Chapter 1435
1435 Chapter [-]
1435 Chapter [-]
Erhe has never been so aggrieved in his life. Although he is not from a prominent and noble background, when Houjin attacked Jinzhou under the control of Daming, he made a lot of credit. There are dozens of Ming army heads cut down on the battlefield.He was able to be promoted from a Baja warrior to the position of Jiala'ezhen, largely due to his previous brave performance on the battlefield.
When he fought against the Ming army before, although Erhe also felt that the enemy was a little difficult to deal with, he knew that the Ming army would never be able to withstand the offensive of the Houjin Cavalry in the field. The army is rarely defeated.But the current enemy seems to have broken this law. The cavalry is helpless in front of its defense line, and it is not as easy as dealing with the Ming army before.This time, he led [-] soldiers and horses to fight against the Haihan Army, and his idea was to use the cavalry to break through the defense, but he never thought that it would be fine if the high ground was not rushed down, and even the Haihan camp on the plain was even on the side. If he didn't touch it, it was a huge psychological blow to him.
Until he returned to the Jinzhou Fortress, Erhe still did not understand what happened to the series of explosions when he attacked the Haihan camp just now. He only knew that his cavalry had been disrupted almost instantly. , and this way of fighting is something new that he has never heard of in the past, and it will be difficult to accept this reality for a while.
But Erhe knew that his mistakes would be difficult to escape the punishment of his superiors. It took him only two days to lead his troops out, and he broke half of his troops on the battlefield, but Haihan pushed the control area from the mountainous area to the north for more than ten years. No matter what, such a record cannot be explained to the superiors who oversee the battle.In particular, the two superintendents currently in the Golden State, not to mention their high status and extremely rich battlefield experience, it is almost impossible to play carelessly in front of them.Although Erhe racked his brains to shirk his responsibilities, it was still extremely difficult to hide the real situation from these two big men.
The tall and tall Azige stared at Erhe, who could not kneel down in front of him, and said with a gloomy face: "Three thousand soldiers and horses, you have only fought twice with the Haihans and you have lost half of it, how dare you say This is because the weather is rainy and the road is slippery, and the cavalry is not able to charge! Erhe, are you so confused?"
Yang Guli next to him also showed his dissatisfaction and said: "Erhe, you are stupid, don't you think everyone is as stupid as you?"
Erhe didn't dare to look up at the two of them at all, he fell on the ground and repeatedly kowtowed: "Master Beller, Lord Duke, the Haihan people are extremely cunning, they have been avoiding without fighting, and they have set up many traps outside the camp, and the charging horses can't dodge in time. All of them were killed and fell to the ground in pieces. The humble office did not dare to deceive the two adults. When the army asked about this, I would know that there was no falsehood in what the humble office said."
Azige said: "On the hill by the sea, when you send troops, the enemy will only occupy the area for half a day. Tell me what traps they can set in such a short time, and they can stop your three thousand troops! "
Obviously, Aziger did not believe Erhe's so-called "failed to the trap" statement, and was very keen to find the loopholes in his previous account.
Erhe, who was lying on the ground, trembled secretly. He had already realized that it was difficult to fool him by shirking his responsibilities, but he just didn't know what Azige and Yanguli were going to do with him.The tempers of these two are not very good, even if they want to push him out and behead him on the grounds of defeat.
"Lord Duke, you see Erhe's poor supervision, how should he be punished?" Azige asked Yanguli sideways.
Yang Guli replied in a deep voice: "My Dajin Erlang is proud of his death in battle. Although Erhe was defeated, he has also made a lot of military exploits for Dajinguo in the past, and he should also be given a chance to atone for his sins."
At this time, Azige had sealed Baylor, and his status was one level higher than that of Yangguli's relative, and according to the original history, he would be sealed the king of Wuying County this year.However, he asked Yanguli for his opinion in front of Erhe, which actually meant that Yanguli would convict Erhe.And Yanguli also knew that Azige was very dissatisfied with Erhe's record in his heart, but at the moment of the enemy, directly killing this person may affect the military's morale, so he thought of a compromise, and by the way kicked the ball back to Azig.
