Chapter 149 Victory and return to the camp, let's drink and eat meat!
"Brothers, do you hate it that the dog Tatars have repeatedly attacked our country, kidnapped my sisters, brought them back to enslave me, plundered my property and grain, filled their mother's warehouses, destroyed my fields and houses, and left me with nowhere to live?"
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On the embankment of Laozhang River, Zhang Cheng rode his horse and said loudly.
"Hate...hate...hate..."
The soldiers roared in unison.
"Tatars don't have three heads and six arms. They only carry one head on their shoulders. They are no more than us. If we chop them off, they will be dead, don't you think?" Zhang Cheng continued to boost morale.
"Yes Yes……"
"Brothers, starting from the mafang, killing slaves at Shiqiao, and then at the foot of Gaoyang City, our brother and I killed not only a thousand, but also eight hundred Tatars. This shows that the Tatars are fierce in appearance and soft in nature;
The Tatars only dare to bully those who dare not resist. If you are more fierce and ruthless than him, they will be afraid of you. Brothers, can we Xuanzhen warriors scare the Tatars to death?" Zhang Cheng continued.
"Can't...can't...no..."
Seeing that the soldiers roared like thunder and their morale was high, and they all looked like little tigers with enough energy, Zhang Cheng felt very satisfied.
I saw him pointing to the west with his hand, and then said: "You can see the official road further north. In the wilderness to the west of us, our soldiers in Shanxi Town are fighting bloody battles with the Tatars. You are afraid of killing the Tatars."
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"Not afraid...not afraid...not afraid..."
Every sound was louder than the sound, and each wave was stronger than the next. The soldiers were so excited that they reached the extreme.
"Brothers, rush over, kill all the Tatars, return to camp victorious, and let's drink and eat meat!"
After Zhang Cheng said his last words, he urged his horse to trot down a slope next to the river embankment. Chen Zhong led the guards closely behind him.
The ramp was not wide, so they barely rode two horses abreast. Zhang Cheng was in front, and Guo Yingxian's five hundred elite riders were behind. More than a thousand elite riders were slowly descending. The knights on the horses were all in high spirits, roaring angrily, in the wilderness.
After arranging their formation, they galloped towards the west and started galloping.
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Jiang Mingwu galloped towards the two Tatars on the opposite side. From a distance, he saw them holding up firecrackers one by one. He quickly shouted loudly: "Divide, separate left and right, and outflank the Tatars..."
On the opposite side, He Chenggong's two Tatars were between Jiang Mingwu and Hu Dawei. With their backs to the Dandai Qing army, they lined up in three horizontal rows to block Jiang Mingwu from assisting Hu Dawei's Ming army.
He Chenggong saw the Ming army charging towards him on horseback. He shouted to his subordinates, quickly formed three rows, and shouted: "First row, raise the gun."
As soon as they raised the muskets in their hands, they saw the Ming army rushing from the opposite side running to both sides. They hurriedly gave orders to change their troops. In a panic, their troops immediately transformed into a V-shaped formation.
He Chenggong stood in the middle. There were two rows of Tatars on each slope. There were about 220 people in each row. Seeing that they were only more than 80 steps away from the Ming army, He Chenggong hurriedly shouted: "First row, let go."
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A large cloud of smoke rose into the sky and dispersed in the air. The heavy smell of sulfur and gunpowder smoke filled the surroundings. He Chenggong saw that more than ten people from the Ming army on the opposite side were shot off their horses, and the rest had run away far away. He felt very proud.
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Jiang Mingwu's eyes were red with tears and he roared angrily: "Damn it, I'll be bombed to death, and I'll kill all the two damn Tatars. Kill..."
The Ming army on the other side saw the general on the other side rushing towards the two Tatars like crazy, and they also howled and rushed forward.
He Chenggong stood proudly in the middle, looking at Jiang Mingwu who was charging towards him in the distance, thinking in his mind that if he killed this wise general in this battle and achieved such a great achievement, Prince Su would also look at him with admiration.
He shouted loudly: "Second row, get ready; first row, hurry up and get ready."
When he raised his right hand holding the sword high, ready to order the second row of guns, he just shouted: "Second row..."
I felt that the sound of hoofbeats was wrong, and my heart skipped a beat. The sound of hoofbeats was actually surrounding me?
Suddenly I heard my subordinates screaming: "Behind me, Ming Gouzi made a sneak attack..."
He Chenggong only heard the sound of hoofbeats coming from behind, from far to near. He quickly turned his head and saw a group of Ming army knights sixty steps away, like red devils, rushing towards them.
He hurriedly shouted: "Fire the blunderbuss... let go the blunderbuss... let go..."
However, he hurried to where the war horses were. The two Tatars under him were already panicking. Seeing that their leader was about to flee, who had the heart to fight the enemy, they randomly fired their muskets, turned around, and ran away to fight for the horses.
They were originally the old tribe of Ming general Kong Youde. After the Wuqiao mutiny, they wreaked havoc in Shandong. Later, they surrendered to the slave chieftain Taiji along with Kong Youde. Kong Youde was granted the title of King of Submission, but he still commanded his old tribe and was placed under the banner of the Han army.
During this invasion, many Tatars under the banner of the Han army came with Dorgon and Yue Tuo.
They were trained under Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, and were good at using firearms, including muskets and artillery.
After the surrender, he was also highly valued by Huang Taiji. This time he invaded the capital of the Ming Dynasty and ordered Dorgon, Yue Tuo and others to take him with him in order to take advantage of his firearms to break the strong fortress of the Ming Dynasty.
But the Er Tartars, the Er Tartars, the Han military flag in Liaodong, although it was valued by Huang Taiji, its real status was still under the Eight Banners of Mongolia. It is estimated that it is similar to the Mongolian vassal that finally surrendered to Huang Taiji.
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The Qing army also had extremely strict requirements on them, especially when fighting on the battlefield. They had also participated in the capture of Lushun, Korea and other battles before, and even participated in the attack on the Ningjin defense line.
Their performance has always been excellent and highly praised by Huang Taiji. This gradually made them think that, except for the main force of the Eight Banners of Jianzhou, they seemed to be invincible in the world. No matter which part of the Ming army they were, they dismissed them.
It was not until after the Battle of Gaoyang that they discovered that there were actually such brave warriors in the Ming army, who actually killed the brave Prince Su of the Qing Dynasty alive in the field.
At this time, they saw these ferocious dogs rushing from all directions. They panicked at first, and everyone fled and fought for the horses. The scene was extremely chaotic for a while.
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Generals such as Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Guozhu led their troops to gallop in the fields. Although they were anxious, they did not dare to use too much horsepower. They only urged the horses to trot and gallop forward, changing horses every mile.
Except for the occasional sentry horseman galloping wildly, the brigade was steadily advancing northward in a well-organized formation. They were divided into three teams and six columns.
Lu Xiangsheng led a force of nearly 500 knights in the center, Chen An led more than 400 knights on the left, and Yang Guozhu led nearly 500 knights on the right. The three teams each maintained a distance of more than fifty steps.
The generals were riding their horses at a fast pace when they saw a burst of dust flying in front of them, and several horses were hurriedly approaching. Lu Xiangsheng tightened the reins slightly and made the horses slow down to meet the returning sentry riders.
"Report, two miles away to the north, our army is fighting with a group of captives..."
Lu Xiangsheng waved the sentry horse to rest and change horses behind the cavalry. He looked to the west at the sun hidden in the dim sky. At this time, it was not so dazzling.
"It's almost time to apply."
He muttered to himself, and then shouted in a deep voice: "The soldiers changed their horses and prepared to kill the slaves."