Chapter 132: Defeat the Enemy

When Tang Feng and others led the Ming army to fight with the Jin army in Jinzhou City and were incomparable and dangerous, Yuan Chonghuan, who was in Ningyuan, was also very nervous and at the same time, he felt extremely conflicted. He knew that Jinzhou City was very difficult this time, but he really couldn't make up his mind to abandon Ningyuan and lead troops to rescue him. From the overall situation, it was correct for him not to send troops to rescue him. He also understood that Tang Feng and Wang Kai would understand him, but in terms of military morale, he had to save him. Many generals under Yuan Chonghuan asked for orders to fight several times, but he refused them harshly.

The next few days were the most tormenting days of Yuan Chonghuan. He was hesitant. Sometimes he stood on the city wall and looked towards the direction of Jinzhou City. Although he knew that he could not see anything, he was still looking there for a long time. During these days, whenever he wanted to raise troops to rescue him, Yuan Chonghuan would tell himself in his heart that if Sun Chengzong was here, he would choose the same way as himself, that was, to wait for the arrival of other people and pray that Jinzhou City could be kept.

On the third day of the Jin soldiers' attack on Jinzhou City, the Ming army that should have been stationed in Jinzhou City finally arrived late. Some of the people who arrived in Ningyuan City with them were also some of the people who came from various passes in Liaodong. Nearly 60,000 people gathered in Ningyuan City at once. After hearing that Jinzhou was attacked, the general who came here wanted to set off for rescue immediately, but was stopped by Yuan Chonghuan. Yuan Chonghuan's reason was very simple. Although there were a lot of people coming this time, they were all drawn from various garrisons across the country. They all came on a long journey and were bound to be exhausted. How could they compete with the Jin soldiers at the end of their strength? So after discussion, they decided that Yuan Chonghuan would take the people from Ningyuan City and the people who came from Shanhaiguan and other fortresses to Jinzhou City for rescue. At the same time, they also left the Ming army who had originally been stationed in Jinzhou in Ningyuan, and they would replace their own troops.

In this way, after everything was arranged, Yuan Chonghuan rushed to Jinzhou with more than 30,000 troops. He did not dare to rest along the way, and at the same time, he kept hoping that Jinzhou City could block the attack of the Jin soldiers and hold on until he led his troops.

When they arrived three or five miles away from Jinzhou, they heard the sound of fighting from there, Yuan Chonghuan was truly relieved. He dared not delay any further, and Yuan Chonghuan immediately ordered his troops to attack the Jin army. The thousands of cavalry who were in the lead were the most elite in Liaodong, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry trained by Sun Chengzong. Yuan Chonghuan wanted to use their sharp impact to break the Jin army's camp to disrupt the morale of the opponent. The infantry behind them were also competing for the first time. The previous defense battle of the Liemu Chong Fort and the attack of Jinzhou City, plus everything that could defend Jinzhou City this time had greatly enhanced the morale of the Ming army. They were no longer afraid of the Jin soldiers in front of them.

"Bang bang..." A fire of muskets, and most of the Jin soldiers who wanted to block the Guanning Iron Cavalry and who were still staying in their formation fell down. The others were soon faced with the Guanning Iron Cavalry who was killed. The three-eyed muskets in their hands were brought upside down by the Ming army. They looked very similar to one-handed heavy hammers. Taking advantage of the moment when the enemy was in a daze, a thousand iron cavalry suddenly rushed in, hammering up and falling, and the remaining Jin soldiers were also killed.

"Kill!" Seeing that the cavalry had already rushed in, the Ming army infantry behind him were not willing to fall behind, and rushed up shouting and killing. The spear in his hand kept swaying with the rapid rush of his body. When he saw the enemy appear, he was a sting.

Because the main forces of the Jin soldiers were sent by Amin to attack the Jinzhou city wall, their back formation defense was very weak, and they were immediately broken by the Ming army and rushed to the side of the Jin soldiers who were sieging the city. At this time, the Jin soldiers realized that the Ming army had reinforcements arrived, and Amin immediately sent a large number of troops to kill to the side to block the attacking Ming army.

Immediately, another battle occurred under the city of Jinzhou. Thirty thousand Ming troops and more than 20,000 Jurchen cavalry were killed. Although the Jin soldiers were at a disadvantage in terms of number, although they were a long-term battle, and although the appearance of the Ming army was very sudden, the Jin soldiers still showed their strong attack power, telling the Ming army one thing - in terms of confrontation head-on, you are far from my opponent!

After a little panic at the beginning, the Jin army began to launch several counterattacks on the Ming army with their flexible and varied cavalry formations, and actually stopped the Ming army's charge. Then, after Amin's order, most of the Jin army's horses rushed out and attacked the Ming army's formation.

