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Chapter 168 The Battle of the Hun River ([-])

"It is said that the white-armed soldiers were counterattacked by the Eight Banners soldiers, but not all the white-armed soldiers were wiped out by the regiment. Most of them were wiped out by the Eight Banners soldiers, but a small number of them escaped."

"For example, the general Zhou Shilu ran away from the northwest, and the deputy generals Deng Qilong and Yuan Jianlong hurriedly seized the bridge and fled. They led the remnants of the Baigan army to withdraw into the Zhe army's garrison, and continued to fight."

"As for the Zhejiang soldiers, after learning that the white-armed soldiers had been beaten to pieces, they quickly set up defenses to prevent the Eight Banners soldiers from taking the opportunity to go south and attack them."

"It is said that the Zhejiang soldiers lined up for five miles on the south bank of the Hun River, set up chariots and artillery, and reinforced their positions and built fences to prevent the Eight Banners cavalry from rushing in suddenly."

"Soon, after the white-armed soldiers who continued to resist the Eight Banners soldiers on the north bank of the Hun River were wiped out by Nurhachi, Nurhachi led his army southward, intending to destroy the Zhejiang soldiers in one go."

"The Eight Banners soldiers moved very quickly, crossed the Hun River very quickly, and surrounded the Zhe soldiers' garrison, and surrounded it several times."

"Because the Eight Banners soldiers had just experienced a strong attack by the white-armed soldiers, Nurhachi repeatedly warned the Eight-Banners soldiers who were victorious, not to underestimate the enemy, and deliberately emphasized that the troops under Commander Tong Zhongkui were all white-armed soldiers to warn his subordinates. "

"Then how is the combat effectiveness of the Zhejiang soldiers? You know, the Zhejiang soldiers are from Zhejiang, and the soldiers are all carefully selected, so the combat effectiveness is naturally not weak."

"Besides, the Zhejiang army at that time was dominated by the Qi family army. As you know, the Qi family army trained by Qi Jiguang is full of combat effectiveness!"

"Hey, even though Qi Jiguang had passed away for a long time at that time, and the general of the Qi family army changed from Qi Jiguang to his nephew Qi Jin, the formation method still used the formation method of Qi Jiguang's time. Logically speaking, the combat effectiveness is not weak."

"Therefore, Nurhachi hit the troops and aggressively attacked the Zhejiang soldiers' garrison. The chief soldier Chen Ce, the deputy chief soldier Tong Zhongkui, and the Zhejiang soldier's general Qi Jin responded calmly and actively deployed their formations, planning to fight to the death with the Eight Banners soldiers."

"At the beginning, the Eight Banners soldiers used cavalry to attack, because the cavalry has fast mobility and is not easy to be hit by artillery."

"As for the Ming army, seeing the Eight Banners cavalry attacking, in order to prevent the enemy from getting close to the garrison, they had to use artillery to attack, but the effect was just that, and there was no serious attack on the Eight Banners soldiers."

"When the artillery of the Ming army ran out of gunpowder, hey, Nurhachi ordered the infantry to start attacking. Because the Ming army did not have artillery support, they could only fight head-to-head with the Eight Banners soldiers."

"At the beginning, the two armies fought very fiercely. The Ming army did not equip bow and arrow bags at that time. They held three-foot-long bamboo spears and waist knives, put on armor, and put a layer of cotton on the outside of the armor. In this way, the Eight Banners It is difficult for soldiers' weapons to do harm to them."

"The two armies fought from afternoon to night, but the outcome was still undecided. However, soon after, reinforcements from the Eight Banners arrived and quickly defeated the Zhejiang army. The general soldier Chen Ce died in battle."

"As for the Eight Banners soldiers, ten thousand arrows were fired at the Zhe soldiers' garrison, and at the same time they sent people to attack. As a result, the main generals at that time, Tong Zhongkui, Qi Jin, Zhang Mingshi, Du Siqian, Yuan Jianlong, Deng Qilong, etc. were all killed."

