A gunpowder explosion in Dong Yiyuan's army immediately killed more than 200 Ming troops, and more than 700 people were injured for some reason. The severity and cause of the injuries varied, but they were basically considered to have lost their combat effectiveness.
Fortunately among the misfortunes, most of these Ming troops were the gangsters from the capital recruited by Peng Xingu. They looked like individuals, but in fact they didn't have much real combat effectiveness.
However, the impact of the explosion was still catastrophic. At that time, because the top brass of the Ming army and the Jurchen coalition were preparing to hold a military meeting at the Chinese army camp not far from the gunpowder magazine, they were all affected by the explosion.
Dong Yiyuan, the coach of the Ming army, and Nurhaci, the coach of the Jurchen coalition, both suffered some bumps, and the generals surrounding them were even knocked over by the air waves and fainted.
The most tragic one was an unlucky Qianhu of the Ming army. He almost lost his left arm because he hit a Yanling sword that flew out of its sheath. Although the left arm was eventually saved, one can only ask God when it will recover.
However, although such a loss was tragic, it was just an appetizer compared to the real tragedy that followed.
Because this explosion was a big explosion in the gunpowder depot, it made an earth-shattering noise. At this time, although the gunpowder of the Ming army had been improved by Jinghua's efforts, it was still only the "optimal formula black gunpowder" after all, so a huge black gunpowder was formed. The thick smoke actually created a beacon-like effect that could be seen clearly from dozens of miles away.
[Note: In fact, Jinghua has primary nitroglycerin manufacturing technology, which was used by Huang Zhiting once during the Battle of Liangshan. However, due to the huge and extremely dangerous storage and transportation risks of nitroglycerin, subsequent production and research and development were suspended by Gao Pragmatic. At the same time, Jinghua’s development of gunpowders such as TNT and RDX is still at a bottleneck. ]
As a result, the Japanese army in Hamhung City also discovered anomalies. The Monomiban officers of the Japanese Fourth Army Corps quickly obtained accurate information and immediately reported it to Nabeshima Katsushige.
Nabeshima Katsushige guessed from the beginning that the Ming army camp might have encountered a gunpowder explosion, but he was worried that the Ming army might be deceiving, so he has been anxiously waiting for Monomiban's confirmation.
At this time, he heard that the Ming Army had really bombed their own camp to pieces. There were dead and wounded on the spot, blood flowed everywhere, and the wails and screams could be clearly heard ten miles away. How could it be false?
Nabeshima Katsushige never believed that the Ming army took thousands of his own soldiers to "sacrifice the sky" in order to defraud him out of the city, so the explosion must have been an accident by the Ming army themselves.
Now or never! Nabeshima Katsushige made a prompt decision and personally led the entire army out of the city, heading straight towards the Ming army in the direction of Yongxing, and arrived before nightfall that day.
At this time, the Ming army had just placed the wounded, and the corpses of the dead had just been sorted out. However, many of the dead no longer had the so-called "whole corpses" and were still being put together nervously.
Dong Yiyuan's body was bumped in many places. Although the injuries were not serious, he hit the boss on his forehead. It was obviously black and blue, but it was still red and swollen. For a commander, this look was really indecent, so he had to follow the doctor's instructions and bandage it up, so that he couldn't even wear a helmet.
Nurhachi was not seriously injured, except that when he fell to the ground, he was cut by a piece of debris on his right hand, which made it temporarily inconvenient to grasp the weapon. Of course, he could probably grab it by force, but there must be some mistakes. Just strength.
However, although both coaches were fine, some of their generals were not so lucky because they were on the periphery at the time. About 30% to 40% of the main subordinates on both sides were killed. Although no one died, they all temporarily lost their combat effectiveness.
Moreover, in this era, the level of treatment of wound infections was ultimately limited. Usually, after such an injury, they had to rest and rest. Therefore, these people were actually unable to continue to command their sergeants and had to wait for Dong Yiyuan to make temporary arrangements.
[Note: Because of the high pragmatism, the Ming army spent a lot of effort on various health standards and better avoided many meaningless infections. However, after all, the high pragmatism could not come up with "miracle drugs" such as penicillin. So if you are really infected, there is no good solution. ]
At this time, Dong Yiyuan was lividly preparing to arrange temporary replacements for the missing personnel in various departments in the new tent. Suddenly, he heard shouts of killing from outside, and his expression suddenly changed.
Just as he was about to shout for all the troops to stay put and face the enemy, Nurhaci suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Dong Zongrong, it's the Japanese pirates who are attacking! We must first hold on to the Chinese army's tent, and then use our elite to counterattack their main force all the way!"
Dong Yiyuan was already in an extremely bad mood because of such a big accident today. Now that he was attacked by Japanese pirates and then robbed of his words by a barbarian like Nurhachi, it simply added fuel to the fire. He was so angry that he said angrily: " I have been leading the army for forty years, and I don’t have to worry about the guidance of dragons and tigers!”
Love dragons and tigers, of course it is Nurhachi. His surname was Aixinjueluo. Mingren was too lazy to call him such a long surname, so he simply used the word "爱" to express it. As for "Dragon and Tiger", it was because he took the initiative to apply for military service this time, and the imperial court gave him the rank of General Longhu.
