Chapter 51: The Drums of War
The climate entered October, and there were heavy rains one after another, and the weather in Liaodong was a little chilly. Thanks to the sunny sunshine of the past two days, the muddy water outside the Hunhe River in Shenyang has gradually disappeared and returned to its usual solidity.
On this day, in the early morning of October 15 of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the sun broke through the clouds as promised, sprinkling a little warmth.
Autumn is high and cool, the sun is fine, a breeze blows, the dandelions on the river bank are quietly blown away, like umbrella-like dandelions slowly fly high, fall in the air, like a girl showing the body of a wild seedling, turn in circles, when they fly to the highest sky, and quietly fall on the head of the city of Neizhimen.
At this time, a slight tremor rippled in the cracks of the bricks of the city wall, and the fragments fell. Immediately afterwards, a greater shock came, and the dandelion was gently shaken away and slowly fell.
Outside the east gate of the city wall, a city gate slowly fell with the sound of old ropes being pulled up. The suspension bridge leading from the Hunhe River to the east bank was lowered.
The dandelion landed on the drawbridge and was shaken again by the trembling drawbridge. A hurried whirlwind struck, causing the dandelion to try to fly high again.
At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves came, and they stepped down heavily, crushing the dandelion on the plank, and being crushed by the sound of thousands of horses' hooves.
The sound of horses' hooves rolled like waves, and the whole Shenyang was like a mother nest like insects and ants, spitting out soldiers one by one, as if endless.
This is the Qing army under Hauge. Haoge, who swept through the city, scavenged 20,000 of his own people, and they walked out of their homes in a panic, took out the armor inherited from their ancestors, wiped the old swords and soldiers that had never been out of the warehouse, fed the mounts under their crotch, and gathered at the door of their homes to prepare for this war.
They felt the shame, it was a revenge that was blocked by the Avengers.
These Avengers were preparing on the other side of the river, not far from them.
The temporary camp was hastily stationed, and when Hauge thought that the Ming army was not ambushed by luck in Fangxia's heart, the drums sounded.
The camp of the Ming army suddenly erupted in bursts of footsteps.
"Urgent gathering!"
"Helmets, skirts, and half-body armor...... Check it out. Take a spear is not a firecracker! Out of the camp and in line, the 300th Household of the 7th Infantry Battalion of the 1st Regiment and the 4th Banner, in line, in line! ”
"Line up when you leave the camp, don't panic! Small flags and general flags of all departments, rectify the team! 100 households put in order their subordinates. Repeat, repeat! Queue out of camp! ”
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Chirp......
An eagle soared high and hovered slowly in the sky. In the eagle's eye, the crowds on the left and right sides of the underground converged, and to the west, more than 10,000 cavalry kept coming out. They marched slowly, riding their horses and galloping. In the suspension bridge, there are countless crowds of people. Keep coming out of the city.
On the right, in an earthy yellow camp, Ming troops wearing vermilion military uniforms also lined up. When the initial panic had passed, the well-trained Ming army regained its usual composure, and they left the camp in order, forming one phalanx after another outside the camp.
The burly, thick-nosed and thick-eyed man raised his fist as big as a child's head and clenched the spear in his hand. He looked around at the soldiers behind him.
"Brothers! Listen and watch! The opportunity to make a fortune is coming. The day has come to get promoted! I'm as fierce as a tiger, and I can't wait to jump three feet high today! Our seventh battalion has been working hard for seven days and seven nights since it started from the sea boat, how long has it been, and how many times it has been longing, isn't it just looking forward to killing the Tartars this time in front of us! Fierce as a tiger laughed and roared.
"Kill the Tartars!" Also roaring was Li Dingguo.
He walked among the soldiers. Wearing a whole body plate armor that was integrated into the body, he walked in: "Captain Meng, how can I be missing Li Dingguo when it is a good time to kill Tartars!" ”
After going deep into Liaodong, the affairs of the Military Aircraft Department became scarce. Seeing that the plan had changed, and the threat to Shengjing had turned into a conquest of Shengjing, Li Dingguo couldn't resist his request and joined the battalion. Ni Yuanlu knew Li Dingguo's predecessor. did not force him to stay, gave a general flag and entered the seventh battalion, and usually got acquainted with the battalion while dealing with the affairs of the military aircraft department.
"Good! Mr. Li, you are back in the team! Fierce as a tiger just glanced at it and slowly bowed his head and said no more, neither despising nor looking down on this genius who had been sent down from the military plane. Those who are familiar with the fierce as a tiger know that for the fierce as a tiger, who has always been brave and extremely strict, it is not easy for Li Dingguo to get such treatment. Obviously, at this time, the exploits of killing Baturu of the Manchu Qing Dynasty gave Li Dingguo this opportunity.
"Yes!" Li Dingguo said, returning to his team.
