Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 294 Wu Shijun, the car
Ren Qi and Zhu Yujian received the imperial edict and went to the barracks to gather troops.Because the army on their way was implementing a roundabout and outflanking strategy, and had to go around a long distance, so there was no delay for a moment, and they set off with an army of [-] in the early morning of the second day.

From Xuzhou, they marched westward quickly, passed Zhecheng, Guide Prefecture, and then headed south quickly. The soldiers pointed directly at Chenzhou and Shangshui. After taking these two places, they went straight to Xiangcheng.

Xiangcheng is located in the middle of the Fenhe River and the Nihe River, facing Runing Mansion.However, the Manchu Qing government operated Henan, and the Runing Mansion belonged to the southernmost sphere of influence, which posed a certain threat to Tianfu. It was equivalent to Li Cunming asking Yan Yingyuan to manage Jining City, which became a sharp knife inserted into the hinterland of the enemy-occupied area.

Therefore, the Manchu Qing court attached great importance to this place and sent a general Wu Shijun to guard Runing Fucheng.

Wu Shijun, a Han, was born in June of the fourth year of Destiny. After Jin Zhengming took Kaiyuan City, Wu Shijun surrendered with his uncle Wu Yu.Later, he repeatedly made military exploits, and became an official to the left deputy Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the deputy Du Tong of Zhenghongqi Han Army.

This man fought bravely and was quite strategic.When Ren Qi and Zhu Yujian's troops stormed Xiangcheng, Wu Shijun summoned his generals to discuss countermeasures and asked, "The Ming army is coming in menacingly, do you have a plan to retreat from the enemy?"

The generals have different opinions and opinions.

Some people say that the Runing Mansion has only [-] troops, and most of them are Han soldiers. If a strong enemy comes, it is better to retreat to Kaifeng as soon as possible.

Some people say that if you flee without fighting, you will definitely be held accountable by the court, but the enemy is coming too fiercely, and it would be too reckless to go out to meet the enemy, so it is better to defend.

Wu Shijun pondered for a long time, and said: "The spies come to report that the Ming army has Ren Qi and Zhu Yujian as generals. Do you know the origins of these two men? Ren Qi was just a bandit leader before, and Zhu Yujian was a deposed vassal king. Both of them have no actual experience in leading a large army to fight. The reason why they have been so strong all the way is because our army in Chenzhou and other places is weak, so they took advantage of it."

"Is General Wu going to fight head-on?" someone asked.

Wu Shijun shook his head and said: "Just now you have made it very clear that the enemy is strong and we are weak, so it is not realistic to fight head-on."

"Oh, that is to defend the city." Someone said.

Wu Shijun shook his head again: "No, blindly defending is too passive."

Everyone present was confused. They didn’t want to fight head-on, and they said that defending the city was too passive. Moreover, they didn’t abandon the city and flee. What on earth did they want to do?
"Everyone, do you know the story of Zhang Liao during the Three Kingdoms period? At that time, Sun Quan led [-] troops to attack Hefei, and Zhang Liao led [-] soldiers to attack the [-] troops of Soochow. At one point, he almost captured Sun Quan alive. After this battle, Zhang Liao shocked Jiangdong."

"Our situation at this moment is similar to Zhang Liao's. The enemy's force is strong, but the so-called one-surge force will be exhausted again and again. This general intends to imitate Zhang Liao and defeat the enemy's spirit. When the morale of the Ming army is sluggish, let's hold on to the city, and the Ming army will return. What can I do? Besides, Zhang Liao dared to fight against an army of 3 with only [-] soldiers, but we have [-] horses!"

After Wu Shijun's explanation and encouragement, the generals also felt that this plan was feasible, and their blood was surging.Those who served as soldiers, especially those who became generals, who would not want to be famous in history like Zhang Liao?

Seeing that the generals agreed with his strategy, Wu Shijun immediately made deployments, leaving 2 soldiers to defend the city. He personally led [-] soldiers to station in Mengjiazhuang, east of Runing Fucheng.

Mengjiazhuang is on the west bank of the Hong River. The Ming army came from Xiangcheng to attack Runing Fucheng. This is the place they must pass through.

……

One day later, the Ming army captured Xiangcheng, killed more than [-] Qing soldiers, and entered the city happily.

Along the way, they were invincible, and the soldiers were full of fighting spirit and joy.Silly Dazhu was also a little flustered, and took the initiative to ask Ying to say: "General Ren, General Zhu, after taking Xiangcheng, you can enter the territory of Runing Mansion, let me take the lead."

Ren Qi smiled and said: "Shun Hou, do you want to take the lead?"

"Nonsense, let's fight a war, who doesn't want to make meritorious service!" Silly Dazhu shouted.

Zhu Yujian said seriously: "We have just captured Xiangcheng, and our foothold is not stable. Let's wait for a few days. The spies sent out reported that the enemy army has deployed troops in the Mengjiazhuang area, which should not be underestimated."

