Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 10 Return my rivers and mountains

Chapter 2 The bloody battle in southern Liaoning shows heroism

Section 2: Shrinking the line of defense

The main force of hundreds of thousands of Qing troops went south in an all-round way, which brought huge pressure to Li Dingguo and others, and Huang Taiji and the Tartar army like a tide were like a heavy mountain, pressing heavily on everyone's hearts.

At this time, the defense line established by Li Dingguo with Yongning Jiancheng as the core could not stop the southward movement of the main force of the Qing army, after all, it was impossible to resist the onslaught of the main force of the Qing army of more than 500,000 people scattered in the Yongning Jiancheng and the six fortresses, and the only way was to concentrate the troops, stick to the Yongning Jiancheng with all their might, delay the speed of the Qing army's southward movement as much as possible, prepare for the two armies of Li Laiheng and Ai Nengqi, and also buy time for the Hanwei army to rush to support!

In just one day, Li Dingguo's 150,000 troops deployed on the entire northern defense line urgently withdrew to Yongning Prison City, and for a while, the 150,000 troops piled up the already small Yongning Prison City.

Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu raced against time to dig three trenches in the north of Yongning Prison City, the width of the trench was three steps wide, the Qing soldiers could not go fast at all, they could only erect ladders or fill in the trenches, and countless wooden stakes were inserted under the trenches; Behind each trench was a chest-high wall, and Li Dingguo deployed 10,000 troops on each wall, and equipped all 30,000 soldiers with heavy armor and spears as the outer defense line of Yongning Prison City.

After the deployment of these three lines of defense, Liu Wenxiu took the initiative to invite Ying to supervise the battle, preparing to lead 30,000 soldiers to fight a bloody battle with the Qing army. Li Dingguo immediately agreed, and ordered Liu Wenxiu to hold on to the command in the third lane, and he would also concentrate the archers and firecrackers on the city wall to provide fire support.

At the same time, Li Dingguo also dug a huge trench about several miles long on each wing of the Yongning Prison City, and these two trenches were connected behind the Yongning Prison City, forming a semi-arc-shaped huge ditch. After that, Li Dingguo sent thousands of soldiers to dig a diversion canal more than ten miles long in the northwest direction of Yongning Prison City, diverted the sea water in the northwest direction, and built a semicircular moat outside Yongning Prison City!

Due to the limited scale of Yongning Prison City, only tens of thousands of soldiers could be placed in the city, so Li Dingguo concentrated all the archers and musketeers in the city, plus some elite soldiers, and gathered a total of 70,000 troops to garrison in the city. The remaining 50,000 soldiers were deployed by Li Dingguo outside the three trenches in the north, preparing to lead the army to meet the Qing army's forward army before the battle to defend the city, so as to deter the arrogance of the Qing army and boost the morale of the soldiers.

In order to increase the chances of winning the field battle, Li Dingguo took out all the equipment provided by Liu Yunwei before, and equipped the 50,000 troops who took the initiative to attack with 20 Shenji artillery vehicles, 30 Huzun cannons, and 10,000 pairs of heavy armor, tens of thousands of heavy spears, and long knives for cutting horses.

The morale of the 50,000 armed army is high, just in terms of combat power, compared to the previous I don't know how many times higher, Li Dingguo stood on the city wall and looked at the 50,000 soldiers outside the city who could not be seen at a glance, his heart was very heroic, and he said secretly: "If the vanguard of the Qing army wants to defeat these 50,000 soldiers, it is impossible without more than 30,000 or 40,000 elite iron cavalry!" In this battle, I want the Qing army to shed blood in Yongning Prison City! ”

After making complete preparations, Li Dingguo was still a little uneasy about the eastern front that Li Laiheng insisted on, and the Fuzhou Acropolis that Ai Nengqi held, so he sent someone to give an order again, ordering the two to be careful in defense, and to hold the defensive line with all their might, until the Hanwei army came to help!

After the order was sent out, Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, together with 150,000 soldiers, waited quietly in Yongning Prison City, waiting for more than 500,000 Qing troops to come and wait for this life-and-death battle to begin.

Just two days later, a group rushed back in a hurry, and the soldiers all had bright red flags on their backs.

Li Dingguo, who was looking at the north from the city wall, saw this and immediately shouted: "Beat the drum!" Here comes the Tartars, soldiers! It's war! ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

All the war drums in the Yongning Prison City roared, and the officers and men of the whole army were full of battle spirit when they heard the passionate war drums.

Within the defense line, Liu Wenxiu shouted with his arms, and shouted "Wan Sheng" with 30,000 soldiers, ready to start a bloody battle. The 50,000 troops who had been assembled in the north of the defense line began to rhythmically tap the ground with the weapons in their hands, making loud noises, which further boosted the morale of the soldiers.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo was even more confident in his heart, and was ready to win a battle in Yongning Jiancheng, so as to contain the Qing army's southward advance.

Therefore, after Li Dingguo completed the deployment of the defense in the city, he led 200 personal guards from the north gate of Yongning Jiancheng out of the city, passed through the northern defense line and rushed to the army, preparing to personally lead the army to meet the advance of the Qing army.

At this time, 50,000 soldiers saw that the main general actually participated in the battle in person, and they all shouted with their arms, and wherever Li Dingguo passed, the soldiers were like a huge, red wave, constantly surging towards the front, which was spectacular!

