A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 304

On the 12th of the first month of the 29th year of Chongzhen.

Early in the morning, at the beginning of Mao, He Renlong, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, left the camp. He led more than 2000 soldiers from the main barracks, and 3000 guerrilla Gaojie soldiers as the vanguard.At the beginning of this time, Li Guoqi, deputy general of Shaanxi, led [-] people out of the camp, followed by more than [-] soldiers including Ma Ke, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan.

The distance between them was less than half a day's journey, even if there was any war, it was very easy and convenient to rescue each other.The remaining Shaanxi generals and Guan Ning generals will also pull out their camp in the afternoon and follow up under the personal leadership of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting.

Hong Chengchou, Chen Xinjia and others were extremely determined, intending to eliminate all Qing army enemies in Pinggu within three days.When He Renlong, Ma Ke and others were traveling, several high-ranking civil officials poured wine for them outside the gate, and Wang Dou also poured wine behind Yang Guozhu, wishing the soldiers a victory.

He Renlong and the others were full of confidence in the victory of this battle. They led their respective armies and left with great momentum.Most of their men are cavalry.It is only more than 100 miles from Tongzhou to Pinggu, and it is a stretch of Pingchuan. Under normal circumstances, they can arrive in one day. Even for prudence, two days of marching is very generous.

The enemy army in Pinggu originally stayed at Tongzhou Zhenghong Banner with one thousand armored soldiers and one thousand unarmored bannermen. Even if some remnants of Zhuozhou Zhenghong Banner were gathered, their bannermen should be less than 3000, and most of them were frightened. Battle heart.

The 1 handymen were ignored, and it seemed that the few thousand people Abatai had come to help had combat effectiveness.Even so, the Qing army in Pinggu had less than [-] people, and the Qin army and Guanning army had tens of thousands of people betting on it. There is no reason why they cannot win.

After He Renlong and Gao Jie set off, the battle reports kept coming. Their army went straight to Gaoloubao and other places, and encountered enemy cavalry harassment along the way, but they couldn't stop their one blow. He Renlong even personally reported Gaoloubao Slashing and harassing the slave army, one person was allocated to Shiku, and dozens of slave soldiers were killed and wounded. The Qin army won a great victory.

When the news came back, the camp of the Ming army in Tongzhou was full of excitement. Chen Xinjia and Hong Chengchou looked at each other and smiled at the first battle.Look at it is almost noon, Hong Chengchou and Chen Xinjia are recruiting all the generals, and are preparing to break out of the camp, when a shocking news comes——

He Renlong, Gao Jie and other vanguard soldiers were ambushed in the area of ​​Sun Gezhuang Fort, and the whole army was defeated!Ma Ke, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, failed to save him, and also fled back.Like a bolt from the blue, all the officials and generals present were stunned.

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Wang Dou and Xuan Da's generals stood on the watchtower and watched. On the field to the east of the camp, a large group of Ming troops were fleeing back on horseback. Fortunately, although they looked panic-stricken, the armored soldiers did not lose their banners, and they were in response. The soldiers and horses under the Ma Branch of Shanhaiguan General Soldier.

Including the main barracks, there are nearly [-] cavalry in their town, divided into several groups, all of them are running wildly, and no one looks back.

Regardless of asking questions, Chen Xinjia quickly ordered the camp to open and let Ma Ke's soldiers and horses enter.

Not long after Ma Ke and others, who were still in shock, entered the camp, countless smoke and dust rose from the field, and Ming troops fled back. It was He Renlong's vanguard army and horses in the lead. They threw away their armor and armor, and they had no troops Wu Keyan.

Behind the fleeing Ming army, there were countless flags of the Qing army looming, and they chased after them, making the forwards of the Qin army even more panic-stricken, just wanting to escape faster.

"Why is that?"

Chen Xinjia muttered to himself, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting beside him were all pale.

"Who is going to meet General He's troops entering the camp?"

Sun Chuanting shouted.

Soon, He Renlong's and others' routs filled the outside of the camp. They were all extremely exhausted, shouting and begging around the camp, hoping that the Ming army would open the camp and let them in, especially He Renlong's voice was the loudest.

It's just that the Qing army was chasing after them, hanging behind them one by one. Naturally, the doors of each battalion could not be opened at this time, to prevent those Qing troops from taking the opportunity to rush into the camp.

Suffering such a setback, the morale of the Tongzhou Ming army lost all energy immediately. If the Qing cavalry rushed into the camp, the Tongzhou Ming army was in danger of collapsing immediately, so they could only send troops out of the camp to support them, defeat the Qing cavalry, and stabilize the defeated army.

The pioneers of the Qin Army outside the camp kept crying and screaming. The camp was closed, and they had nowhere to escape. They were chased and knocked down one by one by the Qing cavalry. Crazy laughter came more and more.

Through the smoke and dust outside the camp, everyone on the watchtower could also see a large area of ​​Qing army banners behind the rebellious army, and it seemed that there was a huge golden dragon banner with a red outside and a white border. Tai personally led the army to chase after them. Judging by their banners, most of the Qingqi in Pinggu might be here.

