Ming politicians

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The sun rose as usual in the morning, and the sun always made people feel warm. Unfortunately, the cruelty continued on the battlefield outside Cangzhou City. When the sun just rose, the battle began.

The Datong frontier army took the lead in launching the attack, facing the brave Jiangning battalion soldiers, they rushed forward without hesitation.

The charging team was scattered abnormally. This was to prevent the artillery of the Jiangning Battalion. After analysis, Chen Xinjia and others believed that it was impossible for the Jiangning Battalion to carry so many shells. The bombing of about half an hour yesterday required a large amount of shells. Chen Xinjia still knows a little about the money that needs to be spent, not only Chen Xinjia, but even Dorgon thinks so.

The artillery of the Jiangning Battalion really didn't exert much power. After a few sporadic shells fell, the army began to move out, and the two armies quickly fought together.

Chen Xinjia on the mountain peak had a serious face, but there was still a smile in the corner of his eyes. Even an idiot could see that the number of soldiers from the Jiangning Battalion who participated in the attack had decreased significantly, and they didn't have the same momentum as yesterday. This shows that yesterday's battle, The Jiangning camp also suffered heavy losses.The key point is the artillery of the Jiangning Camp. Everyone is afraid of this. They didn’t fire many shells today, which means that the Jiangning Camp has not many shells. According to Chen Xinjia’s understanding, there are many defects in the artillery firing, such as the barrel. It takes time to heat up and dissipate heat. If you shoot blindly, it is very likely that the chamber will explode and deal a heavy blow to yourself. Therefore, the artillery of the Jiangning Camp today seems to be difficult to play a decisive role.

Despite the fight on the battlefield, the Jiangning Camp still had the upper hand.But Chen Xinjia had a plan in mind. In the afternoon, he would ask the army to attack across the board. You must know that the [-] Datong frontier army as a reserve team had already been prepared.

The situation of the battle was somewhat similar to yesterday, and the Datong frontier army gradually became difficult to support.After fighting for half a day, some of the sergeants had a little fear of the Jiangning camp in their hearts, and after a short time, they began to retreat slowly, no matter how the officers gave orders, they even killed those who retreated too early None of the sergeants could stop this decline.

Chen Xinjia and Wang Daozhi obviously did not expect this.

Soon, the full eight banners began to attack.

Something happened that surprised Chen Xinjia and Dorgon.A cannon rang, and when the soldiers of the Manba Banners began to charge, the cannons from the Jiangning Battalion also rang out, but it was not a cannon, but a series of rumbling cannons, and countless shells fell on the Manba Banners. Above the position where the sergeants charged.

The sergeants of the Eight Banners who were caught off guard caused heavy casualties in an instant, and some horses and sergeants were blown away.The frightened war horses began to neigh, and many soldiers began to avoid the artillery fire.Avoid causing more casualties.

Seeing this scene, Dorgon's eyes turned red. He understood that the power of the Jiangning camp's artillery still exists, but the focus of today's attention has become the full eight banners. It's time for a bold attack with confidence.The artillery shells suddenly appeared on the position. It is conceivable that after this round of artillery fire, the Man Ba ​​Banners will suffer a lot of losses.

The officer began to quickly direct the sergeant to avoid the artillery fire, under such circumstances.The team began to become disorganized.

Looking at the scene on the ground, Dorgon instinctively felt that something was wrong. The depth of the Jiangning battalion's artillery fire was fully displayed. Even the crossbowmen who were ambushing behind were attacked by artillery fire and suffered heavy losses. At this time However, if the sergeants of the Jiangning battalion suddenly charged, wouldn't they have the upper hand?

But Dorgon could not order the soldiers to keep in line. After all, the shells on their heads are not vegetarians. Keeping the soldiers in line may cause more serious casualties. This is the advantage of Jiangning Battalion. They have powerful artillery.

The duration of the artillery was about a quarter of an hour.

The queue full of Eight Banners does not exist at all.

Just when the artillery stopped firing, the situation that Dorgon was worried about finally appeared. The Jiangning Battalion's offensive began. Before the soldiers of the Eight Banners had time to organize their formation, they charged. The momentum of the two sides was reflected in an instant. .

Jiang Ningying's charge was very violent, the sound of horseshoes vibrated, and the ground trembled.

At the critical moment, Dorgon issued an order decisively, asking an officer to organize 1 people to resist the Jiangning camp's attack. No matter how many casualties they paid, they were not allowed to retreat. The remaining soldiers quickly withdrew to prepare for the next round. charge.

At this time, Dorgon hadn't thought about retreating. After all, it was on the battlefield, and no matter what the reason was for retreating, it was unjustifiable. Besides, if he retreated at this time, if he was chased by the Jiangning camp, the loss would be huge. Even more serious, it is better to resist desperately, maybe you can find a chance to come back.

