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Chapter 941 Jierharang, The Old Fox

Most of Wu Sangui's Ningyuan Army had already crossed the Nvnü River, and there were only a few hundred healthy soldiers guarding the camp on the south bank, and the rest were civilian husbands and strong men accompanying the army.

Ning Yuan's army built a total of four pontoon bridges on the Naughty River, but only two of them were built at the confluence of the Naughty River and the Xiaoling River. After crossing this bridge and going north is Jinzhou Nanguan.

The other two pontoon bridges were built on the Nuer River. Although they crossed the river, they were still in plains, but they could not go directly to the city of Jinzhou. A few miles to the northeast of them, they were blocked by the winding Xiaoling River.

As a result, the soldiers of the Ningyuan Army were actually divided into two parts. Most of them passed the pontoon bridge at the confluence of the two rivers, and they belonged to the border of Jinzhou.

The other part of the soldiers and horses entered the Pingchuan wilderness between the Naughty River and the Xiaoling River through the two pontoon bridges on the Naughty River.

There are only more than [-] soldiers and horses from Hu Xinshui and Xia Longshan's left and right battalions, plus another [-] soldiers and horses from the guerrilla Gao Dejie, a total of [-] soldiers from the Ningyuan Army.

The Qing army on the opposite side is dominated by the Han army, and the Mongolian Xianglan Banner soldiers and horses led by Hu Shibu are also here. They can quickly move to the city of Jinzhou through the three pontoon bridges on the Xiaoling River in the northeast. .

Although the Qing army had more horses, Hu Xinshui, Xia Longshan, Gao Dejie and others also had cavalry in the majority. They clashed and fought, and they did not lose the upper hand.

The same thing is that most of Wu Sangui's Ningyuan army, who crossed the river from the confluence of the two rivers, has the upper hand. There are nearly ten thousand Ningyuan army's main force here.

Moreover, the troops of Cao Bianjiao, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Association, also crossed the river from here. The two most capable frontier troops in Jiliao Town gathered together in one place, not because of Tan Tai's Zhenghuang Banner and Suna's Mongolian White Banner. able to resist.

When the two sides started fighting, Tan Tai felt great pressure, but he had just taken over from Manchuria Zhenghuang Banner Gu Shan Ezhen, when he was in urgent need of performance, how could he easily ask for help?

Tan Tai insisted so hard, if there were only Wu Sangui's Ningyuan army, maybe he would fight for a while, as long as he could hold his ground, he might be able to repel Wu Sangui's Ming army.

However, it never occurred to him that Wu Sangui's place was indeed the key breakthrough point of the Ming army. As Cao Bianjiao's troops crossed Hebei, the situation on the battlefield took a turn for the worse, and the Ming army instantly took an obvious advantage.

Tan Tai had no choice but to send someone to Prince Rui Dorgon for help, but at this time Azige's troops had already gone to intercept Datong's general soldier Wang Pu, and Dorgon had not many soldiers available.

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After receiving Tan Tai's request for help, Dorgon's heart finally stabilized. Now the Ming army, except for Zhang Cheng's Xuanfu soldiers and horses, has all been exposed.

The direction of the Ming army's main attack can also be determined, which is where Wu Sangui crossed Hebei in Ningyuan. Dorgon immediately sent an order to order Man Dahai to lead Manchurian red flag warriors to support Tan Tai and attack Wu Sangui's Ming army together.

Man Dahai received the order loudly, and led the warriors in the banner to rush away.

So until the middle of noon, Dorgon received a request for help from Tan Tai and Man Dahai, saying that the Ming army Wu Sangui and Cao Bianjiao's troops were overwhelming, and asked to send reinforcements to help the battle.

Almost at the same time, Azige, the king of Wuying County, also had a military report, saying that on the north bank of the Xiaoling River outside the South Pass of Jinzhou, soldiers and horses from the Xuanfu of the Ming Army were found. .

Azig is like this. Although he has a straightforward personality and is brave in battle, his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, his words are reckless, he does not think about many things, and he never easily admits defeat on the battlefield.

Just like this time, he must have been unable to defeat Datong and Xuanfu's Ming army, so he sent someone back to report, asking Dorgon to pay attention to Zhang Cheng's troops. In fact, this meant asking for reinforcements.

As Azig's younger brother, how could Dorgon not know about his elder brother's problems, not to mention that even if Azige wasn't there, he would definitely pay attention to it.

After all, Zhang Cheng was the real culprit who killed his younger brother Prince Yu Duoduo, the real culprit!

In fact, Azige specifically reminded Dorgon that he must pay attention to it, and the meaning was the same. How could he not pay attention to the revenge of killing his brother?
Dorgon pondered for a moment, and suddenly ordered that Manchurian Xianghuang Banner Gushan Ezhen Baiyintu lead the warriors of his banner, and immediately rushed to Azig, the king of Wuying County, to obey orders.

After hearing the order, Bai Yintu seemed a little reluctant, he hesitated as if he wanted to say something, he opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything after all.

