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Chapter 754 Zhangjiakou's Shopkeeper Wang?
Dorgon watched the Ming army cavalry approaching slowly in front of him on his horse. Although the banner was clear, it seemed that they were indeed local soldiers and horses of the Xuanfu of the Ming Dynasty, but he couldn't remember who the general was at the moment.

According to the information they found, the soldiers and horses of Xuanfu Town came to aid Liaodong with the commander-in-chief Yang Guozhu, and they were supposed to be under the command of the commander-in-chief Yang. Why did they come from behind at this time?

From the slave chieftain Huangtaiji in the Qing Dynasty to the banner masters, officials, and generals, they still don’t understand the subordinate relationship of the various armies and generals of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, not to mention them, even the governors of the Ming Dynasty themselves have some Confused.

Today's Ming Dynasty has shown signs of the end of the dynasty. Not only are there more and more commanders in various places, but the soldiers and horses under their respective command are also unknown.

And under the commander-in-chief, there are also deputy commander-in-chiefs, generals, guerrillas, capital divisions, etc. Some of them are also under the command of the commander-in-chief, while some are alone in the town and are not under the command of anyone.

In addition, in recent years, the Ming Dynasty has used troops everywhere, and the towns and towns have frequent dispatches, many temporary titles, and many generals are also ordered to temporarily station in various places and are in a state of being on call at any time.

It's like Zhang Cheng's Henan Aid and Suppression Commander is a temporary addition, but his actual position is still the Deputy Commander of Xuanzhen Branch, and his station is in Yongning City on Xuanfu East Road.

Although he has now left Henan to aid Liaodong, his title of Chief Soldier of Henan Aid and Suppression has not been revoked, so it is not an exaggeration for everyone to call him Zhang Zongbing.

Even if they are all confused about these twists and turns among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, how can Huang Taiji, Dorgon and others know so much because they live in Liaodong.

As the Ming cavalry on the opposite side got closer and closer, a strong sense of oppression emerged spontaneously, and Dorgon's expression became very bad, because this should be the oppression that only the Qing cavalry had, how could it be? Appeared on the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty?
I saw that the marching speed of the Ming army cavalry on the opposite side was not fast, but the rhythm was very regular, and the cavalry formation was tight and strict. It was obvious that such a military appearance could only be achieved after rigorous training.

At this time, I can also see that there are about six or seven hundred knights in the cavalry formation in the middle. They are well-equipped with armor, and most of them use long soldiers in the formation. It can be seen that nearly 200 people are holding three-eyed guns in their hands, and there are [-] knights. Yu Qiqi even holds a bow and arrow.

"Hmph, how dare you compare your riding and archery skills with my Qing warriors?"

The full contempt was all reflected in Dorgon's eyes. Although he didn't say anything, his eyes gave everything away.

At this time, several Qing cavalry rushed forward on horseback, they stopped outside the formation as if to report something.

Sure enough, after a while, Er Keqin rode his horse to Dorgon's side, and said: "Uncle, Zhunta was beheaded by a Ming dog, and his troops were also defeated. Casualties were heavy, and they were fighting and retreating, slowly approaching our army."

Dorgon was taken aback when he heard the words. He had learned that the Ming army on the opposite side was rushing in from the south, so he guessed that Tazhan and Zhunta might not be able to defend, but he never thought that the mighty Qing Dynasty The Baturu warriors were killed by the Ming army in front of the battle.

With a fierce look in his eyes, he said bitterly: "Say it again, how about Zhunta? How about Tazhan?"

Eke hurriedly replied: "Uncle, just now there are more than [-] cavalry of the Ming army. They want to break through the mountain road to help General Yang. Zhun Tagu Mountain led a thousand cavalry warriors to stop them. How can this cavalry be fierce? Zhunta was beheaded in the first battle, and our army was also defeated."

"Bastard, the leader of the trap will be in the enemy's line, and he will be defeated before the battle. All the generals above Bashiku will be beheaded."

