The Red Mansions

Chapter 943 You are Megatron Monan... (Ask for a monthly ticket!)

Xuanfu, Xuanhua City
"Dong dong..."

The drums that were dense like raindrops roared like thunder, inspiring people's hearts, while the soldiers under the city defenses attacked the city like ants.

Accompanied by the sound of arrows piercing through the air incessantly, the screams of Jurchen Banners could be heard from time to time on the city wall.

But the Jurchen soldiers did not retreat in the deadly battle, and under the leadership of Hauge, they stormed towards Xuanhua City.

It can be said that Jurchen's bravery and fearlessness played a huge role in breaking down the city in the past, but they couldn't withstand such a fierce attack, and they climbed to the top of the city for the Jurchen soldiers.

If you look from top to bottom, you can see Qing army bannermen wearing red infantry armor, pushing wooden ladders, holding round shields, and holding arrow stones, climbing towards the city wall, occasionally being attacked by the long forks of the Han army Poke it down.

The boiled golden juice was poured on the Qing army below. Immediately, there was a scream, and the soldiers fell to the ground like dumplings and vomited blood to death.

Occasionally, one or two brave Qing troops had just climbed to the top of the wall, and before they could gain a firm foothold, they were beheaded and expelled by the Han army in groups of three or four.

It has to be said that Xuanfu City was built precipitously and steeply, and the city defense facilities are all available, so it is not urgent to capture.

Xie Zaiyi looked at the Eight Banners soldiers covering the sky and covering the sky in the distance, but there was a bit of solemnity on his stern face.

"Get my bow!"

As Xie Zaiyi said, he took out the bow and arrow from the pouch, took out an arrow and put it on the bow and arrow, opened the bow like a full moon, and shot at the generals and soldiers of the Qing army who were attacking under the city wall carrying ladders.

"Pfft!"

A Jurchen leader who was riding on a horse and brandishing a saber fell in response, his neck was pierced by an arrow, and black and red blood gushed out like a spring, staining the grass.

"Whizzing……"

Xie Zaiyi fired five arrows in a row, each arrow was sure to hit something, and they were all Jurchen generals and schoolmen, who fell off their horses and died on the spot!
After a while, Xie Zaiyi changed his arm and aimed at the Jurchen generals who were rushing forward. This time, he specially shot and killed the Qing army who rushed forward bravely and had superb martial arts skills.

Soon, with the successive deaths of Jurchen middle and low-ranking generals, Hauge, who was supervising the battle at the rear, had already noticed the person coming, and his fierce eyes were fixed on the Han general under the banner of the "Han" embroidered and red flag. Gradually, a hostility surged up.

And at this moment, Xie Zaiyi also saw Hauge, and almost instantly, the two looked at each other like lightning, and both could feel that the other was a strong enemy!
Xie Zaiyi took a deep breath, quickly picked up an arrow from his bag, drew the bow like a full moon, and shot towards Hauge under the flagpole.

"prick……"

An ear-piercing scream sounded, and the arrows fired from the bow of the two stones and five buckets at full speed carried the kinetic energy of going away at a high speed, almost sending out a sonic boom.

At this moment, among thousands of troops, the sound of Jurchen and Han troops fighting could be heard from time to time, and the moment the arrow left the bow, the world was quiet.

An awe-inspiring murderous intent, like a waterfall, seemed to cover Hauge through a long distance.

A warning suddenly appeared in Hauge's heart. Looking at the arrow, it almost came from the instinct between life and death.

"prick!"

The feathers on the helmet were shot off, and then the arrow hit the forehead of a small soldier holding a flag behind him. The huge kinetic energy of the arrow flew the man away from the horse, and the horse with unbalanced gravity let out a "hiss" sound. , the front hooves raised.

Hauge's face was livid, and he was lying on the horse's back, feeling inexplicably terrified.

Such a girl, such divine power,
Xie Zaiyi secretly thought it was a pity, he looked at the Jurchen general under the flagpole, maybe it was Prince Baylor or something like that.

And after this arrow, he was already alert, and he had no chance to shoot again.

