On March 15th in the second year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1629), Sun Chengzong's Liaodong Army entered Ningyuan and then stationed in Jinzhou and Guangning.
Since the new First Army has been stationed in Guangning, the forefront of Liaodong, Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan and Jinzhou are already behind the Ming army, with only 10,000 Liaodong troops stationed each, Guangning stationed 30,000 Liaodong troops, and another 20,000. The Liaodong Army is building a cement road from Jinzhou to Guangning, extending the first avenue from the capital to Shanhaiguan to Guangning.
There are also 20,000 Liaodong Army, which served as auxiliary troops of the Northern Expedition, specializing in transporting grain and grass materials. The capital sent the supplies of the Northern Expedition to Sanhai Customs, while the 20,000 Liaodong Army took over from Shanhaiguan and transported the supplies to Guangning. Guangning became a material transfer station for the Northern Expedition.
On March 20th, the One Hundred Thousand First Army assembled in Quang Ning officially marched eastward and began the northern expedition to establish slavery.
On the vast land from the east of Guangning to Sancha River, there were originally scattered soldiers with Zhenghong, Zhengbai, Inlaid White Flags, and Inlaid Blue Flags. However, after Manggurtai was transferred back to Shengjing by Huang Taiji, the various flags All of the skirmishers also returned to Shengjing, where it was Dorgon’s Zhengbai Banner that confronted Daming.
There are a total of 28 full Niu Lus in Zhengbai Banner, and there are 8,400 soldiers, but the defense area of Dorgon is mainly east of Sancha River, from Liaoyang to Gaizhou.
To the west of Sancha River, there are only two strongholds, Xipingbao and Sanchahebao.
Although Dorgon participated in the peace talks with Daming, after he arrived at the front line of Liaodong, he was ready with both hands.
If Daming and Daikin can really sign a peace treaty, he will stick to Xipingbao and Sanchahe Fort, and then move on the spot; if Daming and Daikin cannot reach a peace treaty, with Daming’s current situation, Daikin and Daming will inevitably have a big deal. In large-scale wars, Xiping Fort and Sanchahe Fort were the first line of defense against the Ming army.
Regardless of whether the peace treaty can be signed, Xipingbao and Sanchahebao, west of Sancha River, are strategic locations for Dorgon.
However, Dorgon’s soldiers are too few and the defense area is too wide. Therefore, Xipingbao and Sanchahe Fort can only be stationed with four Niulu each. In addition, Dorgon has been stationed with the blue banner stationed near the Yalu River. The banner owner Jierhalang got in touch, and once the situation of the battle changed, the two sides responded to each other.
Relying on the huge number and flintlock advantage, the Ming army has extended its strength to the east of Quang Ning, and the rangers are also showing off on the open grassland.
Near Xiping Fort, you may see a small group of Ming army rangers at any time, and Jurchen's rangers can only be huddled in Xiping Fort. Once they go out, they will inevitably be besieged by Ming army rangers.
After Dorgon came to Liaoyang, he once sent an envoy to Yuan Chonghuan as an envoy for peace talks, hoping that the rangers of both sides could get along in harmony.
Yuan Chonghuan replied very simply. He took the peace agreement. As long as he saw the peace agreement, the Ming army would not drive away the wanderers of the Great Golden Kingdom.
The peace treaty hadn't finally taken effect, and Dorgon had nothing to do. He thought that Yuan Chonghuan was so aggressive, and it must be that Daming hopes to sign a peace treaty with Dajin State as soon as possible.
However, the two sides were not in a state of war, but a temporary tacit peace. When Dorgon delivered supplies to Xipingpu, the Ming army never felt embarrassed.
It was Yu Chongxiao’s Third Army that served as the vanguard of the Central Route Army of the Northern Expedition. In the battle to reclaim the three cities of Liaodong in the first year of Chongzhen, the Third Army had never participated in the battle. Yuan Chonghuan hoped that the Third Army would have the opportunity to train.
After a brief explanation to Yu Chongxiao, Yuan Chonghuan ordered the Third Army to attack Xiping Fort and must wipe out the defenders of Xiping Fort. After staying with Zhu Youjian for a long time, Yuan Chonghuan also knew that the number of Jurchens was limited and they would definitely consume them. There is vitality.
At noon that day, a Jurchen transportation team escorted a batch of supplies. When it was about to enter Xipingbao, it was interrogated by the Ming army rangers, and the two sides entangled.
Ming army rangers released fireworks, and a large number of Ming army hidden nearby quickly rushed to the scene. They took the goods and captured all the Jurchens. Although the Jurchens explained repeatedly, the Ming army could not understand his language at all.
At the second shift, the Jurchen transport team appeared at the east gate of Xipingbao.
"Open the door, open the door, the materials we transport have arrived." The leader of the transport team shouted to the city with Jurchen.
"Transportation team? Why did you arrive at night? We are almost out of cooking." The defenders on the front of the city were ecstatic.
"Do you think I'm willing to go on the road in the dark? If you didn't know that your food is tight... Open the gate, I rushed all night, and I almost fell apart from exhaustion." The leader cursed.
"Wait." The defender threw the torch in his hand from the top of the city. With the light of the fire, he saw that the transportation team was wearing the leather armor of the Great Golden Kingdom, and then he was relieved.
"What are you doing? I almost threw it on Lao Tzu's head." The leader was a little angry, "Could it be that there was a surprise attack by the Ming army? You stupid donkey!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The defender repeatedly apologized, for fear that the transportation team would be angry and transport the grain away. "This is the old rule, and I can't help it."