Azige pondered for a moment before saying: "Erhe, you led the army to fight without authorization before, and even suffered defeats, according to the military law, even if you beheaded, you will not be wronged. But for the sake of the duke's willingness to intercede for you, I will do it again. I'll give you a chance. Since the Haihan Army is attacking the Jinzhou Fortress, it will launch an attack soon. I will order you and Etenyi to guard the Jinzhou Fortress together. Either you win on the battlefield, or you die On the battlefield. If you die in battle, I will keep your clan safe, but if you take a step back, I will personally cut off your head and send it back to Shengjing, so that officials big and small will see your incompetent. Looks!"
Erhe fell to the ground and kowtowed like garlic, but couldn't stop thanking the two of them for sparing his life.He actually knew that although he was not severely punished this time, Azige's request was not simple. If the Haihan Army really came to attack the Jinzhou Fortress, it was not yet known whether his life could be saved or not. .But fortunately, Azige did not ask him to lead his troops out to fight with the Haihan army. If he huddled in the fortress to defend, Erhe would have some confidence to deal with Haihan again.
After Erhe left, only Azig and Yanguli remained. They were relatives, and they were no longer commensurate with their official positions in private.Yanguli said: "Although Erhe's statement is inaccurate, but he said that the Haihan people can bury mines in the land, I'm afraid it's true. I have a nephew who lives in Erhe. My subordinates are on duty, and I asked before that the cavalry charge arranged by Erhe was indeed trapped by the opponent's trap."
Azige replied calmly: "Even if what Erhe said is true, for such a tragic defeat, someone must come out to take responsibility. It is a fact that Erhe sent troops without authorization, and this crime is a crime anyway. It can't be lost. If he can beat Haihan, it's okay to say that he can make up for it, but since he lost so badly, don't blame me for it."
"So you must let Erhe die?" Yanguli understood a little, but he was still a little critical of Azige's actions.
Azige said: "The military order is like a mountain, if Erhe has nothing to do, then whoever wants to send troops can make his own decision? Seeing that he needs to be hired during the war, he didn't order him to beheaded. You don't need to do any more. Persuaded. If he can survive the next battle, then I will forgive his mistakes as promised."
"I'm afraid that he will face the Haihans' two consecutive defeats, and he no longer has the confidence to fight against the Haihans." Yangguli was quite worried about this, and took the initiative to ask for orders: "The defense line of the Jinzhou fortress is still under the command of me. Well, to have Erhe and Etenyi come to guard, I always feel a little uneasy."
Azig glanced at Yanguli and said, "Do you also think the Haihan people will continue to fight north?"
Yanguli said: "Although I don't know the plans of the Haihan people, I don't think they will stop there. As long as the Golden State Fortress is there, the place they occupy in the south will not be peaceful. If they want to stay here for a long time. If we have a foothold, we must grab the Golden State Fort and establish a blockade, which will prevent our cavalry from charging south."
The Jinzhou Fortress under the control of Houjin was located at the narrowest part of the Jinzhou Isthmus. It was originally a military fortress belonging to Daming.When Houjin attacked Jinzhou under the control of Daming from north to south, the Ming army built a line of defense in the isthmus of Jinzhou relying on the fortress, mainly based on adobe city wall fortifications.After Houjin seized Jinzhou, he did not dismantle this fortress line of defense, but carried out certain reinforcements and renovations on the original basis, turning it into the most important line of defense in the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula.
As Azige said, losing the area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus is not a huge loss for Houjin. There is no population there, and there is not much farmland under cultivation. Houjin is here. There is no hurry to grab the site back immediately.But if Haihan intends to seize the important place in the isthmus of Jinzhou, then Jinke will not sit back and watch Haihan do whatever he wants.
Azige and Yanguli mobilized nearly [-] troops from the area north of Jinzhou, plus two Jiala'ezhen, Erhe and Etenyi, who were originally stationed here, have at least [-] troops. .However, Erhe was impulsive and took the initiative to go out to fight the Haihan Army. As a result, he lost nearly half of his troops in two days, which more or less affected the deployment of Azige and Yanguli.
