Chapter 340 Reversal of Situation III
"Send the order, all ministries hold on and pursue Jiannu immediately. They will definitely flee. Zhang Yingwu's 52nd Division cannot stop Amin. We will try to defeat Jiannu's main force in North Korea in one battle."
"yes..."
It’s very cold in North Korea in the middle of the night, especially in October.
Hoo ho ho...
Even on a horse, Amin was panting like an ox because he had to gather the fleeing defeated soldiers along the way.
Airli rode over and said, "Amma, something bad has happened. Ming Gou suddenly appeared in Bi Tie Pavilion. The Bi Tie Pavilion camp was captured. Jierhalang and Du Du were attacked from both inside and outside. Now they have retreated to Fengri." Went to Kawaba."
"How is the situation at the camp?"
Airley was a little bitter: "Ming Gou is full of firearms. They occupied the mountain pass north of Bi Tie Pavilion and caught me off guard from a high position."
Only then did Amin see that there were only a few dozen riders left under Airli's command.
"Mr. Ning..."
Amin had no idea. He was defeated for the first time, and it was also the first time he ran for his life, so he had no choice but to ask Ning Wanwo for help.
"Is Lixian Pass still in the hands of our army?"
"I'm still here now. I don't know what will happen after I pass."
Faced with Airli's answer, Ning Wanwo pondered for a moment and then said: "Our army has a large number of people, and even if the Ming army pursues it, there is no quick shortcut. Moreover, it is now Yinshi Sanjie, and there is still more than an hour before dawn. It is enough We passed through Tohyonang Pass safely;
Baylor, using the Wugang vehicle as a cover, is just..."
Naturally, those who were covering could not escape safely.
Ning Wan considers himself a Manchu, so he can't show sympathy for the Han people, but he is a Han at heart, and he can't say it out loud.
But Amin knew it, so he said coldly: "Li Sizhong...
Now is the time for you to pledge your allegiance to me, Daijin. "
Although Li Sizhong complained, he did not dare to speak in front of A Min. Otherwise, according to A Min's identity, killing him on the spot would be in vain.
"Yes, the end will be over..."
"We have to wait for Mang Gurtai..."
Amin said something from time to time.
There were many broken troops behind him, all of whom were running away, and there were also Mongolian cavalry. Li Sizhong ordered the Wuhan Iron and Steel chariots to be divided into two groups for cover, and when approaching Li Xian Pass, the Jurchen cavalry was allowed to pass first.
Sure enough, the passing Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicle was hit by a flaming bullet...
"Go quickly..."
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"Kill..."
Shuo Tuo, who was being chased all the way, scolded the royal family of Joseon many times along the way. He even refused to repair the road. It was not that he was slow when he came, but when he escaped, he discovered that the official system of Joseon was surprisingly bad.
He was actually overtaken by the Ming army while running.
Paju Mokbangying Fortress was originally the northern barrier of Hanyang in North Korea. The fortress was built on the mountain. To the south facing Hanyang is the Eunban River, to the west is the Geecheon River, and to the east is the Yeonpong River. Masan Station is conveniently located Standing in the middle of the intersection of three rivers, if you want to leave Gyeonggi-do and enter Hwanghae-do in the north, apart from Yangju in the northeast and Ganghwa Waterway in the west, there is only one way here.
When Mang Gurtai's army marched south to Biti Hall, three thousand elite cavalrymen of the Han Army Zhenghuang Banner were stationed here to prevent accidents. What is unexpected is that the source of the Han Army cavalry incorporated into the Zhenghuang Banner was the cavalry left behind at that time. The Guan Ning Cavalry under Zu Dashou of Juehua Island.
Shuo Tuo entered the city in panic with dozens of people. Zu Dashou, who was already the commander-in-chief, learned that the Ming army was pursuing him. He launched a military coup that night and sent his own personal guards to surround Shuo Tuo's camp and suppress the surrounding area. Kill the Jurchen generals who oversee the army and the defeated army brought by Shuo Tuo.
At the same time, he sent someone to inform Liu Xingzuo and found out that it was Zu Dashou himself. Liu Xingzuo did not suspect that there was a fraud and immediately led thousands of people into the gate city of Fangying Mashan Station.
"The ancestor of Sin General has a great birthday, and he pays homage to General Liu..."
Liu Xingzuo helped Zu Dashou up and comforted him: "General Zu abandoned the dark and turned to the bright side. He is a hero of our Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the prince also mentioned the general in front of me. I believe that when the prince comes, he will definitely give an explanation to the general."
"Thank you, General Liu, for your kind words. This is a great gift from the traitor general."
Liu Xingzuo didn't need to be introduced by Zu Dashou. After all, he was once Nurhaci's consort. How could his descendants not recognize him? Shuo Tuo's mouth was tightly blocked. Apart from his muffled shouts, there was no one in the tent. There was no other sound.
"Strictly guard the city and wait for the arrival of the prince's army...General Zu, are your subordinates still loyal?"
The cavalry under Zu Dashou's command are very capable, and they were forced to surrender. Now that they have the opportunity to return to the Ming Dynasty, it is considered a big event, so naturally they cannot be careless: "The troops under my command are all composed of military households in Liaodong, and they are all Han Chinese, so they can be loyal." .”
"That's good...by the way, the prince doesn't like the rat-tail braids. General Zu thinks that?"
Zu Dashou cut off the braid without hesitation and threw it into the brazier.
Seeing his determination, Liu Xingzuo nodded happily.
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"Speed up, you must not run away, Amin..."
Chen Cao's men gathered their horses and quickly pursued them. It was already daylight, and the rotten official roads of North Korea were full of people. They were chasing, being chased, and captured.
