Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 439
When they heard Geng Zhongming's euphemistic suggestion to protect the back road, Dorgon and Yue Tuo were shocked and immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.

From Yue Tuo's attack on the supply camp of the Ming army to the present, the Qing army suffered setbacks everywhere and suffered heavy losses.

All this shows that every step of the Qing army's response and strategy has long been calculated by the Ming army.

Including the back road mentioned by Geng Zhongming.

"He Ledai! You immediately lead 5000 troops back to the north and inform Twelve Baylor! Be careful that the Ming army will block our army's retreat! If the Ming army intercepts them, immediately repel them! Then you lead your troops to stay where they are, and send someone to inform Prince Zheng , Let him lead his troops to help!"

Dorgon did not discuss with Yue Tuo, but immediately ordered the two white flags' Meilezhangjing He Ledai to lead his troops to reinforce Azig.

Now there is an invincible Ming army artillery vehicle in front of them. If the back road is cut off by the Ming army, the tens of thousands of Eight Banner soldiers and the same number of coats will be in a very dangerous situation.

The current situation is very serious. The Qing army is no longer considering how to seize the food and supplies of the Ming army, but to evacuate the narrow Liaoxi Corridor as safely as possible until it retreats to Shengjing.

He Ledai stood up and was about to leave when there was a sudden sound of disorderly footsteps outside the tent. Before Dorgon could get angry, the curtain was lifted from the outside, and there was a man with crooked armor and a large amount of blood on his body. Azig strode into the tent.

"Old Fourteen! Hurry up and send people to the back! The Ming people mobilized tens of thousands of horses to besiege me! And it's the new army with sharp guns! Things are not going well! Don't let the Ming people cut off the way back! He X Yes! This time we Eight Banners are at a big loss!"

It turned out that when Zhang Xian's Beijing camp was in danger under the attack of the Qing army on both sides, 3000 people from the Thunder Department of the Qin Army stationed in Deshengbao suddenly rushed out and directly hit the rear of the Qing army.

Unable to defend, Botbu had to gather the remaining hundreds of people in the middle to fight hastily, but was defeated by the Qin army after a while, and Botbu, who was wearing heavy armor, was shot several times and died on the spot.

However, the two hundred cavalry of the Qing army were too short to charge at the speed of their horses. As a result, they were defeated and fled by the spearmen of the Qin army who surrounded them.

Afterwards, the Qin army quickly stepped forward and flanked the highly motivated Jingying soldiers back and forth, killing most of the Qing troops on both wings. In the end, only a very small number of Qing troops fled into the mountains and forests on both sides and disappeared.

Unlike Zhang Xian and his subordinates, who lacked experience in commanding in front of battle, Lei Sheng, who had experienced battles, had already led his troops to the mountains and forests on the east side long before the two sides started fighting.

After letting his soldiers hide their whereabouts and rest and listen to orders, Lei Sheng stepped forward to carefully observe the formation of the Qing army.

It has to be said that although Zhang Xian lacked combat experience, the battlefield he chose was extremely beneficial to the Ming army.

Because the battlefield where the two sides are fighting happens to be the narrowest part of the long and narrow Liaoxi Corridor, which is only two or three miles away from the mountains and forests on the east and west sides. Wait for the defeat of the Ming army before pursuing and killing them.

Just after the fierce fighting between the two sides, taking advantage of the attention of both sides on the battlefield, Lei Sheng ordered [-] spearmen to take the back of the enemy's cavalry and kill them from the southeast.

Then [-] musketeers formed two large square formations, lined up with [-] tiger crouching gunners, [-] knife shield players, and [-] archers from the east.

Under the attack of the Qin army's three-dimensional firepower from far, middle and near, the Qing army in the middle was defeated first, and then most of the cavalry of the Qing army driven by the pikemen were also killed. Only dozens of cavalry fled to the south from the gap between the two armies.

