The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 663
"What are you doing in a daze?!"

A slap was thrown heavily on Cui Hemian's head. Vice General Cui was about to get angry, but found that the owner of that hand was his immediate superior, Park Tae-shin, and quickly put on a smiling face, "Sir, sir?"

Envoy Park Shouyu continued to shout: "Hurry up and gather our soldiers! Didn't you see that Min Seung-hyo has already started to line up?!"

Cui Hemian turned his head to look, and he saw that the 1000 troops in the south were following the flag and forming a team under the shout of the officer.After all, those soldiers were the Forbidden Army carefully selected by North Korea, and they were calm before the battle.

With a mournful face, he cupped his hands at Pu Taixin and said, "My lord, the Celestial Dynasty doesn't really want us to fight the Hulu?"

The latter slapped him hard on the head again, "Idiot! If we can make military exploits here, it will be of great help to Ren Xingjun's great cause. I'm afraid Lord Ma won't let us go into battle!"

He pointed to the soldiers and horses in the south, "This battle must be done at any cost, and I will be compared with the one named Min!"

Cui Hemian had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Follow the order." Then he called his officers to restrain the troops and form an formation behind the undug trench.

Half an hour later, the [-] soldiers on his side reluctantly took a defensive position, staring tremblingly at the east, as if there would be a man-eating ghost rushing out there at any time.

Pu Taixin was born as a civil servant and had never been on the battlefield. He was more courageous at this time, and the horses ran back and forth in front of the battle to boost morale. A few barbarians are not a problem! Every time you kill a bandit soldier today, you will be rewarded twice! Kill three, and you will be promoted to a level!"

In fact, the "excellent firearms" he mentioned were nothing more than the three-coin soldiers Dingniao blunderbuss and Yangwei small cannons captured by the former Ming army.

With heavy rewards, Cui Hemian's men finally lost their fear, and stood still for another hour, but they still did not see the Qing army attacking.

After a while, the scouts sent by Min Chengxiao sent back the news that tens of thousands of Hulu forwards were only formed four miles away, as if to defend...

On the southeast side of Wuqi Mountain.

Shi Tingzhu led more than [-] people with white flags to form a Morris phalanx nearly two miles wide, and looked at the "Ming Army" in the west waiting for the enemy to attack suddenly.

Six or seven miles behind them, the Qing army soldiers and Min Zhuang were building camps and fortifications with great fanfare.However, their numbers and efficiency are far from those of the North Korean soldiers on the opposite side. In less than two hours, the most advanced earth barrier has been built four or five miles long.

In the camp of the Qing army, Aoke Duoli glanced at the three-foot-high golden dragon banner, and brought his guards to the tent of Duoduo commander, and shouted harshly: "General, why did the army stop again?" ? We can only travel fourteen or five miles a day these days..."

The four Ba Yala guards reached out to stop him, but they heard Duoduo's voice in the tent, "Let him in."

"Whoo!"

Ao Keduli entered through the curtain, saluted hastily, and continued: "At this speed, it will be difficult for us to reach Nanjing in half a month!"

Over the past few days, the more than [-] Qing troops who have gone southward can be said to be following the same pace. Everywhere they go, they are on guard everywhere, overhauling their camps and setting up defenses. Impatient.

Duoduo waved his hand to signal Aokeduo to be calm and not to be impatient, and then looked at Ai Songgu in the tent, "Ai Songgu just sent the news that there are still [-] to [-] barbarians in the south of the Yangtze River, so don't be careless. In the morning, I found the Wuqi Mountain area There are southerners coming and going, so beware of their sneak attacks."

Aoke Duoli stomped his feet vigorously, and said anxiously: "General, we have 15 elite soldiers, are we afraid of [-] to [-] barbarians?"

