Chapter 073 The Battle of Guangning V
Hei Yunhe was a little surprised that Luo Yiguan actually said such a thing, but seeing Luo Yiguan's expression, he realized that he was not joking at all. There is only one entrance to a fortress in Liaodong like Xiping Fort. Even if you want to break out now, it is simply impossible. .
At this time, Luo Guanyi took off his helmet, touched the red tassel on it, and then knelt down in the direction of the capital: "Your Majesty, it is your duty to protect the land, I... I tried my best..."
Before Hei Yunhe could react, Luo Guanyi drew out his sword, cut his carotid artery with just one blow, and committed suicide...
"Sir..." Hei Yunhe had no time to stop him. Seeing Luo Guanyi lying on the ground with blood flowing across his face, Hei Yunhe couldn't help crying.
At this moment, as a general, he was already the person with the highest official position in Xiping Fort.
"General...General...General Zhang..." The messenger arrived and was about to report the news. When he saw Luo Guanyi lying on the ground with blood flowing across his face, he immediately became weak.
Hei Yunhe turned around and said, "What's the matter?"
"... I'm reporting to the General, Zhang Mingxian, General Zhang was hooked by the Tatars and fell into the city. He has died in the battle." The ordering soldier was a little shocked.
Hei Yunhe stood up, took a deep breath and said: "Send the order, all the defenders of Xiping Fort must go to the city. Even if we fight to the last man, we must let the Tatars support us."
"yes..."
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"Uncle, the right wing of our army has been pushed away."
The frontal attack is the most intense, but the Jurchens' usual tactic is to feign a frontal attack with the main force, and then divide the troops to penetrate the two wings. In this way, no matter how powerful the military formation is, it will be defeated.
This tactic was learned by Nurhaci from Li Chengliang's method of fighting the Mongols. However, in the final analysis, it was a tactic invented by Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty.
Lin Guodong on the right wing desperately resisted the attack of the Tatar cavalry. Even with the help of the right guard's firearms, it still had little effect. Anfeyangu dragged his body in his fifties to charge into the battle in person. The Tatar morale was strong. The army has the idea that Jurchens are invincible if they are not equal to ten thousand.
In addition, under the leadership of the brave general Anfei Yangu, one of the five founding ministers, the warriors with yellow flags under his command were all like wolves in the shepherd team, each looking for their own goals.
The artillery array was located in the center of the formation, with trenches surrounding it. There were many right guards stationed there, but now the Tatar cavalry suddenly came in, and even using carriages to block it was of no avail. Anfeyangu laughed loudly, He constantly directed the various ministries to complete the insertion as soon as possible, completely disrupting the Ming army's formation.
Chen Cao was sitting on a high platform. He saw a middle-aged Tatar with a yellow cloth mask constantly slashing and killing with a knife, pointing here and there from time to time. He immediately knew that this man was a big fish: "Go, let Ning Guoxing take the lead." Bring the mortars and set them up on this high platform."
Chen Cao's idea is very simple. Mortars are really good for attacking such big figures. This is how he died. If he can kill this person, even if he loses, it will be a good thing.
Ning Guoxing and the two artillery battalion soldiers went to the high platform together. Looking in the direction of Chen Cao's finger, Anfeiyanggu was directing the cavalry behind him to rush into the formation in front of the breakthrough carriage.
Ning Guoxing quickly set up the gun, then stretched out his thumb 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, "You still have to shoot first to see where you are."
"Then hurry up. Once the Tatars rush in, that guy will definitely move his position."
"Top spin forty-five, reload..."
The gunner turned the rocker and put a shell in.
'Boom...'
Amfeyangu was conducting the command, and suddenly there was a violent explosion six steps ahead of him on the left. The people in the center were immediately flipped over by the explosion. By the time the smoke cleared, the people inside had been scattered into four parts. Five lumps.
"Left-turn plus five, hurry up..." Ning Guoxing shouted.
Boom...
Amfeyangu was horrified, and immediately turned his horse's head and retreated towards the rear. Just three horses away from the original position, the place where he was standing immediately exploded. The slaves following him were killed on the spot, and he himself was also killed. The shrapnel spread out, blood flowed across his back, and he fell off his horse.
"Protect Master and retreat."
Even though Amfeyangu was knocked over by the explosion, at least 7,000 of his cavalry rushed into the formation, like a sharp sword thrust into it.
"Uncle, look quickly."
Chen Cao looked in the direction of Xin Zhao, and before he could get over the joy of blowing up Anfeyangu, he saw that the Tatar cavalry had already rushed into Xiping Fort.
"broken..."
The Xiping Fort on the outermost edge of Guangning is the fulcrum of the entire Guangning City. Once Xiping Fort is captured, Guangning City will be directly exposed to the Tatar cavalry.
