There is a high hill on the south bank of the Nerv River. More than one mile to the northeast is the north entrance of the West Stone Gate, and less than three miles to the east is the station of Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan of the Ming Dynasty.
At this moment, Jierhalang, Prince Zheng of the Qing Dynasty, who was on the high hill, put down his telescope, pointed to the northeast corner of the camp, and said to everyone: "The Southern Army... It's the Southern Army charging into the formation... The Southern Army is attacking the camp!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard the news, but they were not panicked and remained calm. Only Azig raised his hand to cover his eyebrows, stared in that direction, and cursed loudly: "Damn it, bitch!" Is Ming Gou looking for death?"
He turned to Dorgon and said angrily: "Prince Rui, I will lead the warriors of my banner to kill all these ungrateful bastards."
However, Dorgon did not pay attention to Azig, but stroked the rat whiskers on his chin and asked Jierhalang: "What does Prince Zheng think?"
"This Ming army is quite extraordinary. Although the flags were unclear for a while, they still dared to charge directly at our army's position. This shows that they must be brave soldiers in the Ming army. They should not be underestimated and should be dealt with with caution.
Furthermore, Zhumala and Du Du went to intercept the Ming reinforcements. Where were they, and they made the Ming army rush into our army? "Jilharang said with a worried look.
Dorgon's face straightened and he said solemnly: "No matter which Ming army he belongs to, if he dares to charge into our army formation, he must not be allowed to escape."
He then shouted loudly: "Azig, lead your warriors to attack and block the Ming army's attack head-on."
Azig was still angry at first, but now he responded to the order angrily, and strode away with his subordinate Azignikan, who was holding the book Zhang Jing.
Dorgon looked at Azig's leaving back, shook his head slightly, and ordered: "Send the order, order Yangshan and Altin to form a formation and retreat under the support of Tu Lai. Don't panic, be careful that Wu Sangui takes advantage of the opportunity to pursue him." .”
Although the Qing kings and generals Baylor did not look down upon the Ming army rushing into battle, they paid great attention to it and quickly organized a response. This shows that there is a reason for its rise in the bitter cold frontier!
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The one who broke into the Qing army's formation at this moment turned out to be Cao Bianjiao's troops. After he led his army to break through the north entrance of West Shimen, he did not act according to the plan because he had already learned about it from the defeat of the troops in Jizhen.
The soldiers and horses of Shanhai Town and Ji Town were defeated, and he didn't know where Wu Sangui and Tang Tong were stationed. Who would they meet with?
If we follow common sense, Cao Bianjiao should leave a group of soldiers to guard the mountain pass at this time, while he leads the main force to explore eastward in order to meet up with Wu Sangui, Tang Tong and other Ming troops.
But Cao Bianjiao did not do this. Instead, he chose a road of death that ordinary people would not dare to do, and it was also a road of no return.
How about saying that Cao Bianjiao is a rare warrior in the Ming Dynasty?
He didn't stop doing anything and led his elite cavalry straight to the Tatar formation more than a mile away to the north. In this way, he even spared the soldiers and horses guarding the mountain pass.
However, for the Ming generals who dared to be so brave, given the current situation where dozens of officials and generals from the Ming Dynasty gathered in Liaodong, there were probably not many people who had such courage and dared to attack the Tatar army alone.
Even Zhang Cheng of the Xuanfu, who is known as the strong army of the Ming Dynasty, would not attack the Tatar army so recklessly. It can be said that in the Ming Dynasty today, Cao Bianjiao has almost become the most powerful general.
This is almost exactly Cao Bianjiao's consistent style.
He has been following his uncle Cao Wenzhao in suppressing bandits in the mainland since he was a child. Cao Wenzhao is also a rare generation of fierce generals in the world. He often leads his soldiers, braves arrows and rocks, and charges forward.
On many occasions, thousands of elite troops and horses were used to defeat tens of thousands of rebel troops. Even hundreds of thousands of rebel troops could not withstand Cao Wenzhao's charge.
It is precisely because he grew up in such an environment that after Cao Bianjiao took charge of an army, he also inherited his uncle Cao Wenzhao's fighting style. He would always rush in and kill fiercely, defeat the rebel army, and turn the tide in the most difficult and difficult times. .
And he dared to do this, in addition to his personal bravery, he also benefited from having a strong army under his command that fought bravely.
At that time, Cao Wenzhao, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and the left governor of the Ming Dynasty, was killed in an ambush in Qiutou Town. Cao Bianjiao was already a staff general in his army at that time. He gathered some of the defeated soldiers from the camp and defected to Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides. .
Since then, Cao Bianjiao formed his own battalion based on these remnants of hundreds of battles, and has been following Hong Chengchou to fight against the bandits and bandits.
Until the battle of Tongguanyuan, the bandits were almost wiped out in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, the Tartars once again invaded the key areas of the capital. In panic, the imperial court specially recruited Hong Chengchou to lead an army to aid King Qin. Cao Bianjiao, Zuo Guangxian and others also followed him into the capital.
