Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume VI The Battle of the Northern Frontier

Chapter 3 is quite stale

Section 4 Siege Battle (3)

Zhou Tianyi said in a deep voice: "Zongzhen, I think the casualties of Jiannu today will not be small, if it really doesn't work, we will have to fight with Jiannu to see whose blood will be shed first!" ”

When everyone heard this, their faces turned pale, and they all looked at Liu Yunwei, and Liu Yunwei also frowned, thinking about something seriously, and said after a while: "No!" I can't fight with the lives of the soldiers, how can the lives of the dogs of the Tartars be compared with the lives of the soldiers! We must find a way to take Liaoyang as soon as possible while reducing the casualties of the soldiers! ”

Zhou Tianyi sighed and said: "But Jiannu has a heavy army stationed in Liaoyang, coupled with the high walls of Liaoyang and the perfect defense, and Huang Taiji and Azig are famous generals among Jiannu, this siege battle is not easy to fight, we must not delay." The most taboo thing in the offensive and defensive battles of the city is that the battle is indecisive for a long time, once the morale of the army drops, it is difficult to ensure that there will be an accident in the battle! ”

"I understand!" Liu Yunwei thought for a while and said: "I don't know if you have noticed it, compared with the two white flag Jiannu, we have an irreplaceable advantage." ”

Yuan Mingxuan laughed when he heard this, and said, "The little general is talking about artillery, right?" ”

"Yes. There are a total of seventy big Buddha cannons under the jurisdiction of our three war battalions, not counting the dozens of tiger guns, and the artillery in Liaoyang City has been lost in the battle of Qianshan, I think we can use this advantage to make some articles! ”

Zhou Tianyi thought for a moment and asked, "Can you be more specific?" ”

Liu Yunwei raised his hand and pointed to the south city gate in the distance, and said: "I want to gather all the big Buddha Lang machine guns of the whole army, concentrate on bombarding the south city gate of Liaoyang, and directly blast the city gate open with artillery!" At the same time, the Feiyu Battalion and the Tiger Ben Battalion were mobilized to secretly rush here to participate in the battle, and concentrated their forces to attack the city in one fell swoop. ”

Zhou Tianyi and Hu Kun both applauded when they heard this, while Yuan Mingxuan said with some concern: "Little general, what if Jiannu has already blocked the city gate with a sack?" ”

Liu Yunwei said with a smile: "Then concentrate the artillery and continue to bombard the southern city wall, so that Huang Taiji and Azig think that the south is the direction of our army's main attack, and attract all the main forces of Jiannu." At the same time, we can also send a force to rush to the northern city where Jiannu's defense is the weakest, and take the opportunity to attack the city from there. Once the Jiannu garrison is in chaos, the main force of our Hanwei army can attack the southern city with all its strength, and it will definitely be able to attack the city in one fell swoop. ”

Yuan Mingxuan, Zhou Tianyi, and Hu Kun all agreed very much after listening to it.

Liu Yunwei immediately ordered: Today, the army will rest for half a day, and the Feiyu Battalion and the Huben Battalion will leave a small number of soldiers and horses to guard the camp late tonight, pretending to be a brigade of men and horses to confuse Jiannu, and the main forces of the two battalions will take advantage of the night to withdraw to the south and join the pacesetter battalion; At the same time, I will personally lead the A, B, and C battalions under the jurisdiction of the pacesetter battalion to the north of Liaoyang in the middle of the night, ready to wait for the opportunity to attack the city from the north. At three o'clock tomorrow, the main force of the army bombarded the southern city of Liaoyang, attracting the attention of Jiannu.

In the afternoon of the same day, Huang Taiji and Azig stood on the tower of the southern city of Liaoyang, looking at the Hanwei army encamped three miles away, and their hearts were full of worry. In one morning, the two white flags lost more than 1,000 warriors, and the Mongols lost even more, losing more than 2,000 people.

"Sibeile, the fierceness of the Hanwei Army's offensive is far beyond our expectations, although the losses of the Hanwei Army must be greater than ours, but our Dajin Warriors can't afford to lose it." Azig said with a pale face: "The Han Wei army has lost 10,000 or 20,000 people, and it will be replenished in a year or two, and the Han people have nothing else, and the soldiers are inexhaustible!" But if we lose 10,000 warriors, those two white flags will exist in name only, and there are not so many men in the Dajin Kingdom! ”

Huang Taiji was also in a bad mood at this time, and was nagged by Azig for a while, and he was even more annoyed, so he glared at Azig and said secretly: "You can see things, I can't figure it out?" ”

"Taiji, don't forget, Khan Ama has issued a strict order, ordering us to hold Liaoyang at any cost, in the face of the onslaught of the Hanwei army, all we can do is to defend the city, does Taiji have any clever plan to break the enemy?" Huang Taiji said with a smile.

Azig was stunned for a moment, but just snorted coldly and did not speak.