Silly Dazhu said: "I know, we must fight steadily and steadily. We can't take it lightly. But His Majesty told us to make a roundabout and go to Zhuxian Town as soon as possible. With this marching speed, we will have to go until the year of the monkey. General Zhu is in Xiangcheng to stabilize people's hearts. Lead a team of men and horses to kill the enemy troops in Mengjiazhuang, without delay."

Zhu Yujian wanted to persuade him again, Ren Qi said: "I also think that our marching speed is a bit slow, Mengjiazhuang only has [-] enemy troops, and we should send [-] soldiers to attack, which should be more than enough. Sweeping them, it will be easy to attack the Runing Mansion That's a lot."

"General Ren, do you agree to my request? Then I will lead the troops and set off tomorrow to ensure that the battle will be over within one day." Sha Dazhu said impatiently.

Ren Qi scratched his crotch and warned: "The most important thing to attack Mengjiazhuang is to cross the Hong River. You must prevent the enemy from attacking when our army crosses the river. Bring more artillery and provide powerful fire support. "

"Understood!" Silly Dazhu walked out, walked to the door and turned back with a smile, "Seventh Brother, wait and hold a celebration banquet for me, you have to buy me a drink."

When Silly Dazhu left, Zhu Yujian said with some concern: "General Ren, you can see the whole leopard at a glance. Judging from Shunhou's performance, there is a feeling of pride and underestimation of the enemy in the army..."

"I can see it too. It seems that we have to be more cautious. I will personally lead [-] soldiers as a backup force." Ren Qidao.

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Two days later, Si Dazhu's 2 troops arrived at the Hong River.Soldiers guarded the ferry, recruited dozens of fishing boats from the local area, and began to cross the river.

Half of the soldiers landed, and suddenly heard the sound of killing, and Wu Shijun commanded the Qing soldiers to attack.Silly Dazhu hastily ordered: "The artillery fires!"

Wu Shijun seemed to have expected that the Ming army would use artillery to cover the soldiers crossing the river. When he gave an order, more than 2000 people in his army rolled out chariots to resist the artillery shells.

"Hey, do the Qing soldiers also have car camps?" Silly Dazhu was a little surprised, and ordered the artillery to increase their firepower.

Because the army of Silly Dazhu came here in a hurry, the army did not bring Hongyi cannons, but only dozens of tiger squatting cannons and captive-killing cannons.

When the shells were shot out, they were blocked by the Qing army's chariots, but they couldn't penetrate the chariots or hurt the enemy.

The 楯车, that is, the shield chariot, also known as the brand chariot, was improved by Nurhachi based on the chariots in the Ming army's chariot battalion. It was a magic weapon for the Qing soldiers to deal with the Ming army's weapons.

According to the "Zhanshou Quanshu" written by Fan Jingwen of the Ming Dynasty, the shield on the Baqi chariot is made of thick wood covered with cowhide and iron. If you hit it and roll it down, the firewood will not burn when you throw it", which has a strong defensive power.

According to records in "Manwen Old Documents", every 300 people in Houjin's Niulu (one Niulu is 100 people) are equipped with four carriages, operated by thirty soldiers, accounting for [-]%, which shows their status.

Nurhachi attaches great importance to the use of chariots. He once ordered that if there is no chariot in the army, he is not allowed to go to battle without authorization.

The 楯车 has become the key to victory and defeat, and there are countless examples in the wars between Manchuria and the Ming Dynasty.In the famous Battle of the Daling River, the Manchurian army approached the Ming army's chariot battalion by relying on their chariots, firing guns, bows and arrows at the Ming army at close range to defeat the Ming army.Prior to this, the Eight Banners Army's long-distance shelling, cavalry shock and cavalry shooting attacks against the Ming army failed to defeat the Ming army.

It can be seen from this that the use of chariots by the Qing soldiers is different from that used by the Ming army. The chariot camps of the Ming army are mainly defensive. shoot.

The cavalry of the Qing army were equipped with hard bows. In order to offset the impact of the horseback bumps, they usually approached and shot arrows.In the words of Xu Guangqi, a famous scholar in the Ming Dynasty: "The thief shoots the ribs in the face within five steps, and every shot will kill him. Who can resist the enemy?"

Such was the tactics used by Wu Shijun.The Qing soldiers pushed the carts forward layer by layer, completely ignoring the Ming army's artillery fire. When the distance was almost equal, the archers fired arrows intensively, and the cavalry rushed out.

By the time Silly Dazhu saw clearly the fighting style of the Qing soldiers, it was too late, and the soldiers who went ashore died one after another under the rain of arrows.Many people retreated to the river, huddled together, and did not dare to enter, and did not dare to retreat, the situation was very dangerous.

"Straight mother, I have underestimated the enemy!" Silly Dazhu cried out incessantly.

But at this time, Wu Shijun sat on his horse, pointed at the silly big pillar and shouted: "Did you see that man? He should be the main general of this Ming army, the leader!"

(End of this chapter)