Chapter 173
Standing on the wall of Guangning Acropolis, looking at the Ming cavalry about two or three miles away, Huang Taiji's heart began to sink. He originally wanted to rest at Guangning Acropolis, but what he didn't expect was , the Ming army caught up too fast.
The current Jiannu soldiers had no will to resist. It was clear that the enemy was just the vanguard, with only a few thousand men and horses, and only two fire gates. Even if they stood still, the Ming army could not kill many of them.
However, the slave builders pushed each other and trampled on each other, causing a large number of casualties. Especially the third artillery shell, which hit directly into the crowd. Under the influence of huge inertia, the shells rushed through the crowd, and their arms and thighs were flying randomly in the air. Flying.
Seeing that the gates of Guangning Acropolis were in chaos and impossible to enter, many Jiannu cavalry went around the city. The Jiannu inside the city were also very panicked and opened the North City, East City, and West City gates towards the northeast. Direction fled for his life.
Seeing that the number of troops in the city was getting smaller and smaller, Huang Taiji lamented: "Retreat!"
People's hearts are broken and it's hard to lead the team.
Seeing that only three artillery shells were fired, the entire Guangning Acropolis was emptied of people within half an hour. Zhao Wencai was still a little unbelievable: "This..."
"Commander Zhao, what should we do now?"
Zu Dabi said: "Now that Guangning Acropolis is empty, we captured Guangning Acropolis. This is also a great achievement!"
The political status of Guangning Acropolis in the Ming Dynasty was actually higher than that of Shenyang and Liaoyang. It was once the seat of the governor's office of Liaodong, and the seat of the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. It was also the highest military and political command organ of Liaodong, roughly equivalent to A city at the provincial level.
"This general is not interested in Guangning Acropolis!"
"What is General Zhao interested in?"
Zhao Wencai smiled faintly: "I am interested in Huang Taiji's head. Originally we had no chance, but now the opportunity has come. Besides, how much credit can occupying an empty city bring?"
Zu Dabi thought for a moment and said, "That's right!"
In fact, there is a clear division of labor within the Ning Navy. The mission of the cavalry is to kill Jian Nu and not give Jian Nu time to breathe. Even if they encounter Jian Nu defending the Guangning Acropolis, their cavalry's mission is to chase down the escaped Jian Nu. , as for Guangning City, that was the work of the infantry led by Cheng Shijie.
Although Jiannu carried most of his supplies himself, in fact, he still had a supply base in the rear, like Guangning and the Liaozhong Acropolis.
They didn't have time to rest in Guangning Acropolis, so they had to rush to Liao Zhongwei. Finally, they found that there was no Ming army chasing behind them, so Jiannu tried to find ways to get some food, either by killing horses or cooking dry food.
After finally waiting for the meal to be ready, before they had time to eat, the sound of horse hooves sounded, and the slave soldiers could only throw down the meal they had just prepared and continue to run away.
Since then, they have been unable to escape, and they have been unable to fight, which gave the slave-building soldiers a splitting headache!
Naturally, there were more and more desertions. Who can bear to be hunted all day long, unable to sleep well, not even able to eat well, and spending most of the day running for their lives?
The Mongolian army, which was originally very active in surrendering, was more active and more confident in surrendering this time. In just a few days, more than half of the 15,000 Mongolian cavalry that participated in the Battle of Bali Bay were lost, and most of them surrendered. The coated slaves captured from Guan Nei and North Korea also became bolder and ran with the Mongolian cavalry to surrender to the Ming army. Even if Haug skinned some of the captured people in public, he could not stop them.
In such a bad situation, even Huang Taiji had no choice but to resign himself to fate.
"Commander Qi, our army successfully recaptured Guangning Acropolis!"
"Commander Qi, our army successfully recaptured Changning Fort City!"
"Commander Qi, our army has successfully recaptured Dongsheng Fort!"
"Commander Qi, our army successfully recaptured Chang'an Castle!"
"Commander Qi, our army successfully recaptured Qinghe Fort City!"
