Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 5: Lying on the salary and tasting the guts

Chapter 5 The Heroic Tragedy of the Battle of Liao Shen

Section 1 Fierce battle in Shenyang

After Nurhachi gave the order, the five banner lords of Daishan, Huang Taiji, Azig, Mang Gurtai, and Amin immediately reorganized their troops and horses and prepared to attack the city. Among them, Dai Shan led the two red flag soldiers and horses to attack the north city wall of Shenyang, Huang Taiji led the white flag soldiers and horses to attack the east city wall of Shenyang, Azig led the soldiers and horses with white flags to attack the west city wall of Shenyang, and Mang Gurtai led the soldiers and horses with blue flags to attack the south city wall of Shenyang; The Zhenglan Banner led by Amin was left behind by Nurhachi, ready to be used as a mobile force, and the two Yellow Banner soldiers and horses were also watching the battle in the rear together.

Just when the Jiannu army was arranging the troops, He Shixian, the chief soldier of the Shenyang garrison, and You Shigong, the deputy general, also climbed the Shenyang North City Tower, looking at the boundless Jiannu army outside the city, the hearts of the two were full of despair. Although the two had learned a few days earlier that Nurhachi had captured Fengji Fort, the gateway to Shenyang, no one expected that Jiannu's actions would be so fast, and they would suddenly besiege Shenyang City.

"Boss, what should we do?" You Shigong asked with some panic.

He Shixian frowned and said, "What else can I do?" The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth! According to the night does not receive an urgent report, the white pole soldiers and Qi family troops who came to support have already passed Liaoyang, as long as we hold on for a maximum of two days, we can wait for reinforcements! When the time comes, maybe we can still fight with the two elites of the white pole soldiers and the Qi family army, and it is not necessary to fight a big victory! ”

You Shigong nodded when he heard this, his face regained some confidence, and then said, "Then let's have a good fight with the Tartars!" ”

He Shixian looked at the Jiannu army outside the city that was preparing to attack the city, and said: "Vice General You, you take your soldiers to the south gate to supervise the battle, and I will guard here at the north gate. ”

You Shixian immediately took the order and left, and it didn't take long for the city of Shenyang to sound the drums of war that rushed to the sky, and the defenders in the city all rushed to their respective defensive positions under the call of their respective superiors, and even those Mongolian soldiers were transferred to the head of the city to help defend the city.

Shenyang City is an important town in Liaodong, is the domain of Liaoyang City, where Liaodong is located, the fortifications are very complete and solid, the outer trench dug by the Ming army soldiers outside Shenyang City is one person deep, there is a sharp wood at the bottom, and the inner side of the inner trench can intercept the enemy's iron cavalry with a big wood as a fence. In addition, there are two large ditches that are five zhang wide and two zhang deep, and then there is the large and small artillery that has been accumulated at the head of the city, and the Ming army has garrisoned more than 70,000 people together with the Mongolian soldiers in the city of Shenyang. It can be said that Shenyang's city defense is very perfect, and the defensive strength in the city is also very sufficient, and it is a very difficult city to fight.

When Nurhachi was in the formation of various banners and horses, he carefully observed the situation of Shenyang's city defense, and saw that the Ming army's defense was very tight, and he knew that if he wanted to capture Shenyang's fortified city, he could only outwit it, not attack it, and the 120,000 troops under his command could not withstand the consumption of several hard battles.

At this moment, the soldiers and horses of all banners preparing to attack the city came one after another, and they were all ready for the siege battle. Therefore, Nurhachi ordered all banners and horses to attack the city immediately, even if they were ready to outwit, then they had to test the strength of the Ming army before anything else.

With Nurhachi's order, Daishan, Huang Taiji, Azig, and Mang Gurtai oversaw the onslaught of the army. For a time, more than 70,000 people from the Five Banners Jiannu army rushed to Shenyang City like a tsunami.

