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

Chapter 314 Ruofu can be the king's fierce invitation to the battle
"The soldiers and horses of the slave chiefs are coming."

Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen were very nervous when they heard the news that Huang Taiji was coming to Pinggu.However, after confirming the number of Qing troops, and defeating Oboi's Xianghuang Banner striker yesterday, this nervousness has dissipated from the hearts of Cao Bianjiao and others.

They stood with Wang Dou and looked towards the Cuoshui River in the west from the city wall of Pinggu.The banks of the river were filled with soldiers and banners of various banners of the Qing Dynasty, and their dense layers seemed to stretch to the end of the sky. More than 2 people can already merge into a vast sea of ​​people, not to mention that there are countless horses accompanying them.

Wang Dou vaguely saw a big yellow dragon umbrella propped up in front of the Qing soldiers, and there seemed to be some people standing under the umbrella.Wang Dou knew that the emperor of Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji, was there, maybe he was looking at each other just like himself.It's just that without a telescope, no one wants to see the face of the opposite side clearly.

"I don't know where the slave chiefs will camp in Pinggu."

Cao Bianjiao looked at it for a long time and said in a deep voice.

"Should camp at the lower reaches of the Cuoshui River a few miles away from the city."

Wang Tingchen said.

Wang Dou agreed with Wang Tingchen's statement that Shunxiang Army and Guan Ning Army of Cao Bianjiao and others camped on the banks of Cuoshui River and Leshui River less than two miles away from Ying'en Gate and Guanlan Gate.Camping across a narrow river, both sides will feel unsafe.

Sure enough, not long after, some troops from the Qing army were seen heading towards the lower reaches of the Cuoshui River, but the big yellow dragon umbrella still stood still.

"Tomorrow is the time to fight. Our army's morale is high and we are waiting for work at ease. Tomorrow's battle has a great chance of winning."

Wang Dou, Cao Bianjiao and others had the same opinion, and each of them issued a series of orders to order the army to strictly guard the banks of Cuoshui and Leshui, and not to take the initiative to fight.However, if the Qing army dared to cross the river to attack, it would also give a firm blow.

"Pinggu Ming Army, it's really different."

Huang Taiji rode on his horse and watched for a long time, seeing clearly the layout of the city and the opposite side of the river bank, his eyes showed admiration, and sighed: "If Wang Dou is willing to lead his troops to join our Qing Dynasty, I would like to treat him as a prince."

He glanced at the officials around him who were all showing jealousy and injustice, and said to a general official: "Go to Pinggu City to persuade you to surrender, and tell Wang Dou and others in the city what I mean."

The coordinator came and saw Wang Dou and the others, he saluted proudly and said what Huang Taiji had said.

Wang Dou laughed loudly: "I am a dignified descendant of the Yellow Emperor, a descendant of the gods, how can I bow down to serve the barbarians?"

He yelled at the officer: "Go back and tell Mrs. Hong that you are a Manchurian family, originally a wanderer from the North Sea, living abroad in Liaodong, and oppressed by the four barbarians. My emperor, the first emperor, took pity on it and took it in. You don't think about kindness and righteousness, but rebellion. , I really don’t know chastity and shame. You let Mrs. Hong be naked, and you should go to the capital to plead guilty.

The officer's face turned ashen, and Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen in the room applauded loudly, and their evaluation of Wang Dou was even deeper.

Wang Tingchen sighed: "General Wang's words are so good, I can't say what you said."

Cao Bianjiao said: "Nurhachi once served as General Dragon and Tiger for me. The heavenly court was generous and generous, and treated him well. But he rebelled against the Seven Great Haters and raised troops to rebel, which is infuriating."

Wang Dou said: "Wei Zheng in the Tang Dynasty once said: The people outside the Great Wall are all people with a human face and a beast's heart. The strong will be bandits, the weak will be humble, and they will disregard kindness and righteousness. This is their nature. Li Chengliang let Nurhachi sit big in Liaodong, and his wings gradually flourished. Therefore, it is inevitable to raise troops and rebel."

If you want to add a crime, why do you have no excuses?The so-called seven hatreds are just an excuse, an old trick of nomads for thousands of years.There is a famous saying in later generations, as long as you have the ability, just grab a piece of land if you fancy it, and a defense lawyer will always be found.

Not to mention the discussion between Wang Dou and Cao Bianjiao in the room, after Huang Taiji by the river bank got the general report, everyone around him looked ugly.

Haoge was furious: "My emperor's kindness wins over, but this Wang Dou is so ignorant."

Dorgon praised: "Smart teeth, this Wang Dou is not simple, you can't treat him as an ordinary martial artist of the Ming Dynasty."

Huang Taiji didn't look angry, but he was thinking deeply: "Wang Dou really has the ambition to be a hero."

He ordered: "The army camps, wait to recharge your batteries, and fight tomorrow."

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That night, Hauge walked into Huang Taiji's large tent, and Huang Taiji was holding a Chinese version of "Hong Wu Bao Xun" to read carefully.On the table next to him, there is a large stack of Central Plains classics such as "Historical Records" and "Hanshu".

