The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 672

"Have you got in touch with the people from Jiangning?"

Shuo Sai hurriedly said: "Go back to the general, there is no news to return."

Dodo's heart sank when he heard this.It is less than forty miles away from Nanjing, and I have already sent a fast horse to call Zhu Mala and Shi Tingzhu back to help at noon. It stands to reason that the messenger should have returned long ago.

Considering that there are southerners haunting the five intersections connecting with the outside world, all of this means that [-]% of them have been surrounded, and the people sent to Nanjing may have been intercepted and killed by the Ming army.

No matter how slow everyone in the tent reacted, they all figured out what happened at this time.

After a long while, Gong Adai saw Duoduo bowing his head in silence with a sullen face, so he couldn't help taking a few steps forward, and said in a rough voice: "General, what can the barbarian do after all his efforts? We have a mighty army of [-], are we still afraid of him?!"

Immediately someone echoed, "Yes! The Southerners are still fighting in Huguang. I don't believe how many soldiers they can muster!"

He Luohui also continued: "Besides, even if the southerners gather the main force to fight decisively, I would say it is a good thing. This shows that there are not many defenders in Jiangning City. When we defeat the enemy here, maybe Mu Jilun has captured the barbarians capital!"

Immediately there was arrogant laughter all around, "The barbarians are doing so many fancy tricks, but they are not as strong as our soldiers, so what's the use?"

"My tens of thousands of Jianzhou warriors are still afraid that these weak southerners will fail?!"

"Whoever he comes, I'll just kill him all the way!"

"Just kill all the way..." Duoduo suddenly seemed to catch something when he heard this sentence, pondered for a moment, and then smiled, "That's right! The barbarian thinks he can plan, but he also violated the taboo of military strategists!"

He turned around and walked to the map, nodded slightly, "The southern army has few troops, but they still have to divide their troops to encircle them, so how many troops can there be in each direction?
"From Huanglongyan to Mashan, there is a distance of twenty miles. If I gather a large army to attack one point, we will break out before the southerners surround us from other directions.

"Then immediately take advantage of the victory and return to the whole army to fight the enemy decisively, and we will destroy them all in one battle!"

All the captives immediately flattered, "The general has a great plan!"

"How dare the southerners divide their troops? Isn't this sending them to death?"

"Since the barbarians are overthinking themselves, let them understand with blood!"

Doduo raised his hand to signal the crowd to be quiet, and then asked Shuosai, "How many people have gathered in my camp now?"

"Back to the general, just counted, there are more than [-] people. A team of elite monks from the Zhenghuang Banner is coming, and it is only six or seven miles away. They will arrive within an hour, and there can be more Eight thousand soldiers and horses."

"Fifty-five thousand people," Duoduo slapped the wooden table hard, "enough!

"I predict that even if the barbarians conquer Jiangnan's elite, they can gather at most 5 to [-] people, that is, no more than [-] people in each direction."

He Luohui offered another strategy: "General, among the five directions surrounded by the barbarians, the terrain around Ximing Mountain is the most flat and wide, which is conducive to the deployment of our army."

"Okay, let's choose here!" Duoduo nodded, turned around and lifted his cloak, and said in a high-spirited manner, "The order is sent, and the army will cook immediately. As long as Zhenghuang Qi and other troops arrive, they will send troops to Ximing Mountain overnight, and tomorrow morning Drums and cannons are fired, storming the enemy's formation!"

"Whoo!"

He then said to Shuosai: "The southerners are very cunning. We must beware of their light cavalry advancing quickly, and sneak attack from behind while our army is attacking the enemy. Order the troops who stayed in Huanglongyan, Daren Mountain, Mashan and other places to stick to these four places. Pass, before noon tomorrow, whoever lets a southern army pass by will be dealt with by military law!"

"Whoo!"

Previously, Duoduo ordered the main force to quickly gather towards his camp, so the slow-moving men and horses fell far behind. At this time, they can be ordered to turn back and form an formation, so as to delay the encirclement speed of the Ming army, and prepare for themselves from Ximing Mountain. Breakout to gain time.

He is confident that as long as he can avoid the situation of being attacked by the enemy, he will definitely not be his opponent in a decisive battle with the Ming army.

