Chapter 164
"Cheng Shuai, the last general will lead his troops to lead the battle!"
Zu Dabi's thoughts were relatively simple. He came to Haizhou to support Ning Haijun on the orders of Zu Dashou. Before the battle started, everyone got a set of cotton-padded clothes. They had plenty of food to eat every day. Every day seemed like a New Year. In this case, if you don't contribute, you will be sorry for the meal Cheng Shijie invited them to eat, and also for the cotton-padded clothes they wear.
When they came from Jinzhou, the weather had not become particularly cold. Now the weather has suddenly cooled down. If this set of cotton-padded clothes had not been distributed, I don't know how many people would have been frozen.
Seeing Zu Dabi's request for a fight, Huang Long's general Shang Keyi also asked for a fight from Cheng Shijie. The last time the Dongjiang Army launched a mutiny in Haizhou and coerced Shang Keyi to join Cheng Shijie, Shang Keyi left Haizhou alone and returned to Next to Huang Long, Huang Long general Shang Keyi was promoted from a guerrilla general to a cavalry general, which can be regarded as recognizing Shang Keyi's loyalty.
Although Shang Keyi became a cavalry general, the Dongjiang Army cavalry he led only had more than 1,200 men, and they were all thin horses and their equipment was not very good. If Cheng Shijie hadn't given them some equipment, their Dongjiang Army wouldn't even have any equipment, and would have come here with more than 18,000 men almost empty-handed.
"Cheng Shuai, the last general is also willing to lead his troops in the lead!"
Cheng Shijie did not agree immediately. According to his plan, Cheng Shijie fought against Huang Taiji's 100,000 troops, which was Ning Haijun's Zuo Dusi as the left-wing army, Right Dusi as the right-wing army, and Guards Dusi as the forward corps. In this tough battle, Ning Haijun's three More than 10,000 troops resisted, and when Jiannu was defeated and retreated, Guan Ning's army and Dongjiang army took advantage of the situation to cover up the enemy.
However, this decision was blocked by Sun Chengzong. Sun Chengzong said with a serious face at that time: "Beiping, your situation is too small!"
"The layout is too small?"
Cheng Shijie was a little puzzled.
Sun Chengzong smiled faintly and said: "If the imperial court ordered the Guan Ning Army to go out to support Ning Haijun, then there is nothing wrong with your arrangement. Most of the Guan Ning Army is already...unworthy of trust!"
Being able to let Sun Chengzong, the founder of Guan Ning Army, say personally that Guan Ning Army is not trustworthy shows that the last battle of Daling River was a big blow to Sun Chengzong.
"But this time is different. This is Zu Dashou taking the initiative to ask for a battle, and he is sending the elite cavalry of the Guan Ning Army. So, he will not be vain this time!"
Sun Chengzong actually still trusts Zu Dashou. His logic is very simple. In the last battle of Daling River, Zu Dashou and himself were tricked. This shows that there is a rift between Zu Dashou and that interest group. Now Zu Dashou has lost A backer in the DPRK, he took the initiative to come to support Ning Haijun, just to keep warm with Ning Haijun.
Under Sun Chengzong's persuasion, Cheng Shijie changed the battle plan. Shen Mingyu's Zuo Dusi continued to serve as the left-wing corps, and Zhao Wencai's cavalry commander was responsible for covering the left-wing corps. Changyu's Right Dusi was appointed as the forward corps. Huang Long, the commander-in-chief of the Dongjiang Army, was in charge of the right-wing corps. Six thousand Guanning troops under the command of Zu Dabi of the Guanning Army served as cavalry to cover the flanks of the right-wing corps. , Konoe Matsuji serves as a strategic reserve.
Cheng Shijie said: "Go ahead, be careful not to be greedy for credit!"
"The last general takes command!"
Starting from the 500-plus paces of the barbed wire fence outside Baliwan City, dozens of groups of slave-building cavalry appeared densely. The number of scouts in each group was not large, and they were roughly divided into groups of more than 300 cavalry for each group.
At this time, Zu Dabi was holding Mo Dao. His original weapon was actually Pu Dao, which was similar to Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue Dao, except that the blade was dark and had no patterns engraved on it. In exchange for the generals of the Guan Ning Army and the generals of the Dongjiang Army who arrived in Liaonan, Cheng Shijie gave them a set of weapons and armor.
