Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 827 0822 [The Final Charge]

The Jurchen soldiers and civilians without horses were so frightened that they knelt down and surrendered one after another when they saw the Ming soldiers dispatching their entire army.

Most of them were brought by Jin Wushu from the south bank of the Yalu River and Tumen River. They had no intention of fighting in the first place and were just forced to join the army. Many people had already escaped along the way, and the remaining ones were so timid that they did not even dare to desert at night.

According to the original historical trajectory, their descendants will be assimilated into North Korea and eventually become Koreans one by one.

If you can become Korean, of course you can also become Han!
Jurchen soldiers with war horses fled east or south. Because the Hun River is to the north, and the Ming army is to the west.

The cavalry of various tribes led by Yang Zaixing and the mounted infantry led by Hua Rong stared at Wanyan Zongfu's commander's flag to pursue them.

Some Jurchen soldiers found that as long as they stayed out of the way, they were fine. So those who were located in the northern part of the country all knelt down by the Hun River and asked to surrender, because they had no way to escape. As for those Jurchen soldiers located in the south, they ran away regardless of Luohuang, trying to escape back to their respective tribal lands, and then sent envoys to express their surrender to the Ming Emperor.

The Ming infantry at the front gradually left the car formation to capture the surrendered enemies.

Zhu Ming no longer paid attention to the battlefield in front of him, but said: "Send an order to Zhe Yanzhi, Zhang Xian and other generals to immediately march eastward. After taking over Shenzhou (Shenyang), continue to occupy Guide (Fushun) and Zhaosan City . Fight all the way and send the partial troops to capture Gulitian (Mudanjiang City). It may have snowed by then, so be sure to bring along the troops to keep them warm."

"I then sent an order to generals Deng Chun and Li Jinyi to capture Jinzhou, and then one group went north to occupy Tongchang (northwest of Fuxin City) and guard the city to prevent Wanyan Zonghan from returning reinforcements. The remaining groups occupied Guangning (Beizhen City) and Wang If there is no trace of the enemy, then go north and capture Yizhou."

There are too many Bohai people in Liaodong, so Ju Ming will migrate some to Youyan.

Ju Ming curled his lips and patrolled along the river on horseback. Child soldiers could be seen at any time.

"If a man dies, he will die. How can he be humiliated like this?" Wanyan Zongfu stopped his horse and ordered the trumpets to be blown to gather troops.

“Woooooooo~~~”

The military interpreter quickly said: "Your Majesty asked you how old you are."

Wanyan Zongfu originally planned to let Jin Wushu cut off the queen, but Jin Wushu escaped faster than him.

The prisoner replied: "Thirteen years old."

Moreover, these Bohai people who migrated there cannot enjoy the tax preferential treatment of three exemptions and two reductions. Who asked them to help the Jin Dynasty fight the war in the past few years?
The Khitan and Xi people who could not speak Chinese were also thrown away to work in Youyan. Those who can speak Chinese will be allocated areas in Liaodong for resettlement.

Anyway, in the areas suitable for farming in Liaodong, more than 60% of the people who can speak Chinese must account for it - no matter what ethnic group they are!
……

After issuing the military order, Ju Ming rode forward and his guards quickly followed.

After sending several groups of cavalry in succession, they fled before engaging in battle.

There were fewer and fewer Jurchen soldiers following them. Not all of them were killed by the Ming Dynasty's pursuers, but were led away by the leaders of each department.

Ju Ming then ordered: "Screen the Wanyan tribe among the prisoners and kill them all without leaving any one alive. From the other tribes, five thousand will be taken away in proportion, as long as those under the age of sixteen are taken away. One thousand of them will be taken to Pyongyang, Baozhou and other places. They lived together with the Han soldiers and civilians there. Five hundred of them were taken to Iwami Castle, Tsushima Island, and Sado Island to work as tenants for the soldiers there. The rest were sent to Xiangxi, Sichuan, and Hehuang if they learned to speak Chinese. , living among the exiles there.”

The quality of these Jurchen soldiers is too low, and most of them have never fought in a battle. What can you do when you are thirteen or fourteen years old and go to the battlefield? Now they were fleeing in defeat, and those child soldiers were frightened to death.

He has been retreating these days and has long wanted to fight head-on.

