A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 130 Fleeing Without Fighting

Regarding going out of the city to fight, Han Chao, Han Zhong, Zhong Tiaoyang, Sun Sanjie, and Wen Fangliang were all vying to go. Seeing their high enthusiasm, Wang Dou was relieved but also had a headache. Finally, Wang Dou decided to let Sun Sanjie defend the city. Take Han Chao, Han Zhong, Zhong Tiaoyang, Wen Fangliang and several sentries to fight.

At the beginning of the hour, the four sentinels had already finished their preparations. When they heard that they were going out to fight the Tartars and recapture the looted cattle and sheep, all the soldiers were very excited, especially when they heard that their opponent was defeated in Shunxiang Castle a few days ago. Everyone was even more enthusiastic about that Qing soldier.

The defense king gave a very heavy reward after the capture. Many people are already calculating how much reward they can share after this battle. As for the fear of the Qing soldiers and the danger of fighting with them, after these days of fighting, Shun Township Fortress has already been killed. Be full of confidence, and no longer be ashamed of the enemy as before.

Under the cheers of the people inside the fort, the soldiers of the Four Sentinel Army went out of the city to meet outside the fort, and soon they were assembled outside the fort. The army left Shunxiang Fort and headed quickly towards Huailaiwei.

In order to march and fight quickly, Wang Dou led the army this time without bringing a single auxiliary soldier or camping equipment. Including the doctors, the four sentinels, more than [-] soldiers, all set off with only a few days' worth of fried rice and dry food.

When marching, it was also deployed in a line formation, with Wang Dou's standard bearers at the front, then Wang Dou's guard drummers, then Zhen Fu Chi Dacheng and several disciplinary sergeants, and then Wang Tianxue and a group of soldiers. ambulance doctor.

Next is the Han Dynasty's right whistle banner. After the Han Dynasty's guard flag bearer and drummer, there are four teams of soldiers and horses marching neatly, separated by a team of firecrackers and a team of spearmen. The officer walked in the front, with a flagpole of the brigade on his back, followed by 59 sergeants in the team.Behind the big group is the small group, with the chief armor walking in front, with a small group's flag on his back, followed by ten sergeants.

Han Chao's right post was followed by Han Zhong's left post, followed by Zhong Tiaoyang's middle post, and finally Wen Fangliang's outpost, advancing one post after another.

Since the road from Shunxiang Fort is flat, the Shunxiang Army of the four outposts all march in a column of five people. This kind of formation, if encountering an enemy in the wild, can be hooked head-to-tail in an instant, forming a formation that is conducive to defense. circular or square array.

Wen Daxing led Ye Bushou to disperse far away, and would come back at any time to report what happened ahead.

On July [-]th, although the Shun Township Army began to implement a new organization, and implemented a pure spear team and a firecracker team in the post, but due to the short period of time, each team has not yet incorporated sword and shield soldiers. , just let each team of pikemen and firecrackers choose a small team of sergeants to hold shields to protect the sharp arrows shot by the Qing soldiers.

Wang Dou went into battle lightly, and led the army all the way. His Shunxiang army usually trained hard and had enough food, so everyone was very physically fit. The problem, this is still dragged down by some young and strong auxiliary soldiers who have newly joined the soldiers.Every ten miles of marching, Wang Dou ordered to rest for a while, and after the soldiers drank some water and ate some dry food, they could march again energetically.

It is only more than 50 miles from Shunxiang Fort to the Yanghe River in Shimen Bay near Huailaiwei. In the evening, Wang Douji led the army to the vicinity of Shimen Bay. After all the killings, there are only ruins left inside, empty and uninhabited.

Wang Dou ordered to rest overnight in Shimenwan Fort, and Wen Daxing came back to report the enemy's situation: "The slaves escorted the people with a lot of vehicles, and they marched slowly, and they have not yet reached the boundary of Langshan."

He led a few teams of Yebushou to scout out, one person with two horses or three horses, and they moved quickly. The news of the enemy situation in front of them just came back continuously.

Han Chao and the others gathered around Wang Dou to look at the map. Wang Dou shook his head and said, "They are walking too slowly, probably only twenty or thirty miles a day."

Han Zhong excitedly said: "According to our army's itinerary, it is estimated that we can catch up with them tomorrow afternoon."

Wang Dou said: "Let the soldiers have a good rest and recharge their spirits. We will set off at the first hour of Mao tomorrow morning."

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In the afternoon of July [-]th, the ninth year of Chongzhen.

At the first moment of Shenshi, Wang Dou led four sentries to catch up with the Qing soldiers who were escorting the people of Ming Dynasty near Wolf Mountain.

At this time, the one who escorted the people's money and silk was Jialazhang Jingyanzha who had suffered a defeat at the Shun Township Fort. He heard that the Ming army was chasing him, but he didn't take it seriously at first. After the army turned out to be the sergeant of Shun Township Fort, they collectively took a breath and looked at each other.

They never imagined that Wang Dou would rush from Baoanzhou to Huailaiwei, this was beyond his expectation.