However, this Ming army is also a veteran of the battlefield. Although the situation took a sharp turn and their attacks did not work, it did not make them mess up. Under the command of Yuan Chonghuan and others, the Ming army set up a defensive formation and launched a battle with the Jin soldiers with distinct barriers. In this way, when facing the Jin cavalry with strong impact, they could also fight steadily and use their strengths to deal with the enemy's strengths. At least the Ming army would not collapse so quickly.

Just when the stalemate occurred outside the city, the Ming army in Jinzhou City was also busy moving away the soil and rocks blocking the city gate. Before, they thought that these things were too few, but now they thought that there were too many of them. It took a while for the city gate to be cleared out. Then, after Wang Kai's order, the Ming army in Hecheng killed them and rushed straight towards the Jin army.

Although the Jin army's attention is still mostly on the reinforcements of the Ming army, they have not relaxed the Ming army in the city, and they will not make the same mistake again. They have been attacked before because they ignored the arrival of reinforcements of the Ming army. Seeing that the Ming army in the city came out, three thousand cavalry immediately came forward, which was the last person that the Jin army could use.

The advantage of the cavalry lies in his speed and flexibility. However, as the number of troops on both sides of the city of Jinzhou continued to increase, their range of running back and forth narrowed and smaller. Later, the cavalry could only stand there with infantry and confront the enemy. Although the Jurchens were still fierce, when facing these Ming troops, they were almost gone when facing these Ming troops, which were no longer afraid of themselves.

Sima Junyi held his long axe in his hand and was very excited to chop the enemy group. Every time his axe was cut on the long legs of the opponent's mount, his second axe followed. Soon, there were more than ten Jin soldiers who died under his axe, which attracted the attention of several Jin generals. One of them opened a bow in the distance and shot an arrow at him. Although it was in the chaos, the alertness he developed since childhood gave Sima Junyi time to dodge. After a flash, he took advantage of the situation to cut off the head of a Jurchen man beside him.

With Sima Junyi's fierce fighting, the morale of the Ming army began to overwhelm the three thousand Jin soldiers in front of him, and he was about to join the troops who came to support. Once the inside and outside meet, the Ming army's momentum will be even greater, and the Jin army will be in an unfavorable position, so Amin ordered people to resist the opponent's impact regardless of everything.

Yuan Chonghuan on the other side also discovered this situation. He knew that if he was like the Ming army in the city, the Jin army would be unable to resist his offensive, but in this way, his casualties would be huge, so he did not want to do this thing that would kill him, but planned to use a strategy.

Just as the Jin soldiers were worried that the Ming army reinforcements would come straight like the Ming army in the city, they could only hear a shout of killing. Sure enough, they saw them pounced fiercely. "You must hold it. As long as you drag it for a while, their morale will be depressed!" Everyone met with such a belief. But the situation was a bit beyond their expectations. The Ming army, which seemed to be in full force, retreated quickly after encountering resistance. At this time, the Jin army also found that its full attack only faced a small half of the Ming army, where were the others?

Flank! The direction of the Ming army's real attack was on the side of the Jin soldiers. They completely defeated their formation! Because they had lost the lead, the Jin army seemed very embarrassed this time. When they reacted and increased their troops to the side, the Ming army in the front attacked again, and this time it was much more fierce than the previous one. What was going on?

"What's going on?" Amin roared. He could no longer bear it as the battle situation became more and more unfavorable to him. After carefully analyzing the scene, Zheergu gave an answer: "Beile, the troops arranged by the Ming army are the same in both the front and sides. He just needs to rely on his military advantage to crush us!"

Shortly after Amin figured out this, he saw that the front line of defense, whose defense had become very weak, was broken by the Ming army, and countless infantrymen waved their weapons and rushed towards the direction of the city of Jinzhou.

This is the countermeasure that Yuan Chonghuan suddenly thought of, using the means of virtual and real to make the enemy at a loss. In the end, when virtual and real are real, the Jin soldiers will be attacked by themselves.

The situation is over! This is what Amin thought after seeing the Ming army meet inside and outside. This attack on Jinzhou City was a complete failure, not as Nurhaci said before, as he had deceived the Ming army and was arrogant.

"Retreat! Take advantage of the current situation of the war, which is not completely irreversible." Zheergu said in a low voice.

With helpless eyes closed, Amin gave the order to join the entire army to break through. At this time, the Jin army knew that it was impossible to do anything, so they began to run north, leaning on the elite cavalry under them, and broke out of the siege before the Ming army completely surrounded and fled far away.

In this battle, the Jin army lost more than 5,000 people, and the Ming army suffered casualties of 5,000 or 6,000. Although it seemed that the two sides had a draw, the confidence of the Ming army increased greatly in this battle. They were finally able to tie the Jin army in a head-on confrontation!
Chapter completed!