Chapter 458 Return of the world V
"This bow, father, please take care..."
In the end, Li Shaojin chose the Li family. Of course, his choice was made for him by Li Ruzhen. The Li family had the title of Ning Yuanbo since their ancestor Li Chengliang, but it disappeared in Li Ru's generation. After the Shenyang Incident, he himself surrendered to Jiannu, bringing disgrace to the Li family.
"I think back then, Nurhachi was just a servant boy holding a whip and leading a horse in front of his father. Who knew that his heirs would be what they are today," Li Ruzhen sighed, looked at Li Shaojin who stood up, and said after a long time: "There is Wan'er in the Li family. , in fact, it has been preserved, I know you begged Wan'er."
"Father..."
"I can't live. If I live, Wan'er won't be able to explain to the emperor how the people in the world viewed the emperor at that time. As for your brother..."
After all, he is his own heir. Li Ruzhen thought about it and said, "I can't control what he chooses, and I don't want to care about it. My lineage has saved you, which is pretty good."
"General..." Li Shaojin's personal captain hurriedly broke into the military tent: "The Tatars are preparing to leave, and the offensive of the officers and soldiers outside the pass is becoming more and more fierce."
Li Shaojin bowed to Li Ruzhen one last time, then turned and left, exited the military tent, and whispered to the captain of the soldiers: "Let's quickly go to the place where Zuo Fu is imprisoned."
Although Zuo Fu's detention point was heavily guarded, because Huang Taiji's troops were preparing to escape at this moment, he needed the help of Zuo Fu, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan.
When Li Shaojin entered the cell where Zuo Fu was being held, the Ming Dynasty general soldier seemed a little weak and waved back. Li Shaojin stepped forward and immediately unchained Zuo Fu's hand: "General Zuo, you have suffered."
Although Zuo Fu was nearly fifty years old, he was in good health. Although he suffered some hardships, he could endure it. Seeing the Tatar-dressed general in front of him, Zuo Fu had a look of disdain on his face: "What, you want to recruit me to surrender? But don’t have any delusions. I will live and die as a member of the Ming Dynasty. What qualifications do you have to make me kneel down and worship the Tatars?"
Li Shaojin gave a wry smile, and then solemnly clasped his fists: "General Zuo, I am Li Shaojin, the grandson of former Liaodong General Li Chengliang. I returned to Ming Dynasty at the gate of Beijing a few days ago. I have made an agreement with His Majesty to fight against the slaves in Shanhaiguan together. Now the Tatars The Emperor is about to escape, and I don’t have enough men, so I have to ask for help from General Zuo’s identity.”
Zuo Fu was shocked, but he was still relatively rational and did not respond directly. Seeing this, Li Shaojin said again: "Maybe Mr. Zuo doesn't believe it, but my cousin Li Waner is now the imperial concubine. Based on this, I did not lie to Mr. Zuo." The necessity of soldiers.”
After hearing this, Zuo Fu said: "Seriously?"
Li Shaojin took off the iron helmet. The money rat tail was gone, replaced by a bald head with sparse hair.
Only then did Zuo Fu believe it and said: "I have been imprisoned for a long time, and I don't know if the soldiers from back then are still in the pass."
Li Shaojin relaxed and carefully talked to Zuo Fu about the upcoming plan.
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Yiyuankou Great Wall Pass is the most suitable place for large numbers of cavalry to pass through. Therefore, it is also the route Ning Wan and I chose for Huang Taiji. To reach Yiyuankou Pass, you must pass through Shimen City, which is also the Jiumen Shuikou. It also has a Name, a piece of stone...
Outside Yiyuankou, the commander of the 60th Division, Li Chengcheng, was blocking the defense. He blocked all his soldiers directly opposite the Yiyuankou pass and dug trenches. In addition, each trench was filled with new weapons. Land mines, once the cavalry falls, there is no possibility of survival.
The big killer weapon that made Li Bingcheng most at ease was the hundred machine guns that Chen Cao ordered the arsenal to urgently allocate to Weng Linzhi before leaving. He had been allocated thirty guns before. These thirty guns The door gun was placed at the entrance and exit of the courtyard, looking like a murderous god.
Li Bingcheng was a guerrilla in Daxing Fort. After the Battle of Xiping Fort, he attached himself to Chen Cao for fear of being implicated. He later served with Zu Dashou and others on Juehua Island and other places.
"Your Majesty is really the reincarnation of Sun Wu, and he covers everything..."
After Li Bingcheng finished speaking, he looked at the crowds of people that had appeared above Yiyuankou Pass and couldn't help but sigh: "Adjutant, go to the 59th Division in person and tell Commander Cao that the Tatars are about to break out from Yiyuankou and ask him to send troops support."
"yes..."
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Huang Taiji didn't know that Yiyuankou had been surrounded by the Ming army. His forward troops were led by Manzhu Xili and the Bahrain tribe. When the army arrived at the pass, there were only a few hundred green battalion soldiers in charge of Yiyuankou. People are stationed.
In addition, the Ming army arrived outside the pass in the middle of the night. The green camp soldiers were greedy for life and feared death, and they would not go out to investigate. They only regarded it as a harassing force of the Ming army and came to strictly guard the safety of the pass.
This is the mentality of the Baihu official. After all, there is a tall man who can hold up the sky if it falls. He, the Baihu, is still under the rule of the Shanhaiguan General Soldier. He is not afraid at all when Nikan is around.
When Manzhu's ritual army arrived, hundreds of officials introduced the situation outside the pass to the Mongolian prince.
