Guo Yingxian, a veteran of the Xuanfu, broke through the blockage of the Tatars and was about to rush to the high ground. Suddenly, dozens of arrows were fired at him. There was only a distance of more than thirty steps, and he could no longer dodge.
After all, Guo Yingxian had been in battle for a long time. Unable to avoid it, he instantly raised his left hand and used the cavalry card on his arm to protect his head and face, and held the tiger gun in front of him with his right hand.
In this way, although several arrows were deflected by the tiger gun, there should have been twelve or thirteen arrows that were all shot on his body, and the sound of "crackling" continued for a while.
Staring at these arrows, Guo Yingxian's speed did not slow down at all. Even the Xuanfu Army cavalry following him were like this. In an instant, they were fighting with the last less than fifty Tatars on the high ground.
Although the cavalry officers and soldiers of the Xuanfu Zhenming Army pursued all the way without a moment's rest, they were already full of enthusiasm at this moment. They were all like wolves and tigers, and they had long forgotten about life and death.
They followed veteran Guo Yingxian in pursuit, supported by the belief "Kill the Tatars and avenge Yang Zhenshuai!" in their hearts.
As ordinary soldiers, they do not have any lofty beliefs. All they think about is "revenge", avenging the veteran general Yang Guozhu, avenging those former comrades who died in the hands of the Tatars. I each died in the Tatars. Revenge of loved ones in hand.
Of course, Zhang Cheng's promise of being rewarded if he had military merit was also a big motivation. Although Yang Guozhu treated his subordinates well, he was always unsatisfactory due to his personal financial resources.
Moreover, Yang Guozhu himself was very disciplined and almost never did anything beyond his authority. Even if there were a lot of weapons, money, food and other items in the town treasury, he would only take his own share and never have any other delusions.
Perhaps it was because the Ming Dynasty had used culture to control military force over the years and suppressed the generals who commanded the army. Yang Guozhu was even a little cautious. He usually guarded one side in a moderate manner and never did anything excessive.
Unlike Zhang Cheng, he did almost everything in the local area. He gathered the entire Xuanbei area's money, grain and financial resources in one place for him to dig canals and reclaim wasteland, recruit brave soldiers, train troops, and make ordnance. Only in this way can he travel all the way to where he is today. Like heaven and earth.
Therefore, how could we not be envious of the cavalrymen of the former Xuanfu Zhenbiao Battalion? In addition to their belief in revenge, they also had the strongest desire to be rewarded for their meritorious service.
Of course, Zhang Cheng has long abolished the practice of recording merit by head level in the Ming army. Now he is implementing a new assessment mechanism, which no longer counts merit by head level.
However, the Ming Dynasty still attached great importance to heads, so Zhang Cheng also required that after every battle, the enemy's heads, flags, armor, golden drums and other objects should be collected for the purpose of claiming credit for the entire army.
Zhang Cheng's side now implements a collective merit system, that is, he will issue clear military orders to each battalion and generals. Execution of military orders is the first priority, and the governors at all levels will evaluate each battalion and each general based on the implementation of military orders. Merits and demerits will be assessed.
First, the merits and demerits will be assessed based on how well military orders are executed. Finally, the merits and demerits will be assessed for the following divisions, teams, and individuals with outstanding performance.
From the beginning to the end, the enemy's head was not important. It was only used as an auxiliary to record merits within Xuan Town. On the contrary, the capture and capture were much more important than the capture of the head.
Therefore, the knights followed Guo Yingxian on their horses and charged all the way to the high ground. They were never delayed when the enemy fell from their horses, just because they no longer had to rush to behead the enemy.
If you win this battle, it will be the first battle to break the formation. This is a great achievement!
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Jia Lazhangjing Emuqi originally thought that after the Ming army was divided and surrounded, there would be chaos, but everything was different from what he expected. Instead of seeing chaos, the Ming army quickly gathered into one force and rushed straight to where he was. .
Seeing that Niu Lu, the only one left beside him, also rushed down, but he could not stop the Ming army cavalry from charging at all. They were like evil ghosts coming out of hell, with colorful blood stains on their bodies, like crazy demons galloping on their horses. Come.
"Fire the arrow...hurry up the arrow...shoot these stupid bright dogs to death!"
Emuqi shouted loudly, and at the same time took out his long machete and held it in his hand, also getting ready to fight.
At this time, there were only thirty-seven Tatar soldiers protecting him, and the rest were fighting with the Ming army in the plains below, unable to take care of this side at all.
The distance of a little more than thirty steps only allowed them to shoot a wave of arrows. They saw that the Ming general who was leading the charge was like a hedgehog, with dozens of arrows inserted all over his body, but he still seemed to be unaware of it. Come straight on.
