: Losing again and again

Huang Taiji ascended the Khan throne with extraordinary means, which made him always wary of his younger brothers, fearing that they would do the same thing at any time. And after he became ill due to the defeat in the war and did not heal for a long time, he did not dare to hand over the military power to the hands of other threatening brothers. He just wanted to wait until the power of the Jin Kingdom was completely stabilized in his hands, and then pick out trustworthy people from all over the crowd to fight against the Ming Kingdom for him.

But things were unpredictable, and the sudden appearance of a person completely disrupted his plan. Dorgon, Huang Taiji's fourteenth brother, turned out to be unremarkable and unprepared brother, showed his skills in the Liaoyang defense several years ago, and was recognized by many generals in the army. He even took the opportunity to seize control of Zhengbai Banner, which made Huang Taiji even more uneasy about him.

But then Dorgon showed rare loyalty and respected Huang Taiji. There was no other brothers' disobedience to the etiquette and laws, which made Huang Taiji feel a little relieved. So when there was a big problem in the Jin Dynasty and he needed to plunder money and food from other places to use it for his own use, Huang Taiji handed over most of the Jin Dynasty's troops to Dorgon.

However, when he heard that he had even captured several cities in Liaodong, even Jinzhou was conquered, and even approached Ningyuan, Huang Taiji's suspicion arose again. He was afraid that his younger brother would make too high a contribution, and finally completely controlled the most elite troops in the Jin Dynasty, thus threatening his position. So after weighing the pros and cons, he sent Fan Wencheng, the Han minister on the surface, to keep an eye on Dorgon's actions in the name of the army. Of course, he had no idea that Fan Wencheng had long been invested in Dorgon's tent and became his loyal supporter.

Just when Huang Taiji thought he could rest assured, Jin Jing Shengjing suddenly had a rumor. It was said that Prince Rui had always been dissatisfied with Huang Taiji ascended the throne of Khan. This time, he had the power of military power and wanted to take back the throne of Khan that should have belonged to him. He even described his meeting with the generals of the Ming Kingdom with a slight slightest, saying that he would soon reach an agreement with the Ming army and then return to attack Shengjing.

Although Huang Taiji was disdainful of this rumor, he still became suspicious after hearing too much. Half of the Jin Dynasty's military strength was in the hands of his younger brother. If he was really ambitious, he might indeed return to force himself to abdicate. By then, with the rigid relationship between other brothers and himself, it would be difficult for him to help him. Huang Taiji, who felt more and more threatening, wanted to order Dorgon to hand over his military power and return to Shengjing several times. However, because he was very good at the situation in the Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji did not dare to make such a decision without authorization, so he did not really give the order.

However, the war report not long ago said that Dorgon was defeated in Ningyuan City and lost more than 20,000 troops, which made Huang Taiji immediately feel that the time had come. The newly defeated Dorgon was afraid that his position in the hearts of the soldiers would be greatly reduced, and he also had sufficient reasons to remove his military power. So Huang Taiji immediately issued an order and ordered Dorgon to lead his troops back.

It turns out that the person who used the counter-espionage plan was used by someone and it was successful. This is really a retribution. However, Dorgon was also very clear that the so-called counter-espionage plan of the Han people was actually full of flaws. As long as Huang Taiji did not really want to attack him, these rumors would be self-defeating. But Huang Taiji could no longer sit idly by as he was watching his momentum prosper, which became the best excuse to deprive Dorgon of military power.

Dorgon knew that once he really received the order back to Shengjing, his life and death would be in control. Not only would his ambition not be able to be compensated, but he would not even be able to survive. So when Fan Wencheng said that sentence in a vague way, he was also a little moved. After pondering for a while, he was not sure: "Mr. Fan thinks this method is feasible? Don't cause chaos in my Dajin then, it will be more than worth the loss."

"Prince, sometimes you need to take some risks when doing big things. Now you hold the tens of thousands of people in my Dajin's hands, and you are ordered to go back, so the people in the capital will not pay much attention. As long as you suddenly attack, you can easily control the situation. At that time, the Khan also relied on the life of most powerful people in my Dajin in his hands to ascend to the Khan's throne without the throne of Nurhaci's Khan. Since he could do it, with your wisdom, you can naturally do it." Fan Wencheng said without hesitation: "And, we have no other way now. Once we return to Shengjing, the Khan will be deprived of military power, and they will even be imprisoned for their lifetime."

After weighing the pros and cons, Dorgon finally decided to take this risk. He seeks wealth and honor. Although this may lead to a downfall, once he succeeds, he will become the Khan of the Great Jin Dynasty, and his many years of ambitions will be gradually realized. But then he began to feel embarrassed again. Now they still have tens of thousands of enemies in front of them. Once they retreat, they will definitely notice that there will be another battle. Can the defeated Jin army escape safely from these people?

After learning about his concerns, Fan Wencheng smiled: "Your Majesty, this matter is actually not difficult to deal with. Maybe we can use this to fight a turnaround battle this time."

