Chapter 274 Korqin's Revenge

"Where can the Tartars go? Let's leave their lives!"

Seeing that Sonamu was about to escape, Wang Huzi shouted and slapped him to chase him.

When Bao Erdav and two hundred personal guards tried to come forward to stop him, a large number of black dots suddenly flew out of the Ming army formation and then fell down. Bao Erdav saw it clearly. These black dots were clearly iron lumps with wooden handles, and black smoke was still emitting from the tail.

"Dragon King Cannon!"

"Fuck it, it's the Dragon King Cannon!"

"Does go, hurry up and dodge..."

"Boom boom boom..."

When Wang Pu conquered Mongolia, the Tartars of the Korchin tribe had seen the terrifying power of the Ming army's Dragon King cannon in Sanbulachuan. The bloody scene at that time still makes many Tartars remember it fresh.

Before Bao Erdav finished speaking, a violent explosion sounded continuously. Two hundred guards were instantly blown up and their flesh flew everywhere. As soon as Bao Erdav, who was in charge, had just pulled out his scimitar, he was penetrated by a scorching fragment. Blood and brain plasma flowed all over his face, and he fell backwards and died.

"ha!"

Wang Huzi shouted loudly and urged his horse to rush through the battlefield filled with smoke to chase Sonamu.

Not far ahead, Sonamu was riding his mount and running around on the spot. The earth-shaking explosion just now had already scared his mount and was no longer under control.

The Mongolian cavalry could not have known in advance that the Ming army would come to attack and bombard it with Dragon King cannons, so it was even more impossible to use cotton balls to plug the ear holes of the war horses in advance to prevent frightening. However, the Ming cavalry made sufficient preparations, not only wrapped the horse's hooves with cotton, but also covered the ear holes of the war horses with their mouth covers, but also blocked the ear holes of the war horses with cotton.

The violent explosion did not have any impact on the Ming cavalry, but it frightened a large number of Mongolian war horses, including Sonamu's mount. If Sonamu's riding skills were not good, the chaotic moment just now would have already taken him off the horse's back.

"drive!"

Wang Huzi urged the horse to move forward quickly, and Sonamu was already close.

Suddenly, the sharp saber was raised high, and the king's beard rode like flying, and the wind swept over the side of the Sonamu horse like a cloud. The raised saber suddenly slashed down, and a cold light flashed across the Sonamu neck. The next moment, the Sonamu's head had already flew forward, and the body that had lost its head would soon panic and throw the horse off the horse's back...

"The prince is dead!"

"The prince was killed!"

"Run quickly, the prince was killed..."

In the chaos, I don’t know which Mongolian Tartar shouted first, and the nearby Mongolian Tartars suddenly began to stir up. The commotion quickly spread out. The Mongolian Tartars, who had not organized effective resistance, quickly began to fall apart. The entire camp had been messed up by the two thousand cavalry of the Central Army.

Hearing that Sonam was dead, he didn't know how many cavalry had arrived in the darkness. He only heard the sound of killing and the figures of Ming cavalry everywhere. The Mongolian Tartars in the camp were no longer interested in fighting. They each snatched the war horses and turned over and ran on their horses. Those who did not snatch the war horses also fled in Cairo's circle legs.

Wang Huzi led the Central Army cavalry to chase him relentlessly and chased him until dawn before he could withdraw his troops.

Along the way, the Mongolian Tartars were buried in corpses, blood flowing into a river, and at least thousands of people died. The only thing that made Wang Huzi feel unhappy was that the two Mongolian women died was Sonamu himself. Obviously, Sonamu had already anticipated the tragic fate of these two women, so he would rather kill them than make them prisoners of the Han people.

The next evening, Dorgon led the Eight Banners Army to Liaocheng. Seeing that it was getting late, Dorgon was about to order to enter the city to station, Duoduo, with a serious expression, suddenly rode his horse to him: "Fourth brother, something happened to Sonamu."

Dorgon's heart thumped and asked in a deep voice: "Speak slowly, what happened?"

Duoduo said: "Last night, Sonamu was raided by Ming cavalry, and the entire army collapsed. Sonamu was also killed in battle. More than half of his 20,000 cavalry were lost, and less than 10,000 people were left to flee to Dongping Prefecture and met with the brigades of cavalry stationed there, such as Banktu, Tagar, Chahan, Manzhu Xili, etc.!"

"Old Fifteen, what did you say?" Ajige, who was standing next to Dorgon, was so angry that his face turned pale when he heard this, and he said angrily, "This idiot Sonamu, I didn't know how to strengthen the alert to set up camp at night, but was actually successfully attacked by the Ming army! Pig, Sonamu is a fool, so stupid than a pig!"

Dorgon asked quietly, "Fifteenth brother, Chahan, Manzhu Xili, what are the reactions of Tagar and others?"

