Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 258 Sentry
The Xiangbai Banner Jialazhang Jingtang Gudai who led the team stationed in Yizhou was brave, good at fighting, calm and resourceful, and was deeply trusted and appreciated by Azig and Dorgon.In the fifth year of Chongzhen, Azige led his troops to attack Guangning and Yizhou. After Zu Dashou gave up the two cities and led his troops back to Jinzhou, Tang Gudai was ordered to garrison here with five Niulu soldiers with Xiangbai Banner.

After succeeding Jinhan, Huang Taiji has been coveting the narrow passage of the Liaoxi Corridor.In his conception, only by completely capturing and occupying the entire western part of Liaoning, pushing the battle line forward to Shanhaiguan, and until he captures this grand pass, can Jianzhou fully possess the capital to confront Daming.

As long as Shanhaiguan is occupied, Daming will be exposed to Jianzhou's vision like a naked beautiful woman, and the materials and population that Jianzhou lacks can be obtained from Daming smoothly.There is no need to detour through Mongolia like now, drill out of the vast mountains, and then enter Daming from the remnants of the Great Wall to plunder.

But Huang Taiji also knew that rice should be eaten bite by bite.If you want to win Liaoxi, then Jinzhou has become a must.

After capturing Yizhou, Huang Taiji decided to use this place as a place of supply for his future attack on western Liaoning. He slowly stored all kinds of grain and grass materials in the city. .

From the fifth year of Chongzhen to the ninth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji ordered the construction of more than ten large warehouses in the city to store various materials.And thousands of people moved from Shengjing to coat and plant in the north bank of Daling River to get more food.

After five years of hard work by thousands of Han Chinese, the tens of thousands of acres of land reclaimed on the north bank of the Daling River have been harvested year after year. Coupled with the smuggling operations with Jinzhou, the warehouses in Yizhou City are full of various materials.After hearing the news, Huang Taiji was very happy, and ordered to speed up the conquest of the Mongolian tribes, in order to gather troops to besiege Jinzhou in the 11th year of Chongzhen, and to destroy the elite Ming army who came to aid by encircling the spot, and to fight for the backbone of the Ming Dynasty in World War I. interrupt.

That day, when Tang Gudai was inspecting the warehouse, a soldier hurried over to report that a large Ming army cavalry was found [-] li away from the south of the city, the number of which should be around [-]. Judging from their intentions, they seemed to be rushing to Yizhou .

Tang Gudai was both surprised and ridiculous when he heard this, and he immediately ordered: "Go and send an order to Duobi and Bayan'a, and ask them to take ten white armored soldiers and five hundred cavalry to sentry to intercept the Ming army. Fight if you have a chance, and return if you have no chance to find out the details of the Ming army! Send an order to Haig to close the east, west, and south gates, and the north gate will send a messenger to stand by and cross the river to Shengjing to report at any time! The infantry take their bows and arrows to the city wall, Coat-coated men over 15 years old obey orders under the city wall!"

After the several guards around him took orders and left, Tang Gudai stepped on the horse and ran towards the south gate with the rest of the guards.

He didn't care much about the Ming army's cavalry attack, even if the opponent's strength was several times his own, he was not afraid.Since the Battle of Sarhu, the Eight Banners had almost no defeat against the Ming army. It was not uncommon for a hundred Eight Banners elites to attack thousands of Ming troops on the opposite side, and finally defeated the opponent.

But what makes Tang Gudai come here is that since Zu Dashou fled back to Jinzhou from Guangning, no matter how provocative the Eight Banners soldiers were, he always kept behind closed doors and did not fight, and let Jianzhou do whatever he wanted under his nose for several years. Soldiers coming to Uiju?What is its intention?Capture Uiju?
The cavalry of the Ming army numbered 500, which seemed to be a lot of people, but the cavalry couldn't attack the city, and couldn't they be followed by infantry?The main force of Jianzhou is marching westward. Could it be that Jinzhou got the news and wanted to come to Yizhou to check things out while Jianzhou had no time to look south?If the Ming army really wanted to capture Yizhou, the number of infantry behind the five thousand cavalry should be more than ten thousand.Although my [-] people are brave, they may be powerless to defend the city.The supplies and food in the more than ten warehouses in the city are extremely precious. Once the city is broken, these supplies will either be seized by the Ming army or destroyed in their own hands, which is a serious crime of losing their heads.According to the temperament of the masters, it will be very difficult for him to stand up behind this branch.

Thinking of the possible consequences, Tang Gudai suddenly felt a sudden increase in pressure.

"Ke Dehun, if you take people back to Shengjing to report to the master immediately, it means that the army sent tens of thousands of troops to the north, and Yizhou may not be guaranteed! The slave will definitely fight to the death, but the Ming army has too many people, and I beg the master to send troops as soon as possible Come help!"

Tang Gudai ordered immediately, and the personal guard Ke Dehun took the order and steered his horse towards the north gate.

Duobi and Bayan'a were both Niulu's white-armored soldiers with Tang Gudai. After receiving Tang Gudai's order, they immediately summoned [-] cavalry and led the troops out of the south gate together with ten other Niulu's white-armored soldiers. Go in the direction where the Ming army came.