After that, Hong Chengchou was entrusted with the important task of governor of Jiliao, and Cao Bianjiao was also appointed as the chief military officer of the ASEAN Association and was left to guard Liaodong.
It can be said that Cao Bianjiao was Hong Chengchou's confidant and favorite general. He was not only an important support for Hong Chengchou when suppressing thieves, but also a vanguard of the entire army. The equipment and weapons in his army were not too bad.
The soldiers were brave, with high morale, well-equipped armor, and sophisticated weapons. This was the true situation of Cao Bianjiao's army, and it was also the reason why he dared to attack the Tatar formation with one army.
To be fair, even if other Ming armies had such morale, armor and equipment, if they were led by other Ming generals, they might not have the courage to attack the Tatar army formation like Cao Bianjiao.
Even the Tatars did not expect that the Ming army would have the courage to attack their military formation. Although the Eight Banners soldiers and horses were very brave, the incident happened suddenly and unprepared, Cao Bianjiao went straight in.
The cavalry charge was extremely fast, not to mention that Cao Bianjiao and others were not willing to fight. Their target was not these ordinary Tatar soldiers, but the high hill in the center of the front army formation.
It's really too conspicuous there.
Under the high hill, there were soldiers and horses with various flags, especially the two large banners woven with gold dragons, raised high and rustling in the wind. They were the guiding lights for Cao Bianjiao and other Ming army's elite cavalry.
Although Cao Bianjiao's armor is very well-made, it is a little worn out. Mottled marks of swords and axes can be seen vaguely on it, as well as patches of dark red color. It is unknown how many battles he has experienced on the battlefield and how many enemies' blood he has been stained with.
Cao Bianjiao took the lead and rushed to the front of the army. Behind him, more than a hundred of the elite cavalry who followed him were also struggling to kill the Tartar thieves, trying to catch up and protect his safety.
Unexpectedly, Cao Bianjiao was really very brave. The horse pole in his hand was flying up and down, either stabbing or chopping, and he killed each and every Tatar.
A Tatar soldier with a pure white flag rushed towards him. He seemed to have more than one layer of armor bulging on his body, and there were tassels floating on his helmet. It turned out to be Niulu Zhangjing with a pure white flag.
Behind him were more than a hundred Tatar soldiers riding the Zhengbai Banner. There seemed to be a few Zhengbai Banners in the cavalry. They seemed to have gathered from elsewhere and rushed to stop Cao Bianjiao from continuing to charge.
The Tatar Niulu Zhangjing was very powerful, holding a long-handled ax in his hand. He roared angrily and rode towards him at a high speed. He had already started turning the long-handled ax in his hand before he even got close.
He swung the long ax in a circle behind him to increase his strength. As expected, the Tatar Niulu Zhangjing's whole ax was concentrated, and even Cao Bianjiao did not dare to take it hard.
Cao Bianjiao withdrew his left foot from the stirrup and shifted his whole body's weight to his right foot. At the same time, he grasped the horse's reins with his left hand and rolled his entire body to the right side of the horse to hide himself from the Tatar Niulu Zhangjing's long sword. ax.
He is worthy of being the most powerful general in the Ming Dynasty!
Even when Cao Bianjiao was avoiding Tatar Niulu Zhangjing's long axe, he did not give up the attack. He hid on the right side of the war horse, still holding the horse pole with his right hand, raised it diagonally upwards, and stabbed the Tatar Niulu Zhangjing. The left eye of the war horse under his crotch.
The long sword directly pierced the left eye socket of the war horse. Cao Bianjiao swung his right hand diagonally, and the sharp sword cut half of the horse's eye socket.
When the two horses crossed each other, the Tatar Niulu's horse fell to the ground with a crash, but he was also so powerful that at the moment the horse fell, he jumped up and landed firmly on the ground.
Otherwise, these Tatar soldiers are not simple at all. While leaping away from the horse, Niu Luzhangjing held a long-handled ax with his right hand, and took advantage of the situation and pulled out the iron whip on the horse's back in his left hand.
He swung the long-handled ax in a series of slashes. He cut off the legs of two Ming army knights' horses one after another and threw them to the ground. Although Niulu Zhangjing was tall and powerful, his movements were also extremely flexible.
Every time he chopped down a war horse, he quickly stepped forward, raised the iron whip in his left hand and smashed it down, killing a Ming army knight. At the same time, he held the long-handled ax in his right hand and made another sweeping movement. Very coherent, no sense of blockage.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." There was an explosion.
It turned out that it was Ming Qi who rushed up from behind and fired his three-eyed musket. When the smoke filled the air, Ming Qi also rushed over on horseback. He never saw the desperate look in Tatar Niulu Zhangjing's eyes.
Just as Niu Luzhangjing swung the long ax in his right hand again, a bullet hit his left cheek. Half of his face collapsed, revealing a big crater with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
He didn't even let out a roar, his huge body fell to the ground, and the long-handled ax he had just raised fell heavily, hitting the only half of his face.
