Huang Kezhang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Huang Jiashan, the secretary of the Military Department, both know more about military affairs.

They all objectively pointed out that Yuan Yingtai's arrangement was inappropriate, and although this matter would not lead to dismissal, it was necessary to listen to the opinions of the public and make proper arrangements.

Zhao Nanxing, Wang Wenyan, Yang Lian and others of the Donglin Party refuted it, and the court became lively for a while.

At this time, if Donglin gives in slightly, the image of indomitable, energetic, and upright that he has accumulated before will be impacted, and they can't tolerate such a concession because of the weak foundation itself.

However, this time, Zou Yuanbiao, one of the three giants of Donglin, did not participate in the debate, but suggested that other Donglin members seriously investigate the matter and not let Yuan Yingtai make a big mistake.

"Report! Liaodong has a slightly important military situation! ”

The mountains are high and the road is far away, and the imperial court only got the information of further warning from Liaodong after more than ten days.

The Donglin Party opened the letter, Yang Lian carefully browsed it, and the sorrow on his face disappeared at once.

"Giggle~" he laughed calmly.

"Oh? This is good news. Wang Wenyan observed the words and guessed that Yuan Yingtai was good news.

"Not bad~

Yuan Yingtai's generals He Shixian and Li Bingcheng broke the Jiannu and repelled the enemy's attack on Shenyang. The worries just now are superfluous, those impeachments are villains and martial artists are short-sighted~"

There was a lag in the news that came back, which was a test before Nurhachi's general attack, when Yuan Yingtai was complacent and reported to the imperial court to show his merits.

Yang Lian is a "military expert" in the Donglin Party, and Yuan Yingtai is the person with the most military power in the Donglin Party.

"It's better to be on the safe side." Zou Yuanbiao raised an objection, which swept everyone's interest.

In the end, Zhao Nanxing, the leader of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, made a decision, and turned the matter into a small matter in the imperial court, but he wrote a good letter in private and quickly contacted Yuan Yingtai.

……

On the south bank of the Hunhe River, the sun slanted to the west.

The Southern Army and Nurhachi's army were 3 miles apart, and the formation was far from each other, and neither of them launched an attack.

Nurhachi repeatedly sent various banners to lure the southern army into battle by persuasion, insults, revealing flaws, dismembering prisoners, etc., but to no avail.

Gradually some people in Jiannu ran out of patience.

The anxious Mang Gurtai took the initiative to ask for battle:

"Father Khan! According to the detailed report of the previous escape, this small fortress is a temporary prison, the wall is relatively low, the wood used for the material is not strong, and the shape is very strange and inconvenient to defend. ”

The previous day's battle was unfavorable, and those who wanted to make meritorious service and make up for it with white flags and red flags also asked for battle.

Nurhachi observed for a while and said: "This fortress is indeed small and weak, but the defenders are very daring to fight, and there are reinforcements in Liaoyang, once the reinforcements arrive when our army attacks, the consequences will be unimaginable."

He glanced at the southeast direction, his expression was very cold, and his tone was unquestionable: "Encircle the point and send reinforcements, first break the reinforcements, and then annihilate this southern army!"

"Huh!"

Fei Yingdong was on the side, watching a group of scouts go to the east and south to investigate, and the white flag guarding the southeast direction was also ready for an encounter, but not in the west, so he asked:

"Great Khan, do you want to send someone to investigate on the west side as well?"

"Not for now...... Guangning Road is far away, and it will take three days for the rapid march to arrive, and the Ming army did not know about our army's surprise attack before yesterday, so there is no need to defend the west side in the first two days. ”

Fei Yingdong echoed: "Han Yingming, our army fought all day yesterday, and it was just time to recover some physical strength first, so that we could destroy this group of Ming troops who dared to resist in one go."

"Hahaha, Fei Yingdong, who knows me!"

……

Wang Hongyu went up to the fortress, estimated the time, looked at the southwest every once in a while, and said to himself: "It's almost time to arrive?"

Zhao Hannian, the general manager of Zhejiang soldiers, asked on the side: "Who?" Who should arrive? ”

"Reinforcements......"

Zhao Hannian was a little puzzled: "The reinforcements should come from Liaoyang in the southeast, but why are you looking at the southwest?"

