Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 334
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"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...!" The thick sound of the war drum finally sounded. Although the application time is about to pass and it will soon be dark, which is not conducive to long-term combat, in order to boost the morale of one's own side and the morale of the opponent, The Ming army and Jiannu confronting each other at the Xiaolinghe station still launched a small-scale contact war.With the sound of drums and trumpets, two thousand cavalry of the Ming army from the Mangui army and one thousand slave slaughter troops marched out. The slave slaughter troops took the lead according to the old lineup.On the Jiannu side, Nuerhachi's No. 15 son Duoduo personally led [-] Zhenghuangqi elites in heavy armor to go out, adopting the group charge tactics that Jiannu cavalry is best at, forming a dense cavalry In the phalanx, holding their spears flat, they slowly marched forward to meet the Ming cavalry who were coming from the opposite side.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...!" The dense sound of horseshoes became faster and faster, and the charge speed of the Jiannu cavalry became faster and faster, changing from a slow pace to a fast pace, and then to a gallop. The cavalry always maintains a very rhythmic trot speed.The two armies gradually joined each other, and when the vanguard army was less than two miles away, Duoduo raised his saber sharply and roared: "Kill!" The three thousand Jiannu heavy cavalry also roared in unison, "Kill!" With both legs clamped together, holding the spear flat and charging to kill the Ming cavalry at the fastest speed, the momentum is like a rushing tide.

The Jiannu heavy cavalry began to charge with all their strength, while the Ming army cavalry stopped trotting. Jin Guofeng, the deputy captain of the Tianxiong Squad who led a thousand slave slaughter troops, raised the flag with one stroke, and the [-] slave slaughter soldiers in the front row raised their rifled muskets , raised straight and flat to aim at the incoming enemy, until the Jiannu cavalry rushed within [-] steps, Jin Guofeng waved the command flag heavily, and almost instantly, three hundred rifled muskets rang out in unison, and amidst the thunderous musket firing, Countless projectiles flew out in the air, shooting at the Jiannu cavalry in rows and pieces.In an instant, the crisp sound of the projectile hitting the heavy armor echoed in the Jiannu team, which also included the dull sound of the projectile entering the flesh, the hiss of the horse being shot, and the muffled groans and screams of the Jiannu soldiers being shot .

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sound of musket fire continued, and the musketeers of the slave-slaughter army, who were divided into three teams, took turns to reload and shoot continuously. The casualties of the soldiers were just desperately charging with their horses, shortening the distance from the Ming army.Judging from the results of the battle, Nurhachi's use of heavy cavalry to deal with the rifled muskets of the slave army is still somewhat effective. At least three hundred steps away, the projectiles fired by black powder can hardly penetrate a layer of refined steel and a layer of board. The armor made of cotton can only damage the exposed parts of the Jiannu cavalry and the war horses. Therefore, there are not many Jiannu who were actually killed by the muskets of the slave slaughtering army three hundred steps away.However, within 150 paces, the casualties of the slave cavalry gradually increased as the distance shortened, and the casualties of the slave cavalry began to increase, and within [-] paces, the miniature bullets fired by rifled muskets could easily penetrate. The cotton armor drilled into the body of the Jiannu cavalry, and almost a hundred of the Jiannu cavalry were shot, injured, or even killed on the spot in almost every wave of firing.But Duduo, who was hiding in the crowd, didn't care, just raised his knife and yelled wildly, "Rush up and get mixed up with the barbarians! Kill——!"

The charging speed of the slave cavalry is indeed not slow. Although the soldiers of the slaughtering slave army are well-trained, and the three-stage test is very fast, but every time the slave cavalry charge a hundred steps, the slave slaughtering army can guarantee that each soldier will take turns shooting once at most. So when the slave-slaughtering army took turns shooting a dozen times, the Jiannu cavalry had already charged within sixty or seventy steps. At this moment, Jin Guofeng waved the command flag from left to right, and a thousand soldiers of the slave-slaughter army immediately divided into two groups. Hei Yunlong, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, raised his knife and shouted, "Brothers, look at us, kill—!"

"Kill—!" The two thousand mangui iron cavalry also roared in unison, clapping their horses and whipping their horses together, passing through the thick green smoke left after the muskets were fired, and rushing towards Jiannu's team that had been beaten a little messy by the muskets. The soldiers collided, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing also echoed on the battlefield. The cavalry of the Ming army and the Jiannu cavalry either chopped with knives and axes, or stabbed with spears and spears. Lies hissing, the sound of the collision of knives and guns can be heard endlessly.The Slaughtering Army scattered left and right circled and outflanked the battlefield, while running fast in an arc, while desperately reloading and shooting, weakening the strength of Jiannu's troops from the side.The Jiannu troops chased after them, but the slave-slaughter army turned around and ran, turning around and shooting at the same time, until the Jiannu troops were lured away from the formation, and most of Jiannu's horses were wounded with muskets. Only then did they catch up, attack back and forth with the front team, and open up a small battlefield by themselves, desperately hacking and stabbing the Jiannu cavalry who were alone, forcing the Jiannu cavalry to flee back to the main battlefield, and then the slave slaughtering army turned around again Continue to harass the enemy with muskets, waiting for the opportunity to launch a general attack.

