: It’s hard to tell the difference

Seventy miles outside Anshan City, the Ming army stood opposite the Jin army, always guarding against the other side that the other side would launch a new round of attacks on them. Just three days ago, the Ming army, who wanted to attack Anshan as soon as possible, and then further attacked the Liaoyang City, met the Jin army, who were rushing to stop the Ming army and even counterattack Haicheng.

An encounter that neither side was mentally prepared was fought at a place that was dozens of miles away from Anshan, but the result was even equal. Although the Ming army had an advantage in military strength, the Jin people were slightly better in terms of the combat power of the cavalry. Moreover, the Jin people knew that this battle could not be defeated, and even the capital would be lost once it was defeated. Naturally, everyone fought for the first place. At this moment, the Jin soldiers of about 20,000 yuan blocked the attack of the most elite 30,000 Ming troops. However, the Jin people could not do it if they wanted to repel the Ming army. Although there was no most effective weapon and artillery to deal with the Jin people, the cavalry in Liaodong would not be defeated by the Jin people casually. In this way, the two sides confronted each other here and would fight from time to time.

Man Gui inspected the front for a while and saw that the Jin people had no intention of attacking for the time being. The soldiers were also very tired after the hard battles in the past few days and could not take the initiative to attack, so he returned to the main account to meet Yuan Chonghuan. As soon as he entered the main account, Man Gui saw Yuan Chonghuan wearing a light robe looking at a local map with his head down, muttering something constantly. In order to disperse the enemy in front of him, Yuan Chonghuan had already thought of several strategies, but the other party was not moved at all.

When Yuan Chonghuan heard someone coming in, he raised his head and asked, "How is it? What's the reaction between the opponent?"

"Don't worry, the Jin people are as tired as we are. They will not use troops to us for a while. I have ordered the soldiers in front of me to be careful and there will be no mistakes." Man Gui said and also turned his eyes to the map: "Have you ever thought of other ways to defeat the enemy? We have been invading the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom for more than half a month. I am afraid that when we learn that our country is attacked, the Jiannu army that has been expeditioning the *** grassland will come back at any time."

"I'm also worried about this." Yuan Chonghuan sighed and said, "I thought of several strategies a few days ago to let Jiannu be fooled, but they were completely unmoved. It seems that their minds are all on guard and there is no idea that they can defeat us. But this is very unfavorable for us. If the time is delayed for a longer time, their reinforcements will arrive. At that time, we can only retreat. It would be great if there is Yizhi now. I remember that he could make a brilliant plan to fight the enemy several times in Liaodong, but unfortunately we can't think of it."

"Sir, why don't we attack again and see." At this time, Zu Dashou also walked in. When he heard what Yuan Chonghuan said, he interrupted: "Now we are already under the capital of Jin Kingdom. If we retreat, the brothers will not be willing to do so. The opponent's troops are obviously not as strong as ours, and their elites are not in the country. We must have the possibility of defeating them. Please give your brothers another chance!"

"This..." Yuan Chonghuan didn't want to miss this opportunity. After hesitating for a while, he finally said: "Since you all want to make merits for the country, we will fight with the Jin people again!" Seeing that we could achieve great achievements and win the Jin capital Liaoyang in one fell swoop, even a mature man like Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but have some impulses. The order was quickly passed on, allowing all the soldiers to attack the Jin people early the next morning after having a good meal and sleeping well for one night.

The Jin army camp on the other side was also in a state of solemnity. In a few days, the Jin army had done their best, but they were still at a disadvantage when facing the Ming army, which had more troops than them. Fortunately, the soldiers of the three armies used their lives, and although Dorgon was not old and had no experience in joining the army, he could command as if he was determined and escaped danger several times, which boosted the morale of the Jin army. The longer the defending time, the more beneficial it was to the Jin army. Therefore, today three days later, when the Ming army no longer took the initiative to attack, the Jin army would not attack blindly because they had to wait for the Khan to lead the troops back to the rescue.

However, not attacking does not mean not paying attention to the situation of the Ming army. Their people are always staring at the Ming army. Once there is any abnormal movement in the Ming army, they will react immediately. Now a new information has been sent to the generals: "The Ming army is very peaceful all day today, and no one will go out to the camp after dusk. The smoke from cooking is much thicker than usual."

After hearing this information, some Jin army generals with rich war experience said: "This must be the preparation of the Ming army. Depending on the situation, they plan to attack us with all their might tomorrow." This inference was recognized by most people, and someone immediately proposed a way to deal with it: "Since they plan to use troops against us tomorrow, the Ming army will definitely have a good sleep tonight. This is the perfect opportunity for us to turn passive into activeness!"

