavalry battalion of the former army, he and Zhong Laosi cooperated in training for several months, and the two had a tacit understanding, after the sentry horse went to the Chinese army, Tan Shen's Tangma also came to Zhong Laosi, and said loudly to him: "There are about 1,200 Jiannu, near Niangniang Palace, west of the Fuzhou River, Tan Yingguan asked your department to quickly follow and cross the Fuzhou River to cut off the avenue." ”

"Got it." Zhong Laosi replied briefly, and immediately ordered the bannerman to order, he actually liked the battle plan very much this time, there was no messy strategy, simple and direct, the South Route Army loaded the ship from Lushun, and suddenly appeared in the Niangniang Palace, showing more than 2,000 troops, relying on the position is enough to resist the attack of three or four thousand Jiannu, and it can also make Jiannu misjudge the strength of Dengzhou.

The Eastern Route Army acted as a mobile strike, cut off its retreat, and took advantage of the cavalry's high-speed maneuver to fight the time difference, and the whole plan was very easy to understand. It was much smoother than when the state was quelled.

Zhong Laosi was confused about the transfer of hiding in Tibet in the Battle of Dengzhou, and his superiors did not give any explanation. He prefers the way it is now. This is also the same as what Master Chen said in the short training class, the officer should consider the problem comprehensively, but the orders issued must be clear and short, and the plan should abandon those complicated so-called strategies, the simpler the plan, the easier it is to execute, especially in the class criticized books such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, Zhong Laosi later concluded that the complex transfer plan in Dengzhou must have been formulated by Liu Pojun. It is by no means determined by a genius like Lord Chen.

The men and horses mobilized with him consisted of 700 cavalry battalions, 1,200 mounted infantry, and some of the sentinels of the middle army and the 4th battalion, and the brigade rested every 20 miles. After drinking water and eating a small amount of grass, the horses continued on their way.

The team soon crossed Yuntai Mountain and Dajian Mountain, Dajian Mountain is located in the southwest of Fuzhou, only fifty miles away from Fuzhou, the surrounding Jiannu sentinel cavalry began to increase, they did not dare to come up to harass this huge cavalry, observing the road from afar. The sentinels of Dengzhou took the initiative to attack, and expelled the Jiannu scouts in groups of three or five.

At this time, his whereabouts must have been exposed, but the Dengzhou army was also cavalry, and there was a short time left for Jiannu to report and evacuate. Zhong Laosi understands the importance of speed. He constantly urged the marching troops, and at the same time arranged the time for riding, walking, and resting according to the summary of his own training, so as not to overdeplete the horses.

He led the trumpeters back and forth. When he walked to Brother Guan's platoon, he slowed down to the front. In a fit of rage, he ran up, only to see that the spokes of the third company's four-pounder guns had been broken, and the axles underneath had been broken. Several artillery pieces were being replaced in a hurry, and the cavalry behind could only bypass the wasteland next to them, and the speed was naturally reduced.

"Fuck off, Lao Tzu just said that you are not allowed to delay the march and push Lao Tzu aside." Zhong Laosi went up to face a few gunners and kicked them one by one, and then led the flag bearers to help, and lifted the gun truck of more than 500 catties and put it on the side of the road.

The road was restored to normal, and he immediately shouted to the passing queue, "No one is allowed to delay the march, and if there is anything in the way, whether it is a car, a cannon or a person, or your old lady is in the way, they will be thrown into the ditch by Lao Tzu." ”……

In a few moments, the army began to cross the Langu River, which originated in the Langu Mountain, first flowed northeastward, and then turned southwest to join the Fuzhou River. After crossing here, it is only five miles away from the Fuzhou River, and the road from Fuzhou to Niangniang Palace is on the west bank of the river, as long as they cross the river, they can cut off their retreat.

When crossing the river, the war horses in front of them honestly listened to the riders manipulating to cross the river, Zhong Laosi and their miscellaneous horses were a little messy, and kept trying to drink water, the riders scolded while constantly beating the horse's buttocks with whips, and they couldn't control it, so they jumped into the river, forcibly pulled up the horse's head and let the horse move forward, some miscellaneous horses began to struggle, and the water splashed in the river.