The two brothers Wanyan Zongfu and Jin Wushu had led their troops to flee for more than ten miles.

The prisoner could not understand Chinese and knelt on the ground trembling.

Anyway, there is no military rations when you escape, and you may not be able to escape, so you might as well charge before you die. It just so happened that the people chasing after them were all cavalry, and without the protection of the Ming Dynasty's chariot array, they could regain some dignity by counterattacking now.

Zhu Ming asked a very short prisoner, "How old are you?"

He originally planned to "reduce" the Jurchens, but it seems that Wanyan Zongfu has already done it in advance.

There were surrendered soldiers and prisoners everywhere, especially on the banks of the Hun River.

After blowing the trumpet for a long time, about two thousand soldiers gathered together.

There are still more than two hundred Hezhamengan, but more than half have lost their armor. Their heavy armor was carried by spare horses. How could they care about it when they fled in a hurry just now?
Most of the remaining core elites of the Jin Guo East Route Army are here now.

Seeing that Wanyan Zongfu was about to charge back, Yang Zaixing and Hua Rong both raised their arms and began to slow down and form their own teams.

Hua Rong had three thousand fusiliers and two thousand close combat infantry. Their riding skills were not very good, so they dismounted one after another and formed a military formation.

Yang Zaixing ordered the cavalry of all ethnic groups to be distributed on both sides of the infantry formation. The Bohai cavalry, including Gao Jingshan, Wang Zheng and others, were also dispatched by Yang Zaixing at this time.

The Jin cavalry is still the same, with a team of fifty people. Thirty cavalrymen on both sides of each team stepped forward to shoot arrows to harass and lure the enemy. The twenty cavalry in the middle are ready to charge at any time, and occasionally charge forward to shoot arrows.

The cavalry from both sides were cruising around and shooting arrows at each other, speeding up and sprinting as they shot.

It was the Jurchen cavalry who took the initiative to charge forward. There were too few of them and they were at a disadvantage when shooting arrows. They could only sprint in advance to still have a chance in close combat.

The first to be defeated was Liu E. Although this guy wanted to do his best, but if he couldn't defeat him, he really couldn't defeat him.

Liu E had hundreds of Han cavalry under his command, all of whom were brought from Youzhou to Liaodong. They were afraid of both the Ming soldiers and the Jurchen soldiers, but they were defeated on the spot by a group of Jurchen cavalry.

There were no child soldiers following Wanyan Zongfu in the counterattack, and most of them were elite Jurchens. At this moment, they finally showed their due fighting power!
Liu E's Youzhou Han cavalry collapsed, which immediately affected the Liaodong Bohai cavalry next to them.

The Bohai cavalry under Wang Zheng's command, those close to the Youzhou Han cavalry fled, while those far away from the Youzhou Han cavalry were still barely holding back.

The Jurchen cavalry general who defeated Liu E turned and thrust towards Wang Zheng's troops. With just one charge, Wang Zheng's remaining troops collapsed, causing Gao Jingshan's troops to be attacked from two sides.

Although Da Pan was killed in Hesu Guancheng, his younger brother Da Gu also led his remaining troops to participate in the war at this time.

The Bohai cavalry rushed to the rescue and attacked the Jurchen cavalry from the flank. Three teams of Jurchen warriors showed their defeat and retreated while shooting arrows. However, two more teams of Jurchen warriors took over the retreating friendly troops and charged forward.

Hundreds of Da's cavalry were routed by two groups of Jurchen cavalry, and the leader, Da Gu, was killed on the spot.

Gao Jingshan's troops were already on the verge of collapse, and they also suffered the same fate as the Liaoyang Li family and Liaoyang Gao family cavalry. Yang Zaixing saw that more than half of the Jurchen cavalry had been dispatched, and one of his own cavalry had also completed a sideways maneuver. He immediately saw the opportunity and rushed towards Wanyan Zongfu from both sides.

After Hua Rong's horse infantry dismounted and formed a formation, no enemy cavalry rushed over at all - the Jurchen soldiers did not want to provoke muskets.

On the contrary, some of our own troops were defeated and fled towards the infantry formation in a panic.

Moreover, more and more broken troops came, bypassing the formation and hiding behind the formation, trying to seek protection from the Ming Dynasty infantry.

