Chapter 16: The Battle of Liaodong (3)
Now let's talk about He Shixian and Sun Chuanting, they are hurrying forward, knowing that they finally saw the ambush at noon the next day, when the Altai was about to assemble the team, Sun Chuanting's twenty "two kicking" small cannons rang out, and fired four rounds of * shells and another round of pepper shells at the Jurchen cavalry nearly two miles away. After the explosion, the Jurchens were stunned, what kind of thing is this, not to mention the dead and wounded, the eyes of the people and horses are full of tears. The artillery of the Ming army didn't say a word, they picked up the small cannon and ran, and He Shixian led the cavalry to protect it. The Jurchens were furious, and the soldiers who did not blow up chased after the horses under the command of their superiors, and just chased them to the place where the Ming army was encamped, and plopped and plopped down a bunch of war horses one after another.
The Jurchens were mad, bypassing the camped place and chasing again, it was easy to catch up, and then seeing that the Ming army was ready for battle, they couldn't attack in chaos, they lined up, they were about to line up, "bang, bang, bang", and they were connected with five groups of shells, and then they continued to run, and when they reached the place where the artillery was fired, "plop, plop, plop", they fell down again, and the horse's legs were broken. In this way, while chasing and running, three times and twice, the Jurchen Altai lost nearly 3,000 people, and the troops of He Shixian and Sun Yuanhua suffered almost no losses except for the occasional bruise by stray arrows in the distance, and such a battle was very depressing, but did Altai have any good way.
At night, the Jurchens were as tired as dead dogs, and the Ming army had time to rest because of the three-stage blockade. Sun Yuanhua gave He Shixian an idea and asked him to harass the Jurchens at night, so the two took turns to take the soldiers out, He Shixian set fire and beat drums, and Sun Yuanhua asked the artillery soldiers to put a row of artillery every once in a while, so that the Jurchens did not get a night of rest, who dared to feel it in such an environment, in case the Ming army really attacked, the loss would be too great.
When it was almost dawn, He Shixian got the news from Xiong Tingbi that the Jurchens could be let go, and He Shixian ordered him to eat immediately, and then he retreated while digging small pits, small holes, and nailing iron forks for mixing horse legs, and the whole retreat was orderly.
When Altai and his subordinates were crazy and desperately chasing after He Shixian, a cannon was heard, and Xiong Tingbi rushed over with the Ming army of Shenyang City, which had been resting for half a day. This time Xiong Tingbi asked Altai to line up the team, the two sides were five hundred steps apart, Xiong Tingbi asked the soldiers to shout: "Listen to the soldiers of the 'Hulun Fourth Division', you have been surrounded, please leave the Altai tribe immediately, we know that you are forced to come, Nurhachi has killed your parents and brothers, raped your wife and daughter, and now we are about to shell the Altai tribe, there is revenge, there is revenge, there is revenge, fight with us!" ”
Suddenly, the Jurchens' ranks were in chaos, and taking advantage of this chaos, the Ming army's 100 "two-kicked" small artillery guns opened fire with all their might, and the small cannonballs that covered the sky and the sun were fired for fifteen rounds. Originally, the Nurhachi tribe led by Altai suffered heavy losses, and the focus of this attack was on them, and the entire Altai people and horses were in chaos. The cavalry of the Ming army took advantage of the situation to attack, and the soldiers of the "Hulun Fourth Division" took advantage of the fire to rob, and Altai saw that the situation was not good and rushed to the death with his own soldiers, and finally fled with only more than 50 personal soldiers.
The battle under Liaoyang City is still going on, and Nurhachi is still directing his people to attack desperately. In the afternoon, Huang Taiji ran to the front to direct the soldiers to move the soil to fill the moat, Sun Chuanting held the binoculars to see the truth, and immediately ordered the soldiers to pull over twenty Furlong machine cannons, aiming at the Huang Taiji who was commanding and firing together, in an instant, Huang Taiji was near the iron ball wheel rolling, the iron sand flew wildly, Huang Taiji and his own soldiers were all flesh paste, and there was no Qing Taizong in the world in the future.