Zu Dabi was not like Zu Dale. He asked for a horse spear. Of course, this was the spear mentioned by Cheng Shijie. In Zu Dale's view, it was a horse spear, with a finger-thick rebar as the handle and an outer layer wrapped around it. Dozens of laps of Gebu are both non-slip and resistant to cutting.
Zu Dabi chose a Mo Dao. The Mo Dao was purely Cheng Shijie's personal hobby. Cold weapons were destined to be eliminated on the battlefield, but it didn't mean that Cheng Shijie couldn't get hundreds of Mo Dao for fun.
"Building slaves and burning my city, killing my people, and raping my women, the blood debts are so numerous that they are too numerous to write down. Today Zu Dabi swears an oath here to fight to the death with these beasts, kill every one of them, and use their blood to repay what they owe." Blood debt!!!”
The hatred between the ancestral family and Jiannu is too deep, especially in Dalinghe City. A large part of these elite ancestral army have been prisoners of Jiannu. Because they have tasted the feeling of being prisoners, they would rather die than Surrender and become slaves.
Following Zu Dabi's roar, more than six thousand Guan Ning's troops roared: "Kill them all!"
The roars from six thousand throats merged into a thunderbolt, which almost dispersed the dark clouds in the sky.
When Mang Gurtai heard this, his eyelids twitched and he showed a hint of a smile: "The momentum is quite scary, but I am not scared! Dahai!"
Chaerjue and Dahai beside Mang Gurtai were given the title Bakshi by Huang Taiji, which means Doctor. He was a rare genius among the Jurchen Banners. He was proficient in the Qingyi Sutra at the age of twenty and was responsible for creating the Manchu script. , as the leader of the library, Fan Wencheng’s direct supervisor.
However, the problem is that the establishment of slaves is an eight-banner system. No matter what position Dahai holds, he is first of all the bannerman of the Zhenglan Banner, and secondly the Wengguan Baksh of the Great Jin Kingdom.
Of course, Dahai was also a versatile man in both civil and military affairs, so he didn't feel there was anything wrong with this order.
In fact, killing people with a borrowed knife is not only something that Huang Taiji is good at, but he, Mang Gurtai, can also do it.
As the bannerman of Zhenglan Banner, Dahai is the hereditary leader, that is, Jia La Zhangjing, and can be regarded as one of the senior generals of Zhenglan Banner. However, Dahai and Huang Taiji got very close.
Dahai walked to the headquarters, raised his palm, and slashed hard: "Attack! Let these bright dogs know how powerful our Dajin Warriors are!"
Dahai's headquarters of more than 1,500 cavalry rushed towards Zu Dabi's more than 6,000 cavalry.
According to the Jurchen's past performance against the Ming Dynasty, these more than 1,500 cavalry against the Ming army's 6,000 cavalry were routine operations. They clearly had a high opinion of the Ming army. You must know that even an ordinary Niu Lu Ezhen dared to lead three soldiers. Hundreds of cavalrymen rushed towards Wanming's army.
It's just a pity that Dahai spent too long playing with his pen and didn't even realize that the enemy he faced was Zu Dabi, nicknamed Zu Er Madman, and another nickname called Baturuke Star.
During the Huang Taiji period, a total of sixteen Baturus were given the title, but three of them died at the hands of Zu Dabi. This ratio is not low.
Dahai clamped his legs on the horse's belly, the horse neighed wildly, spread its hooves and rushed straight towards the Guan Ning Army's cavalry formation. They obviously didn't take these nearly 6,000 Guanning soldiers and horses seriously. In the eyes of these proud soldiers and generals of Zhenglan Banner, these Guanning soldiers were like clumps of leeks, and they could cut them as they liked!
Not to mention, they are really proud of themselves, because they are cavalry. On this great plain, the cavalry is almost invincible. The Jianzhou warriors have the courage to defeat enemy troops ten or twenty times their own, which the Ming army lacks. , but it is courage, they are confident that they can defeat this Ming army in one go!
The ground was frozen hard, which was a very favorable condition for the cavalry. The horses ran with less effort and the impact was stronger.
The cavalry on both sides are speeding up. Cheng Shijie is a little unsure. Ning Haijun is not afraid of Jiannu's charge because they have trained countless times. But the question is, will Guan Ning's army be good?
Guan Ningjun's charge was very fast. The leader was Zu Dabi, nicknamed Zuer Madman. He raised the sword in his hand, which weighed at least thirty kilograms. He took the lead and swung the sword like a ball of light. Soldiers and generals slashed at each other one by one, and wherever they rushed, flesh and blood flew everywhere!
