Jierhalang's heart was solemn. He was ordered by the slave chief Huang Taiji to assist Dorgon in name, but in fact he was responsible for supervision. Huang Taiji's request was only to contain the main force of the Ming army, not to fight with the Ming army here.
Military decisive battle.
According to the results of the military discussion between the Qing kings and Minister Baylor, Huangtu Ridge and Shimen Mountain were abandoned. Their main function was to delay the Ming army's advance and consume the Ming army's vigor.
Haoge on the east bank of the Xiaoling River and Dorgon on the south bank of the Nvnu River were both used to contain the Ming army so that the Ming army could not withdraw to rescue elsewhere.
However, Hauge had one more option, which was to wait for an opportunity to cross the Xiaoling River downstream and harass or destroy the grain stored by the Ming army at the mouth of the river.
Dorgon's side was the focus of containing the main force of the Ming army.
According to the judgment of the Qing monarchs and ministers, the main purpose of the Ming army was to help relieve the siege of Jinzhou, and the most convenient way to break the siege of Jinzhou was to go north through the East-West Shimen and then cross the Nerv River, which was to the south of Jinzhou City.
Therefore, they concluded that the main force of the Ming Dynasty's aid force to the Liao Dynasty must be used in the Shimen Mountain defense line, so they left more than 20,000 Manchu and Mongolian elite cavalry here, and even sent two princes to take command here, which shows that the slave chief Huang Taiji has
Attention to this.
Jierhalang glanced sideways at Prince Rui Dorgon beside him, and said tentatively: "Prince Rui, this Ming army is quite brave and strong. Don't be careless, lest you end up with the fate of the Great Khan!"
Although there was still a smile on Dorgon's face, there was a hint of coldness in it. He smiled almost ferociously and said: "Wu Sangui's soldiers are exhausted. Even if they attack, there will be no serious harm.
The focus of our army is to attack the formation of the Ming General Cao. He dares to break into our Qing army formation. We must make him know how powerful we are and the power of our Qing army. Otherwise, it will affect the morale of our army and the morale of the Confederate army.
If you cheer up, it will be even more difficult to capture."
When he said this, he turned to look at the two people behind him and said in a deep voice: "Engetu, Buyendai, each of you has his own warriors. One will attack on the flank, and the other will block the way back. Today, no matter what,
, this Ming army cannot be allowed to escape from the formation, and must be kept here."
Among the Eight Banners of Mongolia, the Zhenghong Banner Gushan'e Zhenengitu and the red flag Gushan'e Zhenbuyandai were ordered to accompany Dorgon to fight, so they were naturally placed under Dorgon's control and command.
It was their Zhenghongqi and Xianghongqi Mongolian light cavalry that were roaming on both sides of the Manchuria Eight Banners army and attacking with cavalry and fire.
As early as the eleventh year of Chongzhen, when the Tatars invaded the capital of the Ming Dynasty, they followed Dorgon to fight together. They were very afraid of Dorgon's evil birds of prey.
Although they captured a lot of money when they invaded, the Battle of Julu and the series of battles in Jibei when they retreated also left a deep impression on them.
They also saw that there were still people in the Ming army who dared to fight, especially the few raids and night attacks when they retreated to Jibei, which were deeply imprinted in their hearts.
The names of Sun Chuanting, Cao Bianjiao, Zhang Cheng and others were only known to them at that time. Although Zhang Cheng fought with them in the battle of Julu, it was very fierce.
But at that time, Zhang Cheng was still a little-known guerrilla with only a thousand troops under his command. What's more, there were Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuan Dynasty, Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, and the commander-in-chief of Shanxi Province. Even Zhang
Yan, Jiang Mingwu and others are also generals, so how can he stand out.
It was not until the Qing army retreated to Jibei that Sun Chuanting organized the Ming army to conduct several raids and night attacks. It was during this series of battles that Zhang Cheng became prominent.
It was also from that time that Zhang Chengcai became world-famous by slaying the Tatar thief Fu Guo Gong Ma Zhan and Keqin County Prince Yue Tuo, and began to become a figure of great concern to both the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
For now, Zhang Cheng's name has obviously surpassed Cao Bianjiao and Wu Sangui in the minds of the Qing monarchs and generals, and can almost be compared with Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou.
At this time, Enge Tu and Buyan Dai were very reluctant when they heard that Dorgon had ordered them to lead their warriors to attack Cao Bianjiao's Ming army.
They are all Mongolians. Engetu was originally from the Horqin tribe and had lived in the Hada tribe for a long time, while Buyandai was a Mongolian Ulut Beizi, and his status was inherently noble.
They are different from the four Mongolian Eight Banners Zhongzhengbai Banner Gushan'e Zhenyibai, Xiangbai Banner Gushan'e Zhensuna, Zhenglan Banner Gushan'e Zhenwulai, Xianglan Banner Gushan'e Zhenhu Shibu etc.
of.
