Chapter 35: Crossing the River, Fighting!
On September 28, the sixteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, on the vast field of Baitapu in the south of Shenyang, a team of horsemen galloping south rushed south. This team of men and horses is capable and well-organized, and it is the army of the Qing Dynasty and the Yellow Banner.
Three hundred Ding Zhuang and one Niu Lu, five Niu Lu and one Jiala, five Jia La and one solid mountain, which constituted the most basic structure of Manchuria in the Qing Dynasty. A solid mountain is also a flag, the eight banners of yellow, yellow, white, blue, white, red, and blue, and a quota of 45,000 people constitute the core force of the Qing Dynasty: the Manchurian Eight Banner Army.
Among them, the Zhenghuang Banner, which has been personally controlled by the Qing Emperor since its establishment, is the most powerful of the eight banners. This can be seen not only in terms of ranking, but also in terms of quantity.
Even if the most elite one of them had been transferred away by Dolgon, Tan Tai's army of the Yellow Banner still exceeded 10,000 men. And it is a soldier with complete horse steps, everyone has a horse, and he is armoured everywhere.
This time, in order to hold the Weining Battalion, the defensive node of Shenyang, Tan Tai led a total of 5,000 people out of the city, the three Jiala, who mobilized the fastest.
In addition, he was followed by Tong Tulai, who received the blue flag of the Han army, and did not have more than 800 cavalry. Although it is not far to the Weining camp, the mobilization of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses cannot be passed by slowly, and naturally only galloping horses can only gallop over. The Han army had a lot of cavalry under the Blue Banner, but the war horses were damaged a lot because of the battle of Zhangqiu and there was not much supply. Because it was defeated, it naturally did not recover after arriving in Shenyang.
But Tong Tulai was high-spirited, energetic, and full of enthusiasm, and his heart was full of the glory of fighting side by side with the strongest Eight Banners Army. He believed that the information he had gathered this time would be enough to turn the tide of the battle. The Ming Royal Guards Regiment attacking with the whole army. After defeating this elite army that posed a great threat to the Qing Kingdom, how could Tong Tulai not be able to return to the regent's trust?
Tan Tai did not pay attention to Tong Tulai. His eyes widened as he carefully measured the speed of the army's march. After a while. Tan Tai showed a proud and reassured expression.
This is a mighty army!
There is no doubt about this judgment, as the first strong army of the Eight Banners, which has always been directly under the Qing Emperor, countless Han people and even banner people are eager to carry the flag into the military and political unit, and the glorious history of the Zhenghuang Banner does not need to be repeated.
Their individual combat effectiveness was equally irrefutable, the best armor, the best training, the most confident morale, all of which seemed to prove that the victory in the next battle would be infinitely more favorable to the Qing army.
Thinking of the sky, when the army of the Yellow Flag passed the White Tower, Tan Tai turned to be proud of himself.
Then. Tong Tulai, who came on horseback, just said what Tan Tai thought in his heart: "Gushan is really my famous general of the Qing Dynasty, from learning about the military situation to sending troops to help, it has only been a day and a half, and the action can be called fast. In this way, our troops will be able to reach the Weining camp on September 30. At that time, the so-called Royal Guards Legion of the Ming Kingdom really had strong soldiers, and it would be difficult for them to resist our strong army of the Qing Dynasty! β
"Haha, you general, you have good kung fu." Tan Tai wanted to be reserved, but he still didn't think of words. Nor was it humble, so I accepted it.
"It's still really powerful...... Seeing that Tan Tai was in a good mood, Tong Tulai suddenly felt happy.
In this way, nearly 5,000 Qing troops galloped southeast. I saw that in another day and a half, we would be able to reach the Weining camp.
A day before, the Qing army had not yet left the city, but had just been searching for spies in the city. By the Prince River, there was a wave crashing. There were countless cheers of surprise.
"Down, down!" Xu Hong shouted loudly. I almost jumped up with a shout.
On the side, an old man with flat ears and thick eyebrows and a lion's nose also relaxed his calloused fist, and said with a smile: "With the logs cut down and drifted into the river in the upper reaches of the Taizi River, the problem of this pontoon bridge has been greatly solved, and it is still floating in the middle of this river, it is too trouble-free, too trouble-free!" β
At this moment, on the river, thick tree trunks float in the river, and are bound by fishing nets all over the river.
Seeing so many logs, Xu Hong's heart knot that had been quietly released for the rest of his life. The old man with thick eyebrows and a lion's nose over there looked very old, but in fact he was only in his thirties, and he was a carpenter in the baggage camp.
When Carpenter An saw that the materials were complete, he immediately shouted slogans and led more than hundreds of craftsmen under his command to start building the pontoon bridge.
