Chapter 36 Feather

Just now, when the cavalry of the Dazhong army came out of the customs, they were quickly entangled with the Jiannu army. After the collapse of the Jiannu army, these Dazhong army cavalry always chased behind the Jiannu army. Therefore, although there were many cannons in Jiannu, they did not dare to bombard these Dazhong army cavalry at all, and some guns that went out to the gate. Seeing that the cavalry of the Dazhong army roared, those who were killed had to lose their artillery and turned around and fled. As a result, a batch of cannons were blown off by the cavalry of the Dazhong army. Seeing that if the Dazhong army did not collect the troops, the heavy artillery behind Chen Bu would also be killed by the cavalry of the Dazhong army. These gunners were all panicked. Chang, I just want to quickly escape and pull down.

Now, as soon as the cavalry of the Dazhong army stopped chasing and began to retreat, they immediately distanced themselves from their own defeated soldiers. Therefore, these slave gunners got a chance to open fire, and then Dorgun ordered them to fire at these Dazhong cavalry, so these Han gunners did not dare to neglect. He hurriedly adjusted the cannons, aimed at the retreating large and medium-sized cavalry, and began to bombard them one after another.

The shells soon roared into the battlefield, and raised a mass of earth and stone on the battlefield outside Guan, and all kinds of shells jumped forward. As long as there were people blocking the road along the way, even if they were torn up by these shells, some large and medium-sized cavalry were immediately knocked over on the battlefield. If you live with cannonballs, you will be disabled even if you don't die.

Fortunately, the cavalry is some distance away from the Jiannu cannons, and the Jiannu are all solid bullets. Few use scattered bullets, and the cavalry rushes, and the formation is far less dense than that of infantry. The cavalry should leave a certain distance from each other to avoid self-collision. Therefore, although under the shelling of the Jiannu army, these are The cavalry in the retreating army paid some casualties, but the overall number of casualties was not too high. After being shelled, the officers immediately urged the war horses, shouted and ordered their cavalry to disperse their cannons, while accelerating and starting to drive in the direction of closing the door.

Although the cannons on the Jiannu side in this era also have an objective range and adopt the casting method of the new Hongyi cannon, in terms of operation, it is far less convenient than the relatively complete operating system of Xingtian gun. If they want to accurately bombard the point target moving at the high speed, it is really It's too difficult for them, not to mention them. Even if the operation is far better than many cannons of their large and medium-sized army, it is impossible to do this. Therefore, although the gunners of the rumbling slaves are lively and there are dust and smoke everywhere on the battlefield, the large-scale killing and injury of large- and medium-sized cavalry is not It didn't happen.

In this case, the cavalry of the large and medium-sized army have the consciousness of death. Even if they see some cannons falling from the robe, they can't help. When they do not fully control the battlefield, it is undoubtedly a stupid way to rescue the wounded soldiers, which is very clear in everyone's heart.

Some of the generals who fell on the battlefield when the cannon was seriously injured screamed and cursed. Many people immediately took action by themselves and killed themselves. Some soldiers whose horses were overturned immediately got up and ran forward. The cavalrymen passing by often helped them and pulled them on the horse together. Retreating, the whole cavalry retreated very quickly, which also reduced casualties.

And Azig and Duoduo each led a group of Jiannu cavalry and were envelling them with both wings. When they saw that the Dazhong army suddenly retreated, they all cursed and saw that the fat meat in their mouths was about to slip away from under their eyelids. How could they be willing to wait? When Dorgan's order came down, they began to urge the troops and horses one after another, and accelerated to chase the retreating cavalry.

The two Jiannu cavalry quickly appeared in the left and right rear positions of these large and medium-sized cavalry, roaring and chasing them, which made those large and medium-sized cavalry soldiers suddenly understand why Wang Chengping suddenly made them give up chasing and killing the Jiannu soldiers and retreat to the customs. It turned out that Jiannu did not really collapse the whole army, but made it devious. They wanted to eat their soldiers, so their complaints were suddenly thrown out of the sky, and the battalions immediately began to retreat quickly.

It was also Wang Chengping's decision that made the situation immediately turn the situation safe. These cavalrymen stepped forward and retreated, leaving no sufficient opportunity for the construction slave army to intercept them. Although Aziger and Duoduo also sold all their strength and led their troops to pursue desperately, they only bit the tail of these large and medium-sized cavalry. Ba killed a small number of generals who failed to withdraw from the customs in time, and failed to leave the 3,000 to 4,000 cavalry outside the customs.

On the contrary, Azig and Duoduo chased too tightly and chased them all the way to Guanxia. As a result, the two flag-building slave cavalry entered the effective range of the defenders on the wall.

At Wang Chengping's request, the defenders in the city were happy to give Jiannu a look at it again, so the Ming Army gunners in the city carefully adjusted their muzzle one by one. Under Wang Chengping's order, they ignited the gun together. As a result, under the sound of a hundred cannons, one covered the past, but chased Dazhong. The Jiannu cavalry of the cavalry, who were suddenly bombarded, turned over their horses, and the damaged soldiers and horses were much more than the large and medium cavalry they killed.

