CHAPTER XXXI

After Wang Yuncai went to Liaoyang, Duan Yang, commander of the Fourth Division of the Eleventh Army, led two regiments to go to Tieling along the Liaohe River. Their strength was also two regiments, two landing craft, five speedboats.

They did not enter the Hunhe River when they got out of the Sancha River, but entered the Liao River and went upstream, and the tactics they used were the same as the way to deal with Liaoyang, which was to control the Tieling Wharf at night. The next day, they were simple, and when the unguarded gate of Tieling City opened, they drove the artillery cart directly into the city. This was originally the rear of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Qing army here in Tieling Pass was less than 1,000 people, and the Han army was more than 1,000 people. The team led by Duan Yang, the commander of the fourth division, didn't wait for the defenders of the city gate to figure out what was going on, and they all used bullets to bring them down. After entering the city, according to the map, several yamen were captured. The Qing soldiers who resisted were all killed, and more than 200 Qing soldiers were captured, and more than 800 were captured by the Han army.

As soon as the commander of the Fourth Division saw that Tieling had been solved so easily, he immediately ordered the officers and men of a regiment to ride on the war horses captured from Tieling and gallop towards Kaiyuan, but they rushed into Kaiyuan without waiting for the defenders to understand what was going on. Entering the city, the kiln soldiers began to slaughter again. There are not only more than 1,000 Qing soldiers and defenders here in Kaiyuan, but also many Manchu people, who saw that the Han army had entered the city, and they all came out with blades and even kitchen knives to fight against the Yaogang people. At first, the soldiers of Yaogang were embarrassed to use rifles against these people, but when they saw that they couldn't kill them, they were not welcome. In the city, in Kaiyuan City, in addition to killing more than 1,000 Qing soldiers, he also killed many people.

The commander of the Fourth Division raided two cities in a row in one day, which was also a great feat.

The Yaogang command center got the news and immediately sent a message to commend it. At the same time, the radio station also carried out colorful reports, and almost all the people in Yaogang and even the whole country were paying attention to the war in Liaodong.

Originally, the Yaogang people focused on promoting the road from Datong at the beginning, but after defeating Shengjing, they began to report the battle situation of the road attacking from the waterway. Only then did everyone understand that the road to Datong is bright, the road to the waterway is dark, and the dark road is fatal. No, everyone didn't understand what was going on, so they knocked down Shengjing, the capital of the Manchu Dynasty, and captured the little emperor of the Manchu Dynasty alive.

This victory was celebrated throughout the Ming Dynasty, and that night, almost all the taverns in Yaogang were full.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty broke through the customs several times, and the fear and humiliation brought to the Han people is really indescribable. Everyone has a reason to get drunk.

When Emperor Chongzhen got the good news, he rarely drank alcohol, and he also shouted, "Bring the wine!" ”

This news also shook the entire capital, and no matter which party it is, there is no one who is unhappy about this news.

In the city of Beijing, after several construction sites in Yaogang broadcast the news on loudspeakers, the people of the whole city were like a festival. The sound of firecrackers rang out incessantly. In recent years, there has never been such a New Year in Beijing, and the whole city has been so happy.

At this time, the officers and men on the battlefield in Liaodong did not care about celebrating, since the estuary was sent to Shengjing, Liaoyang, and Tieling by waterway, and some officers and soldiers attacked directly from Xianggaizhou (Gaixian), Yaozhou (Xiongyue), Haizhou (Haicheng), and Anshan on land at the estuary. The soldiers of the kiln gang attacked these cities, and basically they could capture one in a day. However, when Dolgon abandoned the city from Jinzhou, Wei Xiang ordered the two warships on standby at the mouth of the river, and all the speedboats, and even the tugboats, to enter the Liao River. Wei Xiang boarded a warship at the Luoshiquaner Wharf in Shengjing (Shenyang) and ordered the two warships here to also anchor and go downstream, and they were to enter the Liao River at the mouth of the Sancha River to participate in the interception of Dolgon. However, the Liao River was too long, and they had to determine the position of Dolgon's crossing and adjust the position of the warships on the Liao River according to the general direction reported by the pursuers behind Dolgon, or even the general direction reported by Dolgon's delta-wing pilots.

