Chapter 37: The Emperor's Family
Chen Dong didn't even have to think about whether or not to obey Hong Chengchou's order, knowing that his county council would consider it.
In the heart of the county magistrate, Hong Chengchou's importance may not surpass those of the soldiers who still guarded the border for the Ming Dynasty when the Ming Dynasty was already declining.
He only has two hundred men in black at hand. Although they are all heroes who can walk over mountains and ridges as if they were walking on flat ground, with just these few people, it is still a pity if they want to fight against Horqin Tuxie Tu's eight thousand Mongolians. It's like hitting an egg against a stone.
However, the special terrain they had already surveyed in the Songshan area allowed them to take Hong Chengchou through the Mongolian defense line unscathed.
This is only limited to a small group of them. It is absolutely impossible to lead the 23,000 people under Hong Chengchou's command.
"Xiaodong, Hong Chengchou's fighting at this hour is still very good."
Yun Ping, an old thief of the Yun family, had just witnessed this fierce battle with his own eyes, even though he was People who have been licking blood from their swords all year round have to admit that these Ming soldiers are really good.
"What can we do with only two hundred people?"
Chen Dong was not very optimistic about Hong Chengchou's military order.
Yunping took out a piece of paper from his backpack and handed it to Chen Dong, saying: "Here are some escape strategies formulated by the Secret Service based on our situation. See if any of them are suitable. If there is, we will vote for it."
Chen Dong took the paper and glanced at it and said: "It's all a strategy for our team, it's useless."
Yun Ping said. : "Isn't there another idea that is to kill the opponent's coach?"
Chen Dong said angrily: "That's the stupid pigs of the Secret Service who are daydreaming, passing through many obstacles, and finally in someone else's way. In the middle of the camp, is this something a human can do?"
Yun Ping looked at Chen Dong and said, "You are also from the Secret Intelligence Department."
Chen Dongdao: "I am the only smart one in the Secret Service."
Yunping jumped on a boulder, looked down the mountain and said, "Be careful that Han Lingshan hears you."
Chen Dongdao: "If you have a way, tell us quickly. We only have half an hour."
Yunping said: "We can only create some chaos and create some opportunities for Hong Chengchou to move forward."< /p>
Chen Dong looked at the boulder in front of him and said: "Are you going to use rolling stones?"
Yunping said: "We also need to use grenades to scare the horses. This is what we are doing to raid the Mongolian camp. A commonly used method."
Chen Dong looked back at the place where countless frightened birds were flying and said, "Hurry up, Hong Chengchou's men have already retreated this way."
The men in black were very straightforward in their work. Yun Ping just told the plan. Half of them went down to the valley, and the other half went to the steep top of the mountain. The rocks there were severely weathered. If the wind was strong, there would be rockfalls, not to mention using them. The gunpowder exploded.
Hong Chengchou naturally would not put all his hopes on the man in black and attack Huang.When Huang Taiji was in Taiji, he didn't use many grenades. This was the only thing that the Ming army could have an absolute advantage with. Since Huang Taiji resisted resolutely and could not break through in a short time, he had to give up the attack and start to advance towards Xingshan according to the original plan. .
A fully armed and highly motivated army will become a ferocious beast in a short period of time. As long as the morale of the army is not weakened, anyone who underestimates this army will be punished.
Therefore, when Hong Chengchou ordered the army to begin to retreat, even though Huang Taiji had already issued an order to pursue, the Jianzhou people suffered heavy losses under the violent storm attack just now, especially Huang Taiji. The 3,000 cavalry brought by them were all but few left under the siege of Wu Sangui and Yang Guozhu, and the army was in chaos. It would take time to counterattack quickly.
Wu Sangui, who was still attacking Du Du, suddenly heard the order to withdraw. The breath in his chest finally relaxed. After repelling the enemy with several sword blows, he quickly retreated, surrounded by his servants. .
He retreated extremely quickly. He was originally at the forefront, but in a short period of time he became the vanguard of the attack to the right.
Wu Sangui knew that the Ming army was surrounded by Jiannu at this time. If he wanted to escape, he had to break through quickly before Jiannu could build fortifications. He did not dare to have any Half a minute of delay.
Yang Guozhu was missing half of his arm, and one of his legs was inconvenient due to his falling off the horse. Seeing that Wu Sangui had already rushed to the front, he had to deliberately retreat a little and become the rear of this army. , fighting and retreating, creating opportunities for the front army and the middle army to escape.
When Hong Chengchou led the Chinese army to pass Yang Guozhu quickly, he suddenly stopped and said to Yang Guozhu: "Block!"
The scarred Yang Guozhu smiled at Hong Chengchou and said: "The last general "Follow your orders."
Hong Chengchou's eyes turned red and he said to Yang Guozhu: "Save your life, I will save you."
Yang Guozhu laughed loudly: "I will obey your orders!"
"When there is nothing to fight, you can surrender!"
Yang Guozhu laughed crazily and said: "Yang Guozhu is a beheaded general, so the commander-in-chief must go quickly."
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Hong Chengchou roared loudly, galloped forward on his horse and whipped up his whip. Behind him, Yang Guozhu jumped off his horse and roared heart-breakingly: "Get ready to fight..."
Yang Guozhu really wanted to die. As the governor of Xuanda, he did not dare to enter the Xuanfu and Datong that belonged to him. There, Li Dingguo's words seemed to be more effective than his.
