"The wind is rustling, the water is cold, the governor is gone and he will never return; Liaodong is pacified and Jiannu is destroyed, the five-year promise begins today..."
When a song "Ling Shui Han" composed by Emperor Chongzhen was sung in unison by thousands of knights in front of the tent. Yuan Chonghuan, the right minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty and the censor of the right capital, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor-general of Jiliao Military Affairs, was already wearing a helmet and armor, with a solemn and solemn face, holding a Shangfang sword, and boarded a ship originally used for escorting the superintendent and general Dai Chengen and more than a hundred soldiers. A sand barge transporting grain.
Until the moment he boarded the sand ship, Yuan Chonghuan had an unreal feeling - wasn't he the governor? Governor Ji Liao, the commander-in-chief of the Ji Liao army, how could he be thrown to death by the emperor on a grain and sand ship... Oh, he was the leader!
But why?
Yuan Chonghuan thought for a while: Could it be that Long Live Lord thought I spent too much, had too few achievements, and boasted too much, so he punished me for leading the charge?
But I am a loyal minister! In the past few years in western Liaoning, I have worked hard to train troops, build cities, and farm fields...How come Long Live Lord uses him as a general who can kill enemies and get into battle?
"Boom boom boom..."
Before Yuan Chonghuan could figure out what he had done wrong, the rumble of cannons had already come from the other side of the river.
What started was the squatting tiger cannon that could only hold a small projectile weighing five cents. This was the artillery of the Jin Army on the other side of the river.
Zhu Youjian's order of troops outside the gate of Songshan Camp was so loud that even the Hou Jin army on the other side heard it. Moreover, when the tide rose yesterday evening, fifty or sixty sand boats rushed in from the Xiaoling River mouth, but they could not hide it from the eyes of the Jin army scouts behind them.
So Hauge and Amin already knew that the Ming army was going to forcefully cross the Xiaoling River!
However, they didn't know that Zhu Youjian was coming at the time. They thought it was Yuan Chonghuan who was going to fight for his life, so they immediately began to deploy a half-crossing attack.
Although it was a half-crossing attack, the north bank of the Xiaoling River still had to be fortified casually - without any defenses, the servant cavalry would have penetrated over. Once they controlled the battlefield, why would they attack half-way across the river?
So Hauge and Amin immediately divided the work, and Hauge led his people to set up defenses along the Xiaoling River. Amin, on the other hand, concentrated his elite troops in Jinzhou City to recuperate and wait for the Ming army to begin crossing the river before taking action. By the time they were halfway across, they would have almost reached the front line and could launch an attack!
The ones who fired the Tiger Crouching Cannon now were the Han army gunners under Haug's command - these cannons were not used to kill or injure the Ming army, but to report to Haug Haubele.
Hao Beile is a flag master, so he won't spend all day squinting by the river! It was only Haug's men who were sent to guard the river bank, not Haug himself.
When Yuan Chonghuan himself sang "Ling Shui Han", in the midst of the tragedy, braved the enemy's artillery fire (which could not be hit at all), a boat was elected and headed for the beach on the north bank of Xiaoling River. Hao Beile is writing a letter of greetings to his dear Ama Huang Taiji in Beile Mansion in Jinzhou City!
Although this Ama is not a good Ama, Hauge still has to continue to pretend to be a filial son!
Because by pretending, there is still a little hope that Amma can change her mind and make herself the heir. If you don't pretend...then you will be dead, and you will become the second Chu Ying (Nurhachi's eldest son).
While she was crying and writing about her happy childhood in the letter, Sony and Obai both came to take revenge.
"Master Belle, the Confederate Army has begun to cross the river!"
"Master Beile, this is incredible! The leader of the battle is Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao in the Southern Dynasty!"
Hauge was stunned when he heard this. He even forgot about his happy childhood and hurriedly looked up at Sony and Obai.
"what are you saying?"
"Master Beile," Sony said, "the few Niu Luzhen we placed by the Xiaoling River all reported that they saw Yuan Chonghuan's banner and his pacesetters crossing the river."
This time Hauge sent troops to Jinzhou using the "Qian Ding method". He recruited 10 Qian Ding from each of the thousands and hundreds of Niu Lu (5 bannermen and 5 Baoyi), but the backbone of the army was still Hauge's own. People and horses with yellow flags. Those leading the troops below were also Niulu Ezhen and Jia La Ezhen who came out with yellow flags.
