In the big tent, He Dengyun had a bandage on his head, one arm hung on his chest, and he knelt on the ground, looking very embarrassed.On both sides of the big tent, there were a number of Han army generals such as Wang Chaoxian, Ruan Mei, and Dang Shousu.It's autumn now, but the weather in Guangzhou is still very hot.This is especially true for He Dengyun, a general from the north.At this time, he knelt on the ground, his clothes soaked with sweat, and his lips were scorched, but he did not dare to move.The two battalions of soldiers, close to 6,000 people, were actually killed and defeated by a group of mud-legged people, which made Zhao Ming really angry.This can be said to be the first defeat suffered by Zhao Ming since he entered Fujian and Guangdong, especially at such a critical moment as the imminent capture of Guangzhou.He Dengyun hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the minister was ordered to collect Zhaoqing and Gaozhou, but I didn't expect to meet Xichuan soldiers."
At first, the minister fought with them, and they were crushed at the first touch, and the minister thought that it was just a school of miscellaneous fish, so he led the army in pursuit, but who knew that he was ambushed. ”Zhao Ming sneered, "With the combat strength of the two battalions of Wuwei and Hujie, even if they are ambushed, they can hold on and wait for help."
Why did you lose so simply?
”He Dengyun said: "The ministers saw the plan, even if they ordered the two battalions to form a formation and suppress the Xichuan soldiers with muskets and bows and arrows, they did stabilize the formation, but they didn't want to suddenly shake the mountains in the west and rush out of nearly a hundred behemoths, the ministers and soldiers were frightened, and they were chaotic for a while, and the army formation was chaotic, and then the whole formation collapsed!"
”When Zhao Ming heard this, he understood that this was an elephant soldier who had met Li Dingguo.This thing, for those who have never seen it, is indeed several times more terrifying than the war horse charge.According to history, the Qing army also suffered a big loss above, and was defeated by Li Dingguo.Zhao Ming said with a smile: "So you are defeated and become a miscellaneous fish?"
That's a war elephant, didn't Lone remind you?
”After the Han army entered Guangdong, Zhao Ming considered that it was possible to encounter this kind of army that was only available in the south, and once reminded his subordinates.He Dengyun hung his head and said, "The minister has never seen it before, and he didn't react suddenly.However, the soldiers fired a few shots, and there was no panic in the war elephants. ”Zhao Ming frowned when he heard this, stood in front of He Dengyun, looked down at him for a while, saw that he was sweating behind his back, and his heart was furious.Now the majesty of the Han King is even more serious, and the loss of two battalions of soldiers makes He Dengyun feel extremely frightened in his heart.Zhao Ming exhaled a heavy breath, and said in a deep voice: "Although He Dengyun said that victory and defeat are common for soldiers, but you lost the two battalions of the Lone King and lost the military prestige of the Han army, and Lone is now dismissed from your position as the right general of the left army and led a hundred military sticks!"
”As soon as Zhao Ming's voice fell, a guard stepped forward, dragged He Dengyun out of the tent, and raised a military stick.Dang Shou, the general of the Shun family who was standing on the side, immediately said: "Your Highness, He Dengyun really deserves to be beaten and humiliated the military prestige, but he is loyal to His Highness, and he asks His Highness to show mercy!"
