Chapter 240: Death Battle
The remnant sun is like blood, the slanting sun is twilight, and the sunset is like a bright red blood.
The blood-red sunset reflected the blood-red meadow, and the corpses of the four fields of Jiazhuang were all over the field, and the blood was up to the ankles.
The sudden change interrupted the overall plan of the Qing army, and also made the Qing army inevitably chaotic.
The first to bear the brunt was naturally the northernmost Qing army, and when the reinforcements of the Ming army arrived from the north, they had no defense at all.
The camp of Jia Zhuang Xuan's army was opened in the south, and the large array of Xuan's army was broken, and the army collapsed, like a landslide.
The cavalry of the Ming army roared in, and they divided into long formations and divided into separate lanes to attack the rear of the Qing army in the north, but they were already crushed in an instant.
All the places they pass are destroyed, and the cavalry is invincible.
The red flag is like a prairie fire.
The heavy horse's hooves slammed against the cold earth, making a dull but rhythmic sound, like rolling thunder, soaring into the sky!
Countless water and snow splashed with the horse's hooves, and the accumulated dust rose with the gallop of the war horse.
On the field in the northern suburbs of Jiazhuang, there are all Ming army cavalry soldiers wearing red armor at a glance.
The cavalry of the Ming army rolled forward, under the simple and orderly command of banners and drums, and the spears erected were like moving thorn forests, almost obscuring the northern background.
The crimson wave swept over the field with an unstoppable momentum, like a raging flood.
A loud swan sound rushed up from the north, and then swept away in all directions.
On the western outskirts of Jiazhuang, Dolgon's face was pale.
In his sight, an ochre-yellow slab was rising from behind the fields in the north.
Immediately after the ochre-yellow silk appeared, there was a vast endless forest of spears and spears, and the soldiers under the forest were all dressed in red clothes and wearing red helmets gathered together, like a sea of red.
Now in the entire Northern Zhili Ming Army, there is only one person who uses an ochre yellow background.
And that person is the one who led the soldiers and horses of the Shaanxi battalions, and was ordered to enter the military department of King Qin, Zuo Shilang, and the governor of Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting!
But isn't Sun Chuanting really determined at this time because of the shortage of grain and grass, why did he suddenly come to Jiazhuang at this moment!?
It is more than 300 miles from Zhending to Jiazhuang, and even if it is a rapid march, it will take four or five days to arrive.
Most of Dolgon's troops were concentrated in the south, slightly weaker in the west, and weakest in the north.
To the south are the two red flags led by Yue Tuo, to the west are the two white flags he leads, and to the north there are only the yellow flags led by Tan Tai, as well as the two Mongolian flags.
Just half a quarter of an hour ago, he ordered Tan Tai to send the Chinese army's guard battalion to let it attack in coordination to give the Xuan army the final blow and completely defeat the Xuan army.
But now this order made his troops in the north vulnerable to the onslaught of the Ming cavalry, and Dolgon watched as his troops in the north collapsed one by one.
"Command Duoduo, let him send the elite of this banner to the north to aid Tan Tai, and let Yibai also lead the cavalry of this banner to rush to help, and lead Tan Tai back to the battle."
Dolgon's expression changed, it was useless to talk about anything now, Sun Chuanting had arrived, the reinforcements of the Ming army had come, and his previous plans had all failed.
But the battle is not over yet.
"The rest of the banners, continue to attack, kill Lu Xiangsheng first, defeat the Xuanda army, and then fight the Shaanxi soldiers!"
Dolgon stepped back onto his horse and ordered in a cold voice.
If the reinforcements of the Ming army had arrived a quarter of an hour earlier, and had arrived at the southern camp of the Xuanda army before it was broken, and the army was in order, then he would definitely not have said a word and immediately issued the order to withdraw the army.
But now, the southern camp of the Xuanda army has been broken, the army has collapsed, and most importantly, the commander of the Xuanda army, Lu Xiangsheng, is in the front of the Xuanda army at this time, and is in the midst of encirclement.