Azig originally envisioned sending multiple cavalry troops to the south at the same time, relying on strong land mobility to cut and surround the Haihan troops, and even try to cut off the land supply line to the south.But Erhe's recklessness made the risk of this battle plan abruptly increased, and no one could guarantee that the Haihan people would use the magic of hiding mines in the soil to deal with the post-Golden cavalry in other places.Therefore, Azige could only retreat, let the troops retreat to the fortress defense line, and try to defend this place with the advantage of the city defense to deal with the attack of the Haihan Army.
This kind of battlefield situation is a long-lost passive situation for Houjin. During the war with Daming in recent years, Houjin rarely adopts this kind of defensive position again.In Azige's view, this is simply a humiliation to Houjin, so he hopes to give the Haihan Army a heavy counterattack in front of the defense line he controls.
Azig did not object to Yanguly's offer.After this battle, he did lose confidence in Erhe's military capabilities. Although Etenyi did not make any mistakes, his combat experience and military literacy were not at the same level as Yanguli's. Yanguli personally visited him. Sitting on the defensive line will naturally make Azige feel a lot more at ease.
But there is another factor that is extremely unfavorable to Houjin at the moment, that is, they know very little about the information of the incoming enemy army. Erhe has come back from two fights, and he has not even grasped the general situation of the opponent's troops participating in the war.Even this most basic information is in a blind spot, and General Hou Jin has to arrange his troops to formulate tactics, which is naturally a little blind.
Azig and Yanguli did not have a particularly effective solution to this, they could only send more reconnaissance cavalry out, hoping to detect the general strength and direction of the Haihan Army as it marched.Only in this way, these reconnaissance cavalry will definitely have to face the Haihan cavalry with strong individual firepower. If they encounter it in the wild, the Houjin scout cavalry can only try to avoid each other as much as possible. Disadvantage in weapons is likely to cost them their lives.
So after the two battles in early March ended, Golden State entered a short truce period, and both sides actually exercised restraint in a very tacit understanding.Hou Jin is to withdraw the troops to the fortress defense line, and at the same time dispatch troops in the rear to deploy thousands of troops to the defense line.Haihan, on the other hand, moved steadily, slowly advancing, while turning the previous camp into a material transfer station, while maintaining two supply lines, water and land, to ensure the supply of materials for the frontline troops.
After several days of rain finally came to an end, the temperature also began to rise.The snow on the plains has basically melted, which means that the main battle of the spring offensive is about to start.
Before that, the cavalry units of the two sides fought for days, and small-scale armed conflicts could reach double digits a day.Although the Haihan cavalry won more and lost less, it was inevitable that casualties would begin to appear, which not only made Harugong feel distressed, but also felt a little more hatred for Houjin.Fortunately, since the start of the operation, the number of war horses that Haihan captured from Houjin has even far exceeded the number of warhorses possessed by the Haihan cavalry battalion, which means that perhaps Harrugon's cavalry battalion will be greatly improved after the war. enriched.
However, this sporadic confrontation could not organize the gradual advance of the Haihan army, and Jin did not dare to easily send a large cavalry to carry out a charge attack, so after several days of conflict, the Haihan army's camp still advanced to It is only less than three miles away from the fortress line.
At this distance you don't even need a telescope to see the adobe wall that runs through the isthmus on the far horizon.Although the sturdiness of this thing is definitely not comparable to that of the real city wall, for the infantry, this kind of fortification is still quite useful, and this line of defense cannot be conquered without paying a certain amount of casualties.
However, the Haihan Army is a special case, because this army is equipped with too many cross-era weapons, especially heavy long-range weapons like artillery, which are centuries ahead of their opponents.So even though they knew that their opponents would definitely defend the city, the Haihan Army didn't have too much tension - no matter what kind of fortified city defense line you have, as long as you set up a cannon and slammed it hard, you would always be blasted a few gaps. Come.
Of course, strategically despising the opponent, tactically, we still have to pay attention to the opponent. The generals led by Haihan have been fighting in the south and the north for several years at this time, and naturally they will not make low-level mistakes.So before the war, they also observed the line of defense where the Houjin Army was stationed at their respective positions.