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Cheng Shijie still led his army to kill the Liaozhong Acropolis unhurriedly, taking in the Mongolian and Korean troops who came to surrender, collecting the horses abandoned by the Jiannu, and collecting various materials thrown away by the Jiannu...
Ever since they launched their counterattack, Cheng Shijie had been mentally prepared for a fierce fight with Jiannu, and thousands of people would die. But what was surprising was that from beginning to end, they had not encountered any The resistance of the established slaves.
They took down the strong cities and fortresses one by one easily, and regained the lost land effortlessly. This scene of a victorious march made every Ming army soldier enjoy it extremely. Who doesn't like it? Can you enjoy the joy of victory without bleeding?
But people like Mao Chenglu, Shang Keyi and others were very depressed. They wanted to fight hard with Jiannu again so as to vent their bad feelings and avenge Huanglong. The result was good, Jiannu had an army of fifty or sixty thousand soldiers. He didn't look back, and according to the violent smoke and dust all the way to Liao Zhongwei, he didn't look back at all.
At the beginning, they would encounter sporadic attacks, and then the Jiannu Rangers who tried to harass the Ming army were suddenly bombarded by the Ming army who were crazy about fighting. They suppressed them with absolute firepower and were smashed into pieces. They may have eaten the meat sauce, or they may have been swarmed by the Ming army with green eyes and chopped into minced meat.
Of course, the head was not chopped into pieces. After suffering several losses, the Jiannu Rangers no longer dared to stroke the tiger's beard. So now the Ming army only has two things left: to rush on the road and take in the Mongolian soldiers and Han soldiers who came to surrender. Army soldiers and North Korean soldiers!
Shang Keyi was very puzzled: "We have been fighting against Jiannu all our lives, and we have never encountered such a strange situation."
Mao Chenglu said in confusion: "I can't figure it out. Jiannu clearly has tens of thousands of horses and so many troops. Why doesn't he dare to turn around and fight with them?"
Of course, Cheng Shijie actually knew that this was like the Dunkirk evacuation during World War II. During that period, the British and French coalition forces still had more than 400,000 troops? Don’t you have the strength to fight?
The answer is yes, no more.
Jiannu was like the British and French forces at that time. It wasn't that they didn't want to turn around and fight the Ming army, but they no longer had the ability.
If the troops want to fight, they must have enough food and grass. However, now Jiannu has no food and grass. The food and grass they accumulated in the Baliwan camp were captured by the Ming army before they even had time to take them away. Jiannu now Even having a full meal was a problem, and the war horses were extremely thin.
The most terrible thing is that Cheng Shijie used his absolute power to smash the prestige that Jiannu had built with countless victories. "There are not even ten thousand Jurchens, but ten thousand are invincible!"
The world's number one army at that time collapsed when the Germans bypassed the Maginot Line.
Huang Taiji made up his mind to escape, but Cheng Shijie couldn't do anything with them. His mobility was not as good as Jiannu's, so he really couldn't catch up.
Without this blizzard, Jiannu's losses during the retreat would have been very low. However, now we see the corpses of some Houjin soldiers. They are all so hungry that they have no appearance. Many of them were frozen to death, and they are often still alive. Horse bones were found in Jiannu's camp. It seems that Jiannu's current situation is really not good. He is so hungry that he wants to eat horses.
These discoveries made the Ming army even happier and their pursuit became even more energetic. The strength of the Ming army was also increasing. More than 8,000 Mongolian cavalry and Korean soldiers surrendered to the Ming army, and they pointed their knives at their former masters without shame. When chasing Hou Jin, they even Even more aggressive than the Ming army, the Jiannu generals were so angry that they almost vomited blood!
"Commander, the last general invites you to fight!"
Shen Mingyu was very dissatisfied with Cheng Shijie's slow pace on the road.
Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "No need, we will pursue the enemy at full speed. As long as we keep up the pressure, Jiannu himself will collapse!"
Shen Mingyu was a little anxious: "But what if those slaves escaped and escaped?"
"If they really escape, then Huang Taiji's life should not be cut off!"
