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Chapter 356 The Counterattack Begins

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The night is getting darker, the snow is getting bigger and bigger, wrapped in the bitter night wind, it is hard to open the eyes, on such a snowy night that is dark enough to kill people, and the wind is high enough to set fires, the fourth watch will When they arrived, the north gate of Ningyuan, which had been closed all night, was suddenly opened quietly, and groups of Jiannu cavalry and Shanzong elites poured out of the city. As a cover, they quickly seized key positions such as intersections and high grounds, so as to prevent the Ming army's ambushes from suddenly rushing out and inflicting heavy damage on their own army.What relieved the entire Jiannu army was that there was no movement in the Ming army camp far to the southwest, and no sign of movement was found here.Du Du, who led the team, also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly sent someone to report to Huang Taiji, so that Huang Taiji's brigade could leave the city as soon as possible.

"Strange?" After hearing the report from Du Du's personal soldiers, Huang Taiji was inevitably a little confused, and said in doubt: "Even if the wind and snow are heavy and the soldiers of the barbarian army are tired and unable to set up an ambush outside the city, the barbarian army should at least arrange scouts to monitor the gate of Ningyuan city." The movement of our army is so big, and the barbarian scouts reported it to Zhang Haogu, the little barbarian, why didn't he respond at all? Isn't he afraid that I will take the opportunity to rob the camp?"

"Master, beware of deceit!" Fan Wencheng said darkly: "The slave thinks that we should send more scouts to closely monitor the movements on both sides of our retreat road, so as not to be caught in the tricks of the good old barbarians again." Huang Taiji nodded, rightly About to issue an order, Du Du's army rushed over again, held a letter in front of Huang Taiji, and said respectfully: "Khan, the slaves just discovered it on the official road. The barbarian planted a tree in the middle of the official road." The letter was nailed to the wooden sign with a dagger."

"What else is there?" Huang Taiji was very surprised, and quickly took the letter and opened it to read it by the light of the torch, but saw that the letter was written in block letters: "Brother Huang Taiji, I know you will run away overnight tonight, Tian Taiji The cold snow is too big, I am too lazy to ambush and intercept you. Run, run as far as possible. It will be dawn tomorrow morning, and I will chase and kill you when I get enough sleep, and take over Ningyuan City by the way. The journey is smooth sailing, I have already prepared a coffin for your family, and I will collect your corpse on the Tashan battlefield. My brother Zhang Haogu pays homage to you."

"You barbarian! You've only won a few victories, and you're so arrogant?" Huang Taiji tore up Young Master Zhang's letter to pieces, and shouted with a livid face, "Hurry up and get out of the city, fortunately the winter night is long, now There are still more than two hours before dawn, before dawn, we must rush to Yaowang Temple to meet Nikan and Gong An's troops!"

With an order, the remaining nearly 1 Jiannu and more than 1 Shanzong rebels acted immediately. Du Du led the elite cavalry to open the way, Huang Taiji led the main force of Jiannu to protect the grain and supplies as the second team, and Yuan Chonghuan led more than 2 Shanzong The rebels escorted more than 2 ordinary people in Ningyuan City into the third team. After Tabai led the army, more than [-] soldiers and civilians were divided into four teams and left the city, taking the flat official road and heading north overnight.Fortunately, half of the more than [-] people in Ningyuan City are family members of the Shanzong rebels. Although they were unwilling to leave their hometown and flee to Liaodong, they did not resolutely resist. After the violent massacre of more than a hundred people by the Shanzong rebels, the unarmed ordinary people had no choice but to accept their fate and follow the Shanzong rebels northward, hoping to have a chance to escape on the way.So soon, the Ningyuan Jiancheng built by the Ming court with countless manpower, material resources, money, food and grass became an empty city, standing silently in the storm.

It was rare for Young Master Zhang to keep his word to the enemy. During the nearly an hour when the Jiannu army left the city, although there were many opportunities for surprise attacks, no Ming army team suddenly broke out, which delayed the progress of Jiannu's retreat.Seeing this scene, Huang Taiji secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly ordered the army to move north one by one. At the same time, he sent people to keep in touch with the navy at all times, so as to grasp the trend of the sea war that might start from time to time.But at this moment, the snowflakes in the sky were getting bigger and bigger, and the snow on the road was nearly a foot, which brought great difficulties to the march of the Jiannu army. The ordinary people in the third team were even more difficult to support. Absolutely, people kept freezing and falling down.Yuan Chonghuan was afraid that Huang Taiji would blame him, so he quickly sent his confidant Zhang Guobing to lead five hundred cavalry to urge the people to go northward. Anyone who walked slowly or tried to escape would be killed immediately!

