The Red Mansions

Chapter 957 Jia Heng: Fire, fire!fire! !

Ping'an

In the early morning, the eastern sun shone on the majestic city walls and gate towers, while the soldiers of the Han army with swords and guns in their hands could not help shrinking their necks.

Jia Heng wore the military uniform of an ordinary general, stood on the gate tower, and looked at the Jurchen elite who were coming from below with a telescope.

It has to be said that it is said that the Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner with the sky-reaching pattern on its head is indeed outstanding in combat power. Cooperating with the Xianglan Banner and a group of Mongolian elites, in the continuous offensive, they cooperate tacitly and the offensive is swift and fierce.

And the fearless will shown by the Jurchen elite during the battle made Jia Heng secretly praise it.

Carrying the arrows and stones, still insisting on not retreating, and not afraid of casualties, like a silent and efficient machine.

However, after the baptism of the offensive and defensive battle of Datong, the Han army in the Beijing camp has completely faded away. Even facing the most elite Zhenghuang Banner among the Jurchen Eight Banners, they did not show the slightest panic, and they methodically stopped the Jurchen offensive. .

Catapults, crossbow arrows and even gold juice, everything was carried out in silence, occasionally accompanied by one or two screams of Jurchen elite soldiers and horses.

"kill!!!"

The shouts of killing under the city wall were already earth-shattering, as if they were about to break through the sky.

On Chen Xiaoru's cold and secluded face, there seemed to be a hint of sarcasm in the corner of his mouth, and he said: "As expected of the elite of the Jurchen Yellow Banner, it looks like an Imperial Forest Army."

Jia Heng said in a deep voice: "If we don't send troops to help, we can really make them break through Ping'an Prefecture."

Relying on Cui Ling's weak brigade alone, even with the nearly [-] troops in the Beijing camp, they couldn't resist Huang Taiji's Zhenghuang Banner.

This is the elite of the Jurchen elite, and it can be said that it is the guarantee for Huang Taiji to secure the throne.

But now that he has led the troops so far, he cannot let Huang Taiji's detour and attack strategy work.

He played the elite!
At this moment, Chen Xiaoxiu raised her eyebrows, her gaze was fixed, and her originally cold voice, which was as cold as melting ice and snow, was slightly excited, and said, "The dragon flag is coming up, take a quick look."

Previously, during Huang Taiji's offensive and defensive battle in Datong, no matter how the Jurchen soldiers and horses were under the fortified city, Huang Taiji never brought the dragon flag to the front of the formation.

But it's different now. If Ping'an Prefecture fails to attack again, the Jurchen will have almost no achievements on the entire western front, and they will also lose the elite headquarters of Xianglan Banner.

This was obviously absolutely unacceptable to Huang Taiji.

In name, this time it is still his personal conquest, and his prestige will be shaken to some extent.

At this moment, Huang Taiji led the elite soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner and quickly advanced towards Ping'an Prefecture.

As the soldiers and horses arrived in the city of Ping'an Prefecture, the Jurchen bannermen also showed a silent and fierce spirit.

Although Huang Taiji is an old man in his early sixties, he does not look old. He is a strong body cultivated in half a lifetime of military service, with a hale and hearty spirit and piercing eyes. Escorted by Zheng Huangqi and Qiding, he escorted Longqi to the front.

It is said to be in the front line, but it is only four or five hundred meters away from the city of Ping'an Prefecture. Arrows can't be shot here, so it is considered a safe place.

After all, he is the lord of a country, and at such an old age, it is impossible to lead the soldiers to fight with a sword in person. Now it is more like visiting the front line in person to boost morale.

And this kind of morale boosting is undoubtedly effective, especially for Zhenghuang Qi who regards Huang Taiji as a spiritual totem.

At this moment, the Jurchen elite cavalry on the front line of the city, wielding sabers in their hands, fiercely attacked Pinganzhou City without fear of death. Countless Jurchen Eight Banner bannermen almost risked their lives, and quickly climbed up by the ladder on the city wall. , has rushed to the city wall several times, fought bloody battles, and never retreated.

But the Han army was not as cowardly as the Han army in the past. Seeing this, they didn't panic. Instead, they besieged in groups and drove the Jurchen bannermen to the top of the city.

"kill!"

Jia Heng stood up at this moment, and with the cover of the crenellation of the female wall, he had already seen Huang Taiji under the flag through the binoculars.

The person on the horse is undoubtedly Huang Taiji!

Jia Heng's heart suddenly felt excited, and he took a deep breath.