At this time, Chengzhou Gao's cavalry in Gaojingshan, as well as Liaoyang Li's and Liaoyang Gao's cavalry were overwhelmed by the Jurchen Xiaoqi one after another.

The number of Jurchen cavalry who attacked this side was only six hundred.

The total number of cavalrymen of all races overwhelmed by them was more than three thousand!

"Go around to the sides!" Hua Rong shouted.

Hua Rong didn't need to remind him at all, the defeated friendly troops spontaneously bypassed the formation. Although they are not as good as the Jurchen soldiers in fighting, their ability to save their lives is second to none.

Before all the defeated troops could get around, Hua Rong raised the command flag himself: "First row, let go!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The first row of fusiliers fired a volley of a thousand muskets. They fired indiscriminately at the fleeing friendly troops and the Jurchen soldiers chasing behind them.

After shooting, he squatted on the spot and reloaded ammunition.

The commander of the second platoon quickly waved the command flag and blew the brass whistle to remind.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Another thousand fire cannons were fired from a standing position. After shooting, he quickly squatted down.

For the third row of fusiliers, repeat the above operation.

After three rounds of shooting, the two thousand spearmen squatting in the front row raised their spears one after another.

The smoke cleared, and there was no one alive on the battlefield ahead.

The more than 200 friendly troops who had no time to avoid the formation were routed and were closest to the musket firing point. All of them were killed. These soldiers who surrendered from the Bohai Sea did not die at the hands of the Jurchens, but were killed by gunfire.

Two-thirds of the hundreds of Jurchen cavalry who were chasing them fell on the spot, and the remaining lucky ones were so frightened that they fled the battlefield.

"Follow me to kill the enemy!"

Liu E, who was the first to lead his troops to flee, showed how cowardly he had been before, but now he became so fierce - he was so brave that he killed the remaining Jurchen soldiers.

The troops of all ethnic groups were defeated and were still running away.

When they discovered the performance of the Ming musketeers, they also turned around and charged back.

Yang Zaixing was already at war with Wanyan Zongfu.

In Wanyan Zongfu's hands, in addition to a thousand Jurchen Knights, there were also more than two hundred Hezha Mengan. More than a hundred of them, Hezha Meng'an, had lost their armor in the escape.

A thousand Ming cavalry and hundreds of Bohai cavalry, under the command of Yang Zaixing, carried out a flanking attack on both sides.

Yang Zaixing led his army in the lead and headed straight for Wanyan Zongfu who was charging.

Wanyan Zongfu drew his bow and fired. Because the distance was too close, although Yang Zaixing dodged in time, he was still hit by an arrow in his right chest armor.

The two armies were intertwined, and the cavalry at the front had been mixed together.

At the moment when Yang Zaixing engaged in the battle, he ducked past He Zha Meng'an's spear in front of him on the left, and at the same time stabbed Wanyan Zongfu in front of him on the right.

Wanyan Zongfu was not good at force. In the early stage, he followed Aguda to handle military affairs. In the later stage, he was mainly responsible for military and political affairs in Shangjing of the Jin Kingdom.

Wanyan Zongfu's spear was deflected by Yang Zaixing, and he was stabbed in the chest by Yang Zaixing.

Another lance came, and Wanyan Zongfu was knocked off his horse.

"Hoohoo!"

An unknown Jurchen soldier threw a saddle ax over, almost hitting Yang Zaixing on the forehead and smashing Yang Zaixing's helmet crookedly.

"Boom!"

Hundreds of Ming cavalry and hundreds of Bohai cavalry slammed into the flanks of the Jurchen cavalry.

Just as the two sides were strangling each other, the cavalry from all races rushed back after the rout and had already circled to the other side of the Jurchen cavalry.

The Jurchen cavalry could not pass through the formation, and the following groups tried to break away from the battlefield, distanced themselves, and then charged again. Liu E and Wang Zheng also arrived with their remaining soldiers and entangled these Jurchen cavalry.

Daming's melee infantry, under the command of Hua Rong, rushed to the place where the two sides were fighting.

The spearmen dismounted one after another, and the three formed a small team to surround and kill the Jurchen cavalry who could only move short distances.

The fallen Wanyan Zongfu has been trampled to a pulp!

(I drank too much. There is only one update today.)
(End of this chapter)