Chapter 456. Victory at your fingertips
For many years, there has not been a war of such a scale in Liaodong.
On Rufeng Mountain, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, a total of the Ming army rushed to the mountain one after another, the explosion of the cannon shook the sky, for the first time, across the camp, the Qing army was so desperate to defend, so desperate to shoot arrows desperately, the chaotic arrow rain, the Ming army that rushed up was a stubble, and in a blink of an eye, the Ming army rushed up, the hillside was all stacked together was the corpse layer by layer, and the blood that flowed down stained the hillside with mud.
But the Ming army was like a new army, enduring amazing casualties, that is, fighting to the death and not retreating, on the edge of the fence of the Qing army's camp on the hillside, the bullets from below and the bows and arrows shot down from above were like flying locusts.
"Give it to Lao Tzu!"
In the already noisy battlefield, the roar was still as clear as thunder.
The meaning of the word array in ancient Chinese is the range that a person's shouting can affect, in this roar, more than a dozen rope sleeves swirled and threw on the fence, with the man's opening force, squeaky and broken, a full section of more than 30 meters of fence fell to the ground.
"Rush!"
With another short shout, with a shield in front of him, Wu Sangui took the lead and slammed into the stupid Qing soldiers, killing and slashing.
A person is covered in iron, and he can only hit a few nails on the stove on the road, but a group of people is different, not lagging behind, including those who threw rope sleeves, hundreds of armor bowling balls rushed forward, and immediately set off a bloody storm, not counting melons and vegetables, but also the head was flying, and the posture of the Qing army slashing and killing the Ming army musketeers was found back by the Ming army on these defensive archers.
These are the well-known Guanning Iron Cavalry, and don't look at it as an Iron Cavalry, even if they dismount to fight, they are still fierce and abnormal! With their convergence, the defense line of the Rufeng Mountain camp was completely torn open.
Dolgon was also a sensible man, and with the scream, he had already put away his binoculars and snorted gloomily.
"I can't fight anymore! Withdraw!"
Before the words fell, he was already swaying the white iron tower helmet, turned over and got on the horse without looking back, turned around and galloped out towards the bottom of the mountain, the boss retreated, for a while, the sound of gold on the top of the mountain was loud, and the Qing army, which was fighting desperately to the death one second, turned around and ran the next second.
The battle of Rufeng Mountain is definitely a big victory, but here, the weakness of the Ming army is also exposed, except for some clothed slaves were discarded, some unlucky front-line Han Baqi did not run, the rest is to turn over and get on the horse, turn around and slip, for a time ten thousand hooves flying, the earth seems to have shaken a few times, in addition to those who have no time to run after the broken troops are angry, the Ming army can only eat the dust behind the horse's hooves and jump to scold the mother.
After fighting hard for a long time, the blood-red banner that Daming hunted and flew was finally inserted on the top of the mountain, standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
He really had a lot of tricks to seize the mountain this time, marching at night, deceiving the Qing army scouts, and piling up the 30,000 Ning Yuan soldiers who attacked each time to 60,000 people, and at the same time, Ma Kebai Guangen Tangtong's troops followed closely and successively put them into the battlefield, making a difference in strength, which caught Dolgon off guard.
This mountain is too important, the southern edge of Jinzhou, in addition to here, only the south of the Tashan Songshan has the terrain undulations, occupy here, the commanding heights outside the city of Jinzhou will fall into their own hands, from here, dozens of miles of Qing army siege moat into the eye, the siege also has to rely on, if you can't take it and forcibly break the siege, then you have to face the Qing army on both sides, on the plain, and the Qing cavalry hard shake, it's just a fool's dream.
In the last battle of Rufeng Mountain, the reason why the Qing army was willing to give up the camp of Rufeng Mountain was that there were only 30,000 troops in Hong Chengchou's assault corps, and the remaining echelon of troops was guarded between a series of fortresses from Xingshan, Songshan, Tashan to Ningyuan City, and the troops were insufficient.
But now, the 130,000 army is moving together, and the Qing army at the front is only 110,000, and Dolgon does not have the strength to counter-encircle, and he can't let go of this strategic stronghold.
However, taking Rufeng Mountain does not mean that Jinzhou will be relieved, holding a Western telescope in hand, Hong Chengchou's brows are first loose and then tight, and the circular fortifications that are dozens of miles long are in his eyes, during which the Qing cannons are lined up, and the armor is clear.
In particular, the Qing army is not a simple earthen enclosure, there are several satellite fortresses near Jinzhou, there are several satellite fortresses in the east and west of Tainanwei and Beitun, these peripheral defense strongholds have all fallen into the hands of the Qing army, and the tall fortress built by the Ming Dynasty has also been included in the Qing army's defense circle, and there are archers and cannons guarding the tall gatehouse.
Even if he was forced by the pressure of Emperor Chongzhen to take the oath of division, Hong Chengchou still did not plan to fight to the death with the Qing army, his strategy was to raid with light troops, open a gap in the Qing army's defensive circle, so that the besieged Jinzhou City could take a breath and supply some supplies from the periphery, if the Qing army withdrew from the siege, it would be best if Huang Taiji still wanted to fight, or fight a war of attrition with the Qing State around Songshan Tashan.
In order to achieve this strategic goal, Hong Chengchou traveled lightly, only brought ten days of food, and the supply line moved forward to Tashan, which was already the third day, and he couldn't afford to waste a minute!
gloomily glanced at the well-fortified Qing army, put down the binoculars, and the Ming general ordered gloomily.
