Dragon Sea Empire

When Huang Taiji reported to his father, Khan, he found that Nurhachi was sitting on the Khan's seat with a flushed face and panting, as if he was enduring pain. He looked around in surprise and saw more than ten nephews of the Aixinjueluo family They all looked sad and indignant.

"What's going on," he couldn't help asking Abatay, the leader of the Great Khan Bajale's personal army.

Abatai said in a low voice: "Yue Tuo was shot and died in battle..."

Yue Tuo, the owner of Xianghong Banner and the eldest son of Daishan, was shot to death when attacking the Chinese army on the northern front. He was hit by hundreds of iron balls and bullets and died instantly.

The Red Banner troops braved the intensive artillery fire from the city of Hetuala in an attempt to detour to the rear of the Chinese Army. As a result, they suffered heavy casualties. The Mongolian soldiers who cooperated in the battle fled first again like yesterday. Yuetuo's Chinese Army camp was directly bombarded by dozens of cannons from the Chinese Army. , not only the main general was killed, but the entire army was defeated, with heavy casualties, and five of the 29 Jurchen cows were completely wiped out.

Nurhachi was distressed and upset not only because of the death of his capable grandson, but also because the diversionary attack on the northern front could no longer be launched because Yue Tuo was killed in battle and Daishan was seriously injured.

Early this morning, Nurhachi ambushed his most elite Bayal soldiers and two Yellow Banner troops on the two wings and behind the mountain of Zaotu Mountain, and used those Han slaves, armored men, and heavy soldiers to lure the enemy into battle.

He is an old warlord who has fought for 40 years. He is absolutely not reconciled to yesterday's major setback. He thought: the Eight Banners soldiers cannot win when the Chinese army holds their ground. The marching column should have a chance of winning.

The Chinese army did start to counterattack, but their heavy cavalry was too tough, and the Eight Banners soldiers couldn't stop them anyway: Fortunately, the Chinese army had a small number of heavy cavalry, and their impact durability was extremely limited, so they quickly retreated automatically. Finally, a Chinese army The army's infantry unit rushed over, but there were only a few thousand people-it was Zhangpan's second regiment. Nurhachi ordered that except for the two yellow flags and the bordered white flags to surround this army, the rest of the Eight Banners once again pressed the Chinese army across the board. Assuming that he wanted to destroy the Second Regiment of the Fifth Division of the Chinese Army, he planned to use Zhang Pan's troops as a bait, hoping that the main force of the Chinese Army's infantry would leave the parapet position and escape the cover of artillery fire because of their eagerness to rescue the friendly troops, and come to the field suitable for the maneuvering of the Eight Banners cavalry. In order to facilitate the Eight Banners soldiers to divide and encircle.

Yan Siqi is not the kind of cold-blooded general, he is an impulsive person in essence, and this time in the battle under the city of Hetuala, Yan Siqi unexpectedly insisted on rescuing Zhang Pan's troops without dividing troops, and forced the main force to line up to meet the enemy step by step. The formation slowly advanced, and for a whole afternoon, the three phalanxes formed by the three regiments on the center line of the Chinese Army and the phalanx of the fifth division on the south wing advanced slowly for less than two miles, basically a line of flat pushes, During this period, tens of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers were repulsed countless times, and the bodies of Eight Banners soldiers were scattered everywhere within the range of several miles passed by the phalanx.

Zheng Zhihu was young and energetic, and came to find Yan Siqi in the phalanx of the third regiment of the Fifth Division, and asked again: "Boss Yan, let me take the cavalry to rescue Brother Zhang. The second regiment has not sent a rescue signal for an hour."

Yan Siqi was standing on a carriage loaded with two "Lightning Beehive Guns", and was acting as the shooter himself, cranking the handle to fire the ammunition. "Kaka Kaka" was firing vigorously. Hearing this, his face turned cold and he glared at Zheng Zhihu: "Boy, go back to the cavalry, you are about to attack, but you must wait for my order, it is not the time yet,"

"It's getting dark, Manager Yan, Brother Zhang and the others..." Zheng Zhihu had a quarrel with Zhang Pan yesterday because of the Han people's captives, but he is a straight-hearted guy and a young man, so he didn't have any embarrassment, but wanted to help Zhang Pan a handful.

"Captain Zheng," Yan Siqi interrupted Zheng Zhihu's words: "I order you to return to your own army, and you are not allowed to attack without orders,"

Zheng Zhihu was dissatisfied, and returned angrily. When he returned to the cavalry behind the phalanx, he saw that the soldiers of the artillery post of the second regiment were untying the reins of the horses on the artillery carts, and they were all riding on their horses with muskets on their backs. The whistle chief hurriedly grabbed the artillery post: "What do you want to do?"

"Regimental Commander Zhang is in danger. The second regiment has been besieged for a long time. Manager Yan saves people regardless of his troops. We brothers will rescue them by ourselves,"

When the second regiment attacked, the artillery post was left behind because of its poor maneuverability on the battlefield. Half of the members of the artillery post were from Liaodong, and most of the rest were from Shandong. Just as he was getting on the horse, Zheng Zhihu grabbed his saddle: "What are you doing, why don't you leave them alone, you are going to die,"

The supervisor smiled wryly: "I have already performed my duties, but no one listened to me, and it is impossible for me to arrest all the guards and put them in confinement, so I have to go with everyone,"

This is a temporary gathering place for the cavalry unit. The cavalry unit has no jurisdiction over the artillery of the second regiment. Several high-ranking cavalry officers also sympathized with the second regiment, so they did not take compulsory measures. Seeing that the second regiment belonged to the artillery sentry Leaving behind four field guns, he rushed out on horseback.