"Dog's day's miscellaneous horses." Zhong Laosi was anxious on the riverbank, "When will it be good to replace all Lao Tzu with war horses." ”

The trumpeter next to him smiled and said, "My lord, we are mounted infantry, and if we have war horses, we are also expanding Tan Shen, they are not." ”

", I can't think about it yet." Zhong Laosi himself also knows that if there is a war horse, he will not give it to himself, at most he can look forward to some better miscellaneous horses.

Zhong Laosi raised his eyes, the right side is large and small hills, the direction of Fuzhou is Dagu Mountain, Xiulong Mountain, the north is Shuangtaizi Mountain, and the north is the screen-like Dongping Mountain, after the cavalry battalion in front crossed the Langu River, the front team has already started the formation.

Five miles away, there was a faint sound of short guns shooting on the Fuzhou River, and it should be that the sentinels and the Jiannu scouts had begun to fight.

The familiar battlefield feels like it's coming again, but his heart is very calm, since the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Zhong Laosi has participated in almost all the battles of the Wendeng camp, and now for him, fighting seems to be an ordinary job, if he doesn't do it for a long time, he will be a little uncomfortable.

"Kill the Tartars!" Zhong Lao Si shouted and rode his horse into the river......

In the Niangniang Palace, the foot boats came and went, constantly unloading infantry and baggage, and two breastworks were built on the shore, in front of which was the trench left after the soil was taken, and they were able to quickly build the breastwork, thanks to a shovel issued by each soldier, these soldiers from the peasant family had no problem digging the earth, and they did not find the work boring. Until the two breastworks were repaired, there were still people who tirelessly dug holes in front of the breastwork, so as to make it more troublesome for Jiannu to attack.

In contrast, Dorgon, the secretary of the Later Golden Bureau, was reluctant to do these trenching things. But if he wants to confront the Ming army, he must also make a barracks, so there are also a lot of coats digging trenches.

He looked at the Ming army on the opposite side and felt a little frightened, only one day, two fortifications were built, and some places were also set up with javelin spikes, according to the description of Unag at that time, the Gu'an defense line was roughly like this, and there was only one in Gu'an. There were two passages in front of them, some of which were left for them to attack, but behind those passages sat rows of ironclad spearmen, and there were artillery on the sides. Dorgon was reluctant to attack.

The soldiers and horses here are all his descendants, and he only has fifteen Niu Lu in the white flag, if the loss is heavy, he can't restrain the lawless Azig, even if Huang Taiji comes to suppress it, Houjin relies on strength to speak. He didn't believe that the official Shangshu arranged by Huang Taiji had any effect.

It is clear that this Ming army is only worth its equipment. But these equipment are to be exchanged for human lives, if people run out, the equipment is also in other people's pockets, and Shimi Island is a profound lesson. Even Dolgon's number one thug, Kak Duli, was also involved, and was finally taken to the Ming Dynasty Jingshi Ling Chi to be executed, and Dolgon did not intend to do this loss-making business again.

Because the Terrai had already made a name for themselves in Houjin, Dorgon wanted nothing more than to trap them on the beach. Waiting for the follow-up army to arrive, drove away. It's better not to fight. But Fuzhou is his defense area, Mang Gurtai is only between the defense and cover, he can grind, he can't, Dolgon had to rush to the Niangniang Palace to prevent the Ming army from investing more people, and now there are only more than 2,000 people.

Dolgon glanced behind him, is a strict white flag military column, last year Huang Taiji changed the military system, each solid mountain is divided into two wings, each set up a person Meler Ezhen, the escort army also set up a separate escort Er Zhen, and asked to separate the camp soldiers and cavalry, in fact, most of the camp soldiers also have horses, but in the future the battle will be based on foot combat, and the cavalry will use cavalry to fight, but the current adjustment has not been completed, more of a status symbol.