Unfortunately, at this time, he could no longer feel any pain!
Cao Bianjiao was also unambiguous. After he crossed paths with Niu Luzhangjing's war horse, he did not stop fighting. Instead, he galloped forward with his horse, leaving Niu Luzhangjing to the soldiers behind.
His horse was flying, and he killed a Tatar thief one after another, and he was divided into Bo Shiku and several Tatar armored riders. Cao had only one purpose in turning into a dragon.
That is to rush to the high hill in front as soon as possible and kill the Tatar general in command in one fell swoop, leaving the Tatar soldiers leaderless and without command and control, and they will inevitably be defeated by the Ming army.
There was a special tactic for this in later generations, called Operation Beheading!
Regardless of later generations or the current Ming Dynasty, this method of warfare is the most convenient and effective. It can be said to be simple and crude, but it is really easy to use.
However, the decapitation tactics used in later generations relied on precise strikes implemented with high technology, everything was calculated accurately, and the time was accurate to seconds.
To achieve beheading at this moment, one must not only rely on the bravery of the general and sergeants, but also rely on a little bit of good luck.
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The soldiers and horses of Cao Bianjiao of the Ming Dynasty were unstoppable all the way. They were like sharp arrows, breaking through the blocking defense lines of the Tatar cavalry, and they were constantly advancing towards the high hill where the flags were planted.
As Cao Bianjiao's men gradually approached, everyone on the high hill seemed a little nervous.
Ji'erhalang sighed first and then said: "It is indeed Cao Bianjiao's Ming army. I only heard that this man was suppressing thieves in the Ming Dynasty. He was very brave. He often braved the arrows and charged forward. Today, it seems that it is true. !”
At this moment, from here you can clearly see the banner of the Ming army charging into the formation, with the big word "Cao" on it, which looks very eye-catching at this time.
Just at this time, several Tatar sentries came galloping on their horses. They rushed to the high hill and reported loudly: "A part of the Ming army came out from the west stone gate and attacked the flank of our army. Mount Zhumalagu and Du Du Beile is leading the interception."
Jierhalang was frightened for a while, and asked a little eagerly: "Do you know which army of the Ming Dynasty it is?"
"Go back to Prince Zheng and see that the flag is the former Commander-in-Chief of the Tun Guard King."
"Commander Wang...Commander Wang?"
Jierhalang murmured a few words before he remembered: "It's Wang Tingchen. This man is also quite capable of fighting. It seems that Hong Chengchou is the best in the army."
After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Dorgon, but said no more.
Dorgon naturally knew that Jierhalang was reminding him that the purpose of this battle had been achieved. Since all the elites of the Ming Dynasty's aiding Liao army were here, there was no need to continue to break through.
In fact, the task Huang Taiji gave them was not to defeat the Ming army, but to use fierce attacks to lure the main force of the Ming army to aid the Liao Dynasty to this side, and then contain them so that they could not aid elsewhere.
In today's battle, Dorgon and others saw how easily they defeated the Shanhaiguan General Military and Horse Division, and then successively defeated Bai Guangen's soldiers and horses in Ji Town.
The war went so smoothly that they could not help but develop a serious desire to underestimate the enemy. Later, they encountered strong resistance from Wu Sangui's tribe, which greatly increased their desire to win, and they continued to fight fiercely with the Ming army.
At this moment, it is almost certain that most of the Ming Dynasty's troops and horses aiding the Liao Dynasty were gathered here, such as Ma Ke in Shanhai Town and Bai Guangen in Ji Town, which had been defeated, and Wu Sangui in Ningyuan Town who was fighting.
Furthermore, among the flags appearing in the reinforcements, there are already two troops from Dongxie Cao Bianjiao and former Tunwei Wang Tingchen. At the same time, there are also officers and soldiers from Xuanfu and Datong in the direction of Huangtuling.
Of the ten generals in charge of the Ming Dynasty who aided the Liao Dynasty, seven of them are now known for sure. Five of them have appeared on the south bank of the Nvnu River, which shows how much the Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to them.
After Dorgon thought for a while, he also said: "Since we have completed the military affairs entrusted by the Great Khan, we really don't need to take risks anymore."
He turned around and shouted to the sentinel cavalry: "Quickly pass on this king's military order and order Yang Shan and Altin to lead the army to retreat quickly. Order Tu Lai to be responsible for blocking the pursuit of Wu Sangui's Ming army."
A sentry rider galloped forward when he saw another sentry rider galloping towards him: "Reporting to Rui's bodyguard, Tulai Zhangjing is covering Yangshan Zhangjing and Altyn Zhangjing's formation and retreat. Thousands of cavalrymen from Wu Sangui's department of the Ming army are out. Pursuing and fighting."
"What?"
Ji'erhalang was also a little surprised. He added, "Humph, seeing the reinforcements arriving, Wu Sangui no longer holds the camp?"
