Chapter 296: Confrontation
The wheat fields in the distance are the camp of the Korqin people, sparsely sparse and covering a large area.
This time Dolgon mobilized all the military forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even the outer Mongolian vassal had to participate in it, although Dolgon wanted to compete with Dashun for the world, but in the eyes of the Mongols, this was to enter the border wall and plunder, for hundreds of years, the Mongols have been doing such things.
Thus, in the wheat fields, the captured slaves and cattle were gathered together, and at dawn the silence of the camp was broken, and hundreds of horsemen rushed in and cut down the panicked Korqin Mongols on the spot with bones or sabers.
Tang Tong did not participate in the battle, he rode outside to observe everything, under the firelight, the figure swayed, and occasionally a cold light could be seen flashing, it was the soldiers under his command wielding the saber, in the blessing of the horse, the saber was particularly sharp, every time he swung a head, or half of the body was cut off.
The Mongols, who had been attacked by surprise, fled aimlessly, so they were hunted down effortlessly.
"Blow the trumpet, let the brothers come back." Tang Tong said.
"Looks like we could chop off some more heads." The pro-soldier said.
Tang Tong pointed to a circle of fences and said with a smile: "There are more heads inside that are easier to cut!" ”
It was a fence made of wood, and the Mongols surrounded the captured Han Chinese and livestock, and it was clear that Tang Tong had the intention of killing the good and risking the merits.
But at this time, in the various camps in the distance, the torches were converging, and gradually forming a long dragon, and the Mongols had gathered and came to support on horseback.
Tang Tong said helplessly: "It looks like the credit is going to be changed, you guys, pull the fence apart, and save the people." ”
Half of his own soldiers went up to drag the fence, and Tang Tong made people prepare to retreat, he blew the horn, and the cavalry chasing in the distance turned back, while Tang Tong's personal soldiers dismounted, took off the cloth bags from their horses, lit the exposed incense on them with a bonfire, and placed them in all corners of the camp.
It was filled with gunpowder, which Tang Tong brought from Miyun, and Miyun wanted to give up, and the things that he couldn't take away would naturally be destroyed, and now these things have become good goods to cover the retreat.
Ao Bai, who had walked out of the tent, stood on a high place, and saw with his own eyes the sound of explosions in the Mongol camp, and he immediately urged people to ask questions and maintain order, but he only understood the reason, and order had been lost.
"An enemy cavalry attacked the camp of the Korqin people, killed them, and let go of the cattle and slaves they had taken. He also blew up the cavalry that went to support him, and the king of Baturu lost at least two hundred good men, and the king of the county was angry and had already chased and killed. ”
Ao Bai said angrily: "This guy dares to act without permission." ”
Theoretically, Ao Bai is the supreme commander of this army, and the king of Baturu County, Manzhu Xili, was forcibly joined, as the county king of Horqin and the brother of the Queen Mother, he can not listen to Ao Bai's orders, but Ao Bai can't ignore his life and death.
"Leave a hundred people to watch this Sharpening Valley, and we will immediately catch up." Ao Bai said.
Tang Tong led the people to retreat, retreating all the way, arranging time fuse bombs all the way, explosions and the roar of men and horses continued to sound in the distance, and by the time he retreated to the river, the various units of the Shun army had already launched a formation.
Suarez's artillery was successfully placed on the high ground and obtained a good firing vision, Zhang Nai divided the infantry into four small formations and laid them out at the front, a small number of cavalry were under the high ground as a reserve, the main force was hidden behind the pine forest, and the baggage was in the horseshoe bend.
The baggage brigade was cutting down the wood and erecting a fence, and the front was just a sign carried by the army.
"Yihou, my men came back with hundreds of heads chopped off, and the main force of the enemy was behind, and they arrived in a while, no less than a thousand cavalry, and there must be more behind, and I saw their camps separated. In addition, it was determined that the cavalry behind was a western captive, not an eastern captive. Tang Tong said.
"Mongols?" Zhang Nai was puzzled, he had always thought that he had broken through the customs, and he asked: "Which one is it, Chahar people?" ”
Beyond the border walls of Jizhen is the pasture land of the Chahars, so it is most likely Chahar.
"I don't know, Yihou, but I have captured two captives and need some time to interrogate, please send someone to ask." Tang Tong said.
Zhang Nai shook his head: "I can't find anyone who can speak Mongolian for a while, and the matter of interrogation depends on General Tang." Your cavalry rests on the meadow by the Horseshoe Bend, and as our reserve, go and rest first, and I have hot water and dry rations prepared for you, and fine material for the horses. ”
"Haha, thank you Yihou." Tang Tong hurriedly said yes.
After a short time, Tang Tong turned back and said to Zhang Nai: "Yihou, the interrogation is understood, the first to enter the border wall were the Mongols of the Horqin Tribe, there were more than a thousand cavalry, and later hundreds of cavalry came, led by the king of Baturu County.
But yesterday, the first part of the Dongyu arrived at Modaoyu, I don't know how many, but there are a lot. The status of the two people arrested is not high, and they don't know in detail, so please forgive the righteous marquis. ”
Zhang Nai smiled: "It's already good, how is the grinding knife, did you ask?" ”
"I asked, Modaoyu hasn't lost it yet, it was still fighting just now, but Dongyu is fighting." Tang Tong said.
