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Chapter 860 The Great Shame

Being dragged back by Ba Yala in the flag, Turg also seemed to be in a mess.

Seeing the shield array of the Xuanfu army on the opposite side in order, spears flying towards him, he also felt a little scared, and he couldn't help kicking his feet hard on the ground.

However, the ground at this time was already very slippery, and everywhere was drenched with blood and muddy from the soldiers of both sides. Although Turg seemed to be trying very hard, it was useless.

He turned his head and glanced left and right. The warriors on his side were actually retreated by the rushing Ming army, and the panic in Turge's eyes became more and more intense.

This is unprecedented!

Ever since I joined the army, has there ever been a precedent of being killed by the Ming army in close combat?
"Shame...it's a shame!" Turg couldn't help but roared.

But when he saw the Xuanfu army's guns approaching like wolves and tigers, he was filled with apprehension, and was dragged by Ba Yala in his own flag, and hurriedly withdrew from the battlefield.

"Kill...kill the Tartars...kill the Tartars..."

Amidst the roar of the soldiers of the Xuanfu army on the opposite side, the Tartar soldiers with red flags and white flags attacking the mountain retreated. They retreated again when the victory was about to come, and once again they failed to attack Changling Mountain!
Looking at the Tartar soldiers retreating like a tide, Chen Zheng was also very distressed. During the fierce battle for days, his men in the Dushi Battalion also suffered heavy casualties. very serious.

After all, there were tens of thousands of Qing soldiers attacking the mountain, and they continued to attack in rounds every day, which exhausted the gunners and artillerymen of the Xuanfu army. To keep cooling.

Therefore, in order to prevent the Qing soldiers from attacking the last wall of the village, they had to continuously send shield formations and spearmen to meet the enemy, and fought back the Qing army in melee hand-to-hand combat.

At this moment, Chen Zheng had already got off the wall of the village. He suddenly pulled out the sword from his waist, and roared angrily: "I am invincible, the whole army counterattacks, and kills the slaves hand-to-hand!"

"I am invincible...killing slaves!"

"I am invincible...killing slaves...killing slaves..."

Just when the spearmen of the shield formation came out of the village for a bloody battle, the loaded gunmen kept aiming at the Qing army behind and shooting, but at this moment, they immediately put down the gunmen in their hands, drew their waist knives, and ran down the wall of the village, intending to come out. Village bloody battle.

"Slave killing... Slave killing!"

Outside the main village of Changling Mountain, it was no longer clear where the shield soldiers and spearmen were, where were the Liaodong New Army, and where were gunfire soldiers. Only the Qing army and the Ming army could be distinguished.

This is the most tragic hand-to-hand battle since the Qing army attacked Changling Mountain!
Even the young and strong among the many civilian husbands who gathered on Changling Mountain also found various weapons one after another. Following behind the heroes of the military camp, they rushed out of the stone village with loud shouts and rushed towards the Qing army. .

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After a bloody massacre, the Qing army finally retreated!

The various Qing armies attacking the mountain were finally defeated and retreated across the board. They finally admitted that even without the advantage of guns and cannons, even in close hand-to-hand combat, they could not defeat the Xuanfu army.

The soldiers of the Xuanfu army seem to have become the nemesis of the Qing army's Tartars!

This small mountain with less than 5000 troops has already taken the lives of too many of their warriors, and it has also killed them to death.

If we talk about the beginning, they can still explain that the army relied on the low walls of the trenches and the sharpness of the guns to defeat them.

But up to now, the defenders of the Ming Dynasty on Changling Mountain are even more courageous. No matter whether they are sword soldiers, spearmen, gunmen, gunners, or even soldiers, they dare to draw their swords and fight them hand-to-hand.

They finally admitted that they were afraid, and they were about to turn and run for their lives.

They would even admit that the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty on the opposite side were really extraordinary. They were not afraid of their soldiers' fronts, nor were they afraid of their roars and howls.

With bloody courage and bloody fighting with cold soldiers, the only one who can kill them back is probably the Ming army in front of them.

Although at this time, Baya Latuzhang Jing'e Shuo with Xiangbai Banner, Baya Latuzhang Jingtalai with Xianghong Banner and others, leading their respective Bayala warriors, have also rushed to help.

However, the defeat of the Qing army is certain, and the morale of the army has been scattered. Even if they join, it is still difficult to reverse the disadvantages of the war, but it also allows more Qing troops to escape back to the mountain alive.

These Ba Yala soldiers first blocked the chasing Ming army with bows and arrows, and then used shield formations to meet the defeated Qing soldiers, and gradually retreated to the trenches of the first line of defense until they retreated to the Qing army at the bottom of the upper ridge. camp.

In fact, when these Bajala warriors first arrived, it wasn't that they didn't think about counterattacking.