Nearby in Shaanxi, all the generals in Guanning avoided Sun Chuanting's eyes intentionally or unintentionally. He Renlong, the most valiant army in the Qin army, and the Make army, the most powerful army in the Guanning army, were defeated in one battle. It's also bad luck.

Even Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei were silent, Cao Bianjiao, the general soldier of Yutian, opened his mouth, as if to say something, the Chinese army officer behind him quietly pulled his armor, Cao Bianjiao sighed, no Speak again.

Seeing that the generals around him were silent, Sun Chuanting's face became even more ugly.

Wang Dou sighed deeply: "Although He Renlong is brave, he can fight against the peasant army, but their combat power is still not comparable to that of the Qing soldiers. As for the Shanhaiguan general soldier Ma Ke, he has nearly [-] troops under his command, although his combat power is not enough. Xiaoshi, but a famous runaway general, must have seen that the situation was not going well, so he left He Renlong and ran away, and a well-organized expedition is like a farce."

Sun Chuanting asked a few more words, all the generals behind them, intentionally or not, looked at Wang Dou, even Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei did the same.

Although many of them were very envious of Wang Dou, but after this big defeat, they all remembered Wang Dou, who was the champion of the three armies. It seemed that Wang Dou's Shunxiang Army had become the backbone of this army in their subconscious.

Wang Dou shook his head secretly: "Suffering this setback, the Tongzhou Ming army has no fighting spirit. If you don't go out yourself, this army will not talk about any expeditions in the future."

It just so happened that Chen Xinjia, Hong Chengchou, and Sun Chuanting looked at Wang Dou, and Wang Dou said calmly, "The final general is willing to go, to welcome General He back to camp!"

Yang Guozhu immediately said: "The two governors, Governor Sun, the last general is also willing to go out of the camp, thinking that General Wang will protect his wings!"

Hu Dawei said: "The last general is also willing to go out to fight, and welcome General He back to camp!"

Cao Bianjiao hurriedly said: "The final general is willing to fight..."

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"Haha, the Ming army is so vulnerable, it seems that Pinggu has no worries!"

At this time, it was Manzhou Zhenghong Banner Jialazhangjing He Shuote, Manchuria Zhenghong Banner Baya Lajialazhangjing Buyantu and others who were chasing and killing He Renlong's tribe.They led the red flag armored soldiers, 2000 unarmored flag Ding, and 4000 armored soldiers from Abatai, and used harassment tactics along the way to attack Sungezhuang Fort.

Although He Renlong fought bloody and hard, Li Guoqi, the deputy general of Shaanxi Province, immediately rescued them, but their combat power was far from comparable to that of the Qing soldiers, and they were immediately unable to catch up after a short killing.Especially after they asked for help from Shanhaiguan General Ma Ke, Ma Ke's reaction was not to rescue, but to run away immediately.

After receiving the news, the troops under He Renlong, Gao Jie, and Li Guoqi were immediately defeated.

The Qing army chased after them for dozens of miles, until they reached the Ming army camp in Tongzhou. The main force of the Ming army did not dare to rescue them, but just closed the camp gate and waited and watched. Buyantu and others even Excited, the morale of the army lost after the defeat in Zhuozhou has recovered a lot.

"Don't underestimate the enemy. There are soldiers and horses from Xuanda's army in the Tongzhou camp, especially the Ming general Wang Dou."

With a few banners, Luo Luohuan, the son of Yue Tuo who had escaped from Zhuozhou, said that after the first battle in Zhuozhou, his demeanor became more stable.

Hearing Wang Dou's name, the Zhenghongqi generals beside him shuddered involuntarily. At this time, Wang Dou undoubtedly existed like a demon in their hearts.They both glanced back at the same time.Fortunately, one mile away from their army formation, Rao Yubeile Abate thousands of troops are quietly forming a formation, so that they will feel more at ease.

Suddenly the horns and drums of the Ming army camp sounded, and then the Ming army dispersed to both sides like a tidal wave, and then the chasing Zhenghongqi Qingqi fled back in panic.They looked extremely frightened, as if they encountered something extremely terrifying ahead.

A large banner with the characters of king appeared in front of Luo Luohuan and others, and hundreds of Ming army cavalry came chasing those Qing cavalry.

All Zhenghongqi Qing soldiers were screaming: "Shunxiang Army, Shunxiang Army, Wang Dou's army..."

Luoluo looked with joy and horror, and saw those Ming army cavalry rolling in, their uniform eight-petal hats, iron pointed helmets, and red cotton and wool cloaks fluttering in the wind, especially the big banner with the word king, which was exactly the flag of Wang Doushun's township army. sign.

Looking at the Zhenghongqi generals beside him, all of them looked ashen. Although the Shunxiang Army only had a few hundred cavalry and two thousand Zhenghongqi cavalry, none of them had the intention to turn around and fight.Many Qingqi who rushed back directly left Luo Luohuan and the others, crying and riding their horses to Abatai's formation to flee.

