Chapter 1491 The decisive battle begins
After resting for one night, Zhao Hongyu asked the army to set off early the next morning and began to march towards Dorgon's garrison.
Zhao Hongyu had no intention of hiding this, and he was completely full of fantasy. Therefore, the movement here was very easy, and he was seen by the spies sent by Dorgon and quickly reported to Dorgon.
Dorgon didn't understand this yet. The other party was forcing himself to fight to the decisive battle.
Nowadays, the general environment is very unfavorable to Dorgon's side. To their east, the Goryeo people gathered an army of 300,000. Although the Goryeo people's army was completely fragile, they didn't need to take it seriously.
Just by the 150,000 Eight Banner elites in his hands, they can completely defeat them.
But that will only be achieved under normal circumstances.
Now to the west of themselves, the main force of the Song people has arrived, so the Koreans can’t take care of it.
Because if you go to beat the Koreans now, the Song people in the west will definitely not miss this opportunity and will come hard behind them.
Therefore, the weakest and most vulnerable Koreans should let them stay in the west.
The main enemy is the Song people, and all their energy and attention should be placed on the Song people.
As long as the threat from the Song people can be solved, it is easy to turn back and deal with the Korean people.
Of course, although the 300,000-yuan Goryeo humanities is ineffective, once they are asked to join forces with the Song people, it will still pose a great threat to their side.
Dorgon felt a surge of anxiety in his heart, and this feeling made her feel very uncomfortable.
To put it bluntly, Dorgon was actually a little frightened by the current situation.
Duoduo and the nobles, now like ants on a hot pan, have completely lost their calmness.
As the main force of the Song people arrived, their pressure doubled, as if a heavy stone was pressed on their hearts, which made them feel a little breathless.
In the end, Dorgon made the decision, which was to fight the Song people.
It is a blessing or not a disaster, it is a disaster that cannot be avoided!
There were Goryeo people in the east and the Ming people in the south. The Song people pressed up from the west. It can be said that they had no way out.
Although there are no enemies or obstacles in the north, the north is very desolate and completely deserted.
If Dorgon and his friends fled north, how long could they run?
It's a very realistic problem. Because no one robs them of supplies, they will eventually starve to death in the north.
I have to say that the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty are still martial, and everyone is not engaged in production and puts all their energy into martial arts. At first glance, it looks very good.
But now, it has exposed a very bad side.
Fight!
If you work hard, you may be able to make a way out, but if you don’t fight hard, you will really have no way out.
Dorgon, Duoduo, and a group of noble governors of Manchus have already understood the current situation.
Therefore, they have no choice.
If Dorgon did not attack Daishan a few days ago, Dorgon and his friends would definitely survive if they chose to surrender.
However, since Dorgon led his troops to raid Daishan last night, this path has been blocked by them.
Zhao Hongyu is not a good man and a trustworthy woman, especially those nobles of the Eight Banners of the Later Jin Dynasty.
In fact, in private, many people from Dorgon secretly sent people to surrender.
Unfortunately, for these people, Zhao Hongyu's only meaning was to cut off their heads and throw them to the side of the road.
surrender?
Joke. What have you done long ago?
Only now do you have to choose to surrender.
It’s not that I have given me a chance, but what kind of choice did these people make?
Grandma, I just chose to surrender now, but unfortunately there is only one opportunity, and if you miss it, there will be no more.
Zhao Hongyu's attitude made everyone despair.
In this desperate mood, the only choice that Dorgon can make is to fight.
At least, there is still a glimmer of opportunity to fight, and you will always be better than those who don’t fight.
Dorgon's 150,000 elite troops of the Eight Banners began to prepare as Zhao Hongyu's army advanced step by step.
He abandoned his camp. In order to fight against Zhao Hongyu and the imperial army, Dorgon and others chose a more suitable place. A small plain located near Pyongyang, using this area as the venue for the decisive battle.
At least, choosing this place is more conducive to the charge of the Eight Banners Cavalry, perhaps this will give them a little advantage.
Zhao Hongyu quickly grasped the dynamic information of Dorgon's army.
And after the analysis of the staff members, we came to the conclusion that the location was conducive to the cavalry's charge.
However, the conditions that Dorgon saw favorable, they didn't care at all about Zhao Hongyu's side.
You should know that in front of the imperial machine that has cheated, cavalry charge has no advantage at all. The role they can play is nothing more than to die.
So, how could you care?
As for the United Goryeo people, Zhao Hongyu never thought about it.
Because the Koreans' combat power is too weak, they can't count on them at all.
Rather than letting them cause trouble, Zhao Hongyu thinks it is better to let them stay honestly.
