Although Mongolia's Zhenghong Banner Gushan Ezhen Enge Tu had not expected it, there was no fear on his face. He took his usual big ax in his hand and faced the "bang bang" sound of gunfire that kept coming from the front.
Rushed forward.
In his opinion, the Xuanfu army in front was indeed more brave and brave than other Ming armies, but even so, they were destined to be vulnerable to his own warriors.
Even if he can remain undefeated for a while due to his bravery, when the warriors under his banner defeat the Ming infantry on the opposite side and the large army returns to support, the enemies on all sides will definitely disperse.
Engetu always believed that although there were some battalions in the Ming army who dared to fight, they could at best fight a few favorable battles with temporary bravery. Once the battlefield situation reversed, they would immediately collapse.
Since he was young, he followed the old slave Nurhachi to fight in all directions. He has seen many such situations.
As the saying goes, "When a man stumbles, a horse stumbles." Even Engetu, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, never thought that he would be pecked out of his eyes by an eagle after playing with him all his life!
He led more than a hundred elite Mongolian knights around him, galloped forward, and faced Tan Zhenlin from the Xuanfu Army's retainers.
"Bang!...Bang!..."
There were only two incoherent crisp sounds, and two deadly bullets shot out quickly in a cloud of sparks and smoke, passing by the oncoming weapons such as spears, throwing axes, and iron bones.
Engetu, like other generals of the Qing Dynasty, rode his horse to the front. He saw two sparks flashing across the street in his eyes, and only heard two crisp sounds in his ears. Before he could make any reaction, he felt that he
His chest tightened and his breath froze.
However, as the Datong Army's right-wing battalion retreated first, the town's guerrilla battalion and the Biao battalion commanded by Wang Zheng also began to retreat. In this way, the Chicheng battalion was completely exposed to the siege of slaves, bandits and cavalry, leaving it surrounded by enemies on all sides.
Total disadvantage.
This is equivalent to a gamble. On the surface, Zhang Cheng is betting on his own life, but the reality behind it is the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Pu was unwilling to lead the elite of the Chinese army to join the melee. Even if he rescued his soldiers in Datong Town, he felt that it was not as important as his own escape.
"Kill... kill the slaves... kill the Tatars... kill..."
But Wang Pu, who had no trust in his own Datong Army, had full confidence in the officers and soldiers of the Xuanfu Army!
At the same time, there were groups of spearmen arrayed in the gaps between the musketry teams. Even behind the musketry archers, there were rows of spearmen.
The moment the bright red blood hole came into Engetu's eyes, his expression immediately froze completely, and there was no trace of life in his eyes. With a "Wow", he spurted out a large mouthful of bright red blood, and his whole body suddenly fell to the ground.
Fall off the horse.
With a "bang" sound, Engetu's huge body stirred up a cloud of dust the moment it landed on the ground, and then there was no more sound, except for a few unconscious twists when the war horses stepped on it.
The Chicheng Battalion of the Xuanfu Army had no time to pay attention to them at the moment, because all the surrounding infantry camps were retreating, so they became the most prominent one among the Xuanfu Army's infantry camps, and naturally received special attention from the slaves, thieves, and cavalry.
Although at the beginning, relying on the sophisticated and sharp Yunzhou flintlock guns, all the slaves, thieves, and cavalry who would be captured were kept out of the formation, and the Chicheng camp's military formation was not directly attacked.
It is not easy for them to persevere until now. There is no telling when they will suddenly collapse. If they return to the Datong Army, they are afraid that they will die if they stay there.
He hurriedly lowered his head to look, only to see that the armor on his left chest was dented inward, and bright red blood kept gushing out. Engetu's eyes were dull, but he still stuck his head forward with difficulty, thinking
You need to see clearly what is going on in your chest.
At this point in the war, Wang Pu's Datong Army had done their best. Even if they still failed to break the siege of Jinzhou in the end, Wang Pu's merits and demerits would at best be offset, and he would not have lost his life as a result.
The Chicheng camp, which was targeted by the slave thieves as a key attack, had already surrounded the city in a circular formation. The outermost was a defense line composed of chariots and horsemen. The inner ring was composed of musketry and archers, and each team of musketry and archers was preceded by a team of musketry and archers.
Guarded by shield soldiers.
At this moment, roars were heard from behind the infantry formation of the Xuan Army. Thousands of soldiers of the Xuan Army roared hysterically. Under the guidance of two handsome flags erected high up, they rushed into the melee.
Killing Fields.
Wang Pu actually guessed one more thing correctly, that is, Zhang Cheng did have a backup plan, but his backup plan was no longer here, but in the south of Jinzhou City, several miles away.
Engetu, a member of the Horqin tribe in Mongolia, lost his surname. During the period of the old slave Nurhaci, he led his troops to join the Hou Jin Dynasty. He was first subordinated to Zhenghong Banner in Manchuria and was awarded the post of Niu Lu Ezhen.
