Ming politicians

December [-]th, the first year of the Great Jin Dynasty, the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month.

The Battle of Cangzhou started suddenly, which no one expected. Although both sides have made sufficient preparations and attached great importance to this battle, no one thought that the bloody battle in Cangzhou would end in Small-scale skirmishes started.

He Renlong led the leading troops and marched towards Cangzhou. He was very clear about the valley where the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars were stationed. He had already constructed a three-dimensional picture in his mind. According to the deployment of the battle, his mission It is to lead the leading troops and engage in actual contact battles with the Ming army. The battle does not need to be in-depth and continuous. Facing the coalition forces more than twice as many as their own, including the most valiant Hou Jinzheng White Banner and Tartars with White Banners, this battle is not ordinary.Besides, it is very rare to use the vanguard of 2 people to make a test, which shows that Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou attach great importance to it.

With such thoughts, He Renlong seemed very cautious. The one who participated in the attack with him was Li Dingguo, who had the title of Desperate Saburo. He Renlong also repeatedly told Li Dingguo not to get excited. Keep a clear head at all times. After all, the opponent is a coalition force of more than 15, and it cannot be defeated in one or two battles.

The route ahead had already been scouted clearly.

What's interesting is that the encounter didn't start where it was originally planned. In other words, the plans of Chen Xinjia, Wang Daozhi, and Dorgon fell through, and the attack plan planned by Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou was also due to this encounter. It can't be realized.

At Maoshi, the army came to a small village.

This is a small village without a name.There were only about a dozen families in the village, and it was still more than [-] miles away from Cangzhou City, and more than [-] miles away from the ambush site designed by Chen Xinjia.

Li Dingguo led the soldiers to walk in the forefront. The main army was cavalry and artillery, and the horseshoes were all wrapped up so as not to cause too much vibration. This has become a habitual movement of the Jiangning battalion. During the process, the horseshoe needs to be wrapped with cloth or straw.When starting to fight in front of the battle, remove these pieces of cloth or straw. Although there was no direct request from above for this march, He Renlong and Li Dingguo arranged according to this request.The soldiers also fully complied.

In the north in winter, Maoshi time.It was not yet daylight.

Just when passing through a small village.Before Li Dingguo and the soldiers had time to react, a rain of arrows suddenly shot out from the small village. Caught off guard, many soldiers were injured, and some soldiers even fell down and died.

At first he thought it was a scout from the coalition forces, but Li Dingguo quickly denied his own judgment.The rain of arrows round after round seemed very tricky, and could be described as steady, precise and ruthless, such a rain of arrows.The Ming army is generally unable to shoot, only the Houjin Tartars have such ability.

Li Dingguo immediately became alert. The rain of arrows was shot from the direction of the village. If the artillery battalion was ordered to fire back on the spot, the people in the village would definitely suffer, even though many people had evacuated Cangzhou.

Li Dingguo immediately ordered the sergeants to fight back on the spot. Regardless of whether there were small groups of troops in the village or scouts from the coalition forces, the eyeliner lurking in this village must be completely removed, so as not to affect the army behind.

Li Dingguo led 5000 people, and the remaining 5000 people were led by He Renlong. The distance was not very far. Considering that the army's marching speed could not be delayed, Li Dingguo sent 300 people to attack the village.

The battle started at this moment.

What surprised Li Dingguo was that the attack of 300 people was blocked, and there were a lot of casualties. casualties.

Those who can stop the attack of 300 people from the Jiangning battalion must have at least a thousand people. In other words, the number of opponents ambushing in a small village may be more than a thousand people. This is not a small army.

Li Dingguo became cautious, thought over and over again, and asked the artillery battalion to make all preparations. He was going to use artillery to attack. At the same time, Li Dingguo quickly reported this decision to He Renlong.

He Renlong, who hurried over on horseback, just glanced at the casualties, nodded and agreed to launch an attack with artillery. It's all up to this point, and he won't care so much about whether it will hurt innocent people .

The rumbling cannons rang out, and the small village was instantly covered by the cannon fire.

Another round of charge by the Jiangning battalion soldiers began, this time 2000 people participated in the charge.

When the fight started, the shouts were loud, and the messenger quickly came to report that the Houjin Tartars were in ambush in the small village. The number is unknown, and they should be Tartars with Zhengbai Banner and Bordered White Banner.

He Renlong and Li Dingguo were astonished. The place where the Hou Jin Tartars ambushed was still more than [-] miles away from here, and the Jiangning camp would first face the Ming army, that is, the Datong frontier army. The location is slightly behind, why in this small village, you will meet the Houjin Tazi.