At this moment, the sun had already pressed down to the edge of the dense forests in the west, and the blood-red sunset had already reflected half of the sky. Under the blood-red sunset, the second group ushered in the most dangerous moment of the day.

Nurhachi had nothing to do with the slow advance of the main force of the Chinese Army. No matter how many Niulu troops he sent to attack, no matter how much noise he made around the second regiment, the Eight Banners' disciples were strewn with corpses and blood flowed in rivers. The Chinese Army maintained a strict front and advanced slowly. The Eight Banners soldiers could not break through the formation of the Chinese Army, nor could they stop their advance. : The Eight Banners system pays attention to the master-slave and master-servant relationship, and as the frontline officers of the Eight Banners troops with Niulu as the unit died or were injured one after another, the related troops became chaotic, and more and more Eight Banners soldiers broke up and fled , The Eight Banners soldiers who fled in all directions panicked, which is why scattered Eight Banners soldiers were attacked everywhere around the Chinese Army's position.

After Huang Taiji's Zhengbai Banner retreated from the central front again, and the Daishan and Yuetuo troops on the northern front retreated, Nurhachi finally couldn't hold back, and ordered the main force of the two yellow banners to stop circling around the second regiment and launch an attack with all their strength. I don't believe that the Chinese Army will really disregard the life and death of its own friendly troops. He still has a complete 4000 Ba Yale soldiers on hand, as well as the Xiangbai Banner and Zhenglan Banner troops who have rested for a long time, and can launch a surprise attack when the Chinese Army divides its troops .

Zhang Pan's Second Regiment now has only about 1000 people left, and the sailors and marines who are fighting together have only about 600 people left. They are surrounded on a small hill south of Zaotu Mountain, and there is not much ammunition left. All soldiers have joined hand-to-hand combat, and, Including Zhang Pan, most of the surviving soldiers of the Second Regiment were wounded.

Zhang Pan gathered the remaining brothers into a circular formation and stood on the hill. All the remaining ammunition was concentrated for the remaining brothers of the first battalion facing west: that direction had the most Eight Banners soldiers.

It was Abate, the seventh son of Nurhachi, who commanded the two yellow flags to attack the second regiment's position. Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, Mang Gurtai and others were all watching the battle on the side of Zaotu Mountain.

"This group of people is flying the Liao banner, and has the words of the Fifth Division and the Second Regiment. Most of them are troops composed of Liaodong people,"

The speaker was Nurhachi's most trusted Han Chinese, Fan Wencheng, a former student member from Shenyang County.

Nurhachi, who was sitting under a golden umbrella, didn't have much patience at the moment, but he still asked in a gentle tone and frowned: "We are also from Liaodong, why do the Liaodong people of the Ming army fear my Eight Banners like a tiger; and now these people, Breaking through the formation of my Eight Banners, they were able to fight to the death without retreating, scattered and reunited, and they were able to resist my Eight Banners elite for so long without the help of firearms..."

As he was talking, he suddenly became angry: "Why is Abate so incompetent?" He ordered loudly, "Let Abate lead the army to attack from the east, and shoot from the other three sides with bows and arrows, and destroy this army as soon as possible."

The main force of the Zhenghuang Banner is the direct line of the Jianzhou Jurchen Ministry who followed Nurhachi to fight the world. At this moment, after receiving strict orders, they recklessly launched an attack on the position of Zhang Pan's second regiment.

"Let's send a signal rocket, Brother Zhang..." Zhang Pan's personal captain knelt behind him and said.

Zhang Pan strenuously held a new-style flintlock musket with a half bayonet, looked at the Eight Banners cavalry who were gathering a hundred paces away, and said pantingly: "It's not necessary, it's getting dark, and the Eight Banners soldiers seldom fight at night. , Our Manager Yan likes surprise attacks, and fighting against the rules is his strength, as long as we persist until dark, we will be saved."

Zhang Pan was covered in blood, and he led his personal guards on the front line to resist the enemy's attack. The Eight Banners soldiers attacked Abatai's central army from behind because of the sudden appearance of the artillery post of the second regiment. The regiment was able to breathe.

Immediately, after the eight banners on the line and the northern line retreated, the Zhengbai Banner sent by Nurhachi to the northern line to maintain the front line was suddenly attacked by a group of troops on the north bank of the Suzi River.

At this moment the sun was already below the horizon, and Yang Qi led his elite marines in rags to cover the bushes by the river, and suddenly rushed into the Eight Banners camp that was forming by the river. Yan Siqi also issued an order at this moment. A total of 5000 light cavalrymen rushed out of three large square formations at the same time, and rushed to the Zhengbai flag on the northern line.

The Zhengbai Banner Cavalry, which suffered nearly half of the casualties within two days, was raided on both sides at the same time. After a desperate struggle for a while, the main grassroots officers lost patience and launched a suicidal charge against the Chinese Army, while the other troops on the Northern Front of the Eight Banners began to attack. Exhausted the last courage, began to collapse.

The Eight Banners soldiers on the northern front were first pierced through the formation by the heavy cavalry. The Zhengbai Banner could not stop the breakthrough of the Chinese cavalry.

At this moment, Nurhachi decisively ordered the two yellow banners and other troops to stop fighting and retreat to the edge of the dense forest west of Zaotu Mountain.

At the moment, there are more than 300 people left in Zhang Pan’s second regiment, and only more than 200 soldiers in the Marine Corps. Seeing the soldiers of the Eight Banners suddenly recede like a tide, Zhang Pan took a breath and fell down on the ground, unable to stand up anymore. up,