Chapter 92 Out of the Final Battle
Although Huang Taiji has issued an order to continue to attack Shanhaiguan and fight to the death with the Dazhong army, the tactical arrangement did not choose to continue the attack. With their strength and strength, Huang Taiji is now very clear that the Dazhong army occupies the geographical advantage of Shanhaiguan. He led the army so much to hit it. Looking for a way to die, now there are a lot of elite soldiers from the Dazhong Army in Shanhaiguan. If he orders to send troops to attack the city and force those soldiers of the Han army flag and the Mongolian Eight Banners to attack the city, it is estimated that some Han army under his command or the Mongolian army will be forced to change at that time.
Therefore, although he was determined not to withdraw from Shanhaiguan for the time being, he did not foolishly send troops to attack Shanhaiguan. Instead, after looking at the terrain outside Shanhaiguan, he ordered the Qing army battalion to retreat a few miles again, leaning against the northeast of Shanhaiguan and stopped.
Xiao Tianjian and Li Xin and others expected that at this time, the emperor Taiji of Jiannu must have learned the news of the destruction of Abatai. In addition, some time ago, Dornon suffered repeated attacks and setbacks under the Shanhaiguan, and was beaten. Compared with the current strength of the two sides, Jiannu is no longer What's the advantage? So both Xiao Tianjian and Li Xin guessed that at this time, Jiannu is likely to give up this plan to go south and choose to withdraw troops.
But after Xiao Tianjian arrived at Shanhaiguan, after a day, he did not see that Jiannu had the intention to withdraw his troops. Although on June 29, Jiannu had a movement and began to pull out the camp outside the customs, Xiao Tianjian and the generals thought that Jiannu might be withdrawing troops, and Wang Chengping wanted to ask for an order to fight, taking advantage of Jiannu's withdrawal. He went out of the customs to cover up the army of Jiannu.
Xiao Tianjian basically agreed with Wang Chengping's battle, but at this time, news came from the scouts that Jiannu did not really withdraw his troops, but gradually retreated his troops and horses for a few miles and then stopped again and began a new camp.
So Xiao Tianjian couldn't understand what medicine was sold in the gourd of Huang Taiji, so he personally climbed to the top of the Shanhaiguan Tower again and looked into the distance with a telescope.
Li Xin, the chief of general staff, naturally followed Xiao Tianjian to observe the situation of the enemy. The two held the telescope for a long time, almost put down the telescope at the same time, looked at each other, and immediately saw a trace of surprise in each other's eyes.
"Your Majesty, the slave chief wants us to take the initiative to fight!" After reading it, Li Xin took the initiative to say.
Xiao Tianjian showed a smile, and then looked a little strange. After holding back for a while, he suddenly laughed!
"Haha... This Huang Taiji is really a wonderful person! Haha! He knew that he could not please us if he continued to attack Shanhaiguan! So I simply gave up taking the initiative to attack the city, and now I take the initiative to retreat for a distance to make a place for us to fight. I want to give full play to their advantage in the field battle of slaves! Strike us outside Shanhaiguan!
I really admire this Huang Taiji now! It's really not luck that he can win the position of Jiannu Khan! This man's move is awesome!
He knows very well that if he orders to withdraw troops back to Liaodong so dismay, then they will no longer have the courage to go south to knock! With Jiannu's population, if he wants to continue to control millions of aliens outside the customs, he must have the heart but lack of strength, so he dares not withdraw so degeneratedly.
So he now takes the initiative to retreat from a distance, looking at Shanhaiguan from afar and making room for us to go out of the customs. If we dare not go out to fight, then they can restore morale and restore their sense of psychological superiority! Then show off your power and retreat slowly, and you can withdraw from here and return to Liaodong unscathed! In that case, the Mongols and Han people under their control can only serve them! Look at their faces!
But if we go out to fight, they can no longer be subject to our geographical advantages. They can fight with us in the way of field and give full play to their strength in the field battle. If they can defeat us, they can avenge them!
It seems that I have underestimated this before! This move is really wonderful! That's wonderful!"
Following Xiao Tianjian's Lu Xiangsheng, Luo Li, Liu Yaoben, Wu Xiang and others, they suddenly realized after listening to it. Following Xiao Tianjian's words, they nodded repeatedly. They both despised Huang Taiji, but also had to admit that Huang Taiji was a trick and the best choice they could make. .
In response to Huang Taiji's move, in fact, their army may not have to go out of the customs and fight to the death with them. In the current situation of Jiannu, even if they don't fight with them, just confront them like this can completely break up the Jiannu army. In fact, everyone understands how thick the Jiannu's background is. There is still a population of grain outside. If you want to maintain so many people and horses, it is impossible to stay outside Shanhaiguan for a long time. Jiannu repeatedly knocks south, basically relying on plundering along the way to meet their consumption. However, this time Jiannu went south, it can be said that he did not fish farts, and he was just eating old. In addition to winning the Ming army, they hit their heads and bloodshed against the Dazhong Army, so they not only didn't get anything, but also lost a lot. Therefore, if you drag it, I'm afraid you won't even a month, and you can drag the Jiannu army home to wash and sleep!
