Text: Volume 10, Chapter 2, Section 17 The Battle for the Defense

Just when Huang Taiji was about to concentrate his forces to break through the defense line of 300,000 Han Wei soldiers, Dolgon also led the Manchu army Zhengbai Banner, 50,000 Korean troops and Geng Zhongming's Han army, two red banner armies, a total of more than 100,000 Qing troops rushed to the Acropolis of Fuzhou.

On the same day, Dolgon led the army to set up a large camp in the north of the Fuzhou Acropolis in a hurry, and before he had time to repair it, he led 100,000 troops to the Fuzhou Acropolis, surrounded the entire city, and prepared to start a siege battle.

At this time, Li Dingguo and Li Laiheng had already led 50,000 soldiers to withdraw to the city, and fought with the 100,000 soldiers of Ainengqi's troops stationed in the Acropolis of Fuzhou. After discussion, the three decided to concentrate the remaining 150,000 troops to defend the Acropolis of Fuzhou with all their might, and hold on to waiting for reinforcements.

However, the three of them never expected that the Qing army would come so quickly, and almost killed the army under Li Dingguo and Li Laiheng to the city, which made everyone feel incredible.

Li Laiheng's injuries had recovered a little, and at this time, he stood on the north city wall with Li Dingguo and looked at the Qing army outside the city, and said: "General Li, the Qing army is too desperate, although the Qing army continues to repel our army all the way south, so that our army has lost half of its strength, but the Qing army has also paid the price of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses!" According to common sense, the Qing army should have paused a little at this time anyway, how could it be so crazy to attack south? This doesn't make sense! ”

Li Dingguo also frowned and thought for a while, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and then he said with a smile: "Haha, I know!" ”

Li Laiheng asked in surprise, "What does General Li know?" ”

"I estimate that it must be the Inspector who led the army south, and the Chieftain Taiji of Nanu is about to face 300,000 powerful soldiers of the Hanwei Army, so he is anxious and afraid, so he wants to destroy our army at all costs, so that he can free up his hands to concentrate all his forces and the Supervisor for a decisive battle."

"So, the battle is coming to an end?"

"That's right!" Li Dingguo said with great certainty: "The day the superintendent leads the army south is the time when the Tartars are wiped out!" “

While he was talking, Ainengqi walked over quickly and said to the two: "Qi two generals, the soldiers are ready!" There are tens of thousands of soldiers stationed on each of the four city walls, and each of the four city gates has 3,000 soldiers, and the rest of the nearly 100,000 soldiers are also divided into two armies, which can be rotated with the soldiers on the front line at any time, which can completely ensure that the morale and combat power of the soldiers are not lost. In addition, the city defense equipment in the city has also been prepared, which can be enjoyed by the Tartars outside the city! ”

Li Dingguo nodded when he heard this, and was very satisfied with the deployment of defending the city. Li Laiheng next to him thought for a moment and said, "How are the people in the city?" At this time, the people's hearts can't be chaotic. ”

"General Li, don't worry, as soon as the people in the city heard about the killing of the Tartars, they were all excited, in the territory of Liaodong, who has no enmity with the Tartars! The people in the city have money and strength, and they have been driven by the soldiers. ”

Hearing this, Li Laiheng was completely relieved and said: "In this way, the Fuzhou Acropolis under our feet is a fortress with iron walls, which will definitely make the Tartars shed blood under the city!" ”

An hour later, Dolgon had deployed all 100,000 troops, and 50,000 Korean troops were pushed to the forefront by Dolgon, used as cannon fodder for the siege; Geng Zhongming led the Han army with two red banners to supervise the battle in the rear, and the main force of the army was concentrated in the south of the Fuzhou Acropolis, ready to launch a fierce attack at any time; As for the Manchu army led by Dolgon, the army with the white flag was concentrated in the north of the Acropolis of Fuzhou, waiting for the opportunity.

After the army was deployed, Dolgon ordered the whole army to attack, and launched a fierce attack on the Acropolis of Fuju, with 50,000 Korean troops charging from all sides. Carrying ladders and shields, the North Korean soldiers rushed towards the tall and sturdy walls with loud screams, sweeping up like a tidal wave.

At this time, Li Dingguo led the army to stick to the north city wall, Li Laiheng led the army to stick to the south city wall, and Ai Nengqi allocated soldiers and materials for the two in the city. In the face of the onslaught of the Qing army, Li Dingguo and Li Laiheng responded calmly, and when the Korean soldiers rushed to a mile away from the city wall, dozens of artillery pieces on the four walls began to roar, bombarding the wilderness outside the city into dust.

The 50,000 Korean troops charged collectively, and although it seemed to be quite imposing, the combat strength and will of these Korean soldiers were far from catching up with the Qing army. In the face of the fierce artillery fire of the Ming soldiers, it didn't take long for the Korean soldiers on all sides to disperse.

Seeing that the Korean army was defeated and retreated so quickly, Dolgon's face never changed, obviously Dolgon did not have any expectations for the combat strength of these Korean soldiers, but just lightly ordered the overseer to step forward, let those Korean soldiers who had broken down regroup, and rush up again to continue the siege.

