Chapter 209 With Juniper here, who would dare to lead the army!
The Ming army, who was crossing the river, was shocked when they heard the shouts of killing from the valleys across the river, but the generals of the leadership quickly calmed down because the Ming army was ready to attack Jiannu halfway before crossing the river.
The first generals Chai Guodong, guerrilla Wang Hao, Zhang Daji and other generals who crossed the river quickly gathered their subordinates to seize the favorable terrain on the east coast and immediately deployed their formation to deal with the impact of the Jin army.
Du Song, who was crossing the river in the middle of the river, was also calm in the face of danger. While ordering his personal soldiers to wave his commanding flag high, he also ordered his troops to speed up the crossing of the river.
However, at this time, the Ming army, who built a floating bridge upstream, suddenly shouted loudly, with a hurry and uneasy voice.
General Zhao Menglin looked upstream in confusion, and then he realized something was wrong. It turned out that the water in the upstream suddenly rose. He listened carefully to the Ming army shouting at the floating bridge, and then he heard clearly that he was warning downstream that someone was letting water out of the upstream!
"Eunuch Wei said that Nurhaci is a master of the world. I didn't believe it at first, but now I believe it. Unfortunately, General Du underestimated the enemy too much and did not send a probe to investigate upstream. Alas!"
Xu Xianchun on the shore looked at the sudden flood from the upstream, clenched his fists. Zhou Tiexin's face was pale, and he never dreamed that Jiannu would build a dam upstream to block the water!
"What should I do, what should I do!"
Zhou Tiexin lost his mind and kept stomping his feet on the shore. As soon as the flood rushed downstream, wouldn’t General Du and others who were crossing the river be washed away immediately?
Please ask the genital general Gong Niansui, who would have just crossed the river tomorrow, to arrive at the river when he heard the news. He was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.
However, Xu Xianchun first reacted and ordered his subordinates to keep the floating bridge at all costs and never let the ship be washed away by the flood.
"If General Du has something to do, this floating bridge is the only way to rescue soldiers across the river. You must not make any mistakes! If General Du is defeated, this bridge will also be the only way for soldiers across the river to escape!"
Xu Xianchun set up the panicked Zhou Tiexin and asked him to order Gong Niansui as a military supervisor to quickly push the artillery cart in the camp to the shore.
Zhou Tiexin, who had no idea, knew that Xu Xianchun was not only a member of the Jinyiwei, but also a confidant of Eunuch Wei. All the deployment and logistics of the Imperial Army in the Battle of Dadian were all under this person. He was very handsome and talented. If he wanted to go back alive, he would rely on this person, so he followed him one by one.
Gong Niansui didn't know what Xu Xianchun wanted to do. Xu told him that the river was flooding and the army of Jiannu came on the other side, so General Du was unable to support it. Therefore, the most urgent task was not to send people to rescue the soldiers crossing the river, but to treat it as a suspicious soldier that Jiannu dared not attack the soldiers crossing the river with all their strength.
Xu Xianchun said: "I let the death-going men climb through the floating bridge, and often fired torches to pretend to be suspicious soldiers. The general ordered artillery big and small to fire together. In the middle of the night, Jiannu didn't know the reality of our army. Seeing this, he thought that my main force had not crossed the river yet, or that our army had crossed the river. In this way, he had to divide his troops to attack me. In this way, he could buy time for General Du!"
When Gong Niansui heard that his words were reasonable, he immediately summoned his subordinates to do it quickly.
Xu Xianchun personally selected 400 subordinates to order them to hold more torches and personally led them to cross the river from ships with strong iron chains.
Zhou Tiexin knew that there were not many soldiers in Xu's army, so he hurriedly asked Gong Niansui to send someone to help him. Gong Niansui ordered more than 300 personal soldiers to be commanded by Xu Xianchun.
At the downstream crossing of the river, a few feet above the river roared downward and rushed towards the Ming army of the Crossing River. The water level of the Hun River suddenly rose by several feet in the blink of an eye, and the water flow also accelerated rapidly. Many Ming army who were crossing the river were washed away by the flood.
Du Song was almost washed away by the water, but fortunately his personal soldiers fought to protect him to the shore. Looking back at the Hun River, the huge water surface was no longer seen before, and there was only a large area of water.
In the view of anxiety on the other side, the troops that failed to cross the river seemed to have divided the main force of the Ming army into two.
"well!"
General Zhao Menglin, who had already crossed the river, looked at the scene in front of him and felt heavy. Under this flood, at least thousands of officers and soldiers must be buried in the belly of fish.