After Baiyintu set off with the Manchuria Bordered Yellow Banner, Prince Rui Dorgon urgently ordered the remaining Manchurian Zhengbai Banner, Mongolian Zhenghong Banner soldiers and horses, as well as more than [-] Bayala warriors from each banner, to move to camp with him immediately. Jinzhou South Pass.

Following the delivery of the military order, nearly [-] Qing cavalry galloped mightily, and a white and red banner swayed and moved to the southeast.

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Just when Dorgon, Prince Rui of the Qing Dynasty, led the elite fighters of the last two banners of the Qing army to move to the south of Jinzhou City, the situation on the western battlefield changed again.

Prince Zheng Jierhalang of the Qing Dynasty, after defeating Bai Guangen's soldiers and horses in Jizhen and Qiu Minyang Fubiao Battalion, did not go west along the North Bank of the Daughter River to attack Ma Ke's Shanhai Navy.

The old fox could see that the main force of the Ming army was now almost on the north bank of the Daughter River, and the south bank was already empty. He commanded the main force of the Manchurian Xianglan Banner and Zhenghong Banner, and even caught up with the pontoon bridge.

Under the pursuit of the Qing army's iron cavalry, the Ming army in Jizhen suffered heavy casualties, and even fewer escaped to the south bank, and more than half of Qiu Minyang's Fubiao camp was killed or injured.

Only those Ming troops who fled eastward along the north bank barely had a chance of surviving. For example, Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Ji Town, fled all the way to the Ma Ke army under the protection of Ma Fuming, the general of the Zhenbiao Battalion. , to survive.

As soon as Jierhalang stepped on the south bank of the Daughter River, he felt extremely comfortable. Under his command, the Qing army captive cavalry quickly repelled the remaining Ming army.

Qiu Minyang, the governor of Liaodong, also knew that he was invincible. He led more than a thousand soldiers from Jizhen and Fubiao battalion to retreat eastward, and ordered someone to report to Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, requesting that reinforcements be sent quickly, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

After Jierhalang easily captured the Jizhen camp on the south bank of the Daughter River, he took it as his central army and divided his Qing army into two. At the same time, he chased Qiu Minyang eastward with Shuotuo's Zhenghong flag, which meant copying Ma Ke's back route.

It has to be said that Jierhalang's trick was too insidious. He left Wu Lai's Mongolian Zhenglan Banner on the north bank, and let him and Ma Ke's Shanhaiguan struggle to support.

However, I led the elite warriors of the Eight Banners of Manchuria directly to the rear of the Ming army. For a while, it was really like entering no one's land. People can rule.

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Here, although Tang Tong had already retreated to the Shuangzi Mountain line of defense, he still controlled the initiative on the western front.

But just when Tang Tong was rectifying his troops and preparing to take the initiative to attack again, he was caught off guard by killing the Tartars, but because of an unimaginable event, he was caught off guard and lost his position.

As shrewd and cunning as Tang Tong was, he never imagined that the Qing army would attack from behind and suddenly stab his ass.

He had over 2 soldiers in the battle in Miyun Town this time, and nearly [-] accompanying civilian husbands and strong men. Naturally, they couldn't all be stationed on Shuangzi Mountain, so Tang Tong left part of his luggage in the back camp next to the post road on the east side of Shuangzi Mountain.

But the Tartars from Manchuria Xianglan Banner ran wildly, and Hu Yuntong, the general of the right-wing battalion, was stationed in the rear camp. Before he could organize an effective resistance, he was rushed into the formation by the Qing Army Xianglan Banner Tartars.

It's not that Hu Yuntong's troops are incapable of fighting, it's just that the Tartars came too suddenly, and they were caught off guard for a while, so they let them break into the camp.

But as a result, the soldiers and civilians who were originally settled in the formation became panicked. They rushed around in the camp. Although they disturbed the soldiers, they also slowed down the attack speed of the Tartars.

Hu Yuntong knew that the rear battalion could no longer be defended, so he hastily gathered a group of family members and soldiers around him, and set fire to the camp everywhere, so as to avoid leaving military funds to the Tartars, and also to delay the Tatars' advance.

At the same time, he led his family members to rush left and right in the camp before all the Tartars were killed, gathering the soldiers of the right-wing battalion who were divided in various places as much as possible, and headed all the way to the Shuangzi Mountain in the west, fighting and retreating. .

At the foot of the Twin Mountains, Hu Yuntong and Liu Chengwu, the guerrilla general who came to the rescue, joined together. They formed a defensive formation according to the mountain situation, and they were able to completely stabilize their position.

Looking at the flames and smoke billowing from the right-wing camp on the east side of Shuangzishan Mountain, Tang Tong felt very uncomfortable. He gritted his teeth and cursed loudly: "Why is Bai Guangen eating? How dare you let the tartars come from his flooded place?" Damn..."

The more he scolded, the more angry he became, and the more angry he became, the more he hated, and he suddenly drew out his waist knife and draped it heavily on the rock beside him. With a "bang", sparks flew everywhere, and Tang Tong roared angrily, "It's really his grandma!"

