Chapter 626: Rushing to the Liao River
Prince Su Lai Mubu and Prince Zheng Fei Yangguo led tens of thousands of iron horsemen from the Manchurian Blue Banner and the Mongolian Blue Banner, as well as more than 20,000 defeated soldiers from the Korean Yellow Banner that had been collected back, gathered together and rested in the wilderness a few miles away from the beach, neither retreating nor attacking.
The same is true for the officers and men of the Beiyang Fleet in the distance, both sides are afraid of each other's combat power, and both hope that the other side can take the initiative to attack, but both sides choose to defend.
More than an hour passed, and seeing that it was getting late, Lai Mubu looked at the afterglow of dusk sprinkled on the earth, and had a way in his heart, and said to Fei Yangguo: "It's better to wait for nightfall, let's take advantage of the night to raid the Ming army, I'm afraid those warships on the sea won't be able to hit at night!" ”
Fei Yangguo nodded and said, "It's okay, maybe we can win a lot of battles!" ”
Immediately, the two secretly planned, and Shi Daxuan, Shi Lang and other detachment generals also got together to discuss countermeasures.
Shi Lang looked at the sky and said: "It will be dark soon, the last general is worried that the Qing soldiers will take advantage of the night to raid our army, should he let the soldiers of each department return to the warship first, and then land again tomorrow morning?" ”
Hong Xu, the general of the fifth detachment, objected and said: "If we retreat, one night is enough time for the Qing troops to deploy a defensive line on the beach, and even if we can take it back tomorrow, it will take a lot of effort." ”
Shi Daxuan also said: "This time, we are to contain the strength of the Qing army, waiting for the opportunity to consume the strength of the Qing army, if we withdraw to the ship, the tens of thousands of Qing troops on the opposite side can reinforce any battlefield, where is our role?" ”
Shi Daxuan's words immediately set the tone, so everyone unified their opinions, Shi Daxuan ordered all the soldiers to camp on the spot, and at the same time deployed a large number of bonfires within a mile of the camps in each place, and used these bonfires as a guide to assist the warships on the seashore to carry out fire support.
Soon, the various units of the Ming army began to deploy barracks, and bonfires were lit one after another. As the sky became darker and darker, soon all parts of the seaside fell into darkness, only the Ming army camp was still like day, hundreds of bonfires, large and small, almost lit up half of the beach, and the surrounding trees were almost cut down by the Ming soldiers, and all of them were transported back as fuel.
At midnight, Prince Su Lai Mubu and Prince Zheng Fei Yangguo took more than 20,000 remnants of the Korean Yellow Banner as the vanguard to attack the Ming army camp, and the Mongolian two blue flag iron cavalry were the backup, and the two of them personally led the Manchurian two blue flag iron cavalry to suppress the formation.
"Kill it!"
North Korea's Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Sonny personally led his troops forward and roared loudly.
Not far away, the North Korean Yellow Flag Gushan Ezhen Ao Bai was even more brave, and the soldiers and horses led by him had even crossed the Yellow Flag and began to shoot at the Ming army in the camp.
At the same time, the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Omotuk and the Mongolian Blue Banner Gushan Ezhen A Yushi have also assembled two banners of iron cavalry, ready to support the Korean soldiers in front at any time.
"Put!"
Shi Lang, like the generals of the detachments, stood in the horizontal formation at this time, and the 6,000 soldiers of the first detachment formed a formation in the barracks, constantly firing volleys outside, round after round of firepower, so that the Korean soldiers outside almost fell in rows.
Of course, at this time, under the coercion of the Mongolian iron cavalry, the Korean soldiers outside also broke out a lot of combat power, and the firepower they fired also caused certain casualties to the officers and men of the various detachments of the Beiyang Fleet.
"Ahh
A miserable scream sounded, Shi Lang turned his head to see that it was a thousand general managers under his command, who was bleeding in his chest at this time, and had fallen to the ground unconscious.
At this time, the screams continued to sound everywhere in the horizontal formation, and sure enough, it was just like what I learned in the Huangming Military Academy: when shooting at the enemy's gunners, the competition is the firepower and organization of both sides, and whoever can hold out to the end will be able to achieve victory, but in the process, it is accompanied by a large number of casualties, and the military spirit will continue to waver!
"Put!"
