Chapter 102 Jinzhou
For seven days, the Dazhong Army, led by Xiao Tianjian, went out of the customs and chased the Jiannu army for seven days. Along the way, the Huang Taiji governors fought and retreated along the way, constantly sending soldiers to intercept the Dazhong army that followed. After being ordered by Huang Taiji, most of them were the Han soldiers of the Han Baqi in the Jiannu army. The rest are the Mongols and some North Koreans who have been recruited.
Occasionally, Huang Taiji will send some flag soldiers from Manchuria and the Eight Banners to stay behind the palace, but most of the soldiers of the Eight Banners left behind are the war. If the situation is not good, they will immediately leave those Han soldiers or Mongolian soldiers and North Korean firemen, and ride horses to escape quickly.
This result is that the remnants of Jiannu's Han army are constantly being consumed on the road of retreat. These Han soldiers and Mongolian soldiers, who have long had no fighting spirit, even if they leave the palace, they often face-to-face with the Dazhong army, and even began to appear some left behind by Han soldiers. If they don't let go, they directly cut off the builder soldiers who supervised them and surrendered to the Dazhong army before the battle, while most of the Mongols were cavalry. After being ordered to stay, they often immediately plucked their horses and fled, and fled back to the Mongolian grassland.
Jiannu thoroughly experienced the taste of being chased and killed behind. Four days later, the army of more than 100,000 Jiannu retreated to Ningyuan City, which had turned into ruins. However, at this time, there were less than 80,000 horses left in the Jiannu army. Among these 80,000 Jiannu troops, more than 40,000 were the Eight Banners of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. The rest are some followers and clothing slaves, and the Han soldiers of the Han Eight Banner who went with the army were basically exhausted on this way. Except for the fact that the king of Sanshun was lucky not to be killed by the Dazhong army, the other leaders of Li Shutai, Bayan and other Han Baqi died on the way. When it came to Ningyuan, this time The soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty have basically ceased to exist. As for the Eight Banners of Mongolia, they have left the team and fled back to the grassland.
Huang Taiji is still bleeding nose on the way. His heart can be said to be as painful as a knife. Thinking about it, since the Qing Dynasty rose up with thirteen pairs of armor, it can be said that they have gone through more than a hundred battles. Although there are victories and losses, it is not smooth sailing, but since the Qing Dynasty established the country, They have never fought such a defeated battle again. Under the rule of his Emperor Taiji, they gradually eliminated the power of the whole Liaodong Ming Dynasty and expanded the army to 200,000 people.
But this time, Huang Taiji never thought that he was ambitious and almost all the available soldiers in Liaodong went south. He wanted to take this opportunity to enter the customs and compete with the Dazhong army for the world, but he didn't think of it. He was blocked by the Dazhong army in advance in Shanhaiguan. As a result, he lost a lot of money. Not only did he go south this time. On the contrary, it lost soldiers and almost lost all the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners of Han and the Eight Banners of Mongolia.
With this retreat, all the construction slaves are as good as mourning. The sharpness when they went south has been exhausted by now. They just want to return to Liaodong as soon as possible and never to deal with these terrible Dazhong troops.
In order to delay the pursuit of the Dazhong army, although Huang Taiji left a Han soldier, a Mongolian soldier and a Korean, he knew that with these miscellaneous soldiers who had been scared by the Dazhong army, he could not stop the Dazhong army, so he had to make the Eight Banners cavalry under his command continue to attack the Dazhong Army and try Tu relies on their strong cavalry to delay the pursuit of the large and medium-sized army.
But what disappointed them was that these Jianzhou cavalry, who had made them proud, could not show their fierceness. They repeatedly turned around and counterattacked, and all of them returned. What worried them was that they found that the Dazhong army also had a With the cavalry that directly fought against them, the combat effectiveness of this cavalry of the Dazhong army was no less than that of the most powerful Guanning iron horse in the Ming Dynasty, and even compared with their Jiannu cavalry. After repeated fights, their Jiannu cavalry threw their armor and fled.
