Chapter 15: The Battle of Liaodong (2)
In Shenyang City, Xiong Tingbi quietly looked out the window and didn't say a word. When Yang Yuan escorted him into Beijing, he felt inexplicably sad, when he saw the people in Dongchang, he thought that there was more than one bad luck, but he didn't expect to be courteous when he entered Dongchang, and he was inexplicable in the face of the polite Dongchang Admiral Song Jin. It wasn't until Yang Lian came in and brought him to Huangzhuang that Xiong Tingbi understood that the emperor believed in him, so he sent him to Huangzhuang to protect him. Although the emperor never received him, when Sun Chengzong went to Liaodong, he gave him a telescope and told him that it was sent to him by the Lord Wansui himself, Xiong Tingbi suddenly felt very excited in his heart.
In the past three months, although the weather was cold, Xiong Tingbi still did not stop training. Sun Chengzong told him not to be afraid of not having enough food, let the soldiers eat three meals a day, eat as much as they can, no limit, only when the body is strong can they have the strength to fight, Sun Chengzong also allocated 500,000 taels of silver donated by Yang Yuan's family to Xiong Tingbi, so that he bought a large amount of beef and mutton like Lin Dan Khan. Of course, this is all done in the barracks. At the beginning of this month, Sun Yuanhua came to Shenyang with a thousand "two-kicked" small artillerymen, and Xiong Tingbi was even more excited.
When it was about to be eaten in the evening, the people sent by Liaoyang arrived, and Xiong Tingbi began to act according to the plan discussed with Sun Chengzong.
"Chief Military Officer He Shixian and General Sun Yuanhua listen to the order."
"The end will be." The two agreed in unison.
"Order the two of you to lead 20,000 troops to slow down Altai's advance, and not let it approach Shenyang City for two days. Otherwise, military justice is engaged. Xiong Tingbi ordered.
"Yes, slow down the Altai advance, and not allow it to approach Shenyang for two days. Otherwise, military justice is engaged. The two replied in unison.
You Shigong, the chief soldier standing on the side, was unhappy: "Lord Xiong, why didn't you send me to battle?" My martial arts are much better than He Shixian's. ”
There are two general soldiers in Shenyang City, one is You Shigong, this person is burly, strong in martial arts, good at using a steel whip, and has the courage of ten thousand people. The other general soldier was He Shixian, who was good at using double swords, not only brave, but also resourceful. Therefore, Xiong Tingbi asked him to go with Sun Yuanhua.
"He Shixian, this battle is full of tactics, don't take advantage of bravery, you must ensure the safety of Sun Yuanhua and the artillery he leads, and there must be no losses." Xiong Tingbi thought for a moment and then ordered.
After dinner, He Shixian and Sun Yuanhua led 20,000 cavalry mixed troops disguised as 50,000 horses and horses, quietly went out of the city, and then the whole city was under martial law, and it was forbidden to move around casually.
Besides, Mang Ergutai and Fan Wencheng led 20,000 Jurchen elite troops, and in the evening they had rushed to a place thirty miles away from Shenyang to set up camp, quietly waiting for the news sent by Shenyang City, when it was close to dawn, someone finally came to report that it was yesterday's dinner, He Shixian led 50,000 horses to support Liaoyang, and the Mongols in Shenyang City were ready to open the north gate tomorrow night to respond. Because the Jurchens came from the southeast, the defense of the north gate was relatively weak, and it was even more unexpected and could attack them unprepared.
