The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 664 The Cautious Geng Zhongming

After the previous battle of Jurong, the defeated troops of Luck Dehun who fled back to Beijing described the Ming army as evil spirits, and Geng Zhongming's troops must have heard of it.Therefore, this time, from officers to soldiers, they were all cautious, lest they be killed by the "thunder-like" firearms of the Ming army.

When the [-] infantry in the front row pushed the chariot to less than one mile away from the "Ming Army", suddenly there was a loud artillery sound on the opposite side, and two iron balls flew into the Qing army's formation, smashing a A chariot took the lives of the four captive soldiers at the back.

Geng Zhongming's troops were startled—it is said that the Ming army's cannons can fire every three to five breaths, and the shells are as dense as hail—and immediately more than a dozen people turned their heads and wanted to flee.

It was rare for Geng Zhongming to "overwhelm" a group of Jianzhou army generals who were sent as forwards, and he cherished this opportunity very much. He actually led his family to rush to the front of the supervising team, beheaded many deserters, and took the lead after stabilizing his position, commanding the chariot keep going.

The soldiers under him had no choice but to follow desperately, and rushed for a while, only to find that the "Ming Army" seemed to be unable to continue, and it was nearly a cup of tea time since the last cannon fire, and the second cannon shot had not yet been heard.

The current Qing army was much more courageous, and when they rushed until they could clearly see the trenches in front of the enemy's formation, the "Ming army" fired another cannon slowly.Immediately afterwards, the guns on the opposite side also started shooting, but the guns were not only placed extremely messy, but also sparse, showing a lack of training.

Geng Zhongming's lieutenant guarded in front of him, listening attentively, he couldn't help but wondered: "General, I'm afraid those defeated soldiers in Jianzhou exaggerated their words, and my subordinates didn't realize how fierce the southerners' firearms are."

"Don't be careless!"

"General, this subordinate is willing to lead a team to defeat the enemy!"

Although Geng Zhongming was afraid that the Ming army was deliberately showing weakness, but he hoped that he could break through the enemy's formation and earn some military exploits. He hesitated a little, then nodded and said: "Alright! You take 3000 people to attack the southern army head-on!"

He looked at the officer beside him again, "Yin Bin, you lead the bow and gunmen to assist Zhang Heng!
"Li Congmin, lead the cavalry to form a formation on the right. If Zhang Heng breaks through the enemy's formation, he will immediately cover up and kill him. If the southerners' firearms are too strong, they will go around the north side and try to disrupt the enemy's formation."

"The end will obey orders!"

After several people were ordered to leave, Geng Zhongming pulled over to accompany him, and said in a low voice: "Hu Bochun, go and collect 3000 people, just stay in the middle, if the battle goes bad...you will cut off the rear."

"Yes! General, take care!"

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Cui Hemian looked at the hundreds of chariots in front of him like a moving city wall, he couldn't help wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, and subconsciously shouted, "Fire the gun! Fire the gun!" But his eyes glanced behind him from time to time.

Ma De's supervisory team was still standing neatly on the spot, as if they didn't hear the rumbling guns at all.

But Cui Hemian knew that as long as someone dared to retreat, these Chinese soldiers would never be soft-hearted. Just now, sixty or seventy Korean soldiers who retreated without authorization were shot to death by them.

Soon, the enemy's chariot was more than ten steps away from the trench, and after a series of drumbeats, three or four thousand captive soldiers came out from behind the chariot and shot towards this side with bows and blunderbusses.

The Korean soldiers screamed in agony, more than a hundred people were killed by lead bullets in an instant, and dozens of those who had not been shot fell to the ground in pain. The gun returned fire.

Immediately afterwards, more armored infantry poured out behind the bow and gunmen of the Qing army, either pushing carts or carrying them on their shoulders, pouring bags of earth and rock into the trench.After these people pulled back, the gunmen fired again.

After repeating this five or six times, the ditch in front of the North Korean soldiers had been roughly filled—the ditch was less than three feet dug. If Geng Zhongming hadn't been cautious, jumping over it would not be a problem.

The firearms, bows and crossbows in the Qing army stopped suddenly, and more than a hundred chariots separated towards the two sides. Among them, a military flag with the word "Zhang" rushed out first, followed by [-] infantry armor.

Cui Hemian was so frightened that he couldn't even hold the knife. Just as he was at a loss, he suddenly heard the guard beside him shout in surprise: "General, the war supervisor is gone!"

He looked back, and saw that there was nothing behind him, Lord Ma's [-] soldiers had quietly left at some point.

He felt relieved, turned the horse's head without saying a word, swung his whip and ran away.The battle formation of the North Korean army was already in chaos. Seeing that the commander ran away, they immediately dropped their weapons and followed.

Min Chengxiao's men on the side only persisted for a while, and before Zhang Heng led his troops to rush through the filled trench, they also broke up with a bang, but they ran faster than Cui Hemian's men.

Zhang Hengang promised his soldiers that when they attacked the Ming army's camp, each of them would be rewarded with three taels of silver, but he didn't expect that they collapsed before his sword hit the southerners.He regretted endlessly in his heart. He knew that the Southern Army was so unbearable, so why waste nearly ten thousand taels of silver.

The loss must be made up for with military merit!He immediately shouted, "Follow me!" He rushed into the defeated North Korean army first, slashed left and right, bloody all the way.

Li Congmin's cavalry of the Qing army came after them, slashing their horses with knives and stepping on them, and the corpses of the Korean soldiers were scattered all over the field, howling loudly...

Geng Zhongming looked at the battle situation in front of him from a distance, but he was stunned on the spot, repeating in his heart, no!This must be a trick of the Ming army, don't be fooled!

He hurriedly recruited Hu Bochun to lead the Chinese army to form a formation, and sent people to chase Zhang Heng and Li Congmin so that they could not pursue them.

By dinner time, Zhang Heng and others returned.Geng Zhongming anxiously asked them how their troops were damaged, and if they had ever been ambushed?Several captive generals all said that they defeated the southern army and won countless gains.

After a while, people reported casualties one after another. In total, only 65 people were killed and 120 were injured by Zhang Heng and others.

Only then did Geng Zhongming realize that the "Ming Army" was really defeated.He slapped his thigh vigorously, "It's all my fault that I was too careful and missed this opportunity... Hurry up! Report the victory to His Royal Highness Prince Yu first!"

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Park Tae-shin did not know how far he had run, and just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard the sound of horseshoes behind him, and hurriedly turned his head to look, but saw that the person who came was quite familiar, and immediately laughed loudly: "Haha, Min Seung-hyo, don't you Have you experienced hundreds of battles, how can you run in such a mess?"

Min Chengxiao said angrily: "It's not your people who escaped first, causing my army's morale to be in turmoil!" Then he gave him a hard look, "If you say run, you run much faster than the old man."

Hearing this, Pu Taixin slightly raised the rein of the horse, causing the horse to fall a few steps behind, and proudly said: "Look, now you are running fast."

"Hmph! The old man is too lazy to talk to you, and I will sue you for running away in front of Mr. Ma later!"

Pu Taixin's eyelids twitched, and he said in his heart, this old guy can't let this old guy take the lead, and immediately whipped the horse hard...

At dawn the next day, the two fled to Jurong one after another. They finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the flags of the Ming army flying on the defense line built a few days ago.

"Master Ma! It's all because of his ineffectiveness in governing the army, and he retreated before the battle!" Min Seung-hyo knelt outside the tent, pointed to Park Tae-shin and Cui Hemian, and said bitterly, "The last general has few troops, and he was beaten by tens of thousands of soldiers." Surrounded by captives, it is really hard to fight..."

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