Li Yunze, who was fully armored, was still feeling uneasy when walking on the swaying pontoon.
After all, if he fell into the river, this body armor wouldn't float.
But he wanted so much to annihilate the main force of the Tartars in one battle that he did not hesitate to take personal risks and used himself as the biggest bait to prevent the Tartars from escaping.
Huang Taiji is a far-sighted person who does not care about the gains and losses of a city or a place.
If he gets ruthless and leads his troops to retreat north, or even all the way into the deep mountains and forests, then it will be Li Yunze's turn.
There are still many problems in the Ming Dynasty. Li Yunze cannot always fight guerrillas with the Tartars.
This is just like being reluctant to let go of your wife and not being able to catch her. You must have enough bait to attract the main force of the Tartars.
Behind Li Yunze was a large banner held by two strong men.
The cold wind in the morning blew by, and the big bamboo leaf rustled in the wind.
The morale of the Ming army on the north bank was greatly boosted, and the soldiers of the Shenshu Camp forced the Zhenglan Banner back.
The fire gun soldiers standing on the bench also used rounds of intensive shooting, causing huge casualties to the Tartars.
By the time Li Yunze jumped off the pontoon and stood on the north bank of the Daling River, the Tartar offensive had collapsed.
The craftsmen of the auxiliary barracks occupied a pontoon bridge, quickly transported a large number of wooden boxes, and built a viewing platform dozens of steps away from the pontoon bridge.
He stepped up to the five-meter-high viewing platform and motioned to the warrior holding the large banner, "Put it behind me."
At this time, Zhao Lijiao and Lu Xiangsheng from the Shenshu Camp had already arrived at the "Long Live the Golden Body..."
"Don't say such things." Li Yunze looked at the two of them, "The Tartar army is coming. Can you withstand it?"
The two looked at each other and nodded "Yes!"
"Zhao leads the army." Li Yunze ordered, and then turned to look at Cao Bianjiao, who was standing behind him. "And you, go and command the troops in battle. Lu Xiangsheng stays."
Wang Chengen, who looked nervous, hugged Maza and placed him on the viewing platform.
Li Yunze turned to him and told him, "Take the table and warm up the wine. I don't want the dishes anymore. Bring over two cans."
Wang Chengen, who responded quickly, turned around and ran away again.
Sitting down on the horse, Li Yunze motioned to Lu Xiangsheng beside him, "After defeating the Tartars, how should we govern the Liao region?"
He knew the elegant meaning after hearing the sound of the string. When he asked this question, Lu Xiangsheng immediately understood.
After thinking for a while, he responded, "Long live, we will recruit refugees back to Liaoning, distribute the fields and resume production. Rebuild roads and canals, and restore trade routes..."
"None of this is important." Li Yunze waved his hand impatiently, "How to deal with the remnants of the Tartars?"
After a moment of silence, Lu Xiangsheng responded, "Suppress them."
"Yes." Li Yunze, who was sitting on the horse, adjusted slightly and nodded slightly. "After the Tartars are pacified, I will divide Liao into several provinces, and you will be the governor of Liao, taking charge of military and civilian affairs."
Lu Xiangsheng was startled, and subconsciously looked down at Sun Chengzong, who was preparing to go to the viewing platform. "Long live, everything in Liao has always been handled by Sun Ge..."
"He begged for bones."
Huang Taiji smiled gently and signaled to Mang Gurtai, who was retreating from defeat, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Six, go and heal your injuries. Brother Six will be asked to fight for Dajin later."
When Mang Gurtai went to heal his injuries, Huang Taiji looked around at the princes and ministers: "Everyone, what are you saying?"
"Let me tell you." Abatai was the first to jump out. "Minggou has been very aggressive this time, so why not retreat for now? Extend their supply line, cut off the food channel, and then fight again."
At this time, Houjin was still a bandit group.
The core of their strategy is still the gangster mentality of bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
The Ming army we are facing today is so powerful. If you can't chew it down, then don't chew it. Just run away first and then look for opportunities.
Upon hearing Abate's proposal, many people nodded in approval.
"Old Seven." Huang Taiji sneered again and again. "In this situation, how can we just retreat if we just say so?"
He raised his whip and pointed at the camp, "Do you want the military supplies and food in the barracks? Do you want the slaves who are doing the work? If we retreat now, do you believe that those Mongolians will run away immediately and never come back!"
"Lao Ba." Seeing Huang Taiji's rage, Dai Shan tried to persuade him, "We all know what you said, but the Ming army in front of us is difficult to attack. I guess it is even harder to fight than those on the banks of the Hun River..."
"Second brother!" Huang Taiji interrupted Daishan, "Without the military supplies and grass, the hundreds of miles of wild road from here to Shenyang City, do we have to chew grass all the way back? It's freezing cold now, and there is no tent. Firewood can freeze half the people to death in one night!"
He took a deep breath and pointed his riding whip towards the other side. "Tell me, none of the Ming army's cavalry showed up. Where did they go?"
They were all veterans, so they naturally knew that the Ming cavalry did not show up at this time, so they must have taken a detour to the rear.
"The cavalry of the Ming Army harassed us all the way. When we return to Shenyang City, how many people and horses will be left? When the Ming Army comes around, where else can we go? Back to the old city of Hetuala?"
The hundreds of miles of wild journey from Daling River to Shenyang City, without supplies and with a large number of Ming troops attacking, the losses along the way must have been extremely heavy.
"The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty opposite." Huang Taiji squinted at the large banner fluttering in the wind in the distance. "He calculated these accurately and caught us off guard. We wanted to fight, but we didn't have the determination. We wanted to run, but we couldn't let go. Okay. , very good."