Azig and Duoduo ordered to withdraw their troops, saying that they would withdraw their troops back to the camp. In fact, this was just a good statement. For the Jiannu army, they completely returned. They had to evacuate the barrier with their tails and returned to the camp outside the Jiannu Pass.

After this day of fierce battle, Dorgon can be said to have returned from the standard. He sent troops to attack the city in turn, but it can be said that it has not been built. On the contrary, it is a loss of soldiers. Let's take a rough inventory. At the end of the day, nearly 2,000 people were killed by their slaves, and the injured were twice as much as this. These injured It is estimated that more than half of them will die. On this day, about 4,000 people will be killed under his command. Under the whole mountain customs, the bodies of their builders' army are everywhere. Until it got dark, they could still hear the howling of the dead builders on the battlefield, which was as creepy as a night owl.

What made him even more angry was because of his light enemy. He did not expect that the Dazhong army would come so quickly and threw himself into the battlefield. He also gave him a counterattack. As a result, the Han army flag and the Mongolian Eight Banner under his command almost all collapsed, but he watched the cavalry of the Dazhong army massacre. After that, the powerful and safe retreated, which was undoubtedly a great blow to their slave army, which made the morale of his slave army fall sharply for a while. It is estimated that without two days of adjustment, he could no longer launch an attack on Shanhaiguan.

Analyzing the situation at present, Dorgan can be completely sure that Wu Xiang, the general of Shanhaiguan, and the defenders have all turned to the Xingtian Thief, and the Xing Tian Thief has also arrived at Shanhaiguan, so the next step is to attack Shanhaiguan, he will undoubtedly face the alliance between the Dazhong Army and the Ming Army. The confrontation, and the addition of the Dazhong Army has also greatly supplemented the Ming Army of Shanhaiguan, which was originally weak, and made the defense line more stable. It is impossible for him to take Shanhaiguan lightly again.

So Dorcon ordered the three armies to retreat and re-establish their camp to rest, collect the bodies of the dead soldiers who fought fiercely on this day. At the same time, he treated the wounded soldiers, revitalized their morale, and prepared to fight again. At the same time, he ordered the follow-up of the Han army flag to start building heavy siege equipment on the spot to prepare for the next step of siege.

In addition, Dorcon sent people to send back the message to the army led by Huang Taiji behind. While confessing his guilt, he informed Huang Taiji about Shanhaiguan and asked Huang Taiji to determine the next strategy.

In a word, after this battle, Jiannu's side was in the area of Shanhaiguan, which can be said to have hit his head and bloodshed, and his arrogance was suddenly suppressed a lot.

Inside the wall of Shanhaiguan, there was a sound of joy after nightfall. Wu Xiang personally took the family members and generals and brought some wine and meat to Xiluo City to Wang Chengping and the generals of the Dazhong army who came to help in advance.

Wang Chengping thanked Wu Xiang for his kindness and accepted the meat given by Wu Xiang, but declined the drinks he gave him. He told Wu Xiang that the Dazhong Army has a military law stipulation that the army is not allowed to drink in the front of the army. Even drinking can only drink after the war. Wu Xiang is quite impressed by this, because the army prohibits it. Alcoholism, there are regulations in the armies of all dynasties, but few of them are really implemented. In particular, the officer level regards this rule as nothing. Many military generals like to drink in the army, but only the Dazhong army has completely implemented this military discipline. Even Wang Chengping, the deputy commander of the left army of the Dazhong army, dares not violate discipline. It can be seen that How strict is the military discipline of the Dazhong army? In order for the generals to enforce the military discipline, are you still worried that the soldiers will not abide by the military discipline? Therefore, I'm afraid it's not a simple thing for the Dazhong army to fight well.

Therefore, Wu Xiang didn't care. He ordered to withdraw the wine and use tea instead of wine to wish Wang Chengping the generals of the Dazhong Army. Today, after the first battle, these Ming soldiers and generals also saw the brave and good fighting of the Dazhong Army, and all admired these Dazhong soldiers and generals. These Ming soldiers who were originally enemies of each other, After this bloody battle, there was no hostility between them at all. Above the city, the two sides hooked up and talked happily.

Wang Chengping told Wu Xiang that the follow-up of the left army will definitely arrive here at night. Please ask Wu Xiang to rest assured, and they have received the news. Now more than 30,000 people in the middle army and some of the right army have also arrived in Wuqing. They can reach Funing within seven days at the latest, and the emperor of the middle school can reach it. Xiao Tianjian personally led 30,000 elite soldiers on the right road, as well as countless heavy boats, are also going north along the Grand Canal. If there are no special circumstances in the short term, he will also send troops to Shanhaiguan. Please Wu Xiang, please rest assured that with them, Shanhaiguan can be worry-free.