Huang Taiji didn't care about Azig's reaction, but continued: "The Hanwei army in the east and west has also camped on the spot, and it seems that Liu Yunwei is ready to rest today. ”

Azig suddenly said: "After the battle, the Hanwei army will definitely be slack, according to the opinion of the four beylers, how about we go to rob the camp tonight?" ”

"Does Taiji think that the Han Wei Army is an ordinary Ming army?" Huang Taiji sneered and said, "Ben Beile dares to guarantee that if Taiji goes to rob the camp, he will probably not be able to come back. ”

"Humph! In the opinion of the four Baylors, let's fight to the death here with the Hanwei Army? How many warriors are left in the two white flags to consume? Since the army marched to Shenyang and Liaoyang, how many warriors have the two white flags lost, and how many will they lose next? ”

Huang Taiji's face was also pale when he heard this, he sighed heavily, and said, "Let's take one step at a time." ”

In the early morning of the next day, Yuan Mingxuan, Lu Ying, Zhao Kaishan, Zhou Tianyi, and Hu Kun stood in the formation to watch the battle, and the three artillery battalions under the jurisdiction of the pacesetter battalion, the Feiyu battalion, and the Huben battalion in the distance had been prepared in front of the battle, and seventy big Buddha Lang machine guns were lined up less than a mile away from the southern city wall of Liaoyang, and Edward was directing the gunners to make the final preparations before firing the cannons. The soldiers of the Feiyu Battalion and the Tiger Ben Battalion have already completed their formation behind the artillery array, and more than 20,000 soldiers are waiting for the order to attack the city, but there is only one pacesetter battalion battle flag in the big array, and the battle flags of the Flying Feather Battalion and the Tiger Ben Battalion have not appeared.

Huang Taiji and Azig hurriedly came over when they heard the news, stood on the top of the Nancheng Tower and looked at each other, and after a long while, Azig said: "Sibeile, did Liu Yunwei concentrate all the artillery here?" Also, why does Liu Yunwei's pacesetter battalion have so many troops? That's 20,000 people! ”

Huang Taiji pondered for a while and asked, "Is there any movement in the Hanwei army in the east and west?" ”

Azig thought for a moment and said, "It is reported that the Hanwei army in the east and west is being mobilized, but it has not yet been out of the camp and lined up. ”

"What's going on?" Huang Taiji frowned and pondered, "Could it be that Liu Yunwei is ready to concentrate his forces to storm the southern city?" It seems that some adjustments are needed in terms of troops. ”

At this moment, there was a swan whistle in the Hanwei army, and Huang Taiji and Azig suddenly changed color, and hurriedly left the city tower under the escort of their own guards and ran to the city to avoid artillery fire.

Before leaving, Huang Taiji hurriedly ordered: "Pass the order, let the warriors immediately avoid the Ming army's artillery fire!" ”

After receiving the order, Jiannu on the southern city wall immediately dispersed, looking for a place to resist the cannons, and the city wall was in chaos in an instant.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Reload the artillery!"

"Ready! Put! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Seventy Great Buddha cannons began to bombard in Edward's roar, and round after round of salvo fired heavy, hot cannons at the southern city wall, and the deafening roar resounded throughout the battlefield, and even the earth kept shaking, and the thick black smoke immediately enveloped the artillery array, and the roaring fire of the artillery was revealed from the smoke, like angry thunder in the dark clouds, which was daunting.

At this time, the south city wall of Liaoyang was full of rubble flying everywhere, and there were corpses of Jiannu who were shot away by cannons everywhere, and the Jiannu soldiers on the south city wall and the piled up of city defense equipment were suddenly swept away by the fierce artillery fire, and even many arrow stacks were flattened by artillery.

The South City Gate is also the key target of the Hanwei Army Artillery Battalion, Edward deliberately mobilized ten big Buddha Lang machine guns to bombard the city gate, and immediately broke the iron sheet wrapped on the South City Gate, and the wooden door inside was beaten to sawdust flying. After only a few moments, the city gate was hit by a dense artillery fire with two large holes.

Edward saw this scene with a monocular, and couldn't help laughing and saying, "Good! We're almost done! Soldiers, work harder and open the gates! ”

Those gunners were extremely excited at this time, and the action of their men to reload the artillery couldn't help but speed up a few points, and the roar of the artillery array also increased a few points.

Only a moment later, with a loud bang, the south gate collapsed, and was broken into several pieces by the cannon and scattered on the ground. The officers and men of the Hanwei Army immediately burst into bursts of cheers, and Yuan Mingxuan, Lu Ying and others were also very happy, and they were about to order the whole army to attack.

However, as the smoke of the artillery gradually cleared, everyone saw that the hole in the gate was full of sacks full of dirt, and the entire hole in the gate was completely blocked.

"As expected!" Yuan Mingxuan sighed and said: "Lu Guerrilla, Zhao Guerrilla, I think it is better to let President Edward Qian continue to bombard the city, and the soldiers of the Feiyu Battalion and the Tiger Ben Battalion should also prepare to fight in the city." Since the city gate is impassable, then we must storm and storm to attract the main force of Jiannu to cover the actions of the little general in the north. ”

Lu Ying and Zhao Kaishan were also a little disappointed in their hearts, but they still received orders together and went to reorganize their own armies.

Edward looked at the sealed city gate in the distance, cursed angrily, and then shouted: "Soldiers, concentrate artillery on the head of the city and kill those barbarians!" ”

After two rounds of continuous bombardment, Edward hurriedly instructed the gunners to cool down the artillery, and then shouted to the soldiers to drag the artillery back and retreat.

Yuan Mingxuan let out a sigh of relief when he saw this, and then said: "Order, the Feiyu Battalion and the Tiger Ben Battalion will attack immediately and attack the southern city of Liaoyang with all their might!" ”