Chapter 408 Drinking Hate Jiangbei IV
"Private Zhang Huangyan, pay homage to His Majesty..."
The soldier's name was Zhang Huangyan. As he spoke, he immediately gave a military salute to Chen Cao.
Chen Cao was stunned for a long time, and then he calmly said: "How old are you? Where are you from?"
Zhang Huangyan saluted again: "I am from Zhejiang and I just turned 13 this year."
Chen Cao looked up and down. The 13-year-old Zhang Huangyan was nearly 1.7 meters tall, but his immature face showed that he was very young: "Damn it, who recruited this kid into the Shenwu Army? He is only 13 years old. Xin Zhao.”
Zhang Huangyan was stunned at first, then blushed, held his head high and said, "Your Majesty, I volunteered to join the army. My father...my father was once a member of the Criminal Department of the Chongzhen Dynasty."
"Your Majesty, the Recruitment Office of the Ministry of War once posted a notice giving priority to the children of officials from the Chongzhen Dynasty to enlist in the army."
Xin Zhao whispered in Chen Cao's ear, and Chen Cao finally realized that he had indeed given this order, so he said: "At your age, can you hold a gun?"
"Report, yes, I killed two people in the previous battle."
Chen Cao chuckled, then looked at Gao Jie who was kneeling aside: "Are you Gao Jie? Get up and talk."
Gao Jie stood up, lowered his head, and said to Chen Cao: "He is quite talented. Tell me, how come you surrendered and became a slave and then changed your mind?"
Gao Jie clasped his fists and said: "Back to the emperor, the guilty general was not willing to surrender and become a slave. The guilty general was once in Yang He's army. After the defeat in Nanjing, he took a group of brothers to Shandong and was forced to surrender to Jian due to some strange combination of circumstances. slave."
"Have you ever killed Han people?"
Gao Jie clasped his fists: "I dare not deceive the emperor. When Jian Nu attacked Jinan, Shandong, the criminal generals collaborated to attack the city. They did not have the sinful generals' share in the massacre of Jinan."
"Well, you said that there will be Jin Yiwei to verify in the future. According to the arrangement of the imperial court, anyone who is a righteous person must go to Yangzhou for training. But you are a smart guy. I hope you took the initiative to rectify the problem and helped kill Wakda. If you have made great contributions, I will consider you as a guerrilla in the Yang Lian Maha camp."
Gao Jie was overjoyed and immediately knelt down: "I will thank the Emperor for his grace."
As he spoke, Chen Cao looked at Zhang Huangyan and said: "You are too young to be rewarded too much. There are two ways for you. First, enter the Imperial Military University to study. You will be a battalion commander in the future. Your future is limitless. Second, you can study at the Imperial Military University. , I will grant you a military title and a small banner, and you will be promoted at the discretion of your regiment, what do you think?"
Zhang Huangyan saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will continue to stay in the army and go to the front line to kill the Tatars."
"Okay, let's go down..."
"Your Majesty, Wanhu Baha of the Mongolian Horqin Tribe surrendered in front of the battle and has now been escorted to the camp."
"Horqin?"
Chen Cao vaguely remembered that the Horqin tribe in Mongolia was very large, and it was also the tribe that had the best relationship with the Jiannu: "The Mongols are capricious, and the Duoyan Three Guards are a lesson learned from the past. I have no use for these Mongolians, so we will send them to the Yangzhou prisoner-of-war camp."
"yes..."
Chen Cao looked at the city wall in the distance: "Daishan, your brave and capable sons are dead, what about you?"
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"Master..."
Yue Tuo was stunned for a long time after receiving the news of Wakda's death in battle. Looking at the rustling Ming army flag not far away, he became confused.
"What's the point of fighting in Huai'an? Isn't it good to just divide the river and conquer it?"
These were Yue Tuo's inner thoughts, but now he understood one thing. Huai'an could no longer be defended. Hundreds of thousands of people were trapped in the city. It was only a matter of time before Xicheng was breached and the entire Shanyang City was captured.
"Toha..."
"Master..."
"I want you to stay in the city and make you the commander-in-chief. You..."
"Master has an order, and I dare not shirk it. Master, please go north safely. Master, please take care of your family."
Yue Tuo patted Tuoha on the shoulder: "As long as I am the leader of the red flag, you, Tong Jia, will be rich and honorable."
"嗻..."
Yue Tuo decided to escape. This was a decision he made after weighing the pros and cons. Although Huai'an was important, the surrounding waterways were not conducive to cavalry operations. Their advantages of Manchu cavalry and Mongolian cavalry could not be used, and they could only passively fight against the strengths of their opponents. , and the best choice is to retreat to Shandong and fight the Ming army coming from the north on the border of Shandong.
What's more, he was deeply aware that the Han Eight Banners who were recruited after entering the Customs cannot be used, no, the Han Eight Banners cannot be trusted, whether before or after entering the Customs.
There was a serious danger within the beast, and Yue Tuo knew that it was impossible to win this battle, especially because the reinforcements from Tan Tai and Abatai that had been planned in advance had not arrived.
The fighting in the North City was fierce, with huge casualties. Daishan stared angrily at the enemy troops launching an attack in the distance. There was nothing he could do. Most of the artillery in the city was concentrated on the front battlefield of the South City. There were only fifteen artillery deployed here, and they were completely destroyed. The Ming army suppressed and fought.
Dai Shan was still conducting the command, but he received the news that Yue Tuo had arrived. Knowing that things had changed, he calmly walked down the tower: "What happened?"
