Chapter 116: Facing the Enemy
Half an hour later, Zilharang got the answer, the Jin soldiers found two old people who were not moving well in Heshan Fort in the west of Wuli, and the scouts found more than ten old and weak military households in the south, and the result was that the general of Tieshan ordered all the military households and their families to go to the seaport on the east side of Tieshan to take a boat to hide from the Jin soldiers.
Jierharang and the Chinese army's Mel Zhangjing Hailai, Jiale Zhang Jinggu Tai looked at each other, this confession is too surprising, on the eighth day of the first month, Zhong Beile just set off from Shenyang, even if the Ming army knew the news, how to notify the Dongjiang River thousands of miles away that day, and how tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians disappeared in these days, of course they didn't believe it, but the soldiers under their command tortured the Ming people to death or this answer. At the same time, the scout reported that the five miles east of Tieshan encountered the resistance of a large number of Ming troops, it seems that the Ming army was in the east and not in the southwest where Phi Island was located was true, and the always cautious Zilharang still waited for half an hour, and got a report that there was no enemy army in the south, since there was no danger of being attacked by the enemy on his back, Jierharang ordered the whole army to go east, and after a while, this Ming army Tieshan guard who let him fight all the way to the air.
Just walked less than two miles to the east, the horse's hooves roared in front, the sound of fighting was endless, and in a moment, several scouts brought the two corpses to the front of the Zilharang horse, plopped twice, the corpses of the two Ming soldiers wearing armor were still on the ground, Jierharang, Hailai and others fixed their eyes on it, the black full armor, the helmet and the face armor, the red Ming battle suit, the hideous face showed the pain when dying, one was a hole in the chest by the riding spear, the blood began to turn black, one was broken by the mace, and then, two riding spears, Yan Ling knife, There are also two firearms, a horse leather bag was thrown on the ground by the vest, and a vest was opened to Zilharang to see, scattered silver taels, dry food, the only thing that caught Jierharang's attention was that the armor was very new, different from the Ming beggar's robe seen before, in addition, the iron armor was also different from other Ming troops, it was a new type of armor, and the upper body was wrapped by two large pieces of iron armor before and after. Jilharang ordered the vest to chop the iron armor with a big knife, and the horse armor used a thick-backed broadsword to chop hard, the iron armor broke, and the blade entered ** one inch, Zilharang looked at the vest,
"Lord Bingbeile, the minions used to be able to split the iron armor into the flesh by two inches with one sword, and this armor is comparable to the fine iron armor of our army." The vest replied on his knees.
Zilharang was stunned, he wore such fine iron armor at night, and he had never heard of such a luxurious enemy army. He looked at the dust in the distance, and secretly thought in his heart, what unknown things were waiting for him in the Iron Mountain.
Zhao Lie saw the black smoke in the distance, and said that Jiannu was coming, this trip to Tieshan was for the Dingkou of Tieshan, and it was best not to engage with Jiannu, after all, he didn't want to fight against Jiannu at this time and cause a big loss of strength, but it was unrealistic to transport tens of thousands of people in just a few days, so Zhao Lie also made preparations for a hard battle, and sure enough, the transportation of the Tieshan military household was nearing the end, and the Jiannu brigade was already a murderous arrival. Attacking Korea and destroying Iron Mountain halfway through the attack is really killing two birds with one stone, and this is a good chess move to break the embattled Jin Kingdom.
Zhao Lie looked at the piles of pots and pans discarded on both sides of the road, as well as carriages, wheelbarrows and other miscellaneous items, it was really the feeling of the end of the world, and there was a fight with the apocalyptic scene in the movie Lord of the Rings in later generations. Although the military households were allowed to bring only a change of clothes, fine and soft, and a few days of dry food on the ship, however, many of the military households who had no property brought pots and bowls and livestock, after all, the silver money was not saved, these things were the property they had accumulated in the Iron Mountain for several years, and they were stopped by the Broken Army a few miles away from the dock and forced to give up, many families cried loudly, very miserable, and the soldiers of the Broken Prisoners who were also from the Liao people were very sympathetic, but Zhao Lie did not have the slightest soft-heartedness, after all, his arrival could save the lives of most of them, Besides, in the future, they could accumulate more money and belongings through labor, Zhao Lie ordered all to give up, and those who did not give up were not allowed to get on the boat, so the abandoned things winded along the road for several miles, and Zhao Lie asked the soldiers to collect them and place them in front and on the right side of the military formation.
The place where the broken army lined up was five miles away from the wharf, on the left was a hill less than 100 meters high, covered with thorns, Zhao Lie only left a hundred teams on it, because this hill was not suitable for the brigade to move forward at all, this hill was winding for several miles, there was no road on the mountain, only trees, and it was impossible for the large army to pass through it smoothly, the right side was a slope, but it was relatively low, and the road in front and both sides were cut off by the military formation.
More than 4,000 captives were lined up in eight horizontal rows of solid formations, with four rows of musketeers in front, four rows of pikemen behind, ten nine-pounder cannons and six pounder guns at the front of the line, and four hundred pikemen in the back of the phalanx, and some scattered spears were placed near the left of these pikemen. On the side of the gentle slope on the right side of the army formation, Zhao Lie arranged three small hollow phalanxes with a total of 100 to prevent the enemy from attacking from the flanks.
