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Chapter 930 There Are Reinforcements...

The battle of the Ming army almost revolved around the entire Nuerhe River. Among them, Tangtong's Miyun army attacked westward along the northern foot of Rufeng Mountain, in order to restrain the Qing army here from going to other battlefields.

Of course, Tang Tong also had another important task, which was to prevent the Qing army from advancing eastward in this direction, so as to ensure the safety of Bai Guangen and Ma Ke's flanks who crossed the river to attack the Qing army.

In Tang Tong's plan, it is not necessary to capture Shuangzi Mountain. He needs to decide how to fight the Qing army according to the actual situation, but judging from his current deployment, it is obvious that he has the intention to defeat Du Du and capture Shuangzi Mountain.

And the chief general of the Qing army, Belledudu, was also a veteran who had fought battles, so he knew this at a glance. Although he saw that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were numerous and powerful, he didn't take it seriously.

Immediately, he ordered Jia Lazhang Jing, Kunqiang, and ordered him to lead two Niu Lu about [-] warriors to attack the frontal infantry formation of the Ming army in the center. Waiting for an opportunity to rush out and attack the Ming army from the flank.

In fact, Du Du had no intention of sticking to Shuangzi Mountain, but he didn't dare to leave the flooded area without the military order, so he could only bite the bullet and fight. Fortunately, the opponent was only Tang Tong's Miyun soldiers, not those of Daming With the arrival of a strong army, I feel more at ease.

The distance between the two sides was about [-] steps, and they were all preparing for the attack. The Ming army's formation was very long, and the front of their central army was more than a mile long. In addition, many cavalry on both wings rushed forward. It seems that it has the meaning of enveloping the Qing army.

Even Du Du looked at the formation of the Ming army from a distance, and although he still looked down on Tang Tong in his heart, he also felt a faint fear, after all, the gap between the two sides was too great.

It was only then that Du Du thought of sending someone to report the news of the arrival of the Ming army to Dorgon, Prince Rui who presided over the Jinzhou war.

However, in Du Du's view, the actions of the Ming army's tens of thousands of troops must have been discovered by the scouts on the north bank. Maybe there is a large army riding here to support him. One of his responsibilities is not to be neglected.

Not long after Du Du sent his knights back to report the news, the Ming army on the opposite side began to move.

As always, the Ming army was still advancing slowly in a chariot formation. They lined up nearly [-] large and small chariots in front of them, lined up in two rows, and advanced towards the Qing army's cavalry formation.

Behind the two rows of chariots, there are three rows of shield soldiers holding large shields, and then there are archers, picking up bows and arrows in their hands and preparing to throw them in front of them.

There were also about [-] chariots of the Ming army forming a chariot formation, with a total of about [-] chariots on the front and back floors, so there were three chariot formations, and there was a gap of more than [-] steps between each two chariot formations.

From time to time, some Ming army cavalry appeared in these empty spaces. They rode out of the chariot formation, but immediately disappeared into the chariot formation. These cavalry could rush out of these gaps at any time, but it was difficult to guard against them.

Du Du shook his head slightly when he saw this. The Ming army seemed to be smarter than before, and they were indeed bolder. They formed a chariot formation before, but they didn't dare to leave a gap, for fear that the Qing army's captives would rush in through these gaps. , Arranging the car formation like a tortoise shell.

Now that they dare to leave a gap, it shows that they are not only using the car array to defend, but have plans to attack while taking advantage of the situation.

With the sound of the Ming army's battle drums, the car array continued to move forward, and gradually advanced to a position three hundred steps away from the Qing army, but suddenly stopped. They chanted slogans one after another, as if they were sorting out the formation.

At the same time, there were more than a thousand cavalry on each side of the Ming army, and they came out more and more, intending to outflank the Qing army. Du Du did not dare to neglect. The cavalry on both wings of the Ming army.

Where the smoke and dust rose, more than [-] captive cavalry attacked on each side of the Qing army's cavalry formation. They rode their horses and rushed up, all shouting strange roars, and rushed towards the Ming army like a group of wild beasts.

It was too late to say it, but it was too fast. For the cavalry, the distance of [-] paces came in an instant. The two wings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties took the lead in fighting. Howling and screaming.

The Ming army's chariot formation was also speeding forward, and with the sound of war drums, it quickly advanced a hundred steps forward. When Du Du saw this, he ordered Jia Lazhang Jingkunqiang to attack immediately.

