Chapter 97: Cao Wenzhao (I)
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It's dark, and the tireless cries of insects everywhere are annoying.
There are many mosquitoes in the summer, and Zhai Zhe still can't escape harassment by covering himself tightly.
There were no tents in the camp for the miscellaneous servants, but some simple wooden huts were built to shelter them from the sun or rain, and the Jurchens did not care whether these Han people lived or died.
Zhai Zhe found a stone at the top of the mountain bag and leaned on, this position could take in the lively baggage camp opposite.
Che Feng sent soldiers on duty, although the gate was guarded by Jurchens.
After the end of the day, the evening breeze brought a burst of coolness, and everyone was a little sleepy. Under the harassment of mosquitoes in turn, Zhai Zhe woke up from sleep, until the second half of the night, dew fell from the sky, and his clothes were beaten in half a damp, and finally faded from sleepiness.
The summer day dawned very early, and it was estimated that the sky would be white in half an hour, and he stood up and stretched his waist, moving his muscles and bones, and suddenly heard a noise in the distance.
Half an hour passed, and the noise not only did not stop, but became more and more intense.
Che Feng and the others were also awakened and got up separately.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise. Zhai Zhe was shocked, he heard the cordial, this is the voice of the three-eyed gun, only the army of the Ming Dynasty will be equipped with the three-eyed gun. He hurriedly ran to a high place to watch, the sky was hazy, the east was slightly white, and he couldn't see anything clearly in the distance.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The explosion of the three-eyed gun became more and more dense, and there was a faint sound of shouting and killing hidden in it.
The Han captives also got up, and there was a commotion, some people whispered, and several Jurchens who were like wolves and tigers broke in and shouted: "Don't make noise, and those who speak out again will be killed." ”
The miscellaneous battalion soon fell silent, and the Han people curled up again.
Zhai Zhezhan was looking out from a high place, and several Jurchen soldiers saw it and strode over.
Che Feng was guarding his camp in the northeast corner, his eyes cold. The little leader of Wei stretched out his hand and pointed in Zhai Zhe's direction, and the car wind ignored it.
The battle in the distance became more and more intense, and the Jurchen soldiers saw his posture, hesitated for a moment, and finally gave up the idea of entering the camp to interfere, and turned to leave.
After another quarter of an hour, the sound of iron hooves and shouts of killing was getting closer and closer, and Zhai Zhe felt that he was coming in his direction.
"The goal of the Ming army is the baggage battalion!" He instantly realized that the only way to get the Jurchens to withdraw was to burn the baggage.
Through the faint light, you can see that there are Jurchen soldiers and horses assembled in front of the baggage camp, and groups of soldiers are walking neatly, and there is a faint neighing of horses. Che Fengsong didn't care about fighting with the Jurchens, and climbed to Zhai Zhe's side to watch.
The sky was getting brighter, and the shouts of killing were close at hand.
Zhai Zhe could already see clearly that there were three rows of heavily armored knights densely lined up in front of the baggage camp, with bright white armor, holding heavy hammers and axes and other armor-piercing weapons in their hands. There were nearly a thousand cavalry on each wing, armed with bows and arrows, eager to try.
Faintly, the sound of thunderous horses' hooves entered his ears, and Zhai Zhe felt that the earth was shaking.
Che Feng whispered: "It's coming!" ”
The cavalry of the Han Chinese! A group of cavalry plunged along the road like a sharp cone.
"Cone Formation!" Zhai Zhe swallowed a mouthful of spit, he had seen this kind of cavalry formation in the war book.
Three thousand cavalry arrived in front of him in an instant, although they were separated by a few miles, Zhai Zhe still felt the power coming towards him, it was like an enraged herd of bulls, no matter whether there was an iron wall or a cliff in front of him, he would move forward bravely.
"Cao Wenzhao, Guanning Iron Cavalry!" Zhai Zhe blurted out that except for Cao Wenzhao, there is no other army in Datong that can do this, and no army dares to fight in the field with the Jurchens.
Cao Wenzhao raised the heavy spear in his hand, and the three thousand cavalry slowly descended and stopped four or five miles in front of the Jurchen array.
Heavy sweat on his forehead
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The beads flowed down his cheeks, and he had just broken through the periphery of the Jurchen and consumed a lot of his body, and a short rest could allow the man and the horse to recover a little for a while, ready for the final impact.
The Jurchens' baggage camp was right in front of them, and his information was reliable.
It was not until the Jurchen invasion that the imperial court appointed him as the chief soldier of Datong, making it difficult for him to cook without rice. Emperor Chongzhen's urging orders were issued day after day, and he was the chief soldier of Datong, and the expulsion of the Jurchens became his business. There are more than 10,000 Jurchens, and now the soldiers and horses in Datong Town are scattered, and he only has the 3,000 personal soldiers on hand. After the siege of Huairen was lifted, he inspected several guards, and those soldiers could still be used to defend the city, and there was no hope for a field battle.