Although they resorted to brutal means to urge the people to march, the physical strength and speed of ordinary people will never be able to catch up with the infantry and cavalry who have received formal military training. The third team had just arrived at halfway, and the team was so disconnected that the anxious Huang Taiji was inevitably furious, and sent someone to Yuan Chonghuan: "Within half an hour, the third team must catch up with the second team. Those who hinder the military situation will be cut immediately!" Yuan Chonghuan had no choice but to shout at his subordinates with red eyes: "Go and whip with a horsewhip, let the people speed up their pace, and if they walk slower, they will be hacked to death immediately!"

"Kill!" Before the words fell, there were sudden killing sounds on the west side and rear of the road, and a Ming army cavalry rushed out each. , Zhang Shaobao said that there was no ambush, so you think there is no ambush? Pig head! Can you believe what Zhang Shaobao said on the battlefield? Brothers, kill me and save the people as much as possible!" The Ming army cavalry agreed loudly, and rushed into the mountain sect like a whirlwind The rebels slashed and killed fiercely, while Cao Bianjiao in the rear bit the Jiannu Tabai army in the back of the palace, preventing him from having a chance to spare Yuan Chonghuan.Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Shanzong rebels were in chaos, the people of Ningyuan rushed to flee for their lives. How long would the frightened Shanzong rebels have to stop?
After realizing that he was fooled again by Master Zhang with an extremely simple strategy, Huang Taiji in the second team almost fainted, but because he needed to protect the more important food and supplies, he did not dare to divide the troops too much, so he had to send his nephew Kutku Together with General Namutai, he led an army of [-] troops to the south to help.And when Kutku and Namutai finally rushed back to the battlefield against the wind and snow, the sky was already getting darker, and the battlefield was even more chaotic. However, they were killed by four or five thousand cavalry led by Zhao, who turned their backs on their backs and left corpses strewn all over the field.What's even more exasperating is that Zu Dashou, He Kegang and other generals managed to organize their own teams to fight back. Yuan Chonghuan, who was chased and killed by Zhao's deputy Zhu Mei, rushed to seek protection with a larger number of direct troops. The son rushed away the army that Zu Dashou and He Kegang put together with great effort, and was so angry that even Yuan Chonghuan's number one confidant, Zu Dashou, cursed, "Pigs! You are stupider than pigs! How many barbarians are there?" , you just stand there and let the barbarians kill them, and the barbarians won't be able to kill them all in a while, right?" Zhu Mei, who was chasing Yuan Chonghuan's butt, smiled dazedly, and kept waving her knife and shouting, "Brothers, follow Yuan Gouguan's banner! Cut it off for me! Don't lose your footing, let Officer Yuan Gou lead the charge for us!"

"Kute Kubezi, the situation is not good!" Namutai, the father of Ye Bilong, the later Minister of Miqing Guming, was rich in experience. He found that the battlefield was too chaotic and rushed in, fearing that his army would be disrupted by the Shanzong rebels. Then he hurriedly said to Kutku: "The battlefield is too chaotic. If we rush in from the front, it is easy to be blocked by friendly troops, but it is not easy to use our fists and feet. It is better to divide the troops with Master Bei to outflank and go west to attack the barbarians. Where the handsome flag is, Master Bei, you enter the battlefield from the east, where there are few barbarian soldiers, Master Bei, you can easily cut off the barbarian cavalry at the waist."

"What the old general said is very true. Let's work separately." Kutku respected Namutai very much, and immediately nodded in agreement.Then the slave-building reinforcements were divided into two groups, and each acted according to the plan, but at this moment, something happened that made Kutku and Namutai's noses completely crooked—Yuan Chonghuan suddenly saw the slave-building reinforcements arriving on the battlefield, Quickly patted the horse and shouted: "Brothers, Dajin's reinforcements are here, rush over to meet them!" Amidst the roar, Yuan Chonghuan took the lead in patting the horse and rushing, and Zhang Guobing and Zhou Wenyu, who led the army to protect Yuan Chonghuan, also hurriedly followed. Regardless of the concentration of self-army infantry in front, they stomped on their horses desperately. As a result, many self-army infantry were trampled to death immediately, while Zhu Mei behind laughed and led more than a thousand cavalry in hot pursuit.