In addition, Hauge also borrowed some veterans from the Amin Army who had fought with the Ming Army on the Jinzhou front line to be responsible for identifying flags and identifying the enemy's army.
It was they who discovered that the first batch of troops crossing the river were actually Yuan Chonghuan's supervisors, and Yuan Chonghuan himself was very likely to take the lead.
"I really didn't expect Yuan Chonghuan to be so smart!" Hauge frowned, "It seems that the information sent back to Shenyang from Jinzhou is wrong!"
"Master Baylor," Sony said, "Whether this Yuan Chonghuan has the talent or not, he is a half-crossed person... Isn't it possible that Er Baylor can't even deal with a half-crossed Yuan Chonghuan?"
Obei also said: "Yes, if Er Beile can beat Yuan Chonghuan to death or capture him alive... then the battle at Xiaolinghe will be won, and Lord Beile's prestige in the country will also be greatly increased. !”
"That's right!" Haug nodded, "Let's go... let's gather our troops to find Erbeile and attack with him!"
"嗻!"
"嗻!"
.......
"How does Yuan Zhijun treat you on weekdays?"
"good!"
"Whose food do you eat? Whose clothes do you wear?"
"We eat Yuan Zhijun's food and wear Yuan Zhijun's clothes!"
"How to repay!"
"Death in return!"
"When will I repay you?"
"Today! Just today..."
"Death to control the army!"
"I will not give up even if I die!"
On the north bank of the Xiaoling River, Yuan Chonghuan's soldiers who had just landed on the beach were also unambiguous. They organized more than ten gun formations to protect Yuan Chonghuan in groups; they also began to mobilize before the war.
Yuan Chonghuan's guerrillas and generals are all real people who are above the rank of Governor Yuan in the army. They don't know how to speak big principles, and all they speak are simple truths.
This army was built by Yuan Chonghuan himself!
Moreover, Yuan Chonghuan has been the governor of Jiliao for 6 years. With Yuan Chonghuan's level, he may not be able to do other things well in 6 years, but he can definitely improve his supervision.
Seeing how he placed his governor's office in Ningyuan, you can see how confident he is in his supervisory standard!
And Zhu Youjian is also an expert. He can tell at a glance which soldiers are good and which are bad... When the 62,000 Ji Liao army lined up, he had already seen that Yuan Chonghuan's 6,200 pacesetters were the best infantry among them.
The soldiers of Zu Dashou, Zhao Lejiao, and He Kegang all fought around the servant cavalry. Only Yuan Chonghuan's 6,200 pacesetters were real infantry. They copied Zhu Youjian's Zhangqian Infantry and Dianqian Infantry, and organized a guard team (cavalry) and 6 infantry battalions (1,000 people per battalion). It's just that there are relatively few fire rifle soldiers, with only 100 people in each battalion and 200 archers.
And Yuan Chonghuan treats his pacesetters well, with good treatment and many opportunities for promotion - Governor Yuan often orders his pacesetters to go out to fight small battles with the Hou Jin Army, which can not only accumulate merits, but also train the team, so They are not particularly afraid of Hou Jin soldiers.
Now that it's time for the pacesetters to put in their best efforts, of course they are not hesitant!
Seeing that the morale of his men was rising, Governor Yuan finally felt relieved and asked people to bring the war horses. Then he got on the horse and led his soldiers to inspect the formation.
The large formation that had just been set up was composed of five battalion phalanxes on the periphery, forming a moon shape, and another battalion phalanx in the center to protect Yuan Chonghuan.
"Death for Lord Yuan!"
"Fight with the slave thief!"
When the soldiers below saw that Yuan Chonghuan was quite capable, their morale naturally improved, and they all cheered crazily.
The cheers spread to the Hou Jin army's front on the opposite side - it was either a battle line or a battle formation, but dozens of small groups of cavalry scattered in Xiaoling Hebei.
Hauge and Amin were among one of the cavalry teams.
Both of them stood on the stirrups, holding up a telescope to watch the performance of the Ming army. The more they looked at it, the more they felt something was wrong!
Yuan Chonghuan really tried his best!
At least five thousand soldiers formed several square formations close together. It was like a forest of spears and a tiger!
"I didn't expect that Yuan Chonghuan would dare to take risks alone!"
Amin was also shocked. He and Yuan Chonghuan had been rivals for several years and had never seen anything like this before.
Hauge asked: "How? Can we destroy these southern barbarians?"
"Yes! Anyway, there are thousands of people."