This time Chen Cao came here to rescue Xiping Fort. Now that Xiping Fort was captured and Sun Degong's reinforcements ran away again, he was already exposed to the Tatar cavalry, thinking that he had killed two of Nurhaci's men. The confidant minister will definitely be chased and beaten by these 60,000 cavalry, and he will not be able to run away even if he wants to.
"Xin Zhao," Chen Cao trembled as he spoke, "Immediately send an order for the whole army to retreat, with the Nanjing Right Guard, Songjiang Guard, and Yangzhou Guard as the rear. The rest of the troops immediately go to the mouth of the Shuangtaizi River and abandon all baggage."
"Uncle, where is the cannon?" Zhao Xin felt something was wrong in Chen Cao's tone.
"No, I don't want anything," Chen Cao shook his head, then turned to look at Ning Guoxing and said urgently: "Find a way to destroy the Hongyi cannon, bring the mortars with you, and retreat as you go to cover the evacuation of the troops. "
"yes..."
This is a doomed defeat. No one can stop it, let alone 60,000 people. Even now, the formation has been penetrated by Anfeyangu's people. The defeat is only a matter of time. Once Nurhaci reacts, he will gather superior forces. Chen Cao's reinforcements of more than 20,000 people were wiped out in one go.
Song Che sighed with difficulty after receiving the order, and then shouted to retreat. As soon as the order to withdraw was conveyed, all the troops began to evacuate in panic. Ning Guoxing was responsible for the ten Hongyi cannons in the artillery camp. Although he was reluctant to part with them, there was nothing at the moment. The supply of Hongyi cannon was just a pile of heavy junk. The only thing Ning Guoxing could do was to order people to use the remaining gunpowder to destroy the cannon's rear sight, without giving the Tatars a chance to repair it.
Then he took the people and left quickly.
The sun at noon was very fierce. From the beginning of the battle to the defeat, the entire battle in Xiping Fort lasted less than two hours. Chen Cao finally experienced what it was like to be chased and beaten by cavalry.
Fortunately, he had firearms troops and could shoot while walking with flintlock rifles, so that the Tatars would not be pressed down and beaten during the pursuit.
'boom...'
There was a loud noise, and seven or eight people in the artillery camp fell down.
Chen Cao was riding in front, not knowing what was going on behind him at all. It was too late for him to take care of it now, so he evacuated towards the mouth of Shuangtaizi River under Zhao Xin's coercion.
Ning Guoxing looked at the repaired mortar that had been blasted, and shook his head helplessly: "No, if you take the other one away, how many shells are left?"
"Three rounds to go, my lord," the gunner replied.
"After killing them all, grab the cannon and retreat quickly."
He Heli stopped his horse and looked at the scrapped mortar on the ground. He remembered that it was this thing that killed seven or eight of his minions with one shot, and said: "This cannon is small but powerful. Take it and go back." Dedicated to the Great Khan..."
"twitter..."
"Send the order, the whole army is in pursuit, the Ming army commander cannot be let go."
Xiping Fort is fifty miles away from the mouth of Shuangtaizi River. People often perform the most amazing things when they are fleeing for their lives. This is the case for the troops led by Chen Cao. He rode a horse and attacked fifty miles fast. It would only take more than an hour. When Chen Cao saw him When the Navy's firearms unit, which had been ordered to wait at the mouth of the river, arrived, I felt much more relaxed.
"Uncle, there are still more than 10,000 people who have not evacuated." Zhao Xin said.
Song Che was still in command because he gathered many defeated soldiers who had escaped from Shalingyi and Xipingbao along the way.
Chen Maoxiu was on the shore. After saluting Chen Cao, he lined up with the soldiers of the right guard who arrived, waiting for the Tatar cavalry to arrive. Then Chen Cao asked the soldiers who had arrived to board the ship quickly without delay.
Retreating is cumbersome, let alone being chased. When He Heli arrived with his army, he was mercilessly attacked by the remaining soldiers of the right guard and the navy officers and soldiers. After charging seven or eight times, he discovered the bright light in front of him. The army was very powerful, and they had a lot of firearms combined. There was no way to break through their military formation. They had no choice but to retreat, and then watched helplessly as Chen Cao's troops boarded the ship and left.
The blocking battle on the shore continued until evening. It was not until the last right guard soldier boarded the boat that He Heli led his troops to the edge of the river beach, and then fired arrows at the soldiers who were still on the transport boat.
This move also killed many soldiers. Chen Cao watched everything on the flagship and had no choice. All artillery and ammunition were used on land. The Navy really didn't have any weapons other than flintlock guns. Method.