”Back then, the army stabilized Zhang Xianzhong's head, and Li Zicheng once wrote Zhang Xianzhong, saying, "The old return has been surrendered, Cao Cao's generation is killed, and you are done." ”Frightened Zhang Xianzhong, he hurriedly went south to Changsha to avoid Li Zicheng.Now He Dengyun, who is an old general of the Shun line, was defeated by Li Dingguo, a rising veteran of the Western Army, after defecting to the Han Dynasty, is indeed a little embarrassed.However, Zhao Ming knew that Li Dingguo was not simple, and he was one of the only few famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty.In the history of the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, if there was no Li Dingguo, the entire history would have lost a piece of color.Zhao Ming snorted coldly when he heard this, if he loses the battle, he must be punished, otherwise no one will dare to defeat the battle in the future.However, if these 100 military sticks are beaten down, the people will basically be scrapped.Zhao Ming's army is elite, but there is a great lack of generals, of course, this is due to the general environment, and there are no famous generals on all sides.At the moment, I can only be short and tall, and I will make do with it.Zhao Ming glanced at Dang Shousu, frightened Dang Shousu, hurriedly lowered his head and clenched his fists, and retreated to his original position.At this time, Zhao Ming didn't speak, just lifted his belt, and Zhang Jiayu, who was close to the army, was attentive, and hurriedly went out of the tent to give the guards a look, and the guards who were executed showed mercy, and the military stick was raised high and fell gently, and the beating was not heavy, but even so, it was a fat beating, and the buttocks were beaten to the flesh.The muffled snorting outside the tent kept coming, and He Dengyun was silent as he carried the military stick.At this time, Tang Tong came in a hurry, glanced at He Dengyun who was receiving the stick, and directly lifted the curtain and entered the big tent.Zhao Ming was about to discuss with everyone, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but look at him."
Your Highness, the vanguard of the Western Army, has arrived in Guangzhou."
Tang Tong reported in a deep voice.A day later, outside the Han army camp in the western suburbs.Dressed in khaki armor, stepping on straw sandals, and wearing turbans, the Western soldiers came from all over the field.Compared with the non-commissioned officers of the Han army, the equipment of the Western Army is really cold and more beggar-like.At this time, Zhao Ming had already come to the west of the city, the camp of the Han army, standing on the lookout platform in the camp, looking at the wilderness outside the camp.In the clairvoyant mirror, a soldier wearing fish scale armor, a phoenix-winged helmet, a three-foot feather feather, and a red cloak is a general, riding a horse and standing under the word "Li".Zhao Ming couldn't help but put down the clairvoyant mirror and looked at it with the naked eye, and there was actually a hint of joy in his heart, "That is Li Dingguo, what a mighty and majestic man." ”After Li Dingguo arrived in Guangzhou, he set up camp thirty miles west of the city.At the same time that Li Dingguo arrived in Guangzhou, Qu Shiyun, who had been nesting in Sihui, also came to camp and set up a large camp in the northwest of Guangzhou.The camps of the two armies were less than ten miles apart, and they were horns of each other, preparing to relieve the siege of Guangzhou.At this time, Li Dingguo led more than 10,000 Western troops to appear outside the Han military camp in the west of the city to test and challenge.Zhao Ming waved his hand, the horn sounded in the camp, and 10,000 Han soldiers followed the party to meet the camp in the sound of trumpets and drums.The elite of the Han army was assembled in the camp outside the eastern city, and the new army outside the western city was mainly the new army, which was mainly composed of cold weapons.At this time, the two armies faced each other, the war drums were beating rapidly, and the officers and men of the Western Army, who were inferior in equipment, actually launched an attack first.Zhao Ming stood on the watchtower, only to see the two armies fighting on foot, the cavalry charged, Li Dingguo led nearly a thousand cavalry, swaying left and right in the Han army formation, counting in and out.Seeing that Zhao Ming and other generals were dumbfounded, they had to admit that the Western Army had been fighting with the Qing Army for a long time, and in the battle formation dominated by traditional cold weapons, the strength was not weaker than the well-equipped Han Army, and the fierce atmosphere actually suppressed the Han Army.Of course, this is mainly because the Han army expanded by 300,000, not all the Han army is elite, if it is sent elite soldiers, Zhao Ming is still confident that he will defeat the Western army.Outside the camp, the two armies fought fiercely, Zhao Ming stood on a high platform to watch, Zhu Yu at the head of Guangzhou City, and Qu Shiyun who camped in the northwest were also watching.Suddenly, after Li Dingguo penetrated through the Han army's array, he made a detour and pounced directly on the party's guard, and the Han army finally lost its support and fled back to the camp.Li Dingguo galloped all the way, and the soldiers of the Western Army roared in pursuit, killing the Han army, and chased straight to the front of the Dao camp before being repelled by muskets.At the head of Guangzhou City, the defenders suddenly cheered, and Qu Shiyun and others were even more dumbfounded.()