Blood from Daming

Chapter 211 Fight Again
General Xiao Can’s Sichuan Army marched south overnight. General Xiao Can’s team is an early mover, but it can’t keep up with those who are willing. Guerrilla Liu Guoyong is the kind of old bird who has fought old battles. He used to guard the side wall of Shaanxi. He used to fight with the Mongols In bad battles, he often wins more and loses less. He is a bully in Yansui Town. He belongs to the kind of guy who walks sideways. This time Liaodong dispatched troops to the entire Ming Dynasty. I thought I had won a chance to get promoted and make a fortune.

Liu Guoyong's guerrilla troops have rich combat experience, and they march in a set. They have been surpassing other brother troops since last night. After dawn, Liu Guoyong's guerrilla troops surpassed two Ming infantry troops. The soldiers of the army forcibly seized the advancing passage, so that Liu Guoyong's troops were the first to enter the main battlefield of Hongluo Mountain.

When Liu Guoyong's men and horses were fighting for the road, the Sichuan army walking in front was of course unconvinced, and they began to scold each other. Later, the two sides were about to make a move. Fortunately, General Xiao Can stopped his men in time, so that the troops of Shaanxi and Sichuan did not fight. Get up, Xiao Shen will tell everyone that there are so many Tartars, brothers, don't fight, everyone walk slowly and rest your breath before you can beat the Tartars.

In fact, General Xiao Shen is in a very anxious mood now. He thought that his troops would take a few steps first, and then the cavalry from Jinzhou and Guangning would go south. If you are lucky, chop off the heads of a few Tartars, let Mr. Sun Chengzong see his meritorious service in the rescue, and maybe promote himself.

General Xiao Can did not expect that he had already entered the main battlefield of Hongluo Mountain, but he did not even see the horse hair of the Jinzhou and Guangning cavalry led by Yuan Chonghuan. Who was General Xiao? He was very clear about the winding road, knowing that his wishful thinking this time was a miscalculation, but there were still two teams following behind, and he couldn't stop moving forward.

Now the Shaanxi Army in front signaled to their own Sichuan Army to move closer to them. Of course, the soldiers of the Sichuan Army quit and began to scold the Shaanxi Army for being shameless, so the team simply stopped and never moved forward.

Shaanxi guerrilla Liu Guoyong no longer had the heart to think about whether his brother troops could come up to help, because the red flag cavalry of the Tartars opened their bows and arrows when they charged about a hundred steps away from their own troops. More than 50 of Liu Guoyong's subordinates were shot by arrows, and 11 of them were regarded as dead.

Liu Guoyong paid the price of more than 50 casualties, but his team did not shoot even a single arrow. The reason for this was that the circular formation of the Ming Army in Shaanxi was too big, and it became a living target for the Tartars. The Shaanxi Ming army was not very sure about shooting arrows at a distance of about a hundred paces, so they did not shoot even a single arrow for a long time.

Liu Guoyong immediately adjusted his tactics and gathered 30 archers to aim at one direction and prepare to shoot. Yisi Abu led the cavalry and ran close to Liu Guoyong's army for the second time. This time the distance was shortened to about [-] steps. As a result, the archers on both sides almost Shooting arrows at the same time, this time the Shaanxi Ming army was more fully prepared. Only more than [-] people were hit by arrows, and six officers and soldiers were shot to death. Isi Abu’s cavalry was hit hard by the Shaanxi Ming army. The target was a Jurchen Niulu True.

Five hundred feathered arrows flew towards that Jurchen Niulu Ezhen. At that time, that Jurchen Niulu Ezhen turned into a hedgehog, and more than a dozen Tartars in front of and behind Jurchen Niulu Ezhen also became accompanying killing grounds. The arrow fell off the horse, and Yisi Abu's cavalry saw that the situation was not going well, so they hurriedly ran the horse out of the Liming army's circle a hundred paces away.

Yisi Abu's cavalry shot arrows at Liu Guoyong's army a hundred steps away, and Yisi Abu's men were safe, but everyone knew the effect of shooting arrows at the Ming army from such a long distance.

Yisi Abu was not in a hurry, and commanded his bannermen to shoot arrows at the Ming army's circle continuously in circles. Twenty or thirty Ming soldiers fell to the ground with arrows in each circle. At this distance, the Ming army even shot The feathered arrows were no longer powerful, and the Tartars either dodged them or shot down those feathered arrows lightly with their weapons.

Sun Chengzong watched the Tartars adjusting the deployment of the army, knowing that more large-scale attacks would break out soon. He looked at the sky and it was past noon, but there was still no reinforcements in the direction of Shanhaiguan. The battle started, but Sun Chengzong couldn't see the process of the battle clearly from a long distance, but thinking about it, it was just that the mobility of a few infantry teams was poor, so Sun Chengzong didn't have much hope for them, and he was very satisfied just asking them to drag their feet.

Sun Chengzong was very disappointed with Yuan Chonghuan. Shanhaiguan was a long way away and Ma Shilong didn't arrive, so it was justified. Could it be that you, Yuan Chonghuan, walked slower than the infantry on the opposite side? Also, the tens of thousands of horses in Zu Dashou's hand gave people the feeling that they were out of work Fortunately, Zu Dashou was able to contain a large part of the Tatar team, Sun Chengzong, so he didn't feel particularly uncomfortable.

Sun Chengzong called Yu Anxing, Man Gui, Mao Yuanyi, Xue Polu, Xue Zong and others to discuss matters.

