Chapter 1217: The Bloody Battle in Cangzhou (11)

Hong Chengchou's luck was good, and Dolgon finally made the decision to charge with 30,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners, which greatly reduced his pressure.

The two cannon sounds were almost connected, and the white flag and the white flag sergeant under the command of Dolgon heard the cannon sound and began to rush towards the battlefield, but the cannon sound had not completely fallen, and another cannon sound appeared, which was the cannon sound of the Jiangning battalion launching a charge, and at the same time as the Manchu Eight Banners launched an attack, the other 30,000 troops of the Jiangning battalion, which had long been prepared, also began to charge.

These 30,000 troops are heading for the Houjin Tartars, their goal is very clear, not to let the Houjin Tartars reinforce, and their task is to fight with the Houjin Tartars.

Chen Xinjia on the top of the mountain, his face finally changed, he has always been very calm, he can't help it at this time, even a fool can see the plan of Su Tiancheng and the Jiangning battalion, the Jiangning battalion has been divided into several groups of men and horses to attack, their respective responsibilities are different, but it can be clearly felt that the first wave of charges against the 50,000 Datong border army is to do their best, the purpose is to defeat the army of this way, as long as the 50,000 army collapses, the pattern of the entire campaign will undergo major changes. However, Chen Xinjia also did not understand, that is, since Su Tiancheng was ready, he was reluctant to advance on a large scale for the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who attacked first.

Dolgon's face also changed, in fact, when the staff put forward the suggestion, Dolgon had already thought of this, as the main opponent of the Great Qing Kingdom, how could Su Tiancheng have no other arrangements, how could he use tens of thousands of people to meet the army of hundreds of thousands, there must be other arrangements, this mode of dividing troops to fight, Dolgon is clear, that is, to focus on the army all the way. The other armies are responsible for preventing reinforcements, and as long as the army that undertakes the main attack completely defeats the opponent, the tide of the battle will soon change decisively.

The bravery of the Jiangning battalion, Dolgon had already seen it with his own eyes, and he could almost conclude that it was impossible to completely wipe out this Jiangning battalion army with the strength of the coalition army. The only thing that can be done is to inflict heavy losses on the Jiangning battalion, but the prerequisite is also clear, that is, the 50,000 Datong border troops can resist the attack of the Jiangning battalion to the death. To buy time for the other two armies, if the 50,000 Datong border army that was the first to face it would soon collapse. The tide of battle will be difficult to turn around.

After much hesitation. Dorgon did not give the order to attack on all fronts, an order he regretted for the rest of his life.

An even more tragic battle began.

In the process of artillery attack, the Manchu Eight Banners did not suffer too many losses, and the fighting in front was fierce, and the fighting spirit of the sergeants was aroused, so when they charged. It looks very imposing, and the momentum of the oncoming Jiangning battalion soldiers is on par, which is destined to a tragic battle.

At the beginning of the formation of the Jiangning battalion. Su Tiancheng's main mind is to prevent the growth of the Liukou and the momentum of the Houjin Tartars, the two main opponents, the Liukou have been exterminated by the Jiangning battalion, and the rest is the Houjin Tartars, as for the fight with the Ming army, this was not planned before, but with the change of the situation, Su Tiancheng became the emperor, so he had to carry out such a fight.

In other words, the Houjin Tartars are the main opponents of the Jiangning battalion.

The 30,000 army led by Hong Chengchou, when fighting with the Houjin Tartars, the feeling and momentum are completely different, and the attack is also ruthless, it should be said that the fight between the Ming army, that is an internal struggle, after some Ming troops put down their arms, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion will not be killed, but in the face of the Houjin Tartars, it is different, whether you put down your arms or not, they will all be killed.

Within a radius of five miles, there were two large-scale battlefields, where more than 100,000 people were fighting, no birds could be seen in the sky, and the yellow sand was full of blood.

The Jiangning battalion and the Houjin Tartars quickly stuck together, the casualties on both sides were increasing, but no one retreated, they were all desperately charging forward, and they were all fighting with the opponent to fight for their lives, and the soldiers who had fallen off their horses could be seen everywhere, hugging each other, tearing desperately, thinking about putting each other to death, half an hour had passed since the two sides fought, and they still couldn't see the high and low.

Chen Xinjia, who was on the top of the mountain, received a request from Dolgon, asking for another 50,000 Datong border troops to be prepared, and they should be dispatched at this time.

Chen Xinjia ignored Dolgon's request for the time being, judging from the visual situation, he knew that Dolgon did not attack in an all-round way, but this could not be said that Dolgon's arrangement was wrong, from most of the day's fighting, Chen Xinjia had already felt that this major battle, it was impossible to decide the winner in one day, or many Ergon's method of preserving strength may be the right thing to do when the battle advances to the back.