He Shuote and Buyantu also anxiously said to Luo Luohuan: "Master Bei, let's go!"

Luoluo sighed happily, seeing that the army had no fighting spirit, he had no choice but to lead the chasing troops with the red flags and flee towards the Abatai formation.

Chen Xinjia, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting and others on the watchtower of the camp watched with dumbfounded hundreds of cavalry from the Shun Township army chasing after those Qing cavalry and slashing and killing them.

The current situation on the battlefield is just like the replica of He Renlong and others.

"I never thought that General Wang... would be so powerful!"

Sun Chuanting sighed, and Hong Chengchou couldn't help shaking his head. Only Chen Xinjia was proud. If he wanted to fight the slave soldiers, he had to rely on his own troops!Behind them, the generals of Guan Ning and the generals of the Qin army had extremely ugly faces.

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Under the huge gold-woven dragon banner inlaid with white flags, Abate stood still, and the generals around him had complex banners.In order to support Tongzhou, Dorgon dispatched hundreds of armored soldiers from the Manchu and Mongolian banners, and synthesized 700 reinforcements, which were unified under the command of Raoyu Beile Abatay. Among them, the number of armored soldiers on the Bordered White Banner reached [-].

At this time, Abatai had 4000 people fighting, and another 1000 people stayed behind in Pinggu City. There were also [-] unarmored flag men from Zhenghong Banner, who, together with [-] miscellaneous servants, guarded the captured people and property there.

4000 of them lined up in an army formation. When they heard the news of the dispatch of the Shunxiang Army, there was a commotion in their formation. Fortunately, the cavalry of the Shunxiang Army did not force them up, which calmed down their emotions a little.But seeing the fear of Wang Doujun in his troops, Abatai still frowned.

Soon, Luo Luohuan, who fled back in embarrassment, waited for the red flag soldiers and horses, and ran behind their army formation. Judging by their appearance, they were still in shock.

The defeated troops of the Ming and Qing armies dispersed, with a vast field of vision in front of them, as if the overwhelming sound of "Wan Sheng" sounded, and in the wilderness ahead, a neat phalanx was approaching slowly like a castle with an unstoppable momentum. Familiar with the battle formation and momentum, there was a commotion beside Abatai: "Wang Dou, it's Wang Dou..."

All the Jialazhang capitals beside Abatai said: "Rao Yu Baylor, the Ming army is prepared, we will not fight in formation, let's go!"

"Yes, our warriors of the Qing Dynasty can no longer be lost in vain."

Hearing their chatter and lack of fighting spirit, Abatai frowned even deeper.

He raised his eyes and saw that Wang Dou's army was approaching neatly. On both sides of their army, there were dense cavalry guards. Looking at their banners, they should be the cavalry under the command of his old partners Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei.Beside these cavalrymen, there were hundreds of Ming army cavalrymen roaring and running, which seemed to be Wang Dou's cavalrymen and Yebushoumen.

And behind their large formation, there were rolling Ming army cavalry coming out of the camp. It seemed that after the Ming army went out to fight in Wangdoubu, they would use their superior force to fight decisively with the thousands of cavalry who were chasing them before the big camp.

"go ahead!"

With the beat of the marching drums, thousands of Shunxiang troops under Wang Dou's subordinates marched like a wall. They had musketeers in front and pikemen in the rear. Amidst the sound of orderly footsteps, their formation was always in order.All their sergeants had a proud look on their faces. In Tongzhou, there were [-] Ming troops, and they still had to rely on them to fight, to set the morale of the army, and to defeat the enemy's edge.

They strode forward, with spears and guns like forests, and they were aggressive and unstoppable.

Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei led their cavalry to guard the two wings, and Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen also followed behind with their cavalry.

Seeing that there was an advantage to take advantage of, the generals of the Qin Army and the Guan Ning Army led their soldiers and horses out of the camp one after another. Even He Renlong shouted: "Donkey ball, I was really frustrated just now, tidy up my subordinates, and follow my father's surname." He's counter-attack will kill all those Tartars!"

Driven by Wang Dou's army, the morale of Tongzhou Daming's army that was lost just now due to He Renlong and others has recovered a lot, and they are all gearing up to make contributions.

Seeing more and more Ming troops leaving the camp, the generals around Abate became even more flustered.

Finally, they heard Abatai snort coldly: "If we don't confront Wang Dou head-on, we will retreat!"

The Qing generals breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to send orders. Immediately, the sound of golden drums in the clearing formation, and the sound of shouting orders sounded one after another: "Retreat, retreat!"

Thousands of Qing cavalry turned back collectively, and their rear army became the front army, and they retreated calmly with a strict army.

Seeing the defeat of the Qing soldiers, cheers erupted in the Ming army camp.

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Old White Bull:
Reply update ticket 20000 Book friends: Lu Xiangsheng was named Jiandou, so Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting also called him Lu Jiandou.

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