Chapter 140: Frustration
After receiving the news of the Ming army's advance, Huang Taiji directly found Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai and concisely stated the pros and cons of the battle.
In a word, you can keep it and play it.
If you can't keep it, the best result is to roll it back to the old village.
If you're not careful, you'll have to die!
He had only one request.
Obey orders, obey commands, and win this battle.
The meeting was a complete success, and Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai expressed their views and suggestions on the issue of the Ming army's offensive. It was unanimously decided that Mang Gurtai would lead the most elite 10,000 heavily armored cavalry under the three of them to Chang'an Fort to respond to Liaoyang City.
Mang Gurtai gladly accepted the order and came to Chang'an Fort with the most powerful cavalry at the moment.
He's going to wash away his shame here.
The cavalrymen who followed him too.
Emperor Ming's musketeers didn't come, the world is so big, where can't he go to Gurtai?
At this moment, if there is a big speaker of a rambler on the back of the Mang Gurtai horse, he will definitely turn on the autumn music and play a shouting microphone.
The knife and the snow wings withered, and the mountains and heroes rushed into the sky.
The fire and churning are burning, and the sea is set up thousands of feet high.
......
However, Zu Dashou didn't understand the amorous style, and used the shield cart and musket pushed out to help him cut the song.
"Divide the troops!"
Mang Gurtai roared, and the 10,000 cavalry were divided into two, Mang Gurtai led 5,000 to rush towards the right flank of the Ming army, and the other half was led by Huang Taiji's eldest son Haoge, rushing towards the left flank of the Ming army.
At this time, the Ming army only had 7,000 cavalry left.
Five thousand of Man Gui, two thousand of Zhao Rate.
In the face of the superior number of Jiannu cavalry, Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao were not afraid and led their cavalry to meet them.
At this time, they had no choice, if they let the Jiannu heavy cavalry charge from both flanks, the infantry phalanx that had no time to adjust the formation would face great losses.
All they need to do is pin them down, reduce their mobility, and wait for the rest of the cavalry that has fallen into disarray to re-enter the fight.
Although Mang Gurtai has a reckless name and a reckless personality, his fighting instincts are quite keen.
He led his army to wander back not far from Mangui, as if he had decided that the Ming army would not dare to break away from the large army to meet the battle.
The three-eyed bird guns equipped by Man Gui's cavalry could only be fired three times, but the damage done to Jiannu was very small.
He was furious.
Just by my name, it's not easy to bully. Lao Tzu commands the most dick cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, afraid of you?
Mangui's 5,000 cavalry under his leadership quickly rushed towards Mang Gurtai.
He took the lead and slammed a Tartar to death as soon as he saw him.
Mang Gurtai's temper has also come up, dare to show his teeth with me?
The two sides were in a fight, and his speed inevitably slowed down.
On the other side, Zhao Shujiao was not so lucky, and Haoge, as the eldest son of the Great Khan, desperately wanted to establish his authority. led five thousand elites to rush directly to the two thousand cavalry led by Zhao Sect.
"The Sword Comes"
Hauge led the cavalry to scatter the 2,000 cavalry of Zhao Led with a single charge. turned around again, and the formation that Zhao Shujiao had barely organized was scattered again.
If it is said that the cavalry under the command of the three of them is the strongest in the combat effectiveness of the Zu Dashou Division, followed by Man Gui, and Zhao Shujiao is at the bottom. If the number of people is equal, it is still very easy to cooperate with the infantry to repel these 10,000 Jiannu.
However, when the combat effectiveness is slightly weaker, the number of people does not have an advantage.
Seeing that the cavalry of Zhao led the sect was defeated, Zu Dashou ordered the infantry to push the chariot on the top.
But Hauge had no intention of entanglement, and when he saw this, he directly whistled and led his cavalry out of the battlefield. Zhao Shujiao's face was pale, and in this moment's effort, he lost four or five hundred people under his command.
Hauge didn't look back, and went straight into a big circle and plunged into Man Gui's rear. Seeing this, Zhao Shujiao immediately gathered his cavalry and pursued Haoge.
Man Guizheng and Mang Gurtai were in the middle of fighting, and they were left behind by Haoge before they had time to adjust.
The powerful impact force directly caused chaos in the rear of his team, and Man Gui saw that the situation was not good, and immediately ordered a retreat. He led his army to fight and retreat, and finally broke away from the battlefield.
Mang Gurtai and Hauge did not pursue either, and Lerma stopped half a mile outside the formation.
Seeing that more and more cavalry were adjusting from the chaos, they took it as soon as they saw it, and left the battlefield with a shout.
Man Gui returned to the front of the battle and counted, and only four thousand and four of the five thousand cavalry remained.
He was so angry that his eyes widened and he looked at Zhao Shujiao.
"Can't you fucking hold it up a little longer?"
