The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 211
Azig was very upset, why did they fight the two white flags sent by Lushun.

Thinking about it again, just a few days ago, Huang Taiji found an excuse to kill Amin, and gave all of Amin's inlaid blue flag soldiers and horses to Jierhalang, who was wearing a pair of pants with Huang Taiji.

Right now, in the whole Dajin, only their two white flags are the thorn in Huang Taiji's side, the thorn in his flesh.

Huang Taiji made it clear that he wanted to consume them.

But the military order is like a mountain, and he dare not disobey it.

So he had no choice but to reorganize his troops and horses, mobilizing Mongolia, three thousand Han troops each, and fifteen slaves for the Ming people.

On July [-], he led two white flags and five cattle records to Gaizhou first.

On the 22nd, Li Yongfang and Li Sutai led three thousand Han troops to Gaizhou.

On the 25th, three thousand soldiers from Mongolia arrived in Gaizhou.

On the [-]th, [-] slaves from the Ming people went to Gaizhou.

On August [-]st, [-] soldiers and horses were stationed in Fuzhou, and then [-] Ming people transported grain and grass to Fuzhou.

He dawdled, and it was not until the beginning of August that all the soldiers, horses, food and grass were gathered in Fuzhou City.

Then let the Ming people and the craftsmen they brought start cutting wood to make siege vehicles such as chariots, with great fanfare, for fear that Lushun would not know that he was going to fight.

So after August, as soon as the soldiers and horses of the Jin brigade entered Fuzhou, the sentry cavalry of the Ming army saw it.

At this time, the sentry cavalry he sent out encountered the sentry cavalry of the Ming army many times, and the Ming army ran away when they saw them, and did not fight them.

Zhang Jing arranged for a team of 20 sentinel cavalry. He would not easily fight against the Houjin soldiers, but mainly to inquire about the news and see how their troops were mobilized.

In order to gain time for quiet development, during the summer harvest, the wheat in the fields around Fuzhou was growing gratifyingly, and the soldiers from Lushun did not bother Houjin Harvest.

On the mountain outside Fuzhou City, he also arranged for troops to light the beacon fire.

Later Jin soldiers were transferred to Fuzhou in large numbers, and after being seen by the sentinels arranged by Zhang Jing, they immediately lit a beacon.

After Ding Yi led the generals to the South Pass, the battalions behind were also gathering here one after another.

The two bastions at the South Pass, called East Fort and West Fort, are usually guarded by Xu Wei's [-]th Battalion, but now a division's troops have been stationed in each fort.

The construction here is not over yet, the city wall has only been built, and the bastion and other in-depth defense facilities are being perfected.

There are more than a dozen cannons on each of the two forts, most of them are Franji and the big bowl of copper and iron general cannons, all of which are old cannons from the former army.

There are only four new 4-pounder guns in the two bastions.

"My lord, how should we fight? Or defend?" Zhang Jing, Xu Wei and others asked one after another.

"We can't defend it. We have few soldiers and horses. The front here is too wide, and the various defensive facilities are not perfect, so we can't defend it." Ding Yi shook his head.

If Houjin gives him time to attack after a year, he is confident that even [-] troops will not be able to attack.

But right now, his huge project has only been completed less than halfway, and he will definitely not be able to defend the fort.

"Then fight with them?" Mao Xin's eyes glowed, since Liu Xingzhi was brutally beheaded in Phi Island, and after the last bloody battle at Nanguankou, he also felt that his army was invincible.

It would be exciting to think about being able to fight the invincible Jurchens in the field.

"We must fight in the wild." Ding Yi said loudly, and then looked at the generals around: "We want to show the Tartars that defending the city is our strength, and we are not afraid of them in field battles."

"An army that dare not fight in the field is not a qualified army."

All the generals were excited, and no one felt that they could not fight.

After all, coming from Xu Dabao, they have never lost.

"However." Ding Yi changed his tone: "Right now, we don't have field artillery or convoys. If we want to fight in the field, we must choose the battlefield ourselves. Whether they dare or not depends on luck."

Ding Yi quickly led the crowd to the outside of the city wall and stared at it.

