The astonishing moonlight cascaded quietly on the Prince River, mapping the river water into silver ribbons, which were chopped off by new ripples and instantly shattered into countless pieces of white cloth.
Azig hated the bright moonlight very much. They might completely expose the body of the Jurchen cavalry under the muzzle of the Ming army.
"Be careful, it's almost close to the embankment!"
The Jurchen cavalry speeded up the crossing of the river. They were only one step away from the embankment. As long as they climbed the embankment, they would be the world of Jurchen cavalry.
Azig's eyes widened, but he was already behind the team, and he couldn't see the situation on the other side for the time being.
"Wow... 窽..."
The front hoof of the first war horse finally hit the tidal flat!
Azig became more nervous, but the embankment on the opposite side, under the illumination of the last quarter moon, appeared empty, and there was no ambush of the Ming army at all.
"Ming army won't lie on the back of the river bank, right?" Aziger again whispered his command: "Go ashore carefully, prepare your bow and arrow."
The Jurchen soldier put away the scimitar in his hand, and began to open his bow and arrow.
However, they miscalculated again, and there was no Ming army in the embankment, they were just scaring themselves.
Azig still couldn't believe it: "Will the Ming army ambush ahead?"
"Master Belle, there is no Ming army here, maybe the Ming army didn't expect us to cross the river at all."
"Really deceived the Ming army?" Azige looked around, and his eyes couldn't be projected under the moonlight. In his eyes, there was only a vast expanse of whiteness. Beyond the expanse of whiteness was the boundless night.
"Master Belle, what do you do now?"
All the Jurchen cavalry were on the embankment, and there was still no Ming army. Azig was sure that there were no Ming army ambushes nearby. "Release four rangers, five miles, ten miles, fifteen miles, and twenty miles ahead of the army. The place, we walked slowly, the night is quiet, horses shovel on the ground, easy to be noticed by the Ming army, taking advantage of the dark, we first walk slowly on the riverbank for 20 miles, by the way, let the horses rest for a while, after dawn Full speed ahead."
"Yes, Lord Baylor."
Nine and a half-niu-recorded Jurchen cavalry slowly walked along the embankment on the south bank of the Prince River. While there was no interference from the Ming army, the soldiers ate beef jerky on horseback in cold water.
When it was dark, Azig gave the order to advance at full speed, and now there is no need to hide from the Ming army.
"Da da da… "
Like a hurricane from hell, the Jurchen cavalry suddenly emerged from the horizon, blew through the morning sun on the south bank of the Prince River, and rushed towards Liaoyang City to the east.
At the hour of the hour, Liaoyang City was already in sight.
Azig was walking in the middle of the cavalry. He warned the soldiers forward and backward: "Be careful, there may be Ming troops nearby."
The Ming Army's rangers really discovered the nine and a half bull records of Aziger. They did not stop at all, nor did they separate the men and horses to monitor the Jurchen cavalry, but all rushed back.
Azig also spotted the Ming army's ranger. He slashed his scimitar to the sky: "Jiuzhen warriors, the Ming army has discovered us, the battle is about to start, and be prepared for all battles."
The soldiers did not speak, they were still urging the horses.
"Liaoyang, Lord Baylor, is this Liaoyang?"
Azig raised his head, and a castle appeared in front of him. Under the sunlight, the walls could be clearly seen.
"Liaoyang? That's our old capital." As he saw the Liaoyang city wall, Azige also saw the soldiers under the city, all in gray cloth, and the sun and moon flags fluttering in the wind.
Azige "thumped" in his heart, but he didn't understand. Why did he feel a heartache when he saw the sun and moon banner? Is it fear
He couldn't take care of so much anymore. The cavalry had already fully exerted its strength. At this time, it was not easy to just want to retreat.
"Warriors, kill!" Azig bit his scalp, and he put away the scimitar himself, and drew the feather arrow and bow from behind.
Outside the West Gate of Liaoyang, stationed at Li Chenggong's Fifth Division.
Like Du Wenhuan, Li Chenggong did not expect the Jurchen Cavalry to come from the west. The focus of their defense was at the North Gate. After the Ranger sent a message to him, he hurriedly formed a defensive position.
The speed of the Jurchen cavalry was so fast, they obviously entered the range of the flintlocks just as they turned their heads.
For flintlock shooting, at least three rows of gunmen must be established to achieve uninterrupted firing. Only now has the Ming army established the first row of defense, and the Jurchen cavalry will come.
"shooting!"
Li Chenggong couldn't control it. The Jurchen entered the range of the flintlock, and he shot it down first.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Hundreds of gunmen from the Ming army all shot out bullets.
The bravest soldiers are always at the forefront of the cavalry. When they encounter flintlocks, they are always the first to fall.
The number of Jurchen cavalry who fell on the horse is estimated to be less than one hundred.
Li Chenggong didn't have time to watch. He yelled at the soldiers behind, "Quickly, join the second row."
When the first row of gunmen were shooting, the soldiers behind had already ran over one after another. Li successfully stopped drinking, allowing them to quickly assemble.
"Shoot, fast."
The Jurchen cavalry was blocked by flintlocks just now, but the hesitation time was very short, and it was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. When the cavalry entered the flintlock range again, they just greeted the second row of gunmen shooting, and the tide of offensive was hit again. Got to be shattered.
