Chapter 072: Battle of Quang Ninh IV

"Where is Chen Cao now?" Nurhachi asked again.

The herald immediately replied: "Great Khan, the Ming army is heading north in the northwest direction and is rushing to Xipingbao. ”

Nurhachi's somewhat cloudy eyes stared at the fortress of Xiping Fort: "Beat the drums, attack..."

"Tsk..."

...

Sixty miles north of Xipingbao, the 20,000 reinforcements led by Sun Degong have been stagnant in Panshan Ridge for two days.

There are 3,000 cavalry under the command of Zu Dashou, which is the most cavalry in the entire Liaodong, and the establishment of this cavalry has to praise Wang Huazhen, and these 3,000 cavalry cost nearly 50,000 taels of silver, which is Wang Huazhen's treasure.

Bao Chengxian looked a little nervous at the moment, after all, treason and defection to the enemy was a big crime of the Jiu clan, but Sun Degong was writing a secret letter as if he was nothing.

"Brother Gong, can you make it?" Bao Chengxian asked.

Sun Degong raised his head, sealed the small bamboo tube of the written secret letter, and then put it into his arms: "Emperor Beile Taiji of the Jin Kingdom personally promised, as long as we help them seize Guangning City, it will be a letter of nomination, and I will be named the chief soldier, and you will be the deputy chief soldier, and the glory and wealth will be inexhaustible, much greater than the oil and water in the Ming Dynasty, and there is no need to worry about losing land and asking for guilt." ”

"So what to do?" Bao Chengxian asked again.

Sun Degong patted the bamboo tube in his chest: "This is an opportunity, their contact person has been contacted, and the whole army will set off later, and the army from Zhenwubao and other places will go forward, and run when the war starts, don't worry about the others, let's run back, dedicate Guangning City, and then capture Wang Huazhen and dedicate it to Jin Bing, hehe." ”

Bao Chengxian had a good relationship with Sun Degong, and there was no turning back when such things got on the boat, so he said ruthlessly at the moment: "In this case, if you simply vote for the Jurchens, you can still mix up like Li Yongfang." ”

...

The war in Xiping has fallen into a stalemate at this moment, there are 5,000 defenders in the fortress, but Nurhachi is not stupid, all the attacking troops are the Han army, and the 60,000 cavalry has not moved at all.

"Hold on, you must hold on," Luo always shouted loudly, at this moment the battle had entered the white-hot stage, and he had to personally board the fort to defend the city defense command soldiers against the enemy.

The offensive and defensive battle between the two sides lasted until the end of the evening, and the Jurchen tribe was small in number, and one less died, so every time they attacked a fortress and other places with city defense, the Han army was the main attack, and the Jurchen warriors who were all cavalry were all pressed to the bottom of the box.

Therefore, Nurhachi's strength has not weakened in the slightest, and the 60,000-strong army is the elite at this moment.

...

"How far is it from Xiping Fort?" Chen Cao stopped the group, he had just made contact with the person sent by Xiong Tingbi.

The person who came was a scout general banner, and he looked a little anxious: "Ding Wubo, 60,000 Tartar cavalry, 20,000 foot soldiers, just outside Xiping Fort, the deputy chief soldier Luo has always asked for help many times, and the reinforcements of the governor Lord Wang have not arrived, and the reinforcements of General Liu have retreated to Shalingyi, and Lord Xiong means to ask Ding Wubo to support Xiping Fort." ”

"Ben Bo knows, I'm asking how far Xiping Fort is to get here, how far is it from the mouth of the Shuangtaizi River?" Chen Cao asked again.

The general flag said: "There are still thirty miles away from Xipingbao, and twenty miles to the east is the mouth of the Shuangtaizi River." ”

"Uncle, our army is right in the middle," Zhao Xin leaned over and said.

Chen Cao nodded, and then muttered: "Order, order the firearms troops of the Navy Division to land on the shore and respond at the mouth of the Shuangtaizi River, and the whole army will set off immediately to support Xiping Fort." ”

"Yes..."

...

"Father Khan, the rangers are here to report, the southern army of the Ming Kingdom is still less than thirty miles away from us, and it is moving towards us rapidly." Dai Shan walked into the big tent and saw that Huang Taiji was also there: "The eighth brother is also there." ”

The young Huang Taiji nodded towards Dai Shan, and then said: "Father Khan, the letter of the Ming general Sun Degong has been obtained, and he has invited all the Ming defenders around Xiping Fort to come to Xiping to support, a full 30,000 people, and when the war starts tomorrow, it has been agreed that it will be defeated, and our army can take advantage of the victory to pursue." ”

Nurhachi's expression remained unchanged, and he asked slowly after a long time: "The people of the Ming Kingdom have always been cunning, the Jianzhou Incident was the masterpiece of Li Chengliang, it's not that I can't trust them, it's good that things have to be realized, by the way, how did you learn the military books I asked you to read?" ”

Dai Shandao: ""Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Erchen has already read it. ”

Huang Taiji also nodded in agreement: "That's why Erchen made a divisive plan, if we can capture Guangning City, our army can take advantage of the thunderous momentum to advance south, and we can take the entire Guangning in one fell swoop." ”

"I heard that Wang Huazhen only has 60,000 people in his hands?" Nurhachi asked.