Li Dingguo also raised the spear in his hand high and saluted the soldiers around him. By the time Li Dingguo arrived at the Chinese army, the officers and men of the Chinese army had already made preparations and built a lookout for Li Dingguo to observe the battle situation and command the officers and men of the army to fight.

Li Dingguo walked quickly to the lookout and looked towards the north, only to see that at this time, there was already billowing wolf smoke in the sky in the north, as if a stormy wave was coming from the sky, and it would sweep everything at any time.

"Looking at this situation, the Qing army's forward forces are inevitably too much? This is not the position that thousands or tens of thousands of strikers should have! ”

Seeing the movement in the distance, Li Dingguo couldn't help but sink in his heart, he was full of confidence just now, but he was a little hesitant at this time.

"Huang Taiji is not a person who can speculate according to common sense, and this vanguard of the Qing army is definitely not a good stubble!"

Therefore, Li Dingguo immediately ordered the whole army to fight, and ordered the gunners in front of the army to immediately load twenty Shenji gun carriages and thirty Huzun cannons, ready to give the Qing army the first wave of blows.

Only half an hour later, a strong Qing army appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the strength of this Qing army was at least more than 50,000 people!

Li Dingguo's face was very ugly at this time, and he never expected that Huang Taiji would send such a powerful forward army. Although the 50,000 soldiers under Li Dingguo have greatly improved their combat strength, they cannot compete with the Qing army with the same strength.

At this time, tens of thousands of Qing troops stopped at a distance of two miles from Li Dingguo's headquarters, and then the army waved several battle flags.

Li Dingguo took a closer look and saw that the battle flags in the Qing army array included the blue flag of the Manchu army led by Jierharang, the red flag of the Manchu army led by Dai Shan, and the two white flags of the Han army led by Shang Kexi.

"In this way, the strength of the Qing army is already 70,000!"

Although Li Dingguo's face was still sinking like water when he saw this, he had already set off a storm in his heart, and even wanted to withdraw his troops immediately and return to Yongning to defend the city. But reason told Li Dingguo that if the army was withdrawn at this time, these 50,000 soldiers would be chased up and slaughtered by the Qing army, and it would be a big defeat!

"Since you're here, let's fight!"

Li Dingguo took a deep breath, made up his mind, and began to make the final preparations before the war.

At the same time, Dai Shan and Zilharang rode their horses side by side to the front of the battle, looking at the 50,000 army in front of them, they were all frightened by the army in front of them that was equally equipped with the Hanwei army. Both of them subconsciously thought that 50,000 Hanwei troops appeared in front of them, so that there would be no need to fight this battle, and they would just flee for their lives.

However, Dai Shan and Zierharang took a closer look and found that the 50,000 army in front of them was just an empty appearance, and neither the formation of the army nor the momentum it exuded could be compared with the Hanwei army. But it is undeniable that the 50,000 army in front of him is indeed much more elite than the ordinary Ming army.

And Shang Kexi also followed behind Dai Shan and Zierharang, looking at the tens of thousands of Ming troops in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, Dai Shan glanced at Shang Kexi, and said lightly: "Shang Kexi!" Do you see the Ming army in front of you? Your opportunity to serve the Qing Dynasty has come, lead your two white flag armies to rush forward, this king limits you to an hour, defeat these tens of thousands of Ming troops, otherwise this king will be severely punished! ”

Shang Kexi hurriedly dismounted when he heard this, and said with a flattering face: "Please Prince Li (Daishan) and Prince Zheng (Ji'er Harang) rest assured that the minions will definitely defeat this Ming army and make meritorious contributions for my Qing Dynasty!" ”

After Shang Ke liked to show his loyalty, Dai Shan and Zilharang only nodded slightly, and didn't even look at him, but Shang Kexi was still flattered, and ran to mobilize troops and horses with a smile.

"Prince Li, how long do you think Shang Kexi will be able to defeat this Ming army?"

Dai Shan smiled slightly and said: "This is not what this king cares about, this king only cares about one point, how many Han people will die in this battle." ”

"Haha! Prince Li is really extraordinary. ”

Zilharang laughed and said, "Indeed, whether it is the Ming Army or the Eight Banners of the Han Army, in the final analysis, they are all Han people. In this battle, it is best to let the Han Army go up to fight the Eight Banners, and fight with the Ming Army to defeat both sides, so that my Qing warriors can take advantage of the victory to sweep the world! ”

At this time, Dai Shan suddenly remembered the direction of the Liaohe River, and said secretly: "I don't know what is going on with the Liaohe defense line now, and whether the remaining defenders can block the onslaught of the 300,000 Hanwei army." But then again, Your Majesty is really ruthless enough, in order to let Haoge gain military merits and pave the way for inheriting the throne in the future, he actually left Haoge in the Liaohe defense line, such a dangerous trick is only His Majesty dares to use it, right? ”

Just thinking about it, Shang Kexi had already mobilized a total of 40,000 troops under the two white flags of the Han army, and rearranged themselves in front of the Manchu army's red flag and the Manchu army's blue flag array, preparing to attack the 50,000 soldiers under Li Dingguo's department.

With the sound of horns in the Qing army, a battle of life and death is about to start!