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Part One: Penghu Storm Chapter 441 Wu Sangui in the Battle of Songshan (Part 2)

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    Cao Bianjiao, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, came on horseback with a group of soldiers. He dismounted in front of Hong Chengchou's tent, hurriedly saluted with his hands and said loudly:

    "My lord, please move the camp immediately! The enemy will come to attack. Please lord, please leave quickly!"

    Hong Chengchou asked: "How many battalions are left and have not escaped?"

    Cao Bianjiao said: "The entire camp in Zhizhen has not moved, Wang Tingchen's camp has not moved, and Baizhen has not moved."

    "How about the Wu Zhen First Battalion?"

    "People are shouting and horses are screaming, and there is chaos."

    It turned out that Yang Guozhu's camp was adjacent to Wu Sangui's camp. When Yang Guozhu led his troops to flee, he collided with Wu camp. Some generals in Wu camp were shaken and wanted to escape on horseback. Wu Sangui tried his best to suppress them and hacked several soldiers to death, and order was gradually restored.

    At this time Dorgon also took action.  He heard people shouting and neighing in the Ming army camp, and it was a mess, and he knew something had happened.  Sure enough, Tan Ma came to report that part of the Ming army had begun to flee.  Due to the dark moonlight, it was impossible to know how many people there were.  He judged that Hong Chengchou would break through behind this group of troops, so he negotiated with Haug the Great and asked Haug to lead a small number of cavalry to chase and intercept the Ming army that had fled. He himself led 20,000 infantry and cavalry to attack Hong Chengchou's camp.

    Since Wang Pu and Yang Guozhu had fled, Hong Chengchou's camp was completely exposed to the enemy.  The Qing soldiers came to the trench outside Hong Chengchou's stronghold without any hindrance.  Dorgon was very surprised to see that the lights in the village were still on, it was quiet, and there was no sign of trying to escape.  Not daring to attack rashly, they only sent six to seven hundred infantry to try to cross the trench, and ordered the cavalry to line up outside the trench to prevent the Ming army from leaving the stronghold to fight.

    Hundreds of infantrymen had just climbed over the trench when war drums suddenly sounded in the village.  The shouts of killing arose, and artillery fire and crossbows were fired.  The Qing soldiers were unable to retreat and fell down one after another.  Some who were lucky enough to retreat into the trench were burned by gunpowder packets thrown from the fortress next to the trench.

    Dorgon saw that Hong Chengchou's camp was heavily guarded and wanted to retreat, but was unwilling to retreat immediately, so he continued to command the infantry to attack in three directions.  In an attempt to seize one or two forts and open the entrance to the stronghold, thousands of cavalry immediately shot arrows outside the trench.  Cover attack.

    In an instant, the situation of the Ming army became very critical.  Hong Chengchou and Qiu Minyang rushed to the edge of the village to personally supervise the battle.  The soldiers and slaves on their left and right were constantly hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

    There was a soldier who pulled Hong Chengchou to avoid the arrow.  He ignored them and calmly ordered to fire on the Qing soldiers.

    The Ming army fired three cannons at the enemy's densely populated area. The smoke filled the air and the Qing soldiers were killed and injured. Dorgon quickly ordered a retreat.

    At this time, generals Wu Sangui and Cao Bianjiao arrived with their troops.  Cao Bianjiao took the lead and charged into the Qing army. Wu Sangui led his troops to follow. They clashed and fought for a long time. The Qing army was still vigorous.  At this time, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen, and Wang Tingchen rushed over together, and the Qing soldiers retreated. In this fierce battle, both sides suffered many casualties.

    ??At dawn.  There were several cases where people who had escaped came back, saying that there was an ambush in front of them and pursuers behind them. At first, the Ming army could still support them, but then they became more and more panicked as they fled, and the more panicked and chaotic they became.  It almost became their own escape.  After escaping for half the night, many people were killed and captured.  Some people escaped, but they failed to break out.

    Hong Chengchou sent out many rangers and sent out many spies to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, eager to know whether Zhang Zhulin was safe.  But the report said that a Qing army had entered the coast and captured Mamatou Mountain, cutting off the coast from Songshan. There were dead bodies on the beach, but Zhang Ruolin's whereabouts were unknown.