Even the famous Jiannu general who was ordered to block the Dazhong army, Gushan Ezhen Turge, who was ordered to block the white flag. On the third day after the withdrawal of Shanhaiguan, he also led 2,000 Jiannu cavalry at 30 miles south of Ningyuan City. He was blocked by the cavalry of four battalions led by Wang Chengping, the general of the Dazhong Army. After a fight, Turge died on the spot. , became the most valuable slave chieftain in Jiannu's loss on the road to Liaodong this time. He led more than 2,000 people in the white flag-encrusted Ge Bushian camp. In the end, less than 700 people broke through and fled back to the Jiannu army, which shocked Jiannu.
Dai Shan and Jirharang beg for their lives many times. They wanted to ask Huang Taiji to give up retreat and lead the army to turn back and fight to the death of the Dazhong army that chased them, but Huang Taiji did not agree.
After seeing the fierceness of the Dazhong army with his own eyes, Huang Taiji has seen that this Dazhong army, which is good at using firearms, is no longer comparable to the Guanning army outside the customs. In the face of the strange formation of the Dazhong army, Huang Taiji has thought about it over and over again and has not come up with a good strategy to defeat the enemy. They are like a spray. Fire dragons are so hot that people can hardly find their weaknesses.
Moreover, the generals of the Dazhong Army are not like the generals of the Ming Army. They have their own small calculations. Most of them cherish the soldiers and dare not fight fiercely. The situation is a little bad, so they lead the soldiers to flee one after another, regardless of the overall situation! The generals of the Dazhong Army, under the command of their emperor Xiao Tianjian, can be said to be like arm fingers, and their unity is abnormal. No one has ever escaped from the battle, which makes Jiannu even more unable to start.
On the way to retreat, Huang Taiji once sent a fierce general under his command, who was awarded the name of Batulu. He led a 500-man Bayala soldier and ambushed a large and medium-sized army forward with only more than 200 people on the road. If it were the Ming army, these Han soldiers of more than 200 people would meet their most fierce Tart Ba. If you say that you can't even hold on to face, you will be slaughtered.
But what surprised Oboi was that when he led his troops to suddenly surrounded the front of this small group of large and medium-sized army, the more than 200 generals of the large and medium-sized army did not give up without giving up under the condition of hope of escaping. Under the leadership of one of his generals, the Hate gathered together with the 500-bar-toothed soldiers led by Ao Bai. A life-and-death battle was launched, making full use of their firearms and phalanx. Under the fierce attack led by Oboi, they persisted for a whole hour before all of them died in the battle. Moreover, none of the more than 200 Chinese soldiers finally knelt down and surrendered until all of them were killed in battle, and more than 200 people in their area were actually destroyed before they were destroyed. He also successfully killed and injured more than 100 Ba Ya soldiers.
What is the concept of Ba Ya La Bing? That is the most powerful general among the Jiannu. They can not only be described as bravery. These Baya soldiers are all one in a thousand. The best generals selected from the flags of Jiannu are the elites among the elites in the Jiannu army. Everyone is very good at fighting, and when they go to war, they are even more human. Wearing three layers of armor, it is simply like a human flesh tank. It is a rare heavy cavalry. When dealing with the Ming army, it is often with a small number of Ba Ya La soldiers. After charging, the Ming army can basically stand it, and the whole army will collapse. This kind of Ba Ya La soldiers are regarded as the treasure at the bottom of the box by Jiannu, but they didn't expect to eat the small A team of more than 200 people in the large and medium-sized army actually made them pay more than 100 casualties. When Lian Ao Bai led the troops back to Huang Taiji, he knelt on the ground and pleaded for his sins. Huang Taiji was so distressed that he almost wanted to spit blood and scold Ao Bai. If he hadn't thought that Ao Bai had followed him to make repeated achievements over the years, Huang Taiji Zhen I even have the heart to kill him.
