Chapter 38 The Fierce Battle of Zunhua
Huang Taiji looked at Azig who invited Ying to fight, and was quite pleased, now everyone can see that the capture of Zunhua is only a matter of a day and a half, at this time everyone has cut their heads and wants to squeeze into Zunhua City, and no one is willing to do such a thankless thing as blocking reinforcements.
At this time, if no one stands up and waits for his own order, it proves that his khan is too incompetent, and these three brothers have surprised themselves too much recently, and it seems that they want to support these little Baylors to balance the other three Baylors.
Azig also had his own thoughts at this time, Zunhua City was about to be breached, and if his two younger brothers could take this opportunity to establish meritorious deeds, then the prestige of his brothers would gradually build.
Besides, although he usually obeys Dolgon's words, as an elder brother, he also has his own competitive spirit, and the previous battle of Daankou is nothing at all, so this siege of reinforcements Azig is also regarded as an opportunity to prove himself.
Huang Taiji said with a smile: "Okay, Ben Khan has so many brothers who are like wolves and tigers, why don't you chase the Central Plains and dominate the world, twelve brothers, two white flags can attack the city here, you can take the yellow flag and the Mongolian eight flags to go!" Starlings are here to give you a sweep. ”
Azig mounted his horse and left, killing in the direction of the reinforcements pointed by the scouts, followed by Gushan Ezhen with yellow banners and the commander of the Eight Mongol Banners.
Zhu Guoyan also heard the sound of banging artillery in the city at this time, and he no longer bothered to look for the spies, so he hurried towards the city gate, and collided directly with the herald who came to find him.
"Lord Commander, no, the artillery that Jiannu found somewhere began to bombard the Zunhua City Gate."
"I just heard the sound, now go to the city gate immediately, you people hurry up and prepare the rolling stones, sassalwood, Jiannu should advance directly to the city gate after this round of artillery attack."
Zhu Guoyan replied to the herald's words and said to the sergeant behind him.
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief."
Hou Jin's artillery began to blow up one during the second round of firing, which happened to be the closest one to Tong Yangxing, which immediately bluffed him into the face of earth, and not only that, but he was killed on the spot with a craftsman and two Han soldiers.
Tong Yangxing didn't dare to let the third round be fired, so he rushed directly to Huang Taiji, dismounted and saluted: "Qi Qi Khan, the cannon began to explode, and the other artillery also began to water the barrel with water to cool down, and it was temporarily unusable." ”
Huang Taiji looked at Zunhua City, which had begun to be quite defeated in front of him, and it was a pity not to take advantage of the victory to pursue at this time, so he finally made up his mind and said: "In this case, Jurchen warriors, wielding your war swords, you must take Zunhua City today." ”
"Kill!"
Hearing Huang Taiji's words, the Jurchen generals could no longer hold back, brandishing war knives and spears, slapping the galloping war horses, and rushed towards Zunhua City.
Zhao Shujiao also met Azig head-on at this time, and unfortunately Zhao Shujiao's men and horses could not be compared with Azig's men and horses in terms of numbers, equipment and morale.
The 4,000 men and horses of the Ming army were a tired division, and they had not rested after running overnight, while the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry composed of the Yellow Banner and the Mongolian Eight Banners were as high as more than 30,000 people, so this competition was not so fair from the beginning.
"Brothers, today we are waiting for thousands of miles to help, even if we can't relieve the siege of Zunhua, but we are also fighting to the death for the Ming Dynasty, even if we die in battle today, Inspector Yuan and Your Majesty will also avenge us, but if anyone is afraid of the enemy and afraid of war, the old man will send him on the road first."
While boosting morale, Zhao Shujiao took out the fire gun from his waist and said to the iron cavalry under his command.
"Fight to the death for Daming!"
The crowd didn't know who shouted first! At this time, the soldiers of the Ming army, who were already exhausted, instantly became energetic, and their eyes were full of ruthlessness and determination.
"It's good, but it's a pity, the mantis arm is a car, it's just a matter of self-strength!"
Azig was also quite shocked when he looked at the morale that was instantly raised by Zhao Shujiao, and then said calmly.
At this time, the collision between the cavalry and the cavalry had already begun to play, and the two sides soon scuffled together, and a Ming soldier who was not afraid of death had just pierced his spear into the chest of a Jurchen soldier, and before he could pull it out, two waist knives had been cut down in front of him in an instant......
The same scene is distributed in all corners of the battlefield, and it is often a Ming army dealing with two or even three Jurchen soldiers at the same time, and it can't help but seem flustered and dangerous.
Zhao Shujiao cut off the leg of the Niu Lu horse that was attacking him in front of him with a knife at this time, and before the horse completely fell, he harvested the head of a Jurchen Niu Lu, and shouted loudly to himself at this time: "First cut the enemy's horse leg, kill one on the back, kill two to earn one, take a life yourself, and be a girl in the next life!" ”
"Hahahaha!"
Hearing that Zhao Shujiao was still so calm in danger, the Ming army that had just been rushed and killed turned on the crazy mode again, and they attacked directly at the horse legs of the Jurchen army, and for a while, they also made the close Jurchen soldiers scramble.
Blood-stained robes, knives rolled blades, rushed and killed for about half an hour, and when the two sides separated again, Zhao Shujiao was already less than 300 troops around him, and Azig's Manchurian cavalry also suffered nearly 2,000 casualties.
Azig looked at the old man who was nearly sixty years old in front of him, and saw that the armor on Zhao Shujiao's body had been damaged in many places, and there were still blood stains on his cloak, and then looked at the cavalry behind him, and he had a plan for a while, and asked: "Dare to ask Your Excellency, but is it the old general Zhao Shujiao Zhao?" ”
"Exactly, I didn't expect you, a Tartar, to know the prestige of your General Zhao."
Zhao said heroically.
"General Zhao listened to me, now the Ming Kingdom is already in decline, and it is a matter of time before my lord enters the Central Plains! I also hope that General Zhao will abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and Benbeiler is willing to personally accept the old General Zhao under his banner, and you will not be able to lose your glory and wealth in the future."
"Don't bother, little tartar, do you dare to fight me?"
Zhao Shujiao made up his mind in his heart, seeing that this was a Jiannu nobleman in front of him, if he could trap him, he would not die here in vain, but unfortunately his abacus was destined to fail.
"Okay, since General Zhao is in a hurry to die, then this king will fulfill you!"
Seeing that Azig began to wave his hand, Zhao Shujiao secretly said that it was not good, and shouted: "Brothers rush over, the Tartars are about to release arrows." ”
After that, he directly slapped the buttocks of the war horse with a knife, and the war horse rushed towards Azig frantically, and the rest of the people also launched a "suicide" attack directly towards the Jurchen soldiers opposite.
"Archers ready, put!"
Before Zhao Shujiao rushed to him, Azig gave an order indifferently.