Looking at the trusting eyes one by one, Li Dingguo smiled with a relaxed face: "Brothers! The lieutenant has a good saying, in our Ming Royal Guards Legion, there is no need to be afraid of hardship, no need to be afraid of tiredness. I'm afraid I don't have a chance! What chances? Opportunity for meritorious promotion! ”
"Your Highness has passed down an order to kill the Tartars by the first level, in addition to the ordinary military merit rewards, to be promoted by two levels and receive fifty acres of land! Hereditary black soil, black and fertile enough to sow a handful of seeds to grow grain fifty acres of land! Li Dingguo's voice was low and powerful, falling on everyone's hearts like a giant hammer, and they couldn't stop making their heartbeats accelerate violently, as if cardiac resuscitation had turned into blood acceleration.
"General Banner, did Your Highness really say that? Fifty acres? Up a notch? ”
"If you go up one level, you won't have to wait for a year, two levels, that's two years! Thirty taels of silver a year! ”
"Fifty acres of land, that's an heirloom treasure!"
"Your Highness has an order! In this battle, there was no retreat, and the Tartars were killed at the first level, except for the ordinary reward of fifty taels of silver. The first-level combat merits are upgraded to two levels, and the territory is fifty acres. One more level, and the soil and the silver reward are stacked even more! The heralds who rushed out of the military planes picked up the tin horns and shouted at the top of their voices.
At this time, another sharp-eyed person saw Zhu Cihong riding forward, and behind him, the crown prince's golden dragon banner was held high.
Zhu Cihong stood in the middle of the crowd, his war horse was incomparably taller, and he was a head taller than everyone else. Zhu Cihong, who came in full costume, was extraordinary, and under the sun, the armor shone brightly. I saw Zhu Cihong waving his hands at this moment, and tens of thousands of eyes were on him.
At this time, Zhu Cihong smiled, his eyes were resolute, burning with undoubted confidence: "I, Zhu Cihong, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, are here today, and I will not retreat." No compromises! I am here to watch you, and those who fight here today will be immortalized! I'm Ming, Wan Sheng! ”
"That's the flag of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"His Royal Highness has an order: Daming Wansheng!"
"Kill the Tartars! Daming Wansheng! ”
"Daming Wansheng!"
"Daming Wansheng!"
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The mountains shouted like a tsunami of cheers, and they shouted, brandishing their knives and spears in their hands. The sound came and went, and finally converged into a sea of high morale.
On the other side, Haoge, who came out of the ranks, silently looked at the Ming army with high morale, with a slight understanding in his heart and some admiration for the brave.
They did have reason to cheer like this, and they went all the way from Seoul to the north, going through hardships and overcoming all odds. Among them, how many people with lofty ideals threw their heads and spilled blood, and how many brave robes and bones were on the roadside.
Today. Finally, they ran thousands of miles and successfully killed before Shengjing. Killed this source of humiliation that brought the Ming Dynasty twenty-six years of humiliation.
Of course they are proud!
"At this time a group of amazing soldiers...... But it is also a group of ridiculously ignorant and destined to be tragic. Under a group of stupid careerists, fools who waste their bravery in vain. Maybe Zhu Cihong will be very happy in his heart, and finally succeeded in letting the Qing army in Shengjing fight. You've got a chance to win...... A field victory that can find a little hope in a thousand miles compared to a doomed siege......" Hauge thought in a heartbroken heart, but instead, when he turned his horse's head, he looked behind him at the almost endless edge outside the eastern city. When the Manchu army obscured all sight, a wave of excitement arose from within.
"But victorious. It is destined to be a strong army of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty! Hauge's voice was so loud that all the Manchu soldiers who heard such an impassioned tone couldn't help but straighten their chests.
"My warriors of the Qing Dynasty, look forward! There, your enemies! There is Nikan, whom you will kill today! A group of lowly Nikans who are only worthy of being slaves for my Qing warriors! Hauge rode his horse and rode around, looking from the north to inspect his team.
"All watched. See clearly! Where are the firearms that these Nikans thought I could resist my Qing warriors? Without! A heavy rain, God bless me, the heavy rain of the Qing Dynasty tore apart their last dependence! They don't have any firearms to use! ”
"Come back to it, the Han people who don't have firearms, how can there ever be a Han people who can fight with my Qing warriors for more than ten times!"
"Look! It's this group of Han people, as long as we rush over. Tear their weapons apart, stab through their flesh, crush their arrays, and we'll be victorious! Warriors, proud warriors of the Qing Dynasty, today, follow me to attack here, and you will all be the proud Baturu of the entire Shengjing! Rush over, kill them, and they will all be your slaves. All the places in the Ming Kingdom and North Korea that I can reach with my Qing swords and guns are your ranches that you loot at will! ”
……
"Roar!" The cheers rang out slowly.
When Hauge said the words of mobilization from north to south one by one, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was magnificent.