But at this moment, the two sides shot arrows and firecrackers at each other from top to bottom across the tall wall. The blood mist exploded, and the sound of screams and fighting were intertwined, shaking the sky and the earth.

Until an hour later, Xuanhua City was worthy of being called the number one city on the nine borders. After winning the main defense of the Beijing camp, it stood still under the fierce attack of the Jurchen soldiers.

Suddenly, without knowing when, the sky was covered with overcast clouds, and light rain began to fall.

The first spring rain in the spring of Chongping 16 came unexpectedly. After a short while, it pattered down and washed the entire city wall, which also affected the loading of firearms on both sides.

"General Xie, it's going to rain." Lieutenant General Ding Xiang reminded, looking at the Eight Banners soldiers galloping back and forth in the distance, and looking up at the cloudy sky.

At this moment, it was almost noon, and after a period of offensive and defensive fighting, the soldiers of both sides were exhausted and hungry.

"Don't be careless, let the generals look out for vigilance, beware of the eastern captives attacking in the rain." Xie Zaiyi said in a deep voice.

"Clang clang..."

And when Haoge was about to take advantage of the drizzle to continue to attack Xuanhua City, he only heard the sound of gold ringing behind him, and Haoge, who was supervising the battle with a knife, was stunned. The dark sky cursed secretly, and shouted loudly: "Retreat!"

When Hauge led the cavalry back, looking at Yue Tuo who was riding on the horse like a sculpture, Hauge frowned and asked in a low voice: "Brother, why don't you go all out and take the entire Guancheng."

Yue Tuo said: "Our army has just arrived, and it has suffered a lot of losses today. It is not suitable to attack the city in the rain. Let's set up camp today, and we will make calculations tomorrow."

As he said that, he looked closely at Hauge and asked, "You led the troops to attack Xuanhua City just now. How did the Han army resist?"

Under the gaze of his calm eyes, Hauge calmed down the irritability at the moment, shook his head and said: "It's not easy to fight, the city is high, the moat is wide and deep, and the Han army's guns and bows are condescending. Casualties were high."

In fact, even in the past, Jurchen would not be so stubborn as to attack Xuan Dacheng continuously.

Yue Tuo looked solemn, looked at Xuanhua City hidden in the rain and fog, and said in a low voice: "Just now I took a look at the offensive and defensive forces of both sides. He also has a sharp shot, so he should be a general of the Beijing camp!"

Hauge looked gloomy, and said in a cold voice: "That general just now has amazing shooting skills. I think even Horqin's sharpshooter is no more than that, but he is so whimsical that he wants to shoot and kill me."

Yue Tuo's face was gloomy, and he said: "Let's go back to the military tent to discuss matters, there should be military news from Dushikou."

As he said, the sky was full of spring rain, and the sky was vast. Looking around, it seemed that the Xuanhua City Wall was more majestic and precipitous in the dark and gloomy sky, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Yue Tuo's heart was covered with a thick layer of haze, and he stepped into the handsome account.

The soldiers of the Manchu and Qing bordered blue flags and bordered red flags have already begun to set up camp.

The first round of attack and defense between the two sides ended when the Qing army left more than two hundred corpses, retreated three miles outside Xuanhua City, and set up camp.

In Xuanhua City, Xie Zaiyi saw that the Qing army had not moved any more, he ordered the guards of the city gate, and then returned to the Zongbing Yamen under the escort of his personal guards.

At this moment, the brightly lit official hall was full of generals, crowded with worried faces.

"Thank you, General." All the generals in the hall bowed their hands to the young general who was tall and wide-mouthed.

Just now, Xie Zaiyi shot the Jurchen general with a sharp shot, and frequently led his own soldiers to avoid the arrows, which undoubtedly won the respect of the former general of the Xuanfu.

Xie Zaiyi ordered: "Let the back kitchen prepare the food first. The generals have also seen the offensive and defensive situation with the Jurchen today. The Jurchen Banner Ding Han is not afraid of death, and everyone strives to be the first. On the other hand, in our army, there are many people who are not afraid of the former. Xuanfu town soldiers Seven or eight out of ten."