Jiang inlaid them, and they used wax plates to print a lot of Manchu and Chinese double-text leaflets overnight. The content of the leaflet is to tell them that Shengjing City has been taken down by us, Emperor Fulin and Daishan have been captured by us, and the other princes have been killed by us, and it is useless for you to go back. Surrender is your only way out, get off your horse and surrender!

After Dolgon and the others rushed out of Jinzhou City with many Han hostages, they felt that the pursuers behind them could not catch up, so they released the hostages, and they ran away lightly. But they didn't expect that something flying in the sky would catch up. Not only did they catch up, but they also threw a lot of leaflets on their heads. Dolgon looked at the things buzzing in the sky, and thought to himself, what the fuck is this, how can the kiln people clean up these ghostly things. After looking at it for a while, I realized that this thing was not killing anyone, but suddenly I saw that this thing suddenly scattered a lot of pieces of paper from it. Dolgon thought it was still the original leaflet of the Kiln Man. But someone handed him the leaflet, and Dorgon took a look and saw that it was not the original leaflet. After a closer look, he was startled, he couldn't believe that Shengjing City was lost, and the little emperor and Dai Shan were captured alive. In fact, Dolgon didn't care about the emperor's business, but Sheng Jing lost him and faced the question of where to go. Hong Chengchou, who was about to vomit blood after running with Dolgon, rode over to remind Dolgon and shouted, "Regent! This is the trick of the kiln gang people, telling the soldiers not to be fooled. ”

Dolgon immediately understood that the army's morale must not be disturbed at this time, otherwise everything would be over, and immediately ordered: "Tell the soldiers not to believe the rumors of the kiln gangsters!" Let's hurry back to Beijing to save the driver! ”

Dolgon knew that no matter whether Shengjing was lost or not, he had to cross the Liao River and then talk about it, but it was really not okay, and he could flee back to his original hometown and wait for the opportunity to rise again.

On the way back, Dorgon ordered all the soldiers in the fort to be taken away.

When they galloped to Xipingbao (Guchengzi Village, Panjin Ancient City, Zizi Township), Hong Chengchou rushed to Dolgon's horse out of breath and said, "Regent, there is Xipingbao in front. We should have left some people here. We don't know the situation in Liaohe, let's keep a little more! ”

"Such a long Liao River, it is so difficult that the people of Yaogang can still block it, besides, we are running so fast, they know where we cross the river?" Dolgon now wanted to cross the river as soon as possible, and felt that Hong Chengchou was a little too careful.

"Regent, the people of Yaogang can transport a large group of men and horses from the waterway to Shengjing, and the strength of their naval army must be guarded against." Hong Chengchou patiently persuaded.

"Alright! We'll stop at Xiping Fort. It is only twenty miles away from the Liao River. Send someone to get some boats first, and we'll cross the river as soon as possible. "Dorgon was afraid that the pursuers behind him would catch up.

This Xiping Fort was a glorious place in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and when it was still the Later Jin, they entered the famous Battle of Xiping Fort here. This was a bloody battle that was very important to both the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin.

In the first month of the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), Nurhachi led the Houjin army to cross the Liao River to the west, and the Ming army guarding the river was defeated and retreated, and the Houjin army pursued to Xipingbao (now Guchengzi Village, Guchengzi Township). The defender of Xiping Fort, Luo, has always been not recruited, and has been waiting for reinforcements, and the Jin army has attacked the fort, and Luo has always been killed in battle with the defenders. The Ming army Guangning guerrilla Sun Degong, the general Qi Bingzhong, the general Zu Dashou and the Zhenwubao general Liu Qu led an army of 30,000 people to help, and was ambushed at Pingyang Bridge (now Tai'an County), the general Liu Qu and others were killed, Sun Degong fled back to Guangning, Zu Dashou fled to Danghua Island, and the whole army was killed and wounded. Min Yunlong, the commander of Pingyang Bridge, and Jin Li, the commander of Zhenwu Fort, led the army and civilians to surrender. In this battle, Nurhachi was stationed in Shaling to command. Liaodong passed through Xiong Tingbi, and the governor Wang Huazhen abandoned Guangning City and retreated to Shanhaiguan. The city guard of Guangning (Beizhen) guerrilla Sun Degong, garrison Huang Jin and other surrenders of the city, and the Houjin army entered the city of Guangning (Beizhen).

Soon after Dolgon entered the fort of Siping, the soldiers who went to look for the ships in front of him reported that the nearby ships were missing.

