Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to engage in infrastructure construction

Chapter 167 Guihua City

Good shield!
Azig secretly thought.

This shield seems to be very light, it can be held in front of a person as tall as a person, and it can be lifted above the head to block all the arrows.

Moreover, this shield looks very light from a distance.

"We must defeat this Ming army and capture their artisans!"

Azig yelled.

Although he is reckless, he has witnessed the rise of the tribe with his own eyes.

Father Khan Nurhachi captured and recruited a large number of Han craftsmen to cast weapons, armor, and even cannons for the Jurchens.

Their Jurchen talents are getting stronger and stronger because of this.

This Ming army is obviously unique, and it is believed that their craftsmen have a unique casting technique.

What excites Azig the most is that the army has already attacked within a hundred paces.

With the suppression of bows and arrows, the attack power of the Ming army was greatly affected, and the sound of firecrackers became sparse.

The soldiers of Zhengbai Banner suddenly became more brave, roaring and rushing forward one by one.

Within fifty steps...

Ping Pong Pong!

The Ming army was shooting desperately. Their bullets were so powerful that the thick cowhide shields were smashed.

The cannon was filled with shot, and every time it was fired, countless small iron balls sprayed out.

The soldiers of the Zhengbai Banner fell down screaming.

Azig clenched his fists.

These casualties are all his confidants.

But he would never give an order to withdraw the troops, but desperately urged.

"Whoever can break through the camp of the Ming army first, I will give him the title of 'Batulu'."

His soldiers also noticed that they occupied the most critical moment. As long as they rushed into the camp, the Ming army would collapse.

As long as they try harder, they can break through the camp.

Everyone rushed forward desperately, wanting the title of "Batulu".

Among the Jurchens, the title of "Batulu" is very sacred, which means warrior and hero.

For example, Obai, the later powerful minister, was awarded the title of "Batulu".

Victory is ahead, and there are such generous rewards, every Jurchen warrior has pumped his blood and rushed forward desperately.

For a while, the small position was crowded with people.

"It's time! Molotov cocktails, go!"

Zhao Cheng seized the opportunity and gave an order.

Immediately, one by one Molotov cocktails were ignited and thrown down from the high ground.

Boom!

It exploded on the ground and burned into one piece.

"what--"

In an instant, the front of the position turned into a sea of ​​flames. The Jurchens who were charging just now were all engulfed in the sea of ​​flames, screaming loudly and rolling.

Those who were a little farther away, watching this scene, were immediately horrified, and stayed there one by one.

The early summer sun was shining brightly, but they were chilled, shivering, and stiffened there.

More than 600 Huai'an troops can throw more than 600 Molotov cocktails with just one wave of throwing.

A few waves of throwing, thousands of Molotov cocktails thrown out, can burn the ground.

There is no way to charge anymore.

With a whistling sound, Zhengbai Qi fled quickly.

On the high ground, the gunfire of the Ming army was loud, and all the soldiers with the white flag fell to the ground screaming.

"Failed!"

Azig couldn't believe his eyes.

Seeing success, seeing that the Ming army's position is about to be captured, they have already arrived at the position.

The fastest warrior is only a few steps away from the position...

Why did you lose all of a sudden?
This reversal made Azig completely unacceptable.

"Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-"

Suddenly, a loud trumpet sounded.

Azig was stunned for a moment, when he heard the shouts of killing all over the sky, those Ming soldiers suddenly rushed out of the position as if they were desperate, and began to charge towards the defeated army under him.

All the Ming soldiers, their faces flushed, charged forward without hesitation.

Their charge seems to be chaotic, but if you look closely, you can find that they are in groups of three and cooperate with each other.

Azig saw that the brave tribesmen wanted to fight back, but the three Ming soldiers cooperated and stabbed those tribesmen to death in one face-to-face.

When did the Ming army become so brave?

The army was defeated like a mountain.

The seven Niulu men under Azige were chased and killed by hundreds of Ming troops.

Azig yelled and asked people to counterattack, but it was completely useless.

On the contrary, it was the Ming army who saw that he had a clear banner here, and rushed to kill him.

Under the desperate support of several servants, Azig escaped in a panic.

My head was dizzy, I don't know how long it took, I saw the army in front of me coming towards me.

It was Dorgon who arrived with the army of Zhengbai Banner.

……

"The Ming army has already withdrawn?"

Standing on the Ming army's position, Dorgon looked at the scorched earth around him with a gloomy expression.

After joining up with Azig's remnant soldiers, he immediately brought people back to counterattack without any pause or hesitation.