Some generals and schools in Xuanfu Town, Zhongyuan, in the hall, heard the words, most of them looked ashamed.

Xie Zaiyi said: "Jurchen's soldiers are less than [-], and I have nearly [-] soldiers in Xuanhua City. The battle of defending the city can be fought like this. If Huang Taiji comes personally, will Xuanhua fall in an instant?"

The generals below dare not say a word.

Xie Zaiyi said: "Both have two shoulders with one head on their shoulders, all generals, realize your shame and be brave!"

All the generals clasped their fists and said yes.

Xie Zaiyi said: "It's already noon, all generals should have lunch first."

During the offensive and defensive battle of Xuan Mansion, Datong was separated by three or four hundred miles——

In the hall of the General Soldier's Yamen, Jia Heng tidied up, summoned the generals, and prepared to lead the mobilized soldiers towards the outside of the city.

Chen Xiao stared at the young man, and said in a clear voice: "There is military news from the Xuanfu, the commander-in-chief Jiang Yu has been beheaded by Xie Zaiyi, and the Jurchen troops have also attacked the Xuanfu."

Jia Heng said: "There are 4 to [-] soldiers and horses in Xuanhua City, plus the [-] Jingying cavalry led by Xie Zaiyi, there are a total of [-] to [-] soldiers and horses. If we defend the city, we should not lose anything. Let the scouts keep an eye on Xuanhua. movement in the city."

"General, the soldiers and horses have been ordered, and we will go out immediately." At this time, a young general came from not far away and said with his fists clasped.

Jia Heng looked at Chen Xiao who was at the side, and said, "Get ready to go."

However, the army had just left Datong City [-] miles away, near noon, Jia Heng ordered the army to rest for a meal and feed the horses with hay.

Suddenly, sentry cavalry sent along the road hurried over to report, and said anxiously: "General, a Jurchen cavalry was found in the northwest."

Naturally, it was Prince Zheng Jierhalang sent by Huang Taiji, who led the Xianglan Banner of his troops and the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army, and about [-] riders rushed to Datong, cutting off the way for the Ezhe headquarters to flee south.

The town soldiers who were also monitoring Datong, after traveling day and night, finally arrived at Datong, while Huang Taiji and Azige were marching towards Jining Haizi at this moment, preparing to further drive away the main force of Ezhe.

Jia Heng paused, and asked: "Let Master Pang stand up and lead the elite cavalry to fight against the enemy to find out the number of enemy troops and cavalry."

Jurchen didn't come too late, it was to monitor the Datong town army, in case Ezhe was taken over.

Chen Xiao asked, "Fight first?"

Jia Heng's face was gloomy, and he said: "Meet the enemy first, defeat the enemy, and then join E Zhe!"

At this moment, Prince Zheng Jierhalang also heard the military situation that the frontline scouts found the traces of the Han army, and his dark skin showed thoughts, and asked, "Is it the main force of the Han army?"

The leader of Xianglan Banner who came to report said: "My lord, it's the Han army's brigade. It looks like there are [-] to [-] horsemen, so it should be the main force of the Han army."

In fact, Jia Heng had previously mobilized [-] cavalry troops from Datong to meet E Zhe. They were divided into four groups, left, middle and right, and Pang Shili's troops approaching northeast. The scouts only saw Pang Shili's wing from a distance.

Prince Zheng Jierhalang thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Wu Dahai, take 3000 people to test the strength of the Han cavalry army. If they are too weak to fight, defeat them!"

This is, a big bearded man clasped his fists and left as ordered.

He is the nephew of Nurhachi, the fourth son of Murhaqi, and a true descendant of Aixinjueluo.

Prince Zheng Jierhalang said to Liu Zhiyuan, the Han general beside him, "All the armies maintain their formation and approach slowly."

In the front, Wu Dahai had already led the [-] cavalry with the inlaid blue flag, approaching the cavalry where Pang Shili was.

There are so many cavalry in the Han army?

