At dawn, the general of the world's soldiers and horses arrived in front of Shanhaiguan. Wu Sangui personally rode out of the city to greet him. Sangui, shirtless and carrying a few thorns on his back, formally surrendered to Qi Meng.
"The sinners don't know the destiny, and they act like chariots with their arms. They actually become the enemy of the Generalissimo. Today, they lead Ningyuan's troops and horses to surrender. They only want to avenge the late emperor and save the people of the Ming Dynasty. From now on, the Generalissimo will follow his lead and will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Qi Meng turned over and dismounted, stepped forward with a sliding shovel to help Wu Sangui, held Wu Sangui's little hand, and said emotionally.
"In the past, Guan Zhong shot Duke Huan of Qi in the coat hook. Duke Huan of Qi made Guan Zhong his prime minister and finally achieved hegemony. Today, Ning Yuanbo led his army to surrender. The little emperor (Zhu Cimiao) will definitely reward you with land and promote you to the title of vassal king. You The future is bright!”
Kang Yingqian patted Wu Sangui on the shoulder: "The commander-in-chief just said it right. Today, Ning Yuanbo came back with an imperial edict to punish Zhu Youjian. On the one hand, the country's revenge will be avenged, and on the other hand, your Wu family in western Liaoning will be able to protect their family and descendants for generations to come." , Enjoy long-term wealth and honor, just like mountains and rivers."
Wu Sangui thanked him repeatedly.
Qi Meng ordered all Ningyuan troops to tie their shoulders with white cloth so that the Jingnan army could distinguish them from the Ming army on the battlefield, because Zhenwu camp would kill all enemies after entering.
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Thirty thousand Ming troops lined up along the Shahe River. The Central Route Army set up a huge hollow square formation on the bank, with cavalry on both sides to support them. The sky was filled with wind and sand, and there was no distinction between horses and cattle. The teams on both sides looked a bit messy.
Qintian Supervisor Zhengtang Ruowang opened his eyes wide, looked at the gray sky, snorted and said, "God bless the Ming Dynasty."
Sandstorms are indeed not good weather for fighting.
Emperor Chongzhen raised his telescope and looked at the flag flying on Shanhaiguan Pass. He quickly noticed the white cloth tied on the mandarin duck coat of Ningyuan Army and sneered:
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"The slaves of the three surnames are willing to be cannon fodder for Qi thieves. I will help you today!"
Tang Tong echoed: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful. Our Ming Dynasty has strong soldiers and horses and sharp firearms. Wu Sangui is looking for death. Your Majesty, please let me be the vanguard and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor behind!"
Bai Guangen, He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu and other generals were all gearing up, waiting for the emperor's order to launch an attack.
Zhu Youjian glared ahead and waved his command flag: "Bombard Shanhaiguan!"
"Zuo Liangyu is the forward, He Renlong leads the Chinese army to attack the city, Bai Guangen and Tang Tong are on the side to support!"
Zhu Youjian left the most elite 10,000 Beijing camp soldiers as a reserve team to be used for the final deal with Qi Meng's Zhenwu camp.
A dense barrage slowly unfolded in front of Shanhaiguan. The shirtless artillerymen stuffed the shells into the barrels, lit the fuses, and a huge roar echoed throughout the battlefield.
As a time traveler, Zhu Youjian has a long-standing preference for artillery. He calls artillery the "God of War" and believes that artillery is a decisive weapon that wins wars.
Emperor Chongzhen once issued an oral edict:
An attack without artillery support is a crime against the Ming Dynasty and the people, and it will cause unnecessary sacrifices.
The tactics adopted by the Ming army's artillery were indirect fire, preparing firepower for the attack, using counter-artillery and suppressing the enemy's artillery group, destroying the enemy's artillery positions so that the attacking infantry could easily break through, and a large number of cavalry units would pour through the gaps in the enemy's defense line. And out. As firepower continued to increase, the Ming army deployed more and more artillery on the front line. During this Shanhaiguan battle, the artillery density of the Ming army reached 230-280 guns per mile of front line.
The Ming army's artillery strikes were extremely fierce, but not always precise or accurate.
After several battles with the Ming army, skilled Liaodong commanders such as Deng Changxiong and Pu Gang had learned how to evacuate their forward positions in field battles before the Ming army was scheduled to begin fire preparations.
Of course, now that the army is fighting a decisive battle with the Ming army with Shanhaiguan behind, it is impossible to retreat.
The Ming army used 122mm howitzers as the backbone of indirect fire bombing, supplemented by 152mm howitzers. 122mm guns and 152mm howitzers attached to division and corps levels and above.
This kind of firepower equipment was terrifying, and Qi Meng even doubted whether Wu Sangui and his Ningyuan Army could rush to the Ming army's position alive under such intensive bombardment.
Cannon fodder should have the consciousness of cannon fodder. Under the cover of shield vehicles, Ningyuan's elite troops pushed forward with difficulty against the intensive artillery fire of the Ming army.
At the same time as the bombardment, Bai Guangen and Tang Tong led their elite cavalry to outflank Ningyuan's army from the left and right wings.
The three thousand cavalrymen were like two sharp sickles, slowly increasing their speed and attacking the Ningyuan army formation. Shanhaiguan City quickly began to bombard this group of cavalrymen. Howling shells passed over the heads of the Ming army from time to time, tearing a gap in the cavalry array. A bloody wound.