"Now you can see clearly? If you don't open the city anymore, I will transport the grain grassland road back." The leader stamped out the torch, and the city was dark again.
"This will open, this will open." The defenders replied repeatedly, "Open the gate to welcome the grain and grass into the city."
The gate opened, and the defenders waited in the gate cave.
The grain and straw cart came in, and the leader of the transportation team walked in the front. He rushed to the defending army and laughed twice, "Just a few of you defending the city?"
"This is not a time of war. There are not too many soldiers guarding the city."
"Yes, now you don't have to be a soldier," the leader looked around, seeing nothing in the darkness. "This Da Ming's grain truck is really easy to use. If you rely on war horses to transport these grains and grass, you need at least 500 war horses. ."
"That's, that's, Daming's things are easy to use, but unfortunately, we won't make them."
"You don't need to make it anymore." The leader's words were not yet silent, he was already cutting the soldier over.
The remaining defenders, who had not yet figured out what had happened, were also chopped and killed by other transporters at the entrance of the city gate.
The leader made a gesture: "Quickly, seize the city gate to prevent slaves from counterattacking, Ah Si, move the truck away, Xiao Lei, set off fireworks."
While the vehicle was being dragged out of the city gate hole, a blue firework rose high above the east gate of Xipingbao.
Du Tong, the commander of the 7th Division of the Third Army, who was lurking in the dark, was waiting for the fireworks to appear. When the blue fireworks appeared in the sky, he got up from the grass and said, "Hurry up and get on. ."
"Da da da… "
The sound made by horseshoes violently hitting the ground can spread far in a quiet night. Perhaps coupled with the vibration of the ground, the Jurchens in the barracks were also alarmed.
But they didn't understand what was going on, and they didn't know where the sound came from, so they hesitated for a while.
It was this short moment that the Ming army seized the opportunity.
The 7th Division threw the horses outside the city, and took advantage of the night to snatch into the east city gate on foot. Du Tong followed the front army to the front of the city, "Quickly, occupy the front of the city and establish a defensive formation."
The soldiers who entered the city in advance immediately surrounded the city with a semi-circular formation. After the soldiers stabilized the formation, they slowly moved forward to make room for the soldiers entering the city from behind.
"Da da da… "
A rush of horseshoes came from the city.
The Ming Army knew that the Jurchen Cavalry was here, and these soldiers who had never been on the battlefield suddenly became nervous. They held the flintlocks in their hands tightly, and didn't know if their palms were sweating.
Du Tong stood behind the soldier. He quietly looked at the direction of the sound, but could not see anything in the night.
More and more soldiers entered the city, and they continued to join the back of the semicircle, forming three semicircles.
With three rows of soldiers, Du Tong gradually relieved his mind. What he worried most was that when the soldiers were nervous, they would shoot all the bullets out, and then they would all have to reload. There was a long time interval.
If so, during the time when the soldiers were loading their bombs, Jian slaves had no choice but to charge and even kill.
The sound of horses' hoofs got closer, and the soldiers' hearts became tighter and tighter. They even leaned on each other to reduce the shaking of their bodies.
Du Tong felt it too. He shouted at the soldiers: "The First Army and the Second Army have captured the three cities of Liaodong. In front of the flintlock, Jiannu is the lamb for us to slaughter."
The soldiers were silent, only the sound of the hoofs of Jian slaves, knocking their hearts hard.
Seeing that the effect was not obvious, Du Tong was so anxious that his head was sweating. If the soldier was frightened by the slave-building cavalry and dropped the chain at a critical moment, the joke would be a big deal.
Du Tong increased the decibels of his voice: "Ma San, do you still need a wife? Liu Si, do you still need to treat your wife's illness? Don't you usually yell that you have no chance to do meritorious service? Now the opportunity to do meritorious service is here. "
"want."
"want."
Ma San and Liu Si almost ran to Du Tong to sign up, causing everyone to laugh.
"Since you want to do meritorious service, then keep an eye on the slaves in front of you. I will be watching from the side. Whoever shoots more slaves, the higher the military merits and the more rewards he will get."
"Yes, division." The soldiers answered almost in unison.
"Okay, slave building is coming, now it's up to you."
The sound of horseshoes is getting closer, and the sound of "Da Da" is getting louder and louder. Although this sound still hits the hearts of the soldiers, the soldiers are no longer afraid of being infinitely expanded by the night as before.
"Prepare." Du Tong could almost see Jiannu's figure, and he quickly reminded this group of new troops who were not new troops.
The soldiers had already picked up their flintlocks and aimed them in the direction of the sound of horseshoes.
"Attention... shoot."
"boom."
"boom."
"boom."
…
Countless flintlock bullets were shot towards the black shadow in front. The soldiers couldn't see a list of slaves, they could only shoot bullets based on their feelings.
Fortunately, there were enough flintlocks, and the Jian slaves in the front fell out of their horses one after another. Either people were injured or horses were injured.
Because of the darkness, the hit rate of the flintlocks was not high, and because of the darkness, the cavalry who built slaves didn't know what was going on.
The Jiannus in front screamed. When they fell on their horses one by one, the Jiannus behind did not slow down their horses. They just heard a violent and dense sound. The Jiannu cavalry, who had always been publicizing, did not stop. Under the trend of impact, they didn't even light the torch.
"Okay, good shot, second row, shot." Through the faint light of the flintlock, Du Tong clearly saw the Jiannu soldiers fall from their horses.