Chapter 374: The Courage of Sichuan and Zhejiang
Looking at this Shenyang city, Nurhachi was yearning. www.biquge.info Once upon a time, it was my dream to let all the people live in such a city. No longer have to endure hunger and cold, no longer have to drive cattle and sheep to the exchange market to exchange some salt, cloth and other daily necessities. From today on, the noble Jurchens also want to live a noble life like the Han people. Thinking of this, Nurhachi strode back to the tent, and said solemnly to the major beylers: "Shenyang City is the important town of the Ming Court in Liaodong, and it is also the key place for my Jurchen to rise.
Through the previous attack on Fengji Fort and Hupiyi, Nurhachi not only found out the truth of the Ming court, but also successfully confused the Shenyang city defender He Shixian, so that he, the chief military officer, got the news of his attack only one night earlier than the army pressed the border. At present, 100,000 heavy troops are surrounding Shenyang City, and the border generals of the Ming court attach great importance to this "feudal screen" Shenyang City, and have spent a lot of effort to build huge fortifications. It was specially used to deal with the charge of the Houjin cavalry, and to prevent the infantry from approaching the city with siege engines.
In fact, Nurhachi came to Shenyang City early in the morning, but after receiving information from the spies, he learned that Shenyang City was well defended, and the casualties of the assault must be very huge. And he saw the city defense facilities of Shenyang City with his own eyes, and couldn't help but shake his head, and arranged for the whole army to set up camp seven miles east of the city to discuss a good strategy for breaking the city.
Now the city of Shenyang is armed to the teeth, now the city gate is closed, digging a deep trench outside the city, and using large wood as a fence, one after another, quite spectacular; And near the city wall, dig two moats, each five zhang wide and two zhang deep, and the bottom of the moat is inserted with sharp piles. These stakes, sharpened by the soldiers, are so sharp that as long as they are living creatures, there is only one result if they fall, and that is death; On the inside of the trench, another horse wall was built, with cannon holes in between, chariots and guns arranged. In this way, you can attack the besieging enemy without worrying about their extremely accurate arrows; Finally, outside the big trench, a series of trenches were dug, traps were set, sharp wooden stakes were inserted at the bottom of the well, and straw was laid on top to cover the soil. If someone recklessly attacked the city, it is estimated that they have not yet reached the root of the city wall, and the price paid is enough to make the opposing generals regret it. From another point of view, the city defense of the Ming Court is really powerful, and it is really disgusting to be disgusting.
As soon as Nurhachi's words fell, the anxious Sanbeile Mang Gurtai stood up first, knelt on the ground respectfully, and shouted: "Father Khan, this time we have raised 100,000 heavenly soldiers from Dajin, and now that the soldiers are coming to the city, how can we stagnate." Erchen is willing to lead the army to attack the city, with the prestige of his father Khan, as well as the courage of the Eight Banners Erlang, this small Shenyang city can be stepped on in an instant, effortlessly"!
"You have forgotten the wonderful theory of attacking the city, since the Seven Hatreds set out on the expedition, you only think about fighting brute force, how many times have you said that you have fought against the army?" Although Nurhachi reprimanded Mang Gurtai, his tone was full of helplessness. Instead of looking at his son, who gave him a headache, he commanded to the big Belle Daishan: "You lead five hundred soldiers and horses to the city of Shenyang, all in the name of reconnaissance, to lure the enemy out of the city." Remember, only defeat is allowed, not victory"!
Dai Shan knelt down and said yes, and Nurhachi asked Li Yongfang to be a lobbyist to persuade He Shixian, although Li Yongfang even called He Shixian stubborn, arrogant, and would not listen to himself, but in Nurhachi's scolding, he could only helplessly accept his orders. Not only that, in order to lure the Ming army out of the city to gather and annihilate it, Nurhachi also sent a group of elite soldiers to the tunzhai on the south bank of the Hunhe River to loot, and scolded the Ming army for cowardice under the city.
He Shixian and You Shigong had already made up their minds, no matter how provocative the Houjin side was, they would stick to Shenyang City without taking a step. You Shigong pointed out: "Jiannu did not dare to attack the city rashly, and now he comes to the city every day to provoke, it is nothing more than him Nurhachi to lure us out of the city." He relied on the strength of the crowd and wanted to fight a quick battle, but we would not fulfill his wish, that is, he would not go out of the city to fight a decisive battle! Now the whole of western Liaoning is green and yellow, and the grass and trees are seriously affected, but it is just for them to be arrogant for ten days and eight days. When they have no food and no grass, this siege will be self-defeating! Shenyang City can't afford to lose, Chief He, you drink less wine, remember not to fight"!
In the end, He Shixian lived up to You Shigong's good words, and after drinking seven or eight glasses of wine in a fit of anger, he still took more than a thousand soldiers to open the south gate and rushed out. Nurhachi, who was worried that he couldn't fight, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered the sentries to meet the attack, and be sure to fight and retreat, until He Shixian was far away from Shenyang City, and sent the big Belle Daishan and the second Belle Amin to each lead a thousand elite soldiers to surround it. At this time, He Shixian, who understood the plan, could only fight bravely to kill the enemy, intending to enter the city from the west gate.
But Nurhachi would not give him this opportunity, and in an instant, bows and arrows flew all over the sky, killing He Shixian's generals one after another, and the situation was extremely bad. You Shigong saw that He Shixian's life was on the line, and he didn't care about complaining that he didn't listen to good advice, so he had to take people out of the city to save him. This time it was in Nurhachi's arms, and he had already ordered the four Beyler Emperor Taiji to lead the troops to wait. As soon as he left the city, he was scattered by Huang Taiji's white flag elite soldiers, looking at the soldiers around him who kept falling to the ground, You Shigong could only wield weapons, although he was born in martial arts, facing the scene of killing one and two or more enemies rushing up, it was also worth his life!
