Chapter 606: The Great Rout (1)
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In Quang Ninh City, the streets are congested, and they are all cavalry, infantry, vehicles, artillery, baggage, grain and grass and other materials of various departments. Hong Chengchou glanced at it with a wry smile, and originally ordered all the troops to travel lightly, and only bring a few days of dry food, but the soldiers and horses in each town were afraid of hunger, lest they be hungry on the road.
"General Tang, your department is the vanguard, take the lead out of the city, and open the way to Jinzhou and Ningyuan for the army. Remember, when the Qing army obstructs and provokes, you must not entangle with it! Quickly get through guò, it is important for my army to go to Ningyuan! ”
Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, won the first place in the quarrel of several general soldiers over who would be the pioneer and go out of the city first, and grabbed the position of going out of the city first. At this moment, the brightly armored Tang General Soldier flicked his bright red cloak majestically, letting the helmet flutter in the morning breeze.
"Please rest assured, Master! I, the officers and men of the Miyun Army, will definitely open up the way for the army! ”
Behind him, more than 10,000 people of the Miyun Army lined up on the streets of the south gate, all the camp tents had been put away, all kinds of baggage were placed on the carts, mules and horses, and all the wounded who could not move were also placed in the vehicles. Dozens of large and small artillery pieces were even cherished by Tang Tong, and hundreds of mules, horses, and donkeys were used to pull them in turn.
In the battle of Liaodong, the advantage of artillery taught a good lesson to the officers and men of all armies. How to make good use of artillery, the commanders and lieutenants of each town have an account in their minds. However, this bit of belongings is the capital of each army, and they dare not lose or damage it. The remains and relics of the fallen soldiers are also transported in special trucks. The heads of those Liao thieves killed in the offensive and defensive battles were processed with lime and loaded on carts, ready to be used to report victory after arriving in Ningyuan.
Thousands of people in Tang Tong's main barracks were dressed neatly in helmets and armor. Just wait for an order, and then take the lead.
In front of the whole army, Tang Tong stood at the front of the queue and shouted to the army, and the Tang general was full of expression: "Out of Guangning City, beside us." It's the hundreds of thousands of thieves of the Liao thieves! Although peace has been negotiated now, if you want to return to your hometown alive, you must keep the march orderly, be careful and vigilant, not panic, not careless! As long as we pass Jinzhou, we can live, and the army must not make noise during the march. Do not leave without permission, and if you violate it, you will be beheaded immediately! ”
Everyone roared like thunder: "Obey the orders of the generals." ”
Tang Tong's Miyun Army, as the vanguard of the whole army, took the lead from the city of Quang Ninh, and went to the first long trench along the road that had gone out for a few days to collect firewood and horses. Seeing that Tang Tong's brigade of more than 10,000 people had already passed the first long trench, Hong Chengchou twisted his beard and breathed a sigh of relief. Then there were the Qiantun guard horses led by Wang Tingchen, and a large number of cavalry were in front. The infantry, escorted by a dense mass of vehicles and heavy artillery, also rushed out of the city from the south gate of Quang Ninh.
Follow the agreed sequence of marches. Tang Tong's Miyun army was in front, followed by Wang Tingchen's Qiantun guards, followed by Bai Guangen's Jizhen soldiers and horses, followed by Cao Bianjiao's reinforcement and suppression of the general army and Ma Ke's Shanhai Town guarding Hong Chengchou's superintendent standard battalion.
The front army, the middle army, the rear army. After leaving the city, Cao Bianjiao and Ma Ke's men and horses will escort the left and right flanks of the superintendent army, and the army will march neatly, and in a few days, these tens of thousands of horses will pass through Jinzhou and arrive at the boundary of Songshan Fort. Later, under the cover of Wu Sangui's Ning Yuan Army, the brigade moved to Jinzhou. The battle of Liaodong, which lasted for more than two years, ended with peace between the two sides.
Looking at Tang Tong's handsome banner that disappeared into the telescope lens far away, he couldn't help but make Hong Chengchou, who was standing on the city tower watching, had mixed feelings in his heart, not knowing what kind of quarrels and reproaches he would face when he returned to the court. But no matter what, these tens of thousands of horses in their hands are the capital to go back!
