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

Chapter 495
But at this moment, Jierhalang, Haoge, Azig and others received an emergency report from the sentry cavalry, and the Ming army came to help.

The one who came to plug the gap and rescue Wu Sangui's troops was the Jingbian army, the most powerful army in the Ming Dynasty, and the leader was the loyal and brave uncle Wangdou whom they hated so much.

Moreover, they were very powerful as soon as they moved out. Not only did they quickly stop the wave of routs, but their cavalry quickly surrounded them on both sides, as if they wanted to swallow up the fine cavalry warriors who were going to chase down the routs.

"not good!"

Jierhalang's face changed drastically: "Those chasing soldiers are scattered everywhere, without formation, how can they be their opponents in the cavalry formation?"

He even looked at Wu Sangui's car camp: "If Ming general Wu Sangui took the opportunity to send elite cavalry to flank him, the chasing warriors will be more or less fortunate."

The faces of Hauge and the others changed, obviously also thinking of this terrible result. In the era of cold weapons, not only the infantry needs to organize their battle formations, but the cavalry also needs to be strict.

Azige roared: "Prince Zheng, let's quickly dispatch elite cavalry to respond, even a large army to defeat the cavalry from the Jingbian Army."

Jierhalang shook his head: "The Jingbian army is no different than the other Ming armies. They will want to defeat them in a short time. It's not easy. They have already caught up with the battalion. If we fight together, how can we give full play to the advantages of our Qing cavalry? With them Entangling battles is just unnecessary loss."

Then his expression relaxed a little, and he saw ahead, his family's elite cavalry were running back, they were indeed old warriors, knowing that the situation was not good, they fled back quickly.Even if some cavalry were outflanked by the Jingbian army, the loss must not be too great.

However, the faces of the Qing generals were still ugly. After defeating Bai Guang'en, each of them was a little overbearing, so that the soldiers and horses under his command went too far in pursuit, and some of them fell into a state of outflanking and flanking by the Ming army.Even if most of the soldiers and horses fled back, only a few hundred horses were lost in the end, but for everyone, it would be extremely heartbreaking.

Hauge said angrily: "Prince Zheng, are you just watching the warriors being outflanked and wiped out? At least some troops should be sent to support them?"

Jierhalang was hesitant, because he saw Wu Sangui on the other side of Cheying, and he was ready to move.If one's own side sends troops and horses to support them, and Wu Sangui suddenly leads the cavalry to strike heavily from the side, the consequences will be disastrous.

Although one side can also hit Wu Sangui heavily from the side, but fighting each other together is tantamount to giving up the advantage of one's own iron cavalry, and the gain outweighs the loss.Moreover, it is unknown who will win the deer, and there are too many variables. This is not what the cautious Jierhalang wants to see.

Then he sighed: "Wu Sangui has indeed dispatched, order Mingjin to retreat!"

From here, it can be clearly seen that the horns of Wu Sangui's chariot camp sounded, and countless cavalry rushed out of his chariot camp.The leader was still Wu Sangui's two thousand cavalry men, and their goal was very clear, which was to cooperate with the cavalry of the Jingbian Army to surround the pursuers who hadn't escaped.

Those who hadn't escaped and chased the rout of Jizhen were finished riding.Under the siege of more than ten thousand Ming army cavalry, especially when the Jingbian infantry battalion was chasing up, they had little chance of breaking out of the encirclement.

The faces of all the Qing generals were ugly, it seemed that relying on Wang Dou's momentum, many famous generals would become bold and reckless.Not long ago, Wu Sangui was still hiding in the chariot formation, not daring to move. When he saw Wang Dou coming out, he led thousands of cavalry and took the initiative to attack!
In this way, the formation of chariots besieging Wu Sangui was meaningless. Amidst the bang of the sharp gongs, the tide-like Qingqi retreated, and Wu Sangui's chariot camp was immediately empty, leaving only traces of chaos.

Under Zhijinlong's banner, Jierhalang, Haoge, Azig and others looked forward, and heard the sound of bird guns over there, the sound of hand guns was faint, and there were some artillery sounds, as if they were killing the encirclement Warriors of the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing that there are only a few fine cavalry warriors who can escape, everyone in Qing Dynasty is gnashing their teeth.

And more than two miles ahead, a large number of Jingbian army cavalry came rushing to occupy some rolling hilly highlands on the right.There are more and more turbulent waves, sun and moon flags, and they gather together, with fiery red armor and fiery red horse temples, it seems that there is a fiery red color between the sky and the earth.

Finally, amidst the whistling sound of "Wan Sheng", an extremely huge banner appeared in front of Ji Erhalang and others.Then densely packed chariots rolled out, and behind the chariots, there were strict infantry phalanxes one after another, and countless waves of sun and moon flags tumbling.