After coming to the Ming Dynasty, Ding Yi likes to choose the battlefield by himself every time there is a battle, because he knows that the right time and place are very important factors. Only on the battlefield he chooses can he have greater confidence in defeating his opponent.

After more than 100 steps outside the city wall of the fort gate, there is a river on the right, and a road and a plain on the left. Generally, the Jin army will attack from here.

Of course, it is not ruled out that they will also want to attack from other places, but the road is not as easy as here.

"It's here." Ding Yi quickly chose the battlefield: "If they don't fight according to the battlefield we chose, we will retreat to Lushun, and we don't want it here."

"Ah." Everyone was moved.

Since Jinzhou won the first battle, Lushun spent a lot of human, financial and material resources to build here for more than half a year, but Ding Yi actually said no.

"My lord, isn't our effort wasted?" Xu Wei was anxious.

"If people lose their land, they will all be there. If they lose their land, they will lose their land." Ding Yi said earnestly, "As long as we keep our soldiers, we will be able to fight back here sooner or later."

Zhao Dashan saw that everyone seemed depressed, and laughed loudly: "Don't worry, the tartars are stupid and proud, and they will definitely fight according to the battlefield chosen by the adults."

Everyone looked at each other and could only hope so.

That day, Hou Jin did not come to attack.

Ding Yi made some more preparations, after all, he had already done some projects here in the early stage.

And his soldiers and horses quickly gathered at the South Pass.

In this battle, except for Qu Haibo's defenders, Ding Yi mobilized all the troops of the other six battalions.

A total of [-] gun and shield soldiers, [-] gun soldiers, [-] cavalry, and [-] artillery.

The distribution of troops is as follows: the whole of the 200th Battalion and one part of the 400th Battalion have a total of six rows of spear shield soldiers, six rows of musketball soldiers, [-] people in each row, and a total of [-] people in twelve rows. They stand side by side with the river. The city wall only needs to defend the front side.

On their left, there are five rows of gun shield soldiers and five rows of gunmen from the 200st and 2000rd Battalions, [-] people in each row, a total of [-] people, defending the left side of the [-]th Battalion and the [-]th Battalion in vertical formation.

In this way, the [-]st Battalion and the [-]rd Battalion are backed by the [-]th Battalion and the [-]th Battalion, and the left side is their own wall, as long as the defense is directly in front.

The [-]th Battalion and the [-]th Battalion are backed by the [-]st Battalion and the [-]rd Battalion, and the river is on the right, so they only need to defend the front.

Two large formations form a square.

Ding Yi led two hundred artillery in the middle of the two large formations.

These artillerymen have no cannons at the moment, and they all use arrows. After all, Ding Yi trained them to use arrows before.

Another 100 artillerymen and more than [-] blunderbusses were responsible for firing cannons on the two forts, defending with guns and blunderbusses.

Zhang Jing's five hundred cavalry were on standby in the fort.

After the troops were allocated, Ding Yi immediately asked someone to draw a lot of lines on the ground with lime.

According to Ding Yi's request, Quan Lushun only has a thousand iron armors at the moment, and all of them will be worn by the gunmen first.

Gun and shield soldiers each carry two shields.

It may be a bit heavy when carrying it out, but Ding Yi only intends to defend, not to attack. After he leaves the city and puts it on the ground, he won't get tired.

Everything was quickly arranged, and they were waiting behind the quiet wall for the Houjin Army.

Early the next morning, Zhang Jing's cavalry came back from afar.

"Come here, there are about 1 people."

"It seems to be the post-gold soldiers of the two white flags, and there are also a large number of Mongolians and Han troops."

The crowd looked solemn.

"It's all there, stand up, carry your gun, and walk in unison." Following Xu Wei's voice, Ding Yi's entire army set off slowly and left the fort gate.

Soon outside, they stood in their respective positions according to the lines drawn yesterday.

The square formation on the right is arranged by the river on the right, and the square formation on the left is backed by the right square formation.

The two phalanxes formed a square, and Ding Yi, Archer, and several generals entered the middle circle.

So two hundred Ming troops per row, a total of twelve rows or so, were arranged in two rectangular formations, back to back along the river.

(End of this chapter)