Dolgon lowered his head and thought for a while, then ordered: "Go up and down the Liao River to find a boat, where there is a boat we will cross the river from!" Don't let me talk about this in the future! ”

At this time, Hong Chengchou came over and sat next to Dolgon and said, "Regent, don't go looking for a ship. Since the kiln gang people are guarding against us, they will inevitably get the ships to the other side. It won't be left to us, and the order is to be a soldier to tie the wood, otherwise the pursuers will arrive. ”

Dolgon now understood that the kilnmen would not let him go, and since they did not allow themselves to get a boat here, they would soon come, and ordered: "Demolish the houses of the people along the way at once, and cross the river on rafts with the wood of the houses." ”

After the soldiers ran out, Dolgon ordered the trembling garrison of Xiping Fort, "Take your men away at once, and cross the river with me." ”

"Yes! Let's go! Qianhu immediately agreed, but his heart seemed to be bleeding, there was a large area of good land here, and he was really unwilling to give up like this. If you are unwilling, you can't help it, the Han people fought back.

Dolgon did not stay long in Xiping Fort, and came to the Liao River, where many soldiers and horses had gathered, but fortunately, his soldiers and horses were well trained, and there were more than 60,000 soldiers and horses.

On one side, many soldiers were setting up rafts, and many horsemen were dragging logs on horseback. Standing on the embankment, Dolgon recalled that it was from here that Nurhachi led his army to cross the Liao River, and that the Ming troops guarding the river fled in despair. What a majesty it was back then, and Dolgon couldn't help but feel a little sad when he thought of it. But Dorgon knew that now was not the time to be sad, and that crossing the river was a question of where to go. Shengjing is likely to have been lost, so the best way is to bypass Shengjing City and go back to Laozhai. If the village is also lost, it will be recaptured, and if it cannot be recaptured, it will flee eastward.

But at this moment a fast horse came running far away, and the horsemen shouted: "Report! Regent, the kiln people are coming up! ”

Dolgon's efforts to calm down ordered the lord of the Red Banner Standing beside him, Yueto, to say, "Take your men and horses to block the pursuers and cover the brigade across the river." ”

Yue Tuo arched his hand and said, "Order!" "Get on the horse and go.

The reason why Dolgon ordered Yue Tuo to send troops to intercept the pursuers was because he was Daishan's eldest son, and since Daishan was captured by the Yaogang people, his son should do something to help. Yue Tuo also saw the leaflet of the Kiln Gang people, and he did not want to believe that his father would be captured by the Kiln Gang people. It was a great shame to be a prisoner, so Dolgon ordered him to lead his troops against his pursuers, and he was very grateful to Dolgon, and he wanted to give himself a disgrace with his blood.

In fact, Lin Feng took the First Cavalry Army and Li Wei's mechanical corps to follow Dolgon all the time, although he didn't run as wildly as them, but he didn't go too far. Fortunately, there were delta wings in the sky that showed them the direction of Dolgon, and the way they took was even cut straight and less than the way Dolgon took them.

It wasn't until Dolgon and they reached the edge of the Liao River that Lin Feng looked at the map and ordered to take Xiping Fort immediately.

When it comes to Xipingbao, it is not only Lin Feng, but even the people around Lin Feng feel that there is a bit of a rush of blood. Those who have been trained at the Yaogang Military Academy have heard Mr. Ouyang talk about this battle example, and that tragic and humiliating will not be forgotten by any fleshy soldier.

It turned out that the thousand households guarding Xiping Fort received an order from Dolgon and were packing up their things and preparing to retreat, and the Yaogang people came to Xiping Fort. Lin Feng said to the commander of the First Cavalry Army: "Just attack the north gate and drive them out of Xiping Fort, we will immediately encircle Dolgon, and we can't waste time." ”

"Okay!" The commander of the First Cavalry Corps agreed, turned around and ordered: "Send a battalion to kill from the north gate!" ”

The chief of staff turned his horse and went to set it up. Now the kiln people don't take a big deal about taking a castle at all.

After a while, the infantry guns transported from the four-wheel-drive vehicles of Li Wei and his mechanized troops opened fire, followed by two "booms", and then the sound of the 12.7 caliber heavy machine guns on the mechanized vehicles "bumping", accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves and shouts of the cavalry charge. Lin Feng and the commander of the First Cavalry Army both heard what was going on. Fang Cai's infantry artillery knocked on the door, and heavy machine guns suppressed the cavalry to charge into the city.

