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On the fifth day of September, at four o'clock, the sun just tilted to the west, and the scorching sun warmed people's bodies. Even if the sea wind howled, they didn't seem to feel any coldness at all.

On the Bijia Mountain to the southeast of Mount Tashan, people were already in a state of panic. Facing the nearly ten thousand Tatars and captives riding by the sea, they didn't even have the strength to resist, and they looked like they were going to be captured without a fight.

As for Tashan Fort, which is close at hand, there is no movement at this moment. The guard stationed here will be Tong Hanbang, the deputy general of the Zhongzuo Road, and there are 7000 officers and soldiers, but most of them are infantry and only a few cavalry.

Some time ago, Liu Zhaoji, the general soldier of Liaodong, issued a military order, ordering him to send [-] troops to reinforce himself. After Tong Hanbang entrusted the defense of the city to a guerrilla, he immediately led the army out of the city to reinforce Liu Zhaoji.

But before Tong Hanbang joined Liu Zhaoji, he encountered more than 2000 Tartar captive cavalry. Although Lieutenant Tong was brave enough to die, he was fighting cavalry with infantry, and he was fighting in the wild. The disadvantage was too obvious.

He only persisted for half a day before he was defeated by the Tartars and had to return to Tashan with more than 2000 remnants. After that, although he tried several times to reinforce Liu Zhaoji, they were all blocked by the Tartars.

In fact, in the original history, Tong Hanbang, the deputy general of the Zhongzuo Road stationed at Tashan, was a loyal minister who resolutely refused to surrender to the Tartars and died heroically for the Ming Dynasty.

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In the original history, the morale of the Ming army fell after hearing the news that Bijia Mountain was captured by the Tatars because the food stockpiled in Bijiashan was captured. As a result, the four generals fled overnight, and the Battle of Songjin was defeated.

In the 15th year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji besieged Hong Chengchou in Songshan City. After the city was broken, Hong Chengchou was captured. Then the Qing army occupied Xingshan and bombarded the city wall with red cannons. The defenders of Xingshan could not resist and eventually surrendered to the Qing army.

However, the Qing army continued to move southward, approaching the foot of Tashan City, but Tong Hanbang, the deputy general of the Tashan guard, refused to surrender, and resolutely led his troops to resist, and none of the soldiers and civilians in the city surrendered.

The Qing army lined up red cannons from the west city, and the Ming army also fired artillery from the city to fight back. The two sides fought for more than a day.

At that time, the Ming army in the city knew that there was no way to return to heaven, so they buried gunpowder in the ground, and even every household hid gunpowder underground.

The Qing army became angry from embarrassment and even killed all the men in Tashan City, and took away more than [-] women.

Thanks to the gift of the Qing army, Tashan, Xingshan, and Songshan, the important towns outside the Daming Pass at that time, were all reduced from prosperous fortresses to villages.

"Xingshan Fort Records" also said: "The fort is on the original, with few people, and the city is barbaric. Between Gai Song and Xing, between Chongzhen Gengchen and Xinsi, it is also a field of fighting fish and meat. Although there are villages and shops, And the meaning of barrenness and poverty seems to be unable to rest for 200 years. The massacre at that time is enough to imagine."

Many years later, when a Korean envoy went to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty, he passed by Tashan, and he also recalled the seven thousand heroes who died in Tashan, and he was very sad.

"Yan Xinglu" records that "people and horses entered Yingcheng, and the artillery fire was rapid. In the breath, the embers of the flames were extinguished, and the whole city was wiped out, and the leftovers were scorned. Huh! Since ancient times, the loyal ministers and martyrs died in the infant city. Not one, And An You died unexpectedly, killed himself and beat the enemy, and his plot was as strong as a tower mountain?

And when the fire is buried, people know that they will die and there is no way to leak it.He is also inspired by his loyalty.I heard that the Liao gangster was so exaggerated that his tears flowed. "

It can be seen from this that the war was fierce at that time, and the fortresses were lonely after the war!

"Through the ages, what happened in this place is shocking, and the whole city is slaughtered without leaving a trace.

There is no need to hate a man once he dies, it is a book of bamboo and silk. "

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Even in this time and space, Tong Hanbang did not fear the enemy and fight timidly. He was just fighting in the wild, not defending the city against the enemy. Only infantry could not fight against the captive cavalry. In desperation, they had to retreat to Tashan Fort .

Although after Liu Zhaoji's troops were defeated, Tong Hanbang personally led [-] soldiers and wanted to take a small road to reinforce Bijia Mountain, but they were all blocked by captive cavalry and failed. On the contrary, they lost hundreds of brothers in vain.

At this time, Ma Shaoyu, the head of the Zanhua Military Department, who was in command on Bijia Mountain, refused to allow the two thousand soldiers sent by Liu Zhaoji to climb Bijia Mountain because he was afraid of the Tartars.