Through these fights with the Dazhong Army, Huang Taiji has sadly found that the cavalry tactics that they are proud of the Jianzhou Jurchens and their strong bows and arrows. Now they have finally met the nemesis. The tactics of the Dazhong Army's marching phalanx make them helpless, even if they use their most powerful Baya La soldiers. With the absolute advantage of the number of people, he also paid a huge price to eat such a small group of the other party. He couldn't imagine how many ethnic groups would be left in the end if he fought a decisive battle.
Therefore, when the contemporary good and other slave chiefs proposed to turn around for a decisive battle, Huang Taiji did not accept it at all and ordered to accelerate the retreat. He could not fight with the Dazhong army here.
How many soldiers and horses did they have in the Qing Dynasty! This time, the Dazhong army went north. Although it seemed that Xiao Tianjian didn't bring many troops, they controlled such a large territory. How could the troops behind them be a minority? And the remaining 80,000 soldiers in the Qing Dynasty can be said to be their last capital. Even if they leave a decisive battle and can defeat this Dazhong army, then with the strength of the Dazhong army, they can basically fight all their soldiers and horses. Even if they win, what's the use?
Therefore, Huang Taiji did not dare to stay and fight with the Dazhong army at all at this time. Therefore, after the battle outside Shanhaiguan, Huang Taiji left all the way. In order to get rid of the Dazhong army that accompanied by shadows, Huang Taiji even even left some unimportant weights, and finally simply left them until they retreated to Jinzhou. At that time, even the soldiers and food were almost exhausted.
But even so, the tens of thousands of Chinese troops still followed them closely, like a group of evil wolves, staring at them. If the Jiannu army was a little careless, they would be rushed up and bitten, which made them completely realize that when they chased those Ming troops. Wait, the feeling of the Ming army generals.
By the time it came to the city of Jinzhou, Jiannu had been beaten and lost his temper. The morale of the whole army fell to the bottom. When they saw Jinzhou City, they plunged into Jinzhou City, and Jinzhou was the starting point for them to go south this time. They still hoarded some grain here, which made the shortage of soldiers and food. The Jiannu army got a chance to breathe, so a large number of Jiannu gathered under the city of Jinzhou, opening up the posture of a backwater battle.
Huang Taiji and many slave chiefs looked around and sadly found that after going south this time and turning around, they actually returned to the starting point, but unlike when they set out, they set out, when they set out, they gathered nearly 200,000 people here. The soldiers and horses, the whole army can be said to be as powerful as a rainbow, stepping through the Shanhaiguan and attacking the territory of Yanyun that they dreamed of.
But at this moment, Huang Taiji and others sadly found that there were less than half of their Qing soldiers and horses who returned here again, and they retreated on the way. They were beaten by the Dazhong army without any temper. The remaining 80,000 soldiers and horses have also become exhausted soldiers. It can be said that morale It completely fell into the crotch.
It's a big loss! This is the unanimous idea of all the Jiannu army today. They brought dozens of cannons in red when they went south. At this time, under the continuous losses, there are less than ten left. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Han Baqi armed with countless money and energy. At this time, there are only less than 4,000 left to follow them. Yu Ren, the Han Eight Banners have almost been lost. If it hadn't been for the preservation of the remaining red cannons that they regarded as the last to rely on, the last few thousand Han and Eight Banners of Han soldiers would have been lost by them long ago.
As for the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners Mongolia who accompanied the expedition, it can be said that there are only a few left at this time. In addition to the losses in Shanhaiguan, the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners Mongolia who followed Abatai and Haoge into the customs were almost all folded in the customs. The remaining soldiers and horses of Buyandai and other Mongolian departments also fled along the way. The rest had already fled back to the Mongolian grassland when they passed through Ningyuan City.
There are also a large number of follow-up soldiers and clothes that followed the expedition. Along the way, they were also chased and killed by the Dazhong army. As for the more than 10,000 North Koreans who were forcibly recruited from North Korea, there were almost no few left.
When looking at these Eight Banners soldiers who ran back with him, Huang Taiji was really crying to death. Is it possible that their efforts for so many years have really been in the end of this way?