Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 166 Infighting
However, what the Ming army did not expect was that Jiannu's retreat was not an ordinary strategic retreat, but went straight to Da'ankou of the Jizhen Great Wall. It seemed that he wanted to escape directly from Da'ankou!
Not only did Jiannu gain nothing from entering the customs this time, but he also did not achieve any valuable results. In this case, the whole army must retreat. It really does not seem like Jiannu's style. How could Huang Taiji do that? Are you someone who is willing to suffer a loss?

Therefore, Mangui reminded the generals: "Jiannu has made a gesture of withdrawing his troops this time, but he may not really be willing to leave. There may be some trick. Everyone should be careful!"

Zu Dashou looked at the direction in which Jian Nu was heading, but sneered and said, "General Man, don't worry, Jian Nu will be a dead end!"

When Mangui heard this, he couldn't help but look at Zu Dashou with some surprise: "What do you mean by this? In front of you is Da'ankou, which is the breach where Jiannu entered the pass. Once Jiannu rushes out from the breach, Our army can only let them leave!"

After all, outside the pass is the territory of the Tatars. Now all the Chahar tribes have been conquered by the Jiannu. If a large army is mobilized to meet the Jiannu, the Ming army will be in danger.

Zu Dashou smiled and explained: "Since the emperor could predict that Jiannu would breach the section of the Great Wall from Da'ankou to Xifengkou, how could he not send people to cut off his escape here?"

Man Gui suddenly realized, "You mean Zhao Shujiao?!"

Zu Dashou smiled and nodded, clapped his horse and stepped forward: "Jiannu will definitely lose this time!"

About a quarter of an hour later, bursts of artillery fire suddenly came from the front, and then the smoke and dust were seen in the front of the slave troops. People turned on their backs. The air was filled with gunpowder smoke and black raindrops of lead bullets and iron caltrops, covering the entire slave army. got up.

Jiannu did not expect that there would be Ming troops intercepting them in front. Judging from the intensity of the bombardment, there were probably at least a dozen large artillery pieces, and there must also be a large number of Ming troops.

Daishan and Mang Gurtai followed Huang Taiji, but they did not ask Huang Taiji for his opinion. Instead, they discussed it.

Mang Gurtai said: "Although there is an interception by the Ming army in front, the number is definitely not large. It is better for us to rush over between us. With our army of 5 to [-] people, the Ming army will definitely be unable to resist!"

Daishan shook his head: "It's too risky to rush over directly. Have you forgotten the artillery position where the Ming army attacked us at night when we were in Santun camp? The Ming army's artillery is powerful, and there are also some nearby Small artillery and muskets, direct frontal impact will cause too many casualties, I think it is more appropriate to bypass the front position and move away from Longjingkou!"

When Mang Gurtai heard this, he suddenly became angry. He suddenly turned his face and shouted at Zhongdaishan: "If we want to go to Longjingkou, we have to run hundreds of miles. I don't know if there are other Ming troops ambushing ahead. It’s not certain whether I can make it to Longjingkou alive. If I want to go to you, I’ll go to D’ankou!”

When Dai Shan heard this, he was instantly furious. After all, he was the leader of the four Baylors, and Huang Taiji took the throne under his auspices. He was contradicted by Mang Gurtai in public, and his face could not be lost. Can you live there?

"Mang Gurtai, do you want to rebel?!"

Several other Baylors below hurriedly came to persuade them, but the strange thing was that Daishan and Mang Gurtai had already quarreled like this, but Huang Taiji in front still seemed to be deaf and mute, turning a deaf ear and saying nothing!

The two of them had fallen out, and they couldn't take back what they said. It would have been better if the other Belles didn't come to persuade them. But with so many people coming to persuade them, it would be even more embarrassing in front of so many people.

Especially Mang Gurtai. It is impossible for him to bow his head and admit his mistake in front of so many people. If Daishan cannot get Mang Gurtai to admit his mistake and relent, he will also not be able to step down. He cannot take the initiative to forgive. Mang Gurtai’s following offenses, right?
So Mang Gurtai immediately fought hard to the end and shouted back: "Hauge, take your people and follow me to break through the Ming army's position in front!"

Hauge didn't expect that Mang Gurtai would suddenly call him over. He was from the Zhenglan Banner, and Mang Gurtai was the flag owner of the Zhenglan Banner, so Haug logically should obey Mang Gurtai's orders.

However, in this situation, if he listened to Mang Gurtai's order and followed Mang Gurtai, wouldn't he be on the opposite side of the other Baylors?

Therefore, Hauge did not want to obey the order now, but he did not dare to disobey Mang Gurtai's order in public, so he could only pretend not to hear and remained silent.

