GBP Chapter 614: I will lead the charge against the Jianlu Camp
Chapter 614: I will lead the charge against the Jianlu Camp
"Sun Chuanting, this commander-in-chief orders you to lead 10,000 Qin soldiers to attack the front.
You Shiwei, you lead your troops to attack the left wing, and Hou Shilu, you attack the right wing.
Hu Dawei, lead 4,000 cavalry to harass Jirgalang's rear and disrupt the enemy's position as much as possible, but do not advance too deep.
Outside Guihua City, the armored commander-in-chief of the Huben Army, Lu Xiangsheng, looked at the chaotic enemy camp and gave orders to his subordinates beside him.
His eyes were firm and resolute, and there was even a hint of apology in his eyes as he looked towards Guihua City.
Guihua City was under siege for such a long time, but the Huben Army did not make any effort to provide support. He was responsible.
Although it is said that kindness is not suitable for commanding an army, he can choose not to do so for the sake of the overall situation, and if he encounters such a situation again in the future, he will still give up without hesitation.
But people are always made of flesh and blood.
During the past six months, Li Zicheng's Zui Camp provided a large number of war horses to the Huben Army. Now, all the war horses of the 4,000 cavalry newly formed by Hu Dawei came from Li Zicheng.
The Zui Camp has suffered heavy casualties over the past six months, and has now been besieged in Guihua City for over a month.
And Emubu and others suffered huge losses.
He originally thought that they could not hold out that long, after all, Guihua City was not a strong city.
If Guihua City was breached, he could only counter the Jianlu's moves one by one, and everything had to wait until Zhang Shikang's guards arrived at the battlefield.
The Huben Army's defense line was too long, and the Jianlu had many cavalry. Once the Huben Army was assembled somewhere, if the Jianlu relied on their mobility to break through the defense line, the consequences would be unimaginable.
In the past, if he had kept his troops idle and watched Guihua City and Jinzhou being besieged, the court would have been filled with countless boxes of memorials impeaching him.
He was finally forced to rescue and support under the emperor's repeated urging, putting the entire front line in danger.
But now everything is different. With Zhang Shikang here, he has never suffered any unjust accusation since he took charge of the Tiger Guards.
During the tense confrontation that lasted for more than a month, the imperial court never issued any orders or urging him to take action. Instead, all military actions were decided by him independently.
This is really comfortable for a military district commander. Not only Lu Xiangsheng thinks so, but Sun Chuanting, You Shiwei and others also think so.
"I obey your order!" The generals who were named responded in unison.
"The Marshal has drawn the main force of the Jianlu to Guanshan. The situation is urgent. I hope you will do your best to eliminate the enemy here as quickly as possible.
Please." Lu Xiangsheng bowed solemnly to the subordinates behind him.
Lu Xiangsheng had already informed Sun Chuanting and other major generals of Zhang Shikang's plan. Sun Chuanting, Hu Dawei and others already knew that the Jianlu wanted to kill Zhang Shikang this time.
In order to attract the main force of the Jianlu to a decisive battle, their commander-in-chief used himself as bait.
Now they are racing against time. They must get rid of Jirgalang as soon as possible and then rush to Guanshan as quickly as possible.
After all, no one could accept that Zhang Shikang was in danger.
If only...
No, there is absolutely no possibility of that!
Sun Chuanting and others just bowed, and no one said anything. At this time, no matter how high-sounding the words were, they were not as practical as taking actual action on the battlefield.
A moment later, Sun Chuanting came to the front of his army. He just glanced around at his troops, then jumped on his horse and drew his sword.
"I will lead the charge into the Jianlu camp and bring the battle to a swift conclusion."
After saying that, Sun Chuanting rushed forward first.
There is no need to boost morale. The fact that Sun Chuanting, as the chief general of the Qin army and the second-in-command of the Huben Army, personally participated in the charge is enough to prove the importance of the war.
No need to say more, just follow the charge.
You Shiwei and Hou Shilu did not say much, just said that if they could not surpass the Qin army in this battle, they should not complain to them about the distribution of war horses and new firearms in the future.
Tens of thousands of troops rushed towards Jirgalang's tribe, which had just learned the news.
Jirgalang is over forty years old this year. He has followed Huang Taiji in his battles for twenty or thirty years and is considered to be a capable and good fighter.
But after fighting for so long, he had never seen such a crazy enemy.
As soon as they came into contact, Jirgalang felt tremendous pressure.
The front and both wings were attacked at the same time, and thousands of cavalry were constantly harassing the rear.
In less than two quarters of an hour, two groups of troops rushed over from the direction of Guihua City. Huang Taiji had just left for two days when he was surrounded by the army.
The first thing that came to Jirgalang's mind was that he had fallen into a trap.
Otherwise, the enemy would not have been able to attack him so accurately.
After realizing this possibility, Jirgalang felt a chill on his back.
The Qing Dynasty mobilized almost all of its elite troops for this expedition. If the army fell into a trap, the Qing Dynasty would definitely not be able to bear such a huge loss.
While he ordered people to pass on the message to Huang Taiji, hoping that Huang Taiji would not fall into Zhang Shikang's trap, he tried his best to support the war situation.
There were enemies on all sides, and in less than an hour, his line showed signs of collapse.
"Send a message to Lunba, let him be in charge of the rear guard!" Jirgalang became rarely anxious, and he had to consider retreating as soon as possible.
Another half hour later, Jirgalang became even more panicked, and his attempt to break out failed!
The scouts who went out to deliver military intelligence also suffered heavy losses, with only one person returning seriously injured, and the news could not be delivered at all.
Jirgalang finally realized that the enemy wanted to annihilate him.
There were a total of 12,000 brave warriors of the Bordered Blue Banner, 8,000 brave warriors of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and 3,000 brave warriors of the Bordered Yellow Banner. Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the country had never suffered the humiliation of having its entire banner annihilated.
It must not emerge from him.
"Ask Oboi to see me!" Jirgalang shouted to the messenger in the battle formation.
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