Jierhalang's heart was solemn, he had once fought against Wang Dou in Julu, and the Shun Township Army at that time was extraordinary.Now that Wang Dou's power has expanded, and there are tens of thousands of strong troops, this opponent is becoming more and more difficult to deal with. Today's battle needs to be cautious, otherwise it will end in the loss of troops.

Among the Eight Banners Mongolia, Zhenghong Banner Gushan Ezhen Engetu, Xianghong Banner Gushan Ezhen Buyan Dai, their faces are a little unnatural.

As early as the 11th year of Chongzhen in the Battle of Tongzhou and the Battle of Julu, they had fought against Wang Dou.

Among the Qing generals present, Manzhou Xianghuang Banner Baya Latuzhang Jingzhun Pagoda, Manchuria Zhenghuang Banner Baya Latuzhang Jingtu Lai also fought against Wang Dou, and they were also cautious.

Only Hauge and Azig still looked arrogant and disapproved of the arrival of the Jingbian Army.

These two have never fought against Wang Dou, although they both admit that the Jingbian army is extraordinary, not comparable to the ordinary Ming army.But they are more confident in their cavalry, especially when they killed Bai Guangen not long ago.

Suddenly there was a commotion among the Qing soldiers, because in front of the Ming army's chariot, dozens of Jingbian soldiers in dark red short body armor rushed out.Behind them, they dragged some half-dead Qing soldiers with ropes.

Those nights who didn't stop laughing wildly, only roaring and running around their own camp, but being dragged by their horses, those Qing soldiers all let out a miserable howl.

All the Qing soldiers were shocked and angry. Although they often humiliated the captured Ming soldiers and civilians, the torture of their own warriors was far less shocking than when they tortured them.All of a sudden, tens of thousands of Qingqi, the vigor and vigor they had when they defeated Bai Guangen, all disappeared.

Suddenly, they made a louder noise, because another tall cart was pushed out in front of the Jingbian army's chariot.

A pole was erected on the cart, and on the wooden pole was tied a high and low-looking Bayala officer.

Many people shouted: "It's Baya Lajia Lazhangjing from Zhengbai Banner."

"It's Maiser, Namudulu. Maiser, he was captured by the Ming army!"

Jierhalang's face was extremely ugly, Haoge and Azige's eyes were tearing apart, and they were furious.

Special Azige shouted: "Prince Zheng, this king will immediately lead the warriors of the white flag to attack, and will definitely take back the captured warriors in our flag!"

The Zhengbai Banner's Baya Latiao Zhangjing Azignikan was also filled with righteous indignation, and also called for a fight, to show some color to those daring Jingbian soldiers.

Although Azignikan was young, less than thirty at this time, he was famous for his bravery in the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and he often took the lead and defeated the enemy.

Just in April of this year, Jinzhou Mongolian military officer Nomuqi and others secretly surrendered the Qing soldiers. Azigni was able to detect them, took advantage of the night in Bocheng, and fought hard to help Nomuqi and others. He was praised by Huang Taiji as a young man who can kill the enemy , who signed him as Baya Latuzhangjing of the Zhengbai Banner of Manchuria, and entered the real position of the first-class general, he was rewarded with 400 taels of gold.

Namaiser is also a Bayala officer with a white flag. Azigni can see it in his eyes, so how can he bear it?
Seeing the anger of the crowd, Jierhalang shouted: "Don't act rashly!"

He said: "The Han people have a saying that generals will not raise troops out of anger. Wang Dou is deliberately provoking us. We cannot be fooled! We should discuss carefully how to fight the Jingbian army."

But Hauge, Azig and others couldn't hear it, and they roared to lead their troops to attack. Just when Jierhalang was about to be overwhelmed, several horsemen came rolling from behind.

He rushed to the front, but it was the emperor's favorite minister, Ying'erdai, who was in charge of the household department, followed by several Kabushi warriors.

These Kabushi warriors are equivalent to Huang Taiji's Imperial Forest Army, the predecessor of the Qianfeng Battalion of the later Qing Dynasty, and they are even more elite than the Bayala of the Qing Dynasty.They all have flying feathers on their helmets, two-foot flying tiger flags on their backs, and fox tails on their poles. They are all talented and powerful Kabush.

Yingerdai rushed to the front and shouted: "The emperor has an order, and the king's army must not fight lightly, and it is necessary to be cautious and probing. Anyone who dares not to obey the order, beheaded!"

For the battle in the southeast of Huangtuling, Wang Dou and others hoped that they could look around far away with a cart and a telescope.However, Huang Taiji on Rufeng Mountain and Dorgon on Huangtuling and others also have binoculars, and they are condescending, so the general layout of the Ming army can be seen clearly.

As soon as the Jingbian army was dispatched, Huang Taiji paid close attention to it. In his layout, because the Ming army arrived in Songshan, the time for a decisive battle between the two sides did not come, so Huang Taiji mainly focused on probing.

