Daming wolf ride

After receiving the emergency report from Dengzhou, Zhu Dadian, the new governor of Shandong, immediately led Lu soldiers to Dengzhou, and sent an order to the Liao army still in Cangzhou, asking them to arrive in Laizhou within seven days to stand by.

After receiving the military order, Shi Dayong inquired a little about the person who came, and knowing that the governor had led his troops to Dengzhou, he immediately sent an order to send the whole army east to Dengzhou.

At this time, Gao Qiqian, the eunuch who was supposed to act with Zhu Dadian, took the Beijing camp and stationed in Shang County, Hebei, and stood still.

Shang County is only 110 miles away from Dengzhou, and only [-] miles away from Laizhou.

Shang County was captured by Kong Youde's rebels seven days ago. After the rebels plundered Shang County, they imitated what they did when the Eastern captives invaded two years ago. Hebei officials dare not stop them. [

Although Zhu Wannian, the magistrate of Laizhou, wanted to intercept him, he had the strength to do so. His troops were no match for Kong Youde at all.

The officers and soldiers are so virtuous, how can it not make the rebels more arrogant, look up and down, and no longer take any officers and soldiers in their eyes.

Gao Qiqian set off from the capital on the second day after the Jinzhou Army went south. Unlike the Jinzhou Army that went south via Tongzhou to Xianghe, the eunuch Gao led the Yongwei Battalion and set off directly to Tianjin and then directly to Shang County.

Ordinarily, Shang County is not far from Dengzhou, and it can be arrived in three days. If Gao Qiqian immediately supervises the troops to go east, he will definitely be able to join forces with Zhu Dadian's Lu soldiers under the city of Dengzhou, and then meet with Sun Yuanhua inside and outside the city. Attack the rebels.

In terms of military strength, although Kong Youde is known as a [-]-strong army, there are only more than [-] capable fighters. Among the [-] soldiers Zhu Dadian brought from Dezhou, in addition to [-] Lu soldiers from Shandong, there are also former governor Yu Dacheng. There are [-] Zhejiang soldiers.

These [-] Zhejiang soldiers were not small, they were the direct descendants of the Qi family army that was so powerful in the north and south, and they were also the only Qi family army that survived the Hunhe bloody battle.

In the first year of Tianqi, Nurhachi led an army to besiege Shenyang.Ming Dynasty guards He Shixian and You Shizhong went out of the city to fight the enemy out of anger, and they both died in the battle. Tens of thousands of Mongolian hungry people in the city were cut off and fell into the bridge. 7 people.

At that time, it was the Sichuan army and the Zhejiang Qi family army who had traveled thousands of miles north to help Shenyang.When Shenyang fell, the two armies reached the south bank of the Hun River, and they were in a desperate situation.

In the end, Chen Ce, the general soldier of the Sichuan Army, and Tong Zhongkui, the general soldier of the Zhejiang Army, made the deployment of taking the initiative to attack, replacing defense with offense, and waiting for help in bloody battles when the enemy was strong and we were weak.

It is a service, and the sum of the Sichuan Army and the Zhejiang Army is less than [-].But the Jin army has [-] people, and all of them are cavalry.

From the very beginning, this battle was destined to be a bloody battle between the weak against the strong, and the few against the many.

After the battle started, the Ming army launched a suicide attack on the Jin army, trying to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

Qi Jin, the general of the Qi family army and Qi Jiguang's nephew, commanded the Qi family army, which is good at firearms, and set up a chariot formation on the south bank of the Hun River.The young generals of the Sichuan army Zhou Dunji and Qin Minping led more than 3000 Sichuan soldiers across the river from the pontoon bridge of the Hunhe River, lined up and rushed towards the Eight Banners Army on the north bank.

These Sichuan troops who never looked back were buying time for the Zhejiang army with their lives. As long as they could hold on until the arrival of the backup Ming army, or persist until night, there was still a glimmer of life.

The Sichuan army, with the determination to die, defeated the Zhengbai and Zhenghuang Banners successively, killing and wounding more than 2000 Jin soldiers.

