Just when Niu Mantun was struggling on the ice-snow mountain road, Nurhaci had already decided to fight the Ming army! Nurhaci finally chose Sarhu as the main battlefield. According to intelligence analysis, Jun Song's army will arrive at Sarhu first.

So Nurhaci decided to defeat Juniper first, and then decide who to fight next.

Many people in later generations praised Nurhachi as a genius! But in fact, judging from the situation at the time, even an ordinary person could command at this level. After all, the Ming army had no sense of confidentiality at all, and was arrogant and self-righteous.

The heavenly soldiers can destroy everything as soon as they arrive; there is also a commander-in-chief full of naive ideas; and there is also the Li family of Liaodong who is deeply colluded with Nurhachi. No matter how hard we fight, we will never win this battle!

Just when Nurhachi was eyeing Juniper, Juniper also crossed the Hun River and was close to Salhu. After passing Salhu, there was a large plain area. Less than a hundred miles further, it was Hetuala.

Jun Song's army wanted to break through here and attack Hetuala, the core of the Hou Jin Dynasty. His subordinate general Gong Niansui and others were left behind the main army due to difficulties in crossing the river with their heavy supplies. As a result, Du Song's army could only cross the river lightly, leaving behind

A large number of artillery and other heavy firearms.

Du Song's army and horses arrived in the middle of the river, and Nurhaci destroyed the dam in the upper reaches of the Hun River and released water. Many of the Ming army were drowned by the water, and their morale was greatly frustrated. Later Du Song used the entire army to attack Jilin Cliff. After noon, Hou Jin's army had reached the boundary.

At Zhakha Pass in the south of Fan City, Erbeile Daishan ordered the march to Tiebei Mountain adjacent to Jiefan. At this time, Du Song could no longer change his strategy. In order to avoid being blocked by the Hou Jin army when crossing the river, Du Song ordered to continue to attack Jilin.

cliff, but it has never been captured.

Nurhaci also led his army to arrive. He thought that it was getting late at Shenshi, so he ordered the soldiers of the Four Banners on the left to attack the Ming army in Saarhu first. After defeating Saarhu, the Ming army attacking Jilinya would be shaken.

Adding the strength of one banner, the total of 37,000 cavalry of the five banners attacked the Saerhu Ming army camp with an absolutely superior force.

The Sarhu camp was led by generals Wang Xuan, Zhao Menglin and others to fight in formations. After the two formations approached, the Jin army first used cavalry to charge into the formation. After approaching, they quickly slowed down, inducing the Ming army to fire their firearms in advance and shoot their bows and arrows indiscriminately.

.Taking advantage of the fact that the Ming army had difficulty reloading and the archers were weak, they repeatedly used cavalry to shoot and disrupt the formation. After repeating this several times, the Ming army's formation was shaken. At this time, there was a group of infantry soldiers.

Most of them are called Baya La. They wear two or three layers of heavy armor, hold giant shields and heavy soldiers and repeatedly attack the Ming army's front line.

Often at this time, the soldiers of the Ming army, who were hungry and cold, lacked training, and even the weapons in their hands were not up to standard, soon couldn't hold on! After the formation was shattered by the infantry battle of the Hou Jin army, the Hou Jin cavalry waiting on the side

They began to chase and kill. This has become the standard tactic used by the Jin army to deal with the Ming army.

The formation of Du Song's army collapsed like this! A few brave generals and their servants tried to hold on to the front or counterattack, but they also died under the siege of Bagala who outnumbered them! The losses they caused were minimal!

Most of the panicked soldiers of the Ming army tried their best to run away, but they couldn't run with two legs and four legs! Many Ming soldiers often fell to the ground while running due to their weak bodies, and they were exhausted to death! There were more.

They were trampled by horses, struck by weapons, and fell on the way to escape. Since the Jin army did not have the extra manpower to guard the prisoners this time, they simply did not accept any prisoners! They killed all the Ming soldiers who could catch up.

Then they quickly gathered together and turned in the other direction.

In fact, in all major wars, there are actually not many casualties during the battle. The real casualties often occur when one party is chasing the other. Just like this time.

At this time, the Hou Jin army gathered the troops attacking Sarhu with the troops deployed on Jilin Cliff. The Hou Jin army on Jilin Cliff also swarmed down to attack Jun Song. Du Song personally led the officers and soldiers to fight. During the battle, Jun Jun

He was shot dead by Hou Jinbeile behind the curtain. General Chai Guodong, guerrilla Wang Hao, Zhang Daji, guerrilla Yang Qin, Wang Hailong, and Yang Ruda, who was in charge of Fushun guerrilla preparations, also died in the battle. The entire Ming West Road army was annihilated.

Liu Yujie, the guerrilla director of the lower right wing camp, escaped with his remaining soldiers. Zhang Quan, the supervisor, was captured, refused to surrender and was executed.

Many people in later generations thought that the post-Jin army was unparalleled in cavalry and archery. All battles were won by mounted archery. In fact, the post-Jin army's cavalry and archery ability may not be as good as the Mongols on horseback. What the post-Jin army was really good at was

Still fighting on foot!

There is a saying in war that three arrows are worth less than one sword, and three swords are worth less than one shot. So on the battlefield, there are many people who can see someone with seventeen or eighty arrows stuck in their body, and they can still jump around and kill people!

If we compare the soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty with the soldiers of the Mongolia, we can see the difference in mounted archery between the two sides. The Mongols mainly live a nomadic life, so they usually shoot arrows while riding on horses. Therefore, their archery requirements are to be fast and to shoot accurately.

Therefore, the riding bows generally used by Mongolians are relatively soft. Moreover, they rarely draw the bow fully because it is slow and easy to miss the target when the horse is bumpy. Because they have to deal with wolves and other animals.

It's a small animal, so you don't have to draw the bow fully to cause enough damage.

The Houjin soldiers basically lived a life of fishing and hunting. Not only were they required to shoot accurately, but they also had to shoot hard! Because they usually stood on the ground and shot arrows, and many of their prey were large animals. If the shooting was not hard,

Once the prey strikes back, it will cause great danger to themselves. Therefore, the bows and arrows used by Houjin soldiers are basically hard bows. The arrows used are also heavy arrows, which are more lethal. In addition, they fish and hunt all year round.

, tall and strong, with strong martial arts skills, so once he puts on heavy armor, holds a giant shield and heavy weapons, it is really difficult for the Ming army to resist.

Looking back at the Ming Army, the guards established by the Ming Army at the founding of the People's Republic of China have long been unable to fight! The officers wantonly eroded the land of the guards and forced the guards to farm the land and serve for them. The guards soldiers have been completely reduced to guards officers.

Their serfs. Without training for many years, they can only farm. Therefore, the soldiers recruited in the late Ming Dynasty have become the main force of the Ming Army. Among them, Qi Jiguang's Zhejiang Army is the representative. However, the recruited soldiers also have many problems. The Ming Army

The widespread deduction of military pay and lack of training. In addition, the Ming Dynasty relied on civility to control military affairs, and the generals had a low status and did not dare to fight. These problems seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. Therefore, once the war started between the two sides, the Ming army basically encountered
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