(End of this chapter)
Erhe has never been so aggrieved in his life. Although he is not from a prominent and noble background, when Houjin attacked Jinzhou under the control of Daming, he made a lot of credit. There are dozens of Ming army heads cut down on the battlefield.He was able to be promoted from a Baja warrior to the position of Jiala'ezhen, largely due to his previous brave performance on the battlefield.
When he fought against the Ming army before, although Erhe also felt that the enemy was a little difficult to deal with, he knew that the Ming army would never be able to withstand the offensive of the Houjin Cavalry in the field. The army is rarely defeated.But the current enemy seems to have broken this law. The cavalry is helpless in front of its defense line, and it is not as easy as dealing with the Ming army before.This time, he led [-] soldiers and horses to fight against the Haihan Army, and his idea was to use the cavalry to break through the defense, but he never thought that it would be fine if the high ground was not rushed down, and even the Haihan camp on the plain was even on the side. If he didn't touch it, it was a huge psychological blow to him.
Until he returned to the Jinzhou Fortress, Erhe still did not understand what happened to the series of explosions when he attacked the Haihan camp just now. He only knew that his cavalry had been disrupted almost instantly. , and this way of fighting is something new that he has never heard of in the past, and it will be difficult to accept this reality for a while.
But Erhe knew that his mistakes would be difficult to escape the punishment of his superiors. It took him only two days to lead his troops out, and he broke half of his troops on the battlefield, but Haihan pushed the control area from the mountainous area to the north for more than ten years. No matter what, such a record cannot be explained to the superiors who oversee the battle.In particular, the two superintendents currently in the Golden State, not to mention their high status and extremely rich battlefield experience, it is almost impossible to play carelessly in front of them.Although Erhe racked his brains to shirk his responsibilities, it was still extremely difficult to hide the real situation from these two big men.
The tall and tall Azige stared at Erhe, who could not kneel down in front of him, and said with a gloomy face: "Three thousand soldiers and horses, you have only fought twice with the Haihans and you have lost half of it, how dare you say This is because the weather is rainy and the road is slippery, and the cavalry is not able to charge! Erhe, are you so confused?"
Yang Guli next to him also showed his dissatisfaction and said: "Erhe, you are stupid, don't you think everyone is as stupid as you?"
Erhe didn't dare to look up at the two of them at all, he fell on the ground and repeatedly kowtowed: "Master Beller, Lord Duke, the Haihan people are extremely cunning, they have been avoiding without fighting, and they have set up many traps outside the camp, and the charging horses can't dodge in time. All of them were killed and fell to the ground in pieces. The humble office did not dare to deceive the two adults. When the army asked about this, I would know that there was no falsehood in what the humble office said."
Azige said: "On the hill by the sea, when you send troops, the enemy will only occupy the area for half a day. Tell me what traps they can set in such a short time, and they can stop your three thousand troops! "
Obviously, Aziger did not believe Erhe's so-called "failed to the trap" statement, and was very keen to find the loopholes in his previous account.
Erhe, who was lying on the ground, trembled secretly. He had already realized that it was difficult to fool him by shirking his responsibilities, but he just didn't know what Azige and Yanguli were going to do with him.The tempers of these two are not very good, even if they want to push him out and behead him on the grounds of defeat.
"Lord Duke, you see Erhe's poor supervision, how should he be punished?" Azige asked Yanguli sideways.
Yang Guli replied in a deep voice: "My Dajin Erlang is proud of his death in battle. Although Erhe was defeated, he has also made a lot of military exploits for Dajinguo in the past, and he should also be given a chance to atone for his sins."
At this time, Azige had sealed Baylor, and his status was one level higher than that of Yangguli's relative, and according to the original history, he would be sealed the king of Wuying County this year.However, he asked Yanguli for his opinion in front of Erhe, which actually meant that Yanguli would convict Erhe.And Yanguli also knew that Azige was very dissatisfied with Erhe's record in his heart, but at the moment of the enemy, directly killing this person may affect the military's morale, so he thought of a compromise, and by the way kicked the ball back to Azig.