At this time, more than 5 people gathered in his camp, that is to say, there were tens of thousands of Qing troops in each of the four directions of Huanglongyan and Daren Mountain.

Even if the Ming army can break through these lines of defense, it will be at least half a day later. In addition to the time spent marching on the road, they will not be able to reach Ximing Mountain at least tomorrow.And at that time, he must have already broken through the siege, the whole army was ready, and he could even stage an ambush or something.

Waiting for all the captives to leave the camp to rectify the troops and horses of the headquarters, Duoduo put on his armor and looked to the north, not only sighing in his heart, but tomorrow will be a battle that will determine the fate of the Qing Dynasty.

If he wins, there will be no more Nanming soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and he will encircle Nanjing with his own troops. Perhaps Nanjing has been captured by Mu Jilun at that time.

If you lose...

He turned his head and glanced at the Zhenghuang Banner under the light of the torch, "No! Even the two Yellow Banners are here, I can only win, not lose!"

……

It is the nineteenth day of the first month of the first year of Hanxing.

The first rays of morning light had just appeared in the sky.

Zhu Linmi put away her pocket watch, looked at the vast Daming rivers and mountains in front of her, and calmly said to Shi Lin: "The time is up. Send a signal and start the general attack!"

"Yes!"

Soon, the first red signal flare rose from the camp of the Ming army in the lower reaches of the Tangshui River.

In an instant, with this signal flare as the starting point, bright red light spots rose into the sky one after another every two or three miles, spreading from Tangshui River to Ximing Mountain, and then to Daren Mountain, Ma Mountain and other places.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the last signal bomb was released in the direction of Huanglongyan, which is the farthest distance, and the order for the general attack has been transmitted to the entire encircled area of ​​the Ming army.In the era before the telegraph, this is simply an incredible speed of communication!

On the south side of Daren Mountain, Zhang Jiayu looked at the red light in the sky, turned around solemnly, and told Li Ying: "Send the order, cover the artillery battery, and the front army will directly attack the enemy's formation." Then he said to Zhao Shichao, "The two wings of the cavalry battalion stand in formation. .”

The two saluted at the same time, "Yes!"

Zhang Jiayu continued: "This battle has a lot to do with it. The Holy Majesty ordered us to break through the enemy and go northward within three hours to complete the encirclement with the other four armies."

He looked around at the dozen or so military officers around him, and raised his hands in salute, "The honor and disgrace of the Ming Dynasty rests with you all!"

"Yes! Serve the country to the death!" All the generals saluted immediately.

Before dawn, the enemy's situation had been found out. Three miles to the north of Zhang Jiayu's team, there were more than ten thousand Qing troops who had been waiting in full force since last night.

The main force of this team of enemy troops blocking the way is more than 3000 Jianlu Zhenghuangqi infantry. Judging from the flags, the leader is Dorgon's popular man-Sinenbuku.In addition, more than 2000 people from the Xianglan Banner Han Army under Zhang Jie were on the left wing, and Pei Guozhen's [-] Green Battalion was on the right wing.

The captive army built an earthen wall less than one person's height overnight, and fixed some wooden boards on it to serve as the wall of the village.There are still many cannons that can be vaguely seen behind the "zhai wall", and the heaviest three or four of them must be more than nine pounds.

The captive soldiers all shrank behind the wall of the village, only protruding their firecrackers from behind the wooden boards.The Zhenghuang Banner heavy infantry held a single sword and carried a bow and arrow on their backs, ready to counterattack the approaching Ming army at any time.It's just that there seems to be no cavalry, and they should all be transferred to his camp by Duoduo.

The strategic deployment of the Ming army has been implemented before, and now is the time to close the net.When the two armies confronted each other, there was no trickery, and the only thing left was a bloody battle with real swords and guns.

Soon, with the sound of drums in the Dragon Guards formation, the neat line formation composed of nearly [-] infantrymen was divided into two layers, front and rear, and stepped on the drums to press towards the Jianlu defense line.

The battery of artillery, carrying six six-pounders, three nine-pounders, and one twelve-pounder, followed the infantry on the eastern flank. More than 700 cavalry guarded the two wings solemnly.

(End of this chapter)