    How did he know that as soon as the war started, Zhang Ruolin, Ma Shaoyu and some of his followers quickly boarded the fishing boat and waited for the anchor to be weighed.

    When the Qing soldiers attacked the coast, Zhang Ruolin had already raised his sails and took advantage of the wind to escape to the sea.  Some soldiers and generals knew something about water. When they saw Zhang Ruolin's fishing boat passing by, they hurriedly called for help and swam over, but Zhang Ruolin ignored it at all.  Some people were suddenly pushed to the side of the boat by the waves and hurriedly climbed up. Zhang Ruolin ordered to chop off the heads and hands of those people with swords.  In an instant, many hands and fingers fell from the ship, and the ship opened a path among the floating dead bodies and living people, heading southeast.

    After escaping from danger, Zhang Ruolin began to make a small calculation in his mind, thinking to himself: As the commander-in-chief of the army, if I lose my food, grass and baggage, I will be blamed by the emperor. Not only will I not be able to do my job, but I will also have to take this old life. This is not good.  Damn it, how do you come up with a foolproof plan to save your wealth, life, and this black gauze hat on your head?  Well, by the way, this failure is entirely due to this ignorant old man Hong!  I told him to fight quickly, but if he didn't fight, he would miss the opportunity to fight and neglect the military situation.  I'll draft a draft first, and once I get to the shore, whether it's Ningyuan or Dengzhou, I'll give him a copy first, so that the old man can't eat and carry around, isn't that the best of both worlds?

    The more he thought about it on the boat, the more beautiful it became. He couldn't help but nod and smile. The servants next to him didn't know why he was defeated, like a bereaved dog, but he was still so happy. They looked at each other and didn't dare to ask.

    Behind him, on the coast and on the beach, dead bodies were scattered everywhere, and more dead bodies were floating up and down with the tide, and the sea water was stained with blood.?Red.  The Qing soldiers had retreated from the coast, and the beach was completely silent. Only occasionally white cranes and seagulls flew over, hovered for a while, couldn't bear to fall, made a few sad calls, and flew away again into the distance.

    On the shore, there are still flying horses coming and going from time to time.  They were sent by Hong Chengchou to inquire about Zhang Ruolin's situation.  They didn't know the truth and only thought that Zhang Jianjun was either captured unfortunately or died in battle while protecting food and grass.

    On Hong Chengchou's side, Wang Tingchen, Bai Guang'en, and Cao Bianjiao were ordered to retreat to Songshan. They set up about ten camps and quickly built forts and forts, and dug trenches outside.  Some of Cao Bianjiao's troops were left at the original garrison to defend the camp.  At this time, there were still thirty to forty thousand troops.

    The three groups of Wu Sangui, Ma Ke and Tang Tong have retreated to Keshan.  Huang Taiji knew that Wu Sangui and others retreated to Keshan in order to return to defend Ningyuan, so he sent elite troops to ambush at Gaoqiao Road and Sanggarzhai Fort. Wu's army returned to defend Ningyuan, which was the only place they must pass.

    Wu Sangui already knew that Huang Taiji would set up ambushes at these two places, so he summoned Tang Tong and Ma Ke to discuss and planned to break out late at night.

    It was night, and the three generals ordered all the soldiers to have a good meal, packed their gear, and rushed to the Qing camp.  Just halfway through, a group of men and horses suddenly came from the left and blocked the way. The Ming army was hit because the Qing troops robbed the camp at Bijia Mountain.  At this time, they saw Qing soldiers in front again. They were so frightened that their hair stood on end, and they reluctantly stepped forward to kill them.

    Unexpectedly, Nama Ke was as timid as a mouse. As soon as they fought, he met the Qing Dynasty general Jierharang.  Jierhalang's power is well known among Ming generals.  Marco knew he was no match for just two or three rounds.  After being defeated, he turned his horse and fled into Keshan City.  Two generals, Wu Sangui and Tang Tong, were left.  He led the crowd to confront the Qing army, but saw the Qing soldiers slashing and slashing with swords, showing extraordinary bravery.  I couldn't help but feel frightened.