Originally, the real structural adjustment of the Houjin army in history could not be completed until the eighth year of Tiancong. The purpose of this structure is to change the way the army is organized with Niu Lu as a unit, and Niu Lu will become a simple population unit, rather than a combat unit, this reform also corresponds to the six departments, and the military rank system replaces the tribal chieftain system, otherwise the military department is undoubtedly a virtual shelf, and the emperor Taiji has produced excellent political talents, although the Shangshu of the six departments are all banner owners, but he is slowly strengthening the administrative power and weakening the flag power through the changes in the guò system and institutions.

A meler next to Dolgon leaned over and whispered: "Master, this army can't rush through, the order given to us by the Great Khan is to hold Fuzhou and prevent the enemy from harassing us, we just need to hold it, it's not worth fighting with them." ”

Dorgon nodded, "As long as they don't fight, I naturally won't fight them, and let Baoyi be the shield car." ”

"Shield car?" Melle was really surprised, and Dolgon had just said that he would not fight, and asked him to prepare the shield cart.

"It's going to be like, if Sibeile is here and he wants to fight, we also have a preparation."

Melle really remembered Mang Gurtai, his Zhenglan Banner was the worst beaten by this Denglai army, and he suffered heavy losses in Gu'an and Luanzhou, and couldn't help but say: "Sibeile lost his troops in the Daling River, and in the end, he didn't get much in terms of men and materials, so I'm afraid he won't fight." ”

"I naturally know that when the Great Khan comes back and asks why he did not exterminate the Nikan who came ashore, I can say that it is the decision of the Four Beylers, and I am ready to attack with a white flag."

Maile was really surprised, "Oh, the slave understands, let's go and make the shield car." ”

He turned his head around, the woods that were close to him were cut down by the Ming army yesterday, and the rest were also set on fire, this group of Ming soldiers was still very hateful, and he couldn't help but curse in a low voice, but he still went to pass the order.

When the arrangements were completed, he asked Dolgon, "Master, do you want to transfer the Hongyi cannon from Fuzhou City as well?" ”

Dolgon hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "No, there are only two sects in the Communist Party, and then Gurtai will decide." ”

Before he could ask again, a sentry horse suddenly came in a hurry, and before he could salute, he said loudly: "Master, there are thousands of Denglai cavalry coming from the east, and I am afraid that we are about to reach the Langu River at this time!" ”

"What?" Dolgon and the two were taken aback at the same time, if it was infantry, they were not afraid at all, even if they couldn't fight, it was always too late to retreat, and now thousands of cavalry actually appeared.

"Retreat! All Niu Lu immediately returned to the reinforcements as a whole army. ”

"Master, where's the coating?"

Dorgon counted the distance. The last Fuzhou River crossing was about thirty miles away from here, and it was not a moment to go, and the Denglai soldiers were most likely to cut off that place, and they couldn't help but feel anxious, "Don't care, let them think for themselves, and kill those who can't run on the spot!" Let the guards rush to the Fuzhou River crossing first and guard the official road on the west bank. ”……

At the ferry on the west bank of the Fuzhou River, a group of Houjin soldiers began to assemble. They had been in Fuzhou for a long time and were familiar with the surrounding terrain, and the Denglai cavalry suddenly appeared, exceeding their expectations in number and speed, and the sentry cavalry had just reported the news. The Ming army has already appeared on the side of the Langu River, so that the surrounding Houjin Sentinel cavalry has no time to intercept the Langu River, and now the Fuzhou River is wider, but it is their last line of defense, otherwise the main force of Fuzhou in the Niangniang Palace will be besieged.

Among the sentinels was Taktan, who was now the white-armored soldier of their Niu Lu, and last year the banner lord Mang Gurtai was rude in front of the emperor. was severely suppressed, although the horses paid to the various banner owners were nothing, but the momentum was much lower. Huang Taiji used the loss of Jinzhou as a reason to ask Zhenglan Banner to send troops to garrison between the covers. To prevent the Denglai soldiers from continuing to attack, Mang Gurtai had no reason to refuse.

There are private rumors in the banner that the Great Khan wants to make the Zhenglan Banner lose his troops and weaken the strength of the fourth brother. Taktan doesn't believe that. But this is affecting his earnings, especially this time Chahar did not levy the blue flag. He lost a chance to get a free horse, and this time when he came to Fuzhou, he had to ride his own war horse that had just grown a little fat, and the horse fat was gone again after half a month.

