Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 144 Bloody Battle of Beisha River

"Guangning reports that Liaodong Economic Strategy Xiong Tingbi led [-] troops and set off at three o'clock on the first day of June, less than a hundred and fifty miles away from Shenyang."

"Kuandian came to report that Sun Yingyuan, Qi Yuangong, and Qi Yuanfu, the general soldiers of Tianjin, led tens of thousands of troops to the north on the fourth day of June. The soldiers pointed directly at Xingjing. The number of soldiers and horses was unknown. Less than two hundred miles."

"Liaoyang came to report that Qi Jin, the general soldier of Liaoyang, led [-] Zhejiang troops to the north on the third day of June. He has now arrived at Wang Daren's village and defeated our army Tangqi. It is less than a hundred miles away from Shenyang. Huangtai Jibel led the Zhengbai Banner and went south."

"Qingheguan came to report that they were under siege at Haishi last night. General Man Gui of the Habayashi Guard led more than [-] iron cavalry to attack! The leader of the local barbarian race volunteered to lead his headquarters with [-] cavalry as the forward."

"..."

The dead silence, for a while, seemed to be another battle of Saerhu, but the difference was that Houjin could use his familiarity with the remaining range of Changbai Mountain to intersperse the last time, and beat the time difference to annihilate the enemy.

But this time, the Ming army was divided into four groups, but it was fighting against Hou Jin on the Liaodong Plain they were familiar with.

One hundred thousand troops came, and it seemed that the strength of the two sides was about the same, but Nurhachi could gather all the troops to surprise one place.

Many generals also thought so, and Mang Gurtai got up directly and said:

"The Ming army still dared to divide their troops. Now we can use the same method as last time to wipe them out one by one!"

"No!" Nurhachi suddenly refused:

"This time is different from last time, Mangurtai, as a general, you have to analyze the situation!"

After all, Nurhachi said calmly:
"The last time we defeated the Ming army one by one, the scope was very small, and we had enough time to surprise the four."

"But this time, the distance from Qingheguan to Taizihe is three hundred miles, and the distance from Taizihe to Kuandian is five hundred miles."

"The span is too large. Among the four teams, Kuandian is the closest to Xingjing."

"They march sixty miles a day, and they can reach Xingjing in four days at most..."

"Daishan!" Nurhachi looked at Daishan, and then ordered:
"You and Yue Tuo bring the people with two red flags back to Fangxingjing!"

"Khan Ama, aren't the two red flags enough?" Daishan looked a little ugly. After all, Sun Yingyuan led [-] troops to Liaodong this time, and now he is leading the invasion again. The number of troops is not too small, and Hetu Allah can pull out at most five thousand men.

Including the two red flags, there are no more than [-] people.

If Sun Yingyuan's troops had enough artillery, it would be very difficult for Hetuala to defend.

However, as soon as his question was uttered, Nurhachi sneered:

"Sun Yingyuan's unit seems to have a lot of people, but it's actually just a bait, trying to encircle Wei and save Zhao."

Nurhachi is not a fool, he easily knew that Sun Yingyuan's department was a cover.

But after he explained, Dai Shan said: "Although we are besieging Wei and saving Zhao, if too few people come back to help, will Sun Yingyuan really attack Xingjing?"

"It's not impossible, but even so, if you lead [-] people to stand firm, it's enough for me to come back." Nurhachi's eyes were calm:

"He wants to encircle Wei and save Zhao, so I must eat at least one of his men and harvest Shenyang's food!"

"Mang Gurtai! You and Amin brought two blue flags and auxiliary Han soldiers, Engedel's two thousand Mongols continued to besiege Shenyang City, and the auxiliary Han soldiers in other places harvested grain."

"I will personally bring two yellow flags and two white flags to the south to eat up Qi Jin's [-] people!"

When the generals heard this, they were immediately terrified.

Two yellow flags and two white flags, a total of [-] cattle records, a total of [-] people.

The fact that so many people went south is enough to show that the Great Khan attaches great importance to Qi Jin.