At this moment, Pang Shili led the cavalry army and noticed the soldiers with blue armor and blue flags inlaid with blue flags. He held up his saber and said, "All troops, kill!"

With a roar, the soldiers behind him raised their flags and followed. Although Wu Dahai felt that the opponent's Han army had a lot of cavalry, he was not afraid of the large army behind him.

Instead, he let out a roar, clamored for his own soldiers, and led the Jurchen cavalry in blue armor to rush forward. The lines of soldiers from both sides crossed, and the tides of one red and one blue collided, like sea water meeting flames.

Almost without any warning, the cavalry from both sides collided, pierced, and fought together.

The Han army had more soldiers and the Qing army had fewer soldiers, but the momentum created by the two sides was somewhat evenly matched.

"Rumble..."

The booming sound of horseshoes stepping across the grassland at high speed was deafening, and the sound of the collision of knives and guns and the "hum" sound of weapons cutting through flesh came together at this moment.

At this moment, Master Pang, holding the reins, had already exchanged hands with Wu Dahai. Both sides used long knives, sparks from the collision of the swords shot out from their bodies, and Wu Dahai's burly figure on the horse was shocked. Next, feeling some sore arms, the tiger eyes under the thick eyebrows, looked at the yellow-faced general who was glaring in shock and inexplicably.

When did the Han Dynasty have such a brave figure?
Pang Shili didn't say much, he swung his long knife and slashed towards Wu Dahai.

The surrounding Jingying cavalry also fought with the soldiers of Xianglan Banner, with stumps and blood flying, and screams one after another.

From a high altitude, the Beijing camp's nearly [-] cavalry troops were able to divide and encircle the Qing army's [-] cavalry troops into ten regiments.

Jurchen didn't feel intimidated because of the small number of people. Instead, they fought with high spirits. During the penetration, the formation remained consistent. On the other hand, the Han army was worse, but they were not defeated by Jurchen.

The large number of soldiers of the Beijing camp showed a firm tenacity, together with the Jurchen cavalry, strangling the cavalry layer by layer, relying on the superiority of numbers.

This is different from the Han army encountered in the past!
After half an hour of fighting between the two sides, this kind of thought flooded into the minds of some participating leaders and assistant leaders of the Jurchen Xianglan Banner.

If it was the past, the cavalry of the Han army had already been smashed and scattered in three rounds just now, and they became Jurchen lambs to be slaughtered.

But now...it's completely stable.

No matter how brave and fearless the Jurchen are, they are still human beings after all. Facing the strangulation of the large and powerful Jingying cavalry, as time passed, the initial momentum of bravery and diligence gradually gradually became stronger. The weak will come down.

The momentum of the horse's speed has long been reduced, and the two sides began to fight, with the sound of horseshoes and swords and guns clashing.

After a while, the Jurchen cavalry could not bear the damage.

At this moment, Prince Zheng Jierhalang was also keenly aware of this unwavering trend, looking at the trembling Han and Qing armies ahead, his brows were wrinkled, and suspicion appeared in his eyes.

"My lord, there are many Han soldiers, and the cavalry will not disperse. Our army has few soldiers. We need to send troops to help, otherwise we are in danger of being destroyed." Liu Zhiyuan, the commander of the Han army's yellow banner, frowned and said.

And it was this sentence that misled Ji Erhalang, who was suspicious and did not move forward.

Many times, cavalry battles and various formation changes often depend on the acuity and intuition of the cavalry general.

For example, Huo Qubing is often an innate talent and instinct.

And the Jurchen obviously couldn't afford to lose the [-] Jurchen cavalry in Wudahai, so—

Jierhalang frowned, temporarily suppressing the doubts in his heart, his face was gloomy, he weighed the pros and cons in an instant, and said loudly: "This is the main force of the Han army. The whole army will attack and defeat them!"

At this moment, if we retreat, the defeated army will shake the morale of our troops. As for increasing troops a little bit, it is better to attack directly with the whole army to suppress the space of the Han army's front line. !
This line of thinking cannot be wrong.

