Chapter 365: Breaking through Shenyang
Two days later, on the night of June 7, Zhang Yuan commanded the White Tiger Army to attack Shenyang at night, and the Tartars who defended the city did not expect that anyone would come to attack Shenyang, knowing that Shenyang was the hinterland of their Tartars, and the Han people could not come at all. In addition, those princes and ministers are all in Beijing at the moment, so the guards of Shenyang can be regarded as very big officials, and Dolgon is blocking the Han people in Beijing. He is a Shenyang guard, and he has nothing to worry about, even if the gate of Shenyang City is not closed at night, he feels that there is nothing.
The city was attacked, and the sound of fighting directly woke up all the people and officials in the entire city. The Shenyang guard was shocked, he didn't understand how the Han people could appear here.
"Could it be that those dog minions have rebelled?" The dog slaves he spoke of were the Han people, that is, the Han people who surrendered to the Manchus, and were called the clothed minions. There are many such people in Liaodong, most of whom came to work for the local Manchus, and they are equivalent to slaves who have no human rights at all.
After some analysis, the guard general felt that the rebels must be those clothed minions, for the same reason, he did not believe that the Han people could bypass Beijing and bypass the Shanhaiguan Pass to enter Liaodong, even if the Pingbei army had wings.
He didn't believe that the city of Beijing had been breached. So he locked the coating. So he immediately ordered all the Han people in the city to be arrested and killed.
"These dog things must not be kept. Maybe you'll get a knife in the back. What a pack of unfed white-eyed wolves. Today, Lao Tzu will destroy you all. ”
If it was really a rebellion, he was not afraid at all. Although there are only 2,000 guards in Shenyang City, they can be regarded as elite compared to those coats. Even if the enemy army had 10,000 men, he believed that he could defeat them with 2,000 elites.
"Let's go, let's go to the castle tower. It's really bold to dare to rebel. I just don't want to live anymore. After the general gave the order, some soldiers began to do whatever they wanted in the city, as long as it was a Han Chinese, they killed them without saying a word. If the woman had a little posture, it would have been even more miserable, and suddenly the city gate had not been breached, but the city was in chaos first.
The Baoyi people are not people who can't fight back and scold and don't fight back, they learned that someone outside was attacking the city, and they were overjoyed, knowing that it must be Han Chinese. But at the moment they did not dare to make a move. After all, they were still in the city in the hands of the Tartars.
But these Tartars put them to death without saying a word, which angered these people. So he saw that tens of thousands of people in the city began to rebel. Most of the Tartars went up to the castle to defend themselves, and no one cared about the city at all.
Soon these Han Chinese occupied the Shenyang Imperial Palace. And some powerful princes in Shenyang City, as well as some Fujin princesses and Gege sent from Beijing, were all arrested.
When the news reached the ears of the guard on the city tower, his guard scolded loudly, only to feel that his eyes were black, and he fainted directly. What is Shenyang? That was the capital before the Qing army entered the customs, not to mention that a few days ago, many princes and generals in Beijing transported their families and property to Shenyang for him to protect, but today he not only lost the city to the end, but even lost all those nobles into the hands of the slaves.
In any case, he was doomed, and even if he repelled the enemy army, it was impossible to get forgiveness from those nobles.
The guard fainted, which directly hit the morale of those Tartars, and before they could recover, thousands of Baoyi rushed to the city gate, wanting to open the process of welcoming the Han people outside.
Suddenly, a fierce battle broke out between the two.
By the time the white of the fish belly rose on the edge of the sky, the battle was basically over, and all the Manchurians were killed. Zhang Yuan entered the Shenyang Imperial Palace. The Manchurian Fujin Gege and the princesses were all placed under house arrest. When those Han people learned that the person who came was the Pingbei Army, they became excited. Before, they thought that the attacker of Shenyang was the same as them, but they didn't expect it to be a person from the imperial court.
The court has come to their rescue!
Suddenly, those Han people in their forties and fifties were crying, and those in their sixties and seventies knelt on the ground and looked up to the sky to pray for blessings.