"Amma, the third child is dead."
"Ah..." Daishan didn't know the news about Wakda yet, but he was still shocked when he heard it: "Over there in the West City?"
Yue Tuo shook his head: "Gao Jie's first unit of the Han army rebelled in front of the battle. The third child died in Gao Jie's hands, and all the heads were taken away. Amma, now is not the time to be sad. The most important thing at hand is to preserve the strength of Manchuria. "
Daishan had experienced many battles and immediately understood what Yue Tuo meant: "I'm afraid it won't be easy. The Ming army is besieging the city on all sides, and there is no chance for us to escape intact."
"Not necessarily. When I inspected the four cities before, the number of Ming troops in the East City direction was not as large as in other places. As long as we concentrate our superior forces and attack suddenly, we will definitely be able to break through their defense line. As long as we cross the Yellow River, they will not be able to catch up with us."
Daishan thought for a while: "Even if I cross the Yellow River and enter Shandong, I will not be able to escape the accountability of the imperial court."
Yue Tuo suddenly said harshly: "Amma, we are not responsible for this battle. Li Yongfang's head was already hung on the flagpole earlier."
Daishan raised his eyebrows, then nodded secretly: "I know what to do, but there are still hundreds of thousands of people in the city."
Yue Tuo sneered and said: "Amma, the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty cannot be trusted. Shi Guozhu can still be used. Although Baha surrendered, we still have nearly 50,000 war horses in various armies that can be used. The Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty are the vanguard."
Daishan nodded: "What if Nancheng stays behind?"
"Toha volunteered to stay behind. I have ordered him to kill all the Chinese dogs in the city when the city is broken."
Daishan didn't stop him, but after thinking about it for a while, he finally didn't say anything: "Let's take action."
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The battle in Huai'an became more and more fierce, and the battle in Shuyang to the north was equally fierce.
The 22nd Division of the Longwu Army was defending the city, and the attackers were Abatai and the defeated He Luohui who were going south from Xuzhou. Shuyang was the only way to go south to Huai'an, so it was obviously inappropriate to take a detour.
"Master's seat..."
Li Yan looked at the visitor: "But what's the news about Huai'an?"
"Master Li is right. Someone from your Majesty's army came earlier. The battle in Huai'an has been resolved recently. Let us prevent the enemy troops from fleeing."
Li Yan looked at Chen Jiming: "Mr. Chen, Your Majesty, they still don't know our situation."
Chen Jiming smiled bitterly and shook his head: "We can only defend Shuyang and cannot let Abatai's reinforcements go south. As for cutting off the retreat, this...
We are on the back road..."
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"No, I think Daishan wants to run away."
Chen Cao intuitively told him that Daishan would definitely not defend the city: "The city is surrounded on all sides, and only the First Group Army does not have too many troops. I am worried that they will choose to break out from Weng Linzhi's side."
Huang Chunyao said: "Your Majesty is worried that Yichen sent people north to look for Li Yan two days ago and asked him to try his best to cut off Daishan's retreat in the direction of Shuyang."
"How can only one rifleman stop it?"
"Report..."
A quick horse came over: "Your Majesty, the Shenwu Army has urgently reported that a large number of Jiannu cavalry are heading to the West City."
"It's broken. I really got it right. This piece of shit..."
Chen Cao cursed and was about to give the order when he heard bursts of exclamations from the artillery position in front.
"Your Majesty, the top of the city... the top of the city..."
Chen Cao hurriedly picked up the telescope and saw that the people standing on the top of the city were beheaded one by one by Jiannu behind him and kicked off the city: "You bastard, Yue Tuo, I must capture you alive;
Yang Lianmaha..."
"The end will be..."
"Your troops launch a general attack on the city. If you can't attack the city, you don't have to come back."
"The last general takes orders..."
"Send an order to the You family brothers. It's time for their cavalry to appear. Chai Daishan must not let them go..."
"yes..."
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Weng Linzhi was also prepared for the slave society to break out from him, but he didn't know that they would move so fast, because the expectation from the staff was that they would not evacuate until two days at the earliest.
"Commander, the Tatar cavalry has launched an attack."
"We must stop them no matter what. We must not let them cross from the direction of our army. Go immediately..."
"Commander, the Tatars are coming well prepared. We may not be able to stop them."
Weng Linzhi hammered the table with his fist: "Since the war started, our first group army rushed out of Huai'an together with the Shenwu Army. It seems to be useless. His Li Yongfang escaped from our hands. If it is the enemy of Huai'an, If you run away from us again, how will our First Army be able to hold its head high in front of other troops in the future?"
Weng Linzhi raised his head and shouted angrily: "Instruct all troops to enter combat positions and stop them at all costs."
More than 300 steps away from the position, 20,000 taels of red flag cavalry were ready to go. Each of them had been recharging their strength for a long time, just waiting to be used at this time. Of course, Yue Tuo did not expect that the two red flags would be used to escape. when.
"Xin Shan led his army and rushed in, Yue Tuo..."
"Ama, wait a moment..." Yue Tuo put down the telescope: "Now is not the time. Xin Shan and the others have not restrained the Ming army's firearms. If they evacuate from the left wing at this time, they are likely to be entangled by the Ming army."
The reason why Shi Guozhu dared to charge was firstly to survive, and secondly because he did not believe that he would be killed by a stray bullet among 50,000 cavalrymen. This was also the choice he dared to show his loyalty: "Charge, rush over, and fight the Ming army in close combat." , their muskets are no match."
"Go ahead..."