Although General Longhu is only a military official, he is not simple. First of all, General Longhu is the second grade, which is quite high. As we all know, the levels of titles and titles granted by the Ming Dynasty to surrounding small countries and tribes were very, very low compared to previous "Celestial Dynasties".
For example, the Mo Dynasty of Annan was proclaimed emperor after all in that one-third acre of land in Annan. As a result, after being forced to "annex" during the Jiajing period, the Ming Dynasty did not really rule, but only gave the Mo Dynasty an "emperor". The second-rank "Annan Commander-in-Chief".
Speaking of General Dragon and Tiger, Han Naji’s position before inheriting the title of King Anda Shunyi from his ancestor was also “General Dragon and Tiger”. However, you must know that Han Naji’s canonization was second only to Tumut at that time. I answer myself! He was able to get General Longhu because Ming believed that his act of coming to surrender actually made a great contribution to the tribute.
So what about the Jurchen tribes? Quite simply, before Nurhachi was awarded the title of General Dragon and Tiger this time, only Wang Tai, the "Lord of Manchuria" who once ruled the Haixi and Jianzhou tribes and the former chief of the Hada tribe, could be awarded this title, which was even more powerful than the Jurchen tribes. The Jurchens ruled stably for decades.
It was precisely because Nurhaci now had the title of General Longhu that Dong Yiyuan's scolding at this time did not turn into a scolding or insult, which was considered to have given him a lot of face.
But Nurhachi's temper was not good, especially since Dong Yiyuan had lost such a big face today and dared to be so arrogant in front of him, which made him suddenly sink. He said half-heartedly: "Really? That's good, I'm just waiting to see Mr. Dong defeat the enemy."
Dong Yiyuan was furious, staring coldly into Nurhaci's eyes, and suddenly said: "According to the orders of Lord Marquis and Admiral Ma, all the armies in northern Korea are currently under the unified command and dispatch of this commander. Ai Longhu said that he would defeat the invading force with elites. I, the main force of the Japanese pirates, have left this job to Ai Longhu - I bet Ai Longhu will not disobey the Marquis's military order, right?"
Nurhaci was furious, clapped his arms and stood up and said: "Dong Yiyuan! I am here to participate in the military meeting, and I can only lead three hundred soldiers. If you ask me to defeat the main force of the Japanese pirates, it is no different from killing someone with a borrowed knife!"
Seeing him like this, Dong Yiyuan became upset and snorted: "If you don't have the guts, why don't you shut up." After saying that, he ignored Nurhachi and began to quickly arrange the tasks of "sticking to the spot" of each department. .
Nurhaci was angry that he didn't take him seriously, and said coldly: "What Dong Zongrong said is that since we don't need our help here, what's the point of staying here? Farewell!" After saying that, he walked away and followed him. The Jianzhou Zuowei generals who arrived immediately followed. The remaining Jurchen generals from Yehe, Hada and Jianzhou Youwei were in a dilemma, whether to leave or stay.
Originally, at this time, as long as Dong Yiyuan just wanted to stay, they would have a step to go down, so they naturally stayed. However, Dong Yiyuan showed no sign, so everyone looked at each other with helplessness in their eyes and could only remain silent. And go with it.
Dong Yiyuan's general and guerrilla general Hao Sanpin saw this and persuaded him: "Commander, these Ye He, Hada and other tribesmen obey the orders of the Marquis. If they are allowed to go with Nurhachi, I am afraid that the Marquis will blame him afterwards... …”
Dong Yiyuan waved his hand and said: "As the saying goes, chess depends on three moves. How can you succeed if you only look at the front of you? If they don't leave, if Nurhachi has ulterior motives after he returns, who can check and balance them?"
Hao Sanpin was stunned for a moment, then turned around and said hurriedly: "So it turns out that the commander-in-chief is still wise, and the general will learn from it." Dong Yiyuan ignored him, continued to assign tasks, and then ordered people to guard separately. All camps.
On the other side, Nurhachi came out of the tent and saw Japanese pirates outside the Ming army camp attacking from all directions. However, although the Ming army camp was temporarily built, it was still quite strong. The Japanese pirates had only used sneak attacks to rob the first floor. The outer defense line is attacking the second line of defense in a chaotic manner.
Nurhaci took a deep breath and suddenly turned around and asked the person next to him: "E Yidu, Dong Yiyuan has insulted me so much, I swear I won't tolerate it! Is there any way you can make Dong Yiyuan suffer a big loss without harming me?" Will I be held accountable by Grand Master Gao afterwards?"
He also frowned and looked at the Japanese troops who were besieging the camp from all directions. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly had an idea and said a few words to Nurhaci.
Nurhachi's eyes brightened and he said decisively: "Okay! What a great idea! Gather the troops!"