Currently, Huang Taiji already knows the general combat strength of the Ming army, but the Jingbian army still needs to think about it.So this battle had to be fought to see the true strength of the Jingbian army, but it was not allowed to fight in vain, lest the soldiers be lost in vain.

Of the generals of the banners there, only Jierhalang is the one who is serious, but Hauge and Azige are rebellious. Huang Taiji was afraid that Jierhalang would not be able to subdue him, so he sent Yingerdai to supervise the battle.Sure enough, Ying Erdai arrived just in time, and Azig and others would be dispatched if they were one step later, rushing forward frantically, without knowing how to lose.

Because Ying Erdai brought Huang Taiji's will, everyone in the field had to follow Yi's order.

Yingerdai was regarded as the imperial envoy, and with his strong support for Jierhalang, the prudent Prince Zheng was able to fully preside over the battle against the Jingbian army.

……

"It's almost noon!"

Riding his horse and standing on a hill, Chief Jia of Jingbian Army Cavalry Battalion took Commander Lin Jugen, looked at the sun above his head, and thought to himself.

The sun is getting bigger and bigger. Wearing this thick armor, under the scorching sun, I feel extraordinarily hot.

The water in the coconut ladle on the saddle has been replenished several times. Every time the fire soldier brings water, it is rumbling, and everyone can't wait to drink all the water in a pot of water.The person is fine, but the horse is uncomfortable. Seeing the horse snort under its crotch, and every time it is touched, it is wet with sweat, and Lin Ju can't help but feel distressed.

He looked at the Qing army positions in the distance, a sea of ​​flags, and the armor colors of the Tartars.

It can be seen that there was a burst of noise from their side, but no one attacked.

"It's really bearable!"

Lin Jugen thought to himself.

He looked to the right of the army, in front of the densely packed chariots, the Yebushou brothers from the Jianshao Battalion were torturing the captured Tartar soldiers to their heart's content.And looking at the person on the cart on the right front, Lin Jugen's eyes revealed incomparable hatred.

He, the general cavalry, was the first to encounter those Zhengbai Banner Bayalas.After a short and brutal battle, although the Ba Yala Tartars were killed and the wounded Ba Yala Jialazhangjing was captured, the total number of brothers, nearly 20 casualties.

These are his life-and-death brothers. Some of them may be able to save their lives after intensive treatment by the doctors, but most of them are disabled.Some people even lost their lives forever, how could Lin Jugen not be angry?
He swore that he would let the head of the Tartar with the white flag go through torture all over the world and die, so that he would not be able to live or die.

When it comes to torturing people, Wen Daxing, the general of the Jianshao Battalion, is the best. Lin Jugen decided to ask Wen Shenlai to help him with this.

At this time, the positions of the two sides were calm, and all the Qing cavalry who had besieged Wu Sangui's chariot camp had all retreated, leaving behind each other an empty wilderness, some traces of the previous battlefield.Or some sentry cavalry of the Tartars would sometimes rush to the front of the Jingbian army for reconnaissance.

However, compared with the previous dense formation of outposts, there were a lot fewer people.Lin Jugen reckoned that it was the Tartar soldiers from Huangtuling and Rufeng Mountain who could condescend and pass on information to them, so there was no need for many front-line detectives.

Looking at our own side, the same is true, and we have been rushing to their formation to check out at night.

The current army uses a pole-cart, and the special flag bearer holds a telescope. Standing on a high diaodou, in the land of Pingchuan, you can see the range of one or twenty miles around, that is, the hills and low mountains, and you can also look out. A very wide area.

However, the layout of the enemy's movement and movement a few miles away, and the flag bearer on the telescopic vehicle holding a telescope, how can I not know, do we still need an outpost?
Therefore, with the equipment of telescopic vehicles and binoculars, in the past, the Japanese army needed to approach the enemy's position at night, and the practice of nearby reconnaissance has gradually disappeared.

Even the Sharp Whistle Battalion went out to fight with the general. At this time, the army did not take in many people at night. Most of them were ordered by Wang Dou to disperse to the surrounding areas of Jinzhou to scout out the enemy's situation.

They divided into groups, crossed the Xiaoling River and Nuerhe River, and went to Jinchang Fort, Shahe Fort, Zijing Mountain, Mopan Mountain and other places to spy on the enemy's situation.Some people even crossed the Daling River to scout people in Yizhou and other places.

"When will the Tartars be dispatched?"

There were quite a few soldiers of the Jingbian army who were as thoughtful as Lin Jugen, and they passed him, the cavalry who was always in full formation, and went back, forming another rigorous cavalry battle formation after another.On the right of the cavalry, there were layers of infantry, flying red banners, passing the infantry, and finally reaching the central army.