Dorgon was very angry, and he asked again: "How did Ta Zhan lose?"

Eke replied: "It is reported that the Ming army did not attack Ta Zhan's troops, but marched straight north. It is estimated that it was the Ming cavalry on the opposite side. And it was another Ming army infantry battalion that defeated Ta Zhan. They have so many chariots, sharp guns, and they fired in turn, that Ta Zhan's troops couldn't rush into the front of the Ming army at all."

"Do you know which Ming army it is?"

"Returning to Uncle Wang, the colors of the flags are still those of the Ming soldiers and horses in Xuanfu Town. The general flag of the Ming dog cavalry has the word 'Zhang' on it, and the flag of the Ming army infantry has the word 'Wei' on it!"

"Zhang? Wei?"

Dorgon was full of doubts. In his memory, there didn't seem to be any strong generals surnamed Zhang or Wei in the Ming Kingdom. He asked casually: "Is there any general in the Ming Kingdom whose surname is Zhang? Or is it surnamed Wei? Or is it under the banner of Xuanfu?"

Er Keqin seemed to suddenly think of something, his eyes were wide open, he turned to look at Dorgon and said, "Uncle Wang, the last time the news from Zhangjiakou's treasurer Wang said that there was a deputy chief soldier in the Xuan Mansion. The person surnamed Zhang once traded with the Outer Mongolian tribes in my mouth privately."

Dorgon seemed to have thought of something at this time, he suddenly asked: "But Zhang Cheng?"

E Keqin bowed his head and thought for a while before replying: "Uncle Wang, I can't remember it for a while, but the surname of Zhang, the deputy general of Xuanzhen Town, is indeed correct. The shopkeeper Wang also said that this person is in Xuanzhen Town to suppress bandits. , the most powerful."

He went on to say: "What Uncle Wang said about Zhang Cheng was the general who attacked our camp at night in the north of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty and stabbed King Keqin in the third year of Chongde?"

A gleam shot out of Dorgon's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "It is this son, unexpectedly, in just a few years, he has become the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, and even more so!"

He went on to say: "Hmph, this son will definitely become an obstacle to my Qing Dynasty in the future. If it can't be used by me, I will get rid of it early."

Dorgon was about to rearrange his troops and attack Zhang Cheng's Chinese cavalry with all his strength, when he saw dozens of cavalry galloping towards them, Eke rushed to meet him and inquire.

After a while, he reported back to Dorgon. It turned out that it was Ta Zhan who led the Bala warriors to fight and retreat, but nearly [-] Ming army infantry were chasing them all the way. Powerless to stop, please Dorgon to take precautions early.

After Dorgon heard the news, his expression was distorted. He still had more than [-] Qing troops in the Zhengbai Banner, and he could have fought against Zhang Cheng and Guo Yingxian on the other side.

But if it was true what Ta Zhan said, more than [-] elite infantrymen of the Ming army came pushing their chariots, and the troops on their side would be stretched and difficult to deal with. What's more, there were battlefields everywhere outside the West Stone Gate at this time. whole body.

Anyway, one of the chief soldiers of the Ming army has been beheaded, and it is time to take advantage of the superiority everywhere, withdraw the troops and return to the camp to stand firm. As long as the West Shimen is not lost, the Ming army will find it difficult to break the siege of Jinzhou.

He said bitterly: "Eke, you lead a thousand elite warriors to join Ta Zhan. You must try your best to harass the lagging Ming army infantry and delay their march. I will go to Xuanfu Zhang Cheng for a while!"

Er Keqin hurriedly said: "Uncle, why don't you leave more warriors for you, so as not to suffer from Minggou."

"I am a warrior of the Qing Dynasty, one counts as ten, so why not be afraid of a mere few thousand bright cavalry!"

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Zhang Cheng, the deputy general of Xuanfu Town, and the chief of the Henan aid and suppression army, led the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion to ride slowly. His adopted sons Zhang Chengfang and Zhang Jintai led the boy soldiers to guard him.

