Ming Dynasty: Starting from Liaodong Jiangmen

Chapter 28
"After a day of fierce fighting, the brothers were exhausted and suffered heavy losses."

"First, our army's general Shen Fu died in the Marco Polo Bridge battle. In the daytime battle, deputy general Hu Tingbi was shot to death by the Dongnu cavalry when he pressed the formation. Their bodies have not been recovered. Guerrilla generals Zhang Chengyin and Zou Xian were killed by the slave soldiers in front of the formation. "

"In addition, Hu Lie, a member of the army, died in the battle, and Lu Guoqi, a Chinese soldier, disappeared."

Listening to a series of names, Man Gui's mind flashed to the lively appearance of these people last night. He felt a pain in his heart and raised his hand and said.

"do not talk."

"Where are the reinforcements? Any news?"

Hearing this, the soldier sighed slightly. Before he could speak, everyone knew that the news was not good.

"The two reinforcements from Zhending and Baoding bombed the camp this morning. The slave cavalry took advantage of the chaos to cover up and kill them. The two commanders-in-chief, Hei Yunlong and Ma Dengyun, and the staff general, General Song, were all captured alive by the slave cavalry. Their lives and deaths are unknown at present."

"The eight battalions of reinforcements from the Santun camp took over the battle with Nuqi, but they seemed not to have learned the news that Zunhua had fallen. They were ambushed by Nuqi near Zunhua. They were unprepared and suffered heavy injuries. "

"The guerrilla general Zhu Fan died in a stray arrow, the guard Tan Xian died in front of the battle, and the camp officers Yan Yifang, Fan Xinqing, Zhao Guangwu, Shi Geng, and Mao Wu all died in the battle."

"Liu Zhilun, the right minister of the Ministry of War, was rescued by his general Cao Sandao and managed to escape. He has now withdrawn to Santun camp to collect the remaining troops. I heard that the remaining troops are less than three battalions."

"But our army has just received a letter from Mr. Liu, saying that he has rested for a while in the Santun camp and is leading the remaining troops of the third battalion to bypass Zunhua and come with all his strength. Mr. Liu also said that he implores the manager to persist a little longer. time!"

After hearing the news, Mangui felt the warmth at the feet of the capital for the first time.

Giving charcoal from the fire is far more heart-warming than following the trend.

All the Liao army generals did not know whether to be happy or worried. No one expected that the first person in Jifu who went all out to reinforce them was actually a powerless civil servant.

But the generals of the Beijing army who led the troops to defend the city were all as fearful of the enemy as tigers.

But thinking on the bright side, the Liao army is not completely alone.

"Alas, it is my fault, Mangui, that the war has deteriorated to this point."

Mangui choked with sobs as he spoke, full of self-blame.

"Pegasus sent a message to Mr. Liu so that he doesn't have to come."

After hearing the news, all the generals also knew Man Gui's desperate intention, and they immediately spoke in unison.

"I am willing to die together with Wu Jinglue!"

"Kill the slave today and take the first twelve. That's already enough. It doesn't hurt to make more!"

As soon as everyone finished speaking, a fast horse galloped outside the tent, and a man in light armor entered quickly.

"Ye Bu Shu" is another name for the Liao army's sentry cavalry, which refers specifically to those who can penetrate deep into the prisoner's camp to find out the truth.

"Report! The slave cavalry vanguard has crossed the Marco Polo Bridge. There are about [-] horse and infantry troops, and they are surrounding our army's flanks!"

"Explore again!"

After turning around and leaving the commander's tent at night, Mangui glanced at everyone and then asked: "What do you think?"

On the flank of the Manchurian Gui Army was Sun Zushou's army.

Sun Zushou is now resigned from his post and has no formal official status in the imperial court. However, he served as the commander-in-chief of Jizhen in the seventh year of Tianqi. He was one of the commanders of Jiubian and a famous general in the world.

In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Sun Chengzong, who was the Minister of the Ministry of War, inspected Bianzhen. He divided the [-]th Route of Sanxie in Ji Town into three generals. He recommended Sun Zushou to lead Xixie and serve as the chief military officer of Jizhou Town. He was stationed in Zunhua and was in charge of Shixi. , Gubei, Caojia, Qiangzi four roads.

Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao adopted Sun Chengzong's suggestion and promoted Sun Zushou to the rank of Zuo Governor, with high hopes.

Sun Zushou lived up to his holy expectations. He rectified military discipline in Ji Town and dismissed more than ten generals who were ineffective in fighting. Under his leadership, in just one year, Ji Town showed its second revitalization since Qi Jiguang's suppression of Ji.

But the good times did not last long. In October this year, the slaves invaded the banditry. Sun Zushou led the troops to Qinwang. Ji Liao Jingluo Gao issued an arrow order for the third time, ordering Sun Zushou to return to defend Jizhen. Sun Zushou broke the arrow order and insisted on entering the capital to Qinwang.

He was later impeached by Gao Di and dismissed by Emperor Chongzhen.

The reason why Sun Zushou is under the Liao army today is because after he was dismissed, he dispersed all his property at home, recruited old troops and folk brave men, and formed an army of his own. Listen to your duties in vain.

Man Gui and Sun Zushou were not very harmonious, and they looked down on each other.

For example, Man Gui felt that Sun Zushou was too arrogant for not obeying orders.

Sun Zushou had always scorned Yuan Chonghuan's strategy of recruiting Mongolians into the Liao Dynasty. He felt that Mangui was of Mongolian origin and would not be particularly loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

Recruiting the regiment and training the general soldiers is a false position without real power, but it is enough for Sun Zushou to stay in the Liao army to defend the capital in an upright manner.

