"Poof!"

Nurha drew his sword with great force and speed that was almost impossible for the naked eye to keep up with, and slashed through a dead tree with a single sword.

"Zhou Dunji must be killed in this battle! Tell Huang Taiji to attack from the flank.

If you don't get rid of this person and his soldiers and horses, the hearts of the Ming army will not fall, and our clan will never have peace! ”

……

"All the people have crossed the river!"

A big stone fell to the ground in Zhou Dunji's heart.

Three years ago, he and the veterans of the Sichuan Army came to the aid of Liao, and they were arranged to defend, and there was no chance to kill the enemy with Liu Wei to serve the country.

This time, the guerrilla who personally killed Jiannu took another step on the road to avenge Liu Wei and them.

If there was no layout of the third brother, and without his proposal to return early without Yuan Yingtai's suggestion, I am afraid that the southern army would have marched at the fastest speed and would have just been able to reach the Hunhe River.

This time he saved You Shigong and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and the third brother was really the first merit.

"Third brother, how is Mr. You?"

He walked to the middle of the spear phalanx and saw Wang Hongyu using a red-hot knife and axe to amputate You Shigong's leg.

You Shigong bit a thick cloth in his mouth, his face was pale and sweating profusely, and he endured severe pain to undergo amputation.

He watched as half of his remaining right calf was amputated, and the flesh below the knee was cut off little by little.

High-temperature knives, boiling water disinfection, hemostatic drugs, and the fastest bandaging will maximize his chances of survival.

Seeing Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu standing beside him, although You Shigong was close to collapse, he still gritted his teeth and said:

"Zhou Shen General, Wang Guerrilla ......"

Zhou Dunji persuaded: "The general army first conserves physical strength to rest, tens of thousands of refugees in Shenyang have crossed the river, and our troops will also defeat Jiannu."

You Shigong regretted it: "Okay...... I really regret that I have absorbed too many Mongolian refugees, and I haven't made every effort to get rid of the spies, if Xiong Jingluo ......"

"If Xiong Jingluo is still there, he will strictly restrain all departments, and there will be no traitors and no wasteful fighting...... There will never be Shenyang, Fengji Fort, and Tiger Skin Station being broken in one day! ”

Zhou Dunji and other generals who aided Liao admired Xiong Tingbi very much, and knew that the method of exhausting the enemy in the previous strategy could make Jiannu unable to hold on, and it was difficult to attack the city that was strictly guarded, and the field battle could only be fought when the Ming army wanted to fight in the field.

How can it be like now, He Shixian, Li Bingcheng and others presided over a place, and they were fluttering when they won a little victory, and they were pulled out by Nurhachi in one breath.

You Shigong's energy was about to run out, and he had to be sent to the rear to rest.

"By the way, there's one more thing!" You Shigong woke up suddenly: "You reminded Bao Chengxian...... It does feel like something is wrong! ”

He introduced the situation at that time, the east and west of the city were other generals, and there were Mongol soldiers in the city first, but at the critical moment, there were terrible rumors that "it was said that he had harmed He Shixian".

The remaining Ming troops in the city were in great turmoil, and they became completely uncontrollable.

"Bao Chengxian, as the deputy commander-in-chief, should be able to dispel rumors and keep the civil strife and fire from completely getting out of control, but ......"

Wang Hongyu nodded, it seems that the big traitor is the big traitor, Bao Chengxian followed Fan Wencheng and included him in the list of must-kill.

Zhou Dunji had heard Wang Hongyu mention that there was a problem with this person before, but now it is basically implemented.

After communicating with Chen Ce, Tong Zhonghua, Qi Jin, etc., he wrote a secret letter to Zhang Quan, the patrolman, to report Bao Chengxian's changes.

At the same time, he sent a message to Guangning to strictly screen the rout troops from Shenyang to Guangning.

The wounded Ming army such as You Shigong was also properly transported to the south of the Hunhe River, and then Chen Ce, Tong Zhonghua, Ran Yuelong, Qin Bangping and others led Shizhu and Youyang Tusi soldiers across the river.

