Text: Volume 10, Chapter 4, Section 6: The Wind and the Clouds (1)
When Dolgon hurried to the southern city wall of Shenyang, the 250,000 soldiers of the Hanwei army outside the city had already completed their army.
At this time, the huge artillery group of the Han Wei army had retreated, and hundreds of shield carts were pushed back in front of the large army formation to provide cover for the soldiers of the large army preparing to attack the city.
Liu Yunwei also mobilized the main forces of the two battalions of the Huben Battalion and the Zhechong Battalion, with a total of 40,000 soldiers to attack the city as the first wave of siege forces of the army. The Hanwei Army's pacesetter battalion, flying feather battalion, feather forest battalion, and trapping camp are used as the reserve force of the army.
At the same time, Liu Yunwei also ordered the Yue cavalry battalion and the Yingyang battalion to immediately rush to the west of Shenyang City, preparing to launch an attack in the west to pinn down the Qing army's defending forces.
As for the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion who were temporarily requisitioned back by Liu Yunwei in order to attack Shenyang City, they were withdrawn from the front line and settled by Liu Yunwei in the temporary camp in the rear of the army.
For the offensive and defensive battle of Shenyang City, Liu Yunwei believed that the Qing army was already a turtle in the urn, and his own army could be said to have won this battle. Therefore, there was no need for the 40,000 Changshui Battalion Iron Cavalry led by Wen Polu to stay under Shenyang City any longer, and after a little rest, they rushed to Hetuara again and pursued and killed the remnants of Azig's army.
The battlefield outside the southern city wall of Shenyang.
The officers and men of the A and B battalions of the Tiger Ben Battalion, as well as the soldiers of the A and B battalions of the Zhichong Battalion, had already assembled at this time, and they stood quietly under the cover of the shield car array, ready to attack at any time. Zhao Kaishan, the general of the Huben battalion, and Wang Kangdang, the general of the Zhichong battalion, even led hundreds of personal guards to stand in the formation, preparing to go to the city to fight with the soldiers of the army.
Before the large array of melee soldiers, there were soldiers of the C Battalion of the Tiger Battalion and the soldiers of the C Battalion of the Zhichong Battalion, and a total of 15,000 elite birdmen of the two battalions had formed a huge horizontal formation, relying on the cover of the shield carts, ready to suppress the Qing army defenders at the head of the city.
In addition, the garrison of the Tiger Camp and the Zhichong Battalion garrison of the Jinzhan and the Zhichong Battalion garrison Zhao Yunian each led their soldiers and gathered 5,000 soldiers of the baggage battalion to prepare for forcibly crossing the moat. The soldiers all had long ladders made of thick planks in their hands, ready to open the way for the siege army.
Dolgon looked at the large array of the Hanwei army outside the city with a look of disbelief, and the cold air in his heart surged, especially when he saw the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Yue Cavalry Battalion and the Yingyang Battalion heading towards the direction of Xicheng, he was even more shocked. You must know that at this time, there were only 5,000 defenders left on the west wall of Shenyang, and they couldn't hold on in the face of the onslaught of tens of thousands of Han Wei troops no matter what!
In desperation, Dolgon could only urgently mobilize 10,000 soldiers and horses from the defenders of the south and east walls to the west wall to support. After the 10,000 soldiers and horses rushed to the western city wall, the reserve troops and horses left by Dorgon in advance were only 10,000 soldiers and horses with the white flag of the Manchurian army.
Moreover, since the Ming army is preparing to attack the western city wall, it is necessary to increase the number of troops in the direction of the northern city wall!
As a result, Dolgon again drew 10,000 soldiers and horses from the defenders of the southern and eastern walls to the northern wall of Shenyang for reinforcements. At this point, the defenders of the south and east walls of Shenyang are only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
Suddenly, the large array of the Hanwei army in the south of the city sounded the sound of war drums, and then 5,000 soldiers of the baggage battalion of the Tiger Battalion and the Zhichong Battalion rushed forward and rushed to the bank of the moat of Shenyang City with a roar.
Under the gaze of more than 10,000 Qing soldiers on the city wall, hundreds of long ladders were erected on the moat, and the moat, which was originally daunting, became a smooth road in a blink of an eye.
Seeing this, Zhao Kaishan immediately raised the war knife in his hand and roared loudly at the tens of thousands of Tiger Camp soldiers behind him: "Soldiers! Kill Hu! ”
After speaking, Zhao Kaishan led the soldiers of the A and B battalions of the Huben battalion to line up. At the same time, Wang Gandang also led tens of thousands of soldiers of the Zhichong Battalion to march forward, marching forward hand in hand with the soldiers of the Huben Battalion, like a huge high wall.
The 10,000 or more elite birdmen gathered by the Tiger Camp and the Folding Battalion had already stepped forward, quickly crossed the moat, and formed a large horizontal formation on the other side of the moat.
I saw that more than 10,000 black and shiny fine bird guns were raised in unison, and they pointed steadily at the Qing soldiers on the southern city wall.
At this time, the guard of the C battalion of the Tiger Ben Battalion and Lu Mingda, the guard of the C battalion of the Zhechong Battalion, roared loudly almost at the same time: "Ready! Put! ”
"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”
A thick burst of white smoke suddenly rose from outside the southern city wall of Shenyang, instantly enveloping more than 10,000 Hanwei military birds. Under the volley of the soldiers of the Hanwei army, a large number of Qing soldiers on the southern city wall fell in an instant, and even the wall bricks at the head of the city were broken, and the broken bricks flew everywhere, even comparable to the lead shot by a bird's gun, killing many Qing soldiers who were close to the left.