The Jin army couldn't defeat them, so Fushun sent general Li Yongfang to fire from Shenyang City, completely covering the entire Sichuan army's position.

Generals Zhou Dunji and Qin Minping of the Sichuan army were killed in battle, and only a few people rushed across the pontoon bridge and returned to the camp of Qi's army on the south bank of the Hun River. [

After the defeat of the Sichuan army, the Zhejiang army fell into a heavy siege, and finally, the time for the decisive battle came.

The Jin army crossed the Hun River and first attacked from the left with the strength of the Four Banners.The Qi family army hastily set up their formation to meet the enemy with a formation of chariots and a well-trained triple formation of firecrackers, but a fierce cavalry of the Jin army broke through the firepower net and rushed to the front of the formation of chariots. ——Iron Wolf's soldiers stabbed him down.

After two rounds of attacks, more than 3000 casualties were caused by the golden soldiers falling off their horses.When the two sides were in a stalemate, a bad news came - Huang Taiji, who was fighting for reinforcements from the outside, repelled 3 Ming Dynasty reinforcements with thousands of people in the Baitapu area.

Qi's army has cut off foreign aid and has retreated.Nurhachi even issued a death order and asked the Eight Banners to attack in turn regardless of casualties.One side attacked to the death, and the other side defended to the death. The Ming army finally gave up all their arrows, and the chariot formation was finally broken.

After the Jin army broke into the chariot formation, the Qi family army immediately formed the world-famous mandarin duck formation with whistle as a unit, and fought fiercely with the enemy. In each formation, the wolf hand, rattan hand, and knife hand covered each other and cooperated with the enemy. It used the Qijia knife improved from the ferocious Japanese knife to kill a lot of gold soldiers.

At the end of the battle, due to being outnumbered, and two consecutive days of rapid march and fierce fighting caused physical exhaustion, the encirclement was gradually compressed.

After beheading more than ten enemies, Chen Cezhen, the general soldier, died of exhaustion.The general soldier Tong Zhongkui wanted to retreat from the battlefield, but Qi Jin grabbed his horse and shouted: "It's the day for the man to serve the country!"

Hearing this, Tong Zhongkui immediately turned around with Qi Jin and entered the battlefield again. At dusk, only dozens of remaining soldiers from the Qi family surrounded Qi Jin and Tong Zhongkui. reef.

In the twilight, the golden soldiers surrounded them on all sides, but they had lost the courage to fight in close combat.In the end, thousands of arrows were fired, and the sun set on the Hunhe River...

In the Battle of Hunhe, only a small number of Qi's troops who broke through the siege and stayed behind in Liaoyang survived. The Ming court sent personnel to appease the Lao army and promised them a heavy reward. These soldiers refused in tears. To avenge Qi Jin and other fallen soldiers—in the battle of Liaoyang ten days later, all the last fighters of Qi's army outside the pass were killed, and only one survived.

Hearing the bad news in eastern Liaodong, the county magistrates of Yiwu, Ningbo and other places where Qi's army was recruited wrote letters, saying that the country has been fighting for years, and because the Zhejiang soldiers are good at fighting, they are constantly being recruited and injured.In the end, the imperial court ordered that no more conscription from Yiwu and Ningbo be allowed.

But when the imperial court formally ordered that no more Qi's army be formed, a Qi's army of less than 3000 people was setting out from his hometown to Liaodong thousands of miles away.

Their commander is Qi Hengyi, grandnephew of Qi Jiguang, and the purpose of going to Liaodong is to follow Qi Jin's order-to go out and fight to the death with the Jurchen Tartars!

Traveling to the territory of Shandong, news came that Qi's army had been wiped out in Hunhe River. Qi Hengyi wept bitterly and vowed to avenge his father.

However, it has been ten years since Qi Hengyi and the last blood of the three thousand Qi family army have not been recruited by the imperial court to go out to fight again.

