Chapter 072 Battle of Guangning IV
"Where is Chen Cao now?" Nurhaci asked again.
The messenger immediately replied: "Thank you, Great Khan, the Ming army is heading northward along the northwest direction and is heading towards Xipingbao."
Nurhaci stared at the Xiping Fort with somewhat cloudy eyes: "Beat the drum, attack..."
"twitter..."
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At Panshan Ridge, sixty miles north of Xiping Fort, the 20,000 reinforcements led by Sun Degong have been stagnant in Panshan Ridge for two days.
Zu Dashou had three thousand cavalry under his command, which was the largest number of cavalry in the entire Liaodong. Wang Huazhen must be commended for the establishment of this cavalry. These three thousand cavalry cost nearly 50,000 taels of silver, and they were Wang Huazhen's treasure.
Bao Chengxian looked a little nervous at the moment. After all, treason and surrendering to the enemy was a major crime against the nine tribes. However, Sun Degong seemed to be fine and was writing a secret letter.
"Brother Degong, can it be done?" Bao Chengxian asked.
Sun Degong raised his head, sealed the written secret in a small bamboo tube, and put it in his arms: "Belle Huang Taiji of the Jin Kingdom personally promised that as long as we help them capture Guangning City, they will vote for me and make me president. Bing, as the deputy commander-in-chief, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth, which is much greater than the little oil and water in the Ming Dynasty, and you don’t have to worry about losing your land and facing charges."
"What should we do?" Bao Chengxian asked again.
Sun Degong patted the bamboo tube in his chest: "This is an opportunity. Their contact person has been contacted. The whole army will set off later and gather troops from Zhenwu Fort and other places to go. When the war starts, run away. Don't worry about other people. Let's Run back, donate Guangning City, and then capture Wang Huazhen and offer it to the Jin soldiers, hehe."
Bao Chengxian had a good relationship with Sun Degong. There was no turning back once things got on board. He immediately said fiercely: "In this case, if we simply vote for the Jurchens, we can still have a prosperous life like Li Yongfang and others."
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The war in Xiping has now reached a stalemate. There are 5,000 defenders in the fort. However, Nurhachi is not stupid. The attackers are all coated Han troops, and the 60,000 cavalry have not moved at all.
"Hold, you must hold," Luo Guanyi shouted loudly. At this moment, the war had entered a fierce stage, and he had to personally board the fort's defense to command the soldiers to defend against the enemy.
The offensive and defensive battle between the two sides lasted until the evening. The Jurchen tribe had a small number of people, and every death meant that one was missing. Therefore, every time they attacked a fortified place like a fortress, the main attack was to cover the Han army, and all the cavalry were used. All the Jurchen warriors are at the bottom of the box.
Therefore, Nurhachi's strength has not weakened at all, and the 60,000-strong army is at its peak at this moment.
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"How far is it from Xiping Fort?" Chen Cao stopped the team. He had just contacted the people sent by Xiong Tingbi.
The person who came was a scout commander, who looked a little anxious: "Report to Uncle Wu, the Tatars have 60,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, just outside Xiping Fort. Deputy Commander Luo Guan has asked for reinforcements many times, but the reinforcements from the Governor Wang have not yet arrived. , and General Liu's reinforcements were defeated and retreated to Shalingyi, Lord Xiong meant to ask Uncle Dingwu to support Xiping Fort."
"Uncle Ben knows, I am asking how far is it from Xiping Fort to here, and how far is it from the mouth of Shuangtaizi River?" Chen Cao asked again.
The commander-in-chief said: "There are still thirty miles away from Xiping Fort, and twenty miles to the east is the mouth of Shuangtaizi River."
"Uncle, our army is right in the middle," Xin Zhao came over and said.
Chen Cao nodded, and then muttered: "Send the order, order the Navy's firearms troops to disembark and meet at the mouth of Shuangtaizi River. The entire army will set off immediately to support Xiping Fort."
"yes..."
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"Father Khan, you are here to report that the Ming Dynasty's Southern Army is less than thirty miles away from us and is moving towards us quickly." Daishan walked into the tent and saw Huang Taiji also there: "Eight My brother is here too."
The young Huang Taiji nodded towards Dai Shan, and then said: "Father Khan, I have obtained the letter of surrender from Ming general Sun Degong. He invited all the Ming garrison around Xiping Fort to come to Xiping for support. It took three full days." Thousands of people, when the battle begins tomorrow, it has been agreed that they will be defeated, and our army can take advantage of the victory to pursue it.”
Nurhachi's expression did not change, and he asked slowly after a long time: "The people of the Ming Dynasty have always been cunning. The Jianzhou Incident was the masterpiece of Li Chengliang. It's not that I can't trust them. The thing must be realized. By the way, I asked you to read the military book. How did you learn?"