However, the morale of the Qing soldiers was gone, even the fierce and fierce Ba Yala could not stop them from fleeing at this moment, not to mention the Ming army came after them, and there was no time to stop the defeated soldiers.

Chen Zheng brandished his long knife and charged for a while, then shouted to the soldiers around him: "Take the bow and arrow and give me!"

He took his big bow and sharp arrow, stood on horseback, stretched the bow and aimed the arrow and shot, the sharp arrow left the string with a "swish", pierced the sky and shot straight at the fleeing Tartars.

"what!"

With a scream, Xiangbai Banner Gushan Erzhen Turge's right shoulder was shot by the arrow, he had no time to look back at the shooter, and walked away in a hurry under the support and protection of Ba Yala.

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Finally, it's over, today's battle is over!
Looking at the screaming and fleeing Tartar soldiers, as well as the corpses and blood of the soldiers from both sides all over the mountain, layer upon layer, from the open space in front of the cottage to the first ditch under the mountain.

Chen Zheng stood up with the saber in his hand, his body was shaking unceasingly, a large amount of blood seeped from his body, more than ten arrows were blown by the mountain wind, and the arrow feathers were still trembling.

He looked at this part of the battlefield, there were already many brothers in the battalion who died in battle, and then he remembered how many brothers in the Dushi battalion had died here in the past few days.

Chen Zheng's eyes became hot, and tears rolled down, dripping on his armor, soaking his eyes, and also soaking the land of Ming Dynasty under his feet!
Looking back at the cottage behind him, Chen Zheng also sighed in his heart, fortunately he had taken in many Liaodong peasants back then, otherwise, it would have been really difficult to hold on to this camp.

At this moment, he was standing on the rock, and the cold mountain wind could not stop blowing the armor on his body. Chen Zheng couldn't help recalling again in his mind, the scene when he was ordered to garrison Changling Mountain was still vivid in his mind.

"Handsome, don't lie to me!"

Chen Zheng was emotional, and he continued to murmur: "What a bloody battle, what a bloody battle!"

"Once you will succeed, your bones will die."

Chen Zheng said to himself secretly in his heart: "Brothers, rest in peace. I, Chen Zheng, will never let you down. If you fight for the affairs of the state, I will treat you as a soldier of the state!"

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The Qing army camp no longer had the hustle and bustle of the past, but instead it was silent, even a little lifeless.

Even Duoduo was not as arrogant as before, his face sank like water, and he didn't have the domineering spirit of the previous day, and most of the rest of the generals were like this, and some people couldn't help sighing.

In today's battle, the damage was even worse than the previous few days. Of course, the bordered red flag and the bordered white flag suffered the most damage, and the Zhenghuang flag also had nearly a thousand elite warriors sacrificed.

In addition, Gushan Ezhen'a Mountain in the Zhenghuang Banner died here, and even his body was taken away by the Ming army guarding the mountain. This was regarded as a great shame by the generals of the Qing Dynasty.

Then there was Gushan Erzhen Turge of Xiangbai Banner, who was shot in the right shoulder by the Ming army guard when he was retreating. The arrow penetrated deep into the flesh and was seriously injured.

Thousands of warriors of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were injured in this battle. Among the wounded from Gushan Ezhen and below, there were many generals such as Jialazhangjing and Niuluzhangjing, not to mention the ordinary Tartar soldiers.

Moreover, in today's battle, they were finally forced to retreat by hand-to-hand combat by the Ming army guarding the mountain. This is something that has never happened since the capture of Phi Island, and it is also the most difficult point for Duoduo and others to accept.

If he was defeated by the Ming army's fortified city and the guns, it would be justified. Even if it was not good, he could barely lose under the Ming army's chariots and guns.

But now, our warriors have broken through the two low walls of the Ming army's trenches, and they have already pushed to the last wall of the village. Although we have the advantage of guns, they can't stop our Qing warriors from attacking.

However, in the end, he was sent out by his infantry and forced his own warriors back with close combat. How can this be acceptable?

In his rage, Doduo did not hesitate to kill. He beheaded many of those who took the lead in retreating, Fende Pashiku and Niu Luzhang Jingdu, and even Jialazhang Jingdu had two people beheaded by him on the spot.

But at this moment, facing the silence of Gu Shan and Zhang Jing in the military tent, Duoduo, besides being angry, began to reflect on the necessity of the battle of Changling Mountain.

In fact, for the Qing army's strategy of attacking the Xingta Liang Road, the Changling Mountain lying on the side of the Songxing Avenue is indeed a key point, but it is not at the point where it must be captured.

You can dig a trench here, block the passage down the mountain, and then stay a [-] to [-] fine cavalry team to monitor that the defenders on Changling Mountain do not come out to make trouble.

Although this is not the best choice, it is the most appropriate choice for the Qing army. After all, this way, first of all, it avoids a large number of casualties caused by attacking the mountain.