But the question is, can it be delayed? Xiao Tianjian and the generals have their own answers in their hearts. Jiannu can't afford to drag it, but their Dazhong army can't afford to drag it down. This time, it can be said that the Beishang Dazhong Army has mobilized all the forces of the whole control area to ensure the needs of their soldiers and horses, and now Guannei has not been calmed. They have not yet captured the Daming Jingshi, and there is Li Zi in the west. Cheng's Dashun regime is messing around, and Fujian, Liangguang, Yungui and other provinces in the south have not yet been captured. Whether it is in the south or the west, the strength of the Dazhong army is relatively empty and the pressure is quite great. If they fight with Jiannu here, it is true that they will drag down Jiannu. I'm afraid even they will be dragged down!
Therefore, Jiannu can't afford to delay, and the Dazhong army can't afford to drag it, and the Huang Taiji also sees the weakness of the Dazhong army. Therefore, although it is obvious that they have no power to attack Shanhaiguan, they still rely on it. They just want to force the Dazhong Army to give up their advantages in terms of land and fight with them outside Guan! Under such circumstances, Xiao Tianjian has no choice but to fight out and fight with the Jiannu army to decide the victory or defeat of this battle.
Xiao Tianjian shook his head and walked down the tower. As he walked, he said with a smile, "He has his thousands of tricks, but when he meets us, it's useless. Since he wants to fight like this, what's the point for me to fight for him!" I'd like to see whether he is powerful with 100,000 Jiannu or my 50,000 tigers! Let's go! Go down and prepare, let's go out and fight!"
After the construction of the slave army retreated for several miles outside the customs, the Shanhaiguan also immediately cheered. The soldiers of the large and medium-sized army began to gather in the doors of each door one after another. Everyone put on their helmets, hung armored burqa and belts, and cleaned up their whole body, black pressure. The pressure gathered up.
Xiao Tianjian personally led 500 Linwei and lined up directly in Shanhaiguan. With Xiao Tianjian's order, a series of gunshots immediately sounded over Guancheng.
With the sound of the cannon, the doors in the Shanhaiguan area rumbled open from the inside in an instant, and then tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the middle army immediately let out a loud roar, and they began to pour out of the door like tigers out of the gate.
And Xiao Tianjian was the first to urge the BMW to sit down. He rushed out of the gate of Shanhaiguan and came to the outside of Shanhaiguan, which was not too wide.
Under the command of their respective officers, a large and medium-sized army generals rushed out of Guancheng like a flood, and then quickly began to gather and form a formation in the open space outside the customs. The first to rush out of Guancheng were the cavalry of each army. After these cavalry rushed out of Guancheng, they quickly formed a barrier outside Guancheng and pulled A warning line came to cover the follow-up soldiers and horses leaving the customs, in order to prevent Jiannu from sending their Aliha Chaoha battalion to attack the Dazhong army when a large number of troops were leaving the customs.
Then the other arms of the Dazhong Army went out of the customs. First, the infantry followed the cavalry and then went out of the customs, and formed a formation outside the gate to stabilize the position. Then out of the customs was a gun team. These artillerymen drove the mules and horses towing artillery trucks, filed out of the customs, and quickly found their positions between the infantry phalanxes, and Soon after taking off the mule and horse and leading it to the army, the gun truck separated, the artillery unfolded, and the ammunition truck was quickly placed in a safe position behind the cannon.
In addition to the three arms of cavalry and infantry artillery, there are also engineers and soldiers who fight with the army this time. However, the soldiers do not transport grain and materials this time. All the soldiers who go to war are sent out of the city are chariots made of solid wood. Usually, they are used to load materials, and the wartime columns constitute a solid As a field battle, they are also an indispensable and important arms, so it is not strange that they are taken out of the city.
As for the engineers, they have their own special purpose. When they are arrayed, they can assist the main arms to temporarily and urgently build a defense line. When attacking, they charge with the army and are responsible for clearing the obstacles on the way. In short, although they are not the main force, they are now appearing frequently as the exclusive professional arms of the large and medium army. On the battlefield.
After Xiao Tianjian left the city, the staff officers of the staff followed him closely. In addition to the golden dragon that was the symbol of his emperor, there were all kinds of flags.
With the flying flag in the hands of the messengers, the instructions were quickly conveyed. Xiao Tianjian no longer has to do this kind of deployment. His own staff officers are responsible for arranging according to the plan, and each expenditure of soldiers and horses only needs their messengers to keep an eye on the flag of the Chinese army at any time and accept the instructions. After that, you can mobilize the soldiers and horses according to the order.
Therefore, although tens of thousands of Chinese troops generally gushed out of various doors, under the instructions of the Chinese officers, there was no chaos that was easy for other armies to occur in general. All the soldiers and horses quickly arrived at their positions according to the order and began to line up, and the whole tens of thousands of soldiers The horses entered their designated position like arms and completed the assembly under the dispatch of the middle officer.
Wu Xiang can't get anything about this kind of battle between customs and Jiannu. Although he and the old soldiers of the Ming army under him also want to take this opportunity to show it in front of their new master, their invitation was still warmly rejected by Xiao Tianjian. Xiao Tianjian told Wu Xiang that although there was merit in the battle, Guancheng must also be stationed in case of emergency, so let these officers and soldiers under Wu Xiang stay in Guan, and only use the old part of the Dazhong Army to go out of the customs to build slaves.
Therefore, Wu Xiang had no choice but to lead his troops to stay on the front line of Zhenshan Customs. As a latecomer, he was responsible for garrisoning Shanhaiguan. He could only take his generals on the wall and watched Xiao Tianjian lead the army to the battle.