They just ordered them to build camps and defenses on the coast opposite Bijia Mountain to stop the invading Tartars and protect the safety of Bijia Mountain's grain storage.

Bijiashan is a small island located in the sea. It is about four miles away from the coast in the north. There is a natural pebble passage formed by the impact of tides. It is more than three feet wide and connects Bijiashan Island with the coast. Horses, commonly known as "overpass".

This overpass can appear and disappear with the tide. It is a wonderful sight. When the tide falls, the sea water slowly recedes to both sides, and the passage floats in the sea like a winding dragon. .

When the tide goes down, the "overpass" will be fully revealed, from which you can go directly to Dabijiashan Island.

And whenever the tide is high, the sea water will attack the "overpass" from both sides, and under the attack of the waves, the overpass gradually narrows until it disappears completely.

According to Volume [-] of "Three Former Liao Facts Records", "Song Jingyang, the leader of Bijia Mountain, guarded this place in the second year of Tianqi", at that time Song Jingyang was only the head of Qianzong.

In the third year of Tianqi, Sun Chengzong, the supervisor, went out to enter Jinzhou, and listed it as a stronghold for shipping.The water depth in the south of Bijia Mountain can berth ships.

Bijiashan Island is actually divided into big and small Bijiashan Islands. The big Bijiashan Island is fusiform, about 77 feet long from north to south, 26 feet wide at its widest point from east to west, and nearly [-] feet tall at its highest point. The three peaks of the whole mountain stand in a row, shaped like a pen holder, so it is named Bijia Mountain.

According to Volume [-] of "Three Former Liao Facts Records", "Song Jingyang, the leader of Bijia Mountain, guarded this place in the second year of Tianqi", at that time Song Jingyang was only the head of Qianzong.

In the third year of Tianqi, Sun Chengzong, the supervisor, went out to enter Jinzhou, and listed it as a stronghold for shipping.The water depth in the south of Bijia Mountain can berth ships.

There are Luzu Pavilion, Wumu Palace, Dragon King Temple, Sanqing Pavilion and other buildings on Dabijiashan Island, while Xiaobijiashan Island is much smaller, and only watchtowers are built on the mountain here.

Now, Ma Shaoyu, the head of the Ministry of War, is sitting on this little Bijia mountain island, just below the mountain by the sea, and there is a half-sized fishing boat, but Ma Shaoyu secretly hid it here for his escape.

It turned out that Ma Shaoyu had known about the attack of the Tartars a few days ago, and he was worried day and night about it, so he sent his own soldiers ashore and caught a fisherman. He even threatened and lured the fisherman to hide his fishing boat in a small pen holder The sea under the mountain.

This is the escape route Ma Shaoyu left for himself. He didn't have any illusions about the battle of Jinzhou. He came to Liaodong because he secretly had another mission.

Even his immediate boss, Zhang Ruoqi, a military officer in the Ministry of War, didn't know anything about it, which shows how shameful his secrecy is?
Originally, Liu Zhaoji sent 500 soldiers to reinforce Bijiashan, and [-] of them had landed on Bijiashan Island, but after learning that the Tartars were coming, Ma Shaoyu sent them all back to the coast to defend.

Moreover, it was also strictly ordered that their 2000 troops were dedicated to guarding the coast to prevent the Tartars from crossing the sea to attack Bijia Mountain, and they were not allowed to aid Liu Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.

Just because of this military order, Ma Shaoyu had offended all the [-] soldiers and horses of Liaodong Town, and he himself had quietly transferred to the [-] defenders of Bijiashan Island after leaving a military order to fight to the death and protect food supplies. On the small pen holder hill.

Standing on the high observation deck, looking at the movement on the coast through the binoculars, Ma Shaoyu's heart is also very heavy, although he is not optimistic about the battle of Jinzhou.

But in his heart, he didn't want the Ming army to be really defeated. He estimated in his heart that the two sides were evenly matched. Even if the Ming army was weaker and could not make a breakthrough, it would not really be defeated, and the Liao incident collapsed. .

"I hope the slaves can't cross the sea, Bijia Mountain is safe, and there is still something to do in Liao!" Ma Shaoyu said to himself.

Right now, the coast is still calm, but he knows that Liu Zhaoji's troops have fled, and the Tartars' attack is inevitable, and Ma Shaoyu doesn't expect the [-] soldiers sent by Liu Zhaoji to stop the Tartars.

All he can hope for is the sea, and he hopes that the waves will not stop, or that he can deter the Tartars from crossing the sea to attack Bijia Mountain.

Suddenly, the Ming army on the coast panicked, and Ma Shaoyu hurriedly raised the binoculars again. This time he saw clearly that the Tartars were still coming!
In the billowing smoke and dust, he could clearly see that the Tartars were riding on the wings to harass, while the elite dismounted and fought on foot. They held up their bright shields and rushed forward, unstoppable.

"The boat...is the boat ready?"