When there were only 200 steps left from Wu Sangui's infantry, the officers waved their flags and loudly ordered: "Get ready to charge! Unsheath your sword! Advance in small steps."
150 steps away from the enemy.
"Move forward quickly!"
50 steps
"charge!"
The trumpeters of the Ming Army blew impetuous horns, and the riders drove their horses to the highest speed. The accelerated charge allowed the cavalry to maintain a relatively intact formation before engaging the enemy. This would create an instant maximum momentum for the enemy's line. .
Ning Yuan's army, with white cloth tied to their shoulders, fired ping-pong-pong-pong, trying to inflict maximum damage on the enemy before the Ming army approached. Riders were constantly shot and fell to the ground.
However, compared with the limited casualties of the Ming army, the Ningyuan army suffered heavy casualties. The shelling not only disrupted Wu Sangui's formation, but also brought the already fearful Ningyuan army to the verge of collapse. The Ming army's artillery firepower was far beyond what Wu Sangui knew. In order to To deal with time-travelers like himself, Zhu Youjian took out everything from the bottom of the box.
Although the results of the Ming army's first charge were not obvious, there were still dense enemy corpses tied with white cloth in front of the formation.
Ningyuan's army was smashed into pieces by the cavalry. The generals of each battalion shouted loudly and tried to gather their troops and horses to reorganize their formation. However, before they could finish gathering, the second round of attacks came.
In order to win this decisive battle, Zhu Youjian mobilized 50,000 horses and elephants from Shanxi, Xuanfu, Datong and even Myanmar to strengthen the Ming army's cavalry. The cavalry was not insufficient.
At this time, Bai Guangen and Tang Tong were high-spirited and high-spirited. Although the two of them usually disagreed, when facing Wu Sangui, they were unanimous. It was not because Wu Sangui had surrendered to Qi Meng, but because Ning Yuanbo had been favored by the emperor for a long time. All the warriors were jealous, and now that the opportunity had come, they naturally had to deal with this thief.
Bai Guangen adopted the method of multiple waves of attacks. Two regiments of a cavalry brigade were separated by eighty steps and launched charges one after another. The first wave was mainly used to attract the firepower of the Ningyuan Army and cause a certain amount of confusion to it, and then changed direction and returned through the gaps between the enemy formations.
The Ningyuan Army passively defended, not only to guard against the Ming Army's artillery bombardment, but also to deal with the continuous assault of the Ming Army's cavalry. The ammunition was consumed and reloading, and more and more gaps soon appeared in the phalanx.
Without waiting for Wu Sangui to give orders to fill the gap, the second wave of cavalry who rushed over came again. Near the gap, more and more Ming army riders brandished their sabers and charged in, slashing with skillful movements. Ning Yuan's army Visible speed begins to collapse.
Ning Yuanbo shouted hysterically: "Quick! Ask the Generalissimo for help!"
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"Hahaha! Wu Sangui was defeated! This stupid slave must now know how powerful the Ming army is!"
"General Bai used his troops like a god. It only took half an hour to break through the Ningyuan army's formation. I admire you, I admire you!"
Just when Bai Guangen was about to say a few words of modesty to Tang Tong, suddenly, a piece of wind and sand rolled in from the east hillside.
He thought he was seeing things, and rubbed his eyes again, but he saw that under the clouds of sand and dust, the Jingnan Army quickly circled to Wu Sangui's right and rushed towards the left wing of his own camp.
When the Ming army turned to the cavalry, which suddenly appeared from the sand like ghosts, they were shocked to find that they were all wearing red military uniforms.
"Zhenwuying!"
With a burst of exclamation, the Ming cavalry who were fighting fiercely fled and fled towards Yongping without looking back.
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"This trip is specifically to clear away the rebellion (that is, the false emperor Chongzhen). It is expected to destroy the thieves. Anyone who resists will be killed. The person being punished now is only the traitor Zhu Youjian. He will not massacre the people, burn the houses, or plunder property. , if there are those who are the first to advocate that they should make great contributions, they will be rewarded in an exceptional way, and the law will be followed. The Ming thieves were defeated by a stone, and the capital was defeated by the second. When they heard that our army was coming, they burned the palaces and treasury, and rushed south in a hurry..."
In May of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Jingnan's army entered the pass and defeated the Ming army one after another at Yiyishi and Chongwenmen. Zhu Youjian led the remaining troops of the Beijing camp to retreat southward along the canal.
On May 26, Hong Chengchou suggested to the Generalissimo that if he wanted to win the attack on the Central Plains, he must ensure the following two things: first, completely defeat Zhu Youjian's army; secondly, change the polar circle rule strategy promoted by the Generalissimo in Liaodong and suspend it. Squeeze the people in the pass and minimize the plunder of the people. Of course, we can continue to publicize Zhu Youjian's crime of killing his brother and his mother...
Finally, Hong Chengchou specifically proposed that the ten-year-old "foot-binding ban" in Liaodong should be postponed slightly in the customs, otherwise it might trigger a civil uprising.
At this time, the Ming court no longer has the ability to control the world, and Zhu Youjian is no longer Qi Meng's father. Zhu Cimiao, the illegitimate son of Emperor Tianqi supported by the general, will soon ascend the throne.
In the Eastern World, no one can know what will happen next second.
After Qi Meng got rid of Zhang and his party and defeated Zhu Youjian, he could sit back and relax. At least in this plane, there would be no more supernatural beings like those in "Saar Hu Begins".
He can rest assured to be Huo Guang.