"Get out of the way!" At this point, Namutai had no choice but to command the army to disperse left and right, intending to let Yuan Chonghuan's defeated soldiers rush over and encircle Zhumei's cavalry.But both Kutku and Namutai really overestimated Yuan Chonghuan's battlefield IQ. Seeing that the front was bright and bright, not only did they not rush to the open place, but turned their horses and rushed towards Kutku, who had more troops, and said He kept yelling: "Brothers of Dajin, save me quickly! Help me, I am your Pingnan King——!" As a result, Yuan Chonghuan's defeated soldiers swept into the middle, and Kutku was orderly Kutku cursed, but Zhu Mei laughed so hard that he almost fell off his horse.That's not to say, the benefactor of the Qing Dynasty, Dudu Yuan, had finished harming Kutku's army, and found that the cavalry of the Ming army were slashing up like madmen, and with a scream, they turned around and rushed towards Namutai's neat team...

"Yuan Chonghuan barbarian, I'll fuck your [-]th generation ancestor!" This is what Namutai blurted out when the team was completely disrupted by Yuan Chonghuan.After the war, Huang Taiji, who became angry from embarrassment, immediately deprived Yuan Chonghuan of his military command, and cursed: "If you really don't know how to fight, let me hide in the back! I'm afraid of you, don't be on the front line Continue to harm the friendly army!" This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

With the help of Yuan Dudu, the "superior famous general", Zhao led the teaching army who succeeded in ambushing and rescuing the people, and easily left the battlefield. Army camp.The furious Tabai and Kutku generals who wanted to raise their troops to pursue and kill them, but Namutai held him back tightly, "You two sons, it's important for us to go north to break through the encirclement now, so don't hold back the main force anymore. "Tabai and Kutku and other generals thought about it, but in desperation, they had to quickly gather the army, and took some Ningyuan people who had no time to escape and hurried to the north to join the main force.But at that moment, the main force of the Ming army, who had recovered a lot of physical strength after An Xin's rest overnight, also left the camp, with Man Gui as the vanguard, led by Young Master Zhang himself, and began an all-out campaign to hunt down and kill the main force of the slave building.

When the sky was fully bright, the third and fourth teams of Jiannu finally caught up with the main force of the self-armed army at the Yaowang Temple, and the main force of the Ming army led by Young Master Zhang had also caught up to the Jiangnu River area, less than 2 meters away from the main force of Jiannu. ten miles.After listening to the military situation reported by Tabai and other generals, Huang Taiji's face sank like water, and after thinking for a moment, he decisively shouted: "Zu Dashou, He Kegang, Wu Xiang, you three will lead the Ningyuan army as the first team after the end; Tabai, you take me The [-] army infantry formed the second team, keeping a distance of five miles from the first team; when the barbarian army came after them, the first team was only allowed to fight to the death on the spot, and was not allowed to take a step back! Wait for the second team's reinforcements!"

Before the words fell, Zu Dashou, He Kegang and Wu Xiang's faces were already as pale as paper. These three old sparrows on the battlefield were not Yuan Chonghuan's military idiot. The order to fight to the death on the spot clearly means to use Ningyuan's army as an abandoned child. As for what is waiting for the second team's reinforcements, let's not talk about whether Tabai's army will really reinforce it, even if it does send reinforcements— ——The [-] Jiannu infantry composed of the second-line army can play the role of a fart in front of the fierce wolf and tiger-like Young Master Zhang?Huang Taiji observed the words and expressions, and knew that the generals of the Shanzong rebel army had understood his intentions, but Huang Taiji didn't bother to hide it, and directly shouted with a livid face: "Why? Didn't you hear my intention?"

"The final general will obey the order." Zu Dashou and the other three generals agreed with their hands clasped in resignation.Fan Wencheng on the other side said with a smile: "Don't worry, the three generals. After you die in the rear, your family members will be well taken care of in the Chinese army. How about this, I will let Prince Pingnan personally lead the army to protect your family members , you should rest assured, right?"

"That's right, I will definitely protect the families of your three generals." Yuan Chonghuan, who didn't need to risk his life to die, nodded like a chicken pecking rice. Captain Cai Yilei asked, "Yi Lei, where is Zuo Kunshan? Why haven't I seen him since just now?"

