391 The sudden arrival of "reinforcements"

Wu Sangui?...The future Qing Dynasty Pingxi King Chen Yuanyuan and her husband

Because he had had the experience of suddenly meeting Qian Qianyi before, he had already understood this - since in this era, it was only a matter of time before he met these historical celebrities, so Pang Yu's expression was relatively calm.

Next to him, Beiwei Aosayan could still maintain his composure and had no special expressions. But the young guys like Hu Kai, Xu Lei, Chen Tian, ​​etc. couldn't control themselves. They huffed and surrounded the historical figure as if they were looking at monkeys.

Celebrities surrounded him, and Wu Sangui was so frightened that he sat down and his horse retreated. Naturally, he himself was confused and didn't know where he had offended this group of short-haired men.

Seeing this posture, the soldiers behind Wu Sangui gathered around to protect their master. These Liao troops had been in the bitter cold of the Northeast for a long time, fighting each other with the Jurchen army. Their customs and actions were quite "Manchurian". Except for the lack of braids on their heads, it looked like

They look just like the legendary Tatar soldiers. They behave very rudely. They push and shove each other and curse at each other as soon as they get up. They are probably used to being rampant. Some of them even waved their swords in this direction.

, very rampant.

The soldiers of the Qiongzhou Army here have been winning consecutive battles for a long time, and each of them has long been outsmarted and full of arrogance. It’s just a bunch of modern people, they are still immersed in the novelty of seeing famous people, and they don’t care about the rudeness of the other side’s guards.

. But the local soldiers under their command are not willing to give in. Who cares about your surname Wu? If you dare to be so rampant, you should not stop it. Dozens of rifles around them were raised immediately - the first soldiers of Qionghai Town and Liaodong Town in the Ming Dynasty.

The meeting turned out to be tense, with both parties acting as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Being between the two groups of Qiu Ba who might clash at any time, Wu Sangui himself was quite calm and showed no signs of nervousness. At this time, he finally jumped off his horse, casually dismissed his subordinates, and said a few words to calm the Qiongzhou army on the opposite side.

The arrogant short-haired soldiers had to lower their guns so that they could no longer treat him as an enemy. This calmness and adaptability made Beiwei Pang Yu and others who had been quietly observing him secretly nod, and they were indeed worthy of the honor.

The great name he left in history - you must know that Wu Sangui was only twenty years old at this time, and he was not yet the shrewd and cunning general of the Ming Dynasty who guarded Shanhaiguan alone for many years.

Fortunately, Wu Sangui was still young and relatively inexperienced at this time, so he couldn't put up any airs in front of people like Beiwei, but he was relatively easy to deal with. The two parties had a brief conversation and exchanged views on the current situation -

It seemed that the civil and military officials who were stationed in Shandong were not completely useless. After learning that a group of "Qionghai Town of the Ming Dynasty" had directly captured Dengzhou Prefecture, they quickly made the same judgment as the staff here - the rebels

We must first go all out to solve the rear area, with the intention of opening up the road back to the enemy.

Of course, when they thought about it, the mere thousands of Southern troops were definitely no match for them. So in order to prevent the situation in Shandong, which had already shown hope, from returning to chaos, the camp officials decided to send an elite cavalry team to Dengzhou Mansion day and night to assist the Southern troops there.

The army defended the city.

The best cavalry at their disposal was of course the army from Liaodong. The Liaodong Army did not refuse and readily dispatched about two thousand cavalry - which may not sound like a large number, but there were 800 of these two thousand.

The men and armors are complete, and they are the most elite soldiers of the Liaodong ancestral family, capable of charging directly into the battle. The other more than a thousand are also agile, tough, and good at cavalry combat. They are definitely the core strength of the Liaodong Army.

Pang Yu and others originally thought that Wu Sangui was the commander of this unit, but after talking with each other, they discovered that this was not the case. Although Wu Sangui had already risen to prominence at this time and had a guerrilla title, he was a junior in the Guan Ning Army and was an ordinary unit.

He can still command some, but these core forces are not yet his turn. At best, he only has more than a hundred close servants under his command, and his father Wu Xiang specially strengthened them for him before the war.

The current commander of this cavalry unit is Zu Dabi, the younger brother of Zu Dashou, the leader of the Liaodong ancestral army, who is nicknamed "Zu Er Madman". This man is extremely confident in the combat effectiveness of his subordinates and even refuses to make a detour.

He rushed directly along the official road from Laizhou to Huangxian to Dengzhou. Although some people advised him that he might encounter a bandit army if he went this way, the general said happily: In this way, his subordinates

Then you can have the maximum number of beheadings...

The result actually made Zu Dabi's words become a motto - as expected, a large number of rebels were seen here in Huang County, and they found that the rebels were looking for death and dispersed their troops into a mess. It was more like they had been beaten to pieces, and there was chaos everywhere.

, no one was alert and paying attention to the rear - this was the most suitable situation for cavalry attacks. So Zu Dabi didn't bother to think about how this situation happened. In his eyes, this was the merit given to him by God, and he didn't say anything.

They launched a surprise attack and caught the rebels by surprise, while also surprising Qiong Haijun.

Qiong Haijun was surprised, and the Liaodong Army was also extremely shocked. When they first came out of Shahe, they were worried that they would be too slow to catch up with reinforcements in Dengzhou. As a result, they encountered more and more people on the road in the past few days.

