Not to mention how Xiao Yi used artillery to show off his power, killing the Mongolian king Meng Ge with one shot, and defeated the more than 100,000 cavalrymen of the Mongolian vanguard army, making them abandon their helmets and armor and cry for their fathers and mothers.
Let's talk about the battlefield on the east road, that is, Xiao Zheng's side. When Xiao Zheng led the Yanyun Sixteenth Cavalry northward, they quickly and violently launched an attack on the Beiyan garrison camp outside Baoding Pass.
The first one to take action was Wang Jian. Wang Jian, Wang Ben, and Zhang Han are three famous generals who belong to the Yanyun Sixteenth Cavalry. They are also the first direct military forces to be conquered by Xiao Zheng. The three most elite and largest troops, with a total of nearly 14,000 troops, took the lead in crossing Baoding Pass and attacked the Beiyan garrison camp in three directions.
Let us say that when Obai proposed a surprise attack on Lingqiu Pass, he asked Murong Yin to send someone to take his place.
In order to enhance his reputation, Dorgon asked for a fight on behalf of his younger brother.
However, Murong Yin naturally knew what Dorgon was thinking, so he remained calm and made Daishan the commander-in-chief and Duoduo the general. If he really achieved military success, Daishan could also get a share of the pie, so that Duoduo's family would not become the dominant one. .
If they really encounter Xiao Zheng's Yanyun Sixteenth Cavalry, they will have Dai Shan as their commander, who can defend them.
Duduo's military ability is obviously insufficient.
Murong Yin can also tolerate Dorgon's plan. To put it bluntly, he is tolerating each other for the sake of the country.
It’s about time.
If you can't bear it, can you say that there will be direct internal strife?
Wouldn't that give Da Gan a good opportunity?
It was precisely because of this that Dorgon asked for war so blatantly.
Duduo also launched several attacks on Baoding Pass, but failed to capture this strong Baoding Pass. Instead, he lost his own troops and never thought about breaking through the pass again.
He was just waiting for the news from Obai, hoping that Obai could really break through Lingqiu Pass and raid the pass, or he could attack Baoding Pass directly from behind Baoding Pass. He and Obai would attack from both sides.
But after waiting for seven or eight days, he still couldn't wait for the battle report from Obai.
Instead, they waited until Yanyun's Sixteenth Cavalry took the initiative.
Faced with the continuous advance of a small group of elites led by Zhang Han, Duduo, who personally led thousands of white-flag armored cavalry among the Eight Banners, clearly had absolute superiority in strength and maneuverability, but they advanced and retreated with Zhang Han, clearly intending to confront each other. Moreover, facing the provocation from Zhang Han's troops, he had no intention of fighting back.
Zhang Han's strategy of luring the enemy didn't work, so he had to change his strategy.
Duduo, on the other hand, did not make any extra moves at all, but still responded calmly, stationing his troops on a hill twenty miles east of the camp.
The progress of the war was quickly reported to Wang Jian, but Wang Jian didn't pay attention, because Baoding Pass was personally conquered by His Majesty and Prince Yong'an. The battle forced Beiyan to retreat and give up Zhending Mansion. After that, Emperor Daqian came Baoding Pass established the first pass on the east side of the Great Wall.
Since then, it has also become an important military location in Daqian.
Several hundred miles north from Baoding Pass, we reached the imperial capital of Beiyan, so Baoding Pass was very close to the imperial capital of Beiyan.
It can be said that the cavalry can rush to the capital of Beiyan Emperor after a few days of rapid march.
You must know that Yanjing, the imperial capital of Northern Yan, was in Youzhou during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it belonged to the Central Plains territory.
However, later, the Hu people invaded the Central Plains southward, causing the Central Plains dynasty to fall apart.
At that time, more than a dozen small countries appeared.
Later, the former emperor unified the Central Plains with his civil and military skills, and drove out the barbarians.
But it was also because of the barbarians who wreaked havoc in the Central Plains in those years that even if the previous dynasty established a country, it could not completely solve the barbarian troubles in the north.
The Hu people who returned to the north continued to build their own countries. The Tangut people became the Xixia people, the Turks became the Mongols and established the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. The Jurchens were divided into two, one established the Jin Kingdom and the other established the Yan Kingdom. .
Since then, the Four Kingdoms of the Northland have existed.
At the beginning of Daqian's founding, he fought a war with the four northern kingdoms. At that time, Daqian had just conquered the world and had strong troops and horses, so he barely managed to win the submission of the four northern kingdoms.
Later, His Majesty Xiao Di and Prince Yong'an joined forces. They were absolutely the best partners and regained a lot of lost ground.
An important city was built in Lanzhou, namely Jincheng County, also called Jinchengguan, which was the first pass on the West Road.
An important city was built in Jinyang in the North, Shuozhou Pass, which also became the first pass in the North.
There is also Datong Pass, which was also built to prevent the Jin people from causing rebellion.
The last one is Baoding Pass. Like Datong Pass, Datong Pass faces Ulancha, the capital of the Jin people, and Baoding Pass faces Yanjing, the capital of Beiyan.
Let's talk about the Beiyan camp outside Baoding Pass. There is a place called Woshui to the south, which is a swamp and mudflat, but the war started early on a larger scale.
The vanguard force on this side is one of the sixteen Yanyun cavalry led by Wang Ben, who is good at water warfare.
Xiao Zheng had prepared for this battle long ago.
