Chapter Ninety-Three: King Sanshun
When watching so many large and medium-sized soldiers rush out of the city in a tide, almost dazzled them and quickly completed the reassembly outside the pass, Wu Xiang couldn't help but sigh, fortunately he didn't let him lead the troops to follow the battle, if he also led the troops out with him, this time just assembled outside the pass, I'm afraid that he and these soldiers under his command will be embarrassed and thrown home, he believes that with these officers and soldiers under his command, they can't understand the meaning of the order flag of the big Chinese army at all, and they will definitely not be able to be the same as other big and medium generals, Quickly complete the assembly and deployment under the military order, so if they go out, they will only add chaos to the Dazhong army, make people despise them, and become a laughing stock in the future.
Therefore, Wu Xiang's ability to control Xiao Tianjian's troops can be said to be admired by the five-body throw, just the middle officer alone, he easily completed the mobilization of tens of thousands of troops like a finger, so with this style alone, it can be seen that the large Chinese army is indeed a well-trained and effectively organized elite division, this no longer needs to be doubted, if they can't beat the Jiannu army, then who else in this world can be the opponent of Jiannu? Wu Xiang couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his wise choice this time, fortunately he chose to take refuge in the Dazhong Dynasty, otherwise, at this time, it is estimated that even if he leads Jiannu into the customs, as long as he encounters the Dazhong army, he and these generals under his command will definitely end up like the Han army of Jiannu killed a few days ago.
What men are most afraid of in life is to enter the wrong line, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, but Wu Xiang feels that what he is most afraid of is to choose the wrong way, once he takes the wrong step, he may fall into a situation of no return.
At the same time, Wu Xiang's admiration for Xiao Tianjian, the emperor of Dazhong, can also be said to be a five-body throw, in his eyes, although Xiao Tianjian, the emperor of Dazhong, seems to be a little unjustifiable, but now Xiao Tianjian, the emperor, is indeed an emperor, he can drive the army to lead the army from Nanjing City to Shanhaiguan, which is extremely commendable for an emperor, and it is definitely a standard emperor immediately, but I didn't expect that today's Dazhong Army went out of the customs and Jiannu to fight a decisive battle, Xiao Tianjian is the lord of a country, He did not stay in the Shanhaiguan Pass to send troops to sit and watch the soldiers and horses under his command go out of the customs battle, but resolutely went out in person and led the troops out of the customs.
For an emperor, this is almost impossible, some people will definitely say that Xiao Tianjian is unwise to do this, with his identity to risk his life, once something happens, then for the soldiers and horses under his command and his Dazhong Dynasty, it is undoubtedly a catastrophe, but this kind of thing is also a matter of a few words, in the eyes of the soldiers on the side of Shanhaiguan, Xiao Tianjian's approach is not inappropriate, although they have also strongly advised Xiao Tianjian not to go out of the customs, but after being rejected by Xiao Tianjian, Everyone can see how much Xiao Tianjian did this to boost the morale of the Dazhong Army.
Just let any soldier of the Great Chinese Army think about it, their Emperor Majesty, in such a battlefield, would actually follow them to fight, standing among them, who would not be moved? Who will spare their lives? From this point alone, Wu Xiang has to admire Xiao Tianjian's courage, since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the founding emperor Zhu Chongba, I am afraid that only Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who robbed his nephew Jianwen Emperor of the throne, has personally carried a knife into battle, and no emperor has ever done such a thing! What's more, even Zhu Chongba and Zhu Di, after ascending the throne and becoming emperor, have never personally raised a knife to battle! But Xiao Tianjian, the emperor, is really very different, and now he has reached this status, but he still resolutely led the troops to fight, think about the soldiers under his command, if they don't work hard for this, it would be really strange.
Just when Wu Xiang was standing on the tower of Shanhaiguan City and watching Xiao Tianjian personally lead the army out of the customs, everyone in the Jiannu army in the distance was also nervously watching in the direction of Shanhaiguan.
Even Emperor Jiannu Huang Taiji also rode a fat and strong war horse at this time (this guy weighs more than 300 catties, if he doesn't ride such a war horse, it is estimated that he will not be able to support him!). Far behind the Jiannu army, watching the scene of the Shanhaiguan army leaving the customs.
When he saw from a distance that the dragon flag representing the Dazhong Dynasty appeared outside the gate, even Huang Taiji couldn't help but admire the courage of Xiao Tianjian, the enemy.
At this point, he thinks that Xiao Tianjian, the emperor of Dazhong, and he, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, still have a fight, at least he, the emperor of Dazhong, did not hide in the Shanhaiguan to watch the battle, and when he met such an opponent, he didn't know how to evaluate the other party, but what he could confirm was that today he met the strongest opponent in his life.
Especially looking at the large Chinese army that came out of the fish, like an arm and a finger outside the rapid formation of the pass, almost at a dazzling speed, completed the assembly under the pass, which made Huang Taiji even more palpitations, he also followed his father wild boar skin since he was a child, and has experienced countless battles, seen countless Ming army and Mongols and Korean soldiers and horses, but never an army, can be like the big Chinese army in front of him, it seems so high morale and well-trained, Even their Jianzhou sons, whom he has always been proud of, could not complete the action of assembling out of the customs at such a fast speed as the Dazhong Army.