Duoduo said in a voice: "Chahan, Tagar and Banktu were furious and shouted that they wanted to capture Jining and then slaughter the whole city to avenge Sonamu."

Dorgon looked gloomy and pondered for a moment and said, "It is a bit unexpected that Sonamu's 20,000 cavalrymen were defeated so carelessly, but this guy was a coward in the various Korqin tribes. It would be better if he died. He could pour some oil on the Korqin tribe and stir up their hatred!"

Duoduo said in a sinister voice: "Now the Fourteenth Brother's plan can be implemented smoothly."

"So..." Dorgon thought for a while and said in a deep voice, "Fifteenth brother, you will take two thousand warriors of the white flag to Dongpingzhou to meet with Man Zhu Xili and the others, saying that it is my intention. At all costs, you must conquer Jining City before Wang Pu's reinforcements arrive, and then massacre the city and avenge Sonam!"

"twitter!"

Duoduo responded with a loud promise, turned around and rode his horse away.

Jining, the headquarters of the general.

Wang Huzi threw a blood-dropped head at Scarface and said proudly: "General, you have brought you the head you want."

Scarface strode forward, reached out and patted Wang Huzi's shoulder heavily, and said happily: "Beard, good."

Wang Huzi scratched his bald head and said in a silly voice: "This is all the credit of the brothers."

Scarface's expression became solemn, and he asked in a low voice: "Beard, how are the casualties of brothers, brothers?"

Wang Huzi's face also dimmed and replied: "More than fifty deaths, but they did not die in vain. The Mongolian Tartars died at least three or four thousand people! It is worth the deal to be exchanged for more than fifty lives for the Mongolian Tartars to win over three or four thousand people!"

Scarface patted Wang Hu on the shoulder with a serious expression and said solemnly: "When the marquis' army arrives in Jining, I must ask for merit from the marquis himself. The brothers who left the city to steal the camp last night were all good and all had great rewards! Especially the fifty brothers who died in battle, their families must have heavy pensions!"

Wang Huzi quickly saluted the military and said loudly: "I thank you for your brothers!"

In Dongping Prefecture, except for the 20,000 cavalry of Sonamu, all the remaining 80,000 cavalry of the Korchin tribe were stationed here.

During this southern expedition, Dorgon mobilized a total of 180,000 Mongolian cavalry, of which 100,000 Korchin cavalry were on the left wing, heading south along the right bank of the canal, and the remaining 80,000 Mongolian cavalry were on the right wing, heading south along the left bank of the canal, and now it is stationed in the Yuncheng area.

Dorgon obviously learned from the lessons of the last battle of Liaocheng and no longer allowed the Mongolian cavalry and the eight banners of Jiannu to form a group, but let the Mongolian cavalry operate separately. After the division of troops, the Mongolian cavalry could plunder and supply them on their own, which greatly reduced the burden of the food, grass and supplies of the Jiannu army.

Moreover, the Mongolian cavalry has a high degree of mobility, so there is no need to worry about being defeated by the Ming army.

Dongpingzhou, Mongolian camp.

Prince Yu Duoduo was high in the tent, and four princes including Chahan, Manzhu Xili, Banktu, and Sogar entered one after another and knelt down to see him. Although the four princes of Manzhu Xili were also princes, Duoduo was just a prince, but there was a difference between this prince and that prince!

Although Man Zhu Xili and the other four were princes, they were just four slaves in front of Duoduo, Prince Yu.

What's more, Dorgon intended to cultivate Duoduo. Not long ago, he made Duoduo and his uncle Regent, becoming the second-ranked figure among Jiannu, second only to Dorgon. He is indeed one person and above ten thousand people. As for the slave chief Fulin who was far away in Shengjing, in the eyes of Dorgon and the Duoduo brothers, it was just a decoration.

Duoduo motioned for Banktu and four other princes of Korqin to take their seats, and then said in a deep tone: "The death of Prince Sonamu is not only a loss of the Korqin tribe, but also a loss of the Qing Empire. The Regent was very sad after hearing the news and ordered me to lead two thousand white-flag cavalry to help the war. The Regent also said that he would break Jining at all costs and slaughter the entire city to pay tribute to Sonamu and the spirit of the fallen warriors in heaven!"

"Yes, break Jining, no one can stay!"

"I must kill him and he will flow into a river of blood!"

Banktu and Chahan clenched their iron fists at the same time and roared angrily. Sogar's expression was also eager to try. Only a hint of confusion flashed between Man Zhu Xili's eyebrows. With his understanding of Dorgon, Dorgon did not seem to be a hasty person. How could he make the decision to attack Jining at all costs?

Duoduo noticed the subtle changes in Man Zhu Xili's expression and asked in a voice: "Prince Darhan, do you have any opinions?"

"Uh..." Man Zhu Xili responded quickly, "Everything will be done according to the master's wishes, breaking Jining, and keeping no one."