Sure enough, after a while, the chief of staff of the 1st Cavalry Division came back, "Report to General Lin!" Fort Xiping had been taken, and probably half of the enemy had fled. ”

"Good! They can't run. We'll close to Dolgon. Lin Feng gave a decisive order, "The 1st Cavalry Division and 20 vehicles surrounded them along the Liao River from where they crossed from Dolgon, and the 2nd Division, the 3rd Division, and the rest of the vehicles followed us to press them from the north. ”

The commander of the First Cavalry Army didn't understand Lin Feng's intentions, "General Lin, why do you set aside one side?" ”

"Yes, set aside a side, not afraid that they will run down the river." Lin Feng said, "We are too surrounded to death, and tens of thousands of them will inevitably fight to the death, so it is better to let them flee along the river, so that the artillery of our naval army can play a role." Our cars and cavalry can also chase them and fight. Hehe! ”

"Oops!" The commander of the First Cavalry Army understood Lin Feng's intentions and said admiringly: "Great, so I will take the first division to be responsible for pressing this side from the east." You take the rest of the men to see off Dolgon. ”

"Good! We can't let Dorgon cross the river this time. Lin Feng said.

At this time, a staff officer came over and said, "General Lin, the pilot has called and said that a force of cavalry is coming towards us. It is estimated that there are tens of thousands! ”

Lin Feng pondered for a while, and said to the commander of the First Cavalry Army: "You take people to hurry up to your position." I'll take someone to destroy this cavalry first. With that, Lin Feng asked the staff officer to spread out the map on the ground and assigned the task.

Yue Tuo led Dolgon's generals, neatly organized more than 10,000 cavalry with red flags, and then returned to the back road. These red-banner cavalry led by Yue Tuo were the absolute main force of the Qing army. Yue Tuo has followed his father in the army since he was a child, and has made many military exploits, from being awarded Baylor for military merits, and then promoted to the prince. Later, because of mistakes, he was demoted to Baylor and Beizi, and now he has finally restored the title of Baylor. Yue Tuo, who has always been depressed, can't accept the shame of his father Daishan being captured anyway, he thinks that with his father's first name, he can't die in battle when he is old, but he can make his own decision, and he doesn't understand why his father fell into the hands of the Han people and suffered humiliation.

In fact, with such a mood, it is also taboo for soldiers to lead troops into battle, and at this time, Yue Tuo cannot command the battle very calmly. He galloped in the direction of Xipingbao with a large group of cavalry, and suddenly probed his horse and reported, "There is a large group of cavalry blocking the way ahead!" ”

When Yue Tuo heard this, he thought that Lao Tzu was looking for you to fight, but you were waiting. That's great!

Yue Tuotima looked forward, and sure enough, a cavalry line in front of him blocked the way. Yue Tuo immediately ordered the whole team to prepare to charge.

The Qing army fought somewhat similarly to the Mongols, and they generally shot bows and arrows while charging. But just as Yue Tuo finished the whole team, the cavalry on the opposite side suddenly retreated two arrows away, Yue Tuo smiled secretly in his heart, it turned out that the people of Yaogang were afraid of Lao Tzu's bow and arrows, but you retreated two arrows away, won't we advance three arrows away?

Yue Tuo really didn't understand the tactics of the Yaogang people, and he couldn't afford the price he paid if he wanted to advance three arrows away.

Just when Yue Tuo led the cavalry forward, where the kiln gang people had just exited, a row of heads suddenly appeared from the ground, and then the guys in these hands spewed fire, and with the firelight, there was a "pop" and "bumper" gunshot, and the red-hot metal projectiles rushed towards them like a wind. The first of them was Yue Tuo's body that was shot a few times, and he didn't leave anything behind, and fell down with his own war horse. The pro-soldier who was not killed dismounted and pounced on it to see that there were too many bullets in Dai Shan's body, and his body was almost fragmented. Maybe Dai Shan was too conspicuous in front of the battle, and many guns were fired at him.

After being swept by the rain of metal bullets to a piece of cavalry, these elites of the Qing army couldn't bear it. They turned around and tried to run back. But behind them appeared the cavalry of the Yaogang people. And in front of the kiln cavalry that surrounded them from behind, there were some carts that they had never seen without horses.

