Volume 1: Birth! Seven time travelers Chapter 175: Fateful Sarhu (V)
After all, it was thirty-five thousand against eight thousand. Although Grand Prince Chu Ying was famous for his outstanding personal martial arts in the Later Jin camp, facing the Ming army led by the commander-in-chief, the White Banner was still beaten back due to the absolute numerical gap!
On the north bank of the Hun River, although the two red flags of Daishan and Huang Taiji had a total of more than 12,000 people, not much less than the 16,000 people of the Ming army on the opposite side, the proportion of family servants in the Liaoyang army brought by the Li family this time was extremely high. In addition, Liu Jing's Sichuan soldiers and Shizhu's white-pole soldiers were also brave and good at fighting. Therefore, although the two red flags did not retreat as fast as the white-bordered flags, they were also retreating slowly.
So, after the two armies with a total of 160,000 people started fighting at around ten in the morning, when the sun was at its highest point, the originally parallel battle lines of the two sides gradually became a concave shape (for the Ming army) and a convex shape (for the Later Jin army).
"Eyidu!"
"The servant is here."
"My brother, please lead the Bordered Yellow Banner to support Chu Ying and the others."
“Scum!”
"My brother, the Bordered Yellow Banner only has 10,000 men. It would be difficult to fight against so many southern barbarians. I will leave the 2,000 iron cannons to you. Mr. Yagyu, I leave everything to you."
"Hi, please rest assured, my dear Khan, I will definitely fulfill my mission!"
After making arrangements to stabilize the left wing, Nurhaci said to Jirgalang, the sixth son of Shuerhaci, who was only 13 years old, "Young Ulala, this is your first time on the battlefield, and it's such a big battle. Are you afraid?"
"Great Khan, I am not afraid! Such a large-scale battlefield is a great place for us Jurchen men to gallop freely!"
"Okay! My brave nephew, go, take ten people with you to the north bank to find your mynah brother and tell him that he thinks he is a wise general of the Eight Banners. Facing a fool like Li Rubai and a coward like Liu Jing who likes to charge ahead, doesn't he know to retreat a little to attract the enemy generals to come and then snipe them? Tell him that no matter what, I want him to hold on until the sun sets this afternoon."
"Damn it , Great Khan, I will pass on the order right now! Then we will fight right there!"
"Good! My brave nephew, you will surely be the new generation of Baturu of our Great Jin!"
Looking at Jirgalang's young figure going away, Nurhaci turned around and said, "Fei Yingdong, my husband, do you still remember what happened when we attacked Ula?"
After saying this, Nurhaci did not wait for Fei Yingdong to answer, and continued to talk: "At the beginning, Ula had more soldiers and we had fewer soldiers. After fighting for a while, I felt that I had no confidence. I asked someone to notify you who was at the front to retreat. You sent someone to report that you had already rushed to the corner of the wall. I urged you to retreat again, but you said that you had already climbed onto the city wall. Before I urged you for the third time, you had already opened the city gate for me!"
"Great Khan, do you want to ignore the weakness of the two wings for the time being and lead the army directly to attack the southern barbarians' center?"
"Haha, you are indeed the brave and skilled Fei Yingdong." After saying this, Nurhaci called He Heli, Hu Erhan, An Feiyanggu and others over: "The situation on the battlefield is now very clear. In terms of individual combat power, our Jurchen warriors are stronger than the southern barbarians. But the southern barbarians have many more soldiers than us. Therefore, it is very difficult for us to fight on the battlefield at this moment. If we continue to fight like this, by night, it is estimated that both sides will lose tens of thousands of people and then withdraw their troops."
“But…” Nurhaci spread his hands, “There are so many people in the Southern Dynasty. We can always replenish them if tens of thousands of people die. We in the Great Jin cannot afford such a loss. So!” He pointed forward, “There, the crown prince of the Southern Dynasty actually dared to use the Nine Dragon Umbrella so close to me. I will charge directly there! As long as we get close to there, the entire Southern Dynasty army will be forced to run there. In this way, we can take advantage of the situation to chase and kill them and win a great victory!”
"The Khan is wise!"
"Well, it seems that these two fools, Amin and Manggurtai, are doing well. Whether or not the two wings of our army retreated on their own initiative, they have led many of the Ming army's most capable troops eastward. Now is a good time for our Zhenghuang and Zhengbai flags to charge forward with their entire armies!"
"Great Khan, please give the order. We will definitely capture the crown prince of the Southern Dynasty and bring him to you."
"Haha, all right, the four of you lead the charge! Be quick, the sun is already at its zenith. From now on, the sun will shine from the west to the east, and then we will have to fight under the scorching sun."