"Roar! Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
"Roar! Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
"Roar! Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
……
"Bai Yintu, you lead your cavalry with yellow flags, go out of the left flank and detour to the flank, and when the battle is frontal, look for gaps, so that the Ming army cannot attack with all its strength!"
"Zhenglan Banner Jueluo Bahana, you lead your troops and horses to form a surprise attack and kill from the left flank, I want to never see that nasty banner on that steep slope again! That's right, it's Zhu Cihong, the crown prince of the Ming Kingdom! Whether you kill Zhu Cihong or capture Zhu Cihong, I, Haoge, will call the shots and give you a county king! ”
"Positive Yellow Flag! Is the Yellow Flag where is Ilde? See there? Our right flank is the cavalry of the Ming army! You fought with the cavalry of the Ming army, and sealed the past! Don't let the Ming army have the power to maneuver! ”
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With Hauge's order, the three Manchu Eight Banner Army began to march.
"Attack!"
The drums thundered, and one by one the heralds rushed out. After a while, the ministries began to rush out. The soldiers and horses on the left, middle and right acted in unison, and for a while, the sound of horses' hooves was loud, like the earth roaring.
"Your Highness! The slopes have been grabbed! ”
"Ministries inspect the queue."
"Yes!"
"Your Highness, all the ministries are in place, ask for instructions!"
"Liu Zhen, the Manchurian cavalry on the left side, yes, it's the Zhenghuang Banner. Your old opponent, ...... past" Zhu Cihong held the clairvoyant mirror in his hand tightly, swiped horizontally, and said: "Drag them!" Drag as many Manchurian cavalry as you can for me! ”
Liu Zhen nodded fiercely: "Yes!" ”
At this time, the Qing army in the middle has also begun to act.
Zhu Cihong immediately squinted his eyes and picked up the clairvoyant mirror, looked at it, and said, "Tiger Dawei!" Left and right are up to you! ”
"Yes!" Hu Dawei glanced at it, looked at the six thousand soldiers and horses in his hand, and slowly bowed his head.
At this time, the Qing army's Zhenglan banner fought on horseback, forming a formation to kill. Hu Dawei is a veteran of the border town, and he has always been clear about the strength of the Tartars. The Mongols sound formidable, but after retreating to the outside world, the Mongols have lost the strength of their former empire. Without artisans to forge armor and a strong enough officer system to maintain the organization of the army, the Mongol army was more often a cobbled group of brave herdsmen.
They can be proud of their riding and archery skills, but they can hardly be considered powerful warriors. Therefore, when the Mongolian herdsmen dismounted, their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.
But it was the Jurchens who were very different from this.
These fishing and hunting peoples in the white mountains and black waters are not nomadic people, they are good at riding and arching, and they are skilled in bowing and horses, but they are just as resistant to war when they get off the horse.
Even, because of the innate quality of the organization and cooperation of fishing and hunting, the Jurchens were able to exert the strength of the infantry when they dismounted and fought on foot.
They have a first-class will to fight, not inferior to the unity and cooperation of most armies in this era, and they also have strict military laws and armor that is not inferior to them.
The Manchurian army, which was thus organized, was even more vigilant when it attacked in an infantry formation.
"Liu Sheng! The Qing army dismounted and fought on foot, this one, hand it over to you! "Tiger Dawei sent the most powerful Tiger Ben battalion.
"The last general commands!" Liu Sheng's eyes burned with raging fire.
"Qi Xian! Defend our belly and back, and don't be lured out by the Manchu Tartars! Hu Dawei saw the Qing army coming around on the right flank again.
"Yes!" Qi Xian's breath was calm and his expression was calm. This rising star in the army, who was known as cautious and keen, showed a solemn look.
"Fierce as a tiger! Prepare for the war against me in China! Wait for the opportunity to charge! Hu Dawei looked at the fierce tiger again.
Fierce as a tiger heard this, grinning: "General Lang, please rest assured!" I'm as fierce as a tiger, and I'm going to kill the Tartars! ”
"The baggage battalion can be retreated." Zhu Cihong saw the Qing army approaching.
"The soldiers of the baggage battalions everywhere inspected the fortifications such as antlers, horses, and cart camps for the last time. Retreat quickly! Xu Hong's voice rang out.
In the gaps of the defenses, the taxis were firmly tied up, and the Qing troops surrounded and killed them from all directions, and the Royal Guards Corps was like a hexagon. In the middle of the six sides are car arrays, and each prescription array is lined up at the point.
At this time, the sound of horses' hooves on the opposite side was becoming more and more urgent. At the forefront, the grassroots generals of various departments are making final preparations.
Suddenly, a person walked up to Zhu Cihong with a shocked face: "Your Highness......"
"The Flying Bear Battalion must not act rashly, be the general reserve!" Zhu Cihong pointed out the last unused battalion of the Royal Guards. (To be continued.) )
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