Kun Qiang was also a fierce general. He roared loudly, waved his mace and ran forward first. Two Qing army captives rode out of the formation on horseback. One of them was in front, forming an arrow-like front. Vector array.

And the other Niu Lu is behind, as the second echelon, ready to rush into the chariot formation to kill the Ming army after the forwards take over the battle. Their arrangement is to rush into the chariot formation to defeat the Ming army in one go.

Du Du rode his horse and watched the battle ahead. The two-winged cavalry was already fighting with the Ming army. It was obvious that the morale of the Ming army was good. With their strength, they were able to draw with the Qing army and keep the front line stable. , is not easy.

But Kunqiang's Chinese army was having a hard time here. When they rushed within a hundred steps of the chariot formation, they were greeted by a burst of gunfire, and where the thick smoke was billowing, deadly cannons of various sizes flew towards them. Come.

Although the distance is still far away, the power of the gun cannon cannot be fully exerted, but there are also many Qing cavalry who were shot and fell off their horses one after another. Kunqiang seemed to be protected by the gods. The cannon didn't hit him either.

Soon they rushed to the front of the car formation. The dozens of Qing riders in the first row all held a chain hammer in their hands. Ax thrown.

The chariots of the Ming army had already stopped due to the firing of the guns. With a burst of "clinking" noises, the shield soldiers of the Ming army behind the chariots fell down in an instant.

Kun Qiang hurried to the front of the chariot, he suddenly lifted the reins of the horse, and made the horse jump up, miraculously leaped directly over the two-story chariot, and landed firmly behind the chariot formation.

Before the Kunqiang people and horses landed on the ground, the mace in their hands was already swung, and the shield soldiers in the front row were knocked down by him, leaving a large space in an instant, and then the Qing cavalry jumped into the chariot formation one after another. .

Of course, not all of them could successfully ride their horses over the two-tiered chariot line of defense. Many Qing army knights' horses fell on the second chariot, and many chariots were knocked down and crooked by their horses.

However, these cavalrymen of the Qing army are also very powerful. They can jump off the horse at the moment they fall to the ground, and they are hardly injured. In fact, infantry combat is actually what they are best at.

All of a sudden, in the wilderness on the east side of Gemini Mountain, the Ming and Qing dynasties fought on foot and cavalry, and there were screams and screams everywhere. .

However, the Chinese armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties fought the most fiercely. The Ming army won because of its large number of people. Even if the Kun and Qiang led the cavalry to rush into the chariot formation, after all, there were only five or six hundred people, facing thousands of Ming troops fighting in formation. , Even if they are all like tigers, it is difficult to win.

Looking at the situation on the battlefield, Du Du also became anxious. In fact, taking the initiative to attack was his last choice. After all, the Ming army had more than [-] troops. If they were allowed to continue to move forward, Shuangzi Mountain would not be safe sooner or later.

Moreover, if the Ming army threatens the pontoon bridge on the post road, he will inevitably be punished by Prince Rui, so taking the initiative to attack is his only choice. Hit and crash.

However, the reality slapped his face. Although the Ming army fought very hard, they didn't have the slightest intention of retreating. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer warriors on the battlefield ahead, Du Du's heart was also bleeding.

At this moment, several sentinels reported that they saw a cloud of smoke and dust billowing on the north bank, and there seemed to be a large group of cavalry galloping from east to west. Du Du was overjoyed when he heard this. direction.

He hurriedly shouted: "Warriors, Prince Rui sent troops to support us, kill Nikan, kill all these hateful Nikan."

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The move of the troops of the Tang Tong Department of the Ming Army to advance westward came too fast and too suddenly.

Although the Ming army's various preparations on the south bank of the Daughter River had already been detected by the Qing army, they only guessed that the Ming army wanted to cross the river to fight, and the specific military movements of the Ming army could only be seen during the war.

In order to strengthen the defense on the north bank, Dorgon withdrew most of the soldiers and horses who besieged Jinzhou, and arranged layers of defense lines on the north bank of the Daughter River, but only two troops were left on the south bank to guard the two pontoon bridges.

After all, he still wanted to deploy troops to the south bank of the Daughter River at any time, so Dorgon still wanted to keep these two floating bridges, especially the one near Baimiaobao in the west.

The pontoon bridge was much faster than the boat ferry. As long as these two pontoon bridges were still in the hands of the Qing army, they could threaten the Ming army on the south bank at any time. If necessary, they could even send a strong army to attack Rufeng Mountain and Shimen Mountain to regain them.

