"Victory! Victory! Victory..." On the battlefield of the night battle in Tuhe, a huge shout like a mountain roaring and a tsunami suddenly sounded. The sound rolled westward along the Tuhe River and soon reached the ears of Gao Hongtu, the governor of Shandong Province in the Ming Dynasty.
What? Is this a win? Is this too easy? Could it be that the Tatars were sleeping all night, so they just let some useless green camp guard them?
The tall governor Gao Hongtu almost didn't believe his ears, so he turned around and asked Li Dakai next to him: "What are the people in front shouting?"
"Futai," Li Dakai was already so excited that he couldn't hold back, "We won, we won...our forward selection won, well done to Li Chengdong!"
"So fast?" Gao Hongtu didn't believe it, "How long has it been?"
"Futai," Li Dakai said with a smile, "you have risked your life for a big reward this time. There is a field for the soldiers, and there is a Tai'an state for Li Chengdong... everyone is fighting for their lives, and the Tatars can't resist it." ah!"
"Yeah?"
Gao Hongtu stroked his beard and said to himself: It turns out that I am so good at fighting! Why can't the emperor discover this talent? In the end, the prince finally figured it out... If the emperor had used his own officials to pacify Liao and destroy the bandits earlier, wouldn't the world have been at peace?
While he was thinking wildly, the few fast horses in front of him galloped along the queue of the Ming Army's "Chebao Brigade" which was driving out of "Tuweizi". They reached Gao Hongtu's command flag of the three armies and were soon caught by Gao Hongtu. The governor's soldiers were brought over.
"Report to Futai, Commander Li asked the younger one to report that he has dispersed about 5,000 Tartar blocking troops, and is now pursuing and advancing eastward!"
"Really? Is this true?" Gao Hongtu still couldn't believe it.
"It's absolutely true!" The knight gave a positive answer.
Gao Hongtu looked at Li Dakai.
Li Dakai said: "Futai, maybe the Tartars didn't expect us to break out tonight... Now is a rare opportunity, let's seize it and go faster!"
"Okay!" Gao Hongtu nodded heavily, "pass the order and say that the front army has won a great victory, the road is open, and the three armies must move quickly... we must complete these 20 miles before Si hour!"
"Here!"
As the soldiers around Gao Hongtu galloped to deliver the order, the army, which had been moving slowly like a forest, suddenly began to accelerate!
If Gao Hongtu and Duoduo were to change positions, the latter would definitely not speed up their march just because of the victory of the Selection Team.
Because Gao Hongtu's main force is more than 20,000 people, he is now in a special formation that relies on the slow progress of the chariot formation, but he can speed up if he wants. Moreover, the victory of the selected vanguard team came too easily. Even if it was not a fraud, it was just that the enemy was caught off guard.
The enemy who reacts will definitely organize a new attack, and with the hands and feet of the Eight Banners soldiers, a new attack will come soon.
So the right thing to do now is to quickly call back Li Chengdong, who has been beaten crazy, and together they can protect the car formation and fight while walking...
However, Gao Hongtu and the two "generals" he trusted, Li Dakai and Zhang Mingzhen, were not experienced generals, let alone experienced in fighting the Eight Banners soldiers.
So at the dawn of the day they were all a little dazed!
And the brigade of more than 20,000 people began to fall into crisis step by step because of their confusion.
The crisis first occurred where the convoy passed through the trenches and parapets of the Qing army - because of the existence of the trenches and parapets, there was no way for the shield convoy to pass. So Gao Hongtu sent a "migrant worker brigade" to shovel the soil, trying to fill the road and knock down the parapet.
But when Gao Hongtu's order to speed up was conveyed, the work was only half done.
Although it was only half done, it was still passable. So the "car soldiers" at the back couldn't wait any longer and pushed the shield car swaying through the bumpy road... This was a bit messy. Some cars passed smoothly, but after dozens of cars passed, the road surface, which had not been compacted, became very bumpy. As a result, a shield car failed to push it properly and fell over, blocking the road.
Now everything is in chaos!