A year ago, the civil unrest spread in the northwest, and the imperial court ordered Po Hengyi and the three thousand Qi family troops to go north to quell the chaos because of the army.

He had just arrived in Henan and hadn't fought the bandits yet, but he was urgently transferred to Shandong to participate in the suppression of the Kong Youde Rebellion, and he was under the unified command of the governor of Shandong.Afterwards, the [-] troops under the command were divided into two divisions, one was temporarily transferred to Dengzhou, under the command of Zhang Keda, the chief soldier of Dengzhou, and the other was commanded by himself and stayed in Shandong for orders.

Yu Dacheng, the former governor of Shandong Province, advocated the extermination of the rebels at first, but when he saw that the rebels were powerful and attacked the government and plundered the county all the way.Due to the change of attitude, he was ridiculed by Shandong officials as "White Lotus Supervisor".As a result, the emperor was furious and relegated him, and made Zhu Dadian, the censor of Youqin Capital, the governor of Shandong because of his meritorious service in flattening Hong Maofan.

After Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the supervising army, led the five thousand Beijing camp to the south, they thought they could wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, the five thousand Beijing camp was defeated by the six hundred rebels as soon as they fought. Withdrew forty miles back, huddled in the city and never dared to go out to fight again, allowing Kong Youde's rebels to plunder everywhere.

Afterwards, Gao Qiqian felt that it was difficult to defend against the enemy with the Beijing camp alone, so he discussed with Zhu Dadian that he would go to Beijing to report to the emperor, and another capable Liao army would be transferred to help out. Zhu Dadian immediately went to Dezhou to rectify the Lu army in Shandong. After he was transferred to the Liao army, he attacked the rebels from the north and the south. [

Naturally, Zhu Dadian had no objection to calling in capable soldiers and horses.At present, the governor and supervising army parted ways, one went to the capital, and the other went to Shandong.

After Zhu Dadian arrived in Dezhou, he ordered troops from all over the country to gather in Dezhou as a governor. Qi Hengyi, who was in Shandong, also received the document of recruitment from the governor of Shandong, so he led his troops to Dezhou to obey orders.

Shandong has been in peace for a long time, and there are few wars in the territory, so the combat power of Lu soldiers is low and it is difficult to use them.Although Qi Hengyi's troops have not fought for ten years, they are descendants of the famous Qi family army, so Zhu Dadian attaches great importance to them. After receiving the emergency report from Dengzhou, he immediately took the 1800 Qi family troops and 3000 to force The Lu soldiers who were able to fight went to Dengzhou to help Dengzhou at night.

It stands to reason that Shang County is only three days away from Dengzhou. If they set off immediately, they will definitely be able to join forces with Zhu Dadian's Lu army to attack Kong Youde's rebels.

But Gao Qiqian seemed determined to ignore Dengzhou, so he just stayed in Shang County!

A group of generals in the Beijing camp saw that Eunuch Gao would not send troops, so they were naturally happy not to ask. Now they are all scared by the rebels.Thinking of how powerful the rebels are, they are terrified. It is lucky that the rebels don't come to fight them now, so how dare they take the initiative to fight the rebels.

Anyway, the court blamed it, and the unlucky one was also the eunuch Gao, so what has it to do with us.

In fact, it's not that Gao Qiqian doesn't want to go to Dengzhou to rescue the siege, but he is also terrified even in Chushang County, let alone the governor's going to Dengzhou.The reason for this is all because there is a soldier and horse watching him covetously on the way to the east!

Although Kong Youde was a miner, he fought a lot of battles with the Jin army under Mao Wenlong, so he is naturally capable, otherwise, he would not have been appreciated by Sun Yuanhua, and he would have won the support of his subordinates when he was in Wuqiao and rebelled.

After going east, in order to prevent the imperial court from sending troops to follow him and cut off his retreat, Kong Youde deliberately left [-] soldiers and horses in Shahe, [-] miles southeast of Shang County, which must be passed through when going east, led by his brave general Chen Shishi .

