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

Chapter 539 River Water and Blood Water
Putting down the binoculars, Kong Youde looked at Pingchuan in the north of Jinzhou City, and saw the galloping sentinels, the sea of ​​flags fluttering, and the densely packed shining weapons, reflecting dazzling light in the newborn sunlight.

The iron cavalry of the Qing Dynasty was constantly gathering, and as the horn sounded, the army formations merged into a vast army.The fluttering banner was like the silent ocean before the storm, a strong evil spirit reverberating in the sky and wilderness.

Look at the flags like the sea, the swords and guns like the forest, the Qing Dynasty is so powerful.

Once upon a time, Kong Youde was worried about whether it was worthwhile for him to betray Daming and be a traitor to this country. Now it seems that his choice was wise.

Looking at the huge artillery battalion next to him, when he was full of ambition, Kong Youde pointed to the Ming army in chaos on the other side of the river, and said with a smile to the people around him: "Ming dog is really deserted, and this mob doesn't need to be full of Eight Banners." Going out, my Wuzhen Hachao Battalion artillery battalion can wipe them out on both sides of the river, but unfortunately, the emperor has strictly ordered them not to act rashly!"

At this time, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Ma Guangyuan, Shi Tingzhu, Liu Zhiyuan, Zu Zerun, Wu Shoujin, and others all gathered together,
Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Kong Youde were Mao Wenlong's adopted sons in the old days, and they had unruly personalities. Although there were quarrels among the three, they were named Sanshun Kings after they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty together. It can be regarded as both prosperity and loss.

The two laughed loudly when they heard the words: "King Gongshun's words are very praiseworthy. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, Xiong Jiang, are indeed invincible. It is common for our cavalry of the Qing Dynasty to beat ten thousand with one thousand."

At this time, Shen Zhixiang, the commander-in-chief of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army, also jokingly came over and said with a smile: "Because of the corruption of the Ming Dynasty, civil and military officials only love money, so we are good birds who choose a tree to live in, and abandon the dark to the Ming."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the field looked strange.

This Shen Zhixiang was originally the son of Shen Shikui under Mao Wenlong. After Shen Shikui died in battle, Shen Zhixiang claimed to be the commander-in-chief and sent troops to challenge him. As a result, Shen Zhixiang sent Wu Chaozuo and Jin Guangyu to Shengjing to ask for his surrender.

In the end, Shen Zhixiang led nine deputy generals, eight participating generals, 18 guerrillas, 31 capital divisions, 30 guards, 40 generals, and more than [-] soldiers and civilians to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Boa clothes, summer hats, exquisite belts and many other items.

Although his father, Shen Shikui, was a philistine, he used his daughter because of Mao Wenlong's concubine, but she died fighting for the country. treatment.

It's strange to hear the words that he only loves money from his mouth.

The Han Army's Zhengbai Banner Gushan Ezhenshi Tingzhu had long looked down upon the "newcomers" like Kong Youde, and was especially jealous of Kong Youde's control of the Wuzhenhachao Artillery Battalion.

Hearing this, he glanced at Shen Zhixiang disdainfully, and sneered at Kong Youde: "King Shun, the emperor entrusted the cannon battalion to you, it is because of your great respect, although the Ming army on the opposite side is unbearable, but the Ming general Wang Dou, Yang Guozhu is extraordinary , the emperor's kindness is mighty, you should be conscientious and conscientious, how can you be so neglectful of the enemy?"

Liu Zhiyuan, Zu Zerun, and Wu Shoujin immediately agreed explicitly or implicitly, and Kong Youde couldn't help but sink.

However, he is quite deep in the city, and he didn't turn his face immediately, and both Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi are brutal and domineering people, Geng Zhongming can still hide his temper, Shang Kexi was about to retort.

However, Kong Youde suddenly glanced at Zerun, the true ancestor of Gushane in the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army, and changed the target and topic: "Brother Zu, your father is in Jinzhou City. After besieging the city for so long, the emperor has never ordered your troops to attack Jinzhou. From now on, I'm afraid it will be unavoidable to meet each other and fight each other."

After he finished speaking, he laughed out loud. Shang Kexi, Shen Shikui and others were also taking pleasure in other people's misfortune. It was interesting for a son to beat his father.

Shi Tingzhu and the others were stunned. Indeed, this is not a good thing, especially if Zu Zerun belongs to their faction, it is even more embarrassing to talk about.

Zu Zerun's face was ugly, but in the past he was well cultivated by his family, he was not a dandy, and his mental reaction was very fast. He stroked his upper beard and said coldly: "Everyone is the master. There are no father and son on the battlefield. If the emperor orders , we are slaves, just obey.”

