Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 5 Lying on the Salary and Tasting the Courage

Chapter 5 The Heroic Tragedy of the Battle of Liao Shen

Section 13 Liaoyang is lost

Liaoyang.

At this time, Yuan Yingtai was like a restless beast, roaring loudly in the Liaodong Jingluo Mansion, and a group of civil and military officials in the city stood in the lobby in fear and did not dare to speak, for fear of touching the moldy head and being reprimanded by Yuan Yingtai.

"From now on, Liaoyang City will begin to investigate the Jiannu spies, and we will conduct door-to-door investigations, especially those Mongolians, we must keep an eye on me!"

Everyone secretly said in their hearts: "If you hadn't placed those Mongols in Liaoyang and Shenyang, where would you be in today's situation?" Now I think about keeping an eye on the Mongols! However, everyone just thought about it in their hearts, and on the surface they still had to make a careful appearance.

"In addition, immediately transfer back to Fengji and Weiningbao defenders, shrink the defensive line, and defend Liaoyang with all your might."

After finishing speaking, Yuan Yingtai waved his hand and said, "You guys go and arrange it." By the way, send someone to inquire about the situation on the other side of the Hunhe River and see how the battle goes! ”

On this day, the city of Liaoyang was full of excitement, chickens and dogs jumping, and there were officers and soldiers who were investigating Jiannu's spies everywhere, and at the same time, groups of officers and soldiers from outside the city continued to enter the city, and Liaoyang City was filled with the tense atmosphere before the war.

In just one day, the Ming army defending the city captured 70 or 80 spies carrying Jiannu's letters, most of whom were Mongols, and Yuan Yingtai was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered all these spies to be executed.

After dealing with Jiannu's spies, Yuan Yingtai calmed down a little and began to urge the defenders to rectify the city defense. Suddenly, Yuan Yingtai received an urgent report that he would not receive it at night, and after looking at it, his face immediately turned pale and stunned: "It is reported that the Battle of Hunhe has ended, the Sichuan army and the Zhejiang army have been annihilated, and the Jiannu army has moved north, and it will arrive at Liaoyang City later today." ”

"Qi Jiajun is actually finished? How is this possible? What about Liaoyang? ”

Yuan Yingtai seemed to be under the spell, and kept talking to himself, his eyes were dull. After a while, Yuan Yingtai gradually came to his senses, called the guards in the city, informed the news of the imminent attack of the Jiannu army, and ordered all the soldiers of Liaoyang City to prepare for battle.

In the afternoon of this day, Nurhachi finally led 60,000 Jiannu troops to arrive at the city of Liaoyang, looking at the Liaoyang city that had been heavily guarded, Nurhachi was anxious, although he won the battle of the Hunhe River, but the warriors of all banners were also suffering heavy casualties, and now there are strong cities in front and enemy troops in the rear, and their situation is very dangerous.

Nurhachi observed for a while, only to see that the artillery on the city of Liaoyang was numerous, and the water of the Taizi River flowed in the city, the water was difficult to cross, and the soldiers of the Ming army guarding the city on the city wall were all waiting for it.

Seeing this situation, Dai Shan, Huang Taiji, Amin, Azig, and Mang Gurtai's faces were not very good, and everyone had a retreat in their hearts. Therefore, everyone advised Nurhachi, wanting to return to Shenyang first to hold on, stabilize the results that have been achieved, and then try to forge ahead.

Nurhachi was furious when he heard this, and shouted: "My Golden Warrior has never retreated without a fight, and today you want to retreat unless you step on my corpse!" Otherwise, all banners and horses will immediately attack the city with all their might, and those who take half a step back will not be forgiven! ”

When Dai Shan, Huang Taiji and others heard this, they immediately fell to their knees and asked for battle.

Nurhachi's face looked better at this time, and he was just about to arrange his troops and prepare to attack the city, when he suddenly found that the gate of Liaoyang was wide open, and the Ming army began to assemble out of the city.

Nurhachi, Dai Shan, Huang Taiji and others first shook for a moment, and then there was a burst of ecstasy.

Huang Taiji laughed even more and said: "Haha, then Yuan Yingtai doesn't know soldiers at all!" At this moment, if the Ming army holds the city tightly, there is a strong city in front of our Dajin, and the Han Wei army is pressing behind, and it is bound to not be able to hold it for a long time, and this victory or defeat is unknown. Now that Yuan Yingtai actually sent troops out of the city to meet our army, this is the way to die! ”

Seeing this, Nurhachi hurriedly ordered the army to retreat five miles, and then re-arrayed to prepare for a field battle with the Ming army.

Soon, Yuan Yingtai personally led the troops, the number of soldiers in the Ming army was only more than 10,000, but the victory was full of energy, physical strength was much better than the Jiannu army that fought hard for two days, which was also the key to Yuan Yingtai's belief that he could win.

A great battle between the two sides ensued.

As soon as Nurhachi came up, he used all his strength, sending more than 40,000 soldiers and horses with two white flags and two red flags to storm the Ming army's large array. For a time, the overwhelming Jiannu iron cavalry came head-on, and the Ming army's large array was suddenly in a commotion, but fortunately, Yuan Yingtai and the general soldiers Liang Zhongshan and Zhu Wanliang tried their best to suppress it, and constantly inspired the soldiers of the whole army to fight bravely to kill the enemy, so that the morale of the Ming army was high.

In the blink of an eye, the Jiannu army was killed, and the Ming army's large array was suddenly attacked like a storm. The defenders of Liaoyang are not elite tigers and wolves like the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers, and they can only support it in the face of the onslaught of Jiannu, and they cannot launch a counterattack at all, and for a time the soldiers of all departments suffered a lot of casualties.