The capture of Shenyang City was a major event that could not be concealed at all, but in the past two days, the Tartars around Shenyang heard that Shenyang had been captured, and their faces suddenly became gloomy. They immediately sent an urgent report of 800 miles to Beijing, and tens of thousands of soldiers gathered in Shenyang. Originally, they planned to go to Beijing to support Dolgon, but now that Shenyang has fallen, they have to save Shenyang first. Moreover, there are also a large number of princes' Fujin and Gege who have fallen into the hands of the Ming army, which lets them know the seriousness of the matter.
"At all costs, we must break through Shenyang and rescue all the nobles such as Fujin."
"Does the prince know about this?"
"I have sent someone to send the information over, I believe that the prince will be able to get the news in the next few days."
"I really don't know how this Han man came here. Looking at their costumes, it must be that there is nothing wrong with the Pingbei Army. Could it be that they fell from the sky? How did you come to Shenyang. ”
"Did they come in bypassing the Shanhaiguan? It's unlikely. ”
They didn't think about the sea at all, of course because of the limitations of their thinking.
Luoyang, Liu Xia looked at the map of Liaodong, and he did not only look at the projectile-sized Liaodong that was originally ruled by the Ming Dynasty, but added the vast territory of Siberia.
"It's not easy to occupy such a large piece of land. Moreover, the White Tiger Legion only has 20,000 people, and what he has to face will be the entire Liaodong, I am afraid that the troops are not enough. ”
"Someone, order Lei Ming to lead the Tianfeng Brigade to Liaodong, temporarily register under the White Tiger Legion, and serve as the deputy commander of the White Tiger Legion."
The Tianfeng Brigade is one of the four independent brigades set up by Liu Xia before, and the other three brigades have already been transferred by Liu Xia to form the Beast Legion, leaving only the thundering Tianfeng Brigade.
After Zhang Yuan captured Shenyang, he did not dare to stay in the city longer, after all, Shenyang was the loyalty of Liaodong and the place of four battles. Can't stay long. So soon Zhang Yuan took those full family members to transfer to Jinzhouwei, once he arrived in Jinzhouwei, then it was easy to say anything. Now the entire Liaodong Peninsula is completely in Zhang Yuan's hands.
"The general and the enemy are chasing and killing!" A scout rushed over and reported back to Zhang Yuan.
"How many people are there?" The scout did the math and said, "Almost 10,000 people." ”
Now Zhang Yuan's army numbered more than 20,000, including 16,000 soldiers of his White Tiger Legion, and more than 10,000 Han Chinese who had been saved. That is, those coatings.
Zhang Yuan said: "The first brigade stayed, and the rest immediately moved to Jinzhou to speed up." "The first brigade is also the Tiger Brigade, and the reason why the Tiger Brigade was left behind was not just to see the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Brigade, but because the Tiger Brigade was a complete cavalry brigade, and the whole army was cavalry. These horses were transported many times.
Under the command of Zhang Yuan, except for the Tiger Brigade, the others sped up and headed towards Jinzhouwei, and the commander of the Longxiang Guard had ordered the soldiers to strictly guard Jinzhouwei, and at the same time he led 2,000 people to respond.
After a while, the 10,000 Tartars had already come to his eyes, and Zhang Yuan rushed over with the Tiger Brigade without saying a word. Muskets rang out, and the Tartars on the opposite side fell under their horses, and these muskets were not only greatly improved in accuracy, speed and power, but also could be loaded with three bullets, which undoubtedly accelerated the firing speed of the muskets.
Before the two armies came into contact, the Qing army suffered countless casualties, which immediately shocked them, and they never thought that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army would be so powerful.
"Don't be afraid, it will take a long time for them to change bullets, kill!"
Of course, this is self-deception, but if he doesn't save those Fujin and the like, not only will he, a general, not only not keep his official position, but I'm afraid his life will be gone.
It is all death, and if he dies on the battlefield, he will die faithfully no matter what. If he is lucky enough to save those blessings, he will be a great hero.