"The battle was extremely brutal. After retreating for dozens of miles, there were dead bodies everywhere" (Chen Youlong: "The Beihai Conquest").
The battle of Barguzin Fort was defeated. On November 13, the twelfth year of the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army retreated to Severensk Fort.
King Zhu Ruodeng of Ji gathered his defeated troops and found that only 4,000 of the 14,000-strong army were left. He couldn't help but lamented, "Oh my god! How can I have the dignity to go back to see my father?"
Sadness comes from it, tears fall like rain!
"Don't worry, Your Highness, victory or defeat is a matter of military strategists. We can gather the defeated troops here, and at the same time summon Ma Xin and Hu Maozhen's troops from Gusino Ozersk Fort to come to Lensk Fort. We can still fight." Chen Youlong, Yan Xiaoyong, Bao Bao
The generals advised.
"Report, the Rakshasa cavalry is chasing us, about a thousand people." Just as he was feeling sad, news came that the enemy was approaching.
"What!"
The generals were shocked. Although there were still more than 4,000 people at this time, most of them were remnants of defeated generals. Their morale had been lost. How could they resist?
Zhu Ruodeng immediately wiped away his tears and climbed up the city wall to observe. He knew that he was the commander-in-chief of the entire army, so he must be calm at this time. Crying and letting the soldiers see it would shake the morale of the army.
When I went up to the city and took a look, I couldn't help but feel furious. They were no Rakshasa chasing troops, but they were the Horqin cavalry led by Prince Bier Tahar, the eldest son of Horqin.
It turned out that Bier Tahar had an appointment with Chechen Burbabu to fight to the death. As a result, when he saw that Barbu died in the battle, he immediately fled on horseback. Because he ran fast, he had a thousand Horqin cavalry under his command, but the casualties were very small, and the organization was intact. p>
When he saw him, Zhu Ruodeng was furious, "I'm going to chop this guy alive!"
"Your Highness, don't do it. A little impatience will mess up the big plan." Lu Shiyi pointed his hand to the south and advised, "The real battlefield is not in the Beihai, but within the palace wall!"
Zhu Ruodeng recalled that among the Mongolian tribes in Monan, the Horqin tribe was the strongest. After killing Bi'er Tahar, he became a mortal enemy of the Horqin tribe. Moreover, Bi'er Tahar's sister was conferred by his father.
The virtuous concubine is extremely favored in the palace. If she offends her, she will create a strong enemy for herself for no reason.
"Your Highness, not only can't you kill him, you also have to win over him," Lu Shiyi reminded again.
Ruodeng Zhu sighed, "Thank you sir for your advice."
Bier Tahar was born into a powerful family, and he was well-connected in official matters. As soon as he saw Zhu Ruodeng, he knelt down and apologized, "The last general failed to stop the Rakshasa army, please punish the general."
Zhu Ruodeng hurriedly helped him up, "This battle was fought without knowledge of the enemy. I didn't expect that Rakshasa would have reinforcements, so we were defeated like this. I can't blame my uncle."
It is said that Zhu Ruodeng's mother-in-law is the noble concubine Chen Huang, not a virtuous concubine. Bier Tahar cannot be regarded as his uncle. But for the sake of the position of the crown prince, it is necessary to be close.
Sure enough, as soon as he called "uncle", the relationship between the two people suddenly became much closer. Bier Tahar felt that King Ji was a good and kind person! He did not blame himself for the defeat, but took all the responsibilities on his own.
Yes. What a good person!
"Report! General Tubaseleng and General Gan Hui are leading their troops to withdraw." While the two were talking, more defeated Ming army troops arrived one after another.
Zhu Ruodeng was overjoyed and immediately opened the door to welcome him and comforted him in every possible way.
Suddenly, a large "horse" flag came into view, but it was Ma Bao, deputy general of Zhengbei, who led more than a thousand defeated troops to withdraw.
It turned out that when Ma Bao led his army to withdraw, he only had more than 200 men left. Seeing that there were many defeated soldiers along the way, he raised his own flag. He was the deputy commander of the army and had a high prestige. When defeated soldiers saw the flag with the word "horse",
People came to vote one after another, and more than a thousand people gathered.
"Puchenghou, are you still alive? I thought you had died for your country. God bless the Ming Dynasty!"
When Zhu Ruodeng saw that Ma Bao was still alive, he couldn't help but feel a mixture of sadness and joy. He couldn't control his emotions and burst into tears again.
The two of them counted the troops and horses, and found that there were still nine thousand people. If they were reorganized, they could still fight.
However, Golitsyn and Bashkov did not intend to give the Ming army time to rest and regroup, and led more than 7,000 Rakshasa troops to pursue them.