Several Hong Baya soldiers from the Zhenglan Banner came up to meet them, but they were all chopped apart by Zu Dabi with his sword. The sword first cut off the horse's neck, and then split the Hong Baya soldiers' weapons and bodies in half. The flying blood rain soon dyed his white shirt and horse red. His bravery was frightening.
The general was so brave, so of course the soldiers could not lag behind. The six thousand Guan Ning Army cavalry all fought bravely to take the lead, killing heavily.
Dahai's first wrong judgment was to retreat. His consideration was that the two sides were too close and the enemy generals were fierce. They needed to distance themselves to take advantage of Jiannu's riding and shooting advantages.
But the problem is that it is very stupid to retreat in close combat. The battle is all about courage. But the problem is that Dahai does not personally command many battles. As Huang Taiji's chief staff, he usually follows Huang Taiji. , but Fan Wencheng gradually became more favored than him, and then returned to his home banner.
The lack of command experience and misjudgment are understandable. In the current situation, in a word, it is a dream for the Jiannu cavalry to distance themselves and take advantage of the advantages of riding and shooting. The Guan Ning army cavalry is like a piece of dog skin plaster, which can be thrown away after it sticks to it. No more falling.
When people are unlucky, they will hit their heels when they fart. When retreating, Dahai's horse quickly reined in the horse in order to avoid a Jiannu cavalry. It didn't matter if he stopped. Zu Dale caught up with him. This was also Dahai asked for it. Zu Dabi pursued directly, while Zu Dale changed his direct charge into an oblique sweep, and the formation was misplaced.
After exchanging moves with Zu Dale, Dahai was almost knocked off his horse, but as soon as he could sit firmly, he was bumped into them by Zu Dabi, a powerful horse!
Both sides raised their horse speed to the limit, rushed straight towards each other, stretched out their sabers, and pointed them at the opponent's vital points. The high-speed galloping horses gave the sharp sabers terrible lethality. The sounds of silk cracking and screams were endless. The slave soldiers The armor of the soldiers of the Guan Ning Army was cut open by the saber, and what was cut next was their bodies, which would end in death or injury!
The most unlucky person was Dahai. In fact, Zu Dabi’s target was not him, but a red Baya soldier. Zu Dabi swung the Mo Dao in his hand, knocking out the cavalry sword in the hand of the red Baya soldier. The sword flew away, and accidentally hit the neck of Dahai's war horse. The horse screamed and fell down, throwing him out and knocking down two Jiannu soldiers.
Dahai felt as if all the bones in his body were falling apart. His eyes were turning black, and he couldn't tell the difference between east, west, north and south. He tried his best to open his eyes wide, but he only saw a bunch of people and horses dangling in front of him. You were killing me and I were killing each other with great joy, but you couldn't hear a sound, and your eyelids were getting heavier and heavier...
After finally regaining his consciousness, a sharp Mo Dao swept over and cut Dahai in half from the waist...
ah……
Jia Lazhangjing fell to the ground and died. The Jiannu cavalry were horrified. Two red Baya soldiers rushed forward and grabbed Dahai's body. At this time, only half of Dahai was left, and it was easy to catch him...
Jiannu retreated, and the morale of Guan Ning's army was greatly boosted. They chased behind them with roars, until Mang Gurtai led the elite cavalry to stop him. Seeing that there was no advantage in sight, Zu Dabi ordered a retreat.
The cavalry on both sides dispersed and counted each other's casualties.
After a round of charge, Guan Ning's army lost three to four hundred men, and Jian Nu's losses were similar to those of Guan Ning's army. If it weren't for the addition of Zu Dabi and Zu's two madmen, he would have killed more than thirty Jian Nu by himself. Slave, otherwise Guan Ningjun will still suffer.
But the problem was that Zu Dabi discovered that they had only beheaded fifty-seven levels, and most of the heads were snatched away by the Jiannu cavalry, while Guan Ning's army captured more than two hundred horses.
"Second General Zu fought well. I would like to ask your Majesty to take credit for you!"
"happy!"
Zu Dabi looked at the Mo Dao in his hand with a face full of joy. He slashed more than thirty people in a row, but there was no gap. Only part of the blade was curled.
"What a great sword. Thank you Cheng Shuai for giving me the sword!"
"Second General Zu, take a rest first and let's see how Ning Haijun's cavalry kills the enemy!"
Ning Haijun's cavalry is a shortcoming and their weakness.
