Chapter 175
Huang Taiji was inexplicably sad and angry. Two Baile died at the hands of the enemy. Da Jin had been in Liaodong for decades, but had he ever fought such a tragic battle?
The answer is no.
However, when he ascended the throne, he fought such a defeat. This was no longer as simple as defeat, it was simply a crushing defeat, a complete defeat!
The most unacceptable thing is that in this battle, the Ming army did not play any tricks, did not use any conspiracies, and did not even defend the city. Instead, they met for the first time to fight in formation on the Great Plains, relying on their Courage and desire to win defeated Dai Jin head-on.
Such a failure is even more unacceptable than the most despicable conspiracy, because it means that the Ming army has defeated the Jurchen warriors for the first time in terms of force and courage. The Jurchens' illustrious reputation as "invincible" has been completely shattered!
What will be the consequences after the reputation of "Jurchens are absolutely invincible" is shattered?
Mongolia is alienated, North Korea is alienated, the Sauron tribe is alienated, and even those slaves in disguise have different thoughts. This is the consequence after the credibility of deterrence is shattered!
The evil consequences have already appeared. On their way to retreat to Liao Zhongwei, Mongolian soldiers and Korean soldiers continued to flee and surrender to the Ming army. At the beginning, the scale was not large. As time went by, more and more deserters became available. Later, all the 15,000 Mongol troops who survived the bloody battle had fled. Even the Korean and Han slaves who were originally obedient like dogs also fled one after another. They killed many people but could not stem the tide. The troops they now command can no longer be called a combat-effective army!
The consequences of losing deterrence are so terrible!
"Cheng Shijie!!!"
Huang Taiji suppressed his anger because he was afraid that others would see this scene and see his incompetent rage.
"I won't run away anymore, I'm going to fight Ming Gou!"
Hauge was so tired that he stuck out his tongue.
Huang Taiji looked at the exhausted soldiers around him and took a deep breath. The words he was preparing were prepared to use a morale-boosting method to fight more and less. Even a small victory would be enough to boost morale.
However, the problem was that just a short distance away from the Liaozhongwei City, Huang Taiji was preparing to gather his elite troops, the elites of the Zhenghuang Banner who had never participated in the battle, to kill the leading troops of the Ming army.
Just as Huang Taiji was about to give an order, Dorgon caught up with him: "King Khan!"
"Fourteenth brother, how are you?"
"Ming, Ming...Ming dog reinforcements are coming again!"
Huang Taiji asked in confusion: "Where did they get the reinforcements from?"
"Looking at the flag, it has the characters "ancestor" and "wu" in it. It should be Guan Ningjun!"
Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and said: "Zu Dashu! Wu Xiang!"
"Yes, it should be the two of them!"
"How many of them came?"
"There are seven or eight thousand people!"
Dorgon's eyes were bloodshot: "King Khan, what should we do now?"
what to do?
Huang Taiji didn't know what to do. Along the way, large numbers of soldiers from the Dajin army kept fleeing. Those who fled and those who died of illness and starvation totaled more than 10,000 to 20,000 people. There are only 40,000 people who are still with them. In other words, two-thirds of the 100,000-strong army was lost during the expedition.
These 40,000 people are already outnumbered and have suffered a huge defeat. The enemy troops with high morale are chasing after them. Their morale has been very low. Now they are outnumbered and have no food and grass. The Ming army will arrive soon. Who knows what? manage!
Haug roared at the back: "Despicable! Shameless! Come up and fight us to the death if you can! You shameless dogs!"
"Shut up, save your energy and prepare to fight. That mad dog is right behind us. Do you think he will miss such a good opportunity?"
Hauge roared: "What else is there to think about? Just fight to the death!"
Huang Taiji gritted his teeth and said: "Kill the sick horses, feed the whole army, and fight to the death with the Ming army!"
A group of Zijia La'e Zhen and Niu Lu'e Zhen looked sad. They all knew that the last moment had come. The food reserves in the army were not enough to support more than 40,000 hungry soldiers returning to Shenyang. If no miracle happened, I'm afraid that here, This is their burial place!
All Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers gritted their teeth, clasped their fists and responded: "Cha!"
The Jiannu army stopped at the foot of Liao Zhongwei City and built a defense line based on the terrain. Six to seven hundred sickly horses were brought over and fell with a sword. The horses screamed one after another, resounding through the sky, making countless Jiannu soldiers feel miserable.
They have been fighting for so many years, and they have never been forced by the enemy to kill their horses! This time, Cheng Shijie has set a record. No matter whether he wins or loses this battle, those who survive will never forget this shame!
However, just as Jiannu was preparing for the battle, the exhausted Ming cavalry and the Mongolian cavalry that had just surrendered to the Ming army hurriedly turned around, ran toward the rear, and soon disappeared.
