Two days later, out of a hundred 50-man cavalry units, only twenty units came back, and only nine units brought back food. The remaining eleven units were beaten back, and the worst one only returned one person. He also got shot in the butt.
Du Du did not come back, and on the third day, the number of heads on the Deshengmen tower turned to three.
Facing the always arrogant Ming army, the Hou Jin army began to fear. According to the people who escaped, it seemed that there was a pair of eyes watching them in the sky, and they broke into pieces and attacked in separate directions. It sounded good, but what was the result?
People are like iron rice and steel. If they don't eat for a day, they will feel hungry. Well, even if they don't get off their horses to eat, they should always find a safe place to sleep.
Once they fell asleep, the Ming army over there came over and formed an encirclement formation. It was at least four times the strength of the Hou Jin army, plus a fire squad of more than 20 people. If you were lucky, a few could escape, but if you were unlucky, all of them would be killed. The result of the annihilation of the army.
And those inhabited villages and towns also became good places for the Ming army to set up ambushes.
The final result of the fleeing robbery plan was that it was defeated one by one, and less than a thousand people came back alive.
The army is defeated, food is cut off, the general dies...
Starting from the breakthrough of the Great Wall entrance on October 27, the morale inspired by the unstoppable momentum all dissipated by the end of November, and panic and thoughts of retreat spread among the troops.
Huang Taiji looked at the 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands and fell into a dilemma.
However, the Ming army did not give him much time to think about it. In the early morning of November 24th, the Zuo'an Gate was opened, and the imperial guards and the Shenji Battalion were mobilized.
The emperor was very happy and wanted to complete this battle and annihilate the defenders.
However, before the cavalry could get into battle formation, spies reported bad news. Datong's general Man Gui appeared in the west with 9,000 troops, Xuanfu's general Hou Shilu appeared in the east with 12,000 troops, and Changping's general general appeared in the south. The 8,000 elite cavalry and Heiyunlong artillery units he led, plus the 15,000-strong city guarding army, almost surrounded Huang Taiji's 30,000-strong army.
Under normal circumstances, not to mention more than 40,000 Ming troops surrounding 30,000 Hou Jin troops, that is twice as many as 60,000 Ming troops. If you dare to play like this, you are seeking death. But when the battle started, Huang Taiji realized Times have changed. There are 40,000 Ming troops, and the number of flintlock muskets exceeds 4,000. Counting the tiger squat cannons with sights, Fran machine guns, Hongyi cannons and older bird muskets, these are enough to crush the Jin army. Bones, when he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately ordered a retreat. The main force broke through the Southern Ming Army's front line with the smallest number of people and retreated eastward. He went to a safer place to count the number of people. He found that even the dead and wounded were missing, and the number of troops was reduced by more than 9,000. Dorgon's brother Azig was hit by an arrow in the chest. He was not killed, but the situation was very bad.
Fatigue, hunger, the shadow of defeat, the threat of pursuers... The Jin army was so high-spirited after the Ming army established a stronghold, but now it is so depressed.
After Huang Taiji ordered Jierhalang to lead 3,000 Mongolian troops to break up, the rest of the troops headed west as quickly as possible, bypassing Jizhou and heading to Zunyi. Because the supplies were almost exhausted, he ordered the wounded soldiers to be discarded and the horses to be killed for food.
When the Hou Jin Army arrived in the northern part of Jizhou, its strength had been reduced from a claimed 100,000 to less than 20,000. What Huang Taiji did not expect was that waiting in front of him was Yuan Chonghuan's 20,000 Guan Ning Army.
One side was recharging its strength, while the other side was in low morale. Even though Huang Taiji was well-organized, the Hou Jin army still left more than 3,000 corpses before they rushed through Jizhou and headed east towards Zunhua.
Fortunately, Zunhua was still under the control of Hou Jin. After confirming that the person standing at the head of the city was his own general, the exhausted Hou Jin soldiers poured into the city.
When Dorgon realized that the situation was not good, it was already too late. More than 3,000 golden soldiers were blocked by the city gate. Guns and cannons were fired inside, shouting to kill Zhentian.
Then, Azig saw Zhao Zhijiao, whom he had ambushed, on the tower.