According to Gao Hongtu's order, the shield vehicles and infantry were organized into a flag team. The vehicles could not move, and neither could the soldiers... So there was a disconnect in his army. Dozens of shield vehicles that had crossed the trenches and parapets, as well as thousands of infantry, were advancing rapidly. Other people and cars were blocked.
Gao Hongtu made a second mistake at this time. He did not order the dozens of vehicles and thousands of people who had passed by to immediately turn to defense, but told them to quickly go to Renzihao Fort.
At the same time, he did not let the blocked people and vehicles move out of the moon formation. He only ordered Zhang Mingzhen to lead people to clear the road.
In this way, Gao Hongtu's army was divided into three parts. One part followed Li Chengdong to pursue Wu Weihua's defeated soldiers - Wu Weihua himself was not in the army, he was on the other side of the trench, and now he became a polished general.
Some of them were scattered in the trenches of the Qing army and on the official road east of the parapet. The team was loose and everyone only focused on advancing eastward.
Others are following Gao Hongtu, waiting for the road to be cleared!
At this moment, Duduo's attack began!
Duduo's army was divided into four parts at this time. One part was Wu Weihua's defeated army. They were killed by Li Chengdong's people and fled, so let's not mention it.
One part, led by Gang Atai, numbered 5,000 (of which there were only a few hundred in Manchuria), and had already crossed the Tu River to block Gao Hongtu's army - the Tu River was not deep and could be forded in many places. So Duduo also sent people on the north bank of the river to block the river to prevent Gao Hongtu's people from wading into the water and escaping.
The remaining troops were now divided into two by Duduo. One was led by He Luohui and attacked the Qing army's trenches and the Ming army on the official road east of the parapet - because He Luohui didn't have many people. , so we don’t seek total annihilation, we only seek expulsion, and then block the roads to prevent the elite selected forwards of the Ming army from returning for reinforcements.
The main force, led by Duduo himself, began to approach Gao Hongtu's main force! Moreover, his cavalry appeared by chance, just when the road had been opened and the team could continue to move forward!
"The Tatars are coming..."
I don't know who shouted out, but Gao Hongtu's army suddenly became silent. Everyone stood up. Even the mules and horses in the army were silent at this moment.
All eyes turned to the south, and they saw groups of cavalry suddenly appearing in the hazy distance of their sight, their horses' hooves rumbling like thunder like waves. Needless to say, this was the main force of the Qing army. They must have discovered that the Ming army had broken through, so they attacked!
"Hurry up, form a vehicle formation! Form a vehicle formation..." Gao Hongtu had already reacted and shouted loudly.
But his formation was a bit scattered, and the troops were divided into several parts. How could he organize the formation so easily?
"Futai," Li Dakai on the side suggested, "Let Ma De lead the troops to attack and fend off the Tartars."
Gao Hongtu quickly agreed: "Okay... Ma DeGong, Ma DeGong, pass quickly and Ma DeGong!"
Where is the figure of Ma Degong?
This guy took charge of the imperial army and led 2,000 cavalry at the end. When the Qing army appeared, he knew something was wrong, so he turned around and ran towards the "Tuweizi". He didn't stay in Tuweizi for long. Seeing that the situation on the battlefield was not good, he fled again and ran to Liaocheng, thirty miles away, and brought the news of Gao Hongtu's "annihilation of the entire army" with him. .....
Without the protection of Ma Degong's cavalry, Gao Hongtu's tens of thousands of men had no time to form the Queyue Formation and had to resist on the spot.
And Duoduo's attack was bound to win. In just the first wave of attacks, no less than 10,000 cavalry were invested!
The Eight Flags cavalry almost filled the entire battlefield at this moment!
However, Gao Hongtu also showed enough composure and tenacity during the group training that he did not break up in a hurry. Before the cavalry of the Qing army arrived, the three-eyed fire gun soldiers, archers, sword soldiers holding javelins, and spearmen carrying ten-foot-long spears were all lined up neatly, leaning on more than 200 shield carts. Prepare for a desperate fight!
The bloody battle in Tuhe has finally reached its climax!