However, Jierhalang's judgment at this moment is obviously biased, because not only the main force of the Han army has arrived, but... it is coming out in full force!

At this moment, along with the cavalry army of the Xianglan Banner and the cavalry army of the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army, they were divided into left and right wings, and violently charged towards the Han Army.

As soon as the two sides fought, Pang Shili's Han army couldn't stand it, and the formation suddenly became chaotic. Cooperating with Wu Dahai's troops trapped in the army formation, it almost formed the effect of internal and external pincers.

The Han army led by Pang Shili was faltering.

Until now, Jierhalang, who led the army through the piercing, completely dissipated the hidden worry in his heart, waved the saber in his hand, and said: "Kill!"

If this Han army is wiped out, it will surely be a great victory.

Under the slope three miles away, Jia Heng also led [-] cavalry troops, divided into three directions: left, middle and right. Among them, there were [-] cavalry troops led by Jiang Zining, Jiang Fan and his son, the former generals of Datong. To the cavalry of the Beijing camp, on the left, because the direction of Ordos on the left will not encounter Jurchen enemies.

The three cavalry troops were just five miles apart, thinking of taking care of them.

Jiang Fan said: "Father, the cavalry army of the Beijing camp seems to be quite powerful."

The shouts of killing in the distance were almost earth-shattering, but the [-] Jingying cavalry were able to fight the Jurchens back and forth. They have not been defeated for such a long time, and they can be regarded as a strong army.

"General, General Pang has already fought against the main force of the Jurchen Xianglan Banner, so send someone to ask for help from the general!" At this time, Dong Qian came from a distance and shouted loudly immediately.

Jia Heng had already put down the binoculars in his hand and stood on the hillock. Compared with Jierhalang, he somewhat misjudged the number and strength of the main force of the Han army.

Jia Heng used a telescope to estimate the number of Jurchen cavalry to roughly seven or eight.

What came was the main force of the Xianglan Banner and the soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner. The total number of troops should be in the early [-]s.

Farther away, there is no ambush!

This is the war on the prairie. Sometimes the war breaks out hastily and suddenly, and many times there is no convenient location and no conspiracy.

It is more relying on the strength and fighting will of both sides, rushing back and forth, whoever can't hold on will be the first to be defeated, and now this is an encounter.

Jia Heng put down the binoculars, excited, and said loudly: "Notify the left and right wings to encircle, and I will lead the entire Chinese army to attack and eat the main force of Jurchen!"

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to eat up this Jurchen with more fights!

In other words, even though the cavalry led by Pang Shili fought against the enemy with three times the strength, they were still in a stalemate. Such "hip-pull" combat power still gave him some confidence.

Use many soldiers to attack the few soldiers, and use the elite of the country to attack the partial division. God will not take it, but you will be blamed!

And when Jierhalang led the soldiers and horses with the inlaid blue flag approaching, he had already keenly discovered something was wrong, because although there were more than ten thousand soldiers and horses in the Han army, they were by no means the Han soldiers who had been preconceived at the beginning. The main force of the army is more like a partial division!
At the moment, the cavalry army led by Pang Shili was attacked by a large number of Jurchen main forces from Jierhalang, and the balance, which had some upper hand, gradually shifted towards the Qing army.

All of a sudden, the generals of the Qing army with the Xianglan Banner and the Han army with the Zhenghuang Banner were excited and their morale was boosted, and they were about to deliver a fatal blow.

Jierhalang slashed and killed a Han army cavalry school with a knife, the hidden worry in his heart grew bigger and bigger, and finally turned into a wave of fear.

After a while, the deafening sound of horseshoes came from several miles away, as if the earth was shaking and the mountains were shaking.

Surprised, he said, "This is the main brigade of the Han army, it's not good, retreat! Retreat!"

Make a decisive decision and order the guards around you to wave the command flag and withdraw from the fighting battlefield.

But it was too late, the cavalry galloping at high speed had rushed to the front, entangled with the cavalry led by Pang Shili, and it was not easy to get away in a hurry.