Ma Shaoyu, who was a little flustered, turned his head and asked eagerly to the soldiers following him.

After getting an accurate answer, he handed the binoculars in his hand to the soldier, pointed to the coast where the fierce battle was taking place, and said to the soldier: "Come, let me keep an eye on that side. Go to Beacon Hill and immediately send a signal to the officer."

"Yes."

Ma Shaoyu pointed at the two soldiers again and said, "Go...go to Bijia Mountain...if the slaves attack...immediately burn the food on the mountain...go!"

"Yes."

After receiving the order, the two personal soldiers hurried down the mountain.

At this time, Ma Shaoyu's mood was still not as calm as before. He took a few steps forward tremblingly, and said to the remaining 20 or so soldiers: "The guard will go down the mountain."

He left the watchtower in this way, and was escorted down the mountain by his own soldiers. After a while, he came to the seaside at the bottom of the mountain. A fishing boat was drawn out of the grass.

After a while, the fishing boat leaned against a big rock next to it, but there was still some distance from the shore, because the water here was too shallow to paddle, so Ma Shaoyu had to order a soldier to carry him onto the fishing boat.

But the fishing boat was not designed to carry people. Although it didn't look too small, it couldn't accommodate more people. Apart from the fishermen and his wife, it could only accommodate Ma Shaoyu and two soldiers.

At that moment, Ma Shaoyu called out the names of the two soldiers who were closest to him on weekdays, and called them to the boat. It happened that there was not the soldier who carried him on board.

The soldier's eyes were wide open, and his heart was full of resentment, but he still didn't dare to vent it in front of Ma Shaoyu, and was ordered by Ma Shaoyu to help them push the boat into the sea.

In this way, the fishing boat gradually rowed into the sea, moored at a place about a hundred steps away from the coast, and observed all the movements here.

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The [-] officers and troops on the northern coast of Bijia Mountain were led by a guerrilla general from Liaodong Town. He was already unhappy because he could not enter Bijia Mountain for defense, but because Liu Zhaoji had always treated him well, he persisted.

But with two thousand infantry, even if they built ditches and low walls in advance, how could they hold the line of defense in the face of Tazi soldiers several times their own?
In less than half an hour, they were defeated across the board. Under the double pursuit of the Tartar infantry and cavalry, hundreds of people fled directly into the icy sea water.

Even though it was the time of low tide, the cavalry couldn't chase and kill them because there were a lot of sand and gravel on the beach, but they got off their horses and shot arrows from a distance, but the arrows were fatal.

Zhenghongqi Gushan's forehead was really full of Dahai's true joy. He rode on his tall horse, brandished a tiger gun, and shouted: "Rush over, beat Minggou, and seize Bijiashan!"

The Tartars were worthy of being Ming's formidable opponents. After their victory, their army formation was not in any disorder. There were two groups of captives riding to the side, guarding the flanks of the army.

Nearly [-] Tartar soldiers all dismounted. The five rows in front of them were holding shields in their left hands and weapons such as waist knives, hatchets, and iron maces in their right hands. Mountain to kill.

Here, in front of and behind Man Dahai, there are four or five thousand Tartars standing in formation. Once the two thousand infantry in front rush to Bijia Mountain, they will ride up and follow.

Perhaps because of the uneven gravel road on the overpass, the Tartars did not dare to ride across it, and they were also afraid that their horses would sprain their feet when they rushed forward, and the loss would not be worth the loss.

Only then did they charge with infantry, thinking that they would first capture the beach at the foot of Bijia Mountain on the opposite side of the bridge, and then send cavalry to ride across the rugged bridge.

Once the Tartar cavalry brigade landed on Bijiashan Island, there would be no suspense in the battle here!

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"Commander, General Guo has launched a charge against the Zhenghongqi Tartars!" Zhang Cheng was galloping on his horse when he suddenly received a report from the sentinels.

He knew in his heart that it must be the Tartars who were already attacking Bijia Mountain, otherwise Guo Yingxian would not be so reckless to charge immediately when he saw the Tartars.

Therefore, he had a premonition that success or failure depended on one move, so he shouted loudly: "The Tartars are just ahead, and General Guo's cavalry has already rushed up. Don't be left behind!"

Immediately he called Zhang Guangda, Lin Fangping and others, and ordered: "The light cavalry of the Cavalry Battalion attack the right flank of the Tartars to the east, and the Tiger Guards battalion attack the left flank of the Tartars to the west.

Then take the heavy cavalry in the center as the forward, the Mongolian cavalry as the left wing, and the Jiading team as the right wing, and go straight to the center of the Tartar cavalry formation.Gentlemen, kill slaves. "

As Zhang Cheng said, he took off his knife stick, held it up high, waved it again and again, and shouted: "You guys, kill slaves and make meritorious deeds, today is the day!"

"Kill... kill slaves..."

"Kill the slave...kill..."