Chapter Seventy-Three: An Inexplicable Great War

Zhang Chun's reinforcements arrived six days in advance, after entering the city from the south gate, he heard that the north city was fighting fiercely, rushed to the head of the city to watch the battle, saw the new Jinzhou general Shi Dayong's tragedy, was very moved, immediately ordered the deputy general Zhang Jifu, Manku, Wang Zhijing to lead 10,000 soldiers as the vanguard, I personally led the deputy general Zhang Hongmo, Yang Huazheng, Xue Dahu, general Jiang Xin and others to lead 20,000 soldiers in the center, and ordered the Liaodong general Wu Xiang to lead the Jinzhou defenders as the rear formation, and the army went out of the city to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu.

When the reinforcements arrived, there was a feat of bloody battles in Shibu, and the morale of the Ming army was great, and everyone dared to fight. The 40,000-strong army went out of the city and attacked the Jin army with a red flag, and defeated the remnants of the Jin army and a Mongolian bull.

The Ming army suddenly came out of the city of Jinzhou, Azig was caught off guard, the enemy was outnumbered, and the power of the red flag alone could not resist the Ming army. I had to urgently order Erke, Muketan, and Tunbulu to lead 2,000 cavalry to resist the enemy, and at the same time send people to ask for help from the third brother Zhenglan Banner by the Xiaoling River.

Mang Gurtai, who was drinking in the tent, was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly ordered the generals Laosa and Turushh to lead a thousand red armor to rescue Azig, and sent someone to report to Huang Taiji and ask the Khan to quickly transfer all banners to participate in the battle.

After receiving the urgent report, Huang Taiji also panicked, and carefully found out that the reinforcements of the Ming army would arrive in mid-August at the earliest, but he didn't want to come a few days in advance. As soon as he came, he went out of the city to fight a decisive battle, which completely disrupted Huang Taiji's pre-war deployment.

In a panic, he was afraid that the red flag and the blue flag would not be able to resist the Ming army because of the small number of soldiers, which would cause the entire defense line of the Daling River to be shaken, so he urgently ordered the fifteenth brother Duoduo of the white flag master to lead 2,000 of his own banner to rush to aid Jinzhou, and the rest of the banners were transferred to follow up with soldiers and horses.

Under the city of Jinzhou, the red flag was inlaid with fewer troops, and the Ming army could only be passively defended in the face of tens of thousands of soldiers, but the Ming army was more and more courageous, and the forward 10,000 soldiers fired firearms together, and drove the red flag to the chicken station, and forced to retreat to the Xiaoling River.

Seeing that the Ming army is about to cross the Xiaoling River, if it is defeated again, the Ming army will approach the Daling River, and the ancestor Dashou trapped in the cage will take the opportunity to go out of the city. Daikin came with troops from all over the country this time, so it was useless.

Thinking of this, Mang Gurtai ignored the fact that he only had a thousand red armor and a few Niu Lu soldiers, and forced Laosa and Turushh to cross the river and rush straight to the front of the Ming army, and he himself was also wearing armor and rushing towards the Ming army with a big sword in hand.

The golden soldiers of the blue banner were inspired by the courage of the banner owner, and they all fought bravely to kill the enemy, and the Ming army did not expect the Jin army to suddenly kill a new force, and the forwards were mostly infantry, which could not resist and began to retreat backwards.

Seeing that the front army was loose, Zhang Chun urgently ordered the deputy generals Zhang Hongmo and Yang Huazheng to lead the only 3,000 cavalry to attack the Jin army with a red flag, trying to force the Zhenglan Banner to retreat.

Azig, who had stabilized his position, received reinforcements from the Zhenglan Banner, gritted his teeth and did not retreat, leading Goshha to stand by the Xiaoling River with a red flag, and passed the order to "Those who dare to retreat from the river will be killed!" And personally killed an escaped Niu Lu Ezhen, under this strict order, the red flag can only fight to the end, for a while, Zhang Hongmo, Yang Hua can not break through, the war has reached a stalemate.

Soon, the Jin Army's multi-post unit with white flags arrived, and the rest of the banners and reinforcements also arrived one after another. Huang Taiji even moved the Great Tent of the Khan King to the other side of the Xiaoling River, supervised the army to kill the enemy bravely, and bombarded the Ming army across the river with the Han army's flag and artillery weapons, causing heavy casualties to the Ming army.