Therefore, the navy of about 20,000 people was trained, firstly, to set off from the sea and be used for encirclement attacks, and secondly, to be able to start a decisive battle with the Beiyan Eight Banners cavalry in such a place.
Zhang Han lured the enemy from the north, while Wang Jian pressed forward step by step in the middle, attracting the attention of the general of Beiyan. Wang Ben led his men to sneak across Wo River, facing the south of Beiyan camp, and made a surprise attack on Beiyan camp.
This posture can be said to be considered a luxury camp.
Meng Tian went to Lingqiu Pass to resist Obai's surprise attack.
Bai Qi sat at Baoding Pass and followed Wang Jian's troops in order to prevent the Northern Yan rear army.
After all, this place is not far from the capital of Beiyan. If the opponent sees that the situation is not going well, they can retreat and send quick cavalry to report to Murong Yin immediately.
Murong Yin could also quickly send cavalry support, or even tens of thousands of Eight Banners cavalry to rush over.
And Bai Qi is the trump card in the decisive battle.
At this time, Xiao Zheng would naturally not bring out this trump card in advance.
The Beiyan army in front of Baoding Pass was not enough for him to use this trump card.
In the afternoon, a little later than Zhang Han in the north, Wang Ben finally crossed the Wo River and raided the southern part of Beiyan Camp.
However, Beiyan seemed to have been prepared for it. Daishan, who was in charge of the army, had actually anticipated a little bit of Wang Jian's intentions. He also knew that the southern part of his camp was a weak point since his camp was stationed here.
After all, it was close to the Wo River, so it was not a very good battlefield.
Judging from the flags, the people guarding the southern part of Beiyan should be ten thousand households in Beiyan.
"The other party is not stupid either!"
The news reached Wo Shui, which was full of floating boats. Wang Ben, who was stationed under his flag, frowned slightly.
He had just arrived here and had already sent scouts in small boats to quietly explore.
When it was known that Beiyan had been prepared for a long time, it was not easy to make a sneak attack.
Obviously, the young general wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to catch a big fish.
It's just that the opponent has been on guard for a long time. If he rushes forward now, he won't be able to rush into the Beiyan camp quickly.
But the matter has reached this point, and it is impossible to hide it.
"Xin Zhao, come!"
The deputy general heard the sound and immediately rowed over, then greeted him with his hands in hand and called him "General."
Wang Ben immediately ordered: "You are the vanguard and lead a sneak attack from the west. Remember, if you can touch it quietly, do your best to touch it without letting the other party discover it."
Xin Zhao cupped his fists and said, "Here!"
Wang Ben called another deputy general over and asked him to touch it from the east.
He took his men and hid in the reeds first. After touching them on the east and west sides, he pressed forward with the whole army.
Zhao Xin and his men rowed slowly to the west, found a secluded place, and tied up the warship. After getting off the ship, he took advantage of the dusk when his vision was already somewhat unclear to touch it.
These Beiyan Eight Banners soldiers wore a mixture of animal skins and white robes and iron armor, and carried some round shields. They were not very afraid of their arrows.
One look showed that he was already on guard.
However, as long as everyone can enter the open area in a short time, climb up and defeat the archers, the battle will be won.
"kill!"
Xin Zhao shouted, taking the lead and rushing out.
"Fire the arrow!"
Having been prepared for a long time, they touched the Yanyun Sixteenth Cavalry not far in front of the Beiyan Banner Soldiers, and arrow feathers shot out.
With a "dang" sound, a Beiyan soldier raised his round shield and blocked the arrow.
At the same time, another round of arrows hit the array of Beiyan bannermen.
Occasionally, shots were fired into the faces of Beiyan flag soldiers, causing casualties, but the effect was not very good.
"Nike another arrow!"
In this period, arrow feathers will always be a weapon of war and the only weapon to attack the enemy from a long distance.
Of course, Xiao Yina built the cannon in advance because he was not from this era.
This is also due to the fact that he met such a capable person as Chen Gui.
At this time, the Beiyan bannermen also reacted. While raising their shields, they began to let the crossbowmen counterattack.
However, Zhao Xin had already rushed to the front of the Beiyan bannermen's battle formation and was fighting with a Beiyan soldier. The surroundings soon became chaotic.
"咴lvlv!"
Suddenly I heard a horse neighing.
Zhao Xin looked around and saw two Beiyan soldiers in front of them riding towards them on horseback, their spears flying.
He immediately rushed forward, hugged a lance, and slashed the other horse's neck with his knife.
The war horse was in pain and turned over the Beiyan soldier. At the same time, Zhao Xin immediately drew his sword again. When the soldier rolled to the ground, he jumped forward and stabbed the soldier down!
Bones cracked.
"Bang!"
Zhao Xin single-handedly killed two cavalrymen from the Beiyan bannermen and captured two horses.
He immediately got on his horse and rushed towards more cavalrymen from the Beiyan Banners, intending to kill them and seize their horses.
"Kill!"
More and more Yanyun Eighteen Knights rushed forward, while the Beiyan Bannermen remained calm in the face of danger and maintained their formation to counterattack.
After Zhao Xin killed several Beiyan cavalry in succession, he obtained several war horses and gave them to his personal guards. He led his personal guards to harass the flanks.
Just a moment.
Zhao Xin saw only a dozen men riding war horses, and behind them, there were hundreds of Beiyan cavalry chasing them.