Dolgon, who was commanding the battle on the southern city wall, was also embarrassed at this time, and Dolgon had already retreated quickly at the same time as the Hanwei soldiers launched an attack, and hid in the southern city tower with hundreds of guards.
As soon as Dolgon's front foot stepped into the south tower, he heard the fierce sound of birds outside the city, and the pillars, doors and windows beside Dolgon were crackled and sawdust flew everywhere!
The guards on the left rushed up one after another, knocking Dolgon to the ground, like a stack of arhats, crushing Dolgon under him, so that Dolgon was not killed by the Hanwei soldiers.
Immediately afterward, under the desperate protection of the guards, Dolgon used his hands and feet in embarrassment and climbed into the South Tower like a stupid pig. The guards in the back hurriedly threw out the corpses of the guards killed by the firecrackers, closed the gate of the South Tower, and moved the nearby cabinets and tables behind the doors and behind the windows to resist the lead that kept hitting them.
Dorgon sat out of breath in a chair, his eyes bloodshot at the window, his mind blank, not knowing what to do with the next battle. After all, this war has been fought to the present extent, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is already at an absolute disadvantage, whether it is troops, morale, or equipment, they are far from being the opponent of the Ming army, and it is only a matter of time before they are defeated and die!
Outside the southern city walls.
Zhao Kaishan and Wang Dangdang each led the army forward, as the vanguard of the army, the soldiers of the A Battalion of the Huben Battalion under the leadership of Li Meng of the garrison mainly attacked the left flank of the south city wall, and the soldiers of the A Battalion of the Zhichong Battalion under the leadership of the garrison Wang Bo mainly attacked the right flank of the south city wall, and Zhao Kaishan and Wang Dangdang were pressed behind the soldiers of the B Battalion of the Huben Battalion and the B Battalion of the Zhichong Battalion.
At this time, the soldiers of the Tiger Battalion and the Zhichong Battalion who had crossed the moat in advance had gathered under the city wall, and almost in an instant, hundreds of ladders were erected by the soldiers.
The Qing soldiers on the city wall were terrified when they saw this, and at this time there was no need to supervise the battle team and the officials, and the Qing soldiers desperately opened their bows and arrows, and continued to put everything they could find on the city to the city.
However, although the Qing troops at the head of the city were trying their best to counterattack, the soldiers of the Huben Battalion and the Zhichong Battalion were not affected much.
Not to mention that more than 10,000 bird-gunners in the Tiger Camp and the Zhichong Camp were shooting freely, suppressing the Qing soldiers on the city to death, and the soldiers were all wearing heavy armor, and a large number of sword and shield men also formed a shield encirclement with large shields, firmly protecting the siege soldiers who were gathering under the cloud ladder.
Therefore, although it seems that the Qing army's counterattack is very effective, the results are not much.
It didn't take long for the soldiers of the first battalion of the Huben battalion and the soldiers of the first battalion of the Zhichong battalion to climb the southern wall of Shenyang City and start a bloody battle with the Qing soldiers who had no rules and regulations!
"Kill!"
Wang Bo, the garrison of the Zhichong Battalion, took the lead, and even led twenty carefully selected personal guard soldiers to act as the sharp edge of the army, and jumped onto the city wall with the first wave of Dengcheng soldiers, waving the war knife in his hand and rushing to the Qing soldiers beside him.
Under Wang Bo's hard work, the surrounding Qing soldiers couldn't resist at all, and eleven people were hacked to the ground in an instant. The surrounding Qing soldiers were so frightened that they didn't dare to step forward to meet Wang Bo, who had been stained red with blood.
Seeing this, Wang Bo didn't pay attention to the frightened Qing soldiers, but shouted to the guards around him: "Occupy the battlement!" Occupy the battlement! ”
Hearing this, more than a dozen guards around quickly moved closer to Wang Bo, and together with Wang Bo, they formed a small circle formation, firmly guarded a battlement, and repelled three counterattacks of the Qing army in a row.
A steady stream of soldiers from the battlement climbed the city wall, and then roared and rushed towards the Qing soldiers in front.
At the same time, Li Meng, the garrison of the Tiger Battalion A Battalion, had also climbed a ladder, and after dodging an arrow, he jumped onto the city wall with a leap, and then swept the long knife in his hand outward, and hacked to death three Qing soldiers who stepped forward to block him.
"Soldiers! Take back Shenyang City with me! ”
"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”
The soldiers of the Tiger Ben Battalion behind Li Meng roared in unison, surging up the southern city wall like a tide, joining the ranks of killing the Tartars.
In just half an hour, more than half of the soldiers of the Tiger Battalion A Battalion and the Zhichong Battalion A had already climbed the southern city wall, and the number of people reached nearly 10,000. At that time, there were only more than 10,000 Qing soldiers stationed here!
The entire southern city wall is already a bloody melee scene, in this small battlefield, neither of the warring sides can regroup their formation, they can only intertwine with the enemy, fighting to the death!
At this time, Dolgon had already led dozens of guards to rush to the battlefield, and with the lives of these guards who were one in a thousand miles, as well as the blessing of Dolgon's status as the Qing Emperor, he repelled several attacks by the Han Wei army soldiers near the city tower.
However, the Qing soldiers also paid a heavy price, and more and more places on the city wall have been lost, and it is only a matter of time before the entire southern city wall defense line is completely lost!
Just when Dolgon was anxious, he received a very bad news: the Ming army had attacked the eastern, western and northern walls, and the defenders on the three walls were in a hurry almost at the same time, asking Dolgon to send troops to support immediately!