When Mang Gurtai saw that Hauge hadn't moved, he was naturally even more annoyed, but before he could reprimand Hauge, Erbeile Amin suddenly yelled: "Mang Gurtai, you can do whatever you want, how dare you Invite the eldest brother?"

Dai Shan also snorted coldly, and said with a bit of yin and yang, "Don't think that everyone can't see your plan, why you insist on dragging big brother!"

When Mang Gurtai heard this, his face changed slightly, but he still retorted firmly: "Hauge is my subordinate. What's wrong with me calling him? I don't have those crooked ideas of yours, so don't do it." Belly sinister heart of a gentleman!"

Daishan and Amin did not argue with him any more, but asked Hauge directly: "Brother, you decide for yourself, do you want to go to the front with Mang Gurtai to die, or follow us to go to Longjingkou?"

Hauge lowered his head and did not dare to look at Mang Gurtai. Instead, he approached Daishan and Amin and whispered: "I will follow you!"

When Mang Gurtai saw this, he glared at Hauge, Daishan and Amin bitterly, and said coldly: "Then it depends on who can return to Liaodong alive!"

After saying this, Mang Gurtai left the main force with the soldiers and horses of the Zhenglan Banner and accelerated towards Da'ankou, while Jiannu's main force suddenly turned and headed towards Longjingkou in the northeast. and go.

However, even though Mang Gurtai had parted ways with the rest of the army and several Belles had reached such a quarrel, Huang Taiji still didn't say a word and just rode horseback in front of him.

As for the Ming army, when Zhao Lijiao, who was stationed at Hanerzhuang, heard that the Jiannu army was evacuating towards Da'ankou, he immediately led [-] Guan Ning cavalry towards Da'ankou to intercept them. There are strongholds and fortresses in front of them, and many artillery pieces are placed in the fortresses.

But what he faced this time was not a small army of Jiannu, but the entire force of Jiannu. If he did not go to support him, he would not be able to withstand the attack of Jiannu's army with just the few troops in the stronghold and fortress. .

However, Zhao Shujiao had just left Hanerzhuang, and before he had run twenty miles, he saw tens of thousands of troops approaching. Zhao Shujiao hurriedly picked up the military telescope in his hand and looked ahead, and found that it was indeed the army of Jiannu.Zhao Lijiao immediately ordered the entire army to prepare for war and charge towards the Jiannu army ahead!

Daishan and Amin were shocked when they discovered the Ming army rushing towards them. When they planned to move away from Longjingkou, they did think that they might encounter the Ming army's obstruction, but they never expected that they would encounter it. The Guan Ning cavalry that caused them the most headache!

But at this point, it was impossible to turn around and run away. We could only bite the bullet and fight them. At least they had an absolute advantage in terms of numbers!

Zhao Liaojiao and his Guan Ning cavalry have been waiting here for so long, and they are already itching to wait. They have changed into new equipment, and they have long wanted to practice with Jiannu!

The two armies were facing each other head-on. Guan Ning's cavalry raised their three-eyed blazing guns a hundred steps away from Jiannu. The next moment, thousands of blunderbuss were fired. Jiannu's troops were not prepared at all. He was beaten so hard that he fell on his back!

Because the three-eyed firegun is actually a very backward firearm with poor performance. It has a short range, poor accuracy, and very limited power. Its only function in actual combat is to disrupt the enemy's formation with random shots. To say how big it really is The main destructive power is when the Liaodong cavalry picks it up and uses it as a hammer after shooting the gun.

The reason why the three-eyed fire gun has become a more mainstream weapon and equipment in Liaodong is entirely because the cost is low and the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War are profitable!
But the three-eyed fire cannon improved by Sun Yuanhua is different. Sun Yuanhua really designed and manufactured the three-eyed fire cannon as a fire cannon, instead of just letting it be fired and making a sound. The current three-eyed fire cannon Although the performance of the fire gun is not as good as that of the new flintlock gun, it is enough to reach a higher level than ordinary fire guns.

The larger caliber than ordinary fire cannons is enough to make the three-eyed fire cannons more powerful. After improvement and casting, the range has doubled than before.

It is precisely because of this that Jiannu, who didn't know anything, was shot before he was ready to take precautions!
And this time it was not just ordinary soldiers who were killed and injured by the three-eyed fire gun, because several Baile rushed to the front of the team. After encountering this Guan Ning cavalry, the soldiers had to attack from both wings. He slowly rushed forward and stood in front of several Belles to fight Guan Ning's cavalry.