However, seeing Guan Ning's army fighting so bravely and achieving a decisive victory, Ning Haijun's morale was high, especially Hu Erqi's hunting cavalry. The hunting cavalry under his command all had sabers hanging on their waists, and they could shoot more than two hundred meters away with the swords in their hands. The recurve bow spread out in a wide fan, sparing no effort to drive away Jiannu's scouts.
Of course, Cheng Shijie also understood that the current Jiannu scouts were not using all their strength. They were also afraid of using too much force to scare Ning Haijun back, so the Jiannu scouts were fighting and retreating.
The hunting cavalry and scout cavalry under Hu Erqi began to fight sporadicly, and from time to time small groups of scouts could be seen chasing and killing each other. During the slave-building movement, a small group of rangers were used to follow and harass them. When they saw the opportunity, they would pounce on them and bite them hard. Then they would quickly escape before the slave-building cavalry could react, and they would pounce again when they saw the opportunity.
This has always been the specialty of the nomads. The Central Plains dynasty, which mainly relied on infantry, was often helpless in the face of such rogue tactics. It could not get rid of it, and it could not catch up. Even if it was lucky enough to kill one or two of them, the results of the battle would not be the same. It is also very pitiful, and once they are attacked, the losses will be considerable. This kind of frustration of being beaten and unable to fight back can really drive people crazy.
But now, the tactic of establishing slaves has failed. Ning Haijun went to war and had 6,000 cavalry from Guan Ning Army. Together with Ning Haijun cavalry, Dongjiang Army cavalry, and He Ning Haijun scouts, there were more than 16,000 cavalry in total. Powerful force alert defense circle.
Especially the infantry of Ning Haijun are not easy to mess with. The carts that accompany the troops have fixed thunder cannons on them, which can be fired at any time and can fire continuously. The thunder cannons that dare to approach the Jiannu cavalry have been Shoot.
On the battlefield, the one who performed extremely well was the Red Lady. It was also the Red Lady's good luck. She was finally promoted to the position of Vice President of the Division. Ordinarily, she would not have the opportunity to lead more than 300 scout cavalry in combat. But her boss was named Chen Bo. During a mission, while retreating, Chen Bo was hit by an arrow in the butt.
This part was a bit difficult to talk about, so Chen Bo kept it quiet. However, Jiannu's arrows were soaked in feces, making the wound very susceptible to infection. At first, Chen Bo didn't pay attention, but as the wound became infected, pus began to leak from the injured area, and even walking became a problem. His entire waist and thighs were red and swollen.
In desperation, Chen Bo went to Ning Naval Hospital for treatment, while the Red Lady, acting as Vice President and Acting President, led more than 300 scouts under her command to kill Jian Nu.
The red lady is very good at fighting small groups of cavalry. She has mastered this trick. This is how she used to deal with officers and soldiers. Playing this trick in front of her is no different from playing with a machete in front of Guan Gong's gate.
"Keep these followers far away and don't let them get close to the main force of our army!" The hunting cavalry promised loudly and charged harder.
The red lady saw a large group of Jiannu cavalry chasing after her and said hurriedly: "Brothers, let's retreat!"
On the way to retreat, the red lady pulled the fuse of the grenade, put it in her hand and delayed it for three seconds. She threw it away without the Jiannu cavalry noticing. When the Jiannu cavalry passed by the location of the grenade, the grenade exploded.
——Boom...
An orange-red fireball rose into the sky, and seven or eight Jiannu cavalry were blown up until they screamed in agony.
The red lady turned around and laughed happily.
However, the extreme joy gave rise to sorrow.
At this moment, the rumble of artillery came from the front, and rows of artillery shells streaked across the sky and hit them. Although these solid lead balls did not cause many casualties to the evacuated scout cavalry, they also caused a period of confusion.
When the red lady hurriedly avoided the shells, a desolate horn sounded, dust flew, and a large group of Jiannu light cavalry roared in, with horses as fast as the wind and sharp arrows as rain. Ning Haijun's reconnaissance cavalry suddenly suffered many casualties.
"Yuan Shiliang!"
Cheng Shijie picked up the walkie-talkie and tuned directly to the artillery channel: "Can you determine the location of the enemy's artillery?"
"The weather is gloomy, the visibility is too low, and the distance is too far to judge!"
Cheng Shijie was now unable to provide effective support to the reconnaissance cavalry. The red lady realized that the situation was not good and hurriedly ordered: "Retreat, retreat quickly!"