Shen Mingyu had some doubts: "Could it be that the commander-in-chief also wants to support the bandits in order to respect themselves? Don't you want to annihilate all the remaining 40,000 to 50,000 men in Jiannu?"
"Bullshit, am I such an ignorant person?"
Cheng Shijie said: "Now that the Ning Navy is the only army that can fight against the Ming Dynasty, the rebels in the pass have become a prairie fire. If we fight with Jiannu and lose both sides, what will happen to the world? The current situation is corrupt, who will take care of the people's livelihood?"
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"Besides, after annihilating them all, who will go to Shenyang to serve as voluntary propaganda? Tell Jiannu about my heroic deeds of killing Degelei, Mang Gurtai, and capturing Abatai, and how I, the widowed one, A wise and powerful warrior who defeated and destroyed an army of 100,000 slaves?"
Only then did Zhang Yu and Shen Mingyu understand Cheng Shijie's true intentions.
As the saying goes, the butt determines the head, and the head determines thinking. Depending on the position you stand, the dimensions and angles of considering problems will be different.
Cheng Shijie's Ning Haijun was indeed as Duduo had guessed. This great victory also made Ning Haijun become the most beautiful person in the forest and became the target of public criticism.
Whether it is the interest group of Guan Ningjun or the noble group of Ming Dynasty, they will regard Cheng Shijie as their life and death enemy, especially the generals of Ming Dynasty. Because of Ning Haijun's outstanding performance, this makes them even more incompetent.
Cheng Shijie could only let go.
If the water is not released, Cheng Shijie will also be punished by the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty. This is just like Qi Jiguang back then. Qi Jiguang cleaned up all the Japanese pirates in Jiangnan, so he sent Qi Jiguang to defend Jizhen and served as the prime minister of Jizhen, responsible for training Jizhou, Changping, Soldiers from Baoding and other places.
When Qi Jiguang was the Prime Minister of Jizhen, he encountered a young Northern Man prince and Dong Fox who were burning, killing and looting at Xifengkou. After learning about it, Qi Jiguang led his troops to quell the rebellion and almost captured Dong Fox alive. In just a few years, Jimen was impregnable and could not be invaded by the Northern Barbarians.
As a result, Qi Jiguang was dismissed and died of illness after returning to his hometown. He was sixty-one years old.
Cheng Shijie re-established the slaves this time, regained the Guangning Guard and the six fortresses of Changning, Wuyong, and Wusheng. If he was lucky, he would also capture the Liao Zhongwei. From now on, Cheng Shijie would control the four states in southern Liaoning, plus Guangning and Liaoning. In the middle, it is equivalent to owning parts of Dalian, Yingkou, Anshan, and Liaoyang in later generations. After a few years of development, with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, it will not be too late to destroy Huang Taiji.
Just when Cheng Shijie led the main force of Ning Haijun to pursue Huang Taiji's defeated troops, Gao Qiqian also received news of the victory at Bali Bay. However, Gao Qiqian suppressed the news.
Because he felt that there was an undercurrent in the DPRK, and some people wanted to cause trouble.
When it comes to doing business, Gao Qiqian is really not that good at it. When it comes to making money and teasing people, Gao Qiqian can definitely show off.
The current Minister of War, Zhang Fengyi, is also the Minister of War who has served the longest in the Chongzhen Dynasty. In terms of ability, his ability is average, but he is a war fighter.
When Cheng Shijie reported to Emperor Chongzhen that he wanted to fight Jiannu at Bali Bay, Zhang Fengyi actually agreed. But the problem was that when Cheng Shijie became a disciple of Sun Chengzong and invited Sun Chengzong to go to Liaonan, Zhang Fengyi became unhappy.
Of course, as the minister of the Ministry of War, it was naturally impossible for him to impeach Cheng Shijie personally. That would be too shameful, so Zhang Fengyi's subordinates began to impeach Cheng Shijie.
Starting from the criticism, they said that Cheng Shijie was of bad character, lustful, domineering, arrogant, disobedient, etc.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't take these charges seriously, and the point finally came.
Cheng Shijie has a hidden health condition and cannot walk on the sidewalk.
(End of chapter)