"The last general didn't see him either." Cai Yilei shook his head, and said worriedly: "Could it be that he died in battle? The battlefield was so chaotic last night, anything could happen."

Yuan Chonghuan was furious, and hurriedly shouted: "Trash, why don't you send someone to look for it? He protects General Wu Sangui's pregnant wife. If Mrs. Wu loses a single hair, I will chop you all off!" Cai Yilei obediently agreed, Hurrying down to make arrangements, Huang Taiji also remembered the battle at sea, and hurriedly asked: "Yuan Aiqing, did you hear any news about the sailors you sent to intercept the barbarian troop transport fleet last night?"

"Back to the Khan, after our army was ambushed last night, the slaves lost contact with the navy." Yuan Chonghuan rarely blushed, and seeing Huang Taiji's unkind expression, Yuan Chonghuan quickly added: "But please don't worry, Khan. The three generals Qi, He Lintu and Sun Zhongshou are all loyal to Da Jin, and I believe they will destroy the barbarian troop transport ship at all costs, and the Great Khan only needs to be quiet and good news."

"I hope so." Huang Taiji murmured: "21 large ships and more than 30 medium and small ships, even if one is replaced, as long as we can kill half of the barbarian reinforcements at sea, our next battle will be much easier. After muttering, Huang Taiji saw Zu Dashou and other generals still not moving, and shouted angrily: "What are you still doing? Why don't you organize an army? The road here in Yaowang Temple is narrow, and it is a good place to fight. Hold here firmly for me! Don't say for a long time, as long as you guard me for a day, I will reward you a lot!" Zu Dashou and other generals had no choice but to respectfully agree, and organized the Shanzong rebels from Ningyuan to stick to the spot However, Huang Taiji hurriedly headed northward with the main force of building slaves, food and supplies—of course, the family members of Zu Dashou, He Kegang, and Wu Xiang must be brought along. As for the role, I believe there is no need to explain it.

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At the same time, on the south side of Huludao, the only way for the Ming army fleet to go north to reinforce Tashan, the Shanzong Navy, who had been waiting here for a long time, finally found the shadow of the Ming army fleet and saw nearly a hundred ships. The Ming army fleet composed of large sea-going ships was braving the harsh north wind, all relying on oars to go north with difficulty. The three generals of the Shanzong, Sun Zhongshou, Zhao Buqi and He Lintu, laughed. The general really deserves to be the number one sea thunderbolt in our Shanzong, he is really proficient in water warfare, and he calculated that the Manzi navy must pass through Huludao, so he rushed here first to wait for work, and the Manzi navy really came obediently."

"Of course." Zhao Buqi said proudly, "If the Manzi navy wants to reinforce Tashan, it must take the nearest Huludao route. Instead of intercepting the Manzi navy in the south of Lianshan Bay, it is better to come to Hulu first The island seizes the upper reaches of the upper reaches, and now the ocean currents and winds are on our side, and the barbarian sailors are paddling all the way northward, and there is not much energy left. This battle is much easier for us to fight!"

"That's right!" Sun Zhongshou said triumphantly: "It's time to let the master see how powerful our Ningyuan Navy is. After we win this battle, we will be promoted to the third rank for sure! Sea Thunderbolt, quickly order, How should this battle be fought?"

"Flag flag, T-shaped tactics!" Zhao Buqi shouted viciously: "Half a sail, the ship's side faces the barbarian's bow, and the bows, muskets, cannons, and fire dragons are all ready to go out of the water. Wait for the order, and give me a hard lesson immediately. barbarian!"

While the flag was waving, taking advantage of the upper wind, the warship of the Ningyuan Navy quickly turned its bow, and faced the Ming army fleet with a side that was conducive to long-range weapon attacks. Although the Ming army fleet in the south spotted the enemy ship at the same time, Reluctantly, the wind and ocean currents are extremely unfavorable to our own side, so we can only bite the bullet and speed up the paddling speed, wanting to quickly shorten the distance with the Ningyuan Navy, and start a hand-to-hand battle that is beneficial to our side.Discovering the movements of the Ming army, Zhao Buqi sneered and said with a smile: "Looking at the banner, the commander of the barbarian's navy should be Yang Guodong from Denglai. This guy is good at bragging, but he is far behind in water warfare." After laughing, Zhao Buqi turned to his deputy, He Lintu, and said, "General He, General Sun and I command the entire army on the flagship. You and General Wu Sangui will take the small boats of the China Ship to seize the upper hand in the northwest, wait for the flag of the flagship to order, and use the advantage of the wind to kill the enemy." Into the waist of the barbarian fleet, cut them off at the waist!"