After some confusion, tens of thousands of Korean soldiers were once again assembled and driven by the Qing army towards the Acropolis of Fuzhou. It wasn't long before the artillery on the top of the city roared again, and it didn't take long for the Korean army to break up again.

In this way, the battle lasted until the afternoon, and after losing more than 10,000 men, the Korean army never made progress, and even failed to rush to the foot of the city wall, and was defeated by the Ming soldiers with artillery and guns from afar each time.

In the face of the stubborn defense of the Ming army and the unusability of the Korean army, Dolgon could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, beheaded several leaders of the Korean army in public, hung the heads of these people in front of the army, and then concentrated the remaining 30,000 Korean troops to the north of the Fuzhou Acropolis, preparing to continue the siege.

At the same time, Dolgon also ordered Geng Zhongming to lead the Han army's 40,000 troops with two red flags to attack the southern wall of the Fuzhou Acropolis, changing the attack on all sides to a north-south attack in order to concentrate his forces.

In the evening, the battle began again.

At this meeting, the more than 30,000 Korean troops in the north broke out with amazing combat effectiveness under the supervision of the Manchu army's white flag soldiers and horses, and they were able to brave the fierce blows of the Ming army soldiers to rush to the foot of the city wall and erect a ladder!

Li Dingguo didn't panic when he saw this, but just shouted calmly: "All the soldiers are fighting!" ”

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”

The 10,000 soldiers of the Ming army on the north city wall roared in unison, and the melee soldiers stepped forward with spears and long knives to guard the battlements on the city wall one by one.

When those Korean soldiers climbed the city wall from the ladder and just emerged, they were mercilessly attacked by the Ming soldiers. Countless spears stabbed at the Korean soldiers, and the bright swords slashed through, knocking one Korean soldier after another against the city wall. It didn't take long for a layer of corpses of North Korean soldiers to pile up under the walls, staining the ground beneath the walls bright red.

At the same time, the battle on the southern wall of the Fuzhou Acropolis was also raging. In order to behave well in front of his master, Geng Zhongming led his own soldiers to the front line in person, and commanded the two red banner armies of the Han army to launch a fierce attack on the city wall.

Li Laiheng led 10,000 soldiers of the Ming army on the southern city wall to respond calmly, and repelled four attacks by Geng Zhongming's troops in a row, and the two sides launched two battles on the city wall, and each side paid a lot of casualties.

Until the evening of this day, Geng Zhongming's troops still did not reach the top of the city, and they paid the price of thousands of people. Gradually, Geng Zhongming felt a little unbearable, so he took advantage of the opportunity for the army under his command to reorganize the formation, and personally rushed to the north of the Fuzhou Acropolis, ready to persuade Dolgon, whether to withdraw the army first to take a breath.

However, when Geng Zhongming saw Dolgon, he couldn't say a word about the words he had already thought of, because Dolgon's face was very ugly at this time, which could be said to be as cold as frost, so frightened that Geng Zhongming didn't dare to say a word.

When Dolgon saw Geng Zhongming rushing over, he asked coldly, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Geng Zhongming hesitated for a while, and then said stubbornly: "Prince Qiqirui, the resistance of the Ming army is too tough, and the soldiers are seriously damaged, do you want to continue to attack the city tomorrow?" ”

Dolgon looked at Geng Zhongming coldly for a while, and said, "Go back and continue to attack the city!" ”

Geng Zhongming didn't dare to say anything when he heard this, so he even went back.

Dolgon looked at Geng Zhongming's figure and said secretly in his heart: "What happened? Why is Your Majesty so anxious to let this king lead his army to capture the Acropolis of Fuzhou? And the soldiers and horses allocated to this king are still these wastes! ”

After thinking for a while, Dolgon suddenly remembered the soldier who claimed to be the Blue Flag of the Manchurian Army that the army had captured before, and said secretly: "Could it be that there is a problem with the Liaohe defense line?" ”

Thinking of this, Dolgon's heart was very chaotic, and he could no longer calm down and command the army to attack the city. Dolgon, then, ordered the armies to withdraw first, and the whole army returned to the camp for a short rest, and then continued the siege tomorrow.

At the same time, Dolgon also sent an envoy to the Emperor's camp to inquire about the movements of the main army on the pretext of reporting on the situation of the battle.

"Now I can only wait, this king wants to see what His Majesty is thinking!"

Two days passed, and Dolgon commanded the army to continue to attack the Acropolis of Fuzhou, but compared with the offensive on the first day, the Qing army's offensive in these two days was obviously not as sharp as before. This made Li Dingguo, Li Laiheng and Ai Nengqi feel very strange, and they were more careful to watch out for the Qing army, thinking that Dolgon was playing some trick.

On the third day, Dolgon finally received the news, a news that made him stunned: Huang Taiji led the main army of 450,000 to the north, and without informing himself, he withdrew directly!

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? Is it to give up the king and the army of 100,000? ”

When Dolgon thought of this possibility, a vicious chill suddenly popped up, and an even more terrifying thought popped up in his mind: Did the Liaohe defense line collapse?

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