Duduo's face darkened, "Presumptuous! When Boluo's army was trapped in Fujian, did he put tens of thousands of southerners in his eyes? Luck De has [-] to [-] elites, how could he expect to be defeated by the barbarians? ?
"His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has repeatedly warned us not to underestimate the enemy and not to rush forward. The people in the south are so cunning, even though there are only 3 or [-] people, we should not attack rashly!
"Our army is strong and strong. Although it is a little slow to fight steadily, the barbarians are absolutely helpless. This is the strategy of winning every battle!"

Aoke Duoli lowered his head and curled his lips, still dissatisfied: "General, Nanjing is the capital of the barbarians, and they have to gather some soldiers to defend it. It is reported that the main force of the barbarians has already been transferred to Huguang, and the 2 people Most of them are local braves recruited temporarily..."

Ai Songgu, who was on the side, had suffered a lot when fleeing for his life in Nanzhili. At this time, he was eager to take revenge, and immediately echoed: "General, the southerners were still in the Jiangning area a few days ago, and now they must rush to Wuqi Mountain to set up defenses. The subordinates thought that if the enemy's foothold is not stable, send heavy troops to defeat them in one fell swoop, and the situation in the south of the Yangtze River will be stabilized!"

While he was talking, another scout came to report that the army was digging ditches and building a stronghold in the Wuqi Mountain area, with a total of 1 people, and they were relying on fortifications to form defensive formations.

Digging ditches and building strongholds, forming an array to defend to the death?Duoduo narrowed his eyes when he heard the words, and seemed to see the Ming army he was familiar with again, and he was a little hesitant at the moment—the Ming army was used to holding on to the stronghold, and if they repaired the fortifications, he would have to pay more casualties and time to get them back its won.

Seeing his expression, Aoke Duoli immediately said loudly: "This subordinate is willing to lead his troops to break through the enemy's camp, please allow me, General!"

Duoduo frowned and thought, there are a total of 1 to [-] Ming troops on the ground in the south of the Yangtze River. Excluding those defending Nanjing, most of the [-] troops here are already the main force of the Ming army. favorable.

He immediately nodded and said: "Okay, then..." But he hesitated a little, and turned to point at Geng Zhongming, "Let the Huaishun King's Department be the vanguard, and attack the Southern Army of Wuqi Mountain, there must be no mistakes!"

He also had a good plan in mind, he didn't know the real situation of the Ming army at the moment, so he sent some green camps to test it first, even if there were casualties, it would not damage the elite of Jianzhou.

"The end will obey orders!"

Geng Zhongming glanced at the extremely dissatisfied Aoke Duoli, turned around and left the military tent.

……

Cui Hemian waited for an unknown amount of time, rubbed his sore thigh, yawned and said, "The Hulu are probably afraid of the majesty of the heavenly army, so they dare not come..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly heard the sound of drums and cannons in the distance, followed by the sound of rumbling horseshoes.He hurriedly climbed up to look, and he could vaguely see the Qing army approaching like a dark cloud from the east, at least there were more than ten thousand troops, his heart twitched, and he looked at Park Taixin and the Ming army behind him, gritted his teeth and shouted: "It's Hulu! Prepare to face the enemy!"

The Korean soldiers were sweating profusely on their foreheads, and the spearmen tremblingly arrived at the front row, while the musketeers blew on their matchlocks one after another, packed their ammunition, and tremblingly aimed at the invisible enemy.

Behind the [-] Korean soldiers, Ma Dezheng personally led the [-] Dragon Guards to supervise the battle.A hussar came galloping fast and said loudly: "Report! The captive Geng Zhongming's troops are two miles away, with more than [-] soldiers and horses."

Liang Chao, the deputy commander of the battalion next to him, cupped his hands and said: "General, the bandit army is very close, we should go to Jurong to avoid it."

Ma De shook his head and said: "Wait a little longer. Your Majesty has ordered that the show must be full. If we retreat, these North Korean soldiers will flee immediately, so let's force them to stand up for a while."

(End of this chapter)