515 Juehua Island, Wu Sangui

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"Kill, kill, kill!"

Shoot!

Bang bang bang!

On Tamna Island, on a school field the size of two football fields, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and the sword and shield soldiers and musketeers were training here.

As soon as Li Zixiao arrived on Tamna Island, he inspected the White Dragon Army and the soldiers of the city defense army on the island.

At this time, there were more than 27,000 people on Tamna Island, including the White Dragon Army and Navy, and 2,000 Japanese slaves, who were led by Yoshino and Fujino.

"General, the rapid movement of our soldiers on the island has never stopped, and now even these soldiers of the city defense army are enough to be called elite soldiers."

Li Zixiao walked in front, followed by Luo Chao, Zhou Dazhu, Lu Yuan, Hong Sheng, Zhao Zilong and other generals of the White Dragon Army, at this time Luo Chao said to Li Zixiao.

"Well, you have done a very good job, you are about to fight a big battle, sweat more on weekdays, and bleed less during wartime.

The musketeers were let go, and this time I brought with me 3,000 flintlock pistols and tens of thousands of ammunition, so I didn't have to worry about the ammunition being lost if the musketeers were scrapped or not. ”

Li Zixiao said to several generals of the musket battalion next to him.

"General, when will you go to the territory of the Tartars, the soldiers can't wait." Luo Chao asked with a smile on the side.

"Yes, General. The day before yesterday, Lao Lu sent supplies back to Liu Chong, saying that Liu Chong was a monk in southern Liaoning, and the traitor was very lively.

My subordinates will be in a hurry, and if they continue to stay on this island, old ...... I'm going to get sick too. ”

Zhou Dazhu on the side also echoed and said.

Seeing that his generals were full of fighting spirit, Li Zixiao also laughed and said: "It's useless for you to be in a hurry, if the time is not right, you naturally can't send troops." ”

"General, when will the time come?" Someone asked.

"I can't see this, the general is waiting for Jinzhou to fight, only by letting the main forces of the Ming army of Tartar and Hong Chengchou break out into a big battle, is the best time for us to attack."

Li Zixiao didn't speak, and Luo Chao on the side took the initiative to say.

"Haha, Luo Chao is right, only by letting Huang Taiji and Hong Chengchou have a decisive battle in Jinzhou is the time for us to show our talents, don't worry, you will fight when the time comes.

This is just that we have a word in advance, don't shout so much one by one now, when the time comes, if you really fight, you will drop the chain for Lao Tzu.

If that's the case, Lao Tzu can't ignore you. ”

"When the time comes, if anyone drops the chain, he doesn't need the general's order, if he still has shame, just wipe his neck himself."

"That's right, when the general points to it, we'll fight wherever it goes."

"That's right."

A group of White Dragon Army generals all screamed when they heard Li Zixiao's deliberate agitation.

Li Zixiao looked at his subordinates who were eager to fight, nodded with a smile, and said in his heart: The morale is high, the military spirit is available, and now everything is available, only the east wind is owed!

It seems that I have to go and add fuel to the situation in Liaodong, let Hong Chengchou and Huang Taiji fight in Songshan and Jinzhou.

Hong Chengchou let the main force of the Ming army still be stationed in Ningyuan at this time, and did not dare to attack easily, and was even more afraid of a decisive battle with the Tartars, this strategy was actually wrong.

Moreover, the narrow terrain in the area from Jinzhou and Songshan to Ningyuan was actually not suitable for the Tartar cavalry to deploy.

It's a pity that Hong Chengchou at this time is too cautious.

Eight general soldiers, more than 130,000 elite Ming troops, 40,000 war horses, Ning Yuan is only more than 100 miles away from Jinzhou, but he never dared to go over.

Moreover, Li Zixiao still knows that in history, Hong Chengchou was mainly defeated by Huang Taiji who cut off the grain route and set up an ambush.

Li Zixiao didn't understand how to let Huang Taiji cut off the grain route and fall into an ambush in such a narrow terrain with Hong Chengchou's ability.

This is simply too far from the military ability that Hong Chengchou showed before, in the final analysis, Hong Chengchou has too many worries at this time.

In Li Zixiao's life, he didn't want to watch Hong Chengchou be defeated by Huang Taiji again, so easily, even if the Ming army was still defeated in the end.

But at least, Li Zixiao hopes that Hong Chengchou can drag out the main force of the Tartars in the Songjin area for more time and cause more casualties to the Tartars.

Only in this way can we create opportunities for the White Dragon Army.

Therefore, Li Zixiao decided to personally send a big gift to Hong Chengchou.

"Lu Yuan, let your first fleet prepare, the day after tomorrow I will personally go to Juehua Island, I will go to Hong Chengchou to send a big gift to help him."

Li Zixiao said to Lu Yuan.

"The general is going to Juehua Island?"

Lu Yuan was taken aback after hearing Li Zixiao's words, but immediately added: "Yes, my subordinates know, and I will arrange it." ”

"Well, in addition, let the baggage battalion prepare, and bring you the batch of Hongyi cannons and improved firecrackers I brought, and transport them to Juehua Island together."

