Chapter 802 The Princes Who Broke the Situation

On the battlefield of the Battle of Songjin, Hong Chengchou, the chief general of the Ming army, was held hostage by Mingguan, and two of the eight generals of the Ming army were beheaded by Mingguan. Wu Sangui, the general of Ningyuan, and Wang Pu, the general of Datong, died unexpectedly.

Mingguan killed chickens to scare the monkeys, and the remaining six generals were terrified of Mingguan. They did not dare to disobey Mingguan's orders, and followed Mingguan to fight the Qing army to the death.

Mingguan personally boosted morale, and the Qing army suffered an unprecedented counterattack from the Ming army.

Chang Yuchun personally led Guan Ning's iron cavalry to attack the Eight Banners cavalry!

"How is it possible, how could Wu Sangui, the leader of Guanning's iron cavalry, break through the first line of defense!"

Huang Taiji's face turned ashen when he learned that Guan Ning's iron cavalry had broken through the defense line of the Qing army.

The Ming army, commanded by Mingguan, seemed to have beaten chicken blood, broke through the Qing army's defense line in one fell swoop, and rushed towards Huang Taiji.

The change of generals of the Ming army was not the same, but the Qing army could not resist it.

Mingguan doesn't care about the consequences at all, as long as he wins, it's all right!

So he simply killed the supervising army sent by Emperor Chongzhen, Wu Sangui, the commander of Ningyuan, and Wang Pu, the commander of Datong, who advocated fleeing, held Hong Chengchou hostage, and used a frontal attack to forcibly attack the Qing army.

Mingguan's way of breaking the game was simple and rude. He thought that the Ming army's weapons were not bad, but they lacked morale, so he led the group of soldiers to counterattack wildly.

The two armies fought fiercely in the vicinity of the trench dug by the Qing army in the south of Jinzhou City. The red artillery of the Qing army roared, and the solid lead bullets pierced a Ming army soldier, bloody and bloody.

A solid bullet landed next to Mingguan's horse, and gravel flew.

"At the end of Ming Dynasty, times have changed..."

Mingguan's war horse was frightened, and it was hard to rein in the war horse.

In the war between Ming and Qing Dynasties, matchlock guns, even flintlock guns, and bronze cannons have become important weapons, so this battle, Mingguan is also extremely difficult.

Fortunately, during this period, the cavalry still played an important role, and the attributes of the generals added a lot to the cavalry. Under the cover of the artillery of the Ming army, Ming Guan led the cavalry on a rampage, tearing a gap in the Qing army. The leader of the Eight Banners was killed.

"Use the cannon in red to bombard the outstanding cavalry of the Ming army!"

Huang Taiji led Jierhalang, Azige, Obai and other generals to attack the cavalry of Mingguan and Chang Yuchun with all their strength. The artillerymen of the Qing army lit the fuse, and the black powder burned violently!

More than a hundred cannons in red roared, and the solid bullets were shot out by the thrust generated by the black powder, falling on the cavalry of the Ming army. From time to time, the horses of the Ming army were hit and killed instantly!

The original dense cavalry formation of the Ming army was scattered by the artillery, and the cavalry around Mingguan fell, and he might die on the battlefield at any time!

The battlefield filled with gunpowder and intertwined with cold weapons and firearms is even more cruel. Even powerful generals may be killed by artillery.

The Ming army cavalry charged with billowing black smoke and gunpowder smoke from burning black powder. The Qing army fired a volley of armor-piercing heavy arrows, and one by one Ming army cavalry fell on the way to charge.

If the Ming army suppressed the Qing army earlier, perhaps the Ming Pass would have been relatively easy, but at this time, the Qing army had the upper hand, and the Ming army could only use flesh and blood to open a breakthrough.

"Li Chengliang, conquer the artillery positions of the Qing army!"

"Hong Chengchou, organize the artillery and suppress the Qing army's firearms!"

Mingguan successively ordered that the Battle of Songjin was completely different from the previous complete cold weapon battlefield. The artillery's deterrent and suppressive power on the cavalry was strengthened, so it was particularly important to seize the artillery positions of the Qing army.

The artillery of the Ming army began to fight back. Hong Chengchou brought a lot of bronze artillery. The artillery of the two armies confronted each other, and solid bullets fell into the artillery positions on the opposite side from time to time.

Under the coercion of Mingguan, Hong Chengchou was forced to command the artillery units of the Ming army to provide support.

"The life-and-death battle of the Ming Dynasty is today, and it must be successful!"

Hong Chengchou looked at the Qing army's position on the opposite side. About 100,000 people from both sides were fighting here. Unlike the battle of Kunyang, the battle of Songjin was extremely stalemate.

The Qing army was at its peak, while the Ming army was already the Ming army in the last years of the Ming Dynasty. Mingguan mainly relied on the 40,000 elites it brought to break the formation. Of course, it also had to rely on the artillery that Mingguan did not have, but the Ming army had.

The Ming army lacked the courage to fight in hand-to-hand combat, used relatively safe long-range weapons, and still had the power to fight.

Chang Yuchun and Li Chengliang brought by Mingguan were not afraid of melee combat at all, and Chang Yuchun even rushed to the front!

A Ming army cavalry rushed to the artillery position of the Qing army. Li Chengliang had a suppressive effect on the Jurchen tribe and defeated the Qing army cavalry protecting the artillery position!

The raised saber shook with a cold light, condescending, and chopped down the artillerymen of the Qing army.

Without the protection of the cavalry, the artillerymen basically had no ability to protect themselves, and were slaughtered by Li Chengliang's cavalry.

"This kind of firearm is really powerful..."

Li Chengliang was amazed at the power of the red cannons of the Qing army.

This kind of cannon imitates the long guns used by ships in the West in the 16th and 17th centuries, and its power is not small.