The battle was in full swing on the battlefield, but the commanders and main generals of the two armies outside the battlefield did not say a word, but silently observed the performance of their own army and the performance of the enemy on the battlefield, summing up experience for future decisive battles.On the Jiannu side, Nuerhachi and his son were delighted that the Jiannu heavy cavalry could indeed withstand the new muskets of the Ming army at a long distance, but secretly worried that under the strict economic blockade of the Ming army over the years, Jiannu could be equipped with this There are less than 150 elite cavalry with strong and heavy armor. At the same time, such heavy armor is basically a display in front of rifled muskets within [-] paces. Jiannu, who has more than a hundred steps, still suffers greatly in terms of long-range attack power.Therefore, Nuerhachi inevitably frowns deeply, wondering how to destroy the slave slaughter army, the magic weapon of Young Master Zhang.

Nuerhachi was a little bit happy and worried secretly, while Young Master Zhang was happy at the same time. He was happy because under his own training, coupled with the confidence bestowed on the soldiers of the Ming army by his prestige, the most elite army in his hands was in the field. , has been fully able to compete head-on with the most elite cavalry of Jiannu; what is worrying is that Jiannu cavalry is really strong, extremely tenacious and heroic, and can still fight head-on with its own trump card in the case of inferior equipment without any collapse In other words, if I want to destroy Jiannu's elite main force, I don't know how much troops and time I will consume just relying on a decisive battle.At the same time, Young Master Zhang also felt that although he had thought carefully, the true energy of the slave-slaughter army had not yet been brought into play. There was still a little problem with the coordination between the melee cavalry and the long-range cavalry, but what was the specific problem? find out.

The sky was getting dark, and the main forces of the two armies were already preparing for the night battle with torches, but the Xiaolinghe battlefield was still full of blood and flesh, and it was so tense that people couldn't breathe. The army showed signs of defeat, but they were still desperately killing each other, shooting arrows with guns, and stabbing with spears and spears. The fighting was in full swing, and corpses were scattered all over the field. The soldiers were psychologically at a disadvantage.At this time, there were sudden killing sounds six or seven miles west of the left wing of the Ming army, and two more armies engaged in a bloody battle. Seeing that the main battlefield was at a stalemate, Young Master Zhang ordered Wu Liuqi on the left wing to lead the tiger hunting team to roundabout and outflank. The hills and woods covered the right wing of Jiannu, but Nurhachi also had the same idea. He sent the No. 11 son Babuhai to lead an army of [-] to attack the left wing of the Ming army. There was a ping-pong-pong fight.More naturally, after the scouts of the two armies reported the situation to the main formation, Young Master Zhang and Nuerhachi inevitably cursed in unison, "Shameless!"

The stalemate was finally broken. When the Mangui cavalry was completely mixed up with the Jiannu cavalry, Lu Xiangsheng personally adjusted his tactics to Jin Guofeng, the deputy captain of the Tianxiong Squad recommended by Master Zhang. He launched a group charge in the direction of the group to break up, and the slave slaughter army naturally had the upper hand, and they were forced in front of Duduo's army in a short while. As a retreat, intending to rearrange the team, the Ming army took the opportunity to chase and kill, and quickly gained the upper hand psychologically.Seeing the opportunity, Young Master Zhang immediately waved the command flag and launched a general attack. The remaining [-] Ming cavalry took the slaughtering slave army as the vanguard, and directly charged towards Nurhachi's main formation.Under such circumstances, Jiannu should have stood firmly on the front line to resist the enemy with bows, crossbows and muskets, and then waited for an opportunity to outflank the enemy. However, the muskets of the slave slaughter army were too sharp, and Jiannu could not take so many lives to shoot Jiannu from a long distance. At the same time, Duoduo's defeated army also disrupted the left wing of the own army, and Babuhai on the right wing could not resist Wu Liuqi's musket attack. The main force retreated.The central army on both wings did not have the upper hand, so Nuerhachi had no choice but to order Huang Taiji and Amin to break off, and the whole army slowly retreated to the camp.Young Master Zhang had few soldiers, and seeing that it was getting dark, he didn't dare to chase too far, after only three or four miles, he also ordered to withdraw his troops, and returned to the camp triumphantly.