However, the Jiannu army is also not happy, after all, the soldiers and horses of the Jiannu banners have been fighting with the Qi family army and the white pole soldiers for two days, and the banners not only suffered heavy casualties, but also the physical strength and morale of the Jiannu soldiers have been greatly damaged, and they have long since lost their sharpness before the war.

Between the two sides, the two sides were inseparable, and the war was in a state of stalemate for a while.

An hour later, Nurhachi saw that it was getting late and the battle situation was very stale, and he was worried that the soldiers and horses of each banner would be physically exhausted, and the Ming army would seize the opportunity to have an accident in the night, so he ordered the troops to be collected and camped on the spot. Yuan Yingtai saw that the Jiannu army was retreating, and he couldn't ask for it, so he hurriedly ordered the army to withdraw to Liaoyang to rest. That night, the Ming army did not enter the city, but camped outside the city, and Yuan Yingtai also stayed in the military camp at night.

In the early morning of the next day, the whole army of Jiannu was dispatched, but it did not directly attack the main force of the Ming army stationed outside Liaoyang City, but bypassed the main camp of the Ming army and attacked the Suzi River Gate to the west, preparing to drain the water of Liaoyang City.

Yuan Yingtai was immediately shocked after receiving the urgent report, and hurriedly led the main army to rush to the aid and attacked the Jiannu army from the flank and rear. The two sides fought a fierce battle again, Nurhachi saw that the attack of the army was blocked, so he left two white flags to continue the fierce battle with Yuan Yingtai's troops, and he led the main army to capture the drawbridge, but it was also desperately blocked by the Ming soldiers defending the city.

For a while, the battle entered a stalemate again, and the two sides fought from morning to near noon, and still failed to distinguish the winner or loser. Seeing this, Nurhachi was anxious, so he wanted to use artillery to attack the city, but there were more artillery at the head of Liaoyang City, and his losses would be greater if he fought, so it was better to continue to fight with the Ming army.

But time waits for no one! God knows when the 30,000 Hanwei troops will arrive in Liaoyang. Just when Nurhachi was at a loss, suddenly a loud bang sounded in Liaoyang City, and then I saw thick black smoke burning in the city, and it turned out that the powder magazine in Liaoyang City was detonated for some reason! The defenders at the head of Liaoyang City were suddenly in chaos, and Yuan Yingtai, who was fighting fiercely with the two white flags, was even more panicked, and hurriedly retreated to enter the city.

Huang Taiji and Azig were overjoyed when they saw this, and hurriedly supervised the onslaught, and unexpectedly captured the city gate when Yuan Yingtai entered the city, and the two white flag armies took the opportunity to attack Liaoyang City.

Yuan Yingtai was shocked and hurriedly organized troops to counterattack, wanting to recapture the city gate. However, most of the two white flag armies have entered the city, and the two blue flags have also been killed, although the soldiers of the Ming army have fought bravely to kill the enemy, but they are still powerless. The commanders of the Ming army, Liang Zhongshan and Zhu Wanliang, were killed in battle, and the Ming soldiers were killed and wounded innumerably, and the main army of Jiannu then all entered the city.

Yuan Yingtai had no choice but to lead the army to retreat into the city, and supervised the battle with Zhang Quan, the governor of the imperial history, and prepared for street fighting.

At this time, Mongolian spies and traitors hidden in Liaoyang City emerged one after another, constantly guiding the Jiannu army to attack various important strongholds in the city, and the Ming army soldiers were even more difficult to resist and were defeated one after another.

At this time, Yuan Yingtai had already retreated to the far building of Chengbei Town, looking at the chaos in the city, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar: "The minister to Liaodong saw that the people's hearts were not solid, and they could not be kept, so they swore by the death of Liao and the burial of Liao. Then, Yuan Yingtai hung Shang Fang's sword and official seal on the wall, and hanged himself with a coarse cloth. The servant Tang Shiming caressed Yuan Yingtai's body and cried, set fire to the building and died. Later, this matter was reported to the imperial court with the Liaodong War Report, and Emperor Tianqi posthumously presented Yuan Yingtai as the secretary of the military department, and solemnly sacrificed and buried his son, and named his son as an official.

As the soldiers around him became fewer and fewer, Zhang Quan was captured, and Huang Taiji wanted to persuade him to surrender in order to break the will of the Han people in Liaodong to resist. Who knew that Zhang Quan pointed at Huang Taiji and scolded, preferring to die rather than surrender, and then took advantage of the fact that the Jiannu soldiers around him were not paying attention, and rushed to the city wall next to him and crashed into it, and immediately blood splattered five steps, and he was angry on the spot.

The battle in Liaoyang City gradually subsided, and Nurhachi stood on the blood-stained city, let out a long breath, looked at the south and watched quietly, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, Huang Taiji came over and reported the damage of the warriors of each banner, and then asked: "Khan Ama, the Hanwei army is about to arrive, how should I meet the enemy?" ”

Nurhachi frowned and was speechless for a long time, the bloody battles of the past few days had made Nurhachi feel depressed, and he could no longer bear the big losses. However, against the elite of the Hanwei army, how could there be no casualties among the banners?

Thinking of this, Nurhachi's face became extremely ugly. Just as he was about to say something, Nurhachi's right hand inadvertently touched something, turned his head to look over, and found that it was a Franco cannon.

Nurhachi couldn't help but laugh, and then it turned into a wild laugh. Huang Taiji on the side also reacted when he saw this, and laughed together.