On the evening of the third day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Hongxing's reign in the Ming Dynasty, about 15 miles northeast of Yanshan Town in Cangzhou, near a small village called Zhuangqiao Village, forty "black spearmen" belonging to the Huaibei Fan Town of the Ming Dynasty ambushed hundreds of soldiers belonging to the Ming Dynasty. The Mongolian cavalry of the Qingzhao Wuda League kicked off the battle between the Ming and Ming armies, known in history as the decisive battle of Yanshan.
However, before the early morning of the fourth day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Hongxing arrived, neither warring party realized that they had bumped into the opponent's main force.
In fact, this important battle, which later generations called "the first modern war between armies in the East," was fought in chaos.
This is simply a confused battle between modern armies.
After setting up an ambush in the woods outside Zhuangqiao Village and killing more than thirty Mongolian cavalry, Li Tieniu, the platoon leader of Huang Degong's army, asked his men to clean up the battlefield. The injured Mongolian horse also picked up a bunch of miscellaneous things, and returned to Zhuangqiao Village, which looked relatively strong, ready to eat and sleep...
By the way, the hundreds of Mongolian warriors who were ambushed by them had already disappeared by this time.
These Mongolians from the Zhaowuda League did not come from the Six Banners of Horqin, so their equipment and combat effectiveness were poor. When they were in the Hetao Grassland, they were beaten with black guns by King Dai's men and were a little scared. Therefore, after being sent out by Bier Tahar, he had been on tenterhooks and did not even dare to let go when he robbed Han villages.
But they were still tricked. When they were robbing a group of fleeing Han refugees, they were shot dead by the Ming army lying on the roadside, and then they were attacked by a group of lancers (10 lancers and 10 horse archers). Hundreds of Mongolians were frightened, and in a panic they didn't know how many enemies there were, so they simply dispersed.
Li Tieniu, who had won a great victory, did not go after them. After cleaning the battlefield, he escorted the hundreds of crying people they rescued back to Zhuangqiao Village - these people were the farmers in Zhuangqiao Village. Zhuangqiao Village was captured by Li Tieniu's men with 20 flintlock guns at noon. After capturing Zhuangqiao Village, Li Tieniu learned from the people of Zhuangqiao Village that there were Mongolian cavalry activities nearby, and then " The people of Zhuangqiao Village were borrowed to set a trap...
Li Tieniu, who originally thought he could rest comfortably for a night in Zhuangqiao Village, had just had a delicious meal with his men. Before he could arrange the order of taking turns to rest, warning shots rang out.
The Mongols are still coming back this time, but they are obviously more powerful than the previous Mongols. They are the troops of Horqin Six Banners. They are led by Zasak of Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner, who is also a prince and consort named Manzhu Xili. , he was the younger brother of Wu Keshan, and he was also a family member of the Qing Dynasty. He was the adopted daughter of Huang Taiji, Princess of the Yue Tuo family, and became the consort of Heshuo.
This time he led his 1,500 cavalry to attack together with Zhuobutai's firearms battalion. The Mongolian cavalry moved fast, so they opened the way in front and arrived at the battlefield first.
Different from the previous "miscellaneous Mongols", Manzhu Xili brought serious Horqin warriors. Everyone had armor to protect their bodies, and there were more than a hundred shotgun soldiers protecting Prince Manzhu Xili.
However, after Manzhu Xili arrived at the battlefield, he did not immediately order his subordinates to launch a strong attack. Because he found that although Zhuangqiao Village was a small village, it had a double protection composed of a wooden fence and an earth wall. The wooden fence can protect against horses, and the earth wall can protect the defenders.
In addition, there are four wooden towers standing at the four corners of the square village.
This is not a village where Han fat sheep live, but a small but strong castle!
Looking at the fortifications in Zhuangqiao Village, Manzhu Xili felt a little helpless. What does it mean that a small village is like this? Who are you guarding against?
These days, he has received many reports from his subordinates, saying that Grass Valley is not easy to fight! The Han villages in Beizhili are all built like fortresses, and the strong men in the villages are armed, so fighting is very difficult!
Now the Ming army's black spearmen are guarding inside. How many people will die in this fight?