    Suddenly, there was a sound of cannon, and another group of troops flew out from the right side. The leader was the general, Big Belle Haug.  At this time, the Ming army was really defeated. The flags were immediately turned upside down, and they were crying and shouting. You squeezed and I pushed, and people stepped on horses and retreated towards Keshan City.  Wu Sangui and Tang Tong saw that the situation was over.  He had no choice but to flee back to Keshan City.

    Wu Sangui and others had been trapped in Keshan for only three days, and they had no food and grass. If the stalemate continued, it would be a dead end. Several generals were really depressed.  Immediately, Wu Sangui summoned everyone and said:

    "The current situation is critical. Our army has no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside. If we continue to defend it, even if the Qing army does not come to attack, we will starve to death. I think it is better to break through while the army still has the ability to fight.  Once, success or failure depends on this.¡±

    Tang Tong and Ma Ke had no good strategy, so they had no choice but to follow Wu Sangui's wishes.

    It was night, and all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had their medals in their titles, and their horses picked up their bells, and quietly ran out of Keshan City.  This time, the Qing army seemed to be really unprepared. When the Ming army arrived at the Qing camp, there was no movement. Everyone was surprised. When Wu Sangui saw this, he knew something was wrong and hurriedly sent an order: Pay more attention to the left and right to prevent accidents.  Not long after, shouts of killing suddenly rang out from all around, war drums shook the sky and the earth, and torches lit up the night sky.  I saw the Qing army surrounded by black crows. I don¡¯t know how many men and horses there were. Most of the Ming army knew that this was their only chance to survive. Therefore, they were all brave and rustic, rushing left and right, killing the Qing army until they cried.  Daddy is calling mommy, dead bodies are everywhere, and blood is flowing in rivers.

    Wu Sangui, Ma Ke, and Tang Tong took the lead at this time, leading their elite troops to fight to the death. They clashed with each other, slashing left and stabbing, especially the fierce and brave Wu Sangui, who led his 50 extraordinary soldiers.  Rushing forward, they broke through layers of siege by Manchu soldiers. In desperation, they finally opened a bloody path for tens of thousands of troops. Countless Ming troops followed this bloody path to break out of the encirclement.

    Immediately, Wu Sangui checked and most of the soldiers and horses that broke out went to Ningyuan and struggled to hold on.

    So far, although Wu Sangui was outstanding and brave among the many border town generals in the Ming Dynasty, facing the historical fate that the Ming army seemed to be bound to fail in the decisive battle of Songjin and Songjin in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, he was alone and unable to survive after all!

    When Huang Taiji heard the report, Wu Sangui broke out of the encirclement and retreated to Ningyuan. On the one hand, he felt very regretful and felt that his thoughts were not yet finished. On the other hand, he seemed to be overjoyed.  Because, without Wu Sangui, Hong Chengchou would have no support. In his opinion, Hong Chengchou would be unable to escape this time.

    One day, Huang Taiji said to Fan Wencheng: "Hong Chengchou is a rare handsome man. I am willing to recruit him to surrender. What do you think, sir?"

    Fan Wencheng pondered for a moment and said: "It may not be that easy to recruit Hong Chengchou to surrender. Now we only have to write more letters of surrender, break down his generals, and disturb his military morale before we can take action."

    Huang Taiji thought it was very reasonable and repeatedly called it "wonderful".  He ordered Fan Wencheng to write many letters of surrender and sent people to shoot into the city, but the city just stood firm and did not respond.

    Huang Taiji waited for several days, but no one came to surrender. He was very angry and ordered his soldiers to attack fiercely. However, because Songshan City was very strong and easy to defend but difficult to attack, it had no effect.

    Huang Taiji is very goodWorry, restlessness in sleeping and eating.  On this day, Li Yongfang, a minister of the Han Dynasty, went to the tent to offer advice and said:

    "There is a deputy general in the city named Xia Chengde. He turns out to be very good with me. Why don't you let me hand you a letter of surrender, grant him a high official and a generous salary, and let him dedicate the city to you? What do you think, Your Majesty?"

    When Huang Taiji heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Since there are people like this, sir, hurry up and write!"

