Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 10 Return my rivers and mountains

Chapter 2 The bloody battle in southern Liaoning shows heroism

Section 1 Waiting for the Qing Army

Time back to before the soldiers of the Hanwei Army crossed the Liao River, after Li Dingguo, Li Laiheng, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi led an army of 300,000 to cross the sea, they immediately commanded the soldiers of the army to surround the Acropolis of Fuzhou, preparing to capture the Acropolis of Fuzhou first, as a base camp for the army to sweep southern Liaoning and go north to eastern Liaodong.

At the same time, Li Dingguo learned that there were only more than 2,000 Qing troops stationed in the Acropolis of Fuzhou, so he discussed with Li Laiheng and decided to concentrate enough troops to besiege the Acropolis of Fuzhou at the same time, divide troops to capture cities in southern Liaoning, and before the main force of the Qing army led by Huang Taiji came to his senses, he would first recover the entire southern Liaoning region and firmly hold the initiative in this battle.

Therefore, Li Dingguo left Ainengqi with an army of 50,000 to continue to besiege the Acropolis of Fuzhou, and then ordered Li Laiheng to lead an army of 100,000 to march eastward to recover Zhuanghe City, the easternmost city in southern Liaoning, as well as all the cities and fortresses along the way; Ordered Liu Wenxiu to lead an army of 50,000 to the south, march towards the Jinzhou Acropolis, and recover the large and small cities and fortresses along the way.

In the end, Li Dingguo personally led an army of 100,000 troops to the north, preparing to garrison the Yongning prison city two hundred miles north of the Fuzhou Acropolis, and establish a defensive line to block the Qing reinforcements that might come to support at any time.

After Li Dingguo's order, 300,000 soldiers immediately divided into four routes, and began to sweep across the land of southern Liaoning, killing in all directions, Huang Taiji left less than 10,000 troops in southern Liaoning, distributed in large and small cities, fortresses, the troops were extremely scattered, and all of them were miscellaneous soldiers of the Han army banner, and there was no combat effectiveness at all. At this time, the rabble in these Qing troops was swept away by 300,000 high-spirited soldiers, scattered like smoke and dust in the wind, and completely disappeared under the iron hooves of the soldiers of the army!

After Li Dingguo led the army to settle down in Yongning Jiancheng, he deployed all the 100,000 troops, established a long defense line from the sea in the west to Shahe in the east, and stationed 100,000 soldiers in the six castles on the defense line, and Yongning Jiancheng was the center of the entire defense line, and Li Dingguo personally led 30,000 soldiers to garrison.

Just after Li Dingguo established the defense line intact, Li Laiheng reported that he had captured Zhuanghe City, and recovered all the cities and fortresses along the way, annihilating more than 3,000 Qing troops; Immediately afterwards, Liu Wenxiu also came with good news, the defenders of the Jinzhou Acropolis fled without a fight, and then Liu Wenxiu led the army to gather and annihilate, recovering all the cities and fortresses along the way.

Li Dingguo couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that the armies of all walks of life were overwhelmed and that good news was spreading frequently, and he was full of confidence in the next big war. However, just when Li Dingguo's fighting spirit was high, the news of the unfavorable attack came from Ainengqi's department, and the 50,000-strong army suffered setbacks under the Fuzhou Acropolis and was never able to capture the city.

After receiving the urgent report, Li Dingguo couldn't help but be taken aback, and then urgently ordered Li Laiheng to lead the 100,000 troops of his department to the west, return to the aid of Ainengqi's department, and take the Fuzhou Acropolis in the shortest possible time; At the same time, he ordered Liu Wenxiu to lead his 50,000 troops to immediately go north, join forces with himself, and strengthen the defense of the entire defense line.

After Li Dingguo received Ai Nengqi's urgent report, he didn't know why, and a bad premonition suddenly surged in his heart: "If we don't take the Fuzhou Acropolis as soon as possible, the reinforcements of the Qing army may be coming soon, and then our army will fall into a situation of losing ground!" ”

Therefore, after Liu Wenxiu and Li Laiheng each led their armies to the designated place, Li Dingguo strengthened the defensive force of the northern defense line on the one hand, and at the same time sent an urgent letter almost a day, strictly ordering Li Laiheng and Ainengqi to capture the Fuzhou Acropolis at all costs, and they must lay a strong fortress for the army as soon as possible, so that the army can advance and retreat, and be invincible first.

In this way, Li Dingguo spent five days in tension, and finally received a good report from Li Laiheng: The Acropolis of Fuzhou has been captured!

After breathing a sigh of relief, Li Dingguo ordered Ai Nengqi to lead an army of 40,000 to hold the Fuzhou Acropolis, while strengthening the city defenses, while hoarding grain and grass, and turning the Fuzhou Acropolis into a rear base camp for 300,000 troops. At the same time, Li Dingguo also ordered Li Laiheng to lead an army of 100,000 to the east and establish a defensive line on the line of Fuxian and Luanguguan east of the Shahe River, echoing his own northern defense line from afar, and preparing to meet the reinforcements of the Qing army. (Captured the Acropolis of Fuzhou and lost 10,000 soldiers)

After receiving the order, Li Laiheng immediately began to reorganize the army and prepare for departure, and at the same time sent a letter to Li Dingguo again, saying that he did not agree with Li Dingguo's defensive strategy, believing that since the army had already laid the Fuzhou Acropolis, it should defend the city with a partial division, and the main army immediately went north to regain the lost territory, attacked the main army of the Qing army from behind, and cooperated with the 300,000 soldiers of the Hanwei Army in the Liaohe River area to form a flanking attack on the Qing army.

