The night was uneventful.
At the beginning of Mao Shi, everyone had packed up, had a simple breakfast, and then walked slowly down the mountain in a group to the southeast. About five miles later, they arrived on Liaoxi Avenue.
Only then did everyone feel relieved. Twenty miles further on, they reached the Tashan Fort where Ningyuan Zhongzuo was stationed. Due to the presence of Ma Zhenyuan and his six wounded, Chang Zhengbiao ordered Chang Zhengcheng to lead Ershi guards to move forward slowly.
He led Sanshi's sentry cavalry to follow Duan at a distance, while Chang Zhengfei led Yishi's sentry cavalry to spread out on the left and right sides of Liaoxi Avenue to prevent slave thieves from arriving in advance to ambush and intercept.
Fortunately, there was no danger along the way. As Ma Zhenyuan expected, the Tatars did not pursue revenge at night. Or maybe the Tatars only checked around to make sure they were not Ming army troops, so they didn't take it to heart.
After all, a battle between the two armies is imminent, and this kind of chance encounter between sentinels and cavalry is not the focus of the two armies.
In fact, where the two armies gathered, small-scale contact battles like this were common. The Ming army often lost more than it won, and was almost one-sidedly pursued by Tatar sentries.
But like today, nearly twenty of our own veterans who had fought hundreds of battles were completely wiped out by the Ming army's sentry cavalry. In particular, one Fende Bashiku was captured alive by the Ming army.
It is truly a great shame and humiliation, a great shame and humiliation unprecedented in ancient times!
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There is a large Qing army camp under Huanxi Ridge, about ten miles northwest of Jinzhou City, stretching for several miles. Although tens of thousands of troops are stationed, there is no messy human voice. Except for the occasional voice of command, and then there are war horses. neighing.
There is a square in front of the Chinese army's tent, and a large piece of gold-woven silk stands side by side, with the names of princes embroidered on it. Naturally, among them, Prince Dorgon of Heshuorui and Prince Hauge of Heshuosu are honored. The gold-woven banner is also the tallest and most eye-catching.
At this time, Dorgon, Prince Heshuorui of the Qing Dynasty, had just completed the defense change with Jierhalang, Prince Heshuo Zheng, and was stationed here.
The slave chief Huang Taiji sent troops to attack Jinzhou this time. Although the purpose was to "encircle the point and bring reinforcements", his strategy was to "besiege for a long time."
For this reason, not only did they first send out a large army to repair Yizhou City on the Daling River, but they also relied on the plain terrain and fertile land near Yizhou to develop farming, and drove the Ahabs to farm here to reduce the burden on military food.
At the same time, they also requisitioned tens of thousands of grains of grain from North Korea, more than ten thousand fine horses from Mongolia, and even rushed to make dozens of red cannons in Shengjing, which were gradually shipped to Yiju, using this place as a logistics base. Ming Dynasty was helpless.
His wishful thinking was that if the Ming army did not rescue them, they would consume all the grain in Jinzhou City and force Zu Dashou to surrender; if the Ming army sent troops to rescue them, they would bite and hold the Ming army reinforcements, and then look for opportunities to annihilate them. .
It is precisely because of this plan that the Qing army's strength outside Jinzhou has been maintained at about 50,000 troops, and the Qing troops have been divided into two squads, which will be replaced every three months to besiege Jinzhou.
In this way, the army can take turns to call truces, relieve fatigue, and reduce the pressure on the supply of food and fodder.
In March this year, Dorgon was replaced by Prince Heshuo Zheng Jierhalang, Prince Azige of Doluowuying County, and Prince Duduo of Henan Province. Now that they have been besieging Jinzhou for three months, Dorgon came and captured them again. Change back.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Dorgon and Hauge were at the top, sitting on the left and right.
Below and on the left side are the generals Zhenbeile Shutuo of Gushan'e with a red flag, Zhenmandahai with a red flag of Gushan'e, and Baya Lahuzhangjing Yilden.