"The 150,000 elite Eight Banners have arrived at the small plains over Pyongyang, and have already formed a formation and are waiting for our army to arrive. According to the analysis of our staff, when our army arrives, Dorgon will not give us the opportunity to reorganize the army, and will launch an attack immediately."
Riding on the horse, Zhao Hongyu told Li Zicheng about the analysis of his staff members, allowing him to understand some of the current situation.
"Oh, if this happens, the war may be a little unfavorable to us. After all, most of the army of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is mainly infantry, but Dorgon's 150,000 Eight Banners soldiers are all cavalry. So are we taking some risk?"
Li Zicheng's thinking is still in the normal thinking mode of people in this era. In his opinion, infantry fighting cavalry is at a very disadvantage.
Therefore, Li Zicheng felt that Zhao Hongyu led a large army to fight at the location chosen by Dorgon and others, which was a very dangerous thing.
"I think that in fact, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't have to follow Dorgon and the others' ideas at all. He can take a small road from the plain. By garrisoning a large army in this place, he can threaten them."
Li Zicheng raised his hand and pointed at a inferior military map in front of him and said to Zhao Hongyu.
This inferior hand-drawn map was given to him by Zhao Hongyu.
Although this map is hand-painted, it is not considered excellent.
However, it also shocked Li Zicheng.
At least, Li Zicheng didn’t know that he had to look at the map when fighting.
With this inferior hand-drawn map, Li Zicheng can grasp the environment of large areas around Pyongyang, and can make the best choice.
Zhao Hongyu glanced and found that the place where Li Zicheng pointed to was a forest area outside the Pyongyang small plain. This place does have a great advantage over infantry and can restrain the cavalry's charge.
However, Zhao Hongyu would not do this. He wanted to defeat Dorgon's army from the front. Let Li Zicheng see how powerful the imperial power is. He also hopes that through this battle, he will remind all the Manchus and create a shadow of "the power of the empire is invincible."
Cavalry are mainstream troops in this era and for a long time to come.
Unfortunately, in front of the cheating Imperial Army, the cavalry could not have any advantage.
It is even more impossible to have an advantage.
Today, Zhao Hongyu will make everyone realize this and will be imprinted in their hearts forever.
"No need to be so troublesome. Dorgon and the others cannot pose any threat to us. I can tell you this to the person responsible, because we have the capital, rather than blindly conceited."
Zhao Hongyu sat on the horse and smiled, not saying much.
Seeing this, Li Zicheng stopped talking. He was wondering why the crown prince of the Song Dynasty was so confident about this matter.
You know, it is an army composed of 150,000 elite cavalrymen of the Eight Banners.
Of course, some of the things are complicated to say. Zhao Hongyu couldn't explain clearly for a while, so the best way was to let Li Zicheng take a look and feel it with his own eyes through this battle.
About a few hours later, at noon, Zhao Hongyu led his army to finally arrive at the place of the decisive battle.
As the staff analyzed, when Zhao Hongyu and the others arrived, Dorgon's side, who had been on high alert, had no chance to reorganize the army at all. With the sound of a desolate horn, the 150,000 Eight Banners cavalry launched a charge.
What would be the scene of a charge of 150,000 cavalry?
If you want to describe it, the charge of these 150,000 cavalrymen is like an outbreak of torrents, and it is like the storm that constantly hits the shore when the tide on the Qiantang River is rising. Those who are more timid in that scene will be shocked to their legs become weak, and they wish they can turn around and run away and have no courage to fight.
Unfortunately, Dorgon had a good plan and wanted to control the situation in momentum. However, what they were facing was the Imperial Army, so the inhuman deterrence formed by the charge of 150,000 troops had no effect at all.
Of course, this is only for the Imperial Army.
The Daishan tribe on the left wing was already a little panicked, and some of the timid soldiers had already started running backwards.
For this reason, Daishan had to order the direct troops to execute those who were deserters to stabilize the front.
What is better than Daishan and the others are the tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers from the right wing of Jiuzhou, but they are just a little better than Daishan.
The Japanese had seen such a large-scale cavalry charge, and this scene alone made them stunned.
However, the Japanese were able to stand firm and there were no deserters just because they were inspired by the fierceness in their bones under this scene.
Now, it depends on whether the Imperial Army in the central region can withstand the charge. As long as the Imperial Army can withstand, the Japanese army can also withstand it.
But if the Imperial Army can't stand it, everything will be done.
As for whether the Imperial Army can behave, this is actually not a problem at all.
At least, in the eyes of Zhao Hongyu and a group of Chinese-born officers in the Empire, it is not a problem.
"Check the barrel! Load the gunpowder! The gunners prepare, load the flowering bullets, adjust the distance..." Faced with the aggressive charge of the 150,000 Eight Banners Cavalry, the grassroots officers on the Imperial Army began to prepare very orderly and calmly. (To be continued...)
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Chapter completed!