In fact, as the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou was not gambling?
As most of the slaves and thieves continued to attack, Zhang Cheng, Wang Pu and other Xuan troops were once again surrounded by them, and each battalion was gradually separated by the slaves and thieves.
Zhang Cheng, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu, took Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong, and led the soldiers of the two towns of Xuanda and Datong, who had less than 3,000 troops, to rush into the front infantry and Tatar battle groups without hesitation.
Although the Chicheng Battalion responded quickly and changed its formation in a timely manner, the slave thieves did not take the opportunity to break into the formation. However, it was also deeply surrounded by the slave thieves, and its self-protection was insufficient. How could it have any spare power to rescue the Datong Army battalions.
Fortunately, the 600 soldiers on the right side of the chariot, led by General Qian Gou Changsheng, arrived in time for reinforcements. They relied on the chariot as a shield to defend against the Tatar cavalry and were able to stand their ground.
At the same time, in order to delay the change of formation, the Chinese cavalry team from the Chicheng Battalion was dispatched as the rear guard of their own formation to attack from the south to prevent the slaves and thieves from breaking into the formation.
As for whether they can hold on to the defense line of Cheying, they themselves have no confidence at all. Now they can only "do good things and not worry about the future." They have no time to care about the outcome. Let God decide everything!
Although Zhang Cheng and Wang Pu only had less than 3,000 troops, they were the bodyguards of the two commanders-in-chief after all, and naturally they were all elite soldiers in the Xuan army.
How can he change all this?
Today, if Zhang Cheng resolutely orders the Xuan army to retreat and cross the Xiaoling River back to the south bank, he can certainly ensure that the main force of the Xuan army is not lost, and he predicts that the Qing army will not dare to pursue it with all its strength.
Logically speaking, Wang Pu should command the battles in his battalions in Datong Town, but Wang Pu, as the commander-in-chief, knows best what kind of moral character his soldiers have and what their true nature is like.
However, Hong Chengchou could not withstand the pressure from the court, and because there was a shortage of fuel in Jinzhou City, he made such an urgent plan to cross north. In order to make this very risky military strategy final, he also specially sent the troops sent by Zhang Cheng
Outside the discussion.
In particular, Datong General Fu Dianzuo's right-wing battalion has retreated to the defense line of the Xuanfu chariot battalion.
The battle between the two sides in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the middle has become fierce. They are fighting in such close quarters, and almost all of them are infantry. If you turn around and run away at this time, leaving your back to the Tatars without defense, it is tantamount to committing suicide!
At the same time, he believed that Zhang Cheng was already the commander-in-chief of a town at such a young age, and his future prospects were limitless. How could he be willing to put himself in danger?
But at that time, he was held hostage by Zhang Cheng and had no chance to retreat or escape. But now, he does not dare to escape alone, not because he is afraid of being dealt with by the military law of Ji Liao Governor Hong Chengchou!
He guessed that the reason why Zhang Cheng was like this must have a backup plan!
Although the process is frightening, once the bet is successful, the benefits gained are also huge!
It was with this trace of remaining blood, full of hatred, and endless anger that the Xuanfu coalition forces were able to withstand the continuous rush of the slaves, thieves, and cavalry.
But now that the matter has come to this, is there any better strategy besides this?
The only thing to blame is that Zhang Cheng's official position is not high. After all, the highest military commander in Liaodong is Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, not Zhang Cheng. He clearly knows that the longer the current war in Liaodong, the more beneficial it will be to him.
It seems that God has made arrangements for all of this. What Engetu did and his ending are exactly what he said: "If you come out to mess around, you will have to pay back sooner or later"!
It is true that "good and evil will be rewarded in the end." Today, Ngetu will use his own blood to repay the blood debt he owed until the last drop in his body.
With the addition of such a new force, the slave thieves were temporarily defeated, and were actually killed by them and retreated more than 200 steps away.
In the eighth year of Chongzhen, after the Eight Banners of Mongolia were established, Engetu was transferred to the Zhenghong Banner of Mongolia and was awarded the post of Gushan Ezhen of the Zhenghong Banner of Mongolia.
But once they survive the difficult period in the early stages of the war without fleeing, the remaining blood in their hearts will be aroused, and at this moment they will completely forget the word "life and death".
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At this time, the infantry camp in the middle of Xuan Army was on the verge of collapse. Although they fought hard, there were too many Tatar soldiers rushing towards them, one after another. The infantry soldiers of Xuan Army were extremely exhausted.
It is so big that it is powerless to stop it.
Zhang Guodong's Chinese cavalry team gathered in the middle of the circular formation. Each of them held his own horse and waited for the general's order. They were always ready to attack.