As long as Lu Xiangsheng can be killed in this battle, as long as the Xuan army can be defeated, it will not be regarded as a defeat.
"Pass the order, if you kill Lu Xiangsheng, you will be rewarded with one worldly position, no, you will be rewarded with two worldly positions!"
In the fifth year of the Mandate of Heaven, Nurhachi imitated the Ming system to create the Manchurian career system, which was divided into five such as chief military officer, deputy general, staff general, guerrilla, and reserve royal.
The chief military officer of the fifth reserve is the first rank duke, the first, second, and third class chief military officer is the first, second, and third class Aung Bang Zhangjing, and the first, second, and third class deputy generals are the first, second, and third class Mel Zhangjing, and so on.
The guerrilla is the third-class Lazhangjing, and the lowest is the reserve, and the preparation corresponds to the eight banners, which is Niu Lu Ezhen.
The future is based on the preparation of the unit, the higher the number of ranks, and the two preparation of the world can be called a general.
This secular position is not necessarily the actual position of leading soldiers, it can be the title of an ordinary general, which has a slight similarity with the military rank system of later generations.
It is already even more difficult to get half of the world job in normal times, and it is almost difficult to get half of the world job if it is not for the great achievements such as being the first to enter the battle, cutting the generals and capturing the flag.
But now Dolgon said directly that as long as he killed Lu Xiangsheng, he could get two full world positions, and in an instant, the surrounding generals were boiling.
"Those who kill Tiger Dawei, Yang Guozhu, and Du Wenhuan will also be rewarded with a worldly position, and a worldly position!"
Dorgon didn't hesitate in the slightest, these bounties were heavy, but they weren't anything for the current situation.
From yesterday's confrontation to the present, the number of casualties in the army has already exceeded 2,000, and it is constantly approaching the 3,000 mark.
The fierceness of this battle is no less than the battle of the Hunhe River in the past, and if there were so many people lost, if there were not many gains, he, the general of Fengyi, would probably have done it.
If the casualties are greater and the gains are less, let alone the Fengyi General, then whether he, the owner of the white flag, can keep his position as the owner of the white flag is between the two.
Huang Taiji is not a good person, Huang Taiji seems to be gentle, but in fact, when it comes to ruthlessness and decisiveness, all of them are inferior together.
Dolgon knew Huang Taiji, and it was because he knew that he knew what would happen if he lost.
"Divide Mongolia with blue flags and red flags to protect the two wings, and then move the cannon to the two wings to shoot at the position."
"Command the front, regardless of casualties, attack with all your might!!"
The whip in Dorgon's hand was swung hard, and he was really ruthless.
"Mobilize the guards and besiege Lu Xiangsheng for me!"
The military order was passed down with the galloping order, and the Qing army, who were originally frightened by the arrival of the Ming army's reinforcements, all had red eyes and a crazy look after hearing the reward.
The Xuan army is strong, but what about being strong?
Hard bones, they haven't gnawed.
Salhu, Hunhe, Daling River, which one is not a tough battle, and that one is not a hard one?
The Ming army of the four roads of Salhu is all elite, and the Zhejiang soldiers and white pole soldiers of the Hunhe River are also brave, and when the Daling River, the Liaodong Army led by Zu Dashou is also really desperate, and a group of people even kill and cannibalize each other in order to defend the city.
But so what?
The Ming army of the four routes of Salhu was completely defeated, and the Zhejiang soldiers and the white pole soldiers were also surrounded and annihilated by them in the Hunhe River, and the Daling River was not captured by them.
As for reinforcements, they are not untouched.
In the Battle of the Hunhe River, Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi, the commanders of the Ming Kingdom, brought tens of thousands of people to support, but in the end, they were not defeated by them.
During the Battle of the Daling River, how many reinforcements from the Ming army came, how many retreated, which Ming army was their opponent?!
Jiazhuang only has such a large place in total, and it is impossible for the Qing army of more than 40,000 to be put into the offensive sequence, and the number of people who really take over the battle is only 10,000 people.