However, Li Dingguo said in his reply: "Although our army is strong, but its combat strength is worrying, tens of thousands of troops to capture a Fuzhou Acropolis garrisoned by only 2,000 Qing army miscellaneous soldiers is already a little difficult, if it goes north in an all-round way, the progress of the army is bound to be very slow, once it encounters a large number of Qing troops to the south to support, our army is bound to be defeated and return miserably defeated." Instead of this, our army should make defensive preparations first, use the fortified city, the defense line, and sufficient troops to fight a defensive battle with the Qing army, consume the strength and sharpness of the Qing army, and then counterattack! ”

Although Li Laiheng wanted to take the initiative to attack, he also knew very well in his heart that what Li Dingguo said was the truth, so he no longer argued, and instead led the army to rush to the area of Fuxian and Luanguguan.

After arriving, Li Laiheng placed 30,000 troops in Luangu Pass, and personally led the remaining 70,000 troops to garrison Fuxian. After settling down, Li Laiheng began to race against time to hoard materials for defending the city, strengthen the city defenses, and prepare for the upcoming big battle.

After Li Dingguo received the news that Li Laiheng and Ai Nengqi had completed the army, he was a little relieved. Now that the soldiers of the army have been fully deployed, a complete and strong defense has been established in southern Liaoning, and the Qing army can only wait for reinforcements to move south to give the Qing army a head-on attack.

"After defeating the Qing army reinforcements, I can take advantage of the victory to lead the army north, attack the main force of the Qing army from behind, and join the Inspector to fight Huang Taiji!"

Thinking that he was about to participate in a big battle with millions of troops on both sides, Li Dingguo only felt that his blood was about to boil. Such a big battle can be said to be a once-in-a-century experience, and what an honor it is to be able to participate in it as a general!

Just when Li Dingguo was eager to try and his fighting spirit was high, the news that he had sent out to return to the north began one after another.

"It is reported: The battle of the Liaohe River is fierce, and the superintendent is commanding the officers and men of the Hanwei Army to storm the Qing army's defense line!"

"It is reported: Huang Taiji has sent reinforcements south, and the Qing army scouts have gone south to cover the whereabouts of the army in the early stage, and our army has not been attacked by the Qing army at night, and has suffered heavy losses!"

"It is reported that the Qing army's forward is rapidly moving south, and has now crossed the Gaizhou Acropolis and is heading towards our army's defense line. However, due to the Qing army scouts killing our army with all their might, our army could not find out the specific situation, the strength of this Qing army's vanguard is unknown, the main general is unknown, and the banner is unknown! ”

Li Dingguo looked at one urgent report after another, and a sense of oppression that the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings suddenly hit, especially the Qing army scouts so frantically covering the whereabouts of the army, which made Li Dingguo smell a trace of unusual smell.

"If it's just reinforcements, you don't need to act like that, do you?"

Li Dingguo thought about it for a while, but because he had too little information, he couldn't think of a reason for a while, so he just informed Li Laiheng and Ai Nengqi that the Qing army reinforcements had gone south, and the whole army was immediately ready to meet the battle.

After giving the order, Li Dingguo's heart was still a little uneasy, so he sent twice as many nights to the north to investigate the news, and at the same time he led dozens of personal guards to check around the defense line, constantly urging the soldiers of the army to be fully prepared.

Two days later, Li Dingguo was handling military affairs in the government office in Yongning Prison City, when suddenly Liu Wenxiu broke in with a bloody Ye Bu Hui, and when he came in, he helped the Ye Bu Cheng to sit on the chair next to him.

Li Dingguo couldn't help but jump in his heart when he saw this, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Liu Wenxiu saluted, and then said in a deep voice: "The general's brother seems to have come back to deliver the letter, and he has inquired about the important military situation!" ”

Hearing this, Li Dingguo stood up suddenly, walked quickly to him, and asked, "What is the major military situation?" ”

At this time, the face of the night was already sallow, and the severe pain made his brow furrowed.

"General Qiyu, I led more than a dozen brothers to Xiongyueyi south of the Acropolis of Gaizhou to check, but I didn't expect to find the Qing army heading south!"

"How many soldiers and horses does the Qing army have? Who's the flag? ”

The man said with a solemn face: "General, the main force of the Qing army has all gone south!" In addition to the blue flag of the Manchu army, the inlaid white flag, and the two blue flags of the Han army, the banners of the rest of the Manchu, Han, Mongolian, and Korean flags have been seen, and even the Ming and Huang banners of Huang Taiji have been seen, and 500,000 Qing troops are rapidly moving south! The humble position was discovered by the Qing army, and he fought with his brothers, but he broke eight brothers! ”

Hearing this, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were shocked, and their brains went blank for a while. The two never thought that in the face of the onslaught of 300,000 Hanwei soldiers, Huang Taiji would have the courage to stay behind with only one partial division and directly lead the main army south? Does Huang Taiji not exist when the 300,000 Han Wei Army?

Liu Wenxiu hurriedly said: "General! If we can't resist it, ask the overseer for help! ”

Li Dingguo pondered for a while, and then said categorically: "What kind of person is the Inspector? It is impossible for such a big move of the Qing army to hide from the eyes of the superintendent! The only thing we can do now is to hold the defense line with all our strength and start a life-and-death battle with Huang Taiji in southern Liaoning! Originally, we wanted to flank the Qing army in the Liaohe area, but since Huang Taiji led the army south, let's change to flank the Qing army in southern Liaoning! ”

Liu Wenxiu nodded heavily when he heard this, and said, "Then please ask the general to give an order!" ”

"Order all the armies to prepare for battle, we will bleed the Qing army in southern Liaoning, and let hundreds of thousands of Qing troops completely fall into the quagmire and be unable to move!"