"Yes," Huang Taiji saluted: "Father Khan, the Ming Kingdom is in turmoil, and according to internal sources, they do not have enough money and food to support this battle, so there are only 60,000 people in the entire Quang Ninh. There were only two or three troops that could afford to fight a war. ”

"Hmm..."Nurhachi responded: "Tomorrow's decisive battle, if the Ming reinforcements come, then it is the best, if not..." Nurhachi stared at the candle in the tent: "As you said, take Guangning in one go, but I still say the same thing, the Ming people have always been cunning, and they have to be guarded against." ”

"Erchen understands..."

After the two sons retreated, Nurhachi sighed and asked people to call He Heli.

"Fei Yingdong is dead, how do you think he should be posthumously sealed?" Nurhachi asked.

He Heli's eyes rolled: "Great Khan, this matter has to be after Guangning is finished." ”

"That Chen Cao killed Yidu and Fei Yingdong, Ben Khan will inevitably let him pay for his blood debts," Nurhachi finally got angry: "This person is not dead, it is difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart." ”

"Great Khan..."An Feiyangu, who was also the fifth minister, shouted and walked into the big tent: "Great Khan, I heard that the southern army of Dingwubo is not far from the Shuangtaizi River, less than thirty miles away from us, and the minister is willing to lead three thousand elite cavalry to break through them." ”

"It's really about destroying them." Nurhachi interrupted Anferyangu: "But not tonight, when the war begins tomorrow, I will let you go in person." ”

Anfeiyangu was about to argue, when he saw He Heli giving him a look, after all, he had been with Nurhachi for many years, and Anfeiyangu replied when he saw this, and then retreated with interest.

He Heli also retreated after saluting.

"He Heli," Seeing that He Heli also retreated, An Feiyangu, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't wait to step forward and ask: "What does the Great Khan mean?" ”

He Heli shook his head: "Eyidu and Fei Yingdong are enemies, although the five of us are the five ministers, but if we really want to talk about it, he Yidu and Fei Yingdong are the Khan's favorite people, and now that both of them are dead, if you say something in front of the Khan without holding back, hey, Jueercha, I'm afraid you have to go back to defend Hetuala." ”

Although An Feiyangu is a reckless man, he has a good relationship with He Heli, and he Heli will definitely not lie to himself: "In that case, then the Great Khan will be tomorrow?" ”

"It must be for me to lead the army with you to deal with the reinforcements of the Ming Kingdom." He Heli said.

...

Chen Cao didn't want to go at night, but if he didn't go at night, there was really no way, and when he arrived on the march the next day, Xiping Fort would probably have been breached.

"Uncle, fifteen miles to the northeast, the big camp of the Tartars, the joint operation is in a piece, and the number of people is no less than 50,000." Zhao Xin said: "Two or three miles around us is full of Tartar rangers. ”

"YCIS," Song Che rode his horse over, "it seems that the Tartars let us here on purpose." ”

"They're sending reinforcements at the encirclement point," Chen Cao's face was expressionless: "I want the Tartar to know that even if I deliberately let us in, I will break his two teeth in tomorrow's battle;

The order was given, and the whole army marched forward, and set up a trench formation three miles from Xiping Fort, centering all the artillery, so that the scouts could not harass the Tartar rangers, and let them see enough if they wanted. ”

July 23, Chen, Xiping Fort

Chen Cao specially asked people to build a four-meter-high command platform this time, on which several large shields were placed as shields, and a simple chair was placed in the center.

Luo had always seen reinforcements three miles to his right before dawn, and Chen Cao's arrival boosted the morale of the defenders in the fort, but what made them even more excited was that Zu Dashou's 3,000 cavalry arrived first, and brought them the news that the next 30,000 troops were about to arrive.

On the right is more than 20,000 people from Dingwu Bo Chen Cao, the commander of the southern army who came to aid Liao, and on the left is more than 30,000 reinforcements sent by the governor Wang Huazhen.

It wasn't until the sun was fully rising that Sun Degong's reinforcements arrived one after another, and they leaned straight on the left side of Xiping Fort.

Nurhachi looked at the arrival of reinforcements from the Ming army on the opposite side, and his heart was settled, and then he ordered people to beat drums and start attacking.