The Qing army's large array shook its flags for a while, and then the entire large array was boiling.
A large number of Qing army generals and colonels were mobilized, and they led their respective troops and began to form formations in accordance with military orders.
On the mile-long front, the Qing army armor soldiers dressed in various colors of armor continued to fill the battle with the continuous sound of golden drums and conchs.
At the same time, a large number of cavalry galloped out of the center, and then divided into several formations, and left the flanks towards the two wings, protecting the slightly weaker flanks.
The Qing army's great array was changing vigorously, boiling with rage, and surging, but compared to the mobilization of the large array, the fierce battle in Jiazhuang was the real focus.
Lu Xiangsheng rushed too far and too quickly, although the reinforcements had arrived, but they could not immediately solve his predicament - he was already under siege!
The military orders passed down by Dolgon made Lu Xiangsheng's situation even more dangerous.
Originally, when Duoduo commanded the army to besiege and kill Lu Xiangsheng, almost all the soldiers sent were soldiers of the Han army banner and the Mongolian banner, mixed with some elites of the two white flags, in order to reduce the casualties of the banner as much as possible.
After all, as the owner of the banner, how many people and combat power there are in the banner, then how much power and status there are, and the more people die, the lower the status will be, and the authority will naturally be smaller.
But now, the reinforcements of the Ming army have arrived, and there is no need for Dorgon's orders to come, and Dordo knows that this is not the time to care about casualties.
The elite armor of the two battalions of Zhengbai and inlaid white in the front was almost exhausted, and all the Qing army generals and colonels were ruthless, and all the eyes of the people were focused on the big silk fluttering in the wind and snow in the front of the Ming army.
In their eyes, what that big face now represents is not Lu Xiangsheng, but the future, but the worldly position of promotion and wealth, and the guarantee of glory and wealth.
"Stabilize the military formation, the reinforcements have arrived, and the Jiannu will be rampant for a while!!"
In the midst of the encirclement, Hu Dawei held a spear in his hand, guarded in front of Lu Xiangsheng, and commanded his generals to fight back hard.
"It's all resisted by Lao Tzu, resisted by Lao Tzu! Those who died in battle, I will provide for your parents to the end! ”
Beside him was Du Wenhuan, who was wearing a water-milled armor and holding a war knife, with a gloomy expression.
Du Wenhuan originally sat in the Chinese army and commanded the army to cooperate with Lu Xiangsheng in the battle, and at the same time dispatched the reserves of the Chinese army to rush to the north and south battalions at any time.
The collapse of the southern camp came too suddenly, and the reserves he sent out had already collapsed before they arrived.
However, at that time, it was indeed at its limit, and the entire Chinese army only had less than 500 reserves left, which was already at the end of the crossbow.
The reason why Du Wenhuan is now in the front position and is still with Lu Xiangsheng is precisely because he saw the arrival of reinforcements from the north.
In the Jiazhuang camp, all the soldiers cheered when they saw the reinforcements arriving from the north, but Du Wenhuan at that time was cold in his heart.
His first reaction was not to cheer, but to get on his horse without hesitation, and galloped to the front with more than 200 Jiading cavalry who were still in the Chinese army at the end, wanting to rescue Lu Xiangsheng.
Reinforcements arrived, and the Qing army was bound to respond.
The Qing army paid such a price, and the retreat at this time was undoubtedly a failure, and I am afraid that when the army withdraws, it will do its best to make a last stand.
And to make a last fight, the way to achieve the greatest result is to kill the general to capture the flag and kill Lu Xiangsheng, who was in the front at this time.
Although Du Wenhuan's reaction was quick, the Qing army's movements were faster.
Du Wenhuan led the Jiading cavalry into the front, but there was no way to rescue Lu Xiangsheng, but he was also trapped in the formation.
After converging with Hu Dawei, Du Wenhuan and Hu Dawei led the troops together to rush several times, but they still returned in vain, and they couldn't get rid of it at all, and they were finally forced to retreat.