Originally, the Qing army had 60 self-made red cannons. In the extremely difficult mode, the number of red cannons of the Qing army doubled, reaching a terrifying number of 120.

It was precisely because of the suppression of the red cannon that the cavalry at Mingguan suffered heavy losses.

After capturing the artillery positions of the Qing army, the Ming Pass was broken, and Huang Taiji lost his weapon to suppress the Ming army. Chang Yuchun led cavalry to assault Huang Taiji's camp.

A large number of cavalrymen of the Eight Banners were killed in battle, and all Niulu were defeated, and they could not be organized, and Huang Taiji fell into collapse.

"retreat!"

Huang Taiji was completely shaken in his heart. He did not expect the Ming army to be so crazy. After tens of thousands of casualties and the loss of the red cannon, they finally gave up the siege of Jinzhou.

The Qing army receded like a tide and lifted the siege of Jinzhou City. The Ming army finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"We actually won? In this situation, can we still win?"

Hong Chengchou and the six surviving generals couldn't believe it. After changing the chief general, Mingguan's strategy was to fight head-on and defeat Huang Taiji. Maybe Huang Taiji didn't expect that the Ming army would suddenly change its style.

Mingguan looked at the battlefield of Songjin Battle where corpses were scattered all over the field. In order to repel the Qing army and win the victory, he also paid a big price.

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In the Battle of Changping, the Zhao army repeatedly attacked the Qin army, killing more than 100,000 people, and the Qin army also killed tens of thousands. The Zhao army still failed to break through the encirclement circle set by Bai Qi.

Bai Qi's Qin army was extremely aggressive, Zhao Jun could only stick to Bai Qi, and Lao Qin led some Zhao troops to attack other Qin generals, exchanging casualties with the Qin army.

After Zhao Jun was besieged for thirty-two days, Bai Qi suddenly stopped attacking, led Qin Jun to retreat, and took the initiative to give Zhao Jun a passage.

"General, the Qin army has begun to retreat, we can break out!"

Zhao Kuo was already desperate, but the Qin army suddenly gave up attacking Zhao Guo's army, which made Zhao Kuo survive from desperation.

"Why did Bai Qi give up attacking us? As long as he continues to surround us, we will be wiped out sooner or later?"

Zhao Kuo was puzzled by Bai Qi's withdrawal of troops. He went to Lao Qin specifically to ask how Lao Qin could make Bai Qi withdraw his troops.

Old Qin said slowly: "South Korea and Wei have already intervened."

"South Korea and Wei, are they enough to make King Qin retreat? These two countries have already been feared by Qin..."

"South Korea and the Kingdom of Wei are just external factors, and there are internal factors that are enough to shake King Qin."

Lao Qin looked at Zhao Kuo as if he was looking at a newcomer.

Zhao Kuo still couldn't understand: "What's the reason?"

"Annihilating the main force of Zhao State, what Wang Yan and other generals of Qin could not do, but Bai Qi can easily do it, what do you think King Qin will think? Bai Qi has made great achievements in battle, if any battle is crucial to Qin State In the great battles, Bai Qi was the main general, and from then on, the generals of the Qin army only knew that there was Bai Qi, but not King Qin."

"King Qin just wants to gain land and population from the war with Zhao. If King Zhao cede the land, then King Qin will gain benefits in order to curb Bai Qi's prestige, so he should withdraw his troops."

Lao Qin was relentless. Anyway, King Zhao ceded the land, and it was not his interests that were lost.

At this time, Zhao Kuo understood the purpose of Lao Qin sending Jia Xu out: "This is a plan to alienate Qin!"

Lao Qin's strategy is exactly the same as Qin's Prime Minister Fan Sui's plan to alienate Zhao. Fan Sui may not be able to see through Jia Xu's alienation plan, but Bai Qi's military exploits are too high, and South Korea and Wei know that Zhao's main force If it is wiped out, the balance among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period will be broken. South Korea and Wei have already planned to send troops to attack Qin's rear.

"Bai Qi will die soon, at the hands of his own people. The higher the military exploits in the Battle of Changping, the closer his death will be. This is the fate of those with great military exploits, especially if there is no replacement."

Old Qin looked at the retreating Qin army: "No matter what, the battle of Changping was broken through the combination of vertical and horizontal and estrangement, which is much less difficult than repelling Bai Qi head-on..."

On a hill near Changping, the holy commander Bai Qi has already realized his ill-fated fate.

Qin Wang and Qin Prime Minister Fan Sui asked Bai Qi to retreat. Zhao Guo ceded the city currently occupied by the Qin army and six new cities. Qin State has basically achieved its goal.

However, Bai Qi still saw other meanings in it.

If the main force of Zhao State is annihilated in the Battle of Changping, the Qin Army has a certain probability of capturing Handan of Zhao State and directly destroying Zhao State.

Bai Qi is confident of defeating the three Jin coalition forces composed of South Korea, Wei, and Zhao.

However, it was King Qin and Fan Sui who were unwilling to continue the fight. They seemed to be... afraid for nothing.

When a force relies too much on a general to destroy the enemy country, then the fate of this general with high skill...

"Fan Ju asked Zhao Guo to cede territory for peace on the grounds that the soldiers were exhausted and urgently needed to recuperate. This is really a missed opportunity. After the Battle of Changping is over, will I get sick and resign? Can I escape? difficulty."

Thinking of his own future, Bai Qi felt resentment towards Prime Minister Fan Sui, but he couldn't help shaking his head when he thought that King Qin also had intentions behind it.

He fought for King Zhaoxiang of Qin for more than 30 years, and his military exploits were illustrious. As his military achievements rose, the King of Qin could no longer give Bai Qi any rewards. This time was quite dangerous.

When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit dies, the lackey cooks.