Therefore, only the two or three thousand cavalry troops of Jierhalang's central army did not fall into the formation and turned towards the north. After the penetration, Jierhalang divided its troops in a detour towards the north, leaving the cavalry on the left and right wings.

That is to say, Wu Dahai and Liu Zhiyuan's troops were trapped in the formation.

At this moment, a large number of cavalry troops led by Jia Heng had already overwhelmed them. This was the essence of the cavalry built by Chen Han, the elite of the Beijing camp for more than ten years since Longzhi.

Just like that, they surrounded the Jurchen Banner Banner Ding who were stalking each other.

Jia Heng let out a deep drink on the horse, and said, "Where is Jia Fang, the guerrilla guard?"

Jia Fang, the guerrilla general of the Central Guard Army who was galloping aside, said loudly, "General."

"Lead the cavalry in the headquarters, chase after the flag, and keep the soldiers and horses from approaching our army." Jia Heng shouted loudly.

This is a cavalry army that is free outside the field. If the two armies are fighting, it is easy to come and rescue them. If the formation that has been formed with great difficulty is pierced and broken, it will easily become a bad battle!

Jia Fang heard the words and led the guards to chase in the direction of Jierhalang's Chinese army flag.

But at this moment, from a high altitude, it can be seen that the cavalry troops of Pang Shili and Wu Dahai were entangled because of exhaustion of horsepower, and the soldiers of Xianglan Banner and Zhenghuang Banner were also trapped in it, and it was difficult to get out.

The Jurchen two-winged cavalry can be said to be surrounding and cutting Pang Shili's cavalry, but at this moment, Jia Heng's central army and two-winged cavalry are compressing the Jurchen cavalry from the outside to the inside.

At the beginning, there were still two sides piercing through, but after the soldiers and horses got entangled, the troops gradually dispersed, and began to fall into an ordinary fight.

But after the cavalry army led by Jia Heng arrived, they almost beat the Qing army, which was in full swing, like the top of Mount Tai.

Wu Dahai also sensed that something was wrong, and said, "Back, go!"

And Jierhalang was anxious, his eyes fixed on the cavalry torrent like a raging river, and his heart gradually sank to the bottom of the valley.

Immediately, looking at the Xianglan Banner Cavalry Army who was divided and strangled, I felt my heart was bleeding, those were their good sons of the Qing Dynasty.

The vice-dutong at the side, Ba Yan, had an ugly expression on his face, and exclaimed in shock, "My lord, this is the main force of the Han army, no less than [-]!"

Jierhalang didn't know why, and was annoyed at his recklessness before. At this moment, he looked at the cavalry fighting in the distance, and said loudly: "Quick, ring the gold, wave the flag, and break through!"

This is the military order of the Jurchen after their own cavalry was surrounded by the enemy's formation.

It can be said that this was the first contest between the cavalry of the Jurchen and the big Han, and there were no too fancy tactics in a hurry.

After the cavalry on both sides went back and forth, they fell into a bitter fight.

If it is on the history books of later generations, it will only leave an understatement: "It is a day, the general who conquered the captives led [-] riders to Jining Haizi, and met the Qing army's Jierhalang Xianglan Banner and the Han Army's Zhenghuang Banner. Engaging with the enemy captives, defeating the Qing army, annihilating [-] enemies, capturing [-] prisoners, killing the puppet Qing prince Wu Dahai, and the remnants of Ji'erhalangle fleeing, so the power shook Monan."

In fact, the results of the subsequent battles are roughly the portrayal of such historical texts.

Wu Dahai was beheaded by Pang Shili, and [-] Xianglan Banner Ding became ghosts in the first battle, while the Han army Zhenghuang Banner was below the capital Liu Zhiyuan, either dead or captured.

And until the afternoon, at dusk, when the setting sun was like blood, this unexpected battle finally came to an end.

Jierhalang responded to the [-] cavalry troops that broke through the siege, and led more than [-] cavalry to flee wildly to the northeast. Jia Heng sent soldiers to cover up and kill them.

(End of this chapter)