Chapter 373: A Runaway with an Iron Head

On the south bank of the Hunhe River, the battle line stretched for more than ten miles, and the battle on the right flank of the Tianwu Army was also tragic.

The Eight Banners Army dispatched two banners, the Manchurian Blue Banner and the Mongolian Banner, commanded by Zilharang, against the Qin soldiers and the Datong soldiers.

If it was placed in the past, Jiang Xiang, the chief soldier of Datong, would definitely run away directly when he encountered this kind of lineup on the opposite side, but now he has Qin soldiers around him who can fight, and with the words of grace and power that the crown prince said at the meeting before the war, Jiang Xiang feels that this battle can still be won.

Looking at the Qin soldiers who were rushing to kill in front, his hands itched inexplicably, Jiang Xiang raised the red cloak behind him, and shouted: "The war drums are beating faster, Ben Shuai will personally rush across the river, kill these dog-day tartars, and let the battalions see, Lao Tzu's Datong soldiers are also fierce tigers!" ”

As he wished, several burly sergeants who beat the drums exerted their strength to beat the war drums desperately, and finally beat out a tense and enthusiastic atmosphere.

"Brothers, follow Lao Tzu, the first merit is in front of you, do it!"

Jiang Xiang shouted, and led the Datong soldiers to fight rabbits like tigers and rabbits, and killed the Qing army.

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"What? Jiang Xiang, the general soldier of Datong, was killed by the Eight Banners Army? ”

Zhu Cihong listened to Yang Qili's report, his brows furrowed, Jiang Xiang finally got up again, and he just got into the encirclement of the Qing army, and even the Datong soldiers were almost wiped out.

"Order the right wing, let Sun Chuanting personally supervise the Qin soldiers, only advance and not retreat!"

The loss of the right wing is not small, He Renlong and Niu Chenghu, the two big bosses, have a bad reputation in history, especially He Renlong, who often sells his teammates after sitting on the big side in the later period, and also learns from others to support the army and respect themselves.

For them, Zhu Cihong had to guard against them, with Sun Chuanting in charge, I believe that these two people would not dare to run away in front of the battle, after all, Qin Bing was created by Sun Chuanting.

"Report, Your Highness Qiqi, Lu Pinqi, the deputy general of Xingshan on the left wing, led his troops to flee, and there was a riot in Liaozhen on the left wing!"

"Bastard thing!" Zhu Cihong said angrily: "Gu Wei, bring someone from your Ministry of Military Justice to capture him back, dare to resist and kill him directly!" ”

"Order Li Tingbiao, let him lead someone to arrest all the people of that dog talent, and execute them all after the war!"

Zhu Cihong's eyes were cold, and the killing intent was strong, such a big war, the words before the war were also clear, and there were still people who dared to run, really if my words were not a fart? If you dare to do it, I will dare to kill, trap me once, and destroy your whole clan!

Even if Zu Dale and Wu Sangui dared to run, they would all be wiped out this time, and no matter how big the Liaodong Wang clan was, they would be uprooted.

In the Liaodong Army on the left flank, Wu Sangui sneezed inexplicably, he looked at the Liaodong Army faintly defeated in front, his face was a little panicked and hesitant, Xingshan Deputy General Lu Pinqi led his troops to flee and sold the Liaodong General Wang Tingchen, so that the people of Liaozhen fell into a crisis.

Wu Sangui said to his uncle Zu Dale beside him: "Second uncle, should we ......consider the long term?"

Zu Dale is Zu Dashou's cousin, and he can be regarded as Wu Sangui's uncle, the Zu family and the Wu family have always been in the same breath in Liaodong, how can he not know what this little nephew thinks in his heart, and preserve his strength!

Both the ancestral family and the Wu family have raised a large number of elite families, these families are their family's private armed forces, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong, if they are lost here, they will definitely feel distressed.

After all, they were facing an artillery array of the Qing army, the south bank artillery array controlled by Shang Kexi, and Xingshan's deputy general Lu Pinqi was stunned before fleeing without saying a word.

Zu Dale shook his head and said, "Don't think about it, if we run away, the consequences will be very serious!" ”

Wu Sangui didn't know, but he felt that as long as everyone ran away, the crown prince should not be held accountable.

He looked ahead, and saw that Wang Tingchen, the general soldier of Liaodong, was still trying his best to maintain the retreating Liaozhen people, and shouted heartbreakingly: "Don't retreat, those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

Wu Sangui faintly resented Wang Tingchen, if this surnamed Wang ran away, he wouldn't have to worry about it here.