Lu Xiangsheng clenched the Yanling knife in his hand and leaned on the body of a personal guard.
He had arrows in his chest, thighs, and waist, and blood was flowing down the shafts of the broken arrows, and his strength was dissipating from his body little by little.
Although the armor he wore was extremely protective, it was still a bit inadequate to face the heavy bow of the Qing army at close range.
Although it did not penetrate deeply, it caused hindrance and inconvenience to his movements, and because of this, many times he had the opportunity to break out of the encirclement, but in the end he ended in failure.
With the skills of Du Wenhuan and Hu Dawei, if you don't bring him, you will definitely be able to rush out.
"I'm seriously injured, and it's impossible to get out of the situation now, and I can't get out of it if you take me with you."
Lu Xiangsheng supported himself and pressed Hu Dawei's shoulder from behind.
Corpses were strewn across the front, and the air was filled with the stench of blood.
The outer encirclement is gradually shrinking, the armor soldiers of the Qing army are constantly coming, the armor soldiers on the periphery are constantly falling, and the military formation cannot last long at all.
"Now that reinforcements are coming, but Sun Chuanting has only 15,000 people under his command, and the odds of winning against the Jiannu army alone are not high, if the two of you don't break through, Yang Guozhu alone will ...... You have to break through......"
When he said the last sentence, Lu Xiangsheng's voice was almost inaudible, the long fierce battle had almost exhausted his physical strength, and the trauma on his body was constantly taking away his strength.
Hu Dawei clenched his teeth, his eyes reddened.
Reinforcements have arrived, and the situation has changed......
He is unwilling, he is really unwilling!
He knew in his heart that Lu Xiangsheng's final order was correct.
The Shaanxi army from which it came from only had a total of 15,000 people, and if they were allowed to face the Qing army alone, the Shaanxi army would not have much chance of winning.
The army was scattered, and now it broke out, and it was still possible to take advantage of the arrival of reinforcements and the opportunity of the Qing army to gather its forces to support the Shaanxi army.
Yang Guozhu's battalion has only more than 3,000 people, and the fierce battle has suffered heavy casualties, if he and Du Wenhuan are trapped in the formation, only one of his battalions to support the Shaanxi army, I am afraid that the battle situation will be extremely unfavorable.
The Shaanxi army came all the way to help them, but they put the Shaanxi army in danger, which should not be reasonable.
But at this time, it is undoubtedly ......
"Overseer."
Du Wenhuan opened his mouth and interrupted Hu Dawei's thoughts.
Hu Dawei turned his head to look at Du Wenhuan, who was not far in front of him.
Right in front of him, Du Wenhuan didn't look back, just raised the blood-stained steel knife in his hand, and then bent his elbow to wipe the blood on it.
"I am an eighteen-year-old general, I have gone through a hundred battles, ups and downs, and countless people, but I have never seen a governor like you, nor have I seen a civil official like you."
"The border towns are corrupted, the generals are incompetent, so that the world is in turmoil, I have a heart but I am powerless, and I have hatred but I am incompetent."
Du Wenhuan's voice was cold, his uncle Juniper died in the hands of Jiannu, how could he not have hatred in his heart?
But what about hate, what about anger, how small is personal strength, even if it is the general army of a town, it will not help the overall situation at all......
He fled for half his life, avoided half his life, and resigned many times, just because he saw all this clearly and didn't want to come to the troubled waters of the imperial court.
However, the innovation of the two towns of Xuanda gave him hope, and the changes in the soldiers in the border towns made him ambitious.
And all this was brought about by Lu Xiangsheng's appointment as the governor of Xuanda.
The current situation is like this, the court is like this, even if he is a military general, even if he is the chief military officer, he has not changed much.
But Lu Xiangsheng is a civil official, and he can do much more than he can.
Du Wenhuan raised the Yanling knife in his hand and placed it across his chest, the cold light was breathtaking, and his voice was extremely firm.
"Rong fights to the death, take the road to save the king!"
After 10 minutes, the second chapter is posted.
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