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Chapter 645 The Battle of the Burhatong River (6K Extra Large Chapter)
In the Battle of the Burhatong River, the total strength of the Pearl and Japanese coalition forces was more than 3.6, while the Jurchen troops in Nurhachi on the opposite side had only 2.Despite having a certain force advantage, the coalition forces are still at a disadvantage.

The right wing supplemented by the Ryuzoji family led by Naoshima Naoshima was able to withstand the offensive of the red and white flags. The North Korean army replaced by the central army faced the relatively weak Zhenglan banner of the Jurchen Four Banners, while the left wing Feng Chun's family faced more than 7000 elite Zhenghuang Banner Jurchen soldiers.

Zhenghuang Banner's armored rate reached 7%, of which 3% were wearing iron armor, 2% were wearing cotton armor, and hundreds of elite soldiers with cloth armor lined with iron sheets were leading the battle, even in the face of hundreds of iron cannons. The shooting still rushed towards the army formation without fear.

"The Iron Cannon Team retreats! The Ezo soldiers step forward!"

As the order was issued, the iron cannon ashigaru, who were standing at the front of the team and fired with iron cannons, retreated one after another, while the bodies behind them were stronger, with beards generally, and wearing a white cotton armor to hold their hands. Ezo soldiers with two-handed axes or ax shields stepped forward.

This is the White Armored Soldiers organized by Yukita Tadashi's family mentioned earlier, with the Jurchen soldiers who migrated to Dao Ezo as the backbone, supplemented by the strong Ezo soldiers and Yamato samurai.

The biggest difference between the cotton armor on them and the Daming cotton armor is that the iron armor on their front was replaced by three large iron armor pieces stamped in one piece, connected by rivets instead of the small iron pieces of the Ming army one foot square .

The complete iron sheet prevents the armor from being put on directly on the upper body. The placket of the armor is on the back. Every time the armor is pierced, it needs the assistance of others to put it on.

Now that Xiujia has decided to provoke Nurhachi, it is natural to think of a way to deal with them.But it is a pity that there are really not many ways to deal with heavy infantry in ancient times.

During the Battle of Liao and Song Dynasties, in the face of the Song army's infantry army, the Liao army could still use heavy cavalry to break through the formation, and the infantry could cover up and kill the heavy infantry who fell to the ground. However, with the poor cavalry configuration of the Japanese army and the opponent The Jurchen also has heavy cavalry. Such a tactic is obviously not acceptable.

When he saw the cavalry on the opposite side, E Yidu had no chance to lead the troops to withdraw. At this time, giving up his back to the opposite side would only lead to a dead end.

As a descendant of the Jinren, there is no shortage of sharpshooters on the woman's side. At this time, the wooden escape on the chariot will serve as a shield.

You must know that the Japanese army in North Korea at this moment relies entirely on food supplies from Hamgyong Province and Gangwon Province. If the two roads are lost at the moment when the sea route is cut off, there is really no capital for peace talks.

Seeing the withdrawal of the Japanese army, Yu Leng'er, the chief of Zhusheli, lost the courage to continue fighting with Nurhachi, and planned to go to Tutu Mountain City to find Nurhachi to pray for surrender.

Seeing a 600-man black armor army attacking from the opposite main formation to the right, Narita Masanobu immediately reported to his lord Xiangxi Jiaqing.

On the contrary, the Three Banners took advantage of the situation to crush the weak North Korean Chinese army on the opposite side, and the Chinese army would be defeated.If the enemy's army collapses, what's the point of the left wing that is still supporting it? "

Nurhachi adopted his suggestion and said to E Yidu, "Send someone down to deliver an order, and the central and right troops on the opposite side don't have to chase too much. Be sure to keep all the left troops on the opposite side here.

As soon as his words fell, the red cavalry followed him and stepped out of the valley.

[Bump~puchi~pop! 】

The leader of the army, Sanada Nobushige, reined in the horse rope at the entrance of the valley, observed the battle situation left and right, and then directed the cavalry to continue to ride forward, passed behind the Zhengbai and Zhenghong flags, and charged towards the already low morale of the Zhenglan flag.

The shooting sound of the big iron cannon is deafening. This kind of big iron cannon shoots at the Jurchen's third row, afraid of accidentally hurting his teammates who are fighting in the front line, and the warriors with heavy rattan bows on the left and right assist the front row to roll in. Jurchen elite.