In order to make Chen Shiyou feel at ease and cut off his heir for him, Kong Youde assigned 300 of the only [-] elite Liao soldiers among the generals to Chen Shishi. ) to him.

Since the uprising, the rebel army has been invincible, the officers and soldiers have fled, and the Beijing camp is even more vulnerable.The rebel army has long ignored any officers and soldiers, and now they have the elite Liao soldiers and powerful firearms. Of course, Chen sometimes patted his chest to assure Kong Youde-but if he is here, the commander will not have any worries!

Kong Youde trusted this hero who had been with him for many years, so he continued to return east with confidence.

Chen sometimes lived up to his high expectations. He led his troops to station in Shaxian County, and sent troops to shock the army in Hebei from time to time. As a result, none of the army dared to move to Shaxian County.

After Gao Qiqian rushed all the way to Shang County, if he wanted to continue eastward, he would have to deal with Chen Sometimes in Sha County. Otherwise, he could only detour a few hundred miles and transfer from Shandong to Denglai. , I'm afraid the day lily is cold.

However, these Beijing camps in Shang County were useless at all, they were all defeated by the rebels, and it was unthinkable to expect them to open up the Shahe River.

I don't know what the Holy Majesty is thinking, I obviously asked the Holy Majesty to transfer the Jinzhou Army directly to my command, but the Holy Majesty assigned the Jinzhou Army to Zhu Dadian with an imperial decree, and the Shandong side commanded it.He beat his own wishful thinking to pieces, resulting in a dilemma in this Shang county where he could not advance or retreat.

Now it depends on whether Shi Dayong is willing to give him his cavalry, if he has these elite Liao cavalry, it will not be difficult to deal with the rebels in Shahe, Gao Qiqian thought so.He has heard about the cavalry of the Jinzhou Army for a long time. When he was in Beijing, he heard that Shi Dayong named his cavalry the Wolf Cavalry, and it was built after the Iron Buddha of the Jin Dynasty, and they fought very fiercely.The battle of Xiaolinghe almost turned the tide of the battle. The slave chieftain Hong Tai was captured alive, and tens of thousands of soldiers who built slaves took it. If there is such a strong army in hand, what are the mere Kong bandits and rebels?

When Bai Shangyi brings the soldiers, our family will send troops to Shahe immediately. We must not allow Zhu Dadian to take the credit.If this wolf cavalry is really useful, after returning to Beijing, it will be reported to the emperor, and the Yongwei camp will be rebuilt according to the Jinzhou wolf cavalry.After the construction is completed, our family can command the Central Plains and drive those thieves out of the Yellow River to feed the fish!

Gao Qiqian blushed inexplicably at the thought of being able to wipe out the rebellion for the emperor in one fell swoop.He seemed to have seen the grand scene of the emperor personally welcoming him at the Meridian Gate when Desheng returned to Beijing

In a daze, eager footsteps came from my ears, and then I heard someone shouting at the top of my voice, "Eunuch, Eunuch, something is wrong, something is wrong!"

The voice was extremely shrill, and could be heard clearly in the entire Shang county yamen, and it was extremely ear-piercing.

Gao Qiqian was startled, thinking that the rebels from Shahe had come to attack Shang County, he jumped up in fright, he wanted to touch his shirt and sword, and he opened his mouth to ask the guards to prepare their horses and prepare for the situation If it's not good, just run away.

But before he could open his mouth, someone rushed in from the outside. As soon as he came in, he knelt on the ground, crawled forward and cried, "Elder-in-law must be the master of the slave! The slave is suffering!"

Gao Qiqian took a closer look, who is it not Bai Shangyi who is kneeling in front of him?Look at the group of people behind him, who are they not the servants who followed to Cangzhou!

"Howling! Has the sky fallen!"

Gao Qiqian was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger, he kicked Bai Shangyi aside and cursed angrily: "What a shame to make a fuss!"

Bai Shangyi grumbled and turned around again. This time he stopped crying, but twitched his nose, and shouted aggrievedly: "Elder-in-law, it didn't collapse today, but it's not much worse. Then the Liao army rebelled!"