Huang Taiji was so happy that he cried: "God bless you!"
Less than sixty miles away from the Liaozhong Guard City, the Ming army had stopped its pursuit. They deployed a huge hedgehog formation to prevent Jiannu from raiding and also to prevent Guan Ning's army from acting as Jiannu's internal agent.
We can’t blame Cheng Shijie for being too cautious. During the Battle of Daling River, even a fool would not believe that Wu Xiang was not plotting. In fact, watching Wu Sangui leading more than 5,000 cavalry Wu’s Guan Ning Army arrived, Zu Dabi Hezu Dale's reaction was even more intense than that of Cheng Shijie. They didn't care about chasing Jiannu, but instead set up their formation, ready to charge at Wu Clan Guan Ning's army at any time.
Zhang Yu said in confusion: "Why are they here?"
Shen Mingyu said angrily: "Let's take the credit!"
"Stealing credit?"
Zhang Yu looked disdainful: "Just them?"
Zhang Yu hurriedly said to Cheng Shijie: "Commander, the last general invites you to fight!"
"Wait!"
Cheng Shijie waved his hand and said, "Let's see what they want to do!"
Not long after, Wu Sangui led dozens of Wu's servants to come to Cheng Shijie.
"General, I will pay my respects to Cheng Shuai!"
Cheng Shijie looked at Wu Sangui and said, "What's the matter with you?"
Wu Sangui was very dissatisfied with Cheng Shijie's disdainful attitude, but thinking of Wu Xiang's repeated explanations, he could only lower his attitude: "Cheng Shuai, we are now suspected of stealing credit, but Cheng Shuai, please believe that what we have brought All of the five thousand cavalrymen have fought against Jiannu with real swords and guns on the banks of the Daling River. We really want to have a good fight with Jiannu again!"
As he spoke, Wu Sangui slowly took off his armor.
As Wu Sangui took off his armor and exposed his upper body, his chest was indeed scarred, with three or four scars crisscrossing it. Then, more than 5,000 Wu Clan Guan Ning Army cavalry also exposed their upper body.
Most of these Wu's servants had scars on their chests, but their backs were bare and without scars.
Cheng Shijie was defeated by Wu Sangui.
Cheng Shijie had no choice but to step forward and said: "General Xiao Wu, what are you doing? Put on your clothes quickly and don't catch a cold!"
The more than 5,000 Guanqin cavalrymen stood motionless in the cold wind.
Cheng Shijie stepped forward to support Wu Sangui.
Wu Sangui said: "Please Cheng Shuai make it happen!"
"To be honest, when I saw your flag, I really wanted you to go back wherever you came from, but... forget it!"
Cheng Shijie does know that Wu Sangui is a hard-core traitor, but the problem is that that is only the Wu Sangui in history. After all, the incident has not happened yet, and now Wu Sangui has not surrendered to the enemy and become a traitor.
Secondly, at this juncture, it is actually not easy to conflict with Guan Ning's army. The more conflict occurs, the easier it is to establish slaves. Cheng Shijie originally wanted to show off and secretly let the situation go, but now it is time to pass the blame.
It would be very embarrassing if Guan Ning's army released the truth under the pretext of pursuing Jiannu. Cheng Shijie would have an honest reason to deal with Wu Sangui.
Thinking of this, Cheng Shijie said: "Nian, you and the others are all staunch heroes. I will turn a blind eye this time and let it pass. I will give you a chance to fight and give you a share of the battle achievements. But if next time If you preserve your strength, don’t blame me for not giving you face, this is a national war, everyone must try their best!"
Wu Sangui said: "Cheng Shuai, don't worry, as long as Cheng Shuai opens his mouth next time, Guan Ning's cavalry will definitely arrive at dawn and dusk, and come to meet him as soon as possible.
Cheng Shuai, in fact, my father still wanted to go to war this time, but there were a few birdies who kept talking in front of him about conserving strength and other nonsense, which made him hesitant and missed a good opportunity. Next time those birdmen dare to be wordy again, I will kill them one by one! "
"Stop talking nonsense and follow up! Jiannu is in front. They are tired and hungry. They can't run anymore. It's time to take revenge. It's time to take revenge. How did they bully you before? Beat him back!"
Cheng Shijie looked at the writing paper in his hand. It was a gift list, which read: "Six hundred thousand taels of silver and two thousand cattle!"
Of course Guan Ning's army was rich, with an annual Liao salary of seven million taels. After seven and eight deductions, they got three to four million taels of silver, which was more than the total fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty in a year, and these cavalrymen each Individuals have dozens or even hundreds of acres of land under their names. They have no money. Who has money?
Although they felt a little unhappy, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted when they saw the five thousand well-equipped and murderous Guan Ning cavalry following up.
