Chapter 073: Battle of Quang Ninh V

Hei Yunhe was a little surprised that Luo Cheng actually said such a thing, but seeing Luo Zheng's expression, he knew that he was not joking at all, there was only one door in and out of a fortress like Xiping Fort, and now even if he wanted to break through, it would be impossible.

At this moment, Luo Yi took off his helmet, touched the red tassels on it, and then knelt down in the direction of Jingshi: "Your Majesty, it is your duty to defend the land, and the ministers... I tried my best..."

Before Heiyunhe could react, Luo Yi drew his sword, and with a single sword, he cut his neck artery and killed himself...

"My lord..."The Black Cloud Crane didn't have time to stop it, and when he saw the blood-soaked Luo lying on the ground, he couldn't help crying.

At this moment, as a general, he is already the highest-ranking official in Xipingbao.

"General... Checkmate... General Zhang, he..."The herald arrived and was about to report the news, when he saw Luo lying on the ground, blood flowing, and his feet softened immediately.

Black Cloud Crane turned his head and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Enlightenment... General Qi Qi, General Zhang Mingxian was hooked down the city by the Tartar hook and was already killed in battle. The herald was a little frightened.

Heiyunhe stood up, took a deep breath and said: "Order, all the defenders of Xiping Fort will go to the city, even if they fight to the last person, let the Tartars back for us." ”

"Yes..."

..

"Uncle, the right flank of our army has been rushed away."

The frontal attack was the most intense, but the Jurchens' usual tactic was to feint the main force head-on, and then divide the troops to intersperse the two wings, so that no matter how powerful the army formation was, it would be defeated.

This tactic is the tactic that Nurhachi learned from Li Chengliang to fight the Mongols, but in the final analysis, this is a tactic invented by Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Guodong on the right flank desperately resisted the attack of the Tartar cavalry, even with the help of the right guard firearms, but it still had little effect, An Feiyangu dragged his fifty-year-old body to charge the battle in person, the morale of the Tartars was strong, and the first army had the idea that the Jurchens were not satisfied with ten thousand and were invincible.

In addition, led by the brave general Amphiyangu, one of the five founding ministers, the warriors with yellow flags under his command are like wolves into the shepherds, each looking for their own goals.

The artillery position is in the center of the large array, and a trench is also placed around it, and there are many right guards stationed there, but now the cavalry of the Tartars is suddenly interspersed, even if it is blocked with a chariot, it will not help, Anfeiyangu laughed, and kept directing the various departments to complete the interspersing as soon as possible, completely disrupting the formation of the Ming army.

Chen Cao lived on the high platform, and saw a middle-aged Tartar in yellow cloth armor constantly swinging his knife and slashing, pointing from time to time, and knew that this person was a big fish: "Go, let Ning Guoxing come with a mortar and set it up on this high platform." ”

Chen Cao's idea is very simple, it is really a good thing for mortars to be used to fight this kind of big man, and he is so dead, if he can kill this person, even if he is defeated, it is a good thing.

Ning Guoxing and the two artillery battalion soldiers went up to the high platform together, and in the direction of Chen Cao's finger, An Feiyanggu was directing the cavalry behind him to rush into the large formation in front of the breakthrough chariot.

Ning Guoxing hurriedly set up the gun, and then stretched out his thumb and began to adjust the angle.

"Ning Guoxing, how far is it?" Chen Cao asked.

"Uncle, at least eight hundred and fifty steps," Ning Guoxing squinted his eyes and said, "I still have to make a shot first to see the location." ”

"Then hurry up, once the Tartar rushes in, that guy will definitely change his position."

"Forty-five topspin, load..."

The gunner turned the stick and put a cannonball inside.

'Boom...'

Ampheyangu was commanding, and suddenly a violent explosion sounded six steps in front of him, and the people in the center of the position were immediately turned on their backs by the bombers, and by the time the smoke cleared, the people in them had already scattered into four or five lumps.

"Left spin plus five, quick..."Ning Guoxing shouted.

Boom...

Anferangu was so shocked that he immediately turned his horse's head and retreated to the rear, and as soon as he left his original position three stalls, the position where he was standing immediately exploded, and the minions who followed him were killed on the spot, and he himself was affected by shrapnel, and blood flowed from his back, and he fell off his horse.

"Protect the master."

Even if he blew up Anferyangu, his cavalry rushed into the large array of at least 7,000 men, like a sharp sword.

"Uncle, look."

Chen Cao looked in the direction of Zhao Xin, and before he could get out of the joy of blowing up Anfeiyangu, he saw that the Tartar cavalry had already rushed into Xiping Fort.

"It's broken..."

The outermost Si Binh Fort was the fulcrum of the entire Quang Ninh City, and once the Si Binh Fort was captured, the city was directly exposed to the Tartar cavalry.