However, because he misjudged the range of the three-eyed fire cannon in Guan Ning's Iron Rider, Jiannu still arranged the defensive formation according to the rhythm of dealing with the three-eyed fire cannon before. Naturally, Guan Ning was shot early before the formation was closed. The cavalryman hit someone and knocked him over.

Huang Taiji, who was at the forefront, was shot in his mount, knocking him to the ground. Among the several Baylors, Jierhalang was hit in the vital part and died immediately. Dudu was shot off his horse and was seriously injured!

Before Jiannu could clean up the mess and recover from the heavy casualties, the Ming army's Guan Ning cavalry rushed in front of them wielding three-eyed fire cannons. Some Jiannu were injured by the three-eyed fire cannons. The slave immediately gained eternal liberation.

Daishan and Amin were both unscathed, but they turned a blind eye to Huang Taiji who fell off his horse, and no one went to rescue him.

Amin wanted to save the injured Du Du, but before he could reach Du Du, Du Du was smashed in the head by a Guan Ning cavalryman with a three-eyed fire blunderbuss.

Daishan and Amin saw that the battle situation was not in their favor, so they led their troops and horses to rush towards the entrance of Longjing, completely regardless of the lives of the flag owners and soldiers of other flags.

Daishan and Amin personally guarded Hauge, but left Huang Taiji in the battle formation and left without even looking back.

Seeing Daishan and Amin protecting Hauge away, Duduo, the flag owner of Zhengbai Banner, suddenly broke through the siege and rushed to Huang Taiji, and brought him a horse.

Seeing this, Huang Taiji hurriedly got on his horse and shouted to Duduo: "Duduo, don't fight here, quickly lead your troops to withdraw to the northwest. Let's meet with Mang Gurtai and exit from Da'ankou!" "

Duduo nodded quickly, and then rode with Huang Taiji to summon the people of Zhengbai Banner and fled to the west.

Although Zhao led the Guan Ning cavalry with strong combat power, they only had 5 troops after all. It was naturally a bit difficult to fight against the [-] to [-] Jian Nu soldiers. Although he could stop the Jian Nu army from moving forward. , but they were unable to stop the rear of the Jiannu troops, so Duduo and Huang Taiji easily broke away from the battle formation and fled far away.

Seeing that Huang Taiji and Duoduo had led the soldiers and horses of the Zhengbai Banner to escape, the soldiers and horses of the Jiannu Banners naturally lost morale in an instant and started to flee.

At this time, the various banners of the Slave-Building Troops were separated from each other. After all, except for the three banners they led, Daishan and Amin completely ignored the life and death of the other banners. Naturally, the other banners also took care of their own and scattered Escape for your life, no one is willing to listen to Daishan and Amin's orders and continue to stay here to fight to the death with the Ming army.

On the contrary, Daishan and Amin wanted to abandon their respective flags and flee for their own lives. Their three-banner troops and horses were still uniform, so they stood out among the rebels. Zhao led the troops with limited troops and could not intercept the scattered Jiannu. Soldiers and horses can only fight with large and conspicuous troops, and attack Daishan and Amin's troops fiercely.

In fact, ever since Mang Gurtai had a disagreement with Daishan and Amin and led his troops to Da'ankou alone, each banner leader and Baylor already had their own ideas. After all, no one is a fool. Of course, they must give priority to By myself.

Because Jiannu's banners have become separated from each other, even if Jiannu's troops have an absolute advantage, they will always be beaten when they encounter the troops led by Zhao. When Daishan and Amin run away with their troops, they see the emperor again. Taiji and Duoduo led the troops of Zhengbai Banner to the west, and the soldiers of the other banners were even more unwilling to fight and fled separately.

In the end, only the three banners of Daishan and Amin, namely the Zhenghongqi, the Xianghongqi and the Xianglanqi, were left on the battlefield. Since many soldiers had been killed or injured in the previous battles, the total strength of the three flags could not be totaled. More than [-] troops.

However, the Guan Ning cavalry on Zhao's side had almost no loss of troops. After all, at the beginning of this encounter, Jiannu's troops were caught off guard by the Guan Ning cavalry's three-eyed fire blunderbuss. There was no relief, and in the middle of the fight, all the bannermen and horses of Jiannu were thinking about running for their lives and had no intention of fighting.

Now, the situation has completely reversed, and it has become [-] well-equipped Guan Ning cavalry, defeated by the [-] remnants of Jiannu.

Daishan and Amin were really panicking now. They could see that it was impossible to escape easily. Judging from the current situation, the Ming army's Guan Ning cavalry was not going to let go. For them, if they want to leave here alive, they have to fight their way out!

(End of this chapter)