"All the troops listen to the order. All the Hongyi cannons are aimed at the yellow dragon flag. There is no need to cherish the shells." Jia Heng suppressed his agitated mood for the time being, and ordered Li Shu to deliver the order.

Immediately, as the order was passed down, some artillerymen of the Hongyi Cannon, with the help of the Portuguese, aimed their cannons at the location of the dragon flag.

"Fire, fire! Fire!!" Jia Heng said in a deep voice.

At this moment, I don't know why I thought of Ping'an County, um, this place seems to be Ping'an Prefecture.

After Jia Heng finally gave the order to wave the flag, the Beijing Artillery, who had been waiting for a long time, stuffed the projectiles into the black barrel and ignited the fuse.

"Boom..."

The deafening sound sounded like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, which was quite frightening.

Eighteen Hongyi cannons roared on the turrets and gate towers, and the shells pierced through the air with piercing screams, blasting towards the Jurchen Yellow Banner soldiers killed by the brigade below.

It was as if the heavens and the earth had been created, the earth shook, and the shells fell, eroding tens of feet.

The Jurchen bannermen couldn't resist the ashes of the gunfire at all. In the smoke, many bannermen were hit by shells, bleeding from their mouths and noses, and countless cavalry soldiers were gradually lifted from their horses and fell to the ground.

But at this moment, Huang Taiji, who was under the dragon flag, looked up at the dark muzzle of the towering city gate in the distance, wondering that the muzzle of the cannon was very different from the Flang machine gun he had seen in the past, suddenly, his heart just came out. There was a bad feeling, and he was about to open his mouth to say something.

"Whoosh!"

An ear-piercing scream sounded from a distance, and gradually approached, and then Huang Taiji felt a strong wave of air coming from the surroundings, and the secret path was not good.

He was about to dismount to escape, but it was too late.

Huang Taiji opened his mouth, and suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, he even couldn't breathe, but he didn't feel any heart-piercing pain, he wanted to open his mouth to say something, but he was startled and flew away from his horse.

Well, why is my lower body still on the horse?

not good……

"emperor!"

Shouts of exclamation and crying came from all directions, with an unbelievable and terrifying fear, rushing towards Huang Taiji, but Huang Taiji felt that the sound gradually became more and more distant, until He couldn't hear clearly, and then his eyelids became heavy, and his consciousness fell into complete darkness!

A generation of Jurchen rulers has just fallen!

At this moment, Jierhalang, who was in command of the Xianglan Banner flag Ding, turned his head to look at Jierhalang, who was attacking the city wall of Ping'an Prefecture without hesitation. It was shocking.

He didn't react for a while, but just opened his mouth and made an unconscious ho ho sound.

Because Huang Taiji was blown into half in the air, and the upper body wearing the armor fell from the horse and landed in a cloud of smoke and dust.

This... still alive?
"Brother Huang!!!"

Ji Erhalang only felt that his eyes were darkened, his heart was terrified, his eyes were about to split, and finally he shouted out the roar in his mouth. He no longer cared about leading the army to attack Ping'an Prefecture, but reined in his horse and turned to rescue the emperor. tai chi.

At this moment, the Hongyi cannons erected on the turrets and crenels above the city of Ping'an City were still making deafening noises, and the shells fell on the Jurchen banner soldiers in the center of the dragon flag. At this moment, the Hongyi Cannon, which had a longer range and greater power, showed the demeanor of the God of War.

At this moment, the bannermen and the army of the Jurchen Yellow Banner were bombarded head-on by the Hongyi cannons. Most of them were terrified, and they all receded like a tide. return.

Jia Heng was standing on the top of the city gate at the moment, putting down the binoculars, a strange flush appeared on his quiet face, which made Chen Xiaoqing's eyes look worried.

Just now he had seen Huang Taiji's body fell from his horse, and his body was separated, he was so happy that no one would know, he ordered in an excited tone: "All generals obey the order, all the shells have been fired, and the cavalry go out of the city to pursue them. Be sure to annihilate the invading enemy!"

At this moment, taking advantage of Huang Taiji's death and the chaos of Jurchen Huang Qiqi Ding, they will do more damage to the elite Jurchen.

And with Jia Heng's order again, the morale of the Han army who poured shells down from the turrets and the crenels of the city gate, and the Han army who was guarding the city was greatly boosted.

A general shouted loudly: "Huang Taiji is dead, Huang Taiji is dead."

The soldiers clamored in unison, and at this moment, there was a mountain roar and a tsunami, which felt as far away as possible.

