Chapter 129: Mao Wenlong seizes Yunyang Fort
Chen Qiyu said: "We will send this, please tell Commander Lu that we will jointly launch a general attack at 12 o'clock at noon in three days, and strive to cripple the white flag in the south." Now let's time it right and see you in three days. ”
After the two reconciled the time, Xue Boling retreated into the fort, and Chen Qiyu also led his troops to slowly retreat and set up camp seven miles away.
Du Du was overjoyed, no matter what, this section of the defense line was still in his hands, he was even a little grateful to the Ming army in his heart, and he didn't think carefully why they took the initiative to retreat again, just let people report that Nurhachi had repelled the attack of the Ming army, but in order to prevent the next attack of the Ming army, he had to send some reinforcements over.
Nurhachi couldn't send reinforcements over at all, because there were only so many people, and if they were transferred to Dudu, other places would become a breakthrough for the Ming army. He understood that his plan to besiege Xin'anbao was only going to end without a problem.
He is a quick and decisive character, since he can't besiege it, then give up. Therefore, after half a month of siege, the Houjin soldiers to the south of Xin'anbao and south-to-east and south-west all withdrew.
Chen Qiyu was a little frustrated, he was going to take the Houjin soldiers to disperse the siege and clean up some of the Houjin soldiers, but he didn't want the Houjin soldiers to shrink, and this plan fell through.
He brought the ammunition needed by the 1st Division into Xin'anbao, first ensuring that Xin'anbao could deal with the attack of Jiannu. Then discuss the follow-up matters with Ruchin and others.
After listening to the request of the holy decree, Lu Qin said: "The saint has always felt that it is best if we can solve Jiannu with money, because we are much richer than Jiannu, so we have to use money to smash Jiannu to death, starting tomorrow, move the artillery out of the city, bombard Jiannu, and the infantry will be waiting for the side, so that after two days, Jiannu should not be able to stand it." ”
Chen Qiyu nodded and said, "Yes, the Holy Decree requires that the casualties of the soldiers be minimized, and our weapons are superior, so let's exchange ammunition for human lives." ”
Although this kind of combat is more boring, it can reduce the losses of soldiers, and it is still loved by most officers and soldiers. Meritorious service is indeed important, but one's own life is also important. From the next day, the Ming army started the boring war mode, guarding every day with large soldiers and bombarding the Houjin soldiers with artillery.
It's boring mode for the Ming army, but it's different for the Houjin. The Ming army didn't rush up to beat you at all, but just threw shells from afar, smashed the camp tent, smashed the flagpole, and more importantly, smashed the head or something, but it was really fatal.
Hou Jin could only scold the Ming army for being shameless, but next to this shameless artillery, a large number of firecrackers were waiting, and they didn't dare to rush, so they had to retreat. When the Ming army saw you retreating, they advanced step by step, until they reached the vicinity of the high wall. The Ming army demolished the high wall that Houjin had built with great difficulty, filled in the deep ditch, and began to set up camp here.
The Houjin army didn't want to attack at night, but last time they were frightened by the power of the mines, and in the end they could only watch the Ming army set up their positions and endure the shameless shelling mode of the Ming army.
At this time, Mang Gurtai rushed to Yunyang Fort, but Mao Wenlong had already retreated, which made Mang Gurtai very unhappy. However, his unhappiness did not last long, because the scouts came with news that although Mao Wenlong was no longer attacking Yunyang, he did not stay away, and camped on a hillside more than ten miles east of Yunyang.
Mang Gurtai was overjoyed, Mao Wenlong had dealt with him before, and his biggest feature was that he could run, very good at running. Being able to run not only means not fighting head-on with the Houjin army, but also means that he can always find the best time to escape, and the Houjin army can't find him if they want to. Now he dares to camp on the edge of Yunyang City, is there any fear? He's not a guard, so what can he be afraid of?
Mang Gurtai ordered a total of more than 3,000 armor soldiers under his command, plus Yu Ding and the Han army, a total of about 8,000 people, and rushed straight to the hillside where Mao Wenlong was stationed.
However, Mao Wenlong changed his previous escape style this time, not only did he not escape, but also arranged all his troops on both sides of a mountain path two miles in front of the hillside, and Mang Gurtai was careless for a while, and only sent scouts to search the mountains on the side of the road yesterday, and did not search again today, and Mao Wenlong moved his troops last night, and as a result, the Jin soldiers were ambushed by the Ming army.
Mang Gurtai scolded himself in his heart, but there was no way out, so he had to order the armor soldiers to attack the mountains on both sides, not wanting Mao Wenlong to lead the most elite troops in the Dongjiang River this time, most of them were equipped with flintlock firearms. Moreover, the mountain wall is more difficult to climb, and the Ming army's stones can easily prevent the Houjin army from climbing.
Since the mountain can't rush up, the Houjin soldiers can only be pressed and beaten. Mang Gurtai had no choice but to order the Houjin soldiers not to return fire and quickly pass through the ambush area of the Ming army.
I didn't want to rush over, and the army in front fell into the horse trap, and after a rush of hurry, I lost dozens of horses before I came to the front of the hillside, only to find that it was just a camp.
Mang Gurtai was so angry that he smoked, just because he had a preconceived idea, thinking that Mao Wenlong would run away with a fight or even flee without a fight, and was actually killed by Mao Wenlong with an extremely simple ambush pit of hundreds of people, he ordered the army to turn around and copy Mao Wenlong's back road, but found that Mao Wenlong had left.
Mang Gurtai, who had been hit, returned to Yunyang Fort, only to find that the fort was already full of Ming army flags. It turned out that Mao Wenlong himself fought the ambush of Manggurtai, and his subordinate Mao Yongshi led people to attack Yunyang Fort.
Yunyang Fort had just sent troops, how could the fort have thought that the target of the attack would come to rob the city? was robbed of the castle by Mao Yongshi for a while. And Mao Wenlong immediately came to Yunyang Fort after the ambush, and quickly killed the Houjin soldiers in Yunyang Fort, and then mastered Yunyang Fort.
Mang Gurtai glanced at the Ming army flag on the castle, but there was nothing he could do. The Houjin army was not good at siege, and he did not have siege equipment himself, so he had no way to deal with Mao Wenlong.
What's even more troublesome is that he sent troops to fight Mao Wenlong, and he didn't bring the materials needed to camp at all, so it was impossible to build siege equipment after camping, so he had to order the army to turn to Jiumaji Fort, thirty miles away, and come back after replenishing supplies.
At this time, a clever subordinate said: "Lord Belle, Jiumaji Fort is too far away, it is better for us to occupy Mao Wenlong's camp." ”
Mang Gurtai thought about it, yes, although Mao Wenlong robbed Yunyang Fort, the camp ten miles away is still there, first stationed there, and then build siege equipment, isn't it the same?
So he ordered to live in Mao Wenlong's camp, and then Jin Bing returned to the hillside the same way, but saw that Mao Wenlong's camp was outside the flags, and the camp was full of hay, tents and nothing, how could this be camped?
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