Chapter 469: Dolgon's Powerlessness
The battle under the city of Dongguang County has been going on for more than half an hour.
As time passed, Dorgon's face became more and more gloomy, and if this continued, his carefully planned battle was about to come to an end.
The consequences are severe.
The Shandong defense line taught to Hong Chengchou had 500,000 troops and three lines of defense, but under the attack of the Ming army, the whole line collapsed in less than ten days, and the 500,000 army was almost completely annihilated, which undoubtedly greatly damaged the morale of the Qing army.
However, in the end, the 500,000 troops of the Shandong defense line were all guarded by the Han Banner Army composed of Han people, and the Eight Banners and the Mongolian Iron Cavalry still had reason to justify themselves because the Han people's combat effectiveness was weak, but this time, Dolgon not only dispatched 40,000 Manchu Eight Banners and 60,000 Mongolian Iron Cavalry, but also dispatched 200,000 Han Banner Army, plus 50,000 troops in Dongguang County, a total of more than 300,000 troops under the personal command of him Dolgon besieged only 40,000 Ming Army vanguard could not succeed, so that not only the Han Banner Army, Even the morale of the Mongols and the Eight Banners will be knocked to the bottom, what else can the Qing Dynasty use to win!
"Boom, boom, boom" has been slightly loosened by the sound of artillery.
The artillery battle between the two sides has been fought so far, and in the end, the artillery of the Ming army is sharper and has firmly gained the upper hand, and the artillery battalion of the Qing Dynasty seems to be about to lose.
"Newspaper"
"Qiqi Regent, our army's artillery has suffered heavy losses, and we are about to lose the enemy!" Sure enough, the general of the Qing Artillery Battalion on the eastern hillside came to report.
Not only the eastern slope, but also the fifty cannons on the Dongguang County are left.
If this continues, it will not take a while, the artillery battalion of the Ming army will be able to win, and when the Ming army has more artillery support, it will be even more difficult to annihilate.
Surely Dolgon could not accept such an outcome.
"Nope! It must not be like this, the Qing Dynasty cannot be defeated! ”
Dolgon's eyes were red, and there was a hint of madness.
"Herald! All the armies attacked on all fronts, and the 50,000 troops in Dongguang County also attacked on all fronts, that is, they took human lives to fill in, and this king also wanted to destroy the tens of thousands of Ming army vanguards in front of him! Dorgon ordered frantically, to the point where it would take all costs.
When the herald heard this order, he was stunned, but he still did not hesitate to give the order.
On the front line of the battlefield, Tuoyue also felt incredible when he heard Dolgon's order, but he reacted instantly, and since then, he could only let it go, Tuoyue gritted his teeth and obeyed Dolgon's order.
"The army is attacking!"
"Kill"
Outside the city, 100,000 Manchurian cavalry and 200,000 Han banner troops killed the Ming army from all directions.
Hundreds of thousands of Qing troops, densely packed and powerful.
In the camp of the Ming army, Ji Feng and Chang Shunhou were stunned, and then sneered, did the Qing army think that it would be able to drown the first army and the seventh army by relying on the tactics of the sea of people?
"Fire!"
"Bang Bang Bang"
"Bang Bang Bang"
The Ming soldiers fired fiercely, rows of dense bullets and lead bullets swept past, and pieces of Qing soldiers fell, but the Qing army continued to impact as always, and seemed to be fearless of death!
In fact, the Manchus may have been afraid to die for Dolgon's orders, but they did not include the Mongols, let alone the Han Banner Army composed of Han Chinese.
It's a pity, in order to prevent those who are afraid of war and retreat, Dolgon let tens of thousands of Manchurian Qiqi form a team of overseers to supervise the battle behind, dare not obey the order, or those who retreat from the battle are all killed on the spot, and even some Mongols do not let go, its ferocity, not only the Han Banner Army was frightened, even the Mongols were frightened, and one by one it seemed that they were not afraid of death.
"Bang Bang Bang"
"Bang Bang Bang"
The soldiers of the First Army and the Seventh Army looked indifferently at the Qing soldiers who were not dying, and kept shooting.
Not long after, the Qing army in Dongguang County also opened the city gate and killed them together, but unfortunately their addition made the Qing army look tens of thousands of more horses. It didn't make much of a difference to the battlefield.
