Chapter 5: The Demolition of the Qing Dynasty (III)

Wu Sangui naturally did not expect that Huang Taiji would surrender obediently under this roar. He had already taken the blood-dropping poisonous dragon spear and shot a guard next to Huang Taiji who was almost dismissed because of his frightened war horse, and began the most cruel battle of killing.

Although Huang Taiji had only a dozen martial arts guards around him, there were still many Manchu nobles stuck in them. Their numbers were much larger than those of Huang Taiji. These were all Manchus. After the Ming army captured Shengjing, they would massacre all Manchus living in Shengjing. Under the threat of death, they took their families and escaped from Shengjing, hoping to escape back to their hometown where their ancestors lived. But what they did not expect was that their emperor would be stuck in between them, and they were surrounded by groups, and life and death were hanging on the line.

The threat of dying caused these people to burst out with extremely heroic combat power, and the appearance of Huang Taiji greatly inspired these people. After all, they belong to the same clan. The purpose of the Han people was to destroy the Jurchens and the Manchus. Although these people were not as good as the elite Eight Banners soldiers, their existence caused great trouble for Wu Sangui and others to eliminate Huang Taiji's guards and capture the king. It once made the officers and soldiers of the special war brigade feel a little unbearable!

There is no "mercy" on the battlefield. The officers and soldiers of the Special War Brigade have already been trained to their nerves by death. In their eyes, killing a person is as simple as killing a native chicken and a native dog. Therefore, these Qing nobles soon suffered death and were injured due to resistance, and there were sorrows everywhere.

The special combat brigade attacks all the key points, and it is important to kill them with one blow. Therefore, although there are hundreds of people on Huang Taiji's side, the number of deaths has risen sharply.

If they didn't rush out, everyone here would die here. Huang Taiji was anxious, but Turge's army was close at hand and he couldn't get through.

"Huang Taiji, you can't escape, surrender!" Wu Sangui's poisonous dragon spear never left Huang Taiji's side ten feet away. Each shot brought a foam of blood to harvest a life. In less than fifteen minutes, there were more than a dozen corpses around Huang Taiji's side. In order to protect Huang Taiji, the guards or the people of the people rushed forward continuously, and they were really fearless!

Let’s talk about the two gates of the north and south. The Dorgon brothers and Degele led more than 10,000 Zhengbai and the Eight Banners officers and soldiers of the Inlaid White Banners rushed out of the southern gate and were blocked by two regiments led by Zuo Fu. All Zuo Fu was cavalry, but the Dorgon brothers had only more than 3,000 cavalry and nearly 8,000 infantry, and they were busy fighting, which was very messy. For Zuo Fu, it would be better to fight these people than to put pressure on the siege troops.

There were many, and the cavalry was more suitable for field battles, so Zuo Fu also specially left some time for Dorgon's brothers to leave the city to line up. Before Dorgon pulled the army away, he launched an attack. First, ten rounds of artillery fired, all of which went to the dense areas of the Qing army. Dorgon desperately ordered the soldiers to distance themselves, but they had become a devastated dog. The Qing army, with low morale, was in chaos, and ordered even tank trucks that were not effective, were already in chaos and suffered numerous casualties.

Dorgon felt bitter inside. He knew that his identity was not yet public. Even if it was public, he would have to be a decent disclosure. It would be uncomfortable to bear the charge of a traitor for the rest of his life.

Haoge at the North Gate encountered similar to the Dorgon brothers. Although there were many powerful generals under his command, they were all flesh and blood. They could not resist the bombardment of other people's artillery and would be crushed to pieces.

Haoge was under the command of the elite Zhenglan Banner. It turned out that he was under the command of Zhengbai Banner. He was all poached by Haoge. He was much stronger than Dorgon at the southern gate, but his military command ability was not as good as Dorgon. He just wanted to rush out of the northern gate, but forgot the principle of sharpening his knife and chopping wood. He rushed out in a swarm, but he couldn't become a living target for the 4,000 Guanning Iron Cavalry led by Yang Guozhu. There was no structure, and there was chaos in one battle, and there was no effective bottom-level command. Although his foundation was good, it was better than Dorgon who sorted out the team a little before leaving the city, leaving the city gate in an orderly manner, forming a certain resistance, and the team was not so chaotic.