"Bury the corpse on the spot, bury the pot to make rice, rest the soldiers, and tomorrow take Yang Guozhu, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, as the vanguard, to attack Xishimen! Relieve the siege of Jinzhou!"
"The last general obeys!"
In the sudden response, including Wu Sangui, who killed a blood-stained soldier, all responded with a bang, turned around and left, and one by one the exhausted Ming soldiers rested on the battlefield all over the mountains.
Early the next morning, another angry shout sounded, the Qing army's weakest defense of the Xishimen, the smoke of gunpowder, heavy red-clothed cannons roared and roared, iron balls in the plain to make a dusty crater, on the gatehouse, several rows of archers trotted down in turn to throw arrows downward.
Under the city, the Ming army carrying the ladder and holding the shield high roared and shouted and stared at the artillery fire and bows and arrows in the sky, and frantically climbed to the front of the gatehouse, even if it was a corpse along the way, the ladder was a centipede like a centipede and climbed up like an ant.
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This head is flesh and blood, cruel as hell, thousands of miles away in Kyoto, the country of Wa, but the joyful atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger.
It is not a trivial matter for the head of the Toyotomi family to marry, especially the position of Guan Bai of the Toyotomi family who is married, and Yuan Chonghuan will be the Guan Bai of Fusang in the future, corresponding to the Ming Dynasty is the first assistant scholar, but this first assistant also has a part-time right of a series of eunuchs in the inner court, such as the chief eunuch of the ceremonial superintendent, the governor of Dongchang, and the governor of Jingying, and the imperial power is equivalent to being completely hollowed out in the system.
This is more important than the five commissions, it can be regarded as officially becoming the chief of the princes, the lords of the daimyo, the farthest Kyushu daimyo, the Hokuriku daimyo are all galloping on the road with congratulatory gifts, hurried to the court, to express their surrender, this time it is just in time for the Maori family to show on the Luo, a cart dragging silk goods, seafood and mountain delicacies, and the self-proclaimed well-informed Kyoto residents are amazed.
This is also Chiyoji's happiest moment, Mao Jue will not embezzle the little girl's congratulatory gift if she has no taste! Tribute gifts from all over the world gathered, from childhood to adulthood, this girl has never been so rich.
A large Dongjiang mirror is placed in the hall, with a bright red bow tied on the head, a set of embroidered brocade wedding dresses are also developed, and the hot little body with bumps is wrapped in a sturdy knot, Chiyohime is really like a flower butterfly, back and forth in the mirror, turning several times, but this girl suddenly has a flat mouth.
"Mr. Yuan was born in Jiangnan, and he must like the Ming style! Change! Change again!"
In the squeamish shouting of the eldest lady, a group of little maids were suddenly busy like little quails, and after a while, the phoenix crown full of eastern jewels and stones was buckled on the little brain melon of this girl, and the bright red and festive Xia Phi also decorated her as graceful as the queen.
"Looks good!"
Xizizi's little face was flushed, and at this time, there was a dense sound of footsteps outside, and Chiyohime excitedly greeted him with the corner of her skirt.
"Mr. Yuan!"
It's a pity that he was greeted by the Toyotomi family's minister, an old guy named Kinoshita Yamato with an old face.
"Meet the head of the house! The old minister brought Yuan to carry out the imperial decree, he wants to go north to measure the territory of the Tokugawa family in Kanto, and he has to go out for more than ten days, and he can't accompany the head of the family to choose a wedding dress!"
This is the most important and happiest moment in a woman's life, the future husband is not around, Chiyohime's disappointment can be imagined, the little brain can't help but droop down, but immediately, she is angry and gritting her little tiger teeth and rushing back to the hall, her little hand pinched one ear accurately.
"Oops, it's gone! Let go of Lao Tzu!"
In the entire Dongjiang River, there are few people who dare to pick up Mao Jue's ears, but even if this girl is one, he finally took a nap, he bared his teeth and jumped up, shouting sadly.
"It's not you yet, give Mr. Yuan so much work! Ten days in Kanto, a few more days, it will be an auspicious time! ”
Although he accepted his fate, it is estimated that Yuan Chonghuan still has a little resistance to being this rebellious foreign vassal monarch, and this Mao Jue has no choice but to rescue his red ears, he hummed helplessly.
"Anyway, Shimazu Nobuyoshi and Date Yuden haven't arrived, and if it drags on for half a month, it will be delayed for half a month!"
Seeing that this little tiger tooth showed up again, protecting her ears, Mao Jue waved her hand sadly.
"Isn't it romantic that you met in the snowy season, and you have been together for a lifetime in the snowy season?"
Fortunately, this Lori is so foolish, turning anger into joy, and this girl is a shy little brain.
"That's right!"
"Falling snow! Right! Tailor! This palace wants a set of white phoenix crown xia curtains, hurry up and make it for me!"
The eldest lady's whim suddenly made people's heads three points bigger, and more than a dozen palace maids shouted out in unison.
"Your Royal Highness, how can there be a white one for a big wedding, it's unlucky!"
"I'm going to !!"
This girl was eagerly twisting and twisting in front of the mirror, looking at Mao Jue and shaking her head helplessly, but her eyes fell on Su Yi, who was slightly envious, and he decided something in his heart.
It seems to be starting to get cold......
(End of chapter)