"Quickly, join the third row, the Jurchen is coming."
"Master, we all face the cavalry outside the city. What if Dorgon breaks out of the city? It's impossible for Dorgon to know such a big movement outside the city."
"I don't care, don't worry about Dorgon, hurry up, join the third party."
The remaining hundreds of Ming troops could only join the battlefield and become the third row of gunmen. They just caught up with another wave of Jurchen cavalry.
Aziger's offensive was temporarily suppressed by Li Chenggong. They could not break through the death line of a hundred steps, and naturally they could not enter the range of the bow and arrow.
Li Chenggong's hanging heart temporarily returned to his chest, but the danger was not relieved, and Dorgon might go out of the city to meet Azig at any time.
"Quickly, send someone to the army seat for help."
"Master, we haven't sent anyone to find the army seat, but after the Ranger sent us a message, he has already gone to the North City Gate. This army seat should already be known."
"That's good, now the Jurchen Cavalry has been blocked outside the West Gate."
"Master, although we blocked the cavalry outside the city, we no longer have a reserve team. What should we do if Dorgon goes out of the city to meet him?"
"I had to defeat the cavalry outside the city first, and it would be better to annihilate them, and I will clean up Dorgon when I look back."
"Master, in this bright day, Dorgon will definitely see the battle outside the city clearly..."
"However, we have no soldiers. The reinforcements will come over. There will be a moment..." Li Chenggong squeezed his chin and bit his lip. There are already a hundred soldiers, so let’s go on top of the city gate for a while."
"Master, Dorgon has several cattle records. If he wants to escape, he will definitely come out. How can these hundred or ten people stop Dorgon's cavalry?"
Li Chenggong shook his head: "We can't withdraw anymore. Now we are in a balance of power. The gunmen are only blocking the cavalry on the periphery. We have no cavalry guards on our two wings. If the gun formation is broken, none of us can run away. Ergun, what's the point? If we can eliminate the Jurchen cavalry outside the city in time, Dorgon will be out of the city and the soldiers will turn around. Where can he go?"
"..."
Each platoon of gunmen who fought in the front was still a transfer of twenty people, plus Li Chenggong’s cavalry, a total of hundreds of people, divided into three platoons, and they were blocked outside the West Gate. Li Chenggong estimated that through the narrow gate, they would be able to delay. Dorgon's out of town time.
Time, time, for Li Chenggong, the most important thing now is time.
If time permits, he can completely annihilate the Jurchen cavalry outside the city. If time permits, other units of the Second Army will rush over to reinforce them. The cavalry inside and outside the northern city gate is not enough for Du Wenhuan to stuff his teeth.
However, there is no if.
In the city of Liaoyang.
Dorgon had already felt that there were horses galloping outside the city! This is a special skill that the Jurchen people have cultivated for a long time. When Azig was still ten miles away from Liaoyang, he felt the tremor of the ground.
But Dorgon was not sure which army came, whether it was the Ming army or the reinforcements of the Golden Kingdom.
Dorgon had already calculated that the Great King Kingdom had just failed miserably in the Prince River, and should not send reinforcements so soon. Therefore, this elite cavalry might be the Ming army.
Since it was the Ming army, it had nothing to do with Dorgon. Dorgon went to drink horse milk tea again. It turns out that he likes horse milk wine the most, but after repeated breakouts and obstacles, Dorgon feels that his chances of getting out of the city alive are getting less and less. Therefore, he must keep a clear mind at all times and he must seize the gift of eternal life. Any chance of him.
Because Du Wenhuan often arranged soldiers to shoot and kill the Jurchen soldiers on the front of the city, the Jurchen soldiers generally would not show up at the front of the city. As long as the Ming army did not attack the city, they had no plans to leave the city for the time being.
When Li Chenggong blocked Azig's cavalry at the West Gate, Dorgon was still commenting on horse milk tea.
It was only when Azig's cavalry had been damaged halfway before the soldiers in the city felt something was wrong. Several brave soldiers still looked down through the parapet wall.
At this sight, they were so shocked that they couldn't take their tongues back: Zhengbaiqi and Zhenglanqi came to rescue them.
When Dorgon got the message, he threw away the horse milk tea and ran to the West Gate to watch.
There was a fierce battle outside the city. The Ming army used flintlocks, while the attacking cavalry wore leather armor. They were supposed to be Jurchens. Dorgon was very familiar with such fierce battles.
Dorgon was still worried: "Did the Ming army deliberately wear our leather armor, posing as our people, and lure us out of the city? They had a big victory in the Prince River a few days ago. It shouldn't be difficult to find a few leather armors. "
"Master Belle, I seem to have seen it. The one who fell just now is a familiar brother of mine."
"Really? You didn't read it wrong?" Dorgon couldn't wait to tear the soldier's chest apart, and took out his heart to see if he was telling the truth.
"Master Baylor, there is absolutely nothing wrong, he is really an acquaintance brother of mine."
Dorgon felt that when he drank horse milk tea today, he might have missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go home, but the battle is still going on and he still has a chance.
"Jiuzhen warriors, take your bows and arrows, follow me out of the city, and we will go home together."