Chapter 496: Siege
However, it was said that Wu Sangui led the cavalry out of the city and handed over the command to Tang Tong, but it was also the most critical time.
At that time, the Qing army was the most fierce siege, with artillery suppression at a long range, and bows and arrows in the middle to assist, and the Qing army had already climbed to the top of the city when it was most critical.
The Ming army in the city fought bravely to kill the enemy, artillery bombardment, bow and arrow shooting, hand-to-hand combat at the head of the city......
It was at this juncture that Wu Sangui led his troops out of the city, in order to avoid accidental injury, the archers on the city, as well as the cannons at the mouth of the city, stopped firing, and the pressure on the Ming army at the head of the city was even greater.
The Qing army's cannonballs, bows and arrows, and soldiers continued to enter the city, which caused great psychological and practical pressure on Tang Tong, and in order to boost morale, he drew his sword and led his own soldiers into the past.
Fortunately, this pressure was short-lived, and after Wu Sangui's cavalry swept the Qing army from the north city to the west city, and after the slaughter, the pressure on the city disappeared, and there was no successor after a few Qing troops who landed in the city were killed!
Seeing that the cavalry of the Ming army under the city was like entering no man's land, Tang Tong panted like a cow and wiped the blood on his face, and before he had time to smile easily, he led his own soldiers straight to the south city.
Outside the southern city, there is the Han army flag of the Qing army in the flank attack, and Kong Youde and other people and horses of the king of Sanshun will attack on the side at any time, but the offensive is not weak in the slightest, the main offensive firepower in the west, if it is not for the brave resistance of the Ming army in the city, plus the defensive fortifications are perfect, they will not be able to beat the gap, and the most critical time has been the Qing army on the city wall of the urn.
Tang Tong saw that the offensive outside Ximen had slowed down, so he immediately rushed to the south gate and commanded the artillery to bombard the enemy's position, but he had to order the shelling to stop after only half a cup of tea.
Because Wu Sangui's general, Wu Zhao, led thousands of cavalry to the city to clear the field.
It is said that the king of Sanshun sat a few miles outside the south gate and watched the Qing army attack the city from a distance behind the battle, commenting on the country as always, like drinking tea and watching a play, the three of them felt that although Ningyuan City had escaped several disasters in more than ten years, this time it was definitely not so lucky.
The reason is very sufficient, in terms of military strength, compared with previous years, on firepower compared with previous years, on the main general of the city, it was the famous Yuan Chonghuan, Zu Dashou, Man Gui and others, and now he is just a hairy boy Wu Sangui.
On the national strength and the spirit of the logistics armament...... At this time, the Daming Dragon was trapped in shallow water, struggling and waiting for death.
Da Ming only has skin and bones left.
It's just that this bone is still a little hard, and it is very toothy when it is gnawed, and seeing the siege on three sides, the Ming army in the city resists fiercely, and the firepower is far beyond the expectations of several people, and they can't help but show a look of surprise.
But with the crazy offensive of the Qing army at the West Gate, and even once landed in the city, the three of them smiled......
The smile didn't disappear, and it condensed on his face!
As soon as Wu Sangui's cavalry army left the city, it was shocking, Duoduo and Azig in the west were dumbfounded, and Dolgon and Fan Wencheng, who were watching the battle on the first mountain, were stunned, and these goods were also dumbfounded.
Seeing the Qing army in Xicheng fleeing, and seeing a Ming army under the city coming, the three of them were also slightly panicked.
King Sanshun is the same age, but the strength is uneven, among which Kong Youde is the most, he brought a lot of equipment and artillery-making technology when he descended to the Qing Dynasty, and even the Manchu court valued, and there was a heavenly army under his command, and the Tianzhu army was slightly inferior, and the bottom was Geng Zhongming.
However, being a stranger in a foreign country, this life may not be easy, and it is common to be blinded and excluded by other Qing generals, but it also makes the three of them more together, although Geng Zhongming and Kong Youde have just descended to the Qing Dynasty, and then after the reconciliation of Huang Taiji, the two of them have become good buddies after abandoning their former suspicions, as long as they send troops to fight, they are always inseparable, and the only time they divide the troops has become a farewell, of course, this is still a few years later.
