Blood from Daming

Chapter 417
After Xue Polu sent away the heavy battalion of the Xue family army and the Liao people who accompanied the army, the Xue family army assembled 4000 newly joined Liao people soldiers, 5000 guards from Yu Anxing, [-] Liaodong army from the general army of Manchuria, and five Soldiers of the Qianwei Army participated in the Changdian ambush against Jianlu.

Xue Polu scattered a large amount of gunpowder powder in the secret place under the wood and grass in Changdian village, turning this village, which is mainly made of wooden structures, into powder kegs that ignite one by one. If the captives did not cause the fire themselves, it would be difficult to find out that the Ming army had tampered with the village.

The [-] troops of Yu Anxing, Xue Polu, and Mangui were all more than ten miles away from Changdian. Jiang surrounded the village where Jianlu was stationed, and Xue's army sneaked into the village of Changdian and set fire to it.

Sure enough, the village where the gunpowder was put burned was different. Xue Jiajun threw a few sparks into it, and the village burned quickly, making those Jianlu who were tired from marching suddenly turn into roast pigs, and were rectified by the surrounding Xue Jiajun. The bombing caused the Tazi soldiers in the village to miss the best chance to escape. At this time, the fire took advantage of the wind and the wind took advantage of the power of the fire, and the fire became a climate in an instant. That's too late.

Xue's army's blasting team, led by Qiao Guoliang, cooperated with the Mangui Army and some of the Guards to attack Fulton's intention of Xianglan Banner. Due to the sudden appearance of the Liaodong Army in the Ming Dynasty, and the Xianghuang Banner was already in flames, Fulton was intensified. Under the pressure of Dun's troops, the Xianglan Banner was defeated under the attack of the Ming army.

After leaving the Jianlu Xianglan Banner, half of them ran to the west, that is, a few flag soldiers from Zhenghuang Banner and Xianglan Banner fled to Lingjiang in the south, but they were chased and killed by Xue Jiajun and some guards. At least four to five hundred people were beheaded. The Tartars, the other Tartars either fled west along the river or fell into the water of the Lingjiang River. Fortunately, the Ming army did not take it seriously, and retreated without chasing and fighting fiercely. Otherwise, the defeated soldiers on the Lingjiang River and Xianglan Banner would not know How many more people will die.

Yu Anxing, Xue Polu.Man Gui and the Weisuo army quickly cleaned up the Xianglan Banner camp, took away the horses and valuables, and piled up other supplies and tents together, and set them all on fire, and also stopped the east to build captives At the passage, more than 1 officers and soldiers of the Ming army immediately chased the large troops in the direction of Kuandian.

After the team marched for a while, the sky began to brighten, and the road conditions of the march improved a lot. Yu Anxing, Xue Polu, and Man Gui who walked together got the statistics of the Changdian battle. In addition to the estimated annihilation of more than 6000 Jianlu He also got more than 1000 war horses, as well as some gold, silver and valuable property.

Yu Anxing was most concerned about the casualties of the Ming army. As a result, more than 30 people were killed in the Ming army, most of them were killed while chasing the defeated soldiers along the Lingjiang River. How to say such a casualty ratio set a record for the Ming army and Jianlu to fight.

Yu Anxing is in a very good mood now. Ever since he fought with Xue Polu, Jianlu seems to be dying. Including other Ming armies have never fought such a straightforward battle.

Yu Anxing said: "Polu, if the Ming army has the fighting power of Xue's army, why worry about Jianlu being immortal."

Xue Polu said: "When I was in Hongluo Mountain, my young master promised Master Jinglue to help the Liaodong Army build a firearms battalion and serve as the Liaodong forward commander. Unfortunately, some people in the imperial court and Liaodong stared at their own three-thirds of an acre. How can you care about the interests of the country and the nation?"

Man Gui on the side said: "Master Yu, think about what happened to the Xue family and General Xue, how can the military generals make meritorious service in the frontier fortress? It is not a blessing for the country that the status of generals is so low."

What Man Gui said, Yu Anxing was speechless, sighed and had to urge the horse to go quickly. The officers and soldiers of the Ming army fought a big victory, and the morale of all the officers and soldiers was high. Mao Yuanyi was waiting in Kuandian town. As soon as the team arrived, the food was carried out to add food to the officers and soldiers who came back from victory.