The troops in Shengjing City were only about 80,000, and each of the Eight Banners was about 10,000. Among them, the 20,000 horses of the Zhenghuang Banner and the Inlaid Yellow Banner were half left in the city, and half were led by Turge to protect Huang Taiji from the East Gate and the civil and military officials and families of the Qing Dynasty. The more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Inlaid Blue Banner under Jierharang were almost 2,000 remaining soldiers and defeated soldiers in the battle for the West Gate, and had no combat effectiveness at all. Daishan's Zhenghong Banner and Yuetuo were the banner owner, each of the Inlaid Red Banner 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Inlaid Red Banner who remained in the city and engaged in a fierce street battle with the Ming army, and were retreating step by step!

There were also two flags of Zhengbai and Xiangbai, leaving half at the southern gate, and more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Dorgon brothers who broke through the siege. Apart from the Eight Banners troops who broke through the siege, the Qing army that fought against the Ming army in the city was actually the same as the Ming army, but the fighting spirit had dispersed and there was no effective command. In addition, the Ming Dynasty had already arranged countless inside lines in Shengjing City, and his familiarity with the terrain was no less than that of the Qing army. He was also very imposing and brave enough to strive for the first place. It was only a matter of time before the Qing army was defeated in the city.

Zhu Yinglong had already rushed to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangning at this time. Because Guangning was close to Shenyang, it was easy to understand the trends of the battle nearby. The three girls of Hai Lanzhu also went north together.

There is no need to conceal the battle from the moment it was launched. Of course, it is necessary to conceal it. After all, many towns in the Qing Dynasty did not receive any news and were even more unprepared. Naturally, it is very beneficial to the Ming army's sneak attack!

In addition to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangning, Zhu Yinglong also issued a secret order to Li Yao, the commander of the Imperial Guard in Beijing, ordering her to lead two Imperial Guard brigades north in person.

The transfer of the Imperial Guards does not require passing through the Military Pavilion, and Li Yao's status is even more uninformed by ordinary ministers. Therefore, the two brigades of the Imperial Guards quietly left the capital after almost no news of the North.

As soon as he arrived in Guangning, Zhu Yinglong received a war report from Man Gui's Pegasus. The army had occupied the western gate of Shenyang and was advancing into the city.

This is good news. Zhu Yinglong immediately ordered someone to send an order to Yuan Chonghuan to act according to the second plan. Because the first plan really did not break through the battle plan and deployed by Man Gui without breaking through the Shenyang city defense. This plan was recognized by most generals, and he also believed that Shenyang's city defense was not so easy to break through. Therefore, the main strategy focused on the main strategic idea of ​​"siege and attacking aid". However, the situation suddenly changed. Man Gui and Wu Sangui took advantage of the opportunity that the Qing army did not notice at all, and took the opportunity to occupy the Ximen and advance inward. If it was the next step, the Qing army took advantage of the opportunity to seize the Ximen and advance inward.

If Shenyang is occupied, the strategy of besieging the city and attacking aid will be lost, and the first set of plans will no longer be applicable. In this way, the second set of plans will come in handy. Give up Liaozhong and attack Liaoyang directly, because if attacking Liaozhong, it will inevitably waste time. Moreover, Liaodong is far less important than Liaoyang, and it may also make Liaoyang City defenders alert. Since Shenyang is captured, Liaoyang City defenders naturally do not need to go to rescue. There is almost no place to use their weapons to siege the city and attack aid. The only feasible thing is that when the Liaoyang defenders are still unclear, the army will quickly attack Liaoyang City and stage a battle of Liaoyang.

The Ming army not only needs to have the ability to attack surprises, but also the ability to attack. Only by complementing each other with both good and strange forces is a real lion powerhouse.

