Text Volume 10, Chapter 3, Section 10 The Final Struggle
After the soldiers of the Hanwei Army and the soldiers of the Dangkou Battalion retreated one after another, Huang Taiji, Daishan, Azig, and Zierharang were all relieved. After a day of bloody battles, the main Mongolian army defending the city has lost more than 50,000 people, plus the 150,000 Wuzhen Chaoha battalion that the whole army has been destroyed, and the main force of the Qing army has lost 200,000 troops in just one day!
For Huang Taiji, it can be said that it has sounded the death knell of the Qing Dynasty!
The main force of the Qing army, which had only 350,000 troops, now has only 150,000 troops left, and the Mongolian army has suffered heavy casualties, leaving only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. At this time, among the soldiers and horses in the Qing army who can still be called elite divisions, only the Manchu army and the two yellow flag armies directly under the jurisdiction of Huang Taiji remained.
However, in the face of the heavy encirclement of hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, how long can the 40,000 Manchu army and the two Yellow Banner armies under the command of Huang Taiji support?
As soon as he thought of this, Huang Taiji felt a deep sense of despair, and was so painful that he almost wanted to jump off the city wall and die!
In Shimen Pass, Huang Taiji and Azig, Zierharang, and Dai Shan looked at each other, and several of them were silent for a while.
After a day of fierce fighting, although the Qing army held Shimen Pass, it was not the Qing army that repelled the Ming army's soldiers and horses, but Liu Yunwei did not want to lose too many troops, so he took the initiative to lead the army to withdraw. In the face of huge casualties, the Qing army also paid a huge price of 200,000 soldiers killed in battle, which was unacceptable to Huang Taiji and others, and everyone seemed to have smelled death!
After a long time, Dai Shan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, it has reached the point of life and death now, and a decision must be made!" Therefore, the minions dared to suggest that our army should concentrate the two yellow flags of the Manchu army, as well as all the forces of the Manchu army with the red flag, the Manchu army with the red flag, and the Manchu army with the blue flag to break out as soon as possible! ”
"Say it lightly! At this time, Shimen Pass has been surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Ming legions, and even a fly can't fly out. Even if they can rush out, how many warriors will be left by then! ”
Huang Taiji said with a pale face, completely rejecting Dai Shan's suggestion.
Zilharang and Azig glanced at each other, both sighing slightly.
"Your Majesty is still too conservative, if you don't fight at this time, there will be no hope for this battle, and the warriors of the whole army can only wait for death at this stone gate!"
Dai Shan thought for a moment and continued: "Your Majesty, aren't there still tens of thousands of Mongolian troops in the Guannai? These Mongols can be used as bait to attract the Ming army outside, and then the warriors of all parts of our Manchurian army banner can concentrate their forces and rush out from the relatively weak place of the Ming army's encirclement. ”
Hearing this, Zilharang took over the conversation and said, "Your Majesty, what Prince Li said is reasonable! Now that the battle is here, when will you fight if you don't fight at this time! As long as His Majesty can lead the army to rush out, then there will be a time for me to rise again in the Qing Dynasty! ”
Huang Taiji also fell into deep thought when he heard this, stood up and walked slowly, and after thinking for a long time, he said to Dai Shan, Azig, and Zilharang: "Since this is the case, then I am desperate!" ”
At the same time, Liu Yunwei was also discussing with Yuan Mingxuan, Zhou Tianyi, Lu Ying, Wu Xing, Li Dingguo and others.
After a day of fierce fighting, although the soldiers of the Ming army killed 200,000 Qing troops, it can be said that they were brilliant and achieved very great results. However, the officers and men of the Ming army also sacrificed many soldiers.
According to statistics, more than 40,000 soldiers from each battalion of the Hanwei Army were martyred, while more than 30,000 soldiers from various units of the Dangkou Battalion were martyred. In just one day, 80,000 soldiers of the Ming army were killed!
In the face of huge casualties, everyone's hearts were full of anger, and the officers and men of the whole army were also angry, not only were they not frightened by the huge casualties, but their fighting spirit was even higher.
At this time, Liu Yunwei gathered all the generals, because he was worried that the Qing army would be frightened by the huge casualties, so that he had no intention of defending the city, and turned to seek an opportunity to break through. Therefore, Liu Yunwei gathered the commanders of the Ming army, as well as Yuan Mingxuan, Zhou Tianyi and others, and began to arrange emergency measures.
Liu Yunwei had already guessed the possible breakthrough strategy of the Qing army, and at this time he assigned his carefully planned countermeasures to the generals. It wasn't until late that night that everyone left Liu Yunwei's Chinese army tent and returned to their respective camps overnight to deploy troops and horses.
The next day, due to the siege battle the day before, both sides had done their best and suffered huge casualties, so Liu Yunwei specially ordered the soldiers of the Hanwei army and the Dangkou battalion to rest for a day so that the soldiers could recover their strength.
And the Qing army in Shimen Pass also seized the time to lick their wounds, preparing to make the last resistance.
It's just that under the calm performance of the Shimenguan battlefield, there are monstrous waves hidden.
In the evening of this day, a Mongolian iron cavalry of several hundred people rushed out from each of the four city gates of Shimen Pass, east and west, south and north, and raided the Ming army camps in various places around Shimen Pass, which instantly set off a bloody storm on the battlefield of Shimen Pass.