Dai Shandao: "My son has already read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by heart."
Huang Taiji also nodded in agreement: "That's why I used the alienation strategy. If we can capture Guangning City, our army can take advantage of the victory and advance southward at lightning speed, and capture the entire Guangning in one fell swoop."
"I heard that Wang Huazhen only has 60,000 people in his hands?" Nurhaci asked.
"Yes," Huang Taiji saluted: "Father, the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil. According to internal reports, they don't have enough money and food to support this war, so there are only 60,000 people in Guangning. They can't stand a battle. Two or three troops.”
"Well..." Nurhachi responded: "Tomorrow's decisive battle, if Ming reinforcements come, that would be the best. If not..." Nurhachi stared at the candles in the tent: "Just as you said, all in one go. Take Guangning, but I still say the same thing, the people of the Ming Dynasty have always been cunning and have to be on guard."
"My son understands..."
After the two sons withdrew, Nurhaci sighed and had He Heli called over.
"Fei Yingdong is dead, what do you think should be done about him?" Nurhaci asked.
He Heli rolled his eyes: "Khan, this matter must be done after Guang Ning is finished."
"If Chen Cao kills Yidu and Fei Yingdong, I will definitely let him pay for it with blood." Nurhaci finally got angry: "If this man doesn't die, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart."
"Great Khan..." An Feiyanggu, who was also the fifth minister, shouted and walked into the big tent: "Great Khan, I heard that the southern army of Uncle Dingwu of Ming Dynasty is not far from the Shuangtaizi River. We are less than thirty miles away, and I would like to lead three thousand fine cavalry to break through them."
"We really want to destroy them." Nurhaci interrupted Anfeyangu: "But not tonight. When the war starts tomorrow, I will let you go in person."
Anfeiyanggu was about to argue when he saw He Heli winking at him. After all, he had been with Nurhaci for many years. Anfeiyanggu responded when he saw this, and then stepped out wisely.
He Heli saluted and then retreated.
"He Heli," seeing He Heli also withdrawing, Anfeiyanggu, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't wait to step forward and asked, "What does the Great Khan mean?"
He Heli shook his head: "E Yidu and Fei Yingdong underestimated their enemies. Although the five of us are the five ministers, if we really talk about it, E Yidu and Fei Yingdong are the people the Great Khan likes the most. Now both of them are dead. Well, if you say something unabashedly in front of the Khan, hey, I'm afraid you'll have to go back to guard Hetuala."
Although Anfeiyanggu is a reckless man, he has a good relationship with He Heli. He Heli will definitely not lie to himself: "In this case, what about tomorrow?"
"Let me lead the army with you to deal with the Ming Dynasty's reinforcements." He Heli said.
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Chen Cao was not willing to march at night, but if he didn't march at night, there was really nothing he could do. Xiping Fort might have been breached by the time he arrived on the march the next day.
"Uncle, fifteen miles to the northeast, there is a large Tatar camp, which is jointly organized into a large camp with no less than 50,000 people." Zhao Xin reported: "There are Tatar rovers everywhere two or three miles around us."
"Yaozhong," Song Che rode over and said, "The Tatars seem to have let us come here on purpose."
"They are gathering reinforcements at the encirclement," Chen Cao said expressionlessly, "I want the Tatars to know that even if they deliberately let us in, I will break two of their teeth in tomorrow's battle;
After the order was passed, the whole army moved forward and built a trench formation three miles away from Xiping Fort. All the artillery was centered so that the scout troops could not harass the Tatars' horsemen. They could watch as much as they wanted. "
July 23rd, Chenshi, Xiping Fort
This time, Chen Cao specially had a four-meter-high command platform built, with several large shields placed on it as shields, and a simple chair placed in the middle.
Luo Yiguan saw the reinforcements three miles to his right before dawn. Chen Cao's arrival greatly boosted the morale of the defenders in the fort. However, what made them even more excited was that Zu Dashou's three thousand cavalry arrived first. And brought them the news that the follow-up army of 30,000 troops was about to arrive.
Luo Yiguan suddenly felt confident. On his right was more than 20,000 people from the Southern Army Commander Dingwu Bo and Chen Cao who were aiding the Liao Dynasty. On his left was more than 30,000 reinforcements sent by Governor Wang Huazhen. If you add the three troops of Liu Qu and Qi Bingzhong, Ten thousand people, we already have more people than the Tatars, and we have the capital to compete with Nurhaci.
It wasn't until the sun fully rose that Sun Degong's reinforcements arrived one after another, and they leaned directly on the left side of Xiping Fort.
Nurhachi looked at the Ming army reinforcements arriving on the opposite side, and felt reassured. Then he ordered his men to beat drums and start the attack.
