Chapter three hundred and eighty fifth: besieging the Prince River
"Reported to Kundulun Khan, the Seven Beile has killed Wang Wei, the general of Mingji Town, in a fierce battle!"
As expected, the Ming army brigade had already evacuated Liaochen according to the contract. This attack was just arbitrarily acted by the soldiers and horses in Jizhou.
Nurhaci looked at the head in the box and sneered:
"What a pity, he is also a powerful general. He died at a young age and was even charged with acting without authorization."
Fan Wencheng also smiled and said, "Khan, based on the slave's understanding of the Ming people, the news was passed back to the capital. The civil officials in the court not only did not understand Wang Wei's contribution to the death battle, but also counted his crimes, which made his children unable to raise their heads."
Nurhaci did not comment, and walked in front of the entire army with one hand holding the reins, feeling quite complacent in his heart, saying, "You are right, this is why the Great Khan's Great Jin can win every battle in Liaodong!"
After saying that, he suddenly stopped the horse and looked around with vigilance.
"Where is this?"
He rode back not far away, turned over and dismounted, and knelt on his knees and said, "Report to Kundulun Khan, there is Weining Camp ahead, and there is no bridge in the Prince River, and the water is very fast!"
"Strange, when I came, I vaguely remembered that there was a bridge in the Prince River..." Fan Wencheng frowned and murmured to himself, as if he was trying hard to recall something.
Nurhaci didn't doubt it at all, and waved:
"Maybe it was demolished by some chaotic people. There was no bridge on it. This time we built a solid bridge to cross the river next time!"
Nurhaci actually took this contract seriously, and was already thinking about when he would tear the contract and then robbed the Liaochen area.
There are several types of bridges to build, and the pontoon bridges that are temporarily passed by large troops are convenient and simple. Most troops choose to build such pontoon bridges across the river.
What Nurhaci is going to build this time is a permanent river crossing bridge. It usually takes several days from collecting raw materials to starting construction.
Fan Wencheng thought of this and said:
"Da Khan, how many days will it take to build a bridge? Will it delay the trip too much?"
Nurhaci was observing the surrounding situation and continued to ride his horse forward, laughing and said, "Yangguli defeated the Ming army. We happened to wait for him to come back here to welcome him and reward the three armies!"
"This time I built the bridge and came to Liaochen in a while. My Eight Banners Iron Cavalry can come and go even more like the wind!"
Seeing that Nurhaci had the intention, Fan Wencheng did not intend to persuade him again and complimented: "The Khan is wise and wise, and is beyond his reach!"
Nurhaci is in a good mood now and laughs when he hears this.
With an order, the Later Jin army stopped on the bank of the Prince River and began to cut down trees along the way to collect raw materials. Then, they summoned the Liao carpenters from the army to prepare for building the bridge.
Zhu Xieyuan rode on a horse and stood on a distant hillside. Behind him were the warlike soldiers of the Super Biao Battalion, as well as Ningxia soldiers who were used as reserve teams.
Because the Ming army marched to Weining and had sufficient preparations in advance, Zhu Xieyuan was filled with various types of military artillery artillery, the most powerful of which was the Zhenlu cannon copied by the Military Arts Department based on the Dutch fleet's carrier-based artillery.
The Ming Navy had already suffered from the Dutch artillery in the Battle of Penghu. Now it was the turn of the Jurchens in Liaodong to try it out.
After yesterday's investigation, Zhu Xieyuan chose a place with a very broad vision. Standing here, he could see the movements of Nurhaci's army clearly.
It is obvious that Nurhaci chose to build a bridge and cross the river.
Zhu Xieyuan's mouth curled up slightly, and as a result, the three armies came out together and the slave army was caught off guard, and his chances of winning were greater.
The artillery behind were surrounded by boxes of projectiles. When the gunner saw a cavalry coming from the Super Biao Battalion, he quickly took out the first round of projectiles and prepared to fill them in.
"The supervisor has an order, and the artillery battalion is ready!"
"Fill the cannon in the blue flag, and fire the red flag..." The gunners silently recited the principles of training in their hearts, while staring at the flag bearer on the slope.
The order was conveyed, and the artillery battalion was the first to be busy.
Zhu Xieyuan watched the Later Jin army work back and forth by the Prince River, and waited until the scattered whistle cavalry came to him, then waved his hand slightly.
Seeing the order, the flag bearer of the Supervising Battalion waved a series of small blue flags.
The gunner was waiting for it, and they filled the shells at the same time as they saw the blue flag, and then waited for the red flag to wave it and immediately ignited the medicine twist.
"Bang bang bang--"
"Boom!!"
A new style of the enemy-stricken cannons sucked the flames into the sky, and dense shots poured down like heavy rain, splashing among the Later Jin army crowded by the Prince River.
For a time, the almost unprepared Later Jin soldiers suffered major casualties.
The shells in the sky fell between the Later Jin army like a sudden downpour, smashing small pits with flesh and blood.
Nurhaci was shocked to hear that he was attacked and couldn't believe it.
He looked at the situation that was devastated for a moment and shouted hysterically. He really didn't understand what the sergeant scattered out was for food. The other party fired fire, but they had not yet received any reward!
At this time, Nurhaci discovered the danger near the Prince River.
When I built a bridge and crossed the river, all the soldiers gathered on both sides of the river bank. With a bombardment, it was a dead place. People were next to people, horses were standing on horses, and there was no way to run and no way to avoid them!
The Ming army chose to ambush here, and it was obviously carefully arranged!
Many brave and warlike Jurchen cavalry could only watch the dense blooming bullets in the sky falling down, smashing their heads to the point of bleeding.
Even the Eight Banners Heavy Armor Infantry holding a large shield are fragile when facing the shells in the sky.
Whether it was the Jurchen armored soldiers or the cannon fodder that was forced to be recruited, they could only shout and run away because they had not even seen the shadow of the Ming army!
The earth was shaking, and the artillery in the distance was still roaring.
The Later Jin army suffered consecutive casualties, and many people were frightened by such fierce artillery fire attacks, and their positions were in chaos for a while.
At this moment, flags rose everywhere on the slope in the south.
Carrying the Ming Dynasty flag, they waved the geese-winged sword for a general wearing a general's armor, leading their personal soldiers to take the lead, and rushed into the Later Jin army like a bamboo shoot.
This is Zhang Wanbang, who originally set up an ambush in the south, led his Datong border army.
Amid the shouts of killing, countless musketeers holding bird guns suddenly appeared on the slopes on all sides, and a volley of guns fired at the flank of the Later Jin army.
Wang Rujin, the general of Ningxia Town, saw that the power of the Zhenhu cannon was so sharp that he seemed extremely brave. He rode on the horse with a sword in his hand and shouted loudly:
"Brothers, follow me to kill all these Jiannu!"
"kill!"
The Ming army, which had been ambushing for a long time, rushed out from all directions like a tide. Li Hongji was a servant and was equipped with rare horses.
Li Hongji followed the general Wang Rujin and rushed left and right, killing all directions in the Later Jin army. He quickly cut four or five of the heads of the Zhen Tatars, and then looked at a Jurchen Beile who was also slashing and killing the Ming army.
This man's clothes are gorgeous and so brave, he must be the general of Jianlu!
With such thoughts, Li Hongji's eyes rolled, and he left Wang Rujin's side, rode alone, and rushed towards the Jurchen Beile.
On the other hand, Li Guo also held a standard official knife and was competing with a Jurchen step armor.
Chapter completed!