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

Chapter 491 Rescue
This news was so shocking that Hong Chengchou, Zhang Ruoqi, and Wang Chengen all trembled for a while, and lost their former calmness.

Only Wang Dou groaned in his heart. Compared with the officers and generals of the Chinese army, he was the one who had the most detailed information on the battlefield.After all, the Jingbian army was outstanding at night, sentry and cavalry spread all over the battlefield, gathering intelligence from all sides.

It's just that Bai Guangen's situation is too surprising. He often reports the latest battlefield intelligence only after midnight. The new wave of battles has changed again, and each wave of battles is very different.The successive and close defeats in its army are also unbelievable.

Even Wang Dou couldn't believe that Bai Guangen would lose so quickly and so badly.As far as he knew, although Bai Guangen was arrogant, his subordinates were still capable of fighting. How could it be possible for Qingqi to break through in one round?So many chariots and Franc machine guns, are they all vegetarians?
Moreover, Wu Sangui is not far away, and both sides have a lot of soldiers and horses, and it is even more difficult to lose if they cooperate with each other in rescue. How could this be so?

He only asked Ye Bushuo to investigate in detail, but the latest news was that Bai Guangen, the chief soldier of Ji Town, was indeed killed in battle.

His subordinates are exhausted, but most of the main barracks in Jizhen and most of the car battalions are still there.Together with the peasants who dug trenches, they formed a mighty wave of routs. Driven by the Qing army, they fled in the direction of the Chinese army and Yang Guozhu.

Wang Dou was speechless, while Hong Chengchou and the others looked ashen. The battle of Songjin had just begun, and a general soldier was killed by one's own side?This makes them, how to explain to the Holy Majesty, to the government and the people who are eagerly looking forward to it?

Everyone looked to the southeast, and through the hills and low mountains, they could faintly hear crying.I saw dense black dots on the field, they were countless fleeing troops, all over the mountains and plains, the number could not be counted.

Seeing how they fled, everyone in the Chinese army gritted their teeth. Such a disastrous defeat is really a shame!
The Jingbian army gritted their teeth even more, deeply hating the scene in front of them!
Wang Dou let out a deep breath. He overestimated the fighting power of the Ming army. Such a family system of fighting is far from meeting the needs of this era.After all, due to their own reasons, the Qing army has made great changes in history, and the ordinary Ming army has no advantage against it.

Historically, the battle of Songshan was well fought in the early stage. In fact, there were fewer Qing soldiers. One to 20 troops fought against [-] to [-] Qing troops.However, after Huang Taiji supported the whole country and the strength of the two sides was equal, the connection between Songxing and Xing was quickly cut off, and the Ming army was defeated.

At present, the overall strength of the Ming army has not increased much, and the Qing army has more powerful firearms. Even if the Eight Banners were damaged a lot after 11 years of Chongzhen, the comparison of strength is not easy to say.After all, the strength of the two sides is now the same, and the troops at the disposal of the Qing army are more and more sufficient.

And according to Wang Dou's knowledge, the defeat of Bai Guangen's army was also because several chariot camps were defeated first.Those soldiers, with powerful equipment and firepower in their hands, were still crumbling at the touch of a finger, implicating the main barracks behind, and Bai Guangen was actually fighting hard.

Although Wang Dou doesn't like Bai Guangen himself, he still respects him for fighting and dying for his country.

The army ruffians and soldiers are not good, and the servants are not good, Wang Dou is more determined in this way of thinking.

At this moment, Zhang Ruoqi was no longer as vigorous as before, and the scene in front of him had a great impact on him. He was originally a scholar, and when the cruel side of the battlefield unfolded in front of his eyes, he was at a loss.He subconsciously moved closer to Wang Dou, and tremblingly said, "Uncle Zhongyong... This, what should we do?"