Although Guan Ningjun is here to pick peaches, having such an elite friendly force is not a bad thing.
Liaozhong Acropolis, although it is a small and dilapidated city, no matter how dilapidated the city is, it can still replenish certain supplies for the Jiannu slaves who are suffering from horse shortage. These sleepy and tired Jiannu soldiers finally managed to drink a sip of hot water and eat. Order horse meat.
But just as they were preparing to rest, the sound of horns was heard outside the city, and then the slave-building soldiers guarding Liaozhong Guard City saw a black line appear on the horizon. As time went by, this black line became smaller and smaller. The thicker.
As soon as they saw Ning Haijun's black battle flag, the expressions of these slave-building soldiers changed drastically, and they exclaimed in horror: "It's them! It's those evil ghosts who are catching up with them, run away!"
The little morale that Huang Taiji had managed to build up by using the horse meat of the war horses suddenly fell to the freezing point. These slave-building soldiers threw away their weapons and ran away. Even some of the slave-building nobles Niu Lu'erzhen and Jia La were ready to fight. Er Zhen is no exception.
There was no other way. The terrifying sight of Ning Haijun's artillery and thunderbolts devouring large swaths of Dajin warriors like demons from hell had frightened Jiannu out of his wits. When he saw the black tiger flag, his calves twitched and his whole body trembled. How can I still muster any courage to fight with them!
Haug roared loudly: "No escape! Where else can we escape? Escape will only make us die faster, no escape!"
Hauge roared at the top of his lungs, but it was of no use.
Ning Haijun's cavalry numbered four to five thousand, plus Guan Ning's troops Zu Dabi, Zu Dalue, and the newly arrived Zuke Fasuo. Guan Ning's army also had more than five thousand troops, plus Wu Sangui's five thousand cavalry. , Mongolia surrendered more than 8,000 cavalry, and Cheng Shijie's command could use as many as 24,000 cavalry at this time.
The roar of 24,000 men and horses shook away the clouds in the sky. Amid the roaring mountains and tsunami, the Ming army cavalry surrounded three sides of the Liaozhong Acropolis, and then the Ning navy infantry pressed up.
At first Huang Taiji thought that the Ming cavalry could not attack the city. They had an advantage. The cavalry was not good at attacking the city. This was a well-known secret. But the problem was that Cheng Shijie was now chasing with both infantry and cavalry.
Cheng Shijie took the walkie-talkie and said: "Yuan Shiliang, set up the artillery positions and tell Jiannu that the commander is here and they should come out to pee, so as not to pee in fear."
"yes!"
Twenty-four three-inch cannons and one hundred and sixty-eight French artillery pieces, a total of one hundred and ninety-two artillery pieces, were arranged into a huge artillery position.
"fire!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The thundering fireball spun out from the black hole of the cannon, carrying the scream of death and slamming towards the Liaozhong Acropolis. The Folang machine that was not equipped with explosive shells was also roaring with air waves. The shells rushed out from the barrel, baring its teeth and claws in front of them, twisting their bodies, and hundreds or even thousands of ballistic missiles were like frightened locusts. Pulling long streaks of fire...,
In the blink of an eye, the Liaozhong Acropolis turned into a sea of fire in a huge explosion that was so dense that there was no gap. The defenders in the city, the food, grass and weapons in the city, as well as Azig, Dorgon and others The hopes placed in the city were blown to powder by Ning Haijun's artillery!
Huang Taiji was dumbfounded, what's the point of guarding this?
Without Huang Taiji's order, the Jiannu army retreated from the east gate of Liaozhong Guard City, which was not defended by any troops. The retreating Jiannu would probably be extremely desperate.
At the east gate of Liao Zhongweicheng, the slave army was in chaos, trampling on each other and causing numerous casualties.
It was the first time that Zuk Kefa saw Ning Haijun beating the slaves, and Wu Sangui was the same. They were all dumbfounded, and their tongues stuck out: "This... is it over?"
"More than a hundred artillery shells, 30,000 to 40,000 slave soldiers were completely destroyed?"
Now they just want to slap themselves hard. If they had known that, they would not be able to fight hard. Ning Haijun rushed forward and defeated Jiannu in one fell swoop, and then the army followed and beheaded him.
As Jiannu began to retreat from Liaozhong Guards City, the Ning Navy Cavalry and Guan Ning Army Cavalry began to charge to pursue Jiannu.
"Zhao Wencai, Hu Erqi"
"The general is here!"
"Don't worry about these little shrimps. To capture the thief, capture the king first, and pull off Huang Taiji's head for me!"
"clear!"
Zhao Wencai and Hu Erqi each commanded five thousand iron cavalry to divide into two groups and take Huang Taiji's royal flag.