However, it would be difficult to explain without a fight, so Manzhu Xili ordered his shotgun soldiers to dispatch. Don't get too close, just fire the gun from a distance and listen for the sound. As long as you can explain it to Master Manchu.
As a result, more than a hundred matchlock guns began to crackle.
It's impossible to kill a few people...but there was a lot of movement, and it quickly attracted a "black gun platoon" operating nearby.
These black spear soldiers of the Ming army were very cunning. Instead of fighting with the warriors who were wearing pearls and practicing rituals, they came up to discredit and fired their black spears. They also rode on horseback to shoot the black spears, and then ran away after the fight, leading the Mongols to chase them. If the Mongols are attacked, just wait to be beaten by lancers and archers!
After suffering several losses, Manzhu Xili sent a large group of cavalry to drive them away. At the same time, another platoon of black spearmen arrived, so another melee broke out around Zhuangqiao Village.
The melee between the two Ming army black gun platoons and the Mongols made the sentry cavalry sent by Manzhu Xili dare not move - it was so dark and there were so many Ming soldiers shooting black guns around, of course the Mongolian warriors had to Be careful...
As a result, Qi Yuanbi, the military advisor of the Governor-General's Office of Shandong and Liaodong, and an infantry regiment of the Huaibei Army led by Huang Fugui, an adopted son of Huang Degong, approached Zhuangqiao Village in the dark - Qi Yuanbi led two regiments and two artillery batteries to attack, but he left Halfway through, he heard loud gunfire from the direction of Zhuangqiao Village, so he asked Sun Yougong, an old regiment leader who was with him, to lead a regiment and two artillery batteries to slow down, while he and Huang Fugui led a regiment of infantry to position three The battalion formed a phalanx and marched towards Zhuangqiao Village.
Because these Ming infantry were marching in the dark without lighting torches, and the battlefield in Zhuangqiao Village was noisy at this time, it was not until the forward battalion of Ming infantry arrived at the south of Zhuangqiao Village that they began to light the match ropes. At that time, Manzhu Xili received the report from his subordinates.
And he didn't know the specific situation. He only knew that a group of Nanman infantry had arrived!
"What? Infantry? Not horsemen?" Manzhu Xili asked in surprise.
"They are infantry, formed in a phalanx, carrying long spears..." A Mongolian warrior loudly reported, "And they also have a lot of shotguns. When the slaves approached, they were lighting the match ropes!"
"Nanmanzi's brigade!" Manzhu Xili took a breath. He was really confused. He actually let the Ming army's infantry brigade touch under his nose... Fortunately, they were still alive. I am using a matchlock gun. If I have replaced it with a flintlock gun, I don’t know yet!
"Blow the horn and retreat!" Although Manzhu Xili and the Qing Dynasty were from the same family, he still didn't want his warriors to fight against the Han people, and they couldn't.
Not to mention the sharp muskets of the Han people and the strong phalanx, even the servants of Li Chengliang in the past could not be defeated by the Mongolian warriors!
But it is easy to blow the trumpet, but it is a bit difficult to retreat.
Because before Prince Manzhu could put away his shotgun soldiers (they dismounted and fired their guns), the Ming army infantry began to attack!
They didn't go anywhere else, so they drove towards where Manzhu Xili was. Because Manzhu was practicing rituals, someone lit a bonfire not far from him, and hundreds of Mongolian shotgun soldiers fired their guns in front of him. It was very lively, so he became a big target.
Two rows of Ming army musketeers operating around Zhuangqiao Village also noticed their reinforcements coming, so they stopped fighting with the Mongolian cavalry and all rushed towards Manzhu Xili's location.
The Mongolian cavalry fighting around Zhuangqiao Village reacted very quickly. When they heard the retreat horn, they immediately fled in all directions. No one went to find their prince...
Prince Manzhu really couldn't cry at this time, and he didn't have time to shed tears. He didn't care about the shotgun soldiers who hadn't found their horses yet, so he ran north under the protection of a few personal guards, but there was no one. After running far, they ran into a group of pikemen and musketeers.
Prince Manzhu knew that something bad was going on, but he couldn't let the Ming army's musket fire, otherwise he would die.
So the prince, who reacted quickly, shouted in Chinese: "Don't open fire, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. I am the prince of Horqin, and I am willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty..."