Although they don't get along, they both cherish each other.

Sun Zushou's daily behavior was also seen in the eyes of the generals of the Liao army. Military was respected in the army. The reason why Mangui was able to command [-] people was precisely because he fought bravely and took the lead. Sun Zushou was also the same. Soon Gained the respect of the Liao generals.

Upon learning that Sun Zushou's troops were surrounded, a general immediately stood up.

"Jing Lue! Most of Sun Jun's subordinates are strong and brave. I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand the charge of the slave cavalry. Please let me lead three thousand cavalry to rescue the flanks. Don't worry, Jing Lue. I will kill those slave cavalry to pieces!"

This man was the commander of the Mongolian army that surrendered to the Liao Dynasty. He once served as Taiji under Chahar Lindan Khan and was called Sang'erzhai.Sang'erzhai is one of the representatives of the Mongolians who surrendered to the Liao army, and is also an old direct subordinate brought by Mangui from Mongolia.

In the first year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners to conquer Chahar. Lin Dan Khan, who claimed to be the "Lord of the Forty Million Mongolian Kingdom", was defeated and fled. The area originally belonged to the Chahar tribe's pastoral area, outside Xuanfu and up to Tumochuan. All fell into the hands of Hou Jin.

Huang Taiji broke into the invaders this time by breaking through the border wall from that area.

San'erzhai was born in a small tribe that belonged to Lin Dan Khan. His relatives all stayed outside the customs. They were massacred by Huang Taiji in the second year of Chongzhen. Now he is the only one left in the family.

Since then, San'erzhai, with its deep hatred for the slaves, led 6000 Mongolian cavalrymen and more than [-] horses who had survived the expedition to join the Liao army, and served as the vanguard officer of the Guanning Jin cavalry under Mangui's tent.

"it is good!"

"I order you to lead three thousand cavalry from our headquarters to reinforce the flanks!"

As soon as Sai'er Village rumbled away with its cavalry, the generals felt the ground shaking beneath their feet.

"Bang bang bang-"

Mangui led everyone out of the tent, and his eyes suddenly widened.

The setting sun in the sky is like blood, but the top of Yongding Gate is as bright as day.

More than 1000 artillery pieces roared at the same time, heading straight for the Hou Jin Army.

The cannonballs flying in the sky exploded into countless small projectiles in mid-air, almost covering the entire night sky.

In the shocked eyes of everyone, the Hou Jin army, which had just finished gathering amidst the sound of horns and was preparing to attack the flanks, was in chaos. Artillery shells fell, and blood and flesh flew everywhere in the crowd of Hou Jin army. The screams even reached the Liao army camp.

Even the yellow tent of Huang Taiji, who was far away in the horizon, was destroyed by the thunderous artillery fire and disappeared in front of the Liao generals.

Huang Taiji's big tent has been standing high above the head of the Liao army's camp, like a cantilevered blade, making people unable to breathe.

Because everyone knew that no matter how hard they pushed forward, they could never get closer to the yellow military tent.

As Huang Taiji's military tent came to an end, the Hou Jin army suddenly fell into chaos.

The mounts of the slave knights were suddenly startled, and many slave knights were thrown off their horses. The Houjin army, which was attacking the flank, saw that Huang Taiji's imperial tent was gone.

Seeing the Hou Jin army trampling on each other and causing great chaos, Mangui was shocked all over.

All the Liao troops did not expect that the Beijing troops at Yongdingmen would suddenly realize their conscience and fire all their guns to help the battle.

God-given opportunity, how could Mangui not know that the opportunity is fleeting?
He immediately got on his horse and raised his sword high.

"Commanders, follow me to attack!"

"Slave killing!"

Dark clouds roared in the sky and cut through thunder and lightning, and the blood-red smell spread over the wilderness that was momentarily silent and noisy.

The wailing that had just dissipated bloomed again in the cold wind of December. The piled up remains were ferocious and terrifying, and the heavy breath made people almost suffocated.

The setting sun is like blood.

"Woooooo-"

Behind Marco Polo Bridge, a sharp horn sound suddenly sounded.

Tens of thousands of Eight Banners slave soldiers had been recuperating for a long time. Once they were assembled, they immediately pressed against the flank of the Liao army with overwhelming momentum.

But soon, the Liao army soldiers who had rested for a while sounded the exciting war drums again.

The beating of war drums was accompanied by the wildly waving military flags in front of the formation. Thousands of cavalry were separated from the Liao army's formation, and their iron hooves suddenly stepped on the frozen soil outside Yongding Gate.

"Master Ge, hold on!"

Sun Zushou held a sword in his hand and slashed the ugly-looking slave soldiers one after another in front of him, letting out bursts of shrill screams.

The flanking Liao army behind him was suddenly besieged by the goddess's strength. Like a small boat in the ocean, there was a danger of capsizing at any time.

"Look at the military gate!"

At this time, a Liao soldier pointed to the top of his head.

Sun Zushou looked up and saw artillery blasting from the top of Beijing City, lighting up the other side of the sky like daylight.

This time the artillery was slightly different, because Sun Zushou clearly saw that Nuqi's rear army was in chaos.

At the same time, the main force of the Liao army under Mangui's command on the other side also gave up its defensive formation, and the whole army began to charge with shouts.

The clarion call for counterattack, accompanied by the thunder from the city of Yongdingmen, turned the tide of the battle in an instant!

(End of this chapter)