East Factory Governor

Chapter 239 Yuan Chonghuan's Massacre
"How many people have they come out in total?" A lieutenant general asked the spies.

The spies replied, "About 3000 to [-] people have gone down the mountain so far, but there are people everywhere on the mountain. It is estimated that there will be more coming down. As for the exact number, because the snow is too heavy and the brothers can't get too close, it depends. not sure."

Yuan Chonghuan frowned deeply, without saying a word, and fell into deep thinking.

From the current point of view, there is nothing abnormal about Jiannu's use of this desperate strategy.Because if they continue to be trapped in Hengling, the snow will get deeper and deeper, and it will be more difficult for them to come out.Therefore, if Jiannu wants to withdraw from Hengling, he must act tonight, which is the same as his own estimate.

But what I didn't expect was that they chose to abandon their horses and luggage, climb mountains and ridges, and bypass the path.As a result, Jiannu only had [-] cavalry near Shimenzhai left. It can be said that the combat power was at least half reduced, and without luggage, they would not be able to support any long-distance combat.

It can be said that if the information is true, then Jiannu has now given up the attempt to continue westward, and they absolutely do not have the ability to continue westward and invade Gyeonggi.

Could it be that Jian Nu is about to withdraw?

Yuan Chonghuan thought about it carefully, but found it impossible.Jiannu has captured dozens of cities and important passes in the north of Jizhen, including such fortified cities as Zunhua and Santunying. no way.

After a quick discussion with the generals, everyone agreed that Huang Taiji was going to join the [-] cavalry near Shimenzhai first, and then retreat to Zunhua City to defend it. After the spring thaws in the coming year, he would mobilize troops from Shenyang to enter the fortress. Reinforcement, and then map the original.

If you want to stop their attempt, you have to pursue it immediately.As long as the seven thousand Guanning iron cavalry catch up, they will surely be able to kill the Houjin army who have no horses and supplies, and completely cut off their way back to Zunhua.

But the question is, how to be sure that the soldiers there are the main force of slavery?What if this is Jiannu's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain?

At this time, someone came to report again outside the door.

"Report to the supervisor, Mr. Meng, please see me."

Yuan Chonghuan was overjoyed, "Meng Wei is back? Quick, invite him in."

After Meng Wei entered the big tent, he didn't have time to shake off the snow from his body, and immediately said, "Master, we saw countless abandoned horses and luggage on the trail in Hengling, Jiannu didn't even want tents, look I came to prepare to bypass the trail, climb the mountain and escape!"

"It seems to be true!" said a general of the Guan Ning Army, "Miss, it seems that Jian Nu is really planning to escape! Let's chase immediately!"

"That's right, Supervisor, time is of the essence! Jiannu is desperate now, so we can only do this! Let's not miss this opportunity!" said another lieutenant general.

Yuan Chonghuan pondered for a while again, thinking that what the two said was correct.Whether Jian Nu is now shrinking in Hengling, rushing to Yutian or returning the same way, all of them are dead ends.So it is completely reasonable for them to put all their eggs in one basket and leave everything to run to Zunhua.

So he immediately said, "Give me the general's order, and the whole army will set off immediately to pursue the Jiannu army. Once they meet the enemy, they will cover and kill them on the spot, and there is no need to wait for orders!"

All the generals shouted in unison, "Obey!"

After a pause, Yuan Chonghuan said to a young general next to him, "Zizhi, you still stay here with five hundred cavalry. If you find Jiannu, attack them and send someone to report to the governor."

Zizhi is the nickname of Yuan Chonghuan's deputy general Cheng Kai.Cheng Kai is a young general in his thirties, but he has made many military exploits. Yuan Chonghuan puts him in his trust.

"Don't worry, the supervisor, the last general will take orders!"

In the second year of Chongzhen, November 26, midnight.

In the heavy snow and the howling north wind, Yuan Chonghuan led [-] cavalry, left Taniguchi, and headed northeast of Hengling, intending to intercept the Jiannu army.

More than two quarters of an hour (half an hour) later, [-] fine riders arrived at the point where Jiannu descended the mountain that the spies had said.With the reflection of the snow, I really saw a mass of black heads at the scene!
Yuan Chonghuan ordered the release of flares, and five or six flares immediately lifted off, illuminating the night like day.All the officers and soldiers of the Guan Ning Army saw that on the flat ground not far away, four or five thousand slave-building soldiers who had just come down the mountain had gathered. Most of these slave-building soldiers were wearing black and yellow armor, and they were obviously the main force of the slave-building.Looking at the mountain again, I saw that there were people's shadows everywhere on the small mountain top, and there were at least ten thousand people who could be seen!

In order to keep secret, none of these slaves lit a torch.Suddenly seeing the Ming army's signal flare, they all howled in despair, and Uri rang out!
Yuan Chonghuan's blood boiled immediately!It seems that the main force of slave building really gathered here, they want to escape!

God help me Daming!Fortunately, the range of the horse post was extended to ten miles away. Otherwise, in such a bad snowy day, even if they lit a torch, we might not be able to find it.

Seeing this, the four or five thousand Jiannu soldiers who had already descended the mountain immediately formed a number of horse-repelling formations, as if they were ready to fight.

But Yuan Chonghuan didn't take them seriously.The Horse Rejection Formation used pikemen, but Jiannu mainly used horsemen, mostly sabers and scimitars, and very few pikemen.At this moment, there are less than one hundred pikemen in the opponent's formation, so there is nothing to fear.

Yuan Chonghuan drew out his sword and roared, "All officers and men obey orders and attack with all their might!"

As soon as the voice fell, except for the five hundred guards, the other six thousand elite cavalry were immediately divided into three echelons, each echelon consisted of 2000 people, and immediately rushed to kill the three or four thousand Houjin infantry who had already descended the mountain.

A step of two thousand cavalrymen was divided into five groups of four hundred each, charging forward in the shape of sharp knives.

Rumbling, two thousand cavalry started at the same time, and there was a loud noise that shook the ground.The snow on the hillside and on the trees was shaken and fell down.

The earth was trembling, and the hearts of these slave soldiers were also trembling.

Because of the lack of spearmen and shield soldiers in Jiannu's horse rejection formation, the effect was extremely limited.After the horses wrapped in heavy armor rushed into the phalanx, their iron hooves stomped all over, and countless golden soldiers screamed and died under the iron hooves.At the same time, sharp silver spears and thick sabers attacked everywhere, and many heads of post-golden people flew up one after another.

Occasionally, a few cavalrymen were cut off by the Jiannu soldiers, and the horses without owners suddenly went berserk, trampling around in the Houjin formation, and continued to cause casualties.

Even if two thousand wild horses rushed over, they would be destroyed, not to mention two thousand well-trained war horses wrapped in heavy armor!

After the first charge, Houjin's horse repelling formations were in disarray.

And these two thousand horsemen are only the first echelon!

Immediately afterwards, the second echelon and the third echelon followed one after another, and a real massacre began.

Yuan Chonghuan never thought that one day, he would be able to slaughter Jiannu in the wild so wantonly and happily!

At this moment, he firmly believed that a great victory was just around the corner!

(End of this chapter)