Now the one who has been promoted fastest in Ning Haijun is probably Hu Erqi. Hu Erqi was originally only a guard of the hunting cavalry, but now he has been promoted to the rank of captain. The more than 8,000 surrendered Mongolian cavalry are all under the command of Hu Erqi.
Hu Erqi led the Mongolian cavalry and hunting cavalry and Zhao Wencai's troops attacked Jiannu from the left and right. Zu Dabi, Zu Dale, and Zu Kefa rushed forward.
Seeing the charge of more than 20,000 Ming army cavalry, the Jiannu cavalry were so frightened that they did not dare to accept the attack. They only led their men to flee crazily, and even massacred the Jiannu soldiers who blocked their way.
The Ming army cavalry chased after them, trampling down groups of Jiannu cavalry. The cries of the Jiannu cavalry resounded through the sky!
Among the Ming army, Wu Sangui and Zukefa had never participated in the battle. Their horses were full of energy and came first. They actually passed the cavalry of Zu Dabi, Zu Dale, Zhao Wencai and Hu Erqi, and ran to the front.
Zukefa stared at Yuetuo's men and was about to fire an arrow. Suddenly, there was a loud sound of hoofbeats, and a large group of cavalry rushed over, surpassing Zukefa, and stood between the Zu family cavalry and Jiannu. Arrows flew towards the Jiannu army like raindrops.
Zu Kefa was particularly conspicuous when he saw a big "Wu" character on a general's flag. Under the general's flag, a young general fired his bow from left to right, and his arrows were connected like beads. who?
Zukofa was furious: "General Wu, what do you mean!?"
Wu Sangui turned around and smiled arrogantly at Zu Kefa: "General Zu, your ancestral army has made a lot of military achievements. Don't be too greedy. I want Yue Tuo's head! If you are wise, get out of the way. Don't follow me." I fight!"
Guan Ningjun's ability to steal credit is as good as his ability to deceive his allies, and his reputation is far-reaching. Anyone who is in the army will know this.
Zukefa said angrily: "Wu Sangui, don't be shameless! I want Yue Tuo's head. Let's each speak according to our abilities and see who can snatch it!"
Wu Sangui said in a gloomy tone: "Then you are not going to get out of the way?"
Zukofa said: "We are not just the Sichuan Army and the Zhejiang Army that you can manipulate!"
Having said this, everyone had nothing to say. They looked at each other fiercely and then closed their mouths. They kicked the horses in the belly, causing the horses to speed up and pursue them. No matter what they say, they can't let the other side take away this great achievement. Got it!
The cavalry of the Guan Ning Army and the cavalry of the Wu Family Army were like driving bumper cars. You bumped into each other and I bumped into you. The cavalry of the Zu Family Army tried every means to get rid of these troublemakers. The cavalry of the Wu Family Army refused to give in and tried every means to create obstacles for them.
Zukofa was furious, but there was nothing he could do.
Under the entanglement of Wu Sangui's men, the cavalry on both sides lost their blade-like sharpness, and their speed inevitably slowed down. Both sides were cursing, but they almost didn't make a move.
Yue Tuo thought that he would have a narrow escape from death if he took on the task of being the queen. He didn't expect that the Ming army would start fighting with his own people. He was overjoyed when he saw this. He took the opportunity to kick the horse's belly with his spurs, piercing the horse's belly until it was bloody. The horse in severe pain suddenly went crazy, desperately racing, and actually bitten the horse. The pursuers behind were thrown hundreds of steps away.
Seeing this, Wu Sangui and Zuk Kefa secretly screamed that something was wrong. Although they wanted to compete for credit, they never thought of letting Yue Tuo go. They did not care to continue the intrigue, and each led their cavalry to pursue him fiercely.
Unfortunately, it was too late. Yue Tuo laughed loudly: "You want to catch me? In the next life!"
The cooked duck flew away like this. Zu Kefa was so angry that he glared at Wu Sangui and gritted his teeth and said, "General Wu, should you give us an explanation?"
Wu Sangui also looked livid: "If you hadn't been pestering us, we would have captured Yue Tuo long ago! You just wait to be prosecuted by military law!"
Zukefa said angrily: "It's you who are entangled! We have obviously caught up with Yue Tuo, but you have to rush out and interfere!"
Wu Sangui sneered: "So what? What I can't get, no one can get it!"
"you……"
Zu Kefa was just the adopted son of Zu Dashou and did not have a high status with Wu Sangui, his close nephew. In desperation, he had to report the matter to Zu Dabi.
When Zu Dabi heard this, he immediately became furious.
However, he never thought that before he could settle the score with Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui had already found Cheng Shijie. Wu Sangui hugged Cheng Shijie's thigh and said: "Cheng Shuai, you must make the decision for Sangui!"
(End of chapter)
