Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Bloody Battle

"This battle was fought well..." Nurhachi smiled sincerely, and praised Huang Taiji, "The timing of the attack is well grasped, which is the biggest reason for victory!" Huang Taiji blushed, and replied: "I followed Father Khan's instructions to lead the troops to kill the enemy when I saw the fire at night!" Nurhachi laughed louder and louder: "I originally meant, when I get to the foot of the mountain, I will show you the firelight, so let's do it together! What you saw was the firelight that Juniper himself used to illuminate the road!" However, as soon as he finished speaking, he immediately changed the subject, not only did not continue to praise Huang Taiji, but also clearly declared: "The next battle, it is the turn of Amin and Mang Gurtai to perform!"

He also has a plan in mind for the next battle that he will face next - the Ming army led by Marin's North Route Army is just leaving Sanchakou, camping in the barnyard valley, and dawn will continue to come in the direction of Hetuala - —The spies still report the latest developments of the enemy army every hour, and he has a good grasp of the score. At night, he asked the sergeants to rest early, but he himself did not disarm. He just sat in the tent and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He still received the spies who came to report the news every hour, listened to the information, thought carefully and judged; this night, he listened to it three times. Reported that he had a very accurate understanding of the enemy's movements; before dawn, he called the "Four Great Baylors"-Daishan, Huang Taiji, Amin, Mangurtai-into the account, and instructed them: "Marin's Northern Route Army heard that Juniper was defeated last night. They made a fuss and fled some troops. The rest were suppressed by Marin. According to Marin's order, they were more than 30 miles northwest of Sarhu Mountain. The whole army was divided into three groups and formed into a "Niutou formation"; Marin personally led the Chinese army to station in Shangjianya, forming a square formation by the mountain, and digging three layers of trenches around the camp. The cavalry was lined up outside the trench, the cavalry was equipped with firearms outside, and the elite soldiers were lined up in three circles inside the trench; in addition, Pan Zongyan camped in Feifen Mountain, and Gong Nianzui camped in Wohui and Emo; the distance between the three battalions was only a few miles, forming horns... ..."

After hearing this, Amin immediately asked: "He divided into three battalions, and we also divided into three groups to fight?" Nurhachi shook his head and said: "No—after Marin, there are Liu Ting and Li Rubai armies. We should not disperse our forces—concentrate our forces so that we can make a quick decision and wipe them out!" He said and ordered: "Amin and Mang Gurtai each led 10,000 horses, and the main force attacked; Dai Shan and Huang Taiji each led 1,000 elite cavalry, and served as the forward and backup respectively!" The first target was Gong Nian Sui camp.

After Gong Niansui learned the news of Jun Song's tragic defeat and death, he adopted Jun Song's "supervisor of the former car" as the basis for his tactics. Arranged according to the characteristics of the enemy army - most of the Juniper army was injured by arrows, so he specially laid out the armor to defend against the enemy's strong bows and crossbows, the rain of arrows and arrows, and deployed chariots around the periphery; All kinds of arrangements can be regarded as comprehensive. However, he was still wrong, because he didn't know that Nurhachi's tactics were not static——

Nurhachi, who had already detected his defensive tactics, neither sent archers or good archers to win this time, nor did he adopt tactics of encirclement. The chariot and paddles were useless——Huang Taiji led only a thousand cavalry, and when he arrived at Wuhui'emo, he did not attack immediately, but watched and observed from afar; Gong Niansui couldn't figure out his movements, nor Dare to attack, but just stick to it; Unexpectedly, after the observation, Huang Taiji suddenly issued a flag order, and charged over at the head of the horse, the team only concentrated on one point, not all, and the direction of attack was the weakest corner of the defense Soon, a gap was broken through in Gong Niansui's camp; and the team led by Amin, who followed closely behind Huang Taiji, was half infantry, which was best for short-distance combat, and killed the Ming army in a short time. , the white snow on the ground was covered with corpses and dyed red, and the camp completely disintegrated.

The Eight Banners army that captured Dafeng did not rest, and immediately rushed to the Marin camp at Shangjianya. Ma Lin just received the news that Gong Niansui's entire army had been wiped out, and before he could take any contingency measures, he was forced to fight. In this battle, Nurhachi changed his position to replace Shan as the forward; and because Marin first arrived at Shangjianya and set up camp in the middle of the mountain, he had to attack from the bottom up, so he immediately adjusted his tactics: "Dismount and fight..." He instructed Amin and Manggurtai: "Don't climb the mountain by force, use infantry to attack - the Ming army has firearms, which are good for long-distance attack, but they can't be used in the mountains and forests; infantry can win!"

So, Amin and Mang Gurtai led the sergeants of the two blue flags to dismount to hide and kill them; unexpectedly, Marin couldn't hold his breath, and he didn't see the cavalry of the Eight Banners charging into the battle for a long time. Launched an attack; in this way, Daishan, who was the vanguard, immediately had the opportunity to show his talents. A thousand fine riders, angry horses rushed to kill, and galloped horizontally; Amin and Manggurtai also immediately cooperated and directed the infantry to fight. The two armies formed a close-to-hand relationship, and the brutal killings began immediately; most of the soldiers under Marin's command were local guards in Liaodong, and the Liaodong soldiers had been neglected since Li Chengliang lost power. Far inferior to the Eight Banners, which had undergone rigorous training and often went to the battlefield, the number of troops was also greatly disparate. Soon after the battle, the situation was "one-sided". The corpses of the people and horses were laid out together, and the scene was a picture like hell.

Marin, who supervised the battle, was in a state of insanity from the very beginning. After the war started, he witnessed the cruelty and blood on the battlefield with his own eyes. The men and horses fled. Nurhachi watched him scurry away with his own eyes, but he didn't send any troops to pursue him at all. This kind of useless person is not worth chasing—let's quickly assemble our team and deal with Pan Zongyan in Feifen Mountain early!" Pan Zongyan's personal ability is better than Marin's, but the third battalion of the "Niu Tou Formation" has broken two, and everything is at a disadvantage. That's all, no miracle happened.

The Ming army on the North Road was also wiped out. After the war, the spies reported to Nurhachi as if to add: "Pan Zongyan originally asked Ye Hebu to help in the battle, and Yehebeile Jintaishi and Buyangu led five thousand troops on the road and walked to Kaiyuan Zhonggu City. It means that the army has suffered a terrible defeat, and hastily retreated!" But Nurhachi's reaction after hearing this was only a faint smile: "Yehe's account will be settled in another day; tomorrow, we will do our best to wipe out Mingfang's East Route Army!"