"Oh, how do you say this?" When he heard that he could turn around in this situation, Dorgon was also full of interest and asked quickly. Fan Wencheng's words made him nod repeatedly. He, who was familiar with the Three Kingdoms, quickly realized that this was a very wonderful idea and immediately decided to act according to this plan.

Two days later, the Jin army raised the banner and retreated northward. But before they left, Dorgon had personally brought the five thousand most elite troops in the Zhengbai Banner to ambush the only way to chase his army. As long as the Ming army really got the news and wanted to chase him, he would personally lead the most elite and most combat-capable cavalry team to teach these Ming army who wanted to take advantage of the situation. In the wild, he was still confident that he could defeat the Ming army, which had far more troops than him.

The Jin army began to give up Jinzhou at the time of the time, and nearly an hour after they left, the Ming army still did not see the Ming army chasing him. This made Dorgon a little confused. Did the Ming army not get the news that the Jin army in Jinzhou would return? Or did they guess that they would have such a move, so they did not move?

At this time, in the plain only ten miles away from Jinzhou, nearly 40,000 Ming troops lined up here, waiting quietly for Tang Feng's order. Although everyone wanted to kill the enemy and had been trapped by the Jin people for many days, no one dared to act without the order of Governor Tang.

Man Gui and others were talking anxiously beside Tang Feng, just to pursue him quickly, otherwise the enemy would have to leave. Tang Feng and the generals who came to Liaodong with him were old gods, and they all looked like they were not in a hurry. He looked at the generals in front of him and said, "We will send troops to pursue him, I believe Jiannu can also expect it. Do you think they will not prepare to prevent us from chasing him?"

"But do we just want to let them leave because of this concern?" Man Gui said impatiently.

"No, we will definitely win this time. You think that if the Jin people want to guard against our pursuit, they will inevitably leave the most elite troops to cut off the rear. As long as we can annihilate this troops, it will be better than killing their ordinary team of 10,000 or 20,000. So my target is not their central army, but the elite troops to cut off the rear." Tang Feng said with confidence.

After hearing what Tang Feng said, the generals accepted this method. But they were still eager to send troops quickly, but they stopped him for Tang Feng. He had already sent people to pay attention to everything ahead. Once the opportunity came, news would come.

Over there, the Jin people's ambush was waiting for a long time but the Ming army was chasing him. Their own troops had already gone far, so it was not easy to stay for a long time. After looking back at the road to the south in confusion, Dorgon ordered everyone to walk out of the darkness, move forward at full speed, and leave this dangerous place.

As soon as they showed up, a pigeon painted red flew into the sky. Tang Feng in the distance soon knew that the enemy had appeared, so he waved his sword in his hand and said, "The army must pursue it, but the formation in our army must be maintained!"

The anxious sound of horse hooves came from behind, and there were increasingly clear shouts of killing, which made the cavalry of the Jin army who had just set off stunned. Dorgon was also nervous: Why would the Ming army appear at this time? Is their target the one? Now he can no longer consider this issue. He knew very well that if he wanted to escape, it would only give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it, and instead cause damage to his own side. So he immediately issued an order to make the five thousand cavalry turn around and face the Ming army. Although the suddenness of the ambush was less likely to be abrupt, the Jin cavalry still had great lethality in the place where the horse was flat.

In order to pursue and win the chance, Tang Feng used almost all his men this time. Except for 3,000 people staying in Ningyuan, nearly 40,000 other troops chased after him. In addition, the new cannons that were much lighter than ordinary cannons were also brought out by him. When they saw the Jin army appear in front of him, they completely set up their formation.

"Kill!" As soon as the Jin army saw the Ming army, they didn't think much about it, and rushed up. They were all the most elite troops in the Zhengbai Banner. Even on the back of the galloping horse, they were still as stable as a rock. The bows in their hands were pulled open at the same time. Once they reached the range, they would use this to reap the lives of the Ming army soldiers.

In response to this, Tang Feng had already had a countermeasure and sneered and issued an order: "Article is ready, bomb their rear team and hit their morale!" Immediately, someone took his order and started a nervous move, and several artillery members who had been behind the formation were pushed out.

"Boom..." Ten artillery came first, and the rear of the Jin army exploded. Dozens of soldiers were killed on the spot, and the war horses around them also ran around because of fright. At the same time, another order from Tang Feng passed on: "Military soldiers come forward to block the enemy's attack!"

Under Guan Zhengjie's personal leadership, more than 500 musketeers rushed up, crossed the Liaodong army in the front, and faced the Jin cavalry. When they arrived three hundred steps away from the Jin army, they dispersed one after another. The soldiers in front squatted to the ground, half-squatted in the second row, and the last row stood upright. They all held muskets that had not been very harmful to the Jin cavalry in their hands.

Seeing the Ming army posed such a strange formation, the Jin army was a little surprised, but at this time there was no time to think about it. The enemy had come to the front and he had already rushed up. If he wanted to kill the enemy, he had to kill them with the strongest attitude. Although Dorgon was confident in this regard, even in such an unfavorable situation, he had a thousand great Jin cavalry to kill tens of thousands of Ming troops and left in a mess. Today they had five thousand elite cavalry, so naturally they could do it.