At the bottom of the right side are Gushan Ezhen, Doluo Rao Yubeile Abatai of Zhenglan Banner, Gushan Ezhen, Doluo Anping Beile Dudu of Xianglan Banner, and Baya Lahuzhang Jingtazhan and others.
Dorgon nodded and looked at the people below without saying a word. There was no trace of joy, anger, sorrow or joy on his fair face.
Hauge, who was sitting next to him, had a look of cruelty and anger on his face. He stared at Anping Beiledudu below, breathing heavily.
The felt curtain of the military tent was lifted, and a general strode in and presented a wooden tray with two bloody human heads on it. He only heard his report: "Two people with blue flags and vests and whistles escaped before the battle. I was ordered to behead him in front of the army, and I have come here specifically to return the order."
Du Du glanced at the two heads without a trace of pity in his eyes. He turned to look at Hauge and said: "Prince Su, these two..."
Hauge didn't wait for him to finish, and said angrily: "There is no pity for a coward. His head is hung outside the camp to show the public, as a warning. If the order is passed, his family, wealth, and family members will all become servants."
Dorgon glanced sideways at Hauge at this time, shook his head secretly, and sighed in his heart. He didn't say anything, but his eyes were looking at Beleshuotuo who was looking down.
Shuotuo wanted to befriend Dorgon in private. When he saw Dorgon looking at him, he said: "We should set an example to others. Our warriors from the Qing Dynasty have never encountered such a defeat when they went to war. They almost called Minggou to be wiped out on the spot." , and it has set a precedent of fleeing first, which is really embarrassing."
"snort!"
Hauge was ridiculed by him, but he had no choice but to snort heavily in his nose to show his dissatisfaction.
Abatai saw that the situation was a little awkward, so he asked Niulu Zhangjing, who was kneeling, "Zhang Guli, according to what you saw, how was the fighting going? How many troops could you possibly estimate for the Ming army?"
As soon as he said this, a cunning look flashed in Dorgon's eyes, and he thought to himself: "This Abatai is getting smarter and smarter, which is not a good thing!"
Zhang Guli, who was kneeling below, respectfully replied: "At the end of the day, I, the warrior of the Qing Dynasty, led me to rush all the way, but those Ming dogs had all fled and were missing. After searching for traces, I found that they had fled to the southwest and disappeared after chasing them for five miles. As soon as there was no trace, he followed the prince's order and retreated.
Only eighteen corpses were found in that forest, all of which had their heads chopped off by Ming dogs. The armored military battles were also missing. According to on-site inspections, there were many places hit by cannons and artillery.
Combining what these two cowards said, it seemed that there were two sets of bright dog whistles. Our Qing warriors annihilated one of them smoothly at first, but another one came from nowhere, and the guns and cannons were sharp. After hearing a roar, they were gone. sound. "
Abata waved his hand and said, "Step back!"
After Zhang Guli retreated, he looked at Dorgon again and said: "Prince Rui, there are more and more sentries in the Ming army. In the past month, we have encountered many warriors. The more urgent the sentries are, the more likely they will be." For this reason, we must be on guard against it.”
Hauge snorted again and said: "The Ming dogs are hiding in Ningyuan, fearing the power of my warriors and not daring to come to break the siege of Songjin. What do the sentry cavalry have to worry about?"
"cough!"
Dorgon coughed lightly and said with a devilish smile: "King Su is right. A mere dog sentry cavalry is nothing to worry about. Tomorrow we will send more warriors to the forts of Xingshan and Tashan. That’s all, intercept and kill the Ming Dog Sentinel Cavalry and cover up the Songjin battlefield so that they cannot know the details of our army.”
He glanced at Hauge with a smile, then faced Abatai and said: "Rao Yubeile, from tomorrow onwards we will urge all armies to attack Songjin more quickly. The Ming army is more anxious to send out sentries, thinking that they want to do something, Let’s add fire to him.”