At this time, although the Ming army was still more numerous than the Rakshasa army, its morale had been lost and its organization was in disarray. Vernolensk was just a wooden city. Although there was the Gorodavo cliff to rely on, after the defeat, most of the artillery was lost and it was difficult to
Set up artillery on the top of the cliff to attack the enemy.
Duke Golitsyn ordered the artillery to close in and fire, intensively bombarding the fortress in depth, firing hundreds of artillery shells one after another, completely destroying the wooden city of Vernolensk.
Seeing that the battle situation was not going well, Zhu Ruodeng hurriedly asked Ma Bao for advice: "Marquis Pucheng, the matter is urgent! Do you want to retreat to Gusino Ozersk Fort to meet up with Ma Xin and Hu Maozhen before fighting again?"
Ma Bao thought for a while and said: "General, if you retreat during the day, the casualties will be too great. It is better to wait until night to retreat."
That night, the Ming army took advantage of the Rakshasa army's unpreparedness and broke out. After hearing the news, Duke Golitsyn chased for thirty miles before returning.
After Zhu Ruodeng withdrew to Gusino Ozersk Fort, he counted the troops and horses, and found that there were only 7,000 troops left. Including Ma Xin and Hu Maozhen's troops, there were only 12,000 people. Think about the 20,000 troops during the Northern Expedition.
After four pauses, I sighed endlessly.
"Your Highness, the only solution now is to order Nanling Hou Sun Guangwei to send troops to join me as soon as possible," Lu Shiyi said.
Zhu Ruodeng smiled bitterly, "Gu Yi wants Nanling Marquis to send troops, but he is the teacher of the prince's brother, so he doesn't listen to Gu's orders."
Lu Shiyi said with emotion: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I am willing to persuade the Marquis of Nanling to send troops with my sharp tongue."
"Thank you, sir." Zhu Ruodeng bowed deeply to himself.
There is no end to the road. Just as Zhu Ruodeng was reorganizing the defeated troops at Gusino Ozersk Fort, Mongolian Governor Chen Bangyan ordered his son Chen Gongyin to send a batch of grain and four thousand new soldiers.
Since Chen Bangyan defected to Zhu Ruodeng, he and His Majesty the King of Ji have both suffered and prospered. He actively raised food and grass for the Northern Expedition army, extensively conquered Monan, and recruited young men from various tribes in Mobei. The four thousand young men sent this time
Zhuang, although he is a new soldier, the Mongolian warriors have been proficient in bow and horse since childhood. There is no problem in personal martial arts. What they lack is just some battle experience.
Zhu Ruodeng was overjoyed when he saw that the new Mongolian soldiers brought by Chen Gongyin were all capable and looked like good soldiers. He ordered the four thousand Mongolians to be integrated into various ministries to make up for the battle losses. After this, the number of Mongolians in the Northern Expedition army was
The number of soldiers reached half, hence the name "Hu Barracks".
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Lu Shiyi went to Nerchinsk to look for Sun Guangwei. Before he reached Nerchinsk, he learned that Sun Guangwei's troops had arrived in Shilka. He couldn't help but smile. The Marquis of Nanling was still afraid of military law, otherwise he would not have left Nerchinsk.
Shilka. Although walking slower, it is still heading in the direction of Barguzin. It seems that there is a good chance of success in persuading the Marquis of Nanling to go west.
When he arrived at Sun Guangwei's camp, several tigers and wolves blocked his way, "Stop, what are you doing?"
"Is General Chen Shen here? I'm looking for General Chen Shen." Lu Shiyi is a meticulous person who believes in the principle of "know yourself and the enemy, and you will be victorious in every battle." Famous lobbyists throughout the ages have done a lot of homework when meeting the target of their lobbying.
, at least he had to know the other party's situation clearly before he could talk to him. He also wanted to find an acquaintance to learn about Sun Guangwei's situation before lobbying, so he handed the guard a name sticker.
Sun Guangwei did have an acquaintance of his in the army, Heilongjiang Duoyan Guard General Chen Biao. Chen Biao also had another identity: the second uncle of King Zhu Ruodeng of Hebei Province. Ruodeng's mother, Concubine Chen Huang, had one brother and one brother. The elder brother, Chen Shou, served as the charioteer of the Ministry of War.
Chen Biao, a doctor in the Qing Dynasty's official affairs department, served as a staff officer in Heilongjiang.
Don't be impatient and wait patiently at the gate of the camp. After a while, Chen Biao ran over in a hurry, "Mr. Lu, why are you here? Follow me to check in, please!"
Lu Shiyi smiled and followed Chen Biao into the camp with a leisurely step.