A chill also rose from the bottom of Emuqi's heart. His eyes were full of disbelief: "Minggou, when did you become so ferocious and unafraid of death?"
Emuqi had also felt the murderous intent of this Ming army, but in front of all the Tatar soldiers under his command, he did not dare to show the slightest fear.
He raised his long machete and shouted loudly: "Kill, kill all Nikan!"
"kill……"
Less than forty Tatars shouted together and rushed towards the oncoming Ming army's cavalry formation. They were all Qing warriors worth ten, so they were left by Jia La Zhang Jing E Mu Qi to protect them. .
At this moment, they also knew that it was time to fight to the death, and they all ran down the high ground with loud roars and screams. A row of spears and knives were erected in front of the horses. The same point as before was that the Tatars still did not forget to throw a shot. Javelins, throwing axes, etc.
But there was only one javelin coming towards Guo Yingxian, and he blocked it easily with his spear. The horses of both sides crossed each other, and they were fighting. In the light of swords and spears, knights fell off their horses one by one.
Both the soldiers of the Ming army and the Tatar soldiers were trying their best to fight each other desperately. The Ming army was better because of the number of people, but the Tatars had enough strength, and their horses and legs were stronger than the Ming army. Too much.
But after all, it is difficult for two fists to defeat four hands. No matter how powerful they are, they only have two legs and two arms. How can the thirty-eight Tatar soldiers be the opponent of more than two hundred Ming cavalry.
After only two or three rounds of fighting, the defeat of the Tatar soldiers was determined. However, none of them turned around and ran away. They roared and seemed to be asking for help from the surrounding knights who were intercepting the Ming army.
However, the battlefield has reached this level of fighting. Almost every inch of the land is filled with soldiers from both sides fighting each other. Even if the enemy on the opposite side has just been killed, another enemy will rush in from nowhere.
It wasn't just horses charging into battle, but now there were no distinctions between horses and dismounts. There were soldiers from both sides everywhere, many even hugging each other and dying together.
When they were dying, they still kept biting each other, picking their noses and eyes, which showed the intensity of the war. Many soldiers from both sides hugged each other after falling from their horses, and were trampled into a pile of wreckage by unknown horses. .
This flat plain with a radius of several miles was like hell at the moment. The ground was bright red and the remains of soldiers from both sides were everywhere. Many war horses were lying down in it, wailing and neighing.
There are also many ownerless horses running around, and from time to time they find their owners' bodies on the ground, licking them as if they want to wake up their former owners.
The fighting on the high ground was coming to an end. Although the Tatars seemed to have the upper hand in the entire plain, on this high ground, the Ming army indeed had the upper hand. Over a hundred elite Ming cavalry surrounded the three remaining Tatars. It can be killed at any time.
Guo Yingxian didn't seem to have the patience to play with them. He rode on the war horse like a hill, raised the tiger gun in his hand, and shouted in a deep voice: "Kill!"
More than a dozen Ming soldiers galloped up on their horses. In just a moment, Tatar Jia Lazhangjing and the last two Tatar soldiers fell from their horses to the ground without making a sound.
But Guo Yingxian did not dare to rest here. After all, his soldiers were still fighting against the Tatars. Just as he was leading the army to rush down the high ground, he saw a group of cavalry rushing towards them in the distance, bringing with them billows of smoke.
If you look closely, you will see that the cavalry are not a team, but are rushing over the mountains and plains. They are all dressed in red armor, with bright red capes and bright red flags flying in the wind.
"Children, Marshal Zhang's reinforcements are here."
After hearing Guo Yingxian's roar, all the knights on the high ground looked up, all of them looked excited and roared loudly.
Guo Yingxian was also extremely excited. Although he had killed the Tatar Jia La Zhangjing, he was still at a serious disadvantage on the battlefield.
After all, they were divided by thousands of Tatars from the beginning. The initial battle was unfavorable and it was not easy for the entire army to collapse. Now looking at the situation on the battlefield, it is obvious that our side has suffered heavy casualties.
If the fighting continues, there will be disaster!
However, he is not afraid now, because his own reinforcements have arrived, and he can get closer in just a few seconds from a distance of more than a hundred steps. Thinking of this, Guo Yingxian waved his tiger gun vigorously and shouted: "Kill, kill, kill all the Tatars!" !”
"Kill...kill the Tatars..."
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After receiving the news that the Tatars had captured Bijiashan, Ma Shaoyu, Zanhua of the Liao Army and the head of the Staff Department of the Ministry of War, hurriedly ordered the fishermen to row their boats into the sea and stay away from Xiaobijiashan Island.
At the same time, he also ordered the sentry in the watchtower on Xiaobijia Mountain to send an order to Bijia Mountain guard Dusi Jinggong, asking him to immediately burn the grain stored in Bijia Mountain and not leave a single grain for the Tatars.