Seeing this, He Shixian and You Shigong hurriedly ordered all the artillery at the head of the city to fire, and the archers and musketeers under their command then fired.

Suddenly, a deafening roar sounded above the head of Shenyang City, and hundreds of artillery pieces of various types distributed on the four city walls roared one after another, and one after another scorching lead bullets smashed into the dense Jiannu formation, and suddenly ploughed out a blood-paved path.

However, the Jiannu army still did not stop the pace of the charge, although due to insufficient preparation, the banner army did not have time to create shield cars for cover, but under the strict supervision of the banner owners, the Jiannu army still risked casualties to rush through the coverage of the artillery, and the vanguard had entered the dead end of the artillery.

At this moment, the fire guns and archers on the head of Shenyang City began to exert their strength, and the dense arrows and roaring fire guns continued to wash the wave composed of Jiannu soldiers, turning one ugly Tartar captivity after another into cold corpses on the ground.

Nurhachi, who was watching the battle from a distance, couldn't help frowning when he saw this, the strength of the counterattack of the defenders of Shenyang greatly exceeded his expectations, and the losses of the banners were already beyond his bearing! Although Nurhachi is sure to capture Shenyang City regardless of casualties, the casualties to be paid by each banner are unbearable for Nurhachi!

At the same time, Dai Shan, Huang Taiji, Azig, and Mang Gurtai also felt pain when they saw that the warriors were constantly falling under the blows of the Ming army, and they sent iron cavalry to support. I saw two white flags, two red flags and blue flags each dispatched thousands of iron horses, began to run around Shenyang City, and then countless fierce, tricky arrow rain shot towards the head of Shenyang City, the Ming soldiers on the head of the city were caught off guard and suddenly fell a large piece, and the Ming army's counterattack was suddenly weakened a lot. The siege of the city of the banner Jiannu army took advantage of this opportunity to start erecting ladders, ready to go to the city to fight.

He Shixian, who guarded the north gate of Shenyang, and You Shigong, who guarded the south gate of Shenyang, were all taken aback when they saw this, and they ordered their soldiers to strictly guard the city, and at the same time gathered all their respective families, ready to support everywhere at any time.

The battle for the city begins!

Shenyang was attacked by Jiannu on all sides almost at the same time, Dai Shan, Huang Taiji and others all sent their most elite armor soldiers to fight in the city, these Jiannu are the elite of the elite such as vests and Pashiku, and they all climbed the ladder with shouts, ready to kill the Ming army in front of them and occupy the battlements.

The soldiers of the Ming army defending the city were also ruthless when they saw this, and they all threw rolling logs and stones outside the city as if they were dying, or drew bows and arrows. However, with the intensification of the counterattack of the Ming soldiers, it soon attracted a more ferocious arrow rain blow from the Jiannu Iron Cavalry, and the Ming soldiers on the city walls everywhere suffered heavy casualties for a while.

After a while, the figure of Jiannu appeared on all sides of the city, and those Jiannu soldiers who climbed the city waved their weapons one after another, wantonly slaughtering the Ming soldiers around them, and the two sides immediately began an extremely tragic melee.

He Shixian and You Shigong were shocked when they saw the success of Jiannu landing the city, and they were shocked in their hearts, less than an hour after the war, Jiannu attacked the city, if it goes on like this, let alone hold on until the reinforcements arrive, it is estimated that it will not be long before the city will be in danger!

So, He Shixian and You Shigong led their families to rush to Jiannu, and they were killed with Jiannu who was fighting in the city.

I saw He Shixian taking the lead, and the war knife in his hand killed four Jiannu vests in a row, and the blood had stained the armor on his body red, and the family members behind him were also infected by the main general's divine martial arts, and they all rushed to the Jiannu soldiers who had already landed in front of them without fear of death. And You Shigong, who was holding on to Nancheng, also fought endlessly, although he had been hit by an arrow in his right shoulder, but You Shigong still fought hard, leading his family and Jiannu to kill together.

