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

Chapter 537
At the time of Chen, the Ming army came out of the camp to assemble one after another. From Songshan Fort to Huangtuling, and then to the Xiaoling River, there was a sea of ​​iron helmets and armor.

Judging from the situation, the Ming army was about to launch an attack soon, and Huang Taiji and the others in Rufeng Mountain City focused their attention on it.

Ying Erdai, Chengzheng of the Household Department, suddenly frowned, and muttered to himself: "Something is wrong."

At this time, the layout of the Ming army at the foot of the mountain was that Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, Tang Tong and other troops were deployed at the foot of Shimen Mountain, on the west bank of Xiaoling River.

Yang Guozhu's department, Wang Pu's department, Zuo Guangxian's and other departments are arrayed on the west side of Huangtuling.

Wang Doujing's frontier army, which the people of the Qing Dynasty paid special attention to, seemed to be indistinctly concentrated on the Pingchuan between the south side of Huangtuling and Songshanling.

In addition, the artillery of the Shenji Battalion of the Ming Dynasty was also pulled out of the camp by many oxen and horses, and it was also deployed on the west side of Huangtuling.It stands to reason that they were going to reach the east of Jinzhou City from Shimen Mountain and the river valley. The soldiers and horses should be arranged on the east side of Huangtu Ridge. Why did they go around in a circle?
This is not in line with the common sense of the art of war. Hong Chengchou and Wang Dou are not absurd people who don't know how to fight.

Daishan, Dorgon, and Jierhalang who were beside Huang Taiji were all moved, and looked at the Ming army at the foot of the mountain and pondered.

Only Hauge heard Ying Erdai talking to himself, and his eyes widened: "What's wrong, according to this king, the actions of the Ming army are normal."

Huang Taiji also frowned and thought about it, he raised his binoculars and looked down the mountain, especially Hong Chengchou's central army and where the Jingbian army was.However, looking from the mountain city, most of Wang Dou's soldiers and horses were blocked by Huangtu Ridge. It seemed that most of Hong Chengchou's central army was also located not far from the Jingbian army, so it was difficult to see their movements.

Why is the arrangement of the Ming army so strange?
The monarchs and ministers of the Qing Dynasty on the mountain city vaguely had a guess, but this kind of guess was too terrible, and no one was willing to say it out loud.

At this moment, the Ming army's horn sounded suddenly, and as they galloped out in all directions, there was a whole army of troops, humming everywhere.

"The Ming army has moved!"

The monarchs and ministers of the Qing Dynasty in Rufeng Mountain City were in a commotion, and they all opened their eyes wide, watching their movements.

With the sound of the horn, the tide-like troops of the Ming army began to move forward slowly.

The armies of Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, Tang Tong and others, their middle army and rear army lined up, rushed from Shimen Mountain and the valley to the Xiaoling River in the north of Shimen Mountain. As expected by Huang Taiji and others, but……

Why did the army of Yang Guozhu and others go in the direction of Songshan Fort?

It seems that there are many troops going there. Counting their banners, there are Yang Guozhu and Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, and Li Fuming, Zuo Guangxian and others. did not move,
But even these soldiers and horses are already stronger than Wu Sangui and others who are pushing towards the north of Shimen Mountain, and their combat power is even more outstanding.

Moreover, their army marched forward, with cavalry in front and infantry behind.

What are they up to?Could it be that they want to besiege Rufeng Mountain and cover the attack of Wu Sangui and others?
Even, to cross the Daughter River?
Oh oh oh!
Suddenly, among the ministries of the Ming army on the west side of Huangtuling, the dull sound of horns sounded again.

"Boom!"

With the sound of the horn, the Ming army in the west of Huangtuling, Pingchuan, and cavalry in various army formations all accelerated and rushed towards Songshan Fort.

"Their cavalry are heading west. What is the Ming army going to do?"

"The cavalry from the Xuanfu, the cavalry from Datong, the cavalry from Shanxi...all went, and the cavalry from Wang Dou also ran away!"

"The artillery, the artillery of the Jingbian army is also following behind, their speed is so fast!"

The actions of the Ming army caught the emperor and ministers of the Qing state by surprise, and the mountain city was filled with panic.

Although looking at Pingchuan on the other side from the mountain city, one can only get a general idea, but with so many soldiers and horses in the Ming Dynasty, their movements can still be seen clearly.

In particular, Wang Dou's Jingbian army has a distinctive uniform and armor, which is particularly easy to identify.