He knew that this Ming army seemed to have won, but it was already exhausted.

As long as he counterattacks with a large army of white flags, he will win a big victory nine out of ten.

But when they rushed over, the Ming army had already retreated calmly.

"Don't be greedy for merit, don't love to fight. Fight when you have the opportunity, and retreat after a successful blow... What a famous general!"

Dorgon sighed with emotion.

Now, they have received news from Xuanfu Border Town, and they know that there are indeed only more than 1000 Ming troops who left the customs this time.

The general of the Ming army is from a strong family named Zhao Cheng...

It's just that before he left the customs, he seemed to be promoted to Huai'an Guard by Shen Qi.

"This Ming army must be taken down. He must not be allowed to go back."

Dorgon was scared.

At this moment, his fear of this Ming army far surpassed his fear of Huang Taiji.

If all Ming armies were like this Ming army...

Do not!It doesn't need to be like this Ming army.

Even if it is only one-tenth of the combat power of this Ming army, how can their Dajin Kingdom have any chance of survival?
I am afraid that there is no other way to choose except bowing your head and becoming a minister.

Dorgon made a decisive decision, reorganized his army, and selected two thousand cavalry.

These 2000 people are all one man and two horses, wearing three layers of armor, and are skilled in bow and horse.

The Zhengbai Banner commanded by Dorgon was originally the most powerful among the Eight Banners, and it was once a banner commanded by Nurhachi himself.

Now, Dorgon chooses the best among the best.

After selecting 2000 people, he left the main army and personally led the 2000 people to chase after the Ming army.

Zhao Cheng led more than 600 Huai'an troops forward.

On the prairie, his most important thing was intelligence work.

The small flags were not accepted at night, and he dispersed to twenty teams, each with three horses, running in all directions for dozens of miles.

These nights are not collected, and one person shoots three times.One rifle, two revolvers.

When encountering Jurchen sentries, she can surely gain the upper hand.

The revolver that can fire in bursts is almost the nemesis of the Jurchen sentry.

"Are the two thousand elites of the Zhengbai Banner? It really deserves to be Dorgon."

Zhao Cheng clicked his tongue and sighed in admiration.

Can quickly gather two thousand elites, chase and kill Zhao Cheng, and don't give Zhao Cheng a chance to recuperate...

From a tactical point of view, Dorgon's decision is absolutely correct.

It's a pity that he met such a freak as Zhao Cheng.

"Is this Guihua City?"

Zhao Cheng looked at a city in front of him.

Guihua City, later called Hohhot.

This time, Huang Taiji and Lin Danhan are fighting for the city of Guihua.

After Lin Dan Khan's defeat, Huang Taiji burned the place to ashes, leaving only the Silver Buddha Temple and other temples undestroyed.

That is, the Jokhang Temple in later generations.

To the north of Guihua City is Yinshan Mountain, surrounded by lush grasslands and water plants, and to the west is the famous Tumote tribe.

From all aspects, it is very suitable as an administrative center beyond the Great Wall.

The rendezvous location agreed upon by Zhao Cheng and the various teams was in Guihua City.

Zhao Cheng led the Huai'an army to arrive first.

Guihua City has a special meaning for the surrounding Mongolian tribes.

Therefore, as soon as the Jurchen army left, scattered Mongols returned.

Seeing a large army approaching, the Mongols all dispersed.

Those who moved slowly were surrounded by the army and left behind.

A total of 200 people, both men, women and children.

These people looked at Zhao Cheng and the others with both fear and hatred in their eyes.

Daming was the world that was acquired from the Yuan Dynasty.

These Mongols thought they were driven out of the Great Wall by Ming Dynasty.

As long as the Mongolian tribes become stronger, they will not want to take the world back from the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

Over 200 years of war against each other, I don't know how many people have been killed, and hatred is inevitable.

"Don't worry, I won't kill you. But, you have to stay and work. As long as you work hard, I will take care of your three meals a day, and you will be full."

Zhao Cheng is very interested in Guihua City.

Moreover, he is also confident that he can defend Guihua City.

However, he brought a total of more than 1000 people with him this time.

It is impossible to rely on such people to work, such as digging trenches and building cities.

From the very beginning, Zhao Cheng was following the idea of ​​the surrounding Mongolian tribes.

It is not Zhao Cheng's kindness to let them have enough food.

It is only when you are full of food that you will have the strength to work and the labor efficiency will be high.

Of course, if you don't work hard, you are not qualified to have enough food.