These cavalry and infantry were the support that Huafang Zhengxing hired temporarily from the Haixi Jurchen and Savage Jurchen tribes. They were brought out to cover up Nurhachi and cover the retreat of the Japanese main force just in case.

After 2 years of development, the number of white armored soldiers in Ezo has reached 500. It is not that the speed of armor building is not enough, but that there are not many soldiers who meet the conditions.

For the Japanese army, although the armor rate is generally high, but limited by most of the Japanese system and the intensity of the war at that time, there are not many high-quality armors, and the so-called heavy armor is even more difficult to find.

I really didn't expect the Japanese pirates to have an army that can only fight with me Zhenghuangqi, how can we let them go back calmly?After you defeat the right army on the opposite side, I will lead my own army to attack the left army on the opposite side with you, and cover up and kill them all here. "

Of course, the hundreds of Jianzhou elites wearing cloth face armor in Zhenghuangqi on the opposite side are all veterans, and the White Armored Army from Xiujia's combat experience and physical fitness are not as good as the opposite side. Going up is not the key to breaking the formation.

Behind the cavalry is a large area with no military formation, but the number is as high as more than 3000 people, and the infantry troops are dressed in the same clothes as the previous cavalry.

You must know that this is the most elite part of the North Korean servant army at the moment. If they are pierced, do you expect the group of stone-throwing servants to come to the top?Do not make jokes.

After Nurhachi reorganized the Jurchen Four Banners, its terrifying combat effectiveness can be seen.

After the Xiu family stabbed Nurhachi's lair, the Xiu family already had a premonition that the relationship between himself and Nurhachi would end endlessly, so he ordered people to transport the Eizawa white armor soldiers to Hamgyong Road to supplement Hanfang Zhengxing.

So far, the massive Battle of Burhatong River has come to an end, and both Nurhachi and the Japanese side have lost a lot, and they both need to go back and lick their wounds.

Nurhachi did this because the Hunhe tribe was closest to Liaoyang. Nurhachi did this because he didn't want to use the unit closest to the Ming army to show weakness to the Ming army.

If Murhazi hadn't brought his personal guard Niu Lu to kill dozens of deserters, and even personally led people to charge forward, his Zhenglan Banner, which had just been reorganized, would have shamelessly retreated!
"You bastard, you can't even beat the Koreans." Nurhachi said angrily, "E Yidu, you go with two black flags of Niulu to support Murhazi, defeat the pirates on the opposite side, and avenge your sister. "

But as soon as his order was issued, before the formation of the army was completed, the red armored cavalry on the opposite side had already raised their horse speed to the highest speed. I saw them holding their lances under their armpits, thinking of the black armored army charging forward without hesitation. .

Nurhachi led the people back to Tutu Mountain City for repairs that night. After counting, the most serious loss was Zhenglan Banner. After counting, Zhenglan Banner, which originally had 12 cattle records, only had a little more than 4 cattle records. The rest of the people were organized into the luggage, and I am afraid that the Four Banners will be reorganized after the war.

The two sides fought for 2 hours on both sides of the Burhatong River. Nurhachi was no longer as indifferent as he was at the beginning of the war. As the Zhenglan Banner that assaulted the Chinese army on the opposite side, it actually retreated before.

Xiangxi Jiaqing sighed helplessly when he heard this and said, "I originally wanted to put them in the second-line formation and then send an order to the Jurchen cavalry on standby on the right mountain to charge and kill the black-armored infantry on the opposite side!"

When the heavy infantry on both sides fought together, Toyotomi's army had chariots across the formation, and each of the two chariots had a 20-caliber iron cannon, and the projectiles fired were as big as the bottom of a bowl. On both sides of him stood a warrior with a heavy rattan bow, who was responsible for killing and wounding the Jurchen heavy armored infantry.

If it was an elite that surrounded from behind at this moment, I am afraid that Zhenghongqi and Zhengbaiqi would have to explain here today.

He reported the battle situation to the army commander Kato Kiyomasa, and Kato Kiyomasa jointly reported it to Toyotomi Hideyoshi.Toyotomi Hideyoshi heard that Hamgyong-do north out of Jianzhou had failed again, which once again dealt a blow to his confidence in the Korean War.

