And just when Chen Liang was fantasizing about how to occupy Niuzhuang, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly rose behind him, and a sergeant who was covered in wounds and had five or six arrows stuck behind him, riding his war horse, knocked over all the soldiers in front of him without any scruples, and rushed directly to Chen Liang's eyes, and reported loudly to Chen Liang: "Ten miles of road, the Manchu Qing is a yellow flag with a yellow flag and a blue flag with a white flag, with a total of no less than 60,000 troops, and has already opened an attack formation, and is heading" Then he swallowed his last breath.
Kong Bangguo and Huang Shengyuan, who were standing behind Chen Liang, pointing at Niuzhuang City with great ambition, were suddenly completely shocked by this report.
Huang Taiji's reinforcements, Huang Taiji's remaining Manchurian Eight Banners, did not go to the land of Gyeonggi, but appeared on the battlefield of his Niuzhuang, this news definitely makes people's hearts fall into the ice cellar.
How is this possible, this is absolutely impossible.
However, the sudden burst of cheers in Niuzhuang City shattered everyone's illusions, and the wave after wave of cheers proved the accuracy of this news, Huang Taiji, using all his men and horses, really arrived at the front line of Niuzhuang.
Yes, now Huang Taiji still has the four flags of the Eight Banners of Manchuria in his hands, that is, the positive yellow flag, the yellow flag that has always been the royal army, and the blue flag and the blue flag that were later deprived of the leadership of others.
And as this information was confirmed, the hearts of all those present fell into an ice cellar.
Huang Taiji, is indeed a hero, what he did, completely beyond anyone's expectations, he did not play according to the normal way of cards, he did not get Lu Hanqiang with a mere 20,000 horses, rushed to Gyeonggi, in his northern gateway Xinmin, when he was crumbling, he took out his remaining 60,000 blood capital, took out to strengthen Zunhua, or to defend Shengjing, but suddenly appeared on the battlefield of Niuzhuang.
Zhenghuang Banner and Yellow Flag, although in the last war suffered heavy losses, but after all, this is the Manchurian Emperor's pro-army guards, according to the original rules, each flag, full of 25,000 people, although repeatedly hit, heavy losses, but after the Emperor Taiji seized Shi Kefa's countless money and food, he did not hesitate to damage his own national roots, once again recruited all the Manchu young and strong, and once again filled the two pro-guard flags, filled the ranks of the troops, and completely won the command of the blue flag and blue flag that he was not convinced of, Huang Taiji will these two flags, completely collected by himself, still take out his own money and food, the two seven flags not only complete the complete, but also expanded, now the blue flag is inlaid with the blue flag, and it is already full of 20,000 horses, originally everyone thinks that the 90,000 horses of Huang Taiji, held in their hands, do not move, are all for the sake of Xinmin once it is broken, and finally keep Shengjing City at all costs, the symbol of the Qing Empire, the political and economic center of the Qing Empire, who would have thought that the hero is the hero, but at this time, he did his best, regardless of the safety of Shengjing, but taking care of the safety of the Xinmin who was close at hand, and regardless of the safety of the gateway of the vast Liaozhong Plain, all of them suddenly appeared in front of the southernmost Niuzhuang.
What kind of situation is it now, the two armies are facing each other, the fighting is fierce, the fourth column has been completely disabled, and the third column, as well as the artillery column, under the help of a hundred miles of life, is actually the end of the strong crossbow, and now they support them to continue the attack, but it is a bloody nature, once at this time, the enemy's reinforcements have copied the back road, and the inevitable collapse is coming.
Chen Liang turned his head to look at Zhao Xiaoming: "I can still draw out 4,000 horses, but my 4,000 men and horses will definitely not be able to stop Huang Taiji's 60,000 troops, and your 20,000 horses still have the strength to fight."
Huang Shengyuan shook his head painfully, and replied instead of Zhao Xiaoming: "My third column, in order to reinforce the Niuzhuang front, has been exhausted, during this period, I have thrown away all the baggage, including the armor of my soldiers, this is not the most critical, the most critical thing is that as soon as they arrived on the battlefield, they did not get a moment of respite, their physical strength has been completely consumed in the rapid march, attacking the enemy's fixed target, we still have the strength to fight, but in the face of the enemy's attack, we are really powerless." ” It is true that when two armies fight, when one side can only hold on, but on the other hand it still has the ability to attack, the initiative of the war is still on the attacking side, and it can fight if it wants to, and stop when it wants to, this is the initiative.
And in this sudden situation, the active has become passive, and when the other party has the final say on whether to fight or not, the party at the end of the exhausted crossbow has no right to speak.
Chen Liang sat there in a daze, suddenly pulled out the steel knife in front of him, and decisively ordered to the generals around him: "Zhao Xiaoming, immediately withdraw the siege army, divide it into two parts, part of the men and horses gather into a defensive formation, meet the wild boar skin of Huang Taiji, and the other part retreats five miles to form a formation, we alternately cover and withdraw to Liaoxi, immediately order the artillery column, blow up all the red-clothed cannons that cannot be transferred quickly, Kong Bangguo, immediately rectify the members of our fourth column, protect the 10,000 militia to retreat westward, I give the order now." , immediately burned all my original camps, immediately blew up all the supplies that we could not take with us, and all the troops, aiming at the Liao River, immediately retreated back to our starting positions. ” At this time, this is the most correct military thinking, and at this time, it is what a commander should decide.
This time, Chen Liang didn't make a mistake.
The commander of the artillery column was firing his own cannon with all his enthusiasm, and suddenly received an order to blow up all his red cannons, he really couldn't accept this order, he thought that Chen Liang had gone crazy, he thought that Chen Liang's head had been completely chaotic, so he rode a war horse and rushed directly to Chen Liang, regardless of the superiority and humility, and scolded Chen Liang: "You are chaotic, you are talking nonsense, I have the final say on my cannon, and it is not under your command at all."
Then, without looking back, he turned his horse and ran back to his position, shouting at his artillery brothers: "Target, Niuzhuang City, bombardment." ” Chen Liang looked at the artillery column with red eyes, and roared at Zhao Xiaoming: "The artillery column is under your jurisdiction, can't you command them I declare once again, blow up all the bulky red-coated cannons, you can't leave them for the enemy, let them fight us in the future, transfer all the light Fran machine guns, immediately set up a formation in front of our formation, prepare to bombard the enemy's cavalry with all your strength, and then, blow them up completely, you must remember that we don't leave a complete cannon for the enemy, Because that would be irresponsible to our future brothers, that would be the slaughter of our future brothers. ” t1706231537: