Chapter 38: The Battle of Li Shizhen III

The artillery could not continue, but the Xia army began to exert its might.

Before the artillery fired, the Xia army had already left Li Town.

But I didn't dare to get too close.

But as soon as the artillery was fired, the two battalions of the Xia army began to approach quietly.

He Hutou has been hiding these eighteen cannons just for today.

Generally speaking, this cannon, which resembles the Hongyi cannon, is too heavy to carry, except for siege cities, few people carry it when they are marching.

Even if they carry it, they can't keep up with the speed of the marching army, and they will be far behind.

So a few days after the war, Wu Sangui found that the artillery used by the Xia army to counteract was not large, and he naturally thought that the range of the Xia army's artillery was not enough.

I didn't pay attention to the artillery of the Xia army.

Therefore, the Qing army was very relieved to camp within the range of the Xia army's artillery.

And these eighteen guns have been hidden, but these gunners have not been idle, they have been doing one thing, that is, to get the coordinates of Wu Sangui's camp all over the place.

Although there was not a single test shot. Even in the dark, there was no way to test fire.

But the eighteen guns were particularly effective.

The main bombardment, the stables of the Qing army, the granary, the Chinese army, the camp tent.

The specific effect, no one to accept. But the Qing army's battalion was the most successful result.

Of course, the roar of the Qing army camp was not only the cause of the artillery bombardment, but also the consequence of Wu Sangui's strong attack.

Because there are too many dead.

There was too much resentment in the army, and there were many wounded who could not move.

And at this time, Wu Sangui was ready to retreat.

As a result, the only morale is gone, and most of these wounded will have to be abandoned, after all, if they take these wounded when they will be able to return to Chengdu.

And what about these people returning to Chengdu, it's useless.

Under such a high-pressure atmosphere, when encountering a sudden shelling, it is natural for the camp to roar.

When the two battalions of the Xia army rushed into the tent of the Qing army, the Qing army was already killing each other.

However, Wu Sangui has a lot of experience after all.

As soon as he found the signs of the camp roaring, he immediately dealt with it decisively, and led the cavalry out of the camp to the west, taking away a total of more than 30,000 cavalry, but there were more foot soldiers than the cavalry, so they abandoned here.

The next day, He Hutou took all the horses in his headquarters and went to take over the camp of the Qing army.

But when I saw corpses all over the ground, it was like hell.

More than 10,000 corpses were cleared out alone, and although there were people killed by artillery, many more were killed by cannibalism. After all, that round of artillery was dark, and even the most elite gunners did not dare to say how many results there were, and the difference between the cannon wound and the sword wound was too great.

Most of the people who were wounded by the artillery were dead and dead.

He Hutou wanted to chase Wu

Sangui, but think about the soldiers under his command, think about the tens of thousands of prisoners who were captured, and think about the cavalry under Wu Sangui.

Worried that Wu Sangui would kill a horse gun, it would be really difficult to do.

So he set up camp and sent a messenger to the nearby prefectures and counties to send men.

This trick is very good.

When people from all over the country came over to see the accumulation of corpses of the Qing army, the city of the very simple changed the banner of the king, and there were more than a dozen counties nearby, and He Hutou was included in the command of Daxia without much effort.

Immediately ordered them to have money to pay, and someone to give people.

In ten days, tens of thousands of troops were pulled.

Of course, if these tens of thousands of troops are sent to fight, I am afraid that they will collapse before they can engage in battle. But it is enough to strengthen the momentum.

said that Wu Sangui immediately decided to abandon the camp with the cavalry, but he didn't think about killing a horse gun.

It's just that they found a problem, that is, there is a shortage of grain and grass, and almost all the heavy grain and grass are lost outside Li Town. Sichuan is a country of abundance, and there are ways to raise it.

However, it takes time.

Sometimes time is more important than food.

And Wu Sanfu frequently complained to Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui could only sigh and go back to Chengdu first.

At this moment, under the city of Chengdu, the Xia soldiers and horses have arrived one after another.

As soon as Li Dingguo saw Chengdu City, he knew that it was not easy to fight.

Immediately ordered the sailors to bring over the heavy artillery, although the weight of the artillery was nothing to the waterway. But it also takes time.