Nurhachi, who was sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army, got two pieces of news at the same time, two unfortunate news, one was that Huang Taiji was killed by the Ming army because of his command; Another unfortunate news was the annihilation of Manggutai and his men, and the fact that Manggutai himself had lost his bones in the fire of the Ming army, was reported by Nurhachi's own soldiers at Manggutai's side. This guy is worthy of being a personal soldier, very clever, when Xiong Tingbi burned the Jurchens, he knew that it was over, because he was standing outside the city gate, just to find out the news. Taking advantage of the fact that the Ming army had not yet left the city, he led two horses, took turns to change horses, and finally caught up with Nurhachi to report the funeral in the afternoon.
Nurhachi is worthy of a generation of heroes, although he was extremely sad when he heard that his two sons were killed, he still calmly gave the order.
Next, the Jurchens who were besieging the city began to concentrate on the east gate, and the pressure on the east gate suddenly increased sharply, and the Jurchens began to quietly arrange a retreat, and in the evening, the Jurchens gradually stopped attacking the city, and the Ming soldiers in the city also began to slack off.
Unexpectedly, before Sun Chuanting finished dinner, he heard a message from his own soldiers, and Lord Sun Chengzong asked him to go to the Governor's Mansion immediately to discuss matters, and Sun Chuanting didn't care about eating, so he dressed neatly and went straight to Sun Chengzong's place.
It turned out that Xiong Tingbi saw that the general situation had been decided, and he couldn't wait until the end of the battle, so he sent someone to send a letter to Sun Chengzong, saying that the Manger Gutai Department had been completely annihilated, and the Altai Department was about to be annihilated, and he was ready to send 20,000 cavalry of He Shixian Shuai to Liaoyang to encircle and annihilate Nurhachi immediately after the battle. It's a pity that this messenger couldn't enter the city gate when he arrived in Liaoyang City, and he didn't enter the city until the Jurchens withdrew their troops to rest. By the time Sun Chuanting was summoned to discuss the matter, He Shixian had already rushed to Liaoyang City with two horses. Sun Chengzong gave an order, the trumpets and cannons rang out in unison, and the sound of counteroffensive artillery could be heard dozens of miles away, and for a time all the Ming troops who could attack were all engaged in the pursuit battle. The treacherous and cunning Nurhachi has now escaped twenty miles away with his own men, and the broken men and horses have been killed in all directions, taking back Benxi, while Xiong Tingbi has sent You Shigong to capture Fushun.
Just when Sun Chuanting regretted that his judgment was too poor and he couldn't attack in time to get more results, Sun Chengzong was also reflecting on whether he was a little conservative, although His Majesty the Emperor said that it was okay to hold Liaodong, but wouldn't it be better to win a big victory.
Just when everyone thought that the war was over and the results of the war were about to be reported to the imperial court, someone came to report: "There is a guerrilla named Mao Wenlong who asks to see him." ”
Sun Chengzong was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Please come in." ”
After a while, I saw a man with a face full of flesh and a gangster all over his body come in and salute: "Mao Wenlong, a guerrilla general under the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, see your lordship, please treat the crime of disobeying orders." ”
Sun Chengzong wondered why this guy didn't have the slightest intention of asking for guilt, so he asked, "Why don't you obey the order?" What command is not respected? ”
Mao Wenlong said: "Lord Sun ordered to gather his subordinates to wait for a counterattack in Liaoyang, but his subordinates marched privately without waiting for a counterattack, but they had a slight success. After receiving the order, the whole team was ready to assemble, and when he heard the merchants who came and went that it was the emptiness of Hetuala, he thought that since Nurhachi had gathered 90,000 troops to attack Liaoyang and Shenyang, the emptiness of his hometown was inevitable, so he immediately instigated more than 3,000 of his subordinates to attack Hetuala, and succeeded by luck. ”
It turned out that this Mao Wenlong was bold by nature and fearless, and when he heard that Nurhachi led his troops to attack, the rear air defense was weak, and his heart moved, and he decided to take advantage of the weakness. So, he led more than 3,000 light horsemen under his subordinates, regardless of the assembly order, directly sent troops to Hetuala, starry night, climbing mountains and wading, and arrived at the destination in two days, caught a few Jurchens as soldiers, deceived the city gate of Hetuala at night, and then 3,000 people went straight to Nurhachi's lair and took it to it. He captured Nurhachi's sons Rambu, Dolgon, and Dordor, killed Azig and Nurhachi's two wives, and set fire to the city of Hetuara.