At the beginning of Mao Shi, everyone had packed up, had a simple breakfast, and then walked slowly down the mountain in a group to the southeast. After about five miles, they arrived on Liaoxi Avenue.
Only then did everyone feel relieved. Twenty miles further on, they reached the Tashan Fort where Ningyuan Zhongzuo was stationed. Due to the presence of Ma Zhenyuan and his six wounded, Chang Zhengbiao ordered Chang Zhengcheng to lead Ershi guards to move forward slowly.
He led Sanshi's sentry cavalry to follow Duan at a distance, while Chang Zhengfei led Yishi's sentry cavalry to spread out on the left and right sides of Liaoxi Avenue to conduct vigilant checks in case slave thieves arrived in advance to ambush and intercept.
Fortunately, there was no danger along the way. As Ma Zhenyuan expected, the Tatars did not pursue revenge at night. Or maybe the Tatars only checked around to make sure they were not Ming army troops, so they didn't take it to heart.
After all, a battle between the two armies is imminent, and this kind of chance encounter between sentries and cavalry is not the focus of the two armies.
In fact, small-scale contact battles like this are common in places where the two armies gather. The Ming army often loses more than it wins, and is almost overwhelmingly hunted down by Tatar sentries.
But like today, nearly twenty of our own veterans who had fought hundreds of battles were completely wiped out by the Ming army's sentry cavalry. In particular, one Fende Bashiku was captured alive by the Ming army.
It is truly a great shame and humiliation, a great shame and humiliation unprecedented in ancient times!
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There is a large Qing army camp under Huanxi Ridge, about ten miles northwest of Jinzhou City, stretching for several miles. Although tens of thousands of troops are stationed, there is no chaotic human voice. Except for the occasional voice of command, and then there are war horses.
neighing.
There is a square in front of the Chinese army's tent, and a large piece of gold-woven silk stands side by side, with the names of princes embroidered on it. Naturally, among them are Prince Dorgon of Heshuorui and Prince Hauge of Heshuosu.
The gold-woven banner is also the tallest and most eye-catching.
At this time, Dorgon, Prince of Heshuorui of the Qing Dynasty, had just completed the defense change with Jierhalang, Prince of Heshuo Zheng, and was stationed here.
The slave chief Huang Taiji sent troops to attack Jinzhou this time. Although the purpose was to "encircle the point and bring reinforcements", his strategy was "prolonged siege".
For this reason, not only did they first send out a large army to repair Yizhou City on the Daling River, but they also relied on the plain terrain and fertile land near Yizhou to develop farming, and drove the Ahabs to farm here to reduce the burden on military food.
At the same time, they also requisitioned tens of thousands of tons of grain from North Korea, more than ten thousand fine horses from Mongolia, and even rushed to make dozens of red cannons in Shengjing, which were gradually shipped to Yiju, using this place as a logistics base.
Ming Dynasty was helpless.
His wishful thinking was that if the Ming army did not rescue him, he would use up all the grain in Jinzhou City and force Zu Dashou to surrender; if the Ming army sent troops to rescue him, he would hold on to the Ming army's reinforcements and then look for opportunities to annihilate him.
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It is precisely because of this plan that the Qing army's strength outside Jinzhou has been maintained at about 50,000 troops, and the Qing troops have been divided into two squads, which will be replaced every three months to besiege Jinzhou.
In this way, the army can take turns to call a truce, relieve fatigue, and also reduce the pressure on the supply of food and fodder.
In March of this year, Dorgon was replaced by Prince Heshuo Zheng Jierharang, Prince Azige of Duoluowuying County, and Prince Duduo of Yu. Now they have been besieging Jinzhou for three months, so Dorgon came and took them again.
Exchange it back.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, Dorgon and Hauge were lined up at the top, sitting on the left and right respectively.
Below and on the left side are the generals Zhen Beile Shuotuo with a red flag on Gushan'e, Zhen Mandahai with red flag on Gushan'e, and Baya Lahuzhangjing Yildun and other generals.