Wang Hongyu looked to the west, and finally saw a few figures, and said happily: "Because they came from Guangning, and they set off five days ago."

"Five days ago?! Oops, this is a life-saving reinforcement~"

Zhao Hannian also followed to look southwest, only to see that there were only a dozen people coming, and several ox carts were pulling something, which clearly looked like a caravan, not like reinforcements at all!

Surely this is not a refugee?

Zhao Hannian looked at Wang Hongyu in disbelief, but saw the latter staring at the object pulled by the ox cart for a while, and smiled.

I saw that the ox cart was going to use two oxen to pull an object covered with gray cloth, which was not very large, but very long, and seemed to have a big tail that was thick and long.

"Li Tiezhu, you're here!"

Hearing Wang Hongyu's shout, a big fat half-grown child jumped up happily and waved his arms.

"Cousin! Here we go! ”

Fortunately, the soldiers and horses of the Jiannu banners were very tired, if the southern army had not crossed the river and defeated the two red flags the day before, now Jiannu would definitely let the few banners that were consumed less yesterday also reconnoiter the west side.

Among the dozen people, there are also Lu Laoqi and Lu Zishu, the uncles and nephews of the Lu family.

The two of them were Hokkien and had been to Luzon to cast cannons for the Aceban Duck people. Now, under the guidance of Wang Hongyu, he began to build an iron-core copper cannon.

Now the four big guys pulled by the oxcart are high-quality iron-core copper-body cannons.

Although the weight of the cannon and the weight of the shells are not up to the level of the Hongyi cannon, they are enough to shoot a distance of four miles.

Looking at the Jiannu army formation three miles away with its back to the Hunhe River, the corners of Wang Hongyu's mouth gradually rose, this is the cemetery he specially selected for Jiannu, do you still like it?

Of the dozen people, Lao Tan was finally escorted.

This smuggler...... Oh no, intelligence experts have already planted nails in Jiannu and Mongolia through business, and when the time comes, they can play an unexpected role.

The civil officials disdain to do this, most of the generals are guest generals, and the Dongchang Jinyi Guard has long lost its former prestige......

But it doesn't mean that the Ming Dynasty can't spy on the intelligence of Jiannu, on the contrary, Jiannu is short of materials and highly dependent on smuggling trade.

Nurhachi infiltrated like this, secretly bribing some people to be traitors. Wang Hongyu can also infiltrate the past through trade, and it is not impossible for Jiannu to want peace with the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Hongyu personally went out of the fortress to welcome them in, and did not lift the cannon's cannon jacket until he entered the fortress.

These four cannons will become a magic weapon for turning passive into active~

……

Houjin had already sent scouts to guard against the support of the Ming army in the direction of Liaoyang.

Niu Lu Zhen Yasong led the cavalry under his command and prepared early to intercept the support of the Ming army.

Suddenly, there was a burst of dust in the south, and a large group of Ming troops came to support.

"Deliver a quick report to the Great Khan and the Four Beylors!"

Yasong sent 50 horsemen to report the news, and there were more than 200 horsemen left, and he relied on all heavy armor to take the initiative to meet the Ming army.

Zhu Wanliang, Li Bingcheng, and Jiang Bi led 20,000 reinforcements to gallop over, and saw that there were only 200 Jiannu intercepted, so of course they killed them in one go.

Although the Ming army had just marched 30 miles, they also had elite and physical strength, that is, their families.

Zhu Wanliang has nearly 1,000 families, Li Bingcheng and Jiang Bi have 500 each, and the three of them gathered 2,000 elites to launch a charge.

Where can the more than 200 people in Yasong withstand the 2,000 families of the three general soldiers?

was killed and lost his armor, fled all the way for ten miles, and fled for his life in the direction of the white flag.

The three general soldiers led their families to chase after them relentlessly, and they were about to approach the scorched front line of the Southern Army and the Eight Banners.

But as soon as he chased after him, the battalion soldiers and guards behind him were thrown away 5 miles away.

When Nurhachi got the news, he immediately prepared to encircle the point and send reinforcements.

Just as he was about to take Daishan with him, he heard that Yasong was defeated and was fleeing back.

"What! Yazon is such a waste! ”

Nurhachi's horse whip pointed at Daishan: "You lead people to make a detour from the east and cut off the retreat of this group of Ming troops!"

