Ming Dynasty: Starting from Liaodong Jiangmen

Chapter 55 Raid on Luanzhou
In the first month of the third year of Chongzhen, Luanzhou.

It had been nearly a month since the Ming army set out, and the Jin army had been stationed in Luanzhou for even longer.

In October last year, Huang Taiji broke through the wall and entered the customs. It has been more than three months now, and Luanzhou has been occupied for almost two months. During these two months, the Ming army gathered near Zunhua. The deputy commander was in a strong position to attack Zunhua.

However, the Hou Jin Army did not experience any major battles in this part of Luanzhou. Luanzhou is located in Yongping Prefecture. There are only two ways to reach Luanzhou. One is that the Ming army captured Zunhua, and then Came from Santun camp.

The second road was the Ming Army South Road with reinforcements, heading north from Tianjin to Luanzhou.

But according to the intelligence of the Jin Army in the future, the Ming Army is now gathered in Zunhua in large numbers, with not more than 8 but also [-] people. With such a large field force, Luanzhou is not an important place, and there is no possibility of reinforcements from the hinterland. Come to Luanzhou.

The Hou Jin army stationed in Luanzhou was not very strong. They were mainly led by the Zhengbai Banner led by Huang Taiji. They were not many in number. They either hunted in the paddocks outside the city every day, or ran around in Yongping Prefecture in the city, burning, killing and looting.

Huang Taiji also knew that Luanzhou was not an important place, so he gathered the people and materials looted here in Yongping, not far to the north, and then transported them out of Yongping when it was time to leave the customs.

That night, Luanzhou City was in a state of depression.

Since the Jin army captured Luanzhou, this place has been looted, whether it is the manor of the powerful ministers in Beijing, the mansions of wealthy households near Luanzhou, or the chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep of ordinary people.

In the eyes of Hou Jinjun, all living beings are equal, and these are the supplies that can guarantee that they can spend the winter in Jianzhou when they return.

Due to the lack of people outside the pass, the Hou Jin army was eager to wipe out all the living people inside and outside the city and take them all away!
Since entering Jifu, we haven't even encountered much decent resistance nearby. Those who came one after another surrendered or fled in all directions. That is, the main force of Huang Taiji's Eight Banners fought several tough battles with the Liao army under the capital city.

These Houjin troops stationed outside Luanzhou City were all direct descendants of Huang Taiji's Zhengbai Banner. They were originally treated as treasures. Huang Taiji wanted to maintain the status of the Great Khan, and these people could not tolerate any mistakes.

Therefore, after entering the customs, Zhengbai Banner always left behind the army, playing the role of stationing everywhere to search for supplies and people.

Even in the battle of Yongding Gate, the Zhengbai Banner led by Huang Taiji was the last to appear. Seeing that the situation was not good, it was the first of the Eight Banners to withdraw, with the least loss and the most profit. This caused some conflicts such as Amin and Mang Gurtai. After the dissatisfaction of Minister Kim Baylor.

These are all manifestations of the overt and covert struggles within the Eight Banners.

In today's Hou Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji had only succeeded to the throne for two years. Among the three brothers Dorgon, Duduo, and Azig, only Dorgon had any military exploits. He led the Zhengbai Banner in the battle of Yongdingmen and Niulu. soldiers.

Although the remaining Duduo and Azig are brave, they have not yet gone into battle, and their era has not yet begun.

The Eight Banners at this time was far from the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry that later became a unified force after Huang Taiji unified the throne and removed the situation where the four Baylors co-governed.

For example, these Eight Banners armored soldiers under Zhengbai Banner actually knew in their hearts that they were not here to fight when they entered the customs. I was used to it. What I thought about every day was how to grab more points before leaving the customs.

How could they have imagined that a Ming army was coming at this very moment with all its troops waning!

Today, the fourth watch has just passed.

Luanzhou City was shrouded in thick fog. The Hou Jin Army and the captive people in the city were sleeping. There were only a few Hou Jin Army wearing white flags and armor patrolling the city.

In the garrison camp, the ministers of Baelor who were holding the white flag were all well-fed and sleeping soundly with loud snores.

Luanzhou guard general, one of Huang Taiji's confidants, Zhengbaiqi Gushan Ezhen Asibao, was also lying in it, hugging a woman he had snatched from nowhere.The two Han women in his arms had obviously not slept all night and were tortured to pieces, but they did not dare to shout loudly. If they woke up these inhumane slave soldiers outside the customs, they would be tortured again.

They have endured such days for more than two months. They are in the capital of Jifu, but they have not even seen the shadow of their own army. Is there anything more desperate in the world than this feeling?
The expressions of the two women have long been numb, and they are huddled on the ground in torn clothes. The weak candlelight seems to be their last source of warmth.

At this moment, there was a sudden shout outside the city.

"kill!"

"kill!"

What followed was a burst of earth-shaking gunfire.

A burst of fierce drums and trumpets suddenly sounded from all over Luanzhou City. These drums and trumpets sounded chaotic at first, but in fact they were rhythms that only the Ming army could understand.

Accompanied by the sound of these drums and trumpets, the sound of siege artillery suddenly started.

"Bang bang bang!"

Several Liao army generals with helmets pierced through their armor stepped out on horseback, swords flying in their hands, and kept running in front of the three armies to issue military orders one after another.

In the wilderness outside the city, various colored flags were waving everywhere, making each other shine. The densely packed Ming army was like divine soldiers descending from the sky. Under the leadership of the generals of each battalion, they shouted wildly and surged toward the city head like a tide.

The peaceful situation in Luanzhou that lasted for more than two months was completely broken!
It was only then that the Houjin troops at the top of the city suddenly woke up one by one. They fetched their swords and guns in a panic, and looked around with wide eyes. I don't know when there were densely packed Ming troops everywhere in the city!
Each of these Ming soldiers was wearing a full set of iron armor and gray-black armor. They had already formed a huge black circle outside the city, pressing unstoppably towards the city wall like a flat-bottomed stormy wave!
The gray-black armor is as deep as water, and the shining sword dazzles the eyes!
"Report Niu Lu, the Ming army sneak attacked our Luanzhou camp!"

"How many soldiers and horses are there in the Ming army? Can you clearly see where they are from?"

"The Ming army fired muskets and cannons outside the city. The drums and trumpets sounded. The attack was very urgent. It was still dark. Many of my sentries and cavalry had not returned to the city. I didn't know how many soldiers and horses they had come. I could only see the Ming army below the city. There were many. The gray and black armor looks like the Liao army."

Zhengbaiqi Niulu, who was on duty at the top of the city, suddenly woke up and suddenly realized.

It turned out that their old friends from Liaodong were here.

Now among the Ming armies in Jifu, only the Liao army dared to go out of the city and confront them head-on with real swords and guns!

But no one expected that the Ming army was going to attack Zunhua with great fanfare, and suddenly so many troops and horses appeared in Luanzhou. For a moment, the white flag defenders were shocked and unbelievable.

"I saw the movement of the Ming army outside the city. There were not only 3 but also [-] or [-] people. How could there be so many soldiers and horses in the Ming Dynasty?"

After all, this Zhengbai Banner Niulu was different from some officers of the Ming Army. He was promoted from auxiliary soldiers to combat soldiers, infantry, and vests in the Eight Banners step by step based on his military exploits. He was just a little flustered and immediately A series of military orders were issued in a coherent manner.

"Pass my order. Each battalion must hold firm and not cause chaos. If the Ming army attacks the city, just use our strong bows to shoot back!"

"Send someone to the garrison immediately and report to Gu Shan Ezhen!"

(End of this chapter)