Yibai and the other four were Manchu Tatars themselves, and were appointed by the slave chief Huang Taiji as the Mongolian Eight Banners Gushan Ezhen.
As for Engetu and Buyandai, they are actually the same as Mongolian Eight Banners Zhongzheng Huangqi Gushan Adai and Xianghuangqi Gushan Zhenli. They are both of Mongolian origin.
Although they are generally loyal to Huang Taiji now, as Mongolians after all, they still have to put themselves in the shoes of their own people in many matters.
Externally, they were of the same mind as the Manchu Tatars and the slave chief Huang Taiji. They attacked Korea together and plundered the Ming Dynasty together, but internally they still had their own selfish motives.
Although they are now the Gushan Ezhen of the Qing Dynasty, they will eventually return to the place where their clansmen live. Even if they never go back in their lifetime, their children and nephews are still there, and they still have to leave some inheritance for their descendants.
Unlike those Manchurian Tatars, today they are Gushan Ezhen of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and tomorrow they may return to serve in the Eight Banners of Manchuria. They can just slap their butts and leave, but Engetu, Buyendai and others cannot.
Although they had such small thoughts, they did not dare to fail to carry out Dorgon's military orders. They immediately responded to the order loudly and hurried down the high hill.
Dorgon didn't even look at them. He turned to Jierhalang and said, "I would also like to ask Prince Zheng to stay here and watch the enemy's plundering formation for me."
Jierhalang was also shocked when he heard this, and asked with surprise: "Prince Rui, are you going to fight in person?"
Dorgon had already stood up and walked down the high hill. Hearing this, he looked back with a grin and said, "I'll go meet this fierce general of the Southern Dynasty for a while!"
Jierhalang was also a figure who fought hard with mountains of swords and seas of blood, so he was naturally not afraid of swords. However, he did not want Dorgon to risk his own life and risk his own life.
After all, Dorgon was the commander-in-chief of the Qing Dynasty in this direction. He immediately stepped forward to stop him and said: "Prince Rui, stay here. You are the commander-in-chief here. You can just sit and command. I still need you to dispatch thousands of horses and thousands of troops. Why?"
You can come to the battlefield in person."
He then added: "Prince Rui is in charge of the central army. I will go meet the Ming general."
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Cao Bianjiao did not rush straight into the Qing army camp. He relied on his keen intuition to turn left and right and kept fighting forward. Along the way, he kept ordering the horsemen behind him to set fire to the camp.
Suddenly, chaos broke out in the Qing army camp!
They finally suffered their own consequences. When Cao Bianjiao led his troops to break into the camp, they didn't pay too much attention to it. Now they want to intercept it, but they focus on one thing and miss the other.
The Qing cavalry organized a team to intercept, but Cao Bianjiao led his troops to the other side. This group of Qing cavalry could only pursue them one after another. Or maybe before the Qing cavalry was completed, Cao Bianjiao led the army to attack and broke through.
Go in formation.
Even if Engetu and Buyendai came with the Mongolian light cavalry, there was nothing they could do to turn Cao into a dragon.
In the past, they used to ride and shoot on the outside, teasing the soldiers of the Ming army's cavalry formation, but today everything has changed. Cao Bianjiao led his elite cavalry to rush back and forth in the Qing army's formation, and they were so happy.
However, the Qing cavalry and the Meng cavalry surrounded them from all sides but were still unable to intercept them. They could only follow behind the Ming army's elite cavalry and pursue them relentlessly.
However, such a situation, even if it is beneficial to Cao Bianjiao, is also disadvantageous!
The good thing is that he has completely taken the initiative on the battlefield. Now he is leading the Qing army around. It is entirely up to him which direction he wants to go.
The disadvantage is that once the momentum of the charge is exhausted, or the Qing army is blocked in the camp, it will be surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it will be extremely difficult to rush out again.
Jierhalang led more than a hundred Baya soldiers with blue flags and rode towards Engetu. He shouted: "Why don't you intercept the southern army?"
"Prince Zheng, Ming Gou is very cunning. He refuses to fight with us, so we have no choice but to chase him away."
Engetu was obviously a little frustrated, but there was really nothing he could do to stop Cao from turning into a dragon.
Jierhalang was much calmer and more thoughtful than him. When he stopped Dorgon just now, he had already thought of how to deal with Cao Bianjiao.
He gave orders and sent all the Qing generals gathered around him to various places. He only asked them to stick to the positions assigned to them and stop chasing the Ming army rushing into the formation.
Finally, he said to Buyendai: "I see that the southern army's target is in the central army. You should stop pursuing it and quickly lead your knights to strengthen the defense where King Rui is."
After some distribution, he led more than a hundred bagara from his own banner, plus hundreds of armored cavalry with blue flags, and followed Cao Bianjiao.
How about saying that ginger is still spicy?