She had used up all the grenades in her hand, so she picked up the bow and fired it behind her. Every time an arrow was shot, one of the Jiannu light cavalry must have been pierced in the chest by an arrow and fell off the horse with a scream.
Most of Ning Haijun's scouts were from the frontier cavalry. Some were from Datong, some from Yulin, and some were Mongolian knights. They were skilled with bows and horses. They were strangers, and they fired arrows towards the rear while running. The Jiannu light cavalry chasing them fell after being hit by arrows one after another.
But these slave-building light cavalry were also quite fierce, and they held on tightly. One of them was as fast as flying, overtaking her from the side, getting in front of the Red Lady, and actually surrounded at least 2,670 scout cavalry!
Sharp arrows were shot from all directions, and Ning Haijun's scout cavalry fell one after another. The Jiannu light cavalry came in like a tide, threatening to swamp the hunting cavalry. The situation suddenly became extremely serious.
At this moment, Zu Dale, who had not moved, spurred his horse to charge.
The more than 3,000 cavalrymen under his command have regained their initial combat effectiveness after adjusting their horses and resting. These cavalrymen ran like thunder. Before the Jiannu cavalry encircled them, they intercepted the Jiannu cavalry and responded to the red lady's cavalry to break through.
After a charge, the Ning Navy reconnaissance cavalry avoided the fate of being wiped out. However, Zu Dale failed and was hit by seven or eight arrows in the chest.
Fortunately, the armor given to him by Cheng Shijie was not bad. It only barely penetrated one layer and penetrated less than two inches into the flesh. It looked very scary, and all he suffered was skin trauma.
"Report to the commander-in-chief, our forward is less than three miles away from Jiannu!"
"Pass an order from my commander to tell the cavalry troops to be careful and not to push too far forward, lest they be fooled by the enemy!"
"yes!"
Meng En hurried to deliver Cheng Shijie's order. At the same time, Sun Zhilan looked up at the sky: "Commander, the sky is going to change!"
"What we are waiting for is a change!"
Cheng Shijie took a pen and signed his name on the order recorded by Sun Zhilan: "Archive!"
"yes!"
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In the direction of Jiannu Camp, Huang Taiji has been listening to the intelligence coming from the front line.
Although he had given orders in advance for this small-scale battle between the scouts, asking the ministries not to use all their strength and not to scare Ning Haijun back, the problem was that in the battle between these small groups of cavalry, Jiannu's losses were not small, and the cumulative losses were considerable. When I got up, it actually exceeded a thousand.
The losses of the Ming army were no less than those of Jiannu, but the question is, how many people were there in the Ming Dynasty? How many people are they?
Population was the Achilles' heel of the slaves.
Since the war started, Huang Taiji felt inexplicably uneasy.
"Informing King Khan, the main force of the Ming army has arrived!"
Ten miles away, it took Ning Haijun only half an hour to reach the open space east of Bali Bay.
Huang Taiji waved his hand and said, "Go out and have a look!"
After Huang Taiji left the Khan King's tent, he came to the newly built high platform. This was a high platform with a height of almost two feet. Standing high, he could see far and had a panoramic view of Ning Haijun's every move.
Dai Shan looked at it, smacked his lips and said, "There are only over 50,000 troops, Ming Gou is quite courageous!"
Yue Tuo said: "Looking at their number, they should be between 50,000 or 55,000 men and horses. They really took the courage of a leopard. They are less than half of our army, and they dare to fight with my army in the wild!"
Hauge smiled faintly and said: "Should I say they are brave, or should I say they are stupid?"
"How many guns do they have?"
Huang Taiji was most worried about the Ming army's artillery, which left an indelible impression on him.
"You can't tell, they have too many big cars!"
Yue Tuo smiled bitterly and said: "Four to five thousand carts are really a luxury!"
"Then we will be rich. With these big trucks, how much food can we transport?"
Cheng Shijie was much more trouble-free than Huang Taiji. Ten four-wheeled horse-drawn carts were put together and the wheels were removed to form a fixed Chinese army tent. This could save the process of building a Chinese army tent and then put Cheng Shijie's horses into it. Pulling the RV here, Ning Haijun's Chinese military command headquarters was formed.
Standing on the roof of the carriage, Sun Chengzong looked at the direction of the Jiannu camp with a looking glass. After a long time, he smiled bitterly: "With all the elite Jiannu troops out there, this battle will not be easy to fight!"
(End of chapter)