Let's talk about He Shixian and Sun Chuanting, after these two led the troops out of the city, He Shixian said: "Let's move forward as soon as possible, the farther away from Shenyang City, the longer the distance between the Jurchens we can retard." ”
Sun Yuanhua said: "Lord Xiong Tingbi doesn't mean that we should go to reinforce Liaoyang, so we don't have to hurry, the Jurchens want to ambush us halfway, they must be more anxious than us, I mean to walk slowly, the later the contact with the Jurchens, the better, and we also want to drag the team long, let's divide it into three sections, the first section of contact, the second section is to dig a ditch to slow down the speed of the Jurchen horses, and it doesn't need to go deep, just use a gun or a knife, dig a foot deep in the ground, just dig a hole with the thickness of the bowl, tell the soldiers, the more you dig, The larger the digging, the better our chances of survival. In the plains we have no better terrain to stop us, and digging some holes that trap the horses' hooves and stumble over their horses' hooves, they will not be able to go fast. Secondly, those iron forks had to be nailed to the ground, and that thing was a sharp weapon for tying horses' hooves, but it had to be taken back after the war, and it could be used again when it came back. ”
"Secondly, after contact, Lord He, don't charge, as long as your cavalry can protect my artillery, every time the Jurchens are about to line up, the artillery will fire, and the twenty small cannons will be withdrawn after firing three times each, and when we withdraw to the second section, it will remain the same, so that we will not lose our men and horses, and the speed of the Jurchens will be slowed down, it is estimated that when the city of Shenyang is reached, half of the Jurchens can ride horses, so that Lord Xiong Tingbi will be able to clean up these Jurchens."
He Shixian secretly said in his heart, these scholars are really bad, this idea is really bad, but he said in his mouth: "Okay, just do it according to Master Sun's method." ”
In this way, He Shixian and Sun Yuanhua led 20,000 soldiers to meet the 40,000 coalition army led by Altai.
In Shenyang City, on March 12, the Jurchens also launched an attack in the southeast corner, but their attack was a little careless, and they did not suffer a few casualties after a day, and they withdrew their troops early in the afternoon. As soon as the troops were collected here, Xiong Tingbi immediately ordered that all suspected Mongols and Han Chinese, as long as they were suspected, were imprisoned, and all those who did not obey the order and dared to resist were all killed on the spot, leaving no hidden danger. In the middle of the night, suddenly a small pile of fire was lit on the north gate tower, and there was a torch in the distance to draw a circle, and then the north gate squeaked and opened, and then the sound of killing sounded, and the Jurchens who had been ambushed outside the door were all embraced, and the Ming Dynasty soldiers at the door were killed, and some people shouted "The city is broken, the city is broken." After a while, the city gates were opened, and the Jurchen cavalry rushed in like flowing water. In less than a quarter of an hour, the Jurchen infantry in front was met with stubborn resistance from the Ming army coming from the shadows, and the speed of advance suddenly slowed down, and the cavalry behind still poured in like flowing water, and gradually more and more Jurchens poured in, the resistance of the Ming army in front became stronger and stronger, and the cavalry behind was in a hurry. So, a lot of soldiers have dismounted, squeezed forward, the Jurchens outside the city gate are desperately hugging the city, when the city gate outside the city gate except to see the old camp almost no soldiers poured in, just listen to the "tom" a cannon sound, crowded in front of the Jurchens who are desperately fighting only feel a flower in front of them, the Ming army in front is gone, they are one end to touch the wall, and when they look again, they see a tall city wall in front of them, the torches are bright above, and then look back, it's over, the city gate doesn't know when it has been put down the jack gate, The entire nearly 20,000 Jurchens who entered the city gate became dumpling filling, and there were high walls on all sides. I heard another gong, and the oil rain sprayed from all directions, followed by rockets in the sky, and the fire burned for nearly half an hour, and the Jurchens who entered the city were completely lost, and only a few clever ones hid under the wall and picked up a half-dead life.
This is Xiong Tingbi's desperate plan, let the Jurchens enter the urn city, afraid that they could not be completely annihilated, so they ordered the You Shi power department to resist desperately, so that the Jurchens thought that the Ming army was afraid of breaking the city and resisting desperately, so they hugged more and more until they all entered the urn city, before opening the city gate, he ordered the soldiers to block all the passages of the city tower with stones, when the cannon was pointed, the soldiers behind had already held the door panel and waited, as soon as the cannon sounded, the soldier sandbag erected behind the door panel was thrown, and in an instant a door wall was built, and then the gong was poured and the arrow was shot, The 20,000 Jurchens were completely lost, and Manggutai also went with the soldiers.
When Fan Wencheng, who was guarding the old camp, saw the fire in the city, he thought that the city was broken, and hurriedly urged the soldiers to pack up their tents and prepare to enter the city. This was Fan Wencheng's first thought, this kid really escaped with a big life, but since then, he has been incognito and unknown, and the entire elite army of Manggutai has been wiped out.