At the bottom on the right side are Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen, Doluo Raoyu Beile Abatai, Xianglan Banner Gushan Ezhen, Doluo Anping Beile Dudu, and Baya Lahuzhang Jingtazhan and others.
Dorgon nodded and looked at the people below without saying a word. There was no trace of joy, anger, sorrow or joy on his fair face.
Hauge, who was sitting next to him, had a look of ferocity and anger on his face. He stared at Anping Beiledudu below, breathing heavily.
The felt curtain of the military tent was lifted, and a general strode in and presented a wooden tray with two bloody human heads placed on it. He only heard his report: "Two people with blue flags and vests and whistles escaped before the battle. I was ordered to behead him in front of the army, and I came here specifically to return the order."
Du Du glanced at the two heads, without a trace of pity in his eyes. He turned to look at Hauge and said: "Prince Su, these two..."
Hauge didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and said angrily: "There is no mercy for the cowardly people. Their heads are hung outside the camp as a warning to others. If the order is passed, their family, wealth, and family members will all become servants."
Dorgon glanced sideways at Hauge at this time, shook his head secretly, sighed in his heart, and said nothing, but his eyes were looking at Beleshuotuo who was looking down.
Shuotuo wanted to be friends with Dorgon in private. When he saw Dorgon looking at him, he said: "This is a warning to others. Our warriors from the Qing Dynasty have never encountered such a defeat when they went to war. They almost called Minggou to be wiped out on the spot." , it has set a precedent of fleeing first, which is really embarrassing."
"snort!"
Hauge was ridiculed by him, but he had no choice but to snort heavily in his nose to show his dissatisfaction.
Abatai saw that the situation was a bit awkward, so he asked Niulu Zhangjing, who was kneeling, "Zhang Guli, according to what you saw, how was the fighting going? How many troops can you possibly estimate for the Ming army?"
As soon as he said this, a cunning look flashed in Dorgon's eyes, and he thought to himself: "This Abatai is getting smarter and shrewder, which is not a good thing!"
Zhang Guli, who was kneeling below, replied respectfully: "At the end of the day, I led my Qing warriors to rush all the way, but those Ming dogs had fled and were missing. After searching for traces, I found that they had fled to the southwest and disappeared after chasing them for five miles. As soon as there was no trace, he followed the prince's order and retreated.
Only eighteen corpses were found in that forest, all of which had their heads chopped off by Ming dogs. The armored soldiers were also missing. According to on-site inspections, there were many places hit by cannons and artillery.
Combining what these two cowards said, it seemed that there were two clear dog whistles. Our warriors of the Qing Dynasty annihilated one of them smoothly at first, but another one came from nowhere, and the guns and cannons were sharp. After hearing a roar, they were gone. The sound.”
Abata waved his hand and said: "Step back!"
After Zhang Guli retreated, he looked at Dorgon again and said: "Prince Rui, there are more and more sentries in the Ming army. In the past month, we have encountered many warriors. The more urgent the sentries are, the more likely they will be." For this reason, we must be on guard against it.”
Hauge snorted again and said: "The Ming dogs are hiding in Ningyuan. They are afraid of the power of my warriors and dare not come to break the siege of Songjin. What should the sentry cavalry have to worry about?"
"cough!"
Dorgon coughed lightly and said with a devilish smile: "King Su is right. A mere dog sentry rider is nothing to worry about. Tomorrow we will send more warriors to the fortresses of Xingshan and Tashan. That's it. We intercept and kill the Ming Dog Sentinel Cavalry and cover up the Songjin battlefield so that they cannot know the details of our army."
He glanced at Hauge with a smile, then faced Abatai and said: "Rao Yubeile, starting from tomorrow, we will urge all armies to attack Songjin more quickly. The Ming army is more anxious to scout out, thinking that they want to do something.