They were terrified, and after Nurhachi gave the order, they started the mobilization of soldiers and horses.

Daishan and Yuetuo had the most pressing matters, they immediately ordered the soldiers and horses with two red flags, and rushed towards Xingjing.

After waiting all night, Nurhachi went south with two yellow flags early the next morning, preparing to join forces with Huang Taiji and Du Du to encircle and suppress Zhejiang soldiers.

Such a transfer, of course, could not be hidden from Qin Bangping and others in Shenyang City. They discovered something was wrong early the next morning, only because more than half of the smoke from the Houjin Daying camp outside the city was gone.

"Look at the posture of the cooking smoke, it seems that most of the soldiers and horses in the camp have gone."

He Shixian said excitedly, and Qin Bangping knew after hearing it that this was He Shixian's idea of ​​robbing the camp again.

He didn't respond, but looked carefully, and after observing, he opened his mouth and said:

"Looking at the posture of the cooking smoke, there should be [-] to [-] people in the camp, but I don't know if they are real captives or Han soldiers."

"Qin Zongbing, let me take three thousand cavalry out to test it out!"

He Shixian couldn't help opening his mouth, but Qin Bangping said: "No! There are only three thousand cavalry in the city. If there is a loss, there will be no hope of breaking through."

"Maybe the reinforcements are here!" He Shixian said anxiously, "Otherwise, Jianlu wouldn't have sent so many troops out of the camp suddenly."

"Look again." Qin Bangping still didn't want to take risks, because his duty was to guard Shenyang.

Seeing that he persisted, He Shixian could only get down the tower in discouragement.

However, while they were still discussing, Nurhachi led his troops to the south and successfully joined Huang Taiji and Du Du at the Tiger Skin Station.

"Where are Qi Jin's men?"

Looking at Huang Taiji and Du Du who led the troops northward and rode their horses in front of him, Nurhachi asked, and Du Du spoke first:

"I have already crossed the Nansha River, and I am heading towards the Beisha River, less than sixty miles away!"

"Okay! Then wait for him here!" Hearing that Qi Jin had crossed the Beisha River, Nurhachi waved his hand and decided to wait for Qi Jin on the north bank of the Beisha River.

But at this time Huang Taiji said: "Khan Ama, my Tangqi saw Qi Jin's men and horses, they don't look like soldiers and horses that can be attacked halfway."

"Shoot without half crossing, let him cross the river!" Nurhachi said fiercely:

"Crossing the river, he can't escape with his wings!"

Obviously, he was dissatisfied with sweeping the dozens of stone fortresses north of the Taizi River. There was absolutely no way for the Ming army to experience the pain of a broken arm at this level.

He had to expand his victories in order to continue bloodletting the Ming Dynasty in such a confrontation, and finally defeated Liaodong!
Huang Taiji had no choice but to take his orders and go, calling all the soldiers and horses to set up camp.

Time passed little by little, and with the passage of three hours, the Tangqi of the Zhejiang Army soon appeared on the south bank of the Beisha River and looked towards the north.

"Beep~~~~"

Suddenly, the Tang cavalry who accompanied Jianlu also blew the wooden whistle, and the Zhejiang soldier Tang cavalry immediately raised the Wansheng Franc machine in his hand, raised it to the sky and fired.

"boom!"

A muffled sound sounded, followed by a series of gunshots. After reaching fifteen miles away, the Zhejiang soldiers who were marching stopped, and Qi Jin also reined in his horse and looked forward.

Not long after, a group of Tangqi rushed back, got off their horses when they arrived in front of Qi Jin, bowed and said:

"General, Beisha River is [-] miles ahead, and Jianlu has camped five miles north of Beisha River!"

"Father!" Hearing this, Qi Yuanbi looked at his father, but Qi Jin said:
"The army advanced ten miles, then set up camp, with the car camp as the periphery, against the north bank and its surroundings."

"Yes!" Hearing this, Qi Yuanbi called for an order.