On the makeshift camp on the south bank, the Royal Guards were finally able to rest for a while, taking advantage of the bridge to cross the river while the baggage camp was crossed.
At this time, in the middle of the temporary camp, Zhu Cihong sat on a flat stone, looked at the map that had been carefully kept and tiled in the dry land, and said softly: "The situation in the Weining camp has been found clear?" β
"There are quite a few soldiers and horses left behind, about 1,000 people. Unlike Phoenix City and Jiulian City, there are quite a lot of soldiers in the city. Most of the Qing troops on the Korean side of Liaodong did not follow Jiannu to the west. Ni Yuanlu introduced the military situation: "The advance regiment gave up the attack plan, but temporarily ambushed the scouts on the side of the Taizi River to obscure the sight. β
"I'm afraid it's not long since the shelter has been carried out for six days, and it will not be easy to cover it up to now. It will take some time to cross the river, and Wei Ning Ying is afraid that there will be some reaction. Zhu Cihong is not optimistic.
Zhu Cihong raised a question, and the generals and officials began to talk about it. Some people said that they wanted to force the attack, some said that the advance regiment was to dress up as a Qing army to deceive the city, and some people even proposed to send troops into the countryside to collect population, grain and rice.
In the first few places, Zhu Cihong was out of the world, and there was no reaction at all, but when the last sentence came out, Zhu Cihong's expression moved, and he looked at Xu Yanqi who was speaking: "Food is an eternal problem, but it takes too much time to drive the mouth to attack the city, it's not that I have any mercy." β
Xu Yanqi sighed lightly, and the scene was slightly silent.
When Zhu Cihong saw it, his smile eased, and he said, "I have another idea." β
Xu Yanqi, Hu Dawei and Ni Yuanlu couldn't help but sigh, which obviously meant that everyone didn't guess Zhu Cihong's thoughts.
At this moment, a clear voice sounded, accompanied by a pair of shining eyes. It was very eye-catching to everyone, it was Li Dingguo, the military advisor of the Military Aircraft Department. I only heard Li Dingguo laugh and said: "My subordinates probably guessed it!" β
Whoa......
The waves crash on the shore and the river rolls. Li Dingguo walked in front of the road, glanced at his trouser legs that were wet from drinking water, laughed, hurriedly put the package on his chest on his head, and continued to move forward.
At this moment, a playful and kind smile sounded behind him, and said, "It seems that the god operator of our military aircraft department does not please Hebo." β
"Liaodong has not been under my Ming rule for twenty-six years, things are people, and Hebo is no longer my Ming Dynasty's Hebo. It's not surprising that my Ming soldiers don't like Hebo. Haha, it seems that Brother Xu is complaining about the younger brother very much. Li Dingguo said, striding forward, stepping left and right, so that Xu Huanwu, who was behind, couldn't help but cry bitterly.
"Okay, okay, I won't make fun of you for my brother. Who made us all receive military orders, and now we are grasshoppers on a boat? Cross the river first and vent the qi on the Jiannu Tartars. Ok ok...... Don't swing the pontoon......" Xu Huanwu said, and it wasn't until he crossed the pontoon that his heart relaxed.
Seeing the actions of these two people, Xu Hong, who was behind him, laughed one after another: "Let's go." Don't delay digging a pit! β
"Hahaha......" At this moment, even the kind-hearted carpenter An laughed out loud.
The source of this matter was because Li Dingguo received a military order above the military meeting, Zhu Cihong praised it, and soon asked Li Dingguo to take the soldiers of the baggage battalion to dig a pit and arrange it.
It looks like it's derogatory. But Li Dingguo was very excited about such an opportunity to be decentralized, and quickly crossed the Taizi River with one hundred and ten people, plus Xu Hong beside him.
The day was westerly. When the entire Weining battalion was in a panic, except for the baggage battalion, which was still rushing the grain and rice captured along the way in the south of Henan. The whole army has crossed the Taizi River.
At this time, it was September 29 of the Ming Dynasty.
The main force of the Royal Guards has arrived outside the city of Weining Camp according to the predetermined plan.
There was a panic in the city of Weining, and the streets were full of people running around like headless flies. Such people are different. Some were clothed, others were so flustered that they only had a boot, but most were armed with weapons or a longbow scimitar or a crude mace, which allowed onlookers to quickly guess their common identity: soldiers.
This is the soldiers and horses of the Weining battalion stationed in Manchuria, a total of two Niu Lu plus a few Korean slave soldiers, the Korean combat effectiveness is sparse, but it does not prevent them from becoming the auxiliary soldiers of the war soldiers in the future.