    Li Yongfang immediately wrote a letter to Xia Chengde in a very polite and tactful tone and presented it to Huang Taiji.  Huang Taiji asked people to ejaculate, and Li Yongfang hurriedly said:

    ¡°It¡¯s inconvenient to inject someone into someone, so it¡¯s better to keep it a secret.¡±

    Huang Taiji said: "This will take a lot of trouble."

    Fan Wencheng said from the side: "This is not difficult."

    Huang Taiji asked: "Sir, do you have any clever ideas?"

    Fan Wencheng said: "I know that Songshan has run out of food and grass now, and he definitely wants to break out. Because our army is surrounded on all sides and there is no gap to take advantage of, we have closed the city and defended it. Now please step aside for a while and let him break out. I will ambush and intercept him."  We must return to the city and use this opportunity to sneak into the city disguised as a Han soldier so that we can contact Xia Chengde."

    The emperor was very happy and said with a smile: "Okay! Sir, you have a great idea!"

    That night, the besieging troops on the west side of Songshan City withdrew a corner.  Sure enough, Cao Bianjiao fled the city and was intercepted by an ambush, so he had to return to the city.  At that time, the Qing soldiers who submitted letters also mixed with the troops and entered the city.

    On the second night, this Qing soldier returned to camp and reported to Huang Taiji:

    "After Xia Chengde received the letter, he agreed to dedicate the city and asked his son to come back with me."

    The emperor was very happy and ordered Xia Chengde's son to enter the tent and discuss dedicating the city tomorrow night.  Huang Taiji was extremely happy and left Young Master Xia to stay in the barracks, waiting to break the city tomorrow.

    At this time, the food and grass in Songshan City were exhausted, and Hong Chengchou was helpless and could only wait for the imperial court to send troops to rescue him.

    On this day, Hong Chengchou went to the city for another week's patrol. He saw that the Qing soldiers seemed to have relaxed the siege, and felt relieved. In the evening, he went down to the city to return to his tent.

    At dusk, there was a sudden noise outside the tent. Hong Chengchou was very surprised. As soon as he stood up, a soldier ran in and said in a panic:

    "My lord something bad has happened! Some Qing soldiers have boarded the tower!"

    Hong Chengchou almost fainted when he heard "Ah". He quickly regained his composure and said:

    "Hurry and invite generals Cao and Wang!"

    Before the soldier went to invite him, Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen strode over and shouted:

    "Commander Commander, mount your horse quickly! Xia Chengde has surrendered to the enemy and dedicated the city!"

    Hong Chengchou's heart suddenly felt like he was in an ice cave, knowing that it was all over!

    He forced himself to calm down and said: "Generals Cao and Wang, hurry up and prepare troops to meet the enemy!"

    Cao Bianjiao said: "Then Sir, you"

    "Don't worry about me!" Hong Chengchou shouted sharply.

    Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen looked at each other, their vision blurred by tears. They bowed their hands to Hong Chengchou, turned around and ran away.  The two of them already knew that if they said goodbye today, it would probably be a farewell!

    Hong Chengchou rushed out of the tent camp and rode towards the city tower. Suddenly he saw Qiu Min staggering towards him.  Hong Chengchou said:

    "Master Qiu, mount your horse and get out of the city quickly!"

    Qiu Minyang also knew that Songshan was difficult to protect today and he would definitely die, so he smiled sadly and said:

    "I am also a high official in the border area. Following the emperor's decree, I came to save Jinzhou with you. The situation is like this today. The people are willing to follow you to defend Songshan!"

    At this moment, there was a sudden roar in front. It turned out that Xia Chengde had opened the city gate, and Qing soldiers poured in.  After a while, someone reported:

    "General Wang is killed in battle!"

    Hong Chengchou and Qiu Minyang were in great mourning. Without thinking much, they flew to supervise the battle.  Not far away, he suddenly saw Cao Bianjiao coming towards him, covered in blood, with several arrows in his body, and a murderous look on his face. The blood, sweat, and mud were mixed together, making it beyond recognition.

    As soon as he saw Hong Chengchou and Qiu Minyang, he shouted hoarsely on his horse:

    "Two great people, follow me to break out to break out of the siege!" (To be continued Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work
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