"Master, Lord Qiu has already gone out of the city with Mr. Bai's brigade, should we also go down to prepare?" Jin'er, a handsome servant and prostitute who has been following Hong Chengchou in Liaodong, asked Hong Chengchou in a low voice.
Qiu Minyang followed Bai Guangen's Jizhen soldiers, and the brigade had already reached the first trench and the second trench. After being besieged for a long time, all the soldiers and generals had a feeling of being out of the cage, and they couldn't help but speed up their pace and hurriedly walked forward.
"Alas! All right! Thousands of meritorious crimes, leave them to future generations to comment on! ”
Hong Chengchou went down the city along the horse road from the city tower, got on the horse, and under the escort of Cao Bianjiao and Ma Ke's troops, the Chinese army of the superintendent came out of the city of Guangning.
As soon as he got out of the city gate, the forward reached the edge of the long trench, but in his ears he heard a noise in front of him, like the waves of the sea, from far to near, and the sound became louder and louder!
"Why are you so alarmed?!" Hong Chengchou's heart sank suddenly, and he instinctively realized that something was wrong! I may have made one of the biggest mistakes since I joined the army!
A few of the competent officers of the Chinese army rode their horses and led their soldiers into the march of the soldiers and horses of several towns, trying to find out what was going on.
The noise and exclamations grew louder and closer.
From the direction of the Qing army's camp, there were bursts of horses' hooves, and from the direction of Tang Tong's forward, there were also large groups of sentinels galloping wildly. From the direction of Yiwulu Mountain, the east of Guangning City, to the direction of Jinzhou, and the three directions where the Ming army withdrew, a large force of Qing cavalry was found moving rapidly.
Then the earth trembled faintly, and finally it shook violently, and it seemed that at the same time, at the end of the four sides of the sky, there were flags like oceans. Countless knights of the Qing army galloped wildly, the black pressure was boundless, they let their horses run wildly, and the sound of iron hooves shook people's hearts and danced wildly.
Looking at the fluttering sea of flags and the boundless war horses, Hong Chengchou was calm and kept ordering Cao Bianjiao and Ma Kedu to lead the troops to move closer to him and prepare to return to Guangning City!
But, it's too late!
A sentry rider was hit by an arrow, and he was covered in blood and was carried in front of Hong Chengchou.
"Master Overseer! We had just marched to Yiwulu Mountain, and we ran into the soldiers and horses of the slave thief Zhenglan Banner, and they said that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty did not agree to negotiate peace, and beheaded Chen Xinjia Chen, who advocated peace, to show the public! There is no longer any possibility for the two countries to negotiate peace! After speaking, he began to fire his bow and arrows, and there were large ambushes on both sides of the road! ”
"The emperor of the Southern Dynasty refused to negotiate peace! Kill Chen Xinjia! ”
"There is no hope of peace, everyone will continue to fight!"
From all directions, the roars of the Liaodong anti-thieves came, and the uneven voices all illustrated a problem. The war continues, and peace is a lie!
The brigade of the Liao thieves came out, and when they landed, they had already panicked the Ming army, who was unprepared and only wanted to get out of danger as much as possible. Now there is news that the peace talks were rejected by Emperor Chongzhen, which made the Ming army's marching brigade a mess.
The tactical action of retreat was originally more a test of the general's ability to control the army than attack and defense. and the organizational structure and discipline level of an army, but these are the shortcomings of the Ming army at present.
Seeing that a large group of people rushed out, Tang Tong, who was the leader, first messed up.
Looking at the Manchurian soldiers and horses of the Zhenglan Banner who rushed out of the camp, Tang Tong was first frightened and trembled all over, and then shouted almost with all his strength: "Go!" Come on! Come on! ”
Under his leadership, the Miyun army and horses galloped forward in unison, trying to break out of the encirclement before the Qing troops on the east and west flanks could close the encirclement.