Li Zixiao added.

"Yes." Lu Yuan responded.

Two days later, Li Zixiao took the First Fleet of the White Dragon Army led by Lu Yuan, took the batch of artillery and muskets, and went to Juehua Island.

Juehua Island is commonly known as the Great Sea Mountain, called Peach Blossom Island in the Tang and Song dynasties, called Juehua Island in the Liaojin Dynasty, is the largest island in Liaodong Bay, known as the "Northern Buddha Island", there is Putuo Mountain in the south? In the north, there is the reputation of Juehua Island.

Juehua Island as early as the Tang Dynasty, has been developed, the port is famous, its northern harbor, called the mouth of the Yan, has been the island port, in and out of the throat of the island.

In the Ming Dynasty, Juehua Island became a base for the Ming army to hoard grain.

Especially at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in order to resist the Tartars outside the Guan, the Ming Dynasty built the Guanning Jin defense line.

When Sun Chengzong was in charge of the affairs of Liaodong, he focused on the construction and garrison of Ningyuan City, and also operated the grain hoarding and boat division of Juehua Island.

After the fall of Guangning, the Ming Dynasty's imperial defense was heavy on Ningyuan City, while the grain reserves of the Guanning army were heavy on Juehua Island.

Even, Da Ming also established a grain hoarding city on Juehua Island, which was used to store grain and ordnance, and cooperated with the sailors on the island to form a rivalry with Ning Yuan.

It is precisely because of the importance of Juehua Island that it has become a must for the Ming army and the Tartars.

Moreover, at that time, the Tartars were still in the reign of the wild boar Pinurhachi.

In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, after Nurhachi attacked Ningyuan City, he immediately began to attack Juehua Island.

Because Juehua Island is an island, more than 20 miles from the shore, the sea water has become a natural barrier to protect Juehua Island.

The Tartars did not have a navy, and their most powerful cavalry could not cross the sea and attack Juehua Island.

As a result, Nurhachi had to wait until the middle of winter, when the cold temperatures would freeze the water, and then he could walk on the ice from the shore to the island.

In order to strengthen the defense, the Ming defenders on the island dug an ice trench along the island for fifteen miles to block the advance of the Tartar cavalry.

It's a pity that it didn't work, and in the end, nearly 10,000 cavalry of the Tartars still attacked Juehua Island from the ice, landed from the mouth of the Yao, attacked the north gate of the grain hoarding city, fought fiercely, and rushed into the grain hoarding city.

The Tartar cavalry galloped and slaughtered, and the sailors on the island were in chaos, and the Tartar cavalry set fire to the city and hoarded grain, and the smoke covered the island, and the fire soared into the sky.

The officers and soldiers on Daming Island resisted desperately, and all the generals on the island were killed, but they still couldn't save the defeat.

In this battle, the Ming army suffered heavy losses.

More than 7,000 Ming soldiers and more than 7,000 merchants on Juehua Island were all killed by the Tartars.

At the same time, more than 80,000 stones of grain and more than 2,000 ships in the city of grain hoarding on the island were also burned by the Tartars.

The main island of Juehua Island, as a logistics base outside the Ming Dynasty, was completely destroyed by the Tartars.

After the war, according to the statistics of the Ming Dynasty, the Tartars killed nearly 300 Tartar cavalry in this battle, and they were called Tartars by the Ming generals and suffered heavy losses.

I have to say that by this time of Chongzhen, it is not an exaggeration that the elite cavalry of the Tartars can be called the strongest army on the East Asian land.

In the field, dozens of Tatar cavalry, chasing thousands of Ming soldiers to kill, is really not fake.

The main thing is that the Ming soldiers at this time, the good and the bad are uneven, and the real elite of the Ming army, at least this will not happen.

For example, the Guanning Iron Cavalry in Wu Sangui's hands is one of the few Ming troops who dare to face the Tatar cavalry.

After that battle, the strategic location of Juehua Island was greatly reduced, and over the years, although the Ming army still controlled Juehua Island, and re-established a naval division here, and even stockpiled food and ordnance.

But it is still far from being able to compare with the scale of Juehua Island back then, and the Ming army no longer dares to put all the grain on Juehua Island.

In the battle of Juehua Island that year, it can only be said that the Tartars won very lucky, you must know that the Tartars want to cross the ice more than 20 miles long and attack Juehua Island, not to mention that it is very difficult.

What's more, the time given to them is pitiful, as long as the defenders of Juehua Island dare to take the initiative to attack and block the Tartars on the ice for a little longer.

The Tartars have no chance at all, and attacking Juehua Island, even the cold climate, is their biggest killer.

You must know that the Tartars can only choose to attack before dawn, the coldest period of time.

Only the ice at that time could carry their cavalry forward, but unfortunately, the defenders of Juehua Island, who occupied the right time and place, could not win.