There were many deserters from the rebel army intermittently along the way, and they actually captured hundreds of prisoners. At first, the Liaodong Army happily sent people back as a reward for their achievements, but later they simply didn't bother to pay attention and just dispersed the matter.

And the news they heard from these prisoners also made them more and more surprised. Why did the southern army of only a few thousand take Dengzhou Prefecture so easily? Why did these Qiongzhou troops, known as "short-haired" troops, actually leave the prefecture undefended?

They took the initiative to fight in the direction of Huang County... At first, most of the people who were caught were just "heard" and received the news indirectly. The Liaodong Army always felt that it was a rumor. But just two days ago, there was a sudden incident on the road.

There were large numbers of rebel deserter groups, hundreds or even thousands. They were very large in number, but they had no morale. Many of them were still very anxious. When they saw the banner of the Ming Army blocking the road, they knelt down and surrendered, not daring to think of any resistance.

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Wu Sangui and others personally captured a few and asked them, only to find out that these were the defeated soldiers who had just been defeated by the Short-haired Army - the battlefield was near Huang County, and the Qiong Navy actually set up a defense line there, and was stunned to send tens of thousands of soldiers there.

The rebels were blocked and unable to move.

After carefully asking about the fighting process, most of them had not fought with the short-haired army at all. They were scattered by the overwhelming thunder cannons when they were forming their formation a few miles away. Only a few said they were fighting with the short-haired army.

Mao's troops came across, but they were all cowards who were shot away from a distance - no one who dared to charge forward could leave standing.

When it comes to the weapons and tactics of the opponent, everyone agrees - the short-haired army all uses firearms, with long-range cannons and near-missiles. However, both artillery and firecrackers are extremely sharp, far beyond the equipment of the Ming Army. The range is long and the rate of fire is fast.

, and it is extremely accurate... In short, this southern force cannot get close at all. If you want to hit them, you have to spend dozens of times more lives to do so.

So when finally asked about the opponent's number, the response they received could no longer surprise Wu Sangui and his uncle - the Qiongzhou Army only had a thousand soldiers in total, but the defense line was impregnable? There were only three to five hundred short-haired men.

An infantryman dared to take the initiative to fight head-on with more than 10,000 rebels, and defeated them severely? If you heard these words from a person, you would definitely think it was nonsense, but he interrogated more than a dozen prisoners in a row

It's all like this. One of them is a rebel scout who has personally inspected the Qiongzhou Army barracks. What he says should be reliable.

Today, when I heard the deafening sound of artillery here, I could see the dust filling the sky and smoke rising from far away. Countless deserters were howling and scurrying away from them. When Wu Sangui and his second uncle's troops rushed out, they saw with their own eyes the cannon.

After the strange army, I realized that what the previous prisoners said was indeed true.

——This is really a team with only a few hundred people, and they dare to rush out to fight with more than 10,000 rebels, and they are all infantry.

Although the atmosphere was a bit stiff at the beginning, the communication between the two parties was smooth afterwards. Even the cavalry generals of Guan Ning Army, who had always had high standards, could not be confident after seeing the miracles achieved by Qiong Haijun with their own eyes, let alone the qualifications.

put on airs.

Soon after, the leader of this army, Zu Dabi, also appeared in front of the Qiongzhou Army - he had previously tried to drive the rebels to attack the enemy's main formation, causing chaos and then using cavalry to cover up the attack, so that he could kill a large number of people from behind. This was a good strategy.

, it is a pity that the group of people with good faces are also experienced in fighting. As soon as they saw this posture, they knew what he wanted to do. They immediately gathered the entire army. At the same time, they showed no mercy to the defeated troops who rushed to the front of the formation. As long as they dared

If you get close, shoot them without mercy. You just hold on to your position and don't get dispersed.

After walking around for a few times and seeing no good opportunities, Zu Dabi did not charge hard. Although the heavy armored cavalry had an advantage in charging the infantry, their number was too small after all. The opponents had already gathered together, so relying solely on the cavalry to break them up was unavoidable.

Large casualties. At this time, the Liaodong Army has begun to show signs of warlords - these best-equipped and best-trained cavalry are no longer pure Ming soldiers, but the personal servants of their ancestral generals. Of course, they cannot be used at will.

Use up.

However, what surprised Zu Dabi was that the opponent was obviously an old soldier, and it was definitely obvious that he had no intention of fighting head-on. However, the rebels acted extremely timidly, even though they gathered together to form a military formation to prevent cavalry attacks.

, but they were very taboo about it, and they were all trembling, as if a disaster was about to happen, and they didn't know what they were afraid of.

Of course, he soon knew what the other party was afraid of - what they were afraid of was the Qiongzhou Army's Thunder Cannon. But realizing this made Zu Dabi very unhappy - in order to suppress the Shandong rebellion, the imperial court mobilized troops from all over, even

Troops from far away in central Sichuan were sent over. Unexpectedly, before the main force arrived, the rebels had already been beaten over the head by a mere southern division. They were frightened and they were really unconvinced.

If you are not convinced, you will not be convinced. For this Qiongzhou Army, which only used more than 2,000 people to capture Dengzhou Prefecture and "incidentally" defeated the entire main force of the rebels, no matter how many thoughts Zu Dabi had in mind, his face always remained.

Just be polite.

——In the group of warriors, the strong will always be respected.
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