On the field nearly fifty miles away from Yizhou, two small cavalry teams of varying numbers were chasing and fighting. More than ten miles to the south, a large group of Ningjin official army cavalry was slowly moving north.

The two parties to the battle were the Ming army with about [-] riders at night, and the Eight Banners, a horse with a white flag inlaid with more than [-] people.

After the Eight Banners Army, who was ordered to spy, encountered the Ming Army at night, the leader of the team saw a large cloud of dust rising in the distance, and knew that the Ming Army had a large force to follow.He immediately sent a few cavalry to bypass the Ming army squad and continued to the front to check the number of Qingming troops.Then he quickly ordered the remaining cavalry to divide into three teams. He himself led ten people in the center, and the remaining twenty cavalry rushed towards the Ming army from the left and right wings.

This time the Ning Jin Army has Zu Dale as the main general, Zu Kuan and Zu Zerun as the deputy generals.The [-] cavalry team consisted of three servants under their command. Everyone wore armor, and some servants even wore cotton armor on their horses. They could be described as elite armed to the teeth.

The team of more than a hundred cavalry from the Ming army who did not accept the night [-] miles away from the brigade had already spotted the Eight Banners soldiers on the opposite side. Seeing the slave building team a few miles away rushing towards him, the sentinel who led the team loudly ordered his men to divide into three teams and split up meet.

The leader of the Eight Banners in the middle of the road held a tiger-toothed spear and wore a chain armor seized from the Ming army, and rushed to the front.The ten people in the back lined up a front arrow formation with him as an arrow, holding weapons in their hands, leaning down and urging their horses to follow closely behind. The Ming army on the opposite side also charged forward in the same formation.With the sound of rumbling horseshoes, the two sides were getting closer, and with a loud bang, the two sides collided together.There were screams, shouts, and the sound of swords stabbing and chopping into flesh and blood. When the two sides separated from the battle formation, more than a dozen corpses and several horses that lost their owners were left behind.

The fighting on the other side of the two sides also ended in an instant. It has to be admitted that the Eight Banners Tanma was more powerful. After this small-scale war horse confrontation, the Ming army suffered more than [-] casualties, while the Eight Banners Tanma only had seven casualties.

When the Ming army confronted the Eight Banners soldiers at night, they were cut by the Eight Banners soldiers' long knives, and the armor on his body was almost torn off. Although there was no external injury, his ribs were already aching.

After the knights on both sides hedged and exchanged positions, the horses turned back and looked at each other hundreds of steps away, waiting for their respective generals to issue an order to charge again.

The leader inlaid with the white flag hesitated in his heart.

Although it seemed that the Eight Banners cavalry took advantage of the battle just now, and the damage ratio reached three to one, but the elite of the Eight Banners died one less, which could not be compared with the large and numerous Ming army.

After the Battle of Sarhu, the Eight Banners had an overwhelming victory over the Ming army every time. It was not uncommon for dozens of Eight Banners cavalry to drive thousands of Ming troops around.

But this time the small-scale battle between the two sides is completely different from before.

Because both sides are cavalry.

If you are facing a group of Ming army infantry, even if the opponent has thousands of people, the Eight Banners soldiers can use the mangu evil tactics learned from the Mongols to kill the Ming army layer by layer until the opponent finally collapses, and then use Assault tactics won out.

But cavalry against cavalry, such tactics are not applicable at all.

Although the Eight Banners are a fishing and hunting nation and are famous for their longbows and heavy arrows, the longbow needs to be dismounted and steady before it can be drawn, and it is impossible to ride a horse.

The Mongolian cavalry used soft bows and light arrows on the horse, and they could shoot arrows on the horse, but the power was small, the range was short, and the killing effect was mediocre.

But the cavalry confronts each other, do you dare to dismount and shoot arrows dozens of steps away from the opponent?Even if you shoot a few people to death, and the opponent rushes over at a speed, you will not escape the end of being hacked to death, so this time the leader of the inlaid white flag adopted head-to-head tactics. Good results have been achieved.

Just when the leader of the Xiangbai Banner couldn't make up his mind, the Ming army guard here also secretly groaned in his heart.

Although there was a large cavalry team coming behind me, and the soldiers under him were full of confidence, so they dared to confront the Eight Banners just now, but the battle damage after the charge was too staggering.If you do it again, let alone how your subordinates are, it is still unknown whether you can survive.But once they want to escape, they will be chased and killed by the opponent, and it is very likely that few people will be able to go back alive.

At this moment, several Eight Banners cavalrymen who went to the south to sentry came back quickly, and after coming to the leader to report a few words, the leader with the white flag yelled an order, and the Eight Banners cavalry who came back from the sentry turned to one side. Hit the horse, bypass the Ming army squad, and gallop north.

The two sides had no fighting spirit at this time. Under the leadership of their respective generals, they slowly drove their horses to the east and west sides, and then sent a few horses to collect the horses and casualties, and then separately galloped to the south and north. The battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour before it was over.

When Zu Dale led the main force of the Ming army to the battlefield just now, he received an order from Hong Chengchou: The horse team stopped forty miles away from Yizhou, and the guard sentry waited for the rendezvous with the infantry before setting up camp on the spot.

(End of this chapter)