The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 779 Expedition to Horqin

Zhao Gongwei hurriedly said: "We are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty, and we raised the flag to gather for righteousness in Liaodong." Enduring the pain, he took out a cloth bag from his arms and handed it over, "This is the letter of appointment from Master Zhu, the admiral of the Navy. .”

Several soldiers of the White Pole Army took it and opened it. Inside was a piece of sanded paper, on which Zheng Chenggong's big seal was clearly visible.

They hastily summoned medical soldiers to diagnose and treat Zhao Gongwei, and took the letter of commission to report to their superiors.

At Shen time in the afternoon, the battlefield was roughly cleaned up, and Qin Yiming and other generals came to Zhao Gongwei's tent.

Hearing the identity of Qin Yiming and others, the latter struggled to get up and saluted, "The villain pays respects to General Qin! If the general hadn't led his troops here, the villain and a group of brothers might have been killed by the Tartars..."

Qin Yiming hurriedly told him to lie down, "Zhao Qian is always injured, don't move lightly. We also happened to pass by, so there is nothing to worry about."

Qin Zuoming smiled and said: "Speaking of which, Zong Qianzhao Zhao is an auspicious person. If Gunbu was not in a hurry to die, we might still be fighting with the Khalkha tribe at this time."

It turned out that the White Pole Army left Yanmen Pass and headed north. Not long after entering the Chahar territory, the Khalkha people got the news.

Tuxie Tuhan Gonpo suggested that the Ming army should travel long distances and seek a decisive battle quickly when the Ming army was not stable, and destroy Teng Jisi and the Ming army together.The Zasaktu and Chechen troops also agreed with his strategy, and the Mobei army of more than 2 launched a general offensive from the west and north early the next morning.

However, the Baigan Army spent most of their journey northward on wooden railcars, and only traveled on horseback for the last seventy or eighty miles deep into the grassland, with little physical exertion.

Coupled with the strict camp formation regulations of the Ming army, the camp was well defended on the third floor and the outer three floors.

Therefore, the Tuxietu and Chechen troops attacking from the west seemed to have kicked the iron plate, and they were bombarded by artillery two miles away.When they rushed to the Ming army camp with more than a dozen cannons, they saw a large number of iron rope nets, horses and trenches, and nearly [-] rifled guns were waiting for them.

That terrifying firepower is something that Gonpo will never forget.

Only then did he finally believe that the fact that the Manchus lost consecutive battles was not because they were too weak, but because the Ming army was too vigorous!

The [-] Mongolian soldiers on the west side could not hold on for less than half an hour and began to flee one after another.On the north side of the battlefield, Teng Jisi fought bitterly with the Zasaktu tribe.

Qin Yiming didn't go to reinforce Teng Jisi either, but ordered people to chase and suppress the Tuxietu and Chechen troops attacking from the west, and captured and killed all the Khalkhas who could catch up, and then turned to help Chaha Department of Seoul.

At this time, nearly [-]% of Teng Jisi's troops had been lost.However, the Zasaktu tribe was not much better. When the white pole army appeared behind them, they immediately collapsed.

It is suitable for the three Mongolian tribes in Mobei to lose a total of [-] troops, especially the Tuxietu tribe who rushed the most, and only fled back more than a thousand people.

At the same time, the Chahar tribes also suffered more than [-] casualties. Since then, the entire central and northern regions of Mongolia have been unable to provoke a major war.

Although the battle lasted only one day, its impact was enormous.For example, due to the great loss of the strength of the Tuxietu tribe, it was eroded by the other two tribes, and Moxi Mongolia began to advance eastward to Khalkha, etc.

When Zhao Gongwei heard Qin Zuoming talk about the Battle of Chahar, he was also afraid for a while, "It's really my luck. If the army stays in Chahar for half a day, I will not escape today." He said here, He raised his head again and said, "Why did General Qin lead his army to this vast desert..."

He suddenly remembered, quickly waved his hands and said in shame: "I shouldn't be presumptuous to ask about military and state affairs, and I ask the general to forgive me."

Qin Yiming smiled and said: "It's okay to tell you, we are here to attack Horqin's tribe, and then take advantage of the trend to enter Liaodong. Ah, I wonder if Mr. Zhao Qian knows the location of Horqin's tribes?"

The Mongolian grasslands are vast and sparsely populated. Although each tribe has a general range of activities, they have to live by water and grass, and often have a large migration within a few months. It is really hard to find the exact location.

Zhao Gongwei immediately patted his chest and said: "We have not been able to defeat the Tartars for more than half a year, so we have to hide everywhere on the grassland, but we have contacted many Tartar tribes, and I know the way very well!"

Qin Yiming was also overjoyed, "That's great! When Mr. Zhao Qian recovers from his injuries, I have to ask you to lead the army."

"What's this kind of injury?" Zhao Gongwei patted the arrow wound with a grin, grinning from the pain, but still gritted his teeth, "Let's leave tomorrow, I have long wanted to deal with those tartars!"

With the rebel army as a guide, the efficiency of the white pole army's attack on Horqin has almost doubled.Especially when the rebels escaped from the pursuit of the Mongolian soldiers, they used their lives to find many small paths and shortcuts, some of which were not even known to the Mongols.

Qin Yiming divided the army into three teams and besieged the Horqin Grassland from the northwest, northeast and southeast.As for the other directions, the Great Wall is to the south, Siberia, where people freeze to death every minute, is to the north, and Chahar is to the southwest.It can be said that the Horqin Mongolian ministries have no way out.

However, Horqin was looted by Teng Jisi's men before, and then the main force was sent to the Songjin area for reinforcements at the request of Hauge. There were only more than 2000 combatable soldiers left on the entire grassland, and now they are wiped out by the white pole army. nearly half.

At this time, the remaining sixteen tribes in Horqin are basically old, weak, sick and disabled.Therefore, the White Pole Army made rapid progress. It only took half a month for Qin Zuoming's first team to attack the core area of ​​Hulunbuyuer, almost galloping all the way.

Qin Zuoming, who was the slowest, encircled Qiqihar a month later.And Qin Yiming's 600 troops have arrived in Tongliao, and in front of them is the "king city" of Horqin Darhan Banner.

It is said to be a royal city, but it is actually a large area of ​​slightly more beautiful felt tents, and there may be more cattle and sheep, but it still looks like a barren land.

Prince Zhuoliketu, who was enshrined by the Qing Dynasty, is Xiaozhuang's elder brother and Huang Taiji's son-in-law, Borjijit Wu Keshan, is living here.

He had previously received news that the army had gone deep into the grassland to attack, and he didn't pay much attention to it at first.After all, in the vast grassland, marching and logistics are extremely difficult, and the Ming army may not be able to find their tent.

So even though he ordered the men of the tribes under his jurisdiction to be recruited as defensive troops, the others did not do much.

But what he didn't expect was that in just over 20 days, a group of Ming soldiers in black clothes and holding blue flags appeared on the high ground three miles away.

The fighting process is very short.

Horqin's main force had already gone to Songjin, and Wu Keshan tried his best to gather more than 1000 troops, and nearly half of them were newly recruited recruits.

Qin Yiming's troops dispersed Wu Keshan's troops with only one charge.Wu Keshan did not run away, and when Qin Yiming rushed into his big tent with his guards, he pointed to the wine and meat that had been prepared, and said very politely: "General, please take a seat."

(End of this chapter)