Afterwards, Lei Sheng and Zhang Xian had a brief discussion. In addition to leaving more than a hundred soldiers to take care of the wounded and clean up the battlefield, the two armies joined forces and continued to advance south.

On the battlefield on the southern front, the 1000 people led by the arrogant Azig were hit head-on by nearly 3000 people from the Weichuan Department.

Azig adopted almost the same tactics as Betbu, but Wei Chuan was obviously a head ahead of Zhang Xian in terms of on-the-spot command.

While arranging for the grenadiers to destroy more than a dozen shield vehicles of the Qing army in the middle road, Wei Chuan saw that the Qing army was trying to break through the two wings of his own side, and dispatched [-] tiger squat guns to the two sides respectively.

Twenty tiger squatting cannons fired only one round, and none of the heavy armored soldiers in the front row of the Qing army survived. The spearmen of the Ming army then lined up and defeated the Qing army on both wings.

Azige was frightened and ordered more than a hundred guards to charge forward, but the result was that the Ming army's blunderbuss array did not even reach the thirty steps, and more than a hundred riders were killed and injured.

Then Wei Chuan commanded the entire Ming army to press up, and the Qing army, which had been damaged by nearly half after two battles, was powerless to resist. Azig had to order the whole army to retreat, and Wei Chuan led his troops to press on behind him.

Azig has already sensed that something is wrong. He originally planned to go back and join forces with Huili, who was in charge of the support, and defeat the Ming army from the north with Botebu, and then return all the way north to join Jierhalang, and then lead the army south. Dorgon and others who responded to the front line.

Unexpectedly, before he returned to the vicinity of the camp, he received a message from someone not sending him back: Bo Tebu had been defeated and died.

Azig suddenly understood that the Ming army saw that there were only [-] men under their command, and wanted to gather heavy troops to eat him up, and then either continue to attack the front line and harass the Qing army's rear, or set up an ambush to wait for the Qing army. The army returned to the north.

It seems that the old fourteen and their army are not doing well!At least the progress of the battle was extremely unsatisfactory, otherwise the Ming army would not suddenly gather troops out of the city to attack him along the way!
After learning that there were [-] Ming troops coming from the north, Azig immediately ordered that he not gather the defeated soldiers when he returned home, and then rush to join him with wrapped clothes. The army headed south and opened a bloody road to join Dorgon and Yuetuo.

Because in comparison, the number of the Ming army in the south is obviously smaller. Before the Ming army in the north arrived, I rushed out with people, or I might die here under the attack of the Ming army on both sides. .

Back home without more than 1000 horses, he drove [-] Baoyi to join forces with Azig. Before the Ming army arrived on the North Road, he drove Baoyi in front and the Qing army in the rear. Launched an attack on Wei Chuanbu.

During the bloody battle between the two armies, Han Guan and Li Lu led 1000 people to fight out from the forest in the west, and dealt a fatal blow to the Qing army from the flank. Go through and run towards the south.

Exhausted, Azig sat down on the seat of Dorgon who had stood up, took off his iron helmet and threw it aside, and briefly explained the battle process in a low and tired tone.

Hearing that at least half of Azig's more than 4000 men had suffered casualties in this battle, there was no sound in the big tent.

The current situation has reached the point where the situation is at stake. Under the Ming army's series of interlocking strategies, the tens of thousands of Qing troops are already in an extremely dangerous situation. Whether it is fighting or retreating, they must act as soon as possible. Come up with a perfect strategy.

"He Ledai! Let's do what the king said just now! Send more sentries to search both sides, gather the defeated children and send them back! If you encounter a large Ming army on the way, don't fight in vain!"

After a long silence, Dorgon gave the order.

"You two lords, you two Baylors, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to our army! Under the continuous battle, our army has suffered a lot of damage, and this servant feels that he must find a way to retreat to the Songjin line as soon as possible, and the only way to join Prince Zheng is the right way!"

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