At least some of the Manchus on their horses approached the distance of more than ten meters from the Seventh Army many times, and the Han Banner Army behind them also approached a distance of more than 20 meters from the Seventh Army, and some arrows caused certain casualties to the Seventh Army.
Of course, the results of the Qing army were limited to the Seventh Army, in the face of the soldiers of the Ying Long Army of the First Army, the Qing Army did not have such good luck, the guns in the hands of the soldiers of the Ying Long Army of the First Army had a longer range, greater power, and faster loading speed, and the natural firepower was more powerful, the Qing Army was always blocked at a distance of fifty meters, except for the iron shield that broke through and blew up the approaching iron shield and killed and injured some Ying Long Army soldiers, and even failed to cause any damage to the First Army, but only added the lives of the Qing soldiers in vain.
Outside the blocking line of the first army, there were countless corpses of Qing soldiers lying densely, piled up half a foot high, and the Qing army behind was extremely frightened, and did not dare to easily cross the thunder pond for half a step.
Dolgon's face had already darkened on that inconspicuous high slope, but he had found it easier to break through from the Seventh Army.
"Order, focus on attacking the southwest two sides of the Ming army!" Dorgon gave the order.
On the southwest side were the Seventh Army.
"Kill"
The Manchu people focused their strength on both sides of the southwest, and most of the iron shields were hit here, and the pressure faced by the Seventh Army increased dramatically in an instant, and in the face of the Qing army's unwanted human life to fill, the Seventh Army used only the old-style flintlock pistols eliminated by the Long Army, with a short range and slow loading speed, as long as the Qing army was not careful, the Qing army would kill the front.
In a moment, from time to time, a part of the Manchu cavalry had already entered the army formation of the Seventh Army and slashed and slaughtered, and the Mongols also began to rush in some, and even the infantry of the Han Banner Army was also under the cover of a large number of iron shields, and they could kill in immediately, and the situation was critical in an instant.
"Grenades!"
Chang Shun gritted his teeth and ordered a large number of grenades to be thrown!
"Boom Boom"
Hundreds of grenades were thrown out in an instant, and only then did the Qing army clear out dozens of meters away.
"Commander, there are not many grenades left!" It's a pity that the grenades have only been produced for less than a month, the output is not high, and there are not many that are assigned to the First Army, and there are not many that the First Army has given to the Seventh Army.
"Damn, quick, go to the First Army for help!" Chang Shunhou gritted his teeth, although he was unwilling to ask the First Army for help, but the stakes were very high, and holding the camp was the first priority, and he couldn't care about it.
Ji Feng received Chang Shun's call for help, without saying a word, he immediately transferred some grenades, and also transferred four thousand soldiers of the Yinglong Army over, didn't the Qing army focus on attacking the Seventh Army, then he strengthened the firepower of the Seventh Army, and the Qing Army still couldn't succeed, Ji Feng sneered!
With the support of the 3,000 Yinglong troops transferred by Ji Feng, plus some additional grenades, the Seventh Army finally blocked the Qing army at a distance of thirty meters.
As time passes, the iron shield of the Qing army is about to run out, although it is an iron shield, which can prevent bullets and lead bullets, but the power of the grenade explosion is greater, almost every few grenades have an iron shield that is torn and blown up, plus some are pressed by corpses and lost in the battlefield, and the Qing army does not have so many iron shields to replenish.
The Qing army, which lacked the support of the iron shield, suffered even more casualties.
"Boom Boom"
At this time, a burst of artillery shells exploded in the dense Qing army.
The artillery battalion of the Ming army finally wiped out all the artillery of the Qing army and transferred the remaining artillery fire to the battlefield.
With the support of artillery, the morale of the Ming army was great, and the Qing army was defeated and retreated in an instant, and it could not be defeated.
The support of the artillery battalion was like the last straw that crushed the Qing army.
"It's over, I'm going to be clear!" The inconspicuous hillside, after Dolgon's madness, had become weak.
Although the current army of more than 300,000 is less than a quarter of the army of more than 1.5 million, the Ming army is also only 40,000, and it is not even one-seventh of the Ming army of the Northern Expedition.
"Kill"
"Bang Bang Bang"
On the south side, the soldiers of the Yinglong Army suddenly came out, and the second army supported by wading through the water arrived.
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