I only heard Zu Dale say again: "Sangui, prepare to kill the enemy, if you drag it down, Wang Junmen will be jealous of us!" ”

Seeing that the second uncle insisted, Wu Sangui also knew that he couldn't run, he nodded, shook off the coquettish cloak behind him, took out the bamboo skewer from the boots, and read out the names on it in one breath.

Several Guanning iron riders rode out of the queue in response, followed closely behind Wu Sangui, and prepared to charge into battle.

"Kill Ben with this!" Wu Sangui shouted, hit the horse and rushed, quite like the majesty of leading twenty horsemen to rush into the tens of thousands of Eight Banners army ten years ago to save his father.

Relying on the reputation of Wan Jun saving his father from it ten years ago, Wu Sangui became famous, and the family members under his command were even more elite and extremely fierce.

The Guanning Iron Cavalry that followed followed shouted and charged, and Zu Dale was not idle, and personally led the ancestral horse infantry army to rush up.

Wang Tingchen couldn't help but sigh when he saw that these two dog days had finally moved, and encouraged the army to attack the Qing army's artillery array even harder, and the battle on the left flank instantly became fierce and cruel.

The battle on both flanks lasted until dark, and the Qing army, under the fierce counterattack of the Ming army, heard of the rout of the central line, so it had to retreat along the Hunhe River, cross the river at night to the north bank, and destroy the makeshift pontoon bridge.

At this point, the Qing army's defense system on the south bank of the Hunhe River completely collapsed, and the last line of defense was only the north bank of the Hunhe River.

In the next few days, the heavy artillery brigade of the Tianwu Army and the Wuzhenchao Ha artillery battalion of the Qing State carried out a confrontation on both sides of the Hunhe River, this was the second time they fought each other, and this time the battle was far more cruel than the last time.

The layout of the two sides is basically the same, both have arranged bunkers around each artillery, and a long bunker and trench have been added in front.

On the eighth day of the first month of September, the sky was cloudy, and in front of the artillery array of the Tianwu Army on the Hunhe River, a bloody human head hung on a high pole.

This is an artillery sentry who gave up the artillery position, and all the 37 artillery officers of the whole outpost were killed, and only he escaped from the position alive.

Gu Wei of the Ministry of Justice was ordered to inspect the battlefields, arrested the sentry commander, and enforced battlefield discipline in front of the artillery array, and Gu Wei personally cut off his head with a knife.

Since becoming the Minister of Military Justice, this is the first time Gu Wei has killed his own brother, although he is iron-faced and selfless, but every time he enforces the law, his heart is very painful, just like when he personally executed his own brother in Fengyang Mansion.

This sentry commander single-handedly controlled the artillery to kill a powerful general cannon of the opponent, and he also made many meritorious contributions in previous battles, but a cruel fact is that he did not receive a military order to flee the position without permission.

The Wuzhen Chaoha artillery array of the Qing army on the opposite side must be destroyed, even if it is grinded, it must be polished, this is an order given by the crown prince, and the behavior of this sentry general obviously shook the morale of the army.

A person's psychological defense line in fear will collapse, and fear is contagious, an artillery soldier is afraid, then the artillery of his team will be afraid, and the escape of an artillery will lead to the collapse of the entire artillery array, even if it does not collapse, it will play abnormally and fight poorly.

Although Gu Wei knew that the sentry was not a coward, but military discipline was military discipline, he had to cut off his head in person, and hang his head high on a high pole to use his head to shock the army's heart!

"Brother, if you have a grudge, just go to Lord Yama to sue me, I Gu Wei admit it!"

Gu Wei thought silently, and walked towards Liaozhen and Guan Ningjun with the people from the Ministry of Military Justice.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhu Cihong summoned all the generals, deputy generals, staff generals, and other high-ranking generals of all departments of the Ming army, and he did not say anything or assign any combat tasks.

In front of the battle, Xingshan Deputy General Lu Pinqi and other large and small officers of the Ming army who escaped from the battle were all corrected on the spot.

Especially Lu Pinqi, none of the thousands of people under his command ran away, and formed a long line of people on the bank of the Hunhe River, and was beheaded in public by the sergeant of the Ministry of Military Justice.

Lu Pinqi's clansmen in Xingshan were also all captured, from the old to the young, and they were exterminated in front of all the Ming army generals.

Zhu Cihong used practical actions to tell everyone that the head iron is not a good thing, and Zhu's words are not a deaf wind.

Seeing so many heads fall to the ground, the corners of Wu Sangui's mouth twitched slightly, only to feel a coldness rising from behind him, he glanced left and right, and saw that a large group of general soldiers and deputy generals around him were also pale, and they didn't dare to look at the crown prince.

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