The fighting on the battlefield was still going on, a staff member hurried to Dorgon's side and handed Dorgon a note.

After reading the note, Dorgon's expression changed drastically, and he was a little uncontrollable.

Although the fight ahead was still very brutal, Dorgon could no longer take care of it. Now he needed to think about the way out of the army, and the doubts that lingered in his mind during the fight yesterday could be completely resolved.

Why did the Jiangning Battalion not continue to attack under the premise of maintaining its advantage? Why did the Jiangning Battalion take the initiative to withdraw from the battle? It turned out that Su Tiancheng's purpose was to keep all the soldiers of the Ming Army and the Eight Banners in Cangzhou until the reinforcements from the Jiangning Battalion When it arrived, the fighting coalition forces just wanted to retreat, and they might not have a chance.

The information Dorgon received was that the army led by Lu Xiangsheng had rushed over from Henan. The vanguard had already crossed the port city of Hejian Mansion, and it would take more than a day to reach Cangzhou. At that time, When the two Jiangning battalion armies unite, the Ming army and the Manchu Eight Banners cannot resist at all.

The resting soldiers are still waiting for orders, but Dorgon has already made a decision that he will not continue to send soldiers to participate in the attack. Even the soldiers who are fighting in the front will gradually start to retreat. Of course, maintaining the battlefield This situation requires Chen Xinjia to send a reserve team. It is best for the reserve team to attack at once to balance the situation on the battlefield.

At this time, Dorgon is looking forward to the dark. After dark, he will lead the army to retreat, leave Cangzhou, bypass Baoding Mansion and Zhending Mansion, enter Shanxi, and retreat from the direction of Datong. At this time, even Huang Taiji If he personally issued the order, Dorgon would stick to his decision.

After noon.

Chen Xinjia finally gave the order, and the [-] Datong frontier troops attacked across the board.

Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo got impatient for a long time.

The [-] soldiers they led watched the fighting on the two battlefields, but did nothing. Watching the blood of the brothers, but not being able to participate in the battle, this feeling is very uncomfortable.

At this time, don't say that the opponent is 5 people, even if it is 10 people, they will rush forward without hesitation.

The fact that cannot be ignored is that the [-] Datong frontier army is also impatient. The [-] brothers who took the lead suffered heavy casualties, which also stimulated them. They waited and watched for more than a day. They can't help it, so their aura is also unusual.

The two armies collided with each other, and a brutal fight unfolded randomly.

Surprisingly, the battles in the previous two places were not as intense as here.

Even Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo felt surprised and stressed.

It is impossible for them to analyze. After all, it is 1 people against 5 people. From the perspective of numbers, there is a huge gap. It can be seen from the formation of the charge. The morale of the Datong frontier army with a huge advantage in numbers is natural. It was exceptionally high. From their point of view, if they could defeat the Jiangning camp, they would be famous all over the world. Who doesn't know the bravery of the Jiangning camp.So in the process of attacking, no one thought of retreating, they all went forward bravely, and they all knew that the brothers in front couldn't stand it any longer and needed their support.

Facing the menacing Datong frontier army, Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo began to go crazy. They issued a death order. No matter how many casualties they caused, they must stop the [-] Datong frontier army. Otherwise, today's battle situation will be reversed. They also know that the more pressure they face, the more desperately the brothers in the Jiangning Camp will be able to work.

Sure enough, the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion also started to go crazy. They didn't even want to use flintlock guns anymore, and started fighting with steel knives and long spears. Being able to be dispersed, some soldiers who were dispersed began to unite in groups of three or five to fight, and more and more soldiers gradually surrounded, and the battle group began to expand. Half an hour passed, after paying a lot After the high price, the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion actually withstood the 1 reinforcements of the Datong Frontier Army. It is almost impossible to imagine that 5 people can withstand [-] people.

Chen Xinjia on the mountain began to tremble again. He never imagined that the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion were so desperate that no matter how many casualties they suffered, they insisted on resisting the reinforcements of the Datong Frontier Army.

If the reinforcements of the Datong Frontier Army cannot complete the scheduled tasks, today's battle may not have much effect, and what is fatal is that the more than [-] Datong Frontier Army who started fighting in the morning almost collapsed and persisted for so long Afterwards, the casualties could no longer be described as severe, they were almost completely defeated.

Although the loss of the Jiangning camp was not small, compared with the two, Chen Xinjia could not bear this kind of result.

An angry Chen Xinjia was going to find Dorgon in person. He had already noticed that Dorgon was still preserving his strength in today's battle. This was a critical moment. How could he preserve his strength? The charge can open the gap.

Chen Xinjia believed that the sergeants of the Jiangning Battalion had already launched an all-out attack, and it was impossible to keep a reserve team. (to be continued..)