"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: "Sign the flag and send the order. The fleet will move towards the Daling River. It will not dock along the way. Let's check the situation first."
"yes..."
"Yaozhong," Song Che boarded Chen Cao's flagship and said on the deck: "You really got it right this time. I'm convinced. From now on, I will listen to you."
Chen Cao laughed helplessly: "If Sun Degong doesn't rebel in the middle, I think we can still fight in this battle at Xipingbao, and maybe we can turn defeat into victory."
"I collected some remnant soldiers who ran away from Shalingyi and Xiping Fort along the way. Do you want to ask?"
Chen Cao nodded: "Okay, I'll take a rest first, and you can bring someone to see me later."
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"I work under Liu Qu, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Manager Xiong's account, and guard Zhou Dingfang at Tuanshan Fort. I pay my respects to Uncle Dingwu."
"Li Xingye, a scout from one hundred households under the command of Luo Yiguan, who is the deputy general of Xiping Fort, is here to pay his respects to Uncle Dingwu."
Song Che looked at Chen Cao: "Uncle, I asked the two of them and they are the ones with the highest official rank among the defeated troops in the two places."
Chen Cao sat on the chair. Although there were waves in the sea, it was in the inland sea of Liaodong Bay and it was relatively stable: "I will not hold you responsible for your retreat."
"Thank you uncle for your kindness." The two said in unison.
Chen Cao continued: "Zhou Dingfang, I want to ask you, how was the battle at Shalingyi?"
Zhou Dingfang cupped his hands and said, "Back to uncle, our army was ambushed by the Tatars just after they arrived at Pingyang Bridge. The 20,000 reinforcements fled in all directions. General Liu took us to Shalingyi to join General Qi. The Tatars the day before yesterday We launched an attack on Shalingyi. Our army fought back the Tatars several times, but was betrayed by spies. General Liu died in the battle. General Qi led us to break through, but was seriously injured. We were separated from them when we passed Xiping Fort on the way. , whereabouts are unknown now.”
Chen Cao frowned. Qi Bingzhong led the team to break out of the encirclement. They would definitely suffer disaster after passing Xiping Fort. He was seriously injured. Whether he could go back is unknown: "How about Xiping Fort?"
Li Xingye saluted and said with a hint of tears: "General Luo was unwilling to break out of the encirclement. He kowtowed to His Majesty in the direction of the capital and then committed suicide. Before he died, he asked General Black Ginseng to lead us to break out and retreat. The General felt that he could not He didn’t explain clearly what happened in Xiping, so he fought tooth and nail to open a gap for Bei Zhi, and Bei Zhi led his people to escape.”
Chen Cao felt that Luo Guanyuan was very loyal. Before he died, he even knew how to kowtow in the direction of the capital: "I know this, but where are the others?"
"Guerilla generals Zhang Mingxian and Li Maochun died in battle one after another." Li Xingye said sadly.
Chen Cao took a long time to nod: "You are all good. Although we lost this time, I will definitely take credit for you when I go back."
"Uncle Xie..." they both replied in unison.
"My uncle is in need of people from Liaodong. You two have been in Liaodong for a long time. Do you want to come and work under my uncle's account?" Chen Cao asked. He did have this need.
Both of them were defeated soldiers, and Zhou Dingfang had a high official position. All the dignitaries had escaped, and they would definitely be held accountable after the war. When Chen Cao opened his mouth, someone protected them, so the two of them thought for a while and headed towards Chen Cao. He knelt down and said, "I am willing to serve you as my uncle."
After the two left, Chen Cao leaned on the chair tiredly. At this moment, only Song Che and his confidants were in the cabin: "Xiping Fort is lost, and Guangning no longer exists. I see that everything with a small river as a boundary has been It’s delusional.”
Song Che was shocked: "Yaozhong, you mean the whole of Guangning?"
Chen Cao nodded lonely: "It's just a matter of time. The Tatars will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue them. With Wang Huazhen as a coward, he may not have the courage to die with Yuan Yingtai and the city."
"Uncle, the manager Xiong Tingbi is still here." Zhao Xin interrupted.
"Him?" Chen Cao couldn't help but shook his head: "Unless the command of the entire Guangning is in his hands, depending on the strength before the war, he may still have the strength to fight Nurhachi. Now... I'm afraid even he himself It’s hard to guarantee.”
The atmosphere in the cabin was very low, and no one wanted to lose the battle. Chen Cao dismissed everyone and entered the back cabin, where Zhang Chunyao and Xiaochun were waiting.
When Chen Cao was thinking about whether to do business, Li Waner barged in. She glanced at Zhang Chunyao, and then ignored Zhang Chunyao who was saluting her: "Chen Cao, I have one thing to tell you, that is, I What I said to Fei Yingdong..."
