Wu Zhong was watching the war like everyone else. These two Tatars are the most useless two Tatars. Most of them are those who have taken refuge with the Manchus inside the customs. They are not those who have been outside the customs for a long time and have been dressing for a long time.
Therefore, the errands they were assigned were all hard work. They had to guard the people of the Ming Dynasty along the way without any rest. That's why, now that the war is going on, no one cares about them, no one gives them military orders.
Wu Zhong was from Jinyiwei, so he naturally recognized that among the Ming army that rushed out of Tianjin City, there were men from the Yongwei Battalion. Although he couldn't figure out why the Yongwei camp was in Tianjin City, it didn't stop him from wanting the Ming army to win!
Therefore, when he looked around and found that the Jianlu Tatars were reinforcing him, he became anxious.
Just at this time, Zhou Yuji broke through the Jianlu army formation and came towards them. The people around him were obviously in a commotion. They were just afraid that they were surrounded by Tatars with swords and guns. They were also afraid of being killed by Tatars along the way, and they didn't react for a while.
Seeing this, Wu Zhong suddenly felt something in his heart, and immediately shouted loudly: "The Ming army is coming, hurry up, come and form a formation, otherwise you will die if the Ming army rushes over!"
As he spoke, he began to give instructions. However, the two Tatars around him, who were forming some kind of formation, heard the greeting and hurried towards him, but they were so flustered that the formation did not form, but became a mess.
Seeing that there were no Tatars around, some Ming people suddenly became bolder. When they saw that there were no Tatars in a certain direction, some people who were unwilling to go to Liaodong suddenly started running.
Thanks to Jianlu giving them a little more food in order to keep them on their way, they still had the strength to run away.
When Wu Zhong saw this situation, he rushed over to arrest people and shouted: "Hurry, we can't let them escape, arrest them quickly!"
Those two Tatars were already dizzy. When they heard this shout, they stopped forming and ran to catch people. In a panic, they even collided with each other. Or you stopped me, I stopped you. It's your business.
Human beings are group animals and have a tendency to follow blindly. At this time, when I saw someone running away, it was like a match falling on the autumn grassland, and it immediately ignited the fire of hope for all the people of the Ming Dynasty.
No one wants to be captured and sent to Liaodong. Now there is an opportunity, and the Tatars are not around. How long will it take if they don't run away? So, like a domino, a chain effect occurred. The nearly 200,000 Ming people on the north bank of the Wei River dispersed from the point next to Wu Zhong.
Wu Zhong took a step and threw down the woman who was trying to escape. At the same time, he shouted loudly: "Don't run, no one can run."
Originally, some people wanted to use swords and guns directly, but when they saw Wu Zhong pounced on the people without killing anyone, they subconsciously followed suit, causing more people to run away.
The woman who was knocked down by Wu Zhong was naturally Gao Qingxue's sister Gao Qingju. While throwing her down, Wu Zhong whispered: "Don't run around, hide in the hollow and pretend to be dead. Don't come out until the war is over."
Hearing his words, Gao Qingju couldn't help being stunned, but she quickly came back to her senses and struggled while cursing: "Dog Tartar, Erpi Gou, I will fight with you!"
"Xiao Bai asked me to take care of you." Wu Zhong directly held her down and said quickly in a low voice, "The others have nothing to do, you are the only one left. Do as I say, and if you can survive, you will not be arrested. If you are in Liaodong, go to the capital to find Xiaobai, she may be at Jinyiwei Yamen."
Hearing this, Gao Qingju was stunned. But when Wu Zhong saw this, he slapped her in the mouth without hesitation, woke her up, and shouted in a low voice: "Hurry up and pretend to be dead, this is all I can do."
After saying that, he jumped up and went back to acting.
The small spark caused by Wu Zhong turned into a prairie fire, and the entire north bank of the Wei River was immediately in chaos. More than 200,000 animals fled like headless flies.
The Manchu and Qing troops who were reinforcing were suddenly hit by something like this. They were either blocked from the reinforcement route, or their position was suddenly disrupted. They didn't know whether to continue to reinforce or arrest people first. In any case, the speed of the Manchu and Qing army's reinforcements, even if they killed everyone on sight, was not unexpectedly slowed down.
Turge was a little stupid when he saw this situation. Reinforcements are definitely needed, but these humans and animals cannot be allowed to escape. If they do this, they don't know how much they will lose. At this time, he already regarded these as the wealth of the Qing Dynasty, and suddenly felt a little distressed.
Suddenly, he saw a handsome flag erected at the top of Tianjin City, with the word "Sun" embroidered on it. Under the flag, there was an official in a scarlet robe, directing the war outside the city with various flags. Suddenly, he thought of a way to stop the Ming army.
So, he immediately ordered his men to gather the scattered Ming people. After all, if they were gathered at this time, most of the people had not fled yet, which could save a lot of energy. Otherwise, if we wait until the war is over to gather them, we still don’t know how much of the two hundred thousand can be recovered.
At the same time, he immediately sent messengers to the front line to deliver new military orders.
