Yuan Chonghuan used wood and reed mats to block the water of the Taizi River in the upper reaches of Liaoyang, leaving only a small gap, creating the illusion that the river downstream was flowing normally.
When all the Jurchen’s cavalry entered the Taizi River and were about to wade across the river, Yuan Chonghuan released fireworks and ambushed the Ming army soldiers nearby. They immediately removed the wood and reed mats that blocked the river. The head of the water was more than ten feet high. The embankment rushed downstream, and the Jurchen cavalry who was crossing the river rushed to pieces.
The flood and flintlock shooting caused the main force of the cavalry of Zhengbaiqi and Zhenglanqi to be exhausted, and even the owner of Zhengbaiqi Qiqi, Duduo, was killed by the Ming army.
Azig gathered the Jurchen soldiers who had escaped back to the north bank by chance, and tied the new big tent away from the embankment.
He wanted to cry without tears, the cavalry collapsed, and Duduo died. He no longer knew what to do next, whether to return to Shengjing and plead guilty to Huang Taiji, or to move on and try to reunite with Dorgon.
If he merged with Dorgon, he would have to cross the Taizi River. For him, this seemed to be a hurdle that he could not get past; he was very unwilling to go back to Shengjing to plead guilty to Huang Taiji. He was ordered to govern the Zhengbai and Zhenglan flags, but the two flags lost dozens of cattle records in an instant, and completely lost the ability to understand and save Dorgon. He was unforgivable, and Dudor was already dead. Must bear all guilt independently.
With Huang Taiji’s current mood, Azig was able to save his life by burning the incense, and he will never have the opportunity to lead soldiers again. This failure will be the swan song of his military life. He There is no chance to make a profit again.
Fortunately, there is also kumiss!
Azig drove all the soldiers out of his tent, he leaned on the bed alone, and drank three big bags of kumiss in succession.
Under the stimulation of alcohol, Aziger's eyes could not be opened, and he could not even lift his head. He drew into the leather quilt with his clothes and fell asleep groggyly.
If there is no sun, if the sky is always black, Azig hopes that he will never wake up.
However, if there is no if, the outside world will not change a little because of Azig's dream. When Azig opened his eyes, the sun was hanging brightly in the sky, but still in the middle of the sky.
"Come here!" Azig's hoarse voice made him startled.
"Master Belle?" The guards had been waiting outside the big tent. As soon as Aziger made a sound, he picked up the curtain and came in.
Azig felt a splitting headache, he rubbed his temples gently, "What time is it now?"
"Go back to Lord Baylor, it's just noon," the soldier looked up at the sky, and then added: "Master Baylor, do you want a bowl of horse milk tea?"
"Not for the time being!" Azige shook his finger and settled. He has been asleep for most of the day. "The Ming army on the other side, is there any action?"
"Master Belle, the Ming army didn't take any major actions. They just salvaged the corpses of our dead brothers and war horses from the river and burned them on fire."
"Burned?" Of course, Azig didn't understand. The Ming army was worried that the corpses would rot and cause plague, so the Ming army either buried or burned all the corpses, and never left the corpses on the ground.
Seeing that Azig's eyes were empty, the soldier looked stunned, not knowing what he was thinking, he decided to divert Azig's attention: "Master Belle, do you want to eat something now? You didn't eat it last night. "
"Yeah!" Azige nodded, he did feel hungry, "Let's have two beef jerky! Make a bowl of horse milk tea."
"Yes, Lord Belle, the horse milk tea is already cooked." The soldier agreed to go out.
Azig lifted the quilt and got out of the bed. He twisted his body. He just moved his sore muscles and bones. The soldier came back with a tray in his hand with horse milk tea and beef jerky.
Azig took the piping hot horse milk tea and drank a big mouthful. Then he grabbed the tough beef jerky and put it in his mouth to chew.
"Master Belle, do you need to report profusely on the situation of this battle?"
"Of course I have to report profuse!" Aziger swallowed the beef jerky in his mouth. "You will prepare a piece of kraft paper later, and I will write to Dahan myself."
"Yes, Lord Baylor," the soldier's eyes were a little confused, "Master Baylor, what shall we do now?"
"What to do?" This is Aziger's most entangled question. If he knew what to do, he wouldn't have drunk three bags of horse milk wine last night, but after a big cup of horse milk tea, he suddenly became enlightened, "We Stationed here for the time being to contain a part of the Ming army and relieve the pressure on Liaoyang City."
"Master Belle, I understand!" There is still something that the soldiers don't understand, "Master Belle, will the Ming army cross the river?"
"Cross the river?" Azige finally showed a smile, and the gloom on his face receded a lot: "We can't get through, they don't even think about coming over, pass my password, send more riders to strengthen the protection of the river embankment. "
"Yes, Lord Belle." The soldier turned around and was about to go out to convey Azig's order.
"Wait." Azig stopped the soldiers again. "How many cavalry do we have? Have you counted them?"
"Go back to Lord Baylor, the morning has already been counted, there are still 2,863 brothers, which should be nine and a half cows."
"It's only nine and a half?" Azige's smile just appeared, and it disappeared instantly. There were two flags of white and blue. There were a total of sixty cattle records, 18,000 cavalry, and now ten cattle records. He didn't arrive, Liu stopped to Wu stopped, even if Huang Taiji didn't kill him, he didn't have the face to live on.
Azig froze for a long time, only one sentence came out: "How about the supplies?"