"Huh!"

The wild boar skin left four flags, namely the yellow flag, the blue flag, the red flag, and the white flag, and let Mang Gurtai and Fei Yingdong continue to command and maintain the confrontation with the southern army in front of them.

He personally led 1,000 escorts, converged with the white flag of Huang Taiji, and roared to meet the reinforcements.

The old slave personally raised his arms and shouted, and the heart of the Jiannu army was lifted, plus 1,000 people and two horses, two sets of heavy armor per capita, and the Nurhachi personal guards who had killed countless people in a hundred battles were here, and the surrounding Jiannu was inspired to be the most savage and ferocious power.

"Whoa!"

"Roar, roar, roar!"

"Woohoo! Whew! Whew! ”

Thousands of Jiannu let out a beast battle roar, and the three general soldiers who were rushing towards them were all cold, and the blood and courage just now were completely suppressed.

"Woohoo! Kill! Baturu guys! ”

The wild boar skin himself rushed to the first, and there were still a hundred and fifty paces away from the family, so he raised his four-stone treasure carved bow, twisted three arrows, and shot it!

Impossible!

Zhu Wanliang saw it sincerely, and thought to himself that it would be impossible to shoot a moving target one hundred and fifty paces away in a horseback charge.

"Whoosh!"

Three sharp arrows flew in at great speed, and the two sides charged at each other, the arrows so fast that they couldn't be seen clearly.

"Puff puff!"

The three heavily armored elite soldiers were shot through their bodies by sharp arrows, fell off their horses, and were trampled into pulp by the cavalry behind them.

"Puff puff!"

Three more arrows brought down three of the housekeepers.

The Ming army was cold, and they only felt that this Nurhachi was too terrible.

In such a stunned effort, Nurhachi's 1,000 guards also rushed into a hundred steps, all of them used their riding and archery skills, and black arrows covered the sky and the sun and shrouded the three general soldiers and their families.

"Shoot back!" Zhu Wanliang roared angrily.

Jiang Bi frowned, and secretly screamed that it was not good.

Just listen to "Puff Puff Puff!" The sound of the three-eyed gun shot was so loud that it shook people's ears and almost deaf.

"Puff puff!"

The three-eyed gun shot out a second round, and a large cloud of gunpowder smoke floated up, enveloping the cavalry of both sides of the enemy.

Zhu Wanliang's family members were all Liaozhen three-eyed cavalry, and they hurriedly fired two rounds of volleys.

No, it's too early!

The Three-Eyed Gun can't deal with heavy armor more than 50 steps, most of the Jiannu are 100 steps away just now, and a few are only 70 steps!

Zhu Wanliang is also a general with outstanding achievements, but because the cavalry shooting of Nurhachi and the guards just now was too terrifying, he made a mistake and shot too early.

In the third round, everyone calmed down, and the last shot was ready to be fired, and when the smoke cleared slightly, it was aimed at the shot.

The family members communicated with each other, recovering their formation little by little, waiting for the smoke to disperse.

"Whoosh!"

Three more arrows shot through the smoke of gunpowder to kill the three families.

Listening to the sound to identify the location is simply commonplace for Nurhachi.

"Whoosh!"

Dense barrage of arrows came.

"Boom, boom, boom!

From the flanks came the sound of a large number of cavalry galloping!

Nurhachi and Huang Taiji cooperated very well when they fought.

One of them mounted and shot at the front, luring the Ming army to shoot in advance, and the other took advantage of the rising smoke to directly lead the cavalry to outflank both flanks.

The families of the three general soldiers are already inferior in numbers, and they can't resist it now.

Some of the family members hurriedly fired the last ammunition of the three-eyed gun, but the indiscriminate shooting did not hit anything at all.

Some were hot-headed for a while, and rushed towards Jiannu desperately with shouting, but the sound was too loud, and they were shot to death one by one through the smoke of gunpowder.

The commander-in-chief Li Bingcheng was attacked on the flank, and his subordinates had been defeated twice in a row, and this time the army was panicked and abandoned him and slipped away.

"Don't go! Don't go! ”

Li Bingcheng shouted, but knowing that the situation was irreparable, he also turned his horse's head and prepared to retreat.