The second is that there is no need to keep all the army here, and tens of thousands of people will divide and plunder. This can not only further disrupt the Ming army's food supply, but also reduce the pressure on our own food and grass supply.

Of course, after the fact, Zhuge Liang is not a good person at all.

But at this moment among the Qing army, this kind of thinking was brought up again, and there was a faint voice, which seemed to secretly accuse Duoduo of attacking Changling Mountain, which was a wrong decision.

Prince Yu Duoduo's face was gloomy. He knew in his heart that the instigator of all this was the Gushan Ezhen Baiyin Picture inlaid with the yellow flag. Although he was not here, the various relationships within the Qing Dynasty were also intricate.

What's more, Baiyintu's younger brother, Gong Adai, the general of Fuguo, is in the army at this time, they are brothers as one, even though Baiyintu is not here, Gong Adai can provoke trouble.

Duoduo has already secretly made up his mind. In order to deal with these various doubts, Changling Mountain must be captured no matter what.

At this moment, Changling Mountain is very important to Duoduo. If he can capture it, he can achieve the Xingta strategy he set at the beginning, and use it as a transit base for the army, and then completely cut off the Songshan Ming army's retreat.

But if he can't take this place, not only his prestige in the army will be greatly reduced, but after returning to the army, Bai Yintu and others will not go forward with Huang Taiji to slander him, slandering himself for not being clear about his decision, which will lead to the loss of soldiers and generals.

At that time, even if the Qing Dynasty won the Jinzhou War, I'm afraid I won't get much credit, but if the Jinzhou War fails, I'm afraid I will be blamed.

"Fight, you must fight to the end, you must fight!"

Duoduo continued with a slightly hoarse voice: "Ashan Gushan is a role model for us all who are loyal to the emperor. I think tens of thousands of warriors from the Qing Dynasty gathered here, and they have been fighting fiercely for several days, but they are still unable to conquer this mountain. The warriors of each banner suffered heavy casualties."

He glanced around sharply, then suddenly changed the topic, and said: "From this we can see that although the mountains here are small, they do hide the elite of the Ming Dynasty, and their location is so critical. combat power.

Back then, if our army hadn't been stationed here, I'm afraid it would have destroyed my strategy of cutting off the retreat of the Ming army at a critical moment. With its strong combat power, it would definitely be a disaster for our army. "

When Duoduo said this, he paused for a moment, his gaze was fixed on everyone like a knife, and he said in a deep voice: "I have made up my mind, to ensure that our army can carry out the emperor's will from beginning to end, and completely block Songshan For the Ming army to retreat, the nail of Changling Mountain must be removed.

You should know that this battle under the city of Jinzhou is a battle of our national destiny in the Qing Dynasty, and only victory is allowed but not defeat. This king will never allow such a Ming army to remain in Changling Mountain, and destroy our army plan at any time. "

With a fierce and decisive expression on his face, he said again and again: "Even if there are heavy casualties, Changling Mountain must be captured!"

There was silence in the military tent, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They couldn't find a suitable reason to refute what Doduo said just now, and they all thought it made sense.

However, it has been more than three days since the attack on Changling Mountain. Although they attacked outside the main stronghold on the top of the mountain several times, they were all pushed back by the Ming army. Not only the Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen'a Mountain was killed in battle, but all the banners also suffered heavy casualties. I really don't want to attack the mountain again.

But everyone watched Prince Yu Duoduo's attitude was firm, although many felt that it was inappropriate, but no one dared to speak out at this moment.

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On Changling Mountain, Chen Zheng had just finished his tour of the Wounded Barracks. In three consecutive days, nearly a thousand soldiers of his Solitary Stone Battalion had been killed or killed. Although most of them were wounded, most of them could return to the barracks if they were treated properly.

But such a large number of casualties was close to one-third of the Solitary Stone Battalion. He also knew that if he hadn't been trapped here, he was afraid that his Dushi Battalion would flee separately like other Ming troops.

This is also the reason why he gave up the two front lines of defense and took the initiative to shrink back to the main camp on the top of the mountain.

If they still stick to the low wall of the first ditch, seeing such casualties, once the morale of the army collapses, there is no guarantee that they will not flee down the mountain and save their lives.

But now, the entire army retreated back to the camp on the top of the mountain. Even if they wanted to escape, they were surrounded by the Qing army's Tartar cavalry and had no way to escape.

Chen Zheng boarded the northeast corner tower, looked at the direction of Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen'ashan's tragic death, guessed the brutality of the battle there during the day, but murmured: "Commander, the Tartars are really here. But the war here The tragedy is unprecedented, far better than the Julu back then, Chen Zheng has already done his best."

He looked up at the flickering moonlight, and said softly, "When will the reinforcements arrive?"

(End of this chapter)