He led the Miyun army to take the lead and rushed forward. immediately led the former guards of the royal courtiers. The rear guard of the royal courtiers, who was passing through the second long trench, saw the cavalry of the Miyun Army in front of them suddenly speeding up, leaving behind a large number of infantry and baggage artillery and other things, and when they were still at a loss, the shouts and killings of the Qing army came over in their ears, mixed with the cursing and wailing of the Miyun army infantry, the collision of weapons, and the dull sound of horses' hooves trampling on people's bodies.
The Ming army was crushed when it landed!
Looking from the direction of Qingyan Temple. In the eastern wilderness, smoke and dust billowed everywhere. Countless Guanning cavalry fled everywhere, and they panicked. He whipped the horses hard, just trying to get away as fast as he could. Behind them, the cavalry of the Qing army dressed in various armors chased north, causing panic among those Guanning troops.
"Our army has won a great victory, but I didn't expect that Hong Chengchou, the Jiliao Commander, has so many subordinates. But it's so vulnerable! ”
Outside the Qingyan Temple, there are many banners of Liaodong anti-thieves, and under the weaving of several golden dragons, Haoge, Jierharang and others applaud and laugh.
Taking advantage of the time window from Beijing to Liaodong, the battlefield intelligence was effectively covered. Through all kinds of illusions and smoke bombs, the Liao thieves successfully broke the Ming army's will to fight and made them lose their vigilance. He also used the Ma Ke family incident to further disintegrate the command system of the Ming army and create a split within the Ming army. Let all the units of the Ming army rush to jump into the pockets arranged by Huang Taiji one by one!
If the Ming army knew that Huang Taiji's favorite concubine Hai Lanzhu was a widow he got from the Horqin grassland, presumably the Ming army would not threaten Ma Ke to hand over those family members.
Now, without much effort, the tens of thousands of horses and horses under Hong Chengchou will be lured out of the well-fortified city of Guangning, and in the field battle on the plains, the Qing army will easily defeat them, make their food and grass heavy, and expand their strength with prisoners and assets.
The whistling sound on the field continued, and the wolves rushed to the cavalry on both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties. You chase after me, and the two sides don't know how many miles they have run on the plains of western Liaoning.
From time to time, the cavalry of the backward Ming army in various towns were caught up, and they were killed one by one in the cry, and they were besieged for a long time, coupled with the march, and the sudden changes, so that the Ming army was extremely physically and mentally exhausted, and it was completely supported by a desire to escape. However, people can rely on desire and spirit to support, but the war horse under the crotch cannot. After being besieged for a long time, these war horses have not become the food in the belly of the soldiers, and they are very lucky, where can they find so much bean feed and salt to feed? How are these scrawny war horses the opponents of the fat and fat war horses of the Qing army?
"What do you think?"
Behind the crowd, Huang Taiji's voice suddenly came, and everyone looked back, but saw Huang Taiji standing on a horse under a tall yellow dragon umbrella.
The soldiers were silent for a moment, and then a loud roar erupted in the formation.
"Long live my emperor!"
In the cheers of the tsunami of the Qing soldiers, the yellow dragon umbrella was raised high and slowly moved forward. Huang Taiji, wearing the gilded armor of the flying dragon, came to the front of the military formation under the protection of the dense Baya soldiers and the more elite Gebush Xianchao soldiers.
Huang Taiji's obesity caused by endocrine disorders caused by high blood pressure, coupled with the heavy double armor, made the Dawan horse under him a little breathless. Behind him, he was accompanied by many Manchurian and Mongolian princes and ministers, as well as Wu Keshan and other Horqin Mongolian nobles and Mongolian soldiers from foreign domains.
The wind blew the sound of the Yellow Dragon's big umbrella hunting, and the small silver bell hanging on the umbrella rang together. He waved his hand, surrounded by soldiers and subjects cheering for him.
"Hooray! Banzai! Banzai! ”
All the soldiers of the Qing army waved their weapons and shouted hoarsely at Huang Taiji. Their overwhelming "long live" cries rose higher and higher, and this kind of military prestige was even more shocking and chaotic in the wasteland. The Ming army, which was running wildly, shivered unconsciously.