"The general will follow orders." He Lintu clasped his fists and agreed.He Lintu's son-in-law, Wu Sangui, also took a step forward, clasped his fists and bowed and said, "The general will obey!" Before he finished speaking, Wu Sangui had already taken advantage of the opportunity of bowing to quickly pull out the knife from his waist, stood up and slashed at Zhao Buqi. Zhao Buqi didn't even have a chance to snort when he raised the knife on his neck, his head flew out into the sky, and the dirty blood in his neck flew up half a person's height.

"Wu Sangui, what are you doing?" Sun Zhongshou was taken aback, and hurriedly pulled out his waist knife, but Wu Sangui's movements were much faster than him, and he slashed at him diagonally. Draw a deep mark on his chest armor.Wu Sangui's skill was better than Sun Zhongshou's by more than 01:30. Immediately, he took a step forward and slashed his head with a knife. Sun Zhongshou screamed, and a lazy donkey rolled and crawled to avoid it. Over there, the [-] soldiers of the slave slaughter army brought by Wu Sangui also fought together, or chopped off the soldiers of Zhao Buqi and Sun Zhongshou who swarmed up, or helped Wu Sangui chase and kill Sun Zhongshou, and Sun Zhongshou who rolled to the side of the boat was forced Helpless, he had no choice but to climb the side of the boat and jump into the sea, yelling frantically: "Wu Sangui, you bastard! Your wife is dead!"

"You are the ones who are going to die!" Wu Sangui sneered, then turned around with the bloody steel knife in his hand, and said with a grinning grin at his pale father-in-law He Lintu: "Father-in-law, you have two choices now, one One is to let my son-in-law, who is an undercover agent of Ming Dynasty, kill my relatives righteously, and the other is to lead the navy to surrender to the Ming army, so my son-in-law can still speak in front of Zhang Shaobao, and I will protect your life without any worries!"

"My son-in-law, are you crazy?" He Lintu said tremblingly: "Your wife and my daughter are still in the hands of the suzerain. If we betray the suzerain, your wife, my daughter, and her belly The children in the house are all over!"

"Don't worry!" Wu Sangui said with a smirk: "Father-in-law, let me tell you the truth now, Zuo Liangyu was actually an undercover agent sent by Zhang Shaobao to Yuan Chonghuan's dog thief from the very beginning, just to let Zuo Liangyu gain Yuan's dog thief's trust. Zhang Shaobao did not hesitate to sacrifice six people to get into the Shanzong's inside line, and Yuan Gou thief completely believed in Zuo Kunshan! Zuo Liangyu volunteered to guard Yan'er, and with his protection, my father-in-law, your daughter and grandson will definitely It will be safe and sound! Ha, Zhao Buqi thought he was smart enough not to intercept the Daming Navy in Lianshan Bay, and I was not in a hurry to expose my identity. I think Yan'er and the others have returned to the Daming Army safe and sound now. gone."

"Zuo Liangyu is also one of yours? The suzerain has treated him with great kindness, how could he betray the suzerain?" He Lintu was even more surprised.Wu Sangui nodded and said with a sinister smile: "Yuan Dog Thieves did show kindness to Zuo Liangyu, but unfortunately he forgot that the uncle Zuo Liangyu who raised Zuo Liangyu single-handedly is still a tenant farmer in Zhang Shaobao's hometown. When sent back to Ningyuan and passing through the capital, Zhang Shaobao asked his uncle to come forward to persuade Zuo Liangyu to return to Daming, and asked Jiu Qiansui to secretly promise countless benefits to Zuo Liangyu, can Zuo Liangyu not listen?" After finishing speaking, Wu Sangui waved his steel again. Dao, pointing at the chaotic Shanzong navy fleet, shouted: "My lord father-in-law, this is your last chance, you decide for yourself! Do you want to be buried with Yuan Gou, or return to Daming with your son-in-law?" The army, enjoy the glory and wealth bestowed by the Ming Dynasty?"

"I'll listen to you." He Lintu was not stupid, he was protected by a son-in-law who had a high status in the Ming army, so he would not be so stupid as to go to bury Yuan Chonghuan with him, and immediately said: "My son-in-law, please tell me to What can father-in-law do to atone for his crimes?"

(End of this chapter)