Chapter 50: A Blow to the Head
Moreover, after he set off from Baoding Mansion, he heard that the Yu family army had snatched a large number of goods and materials from Jiannu, so Chen Xinjia was even more determined that the Yu family army must be vulnerable to a war now.
He used the style of the official army to put it on Yu Jiajun's body, thinking that after Yu Jiajun's victory, he robbed so much property, he must be so happy at this time, and he must be busy fighting for the spoils of me.
But anyone who is a soldier, in Chen Xinjia's opinion, is not a good thing, the large amount of wealth captured by these Jiannu will definitely make the soldiers and generals of the Yu family army crazy about it, and it is estimated that they will already be fighting for it at this time, and they will even break their heads first if they can't get it.
Therefore, Chen Xinjia heard that his confidence was greatly increased, and he reminded the generals many times on the road that he must take this opportunity to put the family army to death.
It's a pity that Chen Xinjia takes it for granted, he completely regards Yu Jiajun as an ordinary official army, but a soldier and horse who is on par with the Ming Dynasty's official army, but he doesn't know Yu Jiajun's style of work and the way it operates.
So Chen Xinjia rushed forward with nearly 30,000 Shanxi soldiers and horses, rushed towards Jinghai County, marched east along the Daqing River, and crashed headlong into the location of Yujiajun.
However, when Chen Xinjia led his army to the west of Jinghai County, more than 30 miles west, when he was supervising the army to cross the Daqing River and prepare to reach the city of Jinghai County, he was blocked by the Yu Jiajun led by Meng Fei with less than two brigades in a place called Liuhe Town.
Meng Fei had been with the scouts for a long time, and judged that Chen Xinjia's troops might choose the location to cross the river, so he led his troops to ambush in advance.
When Chen Xinjia was supervising the army to cross the river, when the official army had just crossed the river with less than 10,000 people, he suddenly came out of his hiding place, and the whole army rushed straight to the place where the official army crossed the river.
Although the Yu family army is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops, and the Yu family army is also quite tired, under the leadership of Meng Fei and other generals, the soldiers of the Yu family army are still very brave.
Moreover, less than half of the official army just crossed the river, and the officers and soldiers on the south bank of the Daqing River did not have the advantage in terms of strength, plus these Shanxi generals, most of them were now dissatisfied with the war with the Yu family's army, thinking that the imperial court was really dirty to the extreme, coupled with the death of Lu Xiangsheng, these generals in Shanxi and Xuanda were even more disappointed in the imperial court.
You must know that when Lu Xiangsheng was in Xuanda, his reputation was quite high, and this time the imperial court transferred Shanxi Xuanda soldiers and horses to guard, and it was the first time that you obeyed orders under Lu Xiangsheng.
These people are Lu Xiangsheng's old subordinates, and most of them admire Lu Xiangsheng very much, but due to the orders of Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian, they were allocated to Chen Xinjia's royal family, and as a result, these 30,000 soldiers and horses of Shanxi Xuanda were hiding in the area of Baoding Mansion in the next few months, and it can be said that they have made no achievements.
Later, when I heard the news that Lu Xiangsheng had died in the battle of Julu, many soldiers who deeply respected Lu Xiangsheng even cried on the spot.
Therefore, the officers and soldiers of Chen Xinjia's department seem to be quite elite, but their morale is very low, which even Meng Fei and the generals of the family army did not expect.
As a result, as soon as the two sides came into contact, although under the leadership of Hu Dawei, a general in Shanxi, the officers and troops who had crossed the Daqing River in advance also put up a burst of resistance, but after just a few rounds of platoon gun fire, the officers and troops immediately collapsed.
In the entire ferry area, the official army immediately fell into chaos, and attacked the enemy in Bandu, which was a trick to kill, Meng Fei This guy is the best at winning by surprise, and he can always do something unexpected in battle, he successfully predicted the place where the official army crossed the river this time, and set up an ambush in advance, which can be said to have caught Chen Xinjia off guard.
Chen Xinjia didn't expect to run into an ambush by the Yu family army here, and the Yu family army was not as weak as he thought at all, thousands of Yu family soldiers and generals suddenly appeared in the ferry area, which caught him and his subordinates off guard.
When he heard the sound of cannons, followed by rows of muskets, he realized that by the time something had happened, it was too late.
Hu Dawei led his troops to resist slightly, seeing that he could not withstand the attack of the Yu family's army, he immediately fled along the south bank of the Daqing River and fled all the way to the west, but the pontoon bridge was quickly captured by the Yu family's army, and the officers and troops on the north bank of the river were originally urged by Chen Xinjia to quickly cross the river for reinforcements, but they were blocked by the Yu family's army on the river surface, and they were instantly defeated.
As a result, the officers and troops on the north bank of the river saw the defeat of the officers and troops on the south bank of the river, and immediately fled with them, and even the several pontoon bridges they had built on the river had already broken up before they could be destroyed.
Meng Fei led his troops to the riverside ferry, looking at this scene, even he couldn't believe that this battle was won so easily, from the time they started to seize the ferry, the whole process was less than half an hour, and the officers and soldiers were actually defeated by them.