Chen Cao was looking ahead, he was very confident in this battle, as long as Luo Cheng in front of him and the 30,000 reinforcements who had just arrived blocked the first wave of Tartar attacks, he could take the initiative to attack and kill them from Nurhachi's left flank by surprise.

However...

"Uncle, look," Zhao Xin suddenly shouted, and then pointed in the direction of Sun Degong's military formation.

Chen Cao immediately stood up, looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief, and couldn't help but have a cold war.

The Tartar coat Han army had just rushed to Sun Degong's army formation, and before the two sides could engage in battle, Sun Degong's army began to retreat in a panic, because it was too far away, and when Chen Cao saw the situation in the distance clearly, the reinforcement force of 30,000 people had already suffered a great rout.

"Quick, order someone to find out what's going on?" Chen Cao shouted angrily.

"Yes..."

As soon as the herald left, Chen Cao felt the earth tremble, especially when he was on a high platform.

By the time he turned his head to look in front of his right, tens of thousands of Tartar cavalry had turned their horses and charged towards him, like a flood as far as the eye could see.

"Cannon loading Zhuyuan..."

"Uncle has an order, Zhu Yuan is loaded..."

"Fire..."

"Open fire...."

'Knock knock...'

The artillery emplacements in the rear were filled with huge smoke, and when the first ten solid shells erupted from the barrels, they flew out of the arc line and smashed into the Tartars' cavalry.

When He Heli and An Feiyangu heard the sound of cannons, they ordered the formation of the cluster to disperse immediately, so that the shortcomings of the solid bullet came out, and the solid bullet of the infantry of the cluster was the most cost-effective, but if it was a cavalry galloping at high speed, once it was dispersed, the effect of the solid bullet was not great, and the casualties caused by these ten solid bullets to the Tartars were only twenty people.

It was impossible to stop the cavalry offensive at all.

'Knock knock...'

The sound of artillery rang out again, and this time it had been thirty breaths since the last one, and even so, the forward cavalry of the Tartars was less than two hundred paces away from Chen Cao's large trench.

Tang Kainian's brothers' thousand-household office suffered a great loss, and it had been merged with Liu Butang's 2,000-household office in action.

"Old Don, the cavalry of the Tartars is near." Liu Butang is also from a homeless background, and his promotion path is exactly the same as that of Tang Kainian's brothers, but he has been the striker of Tang Kainian's thousandth household several times in Liaodong.

Tang Kainian immediately shouted: "The thousandth household, prepare for battle, raise your gun..."

Seeing this, Liu Butang also drew his knife and shouted: "The second thousandth household, prepare for battle, raise your gun..."

"Put..."

'Bang bang bang....'

'Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang...'

He Heli just heard that the firearms of the reinforcements were very sharp, and thought that the return of those defeated soldiers was just an excuse, but now when he looked at it, he realized that it was really the case, and he could shoot at a distance of 200 steps, and he could still hit.

The gunfire was so loud that for a time it blocked the forward troops sent by He Heli, and in just a tea time, under the blow of the flintlock pistol, three or four hundred Tartars had fallen off their horses and died, and two or three hundred were wounded.

However...

Seeing this, He Heli said to An Feiyang: "Do you see, this is the reason why the Great Khan asked us to be cautious, Jueercha, you take 10,000 people to rush over from the right side, and I will take 10,000 people to rush from the front, remember, don't stagnate, according to the method of fighting with Yehebu in the past, cross their trap with horse speed, as long as you rush in, you will definitely win..."

Anferangu nodded, then waved his hand for his subordinates to follow.

"The Tartars took the lead in testing with three thousand men, and now there must be more." Chen Cao read silently.

The herald rushed back and ran up to the high platform: "Uncle, I have found out clearly, I have captured two defeated soldiers, and they said that when Sun Degong and Bao Chengxian were just engaged in the battle, they shouted that they were defeated, and then took the lead in escaping. ”

"Sun Degong of the dog," Chen Cao slammed his fist on the guardrail.

"Uncle, the Tartars have divided their troops." Zhao Xin hurriedly shouted.

Chen Cao raised his eyes and saw two torrents, one rushing head-on, and the other attacking towards his right side, with a very obvious intention: "Order, let the artillery array run out of all the shells, yes, leave the mortar in case of emergency..."

"Yes..."

Luo has always been stunned on the upper floor of the walled city of Xiping Fort, a forty-year-old middle-aged man, actually left tears, and Hei Yunhe hurriedly said: "My lord, what should I do?" The Tartars rushed in. ”

Luo Yi looked at the Tartars who rushed into the flood like a flood, but he didn't say a word, staring at the 30,000 reinforcements that were being defeated, and said for a long time: "Dingwubo's side can't stop it for a long time, let the soldiers break through." ”