Shi Lang in accordance with the knowledge learned in the Huangming Military Academy, constantly commanded his subordinates with passwords, tried to maintain the shooting rhythm of the horizontal formation, so that each round of salvo fire to achieve the maximum firepower output, after a few rounds of the effect is remarkable, the opposite Korean soldiers can no longer hold on, not only the salvo began to scatter, and even with the help of the fire outside the camp can be seen, there have been many Korean soldiers began to escape.
Rumble!
At this moment, the second detachment of warships on the beach began to bombard, although there were many bonfires at this time, but after all, it was not as good as daytime, so Zheng Zhipeng, the second detachment general did not dare to order full firepower, and could only mobilize more than a dozen warships to fire at the place where the Qing army's forces were most concentrated.
Even so, the pressure on the officers and men of each detachment was greatly relieved, and soon the shelling of the second detachment of warships became the last straw that crushed the more than 20,000 Korean soldiers, and after dropping thousands of corpses, the soldiers and horses of the two yellow flags of North Korea began to collapse.
Sonny was carried by his subordinates and fled backwards, while Ao Bai looked at the Ming army camp dozens of steps away, and shouted loudly: "Draw your sword!" Rush with me! ”
Ao Bai was surrounded by Baya soldiers wearing three layers of heavy armor, these people also had iron shields in their hands, and they held knives and heavy knives in one hand, and under the encouragement of Ao Bai, they roared and rushed to the Ming army camp in front.
Seeing this, the surrounding North Korean soldiers also stopped, and watched and looked at the group of dozens of people.
"Kill them!"
The soldiers of the Ming army in front of him were the fourth detachment of the Beiyang Fleet, and the general Zheng Cai looked at the Aobai department, and gave an order angrily, and the dense bird's firepower suddenly covered the Aobai people, but only a few Qing soldiers fell to the ground, and the iron shields and three-layer heavy armor in the hands of the remaining people saved their lives, especially one of the heavy cotton armor, which was a sharp weapon for defending against firearms.
"Earthquake Thunder!"
Seeing this, Zheng Cai was furious, and directly transferred more than a dozen throwers, and after two rounds of throwing, dozens of earth-shattering thunderbolts were smashed towards Ao Bai and others.
At this time, Ao Bai and the others had already rushed to the camp, and were destroying the Ming army camp with various blades, when they were suddenly engulfed by a series of explosions.
Although the heavy armor and shields of Ao Bai and the others could temporarily block the shots of the birds, in the face of dozens of earth-shattering thunders, they were like paper paste, and Ao Bai and dozens of Qing soldiers were directly blown into minced meat.
And because it was too close to the Ming army barracks, the aftermath of the violent explosion also hit the horizontal formation of the fourth detachment, and more than a dozen soldiers were injured by mistake, but fortunately none of them were in danger of life.
Zheng Cai immediately ordered immediate treatment with a black face and dragged the wounded to the rear.
Suddenly, the fleeing Korean rout in front let out a burst of exclamation, and then the Blue Banner Gushan Ezhen Omotuk and the Blue Banner Gushan Ezhen Ayushi led more than 35,000 people from the Mongolian two blue flags rushed up, and the iron cavalry army was taken by surprise and rushed directly into the Ming army camp, and the first detachment of soldiers led by Shi Lang was mixed up.
"Get on the bayonet!"
"Earthquake Thunder!!"
At this time, the generals of each detachment ordered to bayonet, 24,000 soldiers fought to the death and did not retreat, with bayonet array and constantly throwing earth-shattering thunder and Mongolian two blue flag iron cavalry fighting, when the two sides were in full swing, the artillery support of the second detachment also arrived, and one by one the shells continued to fall in the Qing army's iron cavalry formation, making the chaotic battlefield more noisy.
In the distance, Prince Su Lai Mubu and Prince Zheng Fei Yangguo saw that the two Mongolian blue flags had really broken through the Ming army camp, and their faces showed a look of surprise: Some of this battle was fought!
So the two immediately ordered an attack and led the two Manchurian blue flag soldiers and horses to reinforce the front, but the beach was very crowded at this time, and after the two Manchurian blue flag soldiers and horses rushed up, they could only gather behind the Mongolian two blue flag armies, and they could not rush forward at all.
