Chapter 235: Ambush
Licking his chapped lips, the scars on his forehead were faintly itchy, seeing the homeland occupied by the enemy, now the opportunity was in front of him, and Qin Erbao, who had become the chief military officer of Liaodong, did not want to let go of this opportunity.
"Pass the order," Qin Erbao rolled up the thumb-thick black long whip in his hand, and said to the herald beside him: "All the soldiers and spear battalions are attacking from the front, there is no need to preserve their strength, tonight I will teach the southern barbarians of Liaoyang City a lesson!" Tell them who is the owner of the land! ”
"Spear barracks, left flank!"
"Infantry, right flank!"
"Siegers on the way!"
"All cavalry mounted!"
War drums beat, flags flutter, and military trumpets whimper, like ghosts of ancient battlefields, driving demons towards the dark city.
"Herald! After a stick of incense, everyone killed Liaoyang City and went to Liaoyang City in one go! Indomitable! ”
Rub and rub!!
The blade is unsheathed, the cold light is cold, the war horse neighs, and the soldiers are bursting.
And at this moment, at the head of Liaoyang City, the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners are also waiting for battle.
Azig and Erden had already ascended the city in person.
"Is it true that the Ming army is coming?" Azig gritted his teeth: "After a thousand miles of trekking without rest, he hurriedly marched more than fifty miles and attacked Liaoyang City at night."
Qin Erbao is crazy?
Or is Wang Qi crazy?
Azig is confident that even if the soldiers and horses in his hands are cut off, he can hold on to the city without losing.
"Look down on this king so much?" Azig's face was unusually gloomy.
"My lord, do you want to go out of the city to fight?" Erden asked, standing aside.
After staring at the city for a long time, Azig smiled and said, "Isn't it as he wishes to go out of the city to fight?" Who knows if there was an ambush outside the city? Pass the order, you don't need to go out of the city, just stick to it! ”
"Chirp !!"
The eagle is gone, the beast is gone, the great battle is about to begin, and the scene of bloody hell resurfaces.
In fact, before leading his troops to Liao, Qin Erbao was summoned by Wang Qi alone.
"What do you think of this Liao incident?" At that time, Wang Qi took a group of generals out of the city for a safari, and on the way back, he summoned Qin Erbao alone for questioning.
At that time, Qin Erbao said bluntly: The Han soldiers are not weaker than the Houjin Eight Banners, whether it is charging at the middle gate, or also in an encounter, or attacking and killing halfway, Qin Erbao is confident that no matter what the circumstances, the soldiers under his command can fight with the Eight Banners.
"Then how about you being the vanguard of gold cutting and leading 40,000 people to force Liaoyang?" Wang Qi rode the horse, looking at the sunset in the distance, and his tone was light.
"Forty thousand?" Qin Erbao was stunned in place, thinking that he had heard it wrong.
"I will take 10,000 people across the Anping Mountains and the troops will come to Shenyang City, Horqin's army has set off under the leadership of Lu Xiangsheng, if I can fight at the same time in the two battlefields, then the enemy will be attacked on the back of the golden belly, and my chances of victory will be greatly increased!" Wang Qi was never willing to wait for fate's alms, nor was he willing to let Hou Jin Gou linger for too long.
This winter is the best time to bury the Jurchens.
Hearing Wang Qi's words, Qin Erbao was still a little incredible: "My lord, is it the Jurchen who needs me to lead troops to contain Liaoyang City?" ”
"Whether it's a feint attack or an all-out siege of the city, you decide for yourself," Wang Qi squinted, as if admiring the last afterglow before the sun set over the mountains: "As the chief military officer of Liaodong, I don't have anything practical to teach you, everything, after leading the troops across Liaodong, you have to judge again." ”
"How?" Wang Qi turned his head and looked at his original personal guard officer, now the highest-ranking military attache in Liaodong.
"The subordinates understand," At this moment, Wang Qi, who was covered in the golden light of the sunset, looked like a divine in the eyes of Qin Erbao.
No one would doubt Qin Erbao's loyalty to Wang Qi, but at this moment, Qin Erbao finally felt that what is called Entong reinvention is the grace of encounter.
Feint or go all out?
Qin Erbao had already made a decision from the moment he crossed the Liao River on horseback.
The sky is dark, the earth is snow-white, and the Xiongcheng Liaoyang stands alone.
Under the city, Qin Erbao rode his horse and looked at the city in the distance, and the blood in his body was already boiling.
"My lord, are you going to start attacking?" The deputy general asked Qin Erbao for instructions.
At this time, the general soldier of Liaodong exhaled lightly, and the memories in his eyes suddenly dissipated, replaced by killing intent: "Kill!" ”
"Kill !!!"