Just as the queue goes north, and the retreat follows this order.

There are only Zhou Dunji, Wang Hongyu and the last 3,000 Sichuan soldiers left.

Suddenly, there was a dense sound of trumpets from the north, and Nurhachi personally led the yellow flag, the inlaid white flag, the two red flags, and the blue flag, a total of more than 30,000 soldiers under five flags, and pressed over from three directions.

Under the blessing of the north wind, the aura of slaughter almost crushed the 3,000 southern army, and Nurha's chin was raised very high, looking down on the Ming army gathered in a small group by the river with absolute contempt.

After seeing clearly that the banner of the Ming army was General Zhou Dunji and the guerrilla Wang Hongyu, the contempt in his eyes was immediately accepted.

In front of the spear phalanx, are the two tall men Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu?

Wang Hongyu and Zhou Dunji looked at Nurhachi's big bow, and saw Nurhachi wearing yellow dazzling armor, staring at the two of them with his eyes.

Wang Hongyu said: "Nurhachi is in person, and he will inevitably launch a fierce attack by the whole army, and we can quickly cross the river to the south bank."

"Good! According to your plan, the line on the side of the Zhejiang soldiers has been prepared for a long time. ”

The spear phalanx began to cross the river, and Wang Hongyu, Zhou Dunji and the sword and shield soldiers personally broke off.

Nurhachi was thinking that Zhou Dunji, a hard-headed rival, had only such a small number of people under his hands...... If you don't kill them all at this time, it will be a great disaster in the future.

"What! Crossed the river......"

Nurhachi smiled contemptuously and retreated with his back to our troops in front of several times our army...... This is a very direct strategy to lure the enemy~

But how can the Ming army ambush?

This section of the Hunhe River in spring is 200 steps wide, and the Houjin warriors can't shoot the opposite bank, nor can the Ming army's bird guns and crossbow arrows...... Then it can only be artillery!

Looking towards the south bank of the Hunhe River, some Ming troops can be faintly seen lining up along the river.

There's a Franc machine and other artillery hidden there, right?

"The order goes down, and the flags must not be ......"

"Kill! Half-crossed! "The white flag didn't listen to the order and attacked privately.

The Eight Banners are a barbarian army of looting and killing, not a disciplined and upright army.

These barbaric raiders will be rewarded for their meritorious service, and they will be rewarded for their plundering and rushing to the front, and of course they will attack without obeying orders.

The solid mountain with the white flag is not the four major Baylors. He was eager to make meritorious contributions in his heart, and acquiesced in the cavalry under his command to launch an attack.

"Mingjin let them come back!"

The Houjin army hurriedly sounded gold, but the hundreds of cavalry rushed too fast, and there were only a few dozen steps left from the Ming army.

Falling into the point where war is not and retreat is not.

The pikemen retreated with their backs to them on the pontoon, and the sword and shield men faced them and just retreated to the edge of the bridge.

Hundreds of Jiannu cavalry gathered together on the north bank of the Hunhe River as soon as they hesitated.

This has become the best target~

"Line fire!"

Wang Hongyu looked back and saw that the time had come, and yelled at the Zhejiang soldiers on the south bank.

The Zhejiang soldiers who lined up in a line next to the pontoon bridge had been waiting for a long time.

They took a step back and stood next to the Huzun cannon and Franc machine hidden behind them, and the line of 1,000 people concentrated 200 such guns of the entire Southern Army.

The Hunhe River was more than 200 paces wide, and the enemy's cavalry was about 300 paces away.

It's all in the area of fire!

"Volley!"

The Jiannu cavalry saw that on the south bank for a moment, hundreds of lights flickered.

"Boom, boom!"

Then they heard a roar, and the screech of a large number of objects flying through the air.

Before he could think about it, he was knocked to the ground by a cannonball like a wind.

People were smashed into depressions, and horses were punched out of bloody holes. The Jiannu cavalry, who was still arrogant just now, was suddenly beaten and screamed and wailed.

Du Du, the owner of the white flag, saw that the artillery was over, and was about to lead people to rescue them, when he heard another round of artillery and was frightened.