The officers and soldiers who participated in the war, who had only eaten a little dry food, all rushed to eat lunch when they smelled the delicious food. Mao Yuanyi took Yu Anxing and Xue Po captive.The three of Man and Gui welcomed them into a small courtyard. The stone table in the courtyard had already set meals. The types of dishes were the same as those of the officers and soldiers. There was a pot of roasted mutton, a plate of fried vegetables, and a pot of haggis soup, but it was more than enough.

Mao Yuanyi greets Yu Anxing and Xue Polu.The three of Man Gui ate, and he sat on the sidelines to accompany them. After the three of them had almost eaten, they said: "Your combat students in Changdian already know what happened. It's still Man Zongbing who dares to speak out. Well, more than 6000 Jian captives were wiped out in one battle, so we need to fight more victories like this."

Yu Anxing's family Mao Yuanyi smiled softly and said, "Zhisheng, it seems that we should have delegated power long ago, so that the generals can act cheaply."

Xue Polu asked: "Mr. Mao, where is Zhao Zongbing now?"

Mao Yuanyi replied: "According to the distance, we should be approaching the Yalu River, and the location is a bay upstream of Bitong City on the opposite bank that you mentioned."

Xue Polu said: "Okay, we will all withdraw to the Yalu River in a while, and try to start crossing the river today."

Mao Yuanyi said: "Polu, whether the entire Eastern Route Army can cross the Yalu River depends on the engineering soldiers of your Xue Family Army erecting the pontoon bridge. If it doesn't work, it will be a big trouble."

Xue Polu said: "Mr. Mao, I have never tried such a big river as the Yalu River, but the general believes that man can conquer nature, and he will definitely cross the Yalu River smoothly."

Mao Yuanyi said: "Okay, let's go together."

Before noon, the Liaodong East Route Army left Kuandian. Xue Polu, Yu Anxing, Man Gui and Mao Yuanyi had 2 people left behind in Kuandian. They turned south and marched towards the Yalu River. Xue Polu was worried that Xue's army would build a bridge He said goodbye to Mao Yuanyi, Yu Anxing, and Man Gui, and asked Lu Yaojin to command the soldiers of the Xue family army. He brought his own soldiers and Yan Laoyao's team and rushed to the west bank of the Yalu River first.

Xue Polu rushed to the bank of the Yalu River in Shenshi. Nearly [-] Liaodong soldiers and civilians were waiting on the riverside. Zhao led the teaching and came quickly on horseback. Xue Polu asked anxiously, "How many boats did Lao Zhao get?"

Zhao Lijiao said: "We got five boats, but unfortunately only two are bigger, and one of them is a bit damaged, but there is no major problem in using it."

Xue Polu said: "Then go to Bitong City opposite and get some boats."

Zhao Lengjiao said: "Brother, I sent Vice-General Sun across the river to negotiate. Now Bitong City of North Korea is still having a headache about our army crossing the river. They say that they need to consult the Pyongyang Prefecture and Yongbyon Metropolitan Protectorate to make a decision."

Xue Polu said, "Has our boat returned yet?"

Zhao Lengjiao said: "After the ship came back to report the letter, it stopped by the river."

Xue Polu said: "Mother Yan, you take people across the river to collect ships, go to the supply camp and take the former guards who defected to us fishermen and soldiers."

Youngest Yan asked, "General, what if those North Korean clubs don't buy our Liaodong Army's account?"

Xue Polu said: "Didn't I tell you to go, don't you understand this, why don't you send a white-faced scholar to explain the truth?"

Yan Laoyao said happily: "General, I understand."

Yan Laoyao took his men and ran to the riverside, Xue Polu shouted: "Miao Yao, try not to die, and bring the boat back quickly."

After the youngest Yan said "Eh", the person had already walked far away, and Xue Polu said, "Brother Zhao, go and see the progress of my Xue's army's engineering soldiers in building bridges."

Xue Polu and Zhao Ledjiao came to the riverside, Qiao Guoliang, Liu Mandun, and Song Kui were in charge of building the bridge. They had the skills to train pontoon and bridge operations in the Datong Army system, which was much better than Xue Polu's engineers , Xue Jiajun has built a pontoon bridge on the Yalu River to a certain scale.

Qiao Guoliang didn't recover, but he was on the shore to direct the erection of the pontoon bridge. When he saw Xue Polu coming to the river, he immediately rushed to Xue Polu. Upward, the distance to the east of the river requires a lot of materials such as wooden boats, planks, and cables.”

(End of this chapter)