Many people felt that this was reasonable, so they looked at Dorgon, who has now become the leader of the three armies, and see what he said. After pondering for a while, Dorgon shook his head: "No, we cannot take the initiative to attack, especially at night. Although the performance of the Ming army seems to be like this now, can you guarantee that they did not do this to lead us to take the initiative to send troops and then set up a trap to deal with us? The previous few times, the Ming army used these baits to lead us to the bait. If we hadn't been cautious, the confrontation situation would have been broken long ago."

"But..." Someone was about to say something, but was interrupted by Dorgon's wave of his hand: "I know you want to save face, but have you ever thought about it? If we make a mistake in our judgment and fall into the trap of the Ming army, our hard battles these days will be in vain. Without us, the capital of Liaoyang will be broken by the Ming army with one blow, and then we will become the sinners of the Great Jin Kingdom. In addition, as long as we guard here for a few more days, the Great Khan will bring his men to rescue him, and then we will naturally be able to vent our hatred in our hearts!"

Because Dorgon's command was very successful in the previous few times, these generals who were much older than him were convinced by him. With his identity as Beile, these people naturally couldn't argue anymore, so they obeyed orders and stopped attacking the night. However, in order to prevent the Ming army from launching an attack on them tomorrow, the Jin army also made sufficient preparations and waited for the arrival of the next day.

"Woooo~~~dong!dong!dong!dong!dong..." With the sound of horns and drums, the Ming army, who had already prepared, launched the most massive attack on the Jin army in front of them. Thirty thousand cavalry swept through several miles like the wind and rushed towards the Jin army. Because this would be the last attack of the Ming army, Cheng Ze attacked Liaoyang, the capital of Jin capital in one fell swoop, and if he failed, he would lead his troops to the west, so everyone in the army died and his morale was like a rainbow.

Of course, this charge was not just a matter of setting up the formation casually. In order to play the greatest role, Yuan Chonghuan made some arrangements. The one who took the lead was the most elite Guanning Iron Cavalry in this army. In addition to being less than the Jin people's horse fighting skills, they also had a powerful firearm - the three-eyed musket. In this raid on the Jin Kingdom, in order to achieve the effect of quick battle, the Ming army did not bring the most powerful but heavy cannons, and the ordinary muskets were not as powerful as crossbow arrows, so these three-eyed muskets became their magic weapon to defeat the enemy.

Under the impact of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, the formation of the Jin army was indeed broken through a gap, and the other cavalry following immediately broke into this gap, hoping to completely disperse the formation of the Jin army by using the method of drilling through.

However, the most commonly used tactics of this cavalry were already expected by the Jin people, so they had a solution. Under the charge of Guanning Iron Cavalry, although the Jin army seemed to have opened a gap, it was actually intentional, in order to release the Ming army in and then use local military strength to attack these Ming elite soldiers who rushed into them. Once they felt that the troops entering were about the same, the Jin army would block the gap again, making the Ming army unable to respond to it.

Although the Jin army was both in the imagination and implementation, they still underestimated the power of the Guanning Iron Cavalry that rushed in. Although they were surrounded by the Jin army, they still used their sharp attacks to stir up the wind and rain inside the encirclement. After several rushes, although many Ming troops were killed, the Jin people did not get any benefits. At this time, the Jin army, which was attacked inside and outside, could no longer bear it, and had to let the surrounded Ming army break out.

However, the Ming army's plan was not successful, and both sides had to attack again. This battle lasted from morning to afternoon. Thousands of people were killed and injured on both sides, but it was still a difficult situation. Under this circumstance, the Ming army, which took the initiative to attack, had to slowly retreat. After all, these troops were elite troops guarding Liaodong, and their attack and defense against the Jin Kingdom would depend on them in the future. Of course, they could not all be killed in battle here.

After this battle, Yuan Chonghuan was already soberly aware that it was impossible to go further. If he dragged on here, he would only cause greater losses. This time he was able to invade the Jin Kingdom, regain Yizhou, and help the Korqin people to solve the danger. So shortly after this battle, the Ming army slowly retreated.

On the side of the Jin people, this battle was also extremely costly. In addition, they were worried that the Ming army would retreat, so their purpose was to defend the road, so they could only watch the Ming army retreat.

After the Ming army retreated to the Liaodong area where the Ming Dynasty belonged, Huang Taiji, who learned that his territory was attacked by the Ming army, but was dragged by the mistress, brought his men and horses back. But what he saw was the messy post-war scene, and the real enemy had already retreated back.
Chapter completed!