Azige pondered for a moment before saying: "Erhe, you led the army to fight without authorization before, and even suffered defeats, according to the military law, even if you beheaded, you will not be wronged. But for the sake of the duke's willingness to intercede for you, I will do it again. I'll give you a chance. Since the Haihan Army is attacking the Jinzhou Fortress, it will launch an attack soon. I will order you and Etenyi to guard the Jinzhou Fortress together. Either you win on the battlefield, or you die On the battlefield. If you die in battle, I will keep your clan safe, but if you take a step back, I will personally cut off your head and send it back to Shengjing, so that officials big and small will see your incompetent. Looks!"
Erhe fell to the ground and kowtowed like garlic, but couldn't stop thanking the two of them for sparing his life.He actually knew that although he was not severely punished this time, Azige's request was not simple. If the Haihan Army really came to attack the Jinzhou Fortress, it was not yet known whether his life could be saved or not. .But fortunately, Azige did not ask him to lead his troops out to fight with the Haihan army. If he huddled in the fortress to defend, Erhe would have some confidence to deal with Haihan again.
After Erhe left, only Azig and Yanguli remained. They were relatives, and they were no longer commensurate with their official positions in private.Yanguli said: "Although Erhe's statement is inaccurate, but he said that the Haihan people can bury mines in the land, I'm afraid it's true. I have a nephew who lives in Erhe. My subordinates are on duty, and I asked before that the cavalry charge arranged by Erhe was indeed trapped by the opponent's trap."
Azige replied calmly: "Even if what Erhe said is true, for such a tragic defeat, someone must come out to take responsibility. It is a fact that Erhe sent troops without authorization, and this crime is a crime anyway. It can't be lost. If he can beat Haihan, it's okay to say that he can make up for it, but since he lost so badly, don't blame me for it."
"So you must let Erhe die?" Yanguli understood a little, but he was still a little critical of Azige's actions.
Azige said: "The military order is like a mountain, if Erhe has nothing to do, then whoever wants to send troops can make his own decision? Seeing that he needs to be hired during the war, he didn't order him to beheaded. You don't need to do any more. Persuaded. If he can survive the next battle, then I will forgive his mistakes as promised."
"I'm afraid that he will face the Haihans' two consecutive defeats, and he no longer has the confidence to fight against the Haihans." Yangguli was quite worried about this, and took the initiative to ask for orders: "The defense line of the Jinzhou fortress is still under the command of me. Well, to have Erhe and Etenyi come to guard, I always feel a little uneasy."
Azig glanced at Yanguli and said, "Do you also think the Haihan people will continue to fight north?"
Yanguli said: "Although I don't know the plans of the Haihan people, I don't think they will stop there. As long as the Golden State Fortress is there, the place they occupy in the south will not be peaceful. If they want to stay here for a long time. If we have a foothold, we must grab the Golden State Fort and establish a blockade, which will prevent our cavalry from charging south."
The Jinzhou Fortress under the control of Houjin was located at the narrowest part of the Jinzhou Isthmus. It was originally a military fortress belonging to Daming.When Houjin attacked Jinzhou under the control of Daming from north to south, the Ming army built a line of defense in the isthmus of Jinzhou relying on the fortress, mainly based on adobe city wall fortifications.After Houjin seized Jinzhou, he did not dismantle this fortress line of defense, but carried out certain reinforcements and renovations on the original basis, turning it into the most important line of defense in the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula.
As Azige said, losing the area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus is not a huge loss for Houjin. There is no population there, and there is not much farmland under cultivation. Houjin is here. There is no hurry to grab the site back immediately.But if Haihan intends to seize the important place in the isthmus of Jinzhou, then Jinke will not sit back and watch Haihan do whatever he wants.
Azige and Yanguli mobilized nearly [-] troops from the area north of Jinzhou, plus two Jiala'ezhen, Erhe and Etenyi, who were originally stationed here, have at least [-] troops. .However, Erhe was impulsive and took the initiative to go out to fight the Haihan Army. As a result, he lost nearly half of his troops in two days, which more or less affected the deployment of Azige and Yanguli.