Zhao Lie is extremely satisfied with the location of this match, this is the most favorable preset battlefield for the Broken Army, Jiannu cannot use the advantage of his cavalry to quickly assault on all sides, can only face to face, if it is a wilderness on all sides, Jiannu only needs to face the enemy, and all other sides send surprise troops to attack and harass, Zhao Lie is not confident that the Broken Army can hold on, after all, this is the first hard battle experienced by the Broken Army.
The Broken Army had just finished eating, all of them sat down to rest, and there would be a fierce battle after a while, and Zhao Lie asked the soldiers to recuperate.
"My lord, Lord Gu asked the small fleet to report that the fleet has just left the port, and there are only five hundred military households in the port." Luo Dong rode a horse to Tongbing, after Luo Dong finished saluting, he waited for the adult's order, and Lord Gu instructed this is the little Zhao Lord who is praised by the thousands of Liao people in Shidao, Luo Dong looked at Zhao Lie's burly body and coercive momentum in silver and white iron armor, and his heart was worried.
"Gu Wuyue did it beautifully," Zhao Lie said to Huang Han, Zhao Da, Yu Dabao and others. The refugees basically left by boat, and even if Zhao Lie's worries were gone, it meant that as long as he held on for more than half a day, the fleet could return to carry the captive army. It takes more than half a day for the fleet to go back and forth to Midao to load and unload refugees, and it can run one and a half times a day, and it can carry more than 5,000 people at a time. Zhao Lie turned to Luo Dong, "Go back and tell Gu Wuyue, I will remember his first merit in this battle, and you and other subordinates will have their own rewards, well, there will be the transportation of the Broken Army on the ship in the future, so that he can be well prepared." ”
"Obey, my lord, the little one must tell Lord Gu exactly what the adult said." Luo Dong saluted and got on his horse and left.
At this time, the sound of horses' hooves in the distance came chaotically, and hundreds of people and horses galloped in the dust, bypassing the large array and coming to the rear formation.
"Lord Bing, I will wait for three nights without collecting a hundred generals to spy on the enemy's military situation and return, and the enemy army will arrive with nearly 10,000 people." The first person immediately gave a military salute and said loudly.
"Soldiers, you are willing to take the risk to complete the important task of exploring the enemy and blocking the enemy, and you should take the first credit for winning this battle," Zhao Lie looked at the bloodstained people on the horse and did not accept it at night, "Okay, now you wait with me to wait in line behind the big formation and wait for rest, when the enemy army is defeated, it is the time for us to pursue." ”
"Yes, sir." A group of people who did not accept the night agreed to the promise, and dismounted one after another to replace the spare war horses, lined up behind Zhao Lie, Zhao Lie estimated that dozens of people were missing, which showed the tragedy of the scout battle. Due to the limited capacity, the cavalry training time is longer, and the war horses are not fully prepared until now, only less than 3,000 war horses, after all, good mares are left to breed, due to the lack of horses, Zhao Lie's cavalry is only the stage of skilled horsemanship, only the night does not collect the horses because of the needs of the war, and carried out exploration, and the overall formation of the charge training, so Zhao Lie did not bring the cavalry, only brought four thousand total night not to collect the hundred troops, and hundreds of war horses to go to the Iron Mountain, At this moment, the remaining three hundred nights and a hundred horseback guards were the only cavalry in Zhao Lie's hands.
"My lord, my subordinates please order me to lead the army here to meet the enemy, and my lord should return to the ship to lead the overall situation." Huang Han rarely hesitated, knelt on the ground and begged for his life.
Li Lu, Han Jian and others also knelt down one after another to echo.
"Alright, your mind is the general." Zhao Lie was slightly moved in his heart, he understood the intention of these subordinates to protect him, "As the commander of the Broken Army, it is the responsibility of this general to lead the whole army to meet Jiannu. Zhao Lie pointed to the boxy and mighty military array and thousands of soldiers in front of him with a horsewhip, "It is Zhao Lie's glory to be able to fight to the death with thousands of Liaodong men and Jiannu, although there are nine deaths and no regrets, you wait for each to return to you, if you want to protect the general, then fight bravely to kill the enemy." Just kidding, Zhao Lie said in his heart, if he retreats into the sea, the lord will retreat from the battle, and the army will be shaken, and this battle will be lost, and years of hard work will be ruined.
Several people agreed with a bang, and Li Lu, Han Jian, Guan Ming, Lan Mingshan and others returned to their own team.
Huang Han also secretly wiped his sweat, the most Zhao Lie's right-hand man, he knew what Zhao Lie's safety meant to the broken army, as well as Shidao and Jeju, of course he didn't want Zhao Lie to be in danger, he believed that if he lost this battle, the adults would also make a comeback, so he suggested so, but he really didn't have the certainty of victory in his heart, after all, the adults were the backbone of this broken army, the adults did not flinch, insisted on meeting the enemy, and Huang Han also settled down.
Thanks to the generous 1888 reward of the roadside stone on the eleventh road, thank you to Wendao Kexia, Bi Shi, a little busy this summer, begging for money, staying at home to read books, Xianwu Dasheng, is this a dream, the game world is 171819, forgetting the eight lambs, painting the floating life of the reward, thank you for recommending friends in the middle of the night.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month in 1627, Huang Taiji ordered Amin to lead more than 30,000 troops to attack Korea, successively captured Yiju and Xuanchuan, destroyed Tiedongjiang Tuntian, killed tens of thousands of Ming people, and went south to Pyongyang, forcing Korea to sue for peace.