"Poof!"

Suddenly, his head flew out, and his body was still sitting on his horse. The headless corpse froze for a moment before falling.

Huang Taiji, who was originally dressed in white clothes and white armor, but now stained with a trace of blood, picked up Li Bingcheng's head and said, "The enemy general has been killed by me!"

"Roar!"

The outflanked white flag roared excitedly, completely tearing apart the flank of the Ming army.

Jiang Bi desperately came to fight Huang Taiji, and his subordinates followed him to continue fighting, but the situation was irreparable, so he could only fight and retreat.

The chief soldier Zhu Wanliang was also cut by Nurhachi, so he could only let his family protect him behind him and flee desperately.

These family members were killed one by one, because first they marched in a hurry, and then they pursued Yasong, and now they were sleepy and tired, and they were chased behind by Jiannu, and they were shot one by one like rabbits.

In terms of their ability to fight alone, they can defeat the ordinary armor soldiers of Jiannu, and they definitely have the strength to fight in the face of the Bayala Protector alone.

But now, they have killed nearly a thousand people, but Jiannu has only killed a dozen!

Just now, the distance was too far and the gun was released in a hurry, and a heavy armored Jiannu was not killed!

A Ming army can defeat a Jiannu, and a hundred Jiannu is also very likely to defeat a hundred Jiannu.

But now there is a 100 to 1 exchange ratio, which is the ability of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji to command.

Outside of the battle against the Southern Army, they can always play a terrible exchange ratio, so now of course, they must completely annihilate the reinforcements, and then besiege and destroy this terrible Southern Army.

Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi ran back desperately, the infantry should be 5 miles away, as long as they arrived, there was hope of stabilizing the situation.

Death was still coming in the back, and the Jiannu cavalry were laughing and having fun, discussing who could kill more, laughing and discussing whether the archery should be shot in the back or the back of the head.

One by one, the Ming army was killed by an arrow, and the 5-mile road became a death zone.

Finally, 15,000 infantry were seen in the distance, as well as 2,000 ordinary battalion cavalry.

The number of people is more than the strength of Nurhachi's personal guard and the white flag of Emperor Taiji.

At this time, the 15,000 infantry, who were still in a rapid marching queue, hurriedly changed formation. And the 2,000 battalion cavalry hurriedly stepped forward to meet the two general soldiers who had fled back.

In the distance, the 10,000 auxiliary soldiers saw that the most elite family had only returned a few hundred people, and they were instantly frightened. Seeing Jiannu's majestic and imposing momentum again, he was so frightened that he abandoned the camp tent and fled directly with his baggage.

Seeing that the auxiliaries had run away, the morale of the army was a little unstable

Jiang Bi shouted: "Array!" Get ready to meet the enemy! ”

Encourage everyone to stabilize the formation.

Zhu Wanliang also hurriedly bandaged his wounds, this battle still has to be fought.

Nurhachi and Huang Taiji chased for 5 miles, and they did not charge directly recklessly.

A few whistles ordered the formation to change shape and rest slightly, preparing to send scouts to reconnoiter the surroundings, and then wait for Dai Shan's red flag to be in place...... Annihilate this Ming army in one fell swoop.

"Boom~Boom~"

Distant rumbling cannons were heard from the northwest.

Nurhachi frowned, this cannon should be the cannon on the southern army's side, this is the Houjin army that is bombarding the confrontation left.

The Southern Army actually has heavy artillery that is even more powerful than the Francophone and the Tiger Cannon!

His heart was hanging, and he knew that he was going to speed up a little faster.

"Don't rest! The whole army gathers, go and urge Dai Shan to hurry up! ”

"Huh!"

The scouts who were supposed to scout the surrounding area were recovered, and a messenger was sent to the east to urge the roundabout Daizen.

It was already close to dusk, and I originally wanted to wait for it to get dark and then give full play to the advantages of the night battle of the Houjin army, but now that there is a change in the rear, I really can't wait.

The 2000 white flag cavalry dismounted, lined up in a dense formation and approached the Ming army on foot.

Arrows were released from a distance of 100 steps, and the archers of the Ming infantry also fired arrows to counterattack, but because the Houjin army was heavily armored and had a north wind blowing, the shooting was completely at a disadvantage.