Zhang Nai nodded slightly: "Xilu got into trouble, let Donglu wipe his ass, and the coach of Xilu's side is just a county king, it seems that the status of the people from Donglu's side is not high, maybe this is not the main force." ”
"But in this way, there are no less than 2,000 enemy troops in the breach, maybe more, what are these people doing here?" Tang Tong asked, his eyes lit up: "Maybe it's around the wall and the mountain to seize the ancient north mouth." ”
Zhang Nai smiled: "Anyway, we have already released the scout cavalry in Gubeikou, don't care, no matter whether the enemy's main force or the partial division, fight first." ”
Tang Tong nodded heavily, looking at Zhang Nai's eyes changed slightly, Zhang Nai patted him on the shoulder: "Go and rest, General Tang, there will be a conflict later, I don't know when it will be." ”
Tang announced and went back to the brigade to rest, and on the way back, he kept listening to the soldiers behind him muttering endlessly, asking, "What are you talking about, the noise is non-stop?" ”
A pro-soldier said: "Master General, this thief ........" ”
Before he finished speaking, Tang Tong slapped him in the face: "Thief, your grandmother is a thief, he is a thief, and we are also thieves." Now it's Da Shun, we are the Shun army, and we are also the king's teacher, if you can't change your words, Lao Tzu will cut off your tongue. ”
The soldiers confessed again and again, and another person said: "Master General, this righteous marquis is really bold, I heard that there is a Dongyu coming, and he dares to fight." ”
"Yes, I'll just say that the new Korean army doesn't know the strength of the Eastern Captives, and they have to fight against each other in the field, this is not looking for death." The beaten soldiers also chimed in.
"They don't think that if they defeat the Ming army, they will be able to join the Dongyu."
Tang Tong was also worried about this matter in his heart, he didn't know if Dashun was fighting against Donglu and daring to fight in the wilderness, because he was ignorant, or if he did have this ability, but he was more inclined to the latter.
Although he has not fought head-on with the Shun army, but after surrendering to Shun, Tang Tong participated in almost all the actions, for an experienced general like him, looking at the combat effectiveness of an army, it is not necessary to fight, or to see with his own eyes to know, just look at whether the army's salary is truthfully distributed, whether the military discipline is strict, and whether there is a rule in the marching formation, it can be seen.
went to Shanhaiguan and went back and forth for hundreds of miles, and Tang Tong saw that at least the Dashun army was much stronger than the Ming army. And the military discipline of the Shun army is also good, just from Zhang Nai's coming to support Miyun, even some miscellaneous soldiers in Modaoyu refused to give up easily, which can show this.
It's just that Tang Tong is still worried about one thing, that is, the infantry listed in front of the battle now are all his subordinates, so it's not the Shun army, in the face of the Eastern Captives, do you have the courage to fight hard?
"Hurry, hurry, this king is going to catch those damned dogs, damned rats, and I'm going to tie them up in a tree, let the wolves gnaw them to death, and let the crows scratch their eyes......." On the horses, the beads were full of rituals and scolding, and their mouths were constantly urging.
This time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, although the foreign feudal domain issued a conscription order at the beginning, but it was only one of the five dings, but as the county king of Horqin, he had to be more active in fighting for the Qing Dynasty, and he also knew that he had a lot of wealth when he entered the customs and plundered, so when the other foreign feudal lords were still gathering, he had already brought cavalry and asked the first batch to enter the border wall.
He thought about taking advantage of the fact that both sides did not react, taking advantage of the few competitors, to plunder within the side wall, but suffered such a big loss.
Modaoyu did not surrender, in the face of the beacon and the high wall, even the cloud ladder could not be tied to the Mongols could not be defeated, so Manzhu Xili has been persuading to surrender, but was followed by the follow-up Aobai to provoke, Aobai exaggerated the strength of the Modaoyu defenders, deceived him back, but Manzhu Xili was also considered to be a full return, but never thought that in this night was attacked, not to mention heavy casualties, looting livestock and slaves for several days were also let go.
The death of the soldier made him feel like he was bleeding, and the escape of the cattle and slaves made him feel like he had been cut off a piece of flesh, and at this time countless flames had accumulated in his chest that needed to be vented.
"Master, I saw the enemy in front, it's the Ming army." The general of the previous team came back and said to Manzhu Xili.
Manzhu Xili laughed: "It turned out to be the Ming army, how many did you kill and capture their general?" ”
"The minions did not attack, they set up a position, I am afraid that there are more than a thousand people." The Mongol general said.
Manzhu Xili slapped him in the face with a whip, and scolded: "What are you afraid of, the Ming army, as long as our cavalry rushes and the archers shoot a few of them, this group of guys will disperse in a hurry, and the next thing is to catch sheep, I gave you three hundred horses, you don't even have the guts." ”
"But they don't look like they're easy to mess with." The general muttered in a low voice, but in the face of the whip, he did not dare to explain again.
Manzhu Xili chased after him, spared a forest, and saw the formation listed by Zhang Nai, the four infantry formations were as straight as arrows, unlike the ordinary Ming army called Huazi, these Ming troops looked well-armed, their armor reflected in the rising sun, and the spears were like trees.
"This is the Ming Army? It doesn't look like it! Manzhu Xili muttered that he often went on expeditions with his brother-in-law Huang Taiji, and had seen a lot of Ming troops, but he had never seen such a Ming army.
At this time, Manzhu Xili saw that on the high ground in the distance, there were still some people distributed, with a big flag erected on it, and a big character was written on it-Shun.
Manzhu Xili immediately scolded: "You dog-eyed, where is this Ming army, this is the Shun army." ”
"What is Shunjun?"
"Shunjun is the former thief, and the thief is ........." Manzhu Xili found that he didn't know much about the thieves, and wanted to explain, but he couldn't explain it. He couldn't even call the full name of the emperor of Dashun, because his heart was all about robbery.
"Master, it doesn't matter if he is a thief or a shunjun, the slave leads people to break through this array." Another general said.
Manzhu Xili's eyes purred for a moment, and he remembered a proverb, strange things are the most terrible.
"Forget it, stop and wait for that guy, even if it's a try, let him try, hehe, let's just pick up the ready-made."
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