Azig originally envisioned sending multiple cavalry troops to the south at the same time, relying on strong land mobility to cut and surround the Haihan troops, and even try to cut off the land supply line to the south.But Erhe's recklessness made the risk of this battle plan abruptly increased, and no one could guarantee that the Haihan people would use the magic of hiding mines in the soil to deal with the post-Golden cavalry in other places.Therefore, Azige could only retreat, let the troops retreat to the fortress defense line, and try to defend this place with the advantage of the city defense to deal with the attack of the Haihan Army.
This kind of battlefield situation is a long-lost passive situation for Houjin. During the war with Daming in recent years, Houjin rarely adopts this kind of defensive position again.In Azige's view, this is simply a humiliation to Houjin, so he hopes to give the Haihan Army a heavy counterattack in front of the defense line he controls.
Azig did not object to Yanguly's offer.After this battle, he did lose confidence in Erhe's military capabilities. Although Etenyi did not make any mistakes, his combat experience and military literacy were not at the same level as Yanguli's. Yanguli personally visited him. Sitting on the defensive line will naturally make Azige feel a lot more at ease.
But there is another factor that is extremely unfavorable to Houjin at the moment, that is, they know very little about the information of the incoming enemy army. Erhe has come back from two fights, and he has not even grasped the general situation of the opponent's troops participating in the war.Even this most basic information is in a blind spot, and General Hou Jin has to arrange his troops to formulate tactics, which is naturally a little blind.
Azig and Yanguli did not have a particularly effective solution to this, they could only send more reconnaissance cavalry out, hoping to detect the general strength and direction of the Haihan Army as it marched.Only in this way, these reconnaissance cavalry will definitely have to face the Haihan cavalry with strong individual firepower. If they encounter it in the wild, the Houjin scout cavalry can only try to avoid each other as much as possible. Disadvantage in weapons is likely to cost them their lives.
So after the two battles in early March ended, Golden State entered a short truce period, and both sides actually exercised restraint in a very tacit understanding.Hou Jin is to withdraw the troops to the fortress defense line, and at the same time dispatch troops in the rear to deploy thousands of troops to the defense line.Haihan, on the other hand, moved steadily, slowly advancing, while turning the previous camp into a material transfer station, while maintaining two supply lines, water and land, to ensure the supply of materials for the frontline troops.
After several days of rain finally came to an end, the temperature also began to rise.The snow on the plains has basically melted, which means that the main battle of the spring offensive is about to start.
Before that, the cavalry units of the two sides fought for days, and small-scale armed conflicts could reach double digits a day.Although the Haihan cavalry won more and lost less, it was inevitable that casualties would begin to appear, which not only made Harugong feel distressed, but also felt a little more hatred for Houjin.Fortunately, since the start of the operation, the number of war horses that Haihan captured from Houjin has even far exceeded the number of warhorses possessed by the Haihan cavalry battalion, which means that perhaps Harrugon's cavalry battalion will be greatly improved after the war. enriched.
However, this sporadic confrontation could not organize the gradual advance of the Haihan army, and Jin did not dare to easily send a large cavalry to carry out a charge attack, so after several days of conflict, the Haihan army's camp still advanced to It is only less than three miles away from the fortress line.
At this distance you don't even need a telescope to see the adobe wall that runs through the isthmus on the far horizon.Although the sturdiness of this thing is definitely not comparable to that of the real city wall, for the infantry, this kind of fortification is still quite useful, and this line of defense cannot be conquered without paying a certain amount of casualties.
However, the Haihan Army is a special case, because this army is equipped with too many cross-era weapons, especially heavy long-range weapons like artillery, which are centuries ahead of their opponents.So even though they knew that their opponents would definitely defend the city, the Haihan Army didn't have too much tension - no matter what kind of fortified city defense line you have, as long as you set up a cannon and slammed it hard, you would always be blasted a few gaps. Come.
Of course, strategically despising the opponent, tactically, we still have to pay attention to the opponent. The generals led by Haihan have been fighting in the south and the north for several years at this time, and naturally they will not make low-level mistakes.So before the war, they also observed the line of defense where the Houjin Army was stationed at their respective positions.
(End of this chapter)