"Keep put!"

The Francophone and Huzun guns fired extremely fast, one straight and the other curved.

In particular, the Fran machine, according to the time measurement of later generations, can fire more than a dozen shots in a minute.

It adopts the loading method of the sub-cannon, the mother cannon is the gun body, and the sub-cannon is loaded with ammunition. Once a shot is fired, you can fire again by replacing the sub-cannon.

As long as a sufficient number of sub-cannons are prepared in advance, and the mother cannon is not overheated or cooled down in time to remove debris, more than a dozen cannons can be fired continuously in a short time.

The offensive meaning of the line lies in concentrating fire with a salvo; The usage of the Franc machine lies in the continuous output in a short period of time.

One plus one, greater than two!

Most of the hundreds of Jiannu cavalry were wounded or dismounted in the first round of shelling.

Round 2, 3, 4...... After the tenth round of shelling.

Hundreds of cavalry with white flags, even men and horses, and even wailing, all of them died and could not die anymore.

This battle, which was equivalent to hundreds of white flag-inlaid elites in front of the two armies, was directly shelled in front of the two armies.

The morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted, and Jiannu gasped.

Wang Hongyu was the last to step on the pontoon bridge, and he turned to Nurhachi, who was dressed in yellow armor in the distance, and stretched out his right hand with a fist.

Rotate your fist 180° so that the center of your fist is facing up.

Raised middle finger.

Although Nurhachi couldn't see clearly from a distance of a few hundred steps, he could guess that this action meant great disrespect.

He flicked the whip, his forehead bulging, and scolded angrily.

But after a while, he laughed fiercely: "It's crazy, isn't it...... Wu'er Huang Tai Chi will surprise you! ”

……

The Ming army retreated across the Hunhe River and demolished the pontoon bridge, leaving only the original stone bridge.

"Wan Sheng!"

The cannon execution of the Jiannu cavalry just now was too cool, and the morale of the whole army was greatly boosted, and the prestige of Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu increased again.

Chen Ce, Tong Zhonghua, Qi Jin and others welcomed them back, and everyone was encouraged by the defeat of the main force of the Eight Banners.

You Shigong was wounded, and most of the Shenyang troops were exhausted.

Let them escort tens of thousands of refugees to retreat in the direction of Quang Ninh first.

In view of the current situation, Tong Zhonghua said: "Our army only needs to defend the Hunhe River with guns and artillery, and no matter how good Nurhachi is at field warfare, he will not be able to break through our army's firepower."

Qi Jin also nodded: "Half a year ago, Wang Guerrilla proposed to reserve gunpowder, and now it happens to play a key role!" As long as the gunpowder is enough, our Zhejiang soldiers will definitely be able to block Nurhachi and prevent them from crossing the river! ”

The fighting spirit of the generals was high, the dark clouds of the loss of Shenyang dissipated, and the southern army broke the psychological fear that the Jiannu field battle was difficult to defeat.

Wang Hongyu kept frowning, thinking about one thing.

"Brother Wang, you have such a serious expression, you weren't injured just now, right?" Tong Zhonghua asked with great concern.

He watched Wang Hongyu become a martial artist, and knew that he was skilled, this little meaning should be no problem, but there is always a ......

"Isn't there any news about Li Bingcheng's rout?"

Chen Ce and the others glanced at each other, and everyone was at a loss.

Zhang Mingshi, a gun expert, thought for a while and guessed: "I sent a messenger two hours ago, maybe on the way back?"

"There is such a possibility...... "The rest of the generals also felt that Li Bingcheng's side did not need to worry too much.

"No!"

Wang Hongyu categorically denied this view.

In the battle just now, I saw the yellow, red, blue, and white flags.

The red flag and the red flag have arrived.

The blue flag, the yellow flag and the white flag also appeared.

The yellow flag is Nurhachi's own, and it is estimated that it is in Shenyang behind......

The most terrible Huang Taiji, as well as his positive white flag, did not appear!