"However, the losses of the Eight Banners soldiers are also very serious. For example, Nurhachi's capable generals, Yabahai, Buha, Sun Zaqin, Bayan, Yamburi, Xiertai, Lange, Dunbudaha, Mubu, Luwanger and other generals died in battle."

"Afterwards, Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi, the commanders-in-chief of the Ming army, came with [-] reinforcements and arrived at Baitapu."

"Although the main generals of the Zhejiang army were killed at that time, there were still many mid-level officers who led the soldiers to continue to resist the Eight Banners soldiers."

"Hey, let's talk about Zhu Wanliang and Jiang Bi's side. Although they are close to the battlefield, they just checked the situation and didn't send troops to rescue them."

"After a while, Jiang Bi said, is it wrong for us to watch here? If the court finds out, we will be punished."

"When Zhu Wanliang heard it, he thought it was reasonable, so he sent 1000 scouts to quietly check the situation."

"It turned out to be very unfortunate. Not long after the scouts with more than 1000 people set off, they encountered Nurhachi's Eight Banners squad, led by General Yasong."

"At that time, Yasong didn't lead many people, only a few dozen people. When he ran into more than 1000 Ming army scouts, Yasong was almost scared to death. He hurriedly led people back."

"Then the scouts of the Ming army also followed closely. They seemed to have forgotten their scouting mission. They chased Ya Song until they reached the barracks on the left wing of the Eight Banners and the Four Banners."

"Ya Song quickly told Nurhachi the news of meeting the Ming army. Nurhachi was also shocked at the time, but what followed was anger."

"At that time, Nurhachi was attacking the Zhe soldiers' garrison, and almost all the troops were invested in it. It's a good thing now. I don't know where the Ming army came from. Do you think Nurhachi can't be angry?"

"At the same time, because Nurhachi has already invested all his troops to attack the Zhejiang soldiers' garrison, he has no choice but to lead his own soldiers and other small teams to stop the sudden Ming army."

"And the Ming army who came to investigate also quickly reported the situation to Zhu Wanliang, saying that the Jurchens are fighting with the Zhejiang soldiers in full swing. If we raid the barracks of the Eight Banners soldiers now, we will definitely win a big victory."

"So Zhu Wanliang followed this suggestion and personally led a team to attack the barracks of the Eight Banners soldiers, but who knew that Nurhachi blocked him before reaching the barracks."

"After a while, Zhu Wanliang's troops collapsed. How should I put it? Although Zhu Wanliang brought 3 people, they were all mobs. It is only reasonable for them to break up after fighting the Eight Banners soldiers."

"After the army collapsed, Zhu Wanliang shouted that something was wrong, and hurriedly led the team to retreat. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed by Huang Taiji's reinforcements halfway, and was chased and killed. More than 3000 people were killed or injured by the Ming army."

"Of course, what happened here happened before the death of the general soldier Chen Ce. After Zhu Wanliang was defeated, the Zhe soldiers and the Eight Banners soldiers fought inextricably. So Chen Ce sent someone to ask Yuan Yingtai to send reinforcements."

"But at this time, Yuan Yingtai was already terrified by the fighting power and advancing speed of the Eight Banners soldiers. He even refused to send reinforcements on the grounds that the Eight Banners soldiers were too powerful and even sending people could not turn the tide of the battle."

"So was the situation at that time exactly as Yuan Yingtai said? Not necessarily. Although the Eight Banners soldiers are powerful in combat, the Zhejiang soldiers are not vegetarians."

"Besides, the Eight Banners soldiers had already been worn out by the white-armed soldiers at that time, and then got entangled with the Zhejiang soldiers. If Yuan Yingtai sent troops to reinforce the Zhejiang soldiers at this time, there is a high probability that Nurhachi can be wiped out."

(End of this chapter)