Fortunately, Zhang Guodong was also an old soldier. In his early years, he was already a Qian Commander under the command of Lu Xiangsheng, the Governor of Xuanda.
Once a person is controlled by anger, he will lose his mind!
This is even more vividly reflected on the battlefield.
If this is true, all the land in Liaodong will be lost, and the Ming Dynasty's barrier in Liaodong will also be completely lost. The slaves, thieves, and cavalry can approach Shanhaiguan, threaten the Ming capital, and peek into the heart of the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Cheng commanded the battalions of the Datong Army to quickly regroup and advance to the original station again, forming a straight line with the Chicheng Battalion and rebuilding a barrier.
While the slave thieves besieged the Chicheng Camp of the Xuanfu Army, they continued to attack the Datong Army camps southward. Finally, Hou Fangke's Datong Town Ranger Battalion lost the support of the Chicheng Battalion and was the first to be defeated by the slave thieves.
Later defeated.
Take the Battle of Julu in the 11th year of Chongzhen's reign. He once led the Tatars of Mongolia's Zhenghong Banner to participate in the war, and his hands were stained with the blood of countless people from Mongolia, Korea, and the Ming Dynasty.
Even if all the soldiers of Xuan Army were able to retreat, what could they do?
From now on, not only will the opportunity to understand the Jin siege be forever lost, it may even lead to the complete failure of the Liao War. Not only will the siege of Jinzhou remain unresolved, but even Songshan, Xingshan, and even Ningyuan City may not be preserved.
Therefore, since he accompanied Zhang Cheng and led the elite soldiers of the Chinese army under his command to rush up to rescue the soldiers of each battalion in the middle road, he followed Zhang Cheng closely and never left.
Everyone still understands this truth, not to mention that since the battle, seeing the comrades they have been with day and night falling one by one before their eyes, everyone's hearts are full of hatred and anger.
This is the case for the officers and soldiers of the Xuan Da Army now. Before the war, they still had some fear in their hearts, especially the soldiers of the Datong Army. And the period just before the war was the time when this fear was at its peak.
At the same time, Wang Zheng's Datong Biao Battalion and Fu Dianzuo's right-wing battalion had retreated behind the defense line of the Xuanfu Military Vehicle Battalion, and were on the verge of collapse. They could only use their last strength to hold on.
In fact, the person he fears is not Hong Chengchou, but Zhang Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu who he is following closely now!
But in this way, Dorgon could free up his hands to mobilize the slaves and thieves to attack Wu Sangui, Cao Bianjiao and other Ming troops. Once other towns were defeated because of this, they were even annihilated by the slaves.
During this period, Engetu had been following Nurhaci and Huang Taiji in their campaigns. He once conquered Lin Dan Khan of Chahar Mongolia, conquered Korea, and invaded the Ming Dynasty many times.
In their minds, the roar of "revenge" is always echoing, and the hatred towards the Tatar thieves will also evolve into anger, which can ignite the Tatar body until it is burned to ashes!
But as the slaves, thieves and cavalry regrouped and came to fight, they were outnumbered after all, and many Mongolian cavalry continued to fire waves of arrows from a distance, which greatly disrupted the Xuan army's formation.
A member of the Horqin Tribe of Mongolia, he lived in the Hada Tribe for a long time, was subordinate to the Zhenghong Banner of Mongolia, and was a general of the Qing Dynasty.
Don't tell me, this Wang Pu is not simple, he really guessed it right. As the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu and the dignified General Zhenshuo, how could Zhang Cheng put himself in danger?
If it was really a mistake and he died on the battlefield, how could he use all his strategies and ambitions?
How can he realize his ideal of changing China, changing the world, and setting standards for all generations?
But there is an exception to everything. Just like what happened today, it cannot be changed by Zhang Cheng's will. He also does not want to personally lead his elite soldiers to rush forward and fight with the slaves and thieves for their lives.
Moreover, since the war started this morning, they have been following Zhang Cheng and Wang Pu and have not participated in the battle. Not only have their physical strength not been exhausted, but they also have full energy in their chests, just waiting for the military order. Rush up and kill the Tatars.
Therefore, Zhang Cheng did not have to risk his life today, but he had no choice other than that!
Even if he doesn't admit it, who with a discerning eye can't see that his strategy of crossing the river and marching north is gambling on his own future with the fate of the Ming Dynasty!
Not just him, but the elders in the Ming Dynasty were also gambling, weren't they?
However, once the bet is lost, the Ming Dynasty will plummet. From now on, it will no longer be able to suppress the thieves, nor can it compete with the slave thieves. The country of the Ming Dynasty is destined to be handed over to others.
But the princes in the court may not necessarily suffer any losses. In their view, no matter who becomes the emperor, they need the best scholars among them to serve him.
As long as they can keep their own wealth and future, they don't care who the emperor is?