Lin Fangping led the elite cavalry from the middle of the Tiger Guards camp to advance in the center, and also surrounded Zhang Cheng. Li Changsheng led the left team to the left. They were originally rangers and were transferred to the Tiger Guards camp, so most of them were armed with three-eyed guns.

Su Laohu led more than [-] Mongolian riders from the right side of the Huwei camp. Most of them held bows and arrows. After all, they were all Mongolian knights, and riding and archery was their housekeeping skill.

The cavalry formation on his side was not strict enough, sometimes knights would jump out of the formation, galloping beside the formation, sometimes hiding in the stirrups, sometimes jumping around, showing off their riding skills.

Zhang Cheng kept pressing the speed so that Guo Yingxian and Zhang Guangda on the two wings could protrude forward, forming a crane wing formation, and using the two wings to outflank Dorgon's Qing army on the opposite side.

When advancing to less than one mile away from the Qing army, the Ming cavalry under Zhang Guangda and Guo Yingxian on the left and right flanks were on a horizontal line with Dorgon's Qing army. They adjusted their defenses so that their fronts faced the Qing army. , completed the three-sided encirclement of the Qing army.

Just when Zhang Cheng led his troops to urge the horses to change from a slow trot to a fast trot, the Qing army on the opposite side also slowly retreated. More than 2000 of them rode their horses and galloped at a fast trot, and soon escaped from the encirclement of the Ming army.

Just when Zhang Cheng thought that Dorgon was about to escape, they stopped their horses on a hilly mountain, as if they were waiting for Zhang Cheng.

Suddenly, a sound of killing came from the right wing. It turned out that Guo Yingxian couldn't hold back, but he charged ahead without waiting for Zhang Cheng's side to make a move. Nearly a thousand of their elite cavalry from the town standard battalion howled "revenge...revenge... ..." rushed towards the Qing army.

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng could only cooperate, he took out his hand gun and shouted: "Kill, kill slave!"

The Ming army on three sides launched a cavalry charge at the same time, the sound of "rumbling" hooves shook the sky, and the roar of "killing slaves" resounded through the sky, and powerful anger was hidden in the smoke and dust rising from three sides.

Dorgon didn't seem to want to fight the Ming army. When Guo Yingxian launched a charge, he rode his horse and led the army to continue to retreat. The Ming army chased quickly, and they retreated quickly. The Ming army chased slowly, and they also retreated slow.

Zhang Cheng and others hurriedly chased for more than a mile, and then slowed down the speed of the horse. After all, the Ming army under Guo Yingxian fought against the Tartars for more than half a day, and the physical strength of the soldiers and the strength of the horses were severely depleted.

At the same time, the Qing army under Dorgon has always been in an advantage. When they besieged Yang Guozhu, they did not dispatch the whole army, but took turns to fight, and the loss of horses' leg strength was not serious.

Seeing that several groups of cavalry from various banners of the Qing army came to meet Dorgon, and the opposing force had reached nearly [-], Zhang Cheng hurriedly sent someone to order Guo Yingxian to stop the pursuit.

Strange to say, as soon as the Ming army stopped, the Qing army also stopped. They neither turned back to attack the Ming army, nor continued to flee.

Just when Zhang Cheng was puzzled, a piece of red appeared on the hills to the south, like a red cloud, moving slowly, before the red cloud, more than a hundred cavalry came galloping.

Lin Fangping rode up to Zhang Cheng's horse and said, "Marshal, it's General Wei's chariot camp."

Zhang Cheng nodded, his eyes were all on the Qing army on the opposite hill, and he saw a group of about fifty captive cavalry galloping out of the Qing army's formation, with a man in gilt armor guarding him in the middle. General of the Qing army.

They rode out of the Qing army's large formation and went up to a hill. Looking towards the direction of Wei Zhice's chariot battalion, they saw rows of chariots pushing towards the sky, and behind the chariots was a dense and neat army formation.