On the Wei River channel, the people of the Ming Dynasty who happened to reach the channel were immediately covered by the rain of arrows from Jianlu. In just a moment, they all fell to the channel or fell on the ice. Just like slaughtering dogs and chickens, Jianlu killed them all without hesitation.
The Manchu Eight Banners soldiers immediately swarmed forward. Those at the front stepped on the corpses of the Ming people and rushed to the other side. The Jianlu soldiers slightly behind took the corpses of the Ming people, even if they were still struggling to survive. Yes, push them all down the aisle.
On Zhou Yuji's side, he had already killed off another group of Jianlu who came to intercept them, and was about to reach the passage. After seeing Jianlu's actions, he didn't have time to rush over, so he immediately shouted: "Shoot the arrow, shoot his grandma."
So, retaliation was retaliated, and the retribution was very fast. The archers on the Ming army immediately killed and wounded many Jianlu in the passage.
At almost the same time, Zhou Yuji faced Jianlu who had passed through the passage.
As the saying goes, the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road. Zhou Yuji immediately rushed forward, and without saying a word, he just pounced on him and did it.
At the top of Tianjin City, Sun Chuanting had been nervously watching the situation on this side of the passage. Seeing that Zhou Yuji arrived in time and was dragging Jianlu into the river after crossing the river, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved. Zhou Yuji is indeed a strong player this time, and he did a good job!
However, despite this, he still looked serious. Because he saw that on the south bank of the Wei River, many Jianlu were already gathering, and there were many white-armored soldiers. On the north bank, Jianlu apparently also noticed that troops on Zhou Yuji's side had begun to reinforce the river. This means that Zhou Yuji's side will soon be attacked from both sides.
"We must hold on!" Sun Chuanting couldn't help but said to himself, and then looked into the distance, with a hint of anxiety on his face.
Suddenly, he was surprised to find that some Tatars had captured many people of the Ming Dynasty and pushed them in front of the Qin army who had just defeated their opponents. This routine seemed very familiar.
When he saw that the Jianlu soldiers killed a group of Ming people, took another group into custody, and then pointed at him and kept talking, Sun Chuanting suddenly realized: This Jianlu leader is Are you stupid? In such a situation, you actually threaten the people of Ming Dynasty with this move?
Under this situation, Sun Chuanting would not have ordered the attack to stop even in the past. Because at this time, the Ming army did not have the upper hand and was not qualified to stop the attack. Not to mention, there is also the emperor’s secret decree.
Therefore, when Sun Chuanting saw this situation, he immediately issued another military order, asking the Qin army outside the city to immediately attack Weihe and Zhou Yuji for reinforcements.
In the past, the officers and soldiers of the Qin Army were already angry at Jianlu's despicable methods. Now that I saw them using this move again regardless of the occasion, everyone became even more angry, and their combat effectiveness was invisibly raised to a higher level. Under the new military order, they killed them directly without stopping at all.
The Jianlu who held the common people hostage in front of them did not expect that the soldiers of the Ming army would not be threatened this time. They were caught off guard and suffered a complete defeat. It was even worse than the battle they were defeated just now. There was simply no resistance at all. It collapsed instantly.
Turge, who was in the distance, was a little dumbfounded when he saw all this. Why did this trick work so well for Du Du, but it had no effect on him? Could it be that the one in the city was not Shaanxi Governor Sun Chuanting? But he was wearing a scarlet robe, so he was definitely a civil servant!
"Pig, stupid pig!" Dorgon on the other side of the river was scolded when he saw this. He immediately ordered his men to give a signal and asked Turg not to do anything stupid. He immediately divided his troops and attacked Ming Ming who was guarding the river. military.
He didn't believe it. If this happened, how long could the Ming army hold on if they were attacked from both sides? Either flee back to the city quickly, or be wiped out by the Qing army on the banks of the Wei River!
The Qin army quickly arrived at the Wei River, and with the addition of a large number of reinforcements, they immediately occupied this end of the three passages. Zhou Yuji, who was fighting, got a chance to breathe and immediately ordered his men to set fire to the passage.
The Ming army soldiers on the shore and the Jianlu Tatars on the passage were fighting. The soldiers specially brought fierce fire oil and poured it on the bridge when they saw the opportunity. They even smashed down the earthen jars containing fire oil. Some were broken and scattered on the floor, but some were smashed on the corpses and were not broken.
The Tatars in the passage were all shocked when they saw him. They immediately ignored the fight in front of them and quickly kicked the unbroken cans of fierce fire oil with their feet, and even covered the broken ones with corpses.
At this time, everyone knows that whoever controls the passage will have a greater advantage!
On the Ming army's side, when Jianlu was sent to clean the oil tanks, the pressure suddenly relaxed. They avoided Jianlu for a distance, and bows and arrows immediately greeted them.
The captives in the northernmost section of the passage, for the convenience of fighting, did not hold shields at all, and all of them were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. The Jianlu who started in the middle of the passage all carried shields. Therefore, the Ming army's archers were not a great threat to them.