In short, Kong Youde is the most powerful among the three, and he is also the leader.
Seeing that the Ming army was out of the city, and a group of men and horses were killed outside the south gate, slaughtering the Qing infantry attacking the city, Geng Zhongming couldn't hold it back first, so he ordered the cavalry to go to help stabilize the position.
But he was still drunk by Shang Kexi, his eyes looked due west, the infantry was defeated and the cavalry was unstable, if it was scattered by the Ming army, the consequences of this battle would be unbearable, and it would have an irreparable impact on the overall situation of entering the customs, so the small win and small loss at the south gate in front of him was nothing, and the Qing army outside the west gate should be rushed to the aid immediately.
Among the three, Shang Kexi was the last to surrender but the most loyal to the Qing court, many years later, in the rebellion of the three feudatories, Wu Sangui wrote a letter to invite him to rebel against him, and his son Shang Zhixin put him under house arrest to force him to rebel, he still refused, and even prepared to set fire to self-immolation, to die loyal to the Qing Dynasty.
Hearing him say this, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming also felt reasonable, and immediately ordered the cavalry to go to the west city to support the Duoduo Division, but they turned a blind eye to the Ming cavalry outside the south gate, and let them rush and kill and go straight to the east city.
Besides, after Wu Sangui led the cavalry to kill the Qing army outside the Ximen city, he divided his troops and went to the south gate, and then raised his arms and shouted to the west to chase and kill, and at the same time to relieve the siege of the little eunuch.
Tens of thousands of cavalry, 10,000 horses galloping, the poor Qing infantry was either hacked to death or trampled to death by horses, fortunately escaped like headless flies but rushed to their own cavalry formation, scattered the formation, so that Azig was angry, and he couldn't reprimand, so he ordered his own soldiers to slash and kill, and forcibly split a road to mobilize cavalry to meet the Ming army.
Rushing into battle in the midst of the retreating infantry was doomed to a tragic end.
Wu Sangui has been in the army for many years, has never been so proud as today, has never been so happy, tens of thousands of cavalry under his own leadership rushed to the outside of the city to kill in all directions, the Qing army was defeated like a low tide, even the so-called invincible Manchu cavalry was also defeated by their own defeat.
The Ming Dynasty has been ravaged for many years, and the border army has been repeatedly defeated and humiliated, and today is the time of shame!
Wu Sangui was full of pride, looking at the big palace flag in the Qing army array, his heart was agitated, a eunuch is so kind and bloody, he is really ashamed of my generation!
The little eunuch shook the Qing army with hundreds of cavalry, this courage was too shocking, seeing it rushing left and right in the enemy formation, no one could stop it, it was really like the reincarnation of Zhao Zilong, Huo Qu was sick and rejuvenated.
Wu Sangui's blood boiled at this scene, thinking that he rode more than ten thousand Qing troops to save his father, and he was also a bloody man, and now his blood is still there, and he was about to kill in person to relieve the siege with a wave of the long knife, but suddenly heard the sound of killing in the southeast, and looked back, and saw that more than 10,000 men and horses of the Qing army were killed from there, but it was the Qing army at the south gate who came to help.
The overall situation is important, Wu Sangui swept the situation, the cavalry of the two armies had already been mixed together, the pressure on the little eunuch's side was relaxed, and he could completely fight his way out of the encirclement, and the crisis was no longer to worry about.
The cavalry on both sides fought fiercely, and the Ming army rushed over with lightning speed, but the Qing army was in a hurry to meet the defeat and retreat, and was divided into dozens of war groups of various sizes by the rout of the infantry, and the active defeat was decided.
Seeing that there was a Qing army in the southeast to come to help at this time, Wu Sangui would not let them come to reverse the situation of the battle, so he immediately led his men and horses to meet the enemy.
It's Wu Sangui!
The big flag in the Ming army is getting closer and closer, the yellow flag is showing in the wind, and the king of Sanshun who came to help is surprised and happy, and the main general will personally go out of the city to fight, and the joy is that if he is taken, he will definitely be the first to work!