After receiving the news, Liu Yunwei pondered slightly, and then sneered and said to Wen Poyu, who came to ask for battle: "Order the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion to go back to the camp to sleep and rest, and don't pay attention to those Mongolian Tatars." ”
Wen Poyu frowned and said: "Supervisor, those Mongolian Tartars with a discerning eye know at a glance that it is a bait, the main army of the Qing army will make a move at any time, is the last general to lead the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion to Shimen Pass to block the four gates?" ”
"No! If Huang Taiji really led the main force of more than 100,000 Qing troops to desperately break through the siege, would the soldiers of the Changshui Battalion with tens of thousands of troops be able to block the Shimen Gate and close the four gates? ”
Liu Yunwei sneered and said, "Go back and rest." Huang Taiji has seen too much of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and wants to disturb the sight of our army with these frequently attacking Mongolian iron cavalry, so as to lead the army out unexpectedly. Before the encirclement of our army was completely disturbed, Huang Taiji did not have the courage to lead the army to kill! ”
Wen Poyu instantly understood when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Haha, then the superintendent will work here, I'll go back and take the soldiers to sleep." ”
After Wen Poyu left, Liu Yunwei called Guo Yi again and asked Guo Yi to give orders to the officers and men of all departments, ordering the officers and men of the Ming army of all departments to hold the big camp, and at the same time ordering the officers and men of the cavalry battalions under each department to assemble and stand by, and make every effort to block the passage between the battalions.
After Guo Yi passed the order, he returned to the big tent of the Chinese army and said to Liu Yunwei: "Supervisor, what should I do with the Longxiang Iron Cavalry soldiers? When are we going to strike? ”
At this time, Liu Yunwei was frowning and staring at the map on the bookcase, carefully observing the terrain around Shimen Pass. Guo Yi didn't dare to disturb when he saw this, just waited quietly beside him.
After a long time, Liu Yunwei first saw something, and suddenly laughed and said, "Haha, this governor knows Huang Taiji's plan!" The order went down, and the Longxiang Iron Cavalry soldiers immediately ate and rested now, and at midnight the whole army attacked with the governor to intercept and kill Huang Taiji! ”
In the middle of the night, the main force of the Qing army in Shimen Pass had dispatched more than a dozen batches of Mongolian iron cavalry, attacking everywhere in the encirclement of the Ming army, as if they wanted to break into pieces and rush out. However, these dozen or so groups of Mongolian iron cavalry, without exception, were all defeated one by one by the Ming soldiers stationed on the main roads around Shimen Pass.
After fighting in the middle of the night, although these Mongolian iron cavalry also caused some chaos to the Ming soldiers, they could not shake the encirclement composed of hundreds of thousands of Ming soldiers at all, and only left thousands of corpses in vain.
Approaching ten o'clock in the middle of the night, Liu Yunwei suddenly received an urgent report that he would not receive it at night, and learned that Huang Taiji suddenly led the main army of the Qing army to kill from the east gate of Shimen Pass, and rushed towards the Zhichong Battalion, Huben Battalion, and Yue Cavalry Battalion stationed in the east.
At the same time, it was reported that another Mongolian iron cavalry army came out of the west gate of Shimen Pass at the same time, and rushed towards the Yingyang Battalion and Yulin Battalion stationed in the west.
Liu Yunwei was silent for a while, and then said to Wen Poyu, who was already waiting by his side: "The soldiers of the Changshui Battalion immediately attacked, and rushed to the east to converge with the Zhichong Battalion, the Huben Battalion, and the Yuecai Battalion to besiege and kill the Qing army. ”
Wen Poyu was overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to take the order to leave, but was stopped by Liu Yunwei: "You have to remember!" After leading the officers and men of the Changshui Battalion to attack the Qing army in the east, do not fall in love with the battle, and immediately lead the officers and men of the Changshui Battalion back to the Chinese army camp after ensuring that the iron cavalry soldiers of the Zhichong Battalion, the Tiger Battalion, and the Yue Cavalry Battalion do not fall behind! ”
Wen Poyu was very strange when he heard this, so he asked, "What does the inspector mean by this?" ”
"Humph! This governor expects that Emperor Taiji will definitely break through to the east, but it will never be so straightforward! ”
"The Inspector is saying that the Qing army in the east under the banner of Huang Taiji is just a suspicious army!"
"That's right! If this governor is not mistaken, the Mongolian iron cavalry that rushed out of the west gate of Shimen Pass is the main army of Huang Taiji's department! ”
Then, Liu Yunwei sneered and continued: "Huang Taiji's headquarters seems to be breaking through to the west, but it will definitely turn south, and after our army's eastern defense line is disrupted by this Qing army in the east, we will take the opportunity to lead the army to rush out. Therefore, this governor wants you to lead the army back to the area of the Chinese army camp in time, and set up an encirclement with the Longxiang iron cavalry led by this governor to encircle and annihilate the Huang Taiji's headquarters! ”
At the same time, Huang Taiji, Daishan, Jierharang, and Azig, who led the army to attack from the Shimen Guanxi City Gate, marched all the way. On the way, Dai Shan, Zilharang, and Azig were very impressed by Huang Taiji's actions tonight.
Huang Taiji used the lives of thousands of Mongols to find out the deployment of hundreds of thousands of Ming troops outside Shimen Pass, and then got along with this plan to hide from the sky and the sea.
"Humph! At this time, the main cavalry of the Ming army has been attracted by those Mongols, even if Liu Yunwei sees my plan, it is too late to intercept my warriors of the Qing Dynasty! ”
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