Han Junqi In the past, these bright generals fought openly and secretly. Kim Zidian, the right leader of the Korean government, stood beside him all the time, with a gentle smile on his face. Beside him, stood several Korean officials and generals, or wore big eaves Caps, robes, or armor, with large and dense armor leaves, very much like the medals of later Korean generals.

They stood aside and watched the show with great interest. Only the Han army with a yellow flag and a solid mountain forehead, Ma Guangyuan, saw that the situation was not good, and came out laughing to smooth things over.

He was considered a neutral faction, and he was on par with Kong Youde, Shi Tingzhu and others. The Han Army Banner really needed a character like him. Sure enough, after he rounded up the field, the tense atmosphere in the field eased a little.

Shi Tingzhu actually didn't want to quarrel with Kong Youde too much. With the emphasis on firearms in the Qing Dynasty, Kong Youde's status in Huang Taiji's heart became more and more important. In addition to his deep thoughts, Shi Tingzhu was actually a little afraid of Kong Youde. After Ma Guangyuan rounded the field, he took the opportunity to end.

He only frowned and looked at Pingchuan in the north, and said: "The Ming army has already passed the river, why is there no news from the masters?"

Not to mention his doubts, Kong Youde and the others were equally anxious. The preparations for the Wuzhenhachao Artillery Battalion had been completed, and the Ming army was continuously crossing the river.

It's just that it's not their turn to issue battle orders in this kind of battle. Although they are all considered to be Gu Shan'ezhen of the Han Army Banner, they are still the people of the Baylor of Manchuria in the Eight Banners. War orders need to be issued by them.

Not only is the Han Army Banner, but in fact, each of the Eight Banners of Mongolia has a solid mountain forehead, and they are also the people of the Eight Banners Manchurian Baylor.

In the Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty, before the establishment of the Mongolian and Han Eight Banners, all members were subordinates of the Eight Banners Manchurian Baylor. The affiliation relationship between the master and Baylor remains intact and has not changed slightly because of this.

The most obvious fact is that the Mongolian and Han Eight Banners only set up Gushan Ezhen, and there was no other banner owner on it.

At this time, the Wuzhenhachao Artillery Battalion under the command of Kong Youde actually belonged to the Manchuria of the Eight Banners, but because of the particularity of weapon manufacturing, training, and supplies, Tong Yangxing was in charge in the past, but now Kong Youde is in charge.

Although Huang Taiji had always wanted to put Wuzhenhachao Pao Battalion under his direct leadership, he had been resisted collectively by the banner owners of Manchuria and failed to succeed.

Of course, in this kind of big war, Huang Taiji directly issued orders to Wuzhenhachao Pao Battalion under the banner of concentrating military power and unifying command, and it was difficult for the banner owners in Manchuria to resist.

Shi Tingzhu rubbed his palms, looked at the Ming army on Xiaolinghe's side, and said with a smirk, "Damn, I can't wait, I want to kill!"

All the banners of the Han army beside Gu Shanzhen laughed wildly and agreed, talking about how to kill the Ming army, and did not intend to massacre the former compatriots at all.

Only Jin Zi smiled, contemptuously in his heart, and thought to himself: "A bunch of pigtail slaves, the slaves have taken refuge in their new masters, and they are even more vicious than the old ones, especially these vulgar warriors. The disaster of warriors can be seen."

Looking at these vicious traitors, he became more determined in his heart to suppress the warriors after returning to China.No matter how scourges the literati do, the damage to the country is limited. The scourges of the warriors are often the loss of life and bloodshed.

At this moment, Kong Youde suddenly raised the binoculars and looked towards Rufeng Mountain.It seemed that there was some commotion on the mountain over there, and the banners fluttered wildly. He wondered, could it be that the Ming army attacked Rufeng Mountain?
At this time, Shi Tingzhu and the others also noticed the situation of Rufeng Mountain, and gave pointers to that side.

Then, I heard the rapid sound of horns and the faint sound of gongs and gongs coming from over there.

What happened?

Everyone was wondering, when they heard noises coming from the Manchurian and Qing army positions in the north of Jinzhou City, and everyone even saw Bobo sentinel cavalry, who seemed to be passing orders back and forth there.

These sentry cavalry are all brightly armored, with eagle feathers inserted on the helmet tubes, and flying tiger foxtail flags on their backs.

As these Gebush sentry cavalry communicated back and forth, the Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry positions in the north of Jinzhou City were in chaos, with the sound of rapid conch shells one after another, and then their rear army turned to the front army, one army formation after another.