Under the surprised eyes of Huang Taiji and others in Rufeng Mountain City, the cavalry of Wang Dou, Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu, Li Fuming, Zuo Guangxian and others converged into a rolling torrent, shaking the earth.Looking at their target, it's not Songshan Fort, nor Rufeng Mountain, it's only...

Huang Taiji's face turned livid, and his gaze became extremely fierce: "It turns out that the Ming army's target is Nuuhe, and that side is their main force!"

The cavalry surged, and the earth trembled.

Following the iron cavalry, there are pieces of Ming army marching westward, and the army is like a sea, rushing westward.

……

On the south bank of the Daughter River, Twin Mountains.

Shuangzi Mountain is less than three miles away from Nvnuhe in the north, and less than two miles to the northeast, which is Rufeng Mountain, which spreads from east to west for more than [-] miles.

The two uplifted hills of Shuangzi Mountain are not high or big, but the terrain is very important. Between Shuangzi Mountain and Rufeng Mountain is the transportation post road from Xingshan, Songshan and other places to Jinzhou.In later generations, many avenues also passed down the mountain, and this place is still a famous fruit tree farm, known as the largest orchard in Asia.

Rufeng Mountain has always been a natural barrier to protect Jinzhou City, and it is also the commanding height for attacking Jinzhou. There are a series of piers here.Although Shuangzi Mountain is not as geographically important as Rufeng Mountain, there are also two piers built on the top of the two mountains to guard each other and protect the road to Jinzhou.

At this time, occupying the Shuangzi Mountain was the third-class Melezhangjing Weng Adai of the Zhenglan Banner of Manchuria, leading some soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner to garrison.

He was originally the son of Dazhuhu, and because of his father's meritorious service, he became Jialazhangjing, but he didn't have the skills of his father. After adding half of his future, he was promoted to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to participate in politics, and Zhenglan Banner Maile Zhangjing.

Although Weng Adai didn't have the ability to be a father, his heart was high, and he wanted to make contributions in this Jinzhou battle, and even more eager to gain the military merit of beheading the Jingbian army.

You know, in the current Qing army, beheading the generals of the Jingbian army, or even the team officers, can get half of the future.

The Qing Dynasty used the army to discuss the ranks of merit, from the first-class public to the imperial guard, how many prospects are there?It is very difficult for ordinary people to get half of the future. In the past, the generals of the Qing Dynasty even killed the participating generals of the Ming Dynasty, guerrilla and so on.

Weng Adai is equally moved, he wants to prove himself to the world, not just relying on his father's shade, he has his own ability.

But at this time, the proud third-class Merezhang Jing Weng Adai was staring at the wilderness to the south in a daze.From there, a sound like a torrent of thunder came. Looking around, I saw a huge black line appearing on the horizon of the sky and the earth.

Then the black line turned into a red tide, rolling in its own direction like a rushing iron stream.

This is……

Ming cavalry?
"Boom!"
The torrent was rolling, and Weng Adai, standing on the fire road pier on the top of the mountain, seemed to feel the whole pier trembling violently under the galloping iron hooves.

The atmosphere was stagnant. Not only Weng Adai, but also the Qing soldiers stationed on Shuangzi Mountain couldn't believe it. Didn't the Ming army go to attack Xiaolinghe on the other side of Shimen Mountain? How could they come here?

Weng Adai's heart was pounding, the iron cavalry of the Ming army came suddenly like a heavenly soldier, and many armored soldiers beside him were stunned by that momentum.

How many tens of thousands of Ming army cavalry are rushing in front of you?I saw that the sea of ​​flags could not be seen from the front and back, and among them, there were a large number of cavalry from the Jingbian army, and their sun, moon, and waves flags were blood red.There is also the knight on the horse, showing a sturdy aura that is far superior to that of Bebe's Mingqi.

Soon, the tide of Mingqi rushed to the east of the Twin Mountains, and to the south of Pingchuan Wilderness.

They were divided into three groups. Shanxi General Li Fuming's cavalry in the town rushed to two miles in front of Shuangzi Mountain and stopped to protect the Qing army on Rufeng Mountain.

The cavalry of the Qin army, who aided Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief, dealt with the Qing garrison in Maojiagou Mountain, more than ten miles away, southwest of Shuangzi Mountain.

Wang Dou, Yang Guozhu, and Wang Pu's cavalry went straight to the southwest of Shuangzi Mountain, not far from the Daughter River.