He was surrounded by several armoured soldiers dressed in salmon skin, with vertical black stripes. They had suffered heavy losses in the past, and this time they replenished twenty fish skin tartars from Ningguta, and divided the land for them, but they would not have planted them, and if they had not been coated, Taktan estimated that they would have to starve this year.

These people used to be called Shengfan Jurchen in Liaodong, but even Taktan called them fishskin tartars, because compared to these people, he felt that he was a civilized person. Most of these people are in Heilongjiang and the seashore east of Changbai Mountain, living a very primitive tribal life, perennial in the mountains and forests with fierce beasts and poisonous insects, although the temperament is fierce, but their equipment is very inferior, iron and armor are more precious than pearl ginseng, arrows are mostly made of animal teeth or bones, naturally not the opponent of the Houjin soldiers, after being captured, they become an excellent supplementary source of soldiers for the Houjin soldiers, once they are equipped with armor and weapons, these people are very terrifying warriors.

"Amuha, prepare heavy arrows, those Nikans are going to cross the river." Taktan said to a fishskin tartar beside him, that person is a rare fishskin tartar who understands Mongolian, and Taktan can only command other Jurchens through guò Amuha.

Amuha hurriedly went to talk to the other fishskin people, Taktan put his eyes on the opposite side, a battle has broken out between the Fuzhou River and the Langu River, from time to time there are puffs of white smoke spewed out, Taktan knows that it is the Wendeng camp back then, this matter is not a secret in the Eight Banners, especially the battle between Shenmi Island and Jinzhou, the number of people on both sides is equal, and the Jin soldiers were defeated later, although Taktan did not participate in person, but the fear in his heart was deeper, and it was not something that could be eliminated by cheering himself up.

He was very clear about the purpose of this Ming army, yesterday afternoon Dolgon led the Fuzhou Zhengbai Flag to Niangniang Palace, the number of nearly 2,000, if the retreat was cut off by this Ming army, both sides were cavalry, the losses would be very heavy.

And the soldiers and horses north of Fuzhou are mainly Zhenglan Banner, Mang Gurtai does not seem to be in a hurry to come, only sent some white armor to strengthen the east of the sentinel, Taktan this Niu Lu is responsible for the supply line from Fuzhou to Niangniang Palace, originally he thought it should be safe, but now he has to face the enemy he is most afraid of. And he can only bite the bullet, otherwise the banner master will definitely kill him.

There were more and more cavalry of the Ming army on the side of the Langu River, and the sentry cavalry with the white flag could not resist it, and retreated to the Fuzhou River.

After the other Jin soldiers on the west bank arrived, they began to dismount, took out their bows and prepared to fight, this is the only wading point nearby, and the other place is more than ten miles away, close to Dongping Mountain, the Ming army is absolutely unwilling to cross the river from there.

The Houjin Sentinels on the opposite bank began to cross the river, and although the current was gentle, it was deep enough for the horses, and as soon as they entered the river, their speed was greatly reduced, and Taktan shouted loudly on the bank of the river to make the men go faster.

The Ming sentry cavalry chasing behind came quickly, and they bit the tail of the Houjin soldiers, and dismounted not far from the shore. He took out his infantry bow and shot at the Houjin soldiers who were wading in the water.

A few horses that were hit were at the crossing point, raising their heads and shouting, fluttering large streams of water, and the last few Houjin soldiers could not get past those horses, paused in the middle to become targets, their bodies trembled and were hit, they struggled a few times in the current, and slid downstream with a cloud of red, and soon reached the depths of the water. Dragged into the water by heavy armor,.