Even though there were powerful artillery on the opposite side, the Jin army had already seen the power of artillery and knew that it was very troublesome to load ammunition, and they did not retreat. They rushed forward with a shout, and they wanted to completely destroy the formation of the Ming army at their own speed.

But the musketeers who were not valued by them had great lethality in this moment. The musketeers of three rows of 500 people did not rush in as before, but took turns shooting at the command of their respective captains, and then took turns to the back to recharge gunpowder and iron sand.

After a series of exploding like fried beans, hundreds of Jin cavalry fell to the ground, but they were not able to reach the Ming army. This greatly stimulated these Jin cavalrymen, and they began to suddenly disperse, raiding the Ming army's flanks from both sides, and at the same time counterattacked the musketeers with bows and arrows. However, their speed and momentum of rushing forward were no longer as good as before. After all, the fastest people in front were beaten into blood gourds, which was still a bit scary.

Seeing that the purpose of attacking the enemy's aura had been achieved, Tang Feng immediately ordered the musketeers to retreat, and then let the shield soldiers and spearmen step forward to block the Jin army's rapid shooting. The Jin cavalry who had killed in front of the Ming army could not break through the layers of shield formations. Instead, they were stabbed into the war horses by the spears that were stabbed out from the gaps in the shield from time to time. Before the cavalry had stood up, they were chopped to the ground by the sword and shield hands waiting behind. This set of defensive formation was trained by the Ming army and the Jin and the *** cavalry in countless confrontations, and the Ming army in Liaodong was even more skillful.

Seeing this, Dorgon knew that it was wrong. The Ming army's formation was entirely to restrain his cavalry, and with those artillery behind him, it was impossible to win this battle. And he suddenly thought of another point. Judging from the current situation, the Ming army's goal was already very obvious. They were determined to fight head-on by their elite cavalry. If they wanted to fight head-on, the five thousand troops would be wiped out. Thinking about this, he made a quick decision and no longer ordered an attack. Instead, he changed the back team to the front team and fled quickly. He wanted to retreat with the speed of the cavalry.

But this was also under Tang Feng's consideration. When the Jin army stopped charging, he issued an order again. The spearmen and shield soldiers suddenly dispersed, revealing the Guanning Iron Cavalry behind. These nearly 8,000 elite cavalry were the killer weapon used by Tang Feng to annihilate the enemy in front of him. This cavalry is not weaker than the Jin people's cavalry, and it has been raising energy in the formation for a long time. Now, when they heard the order of attack, they naturally rushed forward happily. The first one was Mangui, who had already been filled with fire and had nowhere to scatter.

"Kill!" Under Man Gui's leadership, eight thousand Guanning Iron Cavalry rushed out like a torrent. On one side, there was no support and was hit continuously, thinking about the escaped Jin army, while on the other side, they were thinking about revenge and the morale of Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the original combat power of the two sides was not much different. Once the battle was fought, the victory or defeat was decided.

The Jin cavalry kept trying to deal with their superb horse skills, but the Guanning Iron Cavalry, who had a three-eyed magic gun, had no intention of just fighting with them in close combat. On the way to chase, the muskets fired and killed some Jin cavalry who were behind. This made the morale of the Jin people plummet, and even the speed of escape was not so fast. Some people were even unable to control the direction because the horse was frightened, causing several cavalry to hit a place, giving the Ming army a chance to catch up further.

The final result was a five thousand Jin army. Except for more than 300 people who protected Dorgon and fled north, everyone else was killed on the spot, and none of them were captured. This was a countermeasure set by Tang Feng. After all the Jin people's living power was eliminated, they could no longer pose any threat to the Ming Dynasty.

Since his debut, Dorgon, who has always been a complete victory, finally suffered a great defeat during his trip to Liaodong, and he was defeated again and again. Not only was he forced to return, but even the elite troops he trusted most were lost. This time, it became even more difficult for him to go to Shengjing, Jindu to seize the position of Khan.

However, this battle also had its use for the Jin army, which was to hold back the pursuit of the Ming army. Now it was impossible to catch up with the Jin army in front. The main force of the Jin army's central army had been away from Jinzhou more than an hour ago. Now if you want to catch up, you may not be able to catch up. In desperation, Tang Feng had to lead his troops to occupy Jinzhou first. Without the Jin army's garrison, Jinzhou was an empty city, and some cities further north were finally able to take them all back.

This battle ended. Apart from losing some people, the Jin army gained nothing. This might make Dorgon remember his life if he could continue to live in the Jin Kingdom. Tang Feng's status in the Liaodong army was also improved again, catching up with Sun Chengzong of the past. At the same time, he also gave the court a good news and requested the court to approve him to take this opportunity to attack the Jin Kingdom in the north, and eliminate the major border defense problems that had been over the years...
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