The [-] Zhejiang soldiers continued to go north, and arrived at the south bank of the Beisha River before dusk. After building a simple fortification with a car battalion, they called all the soldiers and horses to sit on the ground, but they could not remove their armor.

Qi Jin, Qi Yuanbi, and a group of generals from the Zhejiang army rode their horses to the Beisha River. At the same time, Nurhachi also brought Huang Taiji and others.

The generals of both sides looked at each other across the Beisha River which was less than [-] meters wide, their brows were tightly furrowed, and they led away after a while.

"This man is cautious. It seems that tomorrow's battle will not be easy."

Nurhachi left a comment, then looked up at the sky.

The bright red sunset represents a good weather tomorrow, but it is not good news for Hou Jin.

Zhejiang soldiers are good at using firearms. Nurhachi has already got news from the spies in Liaoyang.

"They will use the chariot camp. Tomorrow, Dudu, you will lead two armored cavalry with white flags to try their chariot camp and the Liao Town chariot camp."

"Yes!" Du Du returned the gift and accepted the order, but Nurhachi said nothing, turned around and rode away.

As for Qi Jin, he returned to the Zhe Bing camp, then took off his helmet and said to the Zhe Bing general:

"The soldiers and horses under the old slave's command are indeed as expected by King Qi, they are all triple armor."

"Tomorrow, the cavalry on the left and right should not go out to battle. The gunners in Cheying will use Lumi and bird guns, and put the three-eyed guns at the end."

"Franco cannons and tiger squat cannons are not allowed to fire without my order!"

"Yes!" All the generals agreed.

"Retire and have a good rest, Saburo, you stay." Qi Jin said, and then the generals of the Zhejiang army left one after another, leaving only Qi Yuanbi behind.

Seeing everyone leaving, Qi Yuanbi sat on a chair in the tent with his helmet in his arms, and then Qi Jin said:

"Your elder brother and second elder brother went to Phoenix City and Kuandian to lead the army alone. They left you for their father. You won't be angry, right?"

"Where is the father? It's too late to be happy that the child can stay with the father!" Qi Yuanbi responded with a smile, and then said:
"The eldest brother and the second brother are probably still on their way in the rugged mountain road, and I have already fought against the old slave, how can I be dissatisfied?"

"Kill a few real captives, and then take the position of a general soldier, and let my Qi family have four general soldiers!"

"Good! You have backbone!" Qi Jin was very happy when he heard this:
"Then I won't hide it as a father." He put away his smiling face and said seriously:
"Qi Yuanbi listens!"

"The last general is here!" Qi Yuanbi knelt on one knee with a solemn expression.

"Tomorrow, I will order you to be the former army general and command the former army car battalion!"

"The last general takes orders!" Qi Yuanbi responded loudly, and then took over the military order of the former army general from Qi Jin.

After the reading, Qi Jin seemed to be a few years older, and said as a father:

"The former army is the vanguard of the five divisions. It must not be broken, but you must also pay attention to protecting yourself. Jianlu has artillery. I don't know if our army's thickened battalion can resist it."

"Father, don't worry, Bi will not let the former army be broken an inch!" Qi Yuanbi comforted Qi Jin, and then said:

"I can smell the aroma of the rice, I'll go get some rice for my father."

"Go, go..." Qi Jin smiled, and after Qi Yuanbi left, he closed his eyes and fell asleep leaning on the chair tiredly.

When Qi Yuanbi came to serve the meal and saw his sleeping father, he didn't choose to pay. Instead, he covered the meal with a bowl and sat on the ground by the door, waiting for his father to wake up.

Time passed little by little, and as the tense night passed, Qi Jin gave the order to cross the river early the next morning.

When the army arrived at the south bank of the Beisha River, Hou Jin had already withdrew his camp and left, while Qi Jin frowned and said:

"This is to lure our army to the north bank of the Beisha River, trying to defeat our army in one fell swoop on the north bank of the Beisha River..."