Behind them, a large number of Jingbian army artillery hauled by mules and horses rushed over, ready to attack the Qing army who crossed the river to rescue them.

Like the Xiaoling River, the Qing army traveling between the two banks also built multiple pontoon bridges on the Nuer River.

The two most important pontoon bridges are the post road between Shuangzi Mountain and Rufeng Mountain, crossing the Nuerhe River and leading to the first bridge in the south of Jinzhou.There is also a section of the Daughter River a few miles north of Shuangzi Mountain. The river turns a bend here, and somewhere in it, the river is narrow, and the Qing army also laid a huge pontoon bridge here.

The first step of the Ming army's Naughty River strategy is to clear away the nails on the south bank of the Naughty River, Shuangzi Mountain and Maojiagou Mountains. Before that, it is necessary to block the enemy crossing the river for assistance.

Weng Adai looked at the three sides of his own mountain, and there were layers of Ming cavalry not far away. Only the east side towards Rufeng Mountain did not see any enemy trapped.Although he knew that this was the strategy of the Ming army to encircle the three queries, Weng Adai still had a strong impulse in his heart to abandon Shuangzi Mountain and flee to Rufeng Mountain.

Right now, it is only the Ming army cavalry besieging. Soon, their infantry formation will arrive. If they don't leave, the soldiers and horses under their command will be damaged.

But this is just Weng Adai's thinking. At this time, the military law is strict, and if he retreats without warning, it is [-]% the result of being executed on the spot.

He looked anxiously at Rufeng Mountain. It seemed that the Ming army had come too fast, and they hadn't reacted yet. They hadn't received any orders from above, and they didn't know how to react.The garrison at Rufeng Mountain closest to him, Zhenglan Banner Baya Lajia Lazhangjing Fei Yangwu, only sent some sentinel cavalry to watch from a distance around those Ming cavalry.

Looking at Maojiagou, the dense cavalry of the Ming army has rushed to the east, south and north of the mountain, leaving only the west side unencircled.That side is the place where Merezhang Jingduo Jili was stationed in Zhenglan Banner of Manchuria, it seemed that he could not protect himself and could not rescue himself.

But Weng Adai is not worried about the life of Duo Ji Li, this old guy is the most cunning, it's just bad luck, in the fourth year of Chongde, some of his subordinates actually rebelled, stole a large number of good horses and fled, in the end Duo Ji Li was taken away When he died, his family property was confiscated, leaving only his bow and arrow armor and three horses, and he still led Merezhang to Beijing.

This old guy is as cunning as a fox, seeing the situation is not good, he will definitely flee to the mountains to the west, then cross the daughter river, and then flee to Baimiaobao.

Weng Adai gritted his teeth, if there was nothing he could do, he would still flee to Rufeng Mountain, presumably the emperor would forgive him.

It is clear that the Qing Dynasty has been tricked this time. Right now, the main force of the Eight Banners is concentrated under the city of Jinzhou. It will take time to be dispatched, and the Ming army will come up soon.

After making up his mind, he relaxed, but then he was shocked again, seeing his daughter on the north bank of the river, heading towards Jinzhou, with smoke and dust billowing, it was the Qing soldiers stationed at the camp on the south bank of the Xiaoling River, rushing to help.Looking at the smoke and dust, I don't know how many cavalry are in the vanguard.

Faintly, there seemed to be smoke rising from Jinchang Fort.

Looking at the artillerymen of the Jingbian army in the wilderness below the mountain, they have already set up artillery in some riverside areas, and in the direction of Songshan Fort in the south, there is a faint navy formation emerging, and the infantry formation of the Ming army is rushing forward.

Weng Adai panicked: "This is not a good time. The army wants to cross the river to help, and many people will die. When the reinforcements come, I can't withdraw."

……

The move of the Ming army to the west came too fast and too suddenly.

Watching them roll around the Songshan Fort, divide into several roads, and run directly towards the Nuerhe, followed by the artillery of the Jingbian army.

Huang Taiji's face was ashen, and he shouted: "The Ming army must not be allowed to cross the Nvnv River, and I will pass on my order to besiege all the ministries of the Eight Banners of Jinzhou. Except for the original Xianghong Banners and Zhenghong Banners, the rest will provide assistance! The Han Army Wu Zhenha Chaopao Battalion, stay at the twenty gates of General Shenwei to deal with Wu Sangui and Ma Ke's enemies, and transfer all the remaining cannons, large and small, to the north bank of the Naughty River."

(End of this chapter)