But hatred turns to hatred, scolding turns to scolding, after all, it can't solve the problem at hand.

Tang Tong had no choice but to consider withdrawing the army. He knew that the main force of the Ming army had already crossed the north, and the south bank of the daughter river was mostly old and weak.

Now, to the west of him are thousands of captive cavalry from Du Du, and to the east, the color of the flag should also be the Tartars with the inlaid blue flag, but it is not yet known how many captive cavalry there are.

If you let them meet at one place, your east and west sides will be attacked by the enemy, and it will be difficult to defend. What's more terrifying is that you don't know if reinforcements will come.

In fact, if it is certain that reinforcements will come to rescue, Tang Tong's troops will shrink their defenses and stick to the defense line of Shuangzi Mountain. It is not impossible for them to last for an hour.

But there are many uncertain factors here, Tang Tong is not willing to take the risk of the entire army being defeated, and stand on the Shuangzi Mountain waiting for reinforcements.

He made a decisive decision and immediately organized the entire army of Miyun Town to break through the siege. He hastily summoned Tang Youren, the guerrilla general of his Biao Battalion, and ordered: "Gather the whole army immediately and prepare to break through."

Tang Youren naturally carried out Tang Tong's military order unconditionally. After he answered the order loudly, he immediately went to gather troops, pack up the weapons, and prepare to break out of the siege.

At present, it seems that it is more ideal that the thousands of Tartars under Du Du's troops did not come to attack the defense line of Shuangzi Mountain. After they regained the pontoon bridge of the post road, they stationed there and organized the coated ahas to rush to repair the pontoon bridge.

Therefore, Tang Tong is not worried about the risk of being surrounded for the time being. What he needs to consider now is the direction of breaking out, whether to break out to the east and return to the station, or to break out to the west and then turn south and return to Songshan.

Going east was the best strategy, because besides the residences of Bai Guangen and Ma Ke, Hong Chengchou's interim governor Xingyuan was behind him. As long as he could safely withdraw to the Xingyuan of Hong Chengchou, he would not be afraid of the siege of the Tartars.

But the problem is that Tang Tong is still not sure how many Tartars are in the east. Just imagine, since they can kill from the direction of Bai Guangen's garrison, it is enough to prove that Bai Guangen's army in Jizhen has been completely defeated.

Tang Tong had 1 reasons to believe that if there was only one Tartar with the inlaid blue flag in the east, he would definitely not be able to defeat Bai Guangen's Jizhen army so smoothly, because he knew that there was Qiu Minyang's Fubiao battalion over there.

But now that the Tartars were able to advance here, Qiu Minyang's Fubiao Camp must have been defeated, so there were definitely not a few Tartars in the east.

But the west side was not a good choice either. Walking along the post road there was the pontoon bridge, where Dudu's thousands of Tartar cavalry were stationed.

Although it is possible to turn to the south if you go two miles west, there are mountain roads there, and it is difficult to walk. If you have nearly ten thousand soldiers and thousands of civilians on your side, if you retreat from there, I don't know how much time it will take.

Just when he was hesitating, Cheng Haishan, the general of the Left Wing Battalion, also hurried up the mountain. He hurriedly said: "Tang Shuai, the Tartars from the east are coming fiercely, and our division may be attacked by the enemy."

During the war, Tang Tong also changed from his usual style. He also enthusiastically went forward and said, "This commander also has this concern, and he just wants to break out of the siege."

He then asked Cheng Haishan, "According to General Cheng, where should our army go?"

Seeing Tang Tong asking his opinion, Cheng Haishan immediately said bluntly: "Tang Shuai, the general thinks that he should go east to break through."

"Oh."

Tang Tong narrowed his eyes and asked, "Why should we go east to break through?"

Cheng Haishan seemed to have a plan in his mind, he only heard him say: "Tang Shuai, although there are slaves attacking from the east, it is estimated that the troops of Ji Town under the Bai Zongbing must have been defeated by him.

However, ten miles away is where Hong Duchen's Xingyuan is, so important, how can slaves and thieves be allowed to run rampant here, and how can they be made to threaten the retreat of Ma Zongbing in Shanhai Town.

At the end of the day, thinking about it, Governor Hong may have already got the information at this moment, and he is sending out the Governor's Biao Battalion to stop the slaves. I will go to the east to break through, as long as I break through the army formation of the slaves and walk a few miles, I can fight Hong When the governor and the reinforcements meet, why be afraid of slaves and thieves. "

After listening to his words, Tang Tong looked thoughtful, and shook his head after a while and said, "This commander thinks that it is not advisable to break through to the east."

Cheng Haishan was taken aback when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked: "Tang Shuai, why did you say that? If breaking through to the east is not advisable, then breaking out to the west will end at the burned pontoon bridge. Where will our army go?

What's more, there are thousands of slaves of Du Du over there! "

(End of this chapter)