After listening to what the soldiers said, the girl Zhenqi Ding also looked back, and saw the yellow flag lying on the ground, only dozens of horses screamed, and Huang Taiji was nowhere to be seen under the dragon flag, and everyone was in an uproar , such as mourning concubine,

The emperor suffered an accident, did he really die?

At this moment, Dege, who led the army to attack Ping'an Prefecture, also showed eagerness on his resolute face, and his heart sank to the bottom of the valley. However, compared to Jierhalang's panic, this youngest son of Nurhachi played his best at this moment. The role of turning the tide.

Shouting loudly to his soldiers, he tried his best to gather the soldiers and horses under him, summoned the bannermen of the Zhenghuang Banner, and tried to retreat slowly.

But with the heavy "squeak" sound of the winch turning, the north city gate of Ping'an Prefecture suddenly opened, and a large number of Han troops from the Beijing camp poured out of the state city like a sea of ​​red flames, holding sabers in their hands, shining in the sun at noon. , more dazzling than ever before.

At this moment, the entire Han army in the city of Ping'an Prefecture attacked the Jurchen soldiers and horses in one fell swoop.

Seeing this, De Gelei felt his eyes darken, and said loudly: "All generals obey the order, resist the Han army, and avenge the emperor!"

At this moment, the guards beside him followed the Dege class like arrows going up against the current, and headed towards the iron cavalry gushing out of the city of Ping'an Prefecture.

"Rumble..."

The sound of a large number of horseshoes stamping on the ground sounded, and Jia Heng personally led the troops to kill the elite iron cavalry who were attacking Jurchen.

Originally, 1 cavalry came to the Jingying. Although only [-] cavalry were selected at this moment, it was like a new force defeating the powerful enemy outside Ping'an Prefecture.

"Clang clang..."

Accompanied by the sound of gold and iron coming from the clash of weapons, the cavalry of the Han army's Beijing camp and the most elite Zhenghuang Banner of the Manchu and Qing Eight Banners faced off.

The two sides suddenly faced each other, the sound of swords piercing into flesh and the sound of shouting and killing, faintly intertwined into a distracting piece of music in the near noon.

Holding a big knife in his hand, Jia Heng rushed towards the Jurchen general

Compared with the young general in white robe, who holds a long spear, he likes to use a knife from the beginning to the end, because it is not as complicated as a gun, and it can benefit his advantage of infinite strength.

At this moment, Jia Heng held a long knife and rushed towards the Eight Banners general who was driving his horse.

He only knew that the person in front of him was not Huang Taiji, and most of the others were ordinary Jurchen generals, so it was really not worth mentioning.

"Clang clang..."

The sound of gold and iron clashing is endless.

And the long knife in Jia Heng's hand is almost heavy, and it is even more vigorous when wielding it. After these years of fighting, the sword and riding skills have made great progress. There is almost no enemy under the knife.

"boom……"

The long knife in Jia Heng's hand collided with the black-faced man not far away, and then he was stunned, looking at the tall and straight black-faced man with inexplicable surprise.

"Jurchen Baylor, or the prince?" Jia Heng paused, looking at De Gelei coldly.

He still can't guess the relationship between the person in front of him and Huang Taiji, but he knows that he is a Jurchen general.

Dege looked at the young man in python with shock on his face, and glared angrily. Although he didn't know Jia Heng, he knew that the person in front of him was not easy to deal with just after just fighting.

Jia Heng snorted coldly and didn't say much. He swung the long-handled sword in his palm and slashed towards De Gelei.

The biting wind of the knife whizzed non-stop, carrying overwhelming murderous intent.

De Gelei was shocked and didn't dare to underestimate it, so he quickly set up the handle of the knife to block it, but just touched the big knife, his mind was shocked, he felt an overwhelming force pressing on him, and his figure on the horse was a little unstable .

Jia Heng didn't say much, and went straight to De Gelai's vital point with several stabs. The long knife in his hand was light, like a storm, enveloping Dege and his class.

"Pfft..."

After six or seven rounds, Derge's heart trembled and he wanted to say something, but suddenly he felt a pain in the back of his neck, and then his consciousness fell into deep darkness.

"Puff!" As the head shot up into the sky, blood gushed out like a spring.

Jia Heng looked at the headless corpse on the horse, and without delay, surrounded by Chen Ling and the guards of the Jinyi Mansion, he rushed towards the elite Jurchen Zhenghuang Banner.

At this moment, Jia Heng was also quite shocked by the toughness and combat power shown by the Jurchen Huangqi elite.

