Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 122 Zhu Cihong abandons the boat and goes ashore

"The Son of Heaven is on the Yellow River. He will bring troops to support us soon. Don't retreat. Be patient for a while and defend Chenqiaoyi." Yue Qijie had no choice but to show Zhu Cihong to encourage them.

In fact, he was not sure when Zhu Cihong would come, today or tomorrow, whether he would come or not, it was all unknown.

However, he knew that if the Qing army was allowed to enter Chenqiao Town, he would definitely have to show up here today.

It's a pity that the power of words is too weak, and these group trainers have no ambitions, let alone think about repaying the country with their lives.

So even if the emperor comes to support them, it can't change the fact that they retreat because of fear.

Seeing this, Yue Qijie closed his eyes and became ruthless. He drew his waist knife and chopped down the two retreating soldiers.

"No one is allowed to retreat. Anyone who retreats will be a deserter, and whoever retreats will die!" Yue Qijie had no choice but to lead his own soldiers to form a supervising team. No matter who they are, as long as they dare to retreat, they will be slashed.

Using such a thunderous method, the retreating trend of the regiment trainees finally eased. Many people bravely stood where they were, waiting for the arrival of the Qing soldiers, thinking that they did not want to be killed as deserters.

Jia Laer really saw the regiment trainers standing in place suddenly, and without looking into the reason, he said to his soldiers, "Keep going, drive these Han people into the Yellow River to feed the fish."

After he finished speaking, many soldiers in the rear who were not fighting raised their arms and shouted, "Drive all the Han people into the Yellow River to feed the fish!"

The Eight Banners soldiers' morale was boosted, and they launched a more violent attack on Yue Qijie's regiment trainers.

Their physical strength seemed to be endless. An Eight Banners soldier standing in the front row kept waving the big knife in his hand, raising the knife and falling, and killing more than a dozen people before exhausting his strength, and finally collapsed on the ground. on the ground.

The more the Eight Banners soldiers killed, the higher their morale and the stronger their fighting spirit, while those regiment trainers, like frightened sheep, could not stop their retreating steps no matter how much Yue Qijie killed them.

The Eight Banners infantry have reached the intersection of Chenqiao Town, and they will be able to enter Chenqiao soon.

But at this moment, some soldiers reminded Yue Qijie that there were many large ships floating on the water in the distance, with bright yellow flags written with Zhu characters on them.

"It must be Your Majesty." Yue Qijie looked at Zhu Cihong's boat in the distance with tears streaming down his face.

He thought in his heart that if Zhu Cihong came, it would be too timely, if he was a little later, he would die and die for the country.

But seeing that Zhu Cihong was not the only one, Tong Mengchun and the others also found out.

"Er Zhen, look quickly, the yellow flag, is that the Han emperor?" Just when Tong Mengchun was undecided, a red flag scout suddenly rushed to his side on horseback, pointing to the southeast direction and said.

Tong Mengchun looked along his fingers, and saw many large ships on the water surface in the southeast, with bright yellow flags and golden dragon patterns on them.

"It must be the Han emperor, it must be the Han emperor." Tong Mengchun shouted excitedly.

At this moment, he thought of their Jurchen ancestors Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan hundreds of years ago. They crossed the Yellow River, broke through Bianliang, and captured the emperor of the Han people.

Tong Mengchun thought to himself that he would be able to capture the emperor of the Han people one day and reproduce their Jurchen glory.

He didn't consider at all the possibility that he couldn't beat Zhu Cihong, or even be captured by Zhu Cihong, because the Jurchens had almost never had a big defeat against the Han army in the past few decades, and the victory after victory made them lose their minds.

"Warriors of the Eight Banners, the ship of the Han emperor is on the Yellow River, let us go to the Yellow River, capture the Han emperor, and enslave all the Han people!"

"Leave Chen Qiaozhen alone, and kill me in the direction of the bright yellow flag." Tong Mengchun decided to rush in the direction of Zhu Cihong desperately.

As for other dangers, he never thought about it. After all, as long as he captures Zhu Cihong, the Han people will definitely be wary, so they dare not use force against him. Even if they use force, Tong Mengchun is confident to defeat them all.

With Tong Mengchun's order, three Jiala soldiers of the Eight Banners rode their horses and galloped along the bank of the Yellow River. There were only some weeds, scattered small trees, and not even a grove here, which was most suitable for them to fight on horseback.

And Yue Qijie was shocked when he saw Tong Mengchun attacking Zhu Cihong's Yuzhou in Chenqiao Town, he didn't expect these Manchurians to be so crazy.

Even Ergen gave up his attack on Yue Qijie, and instead withdrew his troops, ordering the soldiers to gather. He would also join Tong Mengchun to attack Zhu Cihong's imperial boat.

Yue Qijie saw him, of course he couldn't let him fulfill his wish, he thought he was Zhu Cihong's subject, the governor of Henan, if he let the enemy run away under his nose and let him beat his own monarch, then Yue Qijie really wanted to Ashamed as hell.

"Crossbowmen, release the arrows, release the arrows, don't let these Eight Banners infantry leave." Yue Qijie still hoped to use bows and crossbows to delay the footsteps of these Eight Banners infantry.

"My lord, our arrows have been shot." A lieutenant commanding the crossbowmen reminded Yue Qijie.

"Then let them throw down their bows and crossbows, take out their knives and guns, and fight out with me." As long as he can keep those Eight Banners vests, he is willing to pay any price.

In fact, if it is only based on physical fitness, crossbowmen are much stronger than ordinary infantry in close combat, because the strength required to draw a strong bow and crossbow is much greater than wielding a knife and a gun.

Having said that, Yue Qijie gathered the crossbowmen with swords and guns and the soldiers around him, and then chased Ergen.

The reason why those infantry regiments were not allowed to attack was because after the previous battles, most of them were very tired, and the most important thing was that they lost the courage to fight against the Qing soldiers.

Here Yue Qijie is chasing Ergen, Ergen is marching towards the Yuzhou fleet, and Tong Mengchun is running towards Yuzhou with three Jiala Eight Banners soldiers.

However, Zhu Cihong orderly commanded the imperial guards, the standard-bearer guards, and the Jin Yiwei to abandon the boat and land on the shore.

The Jiangbei Four Towns, Shi Kefa, and Qian Qianyi who followed him to the Central Plains from the Jianghuai area all landed in Lankao, and when they came to the city of Kaifeng, they would join Zhang Yong in the siege battle.

As for the Jinwu Four Guards, they are still lingering on the surface of the Yellow River, because although the water surface of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River is wide, the water is not deep enough due to the large amount of sand and there are not many navigable places.

The Jinwu Four Guards were not valued by Zhu Cihong either, so they had to queue slowly behind, waiting for the opportunity to land.

"Zhang Chao, quickly bring the [-] battalion ashore and set up an offensive formation. I'd like to see whether the Eight Banners vest is stronger or my Ming's [-] battalion is stronger."

(End of this chapter)