"Hauge, Zilharang, Aobai, Er, etc., what do you think of today's events? Have you ever understood the painstaking loneliness of the past few days? ”
Haoge and Zierharang led the two blue flags and the two yellow flag generals such as Aobai and bowed down in unison: "The emperor is sage!" Slaves are dull, not as good as the emperor! ”
"Humph! I would have asked you to read more Han books! That's where my plan for today comes from! Speaking of this, Huang Taiji waved his hand, and a Kabush soldier trotted in front of the generals of the Prince's Lord's army with a book in his hand.
Fold the pages of the book. It is a very exquisite Romance of the Three Kingdoms printed with movable copper type. It happened to be the paragraph of "Ma Meng raised his army and hated, and Cao Ah cut his beard and abandoned his robe".
"Chang'an is the place where the capital of the Western Han Dynasty was built, and the city is strong. The trenches were so deep that they could not be attacked in a hurry. It was besieged for ten days in a row, but it could not be breached. Pang Dejin said: 'The soil in Chang'an City is hard and alkaline, and it is very unbearable to eat, and there is no firewood. Today, for ten days, the army and the people are famine. It's better to withdraw the army for the time being. As long as this is so, Chang'an is at your fingertips. Ma Chao said: "This plan is wonderful! 'Instant difference" order "the word flag is passed to the ministries. After teaching the retreat, Ma Chao personally broke off. The horses of the various armies gradually retreated. When Zhong Xuan went to the city the next day to see, the army had all retreated, and he was afraid that he had a plan; It is sentinel, and it is really far away, so I can rest assured. He ordered the soldiers and civilians to go out of the city to collect firewood and water. The gates of the city were opened, and people were allowed to enter and exit. On the fifth day, people reported that Ma Chaobing had arrived again, and the army and civilians rushed into the city, but Zhong Miao still closed the city and held on.
But he said that Zhong Jin, the younger brother of Zhong Jin. Guarding the west gate, about three watches, a fire broke out in the city gate. When Zhong Jin rushed to the rescue, a person turned around on the edge of the city, raised his knife and shouted: "Pound is here!" Zhong Jin was caught off guard, and was slashed under the horse by Pang De, killed the military academy, cut off the lock, and let Ma Chao and Han Sui enter the city. Zhong Xuan abandoned the city from the east gate. Ma Chao and Han Sui won the city and rewarded the three armies. ”
Everyone listened to Bao Chengxian read aloud the paragraph of how Ma Chao took Chang'an City, and suddenly realized, no wonder Huang Taiji used the excuse of negotiating peace and allowing the Ming soldiers to go out of the city to fight firewood and herd horses, but it turned out to be just a trick to paralyze the opponent!
"The Holy Heavenly Might, where the soldiers are coming, the Ming Yu will scatter in the wind!"
Ruyun's sycophants slapped over without money, Rao is Huang Taiji is a sober-minded emperor, and he was also a little drunk at this time.
In the crowd, several red-clothed, bald-headed monks with yellow crowns praised the Buddha's name loudly, and they were also constantly praising the great achievements and talents of the Qing Emperor.
These monks were the members of the embassy of the Uszzang sea master and the great erudite treasure and wise man who were sent to the army by the Mongol princes. Knowing the news of the arrival of this mission, Huang Taiji ordered the Mongolian princes along the way to take turns to present horses, and to send the Buddha's envoys to the army as quickly as possible, and he wanted to use a magnificent victory to let these distant Buddhas of the West Heaven see who is the master of the world!
A few days ago, the Ming Dynasty envoy who was in high spirits under the city of Guangning and instructed the Ming Dynasty envoy in front of Huang Taiji, Ma Shaoyu, the official of the Ministry of War.