And this time Chen Cao's purpose here is to rescue Xiping Fort, now that Xiping Fort has been captured, Sun Degong's reinforcements have run away, he is equivalent to being exposed to the iron cavalry of the Tartars, thinking that he killed Nurhachi's two henchmen, he will definitely be chased and beaten by these 60,000 cavalry, and even if he wants to run, he will not be able to run.

"Zhao Xin," Chen Cao trembled a little as he spoke: "Immediately give an order, the whole army will retreat, with the right guard of Nanjing, Songjiang Wei and Yangzhou Wei as the rear of the palace, and the rest of the troops will immediately go to the mouth of the Shuangtaizi River and discard all baggage." ”

"Uncle, where's the cannon?" Zhao Xin sensed that Chen Cao's tone was wrong.

"Don't want it, don't want anything," Chen Cao shook his head, then turned his head to look at Ning Guoxing, and said urgently: "Find a way to destroy the Hongyi cannon, bring the mortar, and retreat as you go, covering the withdrawal of the troops." ”

"Yes..."

This is a doomed rout, no one can stop it, let alone 60,000, that is, now the big array has been interspersed with Anfeiyangu's people, and the rout is only a matter of time, once Nurhachi reacts, he will gather superior forces and wipe out Chen Cao's reinforcements of more than 20,000 people in one go.

Song Che sighed hard after receiving the order, and then shouted to retreat, as soon as the order to withdraw was delivered, all troops began to evacuate in a panic, Ning Guoxing was responsible for the ten Hongyi cannons of the artillery battalion, although he was reluctant, but the Hongyi cannon without any supplies at the moment was a pile of heavy rags, and the only thing Ning Guoxing could do was to order someone to use the remaining gunpowder to destroy the cannon's light door, and not give the Tartars a chance to repair it.

Then leave with someone in a hurry.

The noon sun was very scorching, from the beginning of the battle to the rout, the entire battle in Xiping Fort lasted less than two hours, and Chen Cao finally experienced the taste of being chased and beaten by cavalry.

Fortunately, he had a firearms unit, and he was able to use flintlock pistols to fight as he went, so that the Tartars would not be pressed down during the pursuit.

'Boom...'

With a loud bang, seven or eight of the men in the artillery battalion fell.

Chen Cao rode a horse and ran in front, the things behind him were not clear at all, and it was too late for him to take care of it now, so he evacuated towards the mouth of the Shuangtaizi River under the coercion of Zhao Xin.

Ning Guoxing looked at the repaired mortar that had been blown up, and shook his head helplessly: "Don't do it, take the other one away, how many shells are there?" ”

"Three more shots, sir," replied the gunner.

"When you're done fighting, grab your guns and retreat."

He Heli stopped his horse, looked at the mortar on the ground that had been scrapped, and remembered that it was this thing that killed his seven or eight minions with one shot just now, so he said: "Although this cannon is small but amazingly powerful, take it and go back to the Great Khan..."

"Tsk..."

"Order, the whole army pursues, and the commander of the Ming army can't be let go."

Xipingbao is fifty miles away from the mouth of the Shuangtaizi River, and people can often burst out with the most amazing performance when fleeing for their lives, and the troops led by Chen Cao are like this, he rode a horse, and if he ran fifty miles fast, it was more than an hour, and when Chen Cao saw the firearms unit of the sailor division who had already been ordered to wait at the mouth of the river, the whole person relaxed a lot.

"Uncle, there are still more than 10,000 people who have not been evacuated." Zhao Xin said.

Song Che was still in command, as he collected many of the defeated soldiers who had escaped from Shalingyi and Xiping Fort along the way.

Chen Maoxiu was on the shore, and after saluting Chen Cao, he lined up with the right guards who had arrived, waiting for the arrival of the Tartar cavalry, and then Chen Cao asked the soldiers who had already arrived to hurry up and board the ship without delay.

Retreat is cumbersome, not to mention being chased and retreating, and when He Heli led the army to arrive, he was ruthlessly attacked by the remaining soldiers of the right guard and the officers and soldiers of the sailor division, and after charging seven or eight times, he found that the Ming army in front of him was strong, and their firearms were quite a lot, and there was no way to break through their military formation, so they had to choose to retreat, and then watched Chen Cao's troops board the ship and leave.

The battle on the shore continued until evening, and it was not until the last right guard mounted the boat that He Heli led his army to the edge of the river beach, and then fired arrows at the soldiers who were still transporting the boat.

This move also shot a lot of soldiers, Chen Cao looked at everything on the flagship, there was no way at all, all the artillery and ammunition were used on land, and the sailors really had no way except to rely on flintlock guns now.

"Uncle, what should we do?" Zhao Xin looked at Chen Cao.