"you! I'm only 2,000 soldiers, what do you take!? "Zhao Shujiao is annoying, damn, Lao Tzu is not a human being!
Seeing that the two were about to stand up, Zu Dashou hurriedly spoke up and persuaded him.
"Okay, Lao Man, Lao Zhao, don't say a word. Jiannu is fully prepared this time, and we underestimate the enemy. ”
Man Gui is a straight person, and he speaks ugly, so you don't know how to let go?
While speaking, Zu Dashou thought in his heart. Completely forgot that he almost quarreled with Zhao Shujiao a few days ago.
Zu Dashou's dissuasion worked, and Man Gui and the two also knew that this was not the time to quarrel.
"Fuyu, what do you say?" Zhao Shujiao said sullenly.
"Gather the soldiers and see what's going on in the city." Zu Dashou replied.
Man Gui and the two nodded at the same time.
Soon after, all the soldiers returned. After each of them finished counting, the atmosphere suddenly became dull.
The cavalry under Zu Dashou lost 800 and the infantry lost nearly 700.
The cavalry under the command of Man Gui lost 600 and the infantry 500.
Zhao led the sect to lose 500 cavalry and 600 infantry.
In this battle alone, nearly 3,000 soldiers were lost.
The Eight Banners only left more than 400 corpses.
At the same time, Zu Dashou also knew everything that happened in the city. There was no smile on his face anymore.
The attack of the Jiannu cavalry only took about a thousand away, and most of the rest died in the siege, or they died of suffocation. I didn't even touch the corners of the enemy's clothes.
And his younger brother Zu Dabi was even more riddled with arrows, and his life and death were unknown.
Liaoyang is really a king!
When did Huang Taiji become so good at defending the city?
"In which direction did the Tartars go?" Suddenly, Zu Dashou remembered something.
"Southwest!" Man Gui glared.
"Oops! The two of you hurried to Anshan Post with 15,000 cavalry, I am afraid that the food and grass will not be guaranteed if I go late! ”
Zu Dashou said anxiously.
He only left 2,000 foot soldiers in Anshan Station, if Jiannu found his own grain and grass, don't fight this battle, wash your neck and wait to go back and let Your Majesty punish the crime!
But if you're worried about something happening, it's more likely to happen.
When Man Gui led 15,000 cavalry to Anshan Station, Anshan Station had already been lost. Before he arrived at the place, he ran into Jiannu's scouts, and Man Gui's heart sank, he was really afraid of something!
Immediately sped up and rushed towards Anshan Station.
Mang Gurtai was leading his troops to grab food, and when he received the news that Man Gui was coming with his troops, he decisively ordered to evacuate. Before leaving, he didn't forget to set a fire.
It's not that he doesn't dare to fight Man Gui.
But I can't fight.
Horses are loaded with grain on their backs, how to fight?
When Man Gui arrived, he quickly led people to extinguish the fire that had not yet spread. Listening to the cry of the Anshan post soldier, his face was embarrassed. Two thousand infantrymen died, four or five hundred. This was because Jiannu left in a hurry, and he didn't have time to chase down the people who transported grain and the recalcitrant infantry. Only a part of the grain was snatched.
Half an hour later, Zu Dashou arrived with his army.
"How many people died?"
"More than four hundred and fifty soldiers."
"How many were snatched?"
"About 10,000 stones."
"How much was burned?"
"More than 40,000 stones."
After hearing this, Zu Dashou's face was ugly, as if someone had stolen his home.
On the way there, he saw the smoke rising, and he was so frightened that he almost urinated out. If the more than 200,000 stones of grain and grass were burned by Jiannu, he would not be able to cut off a few heads.
Now that he heard that only 50,000 stone of grain had been lost, Zu Dashou was a little lucky.
Then he began to think about how to fight the next battle.
He has an unshirkable responsibility for losing the first encounter. If he hadn't underestimated the enemy, he wouldn't have been so embarrassed at this time.
He thinks that Huang Taiji, who has lost repeatedly, has long become a toothless tiger and is at the mercy of others.
But now he realized that he was wrong.
It was the Yongwei Battalion and the Beijing Battalion that pulled out the tiger's teeth, not the Jinzhou soldiers under his command.
Zu Dashou took his troops and stationed them in Anshan Post again, and he needed to think carefully about his next move.
And Mang Gurtaizhi, who ran away after grabbing the grain, returned to Chang'an Fort proudly.
"How's that, Hauge. Am I right? The Ming army outside the city had no grain and grass, so it must have been hoarded somewhere. Didn't find this? Ha ha! It's enough for us to eat for more than a month. ”
"Aung Bang Ama is clever. What do we do next? ”
"Just guarding here, isn't the Ming army going to attack the city? Let them attack! As soon as they move, we will send troops. Scare and scare first! ”
Hauge complimented again.
It's night
Anshan Station
Zhu Kezhen reported to Zhu Youzhen everything that happened today.