Although Dege died in battle, the governor of the Zhenghuang Banner was still helping Jierhalang who was trying to get back the body of Huang Taiji, and the soldiers of the two sides tried to join together.

At this moment, Jia Heng led a large number of cavalry, charging towards Jierhalang.

Jierhalang was trying to snatch back Huang Taiji's body, but because the shells were pouring under the yellow dragon flag, the corpse was still on the pillow for a while, and the broken corpse was not there, so he could only find the lower body with the help of the previous war horse, and gradually recognized it. The upper body of Huang Taiji is not visible.

At this time, Jierhalang immediately hugged Huang Taiji's blood-stained lower body, almost burst into tears, and said with a sob: "Quick, kill!"

"Prince Zheng, the army has collapsed, there are Han troops everywhere, let's withdraw!" At this time, the Deputy Commander of the Xianglan Banner said in a crying voice.

"Brother Huang, no!" Jierhalang felt like a knife was twisting his heart, and he was already acting like a madman at this moment.

The officer in command gritted his teeth, and said to his personal guard: "Take Prince Zheng back, we will look for the emperor's body, and fight to the death with the Han dog!"

Afterwards, several Jurchen warriors could not help but support Prince Zheng Jierhalang, and fled towards the distance with the cavalry under their arm.

At this moment, Jia Heng led the Jingying cavalry army and collided with the Jurchen Yellow Banner elite and Mongolian elite soldiers who charged after the break.

The soldiers of both Han and captives fought a tragic fight in the flat field outside the city wall of Ping'an Prefecture.

One side is Huang Taiji's Royal Forest Army, which has become a mourning army because of Huang Taiji's death, and the other side is the Jingying Cavalry Army, who won a big victory and executed Huang Taiji. Completely forgetting myself, I went to kill the Zhenghuang Banner of the Manchu Eight Banners.

"Pfft..."

The sound of the blade piercing the flesh and the screams are intertwined, and they are all fighting desperately. How can there be a situation where there are few casualties and the army is defeated?
Accompanied by Chen Xiao and Jinyi's personal guards, Jia Heng beheaded the Jurchen Banner Ding and Banner General with a knife.

The long knife in his hand was invincible and unstoppable, like a sharp knife tearing open the city wall formed by Jurchen's courage and flesh and blood, piercing back and forth.

Banners of the Zhenghuang Banner fell in a pool of blood, and their corpses fell to the ground in a haphazard manner.

It wasn't until late afternoon, when the soft sunshine in the spring afternoon shone on the earth, that the siege battle gradually came to an end.

The [-] female elite soldiers of the Yellow Banner and the [-] Mongol knights resisted until the last moment, and were all wiped out by the Han army.

Of course, the Han army also suffered a lot of casualties, more than 3000 people died in the battle, and almost all the remaining cavalrymen of the Beijing camp who took the initiative to attack were injured, but their morale was high and their momentum was the same.

As for Jierhalang and more than 3000 people from Zhenghuang Banner and more than 3000 bannermen from Xianglan Banner, they escorted Huang Taiji's body and ran towards the vast grassland.

Jia Heng sent soldiers and horses to chase after him, and then ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and help the wounded soldiers to bandage.

At this moment, as far as the eye can see, the green field of the battlefield of the entire war is almost stained red with blood, and the bloody smell is pungent, and under some lying corpses, broken short spears and weapons can be seen everywhere, and the flags on the flag The flames were blazing, and the bodies of the Jurchens and Han soldiers fell to the ground in disorder.

Almost a mess.

At this moment, a strand of beautiful hair on Chen Xiao's forehead was hanging down, her face was flushed in the past, and her voice trembled a little, she said, "This time it's a big victory."

Jia Heng said: "That's right, after this battle, the Jurchens dare not go south to herd horses at will!"

Even Huang Taiji personally led the Jurchen Yellow Banners to their deaths in this battle. The news spread back to Jurchen's country, which would surely make the Jurchen Eight Banners terrified for a long time.

As for the big man after this battle, the mountains and rivers are bound to boil and the sea will be shaken.

At this moment, Jia Fang looked excited, and came quickly on horseback, and said happily: "General, Huang Taiji's head has been found."

As soon as these words came out, Jia Heng's face was shocked, he looked at Jia Fang aggressively, and asked quickly: "Where is the head now?"

It can be said that the number of elite bannermen who have been wiped out is not as precious as Huang Taiji's head, and it is more commemorative.

If it was delivered to Shenjing, the emperor would probably dance for it and sing a song uncontrollably.

(End of this chapter)