When Tang Tong's troops were moving westward, Dorgon received the military report from the Sentinels. His face was ashen, and he shouted loudly: "The Ming army must not be allowed to cross the Shuangzi Mountain. Those two pontoon bridges must be defended. With this bridge, our warriors can attack at any time, posing a threat to Rufeng Mountain and Songshan Mountain on the south bank.

According to the king's military order, Azige, the king of Wuying County, attacked with a white flag at a high speed, crossed the river to support Dudu, guarded the Twin Mountains, and guarded the pontoon bridge. "

The actions of each battalion of the Ming army were quickly reported to Dorgon's commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, where he deployed troops and generals to deal with them carefully.

On the Daughter River, from Shuangzi Mountain to the east and to the north of Shimen Mountain, there are wars everywhere. There are real wars everywhere.

At this time, there were only a small number of Qing troops stationed outside Jinzhou City, and most of them were concentrated in the west and south of the city.

Looking at Jinzhou City, it is surrounded by walls and trenches. The wilderness for several miles outside the city is full of walls built by the Qing army and trenches dug.

A tall and thick main wall and a deep moat, plus two shallower moats, and in front of the first moat, a row of thick wooden stakes are placed to keep horses away, and a root is tied to the wooden stakes. There are bells hanging on the ropes. Once someone rushes out, the bells will ring, which will warn the Qing army guarding the trench.

And every night, the Qing army deployed many hounds beside the row of wooden posts. Their eyes and ears were extremely sensitive, and it was difficult for even a single sound to escape their surveillance.

What's more, because it is on the Pingchuan wilderness, the walls and trenches that besieged Jinzhou City are even higher and deeper than those built on Rufeng Mountain and Huangtu Ridge by the Qing army before the Qing army. The trench in front of the wall tightly surrounded the entire city of Jinzhou.

In particular, this high and thick main wall, on the side facing the Qing army itself, also built many crenels, so that the besieging Qing army could calmly guard against the crenels.

Because the three trenches were not far apart, and they were all within the firing range of the Qing army's bows and arrows and bird orders, it was still very difficult for the Ming defenders in the city to rush out.

Last time, when the Ming and Qing armies fought at Rufeng Mountain and Shimen Mountain, Zu Dashou sent thousands of elite soldiers to fight from the south of the city. He wanted to join the Ming army, but he was blocked in front of these three earthen walls and ditches. Do not break through.

Behind the main wall where the Qing army besieged Jinzhou is the camp of the Qing army's banners. In front of the camp, there are also excavated low walls, ditches and horse-rejecting posts. If the siege is outside Jinzhou City, there are four fortification barriers .

In addition, the wooden posts in front of the ditch are guarded by bells and hounds on the horses. These Manchurian dogs are all hounds trained by them. Sneak attacks at night have mostly become empty talk.

Marshal Zu in Jinzhou City had sent troops to try to break out of the siege countless times, but it was difficult to break through the siege of the Qing army.

But now in Jinzhou City, there is still plenty of grain and grain. However, after more than a year of siege, the woodcutters cannot be harvested in the city. The wood guards the city, but to light the fire and cook.

Not only that, after the Qing army withdrew its troops from Shimen Mountain and other places on a large scale, the east and north sides of Jinzhou City were originally not well-defended, but at this time, the same arc-shaped wall rose from the ground, the same kind of two Ditch three-wall type.

Moreover, these newly built walls are taller and the trenches are deeper, and in each trench, sharp wooden thorn traps are densely covered.

Originally, many large and small artillery in the Wuzhenhachao artillery battalion of the various banners of the Han army were arranged on these high earthen walls, bombarding the inner city of Jinzhou from time to time.

Now most of them have been transferred to the north bank of the Naughty River, where new artillery battalion positions have been built. The range of these artillery pieces almost covers the Naughty River, and their targets are the Ming army who are about to cross the river.

At the beginning of the Ming army crossing the river, the first thing they had to face was the artillery of the Han army, and then they and the Korean sergeants fired with firecrackers.

Even if the Ming army can withstand the guns of the Han army and the Korean army, successfully land on the shore, and repel the Han and Korean troops who mainly use the guns, they will still face countless attacks from the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia.

In short, there will be an extremely bloody battle along the Daughter River!

(End of this chapter)