"Father, shall we still cross the river?" Qi Yuanbi frowned and asked, and Qi Jin nodded firmly: "Cross!"

Soon, Zhejiang soldiers filled the soil with the empty sacks they had prepared earlier, and then filled in a six-meter-wide sandbag road.

Che Ying was the first to cross the river, then set up a posture on the north bank, and then the army crossed the river. After all [-] people crossed the river, more than half an hour had passed.

Two thousand baggage trucks were transported to the north, and after the assembly was completed, Qi Jin led the army to the north and sent Tang Qi far away.

But when they crossed the north for ten li, the Houjun Tangqi hurriedly rode their horses to report that the pontoon bridge was destroyed, and the Huangqijian captives surrounded them from behind.

"Array!" Qi Jin ordered.

"Yes!" Qi Yuanbi and the three generals received the order, and then began to form an formation, with cavalry on the left and right, and chariot formations at the front and back.

Due to the abolition of Liaoyang's vacancies and troops, Zhejiang soldiers are much richer than in history.

There are two thousand cavalry on the left and right sides, three thousand infantry in the front, two thousand infantry in the rear, one thousand on each of the left and right wings, and two thousand in the middle.

Therefore, when the formation was set up, the Zhejiang soldiers immediately put the food and grass on the cart under the wheels, locked the wheels with iron bolts, and then erected the five-inch-thick cart boards wrapped in cowhide.

After the car board was erected, one person pulled out a one-foot-wide wooden strip from the center of the car board.

When the piece of wood was pulled out, six one-foot-sized square openings were instantly revealed.

Afterwards, the two Francois cannons were placed on the frame, with the muzzles protruding from the openings, and the twelve Zhebing gunmen got ready, one of them half-knelt on the ground, and held the loaded bird guns to the muzzles. Lean out the exit.

Behind him, two Zhejiang soldiers stood up, holding four-barreled blunderbuss loaded with bullets.

The sub-cannon of the Fran machine gun was also filled with gunpowder, and there were two sub-cannons beside it.

Behind them are short soldiers armed with long spears, rattan waist knives, wolf grates, boring palladium and blunt weapons.

After the front and rear armies and the left and right wings were ready, the left and right cavalry also held up the Wansheng Fran machine gun in their hands, ready to go to war at any time.

"Woo~~~"

Suddenly, Jianlu's horn sounded, and then the plains around the front and back began to sound, and Jianlu gushed out like a tide.

Among them, the most conspicuous is the heavy shield car.

Seeing the shield chariot, whether it was Qi Jin from the Chinese army, Qi Yuanbi from the former army, or other generals of the Zhe army, they all felt terrified.

Although they already knew that Hou Jin was good at using shield chariots, and that he used shield chariot + dead soldiers + heavy infantry + heavy cavalry + light cavalry, but they were still terrified when they saw the heavy shield chariot.

But after the horror, Qi Jin regained his composure.

"Opening a big battle against a big enemy is different from schooling skills in the field and catching small thieves. In a grand battle, thousands of people line up and go forward. The brave must not be the first, and the timid must not be behind. Groups of spears poke at it, and groups of knives strike at it. ..."

These are Qi Jiguang's original words, and adapting measures to local conditions is the benchmark of "Ji Xiao New Book" and "Records of Military Training".

Now that there is a shield car, it may be difficult for the Frang machine and the tiger squat cannon to break through, and they must face hand-to-hand combat.

Thinking of this, Qi Jin stepped down from the temporary high platform, and then said to the crowd:
"Order all the gunners, the shield car will fire after approaching a hundred paces!"

"Yes!" Hearing this, the commanders and flag soldiers at each post began to pass on the news one after another.

Not long after, the four armies received the news, and everyone waited.

The enemy army was besieged with nearly three times the number of people. Such a four-sided siege method obviously did not intend to let the Zhejiang soldiers walk out of the north of Beisha River alive.

I saw heavy shield chariots being pushed, and the dead soldiers hid behind the shield chariots, followed by light cavalry, heavy cavalry, and heavy infantry.