Originally, after he made up his mind, he also thought about taking advantage of the fact that the Dazhong Army had not yet completed the assembly and was in chaos, so that the strongest cavalry under his command would impact the Dazhong Army, and kill them first, but when he saw the Dazhong Army go out of the customs in such an orderly manner, and cooperate with each other to complete the assembly seamlessly, his heart sank to the bottom, and now he knows why Dolgon has been defeated and defeated repeatedly in front of this Dazhong Army, and whoever encounters such a strong opponent, I'm afraid I can't get much bargain in front of the Great Chinese Army, and he also understands why Xiao Tianjian was able to swallow up the Abatai and Haoge troops he sent out in the Guannei in one bite, with the strength that the Great Chinese Army showed him today, only the soldiers and horses of all ethnic groups that Abatai and Haoge put together could not compete with the Great Chinese Army at all, and their defeat was normal.
Therefore, after Huang Taiji saw the action of the Dazhong Army out of the customs and assembly, even if he dispelled the idea of sending his cavalry to raid the Dazhong Army, he categorically rejected the invitation of the generals such as Dai Shan under his command to fight, so that he could not be impatient, just wait for the Dazhong Army to come out, and then face the Dazhong Army in a dignified manner, and have a fair duel with the Dazhong Army.
As Huang Taiji's orders were passed down one by one, the soldiers and horses on Jiannu's side began to be mobilized, and the Jiannu army began to form formations with the swing of the order flag and the sound of the herald's order.
Huang Taiji arranged the formation this time, and arranged the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion under the command of King Geng Zhongming of Huaishun, Kong Youde, King of Gongshun, and Shang Kexi, King of Zhishun, all of them in front of the Jiannu army, and then arranged the soldiers and horses of the Mongolian banners, and the soldiers and horses of their Manchurian Eight Banners were placed at the end.
The reason why Huang Taiji arranged it this way, his heart can be punished to the extreme, although he has the intention to win this battle, but Huang Taiji is not very sure of winning, and his main purpose is to take advantage of this battle to consume a large number of the strength of the Han Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners, even if they can't win this battle, the loss is these Han and Mongolians, but their Manchurian bannermen can still preserve their strength, even if they withdraw to Liaodong, they Manchurian Jurchen can also claim the king and hegemon, and firmly control the situation outside the Guan.
Huang Taiji's sinister intentions can be said to be obvious, and everyone can see it clearly, but those Han generals and Mongolian banner soldiers have no way to do anything about his arrangement, so they can only act according to the order, otherwise they know very well that they did not die in the hands of the Dazhong Army, and now they will be immediately dragged down and killed by Huang Taiji on the grounds of disrespecting the order.
So the two armies began to open their positions outside the Shanhai Pass, and with the sound of horns and war drums of the two armies, both sides began to slowly approach each other.
Wuzhen Chaoha in the Manchu language means heavy army, after Jiannu raised the army, before has been mainly cavalry, infantry as a supplement, equipment is basically based on bows, crossbows, knives and guns and other cold weapons, firearms are very few, but Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi's defection, for Jiannu, but they have obtained the most advanced artillery technology in this era and are familiar with the operation and training of artillery muskets and other firearms of the Han generals, which is undoubtedly very important for Jiannu to obtain a stronger ability to attack.
Later, after Mao Wenlong was unjustly killed by Yuan Chonghuan, the Dongjiang Army that Mao Wenlong had worked hard to build was also divided, and Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and other Mao Wenlong's old departments defected to Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Laiwu at that time.
Sun Yuanhua is actually familiar to most people, he is not only a literati of the Ming Dynasty, but also an outlier among the literati, he is the same as Xu Guangqi, in addition to being familiar with Chinese studies, but also proficient in Western studies, in geometry, algebra has made quite a lot of achievements, and they are proficient in artillery and firearms technology and the application of these firearms, but also believe in Western Catholicism, and advocate the promotion of artillery and various firearms in the army, in order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, guard against the army outside the Guannu.
Therefore, when Sun Yuanhua became the governor of Laiwu, he strengthened military training, cast a large number of artillery, and created various firearms, among which the firearms based on bird guns became the main weapons of the Ming army under his command, and Geng Zhongming, Kong Youde, and Shang Kexi returned to his command, and their troops were equipped with various artillery, bird guns and other firearms in large quantities, and constantly practiced, it can be said that among the Ming army at that time, the number of firearms and equipment was the largest, and it was also a soldier and horse with strong combat effectiveness.
It's a pity that Sun Yuanhua's ability to control the troops is not very good, he only knows how to supervise the manufacture of firearms and step up training, but he neglects to guard against these generals, and then just because of the problem of supply and the contradiction between their Shandong Army and the Liaodong Army, Kong Youde led his troops to rebel, and finally although they caught Sun Yuanhua, but in Sun Yuanhua's good to them, they did not kill Sun Yuanhua, and let Sun Yuanhua go, but Sun Yuanhua was finally ordered by Chongzhen to cut off his head, making this famous scientist in the late Ming Dynasty, Just died unjustly.
Later, although under the encirclement and suppression of the imperial court to mobilize soldiers and horses, Laizhou and Dengzhou were recovered, but the king of Sanshun finally took the remnants and coerced many Ming Dynasty craftsmen who were casting cannons in Dengzhou and Laizhou at that time to defect to Jiannu, so that Jiannu had the best cannon casting technology in this era from then on, which greatly enhanced the strength of Jiannu.
For the rebellion of Kong, Geng, and Shang, Huang Taiji attached great importance to it, and it can be said that he was overjoyed, and immediately named them kings, and returned them to their old troops and captured Ming soldiers, so that they formed the Wuzhen Chaoha battalion, which means heavy soldiers, which is also the earliest predecessor of the Han army banner.
(Today's special thanks to a drunken brother for his unsparing reward!) )