"Back to Lord Baylor, many war horses returned to the North Bank, and the supplies carried on horsebacks were also brought back. Now we have sufficient food and grass. I don't know when Lord Baylor plans to support it?"
Azig's gaze became more gloomy. He didn't know how long to support it. However, he suddenly had an idea: "You go and ask to ride up and down the river to find a suitable place to cross the river."
"Master Belle still has to cross the river?"
"Don't worry about this, just do it, go!"
"Yes, Lord Belle." The soldier turned around and went out with the cannon, leaving Aziger chewing alone.
When Aziger was chewing beef jerky alone, chewing painful memories, the Ming army on the south bank of the Prince River was singing and dancing, a lively scene.
The Ming army is celebrating yesterday's big victory.
The Taizihe victory was a great success of Yuan Chonghuan’s “encirclement and rescue” tactics. According to the estimates of the soldiers who salvaged the corpses, they recovered more than 5,000 Jurchen corpses. In addition to sinking in the water, they have not yet risen, or It should be no less than Wanju who are directly fed fish and shrimp.
Ten thousand Jurchen cavalry were wiped out!
This is probably the only time in the history of Ming Dynasty, although the Ming army used the power of the flood.
"Jurchen is no more than 10,000, and there is no enemy if there are more than 10,000." This proverb that Jurchen is proud of will become the yellow flower of yesterday.
Once annihilated more than 10,000 nomadic cavalry, Yuan Chonghuan estimated that in the history of the Han nationality's foreign wars, the feats of the First Army might catch up with Huo Qubing of the Han and Li Jing of the Tang Dynasty.
One person is lonely.
He was on the bank of the Prince Edward River, in the closest place to the battlefield, but he failed to participate in this battle that was enough to go down in the annals of history.
This person is Du Wenhuan, commander of the Second Army of Daming's new compilation.
The entire Second Army, more than 30,000 soldiers, was confined outside Liaoyang City by Dolgun’s five or six Niu Lu.
When the First Army and the Third Army were celebrating the Taizihe victory, Du Wenhuan took a few soldiers and left outside Liaoyang City to Yuan Chonghuan's camp.
"commander!"
"Wen Huan? Why are you here? Sit down first!"
"Commander Xie, congratulations to Commander Taizihe for the great victory!" Du Wenhuan paid a standard military salute to Yuan Chonghuan, but his face still couldn't contain the sense of loss.
"Wen Huan, don’t talk cold words. It was not the First Army or the Third Army that wiped out the establishment of slaves, but the First Army, including your Second Army... If it weren’t for you to control Dorgon in Liaoyang City. , They will not die so soon."
"Commander... But if you don't fight around Liaoyang, it's better to kill and build a slave yourself!"
"In fact, the Second Army was the focus of this battle. Without Dorgon, who was trapped in Liaoyang, there would be no victory over the Taizi River."
"Commander..."
Yuan Chonghuan waved his hand to signal Du Wenhuan to stop talking, "Wen Huan, Dorgon is still honest in these few days, right?"
"Commander, I send people to patrol around Liaoyang city every day. As long as Dorgon’s people appear at the top of the city, they will be shot and killed by flintlock guns. Dorgon’s subordinates may even have five cows. The recording is not complete, but he is as good as a mouse. He has been shrinking in the city, never daring to show his face in the city again."
"Haha, Wen Huan, you haven't been idle."
"Commander, it's a small mess after all!"
"Small trouble? Wen Huan, don't underestimate Dorgon and Liaoyang City. Once Dorgon runs away, we will have no bargaining chips... All the Jian slaves are cavalry, moving extremely fast. If they hide and seek with us on the prairie, we can only stare!"
"Commander, now that the Zhengbai and Zhenglan flags are gone, we should attack the city, right? Dorgon is in Liaoyang, I am afraid that he is too tired of staying."
"No," Yuan Chonghuan waved his hand, "Wenhuan, the siege of Liaoyang has not been resolved, and building slaves is a loss of soldiers and generals. If you were Huang Taiji, would you give up?"
"Yes, the old hatred has not been reported, and the new hatred is added. Who can bear it?"
"Wen Huan, if there is no Dorgon, there will be no burden to build slaves. At that time, where will Jian slaves fight with us? Will they fight with us? The initiative is entirely in their hands."
"The commander is saying that Huang Taiji knows that Dorgon is a piece of bait we designed, and he must swallow it too?"
"Yes, with the fetters of Dorgon and Liaoyang City, Huang Taiji must fight Taizihe."
"Commander, I understand."
"Wen Huan, this time, the Jurchen people came to sixty Niu Lu, next time, how many Niu Lu they will come?"
"What did the commander mean..."
"Wen Huan, if there are too many people to establish slaves, the Second Army will have to deploy some troops to help defend the Taizi River. Therefore, you now try to consume Dorgon's vigorous strength."
"Commander, if soldiers are drawn from the Second Army to besiege the defense line of Liaoyang City, there may be loopholes, in case Dorgon runs away..."
"Wen Huan, Jurchen soldiers have a total of Eight Banners. Now we have almost wiped out the Four Banners. If they can wipe out one or two of their banners, can the Jurchens still be able to hold it? Running a Dorgon is nothing, there is no Jurchen Eight Banners. Ergun is also a toothless tiger."
"Commander, I understand." Du Wenhuan gave Yuan Chonghuan a standard military salute and hurriedly left Yuan Chonghuan's Chinese army camp.