In front of the Jurchen formation, the two white flags waved in the wind, and Dolgon stationed under the banner of the horse, as long as the cavalry in front of him was defeated, Datong Town was free for him to come and go, and no one could threaten the safety of the Jurchens.
Although he despised Cao Wenzhao in his mouth, he was not careless. After Cao Wenzhao's troops moved north, every move was under his control, because someone passed him the news. Fighting in the Ming Realm, he even knew the opponent's actions better than the Ming Dynasty, and almost every day, messengers infiltrated the military camp and informed the Ming army of the virtual and real deployment.
Cao Wenzhao was surrounded by him for nearly a month as soon as he entered Huairen County, but the survival of this cavalry was always a threat to the Jurchens, after all, they were deep in the Ming Realm. He used the baggage battalion as bait to defeat the most powerful army of the Ming Dynasty here. He was not afraid that Guan Ning Tie would not be able to ride, because Cao Wenzhao had no choice. The new Datong commander-in-chief has been in office for a month, and the Jurchens have not fought a battle, allowing the opponent to plunder in the territory, I am afraid it is difficult to explain to the Ming court, except for the baggage camp placed in the Ming place, Cao Wenzhao really has no better target for attack. It's just that he didn't expect Cao Wenzhao to come so quickly.
Finally saw the army of the Ming Dynasty, and the eyes of the Han people in the miscellaneous camp lit up again, and this time even the Jurchen soldiers couldn't suppress the whispering voice, and they stood up boldly and looked into the distance.
Half a quarter of an hour later, the conical formation turned from static to static, and the horses paced forward, moving slowly.
Dorgon waved his white right hand, and the cavalry on both wings rushed forward to the left and right of the cone
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, the white-armored soldiers took heavy steps, revealing the heavy horses hidden behind the formation. The impact of the Guanning Iron Cavalry Cone Formation was unstoppable, and the three thousand war horses were like the Yangtze River, and he didn't want the elite white-armored soldiers to be killed in vain.
The cavalry archers on both wings approached, the sound of bowstrings sounded, and the long arrows leaped into the sky before falling, covering the dense Guanning Iron Cavalry Cone Formation like rain.
Cao Wenzhao slammed the horse, the cone formation began to increase, and the fierce horn entered Zhai Zhe's ears. The iron hooves hit the ground quickly, and the blood in his body seemed to speed up the circulation, this is the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty!
The Jurchen cavalry also moved, and in a parallel formation, Dorgon retreated in front of the white-armored soldiers.
"Rush!"
Cao Wenzhao roared angrily and leveled the heavy gun in his hand.
The tone of the horn slammed into the sky. The degree of the war horse was increased to the extreme, and the cone formation began to loosen a little, as if the strength itself could not withstand it.
The two heavy cavalry collided head-on in the open space directly in front of the miscellaneous battalion, and the huge impact of the sharp cone directly penetrated the Jurchen cavalry ranks, rushing towards Dolgon. War horses neighed, from time to time someone fell from the horse, the Jurchens waved the heavy weapons in their hands from the two wings, and the Guanning cavalry seemed to rush into the narrower and narrower alleys, and the degree became slower and slower.
Under the battle flag, Dolgon's face was grim, and he ordered: "White armor, attack!" ”
The white armor soldiers are the most elite warriors of the Jurchens, each of them has experienced a hundred battles, killed more than a hundred, they are tall and burly, the strength is infinite, every battle, wearing three layers of armor, bloodthirsty to kill the enemy, most of these people are the Tunguska savages recruited by Huang Taiji from the mountains and forests. They have survived in the jungle since childhood, surrounded by wild beasts, and were trained by Huang Taiji to be a killing machine. It is the glory of the Jurchens to be able to become a white-armored soldier, which symbolizes wealth and status, but also symbolizes ability.
The white-armored heavy cavalry moved forward, they did not kill with impact, they were more accustomed to dismounting and fighting on foot, and they were not very proficient in equestrianism when they grew up in the mountains and forests.
The degree of the Guanning cavalry rushed to the white armor soldiers and finally came down, and the savage-like white armor soldiers jumped off their horses and waved the heavy weapons in their hands and smashed them into the Ming army on the opposite side.
Cao Wenzhao rushed to the forefront, the shining armor wall dangled in front of him, a white-armored soldier brandished an axe and slashed at him head-on, he hurriedly swung away with a heavy spear, and stabbed him in the shoulder, but he didn't expect the man to drop the weapon in his hand and drop it, holding the gun head with both hands, he pulled it back, but he didn't pull it.
The cone formation had lost its degree, and the Jurchen cavalry, which had pierced the parallel ranks, was outflanked from both flanks, and the white-armored soldiers met the enemy head-on. A sinister smile appeared on Dorgon's face, he was going to wipe out this Ming elite here.
The Guanning cavalry in the outer column waved the blunt weapon in his hand, and the cavalry in the inner column lit the three-eyed gun in his hand, the lead slammed, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the three-layer iron armor could not compensate.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Zhai Zhe's eardrum was buzzing, and seeing such a fierce battle up close, he even forgot to breathe, and so did the car wind around him.