It was extremely cold late at night and the river water was even cooler. The Ming army soldiers who were fighting to cross the river were blown by the cold wind and their soaked clothes were pressed against their bodies. The real cold air was so strong that many soldiers could not stand up when they swam to the shore by chance, and they were shaking all over.
At this moment, the morale of the Ming army was greatly reduced, and all officers and soldiers were in danger.
The morale of the army is floating!
What's even more terrifying was that the horns were ringing in my ears and drums were making loudly. Jiannu came from the mountains and fields to attack the Ming army.
Many Ming soldiers were so scared that they thought that the east bank of Hun River was their burial place, and the timid man actually started to cry.
"If you fight on your back, you will either die or live! We will be kind to the country in the world, and today we will be able to serve our country here! If I, Du Song, are defeated here, you cannot steal my body, so as not to separate my body and soul!"
Du Taishi, who was afraid of the Outer Mongolia Tartars, was still fearless when Du Song, who had suddenly changed, took off his wet clothes, rode a horse with a gun, and ordered the soldiers crossing the river to fight to the death with Jiannu.
The general was the courage of the army. Seeing that the commander was so brave, more than 10,000 Ming soldiers who crossed the river also cheered up their spirits to face the enemy.
"Captain follows me!"
The person who knew that he lost his military spirit and spirit because of the flood. If Jiannu led his army to the army, it would be difficult to resist. Du Song actually led his personal soldiers to take the initiative to attack Jiannu's enemy, so as to revive the courage of the officers and soldiers.
"Follow General Du to kill the slave!"
Seeing this, Liu Yujie, the Dusi, hurriedly led more than 2,000 cavalrymen who had crossed the river to follow Du Song to kill him.
The first to reach the shore was the blue flag of Jinnuerhaci's fourth brother Yarhazi, and the leading general was Jialaerzhenhaerdu.
Haldu thought that the Ming army was flooded by the Khan King's plan to make everyone frightened and dared not fight. He was about to collapse at one touch, but unexpectedly, before he rushed to the shore, a general charged forward. He was also shocked at that time: The Ming army in the pass was so bold?!
When he saw through the moonlight, he saw that the horse was galloping and storming, and Har even felt even more shocked, knowing that he might have met the legendary Master Du.
Hardu wanted to retreat, but the speed of the horse was no longer as fast as he could, so he had to bite the bullet and rush with the Ming army.
Although Du Song was old, his bravery remained strong. With a spear, Jiannu was dismissed one after another. The servants he led were all loyal and brave, fighting to the death. After a fight, he blocked the Jiannu cavalry who charged forward.
The infantry formation in the rear was also full of gunfire, but it was General Wang Xuan, Zhao Menglin and others under the command to shoot Jiannu who came from the rest of the direction.
Hal regretted it very much at this time. Before the war, he thought it was a great achievement, so he asked the banner owner to be the pioneer, but he did not expect it to hit the iron plate.
Seeing the Ming army becoming more and more brave, the legendary Tai Shi Du became stronger and stronger. Harr didn't dare to get close at all. He couldn't help but want to order a retreat.
At this time, Master Du came with a gun.
"Dog Tartars, come with your life!"
Juniper twisted his spear and slapped Hardu's knife to the ground. Before Hardu could react, Juniper shot him back and stabbed Hardu's throat.
Hal couldn't dodge, and knew it was not good, so he hurriedly turned his body to the left, but it was still late. When he heard a "puff" sound, his throat was stabbed to the sky by Dusk.
Har were killed, and his troops were shocked. In addition, the Ming army was powerful, so they dared not get involved with the Ming army and retreated.
Yarhaqi, the leader of the Inlaid Blue Banner, led his troops to arrive. Seeing that the Hardu troops were defeated and retreated, he was immediately furious and ordered his troops to surround the Dusong cavalry at all costs.
Nurhaci also led his troops to arrive. In the night, he did not know where Du Song was, but he knew that the Ming army crossed the river was on the shore. He ordered the ministers such as Fengying, Manguertai, Abatai, He Heli, Yangguli to light the red armor in the flags and rush straight towards the Ming army.
"As long as Du Song is killed, the Ming army crossing the river will be the soul of our sword!"
Nurhaci was full of confidence. The Ming army's plan to be flooded by him was reduced, and the troops were cut off by blocking the river. Can the Ming army that came alone still be able to defeat his main force of the Six Banners?
Fan Wencheng, who was accompanying the army at the side, praised Khan Yingming and did not mention any of his contributions to building dams and releasing water on the Hun River.
Zhu Beile and the ministers received the military order and immediately ordered the elite troops of each unit to surround Du Song's troops. However, at this time, they heard the sound of cannons two or three miles upstream, and then they saw a large group of Ming troops holding torches coming like a long dragon, with great momentum.
Chapter completed!