It can be said that this method of chariots also evolved from Qi Jiguang's book of war, but the old slave made improvements. He used the formation of shield chariots + dead soldiers + light cavalry + heavy cavalry + heavy infantry to ensure Jianlu's mobility.

The cavalry is in the center, and they can fully respond to the front and rear, and once such a situation is placed on the battlefield, it becomes a scene where hundreds of shield chariots are slowly approaching the Zhejiang soldiers at first glance.

If you look down from the sky, you can see a long line of dragons marching towards the Zhe soldiers who are waiting in formation.

One mile, three hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps, one hundred steps...

"put!"

"Hey~"

The match was ignited, and within a few breaths, nearly [-] light Franco cannons opened fire on all sides.

The two-pound stone bullet was rushed out of the barrel by the propelling force of the gunpowder, and then smashed hard on the shield car, leaving only a pale mark on the rawhide on the surface of the shield car.

But this is not the main thing, the main thing is the ricochet!

With the firing of three hundred two-pound stone bullets, they jumped on the shield car, and then a few jumped into the queue behind the shield car.

For a moment, ten people were knocked down by the stone bullets, and at this moment, the sub-guns of the Franco cannon were taken out, replaced with new sub-guns, and fired again.

"Bang bang bang-"

The continuous sound of gunfire continued, and the shield car had already entered eighty paces.

From time to time, someone could be seen falling behind the shield car, and Nurhachi, who was standing on a low hill in the distance, frowned and said:

"There is no ambush, let the cavalry retreat, and let the shield car escort [-] iron cannons approaching!"

"Yes!" Huang Taiji nodded in response, and then whistles sounded continuously, and the light cavalry and heavy cavalry hidden behind the shield chariot withdrew one after another, cruising two miles away from the battlefield, waiting for the formation of the Zhejiang soldiers to be broken Then kill them.

"Jianlu also has artillery. Although the range and power are not great, it is estimated that if you want to break the formation, you should use it now. Order the posts to be ready. If you see the iron cannon, aim at it!"

"Yes!"

After Qi Jin learned more information about Hou Jin, he naturally knew that the opponent had a simple iron cannon with a relatively short range. At this time, he did not dare to gamble with his own chariot camp. One hole, that is the key to being broken.

"The sixth outpost of the former army found the Jianlu artillery! It is being guarded by shield vehicles!"

Suddenly, Qi Yuanbi of the former army had just passed on the news when he heard Liu Shao's words.

"The artillery of the former army is ready, if you see Jianlu's iron cannon, shoot me!"

Just as Qi Yuanbi gave the order, he saw a guerrilla general stepping forward and bowing:

"General, the cannons are too hot. One stick of incense can fire five cannons. It's no longer enough!"

"Fire the last shot! After the shot, change to the tiger crouching cannon, and wait for the command of the Chinese army!" Qi Yuanbi drew his sword and gave the order, even shouting:

"The general beheaded, the warrior died, at this moment!"

"Kill the thief!"

The former artillery gunners began to replace the guns one after another, and then waited for the artillery surrounded by ten shield vehicles to approach.

However, at this time Nurhachi also caught the artillery stopped by the Zhejiang soldiers, and immediately said:

"The Ming army wants to attack the iron cannons, don't give them a chance, order the cannons to stop, and let the dead soldiers carry their shield chariots to consume their gunpowder first!"

"Yes!" Huang Taiji responded, and then began to let the messengers wave the semaphore, and sent Tang Qi to pass the information behind the dead soldiers of each shield car.

This scene was seen by Qi Jin, and Qi Jin immediately said:
"The artillery is stopped, the Franc machine is ready to deal with the iron cannon, and the tiger is squatting on the cannon, Jianlu is about fifty steps away and puts a catty of bullets!"

"Yes!" The sentinels who just ran back went to deliver the message again.