At the end of the battle, the Ming army was exhausted, they had come from afar, and they had never eaten, and the soldiers were hungry, so they could barely hold on with their morale.

Seeing that it was impossible to break through to the Daling River, Zhang Chun, who was familiar with the military, knew that it was impossible to do anything, and the best opportunity to break the enemy had been lost, and he could only gamble with the fate of the army to fight again at this moment, and resolutely ordered the withdrawal of the army: the rear army became the front army, and the former army became the rear army, retreating in turn, and delaying the pursuit of the Jin army with firearms.

After receiving the order to withdraw the troops, the various units of the Ming army immediately began to retreat.

This battle was inexplicable, and neither side was ready for a real decisive battle, it was a completely unexpected battle, and it was not planned at all. Therefore, seeing that the Ming army retreated, Huang Taiji did not order the pursuit, and ordered the flags to hold their own positions.

Unexpectedly, the white flag lord Duoyi did not know whether he was young and vigorous, seeing the retreat of the Ming army, he was eager to make meritorious contributions, but he still did not receive an order, and he actually led the red armor of the flag to cross the river and chase the Ming army all the way.

Cross the Xiaoling River, cross the long mountain, cross the rooster and sing the post, and chase all the way to the city of Jinzhou. The Ming army did not entangle with him, and fought and retreated. Seeing that the Ming army was about to retreat into the city, Duoyi jumped his horse and shouted in a hurry, and personally led Goshha to rush forward, not wanting to accidentally fall from his horse, and his horse also ran into the Ming army. Seeing this, the Ming army immediately killed two armies to capture the fallen Jiannu Beizi.

Fortunately, Duoyi was lucky, and after falling from his horse, he was not injured. Glimpsing the Ming army turning around and killing him, he was also a little frightened, and hurriedly snatched a horse from his subordinates, and then fled back to his own position, which was a false alarm.

Seeing this, the Ming army did not pursue, and the whole army withdrew into the city.

In this battle, the Ming army killed one guerrilla, four thousand, 2,600 infantry and cavalry, and the new Jinzhou general Shi Dayong was seriously injured, and his life and death are unknown.

The Jin army also suffered heavy casualties, Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Laosa was killed in battle, Red Banner Beiyu Huli was killed in battle, Niu Lu Ezhen Donoyi and Nuomin were killed in battle, and the number of casualties also reached 2,000.

In this battle, the two sides of Ming and Jin basically fought to a draw, and it was a battle that made people raise their eyebrows and breathe a battle since the Wanli year. After the war, Jinzhou shook, Ningyuan shook, Shanhaiguan shook, and Jingshi shook!

Emperor Chongzhen personally wrote the four characters of "commanding the army in a good way" to Zhang Chun in the Qianqing Palace, and also wrote the four characters of "horse leather shroud" and Shi Dayong who was seriously injured and unconscious.

This battle also made Huang Taiji have to order that the Ming army in Jinzhou City should not move, and the departments of the Eight Banners should not be moved lightly. If there is any more vain fighter, they will all be put to death!

After the war, he summoned the military council of all banners and asked Azig to tell the leaders of the banners in detail about the battle under the city of Jinzhou. After that, he got up and said to Zhu Beile: "The Ming people have been cowardly for a long time, but now there are soldiers who dare to fight, the so-called horseman is angry, and the blood is still splashed three feet, and the Ming army is no longer the Ming army of the past, so you must not despise the Ming people, otherwise, you will suffer a big loss." ”

He also ordered the Commander-in-Chief of the Han Army, the Minister of Military Affairs of the Han Dynasty, to raise his temperament in the West House, and asked him to transport another twenty Hongyi cannons to the Daling River within half a month.

In Jinzhou City, Zhang Chun was not proud, although the battle was tied with the Jin army, but the strategy was not reached, the ancestor of Dalinghe City was still besieged by the Jin army, the military food in the city was nearly cut off, if the Jin army blockade was not broken again, Zu Dashou and the whole city of soldiers and civilians will be burned.

In order to be able to break the siege in one battle, Zhang Chun discussed with Sun Chengzong and Qiu Hejia, the governor of Liaodong, who arrived later, for three days before coming up with a rescue plan that was approved by all three parties.