When Chen Cao's troops had just crossed the Lixian Pass and arrived at Biti Pavilion, the Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles along the road were all black and gray, which was enough to show the intensity of the battle.
All the troops lost their organizational structure, and each unit launched a pursuit at least as a company. After converging with Tang Yannian's troops who were left behind, Chen Cao led his troops and chased straight towards Fenshuiyuan.
"Someone is coming..."
On the Guancheng, Liu Xingzuo, who had not slept all night, had been guarding the city. His eyes were bloodshot. In the telescope, a large flag came into view first, and then thousands of running defeated soldiers.
"Is he a good person?"
The flag of Zhenghongqi is easy to identify, but Jiannu did not like to use the flag to show the name of the leading general.
Dudu and Jierhalang rode together. After passing by Fengri Sichuan Field and finding that the grain and grass camp was destroyed, they went all the way north to reach Fangying Guancheng as soon as possible. As long as they entered Guancheng, they would be safe.
There were more than 40,000 people. After Tu Valley was attacked from two sides, only more than 5,000 people were left. They were still a mixture of Manchus and Han people, and there were more than 1,000 Korean troops fleeing behind.
"I'm Dudu, open the city gate quickly."
"Slave Alan, do you want to rebel? Why don't you open the door quickly?"
Swish, swish, swish...
There was no manpower on the city wall before. After Du Du cursed, Liu Xingzuo, who had been lying in wait for a long time, immediately stood up. Surrounded by sharpshooters from the army, they all pointed their guns at Du Du, who was not far away.
"put..."
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
There was a volley of fire, and even though Du Du reacted and turned over to the side of his horse, he was still hit by a rain of lead bullets and died on the spot under Guancheng.
Also killed were a dozen of his own soldiers.
Jierhalang ran to the position of the Chinese army. He had the task of suppressing the defeated Korean army that was following. Little did he know that Guancheng had fallen into the hands of the Ming army.
"What, Du Du is dead?"
"Dead, Guancheng is full of Ming troops."
The cries of Dudu's pro-army army made Jierhalang's souls rise. If Mashan Station and Guancheng were lost, it would mean that they would become a turtle in the urn.
"Quick, gather the troops, and we must take back Guancheng at all costs..."
Tang Yannian, who was chasing after him, led the men and horses of the third division to pursue them all the way. He even abandoned the artillery accompanying the army when they were in the Bald Valley, and just went into battle lightly with his men and horses.
"Ah? The Tatars are attacking Guancheng?"
"I'm sure I read it right. Military seat, the Tatars are trapped here. There should be men and horses of the 52nd Division on Guancheng."
"Military seat, brother troops are here..."
Tang Yannian was still confused when he saw Zhang Yingwu riding a horse. He looked at the scout meaningfully, then looked at Zhang Yingwu again. When Zhang Yingwu dismounted, he asked, "Mr. Zhang, why are your troops here? Liu Liu Where is the general?"
Zhang Yingwu clasped his fists: "Commander Tang, General Liu led our division to raid the Tatar forage farm. General Liu took the lead and led a brigade of troops north to pursue Shuo Tuo."
"According to what you said, General Liu should have taken the defense camp Guancheng. The scouts came to report that the defeated Tatar troops were blocked outside Guancheng and they were attacking the city."
"That's it..." Zhang Yingwu nodded.
"Master's seat..." A messenger from the 52nd Division came running on horseback: "The soldiers in the rear group engaged the Tatars who were catching up."
"Ah?" Tang Yannian was shocked: "What's going on?"
Zhang Yingwu told Tang Yannian about the fact that he did not block the Jiannu Wuhan Iron and Steel truck at Lixian Pass. Tang Yannian was stunned for a moment, then thought about it again, and said bitterly: "It's bad, we are caught in the middle, Lao Cao..."
Tang Yannian looked at the somewhat embarrassed Cao Shixiu: "You lead a brigade of troops to attack the defeated Tatar troops outside Guancheng, and try to cooperate with the defenders of Guancheng to annihilate them."
After saying that, he walked towards Zhang Yingwu and said: "The rest of our army will work with your 52nd Division to block the Jian Nu in the rear. I believe the prince will be here soon."
Three consecutive attacks were all repelled, and Jierhalang's patience was exhausted. Then news of the arrival of the Ming army's pursuers came from behind.
"Master, what should I do?"
what to do? How do I know what to do?
Jilharang was like an ant on a hot pot. Even if he sent his elite armored men to rush forward, they were beaten back by muskets and explosive objects. The casualties had increased to more than a thousand people.
At this moment, the shouts of killing were also loud from the rear, and the sound of gunfire and the sound of bowstrings were going on at the same time. Jierhalang only felt that the number of people behind him was getting fewer and fewer.
When the red-eyed Jierhalang saw that Guancheng was unable to be breached, he waved his saber, pointed at the Bichuan Mountains on the left and shouted: "Dismount the entire army, go into the mountains to defend against the enemy..."
If he didn't run away, Jierhalang firmly believed that his men would never be able to stop the Ming army attacking from both sides.
However, when he gave the order to enter the mountain, the gates of Guancheng were opened, and three thousand Guanning cavalry led by Zu Dashou rushed out of Guancheng, killing the defeated soldiers who had no time to enter the mountain.
Liu Xingzuo left a regiment to garrison in Guancheng, and he took the remaining troops to support Tang Yannian, and gave Zu Dashou full responsibility to pursue Jierhalang's troops who entered the mountains.
"After this battle, the main force of Jiannu in North Korea will be cut off, and Jiannu will no longer have the strength to compete with us for North Korea, and will even divide its troops to defend the Yalu River."
When Chen Cao learned that he had caught up with A Min's troops, he ordered his horses to stop and rest in order to gather strength to prepare for today's final battle.