Jierhalang hit the critical point of Cao Bianjiao at once. If he continued to block him like before, he would be exhausted and unable to block Cao Bianjiao at all.
This is because the Qing army had to study and judge the direction of Cao Bianjiao's movement before deploying troops to intercept it in advance. However, Cao Bianjiao could change his direction at any time, which made the Qing army's arrangement useless and had to continue to pursue and intercept him.
But Jierhalang's strategy was much smarter, because Cao Bianjiao's goal was the location of the Tatar army on the high hill, but there were only a few must-pass roads to get there.
Jierhalang divided the Qing army into several waves and ordered them to guard the main roads. With this arrangement, no matter how Cao Bianjiao clashed, they would eventually encounter one of the Tatar groups.
As long as Cao Bianjiao is bitten by one of the Tatars, the pursuers from behind will immediately come to surround him, and then the Tatars will gather from all directions.
At that time, even if Cao Bianjiao grew a pair of wings, he might not be able to escape from the Tatar army.
What's more, more than 15,000 Qing cavalry who went to attack Wu Sangui's camp were slowly retreating. Even if Cao Bianjiao was extremely lucky to break out of the Qing camp, he would be surrounded again by the withdrawing Tatar cavalry.
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Here, after receiving the order, the two men, Ba Ya Zhang Jing Yang Shan with the yellow flag of Manchuria and Ba Ya La Zhang Jing and Altin with the blue flag, were directing the knights to retreat slowly after receiving the order.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the rear formation. When Yang Shance rode closer, he was shocked and furious.
Because the officers and soldiers of Ningyuan Town of the Ming Dynasty rolled out rows of tanks. In front of these tanks, on the muzzles of the artillery raised high, they were clearly helping the Qing soldiers who did not know whether to live or die.
Some Ming soldiers who followed the chariot even stabbed them from time to time with the spears in their hands. Every time they stabbed, there was a heart-rending howl.
The officers and soldiers of the Ningyuan Army laughed wildly, and some of the Ningyuan Town cavalry roared and galloped around their own chariots. Sometimes they ran close to the chariots, and whipped them hard with their whips raised.
The Qing soldiers who were tied to the chariots often let out miserable cries.
The Qing soldiers who were forming formations and retreating slowly also showed expressions of shock and anger, although they often humiliated the captured Ming soldiers and civilians.
However, their own warriors could torture the soldiers and people of the Ming Dynasty, but the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could not torture the warriors of the Qing Dynasty. This situation was absolutely unacceptable to them.
For a time, the army of more than ten thousand Qing cavalry no longer had the same high spirits as when they defeated Bai Guangen. In addition to being extremely angry, their morale was also secretly losing.
Suddenly, there was a louder noise in the Qing army formation, because the soldiers of Ningyuan Army pushed out another cart with a tall wooden pole erected on the cart.
On the wooden pole, a Tatar Bajara officer was tied high. Judging from the clothes and armor, he should be wearing a white flag.
Someone seemed to have recognized him, and the Qing army shouted loudly: "It's Baya Lajia Lazhangjing of Zhengbai Banner."
"Meisser, it's Meiser..."
"Namutulu Maisel, why was he captured by the Confederate Army!"
"Are you dead? Why don't you move for a while?"
The faces of Yang Shan and Altin were extremely ugly for a moment. Their eyes were splitting and they were furious. Never had the warrior of the Qing Dynasty, Jia La Zhangjing of Bagala Camp, been so insulted.
In particular, Altin had a bad temper and roared angrily: "You bastard! Yang Shan, you lead the warriors back to the camp. I will lead the warriors under my banner to attack and I will definitely recapture the captured Bagala warriors!"
Although Altin belongs to the Zhenglan Banner, he has always been very friendly with Maiser. After all, they are both Bagala warriors, and they had fought together under the same banner before.
Just imagine now that he sees his old comrade being so humiliated, how can he not be angry? What's more, if he really just sits back and ignores it, where will Bagala's face be?
Even the so-called prudent Baya Lahu Zhang Jing promoted good deeds with a yellow flag, but he was filled with righteous indignation and was equally furious.
Yangshan, of the Guarjia family, was the younger brother of Yingdong, a first-class philanthropist in the Qing Dynasty, and the son of Yinda Huqi. He was originally from the Xiangbai Banner in Manchuria. He was later transferred to the Xianghuang Banner by Huang Taiji, and was promoted to the Baya Lazhang Zhang due to his merits.
Beijing.
The straight white flag and the inlaid white flag are like a family. This Yangshan has known Maiser for a long time. Although they are not close friends, they are both Bagala warriors, so they naturally feel the same way.
Now, seeing that Maisel is Ba Ya La Jia La Zhang Jing of Zhengbai Banner, he is being tortured like this by Ming Gou, whom he has always looked down on. How can Yang Shan bear it in his eyes?
Looking at the public outrage around him, he couldn't help but feel startled. He suddenly thought of Prince Rui Dorgon's military order, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.