……

"It seems that Qing soldiers are much more cautious than before!"

Wang Dou looked at the large formation of the Qing army in the distance, and they were unmoved by such humiliation. It seemed that they had met their opponents, and the battle in the future would be difficult.

Since the ninth year of Chongzhen, Wang Dou has always been unfavorable against all the banners of the Qing Dynasty. Part of it is due to their contempt for him.Now that both sides value each other, fighting depends on tenacity and will.

At this time, most of Wang Dou's central army consisted of Guo Yingxian's [-] cavalry from Xuanzhen, [-] cavalry from Datong Army Wang Zheng, and [-] cavalry from Shanxi Army Li Yunshu. Follow the general.

Fu Yingchong's Shenji Battalion was also here, but it wasn't until Wang Dou dispersed the rout troops, outflanked and wiped out the Qing cavalry, and when he reached the southeast front line, Fu Yingchong, the former deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, pulled his own Shenji Battalion up.

The main thing was to haul the cannons, which slowed him down.

Heavy artillery weighing several thousand kilograms requires many horses and oxen to haul it, and it is not an easy task to transfer it from various artillery formations.

It took Fu Yingchong a lot of effort to transport a large number of rocket vehicles, mortars and other sharp weapons, but finally arrived.

At this time, beside Wang Dou, the supervisor Zhang Ruoqi, the Ming general Guo Yingxian, Wang Zheng, Li Yunshu and others were all beaming with joy, and Wu Sangui was also beside him, with the same unbearable joy on his face.

When the Jingbian army outflanked and chased Qing cavalry and kept fleeing back, he made a decisive decision and led 93 cavalry to attack. Sure enough, he captured a lot, and he chopped off as many as [-] heads of Tartars.

He gathered five thousand cavalry to the right of the Jingbian Army, and immediately rushed to the Central Army to meet Wang Dou. After all, Wang Dou came to help him, and Wu Sangui should come to thank him for his love and reason.

At the same time, he also wanted to discuss how to distribute the heads captured by the Jingbian army, because he knew that Wang Dou must have gained more heads than himself, and it would be better to share some of them.

Under the expectant eyes of Wu Sangui and others, Zhang Ruoqi took over the statistics report from Fu Chi Dacheng, the general commander of the Jingbian Army, and announced with restraint that in the outflanking battle, the three generals Guo Yingxian, Wang Zheng, and Li Yunshu each won 35 heads, ten Eight or twelve.

As for the Jingbian Army, they captured 470 heads of Tartar soldiers from various banners, including 48 of them, and one of them was the bandit slave Baya La Jia La Zhang Jing.

"Great victory in the first battle!"

Zhang Ruoqi finally couldn't help laughing out loud: "This outflanking, all the troops beheaded nearly [-] levels, and our supervising army will report victory to the Holy Lord to show the merits of the bloody battle!"

"The Jingbian army beheaded 470 and eight ranks, and captured 48 people, including the bandit general Ba Yala!"

Wu Sangui bit his lower lip, he thought he had gained a lot, but compared with Wang Dou, he really paled in comparison.

Wang Dou smiled slightly. After the army outflanked and besieged the Qing cavalry who had no time to escape, he mobilized gunmen and artillery to capture so many heads in a short period of time with minimal casualties.

Now in the Jingbian army, the head is no longer counted in terms of rewards for meritorious deeds, and it has its own set of rules, but it is of course better to cut off the head.Tartar's head, in the Ming Dynasty, was used for money and fame, and it was extremely useful.

Seeing everyone's expectant expressions, Wang Dou said: "Brother Guo, General Wang, General Li, and Brother Da Ya all contributed to this outflanking battle, and Supervisor Zhang also made great contributions. For the remaining heads, Ben Bo decided to keep only [-] heads, and the remaining heads will be distributed to you one by one after this battle!"

Not to mention Zhang Ruoqi, Guo Yingxian and others were overjoyed, even Fu Yingchong said in surprise, "I have it too?"

Wu Sangui coughed lightly, thinking, no wonder everyone wants to fight the enemy side by side with Wang Dou, this man is so generous, hundreds of heads were distributed without blinking an eye, even himself.

Although Wu Sangui had mixed feelings about Wang Dou, he had to admit that Wang Dou was a man with a broad mind.Fighting side by side with him, you can be at ease in your heart, and the martial courage in your heart can be brought out to the fullest.

All the generals were whispering and discussing endlessly, even Zhang Ruoqi, the superintendent, trembled a little with his hand stroking his long beard, and he no longer had the reserved look he had before.

Obviously, Wang Dou's first-level promise had a great impact on him.

Then Wang Dou's expression became serious, and he waved his hand, and the painting appraisers of Shuaiying pulled a large cart.

On the cart, there was a sand table topographic map of this place, which was drawn in great detail.

(End of this chapter)