At that time, under the order of Azige, Abatai led the army to Yanqing Prefecture to meet with most of the Qing army and enter the customs. Considering that there were still many looted people and wealth in Huailaiwei that had not been shipped out, he led the army to escort some of them away. , and the rest, he ordered Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha to be responsible for escorting and transferring the population and money to Changping Prefecture.

Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha had always been brave in the Xiangbai Banner. Although he lost some of his troops under the Shun Township Fort, the remaining army and horses were more than enough to deal with the Ming army that might come after him.In fact, it was also the case. When Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha escorted many people and money to pass by Huailaiweige castle, the Ming army inside the castle was all trembling.

Abatai calculated and calculated, thinking that nothing would go wrong, but he never calculated that Wang Dou, who was far away in Shunxiangbao, Baoan Prefecture, would lead the army to Huailaiwei to rob them of the people and money they had worked so hard to capture. , which is too counterintuitive.

Not to mention Abatai, even Huang Taiji personally led the army, I'm afraid Wang Dou's astonishing move would not have been guessed.

Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha didn't expect Wang Dou to come, and they were all stunned for a moment.

Many flags of the Shunxiang Army protruded from the distance, and it became clearer and clearer. I don't know how many troops they have come. Although a large number of sentry horses from the Qing army went to detect, they were afraid of the power of the Shunxiang Fort's firecrackers, but none of them Qi dared to approach, and finally they all came back to report that the Ming army he chased was indeed the Ming army from Ming Guoshun Township Fort.

The Qing army was flying like cats and dogs, and the officers ordered to guard their formations one after another. Seeing their nervousness, the people who were looted exchanged glances in surprise. They didn't know which part of the Ming army was chasing them. Bing was so nervous, but they all had excited expressions on their faces. Finally, the master of Ming Dynasty came to rescue them from the sea of ​​suffering.

The Ming army rolled in from a distance, and finally they merged into a neat phalanx, empty inside and outside, surrounded by forests of spears and guns, like a moving castle rolling in, the orderly footsteps in the phalanx seemed to connect to this side. can be heard.

Seeing the familiar battle line of the Shunxiang Army opposite, that intimidating momentum, and the gray iron armor in the army formation, the flesh on the face of that armored Lazhang Jingyanzha couldn't help twitching, thinking of himself a few days ago. Painful memories under Shun Township Fort.

The army formation of Shunxiang Army stopped more than 200 steps away from the front of the Qing soldiers' formation. Looking at the black firecrackers on the opposite side, there was an unconscious inhalation sound in the Qing soldiers' formation here.At this time, the last wave of sentry cavalry of the Qing soldiers also came back, and they reported loudly: "Master Yan Zha, the Ming army on the opposite side has been detected clearly, and they have a total of [-] soldiers and horses, all of them are armored warriors. soldier."

Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha's face was even more ugly, and the surrounding Niu Luzhang Jing was also surprised, and they were all talking about it. The defense officer of the Ming Dynasty was so strange. Last time, more than 700 people were dispatched, which was already surprising. This time, it was more The 1000 troops are still all armored soldiers.

Where did he get so many horses?
Putting this matter aside for the time being, the fact is that the Ming army on the opposite side has 1000 people. Compared with the last field battle, there are more people and it is even more difficult to fight.I'm afraid that after a fierce battle between the two sides, the warriors in their own records will lose a lot.

Thinking of this, the Niu Luzhang Jing beside Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha had their own concerns. Last time they lost hundreds of people in Shunxiang Fort. Many of them were the most elite armored soldiers in each Niu Lu. It was the white-armored soldiers that made them lose their strength, and they couldn't recover for many years.

After the war, all Niu Luzhang capitals in Gaiala had complaints about Najialazhang Jingyanzha, thinking that Nasha Shunxiang Fort should not have been attacked in the first place.

And everyone also learned that a few days ago, Rao Yubeile Abatai personally led an army of [-] to attack Shunxiang Fort, but the final result was that the troops were lost and the generals had no choice but to retreat.Rao Yubaile is like this, and one can imagine their results after the battle. After a hard battle, victory or defeat is the next thing. It is certain that his armor will be seriously injured again.

Niu Luzhang Jingniu Gulu said in a low voice: "Lord Yan Zha..."

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw a few cavalry from the opposite Shun Township army, rolling towards this side, a Niu Luzhangjing said: "Master Yan Zha, can you send sentry cavalry to intercept?"

Niu Luzhang Jingniu Gulu hurriedly said: "Lord Yan Zha, it's better to see what they want to do. A few Ming troops will not pose a threat to us."

Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha nodded, the Qing soldiers were not on guard, and soon, the sergeants who rode Shun Xiangbao ran a few dozen steps away from the front of the Qing soldiers' formation, and the leader shouted loudly in Manchurian: "I am the Ming Dynasty. Sentinel Han Chao is, under the order of General Wude of Zuoqianhusuo, the security guard of the Ming Dynasty, I order you to immediately hand over all the captured money and civilians, otherwise our army will launch an attack and all jade and stone will be destroyed, and it will be too late to regret!"

His voice was spread far and wide, and could be heard clearly in front of the entire Qing army formation. Many Qing soldiers were furious. They yelled and shouted to kill those bold and reckless Ming people.

Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha was also furious when he heard that, he shouted: "All the soldiers immediately follow me to attack, kill those Ming people, let them know how powerful my Qing soldiers are!"

Niu Luzhang Jingniu Gulu hurriedly shouted: "Lord Yan Zha, wait a moment. The Han people have a saying in the art of war. The generals will not raise troops out of anger. The enemy army is so powerful that even Rao Yubeile has returned. Why should we be temporarily arrogant?" , Destroy the precious population warriors in our army? The Han people have a saying, if you can't bear it, you will make a big mess. What is more important than the lives of the warriors in our army? They are. Daming is so big, there may not be many Ming generals who can fight. We lost in this place, so we can get it back elsewhere. Those Han people on the opposite side are desperadoes, we must not fall into their tricks. !"

Several Niu Luzhang Jing beside him praised goodness, and even called Niu Luzhang Jing Niu Gulu's words really old-fashioned, and that Niu Luzhang Jingning Erjia also said: "Master Yan Zha, think twice, don't compromise your opinion for a moment. We have warriors in our army, but there are not many soldiers in Jiala who can fight."

Indeed, after the battles of the previous few days, every bull in the Jiala suffered serious losses, especially the armored soldiers among them suffered a lot, even if they wanted to fight, they were powerless.

Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha said softly: "I'm afraid they won't be able to explain it to Rao Yubeile when I go back."

Niu Luzhang Jingniu Gulu offered advice: "Lord Yan Zha, this is easy to handle. Let's say that on the way our army escorted us, most of the Ming army came out of the city to pursue them. We were outnumbered, so we had no choice but to give up. Rao Yubaile and the others couldn't say anything. "

Niu Luzhang Jingning'er Jiaxi said: "That's right, there are guerrillas from the Ming Dynasty in the Huailai city, and the Ming army guards in the security guard city, plus the castles of the rest, there are at least ten thousand Ming soldiers in the Huailai city. People, our army is only a thousand people, and we have already suffered serious losses. These Ming troops went out of the city to pursue them. Under the fierce battle, we are outnumbered, which makes sense!"

Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha sighed: "You all say that, then retreat."

He snorted, and said viciously: "If those Ming people still dare to catch up, let them see how powerful our Qing warriors are!"

Several Niu Luzhang Jing praised: "Master Yan Zha understands the overall situation, Gu Dati, he really understands righteousness, and having such a master general is truly a slave waiting for a blessing!"

Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha was about to send an order to retreat, when suddenly a person next to him shouted: "It's a great shame to retreat like this. When did our warriors of the Qing Dynasty become afraid of those southerners?"

But it was a strong white-armored soldier next to Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha, who specially led dozens of Baiba Yala soldiers and Karbush soldiers as Yanzha's guards.He yelled: "It's a shame, I retreat without firing a single shot. I, Baerhu, would rather die in battle than suffer such humiliation."

He shouted: "Warriors of the Qing Dynasty, follow me to fight!"

He took the lead, holding a sledgehammer, screaming and rushing towards the Shunxiang army's position. Behind him, more than ten Baibaya soldiers followed, all shouting wildly.Seeing this Balhu rushing forward, Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha's face was ashen, he just watched them leave without saying a word.

In the entire Qing army formation, only these dozen or so people fought wildly, and the rest remained motionless.

There was a shout of orders from the Ming army, and rows of firecrackers were raised, followed by bursts of firecrackers. Na Baerhu and the others hadn't rushed to the front of the Shunxiang army, and they were on horseback. He was shot with blood continuously, and was beaten to death by rounds of firecrackers within dozens of steps in front of Lishun Township's army formation.

The gunfire stopped, the gunpowder smoke dispersed, and the corpses of Barhu and others lay scattered in the open space in front of the two armies, and several bloody horses kept galloping miserably.

The Qing soldiers were completely silent, and many people mourned the death of Baerhu and others. At the same time, the fierce fire of the Shunxiang Army aroused their painful memories of the past, and everyone was shocked.

Looking at the corpses of Balhu and the others over there, Najia Lazhang Jingyanzha snorted coldly: "This Baerhu never takes me seriously. It doesn't matter if he is dead. It just means that they died in a fierce battle. It’s better to explain to Rao Yu Baylor.”

He shouted an order to retreat, and Zhang Jing, a Niu Lu, was a little unwilling. He said: "Master Yan Zha, let those Ming people transport away our hard-earned people and money so smoothly? Should we send some warriors to harass them along the way to make them feel uncomfortable? ?”

Najia Lazhang Jingyan Zha said: "Forget it, don't make trouble, let's go quickly!"

When the horn sounded, the Qing soldiers abandoned all the looted cattle and sheep, and left in groups. Before leaving, they looked back from time to time, fearing that the Shunxiang army would catch up.What made them feel at ease was that, except for some sentinels of the Ming army who followed far behind, the rest remained silent.

Suddenly, there was a burst of ridicule from the Ming army. Amid the loud ridicule from the Shunxiang army, the Qing soldiers quickly retreated with ashen faces.

(End of this chapter)