At this time, He Hutou's good news had already come.

The whole army was shocked.

They never expected that He Hutou would be able to fight such an excellent battle. Even Li Dingguo has some oddities. Since Li Dingguo has worked with He Hutou, he knows that He Hutou is not ordinary.

But in the battle against Li Shizhen, I only felt that He Hutou could resist Wu Sangui's retreat, and there would never be such a battle in this battle.

Li Dingguo coughed twice and said: "General He, the first battle of Li Shizhen broke Wu Sangui, and now Wu Sangui's morale has been taken away, and there is only one strong city in Sichuan, which cannot be maintained for a long time." ”

"I need you to make persistent efforts to break the city in one fell swoop."

"Yes." The generals below said in unison.

With the military exploits of the Tiger Head of Ariga in front, the people below became excited. I want to make a contribution in this national war, and my good name will be passed on forever.

Li Dingguo said: "Order all departments, pay attention to Wu Sangui. Calculating the time, Wu Sangui is almost there. ”

As soon as Li Dingguo's words fell, someone rushed to report and said, "There is a large group of cavalry coming from the east. ”

Everyone immediately knew that it was Wu Sangui who came.

Someone couldn't help but muttered twice in a low voice, "It would be nice if Wu Sangui came back two days late." ”

Chengdu is a big city, and if you want to surround the city of Chengdu, it is not two a day

The day can be done, so at the moment Chengdu is only surrounded by two sides.

It will definitely not be able to stop Wu Sangui from entering the city.

At this moment, Wu Sangui has entered the city of Chengdu with a large group of cavalry.

Wu Sanfu took the generals who stayed behind and greeted him, and when he saw Wu Sangui, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Big brother, I will be relieved when you come back." ”

Wu Sangui knew the ability of his younger brother, and that's it. Although he was worried in his heart, he still laughed and said, "Please rest assured, you all know what Chengdu City is like." There is plenty of food in the city, and there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers, enough to defend it for three years, and I have already complained to the imperial court. I want to come to the imperial court and the reinforcements will arrive soon. ”

"You can just defend the city in peace."

Wu Sangui didn't say any good news, but different words, when they are said in different mouths, have different weights, and if such words are said in Wu Sanfu's mouth, the people below will definitely not listen.

And Wu Sangui said it in his mouth, even if Wu Sangui suffered defeat, it could also make many people feel at ease.

After Wu Sangui entered the city, he didn't have time to rest at all, and immediately checked the city defenses, as well as the savings in the city, as well as the Xia army camp from afar, at this moment he could only do the last thing he wanted, which was to trap Chengdu. Waiting for the rescue of the Qing court.

But I didn't know that the war in Sichuan was changing rapidly. In less than a month, it was like this, which not only surprised Nanjing, but also Beijing.

Nanjing was an unexpected surprise, in order to support the war in Sichuan, all departments brazenly dispatched troops, and repeatedly sent small teams of men and horses to spy on the Qing army.

As a result, the border friction that had just calmed down flourished again.

For a time, from Sichuan, to Xiangyang, from Xiangyang to Xinyang, from Xinyang to Anqing, from Anqing to Yangzhou, from Yangzhou to Jinzhouwei, Yalu River, everywhere.

Countless urgent reports rushed to Beijing from all over the country at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

Almost in one day, Shunzhi received four or five urgent reports.

Where did Shunzhi see such a battle, he panicked for a while, and had to immediately ask the queen mother.

When the queen mother saw these urgent reports, she didn't care much about them at all, and said: "When you encounter a big event, you need to be calm, what is it like to be panicked," after reading these urgent reports, she said: "These things, sooner or later." First convene the princes and ministers of civil and military affairs. ”

Shunzhi wanted to calm down, but he couldn't calm down, but after listening to what the Queen Mother said, he suddenly found the backbone, took a few deep breaths, and calmed down.

said: "Listen to Eniang." ”

Immediately, the palace door in the palace was opened, and countless palace people rushed out, inviting the ministers of civil and military affairs, and the princes of the clan into the palace, and at this time, even the most ignorant people knew that something was wrong.

The city of Beijing has also become panicked.

As the largest gathering place of the Eight Banners, they were all worried about how many children would die on the battlefield this time.