After this tentative small-scale contact battle, the Ming army lost nearly 800 troops, including more than 110 soldiers from the slaughtering slave army; the Jiannu army lost more than [-] people in battle. More than [-] people were severely injured and disabled, among which the Zhenghuang Banner elite led by Duoduo suffered the most, which made Nuerhachi and Duoduo feel distressed.But in the face of this victory, both Young Master Zhang and Nuerhachi couldn't laugh, because they both knew very well that the combat effectiveness of the opponent's army was too close to their own. Going on, there will be only one result, that is, both sides will suffer. Nuerhachi will lose the elite main force he relies on for a living, and he will lose the game. Young Master Zhang will lose the most elite main force of the Ming army. The war is very unfavorable.So Young Master Zhang and Nuerhachi have only one choice left, and that is—Zhenghe Qisheng!
Zhenghe means to maintain a positive balance with the enemy, and to be invincible first, and Qisheng means to win victory with surprise soldiers—in layman’s terms, it means using Master Zhang’s best tricks to exchange for the greatest at the least price. Victorious.In this regard, Young Master Zhang and Nuerhachi and his sons are both masters among masters, and because of this, after returning to the camp, Young Master Zhang, Nuerhachi and his sons both used their brains and racked their brains to figure out what to do. How to put the enemy into a trap, and use such a bad idea that the ancestral grave is smoking to kill the opponent.

Let’s talk about Nuerhachi’s side first. After the Jiannu army retreated back to the camp, Nuerhachi’s first order was to send more scouts to scout the Ming army’s food storage areas. Huang Taiji, who understood his father’s wicked thoughts, said nothing , agree immediately.After the arrangements were made, Huang Taiji tentatively asked Nurhachi again: "Ama, what about Zhang Haogu's surprise army that landed in Liaodong from the sea? Should we send an army back to protect our hinterland?"

"Absolutely not! And this matter must be kept absolutely secret. Except for those present today, no one else can know!" Nuerhachi said firmly: "During a great war, rashly dividing the troops will only shake the morale of the army and make it difficult for the soldiers to fight. The soldiers think that something is wrong with our rear, if the morale of the army is shaken, then we will be in danger!" Huang Taiji understood and quickly agreed.Nuerhachi ordered again: "Also, go and give an order to your uncles who stay in the rear, ask them to be prepared, and must guard Tokyo (Liaoyang), Haizhou, Fushun, Fuzhou, Dingliao and These important cities of Hetuala! As long as these cities are defended, other losses will be within our acceptable range."

"My son understands." Huang Taiji agreed, and quickly took a pen to write out the order, and handed it over to the messenger to send it back to the rear.After everything was done, Huang Taiji turned to Nuerhachi who was already lying on the hospital bed and said, "Ama, I feel that sneak attacking and destroying the barbarian's food storage is indeed a great way to hit the barbarian's morale and break the balance of the battlefield." Playing a wonderful game, but Ahma should not forget, Zhang Haogu is treacherous and cautious, so his granary must be closely guarded, and our hope of success is not great. Therefore, I believe that if we want to defeat Zhang Haogu, we must More tricks have to be prepared.”

"Do you have any good suggestions?" Nurhachi asked calmly.Huang Taiji smiled bitterly and said: "Ama, this is embarrassing my son. It's not like I don't know how powerful Zhang Haogu is. In the last battle of Jinzhou, we didn't use up all our tricks? Night attack, alienation, ambush, Fake soldiers, surrender, espionage, false surrender, false retreat, rumors, fire attack..., all kinds of tricks have been exhausted, but none of them have worked once, and many times Zhang Haogu has turned around and set us up. I got caught in it and suffered a lot, this time I really can't think of any tricks to defeat him."

"If you can't think of it, you have to think about it." Nuerhachi sighed, and said gloomily: "You have also seen today's battle. The barbarian army trained by Zhang Haogu has been able to fight us very well in the field. The score is up and down, and he even has a slight advantage. If this continues, he will consume all our main force! What's more troublesome is that we no longer have a reserve team, but Zhang Haogu still has his father-in-law leading the team. Our [-] reserve team, that army, should not be underestimated."

Of course Huang Taiji knew this truth, but Huang Taiji also knew that scheming in front of Young Master Zhang was basically the same as courting death. That scary little mad dog seemed to be able to predict the future. He almost just pouted his ass. The little mad dog can basically guess what reincarnation he is going to pull immediately, and quickly formulate countermeasures to deal with himself in turn, so even though Huang Taiji racked his brains, he still couldn't figure out a surefire way.In desperation, Fan Wencheng was reported outside the tent to ask for an interview, Nurhachi promised, and a moment later, Fan Wencheng, covered in dust, came in from outside the tent. As soon as he entered the tent, this man who had no courage to meet Young Master Zhang today The big traitor knelt down to Nuerhachi, and said with a smile on his face: "Slave Fan Wencheng, I kowtow to Khan, I kowtow to my master! Great joy, master great joy!"