But fortunately, the horses were fast enough, and there were enough cavalry. Behind the red cavalry, there were 300 cavalry in silver Nanman armor with blue battle jackets and bows and arrows hanging on their backs.

一共只有3600人的正蓝旗军队中，除了前面的1个牛录有布面暗甲可以穿以外，剩下的就是2个身着扎甲/皮甲混编的牛录和3个身着皮甲牛录。3600人中超过一半是没有片甲在身的。

The banner on the opposite side was not much better. Some cavalrymen’s horses were stabbed to death by the spears on the opposite side. The inertia caused the cavalrymen to fly into the formation of the Black Banner’s pro-army.

He fixed his eyes and saw that at the end of the valley, there was a group of cavalry in red armor running towards him in small steps.

They would rather form a new ruling alliance with the Japanese army than have a so-called lord who can control themselves at any time.

Now that Nurhachi has retreated, the coalition forces will also lead people back to Flamu Mountain City after cleaning the battlefield a little.

Er Yidu was ordered to lead Nurhachi's soldiers down, but was stopped by Guarja Fei Yingdong, who knelt on the ground and said to Nurhachi, "My lord, it's better to let Murshuqi go to the Chinese army on the other side." Go ahead.

That's right, these 300 people were the 300 Banner Samurai that Hideka had handed over to Hanaba Masayuki before, and the 500 Akabi Samurai led by Sanada Nobushige rushed forward before them.

Then we can only adopt the tactics of the Kingdom of Jin during the Song and Jin battles, using heavy infantry against heavy infantry to hold back the progress of the opposite side, and sending sharpshooters behind to mark the gaps between the heavy armor with heavy bows.

Behind each car, there are 8~10 ashigaru who are responsible for loading the big iron cannon in their hands, so as to make up for the longer loading gap of the big iron cannon than ordinary iron cannons.

"Master, please take a look," he said, pointing to the right wing of the Youlongzhaosi family and the Zhusheli family on the opposite side, and said, "The thieves have already fallen under the pincer attack of Chuying's little master and Master Shuerhaqi. If at this time There is a fresh army that will be able to break through a surprise attack from the side.

As for the 8 front ranks of the Chinese army, only 2 are still intact, and 3 have been defeated by the Zhenglan Banner. If Sanada Nobushige led Chibei to support in time, I am afraid that the 3200 people in the Chinese army are at the forefront It's about to miss out.

In order for them to have enough ability to break through the formation, Xiangxi Jiaqing spared no expense to put the most elite cavalry unit at the forefront.

Ordinary iron cannons may not be able to effectively kill Jurchen heavy armor units, but these iron bullets at the bottom of the bowl can't be eaten by Jurchen elites wearing iron armor and cloth-covered dark armor with iron cannons sewn on them. Can take the life of a Jurchen soldier.

But I heard Eyidu riding a horse and shouting at Nurhachi from a distance, "Master! Withdraw quickly! The enemy has ambushes!"

But not all the Jurchens in Zhusheli were willing to surrender to Nurhachi, and the Jurchens on the east bank of the Tumen River were unwilling to submit to a so-called "Jianzhou guard of the Nvzhi Kingdom who controls the barbarians".

The most direct result is that no matter how Xiangxi Jiaqing persuades, Naoshima Naomo is determined to take people back to Huining, and once the Longzou Temple family withdraws, what is the point of Xiangxi Jiaqing staying here alone?
Then he resigned to the chief of the Zhusheli tribe, and "returned triumphantly" with the spoils cleaned on the battlefield.

Although the coalition forces have now formed an anti-encirclement against Juzhen Baiqi and Zhenghongqi in the overall situation, the combat effectiveness is really not flattering.

So he ordered, "Those who are good at using long spears, line up at the front!"

The Longzhaosi family lost nearly 2000 people, the Chinese army lost more than 2000 people in North Korea, and the Fengchun family lost more than 700 people on the left. Lightweight.

E Yidu fled from the valley in a hurry with a few people, and the sudden change was quickly caught by Nurhachi.

I said before that the Zhenglan Banner is the weakest unit among the Jurchen Four Banners at the moment. This is not only reflected in their numbers, but also in their equipment.