"Okay!" Duoduo slapped the table and said loudly, "When the Qing army besieged Songshan a few years ago, Fan Wencheng once advised the Regent, saying that if you attack the city, you must surround three and one, and keep the enemy's escape gate to destroy the morale of the army and prevent it from trapping beasts and fighting. However, this time, I decided not to leave any way to survive in the Ming army."

"Yes, you must not let a Nanming barbarian go."

"Kill, no one can escape."

Banktu and Chahan agreed in unison.

Duoduo's eyes flashed over the faces of Banktu's four people, and said in a deep voice: "Bantu attacked the east gate, Sogar attacked the west gate, Chahan attacked the south gate, and I and Manzhu Xili attacked the north gate, and a hundred thousand troops launched an attack from the four gates at the same time, attacking Jining with the force of Mount Tai, I want to see what thousands of Southern Ming barbarians in Jining rely on to defend the city!"

Huai'an, Matou Town.

Matou Town is the intersection of Hongze Lake and the canal, and it is also the intersection of the canal and the Yellow River. Since ancient times, the Yellow River channel is extremely unstable. Sometimes it is injected into the Bohai Sea through Shandong, and sometimes it is injected into the East China Sea through Jiangsu. At this time, the Yellow River flows into the Yellow Sea through Huaian.

According to Liu Rushi's combat plan, Shi Lang's navy should be divided with the Central Army.

After the division of troops, Wang Pu led the Central Army to continue northward and went straight to Jining to reinforce Scarface. Shi Lang led 5,000 navy troops to protect Tang Sheng's Mixed Battalion along the Yellow River and out of the Yellow Sea. Then he went north along the coastline, and went up the Wei River to Dagukou and went straight to Tianjin! Jiannu's military strength was limited, so it was impossible to leave too many troops to station in Tianjin. Tang Sheng's Mixed Battalion was helped by the navy, and the navy had hundreds of Folang machine cannons, so it was no problem to capture Tianjin.

After Tang Sheng and Shi Lang captured Tianjin, they took advantage of the opportunity to attack Beijing. At the same time, Hong Niangzi's 40,000 cavalrymen would also arrive in Beijing to join Tang Sheng and Shi Lang's mixed camp, and then set up a net of heaven and earth on the front line of Beijing to intercept Mongolians and Jiannu defeated soldiers. Of course, there is a prerequisite for all this, that is, Li's horse plague plan can work, and Wang Pu's central army must persist until Shi Lang captures Beijing.

The night breeze is blowing, and it is as cold as water.

Wang Pu stood in the window with his hands on his back, looking at the vast Hongze Lake in the distance. Heavy footsteps suddenly sounded outside the cabin, and then Tang Sheng and Shi Lang's loud voice: "Report!"

Wang Pu retreated his gaze and responded calmly: "Come in."

Tang Sheng and Shi Lang responded to the voice and wrote a military salute to Wang Pu.

Wang Pu nodded and asked, "Are you ready?"

Tang Sheng and Shi Lang responded in unison: "Go back to the Marquis, you are all ready."

Wang Pu said: "Tell me about your mission."

Shi Lang said: "The mission of Beizhi and the Navy is to transport the Miancheng Camp to the north and take advantage of the situation to attack Beijing."

Tang Shengdao: "The task of Beizhi and Mixed Camp is to take advantage of the situation to attack Tianjin and Beijing and cut off the retreat of Jiannu."

"Yeah." Wang Pu nodded and said in a narrow voice, "I will add two more points. First, it is September now, and the weather is gradually getting colder. Once October enters, the canal may freeze at any time. Therefore, you must act quickly. Don't get too entangled with the enemy along the way, including Tianjin. If you can fight, you can bypass it. If you can't fight, you can go straight to Beijing!"

Tang Sheng and Shi Lang agreed: "Yes!"

Wang Pu said again: "Second, Beijing is the ancient capital of my Ming Dynasty. The Forbidden City is a symbol of my Ming Empire and a treasure of the Han people! Tang Sheng and Shi Lang, it is best not to let the Forbidden City be destroyed by war!"

Tang Sheng and Shi Lang responded again: "Yes."

Wang Pu waved his hand and said, "Okay, you guys go."

"Boom!"

Tang Sheng and Shi Lang saluted Wang Pu again and turned around and left.

After a while, Tang Sheng led the 5,000 soldiers of the Mixed Battalion to board the ship. Tang Sheng's Mixed Battalion was different from the Mixed Battalion stationed in Jining. Scarface's Mixed Battalion had two thousand musketeers, two thousand cavalry, and one thousand spearmen. Tang Sheng's Mixed Battalion had only one thousand musketeers and four thousand spearmen, but there were two red cannons.

It is obvious that the two red cannons of Tang Sheng's Mixed Camp are specially used to attack the city. If the walls of Beijing cannot be opened, it is more than enough to open the city gate.
Chapter completed!