“Scum!”
Just as Nurhaci was deploying his troops, Zhu Youdong also began to make corresponding adjustments.
To be honest, as a time traveler, although he had watched countless war movies and TV shows before traveling through time, the shock Zhu Youdong felt when he personally visited such a vast and cruel battlefield still made him feel extremely excited.
Although he felt that this Ming army had too many problems when all the troops gathered at Shanhaiguan, when he actually went onto the battlefield to fight, the bravery and tenacity shown by the Ming soldiers still made him feel extremely moved and proud!
Thinking carefully, I seem to have been deeply influenced by the three words "Sarhu": in the historical plane, even after the great defeat at Sarhu, Xiong Tingbi only took more than a year to rebuild Liaodong Town, and defeated Nurhaci who invaded Shenyang in 1620. If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Wanli died that year and Xiong Tingbi won another victory, the officials of the Ming Dynasty thought that the Later Jin was just so-so, so they hurriedly replaced Xiong Tingbi - it is possible that Xiong Tingbi would have destroyed the Later Jin later.
So, don't be afraid! The Later Jin was not as strong as imagined! The border troops of the Ming Dynasty at that time were not as bad as they were later.
However, it is also true that the Kaiyuan army was beaten back repeatedly, and it is also true that Chai Guozhu's cavalry was in a difficult battle.
"Your Highness, we should send soldiers from Ningxia, Yansui, and Taiyuan to support our central route."
"Just follow Yang Jingli's advice."
To be honest, although things were very unpleasant in Shanhaiguan at the beginning, at least Yang Hao was grateful and satisfied that the battle had lasted until now.
If he was to say that he was thankful, it was because the fighting power displayed by the Later Jin army at this moment made Yang Hao deeply understand that if the troops were divided four groups, they would be wiped out if they were not careful. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's strength in Shanhaiguan actually saved his career and even his life. If he was to say that he was satisfied, it was of course because Zhu Youdong gave him all the tactical command power, which made him enjoy great pleasure in this battle.
However, when Zhu Youdong agreed to let the soldiers from the three towns of Ningxia march forward, before Yang Hao had time to pass on the order, Zhu Youdong stood up and said, "Messenger!"
"Your Highness, please give the order!"
"Order the soldiers from Ningxia, Yansui, and Taiyuan as well as the soldiers from the Beijing camp to march forward and form a battle array on the river!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Another order! Inform the commanders of the left and right wings of our army to defeat the enemy in front of them and then encircle the Nu Chief Khan's flag from both wings! As long as my Nine Dragon Umbrella is still there, no matter what happens on the battlefield, you are not allowed to retreat on your own!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Order again, Henghai Guard and Kuandian Guard, assemble your troops and line up on the river!"
"Your Highness!"
After hearing Zhu Youdong's order, Yang Hao knew that Zhu Youdong was going to fight to the death, so he knelt down immediately and said, "Your Highness, please be very careful. Our army is indeed at a disadvantage in the front, but we have a great advantage on both wings. As long as the 15,000 men from the three towns of Ningxia can hold off the Jiannu for an hour or two, our army will win!"
"Haha, Yang Jinglue, our army now has more than 20,000 soldiers who have not been put into battle. I saw the flags and found that Jiannu has only deployed five flags. If Nurhaci does not want to retreat, he will definitely use the remaining three flags to make a desperate attempt and attack our army directly. I am only doing this to prepare for a rainy day."
"Feibai, Liqing, was this your idea?"
Xiong Tingbi and Yuan Keli both shook their heads, but they quickly replied, "Your Highness has made all the arrangements, and we should do the same. There should be no room for luck in this battle."
As a time traveler, Zhu Youdong knew that Nurhaci was a daring gambler. Since he started his army, he had defeated the strong with the weak many times, relying on his keen observation of the battlefield situation. When his two wings were led away and the center line was at a disadvantage, he would not be Nurhaci if he did not use the trump card in his hand to fight.
But I also have a trump card.
Just as Yang Hao wanted to continue persuading, a huge cheer of "Eten! Eten!" suddenly rang out from the mudflat on the opposite bank.
This is the meaning of victory in the Jurchen language. Zhu Youdong didn't understand, but Xiong Tingbi's expression changed suddenly.
Under Xiong Tingbi's explanation and guidance, everyone picked up the telescope and looked down the mountain, only to see that Chai Guozhu's general flag had disappeared.
"It's urgent! There's no time to waste!" Zhu Youdong turned around and said, "Messenger, pass on the previous order!"
"Yes, sir!"