In the smoke and dust, they were seen rolling towards the west of the city, crossed the Xiaoling River, and rushed towards the south of the city.

Looking to the south of the city, in the direction of the south bank of the Xiaoling River, the Qing army camp that besieged the city also sounded horns, smoke and dust rose into the sky, and a large group of cavalry rushed towards the Nuerhe River.

All Han army banners and Gu Shan foreheads are really dumbfounded. What's going on?

Everyone was in a state of agitation, and some Ba Yala under the Manchurian flag had already rushed to them, ordering them to quickly go to the north bank of the Daughter River.

In the end, I saw Kabushi Xianzhang Jinglaosa leading some cavalry from Gebush Xianchaoha's battalion. He did not go to Tucheng, but shouted outside the first trench: "King Shun, Jin Yizheng, Your Majesty!" There is an order that the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Korean Army, and the Wuzhenhachao Artillery Battalion will immediately move to the Daughter River!"

He quickly conveyed a series of orders from Huang Taiji. The Wuzhenhachao Pao Battalion of the Han Army, except for the [-] gates of the Shenwei Generals who were guarded by the Han Army's Red Banner Gushan Ezhen Liu Zhiyuan, all the rest moved to assist the army. The defenders on the side, who dare to violate, will be killed!

When Gegushan asked the reason in panic, Laosa said angrily: "I have been tricked. The main force of the Ming army has already gone to the Nuer River. In particular, the artillery battalion of the Jingbian Army will soon reach the river. The military situation is urgent. Uganda The Zhenhachao artillery battalion needs immediate rescue and will fight against the Jingbian army artillery battalion!"

A series of orders were conveyed, making Kong Youde and others stand on the spot in a daze, Han Junqi worked hard here, everything was arranged, and if you say give up, just give up?
In particular, Kong Youde was annoyed. He finally dragged many cannons from Rufeng Mountain, Shimen Mountain and other places to the outside of Jinzhou City. Daughter going to the river?
You know, these are heavy artillery weighing thousands of catties, how can you pull it just by saying it?And many cannons are still built on high platforms. Is it easy to go up and down?
And he suddenly panicked, is he really going to confront the Jingbian Army artillery battalion?Even though he usually swears that he will not pay attention to the Jingbian army and others, and he is really going to meet him, why is his heart so panicked?
But how could he dare to disobey the emperor's order?Even if your heart is flustered, you have to bite the bullet and go on.

He glanced at Zu Zerun, Geng Zhongming, Jin Zidian and others, all of them were pale and terrified, only Shi Tingzhu pretended to be calm.But his trembling hands revealed his true inner thoughts.

Kong Youde was heartbroken, and thought: "There is no way out, the only way to fight is with Wang Dou and the others!"

……

The main force of the Ming army moved westward unexpectedly, which greatly disrupted the deployment of the Qing army.

However, they were also elite after all. Under Huang Taiji's strict order, after short-witted chaos, many Mongolian cavalrymen in Jinzhou city rushed to help, and drove in large groups towards the Nuer River.

There is also the Wuzhenhachao Artillery Battalion of the Han Army Banner, and the gunmen also moved out urgently.

It's just that it is not easy for their artillery to be transported to the Daughter River in the first time.

From the east of Jinzhou City, although it is possible to cross the Xiaoling River directly to reach the south bank of the Xiaoling River.It's just that it's at the confluence of the Xiaoling River and the Nuer River. The current is fast and ferries can pass, but it's difficult to build a pontoon bridge.

The Wuzhenha Chaobao Battalion can only walk in a big circle, and the speed of this advance is unavoidably slow.

The chaos of the Qing army outside the city, Zu Dashou and others in Jinzhou City, can clearly see it from the thousand-year-old Liao Tower.

Zu Dashou was old in military affairs, he quickly understood the strategy of the Ming army, and he couldn't help praising: "Besiege Wei and save Zhao, attack what they must save, this is a little clever!"

The main forces of the Qing army were all attracted to the city of Jinzhou. During this blank period, the attack of the Ming army was beneficial.

The terrain on that side is also conducive to the deployment of the Wangshi's gun artillery troops and the transportation of luggage.

only……

Looking at the Manchurian iron stream outside the city, it runs continuously from the north and west of Jinzhou City to the Xiaoling River, and then quickly crosses the river from various pontoon bridges.As far as he could see, countless iron cavalry were like huge waves that could overwhelm mountains and seas. He was concerned, wondering if the Ming army could quickly conquer Nuuhe and break the siege of Jinzhou from the south.