Manzhu Xili went to the city to check carefully, only to find that the Ming army was already waiting outside the pass, as if he knew that his side would break out from the entrance of Yiyuan. After thinking for a long time, he decided to report the matter to the people who were still in the army. Huang Taiji in the back knew.
Half an hour later, the Chinese army's troops arrived at the gate of Yiyuan. The first person was Li Sizhong. He went up to the pass and bowed his hands to Manzhu, and then said: "Your Majesty ordered me to go out of the pass first to find out who is who. Please ask me." Lord Manzhu Xili, please help me a little bit."
"Easy to say."
The door was opened wide, and a Qianhu cavalry team under Li Sizhong came out first, shouting and rushing towards the Ming army not far ahead. However, the Ming army seemed to look down on them and had no intention of shooting.
As a result, the two to three hundred people charging forward all fell into horse pits and trenches. The neighing of the horses and the screams of the men who fell from the horses were endless.
Li Sizhong saw it clearly, so he turned around and said, "Go back quickly and tell your Majesty that the Ming army numbers more than 10,000 people. They have dug trenches to block them and can fight."
"twitter..."
When the sky was about to get bright, Huang Taiji led a large force to the gate of Yiyuan. The sound of gunfire and shouts of killing outside the pass came from far to near.
They had to close the wall. At this moment, Li Sizhong was leading his troops to bypass the Ming army's military formation. However, the Ming army who was waiting for them was driven back with fierce musketry. What caused them heavy losses were the continuous horse traps and trenches.
Back then, Dai Shan used this anti-trench warfare method against the Ming army in Huai'an, and it indeed caused huge casualties to the Ming army attacking the city.
At present, Li Bingcheng was also very willing to learn from this negative teaching material, and immediately decided to dig a wide trench so that the Tatar cavalry could not exert its full combat effectiveness.
Huang Taiji saw that Li Sizhong was repulsed after charging three times in a row, so he ordered the money to be fired. When Li Sizhong got to the wall and saw him, he had a look of resentment on his face: "The people of Ming Dynasty are extremely cunning, and I can't reach them with my arrows. I am really frustrated and can only be beaten passively."
Huang Taiji said: "Maybe we can find out the truth?"
"It is estimated that the troops numbering more than 10,000 to less than 20,000 people set up a battlefield in front of the pass and dug more than 30 trenches. There were countless horse traps on the sides of the trenches. They suffered a big loss."
"What about firearms?"
"There are many flintlock firearms..."
Huang Taiji looked at Jierhalang and said, "Are you sure you can cover the army's exit?"
Jilharang clasped his fists: "Your Majesty, don't worry, since they are all flintlock guns, we can fight if we want."
Huang Taiji nodded: "In that case, let's send an order and the whole army is ready to leave. Qitat attacks the left wing of the Ming army, Manzhu Xili attacks the right wing, and I will bring my own cavalry to attack the front and take action immediately."
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"Ah, Mr. Zuo..."
Seeing Zuo Fu appear in front of him, Baihuguan was surprised and panicked.
Zuo Fu, wearing the uniform of the leader of the personal army, looked at the hundreds of households in front of him and whispered: "Since you recognize me, do you know the national justice?"
Baihu looked confused and thought, Mr. Zuo, didn't you also surrender and become a slave?
After Zuo Fu finished speaking, he said without waiting for him to speak: "Listen up, General Li has decided to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway and assist His Majesty in order to trap the Tatars. You are waiting for the Hundred Household Team to become the Green Camp soldiers, but are you going to continue to help the tyrants?"
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Li Bingcheng felt anxious when he saw the fierce musket fire ahead and the cavalry who charged desperately. He was worried that his division of more than 10,000 people could not completely stop Jiannu who wanted to escape, but he didn't know that Cao Xiang's When will the reinforcements come? On the other hand, if I rely on the strength of my division to suppress Jiannu, it will be a great achievement that can be awarded a knighthood when I recount my merits in the future.
"Send the order to the revolver position and prepare for battle..."
The new rifles cannot completely block the cavalry charge, let alone the flintlock troops still in use. Tactically, they still use three-stage bursts of fire to achieve a certain effect. However, if they want to block the cavalry charge, It also had little effect.
Qitat's troops charged forward from the right wing, risking huge casualties. Fortunately, the cavalrymen with Han banners had used their lives to fill in part of the trenches and horse pits dug by the Ming army. Otherwise, they would have suffered huge casualties.
After paying the price of more than a thousand casualties, Qitat finally saw the Ming Army's artillery position more than 700 steps away. He pointed his sword and shouted in Mongolian. Tens of thousands of Horqin cavalry rushed towards the left wing. .
Although the battlefield is divided into three sides: left, middle and right, the space is limited after all. Li Bingcheng's intention is to completely block the Jiannu cavalry coming out of the pass. Therefore, the distance from the pass is only one and a half miles. The entire division's troops are on this three-mile wide battlefield. It was more than enough to pull apart, so he scattered the thirty revolvers on three sides, ten on each side, and combined with the muskets guarding the formation, it was a huge force.
When the deputy division commander of the left wing defense saw the Mongols coming, he personally stood behind the revolver position, drew his knife and shouted: "Get ready to fight, get all the ammunition ready."
Ten revolvers mean that five hundred rounds of bullets can be fired per minute. In addition, the arc of the battlefield is not large enough to stop these people.
Qitat, like many Manchu nobles, had never seen the new firearms of the Ming army, and had only heard of them from Yue Tuo, Hauge and others.
Seeing the battlefield getting closer and closer, Qitat was overjoyed: "Horqin's warriors, cut off Ming Ren's dog head and kill..."