On the south bank of the Wei River, Dorgon was shocked when he saw it. If the passage was burned down, the south bank would not be able to massively reinforce the north bank. Suddenly, he was also anxious. Strong bows were immediately mobilized. Regardless of the fact that there were still Qing warriors fighting for the north bank of the passage, arrow rain began to cover the other bank.
Although the soldiers of the Ming army formed a formation with shields, they did not expect that Jianlu would shoot even his own people. In the northern section of the passage, the soldiers of the Ming army and Jianlu were shot to death and many were injured.
Seeing this situation, Zhou Yuji immediately issued a loud order, and the others moved away from the shore and began to form a formation to deal with the pincer attack on them by the built captives on the north bank. Near the three passages, shields were used to cover them, and they continued to block the Jianlu while burning the passages.
At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Ming army almost forgot to fight to the death. Many people forgot the danger and only knew how to kill the enemy and burn the passage. Because they all know that the key to this battle is to burn the passage.
Braving the rain of arrows, the lit torch was brought to the passage to burn. But what people didn't expect was that only one passage was quickly burned and burst into flames. This passage is the one used by vehicles. The other two passages, which were originally passable, did not even catch fire after being burned several times because the passages were stained with the blood of the people of the Ming Dynasty and a large number of corpses fell on them. It finally started to burn, and some Jianlu Tatars rushed forward without fear of death and put out the flames with their bodies. Or use corpses to cover it or put it out.
On the passage, a group of white-armored soldiers had already come over. Before anyone arrived, throwing weapons such as throwing axes and javelins with great damage were thrown at the Ming army on the shore, causing many casualties immediately.
"Grandma, you're a bear!" Seeing this, Zhou Yuji couldn't help but cursed, then turned around and quickly checked the enemy behind him.
The people of the Ming Dynasty who originally fled in all directions blocked the path of about three to four thousand Tatar cavalry, making it impossible for them to increase their horse speed. However, at this time, under the crazy attack of the Tatars, the people of the Ming Dynasty subconsciously fled far away. , the space for the Tatar cavalry to charge has been vacated. Although these Tatar cavalry are light cavalry, they have already begun to charge as a team in order to reinforce the passage.
Zhou Yuji was naturally not naive. He felt that this time the Tatar cavalry would play the same tricks as before, but they would just deceive this side and turn to both sides when the battle came. In this emergency situation, the Tatar leader must have given a death order.
So, he immediately urged his men to form formations with spears, row after row. This time, the archers are all on the Weihe side. Without the effective blocking of the archers, the spear formation is about to withstand the huge impact of the Jianlu cavalry. However, there is no way around this. The Tatar cavalry must not be allowed to break through the line and attack the Wei River.
Farther away, Turg didn't care about the fleeing Ming people at all, and organized more than 5,000 infantry troops. There was no formation, and Sayazi ran behind the cavalry and rushed towards the Wei River. Obviously, he knew that he had made a mistake before, and this time he was really anxious.
On top of Tianjin City, Sun Chuanting's face was very serious. The Ming army, Qin army and Yongwei camp's infantry that left the city this time only totaled 10,000 people. It is true that Tianjin City is too small to accommodate more troops. Adding up the number of people inside and outside the city, fifteen thousand people were the limit. Tianjin City also needs to be defended, and the remaining 5,000 people cannot be sent out.
Can Zhou Yuji stop Jianlu's offensive?
This time the battle out of the city was actually better than expected. Several unexpected events on the battlefield were ultimately beneficial to the Ming army.
First, more than 200,000 livestock suddenly fled in all directions, which seriously slowed down Jianlu's reinforcement response, allowing the Ming soldiers to rush to the river with less pressure.
Secondly, it was the foolish move of the general Jianlu, who actually thought that he could still use the people to threaten such an important battle, which also made it easier for the Ming soldiers to kill the blocking enemies.
However, no matter how beneficial it was to his side in the early stages of the war, Sun Chuanting clearly realized that now was the critical moment for the decisive battle on the battlefield. Whether Zhou Yuji and others can withstand Jianlu's front and rear attacks, whether they can persist until reinforcements arrive, and whether they can burn the passage in time are the key to this war.
Reinforcements, reinforcements arrive quickly! Even as calm as Sun Chuanting was, he couldn't help but pray in his heart. However, he also knew that Hong Chengchou's reinforcements were a bit far away in order to prevent Jianlu from spying on them, and reinforcements might not arrive immediately.
On the other side of the passage, a passage has been ignited by a raging fire, which has caused the thick ice on the shore to melt. Jianlu can't get through here.
Zhou Yuji turned to look at the other two passages, with a bit of anxiety in his eyes. The new white-armored soldiers who came up had been resting before and were full of physical strength. They showed their strong combat effectiveness as soon as they came up. The Ming army soldiers on the shore did not ignite the fire on the passage several times.
"His grandma's." Zhou Yuji wiped his face and immediately led his guards to kill him without taking any rest.
This passage must be burned down immediately!