With the wave of the herald ice, more than 40,000 Ming troops rushed towards Liaoyang City in the black night.
Arrows and swords and spears headed forward with cold and sharp killing intent.
The neighing of the horses and the cries of the soldiers almost pierced the eardrums, and even the distant mountains seemed to faint away.
Azig looked at the endless Ming army charging under the city, and for some reason, his heart suddenly trembled violently.
It was a sense of fear and cringe that I had never felt before.
Just put it on display!
A person earns less than ten taels of silver a year, what kind of life is it!
"Hold on! Everybody defends! Without my orders, you are not allowed to go out of the city to fight back! Azig had already decided to defend here and consume this Ming army here, but now seeing the 40,000 people under Qin Erbao's command so crazy and bloodthirsty, he was even more determined in his inner thoughts.
Fluttering !!
The head and bottom of the city exchanged arrows.
The arrow feathers shot at the sky and covered the sun, and for a while, it was impossible to distinguish which advantage and which disadvantage.
"Two-wing cavalry move! Storm the enemy's weak spots! If you don't gnaw a piece of the Jurchen's flesh in this battle, even if you bury your bones in Liaodong today, and on the grave in the future, you will be speechless to face the words of victory in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty!! ”
As the command flag changes, the situation on the entire battlefield also changes.
One moment ago, he still stormed the middle gate of Liaoyang City, and the next second, the flank infantry siege ladder took the right city wall and attacked a weak point.
Soon, under the fierce fire attack of the Ming army, the defenders at the head of the city were suppressed and could not raise their heads, let alone raise their swords and guns to take the initiative to attack the besiegers under the city.
Creaking, with the cover of cavalry archers, a large number of siege men, ladders and siege vehicles have approached the city of Liaoyang, although behind the siege troops, a large area of corpses has been left.
However, the Jianzhou infantry guarding the city was even more deadly and wounded.
The Jurchens were not good at defending cities, let alone the clothed minions who did not even have enough armor and weapons.
"Kill !!"
Jiao Yao, a bloodied little flag officer, had already led his soldiers to climb the city wall in the first batch at this moment.
Bang!!!
The blade collided with the barrel of the spear, flashing a dazzling white light.
Jiao Yao took the lead, jumped down the ladder, and jumped into the city full of enemy troops.
As soon as he landed, he swept with a knife: "Barbarians, cheap animals, also worthy of doing it with your grandfather?" Dead !! ”
After Jiao Yao ascended to the top of the city, Ding Fu followed, brandishing the long knife in his hand and killing the enemies on the periphery.
For a time, the whole city was in chaos.
The combat effectiveness of the foot soldiers and slaves was not high, and at this time, in the face of the crazy and bloodthirsty Ming army, as soon as they fought, they were beaten and could not raise their heads, and there was no room to fight back.
Above the city, Azig, who was watching the battle, was already trembling: Something was wrong with this Ming army!
It's a bunch of crazy people!
Liaoyang City is so majestic, so disregarding deaths and injuries, is it really filling it with his life?
"Bring in the Eight Banners!" Azig was scared, such a desperate attack, even if he defended this wave of attacks, next time, the city gate would be broken.
In this case, the strategy must be adjusted.
Tune the elite out of the city to fight!
Standing up and being beaten is not the habit of the Eight Banners.
Taking the initiative is the magic weapon to win!
Moreover, the continuous attacks of the Ming army on the two flanks outside the city on the weak points of Liaoyang City have made the defenders in the city clumsy, tired of running for their lives, and can no longer be so passive.
"Erden!" Azig yelled.
"Lord Wang!" As soon as Erden lifted his robe, this Zhenglan Qigushan already knew where his mission was.
"Lead your cavalry, go out of the city to meet the battle, and wipe out the Ming army on the flanks outside the city!"
"Chirp!!" Erden bowed his head, without saying too much, got up and turned to go.
Erden and the Ming army have fought many times, but most of them have fought with Liaodong generals such as Zu Dashou and Luo Yiyi, but he has never fought with Qin Erbao, a new Ming general who rose in Liaodong.
"Boom!" Azig, who had left the drum tower, turned his head to look at the beacon fire outside the city, and spit out the thick phlegm in his mouth before turning around and summoning his soldiers.
Woowoo!!
Unlike the Ming army, the Jurchen trumpets were made with a mixture of antlers and special bark, with a vastness and penetration.
Even Qin Erbao, who was far away outside the city and led his own soldiers to supervise the battle, could hear it.
"The Jurchens are going to send troops," Qin Erbao looked in the direction of the city, and the reins in his hand subconsciously tightened.
The real war has just begun.
"Someone!" Qin Erbao tried to suppress his excitement, like a beast's bloodthirsty roar.