Then Jin's siege battle officially started at this time, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners who got the military order wrapped themselves in felt quilts, pushed the four-wheeled chariot forward, and let the elite cavalry release arrows in the back to cover and attack the east gate with all their might.
Although their commanders were all out of the city to fight, they were not too worried. Because these two people are both martial arts masters, no one in Shenyang City is their opponent! Seeing the siege of Houjin, the Ming soldiers in the city were under the orders of their respective generals, and in an instant the artillery fire was fired in unison, and the rolling wood and stone hugged the head and covered the top to greet him. Although the soldiers of the Eight Banners fell in pieces and died in batches, they still risked their lives to advance, with the cover of the chariot and the cavalry behind, digging and filling the ditch with their lives, and successively crossed the three trenches outside the city, and then approached the city.
When it was still far away, the artillery fire of the Ming army exerted great power, causing heavy casualties among the Houjin soldiers. But after the continuous firing, the artillery is not effective. Due to the continuous firing, the cannon body was red-hot, and as soon as it was loaded with gunpowder, it was immediately sprayed out, and the gun body had to wait for the temperature to be lowered before loading and firing. The Houjin soldiers took advantage of this interlude, coupled with the increasingly accurate bows and arrows of the cavalry behind them, gritted their teeth and carried the ladder one by one, pushed the chariot, and approached the city, advancing quickly at a lightning speed. That is, in less than half an hour, the trench outside the city of Shenyang has been filled, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners who saw the victory in sight were like gods possessed, running through the trench with brisk steps, and they began to storm the city gate without stopping.
The brutal siege battle continued, but the Houjin soldiers outside the city suddenly shouted: "Brothers of the Ming Court, listen well, your General He soldiers and You General soldiers have all died in battle, can you still hold this city?" It's better to surrender in Kaesong, the Great Khan will protect your high-ranking officials, why send you to death in vain"!
Looking at the two heads on the wooden pole, the Ming army defending the city couldn't help but slow down their movements, and all of them had hesitation on their faces. And it is to take advantage of the gap in their panic, suddenly a group of people stood on the head of the city, cut the bridge rope with knives and axes, put down the drawbridge, such as the jade of the Houjin soldiers desperately rushed to the bridge, smashed open the east gate, and then rushed in, Shenyang City was captured at this moment, but it is a pity that Xiong Tingbi in Shenyang City's hard work, but sigh the people in Shenyang City!
In fact, cutting the bridge rope and putting the suspension bridge are all Mongolian hungry people taken in by Yuan Yingtai. These people had already surrendered to the Later Jin, and the wise Khan Nurhachi of the Later Jin had let them blend into the city of Shenyang with the refugees. When it comes to crunches, become a force of cavalry. Therefore, it is definitely not a fluke that Nurhachi can capture Chengyang, it is that before he attacked Shenyang, he already knew the deployment of troops and fortifications in the city well. How can you be invincible in such a war?
At this moment, Tong Zhonghua, the chief military officer of Sichuan and Zhejiang, who came to the rescue, had just arrived on the south bank of the Hunhe River and learned the news that Shenyang had fallen. Deputy General Chen Ce wanted to lead the army back to Liaoyang, but the indignant generals all shouted across the Hunhe River: "My generation can't save Shen, what is it for three years"! There was also a guerrilla, Zhou Dunji, who believed that he could take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to recover Shenyang City. Tong Zhonghua and others felt the desire of the generals to serve the country, and immediately ordered: divide the Ming army into two battalions, and order Zhou Dunji and Qin Bangping to cross the Hunhe River first, set up camp on the north bank, and set up a position.
When Nurhachi learned that the Ming reinforcements had arrived, he hurriedly sent troops to pounce on the Ming reinforcements who were crossing the river. Zhou Dunji and other leading troops had just landed on the north bank of the Hunhe River, and the troops were divided into two battalions, and before they could gain a firm foothold, the right wing soldiers and horses sent by Nurhachi had already surrounded them. At the same time, Nurhachi sent another army to cut off the passage of the Hunhe Bridge to prevent the troops led by Tong Zhenghua and Chen Ce on the south bank of the river from crossing the river.
With 50,000 troops, Nurhachi besieged the Ming reinforcements on the north bank of the river. At the beginning, Jin only attacked with white flag soldiers, because in their opinion, as long as it was a Ming army, the Ming army was definitely a bad breed, and it was often just a battle formation that would collapse the army. But today, I never expected that these Ming troops who came up with weapons would be able to fight hard. In fact, what they didn't know was that this Ming Dynasty reinforcement army from Sichuan was outstanding, and it was outstanding in terms of combat effectiveness and willpower. These Sichuan troops were all fearless of death, fighting tenaciously, and when the two armies did not fight for a long time, the White Flag Army failed to withstand the Sichuan army's rush and kill, and was defeated with an unbelievable face.
The anxious Nurhachi immediately reassigned the Yellow Flag Army to rush up to fight, and Zhou Dunji, the main general who had already killed the red, and others took the lead, regardless of how many times the enemy was on their own, and fought back bravely without retreating, and this wave of Yellow Flag soldiers was killed and retreated. Nurhachi, who commanded the battle, was also shocked to see it. Then he sent the Red Banner Army to continue the fight, and gathered the soldiers of the White Flag and the Yellow Flag together to surround the Sichuan Army on all sides. Under these circumstances, after a fierce battle, the two armies killed and wounded each other, advancing three times and retreating three times before and after, and nearly 3,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners were killed and wounded.