Ming Dynasty: Starting from Liaodong Jiangmen

Chapter 59 The bloody battle at Luanhe

On the other side of the Luanhe River, the sound of whips rang out, penetrating the cracked rocks and breaking into the sky.

As the flag wavered, the ground trembled, and smoke swept in, covering the ground and the sky.

Countless Houjin cavalry in blue armor, the tiger-head swords in their hands shone under the refraction of the sun, sweeping over like a wave from the plains!

The cavalry of the Hou Jin Army did not stop for a moment when they passed the pontoon bridge. They drove deeper and did not notice at all that on the shore behind the pontoon bridge, there was a slightly distinctive dark yellow sand. Under the sand, there were three thousand Gods who were waiting in full formation. The soldiers of the camp died.

"General, let's fight!"

Feeling the Jurchens' horse hooves running over their heads one after another, an officer who was a former Liao soldier and now a captain of the Shenshu Camp roared in a low voice.

Li Shunzu clutched the sword in his hand, his eyes were cold, as if he had not heard the soldiers around him asking for a fight, he just pressed his ears tightly to the edge of the soil, waiting for any movement.

Although the surrounding soldiers of the Shenshu Camp were anxious and impatient, the general did not give the order, so they could only continue to lie dormant.

The Jurchen cavalry of the Zhenglan Banner kept stepping over the heads of the Shenshu Camp soldiers who were ambushing behind the pontoon bridge. The place they passed was a mess, but behind the pontoon bridge in the distance, the continuous sound of the hoofbeats of the Houjin Cavalry was still rumbling.

Following the gap between the wooden boards, Li Shunzu gradually frowned.

After the Jin Army's cavalry marched, the smoke and dust almost covered the sky and the sun, blocking the view around the entire trench.

But no matter how many golden cavalry passed through, the sound of the hoofbeats of the cavalry that followed did not decrease and remained constant. The sound on the pontoon was very dense and seemed to be endless.

Soon, Li Shunzu noticed some clues.

Passing the pontoon bridge at this speed, if the Hou Jin Army only had one thousand cavalry as stated in the intelligence, they should have almost passed by long ago.

Such a movement didn't look like 1000 people coming, but tens of thousands of cavalry!
"wrong!"

"There are no less than [-] Dongnu cavalry here. The information is wrong!"

"Pass my military orders, and you are not allowed to—"

Before they finished speaking, everyone felt the earth wall in front of them suddenly tremble.

The sand fell, interrupting Li Shunzu's words.

When Li Shunzu raised his head again, his pupils suddenly tightened.

The Jurchen cavalry who had crossed the pontoon bridge all turned back, their eyes alert, scanning back and forth behind the pontoon bridge where the Shenshu Camp soldiers were ambushing, as if they were looking for something.

The soldiers of each battalion of the Shenshu Battalion who were about to attack all held their breath and waited nervously for Li Shunzu's signal.

But under such circumstances, Li Shunzu no longer dared to order the trap to be set up as planned.

"********!"

"**!!"

Several Jurchen generals in armor gathered behind the pontoon, stationed their horses in circles, discussed a few words with each other in ancient Jurchen language, and then galloped away one after another.

Immediately afterwards, the hoofbeats of the Hou Jin Army on both sides of the Luan River broke out, and a rapid sound of horns sounded in the formation.

"Woooooooooo!"

With the sound of the horn, the Zhenglan Banner Jurchen soldiers who had passed the pontoon dismounted one after another, picked up their shields and swords, and began to search inch by inch around the Luanhe River pontoon, stabbing the sand with their swords and guns.

"We're exposed!"

Li Shunzu now finally knew what these Houjin cavalry were doing.

These slaves passed through the pontoon bridge at first as if they didn't notice the ambush, trying to lure themselves out!

But seeing that they didn't jump out stupidly, they stopped acting and began to form formations to search for ambushes!

According to historical records, the Hou Jin army was attacked when passing through the pontoon bridge. They were caught off guard and retreated in confusion.

But now, they are coming in greater numbers than in history, and there is no rush to cross the Luanhe River!

It seems that there was a spy in the Ming army who reported the news of the ambush to the Hou Jin army who came to rescue Luanzhou!
The question is, who could this spy be?

After the Jin Army infantry at the front dismounted, they suddenly pulled up a tight rope with entangled thorns. This rope was tightly wrapped around the other side of the pontoon. Once pulled up, it covered the entire rear of the Luan River.