Dorgon also wanted to attack the city to rescue the trapped people, but Huang Taiji immediately ordered the withdrawal because he realized that Zhao Lijiao was not only seeking revenge, but also seeking hatred. If they really attacked Zunhua, with the current state of their troops, they would never be able to do so. It is impossible to capture the city quickly. Once the Ming army's pursuers catch up, what awaits them will be the result of the entire army being annihilated.
Huang Taiji led his troops to march north. When the troops approached the entrance of the Great Wall that was defeated by them, due to hunger, pain, and desertion along the way, the number of troops was less than 7,000.
Then, before he was about to enter the Mongolian grassland, he met the scar-faced man who chopped off Daishan's head. The other party brought three thousand cavalry to block his only way. It can be seen from the dust on the Ming army's clothes and hair that the enemy Only by chasing non-stop day and night could he intercept his troops here.
But what makes Huang Taiji difficult to understand is that despite the dust, the Ming army is in good condition. They are all lively and energetic. This is not only the morale boost brought by the victory, but also the appearance of being fully rested. It seems that last night Slept well.
Look at his people again...
The men and horses were exhausted, they were hungry, and the Mongolian soldiers in the team were still upset.
Huang Taiji was panicked, frustrated, and at a loss because he was so frustrated with losing this battle. He seemed to have fallen into the enemy's trap from the beginning, and fell deeper and deeper until he was defeated in Maicheng and the hero's end. .
"Kill~"
Without any negotiation or notice, the scar-faced man whom he suspected but was not sure was waved his hand fiercely, and three thousand cavalry came over with rolling loess.
In the past, except for the Guan Ning Army and the Dongjiang Army, Hou Jin's seven thousand cavalry defeated the Ming Army's three thousand cavalry. It was as easy as eating and drinking water. However, today, his seven thousand troops were defeated at a touch, and only Dorgon , Haoge, and Dodo took three hundred white-armored guards to cover him and broke through the obstacles and entered the Mongolian grassland. Azig, Yue Tuo, Abatai, and Mang Gurtai all died in this battle.
When they came, they were said to have 100,000 elite cavalry. When they withdrew from the Great Wall defense line, less than 300 people were left. The word "the whole army was annihilated" is not an exaggeration to describe it.
Is it miserable?
awful!
This was the worst battle since the rise of Hou Jin.
Huang Taiji secretly made up his mind that he must make Chongzhen's children pay the price in the future. Although the elite Eight Banners suffered all casualties, they would not have to worry about having no firewood to burn the green hills. As long as they strengthened their efforts to win over the Mongolian tribes and emphasized the threat of the Ming Dynasty, they would manage well. Jin, give him two or three years, and the Jin cavalry will become a strong team again.
A few days later, the remaining soldiers retreated to the Duoyanwei area.
This is the territory of the Mongols. Since the war in Liaodong has become tense, the Ming army has not moved north again, and the Karaqin tribe that occupied Duoyanwei has completely surrendered to Hou Jin. Previously, the cavalry of the Karaqin tribe led the way to the Eight Banners of Hou Jin. Xifengkou was weakly defended by the Ming army, so Huang Taiji believed that facing the Ming army, the Kalaqin tribe and Houjin were already grasshoppers on a rope.
On the 13th day of the twelfth lunar month, Subudi, the leader of the Haraqin tribe, met Huang Taiji who had returned with less than 300 cavalry. He never thought that the Hou Jin Army would be defeated so miserably in a surprise attack, but just as Huang Taiji thought, because of the marriage and alliance between the two parties, and the Haraqin cavalry leading the way for the Hou Jin Army, the Emperor The Haraqin Tribe was already hated by the people of the Ming Dynasty due to Tai Chi's invasion of the Ming Dynasty. Considering the threat of Lin Dan Khan from the Chahar Tribe, it was more beneficial for Subdi to send Huang Tai Chi back home safely than betraying him. .
Subudi ordered people to slaughter cattle and sheep, entertained Huang Taiji, Dorgon and others in his big tent, and did not hesitate to comfort and express his loyalty.
"There is no need to worry, Great Khan. Tomorrow we will cross the Daling River and leave Liaohetao. It will be safe further west. There are still tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Liaodong, so why worry about not being able to compete with the Ming army. The Eight Banners will be reunited someday. Qinbu is willing to work with the Great Khan to conquer the Ming Dynasty."
Huang Taiji was very satisfied with Subbudi's reaction, picked up a glass of wine and said: "Since ancient times, the Manchu and Mongolian families, come, you and I will drink a glass of wine together, and from now on we should support each other to attack Chongzhen."