Although Hong Chengchou was terrified and angry, he calmed down quickly after many years of fighting and serving as a supervisor.He said to Wang Dou: "Uncle Zhongyong, the Chinese army needs to rescue immediately, and the rout must not be allowed to attack the Chinese army's formation, let alone affect the troops of Yang Shuai and Li Shuai who are attacking the mountain!"

Wang Dou nodded, although the current Qing soldiers attacked the soldiers and horses on each wing in all directions, but generally they still prefer to test.If they were allowed to defeat each of the ministries one by one, thinking that the Ming army was vulnerable, the consequences of the Songjin war in the future would be disastrous.

The most urgent task is to protect Yang Guozhu's flanks first, so as not to let the rout of the troops, and the Qing cavalry that followed, affect the Huangtuling battle of Yang Guozhu and others.

Huangtuling cannot give up, and it needs to fight hard to conquer Huangtuling quickly.Only in this way will it not affect the overall strategic layout of the Ming army, and it will also be able to minimize the adverse effects of Bai Guangen's death due to the defeat of the Jizhen army.

Hong Chengchou is still a soldier, and he is also qualified as a coach. He quickly calmed down and pointed out this point keenly. Wang Dou agreed very much.

However, Hong Chengchou did not mention Wu Sangui's troops on the front line, obviously he still has confidence in his combat power.In fact, Wang Dou knew that although the Qing army attacked fiercely, Wu Sangui's army was not in chaos. Sure enough, a famous historical figure has his own uniqueness.

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At this time, Yang Guozhu at the foot of the Huangtuling also noticed that Bai Guangen's rout was coming, and towards the southeast, he laid out the chariot battalion and cavalry in an arc, and the battle at Huangtuling was still going on.

The generals who have experienced the battlefield are different. Although they are not shocked, they quickly make reasonable and rapid response arrangements.

Only when the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were in a commotion and Fu Yingchong tried his best to suppress them, did they settle down.

Hong Chengchou looked around, sighed, and solemnly said to Wang Dou: "Uncle Zhongyong, the danger ahead is critical, and you are still needed to turn the tide and defeat the enemy!"

Hong Chengchou said solemnly to Wang Dou, and gave him a deep salute.All the officials and generals beside him, together with the supervisors, also saluted Wang Dou.

Wang Dou returned the salute and said: "Everyone, you are respectful. Dou is also an official of the Ming Dynasty. He should do his best to repel the Tartars and protect the safety of the army!"

At this time, there are still more than [-] soldiers in the Chinese army, including Wang Doujing's frontier army, which has more than [-] soldiers.

However, Zuo Guangxian, the commander-in-chief of aid and suppression, had less than 3000 soldiers, and Hong Chengchou's superintendent battalion had less than [-] people. The local governor, and the standard battalion of the soldiers, mostly had a few hundred or more than a thousand people.

There are also some local officials and generals in Liaodong, such as Qian Youlu, the general of the right battalion of the forward striker, Dou Chenglie, the general of the general patrol and meritorious service, and others.

As for the local troops in Songshan, apart from Shang Yudi who was guarding the city, the city guard was sitting in the guerrilla camp and Ge Chaozhong stayed behind to guard the castle.Songshan Deputy General Xia Chengde, Songshan Youying General Liu Zhengjie, Songshan General Fan Chenggong and others also pulled out together.

Although they have a large number of battalions, most of them consist of one or two thousand troops per battalion, so the total number of these generals, lieutenants, and guerrillas is only more than 2000.

There are still a large number of civilians in the central army, of course they are not included in the scope of combat power.

The sentinels came, and there were more than [-] Qing cavalry a few miles away to the southeast, and their combat strength was extraordinary, especially when they had just defeated the Jizhen army and all the troops in the Chinese army were worried.This can fight tough battles, block the gaps in the flanks, and rescue Wu Sangui's troops in front.

Even the officials and generals subconsciously didn't want Wang Dou to make meritorious service, so they had to let him go.

Of course, Wang Dou did his part. At this time, his Jingbian army had more than 2000 soldiers, including two cavalry battalions, a cavalry battalion with a total of more than [-] soldiers, and an artillery battalion with [-] soldiers. A total of thousands of people.