Dorgon couldn't help gasping, he said a few words to the people around him, and after a while, he saw a Qing cavalry rushing out and galloping towards Zhang Cheng.

The Qing cavalry stopped fifty steps ahead of Zhang Cheng's cavalry, and shouted in fluent Chinese: "Prince Daqing and Shuorui, I respectfully inform Zhang Zongbing of Xuan Town in the Ming Dynasty that the two armies have been fighting for a long time today, and they are both tired." , I would like to stop the troops and return to the camp, and make an appointment to fight again in the future."

Zhang Cheng raised his head and looked at the sun which was already slanting to the west, he reckoned that the sky was late, the soldiers had fought for half a day, and it was really not suitable to fight any more.

He gave a few instructions to Zhang Chengfang beside him, and saw Zhang Chengfang riding out of the army formation. He went straight to the distance of [-] steps before the Qing cavalry, and said in a slightly immature voice: "The deputy commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, Ming Dynasty Zhang Cheng, respectfully tell the rebellious slave Dorgon that if the soldiers arrive today, if he can be captured without a fight, he may leave his body and prolong his life."

Zhang Cheng saw that the Qing cavalry seemed to be swearing, and he hurriedly led the army up. Seeing this, the Qing cavalry turned around and fled towards the formation. Immediately afterwards, the Qing army retreated slowly, and the big banner woven with golden dragons also slowly retreated. Move north.

Guo Yingxian rode to Zhang Cheng's side, angrily said: "You actually told this slave to flee."

Zhang Cheng comforted him and said: "The whole day of fierce fighting, the soldiers are exhausted, it is really difficult to fight another battle, Yang Shuai's revenge, let's write it down to the Tartars, sooner or later it will be avenged."

Guo Yingxian also knew what Zhang Cheng said was true, he just nodded emphatically, and said, "Forget it. It seems like this is the only way to go. I'll hurry to save He Zhenxiong, Tang Xiancheng and the others..."

Zhang Cheng also nodded and said: "Master Guo sent someone to lead me the way, we two marched separately, each rescued the way."

"it is good!"

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After Dorgon led more than [-] cavalry from each banner of the Qing army to retreat, he did not return to Xishimen, but went straight to the south of Jinzhou City. It was precisely because he led the army there in time that Zu Dashou's attack failed.

In fact, Zu Dashou's soldiers and horses had already broken through the third trench defense line in the south of the city, and reinforcements from the Qing army came one after another, and an unprecedented tug of war started around this trench.

This trench changed hands several times, and finally because of the timely arrival of Dorgon, it became an important line of defense for the Qing army to besiege Jinzhou. Zu Dashou was also forced to retreat to the inner city of Jinzhou.

At the same time, the fights on other battlefields were also coming to an end. The fierce fights between the two sides resulted in heavy casualties in this battle.

The Xishimen stationed by Dorgon of the Qing army suffered the most damage, followed by the Zhenghong Banner Gushan Ezhen Shuotuo's troops defending Huangtuling. There were great casualties.

Xianghong Banner Gushan Ezhenman Dahai faced Wang Tingchen, the former commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty's guards in Maojiagou, and the casualties were not small. Even though Haoge's troops guarding Dongshimen fought fiercely with Wu Sangui and Bai Guangen, there were actually casualties Not big.

The one with the fewest casualties was the Qing army under the Yierden Division of Baya Latuzhangjing, who guarded Songshanling. They fought against the Tang Tong Division of the Ming Army. The battle between the two sides also revolved around a trench.

Tang Tong led the Ming army to protect the civilian husband and strong army to dig trenches, while Irden commanded the Qing army to prevent Tang Tong from digging trenches. Although they fought fiercely, the actual fighting time was not long, so neither side suffered heavy casualties.

In this battle, the biggest loss of the Qing army was actually because the Qing army from Rufengshan was dispatched to reinforce the south of Jinzhou City, and it was indeed wrong for the Ming army's Ma Ke to attack Rufengshan easily.

(End of this chapter)