Subudi laughed and drank together, looking like brothers.
However, just as everyone was drinking for three rounds, and Huang Taiji was a little too drunk due to the consecutive days of defeat and running away, he felt tired and wanted to pay his debts and rest, when he suddenly heard the roar of the war horses outside, the light of the fire, and the faint cry of killing.
Subudi was alert and stood up immediately.
At this moment, a personal attendant came into the account wrapped in the cold wind: "Report to the Great Khan, the Ming Army... the Ming Army... the Ming Army is coming!"
The Ming army came to kill?
Subbudi and Huang Taiji were stunned for a moment.
The Ming army actually dared to march north into Mongolia and attack Duoyanwei from a distance? How did they avoid the scouts on the grassland?
How did you avoid it?
The entire sky belongs to Lin Yue. How difficult is it to avoid the Mongolian scouts?
At the same time, the fake Chongzhen looked at the chaos of the Karaqin tribesmen in front of him, drew out the long sword from the horse's belly and said: "Kill, no matter old or young, women or children, no one will be spared."
The knife was illuminated by flames.
Two hundred personal guards on the left and right clamped their horses' bellies and rushed towards the Mongolian camp with an indomitable murderous intention.
Blood sprayed on the tent, screams could be heard endlessly, and the frightened horses screamed, which were then covered up by the intensive gunfire.
2,000 elite cavalry and 800 musketeers killed the unsuspecting Karaqin tribe with heads rolling and blood flowing like rivers.
In the chaos, Dorgon led 30 people to break through to the north. Duoduo led 100 people to desperately stop the Ming army, giving Huang Taiji time to mount his horse. However, just after leaving the camp, with the sound of a gunshot, the horse was shot and fell to its knees, with its armor intact. Huang Taiji, who was barely dressed, fell to the ground.
Half an hour later, Huang Taiji was escorted back to the central tent by two Ming soldiers.
Subudi was lying in a pool of blood, with a silver bowl in front of him, which was the vessel he used to drink. Farther away were the bodies of several tribal elders. Huang Taiji saw his eldest son Hauge under one of them. Distorted face, eyes open and glaring.
Then, he saw the scar-faced man standing in front of him.
Two Ming soldiers pulled out a Mongolian woman in her twenties from the inner tent, holding a child in her arms. The woman just glanced at her and said "kill". The two Ming soldiers raised their knives and dropped them on the ground. Two more bodies.
Then, with the sound of footsteps at the entrance of the big tent, a young general dragged a man covered in blood in.
That man Huang Taiji knew his brother Duduo.
"Fourth brother...how did you..."
Just as Huang Taiji was about to speak, the scar-faced man opposite who was looking at the map raised his head, frowned, pulled out the Tang Dao from the young general's waist, and chopped off Duo Duo's head with one blow.
"Noisy."
After saying that, he threw the bloody knife back.
The young general was stunned, thinking that it would be so easy to kill him? But if you think about it seriously, from the end of October to the middle of the twelfth lunar month, did they kill Prince Baelor and so on?
"General..." The young general glanced at Huang Taiji and wanted to ask how to deal with it.
Lin Yue took the map away, glanced at Huang Taiji, and said casually: "Kill him."
Kill him?
That was Hou Jin’s Great Khan, so he killed him like that?
In history, killing the enemy's supreme commander is rare, right? Strictly speaking, the political benefit of keeping the enemy commander alive is far greater than killing him with a single knife, because once he is killed, it means that the enemy and our forces will fight to the death. Unless the Jurchens in Liaodong are exterminated, they are likely to be counterattacked in the future.
Lin Yue saw Ding Xiu and Pei Lun walking in from the outside and ordered the latter: "Tomorrow morning, send the heads of Duoduo, Haoge, and Huang Taiji to Xiping Fort by eagle messengers. They will be needed when Zu Dashou attacks the city. "
At this time, Huang Taiji noticed two goshawks landing on the shoulders of the man named Pei Lun.
"What? Didn't I ask you to kill him?" Lin Yue looked at the young general and said, "Don't you dare?"
Before the young general could answer, Ding Xiu walked over with a sneer on his face: "Let me, Ding, a bandit, also leave my name in history and stamp my seal, okay?"
After saying this, he raised his knife and dropped it, and a braided head flew into the sky.