In Sun Sanjie's supply battalion, in addition to staying at Changling Mountain for more than 2000 people, another [-] people followed Wang Dou to Songshan to transport the supply of food and grass back and forth.

Most of them stayed at the camp, only the inner grenadier team consisted of 400 people. At this time, there were hundreds of people in the Jingbian army, responsible for pushing the chariots.

Although there are more than 3 Qing cavalry, Wang Dou is not afraid. Wu Sangui's large formation ahead will have more than [-] troops, and there will be nearly [-] on his side by then.

Even if Wu Sangui doesn't cooperate closely at that time, Wang Dou still has the confidence to repel the enemy alone.

Everyone discussed urgently, and Wang Dou led the entire Jingbian army to the southeast.

According to the information that Wang Dou knew, Wang Pu was at ease, and if he protected the flanks, Yang Guozhu and Li Fuming were equally at ease.As for the Ma Ke and Tang Tong troops on the west side of Songshan Fort, although their combat strength is worrying, they can also retreat to the camp if they are the worst.

In the camps of the Ming army around Songshan Fort, some soldiers and horses from various towns were also left behind. They may not be able to fight in the field, but there is no problem in defending the city and the village.

It was not so easy for the Qing army to bypass the densely packed camp and attack the east side of Songshan Fort.

What Wang Dou and Hong Chengchou meant was that the tiger was fighting the rabbit, using all the powerful Jingbian army to deal a heavy blow to the Qingqi in the southeast.It is best to behead a few enemy generals, so that the morale of the somewhat decadent army can be boosted.

It was also agreed that when the gap was closed and the battle was decided, Cai Maode, the military preparation officer, would lead a large number of civilians to continue digging trenches.

The bandit-slave connection between Huangtuling and Songshanling must be cut off.

At the same time, there were some peasants pushing hundreds of earthen carts, accompanying Wang Dou's army, and if the Tartars used artillery, they could also use emergency protection.

Yang Guozhu's army does not need to expand the results of the battle for the time being, it only needs to attack the first line of defense in Huangtuling and stabilize the position.However, Li Fuming, the general army of Shanxi, stepped up the offensive and put the greatest pressure on the Qing army in Huangtuling.

After Hong Chengchou and others negotiated with Wang Dou, they all felt their hearts settled down. Perhaps Wang Dou was here, giving them faint support.

At the same time, the Jingbian army attacked, and all the officers and generals of the Chinese army were a little bit excited.

The mighty Wang Doujun is dispatched, surely he will gain a lot, right?
If you stay with the army, you will get a lot of credit without any effort at that time.

Zhang Ruoqi, the supervisor of the army, first made a generous speech: "The thief slave is mad. As a supervisor, how can he sit at the back and left? You should follow Uncle Zhongyong and fight the thief with one heart... It is because of your weak power, you can't kill slaves with your own hands. You should also beat the drums to cheer for the army!"

At his strong request, both Wang Dou and Hong Chengchou agreed to follow him.

In fact, Zhang Ruoqi had only less than a hundred guards and servants under his command. The reason why he was able to call the shots in Liaodong was Chen Xinjia, Minister of the Ministry of War, and the emperor's tiger skin.

Zhang Ruoqi snatched the chance of the civil servants accompanying him to attack, and Hong Chengchou denied the position of the central army.

Then Fu Yingchong, the deputy general of the former battalion of the Shenji Battalion, hurried over, wanting to lead the army and go to battle with Uncle Zhongyong.

Because Yang Guozhu's army attacked the first line of defense in Huangtuling and was not in a hurry to expand the results of the battle, the artillery of his Shenji Battalion stopped, and the gunners of the Shenji Battalion in the battalion were even more idle.When they heard that the Jingbian army was attacking, they were all very excited, and wanted to follow the battle and win military merit!

(End of this chapter)