Yue Tuo's cavalry could not be compared with the Yaogang cavalry in terms of numbers, weapon quality, and training. From the moment they received the command, their fate was decided. However, in a desperate situation, the cavalry with red flags was aroused to be arrogant, and although they had no leader, they began to surround them behind them under the organization of junior officers, and the cavalry rushed over. Each of the twenty vehicles they faced had a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun and a 7.9 mm air-cooled heavy machine gun, which simultaneously fired at the rushing Red Banner cavalry, as well as mortars and infantry guns of various calibers. The cavalry rushed forward like a furious rush, as if crashing into a mountain cliff.

The once invincible iron cavalry in the world couldn't believe that someone would be able to stop them from charging with a cavalry charge of this size. But if you don't believe it, you can't help it, the cavalry and war horses around you encounter those bullets, and they will be interrupted by the waist. Those sturdy war horses were suddenly lost in the face of running horses. This bloody terror made these red banner cavalrymen, who had always regarded themselves brave, also frightened, and they turned around and rushed back, but behind them came a row of ten vehicles of the kind they had never seen, and they also unceremoniously rained bullets at them.

This battle, which was not going on for a long time, was unprecedented. More than 10,000 cavalrymen with red flags, none of whom surrendered, and they had nothing left except to prove their bravery with their lives. Lin Feng wanted this to end the battle quickly, and his target was Dolgon on the edge of the Liao River.

Lin Feng left some people to clean up the battlefield, and commanded a large group of horses to surround Dolgon and them.

At this time, Jiang Wei came to Lin Feng's horse in a car and asked with a smile: "Lin Feng!" The joy of being patronized and beaten by oneself, what good work is there for our brethren to play? ”

Lin Feng was respectful to Li Weina, "Deputy Commander, look, this matter is right in front of you, what you want to do, you can speak!" ”

"Oops! Our artillery trucks and rocket artillery couldn't catch up, so I think so, our flying team came up with me. They all want to drop bombs from the air, so how about letting them cooperate when you start the general attack? Li Wei looked at Lin Feng with a smile and asked.

Lin Feng hurriedly said, "Deputy Commander, your words are the Holy Decree. No problem! However, there is one thing you have to take into account, if there is a war, the naval artillery and our mortars and infantry artillery will have to participate in the battle, are your babies safe in the air? ”

"Don't worry about these things." Li Wei said, "When the little rabbits trained, they had already considered these issues. They will not touch themselves with shells. ”

"That's good!" Li Feng said.

At this time, a staff officer called Lin Feng over, and Li Wei waved his hand, you go and get busy. Lin Feng went over and picked up the radio microphone pointed by the staff officer, and just said, "Hey! Wei Xiang's voice came from inside the earpiece, "Lin Feng, are you okay!" We've got it in place. ”

"Huh! Old Wei! Let's get started! Lin Feng and Wei Xiang came out of Lingshui Wharf together with Chen Yufeng, and their relationship has always been good, but they have nothing to say, "Old Wei! Liaodong's affairs, this is the last big battle. We've got it, but we're going to get it right! Tell Commander Mu, don't be reluctant to shell! ”

"Don't worry! Commander Mu, their hands have been itching for a long time! We're over now! The business on the shore will be left to you! Wei Xiang said on the radio.

Not long after Dolgon sent out Yueto, he heard the sound of cannons in the distance, and Dolgon's heart immediately swelled up with a sense of foreboding. I regret that I should obey Hong Chengchou and hold Xiping Fort. But now it's all over, and we have to make it through until we cross the river.

Dolgon, who felt that his own soldiers were slowing down the raft, was about to go over and scold them, when the horses came and reported, "A large number of Kiln Men cavalry have been found here by the river. ”

Di Dolgon was shocked and said to Hong Chengchou, who had just rushed over: "Mr. Hong, the people of Yaogang want to surround us!" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The cannon sound in the north has also stopped, and now the kiln gang people have also been found in the east. It's too late for us to raft across the river. Find a way to stand out! ”

However, Dolgon insisted that it was useless to spread the word west of the river if he could not cross the river. Sooner or later, they will be driven out, "No! Speed up the raft and tie up one by one. It is a person to be able to send a person. Command the red flag to meet the enemy! ”

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New progress in "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty": the Battle of Yashan, the defeat of the Yuan army, the counterattack of the Song army, and the landing in Fuzhou.