Those who were placed behind the formation were all homeless banner men from the Four Banners, and the Jurchen mercenaries who surrounded them suddenly failed to penetrate the weak rear formation of the Four Banners.

Looking at the embarrassing appearance of Er Yidu, Nurhachi asked suspiciously, "What's going on!"

[bang bang bang]

Nurhachi's reaction was also very quick. He saw the opponent's weakness, and personally took the remaining 6 black flag bulls and 4 positive yellow flag bulls to kill behind the white flag. Break through and rescue the Zhenghongqi and Zhengbaiqi armies that were surrounded.

Zhenghongqi and Zhengbaiqi lost 2 Niulu each, while Zhenghuangqi, who had placed high hopes on him, lost 4 Niulu instead when facing Fengchun's family.

Not to mention, the heavy armored soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner, who were not very lethal in the face of ordinary bows and arrows, were all dizzy from the heavy rain of stones on their heads.

For Jurchen, who is already underpopulated, such a big loss is really unacceptable.

More than 1000 Chibei cavalry, Banner cavalry, and Ryuzoji family cavalry can still charge with Sanada Nobushige's group, but the temporarily hired Jurchen cavalry and infantry are not so well organized.

After the Chinese army lost its suppression, they quickly cooperated with the cavalry to support the right wing. Seeing that the Zhenglan flag had already routed and the Zhenghuang flag could not take down the opposite left wing in a short time, Nurhachi rescued the red and white flags again, so he simply blew Number retreat.

With the waving of a red military flag on the Japanese front, a group of flying birds was startled again on the mountain on the right where the Zhenghong and Zhengbai flags were fighting with Longzuo Temple and Zhusheli's family, but soon calmed down again.

The Jurchen fishermen and hunters usually use bows, arrows and axes the most. Therefore, the most commonly used weapons in the hands of white armor soldiers are axes that can split cloth face armor and iron armor. It was really an iron fist versus an iron fist.

The Longzhaosi family and the Zhusheli tribe in the front were already struggling to support them, but the Jurchen mercenaries surrounded behind were really bigger than fish belly.

The war between the two sides is not so much a war, it is more like a fight between tribes. It is more appropriate to say that it is completely random and relies on brute force to wield weapons at will, blinding the high-quality steel knives supported by the Fengchun family.

But despite the wooden escape as a cover, people on the 20 or so chariots were constantly called and fell to the ground by the Jurchen sharpshooter on the opposite side. At this time, the iron cannon can still fill the space, but it is really hard to find bow warriors who are good at shooting up.

After hearing that the Japanese army was opening up the east side of the Tumen River (later Hunchun and Russia's Kraskino), they elected a warrior named Yi Dengbaer as the new chief and followed the Japanese army to retreat to the Tumen River.

At the same time, the Pearl-Japanese Allied Forces are not feeling well here. Leaving aside the disbanded mercenaries, more than half of the more than 6000 people in Zhusheli were killed or injured.

After shooting with the iron cannon, the gunner removed it from the bracket and handed it over to the Ashgaru who was waiting to be loaded, and then took a new big iron cannon from his hand and put it on the bracket again to aim and shoot.

In addition to the 500 formal white armor soldiers, Xiujia used the surplus armor in Kanto and Ezo to temporarily ask Todo Takato to organize a group of 300 people with poor physical fitness as a supplement. The Jurchen tribe recruited qualified Jurchen and Korean strong men for preliminary training, and finally gathered more than 1300 heavy infantry.

Although E Yidu led the two Niulu local elite soldiers, the tiger was no match for the pack of wolves. 2 people were directly pierced by the cavalry troops in front, and many soldiers were directly trampled to death by horses on the ground. Even if they survived by luck, they would be killed by the tribal soldiers behind.

In other words, more than 7800 people were killed or injured by the Zhuhai-Japanese Allied Forces in this battle, not counting the loss of 3800 mercenaries.

The left wing is the Fengchun family's army reinforced by the Xiu family. It is not surprising that they can lead the Jurchen's offensive on the opposite side, but the Chinese army is all North Korean soldiers. It is indeed surprising that they can block the impact of the Jurchen soldiers on the opposite side outside.