Because it was a rush to march to support, they did not bring big killing weapons such as the Francophone and the Tiger Cannon, and there was no way to break the situation at this time.

"Kill!"

A shout suddenly came from the rear of the Ming army, and Dai Shan's red flag completed the detour and suddenly appeared from behind.

Nurhachi and Huang Taiji also took the opportunity to attack, and there were main enemy forces in front and flank, and the situation of the Ming army was precarious.

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the 2,000 battalion cavalry in the formation abandoned the infantry and slipped away.

There are also thousands of infantry in Li Bingcheng's department, who have already been defeated twice in a row, and I didn't see Li Bingcheng just now.

Zhu Wanliang struggled for a while, only to feel completely conquered by despair, sighed, and ran away under the escort of the family.

The thousands of infantry under Zhu Wanliang's command saw that the main generals had withdrawn, and of course they also smeared oil on the soles of their feet, running in all possible directions to escape back.

Only Jiang Bi and Wu Jingying were still struggling to resist.

The Wujing battalion is the elite heavy infantry of Liaodong, they are armed with broadswords and spears, wear iron armor inside and cotton armor outside, and wear iron helmets and helmets. Most of the 2,000 members were soldiers of the Han family in southern Liaoning, and many of them had blood feuds with Jiannu.

This heavy infantry, which had high hopes, was sold by friendly forces at this time, and was left behind as a meat shield.

The poor Wujing battalion had just marched dozens of miles in a hurry, and now that the fight started, they couldn't run away, if it weren't for the general soldier Jiang Bi was still there, they would have lost their armor and fled for their lives.

What to do!?

Jiang Bi also knew that if he continued to fight, he would die, and the idea of retreating sprouted in his heart.

At this time, he only had more than 100 Ding, 2,000 Wujing battalion heavy infantry, and more than 3,000 battalion soldiers.

But he also knew very well that once he retreated his heavily armored Wujing battalion, he would not be able to escape at all, and the entire army would inevitably be wiped out.

The Wujing battalion can be regarded as the last elite of the Liao army who dares to fight at this time, and if they are finished, the morale of Liao Town will decline even more.

However, they had only 2,000 men, and they were already exhausted after dozens of miles of rapid marching, and the enemy troops with positive yellow and white flags were constantly harassing with arrows, and once the enemy's main force rushed over for hand-to-hand combat, the Wujing battalion could not withstand it.

Nurhachi had 1,000 guards with two armor and two horses.

There are 6,000 people in the White Flag of Huang Taiji and the Red Flag of Daishanzheng, and half of them are still on horses at this time, and half of them dismount and fight on foot, and they rush over directly.

The Wujing camp can hold on for a while, but he can only run!

I was unwilling, but I had to live.

was about to lead his family to break through, but he saw dust billowing from the north, and then he sounded "Daming Wansheng!" Daming Wansheng! Daming Wansheng! ~~", the neat shouts were like thunder.

Four hundred paces to the north, a fast-moving Ming army appeared, shouting slogans while marching, and the soldiers shouldered eight spears and marched quickly with neat steps.

On each side of the procession were three columns of light horsemen running in broken steps, followed by a column of heavy horses.

Nearly 200 paces away, it quickly turned into a formation: six rows of pikemen in the front, two rows of arquebusiers in the back, swords, shields and crossbowmen on the sides, and finally hundreds of elite soldiers.

"It's Chuanbing! It's Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu! ”

Jiang Bi saw the friendly army coming to respond, and he was directly overjoyed.

The morale of Jia Ding and Wu Jing Battalion was boosted and temporarily stabilized the formation.

The Sichuan army of Zhou Dunji and Wang Hongyu can maintain a neat queue when marching in a hurry, and can quickly change into a battle formation.

Nurhachi is a veteran of many battles.

At a glance, it can be seen that the phalanx of the southern army is not something that the 2,000 horse infantry under the Zhengbai banner can resist, and there is also a larger and more well-armored 2,000 Wujing battalion in the south.

The old slave hurriedly asked the horses under the Zhengbai flag to withdraw, and after the soldiers of the two banners gathered, they would then flank the two Ming army forces, especially the Sichuan army of Zhou Dunji, which was inlaid with blue flags and two red flags.