Because the two main generals took the lead, and the family leaders led by them were also good at fighting, they instantly reversed the situation of the offensive and defensive battle in Shenyang, and the morale of the Ming soldiers was greatly boosted, and they exchanged their lives with Jiannu. The Jiannu soldiers who had climbed to the top of the city were beaten back step by step, although these Jiannu soldiers had excellent combat skills and were not afraid of death, but the number of helpless people was too small, and the Ming army defending the city was also brave and fearless, and the casualties increased greatly for a while, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Seeing this, Nurhachi secretly said in his heart: "This Ming army guard in Shenyang City is really a character, can he withstand the onslaught of tens of thousands of my Dajin warriors?" It looks like we're going to win with a trick! ”

Thinking of this, Nurhachi ordered the armies of all banners to retreat immediately, and retreated north in several ways to the direction of Sarhu, in order to give the Ming army the illusion of a rout.

It didn't take long for Daishan, Huang Taiji, Azig, and Mang Gurtai to retreat according to the order, and tens of thousands of Jiannu troops withdrew from the city of Shenyang in a hurry, and then they didn't care about regrouping at all, and fled to the north one after another, and the scene was very chaotic. And the Jiannu Yellow Banner and Zhenglan Banner armies, who had been watching the battle from a distance, also retreated in a hurry, and disappeared from the Ming army's field of vision after a while.

He Shixian and You Shigong were stunned for a moment when they saw this, and then a thought popped up in their minds: "Jiannu was defeated by himself!" ”

In particular, the chief soldier He Shixian was excited after learning that Jiannu had fled north, and said to his subordinates: "It seems that Jiannu is nothing more than that, as long as our soldiers are willing to fight to the death, it is not difficult to defeat Jiannu!" In the opinion of this town, when the victory is pursued, it will definitely be able to achieve a great victory, and the shame of the battle of Sarhu! ”

The generals around him also echoed one after another, which boosted He Shixian's idea of chasing Jiannu. So, on the one hand, He Shixian ordered the soldiers of all departments to step up the rectification of the city defense, and on the other hand, he sent people to invite the deputy general You Shigong over.

As soon as the two met, He Shixian said straight to the point: "I want to lead the army to pursue the defeated army of Jiannu, and Vice General You will stay in Shenyang." ”

You Shigong couldn't help but pause when he heard this, and then said: "General Town, although Jiannu has retreated, but the last general looked at his army formation and found that the casualties of Jiannu's banners were not particularly large, and the main force of Jiannu was not damaged, could this be Jiannu's plan to lure the enemy?" ”

"No, it won't!" He Shixian said nonchalantly: "Don't look at the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Jiannu, but the population of Jiannu is sparse, and these hundreds of thousands of troops are the capital of the entire Jiannu clan, so in our eyes, the casualties are not serious, and the slave chieftain may already be heartbroken." Therefore, the town thought that Jiannu could not bear the casualties and was defeated by our soldiers in front of them! ”

You Shigong thought for a while, and then said: "General Town, even if Jiannu is defeated by us, but there are still more than 100,000 troops in its department, if our army pursues, the strength is insufficient, in case there is something missing, it will not be good." Shall we wait for the reinforcements from the imperial court to arrive before making plans? ”

He Shixian couldn't help but look unhappy when he heard this, and said secretly: "If the white pole soldiers and the Qi family army arrive, then what else is wrong with me?" Those Jiannu who have been defeated are not enough for those two tigers and wolves! ”

"Can't wait any longer! The fighter plane is fleeting, and our army must strike immediately! ”

You Shigong saw that He Shixian did not listen to his own persuasion, so he didn't say anything, but said that he would defend the city.

An hour later, the commander-in-chief He Shixian led 3,000 iron horsemen out of the north gate of Shenyang and pursued the Jiannu army all the way to the north.