At this time, Hou Jin's shield chariot had already approached fifty steps, so after the bird gunner put away the bird gun, the tiger crouching cannon weighing only sixty to seventy catties was placed on the gap of the chariot.

"put!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Accompanied by the power of the tiger squatting cannon, this simple artillery similar to a throwing tube began to shoot fingernail-sized stone bullets.

These stone bullets hit the sky like a goddess scattering flowers, and the next moment they fell down like black clouds destroying a city.

Although this did not cause any casualties to the Jianlu, it slowed down their pace. Everyone raised their shields and advanced, not daring to slack off.

Finally, in such anxiety, Hou Jin approached twenty steps, and then the shield chariot began to rush towards Che Ying!

Bang!
The shield chariot weighing hundreds of kilograms collided with the chariot of the Zhe Bing Che Battalion, almost overturning the chariot, and while the chariot was in turmoil, the dead soldiers of the Eight Banners in heavy armor climbed onto the shield chariot like dumplings. Jumped into the car camp.

However, what they are about to face is the dense wolf grate, and the boring palladium, long spear and hook sickle gun hidden behind the wolf grate.

"what!"

The wolf pierced Jin Jianlu's face. When they raised their shields, the hooked sickle hooked his feet and dragged him into the chariot, and then the fork-like palladium pierced into its legs, as if piercing Like a straw man, he dragged him in after he tied it, and then the knife player slashed at his face with the Qi family knife!

This is a spectacular scene. Hundreds of dead soldiers rushed into the Zhe army's chariot battalion on the former army's tank defense line, trying to break through the chariot camp from the inside out, but encountered an unprecedented Waterloo!
In the past, when dealing with Liaozhen's car camp, he tried every means, but now it has become an act of giving away a human head.

One by one, the Jianlu were dragged into the formation of hand-to-hand soldiers.

When they were being dragged, they waved the blunt weapon in fear, but saw the ax come down, directly digging out the bones of their hands.

The scream of "Ah!" came out, but before Jianlu could react, he opened his eyes and saw the long knife and blunt weapon falling.

The face became bloody and bloody within a few breaths, and the twitching response of the limbs became smaller and smaller.

Afterwards, the Zhejiang soldiers untied their neck armor, and chopped off their heads with an ax on the spot!
Looking at the severed head, the Zhejiang soldiers around were extremely envious.

According to King Qi's words, this one is one hundred taels, which is equivalent to their military pay for nearly seven years.

After seeing this scene, Qi Jin frowned, and quickly ordered:
"Order all the armies not to covet heads, and all heads will be rewarded with silver, divided equally by head!"

"Yes!" More than a hundred messengers continued to send orders. Under their orders, the Zhe soldiers immediately started to stop this time-wasting head harvesting, and instead dragged the corpses to the vicinity of the Chinese army.

But at this moment, with the thunder of "Boom", several chariots in the front army were suddenly smashed, and the flying sawdust caused the surrounding bird gunners and gunners to be broken. cheek.

"Jianlu still has iron cannons! Inside the shield car in the northwest corner!"

Suddenly, Qi Yuanbi of the former army heard this, and then rode his horse in the former army, shouting:
"Use sandbags to build up the damaged shield vehicle, and Fran's machine guns to fight back!"

Under the order of him and his messengers, the damaged tanks were removed from the cannons and bird guns, and sandbags were piled on them.

The tiger squatting gun on the chariot was removed, and the Fran cannon was put on the chariot again. Before Jianlu's shield chariot was closed, more than a hundred artillery pieces of the former army fired two catties of stone bullets.

These stone bullets spanned a distance of [-] steps, most of them flew away, and only a dozen of them smashed into the iron cannon array and turned into ricochet bullets, killing and wounding the Jianlu gunners.

However, at this moment, the thirty iron cannons that were previously hiding behind the shield car also showed their power.

The shield car was withdrawn, and the fuses of thirty iron cannons were ignited...

"boom!"

In an instant, five or six chariots were affected, and dozens of Zhejiang soldiers were killed and injured...

(End of this chapter)