"Shoot!" Taktan roared angrily at Amuha and the others behind him, and a heavy arrow flew into the sky, and as soon as he reached the opposite riverbank, he fell to the ground, "Dog minion." Change to light arrows! ”

Taktan pulled out his sword, and Amuha looked at him viciously, "Obviously, you let him use heavy arrows!" ”

Taktan leaned in front of Amuha and roared loudly: "You don't have a brain with light arrows and heavy arrows, dog minion, and finally tell you again, throw light arrows." Shoot with heavy arrows at close range, and if you make a mistake, Lao Tzu will behead you. ”

When Amuha finally flinched, he began to talk to the other Jurchens again, and Taktan turned his gaze back. The Houjin soldiers in the river crossed a dangerous distance, and those Ming soldiers began to roll up their trouser legs, preparing to force the crossing, and he whispered fiercely: "How do you cross now!" ”……

There was a shouting from the other side. A Ming army came up from behind, and they skillfully removed their shields from their horses. More than a dozen people gathered together to mutter, put their shields on their heads, and walked towards the river.

"They're coming!" Taktan jumped off his horse, took off his broadsword and shield, the Ming army over there gathered more and more, looking like some sentry horses and the like, they took off their bows and arrows and began to throw them at the river, Taktan heard the loud noise, and quickly put the shield on his head, there was a popping sound on the ground around, Taktan's left arm sank, and there was a muffled sound on it, he didn't need to know that it was a light arrow, and it would definitely not be able to penetrate his three-layer cowhide shield.

The group of Ming troops shot alternately, and began to approach the river, with shields on both sides, and the damage of bows and arrows was limited, but Taktan soon arrived at a group of Ming troops on horseback, and they began to dismount and form a group, and it turned out to be musketeers.

"Musketeers also ride horses?" Taktan felt angry for a while, he knew very well that his shield could not block the musket shot, here was only fifty or sixty steps to the opposite riverbank, and the other party's musket could also be good for himself, he thought about it for a moment and said: "Stand back, wait for them to go down the river and get closer to this side before shooting them." ”

More than a dozen armor soldiers of his Niu Lu retreated at the same time, and those raw Jurchens were a little slower, and Tak Tan even beat and kicked to make them understand, and they all retreated more than twenty steps.

"Tiger!" The Ming army on the opposite side also arrived at the bank of the river, more than ten of them formed a team, with a bow in their hands in their backs, and a dense line of shields in the front row.

The returning Houjin Sentinel had a white flag in it, and he immediately began to command more than 50 Houjin soldiers on the west bank, with the front row holding a square shield for defense, and the back row holding a bow ready to shoot. After Taktan was ready, he glanced to the south, and there seemed to be smoke and dust in the distance, as long as he could hold it for a while, it would be no problem for the vanguard of the white flag to rush back, but now there must be a bloody battle.

When the Ming army passed the middle stream, the protective armor of the white flag really shouted, and most of them began to release arrows, and the armor-piercing heavy arrows were shot into the river, and the Ming army squatted down and hid behind the shield, and the people behind returned fire with low projectiles, and the arrows rang out aggressively on the shields of both sides.

The white smoke appeared on the opposite bank, and there was a deafening roar, and a shield-holding girl in front of Tak Tan screamed, and was hit by the impact and took a step back, almost falling to the ground, he hurriedly raised his shield, only to see that the wooden plank behind him cracked many cracks, and he laughed stupidly.

"Hold on." Tak Tan hurriedly buried his head and shouted, the birth girl really didn't understand his words, and turned his head to look at Tak Tan in astonishment, Tak Tan didn't have time to find a translator, and there was another roar on the other side, and the birth girl's head tilted back suddenly, and she fell to the ground without even screaming, with a big hole in her head, and the blood quickly leached out, staining the ground he threw red.

"Fool, fool." Taktan sighed greatly at the ability of these raw girls, they had just arrived, and they didn't know what the musket was, let alone how strong the Ming army's musket on the opposite side could be. In Taktan, no matter how barbaric they are now, their role is not as good as that of an ordinary Houjin soldier.

He didn't have time to go to pity another dingkou, so he hurriedly raised his cowhide shield, the distance from the river bank could block lead bullets, even if the shield was very valuable, but it was better than losing his life.

The arrows of the two sides swished back and forth, and Lianjia La's forehead really slowly began to be anxious, Taktan hid behind the shield and couldn't bear it, and looked at it slightly, only to see several Ming army shield arrays in front and back, about to approach the riverbank, Taktan hurriedly grabbed the handle of the big knife with his right hand, waiting for the moment of hand-to-hand combat.