"Master Ma, tell you the truth, after the Jingshi received the news of peace from the direction of Ning Yuan that day, I knew that the court of the Er Ming Kingdom would definitely not agree to the peace negotiation. So I will do it. On the one hand, the news was tightly sealed in the direction of Ningyuan, and no one person or horse was ordered to go to the front of the Guangning army. On the one hand, I am dealing with Ru Xu, the snake, and the compromise, God willing! You think that peace will be accomplished, and you pretend to be an angel of the kingdom in front of me, and you are commanding. That's good! I will use you to paralyze Inspector Hong, and paralyze the officers and soldiers of the Ming Kingdom! Now you see! That's a lot of credit to you! ”
Huang Taiji pointed at the tip of his whip, and a Kabush soldier pushed Ma Shaoyu into an open place, making him watch the scene on the huge battlefield.
On the battlefield, the cavalry of Tang Tong, the general soldier of Miyun, was still rushing southward, and there were already vague signs of breaking out of the encirclement of the two blue flags and the two yellow flags. Along the way, there were cavalrymen who were so exhausted from the mouth of their horses that they rolled off their fallen horses, and were instantly trampled into meat by the galloping horse team behind them. More infantry and baggage were abandoned behind Tang Tong without hesitation, allowing them to be slaughtered and captured by the Liao thieves.
Behind the Miyun army, Wang Tingchen's military horses were trying to form a formation in the field, fighting against the soldiers and horses of the Zhenglan Banner rushing in a storm. However, the morale of the army was in turmoil, and no matter how the officers and generals shouted and whipped, the military formation could not be formed. Seeing that the situation was not good, there were generals and guerrillas and other generals, so they led their guerrilla battalions to run wildly, trying to find a gap to escape from this huge net.
Around the main barracks of Wang Tingchen, thousands of Mongolian cavalry and the Manchurian cavalry of the Eight Banners swirled and fought like windmills. The Mongols, who were good at riding and archery, continued to shoot arrows into the array, and every time the rain of arrows fell, a miserable cry sounded, and a piece of flesh and blood flew sideways.
Although many shields were erected in the array, and many archers and musketeers relied on these shields as cover to desperately fire back fire, but it was also a drop in the bucket.
Those Manchurian Eight Banner cavalry, in addition to archery, threw javelins, throwing knives, throwing axes, iron bones and other things in bursts. In particular, their javelin and axe are wrapped with ropes, and when they hit the target, they can destroy the shield of the Ming army.
The shields of the Ming army were constantly destroyed, and without the shields to cover them, those archers and firecrackers were exposed to the sharp arrows of the Qing army. From time to time, soldiers screamed and fell, they were either hit by arrows, or javelins, or were hit by iron bones and other objects, and huge casualties appeared one after another.
Look at the Ming army's long-range weapons gradually lost their effect, the Qing army began to form groups of three or five, constantly dismounted and fought on foot, those heavy armor, Bayala and other soldiers, wearing double layers of heavy armor Qing soldiers began to converge not far from the formation, they held dense layers of spears and halberds, in the sun, shining dazzling light, they shouted and began to form a formation to kill.
In front of them. It is armed with a sword and shield and a sharp axe. The most elite Baya soldiers in each banner are specially used to deal with spears and horses and spears to break the formation.
There are layers of heavy riding. Holding Zhangyu's riding spear, the iron hooves rolled, and rushed towards the military formation of the royal courtier's main barracks.
The battle lasted only a moment. When the heavy cavalry of the Qing army rushed in, the spearmen, knife and stick hands, big stick hands, and palladium hands of the Ming army in the circle roared and rushed forward.
The war horses of the Qing army wailed, and they were constantly poked to the ground by the Ming army, and under the heavy cavalry, the spears and spears of the Ming army also continued to break. They were knocked away by horses' hooves and picked up by their spears. Trampled into pulp by the rolling iron horsemen.
Bobo re-armored and cleared, and in the circle formation of the front guard, he rushed through a few gaps. The Iron Cavalry entered the formation, and then the heavily armored soldiers with spears and halberds rushed in and began to divide quickly. In the blink of an eye, Wang Tingchen's military formation had been divided into countless small formations, and they were so noisy that the Ming troops who were lucky enough to not die all let out desperate howls. (To be continued......)