It is such a small fortress garrisoned by thousands of people, and at this moment it seems to have become the focus of the entire Liaodong battlefield.
In a panic, he put on his armor and led the guards out of his mansion, shouting all the way, whipping seven or eight people with his whip, and finally succeeded in stopping the panic in the city.
Military orders began to be passed on in the city, and these soldiers who had been left behind in the fortress awakened the memory of the battle, shouting loudly, as if to intimidate the Ming army that suddenly appeared outside the city, as if it was just to dispel the fear in their hearts.
Here, located in the heart of the powerful and invincible Qing Dynasty in their hearts, they will one day face the revenge of tens of thousands of Ming troops.
This is a solid number, an army of tens of thousands is by no means able to deceive Hafona by putting up a banner, this veteran has the eyes of a falcon that is boasted, and he can accurately recognize the soldiers and horses outside the city with just a glance: "Between nine thousand and ten thousand!" β
Ten times the number of people besieged, and the Jurchens, who were known for their courage and good fighting, also felt a kind of terrible. More people began to wonder in horror, why did 10,000 Ming troops appear outside the city? Could it be that half of Liaodong has been lost?
The frustration spread in the city, and Ha Feng'a was powerless to resist, so he had to shout loudly: "Shengjing is less than two hundred miles to the north, as long as we hold it, Your Majesty's army will definitely step on this group of southern barbarian dogs!" We'll get reinforcements soon! β
"Roar!" There were some cheers from within the city.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
Outside the city, the drums sounded, and the dull rhythmic beat of the drum was like a huge mallet beating in the hearts of the people, so that the cheers in the city were quickly suppressed.
It's the drumbeat of the march!
The first regiment of the Royal Guards appeared to the west of the Weining battalion, and Hu Dawei's face was full of displeasure, he looked at the first regiment in a neat array, and gave the order to advance.
Soon, the soldiers of the first regiment, led by their respective generals, began to approach the city.
Liu Sheng's eyes were scorching, but he carefully gave orders, delicately promulgating tasks like a clockmaker, splitting up hundreds of households one by one, and distributing firepower carefully and rigorously.
When the time for the final attack was approaching, Liu Sheng only had one word of advice: "Hit on time, save bullets!" β
On the other side, fierce as a tiger picked up the long knife in his hand. This is a battalion that excels in melee combat, everyone is in armor, armed with heavy iron and steel broadswords, with round shields, and carrying ladders.
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
The drumbeat of the war continued to intensify and become more and more agitated, and everyone felt that their hearts were becoming more and more agitated in such a stirring drum, and their mood was shaking and their studies were boiling.
"Attack!"
Finally, the order to attack was given.
The slowly advancing army formation began to slowly accelerate, and the Tiger Battalion took the lead in attacking. Under the rain of arrows constantly thrown from the city, the first row of soldiers in the Tiger Camp held up their round shields.
It's just that after a few breaths, the Tiger Camp has also reached the firing range, and the muzzles of their swarthy guns are raised.
The thudding sound of the dense launch resounded through the sky, and a choking smoke rose up. When the smoke passed, it was shouting and roaring like a tiger. He led his subordinates to erect the ladder on the wall less than a foot high to the west of the Weining camp.
Melee combat ensued.
Everything is developing in the direction of benefiting the Ming army, but at this time, Hu Dawei's face is full of uncalm.
He frequently looked to the west, and when he was as fierce as a tiger in the city to fight, he dismounted and clinged to the earth. After a while, Hu Dawei's face was solemn: "Let Qi Xian line up in the northwest and pay attention to defense." β
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In the city of Weining Camp, Ha Feng'a was sweating profusely, anxiously looking at the battle situation outside the city: "How can the Han people be so fierce? β
"How can that fire gun be so sharp, just hit by lead, it can bite off a life!"
"How can this Ming army fight like this! How is this Weining camp a good ......"
Countless thoughts bubbled up in his heart, and a possibility that he had no choice but to admit rose up: "Maybe...... This Weining camp is going to be breached? β
"Mi Na Abaca!"
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"Oh my God. Here they are, reinforcements are coming! Our reinforcements are coming! It's an army of yellow flags! β
In the city of Weining Camp, the cheers suddenly resounded in the sky.
Northwest winds, a black line appeared in the vast horizon. The sound of horses' hooves roaring like thunder struck the earth, shaking the four directions, symbolizing great force.
This is the reinforcement of Tan Tai's department from Shenyang!
The sky was cloudy, and the shadow of the cloud fell to the ground, which made Li Dingguo, who was the westernmost part of the Ming army's position, raise his eyes and laughed: "Cool weather...... It's suitable to be sent to death! Send Jiannu to die! β
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