Yuan Chonghuan's infantry was naturally not as good as Man Gui's cavalry, but the marching speed was also very fast. After crossing the Liaohe River, he quickly moved towards Liaozhong. The forts he encountered along the way were all destroyed by the power of thunder from artillery.

"Report, the emperor's secret order, and implement it according to the second plan!"

Yuan Chonghuan and Song Xiance were both shocked. Man Gui attacked Chenyang City so quickly?

In this way, the Liaoyang battle started ahead of schedule. The 80,000 army surrounded the Liaoyang City, which had only 50,000 defenders, and hundreds of artillery pieces were arranged in turn. The Eight Banners Qing troops on the city gate could clearly see the gloomy and dark muzzles.

There are only more than 20,000 Eight Banners soldiers in Liaoyang City, including only 5,000 cavalry, 15,000 Iron Armored Army, and the remaining more than 20,000 Black Banners, namely the Han army, and more than 5,000 Korean troops. The total strength is quite objective. Han general Li Yongfang is the commander of the Han army.

Yue Tuo was still shamelessly despising the siege formation set up by the Ming army. Most of the weak Ming troops were infantry, so he dared to attack Liaoyang City, which was stationed by the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry. He didn't know how the word "death" was written.

Immediately ordered a decisive battle with the Ming army outside the city, and to defeat the Ming army in a head-on confrontation, and threatened to kill Yuan Chonghuan at the city of Liaoyang. It was not only arrogant, but also arrogant.

I don’t know, if Yue Tuo learned that Chenyang, the capital of the Qing Dynasty, had been conquered by the Ming army, Huang Taiji paid an extremely heavy price and used hundreds of lives to open a road of escape. He fled east alone. Haoge had tens of thousands of troops, and finally had only more than 3,000 left. He fled to Tieling. Dorgon was trapped in the South Gate and was captured at the same time. Dodo and Degele were also captured alive. Turge at the East Gate was attacked by Zhu Mei and Wu Sangui, and a large number of Qing officials and family members were captured. His old Ama Daishan was in the news that he could still be so arrogant and arrogant!

At this point, although Huang Taiji still had most of the country in his hands, he almost lost the most populous and richest land in Liaodong, as well as more than half of the ministers and generals of the Qing Dynasty. If he wanted to make a comeback, he would not stop moving forward.

The Liaoyang siege finally allowed the Manchus to see the combat effectiveness of the Liaodong infantry in the attack. Although the Black Flag Army guarding the city was of the same line as the Ming army, their performance was very different. The Liaodong infantry was not only the best-equipped infantry in the Ming Dynasty, but also the most difficult army to train. After three years of hard training, soldiers were injured and killed in training almost every day. Such an army was no longer the weak Liaodong army that was the weak. They were professional soldiers. Their duty was to defend the Ming Dynasty and expand territory for the Ming Dynasty. The generous pension allowed them to fight for the court and the country without any worries. Death was no longer as terrifying as before!

The Eight Banners cavalry were powerful, but they could not withstand the power of Yuan Chonghuan's artillery. For the Northern Expedition, Yuan Chonghuan had been preparing for three years, from food and supplies to guns and ammunition, which was enough to support the entire Liaodong Army to fight for more than half a year. For the purpose of this battle, he even reduced the allocation of mobile artillery on the border. The Liaodong Army's artillery was brought out in a relatively common manner, and the shells were even more abundant.

The Qing army also had artillery, and there were quite a few, but compared to the wealth of the Ming army, the Qing army's artillery seemed a bit petty in terms of quality and quantity. In comparison, the Qing army's artillery shells were insufficient, the power was not large enough, the range of artillery was not far enough, the material of the artillery was not good enough, the life was short, it was easy to explode, and the accuracy was not high. Therefore, despite being condescending, it was still pressed by the Ming army's artillery. Not long after the artillery bombardment began, Liaoyang City became riddled with holes and was shaking under the fierce artillery fire!
Chapter completed!