"Where does the joy come from?" Huang Taiji looked at the dust on Fan Wencheng's face and asked: "The face is covered with dirt, and you are still wearing rags. Where have you been today?"

"Back to master, this slave is going to look for Zhang Haogu's granary!" Fan Wencheng said viciously: "This slave knows that it is very difficult to confront Zhang Haogu, a barbarian, so today I will take my master to meet Zhang Haogu. When the little Manzi met, he took a few Han guards, crossed the Xiaoling River disguised as ordinary people, dressed up as the Manzi people who were avoiding the flames of war, sneaked into the rear of the Manzi army to scout the enemy, and looked for the location of Zhang Haogu Manzi’s granary!"

"Did you find it?" Nurhachi sat up straight and asked.Fan Wencheng smiled and replied: "Thank Master Hong Fu, the slave has gone through untold hardships, and was almost discovered by the barbarian scouts several times, and finally found out that the little barbarian Zhang Haogu's grain storage place is just to the northwest of Tashan Mountain. Beacon Hill!"

"Mark it on the sand table!" Nuerhachi jumped away and rushed to the sand table map to check.But after Fan Wencheng marked the location, Nuerhachi frowned suddenly—the so-called Bijia Mountain turned out to be a small island hanging alone in the sea of ​​Jinzhou Bay!For Jiannu without a navy, this is tantamount to being out of reach.Huang Taiji also sighed and said: "This Zhang Haogu is really cunning. He even set up the granary in the sea, so that we have no chance to sneak attack."

"Master, don't worry." Fan Wencheng said with a red face, "Khan and Master don't know, although this Bijia Mountain is a small island, its terrain is very special. , ten feet wide sand road, vehicles and horses can go straight to the island! Only when the tide is high, this road will be submerged by sea water!" (real terrain)

"Is there such a miracle?" Nurhachi, who rarely goes to the beach, asked in surprise.Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "Damn Khan, I dare not lie to you, there is indeed such a miracle! Moreover, I have carefully calculated the time of the sea's ebb and flow. Tomorrow night, that is, the night of September 23, when the time is right, the sea will ebb! "

"Okay, God help me too!" Nuerhachi patted his legs happily.But Huang Taiji didn't dare to take it lightly, after thinking for a while, Huang Taiji said in a deep voice: "Ama, it's too risky, Bijia Mountain is less than ninety miles away from Zhang Haogu's camp, there must be a lot of barbarian scouts patrolling along the way. , if the barbarian scouts find out, the army we went to attack will probably never return."

"Master, don't worry. We won't be able to sneak attack tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. This slave is proficient in astronomy and geography. I know exactly when the sea tide rises and when it ebbs." Fan Wencheng comforted: "As long as we can get the night password of the barbarian army, send A light cavalry pretending to be a barbarian army, there is still hope for a successful sneak attack."

"That's about the same." Huang Taiji nodded, wondering again: "However, it may not be so easy to get the barbarian's night password."

"Master, don't worry, this matter can take your time. This slave has a second and bigger piece of good news to report to you!" Fan Wencheng smiled even more treacherously, and said sinisterly: "When this slave came back, he just received a message from Ning Yuan. An urgent report from Yuan Chonghuan! That barbarian Yuan Chonghuan used a swindle to test whether Zhang Haogu barbarian would accept his surrender, and took the opportunity to send Princess Xiao Yuer to Shanhaiguan to use his beauty tricks to find an opportunity to get rid of the scourge of Zhang Haogu barbarian! According to Yuan Chonghuan's insider report in Shanhaiguan, although Princess Xiaoyuer has never had a chance to do anything, Zhang Haogu's little barbarian still covets the beauty of the Princess Princess, but due to physical inconvenience, she was unable to invite the Princess Princess to sleep , brought the Princess Princess to the army, and now the Princess Princess is in the barbarian barracks south of the Xiaoling River!"

"What else?" Nuerhachi and Huang Taiji asked in surprise.Fan Wencheng replied with a sinister smile: "It's absolutely true! The princess lost contact with Yuan Chonghuan after she left Shanhaiguan. Get in touch and play by ear."

After all, Fan Wencheng explained Yuan Chonghuan's ins and outs of Xiao Yu'er in detail again, and emphasized that Xiao Yu'er went undercover next to Young Master Zhang with the determination to die this time in order to revenge the country and the family, and only waited for a chance , will die together with Young Master Zhang!After Fan Wencheng finished speaking, Nuerhachi and Huang Taiji were already beaming with joy, and a thought came to their minds, "Could it be that good luck hasn't abandoned our Dajin army?"

(End of this chapter)