The cavalry from both sides had already been strangled together, and the fighting power of the Houjin Tartars was indeed good. As the sky gradually brightened, the fighting became more and more cruel.

Seeing the stalemate in the battle, Li Dingguo couldn't bear it anymore, and led the remaining [-] soldiers to launch a large-scale charge towards the small village. . .

The fight continued until noon.

All the previously planned attacks failed because of this encounter.

Su Tiancheng, Hong Chengchou, Qu Qingze and others, after listening to He Renlong and Li Dingguo's reports, the number of Houjin Tartars stationed in the small village is at least 3000. Because they were caught off guard, the losses suffered by the Jiangning camp were somewhat large. During the entire battle, more than 500 people were killed in battle, more than [-] people were seriously injured, more than [-] Jin Tartars were killed, and more than [-] Jin Tartars were captured alive. The remaining Jin Tartars fled the small village .

He Renlong and Li Dingguo competed to take the responsibility, because they didn't expect that there would be so many post-gold tartars in ambush in the small village, so they didn't consider the matter of encirclement and annihilation. What they thought of was to launch an attack. With the retreat of the post-gold tartars as an organization, and then to implement the siege, the best time has been lost, causing about half of the post-gold tartars to evacuate.

Hong Chengchou's face was ashen, he didn't expect to lose Jingzhou carelessly. There were 2 vanguard troops. When dealing with the [-]-year-old Jin Tartars, more than half of them escaped, and his own losses were heavy. You must know that the vanguard troops are all elite troops. The responsibility is great, and the battle needs to rely on the vanguard to open the situation.

Qu Qingze frowned, but he couldn't figure it out. The scouts scouted along the road, and they found out the information very clearly. Could it be that these three thousand golden tartars flew down from the sky?

Liu Tiehan stood aside, blushing, and after He Renlong and Li Dingguo had finished speaking, he walked up to the two of them and knelt down on one knee, saying that it was his responsibility that the scouts could not detect the information accurately. .

Hong Chengchou didn't speak, but looked at Su Tiancheng.

After pondering for a while, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"Get up, it's not your fault. We thought of using [-] vanguard troops to test the coalition forces of the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars, and they would be able to find a way to test us. There is no doubt that what you encountered was also the Houjin Tartars. The elite troops of the Tartars, you should be clear that Dorgon is the most valiant general of the Houjin, and he has never fought against our Jiangning battalion. Although we have won many battles with the Houjin Tartars, Dorgon Dagon will not be convinced, this ambush must have been planned by Dorgon, and Chen Xinjia was not reported."

"Our focus was on Chen Xinjia and the 3000 coalition troops who had ambushed, but we didn't expect that Dorgon would test our strength. Dorgon was brave enough to send [-] people to ambush in a small village. This shows that He is still arrogant in his heart, thinking that the post-gold tartars are the bravest, and this is also a demonstration to us."

"The scouts have a certain responsibility for not being able to detect this information in time, but it's not entirely the responsibility of the scouts. I've said it a long time ago. Everyone in the Jiangning battalion is a little too confident. This is a lesson. I hope You can draw high attention in future battles."

"The original battle plan will not be adjusted for the time being. Today the army will continue to advance and set up camp at the predetermined place. Liu Tiehan, there are two things that must be investigated today. The first thing is to fight with the Jiangning battalion soldiers tomorrow. Whether it is the Ming army or the Houjin Tartars, today's battle cannot be hidden from Chen Xinjia, as to whether the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars will quickly adjust their deployment because of this battle, this needs to be clarified by the scouts."

"The second thing is that there are still about [-] miles to go from here to the scheduled camping site. Whether there are other ambushes along the road, whether there will be a small-scale attack team, we must find out."

After finishing the arrangements, Su Tiancheng thought of something and spoke to everyone.

"In this battle, we need to make some adjustments. In the previous battles, the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion almost always took the initiative to attack, but this time the situation may change. Maybe the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars They will take the initiative to attack at a certain moment and disrupt our deployment, of course they are coming for me."

The faces of Hong Chengchou and the others immediately changed. These days, this problem is also what they are most worried about. Although Su Tiancheng asked to command from the front, at least he needs to participate in command operations in the Chinese army tent, but Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze have nothing to do. They refused without hesitation, they resolutely disagreed, and they arranged a military camp of 3000 people to follow Su Tiancheng day and night, and they were not allowed to leave half a step, even if it was a fly, they would never want to get close to Su Tiancheng. (To be continued..)