However, whether it is Xuanfu or Datong, there is indeed no official government. Yun Zhao repeatedly told the court that if officials could not be sent to govern Xuanda, it would become a place full of bandits.
The emperor forced him to march into Xuanfu, Datong, and he did go in. However, in just one month, 30% of his soldiers fled.
So, in order not to become a mere general, he had to quickly leave Xuanda with his troops and horses, and then was sent to Liaodong by the emperor.
Yang Guozhu has been a general for many years, and he is one of the few warriors in the Ming Dynasty who dares to fight. In these years, he has conquered east and west, and his troops have never had a day of leisure.
Seeing that the battle formation had been formed, Yang Guozhu burst into tears. Out of the 10,000-strong army, there were now less than 5,000 people arrayed in front of him.
Yang Guozhu is already very satisfied with this number. After all these years, he has been dependent on his colleagues for life and death. After all, there are still some people who are willing to fight to the death with him.
"The commander-in-chief said that the families of those who died in the battle can be divided into ten acres of fertile land and a reward of one hundred taels."
Yang Guozhu slowly walked in front of the soldiers with a long spear in his hand. As he walked past, his words were desolate...
Before the soldiers could respond, Yue Tuo's troops had already arrived.
Yang Guozhu raised his spear and pointed forward and said: "Xuan Da's good men, attack!"
Yang Guozhu's soldiers were few, but he took the initiative to attack, which surprised Yue Tuo. He always felt that this was Hong Chengchou's plan. He already knew that Fei Yanggu was almost killed in Songshan Fort. He was worried that something unspeakable would happen here again. To be on the safe side, he carefully tried to attack without daring to suppress it with the whole army. superior.
Hong Chengchou was extremely proud!
In today's Ming Dynasty, only his subordinates, Hong Chengchou, can dare to fight knowing that they will die!
Therefore, he led the Chinese army to advance at an extremely fast speed, tightly biting the tail of Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses, for fear that this man would fall into the enemy's army again.
Chen Dong had already seen the speed of Guan Ning's cavalry from the telescope, and said to Yun Ping with great emotion: "I thought all the good men were in my Lantian, but now it seems that is not the case. There are also some here."
Yun Ping said: "Don't sigh, start quickly, otherwise these stones will fall on the heads of the Ming army."
Chen Dong looked at the columns under his feet. The Mongolian cavalry of Horqin Tuxietu, who were ready to attack at any time, said to Yunping: "The Mongols never care about the surrounding environment when they fight, right?"
Yunping did not answer Chen Dong's nonsense. He directly lit the gunpowder fuse and dragged Chen Dong into hiding quickly.
Wu Sangui's cavalry had been fighting fiercely for more than an hour. At this time, they were exhausted and exhausted. Seeing the Mongolian cavalry occupying the high slope, they were waiting for him to come so that they could rush down from the high ground.
However, there was no time for him to adjust his deployment at this time, so he could only launch an assault on the Mongols under the worst possible situation.
"Fight to the death!"
Wu Sangui tore off his cloak, dropped the reins and controlled the horse with both legs. He held the sword in both hands and raised it forward, ready for a cavalry melee.
Just when Wu Sangui used spurs to push the horse's speed to the extreme... the landslide occurred.
There was just a sound of thunder, and the most dangerous point on the top of the breast-shaped mountain suddenly exploded. The big rocks were exploded by gunpowder and rolled down the hillside. Go straight to the Mongolian cavalry.
At the same time, hundreds of black grenades were thrown out from the rear of the Mongolian army formation.
For a moment, huge boulders rolled down from the top of the mountain like thunder, and explosions came one after another from behind. The Mongolian cavalry brigade finally began to fall into chaos.
Watching the boulder rolling down, Wu Sangui was overjoyed and roared. When the Guan Ning Cavalry, which was approaching the Mongols at full speed, was less than a hundred feet away, Wu Sangui ordered to turn to the left.
The cavalry of Guan Ning's cavalry is like a stream, flowing to a bend and going with the flow. The formation is neat and orderly without a trace of chaos.
Wu Sangui was extremely happy as he saw the Mongolians being staggered by the rocks, and even some people and horses were almost smashed into a pulp.
After the cavalry brigade only deviated by more than twenty feet, they were ordered to turn back.
The Ming army's cavalry meandered in again amid the sound of horns.
The two turns of Guan Ning's cavalry made Chen Dong on the opposite hill look in amazement. One knight could easily move freely, and more than a hundred knights might be able to move in unison, but this was the first time Chen Dong had seen thousands of people change directions in unison, twice in a row.
He knew that it was not easy for a cavalry unit to turn while running at high speed.
This not only requires the knights to have superb riding skills, but also requires all of them to make no mistakes.
It can be seen from this that Guan Ning's cavalry is well-trained on weekdays. Only after a long period of unremitting training can they reach the level of smooth operation today.
What's more, Wu Sangui's first turn avoided the scattered flying rocks without slowing down, but his second turn took advantage of the horse's speed to rush up the high slope with Guan Ning's cavalry. .
At this time, Guan Ning's cavalry and the chaotic Mongolian cavalry have changed their geographical advantages.
"The bastard emperor still has some reserves."
Chen Dong said to Yun Ping.
Yunping said lazily: "When the Wuhan Research Institute develops new weapons for the cavalry, the cavalry will be doomed."