"You grassland people should be able to sing and dance well, and you should be able to herd cows and milk milk. The grassland is so lush, if everyone loves peace and concentrates on production, how can you not have enough food and warm clothes?"

Zhao Cheng didn't care whether these people could understand or not, he first put them in shackles and arranged jobs for them.

His goal is to dig trenches and build cities.

Historically, after driving away Lin Danhan, Hou Jin once cast a city wall here with a circumference of [-] kilometers and a height of [-] meters.

Zhao Cheng's first plan is to be able to defend Guihua City first.

He intends to cast a fortress and turn Guihua City into an unbreakable fortress.

The scale defined by Zhao Cheng also has a circumference of [-] kilometers.

Concrete, stone and rebar are used for pouring.

Of course, before building the city, we must first defend Guihua City and defeat the attack from the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

The whole army worked together to dig trenches and prepare for battle.

Zhao Cheng planted densely packed anti-tank repelling horses around them, and the number was much larger than before.

A Napoleon cannon is placed around.

The standard trenches are dug up, and the combustion bottles are hidden in the storage space of the trench one by one.

The combination of rifles and trench warfare can definitely overwhelm the Eight Banners army.

When Dorgon chased after him, his face was serious.

He looked at the dense iron hedgehogs around the Ming army's position and was stunned.

"Our army is eager to catch up. How did the Ming army carry so many iron hedgehogs and deploy so many iron hedgehogs in such a short period of time?"

Dorgon was puzzled!

This unscientific!

Dorgon didn't understand the word, but this thought flashed through his mind.

This is absolutely unscientific!
His original plan was to pursue the Ming army closely and not give them time to set up positions.

As long as the Ming army stops, they catch up and start attacking immediately.

On the vast grassland, there is nowhere to defend, and their iron cavalry can absolutely crush everything.

But facing so many iron hedgehogs, and looking at the cannons behind the iron hedgehogs, Dorgon hesitated.

Can his army really break through this line of defense?

Dorgon could only station nearby to confront the Ming army while waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

In Guihua city, the Ming army was not idle.

In addition to leaving enough defensive personnel, everyone else is busy preparing for battle and digging trenches...

The sound of rumbling horseshoes.

Before the reinforcements from the Eight Banners arrived, a Ming army arrived first.

A total of [-] people, a full [-] horses.

Dorgon sent cavalry to fight.

The Ming army was not in a hurry, and turned around and left.

The dignified Nuzhen cavalry was led by the nose, hung and beaten like a kite, and after leaving dozens of corpses, they finally dispersed in a rush, not daring to pursue them any more.

The Ming army successfully entered Guihua City and joined the Ming army in the city.

Next, a branch of the Ming army came and gradually converged.

The Eight Banners army also began to gather around.

What made Dorgon speechless was that several Daikin teams were in a panic.

But he chased and killed the Ming army all the way, but was hanged and beaten by the Ming army, and suffered heavy losses.

"Those Ming soldiers are too cunning. When we chase, they run. When we stop, they harass around. When we are tired, they come to fight..."

Doduo raised his head violently, drank a glass of wine in one gulp, and was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.

Along the way, he suffered a lot.

"They could still run, but they stopped and deliberately stayed in Guihua City. Could it be that they want to fight our Eight Banners army in Guihua City?"

Dorgon could hardly imagine.

This Ming army only has more than 1000 people.

How dare they fight a decisive battle with the tens of thousands of troops of the Eight Banners?

What's more, they have now incorporated more Mongolian troops!

"The Han people have a saying that arrogant soldiers must be defeated! I think they must be too arrogant! This is also good, take the opportunity to eliminate them and completely eliminate hidden dangers. This Ming army cannot be kept!" Duoduo said.

Anyone with a little foresight can tell that the threat of this Ming army to the Jurchens is simply too great!

Dorgon and Duoduo quickly reached an agreement.

Of course, they are in no rush to attack.

Their two white flags add up to nearly 2 people.

But if they are allowed to attack this Ming army alone, it may cause great damage.

They have to wait for the Eight Banners to gather.

The Jurchens were not in a hurry to attack, and Zhao Cheng happened to be happy about it.

The scattered teams all gathered together and achieved good results, which made Zhao Cheng very satisfied.

There is also damage.

According to Zhao Cheng's request, all the soldiers who died in battle had their bodies burned, and the ashes must be brought back.

　The author Jun likes to travel, he is a travel blogger, and his high school teacher resigned to travel around the country.

　　
　
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