Chen Cao was watching from the front. He was very confident in this battle. As long as Luo Yiguan, who was directly in front, and the 30,000 reinforcements that had just arrived, blocked the first wave of Tatar attacks, he could take the initiative to attack from Nurhachi's left flank. Kill them by surprise.
However...
"Uncle, look," Zhao Xin suddenly shouted, then pointed in the direction of Sun Degong's military formation.
Chen Cao stood up immediately, looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief, and couldn't help but shudder.
The Tatar coated Han army had just rushed in front of Sun Degong's military formation. Before the two sides engaged in battle, Sun Degong's military formation began to retreat in panic because it was too far away. When Chen Cao saw the situation in the distance clearly, The 30,000-strong reinforcement force had suffered a huge rout.
"Quickly, order someone to find out what happened?" Chen Cao shouted angrily.
"yes..."
As soon as the messenger left, Chen Cao felt the earth tremble, especially since he was on a high platform.
When he turned to look to his right front, tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry had turned their horses and charged toward him, and the sight was like a flood.
"Cannon loaded with elements..."
"Uncle has an order, Zhu Yuan is loading..."
"fire..."
"fire...."
'Dong dong dong...'
The artillery array at the rear ignited huge smoke, and the first ten solid bullets sprayed out from the barrel, flew out of the arc line, and then hit the Tatar cavalry team.
When He Heli and Anfeiyanggu heard the sound of cannons, they ordered the cluster formation to disperse immediately. In this way, the shortcomings of solid bullets came out. It is most cost-effective to shoot solid bullets against clustered infantry, but if it is a high-speed cavalry, once Scattered, the solid bullets were not very effective. These ten solid bullets caused only twenty casualties to the Tatars.
If this continues, it will be impossible to stop the cavalry's offensive.
'Dong dong dong...'
The sound of artillery sounded again, and this time thirty breaths had passed since the last time the cannon was fired. Even so, the Tatar's forward cavalry was less than 200 steps away from Chen Cao's formation trench.
Tang Kainian's brother's Thousand Households Office has suffered heavy losses and has been merged with Liu Butang's No. 2,000 Household Office.
"Old Tang, the Tatar cavalry is approaching." Liu Butang was also born as a refugee. His promotion path was exactly the same as that of Tang Kainian's brothers, except that he came to Liaodong several times to engage in battles and was the vanguard of Tang Kainian's 1,000th household.
Tang Kainian immediately shouted: "The thousandth household, prepare to fight, raise your gun..."
Upon seeing this, Liu Butang also drew his sword and shouted: "Second Thousand Households, prepare to fight, raise your gun..."
"put..."
'Bang bang bang....'
'Bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...'
He Heli only heard that the firearms of the Ming Dynasty reinforcements were very sharp, and thought that the defeated soldiers were just making excuses when they came back. Now that he saw it, he realized that it was really the case. He could shoot from a distance of two hundred steps and still hit.
There was a loud sound of gunfire, and for a while it actually blocked the forward troops sent by He Heli. It was only a tea time, and three to four hundred Tatars were killed by the blow of the flintlock gun, and two to three hundred more were injured. .
However...
Seeing this, He Heli said to Anfei Yanggu: "Did you see that? This is why the Great Khan asked us to be careful. Ju'ercha, you lead ten thousand people to charge from the right side, and I will lead ten thousand people to charge from the front. Remember, never stagnate, follow the method of fighting Ye He tribe in the past, cross their trap at horse speed, and as long as you rush in, you will win without a doubt..."
Amfeyangu nodded, and then waved for his men to follow.
"The Tatars used three thousand people for the first test, and there will definitely be more this time." Chen Cao muttered silently.
The messenger rushed back and ran up to the high platform: "Uncle, we have inquired clearly and captured two defeated soldiers. They said that when the battle just started, Sun Degong and Bao Chengxian shouted that they were defeated, and then ran away first."
"The dog said Sun Degong," Chen Cao punched the guardrail.
"Uncle, the Tatars have divided their forces." Zhao Xin shouted hurriedly.
Chen Cao raised his eyes and saw two torrents, one coming from the front and one coming towards his right side. The intention was very obvious: "Send the order to have the artillery array fire all the shells. All of them, leave them behind." Mortars in case of emergency..."
"yes..."
Luo Yiguan was stunned on the tower of Xiping Fort. The forty-year-old middle-aged man actually shed tears. Hei Yunhe said anxiously: "Sir, what should I do? The Tatars are coming."
Luo Guanyi looked at the Tatars rushing in like a flood, but he didn't say a word. He stared at the 30,000 reinforcements that were being defeated. After a long time, he said: "Uncle Dingwu can't hold back for a long time, let the soldiers break through." Bar."