……

The artillery shells screamed, and in the artillery formation, numerous artillery billowed a large puff of white smoke, interspersed with sharp flashes of fire, followed by the muffled thunderous sound of the artillery.The fiery iron balls spun towards the pontoon bridge, as well as Qingqi on both sides of the daughter's bank, smashing their heads and faces.

boom!
The middle part of a pontoon bridge was directly hit by a heavy shell, and the wooden boards laid on it shattered, and a huge hole was instantly collapsed.

The moment the board collapsed and shattered, the heavy iron ball also brought up countless sharp splinters.

Puff!

Puff!

Puff!

A wave was nearby, and the Manchurian blue-flag knights who were crossing the pontoon bridge, no matter whether they were horses or horses, had clouds of blood mist, and the people screamed and the horses neighed, and each howled and rolled down.

A few Qingqi riders with blue flags who were unable to catch up in the rear, with their eyes wide open in fear, desperately pulled the frightened and frantic horses, but still screamed and rushed into the icy cold river.

A Zhuangda with a blue flag, his horse was stuck in the hole with its head down, this Zhuangda's face was covered with blood, and his right eye happened to be hit by a sharp thorn, the severe pain made him Body cramps.He struggled to put his hands on both sides of the opening, trying his best not to fall into the river.

He opened his dull left eye, hoping someone would give him a hand.

Not far from him, there were a few more Tartars with blue flags who rolled down on the pontoon bridge, dying of pain.There was also a war horse with a sharp piece of wood stuck in its lower abdomen, screaming and rolling on the wooden board, and finally fell into the river, smashing a Qing soldier who was shouting for help below into the river.

Those Qing soldiers who fell into the water tried their best to splash in the water. They were basically landlubbers, and they had a natural fear of river water and sea water.They gurgled and drank the red and muddy river water, while struggling to rush to the pontoon bridge and shouted, hoping that someone could save them.

However, the Jingbian army's artillery kept roaring over, but they didn't care about them.Amidst the loud bangs, some places of the pontoon bridges were constantly being hit by shells. These pontoon bridges were basically paved with wooden boards. After the shells hit, they suffered great damage.

Every time the shells passed, the Qing soldiers crossing the bridge there were crowded together.There were also some shells that fell into the river, and a large jet of water was stirred up, splashing on the bodies of some Qingqi who crossed the river nearby, making them rejoicing, but at the same time terrified.

……

Looking at the banks of the Daughter River at this time, there are many pontoon bridges, hooves are thundering, and many Eight Banners cavalry are coming.Every time after the shelling of the Jingbian Army artillery battalion, the Qingqi who came like a tide stagnated.

The desolate horn sounded continuously, and on the north bank of the Jimu Daughter River, black tides appeared one after another on the horizon.Then these tides magnified and merged into a large mass of Eight Banners cavalry with different armor and flag colors, rushing towards this direction one after another.

Zhao Xuan put down the binoculars and thought: "The reinforcements from the Tartars came so fast!"

Zhao Xuan's artillery battalion, because all the horses and mules have been turned into mules, and a map of Pingchuan from Huangtuling.

The heaviest artillery in the battalion can be easily pulled by two horses even with the gun carriage.Moreover, even the artillery battalion's supply department, every sergeant has a horse, so the artillery battalion marches very fast, even catching up with the speed of the cavalry in all towns except the Jingbian army.

Therefore, not long after the cavalry of the Ming army marched westward arrived at the Naughty River, Zhao Xuan's artillery battalion also arrived.

They quickly set up artillery positions to intercept those Qing cavalry crossing the river.

At this time, on the daughter river, the Qing army erected multiple pontoon bridges on both sides.

But the most important and widest one is only a pontoon bridge in front of Shuangzi Mountain and Rufeng Mountain.There is also a pontoon bridge a few miles to the northwest of Shuangzi Mountain, so Zhao Xuan's artillery positions are mainly located on some hills not far from these two places.

Zhao Xuan personally led one hundred of the 160 artillery pieces in the artillery battalion, including forty Hongyi cannons, including twenty six-pound cannons, twenty three-pound cannons, and many large and small Frang machine guns. Wait, arrange here.

The remaining artillery, under the command of the artillery battalion, was placed in another artillery formation.

Zhao Xuan's cannon array was located in the northwest of Shuangzi Mountain, less than one mile away from the river, and several hills rose up. His hundred cannons were set up in order according to the small and large Buddha Lang machines, and the large and small Hongyi cannons. The middle of the hill, the top.

The cannons were booming, and many gunners in the artillery battalion were sweating profusely, constantly shelling the Qingqi on the other side of the river.The key targets were the Qing cavalry who were bombarded from the sideways, and came continuously from the left and right pontoon bridges.

(End of this chapter)