Chen Cao looked at He Heli's army on the shore, and then said: "Raise the flag, give the order, the fleet is heading towards the Daling River, don't dock along the way, let's see the situation first." ”

"Yes..."

"Yew Chung," Song Che boarded Chen Cao's flagship and said on deck, "This time you really got what you said, I took it, and I will listen to you in the future." ”

Chen Cao laughed helplessly: "If Sun Degong's guy doesn't fight back halfway, I think there is still a fight in the battle of Xipingbao, and maybe he can turn defeat into victory." ”

"I've gathered some remnants of soldiers from Shalingyi and Xiping Fort along the way, do you want to ask."

Chen Cao nodded: "It's okay, I'll take a rest first, and you can bring someone to see me later." ”

...

"The subordinate Liaodong Jingluo Xiong is under the account of the general soldier Liu Qu, and the regimental mountain fort guards Zhou Dingfang, and meets Dingwubo."

"The deputy chief soldier of Xiping Fort is under the account of Luo Zheng, who is under the account of Li Xingye, a hundred households, to meet Ding Wubo."

Song Che looked at Chen Cao: "Uncle, I asked the two of them, and they are the highest officials in the two routs." ”

Chen Cao sat on the chair, although there were waves of seawater, but this was the inland sea of Liaodong Bay, which was quite stable: "Benbo will not hold you accountable for your escape. ”

"Uncle Xie's great grace." The two said in unison.

Chen Cao continued: "Zhou Dingfang, Ben Bo asked you, what was the situation in the battle of Shalingyi? ”

Zhou Dingfang arched his hand: "Back to the uncle, our army just arrived at Pingyang Bridge was ambushed by the Tartars, 20,000 reinforcements scattered and fled, Liu Zongbing took us to the Shaling Post and Qi Zongbing converged, the day before yesterday the Tartars launched an attack on the Shaling Station, our army retreated from the Tartars several times, but was betrayed by the spies, Liu Zongbing died in battle, Qi Zongbing took us to break through, but was seriously injured, on the way through Xiping Fort when he was separated from them, now I don't know where to go. ”

Chen Cao frowned, Qi Bingzhong led the team to break through and retreat, passing through Xiping Fort, he would definitely suffer, he was seriously injured, and it was unknown whether he could go back: "How is Xiping Fort?" ”

Li Xingye saluted and said with a slight cry: "General Luo is unwilling to break through, he kowtowed to His Majesty in the direction of the capital and then killed himself, before he died, let the black ginseng general take us to break through and retreat, the general felt that he could not help but explain the matter of Xiping clearly, so he desperately opened a gap for the lowly position, and the lowly post escaped with people." ”

Chen Cao felt that Luo had always been very loyal, and before he died, he actually knew to kowtow in the direction of the capital: "Ben Bo knows, what about the others?" ”

"The guerrilla generals Zhang Mingxian and Li Maochun were killed in battle." Li Xingye said gloomily.

Chen Cao nodded for a long time: "You are all good, although we lost this time, but Ben Bo will definitely ask for credit for you when he goes back." ”

"Uncle Xie..."The two replied in unison.

"Ben Bo is in need of people from Liaodong, you two have been in Liaodong for a long time, do you want to come to Ben Bo to do things under his account?" Chen Cao asked, he did have this need.

Both of them belong to the defeated soldiers, and Zhou Dingfang's official position is not small, the dignified garrison has slipped away, and they will be held accountable after the war, Chen Cao opened his mouth, and someone protected them, so the two of them knelt down to Chen Cao after a little thought: "I am willing to be dispatched by my uncle." ”

After the two left, Chen Cao leaned back in his chair a little tiredly, and at this moment there were only a few henchmen in the cabin: "Xiping Fort is lost, Guangning no longer exists, I think, anything with the fine river as the boundary is already delusional." ”

Song Che was shocked: "Yew Chung, do you mean the whole of Quang Ninh?" ”

Chen Cao nodded lonely: "It's just a matter of time, the Tartars will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue, with Wang Huazhen's cowardice, he may not have the courage to die with Yuan Yingtai." ”

"Uncle, Jingluo Xiong Tingbi is still there." Zhao Xin interjected.

"Him?" Chen Cao couldn't help but shake his head: "Unless the command of the entire Quang Ninh is in his hands, according to the strength of the army before the battle, he may still have the strength to fight with Nurhachi, now... I'm afraid even he can't protect himself. ”

The atmosphere in the cabin was very low, no one was willing to lose the battle, Chen Cao waved everyone away and entered the back cabin, Zhang Chunyao and Xiaochun were waiting inside.

When Chen Cao was thinking about whether to do something serious, Li Wan'er broke in, she glanced at Zhang Chunyao, and then didn't care about Zhang Chunyao, who was saluting her: "Chen Cao, I have one thing to tell you, that is, what I said to Fei Yingdong that night..."