Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Skirmish

Huerha City is located two miles away from the east gate of Ulaben City—it and Jinzhou City two miles away from the west gate were originally the sanitation outer city of Ulaben City, like the two outposts of Ulaben City—this time, The battle of Huerha City really became a skirmish. Knowing that he had no other choice, Bu Zhantai mobilized more than 30,000 troops from the Ula tribe, left Huerha City, and lined up on the plains outside the city. None of the more than 30,000 Ula soldiers absconded, retreated, or disobeyed—following him all together, neatly forming a formation. He was a little relieved to see it: "Finally, they are all men—at least they are not ashamed!"

So he forced himself even more to hold his breath, put on his armor and mounted his horse with the look of confidence to win, and exhorted the soldiers with all his strength in his dantian: "This time, come to Jianzhou Attacking Ula is really an unreasonable invasion, everyone must work together to repel the enemy and protect the homeland..." At exactly the right time, the Jianzhou Army arrived.It is still the four major banners to divide and unify the four armies, marching in line.But this time, Nurhachi put on his majestic and noble ostentation, showing his status. He imitated the yellow cover he had seen in Beijing, and prepared ritual music, which he lined up in the front, back, left, and right of his own team in the center; , the yellow cover on the top rises majestically, and there are several large flags on the side, with a few big characters embroidered on it: "Kundulun Khan..."

These not only showed the imperial ostentation that the Jurchen tribes had never seen before, but also created an aura that caught people first—— Then, he ordered to line up a hundred steps away from the Ula soldiers' camp, and then launched an attack. The war is directed by him personally. He first ordered: "Chu Ying is in the middle, Dai Shan and A Min are divided into left and right wings, each with 500 light cavalry, and charge for a while..." After finishing speaking, the drummer beat the drum immediately, and the three groups of people charged forward respectively; and as soon as the 1,500 light cavalry entered the battle, he ordered Hu Erhan Chuanshan's archers to step forward: "Shoot arrows to cover!"

Hu Erhan immediately commanded - the good archers had already been waiting for orders. With an order, three thousand good archers immediately lined up in front of the formation, half with machine crossbows, half with longbows, and set up feather arrows. When the sound of horseshoes sounded, Hu Erhan let out a thunderous shout: "Let go..." In an instant, the wind and snow were completely blocked, and the sky turned black; the densely packed feather arrows formed a black mist, covering the sky—the arrows were faster than galloping horses, and became the first wave of force to attack the enemy.

The Wula army who rushed up to fight, originally had a bit of confidence and rode their horses and wielded their swords. However, before they touched the light cavalry in Jianzhou, three or four out of ten of them were shot down by this batch of feather arrows. Immediately afterwards, the soldiers The screams of the horses, the long neighing of the horses, the hooves of the two sides, and the shouts of killing were mixed together, and the battlefield became more and more like the earth was shaking and the mountains were shaking, and the torrents were rushing—— Immediately afterwards, the troops from both sides rushed to the opposite side, and started fierce fighting and fighting; although the number of the three-way Jianzhou Army was small, they were all brave, and the leaders Chu Ying, Dai Shan, and A Min were all brave young men A man who has practiced martial arts and has extraordinary courage, rushes back and forth, and fights so fiercely that he forgets his feelings.

Nurhachi was watching the battle calmly, thinking holistically. The three charging light cavalry in front of him took the lead as soon as the battle started, and he estimated that it would not take long to break through the city—so, he ordered Hu Erhan to pass down orders one by one. , Ula's defeat has already been born, order the infantry to fight, and the city can be broken faster!" Because the two sides are at close range, and the strength is very different, there is no need to dispatch slow heavy armored troops. Thus, Hu Erhan issued an order—— The three thousand infantry, led by Huang Taiji, quickly went into battle; and the Qing cavalry in the battle immediately changed their tactics when they heard the order, and dismounted to fight on foot.

In less than an hour, the battle was over—the infantry's hand-to-hand combat really had the upper hand, the Ula army retreated steadily and scattered in all directions, and the number of troops fighting in the battle was reduced by half in an instant. Withdrew the troops in order to reduce losses, and then led the remaining half of the troops to retreat into Uraben City. There were only corpses left on the battlefield, broken flags, discarded weapons, and horses—more than 3,000 Ula soldiers died, and 1,000 surrendered—all of which were quickly cleaned up by the Jianzhou Army. Those who surrendered were quickly counted, grouped, and assigned to the generals of Jianzhou; the corpses were collected and a large pit was dug for burial.

After dealing with these, it was almost dusk, and the days were short and the nights were long in the first month, so it was not suitable to fight again; Nurhachi announced: "Tomorrow morning, take advantage of the victory to seize the city..." He commanded the Jianzhou Army and entered Huerha City before dark. After dinner, he assigned tasks for the next day. Attacking the city of Ulaben is of course a major event, he decided: "Tomorrow, the veteran will go out; the children will lie in ambush on the way and invite the fleeing army..." Tomorrow, there will be a large-scale battle——