50,000 Datong border army, Chen Xinjia does not want to use it for the time being, judging from the arrangement of the Jiangning battalion, there must be a large army, waiting for the 50,000 reserves, if at this time, the reserves are pulled up, that is, all the troops have been discharged, in case they can't get the advantage of the battle situation, it will be really difficult to say later.

The tragic battle has made Chen Xinjia adapt, he ordered the heralds, and gave Wang Daozhi an order, no matter how heavy the casualties are, they must be withstanded, and there must be no collapse, this is the bottom line, if there is a rout, it will affect the entire occupation, Chen Xinjia will not spare Wang Daozhi, although Wang Daozhi's identity is not ordinary, he will also take out Shang Fang's sword.

Chen Xinjia slowly became calm from the initial shock, and he made a decisive decision that he would not send 50,000 reserves in today's battle.

It was the Jiangning battalion that took the initiative to withdraw from the battle, which surprised everyone.

This is a decision made by Su Tiancheng, of course, this decision was made, Su Tiancheng also thought about it carefully, the first day of the battle, the basic purpose has been achieved, at least 50,000 Datong border troops have been given heavy losses, but at the same time, the casualties of the Jiangning battalion are not small, if it continues to persist, it will be very unfavorable to the next day of battle.

The weakness of the Jiangning battalion is very obvious, compared with the strength of the troops, the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars have a great advantage, at least 70,000 coalition troops have not moved, but the Jiangning battalion only has 10,000 soldiers, this is the weakness of the Jiangning battalion to make it bigger, the 40,000 army led by Lu Xiangsheng will take at least two days to arrive, so the first day of fighting can not hurt the vitality, otherwise it will be difficult to hold on in the next two days.

For the active retreat of the Jiangning battalion, Chen Xinjia, Wang Daozhi and Dolgon were caught off guard, which they did not expect, from the perspective of the battle situation, the Jiangning battalion occupies a considerable advantage, if it persists, maybe the 50,000 Datong border army led by Wang Daozhi will be difficult to hold on, in the face of such a situation, the Jiangning battalion will retreat on all fronts.

At the same time as evacuating the battle, according to the custom, both sides should clean up the battlefield and bring back the remains of the fallen soldiers, which is a rule, which does not need to be discussed, and everyone silently follows it.

It was Dolgon who was not comfortable with this situation, and in his warring thinking, only the victor could clean up the battlefield, and the loser was not qualified, and as for the battle was not over, the two sides continued to fight, only until the decision was made.

The situation on the battlefield was tragic, and the sergeants who cleaned up the battlefield were not in a very good mood, but neither side continued to fight, and was busy collecting the bodies of their brothers and carrying some of the seriously injured brothers back for treatment.

This scene gave Dolgon a huge shock, he personally participated in the cleaning of the battlefield, which seemed impossible before, as the prince of Houjin, how could he do such things.

Dolgon asked the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion why they were doing this, and the answer he received made him ponder for a long time, and an officer of the Jiangning battalion said that this was the emperor's request, and that the opponent must be respected on the battlefield, and that after the tragic battle, he could not forget his own civilized etiquette.

This answer made Dolgon really feel afraid. Where does the strength come from, the bravery of the army is only one aspect, the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion can respect the opponent, and after the tragic battle, they can also realize the generosity of the mind, such an army, who can defeat.

It is precisely because of this participation in the cleaning of the battlefield that Dolgon has the idea of retreating, he believes that the fall of the Ming Dynasty is a sure thing, it is impossible to avoid, and the Jin Dynasty must completely replace the Ming Dynasty.

As for the retreat of the Great Qing Dynasty, Dolgon did not think so much for the time being, probably because of the things behind it, it is not easy to imagine, anyway, under the current situation, the Great Qing Kingdom may be difficult to compete with the Great Jin Dynasty, the only place that can be focused on is to take advantage of this opportunity, have something to do in Liaodong, occupy as much land as possible, and enter the customs to carry out large-scale looting of many places in the Ming Dynasty, in order to accumulate wealth and enhance strength.

The battle in Cangzhou still has to continue, but the idea of the battle must be changed, and it is not possible to fight face to face with the Jiangning battalion, if this continues, the white flag and the inlaid white flag will suffer heavy losses, after all, there are not many Manchurians, and the Manchurian warriors need to be trained in the war, so that many warriors lose their lives in Cangzhou, it is a pity.

After returning to the camp, Dolgon saw the herald sent by Chen Xinjia, this time he was not polite, and told the herald that he still had some things to deal with, and when he was done, he went directly to Cangzhou City.

The herald didn't expect Dolgon's attitude to be like this, and after a pause, he turned around and left, anyway, he couldn't enter the Houjin Tartar's barracks, the mission had been completed, and he had seen Dolgon in person, as for Dolgon's attitude, it was not something he could influence. (To be continued......)