Seeing that the rope with thorns and iron thorns was about to be pulled over the heads of the ambushing soldiers in the trench ahead, Li Shunzu also knew that at this time, he could no longer sit still and wait for death.The Hou Jin Army knew exactly where their ambush troops were, and if they continued to hide, they would use various means to kill them alive in the traps they dug.

It's better to catch them off guard while they still don't know the exact location of their ambush!
Li Shunzu looked out along the plywood and saw that at this moment, where Yu Kuan was, he was surrounded by the mounts that remained after the Hou Jin cavalry dismounted. At this time, they were able to kill the infantry of the Hou Jin army. Split in two with the cavalry!
"Fight with these Dong slaves!"

Li Shunzu gave an order and sounded the signal flare that had been prepared.

The trench suddenly exploded, and there was a loud bang at the bottom.

"Slave killing!"

Then, countless shouts of killing suddenly broke out.

The banner of Shenshu Camp appeared behind the Luanhe River, and countless soldiers fought out of the trenches.

Countless ravines suddenly appeared on the ground. Soldiers from the Shenshu Camp who had been waiting for a long time jumped out one after another. Various traps specially prepared for the cavalry also began to take effect. The Houjin Cavalry was suddenly attacked. For a moment, the soldiers were turned upside down and the position was in chaos. .

After Yu Kuan came out, he looked at Li Shunzu and understood the latter's thoughts.

He took a step forward and mounted his horse.

The soldiers of Shenshu Camp who were ambushing here also followed the same example and began to snatch the mounts of Houjin's infantry who dismounted to search for traps.

The mount was taken away, and the front line of the Jurchen infantry suddenly fell into chaos.

Some people turned back to recapture their mounts, while some Jurchen officers led the military police to hold down the formation, trying not to scatter the front line.

For a time, the shouts were loud, and people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were crowded and chaotic.

Li Shunzu stabbed a knife fiercely, killing a slave soldier in front of him, and then stared around.

Only a few miles away, smoke and dust covered the sky and sun, and countless troops were coming. It was He Kegang's Tuanshan camp setting up an ambush on the other side.

He Kegang's reaction was not slow. He must have waited for a long time and realized that the slave knights did not take that route, so he immediately came as a team.

It's just that Tuanshan Camp is all infantry, and the distance of twenty miles is not close. Tuanshan Camp is full of soldiers wearing armor. No matter how fast they run, it will not take an hour or two to reach them with two legs. It's also impossible.

Far water cannot save the near fire, you have to rely on yourself to break out of the siege.

At this moment, the soldiers of Shenshu Camp were completely engaged with the Houjin Army on both sides of the Luanhe River.

Shenshu Camp occupies a favorable location, but the troops of the Later Jin Dynasty continued to pass through the pontoon bridge, and their numerical advantage was obvious.

Li Shunzu personally supervised the formation in front, and his whole body was completely covered in blood.

Looking up and looking around, I suddenly realized that under the Jurchen flags behind the pontoon bridge, there was a Jurchen general in full armor, riding a dark brown war horse, constantly giving military orders to the front.

"Come with me!"

Li Shunzu raised his hand to give the order, and a gong sounded suddenly behind him.

"Bang bang bang—"

The crisp sound of gongs suddenly resounded throughout the Luanhe River, and the Shenshu camp army formation following Li Shunzu changed accordingly. The front formation slowly retreated, and the rear formation formed an awl shape, with Li Shunzu's servant as a sword. Pointed, thrust straight into the Jurchen general behind the Luanhe River.

Although there were more slaves than expected, the more than 3000 veterans in the Shenshu Camp had nothing to fear.

After all, before they came to the capital under the imperial edict of King Qin, they had fought against Jiannu countless times in Liaodong. Each of them had come from the even more tragic mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood in Liaodong.

As long as the formation does not collapse, they will fight until the last moment!
The Jurchen general glanced coldly at the Ming army in front of him. When he saw that the other party quickly changed their formation and turned towards him, a look of ridicule flashed on his face, and then he gave a faint order.

"Send the order, encircle them, and cut off their retreat!"

The guard commander was a little worried and looked forward, his eyes flickering uneasily.

"Baduli, another Ming army is coming. It is said that the leader is General He Kegang of Liaodong. Do you want me to detach some troops to stop them?"

The commander of the Houjin Army, who was called Badu Li, pondered for a moment, turned around and said: "I brought ten thousand vests, and all of them are good fighters who have defeated countless Ming armies! If within two hours, even 3000 Even the infantry of the Dominion Army cannot be annihilated, so I will commit suicide in front of the battle line to apologize to the Great Khan!"

"Send the order, the whole army is on the move, and I will annihilate this small Ming army!"

(End of this chapter)