Seeing Hauge coming in, Huang Taiji moved his obese body with difficulty, and beckoned Hauge to sit beside him, his pampering was beyond words.

The ministers commented privately that Huang Taiji was ungrateful and merciless, and he did not hesitate to kill his own brothers and uncles one after another.But he has nothing to say to his son. His series of actions are also for the sake of his son in the future.

Hauge was full of awe towards his father, and after saluting respectfully, he said, "Ama, is my army really going to fight tomorrow?"

Hauge was originally a well-known warrior in the Qing Dynasty, but yesterday, the striker of Xianghuang Banner lost troops and lost generals, which made Hauge have a different mind, and he came here specially to find out what his father was thinking.

Huang Taiji remained silent for a long time. He put down the document and looked at his son: "Tomorrow, the formation will be formed, and the soldiers and horses of the two yellow flags and the Zhenglan flag will not move. If the cavalry of the Ming army comes to attack, let Dorgon and the others attack and intercept them. Ruoming When the army infantry comes to attack, let Gongshun Wang Kong Youde go out to fight."

"After seeing Wang Dou's battle formation, we will withdraw our troops and leave Pinggu."

Haoge breathed a sigh of relief: "If Wang Dou comes after him, what should we do?"

Huang Taiji shook his head: "Our army is well-organized, and there are [-] Ming people in Pinggu, they dare not chase after them."

Hauge was still worried: "In Tongzhou, there are still tens of thousands of troops from the Ming Dynasty..."

Huang Taiji said decisively: "That generation has nothing to worry about."

He pondered: "Although Wang Dou robbed a lot of captives. However, when we entered the customs this time, our army still captured 25 Ming people in Tianjin, as well as a large amount of money and horses. There is still a lot to do in our Qing Dynasty. .”

Hauge became excited, and remembered something again: "I'm afraid that the Ming army will attack tomorrow, and Fourteenth Uncle and the others will delay the fight."

Huang Taiji stood up suddenly: "I am still the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon and the others dare to resist my order?"

Hauge was frightened out of his wits by his display of power, and prostrated himself on the ground: "The emperor quenches his anger, the emperor quenches his anger..."

Huang Taiji glanced at Hauge and asked him to get up. He paced slowly in the tent with a gloomy face: "You uncle, you have always been rebellious and unpredictable. He has repeatedly acted in front of me, and now he is getting more and more courageous. How dare you hide the news of Yue Tuo's death from me, and even encourage me to lead the army to attack Wang Dou several times. Hmph, does he think I can't see what he's thinking?"

Huang Taiji fell into deep thought. He didn't have the prestige he had when he was Emperor Gao, and when he first came to the throne, he was in a very embarrassing situation.Ming is a profuse sweat, but in fact he is no more than Baylor under one banner, and his seniority, strength, and prestige are all greatly insufficient.Dai Shan relies on the old to sell the old, Amin is rebellious, and Mang Gurtai is becoming more and more arrogant.

After a series of countermeasures and the death of Mang Gurtai and others, his position was stabilized, and he became emperor.But Amin, Mang Gurtai and others went, and Dorgon came again...

Huang Taiji glanced at Hauge, his son was good at fighting, but in terms of strategy, he was far from Dorgon and others, even hesitant at critical moments.When I was in power, I could still suppress Dorgon and others, but now my health is getting worse...

There are tough officials inside, and hidden dangers of the Ming Dynasty such as Wang Dou outside. It seems that I have to make a decision early.

He said: "Rao Yubaile once proposed to expand the Eight Banners Han Army. I thought about it deeply and decided to agree with his request!"

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On the eighth day of February in the 12th year of Chongzhen, in the morning, at Si time.

The weather is slowly getting warmer, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. The most beautiful time of the year is coming soon.Originally, shouting and slashing on this day would be a disservice to the scenery, but things backfired. On this day, tens of thousands of people from the Ming and Qing parties gathered in the Xindian area on the south bank of the Zhongle River, preparing for a bloody and fierce fight here.

When the envoys from the Qing Kingdom arrived yesterday, Wang Dou spoke out to provoke them, and the two sides concentrated in the Xindian area for a decisive battle.After the envoy went back to report, all the ministers of the Qing Dynasty thought that there might be fraud. There are many mountains to the east of Xindian, and maybe Wang Dou and others ambushed many soldiers and horses there.

Huang Tai tried his best to reject all opinions, if there is no war, there will be changes later, he can't afford to delay in Pinggu.In order to prevent being caught in the trap, he sent a large number of sentinels to scout the Panshan area to make sure that there were no ambushes buried by Wang Dou and the others.

Waking up early in the morning, most of the Ming and Qing troops rolled out of their camps and gathered the whole team.Both sides on this side can say that they are dispatched with all their strength, and only a small number of people are left to guard the camp.As for Huang Taiji, [-] troops fought.

As for the Ming army, except for a guerrilla in Cao Bianjiao Town who stayed behind in the camp, all the rest were dispatched, especially Wang Dou's Shunxiang Army, even 500 soldiers also went out to fight with firecrackers.Including Ji Dubiao Battalion, there were [-] troops and [-] firecrackers in the battle.