Sun Chengzong said to everyone: "Master Yu just said that Shanhaiguan has sent troops, and the vanguard troops can arrive before Shenshi this morning at the latest. Now there is only one more hour before Shenshi. If they set off last night, Ma Zongbing and they will arrive at any time , I hope you will tell your officers and soldiers to persevere for more than an hour to win."

Sun Chengzong saw that Da Bei Le Daishan had gambled all his capital and knew that the situation was not good, so he also began to fool his officers and soldiers to give them hope.

Yu Anxing, Man Gui, Mao Yuanyi, and Xue Polu are full of confidence that the reinforcements from Shanhaiguan will come, but only God knows when they will come. Everyone looked at each other and finally looked at Master Sun Chengzong and waited for him to speak. .

Sun Chengzong waited for a while before calling Man Gui over and said: "General Man, you have the highest military rank here, but most of the officers and soldiers are under General Xue. I want General Xue to temporarily command the troops. Do you have any comments? "

Man Gui replied without hesitation: "Master Jinglue, there is no problem with the final general."

Sun Chengzong said with satisfaction: "Okay, our soldiers of the Ming army are united as one, so don't worry about building captives."

Later, Sun Chengzong called Xue Polu and told him that he would be temporarily in charge of commanding the battle against the Tartars. Xue Polu declined an order to Sun Chengzong, but Sun Chengzong firmly refused to allow Xue Polu to hesitate for a while and had to agree. Knowing that his weight was not enough, he immediately invited Yu Anxing, Man Gui, and Mao Yuanyi to discuss the defense plan of the Ming army.

At the critical moment, everyone didn't care about their own interests, and quickly determined a specific defense plan. Zanhua Mao Yuanyi led the remnant of Sun Chengzong's central army and Xue's army, Li Bazong and Mabazong to defend the west, and Mangui's generals led their own headquarters and Xue's army. The 4000 officers and soldiers of Yu Dahui and Master Yu defended the east and south sides. Xue Polu led his own [-] troops to defend the frontal position in the north and counterattack the Jianzhou Tartars.

Xue Polu withdrew Lord Sun Chengzong's personal soldiers back to protect Lord Sun, and kept two hundred of Lord Yu's cronies as a reserve team. His troops withdrew to take a rest, but Xue Zong was still muttering and cursing and didn't want to sell Xue Polu's account, but Xue Zong still knew how to preserve his strength, so let's go back and bring people to withdraw. .

Xue Zong's attitude towards Xue Polu shocked Sun Chengzong, Yu Anxing, Man Gui, and Mao Yuanyi. It turned out that Xue's family is not monolithic, but even if you, Xue Zong, are not satisfied with Xue Polu, they still have good intentions. It would be a bit unfair to remove you, so that you will also be scolded by the young master of the Xue family. Besides, Xue Polu's position is higher than that of Xue Zong, and now he is temporarily serving as the commander. , Man Gui, and Mao Yuanyi looked down on him a bit.

Xue Zong's playing with his temper was just a small episode and soon passed. Yu Anxing, Man Gui, and Mao Yuanyi all went to arrange their own defenses separately. Sun Chengzong left Xue Polu alone and said: "General Xue, the defense you proposed The counterattack is indeed very good, but if you have a lot of infantry and leave the defensive position, it will be difficult to face the cavalry at home."

Xue Polu: "Master Jinglue, passive defense is difficult to defend everywhere. Our counterattack can mobilize the troops of the Tatars to reduce the pressure of other defenses, so that the Tatars cannot attack my base camp wholeheartedly. If other aspects The defenders can seize the opportunity to take the initiative to attack, and the effect is better."

Sun Chengzong: "General Xue, I just ask if you can persist until the arrival of reinforcements from Shanhaiguan."

Xue Polu: "Master Jinglue persists until Shen Shi. There is no problem, but I, Xue Polu, want to protect Lord Jinglue from leaving. I believe these tartars will not be able to block my way."

Sun Chengzong: "Well, General Xue, you can do it with confidence. As long as you persist until the Shenshi, it will be a great achievement. I believe that General Ma of Shanhaiguan will definitely arrive before the Shenshi."

Seeing that Master Sun Chengzong was so confident that the reinforcements from Shanhaiguan would arrive, Xue Polu himself felt that his confidence had increased a lot, so he said goodbye to Master Sun Chengzong and went back to his team to arrange combat matters.

When Xue Polu returned to his team, Lu Yaojin and Zuo Ming immediately came up to inquire about the news. Xue Polu said: "Yaojin and Zuo Ming should focus on defense in the west, east and south, and we should defend the center and attack in the north." The key to the overall situation, I believe that the reinforcements will arrive at the Shanhai Pass in Shenshi, and at that time it will not be the Tartars who will fight us, but we will drive the Tartars to fight."

Then Xue Polu, together with Lu Yaojin and Zuo Ming, set up the expense positions. In fact, when Zuo Ming's firearms battalion entered the position, they dug defensive trenches according to the work manual of the officers and soldiers of the firearms battalion. The Firearms Battalion and the Pike Battalion had moved into their positions.

Xue Polu asked Lu Yaojin: "How is the situation of our heavy firearms?"

Lu Yaojin replied: "The situation is not very good. Because the young master has very strict control over firearms, in order to prevent leakage of secrets, our Liaodong Xue family army strictly controls the number of explosives produced. This time the rescue Lord Sun Chengzong brought all five hundred Explosive packs, 500 grenades and more than 1000 catties of bulk gunpowder, but now nearly half of the explosive packs have been consumed, and more than [-] grenades have been used. There is no problem for the Tatars to attack in a short time. It’s going to be troublesome.”

(End of this chapter)