On both sides of the ferry, weapons and supplies of officers and soldiers were discarded everywhere, as well as grain that had not yet been transported across the river, and scattered corpses of killed officers and soldiers floated in the thin ice on the river.
Several pontoon bridges remained intact on the river, only one was set on fire by the officers and soldiers, and the rest were intact, and a large number of officers and soldiers in the distance across the river were rushing to flee first, and no one was on the other side of the ferry to stop them from crossing the river.
Meng Fei laughed wildly, and immediately ordered to advance lightly, and the cavalry was currently assaulting across the river, controlling the ferry on the opposite bank, and the infantry were all lightly armed, and then crossed the river to pursue the officers and soldiers.
Chen Xinjia was escorted by his own soldiers and fled all the way, and only after escaping for more than ten miles did he remember that this was wrong, although the Yu family army was powerful, but it was still separated by a river? As long as they hold the river bank and prevent the Yu family army from crossing the river, then no matter how powerful the Yu family army is, they can't help them.
But by the time he reacted, it was already too late, and Yu Jiajun had already begun to cross the river at this time, controlling the ferry on the north bank of the river, and by the time Chen Xinjia wanted to gather his forces to recapture the ferry, it was too late to say anything.
As a result, it took Meng Fei a whole day to chase Chen Xinjia's troops dozens of miles away, and then he was out of breath and ordered to stop the pursuit, collect the prisoners and captured materials, and return to the ferry.
In this battle, Chen Xinjia lost more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in one day, of which more than 3,000 were captured by the Yu family's army, and the rest were scattered on the spot.
He originally wanted to make a great contribution, but in the end, he hit his head and broke the bloodstream, nearly 30,000 elite soldiers in Shanxi, after a day of fierce fighting, he lost more than half, and when he ran to Bazhou, there were only more than 10,000 officers and soldiers left, and they had basically run away.
When the chief military officer Wang Pu was defeated, he disappeared, and the general Hu Dawei also disappeared, leaving only Yang Guozhu still by his side, otherwise this time his official army would really be wiped out in Jinghai County.
The news that Meng Fei led his troops to defeat Chen Xinjia's department in the first battle of Daqinghe quickly reached Yu Xiaotian's ears, and Yu Xiaotian was also stunned for a moment after hearing it, thinking that this battle was a little too easy? With less than two brigades, in just one day, Chen Xinjia's troops were defeated.
Even after listening to Meng Fei's performance, Yu Xiaotian knew that from the beginning of their fight to the end, the officers and soldiers had been beaten by Meng Fei all the time, chasing and beating their butts.
The generals of the Yu family can be said to have been chasing all the way, and they have not encountered decent resistance from the officials and soldiers at all, so they have been driving Chen Xinjia's troops dozens of miles away and fleeing to Bazhou.
Moreover, the 2nd and 4th Brigades also captured a lot of officers and soldiers and captured a large amount of armor and grain after a one-day pursuit battle.
Even Chen Xinjia himself, who ran all the way to Bazhou, didn't understand how he lost this battle, as soon as the two sides came into contact, why did the officers and soldiers under his command lose?
Obviously, Yu's army doesn't have much troops, why did he rush the wolf he did, and the twenty or thirty thousand soldiers and horses collapsed when they said they collapsed? It really doesn't make sense!
So in the end, he attributed the reason for this defeat to Hu Dawei, saying that it was because Hu Dawei was on the south bank of the river, failed to block the attack of Yu's army, and the loss of the guide zhì ferry, which made the battle lost.
Chen Xinjia can be said to be in mourning at this time, knowing that his future is estimated to be completely finished, if he wins this battle, it is estimated that his future is still bright, but in this battle he has achieved this virtue, an army of twenty or thirty thousand, was assaulted by thousands of Yu's army, and he was defeated in one fell swoop.
Even if this matter is placed in normal times, it is estimated that the imperial court will not be able to spare him, let alone at this juncture.
The news reached Jingshi, and after Chongzhen heard it, he angrily slapped a piece of paperweight on the dragon case, and tore Chen Xinjia's piece of music to pieces with a bang, and fell heavily to the ground opposite the dragon case.
Originally, he was suspicious of Chen Xinjia this time, suspecting that Chen Xinjia had revealed the news that he was trying to negotiate peace with Jiannu, but considering that it was the time to employ people, he didn't move Chen Xinjia, and wanted Chen Xinjia to make some achievements at this time, but he didn't expect Chen Xinjia to do so beautifully.
30,000 elite officers and soldiers, in his hands are almost like tofu, when he encounters Yu Jiajun, he is photographed by others, and he still has the face to shirk responsibility, saying that this is all caused by the disrespect of his generals to orders.
So Chongzhen immediately issued an order, dismissed Chen Xinjia from the post of secretary of the military department, and ordered Tiqi to go out of Beijing overnight to Bazhou, take down Chen Xinjia, and escort him back to Beijing to ask for guilt.
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