After arranging all this, Ma Shaoyu still couldn't calm down. He also knew about the grain storage here, but Ming Dynasty tried its best to collect it from everywhere and spent a lot of effort to transport it here.
Now, if it is really burned down, how should Ma Shaoyu explain to the court and the emperor?
But if he didn't use fire to burn the food, if such a large amount of food and grass fell into the hands of the Tartar thieves, Ma Shaoyu would never redeem himself!
At that time, he was not only charged with losing and hoarding food, but also with the crime of hoarding food to support the enemy.
If this is the case, even if the hundreds of officials in the court and the emperor can avoid arguing with him, the governor of Jiliao Hong Chengchou, the governor Qiu Minyang and others who are based in Songshan are afraid that they will not be able to spare him.
The lesser of two evils!
Ma Shaoyu gritted his teeth and refused to do anything, so it would be better to burn him to pieces, which would actually make him clean.
Moreover, he had already thought about how to report to the court, which was to put all the responsibility on Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao.
Of course, Liu Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, was stationed at Gaoqiao, close at hand, but failed to rescue. He also shouldered the responsibility, but Hong Chengchou, as the commander-in-chief of the army aiding Liao, bore the greatest responsibility.
As the commander-in-chief of an army, it cannot be said that he did not know the importance of Beacon Mountain, but he was so negligent that the area where the army stored food was exploited by Tatar thieves. His crime was the first and it was inevitable.
As the fishing boat rowed in the sea, Bijiashan Island gradually came into Ma Shaoyu's field of vision. He seemed to be looking very anxiously there.
In fact, he was unwilling to do so in his heart, but there was no solution in everything.
At the moment, he still doesn't know that Zhang Cheng has led the army to return reinforcements. All Ma Shaoyu knows is that Liu Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, led his army to rescue Beacon Mountain and wanted to stop the Tatar thieves halfway, but was defeated by the Tatar thieves. .
To this day, there are still no reinforcements coming from Gaoqiao, Tashan and other places, although Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, had also deployed guards along the way according to the orders of Governor Hong.
But they usually have sufficient numbers, but when it comes to the real battlefield, they are no match for the Tatars' elite cavalry. As soon as they engage in battle, they all break up and flee, not even slowing down the Tatars' speed.
It was precisely based on his judgment of the entire battlefield situation that Ma Shaoyu firmly believed that there was no possibility of holding on to Bijia Mountain. Once the Tatars came to the opposite coast, they could capture Bijia Mountain at any time.
This judgment was also an important fundamental reason why he made up his mind to burn the food and grass to avoid endangering the enemy.
Looking at the strangely peaceful Bijia Mountain, Ma Shaoyu also looked suspicious, and couldn't help but mutter in his heart: "How come there's no fire starting yet?"
He is now floating in the sea and refuses to leave, just to see with his own eyes that the grain store in Bijia Mountain is completely set on fire and destroyed. Otherwise, he will not be able to write this memorial to the court.
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There were originally more than 900 guards on Bijia Mountain, but the entire island covered a vast area, and the grain stores were stored in three mountains of varying heights based on local conditions.
As a result, the food storage areas everywhere need to be guarded. After all, there are still a large number of civilians living on the island in order to transport food and grass from the sea to the mountains.
Although they are all people from local military families in Liaodong, it is difficult to say that in Liaodong today, any one of them must not have colluded with the Tatars. Even if this ratio is more common among high-level military generals, there is no guarantee. There must not be any of these military households.
After all, the food storage here is related to the life and death of the entire army aiding the Liao Dynasty, so we dare not be careless in the slightest. Therefore, to a large extent, the defenders on the island are actually on guard against these civilians.
In their view, the defense outside the island is the responsibility of the defenders in the fortresses in Songshan, Xingshan, Gaoqiao, and Tashan, and it is not their responsibility.
But even so, there are still several stone walls built at the end of the overpass. After all, of the nine hundred officers and soldiers on the island, in addition to four to five hundred people assigned to guard the various granaries, there are still half of them stationed at the end of the overpass. This section of Pingchuan Valley.
Behind about six or seven stone walls is the camp of the defenders. After all, the wind is strong on the island, even in this section of the Pingchuan Valley, so most of them live in stone houses instead of military tents.
Now, the two stone walls in front have been breached by the Tatars, but the defenders only used muskets and cannons to attack the slaves behind the stone walls, so the damage was not serious. However, they saw that the Tatar attacks became more and more fierce, and it seemed that Beacon Hill could not be defended. .
When Du Si Huang Jin Gong was anxious, a armor commander next to him suddenly stabbed him and said: "Huang Du Si, look over there, it's the signal drawn by Ma Zan!"