"What? The Liao army rebelled!"

Gao Qiqian was taken aback, grabbed Bai Shangyi's collar and shouted: "What's wrong, tell me!"

"The slave sent cavalry to his Liao army under the order of his father-in-law, but his Liao army refused to obey the order. Instead, he beat up the slaves without asking any questions! The general Shi Dayong even said openly that he would rather die than die. It's nothing." Bai Shangyi didn't dare to speak directly.

Seeing this, Gao Qiqian was furious: "What's the matter? Say it!"

"Yes, yes, then Shi Dayong said that he would rather die than be an eunuch!" After speaking, Bai Shangyi quickly lowered his head.

Castration? !

Gao Qiqian stood there in a daze, his fair face was bluish, and his eyes were extremely cold.

After a while, he slapped the table furiously, and scolded sharply: "A general dares not to take our family seriously! If our family didn't kill him with our own hands, our family would have lived for so many years in vain! "

Bai Shangyi and all the eunuchs saw that Eunuch Gao was really furious, they were both afraid and happy, but they kowtowed one by one, shouting: "Grandpa, calm down, please calm down!"

Gao Qiqian was furious, and glared at Bai Shangyi: "You go back to Beijing immediately to find Wang Gonggong, and ask Wang Gonggong to try to deal with our family. He said that the Jinzhou army general is domineering and refused to listen. Please ask the emperor to transfer the Liao army to the front. Come help."

Hearing this, Bai Shangyi did not respond immediately, but raised his head and asked cautiously: "Grandpa, the Liao army's battle against Dalinghe is basically over. Apart from the Jinzhou general, who else in the Liao army can fight?" war?"

Gao Qiqian snorted slightly: "Zu Dashou surrendered Donglu, but not all his ancestors surrendered with him, but our family has heard people say that apart from Zu Dashou and his brothers, There is also a lunatic Zuer who is quite good at fighting, and another servant named Zu Kuan is also very capable of fighting.

Now these two people are anxious in Ningyuan because of their ancestor's birthday, lest the court will take their anger on them, so if our family gives them a hand at this time, the two will be grateful to our family and willing to obey our orders.With the help of his ancestors, our family is also not afraid of his rebels! "

"Since the ancestors can use it, why didn't the father-in-law directly transfer them here?"

"Because of the ancestor's birthday, the emperor was annoyed, so our family didn't want to help his ancestor's family. After thinking about it, the Jinzhou army is also very capable of fighting, and it just happened to enter the customs. There is no need to bother to adjust it, just bring it directly. Who knows that Shi Dayong doesn't take our family seriously and refuses to obey our family, so naturally our family can't be hanged on his tree. Hmph, let's take a look at our family, he is a small general Where do you have the guts to go against our family!"

Bai Shangyi hurriedly flattered him and said, "Eunuch has a great opinion, and this servant admires it! But this servant has a way, so that you can see Shi Dayong's retribution when you ask your father-in-law to stand up."

Gao Qiqian glanced at him and asked, "What is the solution?"

Bai Shangyi gritted his teeth, and said bitterly: "The way to kill with a knife!"

Gao Qiqian was taken aback, and blurted out, "Explain more clearly, how do you borrow a knife to kill someone?"

Bai Shangyi chuckled: "When I came here, I heard that the governor of Shandong, Zhu Dadian, sent him to the east of Jinzhou Army to Dengzhou to relieve the siege, and his Jinzhou Army must pass through Shahe when he is going to Dengzhou. Father-in-law, don't forget that Shahe is There are thousands of rebels. If he arrives from the Jinzhou Army, Eunuch can order him to attack Shahe as the supervisor of the army! If the Jinzhou Army really goes to fight, with his hundreds of people, I am afraid it will be meat buns Beat the dog. If he refuses to go, the father-in-law will kill his general with military orders, and then seize his troops. In this way, the name is justified, and no one can say anything!"