"Let the Zhejiang soldiers withdraw from the Hunhe River and go directly to the Hunhe Fort for defense. The rest of the armies also retreated and rearmed. ”

The Hunhe Fort was a small fortress built temporarily in the name of a prison, and its location was two miles back from the Hunhe River to the south.

After listening to Wang Hongyu's suggestion, everyone's faces changed.

"Isn't it? Our army fired artillery in a linear queue along the river, and Jiannu couldn't cross the river at all, so why should we withdraw? Zhang Mingshi was very puzzled.

Ran Yuelong, Qin Bangping and other Tusi generals also thought about attacking after counterattacking...... You must subdue Shenyang, and you don't feel like you should retreat.

Even Tong Zhonghua, who has always supported him, shook his head: "It's not proper, one go, then decline, three and exhaustion." How can our army retreat voluntarily after victory? It's going to be deflating ......"

The old general Chen Ce closed his eyes and thought about it, and finally said: "Even if Li Bingcheng's troops don't move closer to me, he will be fine with 10,000 troops."

In addition, Ben Shuai has already asked Liaoyang for help, and he only needs to use firearms to hold the Hunhe River, and the reinforcements can counterattack as soon as they arrive. It is true that there should be no retreat, even if it is a retreat to a small fortress two miles later. ”

Wang Hongyu continued to insist on his own opinions.

Finally, the eldest brother Zhou Dunji also spoke: "I agree with the third brother's suggestion, the strength of Jiannu is still there, and Huang Taiji is more cunning than the other leaders of Jiannu, so he needs to be safe."

"That's not right! It was you who shouted 'can't save Shen, what is it for three years' just now! Now it's you who agree to retreat! Isn't that right? Garrison Lei Anmin questioned.

Although he also belonged to the Sichuan soldiers and Tusi soldiers, he didn't have much contact with Liu Wei and Zhou Dunji, so he began to question without any concerns.

As soon as Lei Anmin took the lead, all the generals still felt that they couldn't listen to Wang Hongyu and Zhou Dunji this time.

"I think we should retreat to the small fortress."

Everyone looked and saw that it was Zhao Hannian, the general manager of Zhejiang soldiers, who was talking.

"After all, there are only less than 4,000 Zhejiang soldiers, and there are only 200 Furang machines and Huzun guns in the whole army, and tens of thousands of Jiannu cannons cannot be stopped from crossing the river at night."

Only three people disagreed with the generals, and their positions were staff generals, guerrillas, and thousand generals.

The other two generals, one deputy general, one staff general, and the Tusi general all felt that they should continue to serve.

In the end, because of the number of people and positions, they still continued to hold on to the south bank of the Hunhe River, and the large camp of the Southern Army also continued to be placed not far from the river, and did not retreat for the time being.

Night soon enveloped.

The Jiannu on the north side of the Hunhe River withdrew to Shenyang City, and Chen Ce and Qi Jin also sent people to pay attention to the amount of water in the Hunhe River, and found no signs of Jiannu mobilizing and using water attack.

"It should be okay to keep going......"

Chen Ce confirmed repeatedly, but he also felt a slight uneasiness in his heart.

In particular, the messenger who contacted Li Bingcheng's ministry never returned, so he had to send several groups of people to contact Li Bingcheng and Liaoyang.

Wang Hongyu did not give up, thinking about the current situation, there are already nuances because of his influence and historical trend.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was the most terrifying of the Emperor Taiji.

If I didn't see this person today, it was impossible to be left behind, and it was impossible to go to Liaoyang with one or two flags.

Therefore, it is very likely that when attacking Shenyang, he will cross the river from the downstream to solve the defeated Li Bingcheng......

No, you can't wait.

Go to the eldest brother first, and convince the other generals one by one......

"Third brother!"

Just about to leave, the eldest brother Zhou Dunji came first.

The two of them were not verbose, and after a brief exchange, they both felt that they couldn't sit still.

first communicated with Qin Liangyu's brother and younger brother, and then came to Chen Ce.

When he arrived at Chen Ce's camp, it happened that Tong Zhonghua was also there.