"My lord," the guard stepped forward.
"Pass the order, the infantry retreat and let the giant crossbow battalion prepare," Qin Erbao licked his lips, he hadn't felt this excitement and hunger for too many days.
Thundered.
With a loud rumbling sound, the side gate of Liaoyang City was opened.
Without waiting for the Ming army outside the city to react, the Jurchens who rode out of the horse had already swung their swords, like cutting leeks, and human lives were harvested in an instant.
The combat effectiveness of infantry and cavalry differed by more than one level.
One is the scythe of death, and a large piece of it falls.
"Kill all these Han people!" Erden swung his knife and cut off the head of the Ming army in front of him, and gave the order coldly.
"Kill!!" As if they had been locked up in an iron cage for too long, nearly 10,000 Jurchen cavalry immediately rode their horses and galloped wildly after leaving the city gate, slashing left and right wherever they went, regardless of whether they were Ming soldiers or clothed minions.
Probably, in their eyes, it's all about the same.
"Kill !!"
Erden led his men to kill the Ming army farther away, where the Ming army was the main force attacking Liaoyang City and the main culprit who constantly intruded on the flank defense of Liaoyang City.
At the head of the city, the fighting continued, but Azig's attention was already attracted by the battle outside the city: as long as Erden defeated the Ming army outside the city, then the small shrimp on the city was not worth mentioning.
Boom!!
With the flickering of the Ming army, the drums and trumpets sounded in the Ming army.
That was the signal for Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.
"Huh?" Azig thought he had misheard: "Pay a huge price, and finally attack in front of your eyes, why did the Ming army withdraw as soon as the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners just left the city?" ”
Could it be that he really overestimated this group of Ming troops?
The Ming army is still so vulnerable?
At this moment, there is also Erden who has the same idea as Azig.
He led his cavalry to sweep the leaves in the autumn wind along the way, killing all the enemy troops in sight, throwing away their armor and fleeing.
Didn't Fang Cai kill very quickly?
When the Jurchens came out, they threw away their armor and fled away?
"Hey!" Erden will not let the Ming army leave so easily: "Kill all these Ming troops, don't think about escaping!" ”
At the head of the city, Azig squinted his eyes, looked at Erden who was chasing away on horseback, and raised his eyes to look at the darkness farther away, and a strong sense of crisis suddenly rose in his heart: "Quick, beat the drums, Mingjin and collect the troops, let Erden come back!" ”
"Wow!"
The guards don't quite understand, why do they have to withdraw their troops when they have just begun to gain an advantage?
But no one dared to disobey the order of Prince Ying.
"Prince Ying's military order, beat the drum and withdraw the troops!!"
As the military order was issued, the sound of whimpering drums and trumpets came out
"My lord, it's an order to return to the army!" The guards beside Erden reminded Erden, who had already killed Erden, who had red eyes.
"Withdrawal?" Erden glanced at the large number of remnants of the fleeing soldiers not far away, and then turned his head to look at the quiet and solemn drum tower at the head of the city: "Skee!! ”
A thick stream of phlegm spat out again.
"Outside, the military order is not subject to it!"
Erden swung his sword forward and shouted: "Continue the pursuit and completely wipe out this Ming army!" ”
When the city was attacked, Erden had already observed, nearly 20,000 infantry attacked the city, and there were nearly 10,000 cavalry on the flanks, so this is equivalent to the battlefield, which has included the entire Liaoming army.
Where will there be ambushes?
Where will there be ambushes?
"This time, I'm going to make a great achievement!" Erden had already begun to imagine his dream of being summoned to three flags on the eight flags and one flag in charge.
To the north of the foothills of Qianshan, there is a huge lake area, which is cold in winter, and the lake has been connected to a thick layer of ice.
Pursued by Erden, the rout crossed the ice and almost fled into the mountains.
"My lord, you can't chase anymore! The topography and actions ahead are unknown, and we are already too far away from Liaoyang City."
"Huh?" Erden squinted at the frozen lake in the distance, and his heart was full of doubts.
Dadada!!
The four hooves of the war horse stepped on the ground, and let out a burst of anxious voices: "This place, something is wrong. ”
Erden turned his horse's head: "Withdraw!" ”
The word withdrawal has just been exported.
In the distance, between the layers of dense forests, the sound of the bowstring shaking the air suddenly sounded.
The sound seemed to shatter the air, as if it could crush the soldiers, as if it could directly shatter Erden's heart.
"There is an ambush !!"
At that moment, Erden waved his horsewhip and galloped towards Liaoyang City.
After that, all the cavalry reacted and followed their commander in the direction they came
But behind it.
The sound of breaking the air was already faintly heard.
(End of chapter)