Wang Dou and the others had favorable geographical factors, so they arrived at the battlefield first.Their central army headquarters is located on a hill at the foot of Panshan Mountain.The remaining more than 1 soldiers lined up in the middle of the wilderness under the hills.

As usual, Wang Dou's infantry was at the front, Wang Tingchen's [-] cavalry were at the right flank of the army, Cao Bianjiao's [-] cavalry and guerrilla Yang Shaofan's [-] cavalry were at the left.The remaining [-] cavalry were led by Cao Bianjiao and supported by Wang Dou in the middle army.

The dense battle horses, the fiery red armor and the flags seemed to be far away. The flag bearers of the Central Military Department raised the flags, and the left and right in front of the hills echoed the flags.

Seeing the power of our army, Cao Bianjiao was filled with pride, he laughed at Wang Dou and said, "Today I declare the army, and the Guan Ning army will fight side by side, and I will definitely teach the slave chief Hong Tai an unforgettable lesson."

Wang Dou also smiled, looking at the dense formation of his own and friendly soldiers under the hill, he was suddenly in a trance.When I first arrived in Daming and struggled to survive, I never imagined such a mighty day would come, right?

There are nearly ten thousand strong troops under his command, but he is the only one who looks forward, and hundreds of thousands of people worship and kneel down.The Ming and Qing dynasties were terrified by his name, and even Huang Taiji had to be cautious when he came in front of him.Having struggled to this point, Wang Dou is worthy of pride, his chest and abdomen are full of passion, and he almost has the feeling of breaking out of his body.

Soon he gathered his mind and fixed his eyes. Amidst the low sound of horns, the formation of Qing soldiers in the distance was slowly advancing.

At this time, the sun is strong, blowing away all the fog, the surrounding fields are clear, and the mountains and rivers are in sight.

It can be clearly seen that there is a tall yellow dragon umbrella in the formation of the Qing army, followed by countless flags, and a dense forest of guns looms.The cavalry of the Qing army, densely packed like locusts, followed the flags. Their armors were of different colors, and red tassels fluttered on their helmets like a piece of fire.

The sound of horseshoes trampling was faint like thunder, and finally they came in black, converging into a thunderous and orderly roar.This vast formation was two miles away from the front of the Ming army, and then there was a tsunami-like sound from the Qing army formation, which was their shouting: "Long live the voice!"

Amidst the cheers, the big yellow dragon umbrella slowly moved to a hill on the right. The headquarters of the enemy and us looked at each other from a distance across the two hills, and the soldiers of each other were arrayed on the field between them.

The momentum of the Qing army shouting is not small, but this power can make the Ming army in Tongzhou tremble, but for the Ming army in Pinggu, it is nothing more than that!

Wang Tingchen coughed: "The slave chieftain has a lot of momentum, but in front of my Pinggu army, he has to return with his feathers!"

Wang Dou looked carefully for a while, then sneered and said, "The slave chief is so fierce, he doesn't have the slightest desire to fight, our army will surely win this battle!"

He could see very clearly that in Huang Taiji's army formation, the soldiers and horses of Dorgon's original entry banners were located on the two wings, and Huang Taiji's own soldiers and horses of the two yellow banners and the Zhenglan banner were located in the large formation of the Chinese army.It is clear that Huang Taiji will consume the strength of Dorgon and others, but Dorgon and others, will they be at the mercy of Huang Taiji?
Not to mention, they were already scared by their own army.

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Under the big yellow dragon umbrella, Huang Taiji dressed in a heavy gilt flying dragon armor rode on his horse. He watched the Ming army formation on the opposite side, especially Wang Dou's formation.Behind him, all the princes and nobles of the Three Banners who accompanied him into the customs gathered. In addition, the original Manchu and Mongolian banner owners who entered the customs also gathered behind him on horseback.

The elite soldiers of the Three Banners Baya camp and the even more elite fighters of the Gebush Xianchao Ha camp are densely covered on all sides of the hills.

Dorgon, Duo Duo, Du Du and others looked ugly. Huang Taiji didn't use the Three Banners soldiers and horses, but actually arranged their banner troops on the two wings of the formation?It is clear that it is to consume their strength.However, under the coercion of Huang Taiji, they did not dare to be angry, let alone speak out.

Huang Taiji looked at it for a long time, and said slowly: "Wang Dou's gun battle formation is notorious, is it just such a thin layer of guns and guns?"

Although the two sides were far apart, Huang Taiji could also see clearly that the Ming army's two wings and the central army's arrangement were quite satisfactory, and there was nothing special about it.However, Wang Douqian's army is estimated to be less than 5000 people, and there are four layers of firecrackers.There are several rows of spearmen behind the firecrackers, well, there are some artillery in front of the firecrackers.

In Huang Taiji's memory, no matter whether he followed his father or led the army himself, if the Ming army formed in such an array, it would definitely not be able to stop the attack of his cavalry.Why can Wang Dou repeatedly defeat his strong soldiers from various banners?
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