Li Yunze's surprise attack really hit the Tartars hard on the waist. Even if they wanted to run away, they would not have time to collect military supplies and supplies.
They didn't have time to go to the camp to gather slaves and food and military supplies. Without these, they wanted to span hundreds of miles of wilderness, and the thought of it made people go numb.
"We came here this time and brought all the usable food and grass." Huang Taiji said another fatal thing. "Without this batch of military supplies and food and grass, we won't even be able to survive next year's lean period."
At this time, Abate complained a few words, "Then go grab it."
Huang Taiji, who was already angry at being plotted by Li Yunze, was furious when he heard this and immediately whipped him.
"Do you think these Ming soldiers are all dead? They pushed them all the way to Shenyang City. Where can we grab them?"
Abatai, who had a bloodstain directly drawn from his face, quickly dismounted his horse and saluted, "Sweat, calm down. It's my fault."
Abatai's family background was not high, he was considered a child, and his status among the brothers had always been very low.
Not to mention the four Baylors, even a young man like Dorgon Duduo has a much higher status than him.
"Lao Ba, don't get angry." Dai Shan tried to make peace again, "Just tell me what to do."
"beat!"
As a decisive person, Huang Taiji immediately made up his mind, "Instead of throwing all the warriors on the road for hundreds of miles and letting the Mongolians escape on their own, it is better to fight today. This battle is unavoidable. , we can’t afford to lose military supplies and food.”
Huang Taiji doesn't care about a city or a place, but he can't care about the troops and horses in his hands.
The Tartars had only a small number of people. If they abandoned their food and grass and fled back to Shenyang City, they would have to lose at least half of their troops and horses, as well as all the tribal cannon fodder.
Everyone's family members are in Shenyang City. If the Ming army pursues them, they will still fight.
Even if the Ming army did not pursue them, they would starve to death without food.
"I looked at the bridge over there. Not many people can cross it in a short period of time." Huang Taiji pointed at the opposite side angrily, "Now there are only more than 10,000 and less than 20,000. What's more important is..."
After a short pause, he took a deep breath, stretched out his riding crop and pointed at the scroll, "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is over there!"
"The morale of the Ming army depends on their emperor. As long as we can capture the Ming Emperor, we will make a lot of money!"
After taking down the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, the strongest troops of Ming Dynasty will inevitably collapse. When they are defeated, the northern part of Ming Dynasty will no longer have the power to resist, and then it can enter the pass.
The military supplies, food and grass captured, and the prisoners of war captured will greatly enhance their own strength.
And if the emperor is captured, there will be a lot of room for negotiation or blackmail.
All in all, the benefits are huge.
Huang Taiji is also a person who likes to take risks. When the opportunity is right in front of him, he definitely has the courage to give it a try.
These words moved all Baylor, and they are also very aware of the current situation.
After some discussion, everyone agreed with Huang Taiji's determination.
"Each banner selects men to supervise the battle, forcing the Mongols to take the lead and consume the Ming army's gunpowder."
Huang Taiji made up his mind and immediately issued an order: "Lao Qi, you lead the people to the first formation. Big brother, you do the second formation. Second brother, you and Yue Tuo do the third formation. Hauge and I do the fourth formation. Mo Ergen Daiqing (Dorgon), you will be detained. Anyone who dares to escape in front of the formation will be killed!"
Seven of the eight flags were concentrated here, and only Duduo's white-trimmed flag stayed in Shenyang to deal with Mao Wenlong's harassment.
Huang Taiji invested a lot of money and was determined to defeat the Ming army across the river in one battle before the Ming army on the other side massively supported him.
Judging from the past records of both sides, the chances of a complete victory are as high as over 90%.
After the order was issued, Niulu Ezhen, Jiala Ezhen, Meile Ezhen, Gushan Ezhen, etc. at all levels shouted and summoned, mobilizing troops and horses to prepare for the assault. With all kinds of flags waving, it looks like a large-scale event.
"As expected, he didn't run away."
On the viewing platform, Li Yunze put down the Nikon Ye Ye in his hand: "I really saw you right, Huang Taiji. When it's time to fight hard, there was no ambiguity."
"Lu Xiangsheng." He turned to Lu Xiangsheng and told Lu Xiangsheng, "order the soldiers to tidy up their armor and weapons and eat canned food to replenish their strength. The reinforcements coming from behind will be assembled by the river in bureau units before filling in the battle line."
"My lord, take your orders."
With the communication methods of this era, it is not that easy to mobilize tens of thousands of troops.
Li Yunze estimated that it would take at least two quarters of an hour before the opponent launched a charge.
This period of time gave the Ming army an opportunity to reorganize their front lines and replenish food.
He was not involved in the specific command arrangements. After all, he was not a micro-manipulation master who could move the machine gun position five meters to the left.
It is enough for Zhao to lead and teach Cao Bianjiao and others to command.
The soldiers of the Ming Army across the river built a defense line about 200 steps away from the viewing platform. There were also reinforcements in units of bureaus at the rear, which continuously poured into the battle line to strengthen the thickness.
The fire gunners of the Shenji Battalion used stools and wooden boxes to build a platform and formed a fire line behind the soldiers' queue.
The order was conveyed, and the soldiers sat on the ground one after another, took out their favorite canned fish, opened it, and devoured it.
This kind of canned food, rich in sugar, salt, spices, meat and oil, can greatly supplement the human body's consumption and is the most popular military resource in the army.
Two cans were also placed on the table in front of Li Yunze.
He said that he must have breakfast with Sun Chengzong and others.
Time passed like water, and the sunshine became more abundant, dispelling the early morning mist.
As the dull horn horns continued to sound from the Tartar formation in the distance, the battle that determined the fate of the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty was about to begin.