Although it is the weakest unit, in Nurhachi's view, it is not the slightest problem to break the Korean formation, but who knows that the two sides have been fighting for a long time before the formation, and the gun formation on the opposite side has not been broken. A large number of unarmored bannermen behind were beaten to death by the stones thrown from the opposite side.

The fighting will of the Jurchen in the early days of Jianzhou is unquestionable, but the level of equipment is generally not high. The outcome of the battle is probably another matter.

After careful observation, you will find that the North Korean soldiers are in front of 8 spear phalanxes with a width of 20 and a length of 20. Behind the formation, except for a small number of sharpshooters standing on the chariots, most of the North Korean soldiers are using them. The catapult threw the ground stone in his hand into the Zhenglan flag array.

Eyidu's full name is Niuhulu Eyidu. He lost his father in his early years, lived with his aunt, and became attached to Nurhachi.Brave and good at fighting, he participated in the unification of Jurchen's ministries.Deeply trusted, he was given the title "Batulu" by Nurhachi.

Nurhachi led the main force to retreat, but the Rizhu coalition forces did not have the strength to pursue. At this moment, nearly 4000 mercenaries had already disappeared under the impact of Nurhachi, and the right wing struggled to support Zhusheli and Longzao. The temple family also suffered heavy losses.

With the joining of Nurhachi, the Jurchen mercenaries who had originally surrounded the two banners were quickly disbanded, but almost at the same time, the Zhenglan Banner led by Murhaqi was also defeated by two sides.

Although Kosai Jiaqing reported to Hanabang Masako that Nurhachi had won the battle, the loss of Zhusheli's allies, the heavy loss of the Japanese side, and Nurhachi's voluntary withdrawal made Naoshima Naoshima think that the battle was a defeat.

As the cavalry charged into the black flag army led by E Yidu, the soldiers of the three factions in the front were all knocked into the air by the opposing horsepower.Even though he was wearing a thick cloth dark armor, he still vomited blood and passed out.

Although the Zhenglan Banner was in a tough fight for a while, it was almost able to kill the North Korean Central Army. At that time, after cooperating with the two flags to win the right wing and then counter-kill the left wing Fengchun's family, Nurhachi may have won.

The samurai who drew the heavy bow left and right were all strictly selected. They did not expect every shot to kill the enemy. They did require that every shot must hit. At the very least, they could delay the actions of the soldiers on the opposite side and create opportunities for friendly soldiers in the front row to kill.

Instead of sending the elite soldiers of our black flag to the center to refuel, it is better to send them up the mountain along the left side and raid the opposite right flank. "

At this time, Xiujia remembered what Ukita Hidetada said when he reported back, about the White Armored Corps that killed the Quartet in Ezo.

The Red Armor Army on the opposite side apparently also discovered the 600 Jurchen elites led by E Yidu. Following a burst of Japanese orders from the enemy general on the opposite side, the cavalry army changed into a shock formation and increased their horse speed.

This is because the Zhenglan Banner was mainly reorganized by the Hunhe tribe. Because this tribe was the most eccentric with Nurhachi, the most powerful Niulu was taken away.

And behind them, there is a Japanese cavalry unit of more than 300 people in various armor styles and a team of about 800 cavalrymen wearing various fur clothes and animal fur hats.

E Yidu led Nurhachi's black armored infantry to go up the mountain, and had to go around a valley first, but not long after she walked in, she heard a sound of horseshoes on the right.

As soon as they came out of the valley, they were able to follow the cavalry in front at first, but they quickly spread out and approached Zhengbaiqi and Zhenghongqi's buttocks.

If the 2 cattle records lost by the Black Armor Army are added, the entire Burhatong River Battle directly caused Nurhachi to lose 16 cattle records and more than 5100 people.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi wrote a letter to Kato Kiyomasa, ordering him to strictly guard the passes of Hamgyong Road to guard against the attack of the Ming army, and not to attack Hamgyong Road again.

At the same time, he wrote to Wang Jing's Toyotomi Hideji, expressing that some concessions could be made appropriately in exchange for peace.

Just when the peace talks between the two sides made progress again tomorrow, a major event happened on the Japanese main island.

The pillar finally couldn't support it anymore, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the younger brother of Kanbai Hideyoshi, died in Kyoto on May 5th in the third year of Wenlu.

(End of this chapter)