However, the artillery fire of the second detachment of the Beiyang Fleet could fall on the military formation of the two blue flag iron cavalry of Manchu from time to time, and this situation made Lai Mubu, the prince of Su, and Fei Yangguo, the prince of Zheng, very annoyed, and had to lead the two blue flag iron cavalry of Manchu to withdraw for the time being.
However, such an entry and exit shook the hearts of the Mongolian soldiers who were fighting in front, and they thought that the Manchurian soldiers behind were going to retreat, so the Mongolian soldiers and horses of the two blue flags retreated one after another, no matter how the blue flag Gushan Ezhen Omotuk and the blue flag Gushan Ezhen A jade stone could not stop the pace of retreat of his subordinates, and he had to order a retreat in order to reorganize the formation.
And those North Korean soldiers have already dispersed, only Sony gathered some of the routs and also withdrew to the vicinity of the Chinese army to standby.
After a fierce battle, Shi Daxuan's face was gloomy and ordered to rectify the army formation, ready to fight again, although this time the short-handed battle, with the support of the second detachment of artillery, with the blessing of the earth-shaking thunder, the casualties of the Ming army were still smaller than those of the Qing army, but it still made Shi Daxuan and the generals of the various departments angry, and the casualties of each department were not small, which was already a big loss!
"All departments stabilize their positions and prepare to fight again!"
In the distance, Lai Mubu and Fei Yangguo also made up their minds, believing that the Ming army in front of them should not be Liu Yan's original henchmen, otherwise their own soldiers and horses would not be able to rush forward at all, and it seems that there is a chance to win this battle.
So the two ordered all departments to prepare for another battle, and the soldiers and horses of the Qing army also began to prepare.
At this time, it was already the second half of the night, the sea breeze on the beach was gusting, and the smoke was soon blown away, and the soldiers and horses of the Ming army and the Qing army were preparing for the next round of attack.
But at this moment, Lai Mu Bu and Fei Yanggo received a decree from Dolgon, ordering them to immediately lead their troops to withdraw to the front guard of Quang Ninh.
"What!"
Fei Yangguo looked at Lai Mubu in disbelief and asked, "What does Your Majesty mean by this?" ”
Lai Mubu handed the will to Fei Yangguo and said: "We reported the situation of the two yellow flags of North Korea to Your Majesty before nightfall, but I didn't expect Your Majesty to retreat, and prepare to lead the whole army to retreat immediately, rush to attack the Liao River, and first break the Ming army on the way of our army's retreat!" ”
"What a failure!"
Fei Yangguo said angrily: "As long as we continue to attack and fight for casualties, we will definitely be able to defeat the Ming army in front of us, and if we withdraw now, the warriors of all banners will die in vain!" ”
Lai Mubu looked at the various units of the Beiyang Fleet that were being rectified on the beach, and at this time he also calmed down, and said: "Actually, it's good for us to withdraw, even if we can break through the Ming army's military formation, the Ming army's naval division on the sea can also bombard us and cover the withdrawal of most of the Ming army. ”
"What if this Ming army goes deep into the interior and threatens the main force of our army's front guard in Quang Ninh?"
Lai Mubu sneered and said: "Don't worry, this Ming army is not large in number, and it is from the sea, at best, it is mainly harassment, if they really dare to go to Guangning Qiantun guard, that is, to send meat!" ”
Fei Yangguo gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Okay, then let's withdraw the army!" ”
On the beach, Shi Daxuan used the firelight to look at the Qing army units that were slowly withdrawing in the distance, and the muscles on his face were beating involuntarily.
This time, he led the army to a draw with the Qing army, and the Qing army took the initiative to withdraw, but from the perspective of the Wehrmacht, today's battle was an out-and-out defeat.
was broken through the camp by the Qing army, suffered a lot of casualties, and let the Qing army calmly withdraw, no matter how you look at it, it is a defeat!
At this time, Shi Langtie strode over with a blue face and said, "General Town, let's chase it!" ”
Shi Daxuan glared at Shi Lang and said angrily: "Infantry chasing cavalry? You're stupid! ”
Shi Lang was yelled, bowed his head and was speechless, he was also angry, and he lost his mind.
Then Shi Daxuan said angrily: "Order all departments to immediately withdraw the battleship to rest, and go south early tomorrow morning to support the Gaolingyi battlefield!" ”