Wuerkun, one of the right-hand men of Jianzhou Right Guard Commander Shuerhaqi and who came with Nurhaci this time, came out a little late. He only saw Er Yidu quietly saying a few words to Nurhaci, who He shouted "Gather the troops", thinking that Nurhachi wanted troops to rebel and asked Dong Yiyuan to "revenge". He was so shocked that he quickly grabbed Nurhaci who was about to get on his horse and said hurriedly: "Da Beile, if you challenge Dong Zongrong today, tomorrow How can Jianzhou survive when Master Gao is so angry? I hope Dabeile will be careful!"
A trace of surprise flashed across Nurhachi's face, and then a trace of softness appeared, and he smiled and said: "Urkun, I didn't expect that you would still call me Big Belle, okay, okay..."
Wu Erkun was shocked. After the separation of the left and right Jianzhou families, it stands to reason that he could no longer call Nurhaci "Big Belle". After all, this "Big Beile" was what his subordinates called him when Jianzhou was not separated, and Shuerhaqi's title at that time was "Second Beile".
After the separation, both sides were "Baylor", but the ranking distinction of "big" and "second" was removed, and each became Jianzhou left guard Baylor and Jianzhou right guard Baylor, completely equal. If Urkun still calls Nurhaci "Big Baylor", wouldn't it mean that his master Shuerhaqi is still inferior to his eldest brother Nurhachi? This is absolutely impossible.
Regardless of the fact that the Jurchens have not read any books, political correctness often does not require reading at all, and may not even be learned by reading at all, but can be understood from actual experience. Urkun can become Shuerhaqi's right-hand man, how can he not have this kind of political consciousness?
"In the next moment, I was impatient and even made a slip of the tongue..." Wuerkun didn't want to be entangled in the title, and hurriedly changed the subject: "Although the left guard Baylor and Jianzhou are two parts, they are from the same source. My master, the right guard Baylor, must not want to see the left guard. The Yi tribe has been angered by Grand Master Gao due to today's changes, please Zuowei Baylor think twice."
"What do you think I'm going to do? Ha, I think you're overly worried." Nurhaci put away his smile and said calmly: "I am General Longhu of the Ming Dynasty, the commander-in-chief of the Jurchen coalition to aid Korea. Since this time Dong Zongrong's friendly troops When there is trouble... Even though he is unkind, I cannot be unjust, so I will naturally help him."
When Wuerkun heard this, he was doubtful. In order not to be implicated by Nurhachi, although he felt a little embarrassed to speak, he finally couldn't help but asked: "Really? Dare I ask how Zuowei Baylor plans to help?"
Nurhachi looked surprised and said: "Of course I will help him fight against the Japanese pirates - otherwise what else can I do?" After a pause, he smiled and said: "But if you don't dare, I won't force you."
Wuerkun was immediately furious, his eyes widened and he said, "It's just killing Japanese, why shouldn't I dare?"
"Really?" Nurhachi laughed and said, "Then let me kill the enemy!" Then without giving Urkun any time to think, he suddenly got on his horse, drew his sword and pointed at the sky, shouting: "Jurchen warrior, Follow me and kill the enemy!" After saying that, Nurhachi drew his horse and rushed forward.
When Wuerkun saw that he was indeed going in the direction of the nearest attack of the Japanese pirates, he thought that he had indeed misunderstood him. After heaving a sigh of relief, he quickly ran to find his own horse. He mounted his horse and called on his own soldiers to follow Nurhachi in pursuit. The Japanese troops fought together in front of them.
But what Wuerkun didn't expect was that because the Ming army battalions were all ordered to stay on the spot, their Jurchen generals of about 300 people and their elite soldiers took the initiative to attack, causing the Japanese army to attack. They quickly discovered something was wrong.
Nabeshima Katsushige originally had to turn the sneak attack into a full-scale attack because the Ming army's camp was temporarily set up after the explosion and the interior was relatively casual. Therefore, he couldn't tell where the coach Dong Yiyuan was for a while.
In fact, Nabeshima Katsushige was also very anxious at this time. His military strength was actually only about a quarter of the Ming army. If he could not quickly defeat the middle army of the Ming army and cause the Ming army to completely collapse, then once the Ming army reacted and launched a counterattack, , maybe you have to steal the chicken but lose the rice, and it is not impossible that the whole army is even defeated here.
Now, people like Nurhachi suddenly appeared, and they were extremely brave. They easily killed the Japanese soldiers in front of them and almost killed them. How could they not attract his attention? So Nabeshima Katsushige immediately identified the location of the Ming army's center and mobilized all his elites to attack.
Wu'erkun had already killed seven Japanese pirates at this time, and was about to kill him when he suddenly heard Nurhachi yelling: "At this point in the battle, we have exhausted all our benevolence. Jurchen warriors - follow me to break through and return to Xingxing!"
They had already almost killed the weaker Japanese army in front of them. How difficult was it to break through at this time? Wuerkunhu Lihutu followed Nurhaci to easily break out of the encirclement, but he was still a little confused and asked: "We are about to fight, why are we withdrawing now?"
Nurhachi looked back and saw that the Japanese army found out that they were commanding Jurchens instead of Ming troops. They had given up the pursuit and turned to attack Dong Yiyuan's Chinese army tent. He couldn't help laughing: "Dong Yiyuan, insult me." Isn’t there a price?”
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