Li Zixiao can only say that those generals of the late Ming Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty really have some dishes!

Lu Yuan's first fleet took Li Zixiao and rushed to Juehua Island in one day.

At this time, there were only more than 1,000 Ming troops and more than 100 ships on Juehua Island, and the discovery of this huge fleet that suddenly appeared outside the island also frightened the defenders on the island.

Fortunately, they were relieved to see that the Ming flag was flying on this fleet.

The Ming defenders on the island naturally could not resist Li Zixiao's landing.

At this time, the generals of the Ming army who refused to defend the island had only a small general, and when they saw Li Zixiao, they could only bow down obediently.

"You sent someone to deliver the news to Lord Hong in Ningyuan City, saying that Li Zixiao, the general of Zhenguo, is now on Juehua Island, hoping to meet him and bring him a batch of gifts by the way."

Li Zixiao said to the general of the Ming army on the island.

Soon, the general of the Ming army spread Li Zixiao's words to Ningyuan City.

On the third day, three boats came ashore.

"Lord Li, in Xia Wu Sangui, but I have heard of Lord Li's prestige for a long time!"

Li Zixiao looked at this person who landed on the island, and was also a little surprised, but he didn't expect that it was not Hong Chengchou who came, but Wu Sangui.

Before crossing over to the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui was also more familiar to Li Zixiao, one of the characters in the late Ming Dynasty, of course, his reputation was not very good, and he was a big traitor.

At this time, Wu Sangui was already the chief soldier of the Ningyuan regiment, and Li Zixiao was also the chief soldier of Nanzhili, and the two had equal official positions, so when Wu Sangui saw Li Zixiao, neither of them needed to salute.

At this time, Li Zixiao looked at Wu Sangui who walked in front of him and looked carefully.

Wu Sangui is still very strong and mighty, with a very high nose, a white face, and very bright eyes, and he is greeting Li Zixiao with a smile.

"It turned out to be Lord Wu, and Li has also admired him for a long time, and he was fortunate to meet him." Li Zixiao responded with a smile.

You must know that Wu Sangui was able to become the chief soldier of the Ningyuan Regiment at the age of twenty-seven, and it did not all depend on the relationship between his uncle Zu Dashou and his father Wu Xiang.

Wu Sangui himself is also a very strategic general, and he has also participated in the battles between the Ming Dynasty and the Tartars several times, and has made a lot of achievements.

When he was young, Wu Sangui could be regarded as brave and strategic.

Once, when the Tartar army made a detour through Mongolia to enter the customs, Zu Dashou was supported by the order of the imperial court and met the Tartars in Jianchang.

At that time, Wu Sangui's father, Wu Xiang, was still the general army of Liaodong, and he personally led the cavalry out to reconnoiter the enemy, but was surrounded by a small force of Tartars.

At that time, Zu Dashou was worried that if he went to the rescue, he would be taken advantage of by the Tartars to break in, and he did not dare to fight easily.

At this time, Wu Sangui ignored Zu Dashou's order, and only took dozens of family members to gallop out of the horse, taking the lead in prancing horses, all the way into the encirclement of the Tartars.

He fought into the enemy group, and then answered Wu Xiang and killed all the way out.

At that time, there were 30,000 Tartars nearby, and when they learned that Wu Xiang was surrounded, a large number of Tartars rushed to come, so Wu Sangui took dozens of horsemen to meet his father Wu Xiang in a bloody battle all the way, breaking through the siege and killing.

At that time, the tens of thousands of Ming troops led by Zu Dashou were not far away from the main force of the Tartars, and out of the fear of both sides, they did not dare to attack rashly.

As a result, Wu Sangui broke through the encirclement of the small Tartar cavalry and rescued his father.

It was in that battle that Wu Sangui bravely crowned the three armies, and when he heard about the nine sides, they all said that he was pure and loyal, extremely filial piety, and he was handsome, and even Chongzhen heard of his name of loyalty and filial piety.

With this reputation, coupled with Wu Sangui's profound identity background, as well as his identity as a martial artist, Wu Sangui's career was smooth sailing, and he achieved the position of general soldier at the age of twenty-seven.

Let's not say that Wu Sangui will surrender the Tartars later and lead the Tartars into the customs, but at least at this time, he is still relatively loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Li Zixiao is strange why it is not Hong Chengchou who came, but Wu Sangui.

"Maybe it's because the war situation in Liaodong is tense, and Hong Chengchou can't leave." Li Zixiao thought in his heart.

Then, Wu Sangui's words also confirmed Li Zixiao's guess.

"Haha, Master Li, I'm really sorry, the battle on the front line in Jinzhou is stalemate, and Governor Hong really can't leave, so he can only come over to see the general in the next place."

Wu Sangui's attitude towards Li Zixiao was still very polite.

At the same time, Wu Sangui also conducted a detailed investigation of Li Zixiao before he came.

It is incredible that Li Zixiao has been promoted from a bandit leader to the position of general and general of Zhenguo in just three or four years.

(End of chapter)