The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 355 Breaking into the Line of Defense
Mang Gurtai was furious, he put his hand on the handle of the saber at his waist and asked back: "Eighth brother, are you making it clear that you are alone in trouble with me? I am obedient, but you still want to kill me?"

De Gelei is Mang Gurtai's younger brother. Seeing his brother being rude, he quickly pressed his hand holding the knife handle and reprimanded him: "Hugh, you are so rude, hurry up and back down."

Seeing that Mang Gurtai was still stalking his neck like a cockfighting cock and staring at Hong, Dege threw a punch at him, and Mang Gurtai became even more violent, drawing his blade out of its sheath.

At this time, several generals, guards and De Gelei in the tent pushed Mangurtai out together.

Hong Xie has never dared to be so arrogant in front of him since he ascended the throne. He was trembling with anger, and cursed: "It really is a bastard who killed his mother to win favor! I can't bear it anymore."

Mang Gurtai was pushed out of the big tent by De Ge class, and the cool wind blew his head away. He began to regret, and hurriedly tried to remedy it. He didn't care about the casualties, and immediately formed a hundred warriors to dismount and fight to curb the advance of the Ming army. speed.

The Ming army's musketeers had no combat effectiveness, and so did the coachman. Mang Gurtai, who was desperately thinking, personally led the Jiannu soldiers to fight hand-to-hand. After a while, the small thousand Ming soldiers were beheaded. Exhausted, and then Jin Jun only died a dozen people.

Da Ming and Hou Jin fought each other in the first round, and Zhang Chun did not expect a surprise attack to enter the Hou Jin army's camp and came to the Dalinghe city, where he was expected to be blocked.

He ordered the formation to establish a defense system on the spot, and ordered the second army formation to move in and organize manpower to fill in the trenches to open the way for the chariots to advance.

The Ming army's spearmen and sword-and-shield fighters advanced like a wall. When they entered the trench area, the queue could not be deployed and could only be converted into a three-talented formation or a small mandarin duck formation of eleven or two people. The Jin army did not summarize any bird formations. The cooperation when shuttling in the trenches was completely out of tacit understanding and instinct.

The Ming army's single-soldier combat effectiveness is indeed far inferior to that of Jiannu. At this time, they can't use their strengths in firearms and are basically being beaten by the enemy. prevailed.

The two armies were fighting in a scuffle, and large-scale assaults were not used for the time being, but were fighting locally. The infantry of the Ming army went down to the trenches in turn to fight in units of one or two thousand generals.

The Mangurtai and Dege brothers who fought in the battle took Niulu as a unit to harass them. Seeing that they were about to be unable to support them, the two white flags finally came up.

The Xiangbai Banner and Zhengbai Banner are actually the Zhenghuang Banner and Xianghuang Banner of the old slave era. Because Hong Jie won the throne of the Great Khan, the two white flags he originally commanded were replaced by two yellow flags, and the man and horse components remained the same.

The two white flags of Doduo and Dorgon are the two yellow flags of the elite of the old slave era. Of course, their combat effectiveness is overwhelming. Without the advantage of firearms, the Ming army really cannot beat these senior executioners.

The task of Honggui is clear, to kill as many Ming troops as possible to compete for trenches and fill pits to build roads, and when the casualties are too large, don't try your best to avoid the edge.

The two armies fought at a stalemate, from the afternoon to the sunset, and continued to fight at night. Gradually, the Ming army clearly felt that Jiannu seemed to be unable to bear the casualties and retreated.

In this way, the troops led by Zhang Chun fought for more than eight hours and finally broke into the first line of defense of the Houjin Army. At this time, in a large tent in the front position of the Houjin Army, the slave chief Hong was sitting in the middle, and civil servants and generals stood on both sides. One by one looked excited.

Hong Zai looked at Dorgon who was kneeling on the ground pleading guilty and said with a smile: "Mergen Daiqing, please, why do you have to fight well with your subordinates?"

Dorgon suffered heavy losses that day and lost a thousand men and horses. He gritted his teeth and directed the two white banner men and horses in a bloody battle with the Ming army, and finally had to withdraw from the first position.

Although he hated the starling for wasting his strength on purpose, he put on a look of sincerity and fear on his face. He said: "Khan, I have tried my best. If I don't take a step back and give up those trenches for a while, I guess the casualties will be doubled. I am willing." Get punished."

Hong is confident at this time, the depression of the past few days has been swept away, he laughed loudly and said:
"The battlefield I preset is in the area of ​​Changshan. For this reason, Wu Zhenchaoha has already prepared the cannons of God Blessing to help the general, but it is impossible to predict which point the Ming army will choose to break through. Today all this is clearly revealed. "

Tong Yangxing came out of the shift and reported back: "Your Majesty, I have used this day and night to deploy nine Tianyou cannons and more than [-] Hongyi cannons and Fran cannons captured from the Ming Dynasty, ready to fire at any time. Ming army formation."

Hong Xie helped Dorgon, who was kneeling and pleading guilty, and said kindly: "Fourteenth brother, did you hear that? You fought hard today to clarify the attack direction of the Ming army, and bought precious time for Da Jin to deploy artillery.

Next, the Ming army will encounter the shelling of our army, the full impact of the Eight Banners and the Mongolian cavalry, and they will be defeated in one fell swoop. "

Dorgon flattered him and said, "The Khan is wise and wise, and I admire him very much. Our Dajin Kingdom will definitely defeat the Ming Dynasty and establish ourselves in Liaodong to achieve the eternal foundation."

At this moment, Duoduo, who had been getting ready to go, entered the big tent, knelt down and kowtowed: "Khan, there is suddenly a thick fog outside. I don't know if the weather has changed like this. Should we postpone the time for our army to launch a general attack? I am here to ask for an order." .”

Has the weather changed?The civil servants and military generals of the Houjin Army whispered for a while, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and now it seems that the master is out of luck!The more than [-] assault troops are all ready, what should they do if they are waiting for an order but encounter a heavy fog?

Hearing this, Hong Zhe looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Hahaha! It's foggy again! God bless my Kingdom of Jin! The whole army is ordered to attack at the same time."

The big traitor Tong Yangxing knelt down and said flatteringly: "I congratulate Dahan Hexi Dahan. I think that during the Saerhu War, the military strength of the Dajin Kingdom was at an absolute disadvantage, and the general of the Ming Dynasty was the famous Juniper.

On the day of the decisive battle, it was because of the heavy fog that it was difficult to distinguish at a distance, and the Ming army's guns were difficult to catch fire and could not find the target. Our Dajin army took advantage of close combat and won a complete victory.Now that the old things are repeating itself, the strength of our Dajin army is at the height of the sky, while the strength of the Ming army is deteriorating, and today's victory in the first battle is taken for granted. "

Hong Zhe asked with a smile: "Tong Aiqing, such a thick fog should affect Wu Zhenchao's shooting, right?"

Tong Yangxing said: "Qi sweats profusely, the fog and humidity will affect the ignition of the matchlock on the bird gun, but it will not affect the ignition of the gun with the torch.

What's more, our army had already adjusted the direction and elevation angle when deploying the artillery. Our army was planning to fire the artillery before dawn. Even if it wasn't foggy at that time, we couldn't see anything. Therefore, the fog had no effect on our army's plan. "

(End of this chapter)